Turns of Democracy in Peril

[Darius]

Sorry, John, I didn't read your post until after I played my turn. I don't think I could have gotten my chopper there anyway, though.

I did discover that the base near my western coast belongs to the Hive.

Turn to JDM.

[johndmuller]

MY 2154 turn to Commissioner Knowhow2

Knowhow2, I sent you 30ec; I know its not much, but . . . .

I find that if I take care of the trade stuff right away at the beginning of the turn when it comes up, it's very hard to forget. You can always go back in there and change it later on in your turn; when I put it off til later, that's when I forget to do it at all.

Darius, please send the Doc Loyalty whenever.

I don't have a transport anymore (moment of silence); nor a port on your coast, but I am going to have a base within drop range of your landmass soon - much sooner than we have drop capability though. If you have a ship and can bring one or two of your formers over I can trade you for mine (assuming it/they can get onto your boat - I've never tried that, so I don't know); just give me a few turns warning so that I don't get them committed on too long of a term jobs. Eventually, I will have a port or two over there and/or can sail another transport around from my port on the other side. There is always the infamous needlejet transport method (it's better than nothing) which may end up being the quickest method.

[knowhow2]

turn sent to darius.

i manage to succesfully buy that scoutrover for 65 cred (which I had) so that means the creds I borrow its on its way back.

Also I decided to push for enviro economics by tunning up my labs to 100%. breakthrough in two turns. which leads to, which tech should I after this put my attention to? If we decide to shoot for fusion then I probably need to collect all tech I don't have from you guys. Otherwise I stay where I am and go for Pro Psych and Adaptive Economics and then Planetary Economics.

[Darius]

John, I can't get there for a while. I have a transport under construction, so remind me in a few turns if I forget.

Knowhow2, I would suggest going for Fusion next. Let us know which techs you want from us.

Turn to John.

[johndmuller]

(note: this was cross posted with Darius' above)

Knowhow2, my suggestions would be:

-a- Intellectual Integrity - soon to be on critical path to Fusion Power
- - - You would need Doc: Loyalty from Darius (or me after he sends it to me);

-b- BioEngineering - for "Clean" ability
- - - You would need Neural Grafting from me;

-c- Duplicate Darius' research on Synth Fossil Fuels on the path to Air Power - In theory, when one of you finishes and immediately gives the tech to the other, that other will (hopefully) be able to switch to Air Power, but with their same tech cost and a good headstart in accumulated tech points, giving them Air Power at the same time they would have gotten SSF
- - - You would need Hi Energy Chem from either of us;

-d- Duplicate my reseach into PolyM SWare on a different part of the path to Fusion Power - this would operate the same way as -c- above, except that the second party would be switching to a different tech (perhaps SFF).
- - - I think you have all the prereq's for this already

You should probably double check the prereq situations as I am not certain I know who has what techs and I have been known to misread the tech chart.

I suppose I favor -c- since that it is what I hoped to do the last time I switched techs. However, the game is supposedly consistent as to what techs it offers, given what you have already (but I have no idea what the relationships are), so it could very well happen to you as it did to me, that the game does not offer you SFF. Then you would end up following -d- as I did, or perhaps straying from the desired paths altogether.

If you choose -c- or -d-, you will have to be careful to transfer the tech in time if you discover it first as otherwise it could be possible to independently discover the tech and waste a lot of research.

Anyway feel free to select your own approach, those are just my suggestions; Darius may also have some ideas too, although I think this post may already have exceeded his think-about-tech-choices limit.

[Darius]

Originally posted by johndmuller
Darius may also have some ideas too, although I think this post may already have exceeded his think-about-tech-choices limit.

Indeed.

Darius

[johndmuller]

MY 2155 turn to Commissioner Knowhow2

[knowhow2]

turn 2155 to darius

I guess i will shoot for SFF so I need HEC. One of you will have to give it to me. Breakthrough next turn.

[Darius]

Turn to John last night at 10:43 PM Eastern time.

I offered HEC to you, knowhow2.

[johndmuller]

MY 2156 turn to Commissioner Knowhow2

Knowhow2, Please send over the Environmental Economics tech as soon as you get it as I have a number of producing tiles bounded by the Energy Restriction and we could use the extra techpoints and ec's. Thanks.

BTW knowhow2, feel free to change your leader's name; you don't have to be TMS (unless you want to).

[knowhow2]

I don't think I know how to change the name.

[knowhow2]

turn 2156 to darius

enviro economics in my hands. sent to you, John.

currently researching SFF (breakthrough in 8 turns after lowering labs to 50%)

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[Darius]

2157 to John.

To change your faction name: Click Menu, then Network, then Customize Faction.

I'm hoping to infiltrate the Hive next turn.

[johndmuller]

MY 2157 turn to Commissioner Knowhow2

Darius, I hate to keep asking you this, but the @#%%!* IOD that ate my Unity Foil is a smart cookie; instead of dropping off the MW where it was (and where my men were waiting for it), it moved along the coast and dropped it off next to my new (and undefended) base Morgan ModestoMagnifico. If by chance, you are in a position to zap it, I would be grateful (the MW is in the river downstream from MMM and the IOD is right offshore - I jotted down (49,31) but I'm not sure whether that is the base or the MW). I didn't see your chopper over there, so I suppose it won't be possible, but I thought it worth a try anyway in case it is in the open where I can't see it.

[Darius]

John, my chopper is on my west coast recuperating from reconnoitering Hive territory at extreme range. It will take at least two turns to get there, but I'll see what I can do.