Part 54: X-Com Gon‘ Give It To Ya

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Welcome back to the Battle Royale! Today we get to see the super-long part, the part you were all waiting for! It contains drama, wars, peace deals, cities falling, and eliminations, the things we all love! Your narrator for today is /u/TA_Knight! After my (kind of lackluster i think) narration for part 20, i went and gained much more narrating experience under my belt, with 7 AI games of various sizes narrated and posted to /r/CivAIGames, i should be able to provide a better narrator experience. Nonetheless, feel free to submit criticism on my narration, as i will welcome all of it!

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Always helpful to see at the end of each part, the map of the world! Usually made by /u/Malistrassa, but made by /u/Malstrassa after the former went inactive ):. The city list is made by hardworking /u/LacsiraxAriscal, who also tracks city sizes and marks cities above size 30 as metropolises. A lot of cities are going to change owners this part, so who ever updates the map will have a lot of work to do..

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The Boers once again appear back at the top of the rankings thanks to their absolute dominating military and tech. If they just warred other nations, they wouldve had it all. You can see the rest of the rankings at http://imgur.com/a/CqjKx/layout/horizontal#0

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Senshi‘s note: Just before we begin, here‘s an excellent graph by /u/JasonBourne008 detailing all the gory deaths we‘ve witnessed over the past 53 parts! Interesting how little impact nukes have had on the grand scheme of things, eh? Anyway, this graph is sure to increase in magnitude over the coming sildes, if you catch my drift ;) Anyway, back to your usual narration!

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We start off with a shot of the Australian/Kimberly vs Sri Lanka battleground. As evidenced by the minimap at the stat slides of the last part, Australia has flipped Galle and Kalumnai, however, Sri Lanka has regained their capital from Kimberley hands. Despite starting the war, Kimberley will have to try much harder to gain a city out of this, as i dont see any Kimberley melee ship in the image. Also noteable in this image is that the Australians are making good use of carriers! Every carrier visible carries 2 planes, with 6 backup planes in the nearby city. Australia is sure trying to employ good battle tactics here, to make up for the long distance they have to move their ships to get to Sri Lanka.

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Ah, South America. Once a very boring continent, until Argentina scored the first city flip in a few hundred turns, taking Machu from Inca. From then on, all hell broke loose, with Argentina and Inca ending up being eliminated. Now, Only the Buccaneers, Brazil, and Chile remain. Since the disasterous Brazil-Buccaneer war, Brazil has invested heavily in a unit carpet. The Buccaneers, however, only own a few units on South America, most batched up near the Brazilian border, in case of an invasion, though im not sure how well they will be able to defend. Brazil has a warmer relationship with Chile, though, since they seem to share open borders.

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Korea continues on their tech advantage, unlocking Drone UAVs, trying to get the more powerful units first. Also noticeable is Korea owning Nuclear Submarines, which, strangely enough, were rarely found in any other nation, even if they were already supposed to gain access to it. Their carpet is diverse and made of multiple powerful units, but i fear it wont be enough, considering their low production potential. Also, an all-too-predictable happening announcement at the top....

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The Inuit take out the Sioux, eliminating them in the 34th place, having declared war on them last part. Sitting Bull never had so much of a chance, but they did develop an impressive city for a civilization in the Renaissance era. Too bad the Inuit had to ruin it, as usual. On another note, this means that the Blackfoot are becoming slightly more encased by the Inuit, city by city. Once thought to be the barrier for the rest of the world from the Inuit, the blockade proved ineffective. Now, what is the purpose of the Blackfoot? Sniping cities in the middle of nowhere, apparently.

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Welcome aboard, Europe! Iceland, after so much time, engages in a war of actual scale in a long time, although caused by nations declaring war on THEM rather than vice versa. Iceland is fielding multiple Advanced Destroyers, which are wrecking France‘s cities and flipping Orleans, while Paris and Hastings are bombed by planes. While Orleans and any other city Iceland takes is likely to flip, this will still severely hurt France, who owns only 8 cities, 4 of which are vulnerable to Icelandic ships.

