Try-05: Ludicrous Speed!

[cripp7]

Well I guess it's me then! Sorry, I dropped the ball on that one.

 

[cripp7]

IHT-
Gifted Washington back his cities, loaded our entire stacks back up to head home
moved a couple workers to build fort S of SB3
Gifted Wash/Toku techs to get them to tech something for us
Toku >MS
Washington >Bio

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Gifted Wash/Toku techs, set Washington to research Bio (14), also those techs will boost their units to hold off any attacks (hopefully)
started drafting round, every 3 infantry drafted will delete 3 obsolete units. going to coastal cities

1800ad-
trade Toku 200+map>Comm
check techs, Cyrus & Mansa have RR!
hire 3 specs in SB1 to push Arty up by 1 turn

1804ad-
Arty > RR
Frigate defeated privateer, GG born in SB1 going to settle in SB3

1808ad-
Mansa offers a trade

Spoiler :

tech Combustion
cities are building airships, inf, arty
70% 10%
fleet 1 arrives in SB3
trade Cyrus 9gpt>banana
noticed we have another GG sitting around, propose to settle in SB3

1810ad-
Toku renegs a trade deal

Spoiler :

offload fleets 1 & 2 for upgrades

1812ad-
Cyrus & Mansa have Combustion
offload fleet 3 for upgrades

Stop here for input, since those 2 have Comb I think switching to Electricity > Industrialism for tanks/marines and trade for Comb. we need to combine the two fleets on the East Coast. I dropped off all the fleets to on the East Coast one on the West Coast. The one on the West Coast as a GG, which I think needs to be a Medic3.

I'll be gone this weekend. I'll check on any progress Sunday afternoon

 

[Trynthlas]

Crazy week/weekend here too! I'll grab this for tonight since still no sign of the Dwaarf!

 

[cripp7]

Hey Try, still around? Since it's just us 2 I think we can take 20 turns a piece.

 

[Trynthlas]

Yeah still around, just stuff is crazy

Hoping I can get a round in, but I'll let you know if not. Had to ask for a skip in my other SG.

 

[cripp7]

cool by me, what do you think about dropping some nukes on Cyrus? That way we would not have to upgrade any of our units, and just add in newer units with a mix?

 

[Trynthlas]

Nukes make people angry, but who cares since we're going to steamroll them all anyway right? I'm cool with nukes.

Still around, but doubt I will have time to play a round until Weds unfortunately

 

[cripp7]

Cool by me. Go Electric > Fusion > Rocketry trade for Combustion. Combine the 2 fleets by SB3

 

[Trynthlas]

Started playing, got to T284 (1828AD) and WvO just ditched Cyrus. We're not in any kind of ready position to attack but I'm thinking we should declare immediately just so he doesn't re-vassal, and we can take out WvO as our next target.

He has rifles, grens, and ironclads but nothing in the numbers it would take to stop our army. Also, I grabbed combustion before Electricity so we have the ability to run $$ for a few turns and upgrade a bunch of frigates to destroyers which will obliterate his navy.

Thoughts?

 

[cripp7]

Sounds good, vassal WvO quick with the army we currently have and upgraded frigates.

 

[Trynthlas]

Bagged 2 of WvO's cities and he capitulated. I gave the cities back to him and our troops are (now) back in home territory approximately where they were before we went on that little side adventure.

Have vassals teching:
WvO = Flight
Wash = Refrigeration
Toku = Medicine

We finished Fission and Rocketry and are now (queued, no turns) set for Industrialism.

Manhattan Project done in 5 turns.

Our defenses are much better (machine guns and infantry, 3+ per city) and I've been accumulating some new troops and navy for our push against Cyrus. There is also a (very) small force building (mostly from drafts) down in our Southern region to take those 2 cities of Mansa's. Note building a few Anti-Tanks since Mansa has Industrialism and Cyrus is likely not far behind on it, those should be with our attack force.

Airships posted all over the place and we can watch a LOT of territory.

Great Person due in just a few turns from Spaceball One. Most likely a scientist, in which case bulb I think.

After Industrialism finishes we should go 100% cash for a while and upgrade all of our troops and most of the ships. Cyrus has a big army, but they're all over the tech map. I've seen longbows, elephants, muskets, rifles, machine guns, cavalry, so pretty much a bit of everything. If all of our troops are modern ones we should have a nice advantage.

Have kept an eye on trades with vassals and renegotiate them when possible (and when it makes sense).

I think we're in good shape, probably one round of 15-20 turns and then we're ready to go against Cyrus/Mansa.

 

[cripp7]

Cool! I'll get to it tomorrow and have a good looksee

 

[cripp7]

IHT-
just keep building units

1872ad-
Manhattan done
building ICBMs & Tactical nukes

1876ad-
Trade with Washington

Spoiler :

Set to research Radio

Trade with Toku

Spoiler :

Set to research Electric

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Trade with WvO

Spoiler :

Set to research Radio

Washington to research Fascism

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Industrialism > Radio
kill to build
Trade with Washy

Spoiler :

Trade with Toku

Spoiler :

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All cities build +1518/gpt

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Upgraded rifles>inf, galleons>transports

Spoiler :

We have 4 ICBMs and 4 Tacts

 

[Trynthlas]

nuke nuke nuke nuke!

Nice quick set, cripp. Will see if I can't do the same tomorrow

 

[Trynthlas]

Played most of a set, things are peachy...well, irradiated peaches anyway!

Finish it up tonight and post at that point.

 

[cripp7]

COOL! Duke-Nuke'm