Japanesse Honor has been Satisfied....we've made it Alpha Centori.
But what a journey it was.
When we last left our Intrepid Japanesse empire, the world was embroiled in war.
Frederick was Eliminated by Perciles, who then proceeded to eliminate the ottomans from the continent..but lucky for Me, really, they settled one of the desert islands on the path south that I didn't bother too.
Anyway, once I saw Perciles was going to Eliminate the Ottomans, I Declared as well, racing to beat perciles to Istanbul and the prize of the space Elevator.
Ottomans later voluntarly vassalised to me, and I traded a couple of space techs, for some Prereq's I needed...namely Fibre optics and Fusion, Communissism and Military tradition, and others.
Well, he beat me, but I declared on him, took Istanbull and Ankora, Made peace and started building the space ship.
All this time Nappies declaring left and right, On me, percilies alternativelly, finally he declares on Joao, and Vassalises him completely..Rut Roh...
All the time I'm assuming Nappies going for domination, but he must have gotten some techs off the vassal Joao, because suddenly, he's got a space race tech lead on me.
Crux of it was I"m teching Fusion, then Ecology after that, and he Launches with only 1 engine...Hmm rather rushed, but easily still beating me.
Sigh, I'm in dispare..I've launced a golden age while teching fusion + Ecology, and decide I need to Eliminate Nappy completely to stop his space ship, so Its Marines/Modern armour in most cities.
I take most of my concouring stack of doom out of the Greek continent, leaving only Defencive Mech's/Sam's etc. Sail over to Nappy declare war, take first city, land 80+ troops, go back for another 60 or so, take a couple of cities, fight my way to Paris. I take Paris, still about 5 cities to go, when "All progress on the French space ship has been destroyed"...Wha??
I make peace with nappy, gift him all his cities back and my stack of doom gets bounced back to the greek continent...
NOOOOOOOOOOO
BUT, allway's a but isn't there, Perciles, declares on me....I'm only 9 turns form completing my 2nd engine and the life support with 8 or 10 of golden age remaining. I've gifted Ankora to Sully, to make a buffer and cause cultural problems for Perciles...He takes Ankora, that I expected. 3 turns later he turns up on Instanbuls door step with his Stack of doom...I take all defence from all other cities on Greek continent, and stack them in Istanbul, I MUST KEEP THE SPACE ELEVATOR.
I actually was just going to gift them all back to Sully, along with some troops, and turtle up while flying space ship.
Perciles, Smashes my defences in Istanbul, 20+ Mech infantry, Plus marines, Mobile sams, sams and others, takes the space elevator, Oh well its done its job, I'm only 3 turns from Life support and 4 from 2nd engine with 2 of Golden age left...NO biggie...but my stack of doom from the French campain got bounce into the Greek continent, and I've no cities now...they going to all die......
ARRRGGGHHHH.
I need defence so I take the nearest city on a hill, move most troops into city, a few modern armour, who used all movement hitting the hill top city are left out....they are the sacrifice the Japanese Empire demanded, Die in the Name or your Emporeor.
Perciles, now hits my new city with all he's got...my stack get's whittled down, but I kill 3/1 ratio as he has to leave injured troops out side city, and I pick them off. Mean while, he's running rampant all over the oceans, sinking my ships, pillaging some nets etc. cities start to starve...so I draft in starving cites...going to lose pop anyway, might as well put them to use.
This goes on for 5 turns, I finally get a fleet of Ships and transports to evacuate my french stack of doom, now down to 1/2 of its starting size, I take out all remaining 2 move units, abanding my Marines...
, So valiantly they have served the empire, but as it would take 2 moves over open land to get them out, they stay to die in the city as TRUE JAPANESE WARRIORS. I salute you all
(Bah expendable cannon fodder, or modern armour fodder)
Perciles takes the last city, I sucide the last Marines at <50% strength, on the remaining attackers, they died with Honour in battle, facing the foe, not cowering in holes or cellars like rats.
Perciles will now talk peace, I guess his aims were achieved, continental domination and my removal. Ok 200 gold for peace...taken..
22 turns remain for Space victory, I Queue up Mech infantry and Mobile sams in all cities, turn science off, move capital FOR THE 3RD TIME, INLAND, After what happened to Nappy, it ain't happening to me. My evacuated stack moves to my NEW/OLD CAPITAL..(3RD time) and I just hit enter.
Spcae race win in 2042 Herbert Hover Grade...6832 Score...*sigh*
some other stats..226 Exec's were killed by me.?? dumb AI.
Killed 106 Gunships, never got flight myself
Killed 87 Tanks Lost 32
Killed 93 Mod armour lost 31
Killed 84 Mech inf Lost 52
Made 218 Marines lost 182
A long and tortourous game. NOT being able to adopt a Religious civic, UNLESS I founded a religion, was a killer, especially after 6/7 were gone by 160 AD.
No Resource trading..Crippled my game.
No open Boarders...again..crippled.
I only won as I got liberialism, but that only because Pacal, was dogpiled by nappy and Joao...otherwise, Lib by 800AD I feel
Nappy, MUST have gotten Tech's from Vassal Joao,
Not trading Tech's like Replaceable parts and Rifling, as I thought I'd hold onto a monolopy, was a HUGE ERROR..they just by passed that tech and traded everything else apart from that...put me right behind.
I ended up having to trade Space tech's to Vassal, who had no hope of building space ship by that time, for the Pre req tech's for late space techs.
I missed the Internet...Oh yeah, dumb me, invaded Joao, looking for the "internet" in a city, till I realised..ITS A PROJECT...DUMB A me
, that's when nappy was able to vassalise Joao...so I proberly set up my own defeat.
What saved me?
Invading Nappy, Killing off his Space ship by TAKING CAPITAL ONLY...
, was this ever a surprise, I'm off concouring France, Perciles is taking the remaining continent from me, the ex- Ottoman lands...and killing what i thought was a secure defence...
Nappy once he launched, declared on me, landed 12 troops in the southern land mass, THE ONLY AI TO DO THAT, even though it was lightly defended most of game, they kept coming for the Japanese home lands. That war, I continued to my eventual capture of Paris, Maybe I has over 50% of French cities ?? dunno...but it stopped the French space mission.
Perciles accepting peace, once continental domination was achieved.
My destroying one of the Greek Cultural cites twice, once he had 2 over 150 K.. Otherwise it was a Greek Cultural victory in 1970's
My continent having Aluminium, oil, coal, and being ISOLATED allowed me to keep defence to min, though my exapasion, Crippled my economy.
In the end, I had to adopt, communisism and Heridtary rule to combat the Costs/unhappyness, of course 3 turns later, UN vote on Univeral Sufferage. Lucky I changed in golden age..otherwise....AAARRRGGGHHHH
Mad, you had it over me tech wise, I was able to stop the greeks from winning culturally, but in end they could have invaded my home lands like they did you, if they weren't 'focused' on Culture.
But the big surprise for me, was that Nappy actually had forgone military builds in favour of Space, and Perciles was allway slightly ahead of me in military, but had Gunships/Stealth bomber/fighters, and all I had to combat was sam Inf, then mobile sams later and Mech Infantry, Which basically saved my bacon.
Being able to produce mech infantry with City Garrison 3, combat 2/first strike 2/intercept..etc out of box was biggest deciding factor. City Garrisson 3 with Vassalage, other wise I'd have been invaded in home lands same as you Mad...
I Salute your efforts...It was a chore to do, but a proud achievement to make, even if I did it SO BADLY......
