State of the Empire - Term VI

[Chamnix]

Turnlog:

Accept 500 gold from FREE.

Completed:

Stealth bomber in Istanbul.
Modern armor in Yanagiba.
Worker in Zar’roc.
Stealth bomber in Facon.

All set to something…

Unit Moves:

Spoiler :

Recon, recon, recon. Find 2 privateers, but only one is within range of a destroyer. We sink it with no damage to our destroyer.

Since we are not attacking FREE yet, we continue bombing Council. First up – we recon their city closest to 640 shields The Gulag:



There are only 2 tiles that The Gulag could be working, and neither of them is producing any shields, so we move on to recon The Silo:



It is rioting, that’s nice. There are a few tiles unguarded that could be producing shields so we take care of them.

Tiles damaged:

W-NW of The Silo – rails, road, mine destroyed; cratered.
W-SW of The Silo - rails, road, mine destroyed; cratered.
N-NE of The Silo - rails, road, mine destroyed; cratered.

1 miss.

Next up, I want to hit The Igloo. We killed all its citizens, but we didn’t do much to its terrain, and I don’t want it to become a threat again suddenly if Council adds workers to it. Recon:



Hmm, looks like we did more damage to its terrain than I remember. Even still, we will take out its remaining improved unguarded tiles even though they are barricaded.

Tiles damaged:

E-NE of The Igloo – barricade, rails, road, fortress destroyed; cratered.
E-S of The Igloo - barricade, rails, road, fortress destroyed; cratered.
S-SE of The Igloo - barricade, rails, road, fortress destroyed; cratered.

1 miss

With no more important tiles vulnerable, we kill as many of The Gulag’s citizens as we can.

The Gulag:

7 citizens killed.
5 misses.

And The Gulag is size 1. The Silo’s citizens are about the only remotely relevant place to hit. We’re out of planes for now, so next turn, they will be our target.

Domestic Report:

88 towns
601 citizens (44% of world population – FREE @43%)
28 workers
34 slaves
1 settler

Treasury – 9269 gold and +1034 gpt.
Research – 18 beakers invested in Superconductor, due in 44 at 3 bpt (9,000 total needed).

Running 0% luxuries and 0% science.

Military Report:

We are strong compared to the Council.
We are strong compared to Babe.
We are strong compared to FREE.

Technology Report:

We are up Economics, Communism, Scientific Method, Sanitation, and Amphibious War on Babe.
We are up Economics, Communism, and Sanitation on FREE. We are up Communism and Stealth on Council.
1 tribe has Advanced Flight (Council).
2 tribes have Miniaturization.
2 tribes have The Laser.
2 tribes have Superconductor.
2 tribes have Satellites.

Wonder Update:

Council is building the Manhattan Project in The Gulag.
Council is building the United Nations in The Igloo.
We are building the Manhattan Project in Baldric.

Due to complete on Turn 289:

Mech infantry in Taiaha.
Modern Armor in Yatagan.
Mech infantry in Elear.
Nuclear Sub in What’s Plan B?.
Worker in Black Mamba.
Worker in Stiletto.
Worker in Rogue.
Worker in Ambassoador Hotel.

 

[Chamnix]

Turnlog:

Accept 500 gold from FREE.

Completed:

Mech infantry in Taiaha.
Modern Armor in Yatagan.
Mech infantry in Elear.
Nuclear Sub in What’s Plan B?.
Worker in Black Mamba.
Worker in Stiletto.
Worker in Rogue.
Worker in Ambassoador Hotel.

All set to something…

Unit Moves:

Spoiler :

Recon – we find 1 Council privateer, but we have nothing in range to sink it.

Back to smashing Council. Recon The Silo:



They left one tile available for us to hit so 2 bombers later, it is unimproved and cratered. Tile E-N of The Silo – rails, road, and mine destroyed; cratered.

Next we hit The Silo itself trying to kill citizens:

4/4 Modern Armor -> 2/4.
Miss.
3/3 Modern Armor ->2/3.
Citizen killed.
Citizen killed.
3/3 Modern Armor ->2/3.
2/3 Modern Armor ->1/3.
2/3 Modern Armor ->1/3.
Miss.
Shot down by enemy anti-aircraft.

Well that sucks.

Miss.
Miss.
Miss.
2/4 Modern Armor ->1/4.
Miss.
Miss.
Shot down by anti-aircraft fire.

Time to rethink this. We really don’t want to be losing stealth bombers before our mega-war with FREE, and it is not that important to continue to do damage to the Council, so I think we should go for softer targets. A quick check of the spreadsheet indicates that The Arboretum is now Council’s most productive city and in fact is closer to building a spaceship than The Silo. A quick recon shows:



Undefended except for the barricades, so we will hit The Arboretum’s tiles starting with food:

E-SE of The Arboretum: rail, road, irrigation destroyed; cratered.
N of The Arboretum: rail, road, irrigation, radar tower destroyed; cratered.
E of The Arboretum: rail, road, mine destroyed; cratered.
S-SE of The Arboretum: rail, road, mine destroyed; cratered.
SW of The Arboretum: rail, road, mine destroyed; cratered.
SE of The Arboretum: rail, road, mine destroyed; cratered.

2 misses.

Nice stack of FREE boats found, but not their aircraft carriers unfortunately:



More FREE boats but again no carriers:



Found 1 FREE Nuclear Sub 3E-1N of their smaller stack of boats.

Domestic Report:

88 towns
598 citizens (45% of world population – FREE @43%)
32 workers
34 slaves
1 settler

Treasury – 10803 gold and +1030 gpt.
Research – 21 beakers invested in Superconductor, due in 43 at 3 bpt (9,000 total needed).

Running 0% luxuries and 0% science.

Military Report:

We are strong compared to the Council.
We are strong compared to Babe.
We are strong compared to FREE.

Technology Report:

We are up Economics, Communism, Scientific Method, Sanitation, and Amphibious War on Babe.
We are up Economics, Communism, and Sanitation on FREE. We are up Communism and Stealth on Council.
1 tribe has Advanced Flight (Council).
2 tribes have Miniaturization.
2 tribes have The Laser.
2 tribes have Superconductor.
2 tribes have Satellites.

