Turn 246 (1680 AD)
Superdeath took another desperate stab at our destroyers, and the 7-ship pillaging fleet is reduced to 6 very damaged destroyers.
The first wave of marines complete, but only three are in range of Eriadu to load up for the first assault. War Weariness is starting to rear it's ugly head again, and if the war wasn't over I'd actually start building some jails. This is also why we're going for Radio before flight; Eiffel Tower followed by Rock'n'Roll would effectively add 3 happy to all of our cities.
State of the Empire
Since the last update, we've built the Statue of Liberty, completed the conquest of AT and assimilated most of his cities, built a fair bit of infrastructure, and started the Great War. We're currently at the tail end of a golden age, so keep that in mind for the demographics:
Our GNP is probably more dominant than it seems, as we've been running break-even/saving gold for quite a while now, and breaking in new technologies.
The infrastructure push is starting to show, mainly in factories (41) and coal plants (29); we're sneaking in economy buildings here and there as well.
We've pushed MinInc out to more cities than I thought; there's "only" 17 that still don't have it. The big push got delayed when we needed the money for destroyers. If the game had gone on, we'd also founded Sid's Sushi and spread that around.
Selected Planets Overview
Coruscant is our prime great person and cash city with MinInc HQ and WallStreet.
Fondor finally accomplishes its dream of mass producing commando cavalry.
Mon Calamari has been responsible for spreading MinInc in it's part of the empire, but has been on emergency destroyer duty lately. Almost hits the magical 100 hpt outside a golden age.
Corulag is another MinInc spread that does hit 100 hpt outside golden ages, and actually needs to shed overflow.
Alderaan is primarily a commerce city that has been one-turning airships for a while, building up overflow.
Sullust is our primary draft city, and after Biology farms it grows every turn. It's been drafting for about 44 turns, which should make 20 drafts. That's a lot of hammers saved!
Carida has gone from ok-ish fishing village to one of our primary shipyards.
Eriadu is a pretty crappy fishing village that grows like a weed and has been drafted regularly, and is now running loads of specialists.
Ord Mantell is a good example of how we've managed to squeeze gold from rocks using mills.
Roche also illustrates the power of mills pretty well.
Kirdo III is one of the better cities we took from AT; it's been responsible for spreading MinInc but is currently on unit duty again.
Corellia is an absolute beast, nothing more to say.
Gall was founded to claim dead space on the border, and is growing up to be a powerful city. It's currently home to our main force on the Jowy border.
Bothawui is another important commerce city, just finishing up it's infrastructure.
Battlefields
Let's take a loot at the battlefields of the great war:
The Southern Seas are where most of the fighting has been going on lately, as we've been trying to score a decisive strike on Superdeath's navy.
The Eastern Seas have been more quiet, but our amphibious force is assembling in Eriadu.
The Northern Seas have been firmly under our control, and we've been threatening to pillage all the way up to Runescape. We did consider putting a base on the unclaimed island.
The Western Seas are where we have the least control, but we should be able to keep Cairo from capturing Sullust directly.
The Western Front has bogged down to a stalemate after Jowy spent his knights on burning Haven.
The Eastern Front has been awfully quiet, Superdeath's stack could really rip through the border cities with those cannons under machinegun cover, but he's lacking hitters to finish the job. I'm very glad they haven't moved for 10 turns.
National Wonders
Looking at the national wonders, there's some things that stand out. Unless we're missing vision on critical cities, Cairo never built Forbidden Palace or Oxford, Superdeath never built Ironworks (!) or National Epic; Cairo was the only one (besides us) to build Wall Street and West Point. Nobody else built Globe Theatre for drafting! Jowy and Superdeath both built Moai in their capitals, and both Jowy and Cairo combined Moai with Ironworks.
Technology
moment I forgot they could shelter in Malack instead. Still, trading 6 for 3 was definitely in our favor; the last three were on the larger stack. Total to date is 17 destroyers killed for 7 lost. Airship scouting reveals the strait leading up to Runescape to be devoid of foreign shipping, but Jowy's navy should still be somewhere in that area so we play it cautiously. Battlefield, for reference (I forgot to snap the center/east part between these):
