My campaign in the Northwest is going pretty smoothly. On turn 5 I captured Blue's military base Delta Volantis One (now renamed /ksg/), and then spent a few turns intercepting their expeditionary fleets intended on conquering their weaker neighbors. This left their capital Palanhoth relatively undefended, and after linking up with significant reinforcements from my core worlds I was able to capture their home. Unfortunately this has come at the cost of significant losses to my jumpfleet, which means a decent period of rebuilding and reinforcing before sending them down towards Yellow.

Yellow and Pink are expanding as well, and I think I'll really see the science gap come into play during the next stretch of this scenario. I don't have the Starship-class unlocked yet, and after losing over half of my starting jumpfleets it'll take much longer to assemble significant amounts of smaller ships. I don't even have the techs needed to make my own Industrial Complex, so my only move now is to consolidate my holdings and try to set up supply chains to maximize efficiency. At least I can use the starting Starships I was given, plus the ones I captured from Blue, to start clearing Pink's minefields.

On another note my priority is Yellow over Pink, even though they have a larger fleet size and Pink's on my doorstep. Until I clear the minefields I can't safely utilize my jumpfleets on them, and Yellow's Industrial Complex means they have stronger snowballing potential. I want to attack them now, while we're still at similar tech levels.