Madness. To some it would seem like sheer madness, MI5 (a split off training guild of CW) standing alone in B57, waiting for a firestorm of SYM forces to wash over us. But what choice had we? Not two months earlier, we watched as an alliance of GOONs invaded the heart of CW territory in neighboring B56. Now it was finally our turn. Only this time it wasn't GOONs invading. No, they had their hands full with the server-wide war against RAGE. Rather this time it was SYM, a typically neutral guild, that was hitting us. Why?
It's a hard question, answering to the motives of an enemy guild. They claim their attack on us was in retaliation of our hits on their members in B55 and B57 the previous week. Though at first this answer seemed reasonable, they since expanded their hits to include members of MI5 not involved in previous conflicts, thus proving they were out for more blood than simple revenge could offer.
The first strikes against MI5 came toward the end of the 18th (server time), and were directed against Cecil and Dannyin B55. What exactly Cecil or Danny had done to warrant their wrath, if indeed they had done anything, is still a mystery. But for over 4 hours they bore the brunt of their hits, collectively losing 8 bases. There was a great deal of fighting back for them, and SYM lost many hundreds of thousands in fleet during that time. But as of 9:30 PM server time today, SYM is still holding much of what they took in B55...
Following their hits in B55, they began moving fleets up to B57 at a rendezvous point in region 74 (B57:74:41:41), in the lower latitudes of the galaxy. Dziii hosted the gathering fleets at his JG base there, and among those that came to hit us were: oj, ghostdog, Wröng, Orsos, Fuzzy Bunny, Pinto, obscurity, and Grogmir. During the course of the 19th, from the wee hours of the morning on, they spread out and began hitting MI5 bases throughout B57. My own bases: Ðægîš Mîηεš and Šγητħîςå were the first to fall in B57. obscurity landed his strike fleet there at 6:26 am (server time), and for the next half hour managed to hold them. His attacks were inefficient, especially against my newly built Prings at Ðægîš Mîηεš, however his force was sufficiently large enough to steam roll over them and take the base anyway.
His victory was short lived, however, because as soon as I saw the situation, I posted it, and aledujke, the Guardian Angel of B57, came immediately to my rescue with over 1 million in fleet. He very efficiently disposed of obscurity's entire occupying force and freed my bases.
A few hours later, however, Fuzzy Bunny hit Commander Thor at Orilla, taking the base, then moving on to hit him at Keb and Tegalus, taking both of those bases, but only managing to hold them for a short time.
Meanwhile, some battles sprang up in B36 with a few SYM forces hitting Bowtie Bob (BCL) at some of his bases. Reasoning for these hits remains unknown, along with what they hoped to accomplish, considering their inefficient strikes, and Bowtie Bob's quick liberation of his bases.
The next few hours in B57 were spent by us hitting SYM scouts as they spread out like roaches in all regions of the galaxy. At just before 9pm (server time) I sent a fleet of 400 Corvettes straight into the SYM rendezvous base and destroyed a whole load of Fuzzy Bunny's scouts and recyclers, which he must have assumed would be safe there with so many other SYM fleets to protect them. I proved that to be incorrect.
Just a few minutes later, however, oj landed a large force on my primary production base Çεгµš, destroying my fighter garrison and taking the base. It was an inefficient hit, as he lost more than he gained in pillage and debris collect, but it was a hit nonetheless. As I write this now, I am waiting for my fleet to arrive from Ðægîš Mîηεš so I can dispose of the garrison he left and liberate the base. It is just after 10pm (server time), and the war rages on...
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