Time for a new Top 10 entry.
Last week, one of my spy balloons noticed Vauss' fleet chilling on one of his moons. I immediately launched.. but he came back online and sent his fleet packing. The deut bill sucked but it was worth a shot. Few days later, even though his fleet was out of sight, it was still on my mind. I watched and made a plan. Out of 12 moons, I selected 3 good candidates and blew them up... lost a few RIPs in the process but that's part of the game. Much to my frustration, I did not see his main fleet on any of my phalanxes. What a bummer. I could have launched on his expeditions fleets, however those were not enough to get my interest. A short moment later, Vauss was back online. I decided to not give up. I identified two more potential moons where his fleet was likely flying to. Then, after putting pieces together, I finally narrowed it down to a single one and launched a new MD mission while he was online. Vauss insta built enough ships to defend his moon and tear my RIPs apart. This is when Emnoxage makes his glorious entry into this story. Emnoxage sent his BCs to safely escort my RIPs directly to Vauss' moon. At the same time, Vauss started to build a lot of defense on his planet. That was a very good sign and confirmed that I was on the right path. Vauss abandoned his plans of defending his moon. The MD mission was a success. Again, I lost a bunch of RIPs but it was worth the risk and .. the reward. Bingo! Vauss' fleet was now visible and trapped. Move forward to the next day, a second after its return, Vauss' fleet was destroyed and recycled. Big thank you again to Emnoxage, without who this hit would probably have been too risky.
Enjoy the show 
On 22-05-2023 --:--:--, the following fleets met in battle:
Attacker Venom [FEW]
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Deathstar 5.000
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Defender Commander Vauss [UST]
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Small Cargo 36.000
Large Cargo 11.000
Light Fighter 50.210
Heavy Fighter 15.410
Cruiser 21.724
Battleship 10.853
Recycler 6.594
Espionage Probe 201.240
Bomber 597
Solar Satellite 500
Destroyer 413
Deathstar 12
Battlecruiser 9.332
Reaper 1.061
Pathfinder 23.715
Rocket Launcher 50.000
Light Laser 20.000
Heavy Laser 10.000
Gauss Cannon 5.000
Ion Cannon 10.000
Plasma Turret 4.000
Small Shield Dome 1
Large Shield Dome 1
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After the battle ...
Attacker Venom [FEW]
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Deathstar 5.000 ( -0 )
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Defender Commander Vauss [UST]
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Destroyed!
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The attacker has won the battle!
The attacker captured:
487.341 Metal, 305.874 Crystal and 316.069 Deuterium
The attacker lost a total of 0 units.
The defender lost a total of 5.161.918.000 units.
At these space coordinates now float 1.431.073.000 metal and 1.174.216.400 crystal.
The attacker captured a total of 1.109.284 units.
The chance for a moon to be created from the debris was 20%.
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Debris harvested by the attacker(s):
1.431.073.000 Metal and 1.174.251.400 Crystal
Summary of profit/losses:
Summary attackers(s)
Metal: 1.431.560.341
Crystal: 1.174.557.274
Deuterium: 316.069
The attacker(s) made a profit of 2.606.433.684 units.
Summary defender(s)
Metal: -2.584.937.341
Crystal: -2.012.817.874
Deuterium: -565.272.069
The defender(s) lost a total of 5.163.027.284 units.
