Turn 98, 610BC

[Harovan]

Btw, we should man Arashi 2 with two pikemen, to force Voxes central army to leave their high ground. 2 should be enough if on a mountain. They will think twice to attack them.

[notyoueither]

Or do they turn around and smack Arashi?

I would love to know whether the embassy trick has been thought of by them.

[Theseus]

OK. Fascinating turn.

They both f*cked up.

NW to SE:

1) GoW at WW

Take'em out with WCs from Arashi.

2) Immortals at Monsoon

Ditto. Don't leave a target for the Immortals at Arashi 88.

3) Arashi / Tempest

I'd like to have 2-3 Pikemen true-fortified in each town the turn after next. The Pike at Tempest 63 should go 84, just to f*ck with the Immortal stack. Don't bother attacking EITHER Immortal stack next to Arashi yet, as we have other things to deal with.

4) Sandstorm

WC at SS8 goes to SS6 (very important).

MedInf at EotS6 goes to EotS87.

5) Threats

Monsoon69: Whatever. Prepared to lose Monsoon anyway.

East Coast: Maybe 2 more Immortals. Either our Galleys deal with it, if not we have good mountain coverage.
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Sorry, don;t have it in me right now to think through production... obviously, immediate military is paramount... consider southern towns / cities for fastmovers... remember to think of Workers as seeds.

If we take some time on this turn (and we should), I can focus more on production tomorrow evening.

Someone needs to address PsyOps.

Vox' strategies? Yes, they are better than expected / planned for. Our bad. But significant flaws in execution... our good.

This is it. We are in good shape. Vox is done, and GoW has signed their own death warrant.

/me goes back to one hour of sleep, and dreams of Vox annhilation.

[Harovan]

Originally posted by notyoueither
Or do they turn around and smack Arashi?

This would be illogical, if we consider their statement about "approaching the capital according to plan". If they do this, a certain suspection would arise again.

[nbarclay]

Theseus, any objections to going ahead and rushing the two cats so we can get into the turn proper (if you're still around)?

[nbarclay]

If we pull pikes out of Arashi, we make it a lot more tempting target.

[Theseus]

Rush the Cats.

[notyoueither]

Originally posted by Sir Ralph


This would be illogical, if we consider their statement about "approaching the capital according to plan". If they do this, a certain suspection would arise again.

That assumes the silk tounged one speaks the truth.

Given that they have placed many of their troops into kill zones this turn, they may not be too concerned with appearances, they may be more concerned with winning, whatever that takes.

[Harovan]

Originally posted by nbarclay
If we pull pikes out of Arashi, we make it a lot more tempting target.

Well, they don't see how many units are in Arashi, and don't know where the pikes came from. We could use the pikeman SS11 and one from Arashi, this wouldn't hurt much (Btw, how many do we have there? I can't see it from the shot and am unable to open the save at work).

[notyoueither]

BTW, can we get screenies of death by death without giving intel away? FP may find them valuable.

[nbarclay]

Voxian forces by location:

Monsoon 6-9 (mountains) - a vet immortal, a regular spearman, and two workers.
Monsoon 6 - two regular immortals.

Arashi 9 - An injured vet spear and a regular immortal
Arashi 6 - A vet immortal, an unjured regular immortal, an injred regular immortal (2/3), and a regular spearman. Only one vet unit in the stack.
Arashi 3 - Six vet immortals and one regular immortal. Note that I originally miscounted. Seven units, not eight.

Sandstorm 6-9 - Two veteran and one regular immortals. Vox lucked out: none are injured!

Sandstorm 9-9-9-8 - Two regular immortals. (I moved a galley 8 to spot them. That's the only move I've made so far.)

The GoW horsemen are an elite and a vet.

[nbarclay]

I forgot to switch Hurricane to a WC. Oops.

[Shiber]

FP: Thanks!
nbarclay: it's not there. Someone still has 'keep messages on server' turned off.

[notyoueither]

Where did they get an injured reg Immortal from at Arashi 6?

[nbarclay]

In my view, the fact that Vox's forces at Arashi 6 are mostly regular and one of them is injured makes them too good a target to pass up. If we don't do something about them, they can be at EotS just as quickly as any other Voxians can.