Power's Edge: Quivering Tyrants - International News for Turn 318

From the NewsWire:

From the Grapevine:

A secret message has leaked! One Leader reportedly sent this message to another:

Old friend, I did claim Nboma-37 a couple of turns ago as his sole neighbour, I can consider selling to you if you wish to make a fair offer. Egwene

Explorers loyal to Trajan have connected to a region belonging to Dr. Smith!

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

Explorers loyal to Dr. Smith have connected to a region belonging to Trajan!

Capt Jo has renamed the region MS Discovery-0 as Hold 0.

Battle! There are reports that Dr. Smith attacked QT-Independents at Independent-29! The defenders were hopelessly outnumbered!
... the victorious attackers rename the region Dr. Smith-29 and capture its 0 production!

Invasion! There are reports that a massive force loyal to Nathanael Greene invaded QT-Independents at Diamond-130! The defenders were hopelessly outnumbered!
... the victorious attackers rename the region The Patriots-130 and capture its 2 production!

Battle! There are reports that Egwene Al'Vere attacked QT-Independents at Independent-23! The defenders were hopelessly outnumbered!
... the victorious attackers rename the region Egwene Al'Vere-23 and capture its 0 production!

Spies claim that 4 Units loyal to Trajan were spotted Scouting out the forces of Dr. Smith at Preening Popinjay.

Battle! There are reports that Dr. Smith attacked QT-Independents at SunnyDay-109! But the defenders outnumbered the attackers!
... the surviving defenders cheer as the last attackers retreat in disarray!

Fighting! There are reports that Egwene Al'Vere fought with QT-Independents at Independent-21! The defenders were hopelessly outnumbered!
... the victorious attackers rename the region Egwene Al'Vere-21 and capture its 0 production!

Region in Crisis: Disaster has struck the Region Egwene Al'Vere-1 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-1 and Egwene Al'Vere-140 has broken. Both places now have an additional internal connection possible.

Region Disconnect: The connection between Egwene Al'Vere-1 and Silk Road has broken. Both places now have an additional internal connection possible.

Region Disconnect: The connection between Egwene Al'Vere-1 and Egwene Al'Vere-55 has broken. Both places now have an additional internal connection possible.

Region Disconnect: The connection between Egwene Al'Vere-1 and Egwene Al'Vere-61 has broken. Both places now have an additional internal connection possible.

Locational Area in Crisis: Disaster has struck the Locational Area vikvik owned by Captain snardock. The surviving units and population are being merged into adjacent Locational Areas.

Region Disconnect: The connection between vikvik and Klunker has broken. Both places now have an additional external connection possible.

Region Disconnect: The connection between vikvik and vidian has broken. Both places now have an additional internal connection possible.

Region Disconnect: The connection between vikvik and narfrock has broken. Both places now have an additional internal connection possible.

Region Disconnect: The connection between vikvik and willowhorf has broken. Both places now have an additional internal connection possible.

Region in Crisis: Disaster has struck the Region Savannah owned by Leader Nathanael Greene. The surviving units and population are being merged into adjacent Regions.

Region Disconnect: The connection between Savannah and Old Booby has broken. Both places now have an additional external connection possible.

Region Disconnect: The connection between Savannah and Wilmington has broken. Both places now have an additional internal connection possible.

Region in Crisis: Disaster has struck the Region SPQR-180 owned by Leader Trajan. The surviving units and population are being merged into adjacent Regions.

Region Disconnect: The connection between SPQR-180 and Hardware Hyena has broken. Both places now have an additional external connection possible.

Region Disconnect: The connection between SPQR-180 and SPQR-158 has broken. Both places now have an additional internal connection possible.

Region Disconnect: The connection between SPQR-180 and SPQR-148 has broken. Both places now have an additional internal connection possible.

Region Disconnect: The connection between SPQR-180 and Bit Tyrant-52 has broken. Both places now have an additional internal connection possible.

trait in Crisis: Disaster has struck the trait Tin-Plated Fool owned by Actor Dr. Smith. The surviving units and population are being merged into adjacent traits.

