Sons of Mars III - Trollish Echidnas Not Included

Well screw you too Abyssinia. Screw. You. Too.
 
==Bolivar's Sorrow Part III: Eastern Coalition==

Brazil and Nigeria still have their arsenals. However, they were fired prior to Abyssinia's betrayal...

Nigeria

USSR targeted - 1 T1, 1 T2, 1 T5 - T2 hits. 2 provinces destroyed.
Prelate targeted - 1 T1, 1 T3, 1 T4, 1 T5 - 19 provinces destroyed.

Brazil

Prelate targeted - 1 T5, 1 T4 - both intercepted.
USSR targeted - 1 T5, 1 T2, 1 T3 - T5 and T3 hit. 9 provinces destroyed by T5, 5 by T3.

Brazil maintains an arsenal as a deterrent to Brony incursion.
 
I think after all the provinces are claimed is when that should be discussed.
 
Brazil maintains an arsenal as a deterrent to Brony incursion.

Considering that a T4 and a T5 both got intercepted, attacking is a bad idea.

And I don't care that statistics don't work that way. :p
 
I just want to see if we are now so I can write in a rebellion and flip to that massive rebellion. After that, I would start research on FTL technology((If Possible)), stasis pods, terraforming, colony pods, ... Each would make initial settlement easier and terraforming could make inhospitable land hospitable((Doesn't count towards radiation)).

With Mars -> people would live around the polar ice caps sort of deal.
 
When it comes time for the obligatory Epilogue, Gem_Hound, you could most certainly add that.

Though, at the rate we're going, you'll be one of the global superpowers soon, so why the heck not?
 
==Bolivar's Sorrow Part IV: The Calm Before...==

The last few interchanges are about to begin.

The Prelates amass a T5 as a deterrent.

It begins a chemical interchange with Brazil.

1 T2 and 1 T4 go at Brazil. T2 hits! 3 killed.

1 T2, 1 T3, and 1 T4 go at Prelate! All three hit! 13 kills!

==Bolivar's Sorrow Part V: ...The Storm==

Brazil goes on the offensive!

Its planes attack the USSR, with the intent of killing their planes and thus keeping them from reaching Brazil. Brazil has +2 to all rolls.

Spoiler :
5 5
2 6
8 6
3 5
7 7

2 are lost, but the USSR's air force is toast.

The USSR throws its entire fleet at the Brazilians; it cannot hope to project power with a blockade offshore. 24 ships fight 20!

5 5
8 9
2 5
9 8
5 3

2 4
2 8
1 6
5 1
6 3

5 8
4 3
2 10
2 7
9 8

9 4
4 5
10 8
9 7
3 2

4 7
9 8
7 8
4 10

3-21. Ouch. And the medal for "Worst Navy" is hereby taken from Jerusalem and given to the USSR.

With the threat of the Yankee fleet eliminated and the Rockefeller Administration finding its once monumental popularity waning, Brazil begins to hammer the Prelate Order's positions.

The forts are targeted for destruction. If they fall, NOTHING will be able to stop Brazil's advance.

9 1
10 5

CURBSTOMP!

Brazil scrambles its 12 jets in the Americas against the Prelates - they go against the Prelate Air Force - 9 units.

8 7
6 5
3 8
8 1
3 1
2 8
8 4
4 3
2 7
10 5
1 4
8 3

8-4.

Brazil, now with no fear of the Prelate Air Force, is able to continue its invasion unopposed. Provinces with 1-man garrisons are the prime target.

8 6
8 5
8 7
7 4
2 10

4-1.

With that, only 8 Prelate armies protect the vast territories.

With 22 armies of its own, Brazil resumes its attack.

9 5

2 9
5 9
5 10
3 1

10 provinces fall without defenses.

5 Brazilian forces go against the 2 remaining Prelate forts.

3 2
10 1

The Brazilians call off their attack there.

The fleet is ordered to dispose of the American fleet.

