Victory for the combined Imperial fleets! The Union fleet attacked us at Baham with a force nearly three times smaller than ours, and were, of course, annihilated!
Imperial Ships destroy the Union carriers
The First Imperial Fleet, however, was destroyed in the battle. We mourn everyone who died for the freedom of the Imperial people. The first, second and third marine corps, the first special ground espionage team, the first special ground sabotage team as well as all the admirals and sailors on board the ships.
However, it is our first major victory against the Union, and with reinforcements arriving from our very efficient reinforcing system, let us pray that it is not only this one victory! The Union has been weakened, but are far from having been defeated. The Imperial Fleets will continue to fight for the freedom of the people, until either they or the enemy have all been killed!
Further away, the rising power of the Starwhompers is starting to worry the council. They have grown very powerful, even more than the United Planets of Merak. If we don't manage to control this beast then they may be a bigger threat than the Union will ever be. Our spies are closely watching this rising power and feeding their information to the council, the Emperor, and the alliance. They have nearly double our annual income and over double our production levels, and are getting closer to the alliance after every passing day. Let us just hope that the Starwhompers don't become too strong and can still be tamed when we need it.
My respect to people like EC and Terrance who have had no free expansions.
Thanks, although I did take my southern border very early on so I could easily take everything north of it
