State of the Empire - Term VI

[Chamnix]

Turnlog:

Completed:

Jet fighter in Uskudar.
Jet fighter in Babeout.
Jet fighter in Tizona.
Worker in Vorpal.
Worker in Zar’roc.
Jet fighter in Stiletto.
Jet fighter in Kris.
Worker in Riza.

All set to something to get mobilization shields.


Unit Moves:

Spoiler :

Open seas recon shows nothing other than FREE warships.
Here’s a picture of the very busy Council Strait mid-term in full scouting mode:



The Treasury dropped one citizen this turn (from 19 to 18) and is still showing red in F11, so there is no need to hit that city this turn. Our jet fighters still can’t reach quite as far as I’d like, but we can recon the Bayou:



Council is starting to defend their tiles with units, but at least those units can’t guard cities also. I guess we have to find a way to get transports in range.

I stare at the map for a while trying to figure out which tiles to bombard with our 10 stealth bombers and possibly 7 regular bombers.

The Bayou looks very difficult to bring to starvation. It can always work 12 water tiles (one of which is a fish), so at 12 citizens, it is plus 4 food. They have too many modern armor on one flood plain, so at 13 citizens, they are plus 7 food. The other flood plain provides 2 food even if cratered, and they have a protected sugar plains tile, so at 15 citizens, they are still plus 7 food. We will never get them down to anything worse than minus 1, and it is a lot of work to do that, so we’ll leave that city alone for now.

The Chamber has a cow and 2 flood plains, so I don’t think we can realistically starve that city very much.

The Silo is already yellow on F11, and it has up to 4 irrigated tiles to hit, but we can’t recon there, and it is only reachable by stealth bombers.

The Gulag is out of recon range and out of bomber range but has up to 6 irrigated tiles to hit. It is not on F11, so we can’t see its current status.

The Institute is probably the best target within range of our bombers. Coastal cities look too hard to starve, and The Institute has some mountains and hills in its territory, so it should be starvable. Recon The Institute:



I pick out the following tiles to aim for:



Comments welcome for future turns.

As our bombers fly overhead, the light blue dot west of The Gulag turns out to be mined now instead of irrigated, so we hit the irrigated grass southeast of The Gulag instead. We were either very lucky, or Council has all their jet fighters doing recon because we didn’t see a single interceptor, and 16 of our 17 planes hit. Next turn another 4 regular bombers will join the party.

Our compact end of turn position:

Domestic Report:

88 towns
585 citizens (39% of world population – FREE @38%)
10 workers
34 slaves

Treasury – 7114 gold and +830 gpt.
Research – 24 beakers invested in Space Flight, due in 42 at 3 bpt (9,000 total needed).

Running 0% luxuries and 0% science.

Military Report:

We are strong compared to the Council.
We are strong compared to Babe.
We are average compared to FREE.

Technology Report:

We are up Economics, Communism, Scientific Method, Sanitation, and Amphibious War on Babe.
We are up Economics, Communism, and Sanitation on FREE.
We are up Communism and Stealth on Council.
1 tribe has Advanced Flight (Council).
1 tribe has Nuclear Power (Council).
1 tribe has Miniaturization (Council).
1 tribe has Space Flight (Council).

Council also has The Laser and Robotics.

Wonder Update:

Council is building the United Nations in The Aerie.

Due to complete on Turn 269:

Jet fighter in Mugla.
Marine in Yatagan.
Jet fighter in Of.
Jet fighter in Rapier.
Jet fighter in Thelma.
Jet fighter in Die Babe Die.
Worker in Black Mamba.
Stealth Bomber in Damocles’ Sword.

 

[Chamnix]

Turnlog:

Completed:

Jet fighter in Mugla.
Marine in Yatagan.
Jet fighter in Of.
Jet fighter in Rapier.
Jet fighter in Thelma.
Jet fighter in Die Babe Die.
Worker in Black Mamba.
Stealth Bomber in Damocles’ Sword.

All set to something to get mobilization shields.


Unit Moves:

Spoiler :

The usual recon of areas within 6 tiles of our shore reveals the usual nothing.
Destroyers scout out the Council Strait and see nothing dangerous.



That FREE stack is 4 cruisers and 2 destroyers.
Recon by The Treasury:



F11 is kind of interesting (this is before any micromanagement):



The Treasury is still in starvation mode which is good, but both The Chamber and The Silo have negative food, and we haven’t even hit either of them. Maybe they are getting smacked around by pollution (which is going to be hard for them to find time to clean), or they are shifting tiles around to try to keep some cities from starving, but they will be emptying food bins for faster starvation later.

Anyway, I stick to the plan and bomb the unguarded hills first.

One bomber gets shot down by an interceptor, but his place in the carrier is immediately taken by a stealth bomber that we just completed. We hit 12 times and miss 5 leaving The Treasury as a city that will not build spaceship parts quite as quickly as it could before:



All 6 unguarded hills are cratered. That is also The Council’s only source of aluminum that was just disconnected so they will have to waste some worker turns on that one.

We have 3 stealth bombers left, so we recon The Institute:



We return to emphasizing food. Another bomber misses, but we still place a crater in the irrigated desert to The Institute’s southwest.

I think next turn some carriers will head east and north (but keeping out of range of subs) to get a better look at what we can bomb near The Chamber, The Admiralty, and The Gulag. Some destroyers head out that way now to do an earlier check for subs next turn before our valuable boats move.

Next steps, we slide 6 transports out to threaten The Nursery next turn. For future reference, The Nursery costs 192 gold to investigate.

I get a little cute on Council’s east coast by running some destroyers through the coastal waters to try to cost them a little food and income. All boats ended the turn out of the range of Council’s cruise missiles.



We start barricading non-coastal tiles.

Domestic Report:

88 towns
592 citizens (40% of world population – FREE @38%)
8 workers
34 slaves

Treasury – 7944 gold and +833 gpt.
Research – 27 beakers invested in Space Flight, due in 41 at 3 bpt (9,000 total needed).

Running 0% luxuries and 0% science.

Military Report:

We are strong compared to the Council.
We are strong compared to Babe.
We are average compared to FREE.

Technology Report:

We are up Economics, Communism, Scientific Method, Sanitation, and Amphibious War on Babe.
We are up Economics, Communism, and Sanitation on FREE.
We are up Communism and Stealth on Council.
1 tribe has Advanced Flight (Council).
1 tribe has Nuclear Power (Council).
1 tribe has Miniaturization (Council).
1 tribe has Space Flight (Council).

Council also has The Laser and Robotics.

Wonder Update:

Council is building the United Nations in The Aerie.
Council is building The Manhattan Project in The Gulag.

Due to complete on Turn 270:

Stealth bomber in Baldric.
Worker in Salonika.
Marine in Taiaha.
Jet fighter in Aydin.
Jet fighter in Izmit.
Marine in Elear.
Jet fighter in Thanks for the Leaders.
Carrier in Wakizashi.
Marine in Yanagiba.
Jet fighter in Mos Eisley.
Worker in Ambassoador Hotel.
Worker in California Rattle Snake.

 

[Chamnix]

Turnlog:

Completed:

Stealth bomber in Baldric.
Worker in Salonika.
Marine in Taiaha.
Jet fighter in Aydin.
Jet fighter in Izmit.
Marine in Elear.
Jet fighter in Thanks for the Leaders.
Carrier in Wakizashi.
Marine in Yanagiba.
Jet fighter in Mos Eisley.
Worker in Ambassoador Hotel.
Worker in California Rattle Snake.

All set to something to get mobilization shields.

Unit Moves:

Spoiler :

The usual recon of areas within 6 tiles of our shore reveals the usual nothing dangerous.
Destroyers scout out the Council Strait and see more nothing dangerous.



The Pier has a Mobile SAM on top. We spend 192 gold investigating The Nursery – I don’t really think it will be underdefended, but I’m dying to know what the war weariness situation is, and this is a good excuse.



(see analysis of pic in Council diplo thread).

Bombing time. The Treasury lost another citizen and is still at negative food in F11, so there is no need to hit that. I know at least 4 planes will hit The Nursery to start the starvation there. The Silo and The Chamber haven’t lost citizens yet, but they have both been red in F11, so we should try to starve them some more to empty their bins. The Admiralty was red last turn but is now white again, but we should be able to drive that back to red. That should be enough targets – we will probably run out of planes before then…

Our first bomber misses, but the next 4 hit improvements and take away 6 fpt from The Nursery. We have 5 more bombers, and they can’t actually reach anything I just named as a target, so they will hit The Institute again – that has to be at negative fpt also with all the damage we’ve done around there. The first bomber missed, but showed a stack of units led by a modern armor or mech on the dyes tile and workers on the aluminum tile and the cratered plains to the north of the target tile, but there was nobody on their iron hill so we could smash another hill if we choose (next run, I’ll take a pic). After some thought, we change targets to hit the iron hill:





Three bombers crater the iron hill. One bomber and 11 stealth bombers to go. The final bomber takes the rails off the irrigated grass between The Institute and The Treasury, and our first stealth bomber craters that tile.

Ten stealth bombers to go. The Chamber has 2 irrigated flood plains. The Admiralty has 2 irrigated grasslands, and The Silo has 4 irrigated plains (one with wheat). With 10 runs left, I think we will hit The Chamber and The Admiralty this turn.

The fighter in The Chamber watches as our stealth bombers rip up both of The Chamber’s irrigated tiles.



A stealth bomber hits the tile west of The Admiralty (the Admiralty has no land units garrisoned – a destroyer is visible there), but it was barricaded so that won’t hurt The Council. The next 2 stealth bombers hit the irrigated tile NW of The Admiralty. We take 3 more runs at the tile west of The Admiralty – the first missed, the second was shot down by a jet, and the third destroyed the rails, so 2 runs next turn will finish the job.

The Admiralty is in negative fpt per F11, but I move the 2 destroyers into its fat cross temporarily to get citizens off the coastal tiles hopefully to speed the bin emptying process.

Boats moved to final positions. 3 Jets on carriers on air superiority. More barricading done on both continents.

Domestic Report:

88 towns
595 citizens (40% of world population – FREE @38%)
9 workers
34 slaves

Treasury – 8585 gold and +832 gpt.
Research – 30 beakers invested in Space Flight, due in 40 at 3 bpt (9,000 total needed).

Running 0% luxuries and 0% science.

Military Report:

We are strong compared to the Council.
We are strong compared to Babe.
We are average compared to FREE.

