Tug of War - Progress Thread

[spoon]

Originally posted by Gandalph:
The Last turn revealed that Spoon's fleet made it through the warp point, taking some damage and losing a dozen or so ships, however, the Tug is by itself at the point of battle. There are ships on the way to intercept, so it may not be over yet.

That's not what High Lord Smmmrrlgor wants to hear first thing in the morning. Death to the Messenger!

[spoon]

Originally posted by Gandalph:
however, the Tug is by itself at the point of battle.

Which brings up the question, why isn't the tug on the other side of the warp-point with the rest of the fleet it belonged to? It wasn't captured in any of the battles. It wasn't stolen by intel (and if it had been, it wouldn't still be under my control...)

I'm at a loss to explain it--- what would make a ship remove itself from its own fleet???

[BBegemott]

Maybe it was damaged in combat, or ran out of suply?

[spoon]

Originally posted by BBegemott:
Maybe it was damaged in combat, or ran out of suply?

Then the whole fleet should have stopped...

[Phoenix-D]

"I'm at a loss to explain it--- what would make a ship remove itself from its own fleet???"

Intel changing its orders.

[spoon]

Originally posted by Phoenix-D:
"I'm at a loss to explain it--- what would make a ship remove itself from its own fleet???"

Intel changing its orders.

Nope, no intel Messages rec'd, and I still have counterintel stored up...

[atari_eric]

Originally posted by BBegemott:
Yeah, Spoon has outsmattered us. Still I really enjoyed this game. Thank you guys for a good game atmosphere and special thanks to Gandalph for a brilliant mod idea!

I think spoon had us practically from the get-go. He(she?) made out as if he needed to take over the whole map by himself in order to win. His(her?) strip of planets are more developed than unregulated beachfront property, and has more goods in space than the Star Wars Empire. Spoon knew he'd(?) have to take on everyone else as soon as the tug was nabbed, and would have to fight them all the way back. I'm not saying that the other players weren't doing similar, I just think that Spoon's first priority was subduing the other players, then grabbing the tug.