RBC16-1700AD
Order of the day: Prevent any AI from launching their spaceships.
Gameplan: By the Seat of my pants. I have never been here in any civgame. Usually they are won by intimidation or diplomacy long before AI spaceships become an issue.
If I strike now, Carthage will get down to size 12 during the IBT. I want to strike fast, in case I need to settle with them for a quick foray to Byzantine lands.
I cannot sign up the other AIs, as I wouldnt want to ruin our rep in case Carthage offer us peace.
The only continent with two Aluminium is the Indian continent. They are pretty backwards, but eventually we might want to relieve either them of Aluminium, or the Byzantines of a spaceship.
I demand Carthage to leave, and when that doesnt work, I dastardly declare without reason on them.
I use our Anti-Air capabilities of the Destroyers to shoot down a menacing Jet Fighter outside Carthage harbour.
IBT: The Carthage counter is two Cruise-missiles that do a bit of damage, and one TOW that dies.
Seoul Worker->Worker, Cheju Market->Dock,
1705 Incredibly enough, Carthage has not starved this turn. War Happiness ?
Get leader Edward while trying to eradicate the devil riflemen defending Carthage.
Lose three tanks taking out Carthage. It had only one TOW. Lets hope the other cities have no more than that, as that one cost us two of the losses. The third lost flawlessly to a wounded rifleman. The quartermaster is questioned regarding the use of blanks as ammunition.
I raze the city. We have a settler of our own to use.
Found Dover, and workerrush a barracks. One of the captured workers is transformed into an airfield. Consider upgrading our ironclad to Destroyer, but decide to wait. I will let him go into harbour though.
IBT: Carthage lands five TOWs on the old Korean continent. That will be a bother, as we do not have any artillery, nor any Tanks on that island.
Our first bomber comes of the line with two accompanying fighters. I will see if they can maje a difference. I am pondering why I cannot build Tanks in Dover.
1710 As I have the money, I make a careful steal from Carthage, and succeed. I steal Space Flight. I switch it to China for Ecology and 688 gold. Sell Ecology to India for 900 gold and some spare change in gpt.
I use the leader Edward to rush an airport, since I realize airports built by workers do not carry resources. I spend most of the money from the tech sale on rushing defenders.
IBT: Our ToW, Artillery ( Upgraded Treb) and Mechanized manage to withstand the five TOW assault without losses, and both units are now elite. To the south next to Saldea a six TOW landing is made. I will see if this holds as well as the last. We ought to have burned quite a lot of the Carthage available forces if that is the case.
1715 Distribute forces, and stick my nose out of the perimeter at Dover. Aiming to relieve cultural pressure.
IBT: Coal is expensive, so I do not renew. Hmm, that was quick, Carthage wants to talk to us after just three turns of warfare. He suggests straight peace, but I counter with the demand of 40 gold for a straight peace, and we are at peace.
1720 Prepare for an assault on India, in order to secure the coal and Aluminum our people demands.
IBT: Carthage and Byzantines make common cause against India, and I may be in a hurry before Byzantines capture it.
1725 More movement
IBT: Carthage and France sign peace
1730 I take the safe road, and sail our army towards Byzantines instead of India, hoping to buy us time with a precision strike against the Byzantine capitol. I will need a larger force this time though, as Byzans is likely to be better defended.
1735 Movement is almost complete, and I hope to have troops in position for next player. I realize the huge mistake I made in not renewing the coal deal, as I see rails start to appear in Byzantine.
1740 Good thing I checked trade every turn, as India now has an aluminium available for market. I give them Computers for Aluminum instead of paying 120+ gpt. With Computers I hope to make it more unlikely they will lose their aluminium to Carthage or Byzantines.
IBT: Price of Incense has gone up, but I pay the Chinese anyway.
1745 I start Apollo Program in London. Hmm, I was under the impression Byzans had completed eight parts, but that is wrong. They have completed no parts. China is the leader of the space race with five parts started, and I just signed a twenty turn deal with them. I also bought stuff from France, so I have no idea what we should do with our forces now.
IBT: Carthage and Byzantines ally against the Aztecs, and it may be we should help them, in order to secure access of the Aztec Aluminum/Gems. Chinese complete Docking Bay.
1750 I have left movement of our naval units for you to decide what to do with. I had focused completely on getting an army at Byzantines door, and then I discovered that we didnt need to.
I have left you with a lot of money, and I suggest we use it to steal/buy Miniaturization so we can build the shield improvements for our fishing villages, and also get Modern Armor from the Chinese for it.
It might be we need to keep one fleet near Byzantines/Carthage if they start building more spaceship parts, and quickly raise another fleet we can use to curb Chinese exploration into near space.
Grimjack
any update? 
Not much sleep for me the last few days, but today I am rested. I'll be able to play in about two hours, so no use passing at this point. Sorry for running over my time. It's really not good to do that. However, this is why I'm only doing one SG. Imagine if I had three or four all on hold or having to pass. 