Technology Report:

We are up Economics, Communism, Scientific Method, Sanitation, and Amphibious War on Babe.
We are up Economics, Communism, and Sanitation on FREE.
We are up Communism and Stealth on Council.
1 tribe has Advanced Flight (Council).
1 tribe has Nuclear Power (Council).
1 tribe has Miniaturization (Council).
1 tribe has Space Flight (Council).

Council also has The Laser and Robotics.

Wonder Update:

Council is building the United Nations in The Aerie.
Council is building The Manhattan Project in The Gulag.

Due to complete on Turn 271:

Modern armor in Yatagan.
Jet fighter in Bursa.
Stealth bomber in Zweihander.
Jet fighter in Tizona.
Worker in Zar’roc.
Worker in Stiletto.
Jet fighter in Electra.
Worker in Rogue.
Jet fighter in Sinop.

Screwed up the screenies this turn …

 

[Chamnix]

Turnlog:

Completed:

Modern armor in Yatagan.
Jet fighter in Bursa.
Stealth bomber in Zweihander.
Jet fighter in Tizona.
Worker in Zar’roc.
Worker in Stiletto.
Jet fighter in Electra.
Worker in Rogue.
Jet fighter in Sinop.

All set to something to get mobilization shields.

Unit Moves:

Spoiler :

The usual recon of areas within 6 tiles of our shore reveals the usual nothing dangerous.
Destroyers scout out the Council Strait and see more nothing dangerous.

Check out which of Council’s cities to hit this turn. The Admiralty and The Treasury both lost 1 citizen and are still red in F11, so there is no need to hit them. The Silo is red in F11 but hasn’t lost anyone yet, and The Chamber is yellow in F11 (was red previously) and hasn’t lost anyone yet so those 2 are both targets. The Institute lost a person, but it is not on F11 so that’s a possibility. The Gulag hasn’t lost anyone and isn’t on F11. The Nursery did not lose a citizen – they must have the governor on there and switched to sea tiles so we won’t be able to starve that city after all.

First recon trip goes to The Institute:



No matter which 14 tiles they are working, I don’t think they can get more than 27 food, so we can ignore The Institute for 1 more turn. Other jets head as far north as they can reach. Our bombers’ range is starting to limit our choices:



We start with the irrigated barricaded tile W-SW of The Chamber. I usually try to avoid barricades, but we are running out of irrigated tiles to hit, and 4 bombs to take away 3 food is better than 2 bombs to take away 1 food from a mined flatland tile.

Our first bomber gets shot down. Out of the next 6 runs, we miss twice, but crater that tile. The Chamber is now red in F11, so it was working that tile. Three bombers to go, and we hit the uranium SW of The Gulag once while the other 2 miss.

The first stealth bomber finishes cratering the uranium by The Gulag, and the next 9 all pound The Chamber starting with the cow, but 1 missed. Our final stealth bomber goes after the irrigated roads by The Institute just because that is the only tile with roads showing instead of rails – it misses anyway.

Domestic Report:

88 towns
595 citizens (40% of world population – FREE @38%)
12 workers
34 slaves

Treasury – 9417 gold and +830 gpt.
Research – 33 beakers invested in Space Flight, due in 39 at 3 bpt (9,000 total needed).

Running 0% luxuries and 0% science.

Military Report:

We are strong compared to the Council.
We are strong compared to Babe.
We are average compared to FREE.

Technology Report:

We are up Economics, Communism, Scientific Method, Sanitation, and Amphibious War on Babe.
We are up Economics, Communism, and Sanitation on FREE.
We are up Communism and Stealth on Council.
1 tribe has Advanced Flight (Council).
1 tribe has Nuclear Power (Council).
1 tribe has Miniaturization (Council).
1 tribe has Space Flight (Council).

Council also has The Laser, Robotics, and either Satellites or Superconductor.

Wonder Update:

Council is building the United Nations in The Aerie.
Council is no longer building The Manhattan Project in The Gulag.
Council is building Universal Suffrage in The Arboretum.
Council is building The Manhattan Project in The Chamber.

Due to complete on Turn 271:

Mech infantry in Rapier.
Worker in Vorpal.
Worker in Lightsaber?

 

[Chamnix]

Turnlog:

Completed:

Mech infantry in Rapier.
Worker in Vorpal.
Worker in Lightsaber.

All set to something to get mobilization shields.

Note that Council and Babe are no longer at war.

Unit Moves:

Spoiler :

The usual recon of areas within 6 tiles of our shore reveals the usual nothing dangerous.
Destroyers scout out the Council Strait and see more nothing dangerous.

Four cities lost citizens to starvation last turn (The Squeeze dropped one citizen also but it was from building a worker). Cities to hit this turn:

The Chamber – lost a citizen, red on F11 => leave alone.
The Treasury - lost a citizen, red on F11 => leave alone.
The Admiralty - lost a citizen, red on F11 => leave alone.
The Institute – lost a citizen, not on F11 => try to hit 1-2 tiles.
The Silo – didn’t lose anybody, red on F11 => try to pound.
The Gulag – didn’t lose anybody, not on F11 => try to pound.

Institute, Silo, and Gulag are the winners. Recon as close as we can to all 3.



The Council has opted to repair their hills – I think that is good news for us.

We obviously hit the irrigated tile north of The Institute costing 2 food with one bomb and presumably guaranteeing another citizen lost in The Institute.

Our bombers’ range is limiting us as we can’t reach the irrigated tile south of The Silo so we take out the mined plains west of The Gulag and the mined BG between the Gulag and The Arboretum, and then we hit the partially reimproved tiles N-E of The Treasury and somewhere near The Institute.

The stealth bombers start with the irrigated tile south of The Silo, then hit the wheat between the Gulag and The Silo and the irrigated plains by The Silo. Next hit the irrigated plains NW-NW of The Silo in case it is working that tile (see that the tile NW of The Silo is polluted). We disconnect their aluminum again on the hill SE of The Institute. Our final 2 stealth runs take out irrigated tiles near the Gulag that were already cratered.

We are almost certain to lose 1 nuclear sub since I tried to move him further than he could go and he ended up all alone within range of Council’s bombers (but there is a jet fighter on air superiority 1 tile away, so hopefully we will take out 1 of Council’s bombers).

11 bomber runs, 12 stealth bomber runs.

4 missed.
1 shot down by interceptor.
7 new tiles cratered; 4 roaded, irrigated, and cratered tiles hit again destroying the road and irrigation; 1 road destroyed on a previously cratered hill (aluminum).

Domestic Report:

88 towns
591 citizens (40% of world population – FREE @38%)
14 workers
34 slaves

Treasury – 10247 gold and +827 gpt.
Research – 33 beakers invested in Space Flight, due in 39 at 3 bpt (9,000 total needed).

Running 0% luxuries and 0% science.

Military Report:

We are strong compared to the Council.
We are strong compared to Babe.
We are average compared to FREE.

Technology Report:

We are up Economics, Communism, Scientific Method, Sanitation, and Amphibious War on Babe.
We are up Economics, Communism, and Sanitation on FREE.
We are up Communism and Stealth on Council.
1 tribe has Advanced Flight (Council).
1 tribe has Nuclear Power (Council).
1 tribe has Miniaturization (Council).
1 tribe has Space Flight (Council).

Council also has The Laser, Robotics, and either Satellites or Superconductor.

Wonder Update:

Council is building the United Nations in The Aerie.

Due to complete on Turn 273:

Modern Armor in Taiaha.
Mech Infantry in Yatagan.
Stealth Bomber in Katana.
Modern Armor in Elear.
Stealth Bomber in Tokat.
Modern Armor in Yanagiba.
Mobile SAM in Zweihander.
Jet Fighter in Mos Eisley.
Transport in The Bangles.

 

[Calis]

Turnlog:

Completed:

Modern Armor in Taiaha --> Modern Armor
Mech Infantry in Yatagan --> Mech Infantry
Stealth Bomber in Katana --> Stealth Bomber
Modern Armor in Elear --> Modern Armor
Stealth Bomber in Tokat --> Stealth Bomber
Modern Armor in Yanagiba --> Modern Armor
Mobile SAM in Zweihander --> Mobile SAM
Jet Fighter in Mos Eisley --> Jet Fighter
Transport in The Bangles --> Transport




Unit Moves:

Cleaned up pollution by Damokles' Sword

11 bomber runs, 12 stealth bomber runs.

7 missed.
1 Stealth Bomber and 2 Bombers shot down by interceptors. 1 Bomber shot down an interceptor.
6 new tiles cratered; 1 lost its barricades (I think); 1 rail destroyed.

Here is the result of the recon missions:



One pic made during bomber attack by the Admirality:



And here are the newly crated tiles:



The new (and old) F11 screen:



And a bigger stack of FREE ships by the Council:



Domestic Report:

88 towns
591 citizens (40% of world population – FREE @38%) (not updated)
14 workers
34 slaves

Treasury – 11075 gold and +830 gpt.
Research – 36 beakers invested in Space Flight, due in 38 at 3 bpt (9,000 total needed).

Running 0% luxuries and 0% science.

Military Report:

We are strong compared to the Council.
We are strong compared to Babe.
We are average compared to FREE.

Technology Report:

We are up Economics, Communism, Scientific Method, Sanitation, and Amphibious War on Babe.
We are up Economics, Communism, and Sanitation on FREE.
We are up Communism and Stealth on Council.
1 tribe has Advanced Flight (Council).
1 tribe has Nuclear Power (Council).
1 tribe has Miniaturization (Council).
1 tribe has Space Flight (Council).

Council also has The Laser, Robotics, and either Satellites or Superconductor.

NOT SURE WHETHER ANYTHING CHANGED HERE

Wonder Update:

nothing

Due to complete on Turn 274:

Stealth Bomber in Baldric
Stealth Bomber in Woundhealer
Stealth Fighter in Triangle
Jet Fighter in Babe B Gone
Jet Fighter in Tizona
Battleship in We own this now!
Worker in Zar'roc
Worker in California Rattle Snake
Worker in Riza

Finally I checked the costs for sabotage:

The Gulag: (4236/6354/8472)
The Aerie: (4310/6465/8620)

Could they use the Aerie as backup, if the Gulag production is lost due to sabotage? Anyway, I would investigate the city before performing the sabotage!!

I really hope I didn't forget anything...

 

[Chamnix]

Turnlog:

Accept 4000 gold from FREE.

Completed:

Stealth Bomber in Baldric.
Stealth Bomber in Woundhealer.
Stealth Fighter in Triangle.
Jet Fighter in Babe B Gone.
Jet Fighter in Tizona.
Battleship in We Own This Now!
Worker in Zar’roc.
Worker in California Rattle Snake.

All set to something to get mobilization shields.

