Empire Management

[General_W]

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State of the Empire
Presidential Update

Turn: 57
Year: 1625 BC

Headlines:
Barbarians Surround KISS! Assyrian Bane reports sighting 2 Barbs from safety of a Mountain peak.

Settler Christened "Flaxon Musk" – continues long and heroic journey to secure spices.

KISS capital city of "Simpleton" believed sighted! Trusty Guppy repots only minor problems with customs…


Domestic Summary:

We have 6 cities, 64 gold, and 92 culture.

We are set at 90% science, 10% Luxury, and 0% Economy – for a Net loss of 1 gold per turn.

Research: Continued work on Map Making. Est time: 7 turns

We are currently building:

Athens: Settler (2)
Black Hole: Pyramids (197)
Heron: Granary (1)
Virtuoso: Worker (1)
EMP City: Granary (8)
Meleagerville: Barracks (33)​

We have 9 workers:

Jarom: Chopping Forest NE of EMP city (ETC: 1)
M4 Sherman: Chopping Forest NW of EMP city (ETC: 1)
Chamnix: Chopping forest E of Meleagerville (ETC: 1)
Rambuchan: Irrigating desert by Athens (ETC: 1)
enter ‘name’ here: Helping Rambuchan Irrigate (ETC:1)
General W: Roading Grassland north of Heron (ETC: 2)
Imnzerg: Irrigating FP by Black Hole. (ETC: 3)

Peter Grimes: Roading Northern Highway to White Dot (Move Next)
Rujikin: Preparing to Road BG North of EMP City (move next)​

Military Summary:

We have 9 military units:
7 Warriors:

Warrior - Assyrian Bane – Elite: Moving to explore South KISS borders
Ares Warrior - Butes – Veteran: Headed for Western Hut
Ares Warrior – Heron – Regular: Exploring the East Seaboard
Ares Warrior – Athens – Regular: Settler escort duty – moving with settler Flaxon Musk.
Ares Warrior – Athens II – Regular: MP duty in Athens
Ares Warrior – Trish Stratus – Regular: Laying the MP Smackdown in Athens
Ares Warrior – Antipater – Regular: MP duty in EMP City
​

2 Curraghs:

The Snarling Narwhal – Regular: Exploring new Continent
The Trusty Guppy – Regular: Exploring North Coast​

Our Military Advisor reports we are:
Compared to KISS: Strong
Compared to D’nuts: Weak
Compared to TNT: Weak

Known Enemies:
2 Barbarians outside KISS borders – adjacent to Assyrian Bane.

Battles:
None

Exploration Update:
Trusty Guppy - Spotted KISS capital city of "Simpleton"


Diplomatic Summary:
Steady as she goes.


Request for Action:
Ministers! Please give me your orders for the next turn in the “Instructions for the President” thread!

Foreign Ministry:
Anything for KISS?
Anything for D’nuts?
Anything for TNT?


Domestic Ministry:
Build orders needed for:
Heron: Granary (1)
Virtuoso: Worker (1)

Citizens Work Tiles:
Any moves?

Worker Suggestions:
Peter Grimes: Roading Northern Highway to White Dot (Move Next)
Rujikin: Preparing to Road BG North of EMP City (move next)

Defense Ministry:
Move Orders needed for:
Warrior - Assyrian Bane – Elite: Moving to explore South KISS borders
Ares Warrior - Butes – Veteran: Headed for Western Hut
Ares Warrior – Heron – Regular: Exploring Near East.
Ares Warrior – Athens – Regular: Settler escort duty. Moving with Settler.

Battle Plans needed for:
Assyrian Bane – if you want to attack?

Name needed for:
None.

Anything else I’ve missed?

Until next time,
I remain your faithful servant,

President General W


Mainland view:


Strategic North view:


Strategic South:


Assyrian Bane & Trusty Guppy view:


Snarling Narwhal:


Military:


Domestic:


Athens:

 

[General_W]

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State of the Empire
Presidential Update

Turn: 58
Year: 1600 BC

Headlines:
Assyrian Bane Heroically Defeats Barbarians threatening KISS. KISS citizens plan parade in their honor.

New Settler Built! Heads for Secret Location code named: "White Dot"

Economists Worry over Budget Deficit! Now spending 2 gold per turn. Scientists say they must keep their 100% funding, pointing out we haven't even discovered economics yet.


Domestic Summary:

We have 6 cities, 63 gold, and 94 culture.