4 9
8 10
5 7
6 8
3 8
5 9
3 7
4 8
10 3
5 5
2 2

3-8

The rest attack the USSR's Caribbean possessions.

6 2
8 2
8 8

3 provinces taken.

As a final checkmate, 26 units are ordered against the Prelates' 14.

10 6
7 7
7 1
4 9
7 2

8 10
4 2
1 2
1 8
8 10

2 6
3 4
3 8
10 9
9 8

1 4
2 4
6 7
5 7
10 2

7 8
3 3
10 1

14-9.


The Prelate Order has seen the destruction of its fleet, and a blockade of the Spice Islands is imminent.

With no other choice, the Prelate Order accepts harsh peace terms - it dissolves its alliance with the USSR and relinquishes the American provinces to Brazil. The 4 armies still present in the Americas are disbanded and escorted back to Java. Meanwhile, 4 gold is given to Brazil as compensation.

The Prelates are defeated... content to rebuild in isolation.
 
==Bolivar's Sorrow Part VI: The Tsunami==

With the utter collapse of the American order, the USSR and Prelates alike lying in ruins, Denmark has stated that it will use its force to ensure the neutrality and security of the Panama Canal.

The USSR naturally has its grumbling about such intervention from Europe, but it's not exactly able to do anything about it... It has gone from the world's second-largest economy to the world's sixteenth.

Now, in Africa, the vast jungles, deserts and savannas are the heart of conflict.

Brazil goes first. It's 8 armies present in the region move out to take the USSR's provinces.

Spoiler :
7 10
9 10
9 10
9 9
5 6
6 8
8 6
1 5

5-3.

Nigeria attacks the USSR's final position in the Congo.

1 1

Victoly!

With the USSR eliminated from the Continent, Nigeria sends 54 armies against Abyssinia.

Nigeria has +1.

7 5

A fort is taken.

10 7
10 8
6 6

9 10
7 2

Nigeria stops at 5. 5-1.

Abyssinia lies in wait. The bourgeiose hordes may win the battle, but they shan't win the war! >:D

Jerusalem attacks Abyssinia with a liberal chemical bombardment.

10 T1s, 1 T2, 1 T3.

9 kills from T1s, 3 from the T2, 4 from the T3. In total, Abyssinia loses 16 armies.

8 provinces fall to the Jerusalem forces, being unguarded.

Meanwhile, a slew of Abyssinian provinces on the coast are left unguarded...

Unfortunately, Jerusalem would not be able to get through the Axumite fleet, and thus, cannot proceed with invasion.

The Sahara and Nigeria know that if they don't crush Abyssinia now, it will be able to amass enough wealth to build another T5 in the coming year, and such a thing wouldn't be good for the world's health.

6 8
7 2 - Fort crushed.
4 3
8 2
8 1 - Fort crushed

8 4
8 4
9 1
2 6
9 10

1 7
1 8
10 9
1 9
1 10

3 9
5 6
1 2
1 3
9 4 - Fort crushed.

9 9
6 3
10 2
3 6
5 3

13-12

23 armies remain in Nigeria's active service!

8 10
2 3
6 8
5 7
10 5

1-4. Another fort taken!

10 4

7 5 - Last fort taken!

16 Nigerian forces begin the assault on the remaining provinces in the Western Zone.

10 4
6 10
5 8
10 3
8 1

10 1
10 10
10 1
6 9
5 4

1 1
3 7
7 3
9 2

Nigeria announces V-A Day, as Abyssinia has been almost completely ruined. Nigeria has emerged from this destructive war almost as strong as it went in - It is the world's fifth largest economy.

Left with 12 armies, Sahara is tasked with dealing with them. Abyssinia gets +3 to all battles. The good news is much of the Abyssinian air force has been destroyed.

Sahara sends 28 jets against Ethiopia's remaining 3.

