That was a gameplay experience unlike anything the galaxy generator had ever thrown at me. My side did not make contact to the other half until 80 years into the game or so. I literally had a map the other day where there was only a single connection in the center that connected the two halves, and there was an isolationist fallen empire right there blocking us from moving through.
The shape in general is more of a 'line' than it is a circle, which does a nice job at reducing the amount of angles that you need to cover in massive late game wars.Īnd those 'key' connections will differ from game to game. Very isolated areas at the ends of each arm, the one in the 'east' literally only connected to the rest of the galaxy via a single hyperlane - TWICE! That one hyperlane connection that leads back from the very tip of the arm in the 'west' down into the 'southern' quadrant opens up an entirely different approach that you might not have the next time you generate a galaxy of that type. Huge chunks of open territory towards the middle of the arms arms, leading into two bottleneck systems that connect the center of the galaxy. Just look at how interesting and varied that map is.
