Turn Update

[Kody]

Turn 2129

I may have to stop labeling every single unit for the preturn update.

Productions switched to crawlers, for all old bases except for the hive which donated a scout to rokossovky (because of drones).

Hive is instead producing a scout to combat it's own drone.

No further bases will be built until drones can be combated with the HGP, which is currently scheduled for 2136.

The two new bases are building formers.

Note that the productions aren't correct in the picture as I had to replicate the turn since I forgot to save myself a copy.

[Octavian X]

I assume the new southern base was to be named 'Googliegrad' (though I prefer Xenodoughnut Central )

And, it appears we are not as isolated as once thought. I assume the Comrade Marshal will approve further exploration in the area.

[Jamski]

Hmm, I wonder where the northern route will lead to perhaps Miriam and friends?

-Jam

[Kody]

Elevation map indicates it's a very small island to our north. Not large enough for any faction to be on.

[Vev]

The Glorious Pre-turn Instructions for the 30th anniversary of the Hive's founding on Chiron.

Scouts
(29,19) Scout set to hold at 'The Hive'

Rovers
(18,28) Rover moves north-west, west
(23,11) Rover moves north (rest of move pending map reveal)

Formers
(20,20) Former moves south, builds road
(20,20) Former moves to (17,19) assists with building of mine
(22,26) Former moves north, builds road
(22,28) Former moves north, home Googliegrad, moves north, builds road
(29,23) Former moves to (31,21) assists with forest

Supply Crawlers
(17,21) Supply Crawler moves north, crawls mineral
(23,23) Supply Crawler moves north-west crawls mineral
(24,24) Supply Crawler moves north-west, crawls mineral
(26,26) Supply Crawler moves to (24,24), crawls mine

Bases

The Hive
Build: Supply Crawler
Queue: Scout

Voltairograd
Build: Supply Crawler
Queue:

Kommuniza City
Build: Supply Crawler or Former?
Queue:

HongHu KongHu
Build: Supply Crawler, rush buy for 19 EC
Queue:

Jamski Clovek
Build: Supply Crawler, rush buy for 22 EC
Queue:

Feckin Cheeky Tower
Build: Supply Crawler
Queue:
Notes: Retask worker from mine to river

Googliegrad
Build: Supply Crawler
Queue:

Rokossovkygrad
Build: Supply Crawler
Queue: Scout
Notes: Rush buy Supply crawler at fifth turn

[Kody]

Turn 2130

Finished building mine. Now starts the hive's forestation project.
We need to build many forests so that the crawlers will have minerals to crawl back to bases.

[Vev]

For some reason, the island looks like a mutant fetus with Sunny Mesa being the eyes.

[Jamski]

I have to say that we have a VERY ugly island.

-Jam

[Octavian X]

This is the first time I'm going to question what Googlie was thinking when he made this map...

[Googlie]

Hey - don't blame me!!

I just:

set world parameters
create random map
hit "Randomly distribute beacons, pods, fungus ets etc"
select start positions
ensure that everyone has the same access to ocean, rivers, mountains, etc etc
assign monoliths, Unity pods, special resources, etc etc
count the tiles for everyone's immediate expansion - say 50 turns worth (I've been burned on that one before by whiners)
tweak more/less land as indicated by review
beef up the AI
test, test and test again

So any resemblance of a landmass to any Apolyton or CGN member is purely co-incidental

G.

[Kody]

Recently over 75% of our game planning has been occuring in MSN conversations. From now on every attempt will be made to copy these discussions into the hive forums.

Kody

[Kody]

Turn update 2131

Sorry I didn't expect the turn to come along so fast, but anyway here's the turn update.

We built lots of crawlers. Our formers are busy planting forests, and building roads.

[Kody]

Preturn Update 2132

City productions

The hive
- rush 11 ECs
- switch worker from monolith to nut bonus.

Jamski Clove
- rush 11 ECs
- switch worker from energy to normal forest

HongHu-KongHu
- rush 13 ECs

Kommie City
- switch worker to other forest.
- another crawler

Voltirograd
- switch worker from river forest to energy bonus.
- another crawler

Feckin
- switch to crawler

(24,6) Rover - move (27,7)
(13,29) Rover - move (10,30)
(25,17) Crawler - move (27,17) crawl minerals
(17,19) Crawler - move (19,19) crawl minerals
(17,21) Crawler - move (17,19) crawl minerals
(22,20) Crawler - move (20,18) crawl minerals
(24,24) Crawler - move (25,23) crawl minerals
(26,26) Crawler - move (24,24) crawl minerals
(20,20) Crawler - move (20,22) crawl minerals
(28,24) Former - move (29,21), Forest
(29,21) Former - move (29,19), move (28,20), Road
(21,19) Former - move (24,20), road
(22,22) Former - move (23,19), road
(22,22) Former - move (23,19), road
(20,22) Former - move (22,22), Forest
(20,22) Former - move (22,22), Forest
(19,19) Former - move (16,18), road
(19,19) Former - move (16,18), Forest

[Kody]

Turn update

[Kody]

Preturn update 2133

Change SE settings to 30, 60, 10 again

The hive
- switch to scout
- switch to crawler next turn

Feckin
- switch to crawler

Googliegrad
- rush buy 22

HongHu-KongHu
- switch to crawler

Jasmki
- switch to facility
- rush buy 4 ECs
- switch to crawler

Kommie city
- switch to crawler

Rokossovky
- rush buy 22 ECs


(27,7) Rover - move 23,13
(10,30) Rover - move 9,31

(29,21) Former - move (29,19), move (28,20), build road, build forest
(28,20) Former - move (26,20), build road
(24,20) Former - move (26,20), build road
(23,19) Former - build forest
(23,19) Former - build forest
(16,18) Former - build forest
(16,18) Former - goto (14,18)
(22,22) Former - move (24,20), build forest
(22,22) Former - move (24,20), build forest
(27,17) crawler - move (28,18), minerals
Jamski Clove - Switch worker on south forest to south-east forest.
(25,15) crawler - move (25,17), minerals
(29,19) crawler - move (29,21), minerals
(22,22) crawler - move (20,20), minerals
(24,24) crawler - move (22,22), minerals
(26,26) crawler - move (24,24), minerals
(19,19) crawler - move (19,21), minerals
(18,16) crawler - move (19,19), minerals
(17,21) crawler - move (18,18), minerals