Trithian Empire (Slynky) -vs- Kif Hegemony (Mark the Merciful): 2412.3

(standard KOTH game: 1 medium starting homeworld)

Phew! It's all over.

Slynky's Trithians surrendered after a vicious fight. Once the warp points were opening all over the place, it came down to a question of who could destroy the other guy's economy fastest. I came out ahead here because I had defenses of some kind (mines at least) around all my planets, whereas a lot of Slynky's were completely open.

At the end, we essentially had one fleet each of similar sizes, but I had managed to protect enough territory that my economy was recovering to about half the pre-cataclysm level of production, while the heart of Slynky's had been wrecked. I was producing around 180,000 blue and rising, while Slynky looked to be around the 60,000 mark.

But to get to this point I've had to accept the loss of about half my planets, and had to cannibilise most of the remaining facilities for minerals. Skin by teeth of my the - please re-arrange these words to make the appropriate phrase.

It's hard to express just how much fun, and how tense this game has been since the very beginning. It built up to an incredible climax during the ten turns from 2411 to 2412, to the point that I was finding it too tough to play two turns in a row.

Thanks to Slynky, and congratulations for playing a very good game.

Move me up, please.

Mark

[ June 07, 2003, 06:24: Message edited by: Mark the Merciful ]