Hutts Win Again

In a desperate attempt to get caught up, I'll have to fabricate the results for the entire month of July.  Fortunately, it's rather easy due to a two-week hiatus--one missed game on 7/12 and one week of travel that cancelled the 7/19 game.

Back on 6/28 Kent took home the crown, although I have little recollection of how he did it. 

Then on 7/5 Ric regained galactic leadership as the Hutt, which he held onto throughout the hiatus.  This gave him a nearly unprecedented three-week run at ruling the galaxy by default. 

Last week on 7/26, Sith Horak took the field with Rebel Leader Laban wearing the orange.  The game had many notable swings, including the early destruction of the Death Star, it's immediate replacement via faction card, and a huge Imperial buildup in the Wild Space being trapped by the "This system may not be attacked until your opponent captures a system from another player."  A poor Death Star roll saved the huge Hutt garrison on Balmorra.  Instead the Empire had to take out the secondary target, Duro, with it's garrison of only two Rebels. 

In the end the Hutts were able to take their force on Balmorra and make a winning run at systems in the Mid Rim.  Victory went to Kent the Hutt after a see-saw six turns.