Angels MY 2141-2150

[Mart]

2147:

• We are ready to instabuild Virtual World. Looking at the situation I would go for using AA for it and sparing 1 more crawler, unless it is necessary to get a technology with it. I think if we use 8 crawlers now. We are left with 2, which will help replacing them, and as my estimate is, in 2151 or 2152 we should have new 10 crawlers for PEG this way. We may hurry them a little though, but this is allowed, as I understood rules.
• Move our probe teams 2 tiles to the forest indicated. If luck helps and trail is clear, we have probe actions in 2149!
• Spoted north-west mindworm boil moved south. This may give it opportunity to locate itself in 2149 on the one of the 2 tiles in dark blue circles. We may be able to take it out from there, but some serious units movement is needed. We may spot it on the east circle, but west is outside sensor range. Thus maybe use scout from Kahlua probing to check west circle and possible attack. We might get this unit upgraded on a monolith for this - it will be attack on fungus - what if chances are 2:2? we may face possible dfeat.
• Maybe a former north from hive synth might start a forest there? and former from Hercules Station make road to Heaven's Gate further?

A screenie:

[Hercules]

Ok with this so far. Let's check situ re AA. I mean that AA can also be useful for that surprise tech advance.

[Hercules]

I still favour saving the AA for future use. We can build VW without it but as you say using an extra former.

Note that if you check Morgan tech trade box. Yes they do have Progenitor Psych, but also note they do not require Spartan comm link.

ie The Spartans are in contact with Morgan and vice versa.

We should question the Spartans about this. What exactly is there relationship.?

[Hercules]

I am all for building roads first.

[ForesterSOF]

Took a look at it and have nothing much new to add.

[Method]

Originally posted by ForesterSOF
There are help programs for SMAC and SMACX. They are both external and would allow me to look at exactly what everyone is doing.

HIGHLY ELIGAL by the rules. That is why I asked so I could do something legaly. Thankyou; and I believe more suggestions will be forthcomming after an analysis of our progress so far.

Ehr. Yes. Anything that would allow you to view what others are doing would be highly illegal. However, I'm not familiar with these programs. Could you explain to me what they do and are used for?

[Mart]

I have not detected any human controlled faction building a Virtual World. Zakharov is doing it for long time.

So the situation is as follows:
I cashed 9 crawlers and 2 formers. We have 232/240 minerals now for VW.
Enigma Machine has mineral output: 6 - 1 = 5
In order to complete it next turn we actually need only 3 minerals in addition for those 5. Although for security reasons I would hurry at least 5. This way, even we loose some expected minerals from those 5 from the field, e.g. due to sudden mindworm appearing, though we have sensors there, we are safe. Alternativelly I may hurry all 8, but it may be too expensive. Anyway we have 54 EC in this turn.
Hurrying 5 min will cost 20 EC
Hurrying 8 min will cost 32 EC.

I guess Zakharov will not complete VW next year, but I may be wrong. How AI chooses it, if AI faction and human controlled builds SP the same turn? I guess in multiplayer first wins anyway, as opposed to singleplayer where human player is preferred. Anyway, will we have any preference if I hurry 8 minerals instead of 5?
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I need just to add - I cannot use any more formers at the moment. No more movement poits among those in range. And it really does not matter. Each disbanded former is anyway like paying 4 EC/ mineral.

[ForesterSOF]

Originally posted by Method


Ehr. Yes. Anything that would allow you to view what others are doing would be highly illegal. However, I'm not familiar with these programs. Could you explain to me what they do and are used for?

The three big ones are:

ACEdit 2.0 which lets you look at SMAC seeings and reorder/subtract factions without going into the INI.

AChelp and AXhelp which lets you look at all the other faction is doing as if you were that faction.

Do you want me to upload the zips so you can look at them. The size is 1/3 to 1/2 meg. each.

[Method]

Best not to bother, I havn't got SMAC installed currently...

[Mart]

I intend to complete and post the turn in less than 2 hours. Our time is almost up, so if noone answers I will make the decision myself. I think of hurrying 5 minerals. We may need some more energy later to hurry some crawlers soon.
According to my estimations we should have 10 crawlers ready for next SP in 2151.

[ForesterSOF]

turn

[Hercules]

yeah Mart go for it.

[Mart]

I finally went for all hurry. So we probably gonna have this first Angel SP. We might have look for a bottle of champagne.

Our probe teams under rover escort are approaching the closest visible hive base. They are already on Hive territory and if everything goes right we gonna have infiltration on 2149. No hive presence was detected on that rocky terrain, which will be our next path tile. Keep your fingers crossed...

I will prepare a screenie for discussion of 2148

And here is presend 2147:

[GeoModder]

/me opens the bottle of champaign for two reasons...

Now I can start my 'virtual' trip to Earth anno 2004-2005 in peace. 29 hours for lift off!

[Mart]

2148

• First, we have completed the Virtual World in Enigma Machine.
• There was a mindworm attack on the former building road near Heaven's Gate. Former unit was wiped out. I would propose to move a rover nearby south and attack the mindworm
• The western mindworm moved west, thus the alert in Kahlua Probing will not be necessary, at least for now.
• Move probe team units and their escort to the indicated rocky terrain in direction of a hive base

Any discussion? proposals?