Thermopylae at A9

[Velociryx]

They're really THAT scared? If so, then it goes to show you that they really are touched in the head. I'd take one look at the "So very cold" thread, or DeepO's analysis, Nbarclay's extensive posts, Theseus' vast body of work, the tremendous weight of good, solid strategic thought that has been churned out by all the members on this team and find a lot more to be terrified of than lil' ol' me....

-=Vel=-

[nbarclay]

We can't get to Dissidentville that way, though, because they have a road to the only tile WCs can come in on.

[asleepathewheel]

Originally posted by Velociryx
They're really THAT scared? If so, then it goes to show you that they really are touched in the head. I'd take one look at the "So very cold" thread, or DeepO's analysis, Nbarclay's extensive posts, Theseus' vast body of work, the tremendous weight of good, solid strategic thought that has been churned out by all the members on this team and find a lot more to be terrified of than lil' ol' me....

-=Vel=-

As you saw from that Togas thread, they all have serious problems with overestimating us. And you are just the topper.

Now if we could only get Soren to post something.......


edit: overestimating is probably the wrong word, but I think y'all know what I meant.

[Velociryx]

Well....we have all the important long-term advantages, and they've gotta know that.

They picked this fight (whether or not of their own free will is another matter), and we'll be the ones to finish it.

Long-term, I say we use our rising technological star to shove LOTS of knights down their throats and show them how we do it downtown....

-=Vel=-

[Velociryx]

Regarding Dissidentville - My thinking is that we can paste it with our own slow movers (we'll have a growing body of medieval swordsmen....good job for them), and our WC's (future Knight candidates) can be used to sweep the flatland corridor and threaten their iron colony.

-=Vel=-

[Velociryx]

Well.....no matter if they find us "arrogant" or "cliquish" I think we shall soon show them that we cannot be put out of commission by their toy army.....it'll take a good deal more than a badly positioned group of Immortals to knock this Empire down!

-=Vel=-

[notyoueither]

Nathan.

With your plans for forces around Hurricane, is the Iron still covered. We don't know where that Vox scow is, or if it is empty.

[asleepathewheel]

One concern I have is if they attack with all their immortals save the last who pillages the road. Then we couldn't counter with WCs and our MI's would probably all be injured to some degree.

Would they even think about this factor? Who knows, I'm not sure I would if I were attacking.

edit for clarity: I meant the Arashi assault

[nbarclay]

Our current plan is that when we can afford to, we'll send some pikes up by galley to play havoc with their iron roads. Their colony is useless if they can't get the iron from there to their cities.

[nbarclay]

If we want to cover the iron, the best thing is to bring the WC down from 6-9 from Arashi. We can probably do without that WC's services elsewhere for a couple turns until our galleys are far enough north to deal with Voxian galleys.

[Velociryx]

Most likely that'll depend on how the battle goes when they strike.

If they think they can take us, they'll prolly hurl everything they have into the attack (on the thinking that if they take the city, then the counter attacks by our couple of marauding WC's won't change anything). If they don't take the city, then the war is over, regardless of WC counterattacks.

-=Vel=-

[notyoueither]

Originally posted by Randolph
"go around"? You can't mean onto the planes, they'd be slaughtered.

"Kill more than they lose" 4:4 (sword/spear)is the best odds they can get.

Thanks for the consideration, and honest appraisal.

Aeson did extensive testing and saw a relatively high chance of a Vox victory in the battle. ~25% I think. That chance of a Vox victory is too high for my liking. Especially if we can possibly maneuvre them into a battle of annihilation at much better odds for ourselves.

[Randolph]

I meant regarding the Arashi area

[notyoueither]

Originally posted by nbarclay
If we want to cover the iron, the best thing is to bring the WC down from 6-9 from Arashi. We can probably do without that WC's services elsewhere for a couple turns until our galleys are far enough north to deal with Voxian galleys.

What about covering with a worker, til a Pike from EotS, or the fleet, can get there?

[notyoueither]

Originally posted by Randolph
I meant regarding the Arashi area

His analysis was on the prospects at Arashi 9 on Vox's turn if we advance into it with everything.