Let's start out my mentioning that this is indeed a 10-system per player map, and that it was played on Tool, where 100+ resources are the norm rather than the exception. I was dismayed to have first contact with DPR in both 23,29 and 24,20. This killed both my science ships, and I had to pray that I had another 6 systems above 24,20. I managed to pop trick with 23,20 and 24,20. I knew that DPR's home system was at 24,28 so I waited for BR3 and built a puny fleet. I moved the fleet down and nuked his colony at 24,29 as I explored his homeworld. An old BR2 attack also managed to nuke 23,18, cutting into his economy. DPR was behind on econ and presumably did not have a backbuilder to overbuild at, so he had to try the old satelites-and-minefield defense. Much to my amazement, the nuke went through. A surprise win against an old hand.
