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Old September 24th, 2003, 03:56 PM
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Default Re: Are you tough enough to be the "King of the Hill"?

"The situation did not go exactly as planned". These were the Last words of the current Arcadia League's governement before the surrender. But I believe I owe you explanations. The reason for the defeat in the Jubrup system was obviously the lack of technological advances on our side. The Imperium was not courageous enough to fight without any electronical device to assist them. And our crews of glad volunteers from all our worlds were not quite as brave as we would have expeted during our ultime effort.

According to intelligence, we had a slightly more efficient economy, leading in more ships equiped with deadlier weaponry. However, this edge was negated by our lack of efficiency. Our third battlegroup had been built in emergency, relying on less than skilled crews and poor command, as the officers were designated randomly. Worse, our scientists were not on par with the Imperium. All these factors explained our disaster during the battle of Jubrup, our homeworld.

As for now, we have no choice but surrendering and hoping we will be able to negociate. Our ships are spread in all our systems and not in a position to fight. Our spies are killed or captured when they dare to try intelligence operations. We lost many a scientist when we had to abandon some of our worlds. And our main ressources will fall into the Imperium hands in no more than a few months, resulting in the collapse of our economy.

Now the proud cities of Jubrup will be no more, and all the glory of our civilization will be destroyed by the fury and the might of these barbarians. We shall remain only a footnote in the history, perhaps renowned for our tactical knowledge, but laughted at for the weakness of our technology. I wish you well, all of you, fellow citizens of Jubrup, to face up the upcoming dark age for us.

Geo, what were my mistakes except the really important problem of research? (I only had slightly more than 20,000 research points, not much) It also includes the lack of training, ECM and sensors, and poor weaponry. (Three PPB on a Light Carrier with a Heavy Mount would have helped, with proper training/devices)

[ September 24, 2003, 14:58: Message edited by: Alneyan ]
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