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To the west, Iceland is making mincemeat out of the French ancient navy. Soon, there will be nothing to defend France‘s core. Also pointed out by Tpangolin, the last Carthagian survivors are found in France, two Punic scouts, one next to Hastings, and the other next to York. I wonder where will they move after Iceland removes France from existence.

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Meanwhile at East Asia, Yakutia is plotting against Mongolia, a war which all of us were anticipating ever since the single digit parts, but never happened. Despite all the events around the world, Yakutia still looks like they could take on Mongolia, despite the Mongolian carpet, thanks to their tech advantage. If the war happens before both nations hit the tech limit, that is. Also noteable is Sibir fielding Mech Infantry as they slowly but surely modernize their carpet. Maybe they plan to take on Finland.

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Australia makes landfall! Vavuniya falls to an Australian destroyer, along with Colombo. Sri Lanka appears to have ran out of naval defences, so the war will be taken right into the main land. Kimberley has yet to give up on Sri Lankan booty, and has sent a new squad northward, though currently its blocked off by Australian ships. Im surprised Australia even gave Kimberley open borders, though this may have served a taunt to Kimberley rather than a gesture of friendship.

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Afghanistan is still holding on to life, only surviving thanks to Vietnam‘s AI trying to attack the closer, highly fortified cities instead of heading into Kandahar. Afghanistan is getting cocky though, fielding Marines instead of the stronger Infantry, although it seems to be working so far. Also, it appears that Finnish troops are fleeing Afghan territory. Maybe they dont want to be cought in the crossfire?

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Sri Lanka takes back Vavuniya! Unfortunately, their home islands are all but overrun by the Australian onslaught. More and more Australian reinformcements are coming, and Henry Parkes isnt showing any mercy. The only good news coming for Sri Lanka at the moment is that their northern cities are secured by Finland, so Sri Lanka cannot be eliminated, at least.

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The Eastern coast burns! Vavuniya falls, Polonnaruwa falls to zero health, relocated capital Anuradhapura is under bombardment fire, and Lahore looks to fall to an ironclad. Kimberley wedges their squad though the Australian waves, hoping to get any of the ridiculously named cities. At the sidebar, Agent Em uncovers that Chile is plotting against the Last Ashanti Pikeman. Rumours has it that the pikeman knows of the location of the Golden Stool, however, this mission, should you accept it, will require delving deep into Boer territory.

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The French navy is shredded beyond existance as Iceland puts the pressure on Hastings. Orleans flips once again, and additional Advanced Destroyers harrass the foritified city of York, who appears to be the best city France has to offer. One wonders why the best French city is actually foreign. Also can be seen her is some open border treaties, with Finnish troops in Iceland, and Vietnamese troops in Buccaneer territory. The last one is especially interesting as the two powers are as far from each other as possible, and produced Vietnamese units can appear on Africa, Europe and Central America simultaneously. This grants them better power vectos than the Finnish!

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The Sioux are down to the last remaining unit, a musketman. Looks like the Inuit are going for a complete genocide. Perhaps its for the good, as by the words of Rtas ‘Vadum, even a single zombie spore can destroy a species. Or Tronald dump.

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South America isnt going to descend into silence! The Inuits and the Buccaneers form a coalition against Chile, after they had taken out the majority of Hawaii. The Buccaneer-Chile front will surely be dubbed as the ‘War of White and Gold‘, due to their near identical schemes. Good grief. On another note, Chile is showing a severe lack of land units in this image. It isnt likely to harm them very much, though, as this war will form almost entirely on sea, with navies clashing, so it may be best to spend the production on water-borne vehicles.

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High contrast version: http://i.imgur.com/gqavIBi.jpg The first casuality of the war is Tiwanaku, taken by a blitzing tank, Although Chile has the navy to take it back. The Buccaneers will need to move their navy in if they want to progress past Tiwanaku, as the land is treacherous and will prevent any conquest by land.

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Well, nuking the cities and navy out of existance works too.

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Alas, formerly-peaceful state of Hawaii. Now a centre of city flips and wars, as Brazilian units make their way into Honolulu, though they are oddly boxed in by Vietnamese and Australian units. Few Inuit ships start to make their way into the occupied Chileian cities, though none of these are melee yet.

