RE: PRESS RELEASE HQ ESU 3RD FLEET : Cou

There are lies damm lies and reports from the NSL!  I did not hit your	

super ship with any EMP missiles it just got a good kicking. The other	

capital ship took just over 25% damage (one threshold). I agree  we   
finished there before the fighter results. However I feel that fighters 
 
would not have been very happy about seing there fleet exit the combat	

area. I know that if I was left to fend for myself in a fighter in deep 
 
space that I would take up the offer of becoming a POW rather than
eating	 
vacuum. Another point to raise here is that there were three other   
undamaged capitalships all with fully charged wave guns and spoiling for
  
your fleet. Alas talk is no all it can be the game is over and the NSL	

ran away! But if you feel your honor has been questioned you know where
I   
am, you know the fleet just make a date and I will turn up and beat the 
 
NSL again!

Your Brother in Space
Simon Campbell-Smith
 ...........truth is the first casualty of war

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From:  FTGZG-L[SMTP:FTGZG-L@bolton.ac.uk]
Sent:  09 October 1996 18:48
To:  FTGZG-L
Subject:  Re: PRESS RELEASE HQ ESU 3RD FLEET : Counter

In message <199610071355-50204@spider.denplan.co.uk> you wrote:

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> The glorious 3rd fleet once again defeated the facist NSL horde 3 days 

> ago in the Grunwald  system. Heavy fighting left both sides exhausted. 

> ESU casulties were limited however the loss of the Carrier Tiblisi was
  
a
> set back.

As was massive damage to your other capital ship...

 Enemy losses however were more sustantial with the loss of
> numerous vessels. The NSL fleet disengaged after 1 1/2 hours of
combat.   


> The cowardice of the NSL Admiral can be seen by the number of fighters 

> left behind. The ESU has a strict policy of offering quarter to   
stranded
> crews. This was carried out and they are now POWs. Over  40 fighters
of   


> the latest NSL types were also captured. How long is it before the NSL 

> realises that it can't defeat the peoples will by force of arms.

How long before the ESU realises it can't get away with blatant lies?
Not a single NSL ship surrendered, and no fighters were left behind.

Okay, the real story:

It was those damn pesky ECM missiles which crippled three of my
capital ships (one of which was a mass 150 supership). They lost
all systems, but had suffered little actual damage.

At that point it was decided to finish the battle. There was about
a 50% chance of the NSL getting drive systems back on line before
the ESU could come about and finish them off (the NSL and ESU fleets
had just passed each other, with the NSL heading off the board at
considerable velocity).

ESU would have suffered massive fighter casualties (mostly torpedo
and standard fighters versus mostly heavy interceptors). The NSL
dreadnaughts would have tried their best to recover fighters before
leaving.

For those interested, most of the NSL fleet can be seen at:

	http://www.bifrost.demon.co.uk/NeuSwabian/Fleet.html


New acquisitions will be added as soon as I get the time (the NSL
has a continuing policy of freedom of information, unlike another
government I could mention).

The ESU will face utter defeat as soon as the NSL admiral can figure
out how to roll anything higher than a 1 on a d6 (except on threshold
rolls, where anything less than a 6 would make a change...)

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Be seeing you,
Sam.