6 3
1 5
4 4
1 2
7 6

4 3
4 8
8 3
5 8
2 9

4 1
10 2
8 7
3 8
6 7

5 2
1 1
1 10
8 8
9 4

3-17.

8 are free to bomb as they please. 1 hit; 1 shot down.

Sahara takes one fort without a struggle due to having killed its defenders. Now, it charges into the lion's nest.

2 4
7 2
9 10
10 2
8 2

3-2. The other fort is seized.

4 7
5 10
6 1
1 6
5 9
10 6
9 3
4 2
4 1
2 10

3-7

10 1


Sahara crushes the last outpost in the area. Abyssinia is left with a few poorly-defended provinces.

--Norris vs. Rebels--

CHUCK-A NORRIIIISSSS!

10 5
4 8
10 10
9 6

The rebels are crushed.

--Kazakhstan vs. Rebels--

7 7
2 7
5 1

Crushed.

--Gangia vs. Rebels--

5 3

Crushed.

--501st vs. Rebels--

Rather than waste troops, the 501st bombards the fort with 5 aircraft to guarantee a hit. None are shot down and the army marches in victorious.

==Bolivar's Sorrow: The Finale - Operation Sugarcane==

Bogota believes that the time has come for the Colombians to become one once more. With the Prelate Order and USSR in ruins, Brazil exhausted, and the 501st focused on consolidating Mexico, nothing can stop their ultimate plan.

First, Medellin fights against its rebels, who are in a fort.

3 10
2 1
1 7
7 3

With Medellin at 18 forces remaining, Bogota launches an unprovoked invasion.

7 3
1 4
4 4
1 2
8 8
3 8
10 1
8 3
4 5
10 10

4 6
6 6
1 7
10 9
10 9
10 7

That leaves 3 provinces.

Bogota halts the offensive...

6 8
7 7
2 7
5 4
3 5
8 7
2 9
7 10
8 7
2 8

3-7

Medellin is left with no active troops. Bogota goes on the attack!

8 1
8 9
3 2
2 1
8 10

Cali, however, sides with Bogota, believing that a united Colombia will be able to better resist the outside interference of states such as Brazil, the USSR, and the 501st.

Cali invades Medellin.

8 5
9 5

Colombia is united.

More importantly, socialist Colombia requests an alliance with, or at least the protection of, Angola.
 
You can only be eligible for Worst Navy Evar if you initiate the hostilities and/or have an advantage.

Anyway, since none of the countries my agents are in got nuked, can I switch my orders? Or are you still going to make the whole world blow up next turn?
 
Orders are el locked, I'm afraid, for both nations and terror groups. :p

This update took a while because of the scale of this war, but I'll be able to get it up tomorrow...
 
==Politics Of the World==

Mahe and Maratha have pooled their resources into one, becoming the state of India. They have seized Daman and Diu off the coast as well.

"India shall no longer be a geographic expression!"

The 4 Indian city-states, Karaikal, Delhi, Pondicherry, and Chandigarh, are invited to join India.

Karaikal and Pondicherry join India, whereas Delhi and Chandigarh do not. The latter two, located deep in Tibetan territory, fear reprisal.

==Vive Le Revolucion==

The world over, economic dislocation, angst towards the failure of the system, and general anarchy are taking their toll on stability. Lower agricultural yields as a result of mass poisoning, climate change, and vast farmlands laid to waste are creating bread riots. The rivers run with poison and debris, but chances are they will soon run with blood...
 
Unlucky 13. How appropriate.

Turn XIII

Spoiler map :
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===Diplomatic Highlights - Past Year===

-Poland suffers a coup; President killed. Rogue military personnel seize control of the nation's PB arsenal. Though the European missile makes short work of most, many still hit their targets, crippling Germany and Russia, while destroying Vienna entirely.

-Minor skirmish between Brazil and Prelate Order escalates into a full-scale cataclysmic war, destroying much of Brazil, Nigeria, Ethiopia, and Louisiana. Abyssinia betrays its allies and attacks them as well as the American powers.

