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https://board.en.ogame.gameforge.com/index.php?thread/845127-tot-14-676-883-914-000-zero-two-ape-agoodsydney-free-vs-a-r-e-s-l-t-l-a-3-344-04/
Hello again Thuban,
As with all big hits, this took a bit of improvisation, a small amount of preparedness, and a mountain of luck.
The story:
Yesterday, I got a cold DM from Rain telling me that Ares's full fleet was sitting in G6. Rain had spotted Ares's fleet sitting hours before and had been futilely trying to contact Zero Two (whose participation was required to have any chance of crashing Ares) and had even crashed one of Ares's deut fleets while waiting. As Ares is normally off during that time, I decided to go for it, and sent out a mobile 1 system away.
Eventually, we managed to contact Zero Two, whose fleet was still a full hour out, and who needed to launch from 50 ss away from a moon with no deut. Thankfully, the first problem solved the latter, as I had time to ship over 50b deut from my duals in G3 to his G6 moon (using my slow Large Cargos, no less). A bit later, my mobile landed, I got a moon, insta'ed jumpgate and moved fleet, and then realized there was still 25 minutes before Zero Two's fleet landed. I occupied myself by first failing to locate Ares's mobile, and then stress clicking more Solar Plant and Space Dock on my own mobile to get 0.4% extra wreck field from Space Dock 5.
Finally, Zero Two's fleet landed, he jumped, and off we went, hoping that Ares was not secretly trying to trap us with mirror fleet using Worldeater (as I failed to locate either his mobile or Worldeater's fleet). After an uneventful 10 minute flight, our fleet connected. It took 8.5 minutes for the CR to finally generate, but boy, was it a thing of beauty.
I wish Ares a fast rebuild, which seems likely given how quickly he made this fleet.
Dedications:
I'd like to dedicate this hit to all my friends and traders; the game just wouldn't be the same without you. And of course to Rain for spotting Ares's fleet, I hope you enjoy your cut.
Also, Zero Two wanted me to include this weeb video, maybe someone could explain the lore behind it to me?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4a6OLGC9Gg
The hit:
Without further ado, presenting the New Number 1 ACS hit for Thuban, as well as the largest hit in all of .org.
WF Zero Two:
22870446x Light Fighter
48480x Heavy Fighter
1172348x Pathfinder
5779246x Cruiser
1358602x Battleship
2638651x Battlecruiser
80219x Reaper
WF Sydney:
135088x Small Cargo
18342855x Light Fighter
283754x Heavy Fighter
3378922x Cruiser
294881x Battleship
1143801x Battlcruiser
5654x Destroyer