Lordship of Development

[binTravkin]

if every one of our current formers

+ those 3 in production!

[Net Warrior]

Instead of E, I think move the former SE. We still road to the base here. We can then forest it for use by GL. We can then sensor it and it will cover 4 bases from there.
Move the other former N and forest there. Then it can join up with the other one later to complete the above.
I like CT's idea of building a scout in GL to free up the spore launcher.
Built a scout in the new base.
The pod the foil/rover found is in fungus. If we pop it, do we get a 2nd move to escape if need be? If not, I say we bypass it for now.

[Chaos Theory]

We will get another move to escape if we pop the pod from the rover.

My suggestion was to build a scout in Gaia's Landing that would serve as defense for both Gaia's Landing and Base 6. We don't need garrisons in every single base yet. We will when we need police everywhere.

Read Vel's Guide on thin expansion and the benefits of not building a garrison first.

[Net Warrior]

Whenever bases are adjecent to fungus I like to garrison them. It's rare but possible that a MW can appear in fungus and move into the base in the same turn, and that would REALLY hurt. We'll have more formwers soon and one more won't make too much difference at this point in our development.

[Illuminatus]

It should be noted that not all bases need their own garrisons for protection - while DoG needs one, GL and FT are not in big danger since all nearby squares are 'pacified' for fungus spawning and theoretically one garrison should be able to defend them all. I agree with CT.

[binTravkin]

GL and FT are not in big danger since all nearby squares are 'pacified' for fungus spawning

Hmm. I only see that GL has no adjacent fungus..

[binTravkin]

So it doesnt really need a defender..
Especially if we add an sensor array nearby.

But then it should concentrate on not expanding it's pop beyound 1 citizen - building CPs there would solve this!

[Net Warrior]

Agreed, GL can most affort being garrison-less. So one scout between GL and the new base will free up the spore launcher. But let's get that sensor built fast.

Also, try to move the CP E-SE in one turn since there's a good chance it will get into the flat tile with 2/3 movement left. Here it will share the tile with a former (if my plan is adopted) and that will be a little extra security. (BTW, can a former be designeted as primary defender?)

[Chaos Theory]

I don't think noncombat units can be designated defender, because I've tried it a few times to little avail.
How near is Gaia's Landing to reaching size 2? At that point, it needs a garrison regardless of dangers, since the alternative is a doctor, and we don't have a CP in production. However, by the time it reaches size 2, base 6 may have had time to produce both a former and a garrison.

If we move a former southeast, we could move the other former somewhere else, perhaps southwest to road-forest, or one tile north to forest.

[Illuminatus]

Originally posted by binTravkin


Hmm. I only see that GL has no adjacent fungus..

Look better . Turn is in.

[smacksim]

Approve everything, especially the recent increase in involvement with our quieter members

Take it away CT.

[Illuminatus]

Originally posted by smacksim
Approve everything, especially the recent increase in involvement with our quieter members

Indeed. Now we just have to find a position for BinTravkin.
BTW, I can't wait to see what have popped this turn.

[Chaos Theory]

Will play in 1-2 hours.

We have two pods to pop, one on foreign soil. If it yields an artifact, I'd put the artifact on the foil (waiting a turn for it if artifacts pop with no movement), and zip back towards Gaian territory, in time to catch the mind worm to take it to foreign lands.

[Illuminatus]

Originally posted by Chaos Theory
We have two pods to pop, one on foreign soil. If it yields an artifact, I'd put the artifact on the foil (waiting a turn for it if artifacts pop with no movement), and zip back towards Gaian territory, in time to catch the mind worm to take it to foreign lands.

Obvious course of action - hopefully we will pop as much AAs as possible.