it's over, baby 
my WC's regrouped and healed, while support came up from the core. meanwhile, my backdoor (Bender Squadron) has having unnecessary trouble with barbs. got them up to the rear lines just in time for Romeo to concede
my Heli Squadron razed 2 towns (Ashur, pop6 + horses, and Eridu, pop2 + dyes). they were fairly spent but had the intended consequence. looked like Romeo had overplayed to this side, and my reardoor attack would be fairly unopposed. also, with 2 less towns + him in despot vs my Monarchy, the end would have come soon enough. I had 3 towns spitting out WC's every other turn, and another 2 doing one every 4 turns.
Romeo concedes at turn 99.
