27-05-2003 09:45									#1
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Will we have enough money to upgrade all of our Horsemen to Riders ?

Again, a simulation may be in order, to see how many horses we need to upgrade in 12 or so turns.

If we are short, I suggest we consider borrowing some money from some of the other teams.

Vox are in debt to Lego already and could not give us any.

GS will be reluctant, as they will want to keep as much cas as possible ready for their Chariot -> Knight upgrades. (Not going to happen)

ND have not been pulling their weight in research, and must be cashed up. As an ally, surely they would consider loaning us some...interest free.

RP will be wanting to save their money for their own upgrades… but if we can pull anything out of them, it will be less upgrades they can do.

Lego is currently Vox’s financier. It is my belief, that they also have close ties with Roleplay. We seem to have good deals with them (they should remember what we did to bring them up to date in tech when we first met) so they may be willing to help us pay for some rider upgrades. Especially if they “thought” they were going to be used against GS. The more money we get out of Lego, the less they can give to RP for upgrades.

	27-05-2003 12:13									#2
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Lego is the only source I can think of.

RP: Is strapped for cash, they don't even want to buy our map

GS: saving for upgrades

Vox: same as GS

now, consider this, each upgrade will cost us 80g, that means we'll need 800g to upgrade just 10 Riders. Leo's would cut that in half but we can't afford to wait that long.

Also, has anyone stopped to think that GS might be pre-building Leo's too? Think about it, they have a swarm of WCs which can be upgraded. A WC-Knight upgrade costs 100g I think, if they can cut it in half, I see no reason why they couldn't be capable of doing a mass upgrade which would all but finish Vox.



I'm slowly being convinced that we need to secure Leo's even if it means wasting so many shields in Imperial City. We will need it later on.

	27-05-2003 16:54									#3
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I dont think GS will have shields stored for Leos.
They had 1 city with shields, and were forced to waste it on the Gr8 Lighthouse.
I dont think they would have set aside 2 cities for shield buildup. Especially after they crapped their pants when Vox started sending immortals.

They are using their GA to build chariots/horsemen and GOLD for upgrades.


I think we need to speak to Lego about financing our Rider upgrades. They are already financing Vox, so we know they are on "our" side.
Tell them we need the $$ for Rider upgrades for "the war" effort. See what they will do for us.

ND as well ... see how much they can lend us...interest free.

Regs

	29-05-2003 07:25									#4
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Leos, Leos, Leos!

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