SIN Takes Down First Unbow City as Darth Darius’ City of Gondor Falls

SIN has further added to its successful weekend of siege, successfully razing its first city in Newlands flying the new Unbow banner. SIN officials confirmed that Darth Darius’ city of Gondor, originally located in western Newlands, has been razed.

In a comment on the Times, SIN leadership member Ten Kulch filled in some of the details of the few battles that took place during the siege. “30+ hours into the Gondor mission, and your expectation seems destined for disappointment,” Kulch said in response to an analysis by veteran times commenter zebraphile. “Only one real shot fired in the city’s defense.”

Later on Kulch reported on what appears to have been one of only a handful of notable hits on the Gondor siege: “A 5500 chariot pop by King A, around the midpoint of the siege. The city population has dropped quickly so far. I expect to see it razed before brunch tomorrow. The cannon fodders are disappointed that there hasn’t been much fighting. We thought a 23000 population city would be more exciting than this.”

The Times cannot independently confirm any of Ten Kulch’s claims in the comments, though eyewitness reporting revealing few hits on the siege point to veracity in his reports.

For SIN, it is their 17th successful siege, and Tink XX’s 5th raze in the war — the siege leader for SIN, who has as many razes herself as SHARK, Unbow, and VIC have for the entire war combined.

SIN Surpasses 50th War Score Point, Launches Second Siege on Unbow’s Darth Darius

SIN has surpassed the 50th point in the War Score Card scoring of the Newlands War II, with SIN’s Plathus getting the raze in what appears to have been a lightly contested battle. SIN officials provided proof of the raze:

From: System
Subject: FW: Victorious battle against longfeather’s forces at Head Feather by Plathus’s forces from IronHammer
Received: 06 Feb 2016 15:32
Original Message:
Attackers arrive, unopposed, at this location.

Cavalry comes into its own when able to strike hostile forces at will, and from unexpected directions – and nowhere is this more feasible than on open plains. Lightly armoured spear units, however, prefer terrain where there’s some cover available.

Fighting defensively on open plains, cavalry draws strength from the ability to form and reform their lines of engagement depending on the direction of battle, and it is here where cavalry excels.

Attackers:	Unit:	Quantity:	Casualties:	Survivors:
Commander: Ironglue	Stalwart	1	Damaged for 0, 300 health remains.
Troops:	Stalwarts		0
Troops:	Battery-towers		0
Troops:	Ballistas		0

The raze is Plathus’ first siege contribution to SIN, and SIN’s 16th successful siege. The SHARK-VIC-Unbow confederacy has 5.

Just as the Head Feather siege was beginning to grind down the city, a secondary siege initiated just to the west of the first siege location, with SIN hitting Unbow’s Darth Darius:

Darth Darius [Unbow]

Gondor

[-19|-2261] in Newlands

Tink XX [SIN]

Sat 06 Feb 10:00

That siege features a blockade on a small hill and siege in a building. While the terrain favors a solid siege defense for SIN, the city of Gondor is in close proximity to SHARK and Unbow cities, giving them an opportunity to pepper the sieges with close-range hits.

At present, there has only been a few units seen hitting the camps.