(0) I think we can safely assume that the Pyramids aren't going to flip. It probably won't make any difference, but I sell off the nation's granaries now. Lagash is building a palace, due in 5. That can build the Apollo, I guess. I swap Ur to bat. met for the Engine. Isin to intelligence agency prebuild. Umma, Akshak, and Agade are starving. I irrigate a tile for each city. This does lower their shield output a tad, so feel free to alternate irrigation/mine if you feel like it. I didn't feel like it, so I just left it irrigated.
I added some scientists so that I could lower science to 90% and still get space flight in 3. That way, we're only running a -21 gpt deficit.
BT - Cattaraugus police - library. Der commercial dock - stock. Asyut uni - aqueduct.
(1) 1605
BT - Zulu and Aztecs sign MA vs. Egypt. Grand River market - bank. Tonawanda police - bank. Coventry library - university. Agade offshore platform - wealth (seems like these cities that aren't too corrupt wouldn't benefit from police stations). Kahnawake offshore platform - wealth. After much deliberation
, decide not to hold UN elections.
(2) 1610 - Our incense expires, and is no longer available from the AI. We lower the slider to pretend like we have income, then buy dyes for wines, siles, gems and 34 gpt (from the Zulu I think). We then turn the slider back up, space flight is due in 1. We fire as many scientists as we can without increasing it to 2 turns.
BT - Iroquois and Egypt sign peace. Space flight is in, start ecology. Pollution isn't bad, but I figure we will want synthetic fibers. Lagash to Apollo via scroll ahead.
Complete Apollo. Lagash to SS Cockpit. Gewauga police - library.
(3) 1615 - Ur to engine - due in 4. Isin to docking bay, due next turn (should have used scroll ahead for that too, oops). Hire scientist for ecology so we can get it in 4 at 100%, running a deficit of course. I figure between parts we can run wealth in the core 3 and get some cash back. I think I keep us above 1000 all turn, though.
BT - Sumer - offshore - wealth. Tippecanoe offshore - wealth. Isin docking bay - wealth. Goigouen library - university. Kawauka harbor - university.
(4) 1620 - Ur grew, and now is starving. I irrigate it, lowering its production by 4 spt. Feel free to re-mine that one too, if you want.
BT - St. Regis library - university. Zabalam harbor - bank.
(5) 1625
BT - Erech offshore - wealth. Panama East bank - harbor.
(6) 1630 - Fire some scientists.
BT - Ecology in, start synthetic fibers. Ur SS engine - bat med prebuild. Cattaraugus library - university. Lagash cockpit - intelligence agency prebuild. Gandasetaigon aqueduct - bank.
(7) 1635 - We can't get to 4-turn research for synthetic fibers, even with a painful amount of scientists (making scientists everywhere I can even sort of justify getting away with it). But, we can lower science to 80% and get the tech in 5. I re-fire all the scientists I can, and we're at 249 gpt.
(8) 1640
BT - Iroquois sail in. Caughawaga bank - temple. Gewa library - uni.
(9) 1645 - We need to renew ivory. Furs and ivory from the Aztecs for silks, gems, wines, and 55 gpt.
Now the Aztecs can afford electronics. Sell it to them for 87 gpt + 400 gold. Then we sell it to the Zulu, who can afford close to market and will probably buy it from the Aztecs at a discount. They give 69 gpt + 525.
I don't ask the Iroquois to leave, because I'm guessing they'll sail out to Kente next turn.
BT - Sure enough, the Iroquois fleet arrives in Kente. Salmanca bank - stock. Hastings market - library. Kutha harbor - library.
(10) 1650 - Synthetic fibers is due in 2. Lagash will need scroll ahead, because its prebuild is also due in 2. I also have had Ur on a prebuild, because I was thinking that storage supply was also a 640-shield part, not 160 shields. Oops. I think we should just keep going and scroll it ahead too when the tech comes in, but I suppose we could set it to wealth and just build it in 2 when the tech comes in.
Other than that, the turns required a lot of time deciding where to have scientists, and how many, but were fairly simple other than that.
To Space!
I never had an SGL before so didn't know that - I hope this bug is known already and will be fixed in the next official patch.
So you *can* pull insanely ahead by not trading again?? Wow
Indeed amazing that the AI was only fighting and didn't care to stop us when they could! I assume that they stayed Fascist all the time? Really looks like this government type is quite strong for humans, but killing for the AI. Maybe something for Firaxis to patch...
