Covert Operations - General (2150 - 2174)

[Googlie]

[Modo44]

Snoddasmannen, I know the AI can't coordinate attacks. But if it has rovers, it should at least do some damage in the initial meeting with the Gaians. Which should be good enough to keep them defending own borders, and not joining some far-away wars.

[Snoddasmannen]

Originally posted by Modo44
Snoddasmannen, I know the AI can't coordinate attacks. But if it has rovers, it should at least do some damage in the initial meeting with the Gaians. Which should be good enough to keep them defending own borders, and not joining some far-away wars.

Yes I definately agree

[Googlie]

The Hive's foothold in Arcadia:

[Googlie]

............... and what are they up to now?:

[Modo44]

Hole of Aspiration looks like there's trouble nearby. Could the Gaians be that close? Or maybe some massive Worms?

[Snoddasmannen]

Hi everybody!

There is a new member (Chairman Chang) who has contacted me about membership in Sparta. ("Hi!" If you get in and read this ) The thing is he wants some data on the Federation and I want to know exactly what I can divulge. If he decides to join some other team we don't want him having information which they don't know.

So this is what he wants to know (wildly guessing at the vB list syntax):

• Base Count
• Population
• Diplomatic Seats
• Current alliances/vendettas
• Most recent discovery
• Favorite Color

I believe population can be safely revealed, but not base count, right? I'm guessing diplo status with the other humans is probably taboo as well, and obviously most recent discovery. Can we also tell him we have embassies in all other nations? Err, except the ones we burned

[Modo44]

Perhaps try something like this. Values based on overall standings of us versus other factions:
[*]Base Count
High
[*]Population
High
[*]Diplomatic Seats
What does he mean by this? If embassies, I think we can tell him.
[*]Current alliances/vendettas
Our official standings - the ones in-game. Those aren't secret.
[*]Most recent discovery
We forget.
[*]Favorite Color
I have no clue. Mine is green.

[Googlie]

Are we (collectively) in trouble, or what?

[Googlie]

On top of what he already has:

[Snoddasmannen]

Originally posted by Googlie
Are we (collectively) in trouble, or what?

Yeah, those Rec. Commons will set us in dire straits in a couple of years.

But seriously, at least we're not the only ones being exposed to this. The gaians have their 3-mindworm stack defending Gaia, and I'm sure it does them well. But we don't have a natural choke-point so we're in deeper doo-doo.

[Maniac]

Originally posted by Modo44 [*]Favorite Color
I have no clue. Mine is green.

We're Spartans! Black of course!

[Snoddasmannen]

Originally posted by Maniac


We're Spartans! Black of course!

My reply was Black - as in our uniforms,
and Fear - as in the eyes of our enemies


The rest of the answers were basically like Modo suggested, vague and qualitative. He replied again and seemed very keen to join.

[Modo44]

Originally posted by Googlie
Are we (collectively) in trouble, or what?

No. It's just an AI at war. I've seen worse things easily manageable in Civ3, which is more difficult in that regard. Set up a killzone with a small amount of units, and we'll be ok even without choke points. A Sensor near Minas Tirith/Two Nuts Stand would be very helpful, but efficient offensive units are usually the key.

EDIT:
Judging by the look of Yang's bases, the units have very low experience. This shouldn't be a problem for us any more than it is for the Gaians.

What bothers me most is, that he isn't going after Morgan.

[Maniac]

Originally posted by Modo44
What bothers me most is, that he isn't going after Morgan.

Who knows that may change next year. (At least if he steals a tech instead of infiltrates)

Anyway, I agree the Hive shouldn't be a problem if we can get a few offensive units in Minas Tirith. The problem is getting those offense units there before the Hive does.