TerraNES: The Civil Experiment

Tycho said:

From Vahlshallah to Pommerania;
You can resettle your lands and use your ports, but we would like you to join a Confederacy of kingdoms with us... you will be the Duchy of Pommerania, and we will not attack you and help you rebuild.

From Vahlshallah to the South;
Forces are on their way, the armies are on the march. Twenty thousand spears will be at your backs soon my friends. Join us in a great Empire, and we will insure your protection! The Faith binds us together!

From Vahlshallah to the Iron Lances;
We ask you to declare a Teufel (Crusade), to help our brothers and sisters in the south.

To Hamburg from Vahlshallah;
We ask you to enter an alliance with us and become a Duchy under our wing, in return for more construction and building to help your nation and your city along... we promise to help, as the Faith binds us all together.

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From Pomerania and Hamburg
What exactly would this entail?
From the South
Yes yes, protect us!
From Iron Lances
Actually, we're having a succession crisis between three protential leaders.
All leaders will write a story about defeating the other two, Tournament style . And will send the private message to me. I will then send it to five randomly chosen judges from our current participants, who will select one winner. He who has the most votes gets the story posted and wins!
I will VM the contestants. I would like those who wish to compete to post in thread their desired name for their contestant.

Gem Hound said:

((One thing: What about Wesfrenks reply to my diplomacy? I can repost it if you want me too. I posted three diplo on that post and you only paid attention to the last post I had on that page... two posts under my main diplo post...))
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From the Wesfrenks
Of course of course! Just kill the illegitimate heirs of my father who keeps trying to claim the throne. Thanks.
I will fund what I can in support of our good friend!
From Dumonos
Indeed. Let's do this!

From Vahlshallah to Pommerania and Hamburg;
This entails swearing fealty to the High King of Vahlshallah, converting to the Faith, and by supporting us through economic and military means. In return, we will help boost your economy, protect you from outside harm, and give our own military support to help you, as well as allowing your noblemen and noblewomen to become a part of the Vahlshallahn royalty through a variety of marriages if you accept. We won't keep you too close and we won't keep you to far, and you will always be able to call upon us.

From Vahlshallah to the South;
The banners are called, the militias are marshaled, we will send military support if need be, and economic support if not.

From Vahlshallah to the Iron Lances;
Hmm... whatever happened to the Fourth Iron Prophet? We sincerely hope that this succession crisis ends favorably to all.

From the Iron Lances

Apparently he was trying to figure out what Iron is, as he only knows about Bronze Lances. We found him with his brains splattered across the backroom of his study with a percise hole at the center of the mess drilling into the wood. There we found a metal plug made of lead.

From Eterika
Anybody you need to kill for money?

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Thankyou for the offer, but not right now. Things seem to have cooled on the Northern Nile.

From Aden
Thank you for doing good business, sir.

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From Hormun
I suggest you pay 1EP toll, or else you have to deal through our middlemen to get to Aramaya.

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: I am awaiting a response on a diifferent deal, which will decide our response.

From ViriaYour armies and navies are large; we wish to hire some for a new campaign to be launched soon.

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: 1EP for 1 archer, 1EP for 3 Curraghs, 3EP for 2 spearmen. We may consider a loan if you tell us your target, but if that is a secret than this is our offer.

to axume
While we apparicate your trade we do not apparicate you need to meddle. Kush will not be conquered if they pay the price set by the God-king. Would you like to join them?

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: Our goal is only to maintain peace and prosperity for all in the region. We are overjoyed to hear that you and Kush have resolved the issue peacefully. May trade continue uninterupted!

To Axum From Viria

We say large, not skillful. By Tannu, my grandmother can probably shoot better. We just don't have enough Grandmothers to do the shooting here.
Our target might not even be an enemy, depending on the diplomatic arena.

Terrance888 said:

From the Wesfrenks
Of course of course! Just kill the illegitimate heirs of my father who keeps trying to claim the throne. Thanks.
I will fund what I can in support of our good friend!
From Dumonos
Indeed. Let's do this!

