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John says:
remember to cancel those 2 terraformers on the monolith near rokossovkgrad
John says:
because if you don't cancel them
John says:
they'll move

John says:
and then you'll have to reload otherwise you'll be unable to get the sensor under "the hive" in turn
John says:
in time
John says:
rather
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next turn you need to set 10% pysch

take it out of the econo

you also have to move the crawler from rokossovkygrad to the rainy nut farm square

which is near michanapolis

basically just put crawlers on top of the terraforming within range of the isle of deep
John says:
eventually after about 5 turns I think the isle of deep will disappear


all you really need to do is move the infantry probe team over the nut bonus
(the hive) infantry probe team - move (31,21)

(rokossovkygrad) crawler - move the hive (rehome), move (29,21), crawl 2 minerals
(26,20) crawler, move "the hive", rehome, move (28,20)
that should basically prevent any problems with the spore launcher

John says:
in turn 2145, rehome the crawlers at (30,22) and (28,20)
John says:
to "the hive"
they're currently homed at voltariograd

but you want the hive to rebuild in 2146

John says:
oh the very first thing you should do when you open the turn
John says:
go to coordinate (28,22)
the monolith next to rokossovkygrad
and canel the former moves
-you need to queue up some terraforming turns with those formers and then instant build a sensor under the hive when it rebuilds-

John says:
this is using the other former strategy
John says:
basically you tell it to build terraforming
John says:
then cancel
John says:
that means the two terraformers have 1 queued terraformer
John says:
then when hive is a colony pod
John says:
you move the terraformers in and tell them both to build a sensor
John says:
because it takes 4 turns to build a sensor
John says:
2 queued from previous turn
John says:
and 2 from that turn
John says:
you need to cancel the terraform action before the end of turn
John says:
otherwise the terraforming doesn't queue up properly
John says:
so terraform then cancel
John says:
but it's 3 turns until the hive rebuild
John says:
so you get an extra turn to fiddle with the terraforming
John says:
basically you'll waste 2 terraforming turns
John says:
but can't be helped as I suspect you might have problems synching stuff

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John says:
if you want to try synching stuff
John says:
you can do the terraforming transfer stuff
John says:
and then you'll only need one terraformer to place the sensor
John says:
and the other can go off to do other stuff after the 2nd turn
John says:
because you transfer 1 terraforming move to one terraformer
John says:
then add to the terraforming
John says:
for 3 turns
John says:
so that's 4 turns
John says:
4 turns of terraforming
John says:
and then the other terraformer has 2 turns you can do something with
John says:
and then the other terraformer has 2 turns you can do something with
John says:
you kindof understand?
John says:
nah never mind then
John says:
just terraform and the two terraformers for 1 turn

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John says:
just terraform and the two terraformers for 1 turn
John says:
then cancel
John says:
then 2nd turn move them to the hive
John says:
then 3rd turn when hive rebuilds
John says:
you need to place the sensor the same turn as the rebuild
John says:
otherwise you lose turn advantage
John says:
don't forget to remake the headquarters

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John says:
also there's another issue that I forgot to tell you about
John says:
utopia base workers need to be adjusted to synch the probe team and the transport rebuild
John says:
voltariograd needs to build headquarters timed for turn 2146 so you don't lose lots of energy from having no headquarters.
John says:
formers will finish forests just south of static university this turn
John says:
move the mineral forest worker to the new forest
John says:
then for utopia base you should switch one of the workers to the mineral forest that you just freed up
John says:
(18,18) is the utopia base crawler
John says:
it should replace the central planning crawler on (17,19)
John says:
that means that next turn a transport foil (static university) and a probe team (utopia base) will finish
John says:
so you'll be ready to load up two probe teams in the transport and send them towards the university

crawler (20,22), moves to (17,25) and crawls 5 nuts
John says:
I think rokossovky and I sorted out the pop booming stuff already
John says:
although it's 10% pysch
John says:
he reckons we need 20% pysch
John says:
I reckon he screwed up the worker placement or forget to leave a forest free

