[continued from previous post]
Luckily we got a thick wad of cash from Huayna the turn before to help pay for it. We also got more from Monty:
And, yup, so we managed to trade for Biology. Things were looking good. We had officially caught up with the other continent, so I cancelled our Internet beeline, putting Computers on hold to give the Angkor Wat a little more air time. We went for Rocketry instead so that we could start on the Apollo Program, which is required for the Space Elevator.
We got another GS next, this time at Ankara, which had been running quite a number of specialists:
Another one for lightbulbing. And since we had not built the Dam, we still had a GE hanging around. We stood a good chance of getting another GE from Fusion to use on the Space Elevator, so I decided to use him to complete the Eiffel Tower, which we had been building at Istanbul, so that it would be in time to start on the Apollo Program when Rocketry was discovered:
Not amazingly useful, since we didn't need to push anyone's borders back. However, it ensured high levels of happiness when coupled with Hit Musicals/Singles/Movies, which could be traded for easily, without having to build broadcast towers everywhere. We could then continue growing our cities to achieve as much productivity as possible without a worry. Beats building Broadway/Rock and Roll/Hollywood ourselves.
After Rocketry, we researched Fission as a prerequisite for Fusion. Robotics and Satellites were next for the Space Elevator, followed by Fibre Optics and Fusion.
Unfortunately, our new tech lead has its price:
Not wanting to jeopardise our quest for Fusion, I declined.
A couple of turns later, we completed the Apollo Program:
Once Satellites was discovered, Istanbul began on the Space Elevator.
We got another GP at Edirne, a GE this time:
This was good news, since it meant that we could use 2 GEs on the Elevator, as we did get to Fusion first for a free GE:
Anticipating it, I switched Istanbul's production to SS Docking Bay for several turns to save hammers. With the help of 2 GEs, the Space Elevator was completed immediately:
This certainly made the Elevator worth building, even if it is usually debateable.
Having gotten Fusion, we researched Ecology and Genetics for spaceship parts, with Refrigeration in between (prerequisite for Genetics). And we made another trade with Roosevelt:
Not much point to the trade, but I figured giving Ecology to Roosevelt at this time wouldn't make much difference. Well, the money could be used to help fund espionage activities (we had built Scotland Yard at Edirne). But on that note, our 4 spies on the other continent didn't actually do much sabotage on Roosevelt or Huayna, keeping it minimal to avoid unnecessary risks.
Unfortunately, Roosevelt wasn't too happy anymore anyway:
I thought that Huayna managed to ask him to adopt HR. My mistake, as you will see later. Oh, well. With quite a number of mech infantries now, I didn't think we needed to be too worried.
After discovering Genetics, we pretty much had all the spaceship techs under our belt, so we researched Composites to give us access to the best weapons of the modern era for self-defense, in case things turned nasty.
And we got another GP, this time at our capital:
Well, we didn't need another GE now, and we hadn't had our Golden Age, so he and the Great Prophet started it.
By then, spaceship construction had begun in earnest. We had completed the Docking Bay and Istanbul was building the other expensive part, the Engine. The Stasis Chamber, however, would be the last thing to be completed, which we were building in our 2nd most productive city but which took a long time nevertheless. Costing as many hammers as the Docking Bay, that was not surprising. It would be preceded by the Life Support, Engine and the Cockpit, in order of the latest. Thrusters and Casings were built by a number of different cities.
Meanwhile, our spies made an interesting discovery:
Huayna was building the UN and would complete it. That meant that if we didn't get a Space Victory, we would likely get a Diplomatic one, since the candidates would be Huayna and us and we would most certainly get Roosevelt's votes. With two of the world's biggest population behind us, we would clinch the victory quite easily. But that is if someone else did not launch his ship too early...
Well, what did happen? Find out in the next update.
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, glad you finished it. Deity on bts next? 
