Jester Fool
Emperor
turnset 4; part 3 (~turn 229) :
Poor Roma Atani. At these odds, there is not much she can do to prevent me from winning the war.
Not much cash but this city will be a good beachhead for the war. I will attack Nagamima Ridge next while funneling new troops here in preparation for the assault on Sukka or Plastic Ridge.
I transport a heavy trooper from Ix as a defensive garrison. I want to conserve my treasury, if possible (to gain maximum flexibility), but will probably need the remaining units to be transported to Siqubiyah Pass if I am to hold it.
Where are you going? Another easy kill.
Apparently, Margot feels Roma has zero chance of winning the war. Maybe letting her build the Landsraad Council wasn't such a good idea after all. I am forced to defy the resolution. A forced peace treaty would demolish my momentum and allow Roma to build more defenses before I could re-declare. Not cool man (but a very good tactic by the AI). If the resolution gets enough votes to pass, I will then get the -5 happiness penalty in all of my cities for defying it (the dreaded "the world considers you a villian"). Like I said, a very good AI tactic.
Master Scytale decides to try and rid Dune of the Harkonnens. They are fairly evenly matched so I don't think much territory will change hands.
A large force is approaching (although not shown in this picture) so I am forced to transport more defensive troops.
Sorry, I can't afford to stop trading with the Harkonnens. Also, as I feared would be the case, I am now considered a villian. By raising my culture slider to 30%, I am able to prevent most of the resulting unhappiness (in conjunction with theatre halls which give +1 happy per 10% culture). Good shenanigan you just pulled on me Margot.
Ix has founded Thinking Machines. I am thinking I will want to try for a Diplo win (after securing a few vassals) so I won't be adopting a religion this particular game. Since I will get another GP in 9 turns, Covert Operations will be researched next for the free Spymaster. I will start another golden age once New Vernii produces its next GP.
Since I caught Roma offguard and her main stack is off fighting the Fremen, another lightly defended city falls prey to House Ix. I now control The Mudir Nahya's Dungeon. Nice! The goal is to now deal with Roma's stack camped outside of Siqubiyah Pass.
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