                README FOR GLOBAL APOCALYPSE SCENARIO
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                                        BY: Mathieu Pinsonnault

        First a little background of the story. 
        
        Dateline: 1999
        
        The world has been totally occupied and approximetly 98% of 
it's cities are industrialized. You would think that there would be an
era of peace and prosperity right? Wrong! Because of the massive need
for fuel and energy (not to mention food) the nations of the world have
been divided into seven Unions.

        1. The Russians and former Soviet satellites have now joined 
           together to form the New Commenwealth of Independent States.
           (New C.I.S.) -Capital: Moscow

        2. The nations of the Pacific (holding lots of world's last 
           petrol and gas reserves) unite to form the Pacific Rim 
           Consortium. -Capital: Tokyo

        3. The European nations still cling together in the European
           Union. -Capital: Paris

        4. The Continents of South America and Africa join together in
           hopes of growing stronger, finacially and militarrily.
           Because they feel to passive to enter war or ally themselves
           with anybody they have named themseleves the Neutral Nations
           Coalition. (N.N.C.) -Capital: Nairobi

        5. The United States feel secure by them selves and do not wish
           side with any other nations thus are just called the 
           Americans. -Capital: Washington

        6. The British have decided to solidify their relations with 
           the nations that once belonged to their empire and have 
           united to form the British Commenwealth. -Capital: London

        7. In 1998 several Chinese instigated efforts led to the 
           collapse of many eastern nation governments. The new leaders
           (Which were all communist) took over with the help of the
           Chinese coup d'etats and united with China to form the 
           Eastern Communist Bloc. -Capital: Beijing

        With the formation of these new unions, the world's resources
became divided. Most of the rare natural resources were in the E.C.B.'s
possession or the P.R.C. Meanwhile political tensions increase as the 
E.C.B. takes an agressive stand against it's neighbours. Soon they 
would have the world's largest army and spy network. They support and
supply middle eastern and far eastern terrorist organizations which
have known or were suspected to have caused many incidents including
the Mir Station Explosion (a nuclear bomb was smuggled into a supply
ship and detonated when unloaded onto Mir which caused a nuclear 
winter on Earth that caused the death of tens of thousands). The P.R.C.
(being weak militarily) allied themseleves with many of the other 
unions. And soon most of the factions were allied against the E.C.B.
Now the E.C.B. looks to take over the last of Earth's resources to 
fully control Earth's economy. It's mighty war machine is ready and
soon World War 3 will be declared!!!

New C.I.S.: The Russians are weak financially and only have a moderate
            military. Due to it's financial depression, Russia may not
            be able to withstand an attack by the E.C.B. especially
            in it's underbelly were the forces are spread thin compared
            to the awesome force of the E.C.B. However Russia is fully
            industrialized and with a little help from her allies she
            may come out victorious.
                        
Pacific Rim Consortium: The P.R.C. have the world's largest tresury and
                        are the most technologically advanced. This 
                        makes up for it's lack of military strength.
                        Because of this it has allies almost everywhere
                        in case of E.C.B. attack. Because they control
                        the last of the precious resources the rest of
                        world will be sure to guard the P.R.C. to the
                        last man.

European Union: The Europeans have a moderate amount of money and a 
                well-armed army and have many friends. They have a 
                stong industry as well. Their entry in the war will 
                be inevitable.
                
N.N.C.: They lack in technology and in military. They also have no 
        allies. If they are not careful they may be overrun by the
        E.C.B. (or another faction) in no time.

Americans: Are above average in all aspects. Plus they have many 
           forces strategically placed in the pacific. They will be 
           a formidable opponent if you choose to oppose them.

British Commenwealth: They are like the Americans except they cover 
                      more land and are ready militarilly all over the
                      world. They too will be a challenge.

Eastern Communist Bloc: Are a powerhouse. They have the world's largest
                        army, population and spy network and are 
                        strong financially. They do, however, have no
                        allies. Under a smart and wise leader they can
                        do the impossible...
        
                CONQUER AND UNITE THE WORLD UNDER ONE LEADER!!!

Information & Tips:
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        -DON'T BUILD ANY MORE CITIES!!! (I MAXED IT OUT) IF YOU DO YOU
         WILL GET A RUDE WARNING (NOT FROM ME).

        -On the first turn you may find the computer telling you 
         "too many units". This is because I maxed this out as well.
         After the first turn after the casualties pile up this will 
         no longer be a problem.

        -Don't press 'C' on caps lock the computer will screw up 
         (this usually happens when their are lots of cities)

        -This uses the original units, MODs, design, etc. of 
         Civilization II so I don't recommend using it under other
         MODs.

        -When you conquer a city, I recommend using spies, 
         (if available) then howitzers, then use heavy weaponry. 
         Planes should be used only if the SAM battery is down or if
         the fighters are shot down.

        -Use standerd sieging tactics. Trust me, the empty plains fill
         up quickly with partisans and will always be a hassel, 
         occupying your forces from much needed city bashing.
         
        -Use nuclear weapons to your discretion. They will kill LOTS
         of people and starve even more but the do destroy lots of 
         armies in and surronding the city and level city defenses.     
         Just remember, the enemy will soon stockpiling their nukes 
         too, VERY quickly.

        -A full turn can take up to a half an hour(!) so be patient!

        -Avoid having too many disorders. If your a democracy they will
         revolt after a while and slow down production. Plus most of my
         cities have nuclear plants and they go off killing many 
         civilians.

        -The computer seems to enjoy constantly sending nukes to a 
         protected city. It doesn't seem to care that the city has 
         a SDI improvement. So it will keep sending it's nukes over
         your city. (Ex: The US sends nukes over Nanking but the 
         Beijing SDI keeps knocking 'em out). I don't know why it 
         does this just bear with it. 

        -If you are the E.C.B. and the Americans have not yet moved
         then you can strike their fleets near Japan early. If you
         can punch through their defenses you can cripple their 
         pacific effort. Otherwise they can be a constant thorn
         in your side.

        -If you don't recognize the city names I don't blame you.
         I really overdid it with the detail. Just ignore them or
         rename them they start to annoy you (some people might be
         annoyed with it, I don't know). 

    That's about it. It took about 30 hours to make this scenario to 
    perfect it and give it great detail. I hope you enjoy. 