John says:
well to build the headquarters in voltariograd
John says:
what I did was build 1 unit in 2144
John says:
then set it to build the headquarters in 2145
John says:
but I remember rehoming and moving alot of the crawlers
so that might be out of the question for you guys

so just set it to build headquarters
make sure you don't overshoot the 10 mineral rollover
because that is the most wasteful thing you can possible do
I mean REALLY REALLY wasteful
John says:
then you'll lose 6 minerals
John says:
which is a huge amount even at this stage
John says:
voltariograd currently is getting 24 minerals
John says:
so there's a large probability of wastefulness if you don't manage it properly
John says:
you want to make sure you don't lose minerals because of the 10 mineral roll over cap
John says:
so if for example you're build a facility
John says:
and you're getting 12 minerals per turn
John says:
you need to buy 2 less minerals
John says:
or even less minerals if you're strapped for cash
John says:
because if you fully buy it
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then it only accumlates 10 minerals next turn
John says:
and loses 2 minerals
John says:
this is basic stuff you have to know
John says:
and watch out for
John says:
because I'm pretty certain everyone has been managing this ascept of the production


John says:
if in doubt of what to produce
John says:
build crawlers and formers
John says:
formers definitely if you haven't reached the support limit
John says:
crawlers if you're worried about support
John says:
for now try going 1 unit over the support limit
John says:
basically build an extra 1 former each city I guess
John says:
but if you're going 1 unit over the support limit make sure you've already build at least 1 crawler first
John says:
basically if you see free squares nearby
John says:
that can be crawled

John says:
1. if less than support limit build former
John says:
2. if at or over support limit, and theres a place you can put a crawler, build a crawler
3. if at 4 or 5 units supported, and no places to put a crawler build former
4. 6 units supported, build a facility or crawler

that's if you're not sure what you want to build
John says:
if you have an idea what needs to be built then build that instead
John says:
try not to let rokossovky go too military yet

ask the drones for the +3 armor prototype

John says:
and consider either upgrading or building new units at the coastal or near to coast bases
John says:
with the +3 armor

John says:
move the old scouts to new cities that are being built away from the sea
John says:
basically internally we'll have the old scouts
exterior of empire try building +3 armor infantry so we're good defensively
so you probably want to stop building scouts after getting the armor
just move old scouts around to the inner bases

simulator
-ignore terraforming
-production correct
-demonstrate pop booming (show worker changes, crawler moves, etc.)
actually everything should be usable except for the terraforming in it


**************you'll also need to cancel all the other automatic moves
but you should do that afterwards
all the other automatic moves are meant to happen for a turn
John says:
it's just that one since I had originally planned to do that complicated former turns shifting thing
John says:
but with revised plans you need to cancel


jamski clove is also getting rebuilt
the crawlers from the hive will get rehomed to rokossovkygrad
so you'll suddenly get a mineral surplus at rokossovky the turn the hive rebuilds
you need to make sure that you don't lose minerals from the 10 mineral cap



John says:
actually I've just realised a mistake I made with one of the instructions I gave you
"Everything for the people, nothing by the people." says:
which one?

(26,20) crawler - move (28,20)
that should be
(26,20) crawler, move "the hive", rehome, move (28,20)
then in the following turn you'll need to go to the mine north-east of rokossovkygrad

move the crawler to the hive rehome and move it to (29,21)
the crawler that was on (29,21) moves to the mine
the mine next to square (29,21)
that occurs in the following turn

John says:
18 minerals hrmm
John says:
in turn 2145 you'll get 18 minerals which doesn't show up in the production
John says:
that's from the crawler rehoming
John says:
basically when hive rebuilds
John says:
all the crawlers get rehomed to rokossovkygrad
John says:
and the minerals from those crawlers are counted again

John says:
okay I'm sure that alot of people will want you to build a ship to kill the isle of deep
John says:
it's not worth it
John says:
because you'll need to build two ships
John says:
and you'll lose one ship
John says:
it's better to just keep units ontop of the terraforming that is within 2 radius of the isle of deep

John says:
after maybe 5 turns (not sure how long) the spore launcher will disemark, and the isle of deep will disappear
John says:
when the spore launcher disemarks you should be able to kill it fairly easily with a scout
John says:
even if the scout is 2/3 strength from moving 1 square
John says:
you can still attack at 2/3 hasty strength, because sporelaunchers are weaker than mindworms
John says:
in the mean time, consider that that isle of deep will probably attack any enemy ships that decide wander by
John says:
you'll need to replace the infantry probe team that is currently guarding the nut bonus
John says:
rokossvokygrad can probably build another probe team for "the hive"


John says:
anyway I can't help you anymore, because I'm starting to feel the pull of taking over again