[SPOILERS - PBEM17] novice and spaceman - Suryavarman of India

[spacemanmf]

More chat with rego:

17:51 Dan: hey there

nice great sci

17:52 me: yeah, another bloody one

:-)

Dan: was it low odds?

me: no idea

i doubt low odds

might have been 50/50 or something

17:54 any sign of a war declaration?

Dan: nope

they closed borders

me: did that hurt?

Dan: moved some folks around

yeah

some

me: welcome to the club

:-)

17:55 Dan: lol

i know

any thoughts from novice?

me: yeah he says "i suppose we could fund rego a bit"

17:56 so i'll throw you some cash next time it comes round

what have you got in the bank?

Dan: currently 806

but i'm going to upgrade with probably most of that

me: say maybe 200 each turn or something

200-300 or so

17:57 Dan: i figure it would take me 1000 gold / 6 turns to max research to railroad

me: ok so 200/turn would fund you for that

Dan: yeah

that's w/o going to physics

so steel / steam / RR

me: well i think you could be attacked anywhere so not sure how airships help that much... :-)

17:58 novice thought we could perhaps tie it to a longer NAP and maybe a no capital razing pact

17:59 Dan: why no capital razing?

for space?

me: i presume that's his thinking

18:00 Dan: man oledavy has (at least) 17 east indiamen

18:01 me: heh

with 6 moves?

Dan: no just 4

6 str

me: ah ok

glad we got circumnavigation now?

Dan: heh

18:02 me: so we can figure out later how you can pay back the loan - perhaps the GP if you're around then

18:04 Dan: hmm those are the best kinds of loans - ambiguous payoff terms

me: :-)

we ain't no bank

Dan: so in a few turns you'll be like actually the terms are 5 MEEEEELION DOLLARS

me: no we'll be pretty fair

18:05 at worst cash back + interest

Dan: yeah i know

did you do any of those puzzles that seven posted in the cryptic thread?

18:06 me: no

is that the one where you posted one originally?

Dan: no

same forum different thread

me: ah right ok

18:11 looks like stuff to make one's brain hurt

Dan: yeah

18:12 so what should i do?

me: about what?

18:13 Dan: war

(huh)

what is it good for

me: haha

well, go for RR

we will fund you

and you can pay us back in cash in 8-10 turns, or by a GP

18:14 Dan: have i mentioned how handy slavery would be about now?

me: yeah

here's where you use the corrupt save going to have to go back 2 turns argument

Dan: ooh i didn't THINK about that







24 minutes


18:38 me: right, i'm going offline for a bit

18:39 so the plan is that i send you 200 gold...?

it probably won't get back round to us until tomorrow at this rate anyway

Dan: yes 200 gold would be fine

me: and we can discuss a suitable NAP/clause situation and payback terms over the next few days

18:40 any thoughts welcome

catch you in a bit

Dan: okay

i'm happy to extend the nap

18:41 i "have enough on my hands" riht now

me: heh

yeah, it's not like we'll be watching our back with you

YE GODS, A SPEAR HAS ESCAPED!

or something

[spacemanmf]

Dave has offered Open Borders - I see no reason not to accept (although does it take a turn to take effect? I noticed no effect when I clicked accept to access the game).

[spacemanmf]

So here's what I had to greet me. I accepted. Heh, forgot we were in Mercantilism, which is why we don't get benefit yet. Bah. Me stupid. (Hey, it's Friday night.)



I offered this trade to rego.



Rego's power is reacting to the current issues, although it sounds like Dave has made a move based on the UN chat.



Latest demographics.



I upped research to get Steam Power in 1 turn. Railroad would take 3 further turns were it sustainable with us funding rego. So maybe 4-5 turns.



Darrell got a Great Prophet.

[spacemanmf]

Turn's in. I will leave it to you to take.

Don't forget to send rego 200-300 gold.

[novice]

Turn's in. I will leave it to you to take.

Don't forget to send rego 200-300 gold.

Played T126. I offered rego 300 gold, and separately I offered corn (of which he already has a source) for wheat (which we lack).

F1 screen after ending turn:


Oh and look: We're number 1 in food!

[novice]

Got it.

[spacemanmf]

Got it.

Don't you have work to do or something? =)

[novice]

Don't you have work to do or something? =)

Psshh, work is for... workers. I'm at home watching my youngest kid.

Played T127. Rego accepted our Wheat for Corn deal, so now we can grow our cities some more. This turn I offered 200 gold and 100 gold in separate deals, as I wasn't sure how much he needed. I then offered open borders, with him giving us ivory on top.

F1 screen:




Man, playing an empire at peace with only twenty-odd cities is easy.

EDIT: No developments in foreign wars, btw.

[novice]

After EOT I noticed a forest preserve being lumbermilled at our national park city. That must be a misclick, let's cancel that.

[novice]

Chat with Dave:

22:37
David: Hey Novice, have a sec?

me: sure, what's up
22:38
David: quick question re: PBEM17

have you guys been funding Rego?
22:39
me: we're deficit researching railroad atm

David: okay, just a hunch

me: how goes the war?
22:40
David: he just tore though steam power in 2t while upgrading units

me: we did offer him OB in return for ivory

David: and now can research assembly line

me: orly

so he has corporation too?

David: yes
22:41
me: and he can go for railroad

surely assembly line will take him a long time
22:42
David: 3-5t is my guess

depending on how much upgrading he has to do to prevent me from taking more cities :D

Well, technically I didn't lie...