After days of absence, RebeL reappeared on the map and began to contest one of the Mpire bases. The new Stahl alliance took advantage of the two fighting arch enemies and secured themselves the former RebeL base.

Echelon map before opening

The wild colour mix, that is Echelon, made something perfectly clear: Whoever is on the brink of getting completely wiped out won’t never ever accept this situation. Starring in this theatrical show of pushing each other out of the ring consists once again of Mpire and RebeL. The ongoing lack of ambitious people willing to play in the premier league of Global Agenda left their markings on both factions though. As Mpire reinforced their ranks with Nosebleed, RebeL followed the path of regaining strength through fresh and new partners by inviting Animosity to the alliance.

The answer to the actions of the days before didn’t take long to be delivered as RebeL made their approach to secure themselves a base again. While Stahl, fighting for a base at the same time, received a friendly donation of the Pinkpire and had their shields up in no time, the arch enemy of the eager mapwinner didn’t had such an easy path to walk on.

But finally, after two days of constantly pressing on the core hexes of Mpire, RebeL seemed to have enough room and could finally secure themselves the last base hex plus getting their shields up again along with capturing one of the rare elements.

With Thong and Euro gone and scattered, the destiny of Echelon lies only in the hand of the two big players left to lay waste to anyone who tries to get in their way. Stahl is a strong ascendant though and we may see at least some hard distractions and shifts in power when they decide to take a more active role in the raging wars over rare elements before the 1.3 close is gonna happen.

And above all, there are the shady rumors of some american agencies/alliances, seeking to bring nothing but utter mayhem upon the heads of the european Echelon community. Thursday is closing in and we may see what is really going to happen. Will it be the Golden Vandal army or just a night passing by with the daily wars between RebeL and Mpire, with families leaving their homes seeking shelter under the wings of the smaller alliances, houses burned down to ashes and .. well, hopefully no HQ/Defense Facility fights? We will see.

Echelon map after closing on 27/04/2010

Additionally, I wanted to take the opportunity to tell my fellow readers that I still am really grateful for the continous feedback and checking on my site for the reports. Just because you guys stick with me, I think it is just fair to tell you that I won’t be able to play or get at least access to the internet until Tuesday, 4th of May. So there won’t be any reports until then. I may find a bit more time to write stuff afterwards, but I am currently considering to reduce my reports to only 1-2 per week since the strong daily shifts in politics as we had them weeks ago just ain’t present anymore.

We will see if this changes when 1.3 hits the live servers. Hopefully it will be the case!

I think you get the point.