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France is simply collapsing - Hasting falls, Orleans flips, Troyes is now without the naval defences, and York falls further, although a trolling Buccaneer Adv-Destroyer is blocking it at the moment.. The Punic scout at Hasting appears to have been catapulted into lands unknown, probably visiting the Great Elephant in the sky, or perhaps wondering what crimes they must have committed to end up in the frozen Inuit lands of the north.

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As the wars rage on, we are treated to a shot of the south of North America. Mexico appears to be on the brink of the Informatic Era, sporting many Rocket Artillery, along with some tanks and submarines, wnile the Inuit nearby is pretty much empty, though the few units that are seen are fairly advanced.

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Vietnamese troops are starting to be catapulting into Buccaneer Africa, forming a carpet of their own in the area. Like the Boers and Finland before them, if they can make use of this occurance, they can make very great gains off middle and middle-lower nations.

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While Vavuniya is on pancake duty, the Kimberley squad seems to have failed taking a city, with only 2 units remaining. Thats a shame, as everyone hoped Kimberley could recover from the Australian war on them, kind of like Romania from the European Domination game. Sri Lanka appears to have sent off all their remaining units into the western coast, to stop the Australian waves as long as possible, however, Australia has pulled off a Xanatos Gambit, sending their navy into the now unprotected eastern coast. I see no way Sri Lanka recovers from this.

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High contrast version: http://i.imgur.com/NR0c1m8.jpg Tiwanaku goes back to Chile as they mount a counteroffensive on the former Inca coast, damaging Vitcos. Considering Vitcos holds 10 planes and bombs, this looks like a valuable target to disarm, even if by making them move out of range.

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Orleans mostly seems to have flash backs from the time France fought England. The Buccaneers, however, are insisting on making as much havoc as possible, as they still block the way to York. If you like it so much, you should have DOWed it!

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Suspiciously waiting at at Chilean shore are a few Boer units, one of them being an Arsenal ship, fully loaded with Hypervelocity missiles. What mischeif are you planning for, Mr. Kruger? Also, a Chileian Advanced Destroyer can be spotted, but by the looks of it, it was grabbed by a Prize Ships promotion from the Buccaneers.

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As Tpang shows, the Hypervelocity Missile is a Guided Missile upgrade, though not much more useful, with 120 strength. Its rather cheap, though. This unit was actually unlocked a while ago, back at Drone Fighters, but the AI doesnt tend to build missiles, since they, for a luck of a better word, suck like the strength of the French fleet.

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The last remaining scout flees to the sea as York is no longer protected and seems about to fall. Unfortunately he forgets they he cant actually escape into the open sea, as Iceland owns all the tiles around France. Well, guess the scout will have to be teleported somewhere else. The first Icelandic units start to land on French soil, ready to wreak havoc. Unfortunately, these are a Cavalary and an Anti-Tank gun, but hey, its a start! Also noticeable is an Icelandic nuclear submarine, an unusually rare sight on the BR.

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These who spied the sidebar and minimap (you cheeky little you!) will notice that Vietnam has ended the war on Afghanistan, but not without cost! Lahor and Samarkand are seen here now donning green flags, and the minimap shows more cities..

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Oh boy, Isfahhan and Mazar-i-sharif are also given, basically having Susa, a formerly Persian city, locked away from the rest of the empire. In the minimap, it can be seen that Afghanistan still controls their antartic holdings, though. All in all, in the war, Afghanistan lost 5 cities, gave away 4, and now holds only 6 cities. Truly brutal. Afghanistan wont be able to catch a break, though, as the Kimberley and Mongolia declare a joint declaration of war, hoping to gain from the weakened state! Kimberley may actually be able to attack Susa though Sri Lankan or Australian territory if they commit to it.

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USSR backs out of the war against Iceland, deciding that maybe, just maybe, the war may have not been a good idea. It was just a prank bro! [GONE GENOCIDIAL]

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Meanwhile on political news, Sweden got embargoed. More on that, because holy shit - Sweden got modernized! All the little horsies vanished and became anti-tank guns, and Advanced Destroyers start to pop up in Swedish territory. If they upgrade their destroyers as fast as their Hakkapeliittas. their army will be truly terrifying.

