Thanks people for the comments. I'll let you know right now that I've got a really bad feeling about how this game is progressing. I feel like I'm wasting too much time with Pythium. I'd be much more comfortable if I'd been able to force an encounter with his army earlier (when I could have eliminated it). Now... he's got me scared, and it's only a matter of time before Vanheim and R'lyeh start pestering me.
In the interest of adding to the tutorial aspect of this writeup (and considering the fact that I suspect my strategies will lead to my downfall in the end), I plan on inviting you guys to comment on what was good and bad about my plans once the game is finished. A nice post-operations discussion about the strategies involved will make a nice complement to anything this writeup might be able to teach someone.
Once again though, I ask that you save these comments until after I manage to lose this game.
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