Turn 243: 1265 AD

[Shiber]

Originally posted by notyoueither
As for cheating, please don't get carried away, Shiber.

Don't take me too seriously.

[vmxa1]

I take any breaks we can get.

[vulture]

Can a fighter doing recon spot subs? I've always been under the impression that they couldn't, but I may be getting mixed up with Panzer General...

[vmxa1]

I don't see ND coming in on a failed attempt. If we fail to do serious damage to Lego, they will be in a posiion to punish anyone they want and I doubt ND want any part of that.

[Krill]

If we fail now, then we had better get a move on and try for an SS win.

[DeepO]

a fighter on recon: I don't think it will spot a sub. Not sure, though.

I'll continue... nobody seem to mind investigating Quanto. pics are coming shortly.

DeepO

[Aeson]

- 2 settler
- 14 worker (-3)
- 3 horsemen (-1)
- 12 Cavalry (-13)
- 91 infantry (+2)
- 62 artillery
- 27 Tanks (+11)
- 6 ironclad (-1 LiB)
- 15 transport
- 10 subs (-1 LiB)
- 9 DD (-1 LiB, +3 B)
- 9 BB
- 1 carrier
- 3 bomber (+1 B)

They still have to defend 5 cities. Quanto, Fork, Abilene, Jackson, Dye. Fork could be blockaded by Subs we couldn't get through (without big losses) though. That gives them 18-19 Inf per city. 5-6 Tanks per city. If they are leaving their interior completely empty, which I doubt.

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We could try bombarding Forkmouth 1 and see if there is a sub there. (Or someone could check in the editor to see if Fighters have "spot sub" capabilities.)

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I think we can still reasonably hit Abilene, and cover most of our Troops well. Investigate Quanto and Abilene. If Abilene is a better target than Quanto...

First thing, a 3/4 DD (it's going to be sunk next turn)from the S fleet moves 69888 to check for Subs. Now a 4/4 DD from the S fleet moves 6323 and checking for Subs, then bombarding Abilene.

Now 22222 for the TR in the N fleet is open. Take 1 TR full of M in the N fleet and move it 22222. Move a TR in the S fleet 63. All the units from this S fleet TR will be dumped onto Abilene 78, so choose an Inf one. Dump the Inf, chain the M. Now hit Abilene with the M.

Continue in this manner until Abilene is taken by Marines.

If we need to chain any units all the way across (Settlers + MI probably), one of the N fleet Transports will need to disband it's units. I would go with the Inf and T (if we still need M) or M (if we've already taken Abilene). Don't decide this until all the M have gone, and/or Abilene has fallen.

We have to get all 7 Settlers to Abilene IMO. We also need to get at least 1 Explorer there. We have Explorers in the S fleet right? So make sure not to Dump or Disband any Settlers and save an Explorer.

We can only chain up to 8 TR to Abilene. All the other units will need to be dumped on Abilene 78. Once Abilene has fallen, we can start taking out cities with Settler hopping, but won't have many Tanks that can be rolling if Lego has gone doughnut, though if they have 1 Settler and 1 Tank will be worth 1 city. If they've kept units in their other cities, we can chain fewer M and get more Tanks into Abilene. If it takes us 56 M we won't be able to roll at all though.

After Abilene falls, move in all the rest of the "rolling" units. We'll want to hit Tip probably, as it doesn't require a Settler to get to. From there we can hit the next city up the coast (sorry, don't have the name) without a Settler either.

[DeepO]

cost of investigating Quanto: 219 gold.


Not shown in the pic is that there is also a cath, uni, factory, hospital, harbor.

Further, I count a defense of:
- 9 T
- 1 reg T
- 10 I
- 10 art
- 1 bomber.

I'll recount to see if I'm correct this time

DeepO

[Aeson]

I guess they didn't go doughnut? We should be able to take Quanto right? Capturing those Art will be nice...

[DeepO]

20 defenders... that's ugly, I think. Especially with the extra art support. With a bit of luck, we might be able to bombard the city to below Metro, but with 5 DD and 2 F which can reach it, I doubt we're going to bombard 3 pop off.

Vulture, do you still have that stack calculation tool around?
We've got 47 possible M right now, 55 if we're stretching it.

DeepO

[DeepO]

I'm not sure, Aeson. If I remember the simulations of M combat right, it matters a lot on those few last M. I wouldn't want us to come 1 or 2 M short, and having to land our forces in the open anyway. We do have 47 defenders extra right now.

DeepO

[Aeson]

We should investigate Abilene too I think.

[DeepO]

why? to see if Lego divided its forces?

Forkmouth: would that be worth it to investigate? I don't see us landing there. We've got 80 units at risk in our S fleet, so I think our options are limited to the Quanto side.

DeepO

[DeepO]

BTW, Quanto has 82 spt. I'm closing the screen, I don't see anything else to do here.

DeepO

[Aeson]

We can hit Abilene. Fork is dangerous as we don't have anythign to sweep for Subs. Abilene isn't on a Hill right? Thus we have better odds.