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To Wesfrenks
We will help you in this as well. However, our troops must go to a place called Vascony and help the Vascones once the hard fighting is forsuredly over. Okay?

From Wesfrenks
Forsooth, the O is kayed.

You're in?

I would like all character posts to be done by Saturday, and the battle stories to be done by next Wednesday. For graders, I would like them to be graded by Thursday so my potential new Prophets can possibly get orders in edgewise.

Orders for all are due after AP exams, therefore, not next week, but the week after that. With such a long time, I expect all to send orders well before so I can pre-update, as well as participate somewhat in the minigame.

Too bad it's tournament style. I could have caused lots of bloodshed.

:sigh:, what I really need is an arena. I'll toss Gem Hound of Armorica, Lord Iggy of Hyak, Luckymoose of Katan, Tycho of Valyria (not Vahshallah), and Stockholme of Old Aramya.

Let them fight it out while we clink our glasses of Zirilwine and make bets.

I would have written such a good one that you wouldn't even have considered it.

That I do not doubt.

Anyway, a preview of the new Military Rules I am working on. I will base it somewhat on SKNES's company and weighting system.
Every company is 250 Men, and a squad is anything from 125-25 depending on what it is of. Every unit adds equally to upkeep; ships will be group into Squadrons.
A sort of pricing guide: 1EP=5 Companies of Spearmen=3 Companies of Melee/Aggresive=3 Companies Ranged/Defensive=3 Squadrons Cavalry=2 Squadrons Heavy Cavalry/Elite Infantry=1 Squadron of Elite Cavalry/Siege units. Most nations will be playing with dozens of companies at a time.
Melee is divided via tactics. You can have Phalanx, Swordsmen, Axemen, or Mixed for your standard infantry. Phalanx is stubborn, Axemen is aggressive, Swordsmen is balanced, Mixed makes 4 Companies per EP and represents a clean mixture of all unit types (see Persia: Spearmen with shields guard Archers, with reserves of swordsmen in a normal unit: Immortals are their elite unit)

General gist of my story if it was armies fighting eachother: A war of manuevers was fought and one gained the upper hand and attacked. The other two were completely annihilated severely weakening the remaining group.

I finally allowed the creation of the first organization, and you want to weaken it. Why?

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Oh, now I see. You have ulterior motives, there.

Terrance888 said:

I finally allowed the creation of the first organization, and you want to weaken it. Why?

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Oh, now I see. You have ulterior motives, there.

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Now if the organization wasn't based next door, that would be a different story. Being based next door, it gives the impression that it was created to balance against the Unsullied.

Agathon watched as the great horde marched into the city he just barely left. It stretched from horizon to horizon, swarming over the hills and collecting in the vales.

But they are now safe. For he knew the enemy is not a naval power. It would take years, if not decades to gain the basic competence for Naval Warfare, and even further to match the skill of Thloyrn and Toras-Nothite sailors.

One day... one day his descendents shall return. They will retake the land. But until then...

He looked forward again, the little islands seemed inadequate compensation for the great land Thloryn lost.

He will have to make do...

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The men trained, moving as one as their bronze lances arced through the air. And with each move, they chanted a verse from The Book, originated over five hundred years go in the mists of time.

Solidarity.

The Iron Lances will march, but first they would need a leader...

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The Virian Ambassador sighed as the Danean and Prushite argued again.

"The bloodline of Nir-Aram survived! Do you know what this means!"

"I care not that the lineage of cum survived. They have lost Aramya and proven their weakness!"

"We have our loyalties, and it is to them, not YOU."

"Insolent barbarian! This linen took over thirty years to craft at Dakinsa!"

The ambassador sighed again. The children... the sad sad children.

Mickzter97 said:

I now claim the Kingdom of Ostava!!

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pmed instead

And Keltia gets even more bloody crowded.