Unit Moves:

Spoiler :

The usual recon (or close enough without my old maps) of areas within 6 tiles of our shore reveals the usual nothing dangerous although we do see this:



FREE’s naval stack south of Freeborn is:

12 cruisers
3 carriers
5 destroyers
9 transports

So maybe FREE really is going after Council’s capital, but a lot of their transports are still unaccounted for.

Destroyers scout out the Council Strait and see more nothing dangerous.

Investigate The Gulag for 216 gold:



Carefully sabotage production for 7254 gold:



Five cities lost citizens to starvation last turn (The Squeeze gained one citizen). Cities to hit this turn:

The Chamber – lost a citizen, red on F11 => leave alone.
The Treasury - lost a citizen, red on F11 => leave alone.
The Admiralty – didn’t lose a citizen this turn but did the prior turn, red on F11 => leave alone.
The Institute – lost a citizen, not on F11 => try to hit 1-2 tiles.
The Silo – didn’t lose anybody, red on F11 => try to pound.
The Gulag – lost a citizen, not on F11 but investigation shows no need to hit.
The Bayou – hasn’t lost anyone yet, not on F11.

Fighter recon over Counilland comes next. We really have done quite a job on their terrain .



Red tiles were hit this turn.

10 bomber runs, 13 stealth bomber runs

2 bombers and 1 stealth bomber shot down by interceptors
3 misses
7 tiles cratered
1 irrigated, roaded, and cratered tile changed to just cratered

Domestic Report:

88 towns
601 citizens (40% of world population – FREE @38%)
13 workers
34 slaves

Treasury – 8438 gold and +839 gpt.
Research – 39 beakers invested in Space Flight, due in 37 at 3 bpt (9,000 total needed).

Running 0% luxuries and 0% science.

Military Report:

We are strong compared to the Council.
We are strong compared to Babe.
We are average compared to FREE.

Technology Report:

We are up Economics, Communism, Scientific Method, Sanitation, and Amphibious War on Babe.
We are up Economics, Communism, and Sanitation on FREE.
We are up Communism and Stealth on Council.
1 tribe has Advanced Flight (Council).
1 tribe has Nuclear Power (Council).
1 tribe has Miniaturization (Council).
1 tribe has Space Flight (Council).

Council also has The Laser, Robotics, and either Satellites or Superconductor.

Wonder Update:

Council is building the United Nations in The Aerie.

Due to complete on Turn 275:

Army in Scymitar.
Mech infantry in Yatagan.
Mobile SAM in Zweihander.
Modern Armor in Rapier.
Stealth Bomber in Babe No More.
Stealth Bomber in Hysterectomy.
Worker in Stiletto.
Worker in Riza.

 

[Chamnix]

Turnlog:

Accept 4836 gold from FREE.

Completed:

Army in Scymitar.
Mech infantry in Yatagan.
Mobile SAM in Zweihander.
Modern Armor in Rapier.
Stealth Bomber in Babe No More.
Stealth Bomber in Hysterectomy.
Worker in Stiletto.
Worker in Riza.

All set to something to get mobilization shields.

Sell all libraries and universities raising 465 gold and saving 41 gpt. I also sell a temple in Elear just because.

Give incense to FREE with accept.

Carefully attempt to sabotage production in The Chamber for 6339 gold:



Based on new espionage costs, we destroyed 208 shields (50% of accumulated).

Unit Moves:

Spoiler :

The usual recon (or close enough without my old maps) of areas within 6 tiles of our shore reveals the usual nothing dangerous, but we do discover a Council destroyer in open water. Snap a picture to send to FREE:



Fighter recon of the Council shows lots of units now outside cities:



Ignoring The Arboretum and The Aerie which each have over 500 shields, the next cities to reach the 500 for Apollo are The Gulag (4 turns), The Chamber (6 turns even after sabotage), and The Treasury (6 turns). Bombers can only reach The Treasury, so we want to bomb there first, but that is within the range of Council’s jet in The Chamber, so this turn we use a couple stealth bombers first to try to eliminate the jet. Stealth bombers over The Chamber:

Destroys barracks.
Shoots down interceptor (but not the plane in The Chamber), stealth bomber 1/4.
Shot down by interceptor (in The Chamber – jet there is now 2/4).
Miss.
Jet fighter 2/4 -> dead.

Bombers over The Treasury:

Factory destroyed . The Treasury should now be at least 11 turns away from Apollo (assuming it had a power plant).

The Institute is now the top city that can be reached by bombers. Bombers over The Institute:

Miss.
Jet fighter destroyed (I didn’t even know there was one there – a cruise missile was on top).
Miss.
Citizen killed.
Citizen killed.
Miss.
Miss.
Miss.

Stealth bombers over The Gulag:

Miss.
Citizen killed.
Citizen killed.
Barracks destroyed.
Miss.
Miss.
Marketplace destroyed.
Citizen killed.
Miss.

I take a break because I am too excited, and I don’t want to move carelessly. Now if the Council does not change The Aerie or The Arboretum to the Apollo Program, then Apollo should be at least 5 turns away, giving us plenty of time to accumulate cash for more sabotages and perform more bombings to limit Council’s spt. I feel better about our chances of winning this game than I have in a long time .

Back to work. Move our destroyers around – no Council subs within range of our stacks.



a settler in Lightsaber before I forget.

18 transports loaded with the following (or something like this – I lost count):

4 modern armor armies
2 mech infantry armies
3 marine armies
30 modern armors
12 mech infantries
15 marines
4 mobile SAMs
1 spot left for a settler next turn

Note that our homeland will be extremely lightly defended if we use all of these units to attack Council.

Workers clear 1 tile of pollution and continue barricading.

Domestic Report:

88 towns
600 citizens (41% of world population – FREE @38%)
15 workers
34 slaves

Treasury – 8264 gold and +880 gpt.
Research – 42 beakers invested in Space Flight, due in 36 at 3 bpt (9,000 total needed).

Running 0% luxuries and 0% science.

Military Report:

We are strong compared to the Council.
We are strong compared to Babe.
We are strong compared to FREE.

Technology Report:

We are up Economics, Communism, Scientific Method, Sanitation, and Amphibious War on Babe.
We are up Economics, Communism, and Sanitation on FREE.
We are up Communism and Stealth on Council.
1 tribe has Advanced Flight (Council).
1 tribe has Nuclear Power (Council).
1 tribe has Miniaturization (Council).
1 tribe has Space Flight (Council).

Council also has The Laser, Robotics, and either Satellites or Superconductor.

Wonder Update:

Council is building the United Nations in The Aerie.

Due to complete on Turn 276:

Modern Armor in Baldric.
Worker in Salonika.
Modern Armor in Taiaha.
Modern Armor in Elear.
Stealth Bomber in Van.
Modern Armor in Yanagiba.
Worker in Vorpal?
Modern Armor in Luscious Jackson.
Worker in Rogue.
Settler in Lightsaber.
Worker in Storm.

 

[Chamnix]

Turnlog:

Accept 4226 gold from FREE in exchange for incense.

Completed:

Modern Armor in Baldric.
Worker in Salonika.
Modern Armor in Taiaha.
Modern Armor in Elear.
Stealth Bomber in Van.
Modern Armor in Yanagiba.
Worker in Vorpal.
Modern Armor in Luscious Jackson.
Worker in Rogue.
Settler in Lightsaber.
Worker in Storm.

All set to something to get mobilization shields.


Unit Moves:

Spoiler :

Recon around the homeland reveals no threats.

Recon Councilland with jet fighters:



The Council preferred to keep their terrain covered and their cities undefended. I think it is better for us to hit their cities directly anyway. Top threats to build Apollo now:

The Gulag – 3 turns
The Chamber – 5 turns
The Admiralty – 7 turns
The Igloo – 7 turns.

Our bombers can’t reach any of them. The only cities our bombers can reach are more than 10 turns away from Apollo. We’re going to take a bit of a chance here. Our carriers will move one tile east so the bombers can reach The Gulag. It will mean our carriers are within range of any nuclear subs in The New Yard, but a two tile ship wall should be sufficient to keep them safe. Besides, I think we want our boats to move a bit closer this turn so we have enough movement to bombard subs in cities next turn.

We slide the carriers over and commence bombing The Gulag:

Shot down by interceptor.
Shot down by interceptor.
Shot down by interceptor.
University destroyed.
Library destroyed.
Courthouse destroyed .
Factory destroyed.

That should take care of The Gulag’s shield production for a bit. The bombers can’t reach any other important cities, but they can take a few shields away from The Silo which is an important city.

On the mountain S-SW of The Silo:

Railroad destroyed.
Mine and road destroyed, cratered.

On the plains S-SE of The Silo:

Railroad destroyed.

Stealth bombers over The Chamber:

Marketplace destroyed.
Library destroyed.
Miss.
Miss.
Miss.
University destroyed.
Citizen killed.
Citizen killed.
Miss.
Miss.
Citizen killed.
Factory destroyed.

Next up are The Admiralty and The Igloo.

Stealth bomber over The Admiralty:

Miss.

A destroyer was in The Admiralty, and there is no use sinking that, so we’ll switch to The Igloo:

Jet fighter ¼ -> destroyed.
Citizen killed.

Domestic Report:

88 towns
596 citizens (41% of world population – FREE @39%)
19 workers
34 slaves

Treasury – 13366 gold and +873 gpt.
Research – 45 beakers invested in Space Flight, due in 35 at 3 bpt (9,000 total needed).

Running 0% luxuries and 0% science.

Military Report:

We are strong compared to the Council.
We are strong compared to Babe.
We are strong compared to FREE.

Technology Report:

We are up Economics, Communism, Scientific Method, Sanitation, and Amphibious War on Babe.
We are up Economics, Communism, and Sanitation on FREE.
We are up Communism and Stealth on Council.
1 tribe has Advanced Flight (Council).
1 tribe has Nuclear Power (Council).
1 tribe has Miniaturization (Council).
1 tribe has Space Flight (Council).

Council also has The Laser, Robotics, and either Satellites or Superconductor.

Wonder Update:

Council is building the United Nations in The Aerie.

Due to complete on Turn 277:

Stealth bomber in Georgetown.
Harbor in Ankara.
Stealth bomber in Claymore.
Mech infantry in Yatagan.
Stealth bomber in I Got You Babe.
Mobile SAM in Zweihander.
Worker in Zar’roc.
Stealth bomber in Tanto.
Transport in Caughnawaga.

