Invasion Planet Earth

[Mercator]

I´m onto it... It´ll take a while though, probably.
I got another nice surprise when I opened the savegame... It´s a gigamap! That is one giant map! It almost becomes an entirely new game like this.

[Thoddy]

Hello Alienz,

this is Thoddy. Some bad news and some good news.
Bad news: Access to the www. is almost impossible for me.
But you can send me an E-mail to my adress (see above) with the attached file. I will play some turns and remail to the sender.

Greetings

[Julius Brenzaida]

Ok Thoddy, welcome back. Mercator is playing his turns and then I'll send the game to you.

[Six Thousand Year Old Man]

Works fine for me... I'm still unpacking and haven't found my ToT disk... I'll jump in in a week or whenever someone goes AWOL next (whichever comes second )

STYOM

[Mercator]

Right... I think I screwed up rather big. It was going rather well, until I forgot about an unhappy city in I just liberated in 1968 and suddenly all hell broke loose.
Should I continue, reload or pass it on?

[Julius Brenzaida]

Mercator, you may do as you please.
Either reload (close to cheating ), restart (close to perfectionnism ) or put the game as it is
The situation is already desperate anyway

[Mercator]

Originally posted by Julius Brenzaida
Mercator, you may do as you please.
Either reload (close to cheating ), restart (close to perfectionnism ) or put the game as it is

OK, I wasn´t sure how much you´re against reloading (I didn´t mean reloading from now on to reduce any negative effects, mind you), but I think I´ll start back from my last save then, a year or two before the unfortunate mistake. I probably forgot most of the details of what happened anyway... I´ll just make sure a little better that I keep the citizens happy and the cities defended.

The situation is already desperate anyway

You can say that! Our home defenses are basically... non-existant... and the unit-limit has been reached!

[shade]

Maybe you should go for Commie-->NO unhappiness,NO unitsupport(first 3),NO corruption(yeah I know less trade but maybe this break can get you back on to track and then you swich back to DEMO or Rep)

Shade(never mind me,just try to help)

[Mercator]

Originally posted by shade
Maybe you should go for Commie-->NO unhappiness,NO unitsupport(first 3),NO corruption(yeah I know less trade but maybe this break can get you back on to track and then you swich back to DEMO or Rep)

Actually, I didn´t really realise what government we had until the government collapsed. I thought it was Fundamentalism, although that´s rather silly since there were loads of unhappy people.

[Six Thousand Year Old Man]

Strategizin'

I peeked at the game a week or two ago back when I still could find my disk... so everything I say now may be based on inaccurate info.

I figure we're in Demo because of "the money, honey..." correct? Where has the trade been going, assuming we can build caravans?

If we can't build caravans... maybe fundy is a better idea? Considering that we're behind in tech, we can steal it to catch up? Has anyone compared cash flow in fundy vs demo yet?

Sorry if these are dumb questions... but the suspense is killing me here, I need a Civ fix...

STYOM

[Mercator]

Re: Strategizin'

Originally posted by Six Thousand Year Old Man
I figure we're in Demo because of "the money, honey..." correct? Where has the trade been going, assuming we can build caravans?

I think we´re way to busy to build caravans. We´re in the middle of a war!

If we can't build caravans... maybe fundy is a better idea? Considering that we're behind in tech, we can steal it to catch up? Has anyone compared cash flow in fundy vs demo yet?

We´ve discovered everything but Fusion Power, and we can´t research that.

Sorry if these are dumb questions... but the suspense is killing me here, I need a Civ fix...

I´ll hurry!

[Mercator]

I didn't realise this was a gigamap!

