Pre-flight: CivAssist 2, Word running. Get the save loaded. Look things over.
Check options for Peace with Egypt. Can get 1410 for Peace plus our WM. I go for it. Hopefully when we get the move or declare, our troops teleport home. This allows me to abolish luxury spending and raise the tech rate to 70%. Begin Preparations for the resumption of the Greek war. Dump 2 Cavalry in cities building Bombers, 1 goes to an MA, one for an MI. With MAs available, Cavalry are a waste of unit support. We also have plenty of Bombers.
Non-Combat
Slaves 105
Military units:
Mech Infantry 18
Cavalry 5
Tanks 3
Modern Armor 16
Artillery 20
Army 1, 3 Mech Infantry
Jet Fighters 1
Bombers 31
Ships:
Transports 3
Carriers 2
Destroyers 1
Battleships 6
Hit enter=>
IBT: Egypt gives me the remove or declare. Teleportation time.
Greeks settle Mytilene in the neutral zone, enveloping our forward air base, I will declare in several turns and remove some vile green stain.
Pollution on mountain at Arbela.
Arbela Modern Armor=>Modern Armor.
Pasargadae Modern Armor=>Modern Armor.
Susa Mech Infantry=>Bomber.
Antioch Modern Armor=>Modern Armor.
Persepolis Modern Armor=> Modern Armor.
Turn 1, 1922 AD: Retreat units in Greek territory.
Disband Cavalry in Pasargadae to get a 1 turn Modern Armor.
Further preparations in the neutral zone, I’m going to remove forts that can be used against us and make anything that gets through end up on flatland with no forts.
Clean the pollution.
Make a trade with Egypt, our Dyes for Furs.
Fortify wounded units in Pasargadae.
IBT: Aztecs want peace, but won’t give anything I want.
Pasargadae Modern Armor=> Mech Infantry.
Pollution near Pasargadae and Arbela.
Turn 2, 1924AD: Disband Cavalry in Pasargadae to get a 1 turn Mech Infantry. I won’t disband our eCavalry, just in case a fishing opportunity arises.
Pillage several forts in the neutral zone, re-rail where appropriate.
I identify 8 tiles that need guarded well, hopefully sending Greek units into kill-zones. The rest can be left open.
IBT: Persepolis Modern Armor=>Modern Armor.
Pasargadae Mech Infantry=>Modern Armor.
Susa Jet Fighter=>Bomber.
Antioch Modern Armor=>Modern Armor.
Turn 3, 1926AD: Cover the important spots. Switch MA builds to MIs, to replace expected losses, I’m betting they attack our colonies first. I think I’m ready. Try to goad Alex into a DoW, no luck. Declare anyway. My knowledge of WW is correct, we still have WW left from our previous wars. Raise the lux slider to 10%, but if we lose many units or luxes, we are screwed.
Artillery kills 1 citizen, takes 2 hp from the rMI guarding it.
vMA wins vs 1hp vMI, -3hp, taking the city, razes for 1 slave.
Successfully destroy the Radar Tower near Halicarnassus with Bombers.
Bombing the city kills 1 citizens, does no damage to the MI guarding it.
Artillery only removes 3 hp from 2 vMIs guarding.
vMA wins vs 3hp vMI, -1hp.
vMA wins vs 2hp vMI, -3hp, razing the city for 8 gold, settler captured for 2 slaves.
That settler could have conceivably erased our Silks colonies.
Now for the scary part, 23 MAs and a few MIs, this could get very ugly, very fast.
IBT: Wow, they avoided all the hard points, though I missed 1 fort that should have been pillaged.
Arbela Mech Infantry=>Modern Armor.
Pollution near Antioch.
Redline and kill 2 MAs and one MI.
Turn 4, 1928 AD: Bombard to Redline and kill Greek intruders.
Clear any remaining forts that Greeks could use.
Get workers in to rail a tile that shouldn’t have been pillaged, so I can go after Mytilene next.
IBT: Greek Bombers hit our colonies and exposed units.
MA kills an MI out toward Dyes colony. One MA moves into a kill-zone.
Persepolis Mech Infantry=> Modern Armor.
Pasargadae Mech Infantry=>Modern Armor.
Susa Bomber=>Bomber.
Antioch Mech Infantry=>Modern Armor.
Turn 5, 1930 AD: Near Dyes colony: vMA wins vs 1hp eMA clean.
In kill zone: eTank loses to 1hp vMA.
eTank wins vs 1hp vMA clean.
Artillery takes the single conscript MI guarding Mytilene to one hp.
“Tank Commander” vMA wins vs 1 hp cMI, -2hp, destroys Mytilene for 9 gold.
Try to pillage as many rails and roads off the map that the Greeks can use against us. If all the combat is on our terms, we can limit the losses.
IBT: Greek Bombers attack exposed units, colonies and our advance airbase.
