I'd like to see us dedicate the home island cities as follows:
Trantor: build 6 Settlers then disband, use the 6th settler to re-found
Terminus: build 3 Settlers then workers
Selden: build workers
I'm thinking we'll need about 12-15 workers to get Wineland up to speed quickly and then we can join them back to get our towns up to max size, which I'm guess will be 7 (1 Content + 1 for Wine + 2 MP + 1 Temple + 2 SCI). That would give us about 27 units of support (8 Cities & 3 towns), made up of 16 MP & 8 Workers & 3 scouting Galleys. As for military, I don't see any reason to build anything by Regular Warriors. Before Astronomy only the Great Lighthouse AI (Dutch) might be able to reach us and after Asronomy is discovered, if any AI declare on us, we're goners anyway (unless we employ the SABER turtle defense).
I'm thinking we'll probably need 2-3 Galleys to get all the transport done in a timely manner.
I agree that after Map Making we should head for Republic (though Masonry is tempting). We shouldn't need any military until Astronomy (except for MP duty), so barracks aren't needed, that leave only temples & harbors as available infrastructure builds. Suggestions for each new town?
As for the dot map, we might want to move the P one NE if it's on a BG. I'd also like to settle in this order: Green, Palace, Blue, Black, Pink, White, Olive & Orange.
BTW: Since I started the naming of cities on the original with Foundation planets, any suggestions for the naming of Wineland cities? How about wine varieties (Cabernet, Merlot, etc)?