Galactic Four

The **Galactic Four** is one of the influential alliances of *Simvivor: Lunar Lakes*. Despite entering the merge at a significant numbers minority, the Galactic Four was able to convince the majority alliance stemming from the original Celestial tribe to turn on their own. Building traction, three of the its original four members placed in the top three.

While the Galactic Four relied on the majority Celestial members to turn on themselves in order to get ahead, they also had established close bonds with crucial members and added them into the fold as affiliated members, in turn protecting them from early elimination.

## History

### Formation

Prior to the merge, the Galactic tribe was facing a 6 to 4 minority in numbers due to their repetitive Immunity Challenge losses. As a result, Mike Lachlan proposed a deal to his fellow Galactic tribe members in order to keep themselves safe at the merge. Their pact at first only included the concept of avoiding eliminating one another. The idea of ever making it to the final four together was slightly out of reach due to the odds being weighed against them.

Not knowing the disconnection amongst the Celestial tribe members, the Galactic Four entered the merge trying to better their chances at survival. It seemed clear that Alejandro Vu, Billie Windham, and Felicity Pfeiffer were the most willing to turn on their original tribe together, having their sights set on Andrew Heredia as their first target. Jordana Pruitt was able to convince them to turn on Andrew and Kimora Grace, sending those two out of the game back to back. Soon after, the numbers were at a deadlock.

### Overcoming the Odds

In order to avoid a deadlock tie, there needed to be quick thinking in order to turn the tides in their favor. Some deceit and a risky exploitation of information provided to her allowed Jeana Houghton to convince Felicity and Lyudmila Zielinski to throw their votes in a direction opposite of what their original tribe wanted. This move enabled the Galactic Four to vote as a unit once again and take out Billie.

After this point, it simply came down to avoiding Jordana from flipping on the alliance, as she likely had better chances siding with Felicity and Lyudmila for the rest of the game's run. Once the next target was set on the alliance's final enemy Alejandro, Jordana stuck the course and aided the Galactic Four in getting one step closer to victory.

### The Renegade

However, not every alliance makes it to their desired goal together. Jordana, feeling nervous about her position within the shrinking tribe, tried to make a move to benefit herself. It turned out to be a move made too late, as she simply could not convince the former affiliates to turn back onto her side after burning them time and time again. She officially removed herself from the alliance on Day 35, and when she lost Individual Immunity, she became the next person voted out of the game, sparing Felicity another day.

### Victory

The alliance's final hurdle was to ensure that Felicity did not win the upcoming Immunity Challenge. Her lack of energy overall came back to bite her, as Felicity could not cinch the important victory she needed in order to propel herself into the final three. Felicity attempted to convince Jeana and Ignacio to flip on Mike, who clearly had the best path to the finals, but her pleas fell on deaf ears and she was subsequently voted out.

Reaching Day 38 as a core group of three, Mike, Jeana, and Ignacio celebrated the upcoming victory of one of their own. Although the founder and established leader of the Galactic Four was then cut in third place, Ignacio's declaration as Sole Survivor remained a cause for celebration. The outstanding success of an alliance such as theirs was something to be recognized for the rest of *Simvivor* history.

## Trivia

* The Galactic Four is often credited with being the first-ever alliance created in *Simvivor*. It is also considered the most successful alliance, as its four members managed to make it to the final five together.
* The official members of the Galactic Four make up an average placement of 2.75.