Phoenatica 1125 BC -- War with the Babylonians - Military Dept. Report
OpSit: AT WAR, With Babylon.
BARBARIAN Horde near Fox Nest ! (Circassians, says my Mil Advisor)
Army: 14 Warriors (13 reg, one vet). 1 reg Spearman, 3 workers.
Of those, 1 is pure scout, 1 is scouting but nearby, 1 stuck in America.
Military strength: 'Weak' compared to Babs, avg or weak to all others.
18 units, out of 28 allowed (Weak compared to India? Bah)
Given our food situation and LOUSY starting area, this isn't bad!
Units in production: 0 military. 1 settler.
Progress:
TWO cities with iron access founded
Barracks in progress, due in 5, 11 and 13/25
** Pherris was founded in the WRONG spot and will delay war for about 6
extra turns. ** (If this was Eyrei's decision, it's his call, but this
was *NOT* the spot discussed in forums! A strong request here was made
for one square SW of where it now stands. The lack of the flood plains
has slowed the city growth to a crawl, the overlap with PDX is bad,
and our long term food situation is worse, picking up more unneeded
mountains)
Yet to do... (only ten turns since last time, so decent progress made)
No iron connected. (Very soon, to Pherris)
No barracks (due in 5, 11 and 13)
Not much defense.
No attacker stronger than a warrior.
Lack horseback riding, down about 5 techs overall. (None 'crucial')
Build more warriors (Why is Eyr on temple?? Expansion gets it nothing.
Shailo's temple was a good call, allowing it to grow)
Cities sites to consider:
4) Coastal hill south of horses, SE of Fox Next. It's got coast, horses,
two spice, two fish, and two gold (!!) KEY KEY
3) Not a bad spot: The plain grassland near Khatova (2 SE then 2 South)
which has fresh water, a wheat, iron, and gold, all within city limits.
Distance to capital is 9. The hill one NE is good too, missing the wheat)
Decreased priority due to founding of #5, Civinator.
New) Coastal horse city NW of capital
Washington, NY and Philly!
Alliances:
We almost SURELY want to form an alliance with either Rome or Greece vs
Babylons. This will let us pursue our goals against America, will get them
in friend mode so if the other of the two attacks, we bring them in to that
war as well. Why them? Close neighbors, so having them on OUR side helps alot
to prevent a two front war later. Also with their UU's, they are *not* on the
ancient era conquest list. Also, war for them slows down their expansion up
toward Fox Nest
This alliance may NOT be cheap 8-\ I leave the choice of WHICH civ up to
Foreign affairs, and the prices may not be the same. They are equivalently
good in my mind. I trust Alex less, but Caesar is mildly annoyed at present
(the embassy itself might clear that up)
Military Objective:
This is now MUCH clearer in my mind! And very specific:
America- cities of Washington, New York and Philadelphia, then extort peace
for all their techs. If they don't give in, take San Fran or Boston,
but don't press on for their extermination (yet).
Why?
- These cities are *PRIME* sites, just wonderful land. If we started in that
land, we might have conquered a civ by now
- AI's tend to be ready to knuckle under once you take 3 cities
- The loss of those three would absolutely cripple Abe. We can take our times
finishing him off, and turn to more pressing threats.
- We are *WEAK* militarily, and need to get back to infrastructure and army
build up to stage a second 'cripple' campaign before the middle ages get
going.
- Those three cities are rather near our border. We can declare honestly,
march up, and crush those cities. That stack of 8 immortals will eat up
whatever they have, hands down.
- The best unit we know Abe has is warrior
- We take their iron AND horse supply with these cities.
- That clown has a settler right near PDX, I sense a settlement very soon
Call for feedback! We have two tactical choices - go for 'surprise' and
blitz attack and walk up to DC, NY, Philly, all in the same turn, with
3 stacks of 3. This would give us the element of surprise and there would
be no time at all for Abe to mount a defense. Plan 'B' is to send the Immortals
in as a "stack of doom", 8+ units (6 at a min, 9 is even better)
Because the borders of Philly and NY are *so* thin right now, it's just one
step from neutral land and war declaration to being on a forest (Philly) and
mountaintop (NY) for capture on the very next turn. DC is a little more territory
to cross before engaging.
CITIZENS! Post feedback and thoughts in the "War Church" Thread please!
There are going to be a ton of comments, I expect, and need to keep this
thread fairly clean. Thanks in advance!
Specific recommendations
_ **TURN THE CITY GOVERNOR OFF** It's on (again) in Pherris, Civinator, Eyr!
- Switch Shailo's citizen from fish to grassfield-mine
- Get a warrior near PDX back inside the city NOW
(already planned no doubt)
- Buy (not trade) territory map with Abe. Do NOT give world map, or gpt.
Territory map would get sold around to the world, so see if a small cash
gold sum will buy it
- Found '4' ASAP (with the Khatovar settler)
- Get #units up to #allowed, as vets and workers, asap.
- Establish embassy with Greece and/or Rome to allow next action
- Ally with Greece OR Rome vs Babs.
*** IF cost is too high, such that we don't have at LEAST 240 hard cash
leftover, we can't do this. We MUST have 240 to 320 gold for immortal
upgrades or we can kiss goodbye this window of war.
- After Pherris barracks up and 8 immortals trained, move them into
position outside Philly and NY, in neutral territory, and declare war.
This will be *14-17* turns from now
(So slow in fact,
we may end up seeing Babylon arrive at our door first
)
- Note we MAY be overrun by barbs in the capital. Consider switching Eyr to spear
- DO NOT CHANGE CITY FOUNDING SITES to be something totally undiscussed in
the forums!!! Pherris' location will cause a very undesired delay in the
beginning of the war vs America, and a delay in when Immortals come available.
General Charis
