Power's Edge International News for Turn 125

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From the Grapevine:

  • Victor Ian Davion's people are protesting the lack of leadership in their Stars!

  • Explorers loyal to UN Alice RS have connected to a region belonging to No Leader!
  • Observers report seeing a diplomatic message pass between Miralus and Cleo.
  • Observers report seeing a diplomatic message pass between An Ordinary Guy and Thugwompus.
  • Emissaries of An Ordinary Guy carry this message to all:
    Giving up on right & wrong and good & bad, An Ordinary Guy settles for black trousers, a red shirt and yellow suede shoes for tomorrow's party. It feels good to have made at least one big decision!

  • An Ordinary Guy has renamed the region Tau Ceti as Heaven's Gate.
  • An Ordinary Guy has renamed the region XiAn as Another Dull Place.
  • Emissaries of Prophets of Peace carry this message to all:
    Kustodio - Missionaries have begun converting the citizens of Goldmond-813 to pacifism, and we expect to set up a new recruiting Center there this turn. We look forward to meeting you and Linthar there, establishing a peaceful border, and making plans tog

  • Observers report seeing a diplomatic message pass between Kustodio and John Doe, MBA.
  • Emissaries of Sam-I-am carry this message to all:
    Geez-We are agreed. Ageas-Hark to the words of the Prophets! Nouvelle Kalombo must remain stable: retribution for destabilizing will be swift.

  • Emissaries of John Doe, MBA carry this message to all:
    Prophets' idea of preserving independent ownership of nexus markets intrigues us. Duke Timmy of Djibouti, Falcon, and Bard - what say we preserve Magyarorszag-330 as a neutral buffer zone too? Let us know if you agree.

  • John Doe, MBA has renamed the region DaLian as Overhead Costs.
  • John Doe, MBA has renamed the region Mongol Hordes-598 as Retail Banking.
  • A secret message has leaked! One player reportedly sent this message to another:
    Greetings neighbor. You came to my border through battle with one of my friends. Are you and Alice still battling? What sort of relationship, if any, would you be interested in with my nation? Let me know.

  • Emissaries of Thugwompus carry this message to all:
    Caesar & JKD must be stopped. Their words are as honey but do not correlate with fact. Our words are bitter, but our cause noble. As went the UN, so will go the giants. Please help.

  • Explorers loyal to Geez RS have connected to a region belonging to No Leader!
  • Rohal the Wise RS's people are protesting the lack of leadership in their Grafschafts!

  • Observers report seeing a diplomatic message pass between NOOGD T Firefly and HA Gandalf.
  • Emissaries of UN Falcon RS ASAP carry this message to all:
    Looks like Victor and Rufus are going inactive too. If they disappear, there will be only 31 players left out of possible 50 :(. Please please please vote for restart (add RS to your nation name) to allow more players to join and to bring fresh blood.

  • Observers report seeing a diplomatic message pass between HA Gandalf and Miralus.
  • A secret message has leaked! One player reportedly sent this message to another:
    UN ties run deep. Perhaps a taste of my blade for you, violator! We shall see what we shall see....

  • A secret message has leaked! One player reportedly sent this message to another:
    Z - Once we've picked Caesar's carcass clean, how about we turn on one of the smaller players. This will allow us to continue to expand while we regain our lost strength. After that, we can again turn to larger prey, heh, heh. Your devious ally, T.

  • UN JKD RS has renamed the region DISGRACE-92 as JKD-92.
  • UN JKD RS has renamed the region UN JKD-775 as JKD-775.
  • Invasion! There are reports that a massive force loyal to UN Falcon RS ASAP invaded Zeus at Navplion!
    ... the victorious attackers take control!

  • Invasion! There are reports that a massive force loyal to ageas invaded No Leader at Nouvelle Kalombo!
    ... the surviving defenders cheer as the last attackers retreat in disarray!

  • Battle! There are reports that UN Falcon RS ASAP attacked No Leader at Desiree!
    ... the surviving defenders cheer as the last attackers retreat in disarray!

  • Battle! There are reports that Justinian attacked Thugwompus at Sally G!
    ... the victorious attackers take control!

  • Battle! There are reports that Thugwompus attacked UN JKD RS at JKD-218!
    ... the victorious attackers take control!

  • Battle! There are reports that Prophets of Peace attacked No Leader at Goldmond-813!
    ... the surviving defenders cheer as the last attackers retreat in disarray!

