Power's Edge: Wilderness Justice - International News for Turn 259

From the NewsWire:

From the Grapevine:

  • Explorers loyal to Acanthopis have connected to a region belonging to WJ-Independents!
  • Explorers loyal to Bold Porcupines have connected to a region belonging to MacBook Pro!
  • Explorers loyal to Acanthopis have connected to a region belonging to rstlne30!
  • OckerBoy has renamed the region Ocker [TI]-32 as Levi Park.
  • Battle! There are reports that apeloverage attacked WJ-Independents at Independent-173! The defenders were hopelessly outnumbered!
    ... the victorious attackers rename the region Melbourne-173 and capture its 2 production!

  • Battle! There are reports that Cartwright attacked Acanthopis at BP-Lee! Evenly matched, the two sides fought heroically!
    ... the victorious attackers take control of the region's 3 production!

  • Battle! There are reports that Acanthopis attacked WJ-Independents at Independent-167! The attackers met no opposition whatsoever!
    ... the victorious attackers rename the region Acanthopis SA-167 and capture its 0 production!

  • Battle! There are reports that Hermis attacked Bold Porcupines at BP-Zabor! The overmatched defenders fought bravely!
    ... the victorious attackers take control of the region's 4 production!

  • Skirmish! A small force loyal to BoldlyGo(TI) challenged Acanthopis at Diop-19! But the attackers were disastrously outmatched!
    ... the defenders report the incident to headquarters!

  • Skirmish! A small force loyal to OckerBoy challenged WJ-Independents at Independent-102! The defenders were hopelessly outnumbered!
    ... the victorious attackers rename the region Ocker [TI]-102 and capture its 1 production!

  • Battle! There are reports that Bold Porcupines attacked Arizona at Arizona SA-246! Evenly matched, the two sides fought heroically!
    ... the surviving defenders cheer as the last attackers retreat in disarray!

  • Fighting! There are reports that MacBook Pro fought with OckerBoy at Streaky Bay! The defenders were hopelessly outnumbered!
    ... the victorious attackers take control of the region's 1 production!

  • Spies claim that 20 Units loyal to Hermis were spotted joining with the forces of Arizona at The Federation-196.
  • Fighting! There are reports that apeloverage fought with WJ-Independents at Independent-121! Evenly matched, the two sides fought heroically!
    ... the surviving defenders cheer as the last attackers retreat in disarray!

  • Invasion! There are reports that a massive force loyal to Bold Porcupines invaded Hermis at Diffe Q! The defenders were hopelessly outnumbered!
    ... the victorious attackers take control of the region's 8 production!

  • Battle! There are reports that Acanthopis attacked MacBook Pro at BP-Fog! Evenly matched, the two sides fought heroically!
    ... the surviving defenders cheer as the last attackers retreat in disarray!

  • Skirmish! A small force loyal to Acanthopis challenged apeloverage at Melbourne-173! But the attackers were disastrously outmatched!
    ... the defenders report the incident to headquarters!

  • Skirmish! A small force loyal to rstlne30 challenged WJ-Independents at Independent-20! But the attackers were disastrously outmatched!
    ... the surviving defenders cheer as the last attackers retreat in disarray!

  • Battle! There are reports that Cartwright attacked Hermis at Hermis-53! The overmatched defenders fought bravely!
    ... the victorious attackers take control of the region's 1 production!

  • Battle! There are reports that Bold Porcupines attacked Hermis at BP-Zabor! The defenders were hopelessly outnumbered!
    ... the victorious attackers take control of the region's 4 production!

  • Spies claim that 2 Flies loyal to OckerBoy were spotted joining with the forces of MacBook Pro at Tiwi Two.
  • Spies claim that 1 Flies loyal to OckerBoy were spotted joining with the forces of MacBook Pro at Coonawarra.
  • Skirmish! A small force loyal to Acanthopis challenged rstlne30 at [R30] 133! But the attackers were disastrously outmatched!
    ... the defenders report the incident to headquarters!

  • Battle! There are reports that Hermis attacked Bold Porcupines at Diffe Q! But the attackers were disastrously outmatched!
    ... the surviving defenders cheer as the last attackers retreat in disarray!

  • Skirmish! A small force loyal to OckerBoy challenged WJ-Independents at Independent-58! Evenly matched, the two sides fought heroically!
    ... the surviving defenders cheer as the last attackers retreat in disarray!

  • Invasion! There are reports that a massive force loyal to Acanthopis invaded Bold Porcupines at BP-Meg! Evenly matched, the two sides fought heroically!
    ... the surviving defenders cheer as the last attackers retreat in disarray!

  • Skirmish! A small force loyal to MacBook Pro challenged Hermis at Bub-2! But the attackers were disastrously outmatched!
    ... the defenders report the incident to headquarters!