We are set at 100% science, 0% Luxury, and 0% Economy – for a Net loss of 2 gold per turn.

Research: Continued work on Map Making. Est time: 6 turns

We are currently building:

Athens: Settler (5) * Settler built last turn
Black Hole: Worker (1)
Heron: Colossus (50)
Virtuoso: Worker (10) * Worker Built Last turn
EMP City: Granary (2)
Meleagerville: Barracks (11)​

We have 10 workers:

Rujikin: Roading BG North of EMP City (ETC: 2)
Imnzerg: Irrigating FP by Black Hole. (ETC: 1)
enter ‘name’ here: Helping Imnzerg Irrigate (ETC:1)
General W: Roading Grassland north of Heron (ETC: 1)

Jarom: Chopping Forest NE of EMP city (Move next)
M4 Sherman: Chopping Forest NW of EMP city (Move next)
Chamnix: Chopping forest E of Meleagerville (Move next)
Rambuchan: Irrigating desert by Athens (Move next)
Peter Grimes: Preparing to Road Northern Highway to White Dot (Move Next)
​

Military Summary:

We have 9 military units:
7 Warriors:

Warrior - Assyrian Bane – Elite: Moving South towards home
Ares Warrior - Butes – Veteran: Headed for Western Hut
Ares Warrior – Heron – Regular: Exploring the East Seaboard
Ares Warrior – Athens – Regular: Settler escort duty – moving with settler Flaxon Musk.
Ares Warrior – Athens II – Regular: MP duty in Athens
Ares Warrior – Trish Stratus – Regular: Laying the MP Smackdown in Athens
Ares Warrior – Antipater – Regular: MP duty in Black Hole *moved here to insure no riots break out due to Lux rate going to 0%.
​

2 Curraghs:

The Snarling Narwhal – Regular: Exploring new Continent
The Trusty Guppy – Regular: Exploring North Coast​

Our Military Advisor reports we are:
Compared to KISS: Strong
Compared to D’nuts: Weak
Compared to TNT: Weak

Known Enemies:
1 Barbarians outside KISS borders – adjacent to Assyrian Bane.

Battles:
Barbarian foolishly attacked Assyrian Bane in the Mountains – our brave troops took 1 damage, but heroically destroyed the unwashed hordes.

Exploration Update:
Trusty Guppy – Revealed KISS capital city of "Simpleton"


Diplomatic Summary:
Steady as she goes.


Request for Action:
Ministers! Please give me your orders for the next turn in the “Instructions for the President” thread!

Foreign Ministry:
Anything for KISS?
Anything for D’nuts?
Anything for TNT?


Domestic Ministry:
Build orders needed for:
Black Hole: Worker (1)

Citizens Work Tiles:
Any moves?

Worker Suggestions:
Jarom: Chopping Forest NE of EMP city (Move next)
M4 Sherman: Chopping Forest NW of EMP city (Move next)
Chamnix: Chopping forest E of Meleagerville (Move next)
Rambuchan: Irrigating desert by Athens (Move next)
Peter Grimes: Preparing to Road Northern Highway to White Dot (Move Next)


Defense Ministry:
Move Orders needed for:
Warrior - Assyrian Bane – Elite: Moving South towards home
Ares Warrior - Butes – Veteran: Headed for Western Hut
Ares Warrior – Heron – Regular: Exploring the East Seaboard
Ares Warrior – Athens – Regular: Settler escort duty – moving with settler Flaxon Musk.


Battle Plans needed for:
Assyrian Bane – if you want to attack?

Name needed for:
None.

Anything else I’ve missed?

Until next time,
I remain your faithful servant,

President General W


Mainland view:


Strategic North view:


Strategic South:


Strategic East / Snarling Narwhal:


Assyrian Bane & Trusty Guppy view:


Ares Warrior - Heron:


Military:
* accidentally saved and exited before I could take this screen shot. (now I'm at work) Sorry!

Domestic:
* accidentally saved and exited before I could take this screen shot. (now I'm at work) Sorry!

Athens:

 

[General_W]

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State of the Empire
Presidential Update

Turn: 59
Year: 1575 BC

Headlines:
AW Trish Stratus sent to Heron to “settle down” some rowdy citizen there. 10% luxury not enough to make demanding citizens happy.

No Word yet from KISS – Spice Stealing Settler no longer in sight range of Assyrian Bane.


Domestic Summary:

We have 6 cities, 61 gold, and 96 culture.

