Advancing
Advancing adjective - Moving forward.
Delaying
Both words in one sentence
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The Achuultani's lack of an ansible is one of their greatest disadvantages, forcing them to rely on using ships as couriers while slowly advancing through a system of preplanned rendezvous points and delaying reports back to their homeworld by centuries.
- For the most part, it's an Advancing Boss of Doom, and it's possible to slow it down using an alien-tech "Chrono Rift Device", and other delaying actions are also possible.
Source: Run or Die
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