>>17856Pic 44: A major anticlimax but… I finally got another 'victory pact' strategem, which I immediately played on the largest major besides me, who I had 100 relations with for like 50 turns and helped me by attacking Montus' southern front. That was enough to put my alliance over 50% planet control, which won us the game. It's a shame I never got to finish off Montus, especially since I was right next to their capital, but if it hadn't been for conquering their territory, I never could have won the game, so it all worked out.
Pic 45: Not sure I was really the 'senior partner', my southern ally had a decent amount more territory than me, but most of that was just relatively worthless open plains, so I guess it figures.
Anyway, in summary, good game, I will probably play another game of it sometime, but I definitely need a break first because I played it for easily like 40 hours at least. There's a lot of stuff I barely got to use, so next time I will definitely play a more hostile planet where I can't just diplomatically win over everyone.