Minimalist Challenge to UQM/SC2.
Rules: Complete as few tasks in the game as possible. Acquire as few items, allies and ships as possible. Beat the game.
List of items collected, in order of appearance:
Fwiffo's ship
19 kilotons of radioactives
372 Melnorme credits
Sun Device
Umgah Caster
Talking Pet
Utwig Bomb
List of alliances:
Chmmr
List of ships:
1 Spathi
11 Chmmr (expected heavy losses in Sa-Matra battle; Chmmr is slow, comets are fast)
List of quests done:
Rescue Fwiffo
Send Ilwrath fight Thraddash
Catalyse Chmmr
Destroy Sa-Matra
List of races annihilated by Kohr-Ah:
Everyone, except Ur-Quan, Ilwrath, Human, and races without influence sphere.
Timeline:
2155-02-17
Game begins . +2500 RU, +50 crew, and +Earthling Cruiser at begin.
Rescue Fwiffo. Do this first, because I lose 8 crew members. (landing cost: 0.1 fuel)
Collect a single 19-unit Uranium deposit from Mercury. (152 RU) (landing cost: 0.7 fuel)
Rescue Earth Starbase.
Resolve Luna (landing cost: 0.3 fuel).
Sell Earthling Cruiser (17*3 + 1100 RU), Ion-Bolt gun (2000 RU), and Storage Bay (750 RU)
Buy 37 crew (-111 RU), 9 thrusters (-4500 RU), 2 turning jets (-1000 RU), 1 fuel tank (-500 RU), and 22 fuel (-440 RU).
31 fuel remain. 2 RU remain.
2155-03-09
Arrive at Delta Centauri. 26 fuel remain.
Harvest BIO. 186 BIO (372 Melnorme credits) gained. 4*1.5 fuel used for landings. 20 fuel remain.
Set course to Quasi-space portal.
2155-03-20
Run out of fuel. Melnorme to rescue.
110 fuel remain. 262 credits remain.
2155-04-17 Enter Quasi-space.
Sit on hands.
77 fuel remain.
2159-03-19 Kohr-Ah annihilate Druuge.
2159-03-31 Embark from Quasi-space (use exit L)
Set course to Beta Brahe.
2159-04-08 Kohr-Ah annihilate Mycon (fuel cost: 13.2, time: 6.6 days). 64 fuel remain.
Chat with Mycon.
Get the Sun Device from Beta Brahe (landing cost: 1.9 fuel).
Set course to Epsilon Gruis (hyperspace travel). 62 fuel remain.
2159-04-21 Kohr-Ah annihilate VUX.
2159-04-29 Kohr-Ah annihilate Orz.
2159-05-08 Kohr-Ah annihilate Spathi (fuel cost: 40.6, time: 20.3 days). 13 fuel remain.
Chat with Spathi for fun.
Get Umgah Caster from Epsilon Gruis (landing cost: 0.3 fuel).
Set course to Alpha Tauri (hyperspace travel).
13 fuel remain.
2159-05-15 Run out of fuel. Melnorme to rescue.
110 fuel remain. 152 credits remain.
2159-05-19 Arrive at Alpha Tauri (fuel cost: 23.2, time: 11.6 days). 101 fuel remain.
Trick Ilwrath at Alpha Tauri.
Set course to Beta Orionis (hyperspace travel).
2159-05-21 Kohr-Ah annihilate Zoqfot.
2159-06-03 Kohr-Ah annihilate Umgah (fuel cost: 28.9, time: 14.45 days). 72 fuel remain.
Arrived a bit too late to chat with the Umgah.
Get the Dnyarri from Beta Orionis (don't need Taalo device).
Set course to Quasi-space portal.
2159-06-11 Kohr-Ah annihilate Arilou.
2159-06-17 Enter Quasi-space (fuel cost: 15.9).
Sit on hands.
50 fuel remain.
2159-06-29 Kohr-Ah annihilate Thraddash; sets sights to Ilwrath (distance 401.1); Supox Distance 501.2).
2159-07-30 This is when Kohr-Ah would have annihilated Supox, if the Ilwrath did not troll them.
2159-07-25 Kohr-Ah TRY to annihilate Ilwrath (victim not at 115.5, 459.1, SO THEY FAILED).
2159-08-05 Kohr-Ah TRY to annihilate Ilwrath (victim not at 183.0, 636.6, SO THEY FAILED).
2159-08-10 Kohr-Ah TRY to annihilate Ilwrath (victim not at 216.4, 721.8, SO THEY FAILED).
2159-08-12 Kohr-Ah TRY to annihilate Ilwrath EVERY DAY FROM HERE ONWARDS, UNSUCCESSFULLY.
2159-12-22 Kohr-Ah TRY to annihilate Ilwrath (victim not at 250.0, 821.2, SO THEY FAILED (ILWRATH HAD DIED)).
2160-01-23 Kohr-Ah annihilate Supox.
2160-01-24 Embark from Quasi-space (use exit B).
Set course to Zeta Hyades.
2160-01-30 Kohr-Ah annihilate Utwig (fuel cost: 8.8, time: 4.4 days). 41 fuel remain.
Chat with Utwig for fun.
Get the Bomb from Zeta Hyades (landing cost: 0.5).
Set course to Procyon.
En-route, refuel using Melnorme.
110 fuel remain. 60 credits remain.
2160-03-31 Arrive at Procyon I (fuel cost: 105.2, time: 52.6 days). 27 fuel remain.
Get the Chmmr from Procyon. Lose all modules, all RU, all crew, and all fuel.
1000000 RU and 10 fuel received.
2160-03-29 Kohr-Ah annihilate Yehat.
2160-04-04 Emerge from Chmmr-induced slumber. Wake up at Starbase (14 days).
Buy 11 Chmmr ships, 2 fuel tanks, 3 crew pods, 60 fuel, and 653 crew.
70 fuel remain. 956841 RU remain.
Set course to Delta Crateris.
2160-04-26 Kohr-Ah annihilate Pkunk.
2160-05-05 Arrive at Delta Crateris (fuel cost: 63.2, time: 31.6 days). 6 fuel remain.
Finish the game at Delta Crateris. Spathi cannot outrun Sa-Matra comets, nor is it powerful enough to take out the shields.
Beat Sa-Matra with Chmmr ships.
2160-05-06 Kohr-Ah WOULD annihilate Human (10 days); 97 days since the Utwig got killed.