  • Battle! There are reports that UN Lenin RS attacked Zeus at Larisa!
    ... the surviving defenders cheer as the last attackers retreat in disarray!

  • Fighting! There are reports that Sally fought with Justinian at Nubia!
    ... the victorious attackers take control!

  • Battle! There are reports that Zeus attacked Justinian at Mauretania!
    ... the victorious attackers take control!

  • Spies claim that 12 Units loyal to IceBerg were spotted Scouting out the forces of UN Lenin RS at Vladivostok.
  • Battle! There are reports that UN Lenin RS attacked No Leader at Matrix!
    ... the victorious attackers rename the region Workers' World-275!

  • Invasion! There are reports that a massive force loyal to Prophets of Peace invaded No Leader at Goldmond-813!
    ... the victorious attackers rename the region Pacifist Defenders-813!

  • Skirmish! A small force loyal to Geez RS challenged No Leader at Desiree!
    ... the surviving defenders cheer as the last attackers retreat in disarray!

  • Invasion! There are reports that a massive force loyal to UN JKD RS invaded Thugwompus at JKD-218!
    ... the victorious attackers take control!

  • P.E. Census Report: The gamespace now contains a total of 689 regions controlled by a total of 33 Leaders.

    The Leading Leaders on Turn 125

    (To be listed, a Leader must control 10 or more Regions and be among the top 10 Leaders for a given stat.)

    Most
    Regions    		Most
    Units    		Most
    Production    		Best Regions
    (Prod./Region)    		Best Defenses
    (Units/Region)    		Maxing Out
    (Units/Prod.)
    1.UN Falcon RS ASAP 51
    2.Justinian 48
    3.HA Gandalf 36
    4.Prophets of Peace 34
    5.UN JKD RS 34
    6.Thugwompus 27
    7.John Doe, MBA 25
    8.Cleo 24
    9.UN Lenin RS 23
    10.Miralus 22
    1.UN Falcon RS ASAP 1019
    2.Justinian 983
    3.UN JKD RS 877
    4.HA Gandalf 760
    5.Cleo 693
    6.An Ordinary Guy 621
    7.Prophets of Peace 612
    8.Buehler 543
    9.Zeus 540
    10.NOOGD T Firefly 470
    1.UN Falcon RS ASAP 86
    2.Justinian 86
    3.UN JKD RS 85
    4.Prophets of Peace 81
    5.HA Gandalf 57
    6.UN Lenin RS 48
    7.Zeus 47
    8.Thugwompus 47
    9.Cleo 45
    10.An Ordinary Guy 45
    1.IceBerg 3.3
    2.Sally 2.9
    3.Kustodio 2.7
    4.Bard of Prey 2.6
    5.UN JKD RS 2.5
    6.Prophets of Peace 2.4
    7.Minimal 2.3
    8.Egghead 2.2
    9.Psientist RS 2.2
    10.An Ordinary Guy 2.1
    1.Kustodio 38.3
    2.Paskar 33.6
    3.Rohal the Wise RS 33.0
    4.Bard of Prey 32.6
    5.IceBerg 30.2
    6.An Ordinary Guy 29.6
    7.Cleo 28.9
    8.Sam-I-am 28.3
    9.Longstreet 27.1
    10.Psientist RS 26.1
    1.Paskar 16.8
    2.Rohal the Wise RS 15.8
    3.Cleo 15.4
    4.Victor Ian Davion 14.8
    5.Miralus 14.7
    6.Longstreet 14.6
    7.Kustodio 14.0
    8.An Ordinary Guy 13.8
    9.Sam-I-am 13.6
    10.NOOGD T Firefly 13.4

