Posting shots from my current
Stellaris campaign. Because...well, I feel like it.
An enemy paid one of the marauder clans to attack the Yv'Zorak Confederation (me). The marauders then offered to call off their attack in exchange for me "contributing" a generous "donation". However, I told them to stick it. Thus commenced the Battle of Pharrim V...
Both fleets consisted largely of corvettes & destroyers (raiders & frigates for the marauders), so the battle quickly devolved into a general scrum. The ships with purple contrails and firing (mostly) blue lasers are mine; those with yellow contrails and shooting auto-cannons (the yellow-ish staccato fire) are the marauders.
A closer view. Things are heating up now: In the left foreground, an enemy frigate's shields partially absorb a concentrated barrage from multiple Yv'Zorak warships. In the middle foreground, one of my corvettes recklessly charges headlong through the middle of the battlefield, closing on its next target. In the right foreground, an enemy raider dies, its back broken by withering Yv'Zorak laser fire.
A partially zoomed-in shot of the
ISS Shieldmaiden, one of the only cruisers in my fleet. She's one of several unique ships you can discover/acquire as a result of anomalies and/or events, and is usually more advanced than anything in your navy at the time. She initially started the battle in more of a standoff position, but is now moving in closer to take the fight to the enemy.
The cruiser
ISS Lightsaber in action. She's the newest, most powerful vessel in my navy; and like the
Shieldmaiden, a unique ship you can only get from anomalies/events. This was the first time I've ever encountered her in Stellaris, which is pretty amazing when you consider how many hours I've put into this game the last 3-4 years.
Victory!! That'll show those tossers.