 

[Chamnix]

Turnlog:

Completed:

Stealth bomber in Georgetown.
Harbor in Ankara.
Mech infantry in Yatagan.
Stealth bomber in I Got You Babe.
Mobile SAM in Zweihander.
Worker in Zar’roc.
Stealth bomber in Tanto.
Transport in Caughnawaga.

Stealth bomber in Claymore did not complete because of pollution.

All set to something to get mobilization shields.

Attempt to plant spy in Council for 104 gold – fail.

Send 10000 gold to FREE with accept.

Unit Moves:

Spoiler :

Start the bombardment of The Pier – heavy units first since we need to take maximum hps.

Battleship: 4/4 Carrier -> 2/4
Battleship: 4/4 Carrier -> 2/4

A destroyer appears on top of Council’s stack. We have no more battleships in range, so we start with the cruisers.

Cruiser: 4/4 destroyer -> 3/4
Cruiser: ¾ destroyer->1/4

2/4 carrier is now on top. Since we only need 1 more hp, we switch to destroyer.

Destroyer: 2/4 carrier -> ¼
Destroyer: 2/4 carrier -> ¼

A 4/4 nuclear sub appears.

Cruiser: 4/4 nuclear sub -> 2/4
Cruiser: 4/4 nuclear sub -> 3/4
Cruiser: 4/4 nuclear sub -> 2/4
Cruiser: 3/4 nuclear sub ->1/4
Cruiser: ¾ nuclear sub ->1/4
Cruiser: ¾ nuclear sub ->2/4
Cruiser: ¾ nuclear sub ->1/4

The ¼ carrier is now the top unit, so we switch to aerial bombardment.

Bomber: Shot down by interceptor
Bomber: Shot down by interceptor
Bomber: Shot down by interceptor
Bomber: Shot down by interceptor
Bomber: Shot down by interceptor
Bomber: Shot down by interceptor (fighter – the others were all jet fighters)

That pretty much sucked, but since we just saw their fighter, hopefully there will be no more interceptors.

Bomber: Kills citizen
Bomber: 4/4 jet fighter -> ¼
Bomber: Destroys marketplace
Stealth Bomber: 4/4 fighter ->1/4
Stealth Bomber: ¼ jet fighter destroyed
Stealth Bomber: Misses
Stealth Bomber: Kills citizen
Stealth Bomber: ¼ fighter destroyed
Stealth Bomber: ¼ carrier sunk

A transport now appears on top. We don’t want to waste our planes on that.

Destroyer: 4/4 transport -> 2/4
Destroyer: 4/4 transport-> 2/4
Destroyer: 4/4 transport->2/4

Stealth Bomber: ¼ carrier->sunk
Stealth Bomber: 2/4 nuclear sub ->sunk
Stealth Bomber: 2/4 nuclear sub ->sunk
Stealth Bomber: 2/4 nuclear sub ->sunk
Stealth Bomber: 2/4 nuclear sub ->sunk
Stealth Bomber: 2/4 nuclear sub ->sunk
Stealth Bomber: 2/4 nuclear sub ->sunk
Stealth Bomber: Kills citizen
Stealth Bomber: 1/4 destroyer ->sunk

Destroyer: 2/4 transport ->1/4
Destroyer: 2/4 transport ->1/4
Destroyer: 2/4 transport ->1/4

Stealth Bomber: 1/4 nuclear sub->sunk


They still have 2 ¼ nuclear subs, and we are out of bombers. I throw the fighters in (why not? – there’s nowhere else we need to recon this turn).

Jet fighter: Destroys courthouse
Stealth fighter: ¼ sub->sunk

Realign boats – see screenshots at end.
Three spots of pollution to clean; continue barricading everywhere.

Domestic Report:

88 towns
596 citizens (41% of world population – FREE @39%)
18 workers
34 slaves

Treasury – 14135 gold and +883 gpt (10000 gold on its way to FREE).
Research – 48 beakers invested in Space Flight, due in 34 at 3 bpt (9,000 total needed).

Running 0% luxuries and 0% science.

Military Report:

We are strong compared to the Council.
We are strong compared to Babe.
We are strong compared to FREE.

Technology Report:

We are up Economics, Communism, Scientific Method, Sanitation, and Amphibious War on Babe.
We are up Economics, Communism, and Sanitation on FREE.
We are up Communism and Stealth on Council.
1 tribe has Advanced Flight (Council).
1 tribe has Nuclear Power (Council).
1 tribe has Miniaturization (Council).
1 tribe has Space Flight (Council).

Council also has The Laser, Robotics, and either Satellites or Superconductor.

Wonder Update:

Council is building the United Nations in The Aerie.

Due to complete on Turn 278:

Modern armor in Baldric.
Stealth bomber in Claymore.
Mech infantry in Rapier.
Stealth bomber in Catclaw.
Stealth fighter in Marsden’s Trading Post.

 

[Chamnix]

Turnlog:

Accept 10000 gold from FREE.

Completed:

Modern armor in Baldric.
Stealth bomber in Claymore.
Mech infantry in Rapier.
Stealth bomber in Catclaw.
Stealth fighter in Marsden’s Trading Post.

All set to something to get mobilization shields.

Attempt to plant spy in Council for 104 gold – planted!

Carefully attempt to sabotage production in The Aerie for 9690 gold.



Attempt to plant another spy in Council for 104 gold – planted! Not enough cash to make another sabotage attempt.


Unit Moves:

Spoiler :

Send a fighter over to see what Council’s set up looks like:



Each coastal mountain has 30+ units on it. They have a surprisingly large number of regular units.



The stack on the airfield is 4 modern armor, a mobile SAM, 10 bombers, and 5 jet fighters.
Maybe we can kill those solo conscript mechs if we have planes left over.

Send a couple of destroyers out to check for subs. No subs, but we find this FREE stack:



1 battleship, 1 cruiser, and 4 destroyers.
Council has 7 modern armor and 2 cruise missiles on the tile north of The Bayou.

Time to start bombarding – the subs from The Pier must be in The Bayou. So we bomb it:

Destroyer: 4/4 destroyer->2/4
Destroyer: 4/4 nuclear sub->2/4
Destroyer: 4/4 nuclear sub->2/4
Destroyer: 4/4 nuclear sub->2/4
Destroyer: 4/4 nuclear sub->3/4
Destroyer: Miss
Destroyer: 4/4 nuclear sub->3/4
Destroyer: 4/4 nuclear sub->3/4
Destroyer: 4/4 nuclear sub->3/4
Destroyer: 4/4 nuclear sub->2/4
Cruiser: 2/4 destroyer->1/4
Cruiser: ¾ nuclear sub->1/4
Cruiser: Miss
Cruiser: ¾ nuclear sub->1/4
Cruiser: ¾ nuclear sub->1/4
Cruiser: ¾ nuclear sub->1/4
Cruiser: 2/4 nuclear sub->1/4

So the top units right now are 2/4 subs. We want to have enough boats to bomb at least 2 hps off a big stack so we can attack a modern armor with our marine army. A cruiser will only hit a fortified mech on a mountain with a radar town 25% of the time, so we could need 8 cruisers to take off 2 hps. Stealth bombers sink 2/4 subs over 80%, so I will stop the naval bombardment here and go to planes. Stealth bombers first, and we will use the bombers to sink ¼ subs.

Stealth bomber: 2/4 nuclear sub->sunk
Stealth bomber: shot down by anti-aircraft
Stealth bomber: harbor destroyed
Stealth bomber: 2/4 nuclear sub->sunk
Stealth bomber: 2/4 nuclear sub->sunk

That should be all the 2/4 nuclear subs, so we switch to bombers.

Bomber: Miss
Bomber: ¼ destroyer->sunk
Bomber: shot down by anti-aircraft
Bomber: marketplace destroyed
Bomber: ¼ nuclear sub->sunk

And that is all the old-fashioned bombers we have left, so back to Stealth

Stealth bomber: offshore platform destroyed
Stealth bomber: shot down by anti-aircraft
Stealth bomber: shot down by anti-aircraft
Stealth bomber: ¼ sub->sunk
Stealth bomber: ¼ sub->sunk
Stealth bomber: ¼ sub->sunk
Stealth bomber: ¼ sub->sunk
Stealth bomber: ¼ sub->sunk
Stealth bomber: ¼ transport->sunk

No more warships in that city, so no more bombing there. Against the mechs on Mt. Radar Tower:

Cruiser: 4/4 mech infantry->3/4
Cruiser: Miss
Cruiser: Miss
Cruiser: 4/4 mech infantry->3/4

4/4 modern armor is now on top for the marines.

17/17 marine army vs. 4/4 modern armor->12/17 marine army
17/17 marine army vs. 4/4 modern armor->10/17 marine army
15/15 marine army vs. 4/4 modern armor->6/15 marine army

On mountain south of The Treasury:

Battleship: 2/4 mech infantry->1/4

On mountain east of The New Yard:

Battleship: Miss

Grass tile E-SE of The New Yard:

Destroyer: Destroys rails
Destroyer: Miss
Cruiser: Destroys road and irrigation, craters

Grass tile S-SE of The New Yard:

Cruiser: Miss
Cruiser: Destroys rails
Destroyer: Destroys road and irrigation, craters

We only have 6 stealth bombers left. The probably of killing the 2/2 mech is less than 20%. We will try to kill the ½ mech, then use what is left on cities.

On mountain south of The Treasury:

Stealth bomber: ½ mech->destroyed

The Council info sheet says that The Arboretum is the city that can reach 640 shields fastest, so to The Arboretum we go:

Stealth bomber: marketplace destroyed
Stealth bomber: miss
Stealth bomber: courthouse destroyed
Stealth bomber: citizen killed

Our homeland security recon sees nothing dangerous, but we do find a Council transport for FREE to sink:

Send peace offer to Council with accept.

Domestic Report:

88 towns
600 citizens (42% of world population – FREE @39%)
18 workers
34 slaves
1 settler

Treasury – 5120 gold and +881 gpt.
Research – 51 beakers invested in Space Flight, due in 33 at 3 bpt (9,000 total needed).

Running 0% luxuries and 0% science.

Military Report:

We are strong compared to the Council.
We are strong compared to Babe.
We are strong compared to FREE.

Technology Report:

We are up Economics, Communism, Scientific Method, Sanitation, and Amphibious War on Babe.
We are up Economics, Communism, and Sanitation on FREE.
We are up Communism and Stealth on Council.
1 tribe has Advanced Flight (Council).
1 tribe has Nuclear Power (Council).
1 tribe has Miniaturization (Council).
1 tribe has Space Flight (Council).

Council also has The Laser, Robotics, and either Satellites or Superconductor.

