Aluminium needed

[Frodo Bolson]

My civilization covers almost all the continent in wich I am. I don't have any millitary more than a warrior per city to keep barbarians away, and I don't need it. I played the game peacefully, buildings tons of wonders and culture buildings, and from time to time another city revolts and want to join my civilization. Almost a half of my empire consists of reformed cities, and even my possesion of coal was provided this way.

But now, I have a problem. I am ready to build the spaceship, but for that I need alluminium. I carefully checked all the map, and all the alluminium sites are controlled by other cities. I tried to import it in a negociation, maybe exchanging a supply of it for some gold, but those civilizations (wich have a road over the resource) don't list it. Maybe it was because they have not discovered rocketry yet, so I could give rocketry to the less advanced one (the one who would not be able to get much use of it), but it is not listed among the advances I can give.
The other way would be to conquer the city, but as I said my millitary is just for barbarians and if I begin a war I would soon die. I can't wait for the culture join to happen, if it ever happens, so I could use some propaganda in that city, but when I tried to do it a message tells me that they are inmune to propaganda. It wouldn't be advisable to wait until they are in my position, I don't want to loose my advantage in the space race, so any of you have any other idea?

 

[OIS]

build a stronger millitary? >:->

 

[Woody]

I think you have to give them all the advances leading up to rocketry before you can give them it.

 

[dozenlong]

Toast em. I was in the exact same problem and lost a space race--I mounted a military compaign too late...my score was nearly double that of my nearest opponent on the Monarch level, but they had aligned against me for the most part. Hence...I lost. A valiant campaign, but in a technologically equal battle I could not muster enough tanks to crush them entirely.

Bottom line...aluminum is valuable. Kill to get it.

 

[Frodo Bolson]

I have a very high culture. Can I expect that, if I lost a city in a battle, it would become mine again after some turns, as I read it happens when the player conquer cities?

 

[dozenlong]

Not as likely...raze the cities. All of those other nationals will revolt at the first hint of their own culture. Raze it and bring a settler if you want.