Man, so much dumb stuff happening.

Early game was great, got the rare Forst Biome that gives you 150 Carbon per medium plant, and starting system had Chrom Metal. Easy Gek quests, had one of each race in the first 3 systems, and plenty of Units the whole run.

Got shafted by Cobalt, miscalculated some Chrom Metal amounts needed, had to warp an extra time, some silly flying around, and by endgame I'm just doing stupid things to entertain myself. Sub 2:30 is possible with some competence.