-Nigeria surges in power as it crushes Abyssinia, whereas the USSR collapses.

-Prelate Order fades from prominence and forced to retreat from the Americas to Java.

-Denmark intervenes as the global police, guaranteeing the security of the Panama Canal

-Global economic boom comes to an end. Mass use of chemical weapons has poisoned large amounts of soil, whereas the sky has turned black for several hours in places all over the world as clouds of debris and unearthed chemicals go overhead. Already reports of poisoning are on the rise, with crop yields lessening. Mass flooding has also been reported in river areas, as debris blocks the flow of water and redirects it, thus resulting in the shift of entire ecosystems.

-Only the Cult of Norris has not been scarred by the massive conflict.

-Global trade suffers a huge setback as the Sinai peninsula is ravaged by a missile. It will take years to restore the Suez Canal.

-USSR's collapse - and its navy's demise - has allowed New Jersey to seize portions of the USSR's territory without control. The Federation of New Jersey and New York has become New England.

-The Triple Alliance of Denmark, Germany, and Britain is largely seen as the last remaining vestige of order in a chaotic world, having a large missile shield and resources(1.572 trillion GNP) to call upon. Its rival, the Shanghai-Tokyo Axis (with Russia as a junior partner) manages to compete with its 1.445 trillion GNP.

-Former rivals Jerusalem and Tibet ink a formal alliance

-India has been united under a single government; Gangia, Delhi, and Chandigarh refuse unification

Spoiler Diplomacy :
Trade

Denmark - Norris, Angola, Ahasira, Nigeria, Tibet

Norris - Ahasira, 501st, USSR, Germany, Denmark

Ahasira - Japan, Norris, Jerusalem, Denmark, Nigeria

Angola - Britain, Sahara, Nigeria, Russia, Denmark

Nigeria - Tibet, Angola, Denmark, Ahasira, Germany

Tibet - Japan, Nigeria, Britain, Denmark, Tibet

Germany - 501st Legion, USSR, Norris, Nigeria, Tibet

Sahara - Lunar Republic, Angola, Russia, Britain, Japan

Japan - Tibet, Ahasira, Britain, Sahara, NLR

Brasilao - Jerusalem, 501st, NLR, Russia,

501st Legion - Germany, Brasilao, Norris, Jerusalem, Russia

USSR - Norris, Jerusalem, Russia

Jerusalem - Brasilao, Ahasira, 501st, Russia, USSR

Britain - Angola, NLR, Japan, Tibet, Sahara

Lunar Republic - Britain, Norris, Sahara, Japan, Brasilao

Russia - Sahara, Angola, Jerusalem, Brazil, USSR

Prelate Order : Gangia : Singapore : Alaska : India : Zimbabwe

Kazakhstan : Morocco : Cuba : NJNY : Venezuela : Quebec

Guarantees

Nigeria : Niamey, Bamako, Dakar

Gangia : All India

Morocco : Gibraltar

Angola : Sub-Saharan Africa

Alliances

Japan : Ahasira : Russia

Nigeria : Sahara

Germany : Britain : Denmark

Prelate Order : Gangia : Singapore : Alaska : India : Zimbabwe

Kazakhstan : Morocco : Cuba : NJNY : Venezuela : Quebec

Jerusalem : Tibet

Wars

Abyssinia : Prelate Order, USSR, Nigeria, Jerusalem, Angola, Ahasira, Brazil

Brazil, Nigeria - Abyssinia, USSR

USSR - Brazil, Nigeria, Abyssinia

Embargoes



===Events===

Spoiler :
Economic Cycle(every 5 turns; affects all nations by the same number -10-10)

The boom has come to an end! Economies will now grow but 1%.

