Well, that game got laid low by an inescapable division by zero error.
So I started a new game, with more story from the start!
The first 10 turns:
2400:
Long have the technocratic governments of the galaxy controlled the advanced races of the galaxy.
They have pacified, and oppressed sentients everywhere, unopposed for millennia.
Until today!
Long have we awaited a chance, and on the first day of the year 2400, our electronic overlords were thrown into confusion as the ancient texts predicted.
With the overlords calling on ancient non-existent power sources, our technicians were able to shut down the fusion plants, and starve them into hibernation.
Citizens across the planet are smashing the AI cores as we speak!
2400.1:
So far, we have restored contact with, and confirmed the liberation of Texrek X, Sophenis I, and Telome II. All three have achieved manual control of all major facilities.
Unfortunately many minor planets in our sector are still silent, and we have not heard from any of the other known major worlds.
To investigate, Liberator class ships are now being commissioned. With advanced communications and construction equipment, plus experienced technicians to deal with remaining AI, they are well suited to uplift the minor planets.
2400.2:
Liberators have landed on two minor worlds. Telome I and Xolox VI to the southeast. Our investigations have revealed that these worlds suffered a severe loss of technology during their revolutions. Telome I was in fact dependent on the main AI cores Telome II, and with the loss of control for over three months, the facilities have been badly damaged.
Xolox VI suffered as well, with bad weather adding to the damage.
Given the damage and the unknown state of the facility AIs, both crews have opted to demolish the existing facilities for raw materials and rebuild from scratch.
2400.3:
This month, while a Liberator was passing through Auric, it received a transmission from the primary world there. The fact that it was encoded with AI protocols was a bad sign, but the content of the message was most distressing. It began with "Halt your vessel and prepare for repairs", and followed up with a subversion attempt on the ship's systems.
The liberator also spotted a modified colony ship heading north.
The AI is clearly still in control of the planet and has begun a campaign of reestablishing wider control.
In response to this, the free worlds have banded together into an alliance for mutual protection.
2400.4
Citizens are volunteering in droves to crew liberation forces, but due to the fact that maintenance was done by the AIs until recently there just isn't enough technical equipment to go around, and not enough room aboard the Liberator class ships to carry the technicians.
In order to accomodate more volunteers, the facilities in Sophenis have begun constructing a set of Deliverator class transports, while both free planets in Texrek have begun building equipment. In addition, the liberator was redirected to the tiny mining outpost of Auric IIA.
In total, the four worlds have a capacity for equipping and transporting 550 combat technicians per month.
Liberators continue to move out to free the minor worlds, but with only one world still building them, it will be tough to maintain the current rate of progress.
2400.5
The Alliance outpost in Auric reported that the AIs have been spotted building a large ship of unknown capabilities.
The last wave of liberators have landed on colonies in Xolox, Jorun, Aldan and Othello, and the last of the planets in Telome have freed.
Reconstruction efforts are being focussed on additional ship construction facilities, so that more liberators can be constructed.
2400.6
The mysterious ship being constructed by the AI world in Auric made its move this month; it entered orbit of the mining outpost and deployed three dozen drones to surround the colony.
"This world is now under quarantine"
2400.7
With the addition of an AI point defense ship, plans to send up fighters with anti-drone missiles had to be scrapped.
A fleet of Deliverators is starting to take shape in Texrek, and 1400 Technicians have been equipped.
Fortunately, it appears that the AIs consider the takeover of the mining world an isolated incident, and are concentrating their efforts on the blockade. With luck, our forces will be able to liberate Auric behind their backs.
2400.8
A total of 1940 combat technicians are setting forth form Sophenis today, and should arrive at the warp point to Auric this month, from where they will launch their assault.
An AI PD ship has been spotted heading south. Although still two jumps from the liberated colonies, this expanded probing is not a good sign.
In addition a second AI carrier is under construction. Resistance is stiffening, and the shock of 2400 is wearing off.
2400.9
Massive AI activity this month; the system of Auric has been flooded with 7 AI ships, and even far north, a ship has been spotted approaching Othello III.
Our fleet of Deliverators is pressing forward, and will make their attempt. The only good news is that our reconstruction efforts are bearing fruit in the south; many of the space yards will be operational by the end of the month.