So the seige of Kyoto has run in to some trouble. A knight came and attacked one of our knights in the main stack, destroyed it and damaged all our trebuchets by a third. That'll teach me to put them all on the same tile. We've got there defences down to the stage where they only need one more turn of bombardment until attack (but the trebuchets are not in a good way any more - two more on the way up) And the reserve knights are now down in the south tracking the Omegan pirates.

Speaking of which, their force jumped back on to the ships and is now moving down the coast. We are keeping our main knight army out of sight (unless they have spies on us) but within range of any landing site and their fast movement will allow them to continue tracking the fleet. And our cities attempting to stop an amphibious attack. They're now off the coast of Omega THIS! ...but they haven't yet So it's anybodies guess as to whether they are looking to offload, and that our coastal discouragement worked - last turn atleast, or if they're heading to the east anyway. We can keep up with them all the way if they do.

I think we should change to Vassalage, and maybe go the whole hog and Theocracy too, to get the XP bonus. Our ships are at a huge diadvantage because we're coming out as novices to their one or two star ships. So far its been a case of needing greater numbers to not be overwhelmed by their stronger ships and a tactical game of only wanting us to attack them and not have 'out-starred' ships be caught in the open. We have 5 Frigates and (I think) 2 on the way and one new Caravel (ready for upgrade) with one more on the way (another upgrade).

Three of our frigates are in Palpa with two beefed up Omegan ships lurking out of our range waiting to pounce. I was waiting until we get four (2ish turns?) then I think it would be safe to venture out and invite them to attack us. Otherwise they'll just be able to pick us off. Coastal fortress just completed to give us an extra safe haven... our Ships are very valuable to us!

Replacable parts in 1 turn, was heading for Rifling and then thinking of hoarding gold for a few turns and upgrading as many of our swords/maces/muskets as possible to Riflemen. Plus we've got to be wary of Ships of the Line pouncing on us and destroying our valuable frigate fleet.

...Oh I enjoy the tactical game!

Go get 'em like only a Nuclear Cow can!!

Edit: Could've done with a few screen shots, I'll come back with some.