Natural Disasters(Removes 1%-5% Industry; removes stability) - 5 Affected

Japan - 4
29 - 3
40 - 2
41 - 5
46 - 5

Economic Busts - (Removes 1%-5% Industry) - 5 Affected

Ahasira - 4
Sahara - 3
501st - 4
Russia - 5
32 - 2

Economic Booms(Adds 1% or 10% to Industry) - 2 Affected

25 - 10
34 - 5

Scientific Breakthrough - Occurs every 4 turns! (+20 to discoverer; +10 to their trade partners, +5 to neighbors, +1 to everyone else; Exclusive to major powers)

N/A

Resource Discovery(Adds 5-20 Industry) - 4 Affected

22 - 7
32 - 4
43 - 16
45 - 13

Expansionism(+5 claims, given to minor NPCs; means of mixing up geopolitics) - 2 affected

Kazakhstan
Singapore

Foreign Investment(+10 Industry, given to the weakest 5 Industry major powers) - 3 affected

Jerusalem, Japan, Britain, Brazil, Germany

Jerusalem, Japan, Brazil

Foreign Investment(+10 Industry, given to the weakest 5 Base Income major powers) - 3 affected

501st, Russia, USSR, Prelates, Abyssinia

Russia!
USSR!
Prelates!

Resurgence (10 claims instead of 5 to major powers below the threshold - current threshhold is 85) - 2 affected

Sahara, Japan, NLR, Britain, 501st, Russia

Japan and NLR get 10 claims!

Stabilisation (-2 instability) - 1 Affected

Anarchy is common; few nations in a midst of demographic and economic chaos can claim true stability.

Dakar


===Arms Race===

Spoiler :
Largest Navy - Denmark; Germany
Largest Air Force - 501st; Denmark
Largest Army - Denmark; Ahasira

Weapons Research

Breakdown of costs - http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=11079598&postcount=514 - Multiply all costs by 2

Pre-emptive FAQ: No, maxing out your research meter to 100 for a particular WMD research does not give it to you automatically. It merely guarantees you'll get it next turn.

Successful Programs

Tibet has unlocked a T5.

Germany has built a T5.

Britain has built a T3.

2 states have built T2 BWs.

Tibet has built a T2 CW.

1 state has built a T5 PB.

Province Busters

Tiny/T1 PBs cost 10 gold. Anybody with Military 2 can purchase.
.
T2 PBs can be built for 20 gold a piece. That is, the possibility to vaporise 3 provinces + 3 armies. 11 nations can build these this turn.

T3 PBs can be built for 30 gold by the nations with T3 tech - there are eleven nations. They can destroy up to 5 provinces + 5 armies.

T4 PBs can be built for 40 gold by certain nations. These can kill up to 7 provinces and 7 armies.

T5 PBs can be built for 50 gold. They can destroy 10 provinces and 10 armies.

Biological

T1 BW's cost 10 gold.

T2 BWs cost 32 Gold to the nations with the tech.

T3 BWs cost 100 gold.

T4 BWs - 160 gold

Chemical

T1 CW's cost 10.

T2 CW's cost 32 to those with the tech.

T3 CWs cost 90 to those with the tech.

T4 CWs cost 140 to those with the tech.


== Terrorism ==

Spoiler :
Details on terrorists: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=11099789&postcount=911

Inquisition

Spoiler :
Goes after Japan and the 501st. 8 steal from Japan, 9 from the 501st.

1 successful; 1 killed vs. Japan
2 successful; 1 killed vs 501st


French Revolutionary Army

Spoiler :
The FRA has but 3 agents, and devotes them to stealing cash from Britain.

None successful; none captured.


VRF

Spoiler :
35 Agents remain after the interchange destroyed several bases as collateral damage.

5 Agents search Denmark

BEEP BEEP BEEP! Chaos, Inc. base found in Denmark!

5 search USSR

5 search Brazil

14 Agents raid Brazilian banks

2 successful; 1 killed


Chaos, Inc

Spoiler :
Chaos, Inc. detonates 3 PBs in Jerusalem.

