Jumpmasters 1A: (Buying) a Stairway to Heaven - C3C 1.22, Emperor

[grahamiam]

Preflight check: sell incense and wines to Babylon for 15gpt. It’s not that we need the money, but I though he would lower his lux tax and speed up research. Spices and wines go to the cue-ball for 15gpt as well.

Don’t plant a spy with Greece since I’m not sure when Bede last tried.

T1: 1882AD Byz have superconductor. Buy it for 55k. York switches to fuel cells, Hastings switched to SS Life Support.

T2: 1884AD nada

T3: 1886AD Found a town on the French Island so we can invade quickly if we need to.
Fail to plant a spy in Greece (caught and killed)

T4: 1888AD nothing

T5: 1890AD nothing, waiting for techs: Robotics and Laser, before we can complete.

space race:
France 2(1)/10
Byz 2(4)/10
We have 8/10 and are waiting for techs.

first, the 1890AD save

 

[Bede]

Nice.

Over to denyd.

denyd - up
viper275 - on deck
Bede
grahamiam - got us another 20%
Admiral Kutzov - on skip until the virus clears up

 

[denyd]

I got it (that was a fast turn around) and will play tonight.

Looks like more the last time, wait for the AI to research a needed tech then steal that tech and convert a pre-build to a spaceship part. Due to the need for The Laser to research Robotics, it's doubtful I'll be able to finish this one, but sometime during the next cycle it's a distinct possibility for a win.

I imagine we've started to amass a nuclear deterent, if not I'll add a few to our arsenal.

 

[grahamiam]

I imagine we've started to amass a nuclear deterent, if not I'll add a few to our arsenal.

boomers are amassed off the french coast and there's a scattering of icbm's around. actually, the icbm's are perfect spaceship part prebuilds

 

[denyd]

Sorry for the delay, GOTM 36 is taking longer than expected. I am going for a 100K win and have gotten to 105K thought the Indians were preventing a win so I killed them off, and still haven't won. I'll put GOTM 36 on hold and play this tonight.

 

[Admiral Kutzov]

Virus probs resolved. I hope! Let me know when to jump in. (mental pix - little girl in Polertgeist - "I'm back"

 

[Bede]

@AdmK, how about after denyd?

 

[Admiral Kutzov]

okey doky + insignificiant characters to make this message acceptable length

 

[grahamiam]

welcome back, please don't start a nuclear war

 

[Admiral Kutzov]

can I launch if I build star wars first?

 

[Bede]

Careful with those footballs!

Build a Space ship first!

 

[denyd]

Hopefully, I'll be able to add The Laser tonight and another spaceship part. That'll leave Robotics & the final piece for the Admiral, unless he decides to forgo launching and start A GLOBAL THERMONUCLEAR WAR

 

[Admiral Kutzov]

WMD's for me? Kool.

 

[Bede]

Why am I suddenly worried?

Welcome back, AdmK, I think?

 

[Admiral Kutzov]

don't worry, be happy. cast is off, all toes are rully functional.

 

[denyd]

My new anti-virus software won't let me use the hyperlink logic so here is the save

http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads8/JM1A-1900AD.SAV

Turn Log 6

Turn 0 – 1890 AD – Slow down palace completion by 3 turns – Clean up a little pollution – Switch a couple of Tactical Nukes to ICBMs = Trade Incense + Silks + Gems to France for 79gpt – Trade Coal & Wine to Greece for 24gpt – Trade Oil to Byzantines for 106gpt

IBT: Renew peace with Byzantines – Gift Gems & Wines to Byzantines (you know how sparkers & booze works on the babes)

Turn 1 – 1892 AD – Spend 6092g (Careful Steal) and fail to steal Nuclear Power from Byzantines, but our spy is not discovered – Spend 6092g (Careful Steal) and steal Nuclear Power from France – Trade Nuclear Power to Greece for 970g (turn down the 102gpt)

IBT: Just some Babylonian fleet movements

Turn 2 – 1894 AD – Clean up a couple of tiles and load a pair of boomers and send the to France

IBT: Watch some Byzantine workers clean up some damage

Turn 3 – 1896 AD – Clean up a lot of pollution – load another boomer

IBT: France adds SS Engine

Turn 4 – 1898 AD – Lots more pollution clean up – Trade Dyes + Ivory to Babylon for 46gpt

IBT: Made it through without a single war – Decline UN Vote

Turn 5 – 1900 AD – Just more pollution clean up

Not much to say, all I managed was a single tech and no SS parts. I did manage to add quite a few ICBMs & Loaded Boomers, so in case anything starts we have overkill response.

 

[Admiral Kutzov]

The Save

No pre-flight changes although I'm very concerned about our lack of cash and military.

1902 - Alex looks like Austin Powers
IT - Byz add Thrusters
1904 - Skim a settler at Knossos
IT - Byz add Fuel Cells, propoganda upsets Harran citizenry
1906 - Found New Mumbles, slow palace build in Bath, plant spy in Athens
IT - Byz have Genetics
1908 - Steal Genetics.
IT - Cure for Cancer finishes in Bath. Byz add Exterior Casing
1910 - France & Byz have Laser. Steal Laser from Byz.

Pollution clean up is tedious. Started building mass transit in places. Building paratroops for airborne assault on Athens when the time comes. Our civ has 90k culture. Athens has 16k culture. Bath building palace (13). Middleburg building Longevity (10). Canterbury (I think) is building the party lounge, done in one. Didn't make any deals. Do we need more jets for defense?

 

[viper275]

Got it. Thinking about what to do about the Byzantines, they're starting to get a few spaceship parts.

 

[viper275]

IBT- Byzantines build the SS Cockpit. I think we built the party lounge.
1
Nothing
IBT- The French built SS Life Support. Production in Middelburg was sabotaged! I know who did it, too, because nobody had any money except France. They were about 10K poorer than last turn, so it's them. Expose their spy! Hahaha!
3
Nada
IBT- Byzantines begin Longevity.
4
None
IBT- Byzantines build SS Life Support.

No new parts that the Byzantines started, so they're at 7 while we are at 9. Once someone gets Robotics we can change a prebuild and win.
The Save

 

[Bede]

Woo, hoo. Get to launch a Space Ship.

Got it.

Nice bit of trading, thieving and James Bonding there boys.