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Cyrion
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Caught somewhere in time
Jan 2002
time: 06:30
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Here it is guys, sorry about the delay, but for me it was really worth it !
This set of turns has been an education on the use of the howitzer : yes, I must admit that I usually don’t use them : not glamourous enough… But as I am not the only player in the game, I’ll try for once to be efficient !
And from what I read on the thread it is supposed to be amazingly efficient ! We’ll see…
So let’s be ambitious ! Where to attack ? ? I’ll go for the russian mainland (I’ll call it Russia) which houses 10 of their 19 cities !
To do that, I’ll allow me 5 preparation turns, and then try to take them all in 5 turns !
For this, I guess I would need 15 howitzers, 15 alpine, 5 spies and 8 engineers !
So let’s prepare for that…
Note : in all my turns I did much rushbuilding : freight in the Hides repeaters (and other cities where some goods were available), and units. The trade was nearly only delivered to OSM as I needed the transports for the troops !
So scientifically and economically, I haven’t been really efficient, but I was focusing on other goals… And anyway, what could we need once we have howitzers and spies…
End of 1884 :
Some RB, sliders from 1/6/3 to 6/1/3 (well yes, I need money… and the techs will come from trade, hopefully); tech from 3 to 10 turns, income from 278 to 1285 (cost 186). Hit return
1885 :
Discover Robotics, choose Flight (yes, too bad for the Colossus ! but I want airports (not for me, for my successor…)
Move transports to create a chain to the Russain Mainland ; some RB
Deliveries to OSM : 88, 87, 77, 103, 124, 55, 96,
1886 :
first freight leaves for Russia, with 2 alpine, 2 cavalry, 2 spies, 1 engineer and 1 food caravan ; Beachhead founded ; disband food and RB city walls
Deliveries to OSM : 968 (oil, demanded, from Tabriz), 304, 88, 87, 103, 80, 322, 72, 292
Some RB (the first howitzers…)
1887 :
Discover Flight, Radio not proposed ! choose refrigeration (nothing interesting…)
Deliveries to OSM : 82, 27 ( ! ! !), 51
Easter Star Howitzer annihilate Barb fanatic,
1888 :
Deliveries to OSM : 100 ; 83 ; 147 ; 47
RB Coastal Fortress in Beachhead ; some RB
1889 :
Partizan uprising near Nagasaki (4+1 of them)
Deliveries to OSM : 47 ; 45 ; 52 ; 46 ; 80 ; 47 ; 67 ; 80 ; Gold delivery Ace-Kiev : 232
Some RB
At the end of the turn, I have in Beachhead : 9 howitzers, 6 alpine, 2 cavalry, 1 engineer
1890 :
The attack should have been launched on this turn, but I’m not fully ready yet : I’ll prepare for 1 more turn, to be able to attack decisively…
OSM deliveries : 100 ; 80 ; 80 ; 48 ; 46 ; 98 ; 41 ; 172
Bribe barb partizans for 2x102
Revolution…
1891 :
Zabriz, Kabul, Nishapur, Persepolis revolt…
New government : Fundamentalism (are you surprised ? ?)
Rebels near Nagasaki
Deliveries i n OSM : 50 ; 22 ; 26 ; 31 ; 22 ;
And here we go : Assault launched with 14 howitzers, 9 alpine, 3 engineers, 4 spies, 2 cavalry
Note : I’ll bring reiforcements every turns which I won’t list here : 8 units a turn, with Howitzers, Alpine, spies and engineers…
In Russia :
Attack on Kiev destroys 2 alpine, 2 marine, 2 fanatics, artillery (+ supported units: 2 transports, 2 submarines, 1 ironclad, 1 fanatics, 1 destroyer, 1 frigate) ; city taken, 442 Gold + fundamentalism
Attack on Smolensk destroys 2 alpine, riflemen, 2 fanatics, engineer, transport, spy (+ supported units : forgot to check…) ; city taken, 552 Gold + genetic engineering.
