I was in a position to beat them back last game but they rolled two thirds of the galaxy and I got my dice punched in by a war in heaven immediately afterwards
They were crushing everyone including me but then I remembered I have a relic that gives me advantage in combat and activated it and apparently that was enough to stop them from taking my home system, despite my fleets being pathetic in comparison.
>new game >no L-Gate in this empire thank god. >Doesn't matter it was fucking Ether drakes this time goddamnit >full synth ascension and preparing myself for contingency >Unbidden spawn ONE JUMP AWAY FROM MY HOME SYSTEM. >well that was an anticlimacting endgame cri-- >FALLEN EMPIRE GOES TO WAR AND SHITSTOMPS ME.
>no L-Gate in this empire thank god.
>Doesn't matter it was fucking Ether drakes this time goddamnit
>full synth ascension and preparing myself for contingency
>Unbidden spawn ONE JUMP AWAY FROM MY HOME SYSTEM.
>well that was an anticlimacting endgame cri--
>FALLEN EMPIRE GOES TO WAR AND SHITSTOMPS ME.