Galactic Overlord I, Part II

[Skanky Burns]

[:) Smiley]

Party's over, guys. Send in your orders!

[Skanky Burns]

/me drags his hungover self to a computer terminal and submits orders to his homeplanet.

[DrSpike]

Seriously we need a time limit for sending orders in this game.

[:) Smiley]

Maybe after this round I'll start enforcing a deadline, no orders without excuse by deadline, no orders period.

[Skanky Burns]

I don't mind if that rule is used this round either.

[Ljube]

Orders coming in very soon.

[Jamski]

Skanky's best bet is to eat Vlad to gain the resources to strike against Lj.

-Jam

[DrSpike]

Nice of you to drop by GM.

[Jamski]

I like to keep a tab on the game

-Jam

[DrSpike]

Good. Currently you owe £34.52.

[Vlad Antlerkov]

Some damn fool wrote orders and attached my name to them. (sent)

[:) Smiley]

7 hours is not very soon. If Ljube doesn't send in orders the next time he's online, I'm gonna process without him.

[Ljube]

Orders are in.

Probably my final set of orders

[:) Smiley]

Round 14
The Legend of Vladimir

Prologue

Admiral Vlad had the ambitions of grandeur, but had always been on the sidelines of history. Though he had outlasted many other aspiring Overlords, often he was just a tagalong ally.

Even his one independent action, though victorious, was quite hollow: he had gained but one base while his undefended homeworlds were conquered. But Vlad had persevered and rebuilt himself in time to cut a piece of the spoils of Spaced Cowboy.

Now, though, he decided it was time for him to shine, before the two larger empires snuffed out his light. Rousing his forces, he sent his entire fleet in another all-or-nothing gamble on Skanky's dominion.

Meanwhile, a spy was dispatched to keep Admiral Ljube at bay. With potential spoils of even more bases, Vlad was willing to gamble this night. Even a trade of bases would leave him ahead.

Sure enough, intelligence reports had shown that Skanky had been preparing to assault Vlad with his vastly superior fleet the same turn. The entire fleet. A lone battleship was to be the only defender.

Things were not to go that way, though. When his spy infiltrated Ljube's headquarters and knocked out communications, something was amiss. While the big titans remained in port after the disruption, a spy ship could be seen darting away into the distance.

The spy's destination was Skanky's headquarters. The great battlefleet wasn't going to be attacking Vlad anymore. It was going to stay home and defend. With almost twice the firepower.

Vlad's homeworlds were safe. But the same could not be said for his fleet. Now, it would take some luck to crack the Skanky defenses. Could his fleet do it?