Girl look at that NW, girl look at that NW, girl look at that NW, our fam works out!

Savings? You mean the gc we were withholding on market to prevent our ressies from jumping higher than 1500% OB with only 1 week of round to go? Haha.

And as Flashy mentioned, every attack cost us 100% morale hahaha. And yeah, we didn't care about the planets, just didn't want to have you guys farm us for round win :]

Congrats pimps!

Thanks Deadly, Flashy, James, Bluemonkey (and Airwing) for sticking around and making it an interesting round! NW win and showing everyone how to bank was fun :]

As Scorp's troops had been forced to retreat and wait for reinforcements, the battle swayed in a different direction. Timur's massive Chagatai horde was wreaking havoc, picking off targets one at a time; however, in the meantime, his supply chains were being harassed by unknown assailants.

On the council's right wing, things were looking positive as well. The flurry of arrows let loose by thousands of Mongol composite bows was easily sufficient to force failure after failure from Cullen's measly attacking forces. As Temujin was observing the senseless sacrifice of these barely trained troops, a young officer from one of his reconnaissance units rode up to him.

"Oh greatest of great Khans, oh ruler of the eternal blue grasslands, I come with news from our forward outpost. Scorp has ordered a forced march and headed to our side of the battlefield. Our furthest outposts have come under attack by Scorp's reinforcements who have attacked en masse, and we have been forced to retreat!"

"Be easy, my young one, for retribution will be served momentarily; Scorp will not come far. Knowing him, he will follow the path of least resistance, a path that we have willingly laid out and and will consequently lead to his swift demise. We will see the foul beasts he leads burn to embers, for this we have prepared our finest Greek fire. Knowing Scorp's hotheadedness, his troops should fare well as kindle and nourishment for our flames."

Only moments later, massive flames sprouted skywards from the right flank, visible from all across the battlefield, and the leftovers of Scorp's army had once again been forced to retreat, regroup and wait for reinforcements. At the sight of the massive flames, Xerxes nodded approvingly. "Had it not been for the unbearable stench, we'd been having flame-grilled beast for dinner tonight."

Week 17, 20    Defense Report
Our planet zz at xx, yy was attacked by SCORPION of family 3497, I am pleased to say that we with our forces extraordinary fighting skill were able to fight the attackers off our planet.
In the fight we lost nnnn fighters nnnn soldiers nn laser turrets

A Defense Station is defending the xx,yy system.

The battle had started with an exchange of blows. Temujin's cavalry had poked at the lines of the left flank of the army of foul creatures. As soon as the unsightly creatures started their pursuit, the Mongolian horsemen retreated tactically, forcing breaks in the formation of their opponents. Uneasiness quickly spread among the troops of the foul beasts, feeling like sitting ducks being picked off from afar. And, as Temujin had earlier predicted, the preoccupation of their roused minds led to clouded judgement and harsh decisions. In the spur of the moment, a feint of Xerxes' infantry caused the main host of Emperor Nero's cavalrymen to break formation. Timur and his Chagatai horsemen, having been instructed by Temujin, had readily awaited this moment: they struck as soon as they observed the break in formation, reproducing carnage as witnessed at the battle of Ankara.

After news had reached of the Timurid troops having slaughtered many of Emperor Nero's cavalry in a surprise attack, Scorp's puny warriors panicked and in their disorganisated state mounted a charge against Xerxes' infantry. Little did they know Xerxes had anticipated such a cowardly attempt, employing a tactical retreat in the middle of his ranks, slowly drawing in the bulk of Scorp's troops.

Before Scorp's slow brain realized what was happening, the trap had already sprung, and he found himself surrounded on all sides. The spears of Xerxes' well-organised Immortals slowly advanced upon Scorp's panicking troops, whom in their terror even did not deter from sacrificing their fellow savage beasts. Yet none managed to escape the onslaught.

Timur scoffed at the loss of his prey, but appreciated the perfection at which Xerxes' manouvre had been performed. Even more, he already had his eyes fixed another target.

Week 1, 20        Our family member Xerxes I managed to defend planet zz in the xx,yy system against an attack by forces from SCORPION, family 3497.

7    Flooding of Wealthyness [HC] (3495) [12,12]    494    12007211    69721
1    Flooding of Wealthyness [HC] (3495) [12,12]    494    25417764    69821
1    Flooding of Wealthyness [HC] (3495) [12,12]    486    25443978    69920

Fleet Admiral    Tamerlane    Quantam    12267571    81    Online!
Fleet Admiral    Tamerlane    Quantam    12267617    81    Online!

3    Wolf Pack (3497) [34,35]    1054    17183097    126991   
3    Wolf Pack (3497) [34,35]    1054    21528371    127120
3    Wolf Pack (3497) [34,35]    1062    20258567    127247

Fleet Admiral    Emperor Nero    Camaar    5721025    10    Online!
Fleet Admiral    Emperor Nero    Camaar    4535040    14    Online!

Vice Leader    SCORPION    Camaar    753865    8    Online!
Vice Leader    SCORPION    Camaar    777498    9    Online!

1    Flooding of Wealthyness [HC] (3495) [12,12]    494    25417764    69821
3    Wolf Pack (3497) [34,35]    1054    21528371    127120

Fleet Admiral    Tamerlane    Quantam    12267571    81    Online!

Fleet Admiral    Emperor Nero    Camaar    5721025    10    Online!
Vice Leader    SCORPION    Camaar    753865    8    Online!

Nope, Napoleon's Moscow mind you practically everything in those texts refers to one of the 5 conquerors currently in the fam. Thanks though!

Thank you

You should at least take them into account a bit. What you're doing now is shitty, to be honest. Makes people leave the game and not come back

Of course you can say "they should've done diplo differently" or "they've been planet hungry all round and antagonized some fams". But that doesn't give you a green light to behave like a male reproductive organ!

Haha well seems you already found me