Galactic Overlord I, Part II

[Kassiopeia]

Vlad Antlerkov

Now there's a man who knows how to go out in style! Stuff of legends

[Skanky Burns]

Vlad isn't in any dungeon. He has been given a stateroom and all the luxuries he could desire.

[Ljube]

Then, I am looking forward to my personal interrogation of both of you

[Skanky Burns]

I don't think I will be as kind to you though. Once my conquest of your empire is complete, you shall be in the cold cold dungeons. With Spikie.

[Jamski]

That's just MEAN.

Jamski's prediction - neither of them attacks the other this round *yawns*

-Jam

[:) Smiley]

You're wrong. Both do, but quite differently.

Round 16
Asymmetrical Warfare

Prologue

It may seem strange that two admirals, each equipped with the largest fleets, would attempt such radically different strategies.

It is these differences though, that separate history from the hard sciences, and victors from the vanquished.

Knowing that time was now against him, Ljube decided he had to strike Skanky immediately before his adversary grew even stronger. Every turn waited meant being outclassed by three additional titans.

With that, he built 14 shiny new fighter titans and 2 fighter frigates, and set off with his entire fleet to bear down on Skanky.

At Skanky's homeworld, Skanky welcomed the commissioning of seven new lasertitans, eight new fightertitans, and 2 new torpedo titans.

The engines of war had been thrown in motion though, and before long Ljube had crashed the party. The following engagement would involve almost every ship in the galaxy.

[Jamski]

Nice one Skanky I can predict where the ships not involved in the battle are... oh... and LJ sent his entire fleet Hehehehe...

-Jam

[:) Smiley]

ADMIRAL LJUBE
----------------------
30 TT/L
Lasers: 150
41 TT/F
 2 FG/F
Fighters: 203
15 TT/T
Torpedoes: 75

FFL-LTT
Back off and spread out


ADMIRAL SKANKY
----------------------
35 TT/L
Lasers: 175
30 TT/F
Fighters: 150
30 TT/T
TOrpedoes: 150

TTL-FLF
Default formation

It looked like Skanky had the numerical advantage, but Ljube held all the cards when it came to tactics. Tactics, that is...

RAW DATA
Ljube          Skanky
-----------------------------
203 fighters   150 torpedoes
203 fighters   150 torpedoes
150 lasers     175 lasers
150 lasers     150 fighters
 75 torpedoes  175 lasers
 75 torpedoes  150 fighters

The battle opened quite lopsided as swarms of Ljube fighters descended on Skanky's torpedo ships. To add incapacitation to injury, many of Skanky's torpedoes missed Ljube's dispersed fleet completely. 331 hits were scored. The second wave was a textbook repeat, with Ljube dealing another 331 hits.

Then came a brief lull in action with a laser duel, where Skanky's superior numbers dealt Ljube some damage at long range.

Then Ljube's luck ran out. Learning from his enemy, Skanky had decided to launch fighters. Although they were met by an equal amount of lasers, the long ranges and inability of Ljube's fleet to cover each other led to 150 planes getting through.

Next, Ljube fired torpedoes, doing minor damage to Skanky's lasers. But it would be Skanky who would have the second-to-last laugh of this round. He launched a last wave of fighters. Responding with a small fleet of torpedo ships, Ljube was overwhelmed. 525 bomb hits were scored on his ships. They weren't enough to destroy Ljube's fleet, but it would certainly weaken him and limit his victory.

BATTLE RESULTS
Ljube          Skanky
----------------------------------------------------
406 fighters    75 torpedoes   Skanky takes 331 hits
406 fighters    75 torpedoes   Skanky takes 331 hits
 75 lasers      88 lasers       Ljube takes  13 hits
150 lasers     300 fighters     Ljube takes 150 hits
150 torpedoes   88 lasers      Skanky takes  62 hits
 75 torpedoes  600 fighters     Ljube takes 525 hits

Skanky takes 724 hits
 Ljube takes 688 hits

As it turned out, this battle became a battle of attrition. Casualties were appalling on both sides. Ljube conquered one base in the process as a spoils of war. He started to count his casualties...

...but it was a useless exercise. An urgent radio message came in from his homeworld. They were under attack.

Two skanky carrier frigates had just sailed through the undefended space and were making mincemeat of Ljube's planetary garrisons. Ljube wanted desparately to respond, but his fleet was too far away, and in need of fuel and repairs.

Ljube, the one who had nearly conquered the galaxy with his cunning and treachery, was now defeated by a simple mistake of forgetting to lock the back door when going off to war.

As the statues were toppled and the planets liberated, Skanky spread his rule over a total of 54 planets and was prepared to launch a fleet of 20 titans the following turn. This would be more than Ljube's entire surviving fleet.

At this time, he decided to declare himself the first Galactic Overlord.

Congratulations Skanky Burns!

(Full writeup of stats to be done in about 10 hours after I get home from work. IIRC Ljube ends with 17 titans (1 damaged), 1 base, 2 BPs, while Skanky emerges with 26 titans (1 damaged), 54 bases, and 102 BPs)

[:) Smiley]

Full recap of entire Galactic Overlord I to come as wel, complete with tactical and strategic commentaryl. Required reading for all former and future aspiring Overlords!

[duke o' york]

And a full list of those people LL did the dirty on and are looking to revenge themselves in future?

[Jamski]

/me waves a flag in the street*

Skanky truely is the Galactic Overlord after that little trick

Congrats!

-jam

[Ljube]

I expected this, but couldn't spare a single ship if I hoped to win. My production was smaller and I couldn't wait a single turn. I had to attack! And hope to match his order of battle.

I lost the chance I had to eliminate Skanky two rounds ago. If I had sent a spy on Vlad instead of Skanky, I would have matched his order of battle completely and won a crushing victory.


Congratulations Skanky, my Overlord! I bow to you.

[DrSpike]

Good game.

[Spaced Cowboy]

It appears that an early lead is not a good thing in this game!

[:) Smiley]

Round 16

Asymmetrical Warfare

Ljube had surrendered. Peace was in sight. Strategy was everything.

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Player Name

Bases

BPs
Total
Ships

Frigates(1)

Cruisers(2)

Battleships(3)

Dreadnaughts(4)

Titans(5)





Las

Fig

Torp

Las
Fig
Torp
Las
Fig
Torp
Las
Fig
Torp
Las
Fig
Torp




Skanky
Burns

6(48)

104

22(+1)

-

2

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

22(+1)

-






Ljcvetko

(1)

2

17(+1)

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2(+1)

-

15

The End