Also, we should crank the science slider back up and convert the taxmen to scientists. The excess cash is not nearly as valuable as new techs and the fun stuff they'll bring. I would deficit research here if we need to since it will produce so many free techs with the wonders.
With all the libs, unis and research labs I'd think we can get 4 turn research again.
Major point: New techs should be discovered every 4 and not 12 turns not to fall behind! It is urgent and important to have enough scientists and/or money for doing so!
You guys didn't read the whole Turn log.
That Tech started at 12 Turns during the IBT. I can't control squat during the IBT. After the IBT, I converted Taxmen to Scientists all over to get the Tech down to 4 Turns. Didn't have to touch the slider.
I understand that it's important to get techs in 4 Turns.
Thanks, Ivan! Hope you are enjoying the show as much as we are enjoying the game. It's nice to have an audience, too.
All the extras I throw in do make my Turn log posts take FOREVER to put together, though...
(minor point): (War)Ships should be named after the historical conventions.
Aw, man... Those 2 were named as a tiny memorial to deceased CFCers who contributed to all of us who play Civ3. I didn't think anyone would object.
The rest of the ships I named are accurate. Been doing lots of time-consuming research.
We have more warships (& army divisions) than Japan did historically during this period... More names will open up as time passes, but we'll probably have more units than historical names to give them from here on.
Stereoview of a Japanese band ca. 1899-1901. Rock on!
IBT
-Spain & Filipino Natives sign a peace treaty. They've learned to share their toys.
-The British navy makes waves. A torpedo boat & 2 cruisers steam up to Guam's waters from the south. A Steam Transport escorted by a cruiser leaves Shanghai heading south. The torpedo boat that previously sank the Russian Perseviet Class BB east of Japan pulls into Hong Kong for repairs.
-The Russian navy draws blood. The Perseviet Class BB previously spotted by Midway Island steams south & sinks one of the British cruisers near Guam without incurring damage. Several Russian BBs are steaming out of Vladivostok around the north shore of Japan & south along our coast.
Blocking Port Arthur was a great move, Klyden!
-The French continue losing units attacking German Tsingtao. Looked like 2 Foreign Legion & 4 cavalry bit the dust with no German losses. The French navy has showed up with several cruisers steaming north toward Tsingtao.
-Sapporo produces a Japanese Infantry! A Kashima Class BB is ordered to be complete in 4 Turns. (BBs are cheaper to build than Infantry. Japanese Infantry would have taken 7 Turns.)
Stereoview of a parade of old samurai ca. 1899-1901.
-Kagoshima produces a Kashima Class BB! A Japanese Infantry is ordered to be complete in 3 Turns.
-T'aipei launches a Steam Transport! (Crap. Now I have to find another ship name.) Japanese Infantry is ordered to be complete in 9 Turns.
-Seoul produces a Japanese Infantry! A Maxim MG Btln Japan is ordered to be complete in 5 Turns.
Week 5, 1901. Turn 79.
-(Gunboat) Hyuga reaches Ryukyu Islands.
-Japanese Infantry from Sapporo marches to barracks in Kagoshima.
-The 3 Raw Materials from Korea reach Osaka & are cashed in!
Onagadori bird ca.1908-1915. Tail feathers reported as 24 feet long. Tastes like chicken.
-It occurs to me that we can blockade Vladivostok as we did Port Arthur thereby neutralizing that powerful port. The Russians have allot of BBs operating from there. (Gunboat) Fuso, near Pusan, is ordered north toward Sapporo. (Gunboat) Hei Yen, at Ryukyu Islands, steams north as well to complete the blockade when it arrives.
-Kashima Class BB @ Kagoshima renamed (BB) Sagami.
(Russian ship Perseviet sunk in Port Arthur, 1904. Salvaged & renamed by Japanese, 1905. Returned to Russia, 1916. Sunk, 1917. Getting tough to name our Kashimas...)
Steams to Ryukyu Islands.
-Japanese Infantry from Seoul marches to barracks in Hamhung. They begin learning key phrases in Spanish (just in case they show up) such as:
"I surrender!"
"Where is the bathroom?"
"The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain."
-The last road in Korea is completed. Timber Hills west of Pusan & Coal Hills east of Seoul now being laid with rails.
-The 3 steamships from Pusan arrive in Kagoshima & dock. There are 4 transports there now waiting to take on cargo.
-Steam Transport in T'aipei renamed (TR) Echigo Maru. (Built 1883. Can't find info on it's fate, but it was operating out of Yokohama in 1909.)
-The attack on Guam continues!
1st, we march around the city 7 times blowing on horns. When that doesn't have any effect, we build trebuchets & launch the carcasses of diseased cattle into the city. That doesn't seem to work, either, so we turn to more modern methods.
The fleet bombards, red-lining all enemy units.
The (JC) 1st Cavalry Brigade attacks 3 Spanish Colonial Infantry destroying them & attaining "elite" status while taking some casualties (getting yellow-lined).
A Japanese Cavalry attacks & destroys the 4th & last Spanish Colonial Infantry & 2 Spanish Colonial Infantry attaining "elite" status & taking slight casualties.
The (JI) Imperial Guards Division attacks & destroys a Colonial Sentry Brigade taking casualties.
The (JI) 1st Infantry Brigade attacks & destroys a Colonial Sentry Brigade taking no casualties & capturing the city!!!
We only capture 1 Raw Materials, but it's better than a kick in the teeth. I missed seeing how much gold we captured.
A Colonial Government Building is ordered to be completed in 7 Turns. I leave all the Specialists as Entertainers so the city isn't in revolt next Turn when some Resisting Laborers are quelled.
-Raw Materials from Guam are loaded onto (TR) Akita whish sets off for Kagoshima escorted by a Harusame Class DD.
