The Void - Tick 204 - Cycle 9

 I've captured the super binary bringing a successful end to the war with C++. 

The next step is attacking General Kenobi and Ikit Claw in the confidence that my allies will back me. The reasoning is TdT and HelloThere are warning of powerful western alliances, so I want momentum and collectively as an alliance we need to pivot west and present a united front against that soon. Holy Roman Empire has also been fighting for some time against General Kenobi and Sea Serpent and though he has the aid of Ragnar Lothbrock according to my intel Kenobi feels confident they will win which means I need to tip the scales back in HRE's favour.

War Plan

General Kenobi is my main target and I plan to attack at three points opening two fronts.

Front: Kenobi East Priority (140 initial ships, 28 industry) I'll launch a smuggler attack on his northern border black hole seizing that visibility. The smuggler will take 9 ticks to arrive but he will only have three to respond and the point of attack (a low NR black hole that is ungarrisoned) and timing toward end of a cycle will limit his response options. Once arrived the Smuggler will begin causing chaos. Additionally, I'll attack a second star further south.

Front: Kenobi South (130 initial ships, 7 industry) - I'll attack with an infiltrator. He has more visible force strength down here and my resupply will be limited so its possible the front will stalemate after I capture the first star. Seizing the binary would be a huge success but I don't believe I have the initial force or resupply to do it.

Front: Ikit Claw (250 initial ships, 19 industry) - I don't think I'm well placed location or force strength wise to seize either of Ikit Claws binaries. With Ikit my plan is to advance, seize some stars and play a supporting role as TdT and HelloThere attack from his west. I have an Infiltrator deployed to this Ikit NE front. War objective: Capture any 5 stars. 

I've reworked my logistics lines to the new objectives, though the Kenobi East logistic line will be optimised after I get hyperspace 3 next turn. The attack will start in 6 ticks after the next turn 

Just as a point, I have a half-eye on Holy Roman Empire. There's a couple of his carriers making movements that don't fully make sense to me. The force sizes are small but he does outnumber me across our northern border and I know he's not been transparent about his alliance with Ragnar Lothbrock. I think the root cause is just bad logistics and I don't expect him to betray me. I generally work on a trust basis with all allies because there are costs to not trusting your allies (keeping forces at borders they don't need to be) but I'm aware of the carriers and watching the slow buildup of forces at the two circled stars too.