Wonder Update:

Council is building the Manhattan Project in The Gulag.
Council is building the United Nations in The Igloo.
We are building the Manhattan Project in Baldric.

Due to complete on Turn 290:

Mech infantry in Yanagiba.
Worker in Vorpal.

 

[Chamnix]

Turnlog:

Accept 500 gold from FREE.

Completed:

Mech infantry in Yanagiba.
Worker in Vorpal.

All set to something…

Unit Moves:

Spoiler :

Investigate Kazgungudom for 164 gold. Picture in FREE diplo thread.

Recon reveals 2 Council privateers (out of range) but nothing dangerous.

The Aerie is Council’s most productive city currently, so we send a stealth fighter to check it out:



Barricades are too annoying to bother with unless there are no other choices, but we will hit the other tiles:

NW of The Aerie: Rails, irrigation, road destroyed; cratered.
S of The Aerie: miss 3 times, then stop bothering.
W of Chamsuri’s Cove: miss, then road destroyed; cratered.

Target The Aerie directly:

Courthouse destroyed.
Citizen killed.
Miss.
Miss.
Citizen killed.
Miss.
Citizen killed.
Citizen killed.
Miss.
Citizen killed.
Miss.
Miss.
Citizen killed.

Pause for a bit. The Aerie is now size 6. We have 12 bombing runs remaining. We might as well send a stealth fighter to recon The Arboretum as that might be a useful city for them.



There are a couple vulnerable tiles so:

E-N of The Arboretum: Rails, mine, road destroyed; cratered.
E-S of The Arboretum: Rails, mine, road destroyed; cratered.

What else is even worth hitting at this point? Aim at The Arboretum directly:

Airport destroyed.
Citizen killed.
Citizen killed.
Miss.
Miss.
Citizen killed.
Miss.
Miss.

Domestic Report:

88 towns
45% of world population – FREE @44%
33 workers
34 slaves
1 settler

Treasury – 12170 gold and +1026 gpt.
Research – 24 beakers invested in Superconductor, due in 42 at 3 bpt (9,000 total needed).

Running 0% luxuries and 0% science.

Military Report:

We are strong compared to the Council.
We are strong compared to Babe.
We are strong compared to FREE.

Technology Report:

We are up Economics, Communism, Scientific Method, Sanitation, and Amphibious War on Babe.
We are up Economics, Communism, and Sanitation on FREE. We are up Communism and Stealth on Council.
1 tribe has Advanced Flight (Council).
2 tribes have Miniaturization.
2 tribes have The Laser.
2 tribes have Superconductor.
2 tribes have Satellites.

Wonder Update:

Council is building the Manhattan Project in The Gulag.
Council is building the United Nations in The Igloo.
We are building the Manhattan Project in Baldric.

Due to complete on Turn 291:

Mech infantry in Taiaha.
Nuclear Plant in Rapier.
Nuclear sub in Thelma.
Nuclear sub in Catclaw.

 

[Chamnix]

Turnlog:

Accept 500 gold from FREE.

Completed:

Mech infantry in Taiaha.
Nuclear Plant in Rapier.
Nuclear sub in Thelma.
Nuclear sub in Catclaw.

All set to something…

Unit Moves:

Spoiler :

Spend 9608 safely sabotaging production in Kazgungudom:



Spend 102 gold attempting to replant a spy in FREEland but fail.

Raise luxuries to 10% - maneuver some MPs around so that no cities should riot even if FREE cuts our luxury deal.

Recon – nothing.

Bombard a privateer to 1 hp then sink it with a veteran destroyer hoping for a promotion but no luck. At least our attacker stayed 4/4.

Council’s best city is now The Chamber, so we send a stealth fighter over to check it out:



Bombs around The Chamber:

Tile W of The Chamber – road, fortress destroyed; cratered.
Tile SW of The Chamber – road, fortress destroyed; cratered.
Tile S-W of The Chamber – fortress destroyed; cratered.
Tile NE of The Chamber – rails, road, fortress destroyed; cratered.
Tile N-NE of The Chamber – fortress destroyed; cratered.
Tile N-E of The Chamber – barricade, road, fortress destroyed; cratered.

1 miss

Every tile The Chamber can work is now cratered.

Bombing The Chamber directly:

7 citizens killed.
7 misses.

The Chamber is now size 1.

The next most productive town is The Silo again. Recon:



It looks like they actually care about that city, but even it is 18 turns away and not that many workers can be added to it to speed it up, so we look for a softer target. Council’s road system is worth destroying since eventually we have to land somewhere, so we look at The Gulag to see what roads are still paved:



That is kind of annoying. I don’t want to do any more recon because I want at least 2 fighters on air superiority, so I arbitrarily decide to pound tiles around The Treasury hoping they are unguarded:

Tile SE of The Treasury – road, irrigation destroyed (turns out that one was already cratered)
Tile E of The Treasury – rails, road, irrigation, fortress destroyed; cratered.

We are out of bombers.

Locate FREE’s subs – I’d like to make sure our carriers are out of their range, but we have to start moving our navy north to be in position for 295. FREE’s big stack is still close to where it was (5N-1E north of Sid City - I didn’t leave anything next to it to avoid attracting suspicion). I don’t know what happened to my pictures of the subs, but one was 7E-1NE of The Chamber, and the other was immediately E of our main stack of boats.

Domestic Report:

88 towns
45% of world population – FREE @44%
33 workers
34 slaves
1 settler

Treasury – 4026 gold and +908 gpt.
Research – 27 beakers invested in Superconductor, due in 41 at 3 bpt (9,000 total needed).

Running 10% luxuries and 0% science.

Military Report:

We are strong compared to the Council.
We are strong compared to Babe.
We are strong compared to FREE.

Technology Report:

We are up Economics, Communism, Scientific Method, Sanitation, and Amphibious War on Babe.
We are up Economics, Communism, and Sanitation on FREE. We are up Communism and Stealth on Council.
1 tribe has Advanced Flight (Council).
2 tribes have Miniaturization.
2 tribes have The Laser.
2 tribes have Superconductor.
2 tribes have Satellites.

