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Originally posted by Googlie
[*]Angels population has boomed to 5, so presumption is that they have planted 2 new bases (and they have closed the gap somewhat)
Can we deduce from that they must have a nutrient bonus in the base radius of one of their two original bases? Edit: or a recycling tanks of course. Else I don't see how they could get pop 5 before MY 2122.
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So far for the Gaian claims of having a fleet of gun skimships.
Personally I also doubt they have a Battle Ogre 'Pegasus' or that they'd have lost a colony pod 'Hope' to the worms. I'm not sure, but didn't the Hive in the previous ACDG also falsely claim to have lost a CP at the start of the game?
Some comments (having backtracked thru these first ten or so turns - when I had my flag set to "no contact")
Gaians haven't lost a colony pod. They've tracked us pretty consistently in pop growth. (They reacehed size 4 in 2115, we did it a year earlier)
Angels benefitted greatly from that simultaneous start (size 2 in 2101, size 4 in 2112, - and didn't have the ec's to rush pods - size 5 in 2116 and will be 6 pretty soon
Morgan is about on a par with everyone else - simultaneous first bases (but in 2102), grew to size 4 in 2113 then rushed 2 colony pods and had them planted by 2114 (which makes me wonder if indeed they rushed recycling tanks. I'd have expected their growth to have been faster with the extra nut per base per turn.) These first 2 bases will be about ready to popgrow any time now, so he'll reach size 6 soon as well
Originally posted by Googlie
Gaians haven't lost a colony pod. They've tracked us pretty consistently in pop growth. (They reacehed size 4 in 2115, we did it a year earlier)
Hmm - I've changed my mind on this
here's what we know about the Gaians:
2101: founded 1st base
2102-2103: population stalled at 1
2104: founded 2nd base
2104-2112: population stalled at 2
2112: population grew to 3
2113: Population dropped to 2 (assumption is that a colony pod was rushed/completed)
2113-2115: population stalled at 2 (consistent with a CP in transit)
2115: Population grew to 3 (consistent with a) planting their 3rd base, or b) growing their 2nd base to size 2
2115 - 2119: population stalled at 3 (so if they did plant their 3rd base, pop from base 2 should have advanced to 2 by now) - so consistent with losiing that colony pod between 2115 and now
2120: population grew to 4 (consistent with base #1 growing a pop from 2112 to now
2120 summary: (speculation) - 2 bases with 4 population (could be 3 with 4, but data better fits 2/4 unless 3rd base was founded 8 movement points from it's home base)
Originally posted by Maniac
So far for the Gaian claims of having a fleet of gun skimships.
Personally I also doubt they have a Battle Ogre 'Pegasus' or that they'd have lost a colony pod 'Hope' to the worms. I'm not sure, but didn't the Hive in the previous ACDG also falsely claim to have lost a CP at the start of the game?
That is very interesting. It looks like they are trying to portray themselves as a small (having lost a colony pod) but still very tough empire, sporting an ogre and a fleet, not worth the trouble conquering. This looks like a deliberate propaganda move, effectively guiding any attackers elsewhere. The attackers in this case being us
This doesn't necessarily mean that they are a weak target of course ... But it indicates it.
I hadn't considered the possibility to ... manipulate the truth through the Phalanx, but if it is considered good sport, maybe we should think about it? What do we want the rest of the world to think about us? That we are weak? That we are strong? That we are taking on the Hive? The University?
that we already met one of the AI groups!!...or can they check that?
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I hadn't considered the possibility to ... manipulate the truth through the Phalanx, but if it is considered good sport, maybe we should think about it? What do we want the rest of the world to think about us? That we are weak? That we are strong? That we are taking on the Hive? The University?
It's tricky business. A wise man has said, that to make someone swallow a big lie, tag along a small piece of truth. We should let out easily verifiable matters of fact, like our foil which can be verified from the monument when the time comes.
We could also, say, divulge our contact with an AI, but lie about our intentions with them. It's important not to lie all the time to maintain some credibility if caught, and it's important to not state exactly the opposite of what we don't want them to know. It's too easy to figure out.
Now, consider, that we pretend to be strong. That's the obvious things for us to do, and we will be ignored. If we pretend to be weak, they will think that we are trying to hide the fact that we are strong and are trying to gain the element of surprise.
However, both of these maneuvres can be outwitted, but only by guesswork. I'm currently thinking a middle road would be the best option for now, at least until we get to a position where we could truly use leveraging power. Pretending to be weak might be a good option, but like I said, someone might decide to call our bluff and see if we really are as strong as we don't let them think.
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from RP view it is not wise to say we are weak...we can better keep saying we are strong so that they dont know what we are...it can be truth but is can also be RPing
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We don't want to appear to strong, because that will cause everyone to get paranoid of us and gang up on us. We just need to be a little intimidating.
Ideally, we should flex our intimidation only in private talks. Meanwhile, we can act like we are only medium-strong in public. This way, our target faction(s) know (or think they know) that we are really strong, but they see us in public media as portraying ourselves to be rather medium. This makes our target faction(s) think that there isn't a very good chance of getting the other factions to gang up on us in case of an invasion. This leaves our target faction(s) feeling isolated and helpless, and thus they are more likely to do what we want them to do. If we portray ourselves as really strong in public, our target faction(s) will be confident of gaining the other faction's support against us, because everyone will be jealous of us, the perceived leader.
So my suggestion: Portray ourselves as getting by well, but not too strong (like we've been doing so far). Then, in private talks, we can flex our muscles a bit.
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