Need help with one of the campaign missions

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So I'm on the mission where the Dread Lords arrive and start kicking ass everywhere. How do we defeat this mission without cheating? We start with such low tech that even the dread lords scout has a 30 attack power! =[
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
Err... can you say shields?! But seriouly, I would focus on defenses. Orbital Fleet Managers if you can get a few, Defensive fighters, and research like a maniac!

Hmm, I wonder if diplomacy could buy some peace, but I really doubt it.
Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
Seems to me you really can't defend against them. I just lost that mission too. Only way I can see to defeat the mission is head to the lower right quadrant, build up a fleet, head to the middle-left area, take the Yor plant, then move on to the Drengi planet in the upper left. That is all you have to take to beat the mission, but I am finding it extremely difficult...on normal.
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Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I lost this mission several times. I finally completed the mission without cheating. I followed some of the things already stated. I researched like crazy and gave those techs to my allies, even for free when they lagged behind. I colonized the planets in the lower right hand corner. It seemed that the Dread Lords would get a taste for me every time they found me. I put Starbases to help streghthen my puny fleets defending my planets, so I could deal with their troop transports before they landed. As soon as I could, I concentrated my research on the planetary bombardment brach and completed it to shock troops. I immediately gave these technologies to my allies. Five turns later the Yor surrendered. Shortly after that the Altareans took the Drengi planet. The end of this tech race took me by surprise.