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Kuciwalker
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of Schmooism
Feb 2001
time: 00:21
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Dear President Ninot, War Minister UberKruX and other Ministers,
I have created this petition to build at least one Galley, preferably two or three, as soon as convenient. These Galleys would serve many purposes.
First, my short journey with jdjdjd attempting to cross to Uber Isle by raft was a failure. Our raft was simply not sturdy or stable enough for us to make it across, or even beyond sight of land. I believe that we will have a chance if we use a full-fledged Galley. Unfortunately, neither jdjdjd nor I have the resources to construct such a ship, nor the people to man her. Thus we call upon the Government to sponsor our journey of exploration.
Second, if one Galley successfully makes it to the coast of Uber Isle, we can execute a difficult maneuver known as the Uber Gambit, named after War Minister UberKruX, who initially proposed it. We would have to build another Galley, and load a Settler onto it. Then, we would sail the Galley out as far as it could go in one turn, and then transfer the Settler to the first Galley, which is in coastal waters and therefore not in danger of sinking. The first Galley would then offload the Settler onto Uber Isle and we would be able to establish a fully self-sufficient colony on the isle, which would be able to expand on its own and control the entire isle.
I ask all citizens to sign this petition.
Signed,
Skywalker
MrWhereItsAt
War Minister UberKruX
City Planner Punkbass2000
Gepap
Kring
Science Minister Civman2000
Edrix
Aro
Robber Baron
Jonny
OPD
The_Spartan
Trevor
Max
Last edited by Kuciwalker on 24-07-2002 at 00:17
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Making a galley quickly would probably be best, as long as we don't focus all of our efforts on colonization.
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by Divine Right
May 2001
time: 00:21
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as seen here in another
thread , I've elaborated more strongly on why we should concentrate on our own continent rather than some unknown isle. I would support galleys if used according to this policy.
To summarize the other thread, we're in a tough position on the continent, we're in some wars we may find tougher than we think and should concentrate on those, afterwards we'll have a tough time consolidating/colonizing enough to prevent ais from infilling us. generally, a city on the continent would be better than one on another island.
I would support the galley only if I have assurances we won't go off on some half-baked mission to colonize uber island without solid reasons. if it speeds continental colonization and secures some dyes/ivory for us, good. that's a good use.
exploration is good, but only if Uber Island has some substantial benefits that would outweigh the cost in distraction to our continental aims, would I support using a settler there. don't forget, luxuries and strat resources require a harbour for connection to the rest of the empire. that's tough on a waste/corrupt island. plus you need to build 2 of them - which, instead of, you could have built 2 libraries or temples. also, that could mean at least 80 turns before seeing that connected up.
also, for those worrying about getting there first, who cares? if we want it, we'll take it by force when we need it. the island won't be productive or useful to it's owner for quite some time. when it does become so, we'll just take it. if we're strong enough on the continent, taking the island later is no problem. splitting our empire prematurely across two continents, that's foolhardy.
I'm not against galleys, I can see them being used for transport, and to contact the remaining civs ($$$), but I'm wary of these galleys being a pretext to colonize an island unworthy of our attention (of course, I'll be quite embarrassed if Uber Island turns out to be some wonderful gift from heaven). Just because we have galleys doesn't mean we should go off trying to colonize islands just because they're there.
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20-07-2002 21:55
), showing that it might be a better and wiser decision to focus expanding on our own continent.
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