    Strategic Status Summary for Turn 125

    Units and Production

    LeaderNationRegionsUnitsProductionProd/RegionUnits/RegionUnits/Prod
    An Ordinary GuyPeaceful Worlds21  621  45   2.1   29.6   13.8  
    Bard of PreyBard's Nest12  391  31   2.6   32.6   12.6  
    BonanzaBonanza16  329  29   1.8   20.6   11.3  
    BuehlerBuehler22  543  43   2.0   24.7   12.6  
    CleoEgypt24  693  45   1.9   28.9   15.4  
    Duke Timmy RSDjibouti19  397  38   2.0   20.9   10.4  
    EggheadEggSandwich14  349  31   2.2   24.9   11.3  
    Geez RSGeez18  403  33   1.8   22.4   12.2  
    HA GandalfMiddle Earth36  760  57   1.6   21.1   13.3  
    IceBergInsurgency11  332  36   3.3   30.2   9.2  
    John Doe, MBAWidgets, Inc. RS25  431  42   1.7   17.2   10.3  
    JustinianByzantine Empire48  983  86   1.8   20.5   11.4  
    KustodioSabina11  421  30   2.7   38.3   14.0  
    Linthar RSHaroninin15  251  22   1.5   16.7   11.4  
    LongstreetRepublica14  380  26   1.9   27.1   14.6  
    MacrofeeshColumbiaCounty16  360  28   1.8   22.5   12.9  
    MinimalMinimal's World15  361  35   2.3   24.1   10.3  
    MiralusMiralath22  469  32   1.5   21.3   14.7  
    NOOGD T FireflyFredonia20  470  35   1.8   23.5   13.4  
    PaskarPaskar10  336  20   2.0   33.6   16.8  
    Prophets of PeacePacifist Defenders34  612  81   2.4   18.0   7.6  
    Psientist RSthe MetaNetwork10  261  22   2.2   26.1   11.9  
    Rohal the Wise RSAventurien12  396  25   2.1   33.0   15.8  
    SallySilly Land10  220  29   2.9   22.0   7.6  
    Sam-I-amAnd13  368  27   2.1   28.3   13.6  
    Thugwompus^v^&&27  459  47   1.7   17.0   9.8  
    UN Alice RSWonderland16  216  23   1.4   13.5   9.4  
    UN Falcon RS ASAPFalcon Isles51  1019  86   1.7   20.0   11.8  
    UN JKD RSJKD34  877  85   2.5   25.8   10.3  
    UN Lenin RSWorkers' World23  462  48   2.1   20.1   9.6  
    Victor Ian DavionUnited Suns20  341  23   1.1   17.1   14.8  
    ZeusOlympus22  540  47   2.1   24.5   11.5  
    ageasAgea13  285  22   1.7   21.9   13.0  

    Connections, Borders and Links

    LeaderNationRegionsNeighboring
    Players    		Established
    Borders    		Internal
    Links    		Borders
    per Region    		Links
    per Region
    An Ordinary GuyPeaceful Worlds21  7  8  48   0.38   2.29  
    Bard of PreyBard's Nest12  3  5  26   0.42   2.17  
    BonanzaBonanza16  7  10  40   0.62   2.50  
    BuehlerBuehler22  8  16  50   0.73   2.27  
    CleoEgypt24  16  23  50   0.96   2.08  
    Duke Timmy RSDjibouti19  7  7  38   0.37   2.00  
    EggheadEggSandwich14  8  12  30   0.86   2.14  
    Geez RSGeez18  9  14  38   0.78   2.11  
    HA GandalfMiddle Earth36  10  23  82   0.64   2.28  
    IceBergInsurgency11  5  6  24   0.55   2.18  
    John Doe, MBAWidgets, Inc. RS25  12  19  50   0.76   2.00  
    JustinianByzantine Empire48  15  36  114   0.75   2.38  
    KustodioSabina11  7  7  24   0.64   2.18  
    Linthar RSHaroninin15  4  4  28   0.27   1.87  
    LongstreetRepublica14  11  14  34   1.00   2.43  
    MacrofeeshColumbiaCounty16  11  14  42   0.88   2.62  
    MinimalMinimal's World15  4  7  34   0.47   2.27  
    MiralusMiralath22  6  8  48   0.36   2.18  
    NOOGD T FireflyFredonia20  8  9  44   0.45   2.20  
    PaskarPaskar10  3  3  24   0.30   2.40  
    Prophets of PeacePacifist Defenders34  11  17  80   0.50   2.35  
    Psientist RSthe MetaNetwork10  4  7  18   0.70   1.80  
    Rohal the Wise RSAventurien12  4  6  22   0.50   1.83  
    SallySilly Land10  6  6  20   0.60   2.00  
    Sam-I-amAnd13  5  6  26   0.46   2.00  
    Thugwompus^v^&&27  11  25  52   0.93   1.93  
    UN Alice RSWonderland16  10  19  28   1.19   1.75  
    UN Falcon RS ASAPFalcon Isles51  15  47  118   0.92   2.31  
    UN JKD RSJKD34  14  33  66   0.97   1.94  
    UN Lenin RSWorkers' World23  14  19  58   0.83   2.52  
    Victor Ian DavionUnited Suns20  9  14  50   0.70   2.50  
    ZeusOlympus22  10  20  42   0.91   1.91  
    ageasAgea13  8  13  32   1.00   2.46  

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