Re: Are you tough enough to be the "King of the Hill"?
Slynky -vs- Gandalph - 2404.4 (I think)
Another one of those big battles and weird twists of fate: Two big fleets sitting opposite each other at warp holes. Both decide to move in against the other. And like two ships passing in the night, we missed each other and had combat in each other's system. I swept mines (and no other resistance) and he swept mines and fought against fighters and satellites...losing nearly half his attack ships.
Had I stayed at the warp hole one more turn, I would have wiped the entire fleet of his (I think) and had he stayed at HIS warp hole, he'd had first shot on my fleet (who knows what would have happened).
Thankful that I have my latest designs (a small fleet of 5 destroyers) one sector away from his invading fleet (and more on the way). Now, with my other fleet (that passed his by), do I move toward his home system (one system away) or do I double back?
For the first time in about 40 turns, the loss of his ships in my sector moved me to first place. Our scores and ship-count must be very close.
As always in KOTH, waiting for the next turn and results wreak with anxiety! Win or lose, it's another nail-biter which makes this competition great!
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