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-Jrabbit
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of the Electronic Egyptians
Feb 2002
time: 23:28
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As we enter the post-Kennedy, pre-hippie era, war protests are on the rise. Fortunately, this is a Communist empire, so comrade -Jrabbit ignores them all.
1965
--Greeks defend their homeland, strafing troops around Sparta. we lose a few, including a valued Howie or 2.
--Greeks chat, demand Superconductor again. we yawn, stay at WAR!
--German Aegis guns down a transport and one aboard. Blue DD spotted near W. Chalco.
--Pollution hits 5 cities, none on home continent.
--Rushed SDIs come online in Marathon and Miletos.
Ironic Attack on Russia by Communists continues...
--Odessa captured (100 GP). govt. escapes to Sevasapol.
--Sevastapol was in our way anyway. Pays 52 plunder, and Russia is without a capital. 
--We bribe St. Petersburg for 600 GP, with 46 refunded along with Cope's Observatory. 
But what we're really concerned about is the Deamnable Greeks...
Spies report defenses of all remaining cities (Corinth, Delphi, Eretria, Athens, Knossos (cap), and Thermopylae (23).
Howies, spies, and stealth units are in position, so here we go...
--We take out some SAMs, losing 2 spies.
--Alpine, rifle, fanatic and 2 cruise missiles destroyed, Corinth captured. Rich booty, too -- 200 GP, Great Library, Oracle, and barracks/airport still standing.
--Athens has a nu;ke, si it's next. Nuke, 2 fanatics, CM, alpine, and bomber die, yielding Darwin's Voyage, Statue of Liberty, an airport, and 78 GP.
--Running short of troops and movement. After some trepidation, we decide to take Eretria, (2 fanatics, rifle, alpine) too. Pays 152.
--Bribe Greek Aegis outside Eretria for 1995 GP. We use it to kill another nearby Aegis that had survived a bomber, a sub, and a CM. Our new Aegis makes vet.
--The Ministry of War Finance announces the new War Improvement Program (WIP). Cities are reward with lower upkeep costs in exchange for the resale of certain non-essential counterrevolutionary city improvements. -Jrabbit approves this new proposal, and vows to "go to the WIP" on a regular basis.
Gov't sells 8 Libraries, 5 City Walls, a University and a Stock Exchange. Treasury at 2273 GP.
1966
--Opposition forces strangely silent. We keep rolling more forces into position on all fronts...
--New pollution in 5 cities.
--Greek front--
Knossos (capital) -- Howies ignore the walls. No SAM or fighters to stop our air force. Greeks lose 4 fanatics, rifle, and 2 cruise missiles. We gain 504 GP and... Magellan!!! Greek gov't escaped to Thermopylae.
Thermopylae (capital) -- Spies took out the SAM, so planes romp. 4 fanatics, alpine, rifle, and a fighter go down. Gov't espcapes to Pharsalos.
Delphi -- It was just a matter of time. We take out 2 fanatics, a rifle and 2 CMs. Pays 52 GP. Only one city left on the (former) Greek home continent, in the far north, and our spy is en route to buy it...
We continue to build our forces on Chalco Island, with the idea of sending an expedition northward to open a new front vs. the Greeks. To that end, we bribe a German Aegis that's been hanging around.
Bribe Cost = 940 GP.
Peace of mind escort = priceless.
Our new Aegis scouts ahead, spots German cannon nearby. Aegis makes Vet.
--Uranium delivered to Knossos (189 GP  )
--Moscow cpatured (43 gp)
--Bribe a very inconvenient Greek marine outside German town for 435.
--We WIP the treasury up to 4197 (selling 11 granaries, 4 city walls, 3 sewer systems, a uni, a library, and an aqueduct.
--We spend the treasury down to 2741.
1967
--Greek bombers and navy launch a counterattack, killing (IIRC) a spy, a howitzer, a paratrooper, and a tank.
--Russians mount some minor attacks. Russian partisans begin dismantling the already-shaky local RRl system. Sadly, -Jrabbit has no choice but to order their deaths...
--Our nice, fresh Battleship, a major part of our assault plan on Germans, is sunk by a single German cruise missile. Sunk like a stone. A stone with no defense or hit points...
--we install a coastal fortress in Eretria, a SAM in Athens, and an airport in Smolensk.
--Pollution hits 7 cities: Osaka, LA, St Louis, SF, Boston, Corinth, and Thermopylae. Therm'plae desperately short of food...
--Vladivostok captured (37). Russians chat, threaten nukes, demand stuff, and are sent packing. they are down to 9 cities, most of which are in the Great White North.
--Expeditionary force reaches Syracuse, a Greek city of size 1 that's been sending annoying units our way. Syracuse is RAZED for its sins.
--Spy reports German situation. 5 cities, all connected by rail. Defenses are:
Nuremburg (18) -- artillery, rifle, no walls or SAM
Frankfurt (13) -- city walls, rifle, bomber, transport
Berlin (12, capital) -- city walls, rifle, alpine, partisan
Konigsberg (16) -- Non-Aegis cruiser, 2 riflemen
Hamburg (20) -- city walls, 3 rifles.
--spy also notes 2 nearby Greek cities --
Krasnoyarsk has one alpine
Munich has walls, one alpine, and a cruise missile.
Unfortunately, the rail system is spotty in this area, so getting troops into position will require more time...
Available troops do some damage...
Shipchain from Abuquerque via Minneapolis makes German mainland near Berlin, landing 7 jeeps and a tank. No defenders in the way, so they head straight for the unwalled city of Konigsberg, which is summarily taken along with a plunder of 241gp.
Nuremburg captured (167 gp). another boring request for superconductor. I swear, we can barely stay awake through this diplomatic tedium!!!
Greek city of Krasnoyarsk is taken, with plunder of 30 GP and possession of the Manhatten Project.
We bribe a nearby Greek howitzer for 483.
There's a fair amount of movement left in this turn, mostly in former Greek areas.
We need to mass troops for an assault on Pharsalos, a.k.a. The Last Greek Capital (as they are under 1000 GP now). A couple spies to map it out and presumably take out the SAM, then sock it with air power.
Foreign ministry reports --
Greeks -- have 12 cities (Pharsalos cap), 906 GP, Fundy
Japanese -- one city (Mingapulco, non-cap), 599 GP, Fundy
Germans -- 3 cities (Berlin cap), 1095 GP, Republic
Russians -- 9 cities (no cap), 374 GP, Republic
Hmm... Perhaps Mingapulco, so lonely and remote, would make a good choice for the final city we conquer...
Our population is now over 60 MM. Treasury holds 3,778 GP.
-Jrabbit leaves the palace, his hands a bit dirty but his reputation still Spotless.
Now let's finish this thing!!!
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20-05-2004 03:03
and hope for the best.
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Way to go, La Fayette!! 
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