22-11-2001 21:31									#1
	Management by Corruption Part II Support Apolyton, buy Galactic Civilizations

Comrade Tribune posted a great thread regarding milking worthless /distant cities for 5-6 gold per turn. Since there is no corruption of food units, you can milk severely corrupted cities for production of shields(after Nationalism) by the strategy of ICE :

INFINITE CONSCRIPT EXPLOITATION

Every population(beyond 6) point will generate 1 conscript rifleman per turn and after Replaceable Parts 1 conscript infantry per turn. Infantry can be disbanded for 22 shields. So irrigate and build railroads on all grassland squares in the city radius. For a size 11 city you fill up the food box every 2 turns so 11 shields per turn. For a size 6 city you fill up the food box every 4 turns so 5 shields per turn.

Now if you are using these shields to help rush build city improvements (as I usually do) they are worth 4 gold per shield so an 11 shield city would generate the equivalent of 44 gold per turn. Hope this helps.......

	22-11-2001 21:39									#2
	Support Apolyton, pre-order Civilization IV

Forgot to mention one thing....this strategy is meant for republic and democracy...not communism.

	22-11-2001 22:29									#3
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I see two problems:

-By drafting so much, you get enormous amounts of unhappiness.

-Building improvements in a poor city is questionable: They will not help you a lot, but you must still pay maintenance. This could get you into the red.