Angels MY 2141-2150

[Mart]

Geo,
Sorry if I missed that. We will need 10 crawlers for Virtual World. Maybe it is better to instabuild it in order not to triger other factions to start it if we linger with this SP too long in a queue, then we need many more crawlers around than we have now. That one near HG will be too far for it in near turns.

[GeoModder]

Erm... we still have an Alien Artifact in Kahlua Probing, so 2 crawlers less?

[Mart]

Yup, forgot that
Maybe do it in Enigma Machine? More in the center

[Hercules]

Yeah better to prepare for instabuild

[Mart]

2146 is in
Some good news, there are two! mindworm boils near the rover where two probe teams are. An attack should give at least 20EC, I think. Then we have 34 EC (14EC we have already) - hurry recycling tanks (the lowest cost - no minerals forwarded for next turn) in Enigma Machine and in next turn start and instabuild with 10 crawlers (no forwarded so no mineral loss). In 2148 we may have completed Virtual World.
In Verres loft there is lack of 1 mineral to complete crawler next turn. Might be hurried too...

[GeoModder]

Can you play the turn again, Mart? I'm on a working weekend and at the same time preparing for my upcoming vacation.

[GeoModder]

O yes, before I forget it:

Googlie reported in the diplo forum that they have sent Gene Splicing in the diplobox. They expect Biogen for it.

't Is time some of you guys start checking on the diplo forums, for my time is getting more and more limited... 10 days and I'm on the plane!! Wuuuhuuuu!!!

[Mart]

Yup,
A screenie in a moment...

[Mart]

The year, current 2146:

• Perform attack on 2 mindworm boils near hive border
• Would it be beneficial to move the other rover two tiles as shown in the screenie? this way if mw moves towards Hercules Station - we will have clean shot in the next turn. Is it worth sending the rover there?
• Building road on mineral bonus/rocky tile mine in order to have 7 minerals in 2 turns
• Next turn Kodycryptor crawler will be lacking 1 tile to reach Enigma Machine or Kahlua Probing. We will have 9 crawlers available only. Thus 1) take Alien Artifact + 8 crawlers or 2) 9 crawlers + 2 formers, now 2 tiles from EM.
• Move now 3 crawlers closer to Enigma Machine and in 2147 instabuild Virtual World in EM using as mentioned above
• According to our diplomacy with Spartans I'll put Biogenetics for their already offered Gene Splicing and accept it. We get it next year.
• Send probe teams without cover into hive territory? Rover is going to be quite exhausted I guess...

Any prposals/offers/discussion?

[GeoModder]

I would say keep the probes a bit spreaded while approaching the border again. The rover surely needs to heal first after it's encounter with the mw's... I only hope the odds are good enough?

And getting some extra planetpearls with the rover near Hercules Station won't harm IMHO.

I favor using the AA for SP production, it's been lying idle long enough...

[Mart]

I promissed the rover crew a crate of xenobrew plus they all plugged in into recent centauri-karate-do exe.

Anyway, I hope to kill both in one attack. Prey for my processor to slip the appropriate electron in the right moment...

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Geo, just curious how good will be your internet access during your travel?
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you not gonna believe this. just read the fight report.
In one attack both mindworm boils were defeated, and the rover got 0 (zero) damage! Also it's morale went to disciplined from green. It can still continue to escort both probe teams, but I consider when to spread them.

Xenobrew makes miracles!

We got 40 ! EC from planetpearls.

[Mart]

For review:

[Mart]

I need to go now, so I posted the turn.
Should I inform Gaians, that the expected turn for completed research is 2151? Also Gaians are supposed to put Mobility into preaccepted exchange in next turn 2147? And we give them Flexibility as soon as we have it?

[GeoModder]

Read the diplo thread, their is some sort of embargo muscling between the Gaians and the Spartans.

Maybe they will try again to trade doc:mob with us, haven't checked the Spartan diplo thread yet...

I only told the Gaians we got sth the moment we got it, but at times I used my own discretion when things looked urgent.
For non-urgent stuff, I would keep that rule, that's my advice.
The trade agreement was indeed that we sent over Doc:Flex to the Gaians when we have it (pré-accepted). But that was when we received doc:mob from them first. In case we receive doc:mob by other means, I suggest to explain the situation and ask if they would agree with another tech for doc:flex (Social Psych comes to mind).

It looks like all other factions make extensive use of probes already, and we're supposed to be the hackers in this game and are nowhere yet on that part.

My internet access: quite seldom, and unpredictable. I'll mostly go to an internet shop or use a hostel connection when forwarding news to the homefront. Browsing on 'Poly will be very low on the priority list I'm afraid.

O, before I forget it: a hero's welcome for the brave rover!!
That was one lucky strike I must say.

[Hercules]

Excellent strike Mart. Sorry I have been absent the past turn.

Seeing as how we are struggling getting techs, I tend now to favour using 9 crawlers and two formers and keep the AA for Ecol Eng or Env Econ or such.