Nominations for Defence Minister

[classical_hero]

Timmy

This is typical of my opponent. He is trying to scare the good people of MIA into voting for him. Remember, it should have been done, not now, but Yesterday.

We must building the best units available to us and thus we must get connected to the Iron. We should have done it, not today, but yesterday. We must be doing what is best for this nation and that is join us to the latest and greatest technologies. We must take full use of this Iron working or esle we will fall behind.

A note for my opponent. You should have had taken a bath, not now, but yesterday.

 

[peter grimes]

Considering that the real disagreement between Me and Him concerns our past decisions, I am content to stand on my record and feel no need to prove myself any further. It is my opponent, however, who has views to answer for.

I have re-read scores of posts, and I must say that Classical_Hero has been pounding out a single chord throughout the game so far: Build Barracks! Build Hoplites! Build Military! Domestic concerns be damned!

He is, undoubtedly, consistent. I suppose the real difference between us is that I am capable of seeing the big picture: the ways in which military matters dovetail with our strategy as a whole; as opposed to Classical_Hero's insistence that military concerns outweigh all others.

 

[fe3333au]

Poll open ... vote NOW !!!

 

[ybbor]

Term 6!

In the coming war, this position could be the most important, so choose carefully!

 

[General_W]

I nominate my good friend, past opponent, and puppy-eating dinner partner... Peter Grimes.

Despite lacking access to even open the save, Peter’s done a very even-handed job of managing our troops, and is good at listening to all opinions.

Several Questions for anyone that runs:
Do you think (at this point in time… I understand things may change dramatically) that it will be better to wait for KISS to attack and start the war? Or is it better for us to attack on or near turn 104 and start the war ourselves?

What would your primary goals and objectives be in the coming war with KISS? What do we focus on? Holding our own? Taking towns from KISS?

Broadly speaking - what tactics do you favor in battle? How risky/conservative do you intended to be?

What do you perceive our ideal force mix to be? Specifically % of Hoplites vs % of MedInf vs % Bombard Units? (And how do you picture this changing when we acquire Chivalry?)

 

[peter grimes]

I am flattered to be nominated again at all, let alone at such a critical time for the prospects of our Empire.

I will accept the nomination, but not without a fight

I nominate General_W! I bet no one saw that coming

Now to the posed questions:

I think the war should happen now, while we have a slight superiority in the quality of units. However, I don't think we should attack KISS. Rather, I'd like to see us lure KISS into attacking us at a spot of our choosing. I really don't know how to enact this sort of thing, but I imagine we could lead KISS to think that one of our towns is 'weaker' than the other. That will make their actions more predictable, and we therefore can plan for it. With KISS attacking in our territory, on our terms, we can more easily manage the damage.

Clearly, I am more conservative than not (strange how different I am in reality!) I would not bring the attack to KISS: What will we gain? If we can't take both of their Lux towns, I dont' really see the point. All that will happen is both KISS and MIA will throw shields at eachother, with no net gain or loss, resulting in both DNUT and TNT catching up to us. Therefore, if KISS wants to attack, we should let them. But, we should only let them attack us where we want them to. To be sure, I have absolutely no idea how to do this.

As for Tactics in Battle, all citizens should know that there are others on this team with much more war experience than me, but I like to think that I'm a good listener, and not too afraid or too proud to take wise advice wherever it comes from. But generally, I think it would be dishonest of me to say that I'm a huge risk-taker.

