So heres the story. This started a few days ago, Vasto spied my fleet and I knew he liked what he saw, a juicy little unassuming miner who had a big enough fleet that was isolated enough to be easy pickings. I knew after a couple more instances of probing that it was only a matter of time until he arrived in my solar system.
Even though I suspected he would make a move soon I had no immediate plans to change my FS pattern as I was hunting a fleet in that particular area and greed got the better of me.
As it turned out he moved in sooner than I anticipated. Yesterday I woke up to find a new neighbor Vasto had moved in and had destroyed one of my moons that I was FSing to. I knew he had the phalanx on my fleet so tried to send some probes to arrive at the same time to try and confuse and buy myself a few seconds.
Based on my recall time Vasto sent an attack assuming my FS was at 20% speed returning to the planet. Fortunately it drew a blank as my FS was at 10% speed so knew he was likely to try again which gave me time to call in some much needed allies.
By the time Vasto made his first run at the recalled fleet I was already in conversation with Bizzle about setting up a trap and inviting some more players to the party. Bizzle organized for a couple of other members In OGUS to help out. I provided information about return times and the guys provided the much needed fire power. I patiently waited with some ships on another moon ready to jump in to protect against a possible MD up until the battle.
As expected I observed Vasto come online approximately 20-25minutes before my fleet was to return and sent his fleet which was scheduled to arrive 7s after my fleet returned. Unfortunately this meant most of my allies recyclers missed as a result. Fortunately Vasto did not seem to suspect anything and the fleet arrived as expected....
Unfortunately I only managed to recover approximately 30% of the DF with Vasto recovering approximately 70%.
I can't take much credit for this at all other than looking like an easy target.
A big shout out to Bizzle, Nada Y Nada and Flashover for helping out. You guys are legends! Especially cause Nada almost slept in and missed out.
All the best to you Vasto and wishing you a fast rebuild. I see you are already well on the way.
Dedicated to all the small guys out there!
Enjoy.
On 12-04-2020 --:--:--, the following fleets met in battle:
Attacker Vasto Lorde [RO-LTN]
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Large Cargo 1
Light Fighter 273.481
Heavy Fighter 10.137
Cruiser 38.571
Battleship 16.705
Battlecruiser 18.465
Bomber 2.773
Destroyer 1.492
Reaper 1.392
Pathfinder 2.500
Small Cargo 10.000
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Defender Ronin [GalEmpir]
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Small Cargo 426
Large Cargo 1.515
Light Fighter 9.611
Heavy Fighter 515
Cruiser 3.744
Battleship 2.274
Recycler 2.964
Espionage Probe 4.122
Bomber 719
Destroyer 931
Deathstar 2
Battlecruiser 691
Reaper 713
Pathfinder 397
Rocket Launcher 640
Light Laser 152
Small Shield Dome 1
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Defender Nada y Nada [OGUS]
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Cruiser 31.567
Battleship 11.116
Battlecruiser 16.800
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Defender Flashover [OGUS]
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Light Fighter 50.152
Heavy Fighter 1.395
Cruiser 10.415
Battleship 25
Battlecruiser 12.338
Destroyer 14
Reaper 350
Pathfinder 469
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Defender Bizzle [OGUS]
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Deathstar 25
Light Fighter 200.000
Heavy Fighter 16.075
Cruiser 36.364
Battleship 20.110
Battlecruiser 4.452
Bomber 300
Destroyer 2.528
Reaper 2.504
Pathfinder 9.401
Small Cargo 12.824
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After the battle ...
Attacker Vasto Lorde [RO-LTN]
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Destroyed!
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Defender Ronin [GalEmpir]
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Small Cargo 144 ( -282 )
Large Cargo 836 ( -679 )
Light Fighter 3.377 ( -6.234 )
Heavy Fighter 263 ( -252 )
Cruiser 3.008 ( -736 )
Battleship 2.206 ( -68 )
Recycler 1.894 ( -1.070 )
Espionage Probe 785 ( -3.337 )
Bomber 705 ( -14 )
Destroyer 930 ( -1 )
Deathstar 2 ( -0 )
Battlecruiser 681 ( -10 )
Reaper 713 ( -0 )
Pathfinder 316 ( -81 )
Rocket Launcher 188 ( -452 )
Light Laser 44 ( -108 )
Small Shield Dome 1 ( -0 )
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Defender Nada y Nada [OGUS]
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Cruiser 26.173 ( -5.394 )
Battleship 10.849 ( -267 )
Battlecruiser 16.610 ( -190 )
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Defender Flashover [OGUS]
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Light Fighter 17.546 ( -32.606 )
Heavy Fighter 705 ( -690 )
Cruiser 8.296 ( -2.119 )
Battleship 25 ( -0 )
Battlecruiser 12.163 ( -175 )
Destroyer 14 ( -0 )
Reaper 350 ( -0 )
Pathfinder 366 ( -103 )
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Defender Bizzle [OGUS]
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Deathstar 25 ( -0 )
Light Fighter 72.187 ( -127.813 )
Heavy Fighter 8.301 ( -7.774 )
Cruiser 29.821 ( -6.543 )
Battleship 19.654 ( -456 )
Battlecruiser 4.398 ( -54 )
Bomber 297 ( -3 )
Destroyer 2.526 ( -2 )
Reaper 2.504 ( -0 )
Pathfinder 7.560 ( -1.841 )
Small Cargo 4.548 ( -8.276 )
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The defender has won the battle!
The attacker lost a total of 5.661.980.000 units.
The defender lost a total of 1.397.442.000 units.
At these space coordinates now float 2.538.381.688 metal and 1.329.481.415 crystal.
The chance for a moon to be created from the debris was 20%.
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Debris harvested by the defender(s):
82.398.000 Metal and 0 Crystal
58.714.000 Metal and 0 Crystal
32.178.000 Metal and 0 Crystal
82.398.000 Metal and 0 Crystal
58.714.000 Metal and 0 Crystal
2.666.000 Metal and 0 Crystal
32.178.000 Metal and 0 Crystal
82.398.000 Metal and 0 Crystal
58.714.000 Metal and 0 Crystal
32.178.000 Metal and 0 Crystal
67.557.585 Metal and 14.840.415 Crystal
29.357.000 Metal and 29.357.000 Crystal
16.089.000 Metal and 16.089.000 Crystal
29.357.000 Metal and 29.357.000 Crystal
41.199.000 Metal and 41.199.000 Crystal
16.089.000 Metal and 16.089.000 Crystal
29.357.000 Metal and 29.357.000 Crystal
41.199.000 Metal and 41.199.000 Crystal
589.000 Metal and 589.000 Crystal
29.357.000 Metal and 29.357.000 Crystal
25.637.000 Metal and 25.637.000 Crystal
3.038.000 Metal and 3.038.000 Crystal
29.357.000 Metal and 29.357.000 Crystal
7.252.822 Metal and 3.798.677 Crystal
Total debris harvested by the defender(s):
887.971.407 Metal and 309.264.092 Crystal
Summary of profit/losses:
Summary attackers(s)
Metal: -3.344.856.000
Crystal: -1.851.192.000
Deuterium: -465.932.000
The attacker(s) lost a total of 5.661.980.000 units.
Summary defender(s)
Metal: -58.774.593
Crystal: -86.772.908
Deuterium: -54.659.000
The defender(s) lost a total of 200.206.501 units.