  • Invasion! There are reports that a massive force loyal to Hermis invaded Bold Porcupines at BP-Cam! The defenders were hopelessly outnumbered!
    ... the victorious attackers take control of the region's 7 production!

  • Battle! There are reports that Acanthopis attacked Professor at Archaeology! The defenders were hopelessly outnumbered!
    ... the victorious attackers take control of the region's 5 production!

  • Battle! There are reports that Acanthopis attacked MacBook Pro at MacBook Pro (ML)-100! Evenly matched, the two sides fought heroically!
    ... the surviving defenders cheer as the last attackers retreat in disarray!

  • Fighting! There are reports that MacBook Pro fought with OckerBoy at Wine Glass Bay! The attackers met no opposition whatsoever!
    ... the victorious attackers take control of the region's 0 production!

  • Spies claim that 5 Flies loyal to OckerBoy were spotted joining with the forces of WJ-Independents at Homestead.
  • Battle! There are reports that OckerBoy attacked Acanthopis at Places need names! The defenders were hopelessly outnumbered!
    ... the victorious attackers take control of the region's 2 production!

  • Battle! There are reports that Professor attacked Acanthopis at No more numbers!! Evenly matched, the two sides fought heroically!
    ... the surviving defenders cheer as the last attackers retreat in disarray!

  • Skirmish! A small force loyal to Kalvis challenged apeloverage at Melbourne-95! But the attackers were disastrously outmatched!
    ... the surviving defenders cheer as the last attackers retreat in disarray!

  • Spies claim that 25 Units loyal to MacBook Pro were spotted joining with the forces of Bold Porcupines at BP-Meg.
  • Region in Crisis: Disaster has struck the Region Nova Empire owned by Leader WJ-Independents. The surviving units and population are being merged into adjacent Regions.
  • Region Disconnect: The connection between Nova Empire and Hermis-92 has broken. Both places now have an additional external connection possible.
  • Region Disconnect: The connection between Nova Empire and [ER] Empire-169 has broken. Both places now have an additional internal connection possible.
  • Snake Pit in Crisis: Disaster has struck the Snake Pit Acanthopis SA-167 owned by Head Viper Acanthopis. The surviving units and population are being merged into adjacent Snake Pits.
  • Region Disconnect: The connection between Acanthopis SA-167 and Diop-120 has broken. Both places now have an additional external connection possible.
  • Region Disconnect: The connection between Acanthopis SA-167 and Rat Snake has broken. Both places now have an additional internal connection possible.
  • Snake Pit in Crisis: Disaster has struck the Snake Pit BP-Dan owned by Head Viper Acanthopis. The surviving units and population are being merged into adjacent Snake Pits.
  • Region Disconnect: The connection between BP-Dan and BP-Fox has broken. Both places now have an additional external connection possible.
  • Region Disconnect: The connection between BP-Dan and Independent-68 has broken. Both places now have an additional external connection possible.
  • Region Disconnect: The connection between BP-Dan and Zabor-137 has broken. Both places now have an additional external connection possible.
  • Region Disconnect: The connection between BP-Dan and Independent-138 has broken. Both places now have an additional external connection possible.
  • Region Disconnect: The connection between BP-Dan and Porcupines ML-136 has broken. Both places now have an additional internal connection possible.
  • Snake Pit in Crisis: Disaster has struck the Snake Pit Fang owned by Head Viper Acanthopis. The surviving units and population are being merged into adjacent Snake Pits.
  • Region Disconnect: The connection between Fang and BP-Lee has broken. Both places now have an additional external connection possible.
  • Region Disconnect: The connection between Fang and CHIKN-LITTL-NEST has broken. Both places now have an additional internal connection possible.
  • Region Disconnect: The connection between Fang and Federsnaketion has broken. Both places now have an additional internal connection possible.
  • Region Disconnect: The connection between Fang and Oragami snake has broken. Both places now have an additional internal connection possible.
  • Region Disconnect: The connection between Fang and Garden snake has broken. Both places now have an additional internal connection possible.
  • Region Disconnect: The connection between Fang and Lacanotus has broken. Both places now have an additional internal connection possible.
  • Region Disconnect: The connection between Fang and Sbeitla has broken. Both places now have an additional internal connection possible.
  • Region Disconnect: The connection between Bonanza-183 and Diop-243 has broken. Both places now have an additional external connection possible.
  • P.E. Census Report: The Universe now contains a total of 256 regions controlled by a total of 12 Leaders. 225 of these regions belong to the 12 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 259

    (To be listed this turn, a Leader must control 1 or more Regions and be among the top 12 Leaders for a given stat.)