Wonder Update:

Council is no longer building the United Nations in The Aerie.
Council is building Universal Suffrage in The Gulag.
Council is building the United Nations in The Igloo.
Council is building the Manhattan Project in The New Yard.


Due to complete on Turn 279:

Modern armor in Taiaha.
Stealth bomber in Iznik.
Modern armor in Elear.
Carrier in Wakizashi.
Modern armor in Yanagiba.
Mech infantry in Zweihander.
Worker in Vorpal.
Worker in Black Mamba.
Worker in Stiletto.
Worker in Ambassoador Hotel.

 

[Chamnix]

Turnlog:

Council accepted peace and is offering Space Flight.



We don’t have 5400 gold yet, so I accept Space Flight and will put the gold on the table later.

Accept 4500 gold from Team FREE.

Our people want to build the Heroic Epic (I forgot about that one!) and the Secret Police HQ.

Completed:

Stealth bomber in Iznik.
Modern armor in Yanagiba.
Worker in Vorpal.
Worker in Black Mamba.
Worker in Stiletto.
Worker in Ambassoador Hotel.

All set to something….

Modern armor in Taiaha, Modern armor in Elear, Carrier in Wakizashi, and Mech infantry in Zweihander all failed to complete due to the loss of mobilization shields.

Change the following cities (many changes are just changes to what they were building anyway, but were not set to because of mobilization):

Spoiler :

Baldric to Manhattan Project (prebuild for Apollo Program).
Scymitar to SPHQ.
Mugla to stealth bomber.
Georgetown to courthouse (put on starvation diet to complete in 2).
Taiaha to stealth bomber.
Black Mamba to worker.
Claymore to courthouse.
Izmit to stealth bomber.
Yatagan to modern armor.
Katana to carrier.
Bursa to stealth bomber.
Elear to stealth bomber.
Istanbul to stealth bomber.
Van to stealth bomber.
Woundhealer to nuclear submarine.
Tokat to stealth bomber.
Thanks for the Leaders to stealth bomber.
I Got You Babe to stealth bomber.
Yanagiba to courthouse.
Triangle to stealth bomber.
Zweihander to modern armor.
Rapier to modern armor.
Babe be Gone to stealth bomber.
Elisha Cuthbert to transport.
Louise to nuclear sub
Tizona to Coal plant.
Babe No More to stealth bomber.
Thelma to stealth bomber.
Catclaw to stealth bomber.
The Bangles to transport.
Die Babe Die to stealth bomber.
Toymaker to stealth bomber.
Marsden’s Trading Post to stealth bomber.
Hysterectomy to stealth bomber.
What’s Plan B? to transport.
New Saber Babes to transport.
We Own This Now to stealth bomber.
Caladbolg to carrier.
Zar’roc to worker.
Cat’s Pajamas to stealth bomber.
Smooth Move to stealth bomber.
Tanto to stealth bomber.
Facon to stealth bomber.
Cattaraugus to nuclear sub.
Dirk to stealth bomber.
Electra to stealth bomber.
Kris to nuclear sub.
New BABE to nuclear sub.
Antalya to stealth bomber.
Rogue to worker.
Lightsaber to worker.
Copperhead to stealth bomber.
Storm to worker.
Kafa to stealth bomber.
Cottonmouth to stealth bomber.
Kahnawake to transport.
Caughnawaga to transport.
Sinop to stealth bomber.
California Rattlesnake to worker.
Risa to worker.
Zonguldak to stealth bomber.
Bingol to transport.

Maybe I should have just listed the ones that didn’t change…

Unit Moves:

Spoiler :

Recon reveals no transports.
Clear 2 tiles of pollution.
Nuclear subs move in the general direction of Estoc.
Destroyers check for subs. I was planning to move transports to threaten The Admiralty, but FREE has some boats in the way, so transports just drift a bit out of artillery range but in range of The New Yard.

Domestic Report:

88 towns
598 citizens (42% of world population – FREE @40%)
22 workers
34 slaves
1 settler

Treasury – 10501 gold and +883 gpt (5400 gold on its way to Council).
Research – 54 beakers invested in Space Flight, due in 32 at 3 bpt (9,000 total needed).

Running 0% luxuries and 0% science.

Military Report:

We are strong compared to the Council.
We are strong compared to Babe.
We are strong compared to FREE.

Technology Report:

We are up Economics, Communism, Scientific Method, Sanitation, and Amphibious War on Babe.
We are up Economics, Communism, and Sanitation on FREE.
We are up Communism and Stealth on Council.
1 tribe has Advanced Flight (Council).
1 tribe has Nuclear Power (Council).
1 tribe has Miniaturization (Council).
1 tribe has Space Flight (Council).

Council also has The Laser, Robotics, and either Satellites or Superconductor.

(I didn’t actually check these this turn…).

Wonder Update:

Council is building the Manhattan Project in The Gulag.
Council is building the United Nations in The Igloo.


Due to complete on Turn 280:

Secret Police HQ in Scymitar.
Modern armor in Yatagan.
Stealth bomber in Karabela.
Carrier in Wakizashi.
Modern armor in Zweihander.
Nuclear sub in Louise.
Stealth bomber in Caliburnus.
Coal plant in Tizona.
Worker in Zar’roc.
Stealth bomber in Damocles’ Sword.
Stealth bomber in Bayonet.

 

[Chamnix]

Turnlog:

Completed:

Secret Police HQ in Scymitar.
Modern armor in Yatagan.
Stealth bomber in Karabela.
Carrier in Wakizashi.
Modern armor in Zweihander.
Nuclear sub in Louise.
Stealth bomber in Caliburnus.
Coal plant in Tizona.
Worker in Zar’roc.
Stealth bomber in Damocles’ Sword.
Stealth bomber in Bayonet.

All set to something….

Unit Moves:

Spoiler :

Start by doing the usual recon to put off the decision of stealing/declaring war as long as possible in case someone wants to respond. I even play with the workers and cities for a bit.
Recon does reveal a redlined Council transport northwest of FREE’s city of Freeborn on a small island – we should be able to find something available to sink that. No subs anywhere to be found.
Most nuclear subs continue toward Estoc in case we need nukes on Council.
A little fighter recon shows that the mountains are still guarded, and it is still impossible to carve out a safe landing point.
Our brand new carrier gets 4 stealth bombers on it and moves to Estoc. A few warships head homeward to escort it to the battle front in a couple turns.
It is time to decide, and with a seemingly insurmountable lead (with 2 votes) we declare on Council.

Northwest of Freeborn:

4/4 destroyer vs. ¼ transport -> 4/4 destroyer.

We need a safe spot for our boats to end out of range of Council’s cruise missiles/artillery (battleships are annoyingly slow!), so

Bombardment of roaded cratered flood plain S-S-W of The Chamber:

Destroyer misses.
Destroyer misses.
Destroyer destroys road.

We want to kill another couple modern armor with marine armies, so we need to bombard 1 4/4 mech infantry down to ¾ to get a modern armor on top.

On mountain S-S of The Treasury:

Cruiser bombards 4/4 mech infantry to ¾.
15/17 marine army vs. 4/4 modern armor -> 7/17 marine army.
17/17 marine army vs. 4/4 modern armor ->9/17 marine army.

The other marine army is only 10/15 so it doesn’t attack this turn.

Target #1 this turn is The Silo, so our carriers move a little closer to get our regular bombers within range.

The Silo:

Bomber – miss.
Bomber – destroys courthouse.
Bomber – miss.
Bomber – destroys factory.

I believe we can now expect The Silo to be 18 turns away from 640 shields, so we move on to

The Igloo:

Stealth Bomber – citizen killed.
Stealth Bomber – citizen killed.
Stealth Bomber – miss.
Stealth Bomber – factory destroyed.

That should now be over 20 turns away. If The Aerie is still capable of 50 spt then it is only 12 turns away so

The Aerie:

Stealth Bomber – temple destroyed.
Stealth Bomber – 4/4 jet fighter -> ¼.
Stealth Bomber – nuclear plant destroyed.

With a nuclear plant gone, The Aerie should no longer be a threat, but I want to finish off that jet.

Stealth Bomber – ¼ jet fighter destroyed.

Our lead target now seems to be

The Arboretum:

Stealth Bomber – factory destroyed.

At size 7 reaching 640 shields in 14 turns, our biggest threat is now

The Institute:

Stealth Bomber – citizen killed.
Stealth Bomber – citizen killed.
Stealth Bomber – citizen killed.
Stealth Bomber – marketplace destroyed.
Stealth Bomber – citizen killed.
Stealth Bomber – citizen killed.
Stealth Bomber – courthouse destroyed.
Stealth Bomber – factory destroyed.

The Gulag is now the biggest threat even though we already destroyed its factory, and it is only at 16 spt. Since the factory is already gone, we recon with a stealth fighter to see what terrain improvements are worth bombing. We will strike at its food first.

South of The Gulag – irrigated railed BG:

Stealth Bomber – rails destroyed.
Stealth Bomber – irrigation and roads destroyed, cratered.

That’s all for stealth bombers. We still have 1 stealth fighter, so he bombs

Southwest of The Gulag – irrigated, roaded, cratered, uranium:

Stealth fighter – miss.

We only have 2 jet fighters left with movement among our planes, and I opt to put both on air superiority instead of trying to bomb 1 tile.

I’d call that a highly successful turn as I think Council is now a minimum of 15 turns away from completing the final part, and they could be further .

Send peace and 5400 gold to Council (without accept).

Domestic Report:

88 towns
602 citizens (43% of world population – FREE @40%)
22 workers
34 slaves
1 settler

Treasury – 11385 gold and +985 gpt (5400 gold on its way to Council without accept).
Research – 57 beakers invested in Space Flight, due in 31 at 3 bpt (9,000 total needed).

Running 0% luxuries and 0% science.

Military Report:

We are strong compared to the Council.
We are strong compared to Babe.
We are strong compared to FREE.

Technology Report:

We are up Economics, Communism, Scientific Method, Sanitation, and Amphibious War on Babe.
We are up Economics, Communism, and Sanitation on FREE.
We are up Communism and Stealth on Council.
1 tribe has Advanced Flight (Council).
1 tribe has Nuclear Power (Council).
1 tribe has Miniaturization (Council).
1 tribe has Space Flight (Council).



Wonder Update:

Council is building the Manhattan Project in The Gulag.
Council is building the United Nations in The Igloo.


Due to complete on Turn 281:

Courthouse in Georgetown.
Carrier in Katana.
Nuclear submarine in Woundhealer.
Courthouse in Yanagiba.
Worker in Rogue.
Transport in Cotton Mouth.

