[Menschenfresser]

Longest Battle

Last game I played against the AI, I triggered MEE when I unmothballed 25 ships to repay a neighbor for trashing two of my planets.

A second empire's fleet, The Colonials, out of no where appeared in one of my more important systems. Eight Dreadnoughts of a build I knew, so I sent a fleet of ten Battleships equipped with the Lastest in Psych tech.

The tactical screen opens and I swallow hard at the 10 additional ships that had been cloaked. I forgot that my battleships weren't equipped with scanners. Crap. And they happened to be fully loaded carriers...all in all about 500 fighters.

I move the ships off of the edge to gain retreating room. Colonial fighters pour out like mosquitos. Slowly, my small fleet picks them off, bLasting them back. Mixed in with the fighters arrive the back bone of their fleet, the dreadnoughts. No shots to spare, I shoot only until they have no weapons and then allow them to retreat.

Outcome: After 30 turns.
Of my ten, I lose four...of the other six, only two get out of the fight with some shields still in operation.

Only a few Colonial fighters remain...less than fifty. 6 crippled dreadnoughts remain and all of their carriers.

The next turn the reserves arrive. Needless to say, that fleet went on into history with 50% exp...highest I have ever had.

[This message has been edited by Menschenfresser (edited 02 October 2001).]