Region Disconnect: The connection between Tin-Plated Fool and Boone's Barony has broken. Both places now have an additional external connection possible.

Region Disconnect: The connection between Tin-Plated Fool and Klunker has broken. Both places now have an additional internal connection possible.

Region Disconnect: The connection between Tin-Plated Fool and Dr. Smith-29 has broken. Both places now have an additional internal connection possible.

Region Disconnect: The connection between Hold 210 and Hold 0 has broken. Both places now have an additional internal connection possible.

P.E. Census Report: The Universe now contains a total of 153 regions controlled by a total of 8 Leaders. 139 of these regions belong to the 7 Leaders controlling Major (i.e. interconnected) nations.

Region Crises Expected: The Major nations in the Universe have grown larger than the sustainable equilibrium. There are likely to be more Region Crises next turn.

The next update is scheduled for Wednesday at 08:00 U.S. Pacific Time.

The Leading Leaders on Turn 318

(To be listed this turn, a Leader must control 1 or more Regions and be among the top 8 Leaders for a given stat.)

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

1. Egwene Al'Vere 24

2. Francis Ham 24

3. Dr. Smith 23

4. Trajan 19

5. Nathanael Greene 16

6. Ruskin 14

7. snardock 14

8. Capt Jo 8

1. Francis Ham 1262

2. Trajan 897

3. snardock 815

4. Egwene Al'Vere 781

5. Ruskin 721

6. Dr. Smith 672

7. Nathanael Greene 640

8. Capt Jo 409

1. Francis Ham 91

2. Trajan 68

3. Egwene Al'Vere 60

4. Nathanael Greene 58

5. snardock 48

6. Dr. Smith 46

7. Ruskin 39

8. Capt Jo 25

1. Francis Ham 3.8

2. Nathanael Greene 3.6

3. Trajan 3.6

4. snardock 3.4

5. Capt Jo 3.1

6. Ruskin 2.8

7. Egwene Al'Vere 2.5

8. Dr. Smith 2.0

1. snardock 58.2

2. Francis Ham 52.6

3. Ruskin 51.5

4. Capt Jo 51.1

5. Trajan 47.2

6. Nathanael Greene 40.0

7. Egwene Al'Vere 32.5

8. Dr. Smith 29.2

1. Ruskin 18.5

2. snardock 17.0

3. Capt Jo 16.4

4. Dr. Smith 14.6

5. Francis Ham 13.9

6. Trajan 13.2

7. Egwene Al'Vere 13.0

8. Nathanael Greene 11.0

Strategic Status Summary for Turn 318

Units and Production

Leader	Nation	Regions	Units	Production	Prod/Region	Units/Region	Units/Prod
Capt Jo	MS Discovery	8	409	25	3.1	51.1	16.4
Dr. Smith	Dr. Smith	23	672	46	2.0	29.2	14.6
Egwene Al'Vere	Egwene Al'Vere	24	781	60	2.5	32.5	13.0
Francis Ham	Almeaty	24	1262	91	3.8	52.6	13.9
Nathanael Greene	The Patriots	16	640	58	3.6	40.0	11.0
Ruskin	Ruskin	14	721	39	2.8	51.5	18.5
Trajan	SPQR	19	897	68	3.6	47.2	13.2
snardock	snorf continuum	14	815	48	3.4	58.2	17.0

Connections, Borders and Links

Leader	Nation	Regions	Neighboring Nations	Established Borders	Internal Links	Borders per Region	Links per Region
Capt Jo	MS Discovery	8	1	8	10	1.00	1.25
Dr. Smith	Dr. Smith	23	7	20	40	0.87	1.74
Egwene Al'Vere	Egwene Al'Vere	24	7	18	42	0.75	1.75
Francis Ham	Almeaty	24	6	22	70	0.92	2.92
Nathanael Greene	The Patriots	16	6	13	26	0.81	1.62
Ruskin	Ruskin	14	6	12	26	0.86	1.86
Trajan	SPQR	19	7	23	32	1.21	1.68
snardock	snorf continuum	14	7	11	32	0.79	2.29

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