 

[Chamnix]

Turnlog:

Accept Space Flight from Council for 5400 gold.

Completed:

Courthouse in Georgetown.
Carrier in Katana.
Nuclear submarine in Woundhealer.
Courthouse in Yanagiba.
Worker in Rogue.
Transport in Cotton Mouth.

All set to something….

Steal Nuclear Power safely for 3448 gold.

Unit Moves:

Spoiler :

The usual homeland recon reveals the usual nothing. Let the attack begin.

Recon the Council southland to see if they made a mistake and let us land – no luck, but there is a redlined transport in The New Yard to sink if we have an extra plane.

The bombing starts with The Admiralty:

Bomber: Units injured. I couldn’t see what was hurt, but there is an artillery visible in The Admiralty, so it is either a plane or a boat, and either seems worth attacking to me.
Bomber: Units injured. Council now only has 20 jet fighters, so we know what we hit.
Bomber: Marketplace destroyed.
Bomber: Citizen killed.

Stealth Bomber: Factory destroyed.

The Aerie:

Stealth Bomber: Marketplace destroyed.
Stealth Bomber: Factory destroyed.

Send a fighter to recon The Gulag to check out which tiles to hit:



Very interesting. We still have 20 stealth bombers to go, and those stacks are not that big. We do want to kill modern armor so we can land eventually, and The Gulag has 14 turns to go before 640, and we can’t hit valuable tiles without killing modern armor, so we attack the units. We don’t care about marines, and it seems prudent to avoid the mobile SAMs, so we attack a stack of 4 modern armor.

NE-NE of The Gulag:

Stealth Bomber: 4/4 modern armor -> ¾.
Stealth Bomber: 4/4 modern armor -> ¾.
Stealth Bomber: 4/4 modern armor-> ¾.
Stealth Bomber: 4/4 modern armor ->3/4.
Stealth Bomber: ¾ modern armor -> 2/4.
Stealth Bomber: ¾ modern armor -> ¼.
Stealth Bomber: ¾ modern armor -> 2/4.
Stealth Bomber: ¾ modern armor -> ¼.
Stealth Bomber: 2/4 modern armor killed.
Stealth Bomber: 2/4 modern armor -> ¼.
Stealth Bomber: ¼ modern armor killed.
Stealth Bomber: ¼ modern armor killed.
Stealth Bomber: ¼ modern armor killed.

That took more bombing runs than I expected. Seven stealth bombers to go is not enough to destroy another stack. I’m not sure what to do here. I think we go back to destroying tile improvements, so I pick out a bunch of tiles to aim for starting with the one the modern armor were on.

Stealth Bomber: Missed.
Stealth Bomber: Rails destroyed.
Stealth Bomber: Mine & road destroyed, cratered.

Southwest of The Gulag:

Stealth Bomber: Road & irrigation destroyed.

NW-NW of The Chamber:

Stealth Bomber: Missed.
Stealth Bomber: Irrigation and road destroyed. Unfortunately, The Chamber was working that tile because it is now negative fpt in F11 so that didn’t hurt The Gulag.

Northwest of The Gulag:

Stealth Bomber: Mine destroyed.
Stealth Fighter: Missed.
Jet Fighter: Missed.
Jet Fighter: Missed.

S-S of The Treasury:

Battleship: 4/4 mech infantry -> ¾.
14/15 marine army vs. 4/4 modern armor -> 12/15 marine army.
12/15 marine army vs. 4/4 modern armor -> 3/15 marine army.

S-SW of The Chamber:

Cruiser: Missed.
Cruiser: Missed.
Cruiser: Mine & road destroyed, cratered.

South of The Chamber:

Cruiser: Road destroyed.

SW-SW of The Chamber:

Battleship: Missed. I apparently accidentally hit space or something because that battleship now has no movement left. Unfortunately it will be within range of Council’s cruise missiles, so I’ll have to split our stack.
Battleship: Missed. OK, this one has no movement left either, and I definitely did not hit space. What the heck is that? I move 1 tile, then bombard, and it is out of movement?! I don’t get it…

Disband all 8 explorers to speed the nuclear plant in Scymitar for 4 citizens. Add 4 workers to replace citizens.

Domestic Report:

88 towns
602 citizens (43% of world population – FREE @40%)
19 workers
34 slaves
1 settler

Treasury – 3522 gold and +1002 gpt.
Research – 0 beakers invested in Superconductor, due in 50 at 3 bpt (9,000 total needed).

Running 0% luxuries and 0% science.

Military Report:

We are strong compared to the Council.
We are strong compared to Babe.
We are strong compared to FREE.

Technology Report:

We are up Economics, Communism, Scientific Method, Sanitation, and Amphibious War on Babe.
We are up Economics, Communism, and Sanitation on FREE.
We are up Communism and Stealth on Council.
1 tribe has Advanced Flight (Council).
1 tribe has Nuclear Power (Council).
1 tribe has Miniaturization (Council).



Wonder Update:

Council is building the Manhattan Project in The Gulag.
Council is building the United Nations in The Igloo.


Due to complete on Turn 282:

Nuclear plant in Baldric.
Stealth Bomber in Urfa.
Nuclear Plant in Scymitar.
Stealth Bomber in Konya.
Courthouse in Claymore.
Stealth Bomber in Edrine.
Mech infantry in Rapier.
Transport in Thelma.

 

[Chamnix]

Turnlog:

Completed:

Nuclear plant in Baldric.
Stealth Bomber in Urfa.
Nuclear Plant in Scymitar.
Stealth Bomber in Konya.
Courthouse in Claymore.
Stealth Bomber in Edrine.
Mech infantry in Rapier.
Transport in Thelma.

All set to something…


Unit Moves:

Spoiler :

The usual homeland recon reveals the usual nothing.

Recon The Silo and see the bad news (picture in the Commander-in-Chief’s thread). I think bombers can kill citizens before they kill all units, so I guess we will bomb The Silo directly. Bombers will get shot down almost 50% of the time, so it will be stealth bombers only. If anyone has better ideas how to handle this in the future, let me know.

The Silo:

Stealth bomber: Miss.
Stealth bomber: Coal plant destroyed.
Stealth bomber: 3/3 Mobile SAM -> 2/3.
Stealth bomber: 3/3 Mobile SAM destroyed.
Stealth bomber: Miss.
Stealth bomber: 2/3 Mobile SAM destroyed.

That’s all Council had in the city, so our bombers will be able to take their turn.

Bomber: Miss.
Bomber: Miss.
Bomber: Miss.
Bomber: Miss.

Well that sucked. Back to Stealth:

Stealth bomber: Miss.
Stealth bomber: Miss.
Stealth bomber: Miss.
Stealth bomber: Miss.
Stealth bomber: Citizen killed (finally!).
Stealth bomber: Citizen killed.
Stealth bomber: Miss.
Stealth bomber: Miss.
Stealth bomber: Miss.
Stealth bomber: Citizen killed.
Stealth bomber: Citizen killed.
Stealth bomber: Citizen killed.
Stealth bomber: Miss.
Stealth bomber: Miss.
Stealth bomber: Miss.
Stealth bomber: Miss.
Stealth bomber: Citizen killed.

Well, that had to be some of the worst bombing ever. We knocked The Silo from 14 citizens to 8, but Council can just add more workers, and they will probably be smart enough to put more units in it next turn.

Tile E-SE of The Treasury:

Battleship: Miss.
Battleship: Destroys rails.

Tile SE-SE of The Admiralty:

Destroyer: Miss.
Destroyer: Destroys rails.
Destroyer: Miss.
Destroyer: Destroys mine and road; cratered.

The Silo:

Stealth Fighter: Miss.

Domestic Report:

88 towns
604 citizens (43% of world population – FREE @41%)
19 workers
34 slaves
1 settler

Treasury – 4604 gold and +1010 gpt.
Research – 3 beakers invested in Superconductor, due in 49 at 3 bpt (9,000 total needed).

Running 0% luxuries and 0% science.

Military Report:

We are strong compared to the Council.
We are strong compared to Babe.
We are strong compared to FREE.

Technology Report:

We are up Economics, Communism, Scientific Method, Sanitation, and Amphibious War on Babe.
We are up Economics, Communism, and Sanitation, and Nuclear Power on FREE.
We are up Communism and Stealth on Council.
1 tribe has Advanced Flight (Council).
1 tribe has Miniaturization (Council).
1 tribe has The Laser (Council).
1 tribe has Superconductor (Council).
1 tribe has Satellites (Council).

Wonder Update:

Council is building the Manhattan Project in The Gulag.
Council is building the United Nations in The Igloo.


Due to complete on Turn 283:

Nuclear Plant in Taiaha.
Nuclear Plant in Elear.
Courthouse in Wakizashi.
Modern Armor in Zweihander.
Stealth Bomber in Demise.
Stealth Bomber in Mos Eisley.
Worker in Lightsaber.
Worker in Riza.

 

[Chamnix]

Turnlog:

Accept 3000 gold from FREE.

Completed:

Nuclear Plant in Taiaha.
Nuclear Plant in Elear.
Courthouse in Wakizashi.
Modern Armor in Zweihander.
Stealth Bomber in Demise.
Stealth Bomber in Mos Eisley.
Worker in Lightsaber.
Worker in Riza.

All set to something…

Attempt to plant a spy in Council for 104 gold – successful.

Attempt to sabotage production safely in the Silo for 8086 gold – successful.



Unit Moves:

Spoiler :

The usual homeland recon reveals the usual nothing.

Send a jet fighter to recon The Chamber area:



There is no chance of cutting the pink dots – there is no way we have enough firepower to kill those units so we can hit the terrain underneath them. The green dots definitely look possible.

We have 2 fully healthy marine armies, so I’d like to attack The Admiralty with them. The surrounding water is easy enough to check for subs, but we have to make sure there are no subs in The Ways and The Admiralty also. We will have to bombard them and make sure we hit land units to guarantee there are no sea units in them.

I think I know where everything is going, so I can finally start moving ships. There is no way I’m going to finish this before work today – there is too much stuff that can go wrong.

To start – we want to use our battleships to destroy green dot improvements to take some pressure off our planes. Tile southwest of The Chamber:

Battleship: Miss.

And our battleship has no movement left again .

Battleship: Miss.

I checked before bombarding – it had 2 movement left. After bombarding it has none. Bombarding costs 2 movement points for battleships?

Battleship: Barricade destroyed.

Time for the planes to do their thing. Every other move depends on their success so they have to go next.

Bomber: Rails destroyed.
Bomber: Miss.
Bomber: Miss.
Bomber: Road destroyed.

