From: griffith@dweeb.fx.com (Jim Griffith)
Subject: Sweden Slow Empire Update #8
Organization: FXD/Telerate, Mountain View, CA
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 07:10:23 GMT


The nation of Rhyz suffered a serious setback when it placed all of its bars
on a highway, not realizing that it had insufficient cash to build that
highway into a bank.  It was forced to scrap half of its airforce (apparently
with some unwanted outside assistance).

War broke out at long last as Taliesyn and Temekula waged a pre-arranged
battle.  The contest was fought in a gentlemanly fashion with roughly even
results, until Taliesyn finally managed a breakthrough and destroyed a
significant portion of the Temekulan defense.  Taliesyn was preparing to
capitalize on his triumph when Cycnus treacherously attacked him.  This
action was protested by both Taliesyn and Temekula, as well as Cycnus' ally
Graahoeje, but it was lauded as a grand triumph by the nation of Ilir.
Temekula agreed to a cease fire, and Taliesyn and Graahoeje proceeded to
beat Cycnus off with a stick, leaving Ilir surrounded by four very large,
very hostile nations who are all allied against her.  The press has been
filled with posturing on both sides of the Cycnus betrayal issue.

Sadness (formerly Metallica) invaded the tiny country of Wseria, capturing
10 of its 30 sectors.  Sadness immediately announced the annexation of
Wseria.  This was immediately followed by a Flyspeck invasion which captured
Sadness intact and with apparent ease (at least if Flyspeck braggadocio is to
be taken at face value).  Flyspeck immediately announced the annexation of
Sadness, to the amusement of the other players.

Rumpole then came back to life as he and Flyspeck proceeded to destroy the
Karadj airforce after a long, drawn-out assault.  However, the nation of
Karadj still remains reasonably sized and defiant as of this time.

The game seems to be drawing to a close as countries begin issuing their
standard "thanks to everyone" announcements in which the heroes and the
weenies are publicly identified.

				Jim

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     - = [   Empire Power Report   ] = -
      as of Tue Apr 14 09:03:25 1992

         sects  eff  civ  mil shell gun  pet iron dust food oil  pln ship money
Graahoeje 435   97% 381K  23K 2.6K 240  9.9K  79K 7.3K 128K  30K 170    9  180K
 Flyspeck 355   97% 311K  18K 3.3K 400  8.0K  36K 6.7K  97K  12K 170    8  165K
   Gunjin 315   99% 289K  15K 3.8K 165   13K  38K 6.5K 104K 8.7K 160    1  230K
  Rumpole 285   94% 212K  16K 3.0K 345  4.2K  29K 2.5K  65K 9.2K 200    6  145K
     Ilir 205   98% 187K  14K 2.0K 170  8.0K  48K  13K  79K  29K 110   10   40K
 Temekula 215   97% 197K 2.6K 1.7K 350  4.7K  23K 4.3K  73K  11K  70    5   15K
 Taliesyn 235   92% 195K  14K 2.1K 420  4.1K  17K 1.0K  50K 6.0K 130    6   75K
     Rhyz 120   91%  86K 2.3K 725  120  2.9K  16K 1.4K  17K 6.7K 100    0   60K
      KMT 105   98%  75K 3.2K 575   25  4.8K  18K 3.1K  31K 1.6K 110    1   30K
   Cycnus  90   98%  75K 6.2K 700   85  1.8K 9.9K 1.7K  29K 9.5K  20    1   35K
Negativla  85   90%  57K 2.5K 650   25  1.8K  17K 2.5K  20K 3.7K  80    2  115K
   Karadj 105   89%  71K 1.5K 600    3  1.1K  12K 6.8K  41K 6.2K   0    0   10K
      KOW  40   97%  36K 1.9K 200   40  1.1K  10K 900  5.2K 3.0K  60    2   15K
   Wseria  30   81%  22K 1.6K 100    2  250  650    8  1.4K 1.7K  20    0   15K
Grand_Sel  25  100%  12K 1.2K   0    4   20  800  1.9K  12K 1.4K   0    3  1.9K
  Sinanju  20   84%  13K 100    2    2  100  3.8K 550  3.4K 1.9K   0    0   25K
 Perverts  10   96% 5.0K 250    0    0    2    0  250  300  550    0    0   65K
          ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
worldwide 2.7K  95% 2.2M 123K  22K 2.4K  66K 359K  60K 755K 143K 1.4K  70  1.3M

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