The Tree Hugger - SMACX AI Growth mod version 1.52

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Details we can always say yes

we can always say yes

MY 2226.  Cha Dawn has so many troops engaged at Usurper cities, that it might be easier to smash through them, than to convince him to go around them.

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Details kingmaker

kingmaker

MY 2231.  With all the size 3 settlements we've been founding, our voting strength is much more than it used to be.  We don't have enough to win an election, but we do have enough to decide it.  Morgan no longer has the votes to hold onto the Governorship, so we displace him.

Details ally ensconced

ally ensconced

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Details grand theft

grand theft

MY 2233.  It has been difficult to sail a probe team past the strategic Cybernetic sea base.  It is the site of never ending conflict, and any lone team will also be expelled by the cyborgs themselves.  They have also occasionally attacked our teams despite no hostile intent on our part.  We managed to get 1 team through but we do not care to be in this crossfire any longer.

Details distant outposts

distant outposts

Far to the south, we have the potential to steal from the most remote of Morganic bases.  However the waters are heavily patrolled.  Our Isles have suffered attrition.  With the urgency of building Tree Farms, we may no longer enjoy command of the water.  At least the cyborgs are very much at war with everyone, and we do have spore launcher coastal defenses.

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Details foothold

foothold

MY 2235.  Through concerted action, we have taken the westernmost Morganic base.  However it is remote from our incomplete rail lines.  It will be primarily up to Cha Dawn to reinforce it, and we don't know that to be their priority.

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Details remote theft

remote theft

MY 2236.  We have stolen from the more difficult of Morgan's bases to access.  An Isle has nearly died providing a covering distraction.  The secret project capability comes at a time when we are very much committed to improving our tree based economy.  We do not have the economic resources we once did, as we have mostly removed all salvage from Planet.  Our supply of artifacts has similarly dwindled.

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Details for as long as it lasts

for as long as it lasts

MY 2241.  It's very difficult to get through this part of the ocean unaccosted.  Even a Truce doesn't guarantee our probe team will not be attacked.  Our goal is to steal from Morgan, not be worn out by the Usurpers.

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Details advancement

advancement

MY 2242.  Cha Dawn broadens his front against Morgan, sticking a finger into the western portion of the CEO's empire.

Details remarkable assault

remarkable assault

Looks like the finger will soon be a fist.

Details the lowly tech

the lowly tech

This one should have been in the Planetary Datalinks eons ago.  The Free Drones still don't know it!  We were too cheap to purchase it from anyone.  We always had better uses for the money.

Details clean transport spam

clean transport spam

Our attempts to interdict the Caretaker sea colonization are mostly failing, due to overwhelming numbers of transports with clean reactors.  Each can do no more than die, but we don't have the navy to liquidate so many of them.  At least the primary objective of looting the Morganic bases of technology, was achieved.

Details better neighbor

better neighbor

The cyborgs recently began work on the Network Backbone, indicating that they are now a fully Cybernetic society.  With the extra revenue that affords them, they have eschewed Free Market enterprise in favor of a Green economy once again.  The irony of cyborg society, is that in anyone else's hands, Cybernetic would be somewhat destructive to the environment.  But in their case, somehow it is not.  Nor would it be, for anyone completing the Network Backbone.  However it is a very expensive project and one we cannot hope to undertake, with our currently modest economy.

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Details planetary powers

planetary powers

MY 2243.  The sealurk is fast, and may prove decisive, when we exert ourselves upon the water again.  It has the unique ability of attacking those standing upon the land.

Details holding on

holding on

Cha Dawn's offensive has been impressive.  It has afforded us enough time to build a garrison against conventional attack.

Details trapping Morgan

trapping Morgan

We steal improved armor from Morgan, and immediately begin building it in the base we took from him.  Although we may not have many troops in the field compared to Cha Dawn, we have an invulnerability to probe teams.  That holds the flank.

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Details Domai's weapons

Domai's weapons

MY 2244.  We steal bigger guns from the Free Drones.  We don't need them, as our mindworms and Isles are surely more powerful.  But one never knows what advances a technology could lead to.  We are not impoverished in our own research, despite our thieving appearances.  Rather, we tend to research things for the betterment of Planet, and others do not.

And now, only the cyborgs have more technology than us.  We have exhausted all our foil probe teams, but still have the old land units.  We do not seek conflict with the cyborgs but if it were to come to that, we could have their technology with fair immediacy.

Details peons

peons

We nearly take a Caretaker sea base, but our Isles are so worn out we cannot manage it.  We lost a badly wounded Isle, trying to kill their last badly wounded ship.

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Details bush campaign

bush campaign

MY 2247.  Our original host of mindworms that we transported across the ocean, finally wears out the Free Drone city that controls the peninsula.  Our seizure does not calm Domai's ire.  Reinforcing this will be difficult as we have subsequently lost our Isles and have many competitors in the water.  We are likely to switch focus of overland destruction of Morgan, while we still have Cha Dawn as a reliable ally.  We anticipate friction between him and Aki, as they propose fundamentally incompatible futures for humanity.

Details point of decision

point of decision

How important is naval dominance?  It would take all our remaining artifacts and money to complete this project before the cyborgs do.  We conclude that destroying Domai is inessential.  The battle is with Morgan, and we must continue to be a land power.  If it comes to war with the cyborgs, we are a land power.

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Details Morganic war deepens

Morganic war deepens

MY 2248.  Morgan buys out a recent Cult conquest.  Unfortunately he gets a lot of Recon Rovers in the deal.  It does make the front more of a Cult-Morganite conflict though.

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Details end of an era

end of an era

MY 2249.  We finally get around to scrapping the one mine in our territory, which was never once used.

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Details no we won't be trading that

no we won't be trading that

MY 2250.  Aki becomes talkative.  They have many research advantages and we won't be offering them additional ones.  High end exploration research is somewhat our specialty.

Details rail rights

rail rights

Given their greenliness, we offer a pact.  Surprisingly, they accept.  I suppose we do have mostly common enemies, and not having to watch our backs, would be an advantage.  Except, there's always a need to watch one's back a little bit.

Details first yield

first yield

Aki makes Fusion Power a bit expensive for us, but we could make some pretty good ships with this.

Details entertain

entertain

We anticipate no new colonies, only conquests.  We invest a small amount of our budget to leverage the benefits of our virtual worlds and tree farms.

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Details force direction

force direction

MY 2251.  Aki declares war on the Morganites.  I'm pleased we didn't have to mention it.  It's baffling that Morgan and Domai have been allied for so long.  How committed a socialist can Domai really be?

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Details future looking

future looking

MY 2252.  The supply crawler presents us with a fundamental choice between smashing Morgan or pursing secret projects to keep up with Aki.  We worry about the cyborgs' rapid advancement but we cannot argue with the military success we're currently enjoying with Cha Dawn.  Sticking to the goal of eliminating the Capitalist, seems best.

Details commuter service

commuter service

We are going to help the cyborgs build a rail network.  We would prefer to learn how to build a rail through fungus, as that would speed up our ecologically safe transit immensely.  But until that time, we have the spare capacity.  As allies, it will be useful.  If we're ever enemies, we anticipate it will still be useful.