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Back to political news, Mexico attempts to pass their religion as the globally recognized religion, but unfortunately fails. Maybe Benito Juarez wasnt smexico enough? Huehuehuehue Afghanistan starts to become a hot spot as Canada and Morocco join among the combatives, if only anyone closer declared war..

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High contrast version: http://i.imgur.com/WYF2mEV.jpg As the Buccaneer navy shortage continues, Chile brings Vitcos down to yellow, however, the Buccaneers are sending infantry down to Tiwanaku, hoping to flip it again and distract Chile off Vitcos. Cusco is off limits for now, thanks to a Canadian scout, following the footsteps of the famous Polish scout, known for saving a Roman city from the Spartans. All remaining scouts strive to, one day, be as important as he was to the grand events of the world.

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Australia declares peace with Sri Lanka, gaining many cities in the process! Polonnauwa and Trinomalee are now Australian, netting Hentry Parkes a major foot hold on the Indian peninsula.

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Lahore, to the north, is also given away, leaving Sri Lanka with a 3 cities core, along with their exclave on the Middle East. In the war so far, Sri Lanka lost 1 city to Kimberley, 5 more to Australia, and gave away 3, leaving them 4. Considering they are still at war against the Kimberley, they may actually drop further, but for now, they may have a relatively peaceful time.

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First time in this part, a shot of the Frozen War. Mongolian, Korean, Australian and Finnish peacekeeping forces are all trying to slow down an already completely stagnating war, causing to the war to stagnate so much it underflows and allows the Yakutians to advance on the Sibirians, putting units capable of city capture near the city.

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The next to join the war against Afghanistan is PERSIA!! Persia, who has did jack-shit the entire game, aside from border skrimishes against Timur, Arabia and Afghanistan, turn on the weakened Afghanstan, looking at a very tasty Susa. The city immidiately falls to red thanks to arial bombardment, so all that Persia needs is to thin out the residing units then lead a melee unit into the city.

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YORK FALLS! Iceland is completely rolling the french, landing multiple units, such as Mech Infantry and Paratroopers to secure Orleans and move into Paris. The Icelandic navy almost completed their task, and now they only need to fell the city of Troyes to control the entire coast. Appropiately enough, the Great General next to York is Augereau, or, Pierre Augereau. The man was a french general at the time of Napoleon, and, according to wikipedia, was actually supposed to invade England, although the attack was called off. Seeing the general standing next to a formerly English city, falling to an army from England, though not quite English, is oddly eerie.

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The Boers are, as always, a completely another world of gameplay. They act like a player playing scientific victory on a low difficulty, leaving everyone else in the dust and not warring anyone at all. This time they have built the Virtual Idol wonder, THE cultural wonder of Future Worlds. Not exactly useful, but still nice to have.

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Just off the shore, we see the latest Boer Invention, the HOVER TANK! Its looks match its name - Cool as fuck.

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The Virtual Idol is more of a tall empire cultural wonder rather than an AI one, so its not much of an effect. Nonetheless, its powerful, though not as any of the big three wonders of Future Worlds, The Skynet, the Angelnet, and the Pholus Mutagen.

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And heres for the Hover Tank! The Hover Tank is an upgrade of the Vertol, itself an upgrade of the Helicopter Gunship. It boasts 100 strength to the Vertol‘s 80 and Gunship‘s 60, and swaps the aluminum cost for nanomaterials, making it spammable. Of other, less visible, breakthoughs for the Boers, they have unlocked Cybersubs (Being a requirement for the Hover Tank), and can now start building Skynet! As if the Boers needed to be more powerful... Anyway, this means that the Boers have unlocked all non-bioline units, and now they have all the wonders laying before them. Lets hope someone else can snug at least one from the Boers, because otherwise the Boers would be especially powerful for the rest of the game, even if all civilizations hit the tech cap.

