Drengins get lucky not once, but twice!
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I see now why some people feel that the random events can really be a deal breaker with the game.
Yesterday while playing on a small map and at war with the Drengins, they managed to not once, but *twice* get the "Precursor Covettes" event (ouch!). The first time was early enough in the game when 16 enemy corvettes suddenly showing up was really going to cause me some significant damage, so I quickly arranged a peace treaty with the Drengin and they diverted the fleet of corvettes to my next door neighbor who was also fighting the Drengin. The damage done to my neighbor was enough so that I was able to capture his planet a couple of turns later
The second random occurance of the Precursor Covettes being found by the Drengins was later in the game so I could stand the attack. The Drengins squandered the ships against a heavily defended system and they lost all *twenty-one* ships!
Damn, wish I could finds some old ships laying about
Yesterday while playing on a small map and at war with the Drengins, they managed to not once, but *twice* get the "Precursor Covettes" event (ouch!). The first time was early enough in the game when 16 enemy corvettes suddenly showing up was really going to cause me some significant damage, so I quickly arranged a peace treaty with the Drengin and they diverted the fleet of corvettes to my next door neighbor who was also fighting the Drengin. The damage done to my neighbor was enough so that I was able to capture his planet a couple of turns later
The second random occurance of the Precursor Covettes being found by the Drengins was later in the game so I could stand the attack. The Drengins squandered the ships against a heavily defended system and they lost all *twenty-one* ships!
Damn, wish I could finds some old ships laying about