As for the ForceMix, I see our forces being perfectly suited to keeping KISS at bay for a long time. Our Hoplites should be like stalks of wheat in the field: Cut down all you may, and there are still acres and acres all around. Our MDI are valuable and pricey: They will be the skock and awe that will scare KISS into submission. I can't speak to catapults. [In Vanilla, bombard almost never works, and I'm convinced it's due to a bug: 10 catapults, and only one lands a successful hit!?! Please!] But, I will (and have been) reading up on their use, and I will take advice from anywhere

Once we have Chivalry, we will have to see what our economic situation is. I would prefer to build several Horsemen now, while they are still quick to build, and then wind up with an equal number of MDI and Knights, slowly weaning our forces of MDI and replacing them all with Knights. It will cost more in Shields, but the upgrade path is more fruitful. As I've said before, I really like Cavalry![/b]

 

[fe3333au]

and Naval movements, while not a priority can be of use to set ruses and speculation which will spread like Black Tueday's flaming touch (1967 Australia's worst bushfire ever, wiped half of Tassie) setting alight the tinder that is KISS' paranoia ... (already they have over, and without proper thought, reacted ) ...

Navy should be used for defence, as eyes, to pull resouces from the front and to land a 'Greek gift' into undefended territory ... what are the thoughts from the prospective Defence Ministers

 

[General_W]

I nominate General_W! I bet no one saw that coming

Thanks Peter – but after our last bruising campaign, I promised my family I’d never put them through another dirty campaign like the last one.

I respectfully decline, and wish you well in your bid!


P.S. - I like the conservative approach also... to a point. At the right time, we need to be ready to take the fight to KISS... but that is WAY ahead of where we are now

 

[fe3333au]

I nominate Chamnix

 

[peter grimes]

I nominate Classical Hero

 

[General_W]

I nominate my old friend Peter Grimes - if you have time for this position, it'd be good to see you run!

I know you've been busy lately - but you always have good comments and even-handed management of our defenses.

The coming term looks peaceful - but that could change quickly if we get dragged into a conflict on the Battle Isle.

 

[ybbor]

well, no candidate has accpeted, however, C_H and Cham are biother running for Pres, so I guess that means decline

 

[fe3333au]

I guess the new President appoints someone or takes over the running of Defence himself.

 

[peter grimes]

Weird! Chamnix, Classical_Hero, and Peter Grimes were nominated for this position, and no one accepted.

Peter Grimes accepts, but only so that I can score another uncontested election, and place another placard on my wall. Man, I RULE!

But seriously, this is probably the last time I'm going to step up for this postition for a while. We need (as a team) to get more people to be more active, and I'm certain there are others who are better qualified than I to run this office.

If the team thinks it best that I continue here for one more term, I will happily oblige. But this really should be the last term here for me for a while.

 

[ybbor]

Term 7

nominate!

 

[peter grimes]

I strongly encourage other members of MIA to step in here. We may be going to war with DNUTs, and a change of face may be quite unsettling.

 

[classical_hero]

I shall nominate myself for this position. Time for the most foremost warmonger here to run for this position.

 

[General_W]

Let's make this a race!

I nominate Gbno1fan for Defense Minister.
He's been a good and fair-handed contributor to our team, but hasn't yet held an office.

I'd love to hear some kind of a platform from both canidates.
(If gbno1fan will accept?)

 

[gbno1fan]

I accept the nomination.

The Defense Department under my leadership will support the will of the people after careful consideration and debate of all possible actions.

War will not be endorsed until all diplomatic angles have been explored.

But if we do see a war, expect to see and participate in strategical and tactical discussions throughout the conflict.

As my signature quotes Clausewitz, "Defense is the stronger form of waging war." I believe that whole-heartedly. If we have a strong defense built up, there will be a considerable deterrant to KISS and Dnuts to turn to attack us - even if they work together.

 

[peter grimes]

Great to see a real race here (that I'm not part of!)

Question for the Candidates
As the current Defense Minister, I have been perplexed recently with the problem of how to divide our forces between BattleIsle and The Core. If we are not to engage in war on BattleIsle, we will settle a couple towns there. But these need defense. How much? Of what units? If we don't settle over there, that almost certainly means that we are planning on attacking DNUTs. So again - how much do we attack with, and of what unit proportions?

I'm just glad I dont' have to answer this one. I was dreading being asked this, but luckily I wasn't nominated

BTW - I would be more than happy to serve as a deputy to whoever is elected, if they want me. At the same time, I won't mind at all taking a break from this. I think this term could be among the busier ones yet