Power's Edge: Quivering Tyrants - International News for Turn 284

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From the Grapevine:

Emissaries of Ruskin carry this message to all:

8 turns ago I had 17 and have lost a regions to a disaster every single turn, I fail to see how this helps new players, as none have joined recently, it does protect those who do not lose any regions, losing so many regions also means I have to spend all my time reconnecting, moving troops? impossib

Emissaries of SunnyDay carry this message to all:

Me and Nboma are making some bussiness.

Explorers loyal to Egwene Al'Vere have connected to a region belonging to Ruskin!

Explorers loyal to Egwene Al'Vere have connected to a region belonging to Dr. Smith!

Explorers loyal to Ruskin have connected to a region belonging to Trajan!

Nathanael Greene has renamed the region The Patriots-135 as Eutaw Springs.

Invasion! There are reports that a massive force loyal to Dr. Smith invaded Nboma at Nboma-39! The defenders were hopelessly outnumbered!
... the victorious attackers take control of the region's 6 production!

Invasion! There are reports that a massive force loyal to Dr. Smith invaded Nboma at 007! The defenders were hopelessly outnumbered!
... the victorious attackers take control of the region's 1 production!

Spies claim that 3 Units loyal to Egwene Al'Vere were spotted Scouting out the forces of Ruskin at Silk Road.

Fighting! There are reports that Nboma fought with Dr. Smith at Nboma-111! But the attackers were disastrously outmatched!
... the surviving defenders cheer as the last attackers retreat in disarray!

Fighting! There are reports that Nboma fought with Dr. Smith at Nboma-39! But the attackers were disastrously outmatched!
... the surviving defenders cheer as the last attackers retreat in disarray!

Spies claim that 30 Units loyal to SunnyDay were spotted joining with the forces of Nboma at Nboma-37.

Region in Crisis: Disaster has struck the Region Egwene Al'Vere-62 owned by Leader Egwene Al'Vere. The surviving units and population are being merged into adjacent Regions.

Region Disconnect: The connection between Egwene Al'Vere-62 and Diamond-93 has broken. Both places now have an additional external connection possible.

Region Disconnect: The connection between Egwene Al'Vere-62 and Eutaw Springs has broken. Both places now have an additional external connection possible.

Region Disconnect: The connection between Egwene Al'Vere-62 and SunnyDay-146 has broken. Both places now have an additional external connection possible.

Region Disconnect: The connection between Egwene Al'Vere-62 and Egwene Al'Vere-25 has broken. Both places now have an additional internal connection possible.

P.E. Census Report: The Universe now contains a total of 196 regions controlled by a total of 13 Leaders. 175 of these regions belong to the 10 Leaders controlling Major (i.e. interconnected) nations.

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The Leading Leaders on Turn 284

(To be listed this turn, a Leader must control 1 or more Regions and be among the top 13 Leaders for a given stat.)

Most
Regions Most
Units Most
Production Best Regions
(Prod./Region) Best Defenses
(Units/Region) Maxing Out
(Units/Prod.)

1. Francis Ham 22

2. Dr. Smith 20

3. Trajan 19

4. Diamond 19

5. Nathanael Greene 17

6. Egwene Al'Vere 17

7. snardock 16

8. SunnyDay 16

9. Ruskin 15

10. Nboma 13

11. Capt Jo 7

12. John Galt 4

13. jeremy 2

1. Trajan 914

2. Francis Ham 894

3. Diamond 821

4. Ruskin 792

5. snardock 723

6. Egwene Al'Vere 698

7. Nathanael Greene 648

8. SunnyDay 622

9. Dr. Smith 574

10. Nboma 515

11. Capt Jo 246

12. John Galt 156

13. jeremy 133

1. Francis Ham 78

2. Trajan 62

3. snardock 50

4. Nathanael Greene 50

5. Diamond 49

6. Dr. Smith 49

7. Egwene Al'Vere 44

8. Ruskin 39

9. SunnyDay 37

10. Nboma 32

11. Capt Jo 21

12. John Galt 15

13. jeremy 11

1. jeremy 5.5

2. John Galt 3.8

3. Francis Ham 3.5

4. Trajan 3.3

5. snardock 3.1

6. Capt Jo 3.0

7. Nathanael Greene 2.9

8. Ruskin 2.6

9. Egwene Al'Vere 2.6

10. Diamond 2.6

11. Nboma 2.5

12. Dr. Smith 2.5

13. SunnyDay 2.3

1. jeremy 66.5

2. Ruskin 52.8

3. Trajan 48.1

4. snardock 45.2

5. Diamond 43.2

6. Egwene Al'Vere 41.1

7. Francis Ham 40.6

8. Nboma 39.6

9. John Galt 39.0

10. SunnyDay 38.9

11. Nathanael Greene 38.1

12. Capt Jo 35.1

13. Dr. Smith 28.7

1. Ruskin 20.3

2. SunnyDay 16.8

3. Diamond 16.8

4. Nboma 16.1

5. Egwene Al'Vere 15.9

6. Trajan 14.7

7. snardock 14.5

8. Nathanael Greene 13.0

9. jeremy 12.1

10. Capt Jo 11.7

11. Dr. Smith 11.7

12. Francis Ham 11.5

13. John Galt 10.4

Strategic Status Summary for Turn 284

Units and Production

Leader	Nation	Regions	Units	Production	Prod/Region	Units/Region	Units/Prod
Capt Jo	MS Discovery	7	246	21	3.0	35.1	11.7
Diamond	Diamond	19	821	49	2.6	43.2	16.8
Dr. Smith	Dr. Smith	20	574	49	2.5	28.7	11.7
Egwene Al'Vere	Egwene Al'Vere	17	698	44	2.6	41.1	15.9
Francis Ham	Almeaty	22	894	78	3.5	40.6	11.5
John Galt	Abel	4	156	15	3.8	39.0	10.4
Nathanael Greene	The Patriots	17	648	50	2.9	38.1	13.0
Nboma	Nboma	13	515	32	2.5	39.6	16.1
Ruskin	Ruskin	15	792	39	2.6	52.8	20.3
SunnyDay	SunnyDay	16	622	37	2.3	38.9	16.8
Trajan	SPQR	19	914	62	3.3	48.1	14.7
jeremy	jeremy	2	133	11	5.5	66.5	12.1
snardock	snorf continuum	16	723	50	3.1	45.2	14.5

Connections, Borders and Links

Leader	Nation	Regions	Neighboring Nations	Established Borders	Internal Links	Borders per Region	Links per Region
Capt Jo	MS Discovery	7	1	5	12	0.71	1.71
Diamond	Diamond	19	8	11	36	0.58	1.89
Dr. Smith	Dr. Smith	20	9	21	38	1.05	1.90
Egwene Al'Vere	Egwene Al'Vere	17	7	13	38	0.76	2.24
Francis Ham	Almeaty	22	8	20	52	0.91	2.36
John Galt	Abel	4	1	1	6	0.25	1.50
Nathanael Greene	The Patriots	17	9	16	32	0.94	1.88
Nboma	Nboma	13	9	12	26	0.92	2.00
Ruskin	Ruskin	15	7	12	26	0.80	1.73
SunnyDay	SunnyDay	16	7	8	28	0.50	1.75
Trajan	SPQR	19	8	12	34	0.63	1.79
jeremy	jeremy	2	1	1	2	0.50	1.00
snardock	snorf continuum	16	6	7	40	0.44	2.50

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