1893 onwards: The President Reports

[ixnay]

1893:
Adjust productions, workers
Chinese get Automobile
Chinese sneak attack
Mongols get electronics from vikings
Vikings get flight, radio from mongols
Celts get Mass Prod.
Celts steal plastics
Japanese sink transport with 2 freights
Carthage gets radio from Vikings

1894:
Laser discovered, research choices are Guerilla, Robotics, Refrigeration . Research starts on Robotics.
Population exceeds 28 million
2 more SS completed
Uranium from Cadiz arrives in Avila; 164 revenue
Celts get electronics from Mongols
Mongols get Adv Flight, Mass Prod from Celts
Celts steal Space Flight
Japanese get radio from Carthage
Carth gets ToG from Japs

1895:
Robotics discovered, research starts on Superconductor
6 more SS completed (11 total now)
Gold from Avila arrives in Leptis Magna (124)
Chinese develop Mass Prod
Carths get Medicine from japs
Japs get espionage from carths
Mongols get plastics from celts
Celts get Fission
Celts start building spaceship
Celts steal rocketry, mobile warfare
Japs get automobile, mass prod from China
China gets radio, ToG, espionage from Japs

1896:
5 more SS added (16)

I'm going to temporarily stop playing and pick this back up tonight when I have more time to play a couple more turns. If the ministers think I should stop right now and send out the savegame, I can do that, too.

[H Tower]

Onward to fusion power!!!

[cavebear]

I've been expecting the Celts or Chinese to start a SS...

[cavebear]

I think the Celt SS affects our actions. We need to continue on a direct path to our own fastest SS, but we have the ability to affect the Celts more than they can us. I think we should consider action against them to disrupt their SS program. We have some cities close to them, and those cities are not important to our own SS program.

[Hydey]

perhaps some spies destroying there production might slow them up.

[atawa]

I agree, lets send in the spies

[Six Thousand Year Old Man]

Why did our SMC not have a defence in place against the Celt spies? They're robbing us blind!

Fighter planes do *very* well against spies approaching overland.

[cavebear]

A Spy attack on selected target cities would be very effective.

[SCG]

the strategy i would suggest could be compared to march madness let the fighters and other scouting units go out and meet the enemy on their terms, like extending the full court press with the guards selectively trapping the ball handler (enemy spies), and let our spies act like the big shot blocker in the middle for anyone that gets through. if we need to change some freights to spies or fighters, go ahead and do so.

[cavebear]

We can't reach the Celts with any Fighter units we have anywhere. Did you have something specific in mind?

[cavebear]

Originally posted by atawa
I agree, lets send in the spies

When did we get "Spies"?

[SCG]

Originally posted by cavebear
We can't reach the Celts with any Fighter units we have anywhere. Did you have something specific in mind?

rush a fighter in Issus, and use the fighter to scout the area for approaching spies, taking them out if spotted. I personally like to have a 2-3 movement square on the approach route to slow units down. Since we have a river connecting "" and Issus, perhaps purchacing that city or putting a fort on the river and a couple units in it would work also - of course we'd need engineers to do that.

[cavebear]

Originally posted by SCG


rush a fighter in Issus, and use the fighter to scout the area for approaching spies, taking them out if spotted. I personally like to have a 2-3 movement square on the approach route to slow units down. Since we have a river connecting "" and Issus, perhaps purchacing that city or putting a fort on the river and a couple units in it would work also - of course we'd need engineers to do that.

OK, in what way will that slow down the Celt SS?

[Ben Kenobi]

Celts steal Space Flight.

Ixnay:

Both from Issus?

And why did you allow two spies to enter?
I can be blamed for not telling you to patrol, but to allow two to enter, and not on the same turn?

Every other freakin' front shut down.

Should have put patrol with the calvary one move down the river in my instructions.

rush a fighter in Issus,

This is a good option to protect superconductor and Fusion Power, when we get them.

For now, station two units, two squares outside of Issus to act as patrol units that cannot be bribed. Use the Calvary and one of the Riflemen.

*sigh* And to think I was worried about non-vet Riflemen against Battleships and Cruisers.

I think the Celt SS affects our actions. We need to continue on a direct path to our own fastest SS, but we have the ability to affect the Celts more than they can us. I think we should consider action against them to disrupt their SS program. We have some cities close to them, and those cities are not important to our own SS program.

Cavebear:

Several options:

We should rush our own spaceship.
Build and finish and launch. There is no way the AI will catch up when we finish fusion power, and complete a full spaceship.

What we need to do is to get serious regarding the construction of SS parts, so that we finish as soon as we discover Fusion Power, in 3-4 turns, IIRC.

Everything needs to be plowed into the construction of our spaceship parts except for the fighter in issus.

No more freight rushes. That approach has ended.

[SCG]

Ah, I didn't see that the Celts had stolen plastics first. It still could slow the Celts towards superconductor and fusion power once we get it (and laser now) - depends on what they are researching now (hopefully something other than laser or fusion power). without superconductor they can't launch.