Vespae VI - Tick 210 Cycle 8

 A quick tactical update

Diplomatic

• MiniMe's tech has not kept pace with LimitingFactor/Cypher and I don't think there is good coordination between those three. Even if there is, I know both Cypher and LimitingFactor are making use of offensive/defensive specs in their wars. I don't think they'll send tokens to MiniMe. If they do (~6+ tokens) I might take some heavy losses here but I'm making an informed bet that won't happen.

Tactical

• MiniMe has committed another General to the defense, holding Aakir at the Southern Front chokepoint. This was the right move for him even though it was provoked, he doesn't have a great hand to play with at the moment. MiniMe is now out of specialist tokens, though he will receive 2 more in one turn/6 ticks. 
• I've circled his two Generals in Blue. They've both blocked probing attacks on the two fronts other than the one with my specialists (Colonel/Infiltrator) and now my Specialists can swing into the attack and cause greater damage against standard ships.
• I'm now committing to the attack on all three fronts (ticks to land in White) and launching what I hope will be an overwhelming attack (~800 ships against MiniMe's total 1100 ships) beyond the choke points taking advantage of the lack of mobility generals have. Neither of MiniMe's Generals will be able to defend any of the stars under attack (except for the existing attack pinning down the Aakar general just purchased)
• Most of the attacks I'm launching will be blocked but some will get through and the next wave will only be a cycle behind.
• Weapons level is currently 6-5 but I'm working on the assumption it will be 8-6 by the time most of these attacks land. I'm about to hit Weapons 7 and will sprint to Weapons 8.
• On the Central Front there is a counterattack risk. The 346 ships on a General defending the choke point there could move to attack me rather than scramble back to defend (but without their slow-moving General) I'm only going to leave around 150 ships defending but I think MiniMe won't commit to a counter-attack and if he does I'm OK with temporarily losing one/two stars. He needs this fleet for his defense and I'd happily suck it in and smother it at the cost of some economy and a bit of chaos.