From: loney@mars.lerc.nasa.gov (Patrick Loney)
Newsgroups: rec.games.empire
Subject: Euro III Update (Don't be fooled by imitations)
Date: 20 Aug 92 13:56:00 GMT
Organization: :The state of being organized
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41


     It's been two weeks since the start of the third European Empire game
and things have been well heated for at least 13 days.  There are still no
major power blocks forming.  This is great because that means that a lot of
small, bloody, expensive wars will continue for some time.
     Earlier in the week a slavic block started to develope and at one point
they occupied 4 or 5 of the top 7 spots.  Unfortunatly for them their fates
resembled the actual area and other countries started to surpass them.  Now the
top eight countries each represent a different area of the map.
     Macedon has held the top spot for several days.  A steady diet of Greece,
Transalvania, and Serbia made Macedon the first memeber of the 100 sector club.
     After taking over for Anatolia, Urartu quickly improved its standing.
Finishing off Turkey and bits and pieces of Armenia and Phoenicia have helped
Urartu into second place on the power charts and first place on the fiscal
front.
     Petrozovadsk has become the current power leader in Northern Russia
although I am not exactly sure who was engulfed to get him there.  The same
holds true for Romania in Eastern Europe.
     Carthage is setting the pace for Northern Africa after digesting Libya
and parts of Tunisia.  Gaul held the number two spot only a couple of days
ago but has been loosing ground to the front runners after entering a war
with Holland (who claims to be a character going by the name of "The Death
Angle" but only he and I know for sure!).
     Vaaso has emerged as the leader in Scandinavia after holding off a
combined attack of Finland, Murmansk, and Sundsvall.  Seville ran through
Portugal and is now in a bloody ground war with France and Castille.
     Earlier this week guns and shells were introduced into the battle fronts.
Since then, more blood has been spilled as country leaders are eager to use
whatever weapons of mass destruction they can get their hands on.  (Gun and
shell tech was lowered to 10 just so we could have more fun!)  Tech levels are
progressing at an amazingly even pace.  A few countries have manufactured some
tech 25 interecptors (range 5, att 2, def 1, no bombing).  Especially Sweden
which wants to make sure that none of those naste transport 1's fly over its
territory.
     The tech leader is Iceland followed by lots of countries.  Iceland's
small size will not allow it to produce a massive military machine to be sold
in the open market, but he has already been trying to pump guns and shells
into it.  Personnaly, I can't wait to see how much those first transport 1's
are going to go for when they hit the market.  The time delay market (and 
trade, but that has yet to be used) has seen a good deal of action.
     The last of the free land was taken as Egyptian and Macedonian fishing
vessels found the islands of Cyprus and Crete.  A couple of small islands off
the Mediterranian coast of Spain were claimed by Seviile and Tunisia.  Not that
they will do them any good but it beats not having them.
     In other unrelated news, Nigeria is talking about hairy morning foot
wear resembling a jumping rodent.  Some are concerned about Nigeria's sta-
bility (as well as their own).  And other could care less.  Anyway, that's 
all for now, the power report follows.  Read and enjoy.

Pat Loney
(A.K.A. Overlord)


