As I said, we'll try to outrace them from here, but if Nuclear Power shows up soon enough that we won't be able to acquire all the techs in time, it's Da Bomb.
Inherited turn: Let's take inventory.
12 tanks, which when upgraded should be enough to take a post-nuke Salamanca.
3 transports, that's also enough.
1 carrier, that's also enough. Planes aren't going to make the difference.
1 nuke sub; might want another.
13 battleships; that should be enough to run separate escorts for the naval convoy and the nuke sub, I think.
25 infantry and 21 mechs, that's probably also enough.
Bapedi swaps to an ICBM; I'll decide what to do with it later.
I renegotiate American Ivory for Wines; they pay 5gpt. Also renew Egyptian Furs for wines, but they don't have any gpt to offer. (When did we buy iron from Egypt?)
I sell the granaries in all our cities except Santiago. The cities are never going to grow again, and we may need every penny.
(I) We complete the Thrusters and the Americans complete the Fuel Cells.
1842 AD: nothing doing yet. I move a few ships up from Tenoch to Intombe.
(I) I hear a bunch of weird noises and the screen centers on St. Regis. Was hoping for a nuke, but I think it was submarine combat.
1844 AD: HAH! (image):
(I) Ecology finishes at long, long last. I put the lone scientist on Recycling - it's theoretically possible the game will last that long.
Not enough money to steal Superconductor safely yet (Egypt lacks it; we can trade it for Synth Fibers). We have ICBMs with several turns remaining as prebuilds, so we can wait. Bogota's ICBM will complete in two turns; I decide to let it finish.
Americans finish the Exterior Casing (that's the big one...)
1848 AD: Iroquois will now talk, and my racing heart slows a notch as I see they don't have Nuclear Power.
American bombers disconnected one Iro aluminum, on their southeastern island, but they have two on the mainland. America's still in Democracy...
(I) Bogota builds ICBM. Egypt gets their first SS part in. Americans add Life Support, their ninth part.
1852: The Iroquois land a transport in a spot I missed at the shore blockade, at San Antonio! But it's only two Modern Armors, and our arty, elite longbow, and a tank fend them off.
With two ICBMs a turn away from completion, time to steal Superconductor. We get it, safe steal from America - but it plus our 600 remaining gold isn't enough to trade to Egypt for Synth Fibers. Crap.
We complete the Fuel Cells and Life Support. I swap Madrid from ICBM to Mil Academy and back to ICBM to keep the prebuild alive, and keep doing that every turn. This will become the Exterior Casing, of course.
1854: Superconductor + 950 gold still "doubtful" to get Synth Fibers from Egypt.
1856: Super and 1297 gold still "doubtful"!
1858: Super and 1678 gold still "doubtful"!
Tlatelolco completes our second ICBM.
I get a second message about the Iros starting Cure for Cancer.
1860 AD: Super and 2055 gold still "doubtful"! So much for THAT idea.
America just dropped into anarchy!!! Well, I'll try the "catch them in anarchy" strategy because it worked before, and to get in a shot before they get into Communism. A risky steal succeeds for Synthetic Fibers!
I then go ahead and trade Superconductor to Egypt for all they have, which is 1082 gold, 38/turn, and more Iron and Saltpeter.
WE ARE AT SPACESHIP TECH PARITY! Nobody has gotten Nuclear Power.
Exterior Casing due in 4 in Madrid. The other two parts will finish this turn.
Zed can decide what to do with the MPPs which are now cancelable. I did not try to re-plant a spy in Iroquois since we didn't need to as long as we know they don't have Nuclear Power.
With everyone in Communism, once they get Nuclear Power and we steal it, we should be able to slam research to 100% on The Laser and get it first. I think we're going to win this thing!
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