Hey guys,

I just completed a new map for all of the Vasari "Death Fleet" fans. I designed this map to provide a real challenge to the experienced Vasari Loyalist players.

Here's the recommended setup, and the map description is at the bottom. I've tested it out, and it may need a bit of tweaking, but its certainly playable right now.

Setup:

1. Play as Vasari Loyalist only . Any other race WILL DIE.

2. Set each AI as one of the other existing factions, on at least "Unfair." "Vicious" is better. Set them against each other..it will probably be impossible to win if you set them all on a team against you.

3. Your starting position is fixed, so you don't have to worry about suicide position or anything like that.

4. You can't just steamroll the enemies on this map. You'll have to come up with strategies to win.

If anyone says its too easy, I'll make a harder version. 

For those that don't know, going "death fleet" is when you rush Strip to the Core and your titan and then consume your capital planet and all surrounding planets. You then become a migrant fleet, totally dependent on new planets for income (unless you keep a few resource asteroids or set up eco planets)

Here's the map/scenario description:

The Vasari fleet, battered by a relentless foe and weakened by conflict within its own ranks, has detected unusual energy readings emanating from a star system a few jumps away.  With the enemy ever-closing, the Vasari are set upon a difficult choice: investigate the power surge, and perhaps discover a technology of value, or continue running.

The Vasari elders, weary of flight, and all too aware of the fleets dwindling energy reserves force the hand of the younger and haughtier ruling council members. The fleet will rest, and rebuild. Entering the system, the Vasari find themselves surrounded on all sides by new powerful and battle-hungry foes. The weakened fleet is quickly separated and surrounded.  

Worse yet, the one planet suitable to Vasari life is hardly an ideal locale for resupplying the fleet. Regardless, the stern will of the ruling council and the brute-force power of the fleet’s Valued Citizens succeed in creating, and defending, a thriving colony.

Ever cognizant of the lingering threat presented by their pursuers as well as the lawless, chaotic faction surrounding them, the council commits all of the colony’s resources to deciphering the mysterious energy signature emanating from the planet. Upon finally unlocking its secrets, the Vasari fleet rejoices, and for a fleeting moment, tastes the true possibility of a lasting military victory.  

With staggering technological advances, a renewed resolve to end their struggle once and for all, and with no sign of their pursuers the Vasari determine to strike out at their new enemy. These, they say, are soft, and unprepared for the might of a renewed Vasari empire.

The elders pass down a mandate that sends ripples of both revulsion and excitement through the populous: the Vasari will defeat their new enemies by consuming the very ground beneath their feet. The death throes of the lesser races will be the catalyst through which the Vasari once again become a force to be feared.

As the Vasari begin to mine their colony for much needed resources, as they begin to rebuild their modest fleet, news comes in that advanced scouting parties have come in contact with traders from a far-removed section of the system. These traders tell tales of a glorious sub-system that contains the remnants of a once-vast empire. A network of terraformed planets, with resources beyond reckoning.

Still, the scouts say, they have seen that these traders are not without teeth, and they recognize greed in their small, beady eyes. Regardless, the elders know that these terraformed worlds hold the key to Vasari dominance, both in ensuring that their enemies cannot prosper, and in assuring the Vasari fleet of the materials it needs to regain its former strength.

But the road is long, and hard. Many will be lost, and entire generations will be spent in exodus from the only home that the Vasari empire has known in hundreds of years.

I've put the map up on Drop Box..visit this link to DL it:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/2c8yurc03e8rpui/The%20Migrant%20Fleet.galaxy

If there's a better way to upload and/or if Stardock has a place where we can upload our maps, let me know, and I'll put it there.

If people like this map, I'll make others.

Cheers, and have fun!