[geoschmo]

Round 1 game 4 is over. Renegade has surendered to me. It was a tough fight and a blast of a game. We burned up 200 ships in a massive battle. Only a handful of wounded survived the first combat, and all of those were picked off within the next two turns before they could get back to a planet for repair. I can't remember a game where 2 fleets of such size were completely obliterated before. Usually the battles are much more one sided. Well played Renegade.

We've got 5 of 8 first round games completed. Things are going much more smoothly than I anticipated at this point.