Wonder Update:

Council is building the Manhattan Project in The Gulag.
Council is building the United Nations in The Igloo.
We are building the Manhattan Project in Baldric.

Due to complete on Turn 292:

Mech infantry in Yanagiba.
Nuclear submarine in Louise.
Nuclear submarine in New Saber Babes.

 

[Chamnix]

Turnlog:

Accept 500 gold from FREE.

Completed:

Mech infantry in Yanagiba.
Nuclear submarine in Louise.
Nuclear submarine in New Saber Babes.

All set to something…

Unit Moves:

Spoiler :

Spend 102 gold trying to plant a spy in Freeland but fail.
Recon uncovers a couple Council privateers, one of which we sink just because we can.

Much of the turn is spent massing naval power in and near Kafa so we are in position to attack FREE on our 294.

Our stack of carriers, transports, etc. has to start moving north with some intensity to be able to arrive on time.

We continue the trashing of Councilland and take out a few units that were left alone guarding tiles.

SE-SE of The Silo:

Modern Armor: 4/4->3/4->1/4->destroyed.
Railroad, road, irrigation destroyed; cratered.

S-SE of The Silo:

Modern Armor: 4/4->3/4->2/4->1/4->destroyed.
Railroad, road, irrigation destroyed; cratered.

NW of The Silo:

Modern Armor: 4/4->3/4->destroyed.
Modern Armor: 3/3->destroyed.
Railroad, road, irrigation destroyed; cratered.

S of The Silo:

Mech: 4/4->1/4->destroyed.
Modern Armor: 3/3->destroyed.
Railroad, road, mine, destroyed; cratered.

N-W of The Silo:

Mech: 4/4->3/4->1/4->destroyed.
Mech: 2/2->destroyed.

7 misses.

Whip a couple citizens and disband a few artillery in Babeland to rush the last few nuclear subs.

Domestic Report:

88 towns
45% of world population – FREE @44%
33 workers
34 slaves
1 settler

Treasury – 5332 gold and +913 gpt.
Research – 30 beakers invested in Superconductor, due in 40 at 3 bpt (9,000 total needed).

Running 10% luxuries and 0% science.

Military Report:

We are strong compared to the Council.
We are strong compared to Babe.
We are strong compared to FREE.

Technology Report:

We are up Economics, Communism, Scientific Method, Sanitation, and Amphibious War on Babe.
We are up Economics, Communism, and Sanitation on FREE. We are up Communism and Stealth on Council.
1 tribe has Advanced Flight (Council).
2 tribes have Miniaturization.
2 tribes have The Laser.
2 tribes have Superconductor.
2 tribes have Satellites.

Wonder Update:

Council is building the Manhattan Project in The Gulag.
Council is building the United Nations in The Igloo.
We are building the Manhattan Project in Baldric.

Due to complete on Turn 293:

Nuclear sub in Urfa.
Transport in The Bangles.
Nuclear sub in We Own This Now!
Worker in Zar’roc.
Nuclear sub in Smooth Move.
Modern Armor in Luscious Jackson.
Worker in Light Saber.
Worker in Riza.

 

[Chamnix]

Turnlog:

Accept 500 gold from FREE.

Completed:

Nuclear sub in Urfa.
Transport in The Bangles.
Nuclear sub in We Own This Now!
Worker in Zar’roc.
Nuclear sub in Smooth Move.
Modern Armor in Luscious Jackson.
Worker in Light Saber.
Worker in Riza.

All set to something…

Unit Moves:

Spoiler :

Plant a spy in Freeland for 102 gold.
Immediately sabotage production in Citadel of Ur for 4678 gold – successful, but we lost our spy.
Try to plant a spy in Freeland for 102 gold but fail.

I take lots of pictures to mark FREE’s boats’ locations. Our first four nuclear subs head out into the water toward FREE. These will be the final subs in the ship chain where the nukes will actually be launched from. Unfortunately, they end the turn in FREE’s sight.

Our main naval stack heads north away from Councilland to rendezvous with our subs next turn.

Our workers mine a couple irrigated tiles near Scymitar – it will be in negative food and have significant shield overrun, but I don’t want pollution making us miss the United Nations.

The traditional trashing of Council:

The Gulag:

Units injured x19.
Miss x7.
Citizen killed x4.

Chamsuri’s Cove:

Miss.
Marketplace destroyed.

A check of F3 shows we destroyed 5 modern armor and 1 mech infantry.

Domestic Report:

88 towns
45% of world population – FREE @44%
36 workers
34 slaves
1 settler

Treasury – 1863 gold and +906 gpt.
Research – 33 beakers invested in Superconductor, due in 39 at 3 bpt (9,000 total needed).

Running 10% luxuries and 0% science.

Military Report:

We are strong compared to the Council.
We are strong compared to Babe.
We are strong compared to FREE.

Technology Report:

We are up Economics, Communism, Scientific Method, Sanitation, and Amphibious War on Babe.
We are up Economics, Communism, and Sanitation on FREE. We are up Communism and Stealth on Council.
1 tribe has Advanced Flight (Council).
2 tribes have Miniaturization.
2 tribes have The Laser.
2 tribes have Superconductor.
2 tribes have Satellites.

Wonder Update:

Council is building the Manhattan Project in The Gulag.
Council is building the United Nations in The Igloo.
We are building the Manhattan Project in Baldric.

Due to complete on Turn 294:

The Manhattan Project in Baldric.
Worker in Salonika.
Mech infantry in Yanagiba.
Mobile SAM in Rapier.
Worker in Stiletto.
Worker in California Rattle Snake.

 

[Chamnix]

Turnlog:

No gold from FREE this turn.

Completed:

The Manhattan Project in Baldric.
Worker in Salonika.
Mech infantry in Yanagiba.
Mobile SAM in Rapier.
Worker in Stiletto.
Worker in California Rattle Snake.

