Something about the fact that someone will wake up and realize that they've been taken out by a sheer armada of colony ships makes me happy. More amusing were some of the reactions of players when they discovered that I built such an armada on purpose. I can't tell you how many times I've heard, "Please tell me this was a misclick?!?!?!" No! No it wasn't!
Was it wise to invest around 4 billion in resources on such an armada? No, no it wasn't! Do I regret it? Nope! Not a single bit!
I had been planning on doing something like this for a long time now. Originally, I had actually planned for 300k. But the sheer amount of deut these ships burn is ridiculous, so I don't plan on building anymore, for now...
I had planned to scrap these after I had some fun with them, but some have suggested I keep them, and call them something like my "victory torch fleet." The point of a game is to have fun, amuse, ext. And that's exactly with this armada was built to do!
Still wound up making a fair amount of profit on this one. Spy N Fly, VFR Missy!
A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away the following fleets met in battle:
Attacker Timberwolf [NOOB]
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Colony Ship 100.000
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Defender Missy [Mines]
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Small Cargo 16.670
Large Cargo 15.474
Colony Ship 2
Recycler 2.000
Espionage Probe 60.001
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After the battle ...
Attacker Timberwolf [NOOB]
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Colony Ship 100.000 ( -0 )
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Defender Missy [Mines]
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Destroyed!
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The attacker has won the battle!
The attacker captured:
54.022.580 Metal, 3.704.947 Crystal and 16.561.077 Deuterium
13.505.645 Metal, 926.237 Crystal and 4.140.270 Deuterium
3.376.411 Metal, 231.559 Crystal and 1.035.067 Deuterium
The attacker lost a total of 0 units.
The defender lost a total of 348.449.000 units.
At these space coordinates now float 43.861.200 metal and 59.467.500 crystal.
The attacker captured a total of 97.503.793 units.
The chance for a moon to be created from the debris was 20%.
The attacker(s) captured the debris.
Summary of profit/losses:
Summary attackers(s)
Metal: 114.765.836
Crystal: 64.330.243
Deuterium: 21.736.414
The attacker(s) made a profit of 200.832.493 units.
Summary defender(s)
Metal: -217.108.636
Crystal: -203.087.743
Deuterium: -25.756.414
The defender(s) lost a total of 445.952.793 units.