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France is still trying to secure their borders, though as its harder and harder to secure the shore as the cities flip into nothingness.. Both York and Orleans are currently French, but once Iceland takes them again, they will no longer bear the blue colors of France. Meanwhile at Hastings, the last french resistance is led by another French general at the time of Napoleon, Lefebvre, or, Francois Joseph Lefebvre. He is less known than Augereau but he has still fought in many wars, the most known is against the Germans, where he took Danzig. Now, he has to retake a city from another nation again, this time, the almighty Icelandic empire. His chances are low, to say the least.

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Oh my goodness, what is it this time? Cant Yakutia get time to recover? Cant the Frozen War thaw a little? Where these units came from anyway? From taken Sri Lankan and Afghan lands?

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Nope, apparently, Sibir. Sibir is now free to carpet all the area left, though the end of the peace deal might hint at a change in the relationship between Finland and Sibir, which may lead to interesting happenings..

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Sri Lanka reaches the Information Era, though the news might have been more exciting if they werent just reduced into a rump state. Still - Maybe they can use the upcoming units to try attack, say, Afghanistan.

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Iceland, in one almightly swipe, takes down the entire French coast. Orleans, York and Troyes all fall in a single turn, the Punic scout kicked further inland. Next on the Icelandic crosshairs would be Paris itself!

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The Persian attack against Afghanistan may have backfired a bit, as Afghan units attack Gordium, bringing it to yellow. Its not in flip risk yet, but damn, Persia, get firing! This is Persia‘s real chance at getting a city, they better not mess it up again.

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Ohh, a list of past findings by our spies. As the usual, most of them dont really bear fruit or are actually against dead civilizations, but the one that stands out is at turn 553, with Chile plotting against Hawaii.. Guess a broken clock is right twice a day!

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Kimberley decides to give up on the Sri Lankan conquests, seeing as they no longer have much of a navy to send though, and the remaining cities are blocked off by protecting units.. At least they gained a single city out of that war, which is nice. However, this means that Kimberley is now almost completely encased in Australian territory. Oh well, time to replicate Tibet.

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At the irridated battleground to the west, the Inuit have decided to perform military exercises together with their Vietnamese allies using some of their prototypes stolen from the Boers, with Drone UAVs and Mech Artillery making their way by sea to Sanirajak. Hopefully their tests succeed, and will see the Drone UAV carpets, the signature move of so many other Future Worlds games before the Battle Royale.

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Overlooking the French campaign is the Icelandic airforce, slightly out of range of the battlegrounds, likely for repairs. They have jet fighters and bombers, as well as some atomic bombs should the need arise, though it doesnt seem it will. Also spotted right at the top edge of the screen is an Icelandic drone UAV, showcasing Iceland‘s rapid tech development. France has no chance!

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A Mongolian prophet is spotted far from home, in a quest to push Oriental Orthodoxy out of Asia. Along it, we are treated to an image of the nearby nations and how well they develop. The high tech Boer uber-carpet, the powerful, yet slightly dated compared to neighbors Ethiopian carpet, the modernized yet severely lacking Arabian army, the completely outdated and unupgraded Persian squads, fielding pikemen next to submarines, and the basically non-existent Armenian army, who in all screenshots so far only fielding a single digit count of riflemen and nothing else. Despite Ethiopia being overshadowed by the Boers, they still seem capable here of taking over the entire Middle East for themselves, and perhaps develop technology to rival the Boers themselves. This will require a very lucky sequence for Haile Selassie, though, on par with the Buccaneers peacing out with the Boers right before making landfall on Mali, preventing counter-attacks.

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Paris has fallen! The Icelandic Juggernaut is rampaging the French countryside, and looks to take them out from coast to coast. The last remaining French squad, standing between Troyes and Paris, consists of 5 great war infantry and 2 artillery. They may be able to flip cities a few times, but nothing more.

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Paris and Troyes are flipped back, but not for long. France has shifted their entire production focus into military, pumping out two additional artillery, but even then, France has nothing they can construct to provide a match to their impending Icelandic doom.

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Chile joins the Afghan party, but they should know better than to commit units to a war half a world away, because they are under attack from two superpowers at the same, the Inuits and the Buccaneers. While the Inuits have yet to send a sufficient force, this isnt likely to be the only.