All set to something…

Unit Moves:

Spoiler :

Fail to plant a spy in Freeland for 102 gold.
Jet Fighters 32, 35, 36, 38, and 39 defog some blackness and uncover 1 more cruiser and destroyer of FREE’s.
Destroyer 06 goes NW to defog the last tile.
More recon with jet fighters around our continents…
Nothing exciting to see, so it is showtime – start the war.

Starting with the FREE stack S-S of Fortress of Meleet. Bombard with cruisers:

AEGIS Cruiser Teal Taffeta 4/4->3/4.
Destroyer Sub Ambusher 4/4->2/4.
AEGIS Cruiser Teal Taffeta ¾->2/4.
AEGIS Cruiser Teal Taffeta 2/4->1/4.
Nuclear Sub Jenny Shepard 4/4->2/4.
Destroyer Sub Ambusher 2/4->1/4.
Nuclear Sub Jenny Shepard 2/4->1/4.

5/5 Cruiser (defensive bombard missed) vs. ¼ AEGIS Cruiser Teal Taffeta -> 5/5 Cruiser.
4/4 Cruiser vs. ¼ destroyer Sub Ambusher -> ¾ cruiser.
5/5 destroyer vs. ¼ nuclear sub Jenny Shepard -> 5/5 destroyer.

S-S-S of FreeToes. Bombard with destroyers:

Nuclear Sub Caitlin Todd 4/4->3/4.
Nuclear Sub Caitlin Todd ¾->2/4.

Bomb with bomber:

Nuclear Sub Caitlin Todd 2/4-> sunk.

E-E-E-S-S-S-S of Teal Domination. Bombard with destroyers:

Battleship Harry Callahan – missed.
Battleship Harry Callahan 4/4->3/4.
Battleship Harry Callahan ¾->2/4.
Destroyer Sub Xyster 4/4->3/4.
Destroyer Sub Attacker 4/4->3/4.
Destroyer Sub Exposer 4/4->2/4.
Destroyer Sub Xyster ¾->1/4.
Destroyer Sub Attacker ¾->1/4.

Bomb with Stealth Bombers:

Battleship Harry Callahan 2/4->sunk.
Destroyer Sub Exposer 2/4->sunk.
Destroyer Sub Xyster ¼->sunk.
Destroyer Sub Attacker ¼-> sunk.

E-E-E of Teal Domination. Bombard with destroyer:

Before I do that, our destroyer uncovers a battleship & cruiser north of the cruiser and destroyer that we are gunning for. Since neither of them can see our subs or reach either of our stacks, we can make them very low priority, but it’s always good to know they are there. Back to our regularly scheduled bombardment:

Cruiser Teal Tickler – missed.

Bomb with Stealth Bombers:

Cruiser Teal Tickler 4/4->2/4.
Stealth bomber shot down by anti-aircraft fire.
Destroyer Sub Zapper - missed.
Destroyer Sub Zapper – 4/4->2/4.
Cruiser Teal Tickler 2/4->sunk.
Destroyer Sub Zapper – 2/4->sunk.

Bombing Kazgungudom. Bomber:

Stealth Bomber 4/4->1/4.

Stealth Bombers:

Stealth Bomber 4/4->3/4.
Missed.
Stealth Bomber 4/4->2/4.
Stealth Bomber 3/4->1/4.
Missed.
Stealth Bomber 2/4->destroyed.
Bomber 3/3->destroyed.
Bomber 3/3->1/3.
Missed.
Bomber 3/3->1/3.
Stock Exchange destroyed.
Citizen killed.
Citizen killed.
Bomber 3/3->1/3.
Stealth bomber ¼->destroyed.
Stealth bomber ¼->destroyed.
Citizen killed.
Citizen killed.
Bomber 1/3->destroyed.

Bomb with stealth fighter:

Citizen killed.

N-N-E of Ankara:

Destroyer bombards 4/4 cruiser Free-bird to 2/4.

E-E-E of Antalya:

4/4 destroyer vs. 4/4 destroyer Sub Killer -> 5/5 destroyer.

N-E-E of Cattaraugus:

Destroyer bombards 4/4 cruiser Teal Terror to ¾.

S-S-W of The New Yard:

Destroyer bombards 4/4 destroyer Sub Seeker to ¾.
Destroyer bombards ¾ destroyer Sub Seeker to 2/4.
Destroyer bombards 2/4 destroyer Sub Seeker to 1/4.

5/5 destroyer vs. ¼ destroyer Sub Seeker -> 5/5 destroyer.

Domestic Report:

88 towns
45% of world population – FREE @44%
39 workers
34 slaves
1 settler

Treasury – 2667 gold and +916 gpt.
Research – 36 beakers invested in Superconductor, due in 38 at 3 bpt (9,000 total needed).

Running 10% luxuries and 0% science.

Military Report:

We are strong compared to the Council.
We are strong compared to Babe.
We are strong compared to FREE.

Technology Report:

We are up Economics, Communism, Scientific Method, Sanitation, and Amphibious War on Babe.
We are up Economics, Communism, and Sanitation on FREE. We are up Communism and Stealth on Council.
1 tribe has Advanced Flight (Council).
2 tribes have Miniaturization.
2 tribes have The Laser.
2 tribes have Superconductor.
2 tribes have Satellites.

Wonder Update:

Council is building the Manhattan Project in The Gulag.
Council is building the United Nations in The Igloo.
We have completed the Manhattan Project in Baldric.
We are building the United Nations in Scymitar.

Due to complete on Turn 295:

United Nations in Scymitar.
Tactical nuke in Georgetown.
Tactical nuke in Claymore.
Tactical nuke in Katana.
Tactical nuke in Elear.
Tactical nuke in Thanks for the Leaders.
Tactical nuke in Zweihander.
Tactical nuke in Babeout.
Tactical nuke in Mos Eisley.
Apollo Program in Tizona.
Worker in Vorpal.
Tactical nuke in Toymaker.
Tactical nuke in Damocles’ Sword.
Tactical nuke in Antalya.
Tactical nuke in Sinop.
Tactical nuke in Zonguladak.
Worker in Bingol.

