2142: Pre-planning discussion and build/movement orders

[Googlie]

2142 turn just downloaded - opening now:

Gaian diplo wondow open, with the Angels commlink on the table ("Negotiating")

I'm tempted to stall for a turn to see if the Angels will contact us next turn (ie to see if the G's have indeed done a doubledeal with us both)

Founded Minas Tirith, and put a Former into production

(I'll have to close this post to read the 2142 orders)

[Googlie]

Hmm - R-112 is boxed in by ZOC's

Call Yang and hope he asks us to remove iy? Ask for the Angels commlink while I'm at it? (or keep faith wwith the Gaians for 25 ec's - but maybe next turn?)

[Googlie]

Moved SNC Hermer and had the probeteams jump off then back on the ship, to get a bit more of the Uniland exposed.

Infiltration and techsteal next turn, all being well

[Maniac]

If we'd steal a tech next turn, I assume Zakharov would declare Vendetta on us. But I can't remember, will that also automatically cause a declaration of war from Lal, or will we remain in peace with him?

[Googlie]

Originally posted by Maniac
If we'd steal a tech next turn, I assume Zakharov would declare Vendetta on us. But I can't remember, will that also automatically cause a declaration of war from Lal, or will we remain in peace with him?

Not sure that he will - in my simulator test he just gave us a stern lecture (but I might not have had the relative strengths of our two factions correct - I don't remember if I had us at "feeble" in the sim)

midturn sav attached, btw, with some decisions pending.

here's what I've done so far:

• R-112 boxed in, can’t move
• Hermes moved 3 tiles ENE
  offloaded 2 probeteams to explore, then they reboarded, Uni base co-ordinates obtained for infiltration/techsteal next turn
• Invincible moved West and south as per orders. Passed a 1-tile barren island, otherwise ocean
• Tomcat-1 moved 2 tiles upriver on Rio Grande, and commenced farming the rolling/rainy crater river tile
• Craterwest’s colony pod and scout moved onto tile vacated by Tomcat-1
• Tomcat-6 moved NE for final piece of the road network to Vladivostok
• Tomcat-2 moved into Tomcat-3’s tile (where a road is being connected) en rout to the rolling/rainy triangle - will assist on roadbuild en-route to speed up its construction by 1 turn
• Fort Buster – worker relocated. Probe team rushed (6 mins after worker relocation) for 15 ec’s
• Gythium Harbour – Scout commissioned – put a Crypteia there as a placeholder
• Minas Tirith founded. Former rushed for 18 ec’s
• Olympus Academy – crawler started
• Santiago Citadel – Impact Infantryman commissioned- starts training a Scout patrol.
• Moved infantryman to Sparta Command’s monolith for upgrade to Elite
• Sparta Command – rushed Crypteia (3 mins) for 8 ec’s
• Pegasus moves 1 x N drops off the AA, then SW x 2

Do we rush the scouts at Craterwest and Cratersouth?
Movement orders for the SCC Hunter?
Various internal units' movement orders (repositioning)

[Maniac]

I can't open the turn, but it all sounds good.
Btw, did the foundation of Minas Tirith cause any b-drones?

[Googlie]

HM - good question. I don't think so (but of course a number of additional units came on-line. I'll check

...................... checking ...........................

When unmodified, we have 11 drones (out of a pop of 15) Minas Tirith came clean !!

Sector Cratersouth grows to 2 pops next turn, so I've moved Chiron Knights from Gythium Harbour to there for duty pending the commissioning of the Scout Patrol at Cratersouth. If we rush Cratersouth's scout (3 mins, or 8 ec's) Chiron Knights can then move on to Craterwest (grows to size 2 pop in 2 turns) next turn to perform the same duties there.

Fort Buster also grows to size 2 in 2 turns, so it may be prudent to also rush Craterwest's scout (4 mins, or 10 ec's) and that way Chiron Knights could go to FB instead of SC3

Rushing those scouts makes sense anyway, as it will let us get Crypteia in place in the next few turns.

(Although leading the Morgan faction in the Junta, I don't trust them !!! )

[Googlie]

additional moves since the first big flurry:

Moved Olympus Academy's probe team through SC2 en-route to probe defending Rio Grande when founded next turn

[Maniac]

Originally posted by Googlie
HM - good question. I don't think so (but of course a number of additional units came on-line. I'll check

...................... checking ...........................

When unmodified, we have 11 drones (out of a pop of 15) Minas Tirith came clean !!

I'm working from memory here, so I could be wrong.

IIRC the three crater bases and Minas Tirith are all size 1, so normally they shouldn't have any drones.
VV, SC1 & OA had 1 drone IIRC, GH 2 and SC2 3. That makes 8. So if we now have 11 drones, did we not gain 3 b-drones somewhere?

[Googlie]

We had 9 in 2140, just after we founded Vladivostok (I couldn't find the thread with the screenie, so have replicated it here)

I'll do an update screenie for 2142

[Googlie]

here's 2142:

[Googlie]

Cratersouth and Fort Buster both got drones between 2140 and 2142

[Googlie]

Here's what I propose SCC Hunter's movement orders should be for this turn and the next 2 (prior to linking up in 2145 with SNC Pegasus to pop that target pod

[Googlie]

Well, things don't always follow the plan:

Here's the Hunter after its moves:

[Googlie]

Additions to the 2142 move:

Contacted Lal, who asked for Ind Auto. refused, whereupon he offered a treaty, which we accepted.

Asked then for some of his techs, and he offered Ethical calulus in exchange for Ind Auto.

After dickering with the Gaians, they accepted a paymment of 50 ec's to allow us to trade ind Auto to the AI

Trade consumated

Then asked Lal for a loan and was offerred - and accepted - 89 ec's