New City Locations

[steelehc]

New City Sites:

Scouts of the Expansion Ministry have recently scouted out 11 new city sites. The official recommendation of the Ministry is to build on all 11 of these sites, however, it is up to the people to determine the locations of new cities. Please vote for all cities you wish to see built.

Imperial Expansion Minister Steele

[steelehc]

Sites 2 and 3

[steelehc]

Sites 4, 5 and 6

[steelehc]

Sites 7, 8 and 9

[steelehc]

Sites 10 and 11

[shade]

looks to me like nr1 and nr11 are the same spot.
(btw how long will this poll be open?...something nice to let the ppl know if they need to vote immediatly or they will still have a chance when they come home.)

there some nice ones but there are some wich aren't that strategically sound(especially since we start with unhappy ppl)
personal suggestions (so no-one needs to follow them)
*site 7:whole alone,in a forest and unhappy ppl--> you know how fast ppl get scared in a dark forest.
*site 10 beter not squeeze to hard on those Romans(btw reenforcements would always have to come from overseas.

Shade

[steelehc]

Thanks to the sharp eyes of our president, it appears that sites 1 and 11 are identical. The surveyors responsible for this screwup have been "dealt with." No-one vote for site 11.

BTW: All sites on swamp or forest would be cleared to grassland before construction began.

Imperial Expansion Minister Steele

[steelehc]

5 votes, and 20 views? Come on, people, I need some sort of public backing to support this project.

Steele

[MrWhereItsAt]

I agree with all except 5, but what are our first preference city sites?

I suggest 1, 3, 6 and 8 as preferred due to their proximity to our existing cities in some cases, and whales in other cases. This will make them rather productive to begin with, and we can get settlers there quickly!

Remember to let the military advisor know so he can get the triremes in position for any transport of settlers!

[JCP]

I think we must privilege places with whales as special, at this period of the game, and avoid a place near other civ cities as we did'nt decide any aggressive strategy.
So #1,3,6 and 8 seem the priority.

[Marquis de Sodaq]

#6 and #8! Whales whales whales! Site #8 was chosen as a primary target site in the former minister's polls, perhaps that should weigh in the consideration, as well.

Message from Military HQ:
The errant surveyors have been sent to do some bathymetric surveying off the coast of the southern polar region. There has been no progress report as yet.


(le Marquis investing in whaling ships)

[MrWhereItsAt]

That would be whaling BOATS at the moment, I think.

So, only let them take on the SMALLER whales.

[cavebear]

I agree with the 3-whale sites especially, but should we establish ANY new cities at the moment? We are having serious unhappiness problems as it is. Doesn't the next city (or the one after that) start off with an unhappy citizen?

[Marquis de Sodaq]

IIRC, we have 13 cities - one more before the black hats show up. We really do need to gather camels for a quick Mike's Chapel construction...

[Shaka Naldur]

maybe a city between new castellon and citadel????

but we need to send more military units there