    Most
    Regions
    Most
    Units
    Most
    Production
    Best Regions
    (Prod./Region)
    Best Defenses
    (Units/Region)
    Maxing Out
    (Units/Prod.)
    1.Acanthopis 44
    2.Hermis 43
    3.Bold Porcupines 24
    4.Cartwright 18
    5.MacBook Pro 17
    6.BoldlyGo(TI) 17
    7.Kalvis 15
    8.apeloverage 13
    9.rstlne30 11
    10.Professor 8
    11.OckerBoy 7
    12.Arizona 5
    1.Acanthopis 1359
    2.Hermis 1268
    3.Bold Porcupines 709
    4.rstlne30 502
    5.Kalvis 432
    6.BoldlyGo(TI) 348
    7.MacBook Pro 305
    8.Cartwright 234
    9.apeloverage 226
    10.Professor 174
    11.Arizona 124
    12.OckerBoy 69
    1.Hermis 164
    2.Acanthopis 163
    3.Bold Porcupines 89
    4.BoldlyGo(TI) 47
    5.Kalvis 45
    6.MacBook Pro 44
    7.Cartwright 41
    8.apeloverage 39
    9.rstlne30 33
    10.Arizona 20
    11.Professor 19
    12.OckerBoy 12
    1.Arizona 4.0
    2.Hermis 3.8
    3.Bold Porcupines 3.7
    4.Acanthopis 3.7
    5.Kalvis 3.0
    6.apeloverage 3.0
    7.rstlne30 3.0
    8.BoldlyGo(TI) 2.8
    9.MacBook Pro 2.6
    10.Professor 2.4
    11.Cartwright 2.3
    12.OckerBoy 1.7
    1.rstlne30 45.6
    2.Acanthopis 30.9
    3.Bold Porcupines 29.5
    4.Hermis 29.5
    5.Kalvis 28.8
    6.Arizona 24.8
    7.Professor 21.8
    8.BoldlyGo(TI) 20.5
    9.MacBook Pro 17.9
    10.apeloverage 17.4
    11.Cartwright 13.0
    12.OckerBoy 9.9
    1.rstlne30 15.2
    2.Kalvis 9.6
    3.Professor 9.2
    4.Acanthopis 8.3
    5.Bold Porcupines 8.0
    6.Hermis 7.7
    7.BoldlyGo(TI) 7.4
    8.MacBook Pro 6.9
    9.Arizona 6.2
    10.apeloverage 5.8
    11.OckerBoy 5.8
    12.Cartwright 5.7

    Strategic Status Summary for Turn 259

    Units and Production

    LeaderNationRegionsUnitsProductionProd/RegionUnits/RegionUnits/Prod
    AcanthopisAcanthopis SA44  1359  163   3.7   30.9   8.3  
    ArizonaArizona SA5  124  20   4.0   24.8   6.2  
    Bold PorcupinesPorcupines ML24  709  89   3.7   29.5   8.0  
    BoldlyGo(TI)Diop(TI)17  348  47   2.8   20.5   7.4  
    CartwrightBonanza (ML)18  234  41   2.3   13.0   5.7  
    HermisHermis SA43  1268  164   3.8   29.5   7.7  
    KalvisKaunieciai15  432  45   3.0   28.8   9.6  
    MacBook ProMacBook Pro (ML)17  305  44   2.6   17.9   6.9  
    OckerBoyOcker [TI]7  69  12   1.7   9.9   5.8  
    ProfessorAcademia [ML]8  174  19   2.4   21.8   9.2  
    apeloverageMelbourne13  226  39   3.0   17.4   5.8  
    rstlne30[R30] rstlne3011  502  33   3.0   45.6   15.2  

    Connections, Borders and Links

    LeaderNationRegionsNeighboring
    Nations
    Established
    Borders
    Internal
    Links
    Borders
    per Region
    Links
    per Region
    AcanthopisAcanthopis SA44  10  78  78   1.77   1.77  
    ArizonaArizona SA5  5  7  6   1.40   1.20  
    Bold PorcupinesPorcupines ML24  11  57  36   2.38   1.50  
    BoldlyGo(TI)Diop(TI)17  5  11  36   0.65   2.12  
    CartwrightBonanza (ML)18  7  25  40   1.39   2.22  
    HermisHermis SA43  11  72  88   1.67   2.05  
    KalvisKaunieciai15  6  9  28   0.60   1.87  
    MacBook ProMacBook Pro (ML)17  6  23  24   1.35   1.41  
    OckerBoyOcker [TI]7  3  7  10   1.00   1.43  
    ProfessorAcademia [ML]8  5  16  12   2.00   1.50  
    apeloverageMelbourne13  5  6  22   0.46   1.69  
    rstlne30[R30] rstlne3011  6  16  20   1.45   1.82  


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