The Void - Tick 588 Cycle 26

Quick update because it's the weekend and I have less free time.

War rages at the bridgehead and the enemy has taken advantage of a shift in priorities to the west from my allies to mass forces and start seriously pushing at the edges of the bridgehead.

Here's how the full map looks. I still expect I'm in first place with 89 stars, 435 economy, 271 industry and 139 science. I did reach 90 stars but have been pegged back.

And here is how the battle ground looks annotated

HelloThere has reassured me his cousin HRE is unlikely to attack me but I'm nervous about the force buildup on the other side of the SW wormhole (I have a scout down there on a black hole) there are several thousand ships and 4000 visible on my side of the WH. I've built up a ~1.5k contingency force in my north just in case. A northern alliance attack is the one way this game could really go badly from here I think, so it makes sense to plan to mitigate it a bit.