Me and PH, being the mindless brutes that we are, wasted so much deut impulsively flying on this guy (around 120m for sure), that yesterday we decided enough was enough.
Unfortunately for him, it was pretty obvious that he dirty fleet saved, but in any case, he only had three moons and all nearby, so we were ready to pop all three if need be. We were both interested in him for a while, so we decided to share the hit.
The preparations for this have been rather intense as it was my first MD ever (18 years ago things didn't happen so fast lol), but took a turn for the worse when a (very :P) high PH passed out during the MD mission, leaving me hanging for quite many an hour. Panic ensued, while I tried to handle both the MD missions, target activity, neighbor activity, PH fake activity, sending him an ACS-D just in case, and calculating all the various scenarios that might ensue, like me having to take this hit alone. Probably one of the most terrible nights I've had in a while, but we popped his moon, got the lanx (it was dirty after all), PH showed up just in time for the hit, and in the end we got the sweet, sweet loot.
Besides this one, there were three other 500m fights as we picked off the expos that landed before the main hit. Messed up a couple of things, like thinking an incoming attack can prevent a v-mode out, but all in all it has been quite an educational experience. Big props to PH for his moon pew pew-ing skills, and good luck to the defender if you decide to rebuild!
On 29-01-2025 --:--:--, the following fleets met in battle:
Attacker POWER HOUR [FTS]
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Battleship 101.126
Battlecruiser 113.135
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Attacker Internecivus [FTS]
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Battleship 34.110
Battlecruiser 199.814
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Defender Gorgi [DSC-8]
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Small Cargo 3.159
Large Cargo 1.405
Light Fighter 139.123
Heavy Fighter 30.261
Cruiser 37.296
Battleship 15.449
Recycler 3.552
Bomber 1.938
Destroyer 8.276
Battlecruiser 7.159
Reaper 954
Pathfinder 1.071
Rocket Launcher 90.693
Light Laser 163
Heavy Laser 48
Gauss Cannon 15
Ion Cannon 15
Plasma Turret 2
Large Shield Dome 1
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After the battle ...
Attacker POWER HOUR [FTS]
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Battleship 99.318 ( -1.808 )
Battlecruiser 112.265 ( -870 )
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Attacker Internecivus [FTS]
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Battleship 33.583 ( -527 )
Battlecruiser 198.506 ( -1.308 )
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Defender Gorgi [DSC-8]
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Destroyed!
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The attacker has won the battle!
The attacker captured:
30.142 metal, 8.813.222 crystal and 19.438 deuterium
The attacker lost a total of 325.230.000 units.
The defender lost a total of 5.147.465.000 units.
At these space coordinates now float 1.579.315.500 metal, 864.162.000 crystal and 201.304.500 deuterium.
The defender gain a wreckage field of 791.700.000 metal, 425.531.000 crystal and 97.997.000.
The attacker captured a total of 8.862.802 units.
The chance for a moon to be created from the debris was 20%.
The attacker(s) captured the debris.
Summary of profit/losses:
Summary attackers(s)
Metal: 1.408.930.642
Crystal: 750.830.222
Deuterium: 168.653.938
The attacker(s) made a profit of 2.328.414.802 units.
Summary defender(s)
Metal: -2.378.989.642
Crystal: -1.190.058.722
Deuterium: -272.051.438
The defender(s) lost a total of 3.841.099.802 units.