Despite my precautions, WW steps up another notch, I guess bombing by enemy bombers adds to WW, since there were no attacks this IBT .
Antioch riots. Rather than raise the lux rate, I change geeks to clowns and take 1 tile out of production, change the build to a colosseum.
Turn 6, 1932 AD: Line up 8 MAs guarded by 2 MIs to take Troy and maybe bag some of those pesky bombers. Start clearing tiles around our forward airbase.
Lose 1 Bomber to a Jet Fighter at Troy.
eMA wins vs 1hp vCav clean.
Lower tech rate to 60%, we are now only losing 16 gpt.
IBT: Egypt has a transport moving up the west coast.
Greek Bombers pound our colonies, now they seem based in Leeds.
One MI and one MA move into “approved” kill-zones.
Pollution near Persepolis.
Persepolis Modern Armor=> Modern Armor.
Pasargadae Modern Armor=> Modern Armor.
Pollution near Susa
Susa Bomber=>Bomber.
Arbela Modern Armor=>Mech Infantry.
Riots end at Antioch.
Turn 7, 1934 AD: Our entire Bomber stack kills 2 citizens and removes 2 hp from Units at Troy.
vMA loses vs 3hp vMI, removes 1 hp.
vMA loses vs 3hp vMI, removes 1 hp.
vMA wins vs 2hp vMI, -1hp.
vMA loses vs 2hp vMI, removes 1 hp, MI promotes.
vMA loses vs 2hp eMI.
vMA wins vs 2hp eMI, -1hp, and the siege of Troy is over. Raze nets 9 gold, kills 3 enemy bombers.
Clean up pollution at Susa and Persepolis.
Start Military Academy as an Internet pre-build in Pasargadae, it will save us 10 gpt maintenance on our Research Labs.
IBT: Egypt lands settler pair in an area that might actually help us.
Greeks make peace with Aztecs.
Greek Bombers hit our stack, but no follow up with ground attacks.
Pollution near Antioch.
Antioch Colosseum=>Modern Armor.
Turn 8, 1936 AD: Send 10 MAs towards Rhodes. Lose 2 Bombers softening the city up, destroy nearby radar towers, Marketplace, Temple, kill 2 citizens.
IBT: Egyptian settler pair move inland, looks like they want the Coal or Rubber.
The usual Greek bombings. Our fighter nails 1.
2 Cavalry and an MA move into kill-zone.
Miniaturization arrives, but tight-ass Cleo won’t trade for Nuclear Power.
Monte will trade it for peace deal and Space Flight….I am too tempted, I take it.
I then sell it to Temujin for 230 gold and 18 gpt.
Susa, Antioch and Pasargadae riot……loss of War Happiness. Damn.
Turn 9, 1938 AD:
Raise luxes to 20%, shut tech to 0%, its time to raise cash for some tech thievery.
Satellites would be nice, it’d be nice to have a few nukes.
Aztecs now have Satellites and they are building their Spaceship. This means nukes may soon be around.
Bombers destroy Library, University, 2 citizens and 2 hp from both MIs.
1 Shot down.
vMA wins vs 2hp vMI clean.
vMA loses vs 2hp vMI, MI promotes.
vMA loses vs 3hp eMI.
4hp eMA wins vs 1hp eMI, -3hp.
vMA wins vs vCav clean, and Rhodes is ours, netting 15 gold and destroying Jet Fighter there.
IBT: Egyptian settler pair moves again, if they settle in the wrong place, it’s going to be
Mongols and Aztecs begin Internet, we get it in 8 turns.
Our fighters nail 2 Greek Bombers.
2 MAs enter kill-zone.
Riots end. Pollution near Pasargadae.
Susa Bomber=>Offshore Platform.
Arbela Mech Infantry=> Offshore Platform.
Turn 10, 1940 AD: Lose 3 Bombers to Jet Fighters.
eMA wins vs 1hp vMA , -1hp
eMA wins vs 1hp vMA , -1hp
Non-Combat
Slaves 112
Military units:
Mech Infantry 24
Cavalry 1
Tanks 2
Modern Armor 21
Artillery 20
Army 1, 3 Mech Infantry
Jet Fighters 1
Bombers 31
Ships:
Transports 3
Carriers 2
Destroyers 1
Battleships 6
Contacts
Germany- gone
Carthage- gone
Greece- War
England-gone
Egypt- Peace
Mongols- Peace
Aztecs- Peace
Cities
Persepolis, Size 21, growth stalled, Modern Armor in 1 turn.
Pasargadae, Size 20, growth in 30, Internet in 8 turns.
Susa, Size 21, growth stalled, Offshore Platform in 5 turns.
Antioch, Size 22, growth in 28, Modern Armor in 1 turn.
Arbela, Size 14, growth in 29, Offshore Platform in 5 turns.
Sliders
8/0/2, Nuclear Power (Should be switched to Superconductor) in 39 turns at +325 gpt, 2258 in the bank.