Pre-flight 1700 AD I go back and review Sirians passdown. I avoid Grimjack's write up because I dont want any spoiler information. I also go back and review the variant rules.
Sirian recommended declaring when Carthage fell to pop 12. Ill give that one turn. With Carthage having 7 parts built and one in progress, I dont think I can afford to wait too long. I cant remember if Grimjack waited or not, but Im going to.
I feel like Professor Liendenbock following Arne Saknussemm down into Sneffels.
Of course our cities are managed very nicely.
IBT Aztecs and China sign MA against Carthage. An entire fleet sails into Carthage.
We get hammered by pollution.
1. 1705 AD - Carthage did not starve. Dial up Hannibal and declare war. What a motley landing force we have. Swords, LBs and mech infantry. Kill a jet fighter in Carthage through bombardment. Why is the fighter targeted and not the defenders?
IBT We are attacked by five or six cruise missiles. Watch a stack of Carthaginian TOWs attack the Chinese city of Pyongyang and they all die. A TOW attacks our stack and retreats a mech.
Build a bomber and a fighter
2. 1710 AD - @ Carthage Kill 6 rifles and a TOW, lose 2 tanks. Destroy the Carthaginian spaceship. Capture Magellans. Kill a TOW outside the city.
@ New Orleans Kill 2 TOW and capture the city. Theres a nice Korean lady who lives there and is very glad our troops have freed her from her oppressors.
I steal Space Flight from Hannibal. I sell it to Mao for Ecology and 690G. We need aluminum from Gandhi, but he doesnt know he has it. So I sell him rocketry for 926G, 8gpt & WM. I then turn around and trade computers for aluminum. Since London has an empty shield box, I change it to Apollo Program.
Pollution is killing us. I cant clean up one spill in a turn.
IBT India and China sign an MA against the Byzantines. Then China pulls France into the Byzantine dogpile.
We shoot down a bomber outside Carthage. About five TOW are landed next to New Orleans.
Build a fighter in Canterbury start on a solar plant.
3. 1715 AD Thats six TOW outside New Orleans. Move a mech into the city. Move units on the island north towards the threat.
IBT We lose our coal. Joan doesnt really have anything of value other than the coal, so I let the deal expire.
India and Carthage sign a treaty.
We lose a mech and a tank at New Orleans and Carthage enslaves that poor Korean lady again. Liverpool riots.
Shoot down a bomber
4. 1720 AD Successfully disconnect Carthages aluminum. So the only nations with aluminum right now are China, India and us.
Kill a TOW with a mech.
A bit of WW, so lux goes up to 20%.
The French have taken Taejon from Hannibal.
IBT Shoot down two bombers.
5. 1725 AD I execute a safe steal and get Synth Fibers from the Carthaginians. Wow! We cant trade Synth Fibers for Fission straight up even. Forget about anything extra. Mao wants a ton of cash. Upgrade one tank to a MA.
IBT Nada
6. 1730 AD - @ New Orleans Lose a mech, but free the Korean lady again.
@ Leptis Magna Kill a bomber, but our artillery doesnt do squat. Upgrade another MA.
IBT Carthage flips. We lost a MA, a destroyer and two mechs.
7. 1735 AD Kill a jet fighter in Leptis, Kill the two defending TOWs and recapture Carthage. When I retook Carthage, the harbor must have been destroyed. So no upgrades.
8. 1740 AD Use the MA to kill a TOW in Leptis.
IBT Renew our spice for incense deal with Mao with us kicking in an extra 15 gpt.
Hannibal wants to talk. Review the rules. I have to accept peace, but I can haggle for a better deal. That seems to be in the spirit of the game since we get to haggle over trades. So I get him to give us 28gpt, 19g & WM for peace.
9. 1745 AD Start moving our transports back towards home.
IBT Mao wants us to ally against Hannibal. No thanks.
London completes the Apollo Program. Start in on the SS Engine.
Cadiz starts the Docking bay, due in 18 turns.
10. 1750 AD Nada.
After Action Id start building SS parts as each city completes its present build. No one else has any parts completed, so were leading in the space race.
Well have enough for a safe steal next turn. We have seven techs that we need to get to complete the SS. I would keep renewing the aluminum deal with Gandhi until we don't need it anymore. We also need to get Fission soon to find out where the Uranium is.
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