[Suicide Junkie]

It is 2409, and combat losses are starting to pile up for the Caspian Empire.

Western front:
Only a few months ago, the veteran Alpha and Delta fleets were both destroyed with all command staff while defending the Hinterland warppoint against a massive Imperial incursion.
With the imperials retreating for repairs, the western front is left scrambling to rebuild a defense force under the command of a freshly promoted fleet commander.
Currently their numbers are less than half of the original force, and new crews are training hard at the nearby military base.

Northwestern front:
Things have been quiet lately, but the military base has been completely depopulated as more and more reinforcements were required in the west. Currently there are only six ships undergoing training or repairs at the military base.
Although the UNS were the last to try attacking through this corridor, a small fleet of theirs has been spotted in the southeast, which casts doubts as to what kind of forces will be seen here in the future.

Northern front:
Ukra-tal are currently besieging the northern colonies with over a hundred ships. Although the colonies are protected from orbital bombardment by planetary shields, almost a thousand enemy units have already landed on the surface, and skirmishes continue to deplete the defending regiments.
Since the outer colonies are six months travel time from the nearest military base, reinforcements would be impractical to send even if we had any.

Northeastern front:
The outer colonies in Fumig have just fallen to a blitzkrieg attack by the Cue Cappa. Two shielded colonies were lost in as many months, and our last remaining colony is under heavy assault by 800 troops. Our forces have been pushed back, but should be able to hold for a few more months unless the enemy brings reinforcements.
Regional defenses include Epsilon fleet, mostly composed of untrained crews, but with a veteran fleet commander. Only 40 ships are present, as compared to the 60+ enemy ships in Fumig, but the 25 veteran ships and officers of Beta fleet are on their way east and will arrive in five months. At that point a counterattack will become an option.
A mini military base is present in Salaph, one jump inwards from Fumig, but has only repair yards with minimal defenses with no training facilities.
Training for this region is typically handled by the full military base at Ashadra to the south.

SouthEastern front:
This region is relatively quiet, but expansive. A handful of enemy ships patrol through the fringe systems, but are not threatening yet.
Most colonies in the area are shielded and have some amount of militia forces sufficient to fend off small packs of ships, but this defense focus has stunted economic growth in the region.
The military base in Ashadra is one of the best equipped in the empire, but currently has only a few ships stationed there. What ships are there are mostly novice crews undergoing training, and watching over a damaged cue incursion fleet which was defeated by Epsilon fleet in 2408. While the fleet is not a threat to any of the colonies in the area, there is insufficient force available to destroy the remaining carriers. All available ships are being sent north as reinforcements.


Southeast:
No enemy empires have been found to the southeast, and colonization is proceeding to push outwards. The main limiting factor is economic; resources and population are in extremely short supply, but this region has been given a high priority.

Core Systems:
Due to budget defecits every turn, most of the shipyards in the core have been idle for the last year.
They are only free to spend organics, since there is a federal reserve of 650k remaining.
Many colonies have recently completed work on ancient-tech inspired atmosphere converters, but they will take until 2412 to complete their work.

Shorter term plans include research into resource extraction, and the development of gas giant colonization tech.
The first dreadnought sized warships are also starting to roll off the assembly lines, but it will be at least a year before their crews can be fully trained.