As member of the diplomat empire, we post some resume in our private forum here http://diplomats.galciv.org/forum/
Here is my last game.
04/21/2004 (1.200000)
Morality: neutral
Galaxy Size: Gigantic/tight/rare
52990
Difficulty: Masochistic
Win / Lost: Win: Alliance Victory
Diplomats, speed +1, moral +10, diplo +50
evil morality for all AI
After a few CTRL+N I found a nice map that I play : I have a cluster near the center of the Galaxy. Most AI should trade first with me. I send colony ships with 40 Millions people. I colonize all yellow and purple star in my cluster. I need to use a class 8 planet to reach a yellow star and it was costly : 27BC spend on this planet for few turns, until I reach the yellow star and destroy this class 8 planet. As I was a little lonely, I researched trade and send freighter to contact AI. As soon as Earth reach 6100 Millions people, that allow to reach the caps limit for population growth without the 100% morale bonus, I increase taxes and spending. I try to get Diplomatic Translators, but when I start to produce it, I get the message that Altarians have built it. So I need to meet them to get the license. Even if I can’t produce the Diplo Translator, I made a social push to have habitat improvement on most of my planets.
The carinoids where the first AI I meet. It was a freighter meeting, their freighter heading toward my cluster. As soon as the contact was made, I exchange Basic environnment control for impulse drive, colde fusion, propulsion theory, industrial theory and defense theory. I have another freighter meeting with the Yors. I get Interstellar Business in exchange for basic environnement control. I also have a freighter meeting with the Altarians and I acquire the diplo translator license for industrial theory, interstellar business and 14BC over 100 Month. I have also made a nice trade with the carinoids : medical theory in exchange of space militarization and 152 influence points.
When I meet the Alexians, I check where their planets were. And understand that they surely are trading with the altarians (who are in the top 3 AI with Drengins and Arceans). So I offer them Interstellar business in exchange of energy Channeling, Gravity mastering, turbo phaser, 318 IP and the declaration of war against the Altarians. And it works : the only trading partner with the Altarians left was me. The techs obtained through trade with the Alexians allow me to close the technical gap with other AI : all that was unknown was the Interstellar tactics. And I needed to close the gap since I have set a social pusch to build economic exchange and trying to obtain the galactic stock exchange. It also allows me to give some tech to the altarians to rise the relation from cool to neutral. Being cautious, I made a savegame. And the next turn, the Arceans build the galactic stock exchange. So I reload the savegame, build the Galactic stock Exchange with Mitrosoft help. The leases correspond roughtly to the gain, so it wasn’t really a bad deal.
As the wandering freighters show me that their are some unclaimed yellow stars, I build some colony ships. And when the Arceans got aphrodisiac, I get the license for the sensors and 7 BC per month. Since it allows to have the max growth with only 54% morale and 4200 millions people on the planet, it was a good move since it allows me to increase the taxes rate and the spending rate. In the same deal, I add 7 BC per month to be able to use the Gravity accelerators from the Arceans.
I succeed with my strategy about trade : in april 2185, more than 50% of my income was from trade, 28% of the Yors’ income was trade, and only with me, for the Altarians it is 8%, for the Arceans it is 5%, for the Drengin 3% (they have 12% from the scottlings but I manage to have the Drengin declare wars on scottlingas), I haven’t meet yet the Torians, for the Alexians it 8%, for Carinoids 28% and the Kwilasian have 6% of their income from trade with Torians. To summarize : Few trade routes aren’t with my systems.
And it is really gret to be able to claim yellow and purple stars in year 2185. And as the first AI was meet in 2182, december 2185 was the first UP meeting. And in mars 2186, 66% of my income was made by trade. Altarians got the precursor artifact that increase the PQ in a few sectors by an incredible value of 3. Very useful.
I go then for research and waiting for january 2190 to make an alliance with all 5 AI. To be sjre that I would be able to give gift to have the AI at close level on juanuray, I give tech on august 2189 and manage to have all friendly. Then on January 2190, I bribe to move them to close and by an alliance victory with all 5 majors AIs
Sure, I am the only diplomat that make so extensive report.
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