[geoschmo]

Originally posted by Slynky:
Boarding parties at turn 25? Wow! I bet you have some work cut out for you.

Well, I need to keep my colony ships away from him or escort them, that's for sure. So far I've been lucky. The only thing he has managed to "capture" is depleted uranium shells and capital ship missles.

Geoschmo vs Cheeze 2403.1

The borders have more or less gelled now. My estimate is we both have about half the quadrant under our control. We both appear to asscribe to the "scout by colony ship" strategy, so we have ended up with shared ownership of several system along the border. Changing that will likely be a priority for both of us I am sure.

I have pretty much held first place the entire game so far, but that really means nothing at this point. I have no way of knowing how far behind me he is. All of the early battles have gone my way. He's lost several escorts and several colony ships. I lost one squadron of fighters to a minefield and had one frigate damaged by a crazy colony ship captain. Mines went up early so neither of us has lost any planets IIRC.

Now comes the phase where we fill in the colonies we skipped to get deep border penatration, and the build up to the first serious battles.

Geoschmo