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3 Fleets Lost at Spirador I 2470.1

September 1, 2025 at 10:45 PM

Luke Hazlett

@captainkwok.bsky.social

A tough loss here. The planet survives, but 3 fleets are lost in the defense against an EEE fleet of 117 ships.

youtu.be/vPSHXiMa5eo?...

EEE-Cue Cappa Combined Attack at Spirador I 2465.2

August 30, 2025 at 3:43 PM

Luke Hazlett

@captainkwok.bsky.social

I've jazzed up my recent Space Empires combat clips with "better" production values.

You can enjoy them here:
www.youtube.com/@CaptainKwok

August 26, 2025 at 3:15 AM

Luke Hazlett

@captainkwok.bsky.social

This is largest 3 empire battle I've seen in a single combat in Space Empires V. The EEE and Cue Cappa (each with 50+ ships) team up against my Sergetti Empire, destroying two legendary fleets in the process.

youtu.be/TAXVvnePA30

Massive Battle at Tudran III 2464.2

July 20, 2025 at 12:47 AM

Luke Hazlett

@captainkwok.bsky.social

Another big battle with the Abbidon in defense of my colony on Tudran III. Over 200 ships and 300 fighters are involved. Another loss for the Abbidon but not quite as one-sided this time.

youtu.be/OUl8JRo4Xts

Massive Abbidon Failure at Kryndar II 2464.1

July 16, 2025 at 1:57 AM

Luke Hazlett

@captainkwok.bsky.social

The Sergetti defense holds at Kryndar II as a 100+ ship Abbidon fleet attempts to glass the planet and destroy the Sergetti fleet in orbit.

youtu.be/jzIND06j6ck

Captain Kwok's Space Empires Depot | Captain Kwok's Balance Mod

July 15, 2025 at 3:37 AM

Luke Hazlett

@captainkwok.bsky.social

Balance Mod v129 Beta has been posted. There are some tweaks to weapons and weapon mounts, more improvements to intel, spreadable plagues, and the usual AI adjustments.

You can find it here:
www.captainkwok.net/balancemod.php

List of changes:
www.captainkwok.net/balancemodhi...

www.captainkwok.net

July 13, 2025 at 1:40 AM

Luke Hazlett

@captainkwok.bsky.social

In the middle of this battle against the N'grath Empire, a single Jraenar scout frigate warps into the mess and even gets a shot at a dying Sergetti battleship. An amusing sequence and the first time I've encountered two different players warping into a battle at the same time!

In a battle between the N'grath and Sergetti empires, a lone Jraenar frigate warps into the middle of the battle to serve up it's own beam blast against a dying Sergetti battleship.

July 9, 2025 at 2:04 AM

Luke Hazlett

@captainkwok.bsky.social

The Balance Mod v129 update is almost ready. It's got weapon tweaks, a change to asteroid damage, spreadable plagues(!), weapon mount changes, intel project improvements and a host of AI adjustments. Targeting July 5th but it might take an extra day to confirm all changes are working as intended.

July 4, 2025 at 3:54 AM

Luke Hazlett

@captainkwok.bsky.social

Here's a YouTube playlist of the Tyrix Campaign, a series of fleet battles against the enemies of the Sergetti Empire.

youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Sergetti Tyrix Campaign - YouTube

The Tyrix system is a key strategic system and a major operating center for the Abbidon-Cue Cappa alliance. Since becoming a target for the Sergetti Empire's...

youtube.com

June 24, 2025 at 3:23 AM

Luke Hazlett

@captainkwok.bsky.social

This battle with the Abbidon features over 150 combat ships and almost 400 fighters and drones. The Sergetti take some losses, but prevail at the end.

youtu.be/SktDWy42ozE?...

Battle of Tyrix 2454.6

June 22, 2025 at 3:15 AM

Luke Hazlett

@captainkwok.bsky.social

The Abbidon have decided to break their treaty. This is the first battle in what could be a long war. My Sergetti ships do some nice flanking maneuvers to catch their ships in a cross-fire.

youtu.be/VH0Slyii0PA

Battle of Gambit 2453.8

SE:V Balance Mod - String Theory - YouTube

June 18, 2025 at 2:27 AM

Luke Hazlett

@captainkwok.bsky.social

The Terran Confederation is trending to be a neutral race forever confined to our solar system. How will we find warp points if we stop doing space science? 😉

The Planetary Society @planetarysociety.bsky.social · Jun 5

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June 5, 2025 at 8:42 PM

Luke Hazlett

@captainkwok.bsky.social

A sizable Abbidon fleet (131 ships) is floating around in my Sergetti Adventure solo game. Fortunately at this time relations with the quadrant leading Abbidon are amiable so not too worried. My largest fleets at the moment are about 50 ships.

A screenshot from Space Empires V showing a large Abbidon fleet in formation.

May 18, 2025 at 9:21 PM

Luke Hazlett

@captainkwok.bsky.social

This is a fun series by Zap, a longtime Space Empires player, from a PBW game that myself and some others were involved in. He played as the treacherous Romulans, who lived up to their reputation. I played as the EEE and later did double duty as the EEE & G'Urak.

www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

A playthrough of a multiplayer game in Captain Kwok's Balance Mod, version 1.27. Balance Mod (BM) is effectively considered the vanilla game mode of Space Em...

Battle of Rhendor I 2432.2

May 12, 2025 at 8:16 PM

Luke Hazlett

@captainkwok.bsky.social

Another major battle with the Drushocka. The objective was to disarm the colony so that an invasion force could be landed. A lot of ships and fighters were lost, but the mission was successful.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ct_5...

Battle of Grendel I 2402.2

May 11, 2025 at 4:44 AM

Luke Hazlett

@captainkwok.bsky.social

A fun equally matched battle between my Sergetti Empire and the Drushocka. They were attempted to re-capture Grendel I, a colony of theirs that I had just captured 2 turns prior.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8etQ...