18-12-2003 02:39									#1
	Post-Currency Research Support Apolyton, buy Galactic Civilizations

We're heading into the Middle Ages, folks. All Sunshine needs is Construction and they'll be in the middle ages and get their free tech. (Construction will soon be all that we need as well, but no free tech for us. )

We need to find out what MAST and LL are doing. I think our best option is 40-turn research of Republic, stockpiling gold for warrior->sword upgrades, and future horse->rider and sword->MI upgrades. (Currently, 80% research would net us 27 bpt, which would mean Rep in ~25 turns; less because of growth, but that's still a long while.) However, if someone else is already doing Rep, 100% research of Lit wouldn't be a bad idea (only 9 turns needed at 100% research), and the GL would be a nice backup on the offchance we lose the Pyrs.

	18-12-2003 04:21									#2
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I would tend to agree with this. Yes it will take a while to research this, but it's a very tradeable tech, even for the middle age techs. That and we will definitely need some cash for future upgrades. I'd like to bank a lot of cash and have a lot of horsemen ready when chivalry becomes available and we get our riders.

Also I'd like to see us able to work out a currency (and something else most likely) for construction trade if we can.

	19-12-2003 06:03									#3
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Well LL says that they are doing Map Making and Sunshine says that they are doing Construction it seems.

With Sunshine getting 2 techs out of Construction (20 points plus 32-36 each for a total of 52-56) we might want to consider a quick research of Literature (10 tech points) then go onto Republic (28 tech points) as that would perhaps allow us to trade Lit + Rep + not too much gold or IOUs to Sunshine for Constr + their free tech.

Edit: I originally had the free techs at 20 points - not 32-36 - so that makes almost any trade unlikely. There is an emerging danger that Sunshine may emerge way out in front in techs (especially as MAST doesn't research too quickly, LL is doing MM and other than that there is only Literature and the 2 governments left (except if we don't trade for Construction from Sunshine). We might want to consider working with the other civs together to prevent Sunshine from getting too much of a tech lead...

Last edited by Sharpe on 19-12-2003 at 06:11

	19-12-2003 13:11									#4
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Proposed two-case plan or research depending on what MAST is researching:

If they're going for Republic, either at 40 turns or with actual research, we research Lit and then shut research down. We try to strike a Currency+Lit for Rep deal with MAST. I wouldn't say this is the best situation, but we can shut research down after lit to get some cash for warrior->sword upgrades. Also, we hope and pray Sunshine will give us Construction early in exchange for Lit so that we can 40-turn either Feudalism or Engineering ASAP.



If they're going for anything else (Probably Lit, but you never know, maybe they don't like Sunshine either and are going for Construction), 40-turn party all the way to Republic.