Angels MY 2121-2130

[Mart]

Nice turn - pod gave 4 solar collectors, and 2 of them are on terrain over 1000 meters, though there is a river so it does not matter that much until we lift energy restrictions. Forest is probably popped by hive synth unit. I guess there is more tiles over there not having fungus any more.

scout - going back to KC to escort pod? Base on 22,54 near new solar collectors as soon as possible? scout might be needed to defend this base against possible hive attack, maybe upgrade it on monolith?

formers, my votes would be half write-in:

- one former on 19,61, as you proposed to make forest

- second to 22,62 to make road, then to 23,61 (nut tile) to make road, then 25,61 to make road forest.

let's leave tiles east from sensor-forest tile not making forest now - coz forest may grow there by itself.

[Hercules]

Ok, Good points Mart, I can go with that proposal.

[GeoModder]

MY 2129 endturn report

Ok, done as Mart suggested. Things I did after midsave:

• Former to 19.61, started a forest.
• Former to 22.62, constructs a road.
• Tinkered with the Econ/Lab slider for max. profit. Next turn we have IndAuto anyhow so I put it on 50/50 for a few extra bucks. IIRC excess lab output on the research finish turn is not transfered to the next research, that's why.

I strongly recommend next turn that someone opens it up before me and sees if that Hive Synth came to our KC scout upriver and contacted us.

My turn movement proposals are with the screenshot, no endsave I'm afraid, I pressed 'end turn' before thinking of it.

Issues for MY 2130:

• Switch to Wealth in the SE screen: 40 ec's
• Hurry former production fully in Kahlua Probing yes or no? The base has a flying start then for our first crawler if yes.
• In light of Mart's proposal: there is still a former under the cp, and since on 22.62 a road is constructed there is no need for a road on the tile where it sits now. I therefore propose to move it as indicated with the 'former' arrow and start a road on that spot.
• Our Kodycryptor scout: let it go back already, or check out what the Hive Synth did with the risk of meeting it if it didn't came south first?
• Same issue with probe 111 (near the Hive base). Continue to the rocky tile and check on the former, or stay put in the fungus?
• Probe 101 can do several things: it can pop that pod in the fungus, it can go straight east to those other pods without the fungal risk, or it can scout a bit of the sea (an earlier coast trip revealed that mineral tile nearby, so if another resource is discovered we got for sure a prime southern harbour site).

I suppose sooner or later Yang will demand IndAuto anyway (if not from us, then from the Morgan team), so I tend to lean for not holding our moves back for an almost inevitable bribe.

[Mart]

- Wealth, yes
- hurry fully, yes
- since a former under cp (24,62) has already used a turn to enter this tile, let it make a road there, this tile will be excellent later and we will need a road there: moist (2nut with farm) rolling (1 mineral) ridge 1500+meters (3 energy with solar), thus I think make a road there now.
- scout - go back for new cp escort, cp may be hurried soon, especially with wealth setting.
- probe team, I wonder if the former is still there making farm maybe... I have no idea what to do.
- southern probe team, the pod is in fungus outside base radius (and no sensor nearby, I'm not sure, but it may count), thus large possibility of a mindworm. I would leave it be for the time being. to see more coast might be good - there are like 2 possible spots for a base, so let's see more...

these are my votes

[Hercules]

No don't pop s pod until inside base radius.

Northernmost probe , yeah wait until one of us opens the turn to check if Yang contacts us.

Oh and switch to wealth

[FlameFlash]

All sounds good, most certainly agree on the somebody else opening for Hive contact check.

[GeoModder]

Copied /saluuts/

Former builds a road, Probe 101 just scouts, and I'll wait with playing untill someone posts comments inhere regarding Yang.

In case Yang does not contact us it might be best we contact him prior to me making movements that might bring us close to one of his units.

[Mart]

It is a good suggestion. There will be possibility to talk with him in a way that he will not want contact further. Also, maybe he could trade. If yes - then what to do? Give IndAuto for, let's say, DocFlex?

[GeoModder]

Definitely!! DocFlex is, seeing our isolated position on the map, a must to get beyond the Hive with probe foils.

[FlameFlash]

Agreed.

DocFlex is a must, and it would be nice not to have to research it ourselves.

[GeoModder]

Yes, that way we can avoid the research of Doc:Mob as well.

[Mart]

Ok, the long awaited year 2130 is in and loaded. A lot of interesting happenings.

- We won 1 battle and lost 0 this turn. it turns out that a mindworm near Snowflake's Heaven attack the base. scout is 10% damaged. I hope that is the one probe team previously popped and we finally got rid of it.

- Ind Auto screeny got on - if the next B-line is going to be Field Modulation, then I chose Prog Psych next.

- Hive synthetic is right east from the scout, and right north from the intended base site 2. I hope it will not enter it to occupy it for long. Yang did not contact me.

I have the clean save, if needed. Tech is selected, but i did not change SE to Wealth yet in it.

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I would forgot:

- probing hive? no way. green scout is exercising rock climbing...

- attempt to contact Yang: his secretary played stupid and pretended she did not know me!

[GeoModder]

'kay, I'll open up then.

[Hercules]

If Doc Flex offered go for it before Prog Psych.

[Hercules]

No Doc Flex not offered. Suggest Doc Mob for research.