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High contrast version: http://i.imgur.com/ewD1bVv.jpg Oh well, Chile, do what you do, just make sure this ‘stealth attack‘ of yours doesnt cost you too much. The city of Cincinnati stands right between the two enemies of Chile, its surprising that the city hasnt fell yet. It doesnt appear that any side has any interest in the city, as no units have been sent to take the city yet. That city isnt that good anyway,

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After the declaration of war from last part, Canada has started attacking the Blackfoot again, a repeat of the last war between them. It doesnt seem that Blackfoot‘s carpeting has did much good. Blackfoot cant afford losing any more cities at this point, and Itazipcho already fell to red.

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Sri Lanka and Yakutia declare war on Tibet! Unfortunately, Tibet is too busy being stuck in the middle the sea of Vietnamese green to worry about any of these declarations. A single Sibirian scout wonders what did he do to deserve being sent there, doing the complete opposite of scouting.

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Troyes falls again, and now Neapolis is the newest candicate to fall. France will become an another city state any moment now..

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High contrast version: http://i.imgur.com/IibHDrK.jpg The Chile-Buccaneer war becomes more confused with any given moment, as multiple neutral units enter the fray. The Chileian conquest of Vitcos has been halted thanks to a cleverly placed Vietnamese submarine and a Buccaneer navy squad arriving at percisely the correct time. The Buccaneers bring some atomic bombs to the front lines, eager to use it something and allow the war to advance a little, but the Brazillian units are about everywhere, preventing nuking.

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Persia screwed up badly, havent they? Goridium flips back and forth, something Persia cant afford to take lightly due to their low city count. Susa is down to zero health, but Persia still cant send any units though, thanks to Afghan bombardments and Finnish blockades. Also, the last Timur galleass can be seen next to an Ethiopian machine gun, trying but not quite impersonating an Ethiopian unit.

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Paris and Neapolis fall, for what is likely the last time. The only city remaining on this side of the Alps is Lyon, but that that city, along with any city before it, will fall swiftly.

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Itazipcho fell! The city looks to flip many times, but its still a painful hit to the Blackfoot who hasnt managed to secure their borders despite all the paratroopers. Meanwhile, the diplomacy game goes on, with the United Nations now discussing on if they should embargo Sri Lanka and the Inuits. I suspect both will get embargoed. Also noteable is an Irish scout, right above Tsuutina. He doesnt mind the cold, high off the fact they outlived the English.

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ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME Seriously, Blackfoot, WHAT THE HELL Yes, the Blackfoot did it, they revived the Sioux AGAIN! Instead of actually attempting to block their borders, they prop up the Sioux to deflect enemy units trying to pass though, requiring them to find another way. God damn it. On the other side, this forces Canada to look for another opponent to attack, as Itazpicho was the only easily reachable city of the Blackfoot. But are there any left?

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No high contrast version needed here, because Chile has been removed from permises. Guess the Buccaneers have grown irriated with the situation in South America they just swept though Cincinnati in one single attack, removing any remotely Chileian person from North America. Brutal...

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The Inuits take the complete opposite direction from the Boers, and advance up the top line of the tree rather than the bottom line first, actually allowing them to build a wonder ahead of the Boers, the Human Genome Project! More on it in just a few slides. If the Inuit can continue on this path, they may be actually able to beat the Boers to the Pholus Mutagen wonder, the possibly greatest wonder of them all..

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The last native French city is now under fire, and looks to fall the next turn, or the turn after.. So much for the glory of the French people, who started off strong, but then just stopped doing anything at all, to the point of stagnating their technology beyond repair. Where did all went wrong? Also noteable on this image is Sparta carpeting every available friendly tile with wooden ships. Although Morocco has destroyers, they dont have nearly as much ships, and Sparta could maybe take some cities off them.

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And back for the Human Genome Project. Its not the most described wonder ever, but ive did a bit of a research on it, and i think it improves a specialist‘s primary resource (So scientist produce one extra science, engineers produce one extra production, etc). Considering it seems to be empire-wide, its going to be quite a significant boost to the Inuit‘s economy.

