hello quantum, I am sure some of you have been waiting for this hit. I once again come to you with a new number one. given the size of this hit and also because it has been in the making for quite a bit, I think you deserve a bit of a storytime.
a couple weeks after I merged to quantum, after giving the local fleeters time to adapt to the new situation, I started probing around and watching targets. what baffled me was that War_Machine's fleet was almost never on the ground. because if he was just fleetsaving and doing nothing else, why would he stay out of vmode and spend a couple hundred million deut every day? anyway I kept watching, but War_Machine also had 24/7 activity on his g7 moon, which made it harder to spot gaps. (this is no cheating accusation, unlike RIO, I know constant activity can be achieved with legal ways, and in this case I do believe it was.)
fast forward 3 weeks ago, it's Friday the 13th (i know, right) and I get a message that War_Machine is offline with his full fleet sitting on his g9 planet. I check his g7 moon and indeed it's dead, so I send out a mobile to the g9 planet. however shortly before it lands War_Machine becomes active again and I have to call it off.
but if I learned something in ogame, it's that people repeat their mistakes. and so days went by and I kept watching him, waiting for an opening, trying to figure out where his fleet was without spooking him. after I made the hits on HUMMER and TrashHero, War_Machine started vmoding for longer periods and I was afraid I missed the chance. but two days ago he came out again.
and so yesterday was the day I decided War_Machine's neglection of basic fleeting principles couldn't remain unpunished any longer. I had a strong suspicion of where his fleet was, and I had a window where I assumed he wasn't around. to be sure, I sent mobiles to all his planets, all landing at roughly the same time:
the plan was to probe his planets before, and let the one land where the fleet was. but before probing all planets and potentially making others aware of what was going on, I first probed the one where I suspected the fleet in the first place. and, et voila, it was right there:
the mobile landed, I mooned up, jumped fleet and launched (but not without accidentally sending the BS on transport instead of adding them to the ACS, pro fleeter right here, bye 1.3bn deut).
as with all of these kinds of hits, I couldn't watch it, and walked away from my computer. when the impact time came I checked ogame and there was no CR. 30 seconds, no CR. 60 seconds, no CR. at that point I knew I succeeded. 2 minutes later, still no CR. my fleet came back already, still no CR. a whole 5 minutes and 25 seconds later, finally the CR. and the rest is history.
profit of this hit is around 710bn after wreckfield. as you can see I lost a lot of deuterium though, so hit me up if you're selling some.
War_Machine didn't say anything after the hit and vmoded couple of hours later. I wish you all the best whatever you decide to do.
see you soon.
PS. how am I supposed to build fodder if I keep losing them in these hits (￢_￢;)
On 02-06-2022 --:--:--, the following fleets met in battle:
Attacker Zero Two [APE]
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Destroyer 500.000
Reaper 97.850
Battleship 29.424.462
Battlecruiser 945.823
Light Fighter 33.450.906
Heavy Fighter 512.959
Cruiser 57.996.082
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Defender W4R_MaChINE [RIO]
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Small Cargo 10.000.000
Large Cargo 3.870.452
Light Fighter 70.000.000
Heavy Fighter 20.000.000
Cruiser 13.023.511
Battleship 7.080.666
Colony Ship 229
Recycler 4.905.645
Espionage Probe 1.075.580
Bomber 21.058
Solar Satellite 9.982
Destroyer 3.000.000
Deathstar 60.433
Battlecruiser 1.597.597
Crawler 1.100
Reaper 2.000.000
Pathfinder 701.297
Rocket Launcher 470.947
Light Laser 1.998
Gauss Cannon 3.711
Ion Cannon 9.543
Plasma Turret 3.202
Small Shield Dome 1
Large Shield Dome 1
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After the battle ...
Attacker Zero Two [APE]
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Destroyer 428.073 ( -71.927 )
Reaper 84.451 ( -13.399 )
Battleship 23.051.179 ( -6.373.283 )
Battlecruiser 767.167 ( -178.656 )
Light Fighter 8.984.898 ( -24.466.008 )
Heavy Fighter 204.052 ( -308.907 )
Cruiser 34.825.959 ( -23.170.123 )
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Defender W4R_MaChINE [RIO]
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Destroyed!
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The attacker has won the battle!
The attacker captured:
388.154.163 Metal, 107.016.354 Crystal and 19.157.344.698 Deuterium
The attacker lost a total of 1.181.604.124.000 units.
The defender lost a total of 2.918.721.101.000 units.
At these space coordinates now float 1.016.642.388.462 metal and 516.545.567.139 crystal.
The attacker captured a total of 19.652.515.215 units.
The chance for a moon to be created from the debris was 20%.
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Debris harvested by the attacker(s):
576.603.338.462 Metal and 76.506.607.639 Crystal
439.978.000.000 Metal and 439.978.000.000 Crystal
1.119.973.138 Metal and 569.046.861 Crystal
61.050.000 Metal and 61.050.000 Crystal
Total debris harvested by the attacker(s):
1.017.762.361.600 Metal and 517.114.704.500 Crystal
Summary of profit/losses:
Summary attackers(s)
Metal: 181.884.639.763
Crystal: 222.250.443.854
Deuterium: -31.209.626.302
The attacker(s) made a profit of 372.925.457.315 units.
Summary defender(s)
Metal: -1.709.755.168.163
Crystal: -998.167.727.354
Deuterium: -230.450.720.698
The defender(s) lost a total of 2.938.373.616.215 units.
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attacker wf:
7046210x Light Fighter
88965x Heavy Fighter
6672995x Cruiser
1835505x Battleship
51452x Battlecruiser
20714x Destroyer
3858x Reaper
= Total costs 340.301.595.000
Metal 240.844.375.000
Crystal 84.951.580.000
Deuterium 14.505.640.000
