Turn 177 - 620AD

[Cort Haus]

The Turn

Start

GoW send Metallurgy
Cyclone completes worker, starts another


Moves

cats shuffle north
galley W. of spain moves south
N. galley moves north
E galley moves east
2 S. galleys move toward Blizzard
Workers near EotS move toward iron mkt to build fortification
Fort complete at Blizz-3, start another at Blizz-32
Workers in midlands start fort at Diss-2
Inchon now size 6, set taxman for all happy and WLTK next turn. We might consider a Courthouse instead of a Harbor here.
Adjust Sandstorm for worker & growth next turn


Current Builds

from North to South :

Eli : Lib in 1
Inchon : Harb in 13
WoC : CH in 3
Inchoff : Harb in 12
Diss : Courthouse in 5
Santa Ana : Lib in 10
Blizzard : Harb in 6
Monsoon : Mkt in 4
Arashi : ToE prebuild in ~22 via Bank (2)
WW : Aqua in 10
Tempest : Newton in 6
Hurricane : Copernicus in 5
OG : Lib in 1
EotS : Cathedral in 2
BB : Bank in 6
Tornado : CH in 5
Typhoon : Lib in 10
Sufa : Lib in 7
Cyclone & Sandstorm : Worker-pumps


City Sizes

Eli : 6
Inchon : 6
WoC : 6
Inchoff : 6
Diss : 11
Santa Ana : 6
Blizzard : 11
Monsoon : 11
Arashi : 11
WW : 6
Tempest : 11
Hurricane :12
OG : 11
EotS : 12
BB : 12
Tornado : 11
Typhoon : 11
Sufa : 11
Cyclone & Sandstorm : 4-5


Diplo

Sent Physics to ND unnacepted



Other

313g. ToG in 3 turns @ 70% (418bpt) -3gpt
2nd in Pop, GNP, Mfg, Lit, Prod
3rd in Income


Next Turn

WW should switch WF from sea to Incense to complete remaining 42 is 7t at 6spt for no waste.
Typhoon should shortrush 1s via Longbowman to be at 40s, 5spt
Workers at Blizz-3 assist those at Blizz-23

[Cort Haus]

OK, turn saved. Question is, when to send it. We could ask GoW whether they'd rather the time, or the message to Lego that maybe GS aren't up to something.

[Cort Haus]

Exchange with Arnelos - see log.

[Cort Haus]

Turn sent.

[Cort Haus]

Two replies from Togas - see log. One touches on the point Arnelos made today.

First : They've dropped the backstab line, in favour of angling for land on Bob in return for GS/RP co-operation against Lego. This is not very realistic, but as we haven't spelled out to RP the modest scale of our intended force yet, they can be forgiven for misjudging the value of our contribution. No matter.

Second : more interestingly, they are on a program of building Marketplaces and Banks $$$, rather than units. This confirms the rather tiny composition of our disposable forces - about 12 units in total. Lets go and invade Lego with 12 units

3 empty galleys might be as good though - if Lego were to sink them. And if they weren't empty - well, at least that's another 15gpt for our lean, mean, commercial machine. I almost like the idea of Lego sinking 3 empty galleys off their coast though, giving us war-joy and fullfilling our obligations to GAUL.

As for Markets and Banks - good. They'll be able to churn more gpt for us, and we will one day inherit them. We might ask for some courthouses before handover, though, so we can actually use the banks before building our FP in Eliopolis.

[Theseus]

I concur... today's exchanges have been fine.

I wouldn't be surprised, however, if NDGoW require a bit more of a commitment... in which case we might need RP to build at least a few more units for their seawall, mixed in with their commerce builds.

[Cort Haus]

I sent an outline to Togas (see log) of where we stand - hoping that it might help get their thinking in line with ours, rather than the somewhat incompatible ideas that they have been suggesting. It included a vision of how they might use their UU against ND in the future.

[Cort Haus]

Originally posted by Theseus
I concur... today's exchanges have been fine.

I wouldn't be surprised, however, if NDGoW require a bit more of a commitment... in which case we might need RP to build at least a few more units for their seawall, mixed in with their commerce builds.

We can offer valuable Intel on Lego cities - using the cash from tech sales to ND - as further contribution, and stress the value of our threat to Lego to divert troops from east to west.

We could spit out some cats soon from a number of cities to free up more knights from the wall, and our explorer galleys could eventually bring capacity up to 20, so we could be prepared to go as high as 20 units.

It's not worth RP building units until we get our galleys back to enable tile-swapping on the wall. Faux wars with cats are a possibility, but messy.

[vmxa1]

I would think only two changes exist for RP to get on Bob. Slim and None and slim just left town.

What the best hope is that we can relocate them to Lego.

I sure believe GoW/BD will want more from us, but it cold come in forms other than units.

[DeepO]

Maybe we need to do that: set 20 units for the task. Those then would not make more cavs, but more pikes / muskets... if we are to gamble we have coal, EotS can safely build 1 or 2 without getting into trouble with the Hoover prebuild.

BTW, nothing has been communicated with GoW after last chat? Maybe we need some... telling them that in principle we agree, but we can't risk too much in this endeavour, and would prefer logistical support instead of full-out military cooperation.

DeepO

[Cort Haus]

Originally posted by DeepO

BTW, nothing has been communicated with GoW after last chat? Maybe we need some... telling them that in principle we agree, but we can't risk too much in this endeavour, and would prefer logistical support instead of full-out military cooperation.

DeepO

Erm, I've sent this and this since the chat.

I asked about their intended KO time - that's reasonable if we are to plan our options, so the ball is in their court.

[Cort Haus]

(KO = Kick Off, not Knock Out)

[DeepO]

yeah, that's what I meant, but didn't word right... I mean we hadn't got any communication _from_ GoW, right? our plans keep evolving, all we can do is to keep them up to date.

I'm a bit worried there hasn't been anything from them...

DeepO

[Cort Haus]

Originally posted by DeepO
I'm a bit worried there hasn't been anything from them...
DeepO

Yes, I'd have hoped for something by now. Time for a nudge later today, methinks.

[Cort Haus]

Sent a nudge to GoW. (MZ, UnO cc Aggie). Also to MZ by his hotmail email as his PM box is full.