 

[Chamnix]

Turnlog:

Completed:

Worker in Bingol.
United Nations in Scymitar.
Tactical nuke in Georgetown.
Tactical nuke in Claymore.
Tactical nuke in Katana.
Tactical nuke in Elear.
Tactical nuke in Thanks for the Leaders.
Tactical nuke in Zweihander.
Tactical nuke in Babeout.
Tactical nuke in Mos Eisley.
Apollo Program in Tizona.
Worker in Vorpal.
Tactical nuke in Toymaker.
Tactical nuke in Damocles’ Sword.
Tactical nuke in Antalya.
Tactical nuke in Sinop.
Tactical nuke in Zonguladak.

All set to something…

We choose not to hold elections for UN Secretary General .

Unit Moves:

Spoiler :

Fail to plant a spy in Freeland for 102 gold.
Recon of homelands reveal nothing.
See a couple FREE naval stacks in our attack zone.
Throw 4 nukes –

#1 sinks 12 of 22 of FREE’s boats near our attack zone.
#2 hits Freedom Central killing 6 citizens and destroying an airport (at least).
#3 hits southeast of Citadel of Ur but only kills 1 citizen in Citadel of Ur. I guess we need to hit cities directly whenever possible.
#4 hits Kazgungudom and kills 6 citizens (but misses the airport).

Our stealth bombers go after FREE’s naval stacks. We are not too lucky on the first stack as we have to use 12 stealth bombers to sink 4 ships, and we lose 1 stealth bomber and take 2 hps damage to the destroyer used to sink the final ¼ cruiser.

The attack on the southern stack of 10 goes better as we take only 1 stealth bomber more than the minimum and lose no stealth bombers but do lose another 2 hps on the destroyer used to sink the final redlined FREE ship.

We have 8 stealth bombers and 2 bombers to go. I think it would be good to bomb Citadel of Ur since it is FREE’s most productive city, and we can’t reach it with tactical nukes.

We kill 2 2/4 mech infantry, 5 citizens, and destroy a stock exchange.

Set mobilization to war-time.

We sink 2 privateers because we can. One destroyer stays 4/4, the other stays 5/5.
We find a FREE destroyer in the open seas generally northwest of Freeborn, bombard it to ¼ and sink it getting a regular battleship a promotion to 4/4.

We leave 1 empty transport “threatening” Sugar-Free Wheaties. Otherwise our boats retreat and spread out for the most part.

Domestic Report:

88 towns
46% of world population – FREE @41%
41 workers
34 slaves
1 settler

Treasury – 3480 gold and +905 gpt.
Research – 39 beakers invested in Superconductor, due in 37 at 3 bpt (9,000 total needed).

Running 10% luxuries and 0% science.

Military Report:

We are strong compared to the Council.
We are strong compared to Babe.
We are strong compared to FREE.

Wonder Update:

Council is building the United Nations in The Silo.
FREE is building the United Nations in Marad-Dur.
We have completed the United Nations in Scymitar.

Due to complete on Turn 296:

Tactical nuke in Tokat.
Worker in Storm.
Nuclear Sub in Kafa.

 

[Chamnix]

Turnlog:

Completed:

Tactical nuke in Tokat.
Worker in Storm.
Nuclear Sub in Kafa.

All set to something…

Unit Moves:

Spoiler :

Fail to plant a spy in Freeland for 81 gold.
Recon of homelands reveals nothing significant.

Disconnect FREE’s ivory using 2 bombers, 1 stealth bomber, and 1 nuke.
Drop nukes on Tower of Babel and Thessauronicleus. Tower of Babel had an ICBM in it.
Drop nuke on center of Sid City island killing 1 citizen per city and disconnecting ivory.

Recon the center of FREEland with a stealth fighter so we can see if we are hitting planes. Many cities were rioting .

Bomb the Kremlin trying to get planes, but hit structures and miss too often.
Sink a Council privateer flawlessly with a veteran destroyer.

Fail to locate Council’s new nuclear subs.

Whip some nukes in Babeland so we can launch another 3 next turn.

Domestic Report:

88 towns
47% of world population – FREE @41%
42 workers
34 slaves
1 settler

Treasury – 4271 gold and +817 gpt.
Research – 42 beakers invested in Superconductor, due in 36 at 3 bpt (9,000 total needed).

Running 10% luxuries and 0% science.

Military Report:

We are strong compared to the Council.
We are strong compared to Babe.
We are strong compared to FREE.

Wonder Update:

Nothing.

Due to complete on Turn 297:

Tactical nuke in Van.
Tactical nuke in Tokat.
Tactical nuke in Hysterectomy.

 

[Chamnix]

Turnlog:

Completed:

Tactical nuke in Van.
Tactical nuke in Tokat.
Tactical nuke in Hysterectomy.

All set to something to get mobilization shields.
Remobilize - Babe’s resignation cost us 1 turn of mobilization shields .

Unit Moves:

Spoiler :

Fail to plant a spy in Freeland for 81 gold.
Recon of homelands reveals nothing threatening, but we do find the following boats:

Privateer 5 north of the Whale Pond (sinkable).
Privateer 3 west, 1 southwest of The Whale Pond.
Privateer 5 west, 1 southwest of The Phoenix (sinkable).
FREE destroyer 3 southeast, 2 east of Wakizashi (sinkable, but a little awkward – we’ll see where we want our boats to end up to determine if that is really going to be sunk).
FREE cruiser 4 northwest, 1 west of Thelma.
FREE cruiser & destroyer 6 west of Lightsaber.
FREE battleship, cruiser, & 2 destroyers 8 west of Vorpal.

Send a stealth fighter to recon the 4 easternmost cities of FREE’s core:

Freedom Central still has no defensive units in it making it seem possible to capture next turn.

Hit Thombriel with a nuke knocking it to size 6. Thombriel had a mech infantry on top, but now its top unit is a 1/3 stealth bomber. On the way over there, we find FREE’s nuclear sub that sunk one of our subs last turn – sink it with a bomber.

There are some of our planes that can only reach SFW and Thesso so we bomb there hoping to hit planes/boats. Our first 4 bombers hit buildings in SFW, but our fifth and sixth redline and then destroy a stealth bomber. There are no planes in Thesso as we hit a mech infantry first.

