All,
I'm playing my first game on Thinker level (SMAC) and wanted to see how other players would handle the following.
Player faction: Peacekeepers
Year: 2276
Diplomacy:
pact with Gaians
vendetta with Believers
treaty with Yang
no status with Spartans
(other factions eliminated)
Map: Standard
Options: Blind research, tech stagnation
There are two main landmasses: one to the south, one to the north. I'm on the Southern continent, and Miriam is on the Northern one. I share a long border with the Spartans. Miriam is the dominant faction, with a lead in everything except tech and wealth. She has 30 Missile Infantry (6/3/1), 20 Missile Artillery (6/1/1), and a small air force. I have 12 Impact Squads (4/1/1) and the Air Power Doctrine. Deidre is under attack in the far North. There are only two ways to reach the Northern continent. (1) By sea, through a New Sargasso that slows ships to a crawl. This route would put me just to the west of Miriam's empire and shore cities. (2) By sea and then by landing on the shore of the continent's southern underbelly. This would mean that I would have to go through a huge desert area to reach Miriam.
I can only see three ways to approach the problem:
1. Miriam has the momentum and should be stopped, but how do I stop her given my small, tech-poor army and the large distance between our civs? It should be noted that I have Probe teams and nerve gas pods (although I prefer not to commit atrocities).
2. I can continue to build my infrastructure and do research (currently at 9 turns), and hope that I get the edge in technology.
3. I can assent to her occasional demands to declare vendetta on Yang, whose faction is insignificant.
Any thoughts? Thanks.
I'm playing my first game on Thinker level (SMAC) and wanted to see how other players would handle the following.
Player faction: Peacekeepers
Year: 2276
Diplomacy:
pact with Gaians
vendetta with Believers
treaty with Yang
no status with Spartans
(other factions eliminated)
Map: Standard
Options: Blind research, tech stagnation
There are two main landmasses: one to the south, one to the north. I'm on the Southern continent, and Miriam is on the Northern one. I share a long border with the Spartans. Miriam is the dominant faction, with a lead in everything except tech and wealth. She has 30 Missile Infantry (6/3/1), 20 Missile Artillery (6/1/1), and a small air force. I have 12 Impact Squads (4/1/1) and the Air Power Doctrine. Deidre is under attack in the far North. There are only two ways to reach the Northern continent. (1) By sea, through a New Sargasso that slows ships to a crawl. This route would put me just to the west of Miriam's empire and shore cities. (2) By sea and then by landing on the shore of the continent's southern underbelly. This would mean that I would have to go through a huge desert area to reach Miriam.
I can only see three ways to approach the problem:
1. Miriam has the momentum and should be stopped, but how do I stop her given my small, tech-poor army and the large distance between our civs? It should be noted that I have Probe teams and nerve gas pods (although I prefer not to commit atrocities).
2. I can continue to build my infrastructure and do research (currently at 9 turns), and hope that I get the edge in technology.
3. I can assent to her occasional demands to declare vendetta on Yang, whose faction is insignificant.
Any thoughts? Thanks.
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