Tile SW-SW of The Chamber:

Stealth Bomber: Barricade destroyed.
Stealth Bomber: Rails destroyed.
Stealth Bomber: Miss.
Stealth Bomber: Road destroyed.

Tile west of The Chamber:

Stealth Bomber: Barricade destroyed.
Stealth Bomber: Rails destroyed.
Stealth Bomber: Road destroyed.

Tile northwest of The Chamber:

Stealth Bomber: Road destroyed.

Tile north of The Chamber:

Stealth Bomber: Rails destroyed.
Stealth Bomber: Miss.
Stealth Bomber: Road and mine destroyed, cratered.

Tile south of The Admiralty:

Stealth Bomber: Rails destroyed.
Stealth Bomber: Road destroyed.



A destroyer heads north to run a sub check – no subs in the water and no units at all in The Ways.

The Admiralty:

Destroyer: Miss.
Destroyer: Miss.
Destroyer: Miss.
Destroyer: Miss.
Destroyer: Miss.
Destroyer: 4/4 Mech infantry -> ¾.

No subs in The Admiralty, so our transports will be safe up there.

17/17 marine army (artillery defense missed) vs. 4/4 mech infantry -> 8/18 marine army.
17/17 marine army vs. 4/4 modern armor -> 13/17 marine army.

On the southern front, we actually find a sub (and a transport):



By The New Yard:

4/4 destroyer vs. 4/4 submarine -> ¾ destroyer.
4/4 destroyer vs. 4/4 transport -> 3/5 destroyer.

I think we have 12 stealth bombers left. The Gulag is now Council’s #1 threat, and I can’t resist the lone modern armor on a tile, so southeast of The Gulag:

Stealth Bomber: 4/4 modern armor -> 2/4.
Stealth Bomber: 2/4 modern armor -> ¼.
Stealth Bomber: ¼ modern armor destroyed.
Stealth Bomber: Rails destroyed.
Stealth Bomber: Miss.
Stealth Bomber: Road and irrigation destroyed, cratered.

6 to go. Send out a stealth fighter to do a little recon to see if there is anything else vulnerable by The Gulag:



I suppose we will take out the tile north of The Gulag even though Council could repair it right away if they want. They won’t get any shields for it this turn. North of The Gulag:

Stealth Bomber: Miss.
Stealth Bomber: Rails destroyed.
Stealth Bomber: Road and mine destroyed, cratered.

3 more – I’ll knock out the road beneath Babe’s settler. Northwest of The Gulag:

Stealth Bomber: Road and mine destroyed, cratered.

I can’t see anything else we can do with 2 more planes, so I hit The Gulag directly to try to kill some citizens.

The Gulag:

Stealth Bomber: Citizen killed.
Stealth Bomber: Citizen killed.

Perfect! There is nothing else to do with our other stealth fighter, so

Stealth Fighter: Miss.

I start sliding some subs south from Estoc. It appears we won’t be nuking Council (certainly not soon), so our subs will take up positions near our core cities in case FREE does something stupid again.

Tile south of The Ways:

Destroyer: Rails destroyed.
Destroyer: Road and mine destroyed, cratered.

As I’m going through the rest of the units, we have a newly built stealth bomber we can’t fit on a transport, so it bombs the only Council tile it can reach.

The Nursery:

Stealth Bomber: I have no idea what happened.

Domestic Report:

88 towns
604 citizens (44% of world population – FREE @41%)
21 workers
34 slaves
1 settler

Treasury – 504 gold and +991 gpt.
Research – 6 beakers invested in Superconductor, due in 48 at 3 bpt (9,000 total needed).

Running 0% luxuries and 0% science.

Military Report:

We are strong compared to the Council.
We are strong compared to Babe.
We are strong compared to FREE.

Technology Report:

We are up Economics, Communism, Scientific Method, Sanitation, and Amphibious War on Babe.
We are up Economics, Communism, and Sanitation, and Nuclear Power on FREE.
We are up Communism and Stealth on Council.
1 tribe has Advanced Flight (Council).
1 tribe has Miniaturization (Council).
1 tribe has The Laser (Council).
1 tribe has Superconductor (Council).
1 tribe has Satellites (Council).

Wonder Update:

Council is building the Manhattan Project in The Gulag.
Council is building the United Nations in The Igloo.


Due to complete on Turn 284:

Modern armor in Baldric.
Heroic Epic in Denizli.
Worker in Salonika.
Courthouse in Katana.
Destroyer in Kris.
Nuclear submarine in New BABE.
Worker in California Rattle Snake.






Our stack on land:

4 Modern armor armies
2 Mech infantry armies
31 modern armor (3 elites)
10 mech infantry
4 mobile SAMs
1 settler

 

[Chamnix]

Turnlog:

Accept 1000 gold from FREE.

Completed:

Modern armor in Baldric.
Heroic Epic in Denizli.
Worker in Salonika.
Courthouse in Katana.
Worker in Zar’roc.
Destroyer in Kris.
Nuclear submarine in New BABE.
Worker in California Rattle Snake.

All set to something…


Unit Moves:

Spoiler :

Send a jet fighter to recon The Chamber area:



After being scolded by Calis in the turn tracker thread, I guess I better get this done .

The usual homeland recon reveals the usual nothing.

Start with our bombers going after the lone marine since there is no SAM on that tile.

E-S of The Gulag:

Bomber: 4/4 marine -> 2/4
Bomber: 2/4 marine killed
Bomber: Rails destroyed
Bomber: Road, mine destroyed
Stealth Bomber: Radar tower destroyed; cratered.

SE-S of The Gulag:

Stealth Bomber: Shot down by enemy anticraft
Stealth Bomber: 4/4 mech -> ¾
Stealth Bomber: 4/4 mech -> 2/4
Stealth Bomber: 4/4 TOW -> 3/4
Stealth Bomber: Miss
Stealth Bomber: ¾ mech -> 2/4
Stealth Bomber: Miss
Stealth Bomber: Shot down by enemy anticraft

Stealth Bomber: ¾ TOW -> 2/4
Stealth Bomber: 2/4 mech killed
Stealth Bomber: 2/4 mech killed
Stealth Bomber: 2/4 TOW killed
Stealth Bomber: 4/4 marine -> 2/4
Stealth Bomber: 3/3 Mobile SAM killed
Stealth Bomber: 2/4 marine killed
Stealth Bomber: Road destroyed
Stealth Bomber: Radar tower destroyed

9 stealth bombers to go…

The Chamber:

Battleship: 4/4 Jet fighter -> ¾
Battleship: 4/4 Jet fighter -> ¾
Battleship: 4/4 Jet fighter -> 2/4
Stealth Bomber: 4/4 Jet fighter -> ¼
Stealth Bomber: 4/4 Jet fighter -> ¾
Stealth Bomber: 4/4 Jet fighter -> 2/4
Stealth Bomber: Coal plant destroyed
Stealth Bomber: 4/4 Jet fighter -> 2/4
Stealth Bomber: 4/4 Jet fighter -> ¼
Stealth Bomber: Miss
Stealth Bomber: 3/3 Jet fighter destroyed
Stealth Bomber: 3/3 Jet fighter -> 1/3

We failed to kill any citizens . Damn planes! Time for the armies to kill what we can:

16/16 modern armor army (15/16 after defensive bombard) vs. 4/4 modern armor -> 14/16 modern armor army
16/16 modern armor army (defensive bombard missed) vs. 4/4 modern armor -> 11/16 modern armor army
16/20 modern armor army vs. 4/4 modern armor -> 15/20 modern armor army
15/17 modern armor army vs. 4/4 modern armor -> 14/17 modern armor army
15/20 modern armor army vs. 4/4 modern armor -> 9/20 modern armor army
14/16 modern armor army vs. 4/4 modern armor -> 12/17 modern armor army
14/17 modern armor army vs. 4/4 modern armor -> 12/17 modern armor army
11/16 modern armor army vs. 4/4 modern armor -> 11/16 modern armor army
14/16 mech infantry army vs. 4/4 modern armor -> 4/16 mech infantry army
14/16 mech infantry army vs. 4/4 modern armor -> 9/16 mech infantry army

E-E-S of The Igloo:

Cruiser: Miss
Cruiser: Miss
Cruiser: Miss
Destroyer: 4/4 mech -> ¾
Destroyer: Miss
Destroyer: Miss
Destroyer: 4/4 Mech -> ¾
Destroyer: Miss
Destroyer: Miss
Destroyer: Miss

13/17 marine army vs. ¾ mech -> 13/17 marine army
13/17 marine army vs. ¾ mech -> 8/17 marine army
10/17 marine army vs. 4/4 marine -> 10/15 marine army
4/4 marine vs. 3/3 Mobile SAM -> ¾ marine

7 workers captured – there are 5 Saber workers and 2 Council workers. We will save one of the Saber ones, but we have to disband the rest.

During destroyer recon, we locate a sub S-SW of The New Yard:

Destroyer: 4/4 nuclear sub -> 2/4
Destroyer: 2/4 nuclear sub -> ¼
5/5 destroyer vs. ¼ nuclear sub -> 5/5 destroyer

The New Yard is undefended! We have 2 transports in range, but they are both empty . So much for the assumption that Council would see us coming… I guess they moved all their planes to The Chamber and are no longer doing recon. We will return with marines in 2 turns. The Nursery is also defenseless. It is nice that Council destroyed Magellan’s so our sub scouts don’t have to travel quite as far.

I forgot to use our stealth fighters so we take 2 more shots at The Chamber:

Stealth Fighter: ¾ jet fighter -> 2/4
Stealth Fighter: ¾ jet fighter -> 2/4

That was useful…

Domestic Report:

88 towns
603 citizens (44% of world population – FREE @42%)
25 workers
34 slaves
1 settler

Treasury – 2520 gold and +1028 gpt.
Research – 9 beakers invested in Superconductor, due in 47 at 3 bpt (9,000 total needed).

Running 0% luxuries and 0% science.

Military Report:

We are strong compared to the Council.
We are strong compared to Babe.
We are strong compared to FREE.

Technology Report:

We are up Economics, Communism, Scientific Method, Sanitation, and Amphibious War on Babe.
We are up Economics, Communism, and Sanitation, and Nuclear Power on FREE.
We are up Communism and Stealth on Council.
1 tribe has Advanced Flight (Council).
1 tribe has Miniaturization (Council).
1 tribe has The Laser (Council).
1 tribe has Superconductor (Council).
1 tribe has Satellites (Council).

Wonder Update:

Council is building the Manhattan Project in The Gulag.
Council is building the United Nations in The Igloo.


