I was stalking this guy for about a week. I didn't have the fleet to take him out or even close to the amount of recyclers needed, so I raided other players to build the fleet up.
I started getting antsy that someone else was going to catch on to him and smash him first. Even to the point where I saw unusual activity the night before, so I periodically probed his home planet to make sure people thought he was logged in.
due to my paranoia of losing this hit, I shuffled things today and launched earlier than I wanted to (profits could have been even better with another day or two of building).
And of course was then also paranoid about DoNut tracking back since he was directly in between me and Crosh with a moon... and lots of activity on him.
Slowing and tracking activity timers the whole time... wasn't until the last 10 minutes where I was sure I was going to let it ride.
Oh and then activity on the target planet too I had to deduce what was going on.
At the end of the day though... tada. Thanks to alliance mate Loki with the recycler help. Saved me an extra 2-3 hours of recycle work (I launched with only half the recyclers I needed).
On 08-07-2018 --:--:--, the following fleets met in battle:
Attacker Raider Adam [Rep]
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Bomber 27
Destroyer 2
Small Cargo 474
Light Fighter 5.011
Heavy Fighter 160
Cruiser 126
Battleship 275
Battlecruiser 87
Espionage Probe 3
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Defender Crosh [Plasma]
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Large Cargo 120
Light Fighter 351
Heavy Fighter 10
Cruiser 51
Battleship 249
Espionage Probe 8
Bomber 32
Destroyer 236
Battlecruiser 80
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After the battle ...
Attacker Raider Adam [Rep]
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Bomber 27 ( -0 )
Destroyer 2 ( -0 )
Small Cargo 274 ( -200 )
Light Fighter 2.782 ( -2.229 )
Heavy Fighter 96 ( -64 )
Cruiser 94 ( -32 )
Battleship 267 ( -8 )
Battlecruiser 83 ( -4 )
Espionage Probe 2 ( -1 )
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Defender Crosh [Plasma]
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Large Cargo 0 ( -120 )
Light Fighter 0 ( -351 )
Heavy Fighter 0 ( -10 )
Cruiser 0 ( -51 )
Battleship 0 ( -249 )
Espionage Probe 0 ( -8 )
Bomber 0 ( -32 )
Destroyer 14 ( -222 )
Battlecruiser 0 ( -80 )
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The battle ends in a draw.
The attacker lost a total of 12.105.000 units.
The defender lost a total of 56.801.000 units.
At these space coordinates now float 31.975.200 metal and 18.960.800 crystal.
The chance for a moon to be created from the debris was 20%.
The enormous amounts of free metal and crystal drew together.
A moon was formed around the planet with a diameter of 8.888 km.
The attacker(s) captured the debris.
Summary of profit/losses:
Summary attackers(s)
Metal: 23.384.200
Crystal: 15.570.800
Deuterium: -124.000
The attacker(s) made a profit of 38.831.000 units.
Summary defender(s)
Metal: -31.378.000
Crystal: -20.311.000
Deuterium: -5.112.000
The defender(s) lost a total of 56.801.000 units.