     - = [   Empire Power Report   ] = -
      as of Thu Aug 20 08:37:36 1992

         sects  eff  civ  mil shell gun  pet iron dust food oil  pln ship money
  Macedon 105   74%  43K 1.8K   0    4    0  2.5K 2.3K  13K 1.3K   0    1   30K
   Urartu  80   78%  42K 850  100   15    0  6.0K 850  5.2K 600    0    4   55K
Petrozova  90   73%  38K 1.5K 125   10  350  6.3K 850   12K 1.1K   0    4   20K
  Romania  65   89%  39K 1.5K 100   20    0  3.9K 2.3K  13K 1.5K   0    1   30K
 Carthage  65   91%  40K 1.8K  25   15    0  2.0K 3.0K 9.9K 350    0    0  5.0K
     Gaul  80   71%  31K 2.3K  50   15    0  6.0K 650  9.3K 800    0    1   40K
    Vaaso  95   65%  34K 1.2K  25   20   46  2.5K 1.1K 7.8K 850    0    2   20K
  Seville  75   79%  30K 900    1   10    0  4.0K 800  9.8K 1.5K   0    1   45K
    Urals  60   83%  35K 800   75   25    0  2.4K 1.0K 7.3K 650    0    3   40K
  Ukraine  45   82%  33K 800  150    0  600  2.5K 1.6K 7.1K 2.0K   1    2   45K
  Ireland  60   84%  31K 800    0   10    0  2.0K 1.0K 6.8K 500    0    2   20K
  Uppsala  85   74%  22K 1.1K 250   30  100  3.6K 900  7.0K 600    1    1   15K
   France  55   72%  34K 900   50    4    0  2.8K 850  6.5K 400    0    0   15K
   Russia  50   89%  28K 650  175   15   50  4.3K 1.1K 6.5K 2.0K   0    0   10K
  Estonia  70   84%  24K 950   20   10    0  950  400  3.3K 400    0    0   35K
Mauritana  70   86%  21K 1.1K  25   10    0  2.0K 1.1K 2.9K 2.0K   0    0  5.0K
  Denmark  50   75%  26K 850    4    0    0  2.5K 1.9K 8.4K 2.1K   0    1   35K
   Sweden  35   97%  27K 950   50   10  100  2.6K 2.1K 6.5K 450   20    0   35K
Czechoslo  75   75%  21K 1.0K   0    0    0  1.1K 900  7.0K 750    0    0   10K
  Nigeria  50   80%  23K 700   50   10    0  1.6K 650  5.5K 950    0    0   20K
Cyrenicia  40   88%  24K 1.0K  50    5    0  1.2K 100  2.0K 150    0    3   45K
  Holland  40   77%  25K 1.3K 100   10    0  2.6K 250  4.3K 750    0    0   20K
 Bulgaria  45   78%  22K 1.1K 100   25    4  1.4K 850  4.9K 2.0K   0    0   10K
 Normandy  30   95%  21K 850   50    5    0  1.8K 250  4.9K 300    0    6   25K
    Egypt  25  100%  20K 1.6K   0    0    0  1.4K 300  2.4K 100    0    2   40K
  Georgia  50   84%  11K 1.5K 125    5    0  2.1K 450  2.3K 700    0    0   35K
   Arabia  35   91%  16K 700    0    0    0  2.6K 550  3.9K 200    0    0   20K
  Hungary  30   80%  18K 1.0K   0    0    0  2.4K 550  2.4K 250    0    0   15K
  Iceland  15   99%  14K 150   75    0    0  2.1K 400  4.3K 650    0    1   45K
  Castile  30   87%  14K 350    5    0    0  2.0K 450  2.0K 500    0    0   15K
  Algeria  25   82%  14K 600    0    0    0  1.8K 400  5.3K 750    0    0  5.0K
   Sicily  25   80%  12K 400    0    0    0  1.1K 750  3.0K 150    0    0   25K
Lithuania  35   52% 9.2K 400    0    0    0    1  150  5.8K  43    0    1   30K
Archangel  20   45% 3.7K  28    6    0    0   30   19  2.9K 100    0    2   30K
St_Peters  25   59% 1.2K  50   13    0    0  800  150    9  150    0    0   10K
     Mali  10   71% 4.1K 600    0    0    0  200  100  1.3K 200    0    0   10K
   Turkey   5   82% 4.5K  12    0    0    0  500    0  300  100    0    0   15K
  Tunisia   5   69% 3.9K 200    0    0    0    2    5  900   13    0    5   20K
   Latvia   4   80% 2.1K 100    0    0    0    0  400  1.1K   0    0    1   15K
  Austria   4   98% 1.1K  49    0    0    0    0  500  950  300    0    0   15K
    Italy  10   78% 950  400    0    0    0    0  300  600  200    0    0  200 
Sundsvall   5   84% 2.1K 450    0    0    0  300    0  550  100    0    0  -21K
 Murmansk   3   97% 500  300    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   15K
 Sardinia  10   65% 2.4K 1.3K   0    0    0    0    0  400    0    0    0  -35K
Belorussi   5   56% 300   50    0    0    0    0    0  100    0    0    0   10K
 Portugal   4   52% 900  150    0    0    0    0  100  450    0    0    1  5.0K
 Scotland   3   97% 1.1K 150    0    0    0    1    0  350    1    0    0  697 
  Finland   2   70% 200  100    0    0    0    0    0  200    0    0    0  5.0K
  Armenia   2   50% 150  100    0    0    0    0    0   29    0    0    0  436 
Novogorad   1    9%   1    9    0    0    0    0    0    1    0    0    0  5.0K
Sevastopo   0    0%   0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  5.0K
Phoenicia   1   91% 1.0K 350    0    0    0    0    0  550    0    0    0  -17K
          ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
worldwide 1.9K  79% 874K  38K 1.8K 285  1.3K  86K  32K 213K  28K  20   50  960K