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Finland finnishes the seal on Afghanistan, preventing any units going though, from Persia or Afghanistan. One unit manages to sneak past before the blockade is completed, an Afghan Privateer. Lets hope someone else decides to pick on Afghanistan.

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Remember when i said the Frozen War stagnated so much it underflowed? Looks like Yakutia took a city from Sibir! While Beryozovo is likely to flip back, its still a tiny victory for Yakutia as a pay back for the nuke.

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Lyon falls! France is now a city state! They will likely stay that way until Iceland moves some planes in and lands paratroopers, as the Swedish citadel and the Spartan peacekeeper troops are not making this an easy capture. The Punic scout is no more, joining the other scout in.. somewhere, at least.

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Since the last shot of Sweden, they sure made good use of their money. Half of their destroyers have been upgraded into advanced versions, giving them a formidable navy. They can now easily take on Sparta, and perhaps even Finland if they buff up their army more. Their funky tech path still remains, though, since they still cant build battleships.

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Looks like the military exercises with the Trung Sisters were a success, as i see new prototypes on the seas, like the Mutants, and the Arsenal Ship next to Iglooik. Time to take out the rest of North America, Texas style!

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The Blackfoot wish for some more offshoot cities, and now target the city of Mililani, as a replacement for lost Itazipcho. Guess Hawaii can function on one city as well as they function on two.

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The Inuit are still working on felling the sister city of Mililani Mauka, but they will need a bigger axe. They did take the city down to red health, though.

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We return to the Boers as they join on the war against Afghanistan, along with 3 other nations. I hope the Boers at least try to send a fleet to take Susa, because i want to see the Boers do anything, at all. Put these Future Worlds units into action already!

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Afghanistan pays their final spite to Persia for declaring war on them, flipping Gordium once again, taking it all the way down to 1 population. Better luck next time, Persia!

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High contrast version: http://i.imgur.com/KTN4TDH.jpg Brazil, with the calls of 'HUEHUEHUEHUEHUE' decides that just the right spot to move their army into the sea is Tiwanaku. Guess its ‘Karma‘s a bitch‘ moment for the Buccaneers, after blocking York earlier this part.

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Sparta reaches the Atomic Era! Sadly, a massive amount of time after almost every other civilization. Still, they have a decent amount of cities, so they arent too hopelessly behind. Unlike Armenia, who JUST unlocked Great War Infantry. End their suffering, Sparta! To the north, Ravenna is blockaded by an approaching Icelandic Mech Infantry. Looks like Iceland found a way though after all!

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Finland discovers atomic bombs! Curious that they only do so now, as it means that they are very behind in technology compared to other superpowers. If they dont solve this, they risk falling from superpower status. Carpet isnt everything. Meanwhile, at the sidebar - Oh god, this is it.

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THIS IS THE MOMENT YOU WERE ALL WAITING FOR, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! THE DRAKA AWAKENS! The Boers declare war on Mali! XCOM units already land thoughout Mali and Denkyira and Konongo are bombed down to deep red. Denkyira is basically already lost. Place your bets on how many turns Mali survives! My own is 5-7 turns, no more. Senshi‘s note: Seven is being generous. The Mali are gonna crumble like a sack of wet crumpets.

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Morocco enters the Atomic Era! However, considering the events to their south, they may became atomic in another way. Morocco is one nation i have to wonder how they survived so long. They never really had a good start, and were surrounded by stronger nations most of the time, while being a low tier civilization themselves. Its surprising no one else wanted the Great Lighthouse for themselves yet.

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Im.. not exactly sure the Inuit units arent actually doing the rain dance around the city, waiting for the walls to fall for themselves. Unfortunately, Vietnam blocked the access way, so any reinforcements would have to come the long way around.

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The Blackfoot are working more effectively, taking Mililani to half health. Hawaii has a submarine hidden in the city, which could pose some problems, however the Blackfoot have reinforcements right around the corner.

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High contrast version: http://i.imgur.com/2HhdlA7.jpg A Buccaneer tank sneaks past the Huening forces, taking out the city of Tiwanaku and making a clearing in the forest of the Brazillian units. A squad of anti air units are making their way to the city in effort to secure it from Chileian counter-fire and establish a forward base. Cusco can wait, lets make a push for Valpariso!