We continue through cities looking for planes and destroy 7 total before setting up transports for next turn.

The Council waters are fairly complicated, but we successfully clear the waters losing 1 cruiser although some of our ships are vulnerable if the enemy has anything else in the area.

There is a FREE cruiser in the port of Freeborn.

Domestic Report:

88 towns
48% of world population – FREE @40%
42 workers
34 slaves
1 settler

Treasury – 5007 gold and +864 gpt.
Research – 45 beakers invested in Superconductor, due in 33 at 3 bpt (9,000 total needed).

Running 10% luxuries and 0% science.

Military Report:

We are strong compared to the Council.
We are strong compared to Babe.
We are strong compared to FREE.

Wonder Update:

Nothing.

Due to complete on Turn 298:

Tactical nuke in Izmit.
Tactical nuke in Woundhealer.
Tactical nuke in Of.
Worker in Black Mamba.
Worker in Zar’roc.

 

[Chamnix]

Turnlog:

Completed:

Tactical nuke in Izmit.
Tactical nuke in Woundhealer.
Tactical nuke in Of.
Worker in Black Mamba.
Worker in Zar’roc.

Choose not to hold elections for UN Secretary General.

Unit Moves:

Spoiler :

Fail to plant a spy in Freeland for 81 gold.

Recon of homelands reveals nothing threatening, but we do find some boats.

Nuke FREE 3 times. Send planes after visible boats. Land troops. See Commander in Chief thread for details.

Nuke Council. Sink Council’s lone nuclear sub and 2 privateers.

Disband some marines and artillery to get another nuclear sub and 2 more tactical nukes for next turn.

Domestic Report:

88 towns
49% of world population – FREE @39%
44 workers
34 slaves
1 settler

Treasury – 5790 gold and +867 gpt.
Research – 48 beakers invested in Superconductor, due in 34 at 3 bpt (9,000 total needed).

Running 10% luxuries and 0% science.

Military Report:

We are strong compared to the Council.
We are strong compared to Babe.
We are strong compared to FREE.

Wonder Update:

Nothing.

Due to complete on Turn 299:

Tactical nuke in I Got You Babe.
Tactical nuke in Wakizashi.
Tactical nuke in Triangle.
Worker in Smooth Move.
Worker in Rogue.
Worker in Ambassoador Hotel.
Nuclear Submarine in Kafa.

 

[Chamnix]

Turnlog:

Completed:

Tactical nuke in I Got You Babe.
Tactical nuke in Wakizashi.
Tactical nuke in Triangle.
Worker in Smooth Move.
Worker in Rogue.
Worker in Ambassoador Hotel.
Nuclear Submarine in Kafa.

Unit Moves:

Spoiler :

Fail to plant a spy in Freeland for 81 gold.
Fail to steal Satellites safely from the Council for 3452 gold and lose our spy (5% chance ).
Fail to plant spy in Council for 82 gold.

I rename all our subs clever things so I can make sure I don’t mess up the chaining, and we get 3 nukes within a tile of Freedom Central.





Recon Freedom Central.

Nuke #1 lands east of Freedom Central killing 1 marine and 1 worker and leaving 3 units 2/4.
Nuke #2 lands south of Freedom Central killing 1 modern armor, and Freedom Central is unguarded!!
We have an extra nuke for something.

East of Freedom Central we kill a 2/4 mech with a stealth bomber, then a 2/4 modern armor captures Freedom Central!





We sell all 4 improvements in Freedom Central for a total of 205 gold.

The capital moved to Marad-Dur, so nuking a city like Azurra Coast doesn’t look very appealing anymore, so we throw the third nuke at the newly first ring city of Liberty Bell.

Nuke #3 hits Liberty Bell killing 5 citizens and at least 1 worker.

With not much else to shoot at, our bombers take aim at Thessauronicleus:

Stealth Bomber: Bank destroyed.
Stealth Bomber: University destroyed.
Stealth Bomber: 4/4 Mech infantry->1/4 and it is still on top.
Stealth Bomber: Citizen killed.
Stealth Bomber: Citizen killed.
Stealth Bomber: 1/4 mech infantry destroyed. 2/4 marine appears on top.
Stealth Bomber: 2/4 marine killed. The city is unguarded.

Tile SW of Thessauronicleus:

Stealth Bomber: 4/4 marine -> 2/4.
Stealth Bomber: 2/4 marine killed.

4/17 modern armor army captures Thessauronicleus and 9 gold.
Sell a factory for 60 gold.

Tile 5 SW of Louise:

Stealth Bomber: 4/4 destroyer -> ¾
Stealth Bomber: ¾ destroyer ->2/4.
Stealth Bomber: 2/4 destroyer sunk.

Kill some miscellaneous units before leaving FREE’s territory:

S-S-S of Freedom Central:

4/4 modern armor vs. 2/4 marine -> ¾ modern armor.

S-S of Freedom Central:

8/16 modern armor army vs. 2/4 modern armor -> 7/16 modern armor army.

S-S-E of Freedom Central:

7/16 modern armor army vs. 2/4 mech infantry -> 4/16 modern armor army.

Finally, we start working over their new capital Marad-Dur:

Stealth Bomber: Citizen killed.
Stealth Bomber: Citizen killed.
Stealth Bomber: Citizen killed.
Stealth Bomber: Citizen killed.
Stealth Bomber: Citizen killed.
Stealth Bomber: Citizen killed.
Stealth Bomber: Stock Exchange destroyed.
Stealth Bomber: Marketplace destroyed.
Stealth Bomber: Library destroyed.
Stealth Bomber: Courthouse destroyed.

To Councilland:

Nuclear missile hits The Gulag killing another 3 citizens.

Domestic Report:

88 towns
51% of world population – FREE @37%
47 workers
34 slaves
1 settler

Treasury – 3325 gold and +868 gpt.
Research – 51 beakers invested in Superconductor, due in 33 at 3 bpt (9,000 total needed).

Running 10% luxuries and 0% science.

