T0-2005 (45 turns left) Wow, we are at -5gpt at 0% science
. Thank
god we have 300+ in the bank. Okay most cities are between 5-15
population and all are starving, some by full pop. points in 2 turns
!!!! When I read the thread I agreed with Jabah about not
whipping/drafting more and conserving some people to produce when we
take the war to Fred, but I am afraid that there won't be anybody
left, I see more whipping. The way I figure it, those pop. points
are gone any way, I might as well get something for them. I whip
and draft in France/China in the hopes of staving off the invasion
force. When Garath said it was thin over here he was not joking.
Unfortuantely most cities are already too small to draft or whip a
modern unit. I do it where possible. If we have any luck Freddy
will land near a city, I will pour units into it, he will attack and
we can hopefully use the city to conserve some units through the
cultural defense. This is what I hope. Worst case scenario, he
lands on a hill and starts scattering his units. We have one unit
is each city, so a few lucky dice rolls and he could own half our
continent if he does that. There is nothing to upgrade over here
and if there were, there is no money with which to do so. Garath
left me with a nice stack in Mansa's land. I am unsure if we are
razing or keeping his towns, But I think I will keep them. After
all of that whipping and drafting we are now at +231 gpt
, so that
really was the thing to do, we just won't be able to do it again as
now most pop. levels are too low.The turn log shows that Freddy completed the docking bay in 2005.
T1 2006 (44 turns left)-Freddy landed next to Chartres. I fill it
with units as best as a I can. Freddy brough 4 Mech. Inf. 1 Panzer,
2 Cavalry, and 5 Artillery. Next turn we will see what he brings.
Now on the West coast of Mali, I have a problem. I got 2 tanks and
3 Navy Seals, facing a city with one Mech., 3 artillery, and 2 Sam
Infantry. I have no way to bomb down the defense of 60%. There are
no nearby Transports, I am afraid that these guys are just toast,
**** I just moved them and now the transports show up. These late
game wars are tough, I spend the first 2 turns just figuring out
where all my units are! Even after spending 30 minutes looking at
Turn 0!! The loss of these 5 guys will be my fault(I forgot to note when, but is save all of these guys later), lets see what I
can salvage here. Position to take Kumbali- it will be close, too
close and it will be razed (i don't want them getting it back).
BRING IT ON (i hit enter
!)
T2 2007 (43 turns left)- The plan worked kind of, Freddy attacked
Chartres without bombing down the 20% defense, he razed the city.
Now we have a real problem, I emptied almost every city to put units
into that city, lets see if we can salvage this, even if I do, many
cities will be undefended. Hatty has Mass Media, couldn't she build
the UN!!!! The south of France should hold, no guarantees, but
should we get some really bad luck, then we will get steam rolled on
this whole continent, reinforecement are 3 turns away! The battle
for Kumble Sahel, is not going so well, bomb down the defenses, CR2
Modern armor still only 55%, so I send it 2 suicide artillery, now
85%, and still I lose, now I lose an Armor at 80%. NNow for the bad
news, all of that whipping has put our score below Freddy's now, by
like 40 points. I don't know how this can continue, I may try and
make peace soon. I just need one or two more cities from Mansa. Of
course neither he nor freddy will talk.
T3 2008 42turns left- the threat from Freddy's landing force is
elimiated, however Chartres will now be replace by a Greek city, as
Alex (the rat) snuck a infantry settler pair there from Pergamon.
Still no one will go to war with anyone. Okay I moved 2 modern
armor over to Franc/china and 2 navy seals, they are all in Beijing
as that is sort of centrall located.
T4 2009- Walata fall, move some units around, I think we have enough
units to take one or two more of mansa's cities, but We will not
finish him, we will need peace soon or all of our cities will have 1
pop. point.
Remember, the longer you keep Fred at war, the less hammers he'll put towards the astroboat.
