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Originally posted by Macavenger:
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By the same token: I think you Dreden got a little out of control yourselves at Verdica. I'm going to need a chance to read over that carefully before I can decide what to do. Skyblade, I'd just like to point out here that what you did there is almost identical to what happened at Levo, and you know what the results of that were. Be very careful in your future battles. You have a tendency to get two of your fleets in a battle, and post back and forth with your player, not giving the enemy a nose in the door. An enemy player must post between each post by anyone on your side, clear?
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Bleh, here we go again.
Yes, I will freely admit that some of the problems have been my fault at Verdica. In fact, I'll take all the blame if RC prefers. My apologies for the mix-up, I only did what my sleepy mind told me to.. hehe.
Ok, there's no rule stating that you can't have multiple fleets in a battle. You're correct, I do have a tendency to bring in more than a single fleet. Why? Success. A single fleet is toast against two fully-prepared enemy fleets, and I simply did what any other commander in real life would do: Put all the forces that weren't preoccupied with other matters into the battle. RC must have at least considered a large Dreden counterattack... It was almost too obvious. While my fleet performed a loop around the line of attack, Azdara simply remained stationary a system away from the 42nd. I intend on using my forces, not watching my navy crumble because of poor leadership.
This is somewhat different from Levo, actually. I did really bomb that part back in BFS II, even if the battle was an alien victory. The HC retreated after destroying the alien carrier, leaving Levo up for capture.
I'll also admit I've grown a little impatient with RC (nothing against him. Cool guy he is ;)). I've watched him post in these discussion topics numerous times, yet he ignores the actual webstory and does not reply to our battle posts. I kinda got uptight about that, and did put a little more into the story than I should have. My apologies RC.
Also, you can normally expect three players fighting two fleets controlled by a single player to come out on top. Three people can post battles while the opposing player posts once. That can lean towards defeat.
Now, even if we did do Verdica all over again, the Dreden wouldn't certainly win. Three fully-prepared Rebel fleets, not to mention the most powerful vessel in the galaxy, fighting two opposing fleets with roughly the same power. Losses would be heavy (Jimbob is practically harmless now. He lost just about everything) on both sides. I took advantage of my location, and attacked the aliens from behind while Azdara distracted the enemy from the front. Put it in real terms, and that would be a serious ambush.
Oh well, hope I made some sense there. My apologies for any trouble I've caused. Guess it is all my fault after all.
So ummm, let's try getting on with the webstory sometime. 
I won't say anything about the battle between the HC and pirates... It will only lead to yet-more unnecessary posts. I'd suggest taking things from where they are and going from there.
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