1963: We're done with researching, right? Anyway, all Libraries and Universities are now sold (well, except for one that couldn't be sold yet)... Result: Instant cash bonus and reduced property maintenance.
1964: Russians discover Reality Engineering. Huh? captured by Russians. Other cities, such as Almost Blue and Whut? under attack. Population reaches 163 million.
Water supply in Tiflis poisoned, spy escapes. Hopefully this'll bring down the bribery cost somewhat. Huh? bought back, we take Reality Engineering. Capua destroyed.
1965: Some good news and some bad news: we have reached the unit limit! Since our defences are laughable, we may have a slight problem. But then again, the attack forces can't be that large either. Maybe we can somehow turn this to our advantage by maintaining the unit limit with cheap units (e.g. Spies), so the Earthlings' attack force will eventually dwindle down to nothing (assuming they lose units faster than we done )... Yes, I think we shouldn't kill units ourselves anymore. Units are built at the start of a turn, so if we kill units, our enemies can "refill" the units to max. On the other hand, when we are attacked, we can replenish our and their losses by our own units when it is our turn! In other words, we have to build up our defenses.
The Spanish city of Seville has been founded North of Lindy Hop. Whut? lost to the Russians.
The city limit has been reached too!
Nuclear Plants sold, Democracy overthrown (brace yourselves).
1966: Seville captured and destroyed, Transcendence taken.
1967: Government changed to Fundamentalism. Whut? recaptured.
1969: Bizen revolts and joins our cause.
1971: Russians discover Transcendence.
1972: Earthly icecaps melt! ... I have the feeling there's some kind of pattern in the terrain changing... The Earth looks rather striped now.
1973: We now have all technologies, Fusion Power stolen... Although that was rather an accident, and I thought we couldn't possess Fusion Power.

I haven't done much on the offense, but I have improved our defenses a lot although there are still quite a few barely defended cities.

[Six Thousand Year Old Man]

Originally posted by Julius Brenzaida
Ok Thoddy, welcome back. Mercator is playing his turns and then I'll send the game to you.

So after Thoddy plays, I'm assuming Julius will post the save and then I go, yes?

STYOM

[Julius Brenzaida]

Game sent to Thoddy. STYOM, you're next
Nice job Mercator. Maybe our best plan is to nuke earth to death, then we'll strike down the industrial capacities of those pesty earth civilizations. And then, defending our own planet is a priority

[Julius Brenzaida]

Thoddy has already played his turns : great
Here's the log :

played until 1984. Population is about 173 mio.
The Alien Empire under Thoddy took a russian city (cost 12000) in 1977 by
bribing. 3 russian Dreadnaughts join the alien Empire (a 6100 gold) on AC. To
get faster reinforcements to our new habitats on earth Thoddy build 5
transporter improvements.
So all units within cities on AC can travel to earth simply by pressing "n".
All Cities that produces units in 1973 are changed to produce the strongest
unit (magogs). Some produce spys. Problem, some citys did not have barracks. So
we didnt get Vets. Keep an eye open.

In 1980 the Spanish take our city of Horse Feathers by this reason. Also in
1980 the russians take Town Grier. Both citys were retaken in 1980 by planting
nuclear devices in the cities and then taking back by an magog. Seems to be a
good strategy but need up to 5 spys. I think we should attack the spanish city
on AC. My landing force was used up to retake Town Grier and setup new defences.
There are also 2 straying spanish magogs near Town Grier.

I build lots of nuclear power stations. Cheap only 2 gold upkeep (instead 4 for
solar or water power).

In 1980 the English and Americans form a treaty against us.

Some Engineers moved to earth to clean up pollution. They need protection by
magogs.

3 former japanese citys attacked with the nuclear device of spys. Tons of units
killed without taking the citys. So we get space to build up our own forces.

Our City of Charkov??!! is under permanent nuclear attack. Russians and
Americans wasted about 40 nuclear rockets on this city. I dont know the reason.
(Maybe some hidden magnets in the city) No other city was attacked with nuclear
units. I protected the northern frontline to the Americans with an fortified
magog. I think this chokepoint needs some reinforcements, because the americans
also get the magogs in 1983. We should also build a road to get better access
to the american infrastructure.

Russians change government to democracy in 1980.

2 Transports with magogs and spys aboard are on the way to Australia to take an
beachhead.