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Time for some vacation in Oceania! We go to Vietnamese-controlled former Champa where we can see the southern edge of Vietnam, bordering Australia. Found in the seas is an Advanced Destroyer, showing the insane potency Vietnam has if they go to war, even against other superpowers. Its as if the Korean attack on Vietnam made Vietnam STRONGER, not weaker. An Inuit Corsair stops by at Indrapura in their journery, ready to see a world before they submit to their post in the frozen wastelands of the north. After being forcibly recruited in one war or another, the pirates onboard missed the feel of freedom they had when they were originally under the command of captain Henry Morgan. Unfortunately, he no longer needs Corsairs, as he would rather deploy fully automated robotic ships called Advanced Destroyers, which excel Corsairs in everything. This Corsair is one of the only remains of the old world, and soon, it will be gone as well..

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Back at Mali, we see that the Buccaneers still have their nukes aimed at Mali. They might want to stash the nukes away, though, as they wouldnt want to point the nukes at the Boers.. You wouldnt want unfortunate consequenes, wouldnt you, Henry Morgan? Wake up and smell the ashes...

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We are already at the Stat slides? Aww.. Anyway, Vietnam is rising fast, gaining 15M population this part only, rising from seventh to sixth. Chile drops from ninth to tenth, losing 7M population due to Buccaneer and Inuit attacks. Iceland only gains 2M population this part, despite gaining so many cities, but rest assured that it will grow much more the following part.

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Many nations became rump states this part, so many that Persia ROSE three ranks despite losing 1M population. France drops like an angel from the sky (though not as pretty) as they fall from around the 20-ish positions to 33# place. Sitting 'Double Jesus' Bull rules a nation consisting of 1000 people only, after being relocated to a new city in the middle of the snow wastelands.

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Not too many changes here, with most nations having carpetized their entire lands with units. Only Sweden is noticeable, jumping from 11# to 9# following a 200K rise in military strength thanks to upgrading their military.

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Holy shit Iceland! They rise from 6th to 3rd(!) after taking out France, going from 7.7M land area to 9.1M! As always, this stat is largely messed up by sea tiles, so dont put too much trust in this information. The Inuit still have the most actual land tiles to place units on.

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Australia is only one city away from the 100 cities mark! Who will they take the other city off? Also wierd here, is Canada reappearing on the top charts. They have 24 cities now, where last part they had 20. Where did they get these cities from? Because its certainly not from warfare.

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Basically a list of rump states and near-dead civilizations. There arent really many civilizations with actual power left.

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The Boers and the Inuits continue to march on, with them researching 3 and 4 technologies respectively this part. Australia makes a colossal jump out of seemingly nowhere, researching 6 technologies this part, shooting them all the way from the 11th position to the top 5! Lets hope they put that into good use.

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Probably a first in which we get data on the mid-position civilizations, though mid-tier they are not. Arabia and Sri Lanka are surprisingly high, and the Maori are still somehow 20th despite being dead for a while. Kimberley has quite stagnated thanks to losing so many of their cities and the tech penalty imposed on it. Sparta is, sadly, absent from here. Why cant they tech up?

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Id like to first focus on the minimap here, seeing as this is turn 574 rather than turn 573. We can see that Denkyira has fell to the Boers as expected. Konongo surprisingly isnt bearing orange, though it may have flipped back and forth. Anyway, Catholicism is still rising above Judaism, developing a very impressive difference of 200 population units between them. Islam is still, slowly as hell, falling down to zero, as they drop under 20 population units to 19.

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As for the religion map, we can see that Catholicism is still working on converting the last athestic holds in South America. Buddahism, however, is waging war on the last athestic dominion of the world, Polynesia. Right now Buddhist priests and prophets are spreading the religion into New Zealand. And thats the end of the long part 54! Im your narrator, /u/TA_Knight, and i wish you all a peacekeeped night! Beware the Draka in the shadows!

Part 54: X-Com Gon‘ Give It To Ya – mk2

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