We are set at 90% science, 10% Luxury, and 0% Economy – for a Net loss of 2 gold per turn.

Research: Continued work on Map Making. Est time: 5 turns

We are currently building:

Athens: Settler (4)
Black Hole: Worker (5) * Worker “Emperor Qin” built last turn
Heron: Colossus (39)
Virtuoso: Worker (9)
EMP City: Granary (1)
Meleagerville: Barracks (10)​

We have 11 workers:

enter ‘name’ here: Mining BG by Virtuoso (ETC: 5)
Emperor Qin: Mining grassland W of EMP city (ETC: 5)
*Note: a Vietnamese friend of mine helped me translate the Chinese name that some of you see as a series of boxes/cubes. Neither of us read Chinese, but we think the name is “Emperor Qin” – who was responsible for the Great Wall and terracotta warriors. So this worker has been named in his honor.
Fallensmith: Chopping forest N of Meleagerville (ETC: 3)
Jarom: Roading NE of EMP city (ETC: 2)
M4 Sherman: Roading NW of EMP city (ETC: 2)
Chamnix: Roading E of Meleagerville (ETC: 2)
Peter Grimes: Roading Northern Highway to White Dot (ETC: 2)
Rujikin: Roading BG North of EMP City (ETC: 1)

Imnzerg: Irrigating FP by Black Hole. (move next)
General W: Roading Grassland north of Heron (move next)
Rambuchan: Preparing to road a BG connection to Meleagerville (Move next)

​

Military Summary:

We have 9 military units:
7 Warriors:

Warrior - Assyrian Bane – Elite: Moving South towards home
Ares Warrior - Butes – Veteran: Headed for Western Hut
Ares Warrior – Heron – Regular: Exploring the East Seaboard
Ares Warrior – Athens – Regular: Settler escort duty – moving with settler Flaxon Musk.
Ares Warrior – Athens II – Regular: MP duty in Athens
Ares Warrior – Trish Stratus – Regular: Taming the wild party in Heron.
Ares Warrior – Antipater – Regular: Headed to Athens to help on MP duty.
​

2 Curraghs:

The Snarling Narwhal – Regular: Exploring new Continent
The Trusty Guppy – Regular: Exploring North Coast​

Our Military Advisor reports we are:
Compared to KISS: Strong
Compared to D’nuts: Weak
Compared to TNT: Weak

Known Enemies:
1 Barbarians outside KISS borders – adjacent to Assyrian Bane.

Battles:
None

Exploration Update:
Nothing exciting.

Diplomatic Summary:
Waiting to hear from KISS – will they take our spices?!? Will war break out? Everyone is waiting for the diplomats to sort it out.

Request for Action:
Ministers! Please give me your LAST orders for the next turn in the “Instructions for the President” thread!

Foreign Ministry:
Anything for KISS? – We need to know if we are going to lose the spices, so we can turn our settler around… and start building a military.
Anything for D’nuts?
Anything for TNT?


Domestic Ministry:
Build orders needed for:
Black Hole: Worker (5) – I didn’t get order from you last turn and started another worker – is this what you want Black Hole to do?
EMP City: Granary (1)


Citizens Work Tiles:
Any moves?

Worker Suggestions:
Imnzerg: Irrigating FP by Black Hole. (move next)
General W: Roading Grassland north of Heron (move next)
Rambuchan: Preparing to road a BG connection to Meleagerville (Move next)


Defense Ministry:
Move Orders needed for:
Warrior - Assyrian Bane – Elite: Moving South towards home
Ares Warrior - Butes – Veteran: Can pop hut next turn.
Ares Warrior – Heron – Regular: Exploring the East Seaboard
Ares Warrior – Athens – Regular: Settler escort duty – moving with settler Flaxon Musk.
(I hope my meddling with the MP units is ok. 10% lux wasn’t enough to make Heron happy – so I moved Trish over there. The 10% + 1 MP was enough to keep Athens happy – so it all works. With your approval, I’ll move Antipater into Athens next turn so we can turn Lux off all the way again.)


Battle Plans needed for:
Any?

Name needed for:
None.

Anything else I’ve missed?

Until next time,
I remain your faithful servant,

President General W


Mainland view:


Strategic North view:


Strategic South:


Strategic East / Snarling Narwhal:


Assyrian Bane & Trusty Guppy view:


Ares Warrior - Heron: (And Peter’s estate)


Ares Warrior – Butes:


Military:


Domestic:

 

[General_W]

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State of the Empire
Presidential Update

Turn: 60
Year: 1550 BC

Headlines:
Scientists in EMP city accelerate research on Map Making – estimated time now 3 turns.