Military Report:

We are strong compared to the Council.
We are strong compared to FREE.

Wonder Update:

Universal Suffrage being constructed by the Council in The Silo.

Due to complete on Turn 300:

Army in Scymitar.
Nuclear Sub in Georgetown.
Nuclear Sub in Katana.
Tactical nuke in Yanagiba.
Nuclear Sub in Estoc.
Tactical nuke in Babe No More.
Stealth Bomber in Electra.
Worker in Bingol.

 

[Chamnix]

Turnlog:

Completed:

Army in Scymitar.
Nuclear Sub in Georgetown.
Nuclear Sub in Katana.
Tactical nuke in Yanagiba.
Nuclear Sub in Estoc.
Tactical nuke in Babe No More.
Stealth Bomber in Electra.
Worker in Bingol.

Unit Moves:

Spoiler :

Fail to plant spy in Council for 82 gold.
Plant a spy in Freeland for 82 gold.
Steal Satellites safely from FREE for 3308 gold.

Recon reveals 3 FREE ships N-N-N-NE of Dusty Harbor which we should be able to sink.

Domestic Report:

88 towns
51% of world population – FREE @36%
48 workers
34 slaves
1 settler

Treasury – 721 gold and +848 gpt.
Research – 54 beakers invested in Superconductor, due in 32 at 3 bpt (9,000 total needed).

Running 10% luxuries and 0% science.

Military Report:

We are strong compared to the Council.
We are strong compared to FREE.

Wonder Update:

Universal Suffrage being constructed by the Council in The Silo.

Due to complete on Turn 300:

ICBM in Taiaha.
Nuclear Sub in Ankara.
Nuclear Sub in Claymore.
ICBM in Yatagan.
Carrier in Demise.
Worker in Zar’roc.
Transport in Kukri.
Worker in Riza.

 

[Chamnix]

Turnlog:

Completed:

ICBM in Taiaha.
Nuclear Sub in Ankara.
Nuclear Sub in Claymore.
ICBM in Yatagan.
Carrier in Demise.
Worker in Zar’roc.
Transport in Kukri.
Worker in Riza.

Plant a spy in Council for gold.
Investigate The Gulag for gold.
Investigate The Igloo for gold.
Investigate The Silo for gold.

Unit Moves:

Spoiler :

Add workers to Baldric.
Use stealth bombers on FREE starting with Ninhursag-Ki.
Launch 3 nukes at Council – one of them kills a few workers.
Move ships generally toward Council.
Locate another stack of 6 FREE boats – this time it is 4 cruisers, a destroyer, and a transport. We don’t have enough to battle them, but we bombard once to weaken them a little.
We have one carrier still healing so a few bombers are rebased near FREE’s known boat stacks.

Domestic Report:

88 towns
53% of world population – FREE @35%
44 workers
34 slaves
1 settler

Treasury – 1189 gold and +883 gpt.
Research – 57 beakers invested in Superconductor, due in 31 at 3 bpt (9,000 total needed).

Running 10% luxuries and 0% science.

Military Report:

We are strong compared to the Council.
We are strong compared to FREE.

Wonder Update:

Universal Suffrage being constructed by the Council in The Silo.

Due to complete on Turn 301:

Worker in Stiletto.
Worker in Storm.
Worker in California Rattle Snake.

 

[Chamnix]

Turnlog:

Completed:

Worker in Stiletto.
Worker in Storm.
Worker in California Rattle Snake.

Unit Moves:

Spoiler :

We have a very successful nuke sinking all except the transport which is easily taken care of by destroyers. No land units were aboard the transport.

I decide to use other ships to bombard FREE’s boats in their cities to keep them from being repaired and so we can hopefully sink them with planes in a turn or two. However, when we move next to the cities, we discover that they have no land units in them, and we have a transport in range. A marine hops over to the island, and we capture Sid City.

We spend 22 gold investigating Martin Luther King Jr. to see how many units are in it:

Interesting notes – they seem to have war weariness , but how do they have 5 sources of aluminum but no other resources??

Anyway, we unload our modern armor army who kills the modern armor, but I didn’t realize that was a hill so it then captures Sid City but doesn’t have movement left to capture MLK. I’m not sure I played that the best way possible but too late now.

Next we batter The Silo some more taking out its only 2 roaded tiles.

Then we take out the tile southeast of Chamsuri’s Cove to insure that no tactical nuke can reach the coast this turn. While we are doing that, we see a jet fighter in Chamsuri’s Cove and take a couple shots at that but kill a citizen and destroy a courthouse instead of damaging it.

We sink 3 FREE boats off the coast of Babeland with stealth bombers and eliminate one of Council’s privateers with a destroyer.

Transports are moving toward FREE’s remaining small island.

Domestic Report:

90 towns
54% of world population – FREE @35%
47 workers
34 slaves
1 settler

Treasury – 2056 gold and +892 gpt.
Research – 60 beakers invested in Superconductor, due in 30 at 3 bpt (9,000 total needed).

Running 10% luxuries and 0% science.

Military Report:

We are strong compared to the Council.
We are strong compared to FREE.

Wonder Update:

Universal Suffrage being constructed by the Council in The Silo.

Due to complete on Turn 303:

Transport in Katana.
Stealth fighter in Istanbul.
Worker in Black Mamba.
Worker in Smooth Move.
Stealth fighter in Facon.
Stealth fighter in Cattaraugus.
Tactical nuke in Dirk.
Stealth fighter in Kris.
Worker in Lightsaber.

 

[Chamnix]

Turnlog:

Completed:

Transport in Katana.
Stealth fighter in Istanbul.
Worker in Black Mamba.
Worker in Smooth Move.
Stealth fighter in Facon.
Stealth fighter in Cattaraugus.
Tactical nuke in Dirk.
Stealth fighter in Kris.
Worker in Lightsaber.


Unit Moves:

Spoiler :

See battle logs for fighting.
Whip a worker in Sid City – this worker will become an airfield, and we will airlift other workers/a few units over.
A transport carrying only a 2/4 marine “threatens” The Nursery and The New Yard. It is defended by 2 destroyers (Council has 8 bombers, so 1 destroyer may not have been enough to prevent death by planes).
I think Babeland is now 100% barricaded on non-coastal tiles.
We sink another Council privateer.

Domestic Report:

90 towns
56% of world population – FREE @35%
50 workers
34 slaves
1 settler

Treasury – 2948 gold and +893 gpt.
Research – 63 beakers invested in Superconductor, due in 29 at 3 bpt (9,000 total needed).

Running 10% luxuries and 0% science.

Military Report:

We are strong compared to the Council.
We are strong compared to FREE.

Wonder Update:

Universal Suffrage being constructed by the Council in The Silo.

Due to complete on Turn 304:

Worker in Salonika.
ICBM in Elear.
Worker in Sid City.
Stealth fighter in New BABE.
Stealth fighter in Sinop.
Worker in Bingol.

 

[Chamnix]

Turnlog:

Completed:

Worker in Salonika.
ICBM in Elear.
Worker in Sid City.
Stealth fighter in New BABE.
Stealth fighter in Sinop.
Worker in Bingol.


Unit Moves:

Spoiler :

Investigate The Silo for 73 gold.
Drop 2 nukes on FREE’s stacks containing transports sinking 8 loaded transports and most of their guardians.
Drop 2 nukes on Council killing many workers.
Sink 4 redlined FREE ships near Cattaraugus with planes.
Investigate Dusty Harbor for 74 gold – I know it is not a priority, but if it is easy to take, why not? Only 1 mech defending it, and we can destroy a plane. Spend 26 gold on Monte Cristo and 57 on Footloose - one mech defending each. We need at least 2 modern armor to take both, so we can’t bring a marine army. We will have to use a marine (or more).
Attempted this turn and failed losing 2 marines. We will try again next turn.
As we are shifting subs around, we see that The New Yard is undefended so we capture it, sell improvements and abandon it.
We sink a privateer again.

Domestic Report:

90 towns
57% of world population – FREE @35%
52 workers
34 slaves
1 settler

Treasury – 3704 gold and +893 gpt.
Research – 66 beakers invested in Superconductor, due in 28 at 3 bpt (9,000 total needed).

Running 10% luxuries and 0% science.

Military Report:

We are strong compared to the Council.
We are strong compared to FREE.

Wonder Update:

Universal Suffrage being constructed by the Council in The Silo.

Due to complete on Turn 305:

Worker in Zar’roc.
Stealth Bomber in Cat’s Pajamas.

 

[Chamnix]

Turnlog:

Completed:

Worker in Zar’roc.
Stealth Bomber in Cat’s Pajamas.


Unit Moves:

Spoiler :

Recon of The Silo confirms that it is in disorder. There is a stack of 5 workers near 1 settler, but we can’t reach them with our sole tactical nuke even if we wanted to.

Capture FREE’s cities (except 1 that autorazed) on their remaining small island and got a great leader.

Sink all FREE’s boats that we can including their nuclear sub. Find 3 boats that we cannot sink this turn.

Move a transport within range of The Nursery for next turn.

Attempt to kill 3 citizens in The Silo with stealth bombers so we don’t have to worry about it later, but only kill 2 and miss a lot.

There is absolutely nothing left to do on Babeland, so we convert a few slaves to airfields.

Domestic Report:

92 towns
58% of world population – FREE @35%
53 workers
29 slaves
1 settler

Treasury – 4600 gold and +900 gpt.
Research – 69 beakers invested in Superconductor, due in 27 at 3 bpt (9,000 total needed).

Running 10% luxuries and 0% science.

Military Report:

We are strong compared to the Council.
We are strong compared to FREE.

Wonder Update:

Universal Suffrage being constructed by the Council in The Silo.

Due to complete on Turn 306:

ICBM in Scymitar.
Stealth Bomber in Iznik.
Tactical nuke in Bursa.
Stealth fighter in Babeout.
Worker in Rogue.

 

[Chamnix]

Turnlog:

Completed:

ICBM in Scymitar.
Stealth Bomber in Iznik.
Tactical nuke in Bursa.
Stealth fighter in Babeout.
Worker in Rogue.


Unit Moves:

Spoiler :

Continued destruction and landing prep. I didn’t feel we were very lucky this turn.

Domestic Report:

92 towns
59% of world population – FREE @34%
54 workers
29 slaves
1 settler

Treasury – 5500 gold and +907 gpt.
Research – 72 beakers invested in Superconductor, due in 26 at 3 bpt (9,000 total needed).

Running 10% luxuries and 0% science.

Military Report:

We are strong compared to the Council.
We are strong compared to FREE.

Wonder Update:

Universal Suffrage being constructed by the Council in The Silo.

Due to complete on Turn 307:

Tactical nuke in Baldric.
Stealth fighter in Izmit.
Carrier in Wakizashi.
ICBM in Zweihander.
Tactical nuke in Damocles’ Sword.
Worker in Kukri.
Worker in Riza.

 

[Chamnix]

Turnlog:

Completed:

Tactical nuke in Baldric.
Stealth fighter in Izmit.
Carrier in Wakizashi.
ICBM in Zweihander.
Tactical nuke in Damocles’ Sword.
Worker in Kukri.
Worker in Riza.


Unit Moves:

Spoiler :

Capture The Nursery and The Institute with one worker who is immediately executed. Sell improvements in both before abandoning.
2 tactical nuclear missiles dropped on stack N-NE of The Nursery killing all except 2 redlined modern armor which are finished with planes.
3 bombers destroyed.
Transports continue their slow sail toward Council.

Domestic Report:

92 towns
59% of world population – FREE @35%
56 workers
29 slaves
1 settler

Treasury – 6580 gold and +898 gpt.
Research – 75 beakers invested in Superconductor, due in 25 at 3 bpt (9,000 total needed).

Running 10% luxuries and 0% science.

Military Report:

We are strong compared to the Council.
We are strong compared to FREE.

Wonder Update:

Universal Suffrage being constructed by the Council in The Silo.

Due to complete on Turn 307:

Carrier in Claymore.