ATTENTION ALL BSG FANS: DOWNLOAD BSG: FLEET COMMANDER FOR HOMEWORLD REMASTERED (I am not associated with nor will profit from any money spent on this game & the mod is free)
This is the absolute best BSG RTS I've ever played, and honestly, just the best RTS I've ever played. Here's a recap of my experience playing their survival mode:
I started out with my harvesters, my space station (for battlestar construction), a mercury-class battlestar (with 30 vipers ready to launch), and a fighter carrier.
I started out with a high resource count to speed things up and immediately began construction of my second mercury-class while my harvesters collected resources for a larger air group
DRADIS Contact
The drums began to roar (from the BSG soundtrack) as I went to open DRADIS to find 8 Basestars launching over 100 fighters (not exaggerated) at my one currently constructed battlestar (Let's call her Pegasus). As stupid as it may have been, I launched all vipers and turned to fight, hoping my second mercury-class would save me when it was ready. I started construction of 20 fighters aboard, and launched each of them as soon as they were constructed. Pegasus ended one basestar and turned it's guns toward several attack cruisers headed for my station, destroying 2 of the three.
Then, the second mercury class (Let's call her Unity) was ready. She blazed into combat destroying the remaining cruiser and turned her guns on the remaining 7 basestars and supporting ships. The two fought valiantly while I constructed Galactica (Yes, Galactica itself is a ship option which is separate from the Jupiter class).
DRADIS Contact
A second fleet of 4 basestars jumped in.
Galactica was finally ready, and miraculously, with my now 100 MKVII vipers, turned their guns on the first cylon fleet's resurrection hub (enemy space station to prevent more ship construction). It was quickly destroyed along with a few more basestars, and the fleet retreated.
Unfortunately, the Cylons had hit Pegasus with 3 nukes, and she was destroyed by a basestar aboard another ship.
Unity and Galactica turned their guns and air groups toward the 4 basestars, destroying each with their resurrection hub in the process.
DRADIS Contact
A new fleet jumped in with heavy raiders (in this game assault raptors and heavy raiders can infiltrate and capture enemy capital ships), they swarmed and infiltrated Unity, capturing her. She turned her guns on Galactica, ending my run.
This was the most accurate, fun, amazing, beautiful RTS I have ever played. I was able to destroy 10 basestars and two entire fleets before my colonial fleet was taken out. Also, the controls are very easy to learn.
If you like BSG, and want to live out your dreams as a fleet commander then, PLEASE GET THIS GAME AND MOD. There is also a function that will allow you and up to 8 friends to build your fleet together (each starting with a carrier, a mercury-class, a harvester, and a space station) to fight off the Cylon attacks.
If you would like help downloading this game, the associating mod, or even hop into a game with me to scrap some toasters, do not hesitate to DM :)!
So Say We All
Edit - Here is the trailer for the mode that I played: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JELcyXvTwio&list=PL8mlc8j4LJNOullmjYYwldJ2zx0Qg-S2F