The Republic hereby announces a return of one of its members to the Top 25
Good work uncleBernie
And I'll do what i can to follow, now that i've more time again
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Yes. 
We've reached page 100!
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I didn't realize that a large score could be so low, even on Cakewalk/Beyond Human
    
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#2479
by Veteran Icho Tolot - 5/1/2004 10:59:07 AM
The Quest of Ballance
Chapter 2: border crossing
The Halutian has been on one of his covert operations (adventures) in unknown space and he discovered something very disturbing….
His first move brought him back to his home world, for reporting his discovery to the halutian-elder-council. The council decided that they need the support of their allies and they need it quick.
That’s the reason for his fast and hasty travel that took him deep thru non allied space, GROSS space.
Luckily the main GROSS forces were too occupied in their boarder conflicts to take much note about the single halutian ship passing their space.
The Halut 1 flew thru the space with only 50% light speed. The sensors were set to navigational search.
The raiders approached from the hiding place within an asteroid field, that’s why he almost discovered them too late.
Ten of their light cruisers approached his ship with nearby light speed, with fully activated weapons. They thought they would have an easy target, while that small ship drifted thru their space. They were at two million kilometres when the alarm went off. Short range sensors showed them approaching fast. He activated all offensive and defensive weapons. The ship was instantly covered by the black shade of its nearly indestructible paratron field. He changed to intercept course while he calculated the most effective and fastest way to knock them out. Even if they are fast and well armed, that cruisers were no real match for a ship like the Halut 1 and an experienced pilot like Icho Tolot, but that was something the pirates had to learn sooner or later.
At the moment the ship changed its course the group commander realised his mistake, or better say the mistake of his sensor officer, they thought that they would have to deal with a freighter, a small civil cruiser or a minor warship, like a corvette at worst. They did not think that they will have to deal with such a powerful and manoeuvrable ship, equipped with technology none of the major empires has and only few dream or better say think of.
And only seconds later everybody of their group knew that this was the worst that could have happened. The small ship instantly reached near light speed and fired its guns while passing thru their formations. Within fourteen seconds they lost five ships and finally found time to react, while the small ship began the wider curve for a second striking attack.
“We lost No 2,4,6,7 and 9, Sir!”
“What! How could that happen? Were is he now? What’s the status of the other ships?” The Commander said.
“No 6 is damaged they lost main power, all other are intact. The enemy is at 215-020 distance 15 million kilometres, closing in fast”
“Set to full defence, we need to withstand his next run and WE need MORE power for the guns!” the captain ordered “And tell the others to go to a wide spread formation! We can not allow him, to hit us in close formation again!”
“I can’t play with you for longer!” a loud voice suddenly thundered thru their frequence. “I have way more important things to do!” And as he ended several huge fireballs appeared in front of the group, the two closest ships had no chance to change course before hitting one of them and exploded as soon as they touched the rim of the fireball.
When the light of the explosion faded, the small ship was gone.
“I have important things to do” the Halutian said again to himself while on the front screen the blue light effects of linear space passed by.
He has to report what he saw on his last trip to the edge of the galaxy.
And he has move fast, otherwise….
To be continued
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 On your 4 million points core as empire!!!! 
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hey dar exar what's so'n and nat say ya gotd polay galciv drunk fi it are fuckren hot matey f     
  
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10
The way I figure it, no countdown should start from anything other than 10
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