Spiralus PBW discussion thread.

Shoujo · #1 August 20th, 2001, 06:25 AM

Can't blame you for doing what I would've done in your place

This of course doesn't mean Shepherd Ikul is happy.

The abandoned planets aren't a serious concern. They were all small and tiny planets of little economic value whose only purpose was to construct ships.

Rollo · #2 August 20th, 2001, 09:51 PM

quote:
Originally posted by BeeDee10:
We have a small colony of Terrans which is being maintained as a "wildlife preserve" to ensure that the species doesn't go extinct. If you hand Sheridan over to us, we will place him in this colony. Even if he rises to a position of local leadership among the populace, all spacecraft and advanced facilities are under Irha-Nrr control and therefore off-limits to Terrans except as passengers.

He will never be able to command spacegoing forces again. Perhaps this will be seen by your people as suitable "punishment" for an expansionistic tyrant?

Hmm yes, sounds pretty good. I mean, if we just wanted him executed or so we could have done it ourselves

. I guess there is no galactic tribunal or some such, or is there?

Rollo

Rollo · #3 August 27th, 2001, 09:55 PM

Hehehe, Dragonlords eastern front is crumbling into dust. I just tore one of his fleets apart and now have two fleets in the Dragons soft underbelly. Sorry, this may come a little late to some of you.

Hey, Dragonlord, what have your captains been drinking? They can't even hit the ground

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I apologize for boasting too much, but you guys should have seen the battle in the Wanduk system. Ohoh, better be quiet now and prepare for the Dragon counterattack...

Rollo

BeeDee10 · #4 August 28th, 2001, 01:14 AM

Perhaps one day we _can_ see the battle for ourselves. I save all the turns that get emailed to me until after the game ends, so we could swap passwords afterward and view key points in each others' histories to see how things actually happened in the past.

Of course, that assumes that none of you is reusing their passwords in other games. If you are, though, shame on you for such an insecure practice.

Dragonlord · #5 August 28th, 2001, 03:34 AM

Yep, Rollo is doing damage. My entire military was focused on the Yvelon and Irra-Nrr, plus a north fleet in case the Scron went hostile. I never expected a betrayal from the Space Vikings so my east was barely defended. The fleet he killed consisted of a half dozen green untrained warships, while (judging by the hit/miss ratio) his fleet was veteran or maybe even legendary.
He has also shown me the value of the extra 30% defense you get from putting all armor types on your ships...
So in order to destroy his fleets I need overwhelming numbers...which I have, just not in the right place. What's worse, he's capturing essential planets rather than destroying them, hurting my economy while he boosts his own. My weapon platforms were useless and I am now convinced that the *only* viable planet defense is...ships. Lots and lots of ships.

Will keep you posted, as I scramble to put up defense and redirect my fleets.

Shoujo · #6 August 29th, 2001, 01:40 AM

What makes you think any of us would reuse passords? *bats eyelashes*

Rollo · #7 August 29th, 2001, 05:31 PM

Frontline news (the Viking view) Last month 2408.1 (didn't have a look at the new turn yet):

Last month another brave battle was fought be Viking forces in the Aldan system. On Aldan III a fleet with a humanitarian mission to evacuate all Dragon civilists was attacked by Dragon forces. The Viking fleet was hopelessly outnumbered and outgunned. It consisted only of two Jarlsund LC and three Halden DS, while the Dragons attacked with a battleship and a battlecruiser backed up by five LC. We feared the Dragons would try to wipe out their own population, so while one LC kept the Dragons busy the other LC covered the retreat of the civilians with help of the destroyers. The Jarlsund fought bravely and was skillfully dodging most shots. Once the unarmed vessels were safe it was joined by the other LC and the destroyers to make sure the Dragons would do no more harm. At the end of the battle all Dragon ships were severely damaged and two destroyed, while all Viking ships remained unscratched and the civilians were safe. At the end of the month the entire Aldan system was liberated from Dragon oppression and the population jubilantly joined the Vikings. They will be welcome members of our clans for their superior trading skills, because we have a great demand for merchants and accountants considering our recent growth.

In the Wanduk system the Viking fleet was defeated by superior Dragon forces. We fear the worst for the people (Vikings and Dragons) in the Wanduk system.

We are truly shocked that the Dragons don't even stop at murdering their own people in their quest for galactic dominance. We have been friends the most time and would have never imagined they were even capable of such atrocities. This tells us that our intervention into Dragon space is a just cause of liberating helpless and oppressed civilians from an evil regime.
Even in the face of the genocide committed by the Dragons we will continue to fight and try to keep collatoral(sp?) damage and civilian losses at a minimum. We will try to take in as many Dragon refugees as possible and ask all other galactic powers to do the same should they seek asylum with you.

We have demanded the surrender of the Dragons to prevent more bloodshed. Hopefully Elder Avatar will come to his senses again or there will be billions of more deaths.

We mourn for the dead and hope they will be safely guided to Valhalla by the Valkyrja,
King Rollo of the Space Vikings