First Strike PBEM

[Eurisko]

+ 3 VP through trade, - 2 VP because of a discovered military tech.

Still 0 pollution in US territory.

+1 VP overall.

[Eurisko]

And the turn...

[academia]

10 VPs (-1 pollution)

[AiC]

The U.S. and South African supported UNITA guerillas continue to fight the Marxist MPLA for power in Angola.
The Marxist SWAPO guerrilla group continue to fight South Africa for independance in South-West Africa (Namibia).
The EPRDF alliance continue to fight the pro-Soviet Marxist-Leninist military junta, the "Derg", in Ethiopia.
The U.S. supported guerilla war in Nicaragua rages on.


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8 traderoutes established = +4 VPs

USSR: 34 VPs (-3 pollution)

[Eivind IV]

VP score board September 1977
1. USSR: 34 VPs (-3 pollution)
2. USA: 31 VPs
3. PRC: 31 VPs
4. Europe: 10 VPs (-1 pollution)

+2 in civil tech
+5 trade
=+7

Large American fleet spotted in the India Ocean...

[Eurisko]

+ 4 VPs through trade, - 2 VPs because of a military tech.

+2 VP overall.

Academia, could you please remove your paratroopers from 140, 64?

The tide turns!

Thanks to Soviet environmental efforts finally kicking in pollution has shrunk by a bar and a global crisis has, for now, been averted!

As environmental scientists take a deep breath, many warn that this is not the end of the fight against pollution, and much more needs to be done.

Scientists urge the EU to start building public transportation systems and railways.

CENTCOM ready for Operation Ashkuza!

Our aircraft are prepared and the fleet spotted by the Chinese has assembled to unleash the world's finest on the communist aggressors.

The US will defend Pakistani freedom from the red plague to the last man.

Operation Malik!

In 3 turns I will invade Guinea with 600 shields.

Operation Blue Nova!

In 3 turns I will invade Angola with 500 shields.

[Eurisko]

AiC, I hope you are clear on the rules.

You have a pre-determined army worth 3400 shields or less (Planes count double!). You cannot change the army once the war starts.

Once you lose all those units or all units capable of invading cities, you lose.

I lose if you conquer and hold all affected cities for 3 turns.

The battlefield should be as follows:

[Eivind IV]

Isn't it, in 3 turns you start shipping units and then attack once you arrive? If the city is in close proximity to your nearest city it may be 3 turns, but if not, that's when you start sailing towards the war zone.

And it's holding the city in 5 turns, not 3.

[Eivind IV]

Bump Alejandro!

[academia]

12 VP (1 civilian tech discovered) (-2 pollution)

[Eivind IV]

Bump AIC!

[Eurisko]

Bump, AiC.

[AiC]

Islamabad liberated

all pollution cleared



4 traderoutes established = +2 VPs
08. +2 points for every city won through proxy war.

USSR: 38 VPs

[Eivind IV]

VP score board January 1978
1. USSR: 38 VPs
2. USA: 33 VPs
3. PRC: 33 VPs
4. Europe: 12 VPs (-2 pollution)

Turn:
+2 VPs through trade

In 3 turns China will start to support the Maoist guerilla in Vietnam with weapons and funds.

[Eurisko]

Death from above!

This month USSR-provided materiel in the hands of the North Pakistani communist rebels was hit very fast and very hard.

Veteran wings of F-111 "Aardvark" variable-geometry tactical strike aircraft mercilessly decimated the heavily fortified rebels in and around Islamabad.


A F-111 delivering its deadly cargo straight into the enemy lines.

The estimated casualties for the communists are as follows:

1 mobile SP howitzer battery
1 howitzer battery
4 T-55 platoons
2 paratrooper brigades

The total damage is estimated at 1380 shields. This means that the communists still have materiel worth 2020 shields around.

Due to the advanced technology employed in our Aardvarks, we took no losses, and unless the Soviets prepared for massive air surpression, we doubt that our veteran aircraft will have many problems handling Soviet MiGs in the canyons of upper Pakistan.


Another Soviet tank bites the dust.

Other news.

4 VP through trade, -2 because of a military tech.

+2 overall.