TEM & Duke's Awakening II

[Blaze1st]

Does anyone have any tips to coax TEM to expand into Duke's Awakening II?

They seem totally uninterested in taking it currently (they try for Pious Mists II only to be denied by PAR which is planned). Before I made them TEM with the 1bil I removed my ownership of the sector by dismantling L/XL ship maintenance and fabrication bays (S/M still present but they don't claim the sector).

There are four SCA stations in the sector, wondering if these need to go, if I need to dismantle S/M production, or if TEM never take an interest in taking over the full two parts of the sector?

I also read something in passing that nornally that's where they set up (conflicts with most information that says VI is where they set up) but I already owned II at the time I built their station in VI.

Will they ever move into II or is there something I can do other than to just wait for it to happen (it's been several hours)?

[LameFox]

They are always in VI as far as I know.

I don't think there's much you can do to make it faster. If it's been claimed before it should be possible for factions to take it, but they'll get around to it in their own time. Even some of the claimable neutral sectors aren't taken in any hurry by their adjacent factions.

[Blaze1st]

Thanks, so long as they will eventually take it I guess I can just wait.

I just wanted to see if there was any way to hurry it along though so they can start building a bit more infrastructure there and rely less on me controlling ship fabrication for HOP/PAR/TEM (what I am doing to prevent any side gaining a decisive advantage).

[GCU Grey Area]

Have a suspicion that Duke's Awakening II may be reserved for player use. During my Boron game TEM displayed absolutely no interest in taking control over the sector, despite having at least a couple of in-game weeks between completion of the Paranid plot & the end of the game in which to do so. They spent that time conquering a vast swathe of PAR & HOP territory, but didn't even seem to be aware that Duke's Awakening II was right next door & unclaimed.

[Blaze1st]

Have a suspicion that Duke's Awakening II may be reserved for player use. During my Boron game TEM displayed absolutely no interest in taking control over the sector, despite having at least a couple of in-game weeks between completion of the Paranid plot & the end of the game in which to do so. They spent that time conquering a vast swathe of PAR & HOP territory, but didn't even seem to be aware that Duke's Awakening II was right next door & unclaimed.

That was kind of my suspicion... I'll give it a little bit longer maybe by taking then releasing it I cleared whatever flag stops factions taking certain neutral sectors else I guess I can try taking and releasing it again.

[Starlight_Corporation]

Yea, been trying to coax the Duke to take Duke's Awakening II, but he never went for it (Duke happily attempts to take the other bordering PAR/HOP sectors, but seems to have zero interest in Duke's Awakening II). HAT did eventually go for it in my game, but very reluctantly as it was very late game & they had a presence there since start, but never claimed until fairly recently (HAT plot was done ages ago); currently the 5th HAT sector now.

[Blaze1st]

HAT could claim it if I built them a defense station on a mission but I'm pretty sure the only stations left there in my game are SCA who are slowly eroding away in other sectors now that they have their planet back. PAR were slowly clearing out the sector until TEM was set up and started blocking them.

[Blaze1st]

Tried re-claiming and releasing the sector, no luck so far.

I was mistaken though there is a HAT station left there so I could give the sector to them as a last resort and they might help support TEM ship fab although TEL seem to be doing a lot of trade with them as well as my own shipyards nearby so they seem to be holding their own without much involvment from me (it's PAR that seem to be struggling most in the 3-way fight).

I might try seeing what happens if I destroy all AI stations (HAT and SCA) there first though and revert save if it makes no difference since I don't want to lose rep unnecessarily... I also note that there are HAT police in the sector even though it is neutral so I might remove their stations first and see if that is enough.

[Blaze1st]

After flying back and forth between them for a while, one of the two HAT stations offered me a mission to build them a defense station in Duke's Awakening II which will soon complete and give them uncontested ownership of the sector.

Hoping TEM might take the bait then since they're enemies to HAT... will update if they do!

Further update: SCA also requested a defense station! Doesn't ask for an admin module but I'm giving them one with it anyway to see if they contest the sector with HAT as a result despite them not being interested in territory. TEM hate SCA even more than HAT so will see what happens with that too...

Update: SCA admin module does nothing. HAT are my only hope... might need to up the hostility via diplomacy.

[Blaze1st]

Turns out HAT aren't a viable target for diplomatic shenanigans and no sign so far of an invasion from TEM at Enemy.

On a positive note the Xenon are growing well in their new playground of Matrix 101 (shipyard and solar plant under construction) so I'll soon have a double Xenon farm in Tharka's Cascade XV so long as TER don't turn up and throw a spanner in the works.