Sir donsig,
You have beaten me to the gate.
I was just going through the figures to determine where we could find our best upgrade opportunities and how I could break the bad news to you about Palanthus. However, we have already reached the same conclusion.
The three spears you speak of are in Plexenburg, Ise and the Highlands. I will gladly upgrade all three within the next
four turns. I have also located ten immediate musket upgrades that I will authorize for the Preturn. The other 21 will be phased in as treasury allows. I will try for a pace of two per turn until complete. Since we no immediate military emergency, I hope this acceptable. I would still like to focus on city growth whenever possible.
I know you haven't mentioned it here, but that still leaves the issue of the pikemen. I will be posting a poll shortly regarding my plan. These are estimates but I would try my best to maintain these figures. Please let me know what you think:
We currently have 47 pikemen
8-10 upgraded to Riflemen (800-1000g)
12-15 disbanded to help Rifleman production
5-7 disbanded to help improvement production
15-20 kept to defend Interior cities and Eastern Wall.
This is a short-term plan that can be started right away if it has support. As you can see, this plan emphasizes military over domestic improvements and will keep Fanatika strong.
You will also be happy to know that, as Domestic still oversees the build queues for all of New India et al, I have added walls to the queues of cities that won't be seeing Size 7 anytime soon. I will talk with Grand Admiral CivGeneral to discuss the deployment of troops behind those walls.
Rest assured, donsig. We should have a fully upgraded military force long before we get to Replaceable Parts. But then again that tech is a pipedream considering the government we are currently in.
Funny, had I known that the people had no interest in maximising this great land, I would have chosen a less optimistic title for this thread.