It was a pleasant, ordinary afternoon. A bright-eyed, intrepid gamer decided that a nice game of MoO would be the perfect way to spend it. Not wanting to be lazy, the valiant gamer chose to champion the cause of the perennially weak Mrrshan in their noble attempt to bring order to the galaxy. But not wanting to ruin the congenial atmosphere of the day, decided to limit the difficulty level to Hard.
However, the brave gamer was not the only one bored that fateful day.
For unbeknownst to him, the nefarious demons of the nation of Pseudo Random Numbers were also looking for relief from their ennui. And so as they cast their mischievous gaze on our hero, a cruel smile played across their lips. Into his game generator they slipped, to work their terrible curses.
Opponents were changed.
Planets moved.
Environments altered.
Until they sat back to watch with glee at the look of horror spreading across the gamer's face at what he saw before him. Our hero could almost hear their maniacal laughter echoing in his ears as his mouse hovered over the reload button.
But he hesitated.
A surge of righteous anger and determination swelled inside him. He would not be defeated by these minions of chance. No, he would gather a party of other brave adventurers and set out to conquer what the demons had produced. And he swore by the Guardian that one day, one day soon, the Mrrshan would triumph and the galaxy would bow before their mighty paws!!!
Alright, enough of that.
I apologize to those who's first language is not English, but the situation seemed to call for an over-flowering entrance.
So here is the starting situation:
We are up against probably the 5 hardest opponents in the game. The only planet in immediate range is size 90, but it's poor. Everything else is dead or worse, or 6 parsecs away. The red circle is Orion, and judging by the arrival of a scout at the Dead world, the Silicoids are at one of the two yellow circles. This is Hard difficulty instead of Impossible, but frankly I doubt that's enough to save us. But hey, one cannot attain great glory, without great risk
Even though we will, in all likelihood, be scraped off the boots of one of these opponents
No variant rules. We are going to need every trick, tactic, and ounce of cunning to pull ourselves out of this mess.
Roster is as follows:
dathon78
Stup
Zed
Olorin
Liq
IamI3rian (welcome!)
Standard play/post rules apply, but as we have a somewhat large roster at 6, please try to keep the game moving along so nobody gets bored. That goes double for me
Let the bloodbath commence!
However, the brave gamer was not the only one bored that fateful day.
For unbeknownst to him, the nefarious demons of the nation of Pseudo Random Numbers were also looking for relief from their ennui. And so as they cast their mischievous gaze on our hero, a cruel smile played across their lips. Into his game generator they slipped, to work their terrible curses.
Opponents were changed.
Planets moved.
Environments altered.
Until they sat back to watch with glee at the look of horror spreading across the gamer's face at what he saw before him. Our hero could almost hear their maniacal laughter echoing in his ears as his mouse hovered over the reload button.
But he hesitated.
A surge of righteous anger and determination swelled inside him. He would not be defeated by these minions of chance. No, he would gather a party of other brave adventurers and set out to conquer what the demons had produced. And he swore by the Guardian that one day, one day soon, the Mrrshan would triumph and the galaxy would bow before their mighty paws!!!
Alright, enough of that.
I apologize to those who's first language is not English, but the situation seemed to call for an over-flowering entrance.
So here is the starting situation:
We are up against probably the 5 hardest opponents in the game. The only planet in immediate range is size 90, but it's poor. Everything else is dead or worse, or 6 parsecs away. The red circle is Orion, and judging by the arrival of a scout at the Dead world, the Silicoids are at one of the two yellow circles. This is Hard difficulty instead of Impossible, but frankly I doubt that's enough to save us. But hey, one cannot attain great glory, without great risk
Even though we will, in all likelihood, be scraped off the boots of one of these opponents
No variant rules. We are going to need every trick, tactic, and ounce of cunning to pull ourselves out of this mess.
Roster is as follows:
dathon78
Stup
Zed
Olorin
Liq
IamI3rian (welcome!)
Standard play/post rules apply, but as we have a somewhat large roster at 6, please try to keep the game moving along so nobody gets bored. That goes double for me
Let the bloodbath commence!
that Range 6 and Controlled Dead are both in our tree, or this is going to be rough. I would suggest that the next couple leaders consider a substantial LR fleet to guard our hostile worlds from Silicoid advancement. I chased a scout away from the Tundra, so I'm betting their homeworld is where the finger pointer is below, or at least in that cluster. There's undoubtedly a homeworld (or two) in that cluster in yellows in range of the ocean world, we'll want to protect that as well if we can. 
cry: ... so close) 
Not only did we lose an equivalent size 50 production world, that puts us at a significant strategic disadvantage to the rocks.
No way that was going to hold. We actually got lucky that the Rocks are using medium's; their usual MO is to send large's, which we would never be able to fend off at our current fleet levels. I usually assign 10 LR lasers to a planet I really want to keep. Yes it's a significant investment, but if you are going to make it, better to be sure that you have the planet. 
