05-14-2011, 01:02 PM
We take a moment now to drop out of character...
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Hahahahahahaha! Darkseid's logic is as tortured as the now-deceased crew of the Tilkatian colonizer were, no doubt, just prior to their demise!
This little colony we had was an insignificant little presence in a nothing-burger star system. Had Darkseid come in with his own colonizer and demanded a planet, I would have made no strenuous objection. I will even go so far as to say that if he had returned with a warship with at least a small colonizer-type freighter to lend at least a stamp of legitimacy to establishing a military presence there, I would have been unable to justify a deep-space attack.
But he had an escort-class warship, present at my colony, with no stated reason for being there and no communication of any kind for that matter. It is only through an accident of my own poor planning that I had my own escort there at the same time. Otherwise, that colony would be toast now.
I recognize that his attack had strategic merit, but there is no way to claim the moral high ground here. Darkseid is a dangerous presence and an unpredictable wildcard in this star cluster. Even apart from this little imbroglio, he must be held to close scrutiny for pretending lo these many turns to be unable to master the intricacies of FH arcana, barely able to scratch out some research orders. PHTHTHTT!! He *hijacked* a ship -- something I haven't even read the rules on yet!
Tread carefully, my FH friends. Keep your eye on this one...
;-)
* * *
Hahahahahahaha! Darkseid's logic is as tortured as the now-deceased crew of the Tilkatian colonizer were, no doubt, just prior to their demise!
This little colony we had was an insignificant little presence in a nothing-burger star system. Had Darkseid come in with his own colonizer and demanded a planet, I would have made no strenuous objection. I will even go so far as to say that if he had returned with a warship with at least a small colonizer-type freighter to lend at least a stamp of legitimacy to establishing a military presence there, I would have been unable to justify a deep-space attack.
But he had an escort-class warship, present at my colony, with no stated reason for being there and no communication of any kind for that matter. It is only through an accident of my own poor planning that I had my own escort there at the same time. Otherwise, that colony would be toast now.
I recognize that his attack had strategic merit, but there is no way to claim the moral high ground here. Darkseid is a dangerous presence and an unpredictable wildcard in this star cluster. Even apart from this little imbroglio, he must be held to close scrutiny for pretending lo these many turns to be unable to master the intricacies of FH arcana, barely able to scratch out some research orders. PHTHTHTT!! He *hijacked* a ship -- something I haven't even read the rules on yet!
Tread carefully, my FH friends. Keep your eye on this one...
;-)