Some other russian units destroyed : 6 artillery, 1 engineer, 1 marine, 2 cavalry, 3 partizan, 2 unknown
Units lost : 1 spy (sabotaging a russian ironclad…)
On the spanish continent :
Attack on Astrakhan destroys 2 fanatics, 1 riflemen (+ supported : forgot to check…); city taken, ? ? Gold + guerilla warfare
Some other russian units destroyed : 1 marine, 2 artillery, 1 partizan, 1 cavalry
1892 :
Russian counterattack kills 1 spy, 3 transport, 1 riflemen ; they loose 1 cav + 1 ironclad
In Russia :
Attack on Moscow destroys 3 alpine, 1 fanatic (+ supported : forgot to check…); city taken, 454 Gold + Pyramids
Attack on Sverdlovsk destroys 1 alpine, 2 riflemen, 2 fanatic (+ supported : forgot to check…); city taken, ? ? Gold
Some other russian units destroyed : 5 partizan, 2 fanatics, 1 cavalry, 1 alpine
RB Coastal Fortress in Smolensk and Sverlovsk
On the spanish continent :
Bribe Barb Partizan (102)
Destroy russian cavalry
Deliveries to OSM : 22 ; 50 ; 39 ;
1893 :
Russian Counter attack on Beach head : Alpine with Coastal defense destroys 1 Ironclad, 4 Destroyers and 2 Cruisers ! ! !
A russian Battleship is cruising between Spain and Persia…
Russian have nearly completed Hoover Dam !
In Russia :
Attack on the Russian capital, Sevastopol, destroys 3 alpine, 1 fanatic, 2 riflemen (+ supported 2 engineers, 2 marines, 1 fanatic); city taken, 480 Gold ; Governement escapes to Yakutsk
Attack on St-Petersburg destroys 2 alpine, 2 fanatic, 1 riflemen, 1 engineer (+ supported : 1 transport, 1 submarine, 1 riflemen); city taken, 437 Gold ; Russian have abandoned Hoover Dam…
Attack on Minsk destroys 2 alpine, 2 fanatic (+ supported : 1 partizan, 1 artillery); city taken, 240 Gold
Attack on Odessa destroys 1 riflemen, 3 fanatic (+ supported : 1 riflemen, 1 artillery); city taken, 228 Gold
Some other russian units destroyed : 2 artillery, 2 Marine, Riflemen, 11 Partizans
On the spanish continent :
Bribe 2 Barb Partizan (102 each)
Destroy 1 russian fanatics, 1 destroyer, 1 unknown
Deliveries to OSM : 31 ; 26 ; 22
1894 :
Russian cruiser sinks transport west of sverdlovsk ; russian frigate dies attacking destroyer on spanish continent…
In Russia :
Attack on Tbilisi destroys 1 alpine, 2 riflemen (+ supported : 2 engineer); city taken, 476 Gold
Attack on Yakutsk (new capital) destroys 1 alpine, 4 fanatic, 2 riflemen (+ supported : 2 transport, 2 submarines, 1 engineer, 1 fanatic, 1 cruiser); city taken, 528 Gold + Cure for Cancer; government to Krasnoiarsk ; Russian have abandoned Hoover Dam…
Some other russian units destroyed : 14 partizans…
The Russian mainland is now fully ours…
On the spanish continent (or close to it) :
Bribe Rostov for 694 (42 in return and a lot of units : 3 Cavalry, 1 Riflemen, 1 fanatics, 1 alpine, 2 marine, 1 engineer) ; and 2 partizans destroyed
And here I stop, leaving to my sucessor the pleasure of finishing the turn…
As a conclusion to the turn, I must say that I am more than convinced of the howitzer’s efficiency !
In short, in 10 turns :
Population nearly doubled, 2 new wonders (conquered), and 12 new cities (1 built and 11 conquered…)
Was it worth waiting for so long ? ?
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d/loaded the patch, I'm still missing some .dll files... I think the viruses have done more damage than I've thought... 
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