Turn 99 - 590BC -

[Aeson]

Actually make that 17.8%... used the wrong number for the second attacker.

[Aeson]

Switched to Walls in Tempest, short rushed the Pike in Arashi, and rushed the Cat in Monsoon.

[nbarclay]

Originally posted by Arrian
Nathan, what were the rushing moves again? Cat in monsoon, pike in Tempest?

Cat in Monsoon, pike short-rushed in Arashi, Tempest switched from building a pike to building walls.

[Aeson]

The missed Cats might work in our favor anyways. They are more likely to continue on seeing they are mostly invulnerable on the highlands.

[nbarclay]

I'm thinking move our remaining unupgraded (regular) swordsman from Arashi into Tempest and upgrade him. It's 20 wasted gold if Vox penetrates Tempest's pikes and kills him, but it gives us an extra counterattacker otherwise.

[Arrian]

Ok, I was close enough to have the right number of troops.

So here is how I arranged our forces:

Arashi: 4 pikemen, 1 regular Med inf, one 3/4 med inf, one 2/3 med inf, 3 cats, 1 vet WC, 2 3/5 WCs.

Tempest: 3 pikemen, 3 cats, 1 vet med inf, 1 reg sword, one 2/5 WC, one 2/4 WC.

What do y'all think of that?

-Arrian

[nbarclay]

I already have things moved to have four pikes in Tempest and three in Arashi. That was one of the assumptions that having three cats in Arashi was based on.

[Arrian]

Oh. Ok. Not that it matter much, but then again, Vox can bring one more immortal to bear on Arashi than they can on Tempest (the one on A9).

-Arrian

[Aeson]

I'd rather wait on the upgrade. Keep the Vet Med Infs in Tempest where they get the fortification bonus (and will heal up).

[Aeson]

How close is Sufu to their Galley? (the screenshots have been cutting it off)

[nbarclay]

I'm thinking back up Tempest's pikes with one regular medieval infantry and one regular swordsman upgraded to medieval infantry, and leave everything else that's in Arashi there. So

Tempest: Four pikes, two regular medieval infantry, a 2/4 WC, and a 2/5 WC. Worst case: the 2/4 WC gets killed and the 2/5 WC keeps Vox from entering the city.

Arashi: Three pikes, a healthy veteran medieval infantry, a 3/4 medieval infantry, a 2/3 medieval infantry, a healthy WC, and two 3/5 WCs, all fortified except for one pike. Vox would have to either win or leave us at only one hit point in the six battles against non-WC units in order to get a shot at an elite WC.

[nbarclay]

Sufa finishes its galley next turn unless we change it to something else (assuming my production-shuffling doesn't interfere).

[Arrian]

Sufa, our southern coastal city? 18 tiles between the city and Vox's galley.

-Arrian

[nbarclay]

Aeson, we need more swordsmen or medieval infantry in Tempest either way, and those won't be fortified whetehr we upgrade them or not. If we move our last unupgraded swordsman from Arashi to Tempest, we can upgrade him without giving up a fortification bonus (since moving costs him the fortification bonus whether he's upgraded or not).

[Aeson]

I meant Arashi in my post of course, the Med Inf can't fortify/heal in Tempest. Sorry.

The troop disposition looks good.