Turn 102, 530 BC

[nbarclay]

To be edited by the leaders of the Scholia.

Status:

- 146 gold, +139gpt

Check this and every turn to see if we lost some war unweariness due to the killing of troops within cultural borders and therefore must readjust the lux slider.

Urgent questions:

Military:
- Pound Vox with cats and see what else needs doing.


Economy:

- Probably want to upgrade another sword or two.
- TBD

(during build queue)
- Short rush a medieval infantry in O.G.? (Cost would be 76 gold, and it would complete next turn.)

Diplomacy:

- Deal with ND postponed (due to bureaucracy, we are told).

Thread library:
- Standing orders for workers (Orders last revised April 5.)

[alva]

I will still propably not make any comments during this turn as to my wrongly reading some unit move last one.

[nbarclay]

It looks like we scared Vox into pillaging their road to/from Dissidentville. Our galley also has some Voxian troops tied up trying to block against possible landings. Interestingly, the three immortals blocking landings are all regulars; Vox's ratio of vets to regulars is lousy.

The big Voxian stack is back between Tempest and Arashi, but Vox has nothing in a position to threaten Arashi 9 at the moment (unless you count a spearman) so we can pull back most of our forces to defend the cities.

[nbarclay]

Any objections to short-rushing a medieval infantry in O.G. (for completion next turn) and making that our only rush this turn?

[notyoueither]

Looks good.

[notyoueither]

We can have enough units in Tempest, that they cannot possibly take it? And Arashi neither?

[nbarclay]

If we pull all five pikes and a regular medieval infantry back from Arashi to Tempest, and defend Arashi with with four pikes from Arashi 9 and two vet MedInfs currently in Sandstorm, taking the cities would be impossible and just getting past those units to attack WCs would take a miracle - especially if our cats do a halfway decent job. (I'm thinking in terms of planning on three cats in Tempest and four in Arashi.)

[nbarclay]

I'm starting to debate whether to go ahead and call Theseus and let him know we're playing the turn or wait another hour or so to see if he shows up on his own.

[notyoueither]

Should call him before it gets later. It's 10.30 there now.

[nbarclay]

I called, and Theseus should be here a little after 11:00 Apolyton/U.S. Eastern time.

[Shiber]

Let's leave at least one pike on A9 (Vox can't tell the difference anyway, they won't attack a pike on a mountain). It would be more costly to have to get rid of the injured vet spearman that could move in to occupy it next turn (we'd have to waste too many cat shots that could otherwise be used on immortals, if Vox doens't attack this turn).

[Shiber]

Btw, can we get Vulture?
His program for calculating the combat chances of stacks vs. stacks could come in very handy when deciding how to best disperse our defenders among Arashi and Tempest.

[nbarclay]

I'm thinking in terms of leaving a pike and our wounded vet MedInf on Arashi 9. (The wounded MedInf just has one hit point of damage, so one turn of rest will get him back up to full strength without having to go to a city first.)

[nbarclay]

I wouldn't know how to get Vulture. In any case, I don't see anything tricky enough to need a combat calculator for. We have four pikes (assuming we want to leave one on Arashi 9) and two vet MedInfs that can reach Arashi but not Tempest, and that calls for moving heavy forces from Arashi to defend Tempest. Given those limitations to what's possible, do you have any alternative deployment ideas that need to be measured against what I proposed?

[Theseus]

Originally posted by alva
I will still propably not make any comments during this turn as to my wrongly reading some unit move last one.

Beer??



That's when the best ideas come up!