Spektor Exoduses 2 Plains Cities Away From SIN Sieges; Unbow Players Abandon; Elanderrich Switches Sides

SIN officials provided evidence on Saturday that Unbow has once again exodused from two oncoming plains sieges from SIN, further indicating constrained siege breaking capabilities for the embattled Unbow/SHARK/VIC confederacy. SIN noted that siege operations were launched at Spektor’s cities of Zen Torx and Spaughkton, both of which had been surrounded entirely by plains.

Digioso’s DillyTools reports that the city of Zen Torx was a 16K+ population city situated on fertile pastures and oceanside plains at 14|-2305 as of April 21st. The city dropped from the map on the 22nd and reappeared in the northeast corner of Newlands sometime last night, according to SIN officials, who say that Spektor’s regional exodus move was done to ensure that he could exodus his second city with an incoming siege:

From: System
Subject: FW: Target town Spaughkton moved
Received: 23 Apr 2016 03:05
Original Message:
The town Spaughkton owned by player Spektor [Unbow] previously located at -11|-2311|59|12|5 which you have sent units to from Iron Pain has begun a mass Exdous of their city and it is no longer at this location. Your Siege has changed to an attack from which is will return immediately rather than occupying the square.

All of Spektor’s recent city moves can be consulted on DillyTools here.

Ron Fay Picks Up First Raze Under SIN Banner With Odo Alt; SIN Purportedly Using Siege Trains

SIN has picked up its 26th successful siege under the command of Odoacer, Ron Fay’s alt. It is the first siege accredited to Fay since moving to SIN in late March. SIN officials provided proof of the raze:

Shiskabobo razed!
Sent By:	System
Received By:	Odoacer [SIN]
Date:	05 Apr 2016 23:14
Shiskabobo, belonging to Vitruvius which was located at 94|-2264 has been razed by Odoacer.

While early eyewitness reports of the siege battle appeared to be light, SIN claims that there was heavy fighting on the remnants of the siege camp after the raze was completed, indicating that Unbow didn’t have ample siege breaking troops within close range of the siege, requiring forces from farther away to make the trek. Considering that the Herald reported the start of the siege at 5:00 am server time on April 5th, the operation was a quick one and may have involved siege trains to accelerate the process.

SIN also indicated in an earlier message to the Times that their recent siege operations have included siege trains and direct catapult attacks on Unbow cities that have taken their toll, pointing out “steep drops in population of Stephen Stormcrow.” Another SIN contact said that Stormcrow lost “almost 30K pop in two weeks” as a result of the attacks, which appeared to corroborate with the players’ growth chart.

 

SIN claims that Pehu was a recent target as well, losing more than 6,000 population:

As for an overall cliff in population drop from purported siege trains, SIN claims that in two weeks it has reduced Unbow by 61,550 in attacks alone, but they have not come without cost, and that Unbow heavily fortified several cities on recent operations, successfully knocking out hundreds of catapults and staving off population decline.

Ron Fay Initiates New Siege Against Unbow in Newlands

Ron Fay is hosting his first siege since joining the ranks of SIN, opening up a new operation in southern Newlands against Unbow using his Odoacer alt account. The Herald reported the landing of the siege this morning:

Vitruvius [Unbow]

Shiskabobo

[94|-2263] in Newlands

Odoacer [SIN]

Tue 05 Apr 05:00

The city of Shiskabobo is situated on relatively defensible terrain, with only one small hill aside a nearby lake. SIN has set up its siege on this hill, accompanied by several blockades.

Previous reports have indicated that Unbow was willing to exodus siege targets away from oncoming SIN sieges if they had adjacent small hills, but Unbow appears to be willing to contest this siege. At the time of this writing, the Times has already seen the siege camp possibly being hit by one army, with another possible army inbound — the trajectory suggests cav breaking launches from Unbow and not reinforcements by SIN.