Ares Warrior Butes Investigates the Western Hut and… WE GOT A MAP!! … of nothing!! <collective groan>

TNT offers Mathematics – for an outrageous 4 techs! Diplomats trying to make them see reason…

President General_W Retires. Moving out of the Presidential Mansion to make room for President Elect Chamnix. Executives in "Big Iron" industries weep for the loss of their fellow conspirator.


Domestic Summary:

We have 6 cities, 59 gold, and 99 culture.

We are set at 90% science, 10% Luxury, and 0% Economy – for a Net loss of 2 gold per turn.

Research: Continued work on Map Making. Est time: 3 turns
* please note: I didn't change the worker to a scientist in EMP city until after I already took most of the screenshots – so the science rate show wrong (4 turns) in most of them. It displays correctly on the domestic screen shot.

We are currently building:

Athens: Settler (2)
Black Hole: Worker (4)
Heron: Colossus (38)
Virtuoso: Worker (8)
EMP City: Wealth (na) * Granary built last turn
Meleagerville: Barracks (9)​

We have 11 workers:

Emperor Qin: Mining grassland W of EMP city (ETC: 4)
enter ‘name’ here: Mining BG by Virtuoso (ETC: 2)
Imnzerg: Helping 'enter name here' mine (ETC: 2)
Rambuchan: Roading a BG connection to Meleagerville (ETC: 2)

Fallensmith: Chopping forest N of Meleagerville (ETC: 2)
Jarom: Roading NE of EMP city (ETC: 1)
M4 Sherman: Roading NW of EMP city (ETC: 1)
Chamnix: Roading E of Meleagerville (ETC: 1)
Peter Grimes: Roading Northern Highway to White Dot (ETC: 1)

Rujikin: Done Roading BG North of EMP City (move next)
General W: Preparing to Road BG connection to Meleagerville (move next)

​

Military Summary:

We have 9 military units:
7 Warriors:

Warrior - Assyrian Bane – Elite: Moving South towards home
Ares Warrior - Butes – Veteran: Popped the west hut – map of area – but nothing we couldn't already see.
Ares Warrior – Heron – Regular: Exploring the East Seaboard
Ares Warrior – Athens – Regular: Settler escort duty – moving with settler Flaxon Musk.
Ares Warrior – Athens II – Regular: MP duty in Athens
Ares Warrior – Trish Stratus – Regular: Taming the wild party in Heron.
Ares Warrior – Antipater – Regular: Athens on MP duty.
​

2 Curraghs:

The Snarling Narwhal – Regular: Exploring new Continent
The Trusty Guppy – Regular: Exploring North Coast​

Our Military Advisor reports we are:
Compared to KISS: Strong
Compared to D’nuts: Weak
Compared to TNT: Weak

Known Enemies:
None.

Battles:
I believe the Assyrian Bane has dispatched another Barbarian into the grave. No damage taken.

Exploration Update:
Nothing exciting.

Diplomatic Summary:
TNT wants to trade us Math – for CBurrial, WCode, wheel, AND writing! Ha!

Request for Action:
Ministers! It has been both a pleasure and an honor serving with you. Please continue to post orders for my successor President Chamnix in the highly professional manner that I have enjoyed.

Foreign Ministry:
Anything for KISS?
Anything for D’nuts?
Anything for TNT? – Any deal worked out for Math?


Domestic Ministry:
Build orders needed for:
EMP city:

Citizens Work Tiles:
Any moves?

Worker Suggestions:
Rujikin: Done Roading BG North of EMP City (move next)
General W: Preparing to Road BG connection to Meleagerville (move next)


Defense Ministry:
Move Orders needed for:
Warrior - Assyrian Bane – Elite: Moving South towards home
Ares Warrior - Butes – Veteran: Hut popped – where now?
Ares Warrior – Heron – Regular: Exploring the East Seaboard
Ares Warrior – Athens – Regular: Settler escort duty – moving with settler Flaxon Musk.


Battle Plans needed for:
Any?

Name needed for:
None.

Anything else I’ve missed?

Until next time,
I remain your faithful servant,

President General W


Mainland view:


Strategic North view:


Strategic South:


Strategic East / Snarling Narwhal:


Assyrian Bane & AW Heron & our settler Flaxon Musk:


Ares Warrior – Butes:


Military:


Domestic:


EMP City: