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**MrWhereItsAt** · November 26, 2003, 00:01

Great! Thanks for this GT - didn't see the thread until today. Will dl the save and post my thoughts as soon as my flatmate stops using my computer for his stand-up comedy sketches...

**MrWhereItsAt** · November 27, 2003, 08:29

OK, well looks like we have another CP from The Hive in 5 turns if we use the next pop point on the mined mins bonus (yeah!), and the next from Tactico in 2 turns (1 if we rush a single mineral). Maniagrad will take more than 7 turns with current growth, so we can probably ignore that one for the next session.

I think we should rush that one mineral in Tactico, as we DO have 233 ECs sitting idle. I think the Tactico CP should head for the arid tile at (47, 41). It gets access to the sea and a mins bonus in the sea, and still has some moist, rolling tiles around. Would there be an issue with settling the CP from The Hive on the Energy bonus on the river at (47,51), or is it just as efficient to settle on it as terraform it later?

There are two Pods the Scouts can pop to our east, and we should do this. Once it is done, at least one could board the Unity Foil and go pod-popping on other landmasses when we find them - the others should patrol for worms, escort the CPs and garrison the new bases for a quick start on another build. We must be careful with our Unity Foil - it is the only ship we have that can carry units until Doc:Flex, and we may not decide to go to that tech for a while, seeing as we can happily expand into fungus-free land for a time yet.

To formers, mining the bonus mins in range of Maniagrad should be a priority, as that base has a fair amount of food around it. MWIApolis has another unused monument to use, but after that it is a bit sad, so some forest could be a good idea to the West, that should hopefully spread to the radii of other bases too.

As far as builds go, once we have these next few CPs there isn't too much room left for new bases on our current landmass, so we would have to either get to Doc:Flex and invest in a ship or build up what we have with formers. Since we have enough decent land for a short while with little fungus, I think a few more formers would be a great idea, as they could spend most of their time on improvements rather than clearing fungus. We would start to build up a powerful little core, and be able to send out Colony missions whenever we decide Doc:Flex is important.

**Enigma_Nova** · November 27, 2003, 10:02

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**Enigma_Nova** · November 27, 2003, 10:27

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**Enigma_Nova** · November 27, 2003, 11:00

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**Enigma_Nova** · November 27, 2003, 11:11

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**MrWhereItsAt** · November 27, 2003, 19:27

Wow - helluvan analysis there, Enigma! I only posted my brief thoughts as there were no others. Now I'll have to go and either change my mind, or defend them with intelligent observations!

Will post back in 5-8 hours time, when I get home.

**MrWhereItsAt** · November 30, 2003, 07:04

Originally posted by Enigma_Nova

I don't think your two base locations are entirely wise.
Certainly, 47.51 is a good base location. Sitting on energy, next to the greenery.

But I'd check the last bit of the continent with the scout - we don't want to waste a monolith just a square away (which is unlikely but could happen)

But 47.41 wastes 46.46, a fine square.
Unless you're aiming to move a pod to 49.45, of course - which would be feasable.
I want a base on or near 46.34., and one at 52.36 - this will take up all of the nice riverfront property, with monoliths on the bases.

IMHO The base locations we're looking at are:
47.51
47.41
49.45
46.34
52.36

Well I think even with a base at 47, 51 we can still fit one at 47, 55 or around there if we find monoliths/good terrain. Your points about my second site make sense, and have swayed me (besides, it's a lot harder to argue if you are as fresh to the intricacies of the game as I am!) to say that 47, 41 (that I was thinking about) and 49, 45 (your idea) are good. 46, 34 is great, but instead of 52, 36 , what about 52, 38? Then we could fit in another one at 50, 32 or thereabouts...? Your plan is good enough for sure though. I am just starting out with the premise of questioning everything

**MrWhereItsAt** · November 30, 2003, 07:08

Originally posted by Enigma_Nova
Checking ahead (Scenario editor and Tech breakthroughs on an empty map), We can't beeline to IndAuto.

We can reverse engineer the cruiser hull from the cruiser probe team (only getting speeder from PlaNets was forbidden)

if we choose BioGen, we can't choose Psych as the next tech, because of the mod 3 rule.
So we'd have to do Psych then BioGen. After that we've got a beeline to tree farms.

For someone who is unsure how you checked what techs were available, does not know what this reverse engineering thing is or the mod 3 rule, care to explain these references?

Else I broadly agree - IndAuto or Doc:Felx for pods seems the way to go.

**Enigma_Nova** · November 30, 2003, 08:34

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**Kody** · November 30, 2003, 08:45

Here's something that takes the brains out of beelining.

Apolyton Civilization Site

http://apolyton.net/forums/showthread.php?postid=2440919#post2440919

**MrWhereItsAt** · November 30, 2003, 19:48

Take the brains out!

That is so exceedingly complex it is the first formula I have not yet understood on Poly!

**Kody** · November 30, 2003, 22:02

Read the related posting from the start of that thread, some of the earlier theories proved wrong, but it was cleared up along the way. If you have read all those posts and don't understand then I'll attempt to explain it to you.

**MrWhereItsAt** · December 5, 2003, 09:12

Read it and understand most.

But my problem stands - what the hell does the "modulo 3" part of the formula mean?

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