Due to complete on Turn 285:

Courthouse in Taiaha.
Courthouse in Elear.
Courthouse in Woundhealer.
Worker in Vorpal.
Stealth bomber in Foreclosure.
Transport in We Own This Now!

 

[Chamnix]

Turnlog:

Accept 1000 gold from FREE.

Completed:

Courthouse in Taiaha.
Courthouse in Elear.
Courthouse in Woundhealer.
Worker in Vorpal.
Stealth bomber in Foreclosure.
Transport in We Own This Now!

All set to something…


Unit Moves:

Spoiler :

Recon

The Chamber:

Battleship: 2/3 jet fighter -> 1/3
Battleship: 2/4 jet fighter -> ¼
Battleship: 2/4 jet fighter destroyed
Stealth Bomber: Miss
Stealth Bomber: 2/4 jet fighter destroyed
Stealth Bomber: Miss
Stealth Bomber: 2/4 jet fighter destroyed
Stealth Bomber: 2/4 jet fighter destroyed
Stealth Bomber: 2/4 jet fighter destroyed
Stealth Bomber: 2/4 jet fighter destroyed
Stealth Bomber: 1/3 jet fighter destroyed
Stealth Bomber: 1/3 jet fighter destroyed
Stealth Bomber: Miss
Stealth Bomber: Miss
Stealth Bomber: ¼ jet fighter destroyed
Stealth Bomber: Citizen killed
Stealth Bomber: ¼ jet fighter destroyed
Stealth Bomber: ¼ jet fighter destroyed
Stealth Bomber: 4/4 mech infantry -> ¾

No more planes in The Chamber, recon The Igloo since that is the next city to reach 640:



They don’t have their forests railed, so it will only take 1 bomb to crater each of them, but we will start with the easy food.
Tile bombing (4 bombers, 8 stealth bombers, 1 stealth fighter):

South of The Igloo: rails, road, irrigation destroyed; cratered
Southwest of The Igloo: road destroyed; cratered
East of The Igloo: road destroyed; cratered
North of The Igloo: road destroyed; cratered
NW-NW of The Igloo: road destroyed; cratered
N-NW of The Igloo: road destroyed; cratered
NE-NE of The Igloo: road destroyed; cratered

That’s all for the easy tiles by The Igloo, so recon The Silo:



South of The Silo: rails, road, mine destroyed; cratered
NW-NW of The Silo: rails, road, irrigation destroyed; cratered
S-SE of the Silo: rails destroyed

S-SE of the Treasury: rail, road, mine, radar tower destroyed; cratered
2 misses

Domestic Report:

88 towns
601 citizens (44% of world population – FREE @42%)
26 workers
34 slaves
1 settler

Treasury – 4548 gold and +1039 gpt.
Research – 12 beakers invested in Superconductor, due in 46 at 3 bpt (9,000 total needed).

Running 0% luxuries and 0% science.

Military Report:

We are strong compared to the Council.
We are strong compared to Babe.
We are average compared to FREE.

Technology Report:

We are up Economics, Communism, Scientific Method, Sanitation, and Amphibious War on Babe.
We are up Economics, Communism, and Sanitation on FREE. No longer up Nuclear Power.
We are up Communism and Stealth on Council.
1 tribe has Advanced Flight (Council).
2 tribes have Miniaturization.
1 tribe has The Laser (Council).
2 tribes have Superconductor.
2 tribes have Satellites.

Wonder Update:

Council is building the Manhattan Project in The Gulag.
Council is building the United Nations in The Igloo.


Due to complete on Turn 286:

Nuclear Plant in Yatagan.
Stealth Bomber in Uskudar.
Nuclear Plant in Yanagiba.
Modern Armor in Zweihander.
Carrier in Caladbolg.
Nuclear Submarine in Cattaraugus.
Worker in Storm.
Nuclear Submarine in Bingol.

 

[Chamnix]

Turnlog:

Accept 500 gold from FREE.

Completed:

Nuclear Submarine in Bingol.
Nuclear Plant in Yatagan.
Stealth Bomber in Uskudar.
Nuclear Plant in Yanagiba.
Modern Armor in Zweihander.
Carrier in Caladbolg.
Nuclear Submarine in Cattaraugus.
Worker in Storm.

All set to something…


Unit Moves:

Spoiler :

Recon – we find a Council transport within range of Cattaraugus. We will definitely sink that.



We need to hit The Igloo this turn, so we recon. Council is apparently determined to keep their remaining terrain improvements:



Without much hope, recon The Silo. More of the same:



It appears we have no choice except to slaughter civilians. We start bombing The Igloo:

Bomber: Shot down by interceptor.
Bomber: Citizen killed.
Bomber: Shot down by interceptor.
Bomber: Missed.
Stealth Bomber: Citizen killed.
Stealth Bomber: Missed.
Stealth Bomber: Citizen killed.
Stealth Bomber: Missed.
Stealth Bomber: Missed.
Stealth Bomber: Missed.
Stealth Bomber: Missed.
Stealth Bomber: Missed.
Stealth Bomber: Citizen killed.
Stealth Bomber: Missed.
Stealth Bomber: Citizen killed.
Stealth Bomber: Missed.
Stealth Bomber: Citizen killed.
Stealth Bomber: Missed.
Stealth Bomber: Missed.
Stealth Bomber: Missed.
Stealth Bomber: Missed.
Stealth Bomber: Citizen killed.
Stealth Bomber: Missed.
Stealth Bomber: Missed.
Stealth Bomber: Missed.
Stealth Bomber: Citizen killed.
Stealth Bomber: Missed.
Stealth Bomber: Citizen killed.
Stealth Bomber: Citizen killed.
Stealth Bomber: Missed.
Stealth Bomber: Missed.

Next – sink that ridiculous transport before I forget about it.

4/4 destroyer vs. 4/4 transport -> 4/4 destroyer.

Load our 2 extra transports with 1 marine and 11 modern armor and move them in range of The Nursery for a hopeful blitz attack next turn.

Our destroyers go to join them and find a Council nuclear sub:

5/5 destroyer vs. 4/4 nuclear sub -> 1/5 destroyer *whew

Domestic Report:

88 towns
601 citizens (44% of world population – FREE @42%)
27 workers
34 slaves
1 settler

Treasury –6167 gold and +1061 gpt.
Research – 12 beakers invested in Superconductor, due in 46 at 3 bpt (9,000 total needed).

Running 0% luxuries and 0% science.

Military Report:

We are strong compared to the Council.
We are strong compared to Babe.
We are strong compared to FREE.

Technology Report:

We are up Economics, Communism, Scientific Method, Sanitation, and Amphibious War on Babe.
We are up Economics, Communism, and Sanitation on FREE. No longer up Nuclear Power.
We are up Communism and Stealth on Council.
1 tribe has Advanced Flight (Council).
2 tribes have Miniaturization.
2 tribes have The Laser.
2 tribes have Superconductor.
2 tribes have Satellites.

Wonder Update:

Council is building the Manhattan Project in The Gulag.
Council is building the United Nations in The Igloo.


Due to complete on Turn 287:

Mech infantry in Taiaha.
Stealth Bomber in Aydin.
Mech infantry in Elear.
Stealth bomber in Smooth Move.

 

[Chamnix]

Turnlog:

Accept 500 gold from FREE.

Completed:

Mech infantry in Taiaha.
Stealth Bomber in Aydin.
Mech infantry in Elear.
Stealth bomber in Smooth Move.

All set to something…

Unit Moves:

Spoiler :

Recon, recon, recon. I’m so bored with this part . We find 1 privateer 3NW of The Hideaway, but we have nothing in the area to use to sink it.

Slide a destroyer up toward The Nursery to see if it is empty. It is not. There is a 4/4 modern army in there. It is possible that Council has a unit in all coastal towns but didn’t see us coming, so they only have the one. Try to bombard with the destroyer.

The Nursery:

Destroyer: Miss.
Destroyer: Miss.
Destroyer: 4/4 modern armor -> 2/4.

Another undamaged modern armor appears on top. Crap. So much for that plan. I suppose we go back to bombing. Recon The Gulag:



The fact that they don’t have units guarding their tiles seems to be another argument in favor of thinking they saw our transports if there had been any doubt. I decide to go back to hitting tiles.

2 bombers and 28 stealth bombers do the following damage:

East of the Gulag – rails, road, mine destroyed; cratered.
North of The Treasury – rails, road, irrigation destroyed; cratered.
N-NE of The Gulag - rails, road, mine destroyed; cratered.
N-NW of The Gulag - rails, road, mine destroyed; cratered.
N-W of The Gulag - rails, road, irrigation destroyed; cratered.

There is no way the Gulag has enough food for 9 citizens. The only other place we care about much at all is The Silo, so we recon first, but apparently I forgot to take a picture of it.

Again, no tiles defended. We start with the tiles that only The Silo can be working:

SW of The Silo - rails, road, mine destroyed; cratered.

The Silo is already in negative fpt.

W of The Silo - rails, road, mine destroyed; cratered.
N-NW of The Silo - rails, road, mine destroyed; cratered.
SE of The Silo - rails, road, mine destroyed; cratered.
NW of The Silo - rails, road, mine destroyed; cratered.
E of The Silo - rails, road, mine destroyed; cratered.
E-NE of The Silo - rails, road, mine destroyed; cratered.

I think Council is pretty much done. I move our carriers to where the stealth bombers could reach Freedom Central next turn if we want (more on that later).

6 miss.

Domestic Report:

88 towns
602 citizens (44% of world population – FREE @42%)
27 workers
34 slaves
1 settler

Treasury – 7728 gold and +1041 gpt.
Research – 15 beakers invested in Superconductor, due in 45 at 3 bpt (9,000 total needed).

Running 0% luxuries and 0% science.

Military Report:

We are strong compared to the Council.
We are strong compared to Babe.
We are strong compared to FREE.

Technology Report:

We are up Economics, Communism, Scientific Method, Sanitation, and Amphibious War on Babe.
We are up Economics, Communism, and Sanitation on FREE. No longer up Nuclear Power.
We are up Communism and Stealth on Council.
1 tribe has Advanced Flight (Council).
2 tribes have Miniaturization.
2 tribes have The Laser.
2 tribes have Superconductor.
2 tribes have Satellites.

Wonder Update:

Council is building the Manhattan Project in The Gulag.
Council is building the United Nations in The Igloo.
We are building the Manhattan Project in Baldric.

Due to complete on Turn 288:

Stealth bomber in Istanbul.
Modern armor in Yanagiba.
Worker in Zar’roc.
Stealth bomber in Facon.