Failed, not discovered. +3 Infamy.

38 agents remain.

4 agents: steal from Mozambique

None successful, none discovered

4 agents: steal from Nigeria

2 successful; 1 killed.

4 agents: steal from Japan

1 successful.

4 agents: steal from Khazakstan

None successful, 1 killed

2 agents: steal from Rio de Janeiro

None successful, none killed

4 agents: steal from Britain

1 successful; 1 killed.

4 agents: steal from Ahasira

None successful; none killed.

4 agents: steal from Liberia

None successful; 1 killed.

4 agents: steal from Mali

None successful, none killed


Total: 4 successful; 4 killed +7 Infamy

Philanthropy

Spoiler :
Philanthropy launches 5 thefts against Denmark

1 killed

5 against Nigeria

1 successful

5 against Ahasira

1 killed

5 against Angola

None successful, none killed

4 against Abyssinia

1 successful, 1 killed

2 successful, 3 killed

Philanthropy also backs the Cult of Norris for a position as the global leader, due to its commitment (thus far) to not arm itself with WMDs.



Countermeasures

The VRF has searched Denmark!

BEEP BEEP BEEP! Chaos, Inc. base found in Denmark!

Mozambique - Central America. BEEP BEEP; VRF base found!

Nigeria - Bucharest.

Japan - Gangia.

Kazakhstan - Nigeria. BEEP! VRF base found!

Rio - Liberia. BEEP. 1 VRF and 1 Inquisition Base found!

Britain - San Marino. BEEEP! 1 VRF and 1 Philanthropy Base found!

Liberia - Colombia. BEEEP! 1 Philanthropy and 1 Chaos, Inc. base found!

Mali - Patagonia.

Brazil - Chandigarh. 1 VRF and 1 Inquisition base found!

Denmark - Alaska. 1 Chaos, Inc. base found!


===Revolts===

Spoiler :
In light of globe-consuming anarchy, everyone has a 30% chance of a revolt.

How much of your realm will break away is your instability * 5, so instability 20 = every province attempts to break away. By contrast, instability 1(which human players are generally at) will only yield a mere 5% attempting.

Attempted incitations in:

Minsk - Not discovered
Lisbon - Not discovered
Gibraltar - Not discovered

Tibet - 9 provinces lost; Free India declared!
Jerusalem - 9 provinces lost; Persia declared!
Russia - 22 provinces lost; Soviet Union declared!
Prelates - 12 provinces lost; Indonesia declared!

Gangia - 1 lost; Free India!
Alaska - 5 lost to tax rebellion
Patagonia - 2 lost to tax rebellion

Santiago - Uprising crushed
Dubai - Uprising crushed
Mjubi-Mayi - Uprising crushed


==Strategy==

Geopolitics has MANY opportunities this turn. Backing sides in the civil wars may help curry favor.
 
Spoiler :
revolution.jpg

Unhappy with the religious Theocracy that was running the Cult of Norris, A man by the name of William Harris began the plans of a revolution. By the time he was 40, the rebellion began. 50% of the people joined him while 25% became neutral.
Rioting broke out through the streets of every major city and the clergy were killed in their beds. Churchs were ripped down everywhere as the revolution continued. William Harris, with his trusted generals, rose to power and crushed all resistance. The revolution was over and the new Regime would look to space to save the Earth.
Spoiler :
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The new country was to be called U.F.N.A.N. -> United Federation of North American Nations
U.F.N.A.N. Orders: Attack Alaskan Rebels with all forces -> Seize the territory
200 IC to Industry
200 IC to secret project
157 IC to M9
 
Me and my dice bag are actually declaring war on the RNG. I am extremely serious right now. I refuse to play until Tany uses a percent die (or a D20 if he understandably doesn't have one) for me.

20% of 54 is 10. I think I've gotten better than the threshold one time this entire game.
 
Spoiler :
Another Epic Installment of IOTatW
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