Gozguy vs Geoschmo, 2412.5
Apparently Gozguy will require me to seek out and destroy every Last remnant of his empire. This is fine with me.
I clearly have the advantage at this point. However his excellent use of hit and run tactics and flanking manuvers does slow my advances considerably. I have to spend time and resources protecting my flanks, and defending the planets that I take from him. No more rolling through systems taking 3 or 4 planets at a time as I did earlier in the war. Doing that now only guarantees that Goz will return and glass the recently liberated populations, and in the process leaving my fleet well in advance of any repair and refuel facilities.
Goz has shown an ability to recolonize glassed planets quickly, so I can't simply fall back to refuel. Doing so only guarantees that I will have to fight again for the same piece of ground. My strategy is advance and hold, consolidate, and advance again. It is slow, but it gets the job done with a minimum of risk to my crews.
So it's become a methodical process of taking a planet at a time. Defending them and cleaning out pockets of resistance in system. Building up sufficent reserves to block the warp points from flanking counter attack. And then finally moving on to the next system. At this rate we may get to 200 turns before it's done. I love it.
Geoschmo
[ April 21, 2003, 13:26: Message edited by: geoschmo ]