Nominations for Defence Minister

[classical_hero]

We need both. We need an effective rail system so that we can manevoer our tropps quickly to any place, plus we do not want them to have total domination of the waters and thus be able to land just about anywhere they want to, and also they will have set up a system of ship chaining so they can move troops from one continent to the other in just one turn and having a navy will be able to disrupt this making it less effective for them to ferry troops from the Battle Isle to ours and vice versa. We must try and do a bit to stop them from being total domination of the sea.

I am not saying we should try and dominate the seas, but that we should not just simply give up on the sea because eventually we will need to get to the other continent so having a viable navy is a must in our circumstances. We need to have the navy so that we can ferry troops to and from our Continent and we need a navy so that we can be a thorn in other navies.

Of course the most important thing for us to get our rail system up and running, but that is something for our President to be worried about.

 

[peter grimes]

I decline

I will, however, continue to update the record-keeping in The Armory. I will also take on other tasks if the winning candidate requests

 

[classical_hero]

What if they give you the whole ministry afterwards?

 

[fe3333au]

Is that something that you are considering C_H ???

 

[azzaman333]

Term 10 nominations begin.

 

[General_W]

Gbno1fan?
You've been doing a great job in my book. Although your update reporting tapered off a bit… though I can see why… it's been a crazy term militarily!

 

[peter grimes]

I think GB has been doing a fine job, despite what my arch-nemesis G_W may say. For one thing, there really hasn't been anything worth reporting since 169.... I don't honestly think there's been any lack of reporting here.

We'd all do well to vote for GB, assuming that anyone chooses to run against him

 

[gbno1fan]

I haven't decided if I will seek reelection. School starts in a week and I'm unsure how much time I'll have for Civ

 

[Chamnix]

I nominate greekguy.

 

[greekguy]

thanks Chamnix! I'll accept the nomination and do my best to be Defense Minister. i won't be as active in Sept, however, with school coming back, but i'll try to check out CFC once or twice a day and use CivAssist II, once the error gets fixed.

 

[fe3333au]

Exellent a ex-TNTer

Anyone else?

 

[General_W]

Greekguy will have to add MIA to his sig if he's going to get my vote

 

[greekguy]

does my new user title fit your voting standards?

 

[lost_civantares]

Crazy micromanagers, the poor canadate is named Greekguy, he has a picture (ok, what ever, symbol)of the mia unique unit, he practically dedicated himself to be MIAian, yet you still complain! Everything has to be perfect for you!

 

[fe3333au]

yep it does

 

[classical_hero]

I will nominate myself and accept. My platform is to basically win the game this term. We must stopp with the pussyfooting around an play this game like w want to win, because to me it seems that we really are not trying to win, because we have a massive advantage right now and we are just sitting around twiddling our thumbs allowing our enemies to get stronger. If we delay this too long, we might be giving up our chance of an easy victory. We must go for RP and go for the quick kill with the double whammy of Infantry and Artillery, way beofre our oppenents get the chance to get them. Victory is at hand, if yo are willing to follow me.

 

[Chamnix]

Outstanding - another competitive election! Classical_hero, I'd still like to see you answer the questions from here. Specifically:

Instead of generalities, let’s talk specifics. How many infantry do you think we need for our initial landing party? How many boats do we need to carry them all? How many of them do you expect to survive Dnuts initial attack? How much damage will they do considering they are 1-move units, and Dnuts will happily abandon any town at risk before we get there (or defend it with their infantry and their defense of 10 + fortify + possibly walls/city bonus since they are as close to RP as we are)? If we bring cavalry along so we have fast units, how many more boats do we need? How many of them will get slaughtered with their defense of 3? How will we deal with war weariness which accumulates every time we defend, win or lose? Dnuts will not have that problem since they will only be attacking and can abandon towns instead of losing them.

 

[greekguy]

ok, i guess i'll have to say something now. here's my platform:

I will focus on the strategy the current administration is following, and that is get to flight as quick as possible, build dozens and dozens of bombers, and then kill D'Nuts and KISS. We also need a strong navy, since the other civs have some ships out there, and we need to ship over land troops, as bombers can't take cities. I think we could use Infantry to take D'Nut cities, after bombarding them into oblivion, but I would prefer to use Marines to take Iroqi cities with greater ease. So, if elected, I would push to go for Amphibious Warfare instead of Motorized Transportation after researching Mass Production in our tech plan. This would get us ready for a massive invasion of D'Nuts, with Marines and Bombers, which IMO, is the best strategy for taking the Iroqi continent.

 

[fe3333au]

@ Classical Hero ... "To Win the Game This Term"

Since a term is 20 turns ... I'll make myself comfortable and await for you to unleash this amazing stratergy to us all

 

[gbno1fan]

I officially decline my nomination and offer my full support of GreekGuy's candidacy.