Starsector Pt. 39 - Battle of Amazon, Fire in the Skies

A Hegemony special task force invades Amazon's system, where I also have my fourth out of five colonies, Mesa, currently undergoing terraforming into a Terran World. Not only that, they wind up supporting a Luddic Church raiding fleet engaged in orbit over Amazon.

After doing some work retooling my mostly High-Tech fleet to deal with slow, chunky Low-Tech ships—most of the refitting done offscreen, it took a while—I engage both fleets over several battles to kick them the hell out of my system.

If only I earned credits for doing this. I mean, apart from the supplies, machinery, metals, and occasionally High Value Prisoners (from a mod) I get for it. Alas, I'd have better luck raiding my competitors right back to put a dent in their economic power, which in turn would boost the value of my exports.

There is also a legit Hegemony Invasion force going to hit Barathrum, now. Invasions are a whole different beast from Raids. Raids are just there to weaken economic power, but Invasion can take an entire planet away from the owner, as the fleet lands ground forces to seize installations and eventually the whole colony, killing anyone who resists. These can be defeated either by wiping out their ground forces in battle, or destroying their fleet before they even get that far.

Either way, looks like I have a whole big fight on my hands, and it starts right here.

Mod list:
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Grand.Colonies 2.1.b
Industrial.Evolution 4.1.a
Kaleidocope 1.0.e
Nexerilin 1.5.6
Nomadic Survival 1.5.0
RTSAssist 0.1.6g
Random Assortment of Things 3.2.3
Terra Invicta Player Flags 1.0 Initial Release
Terraforming & Station Construction 9.1.4
Too Much Information 0.99
Wide Horizons 1.3.0b