Hello all, first timer. I am in InA progressing through the c-map currently approaching the PME tech blocker story line and the same on the PME c-map. I have no techs left in InA but am planning on camping in PE. I have all PE techs available. My question is how many more techs is the maximum amount that I will still need to get the hovers? Would it be ok to age up to PE and use some techs (military) to settle in since it will still take some time to reach FE on the c-map? Sorry if this has been answered.
PME tech blocker? I hope you aren't going to reach it! You need to jump away shortly before then.
You need 3 minimum in Postmodern (assuming you avoid the final tech blocker). You may have already done these.
You
want 1 in Tomorrow, but you can bypass it if your attack bonuses are big enough.
You need 2 in Future to reach the hovers. (If you go wrong in the middle of the map, you might need a third. Follow the storyline after the first province, and that won't happen.)
Tell us where you are in the PME story and map. What story quest are you up to? Have you taken both the East and West legs? Potentially you can get away with only two techs, but the devil is in the detail. You really should be fine, and could go a lot further than the Hovers if you want.
Just let me add that in my current city, I haven't built a standard military building other than to fulfil a quest since Iron Age. Because I swap to higher-age units when the going gets tough for same-age, I don't kill anything like the same number of units as someone who has no higher age, and most of the ones I do kill are rogues. If you wait and age up just as soon as the next GBG has started, you will be fighting against Indy for 11 days, while getting PE units as a reward. Try it. You can always research military techs if it doesn't work for you.