Foreign Affairs discussion: Gift a base to Zakharov?

[Method]

i can arrange such a base.

[Maniac]

But the question is: do we have time enough to build such a new base? If we do, there is currently a CP in production in Sheathed Sword (or perhaps it's already finished - I haven't seen the save file yet) which we could send north. If we don't have enough time, I'd suggest to give UN Research Complex to Zakharov because the name fits his faction. But I can imagine TKG or Voltaire wouldn't like that. In that case we could give Metropolis or Ankh-Morpork to him. Many of the citizens of these new base are former University refugees anyway, so they probably won't have a problem with housing the government-in-exile.

[Cedayon]

I think it's important to make sure the base we give him isn't on the front that Yang will hit... UNRC doesn't sound like a bad idea, but I can see why giving him a pre-established (if small) base is undesirable.

[Method]

why not just put it on that little peninsula east of...metropolis is it? SS's pod can go there in short time i think

[Maniac]

Actually not. GT sent the CP south.

[GeneralTacticus]

That was the closest base location on TKG's list.

[Maniac]

Ah ok then. My apologies.

[Method]

well...could we make another one?

[GeneralTacticus]

Another what? List?

[Method]

colony pod

[DeathByTheSword]

will if we build a base i suggest it to be build north of us....because south of us....morgan might attack it.....on the other hand we wont be able to expanded north anymore....but i agree with maniac we need to build one fast

[Pandemoniak]

I ll vote yes if im sure theres enough volunteers.
But not north, we'd better keep this as a natural reserve of mindworms when we'll switch green.
Why not the small isolated island south west ?

[Method]

because that would require building a transport ship, and we don't have that many ports on the west side...or do we? i know we have Xanadu, but are antioch and cyclops coastal?

other than that though i suppose that's actually a better plan.

[Cedayon]

Antioch is coastal, and with its 15 mineral production can produce a standard transport foil (27 mins) in two turns.

edit: I think there's a patch of fungus you have to go through to get to the open sea from Antioch, though.

[GeneralTacticus]

Yes, Antioch is coastal. I'll get back to you on whether we should buold a foil there once I've checked it's queue (it's past midnight here).