-(JI) 7th Division & (JI) 8th Division tasked to garrison Guam. Everyone else who has a movement point remaining is loaded onto transports & the fleet steams south toward Caroline Islands. (TR) Kobayashi Maru & (DD) Arare remain to load & transport the cavalry divisions that got shot up attacking Guam next Turn. The injured units will have to heal while @ sea.
-(TR) Echigo Maru from T'aipei, escorted by a Harusame Class DD from Ryukyu Islands steams for Guam to await Raw Materials from either there or Caroline Islands when it's captured.
-The 4 Gunboats & 2 Kashima Class BBs in Ryukyu Islands lift anchor & depart heading south to counter any Spanish ships that may come up from Manilla.
-Rush Financial Institution in Kuril Islands for 796 gold. Convert all Civil Engineers to Taxmen.
-A couple of other Improvement builds could be rushed, but they'd cost over 1000 gold so I'll let 'em build another Turn & check again.
-Current Victory Points top 5: British Empire 607, Russia 547, France 533, USA 476, German Empire 447. We've dropped to 6th Place with 441... Gotta get those Pacific colonies producing ASAP.
[IBT]
-France's attack on Tsingtao continues. The Germans lost a defender. Didn't see how many units the French lost. One of the French cruisers reaches Tsingtao & bombards it. More French cruisers come up from the south heading past Formosa toward Tsingtao.
-A huge British fleet comes out of Shanghai steaming south. It's currently next to T'aipei... Not good. A traitorous entrepeneur opens up a fish & chips restaurant there.
Two more British cruisers sail up to Guam from the south.
-Russian BBs are just steaming up & down Japan's east coast. The Perseviet Class BB north of Guam sinks another British cruiser without taking damage.
-Tokyo completes the Artillery School!
A Japanese Infantry is ordered complete in 2 Turns.
-Osaka builds a Newspaper Company! A Kashima Class BB is ordered to be complete in 3 Turns.
-The resistance in Guam has ended! A bayonet in the gut usually has that effect. They are, however, rioting. I hire some more Entertainers & order a shipload of salsa to fix that.
Eventually, they're gonna have to learn the joys of teriyaki.
-Kuril Islands builds a Financial Institution! A Stock Exchange is ordered to be complete in 10 Turns.
Japanese Financial Institution. Stereoview of an insect cage seller in Japan ca. 1899-1901. Pet crickets, beetles, etc. were popular.
Week 9, 1901. Turn 80.
-Getting a better look, the French have 9 Gloire Class CAs in sight heading north to Tsingtao. I'm just impressed they can operate that far from a bakery.
-The British fleet that steamed south out of Shanghai consists of 9 Diadem Class CAs & 5 Steam Transports. They are in the strait between Formosa & China. Being @ war with Russia, shouldn't they be heading north? The good news is they didn't land anything on Formosa. They could have if they wanted to.
-The 4 Gunboats & 2 Kashima Class BBs out of Ryukyu Islands continue south past Formosa without spotting any Spanish ships. Again, my intention with them is to counter any Spanish ships sent north from Manilla. T'aipei is not well defended, yet...
-Our fleet arrives @ Caroline Islands & bombards the joint!
All defenders are red-lined & a Spanish Steam Transport is sunk in the harbor. Our transports offload 7 Japanese Infantry & 5 Japanese Cavalry. ChaosArbiter will have the honor of taking the town next Turn!
-Colonial Conscript Workers finish whatever they were doing in the Hills between Akita & Sendai. They are all renamed Paiwan Laborer. (I think they all came from T'aipei & the Paiwan were the indiginous people of Formosa in the 19th century.) They are sent to help mine the Mountains & Hills east of Sapporo.
-The 3 Japanese Cavalry that were left behind in Guam last Turn board the (TR) Kobayashi Maru & head for Caroline Islands escorted by (DD) Arare. They are leaning over the bow of the ship shouting, "Hey guys! Wait for us!"
-Looking around the map, I don't see any cities that have changed hands in the many wars going on since Lome fell to France. I'm guessing France will continue to batter Tsingtao, but they will probably take German Garoua in Africa next.
-Convert 3 Civil Engineers & 1 Scientist in Osaka to Taxmen. Airships will still complete in 2 Turns.
-Rush Naval Base in Ryukyu Islands for 928 gold. All Civil Engineers converted to Taxmen.
-No sign, yet, of Spanish warships or a Spanish attack on Korea. Must be running the bulls in Pamplona.
Future Notes
-It's possible to take Caroline Islands next Turn & Davao the Turn after because there's only 3 tiles between them.
There are plenty of transports in Kagoshima to send reinforcements south to keep up the momentum & a few more BBs are about to launch.
-Airships will complete in 2 Turns then go for Industrialization II. See Klyden's notes a couple of pages back for more detail.
-Get some defense in T'aipei. It's arse is hanging out way too far.
-Watch the war in Europe. If Germany & France make peace, Spain will have an easier time getting to Korea overland.
-If we can get Spain's Pacific colonies mopped up before the war between France & Germany ends, we'll have a perfect opportunity to go for battered German Tsingtao. It's unlikely their war will last that long, though.
-Don't forget to start prebuilds in Tokyo & Kagoshima for the Wonders that come with Industrialization II.
-There are 2 Gunboats on their way to the coast near Sapporo. They can finish blocking Vladivostok's access to the Pacific. This is important because Russia is cranking out BBs there &, when the time comes, it's easier to sink them in port than deal with them at sea.
-If you talk to His Majesty, give him my love.
ChaosArbiter is up!
Prime Minister El Justo is on deck!
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My 5-year-old really likes Whomp's Kiss panda avatar.
