Gavagai climbs the chaos ladder

[Mjmd]

This strange feeling when you have the strongest military in the world by far and yet feel like you don't have enough units.

I felt like this for a large portion of PB66.

[Gavagai]

I am accepting bets on the outcome of this battle  But keep in mind that SD will most likely retreat and we will never know.
I lost visibility on Pic's knight's stack, btw, only know that it is not near our main front. Most likely he moved it somewhere north to deal with SD, so if SD attacks, it will be even more disastrous for him than it appears.

And this is the ultimate "fuck you" gesture from Piccadilly. I mean, observe what his worker near Kalkutta is doing. And this is not a one-off thing, it's a systemic policy, I spotted a worker building a workshop on top of a town in a different place.

Found some random catapults and a great medic in Commodore's territory.

I am starting to set up a sentry net between myself and Commodore. Observe how the island to the east of my privateer is unclaimed. A serious omission by Commodore, I think, I'll try to settle it. This is an excellent watchtower site.


So, Commodore researched Communism, fired off a golden age, and went Chemistry -> Theology -> Nationalism. This is reassuring because I do not think it's a good tech path and good civic setup for him. He does not really need Nationhood / Theocracy. He is building Kremlin, I presume, so he would want Slavery as a tool of food->hammers conversion which makes Nationhood unnecessary. And this, in turn, means he can run Vassalage instead of Theology and can use the religious civic slot for Free Religion. On the other hand, of these techs only Chemistry puts him closer to Destroyers and that should be a concern for him: I am going to beeline Combustion and Commodore's golden age GNP is about equal to my normal GNP.

[Mjmd]

If SD goes in I bet he WINS. But with heavy losses.

[Gavagai]

According to civstats SD razed the city. Blood for the blood god!

[Gavagai]

I don't have the slightest idea what SD wants to achieve in this war but I, of course, will not complain.

[Gavagai]

The remains of SD's stack.

And this is where Piccy's knights went. I don't have a picture but a fresh city ruins 1NE from here
If I were Piccadilly I would be furious at that point. Piccadilly, from what I know, was an excellent neighbor for SD. He never attacked him, even when SD was in a difficult war with Plemo. And now Superdeath sacrifices his army to burn down Piccadilly's cities without even the slightest hope of gaining any advantage from this. So I don't know what is behind Piccadilly's retaliation, a rational attempt to knock Superdeath out of this war or just pure frustration.

Uh-oh, it does not appear I am getting my watchtower.

[Gavagai]

I accidently sent Pindicator a diplo offer in which I declare war on Commodore for free. Is it ok if I PM him a request not to accept it or too much diplo? The thing is, that accepting would be advantageous to Pindicator, as even if we immediately make peace, it burns trade routes for both of us.

[Gavagai]

I accidently sent Pindicator a diplo offer in which I declare war on Commodore for free. Is it ok if I PM him a request not to accept it or too much diplo? The thing is, that accepting would be advantageous to Pindicator, as even if we immediately make peace, it burns trade routes for both of us.

No longer relevant: Pindicator logged in and I am not at war, so I guess he did the noble thing.

[Gavagai]

The strongest land army in the world if anyone cares. It was costly to create, lots of draft / upgrades, so I am anxious to get some return on this investment. Still 12 Muskets, some of them will get upgraded eventually, some - transferred to Commodore's front where I can upgrade them in case of emergency.

[Krill]

Thanks for the F5 minimap. You seem to be the anti-England in this game: all army, no navy.