Dawn of the Punic Sea [DoC]

At long last, with the Constantinople incident, the Phoenician nation
tired of their ineffectual leaders and the inept Phoenician intelligence service.
They deserved better. They deserved not having to fear Roman plots
at every turn and corner. So they ousted their representatives.

Democracy was dead.

And it was thus, that Hannibal came out of retirement to
lead the nation once more, as its immortal dictator.
After all, he still had a bone to pick with Caesar.



Revolution swept through the Punic Sea, filling people with nationalistic fervor.
Classical civilization was emphasized and the golden ages of Phoenician family states such as Spain, Portugal & China were constantly bombarded with images of their glory days, and propaganda spread that together, as brothers-in-arms,
their destinies were tied to that of Phoenicia and its hegemony over the world.
Inca & Viking lands were, in stark contrast, awash in historical revisionism
and made fervent to the Phoenician cause.

Revolution was in the air.



The French capital of Lyons fell under siege to a dual force of Mughal & Third Roman forces.
Although Phoenician senators had allowed the Mughal army to traverse through Phoenician lands; having their pockets lined with gold,
the Third Romans had raced them through German territory, eager to claim a city
once believed part of Rome for the glory of Caesar.



While no friend of the French, Hannibal resented Russia attempting
to build a second zone of influence to potentially attack Phoenicia from.



In the east, the Germans were striking at the Safavids.
It seemed like the world around the Punic Sea was alight in flame.
Truly, the conditions were perfect.
The conditions necessary for Hannibal to make his move.



It's time to put down Caesar like the dog he is.

Oh... My... Gawd...

Just look at Catherine's eyes. She just can't be good.

That Caesar looks surprisingly feminine.

The war kicks off as Punic cavalry storms into the border city of Kiev.
Though it is deemed unwise to do so, a rare moment comes, as Hannibal personally
leads the army in the invasion against the Third Rome.
Indeed, Caesar and his wife, Catherine have sprung a deadly trap against
the Punic forward scouts; the main Russian army was parked atop a nearby hill,
waiting to strike.
Fortunately, for Hannibal, his own main army was not too far behind.



In the interim, forces in the West captured the formerly French city of Lyons,
wresting it with force from the occupying Russians.
The French government protested this and demanded that it be returned,
but they were in no position to make demands,
bogged down in a draining war against the independent Arabian shiekhdoms.



The movements of other foreign bodies engaged in their own wars did not go unnoticed.
Hannibal estimated that the Prussian campaign against the Safavids would,
at the least, be over within a few years.
He still had some time to carry out his plans then; it all weighed on the successful invasion of the Third Roman hinterland.



At the start of the war, only Viking and Punic forces were involved, fighting directly on the Roman Front.
The other arms of the greater nation were mostly relegated to supplying materiel and parts.
Then came the declaration of war against Japan and its puppet-state, Co-Prosperity Thailand.
Punic intelligence suggested that Japan, foremost among other states,
had been assisting the Third Rome economically and diplomatically in shoring up an anti-Phoenician coalition.
The push was supported by Hongwu and the Chinese elite, who was eager to seize back Fuzhou.
While only a token force was present in the Far East to do battle, the bulk of the fighting was to become the responsibility of the Chinese.



I ain't goin' collapse.

Good. Relegate Caesar to the dustbin of history. Also, your new profile pic is scary. O_O

GreekAnalyzer said:

Good. Relegate Caesar to the dustbin of history. Also, your new profile pic is scary. O_O

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Yeah what the heck is it?

NinjaCow64 said:

Yeah what the heck is it?

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Something about someone having taste.

Just a typical zalgo creepypasta.

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Rectification. Two means can be used to track down that avatar.

Save as... : often users leave some caracteristic name on their uploaded pix. I see "dreadout".
Google image.

Conclusion: Just some kind of indie game type survival horror called Dreadout. As easy that. Thanks technology.

It's not a screeny from an indie game, it's Hannibals wrath over the Third Roman Reich

Poor Romans.

Tachywaxon said:

Just a typical zalgo creepypasta.

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what about you? avatar isjust as creepy.

Time for epic update.

Unrelated to the Punic theatres of war, the British Empire was struggling with a massive uprising in their overseas colonies.
As conflicts emerged across the globe, British colonists eagerly sought to make
good profit by supplying the Punic territories to the West, however, the Parliament back in the home islands imposed a trade embargo
between the colonists and the Phoenicians, fearing it would make Hannibal too powerful.
Enraged by this latest grievance, the colonists rechristened themselves
as Columbians and took up arms, subsequently crowning an Emperor of their own;
with the charismatic immortal Emperor Washington Norton I at the helm,
they soon began to carve out their own destiny by laying siege to
the loyalist stronghold of Halifax.



Hannibal had now declared war on Mexico, expanding the number of fronts, but perhaps a decided necessity.
It was no secret that Japanese & Roman supply lanes ran through Mexico and linked up together via Mexican middlemen.
The Mexican government was known to be sympathetic towards and firmly in the Roman camp as well, offering all kinds of material support to Caesar.
Hannibal would not let this stand.



In the East Asian theatre, the first priority at hand was the liberation of Fuzhou.
The Japanese interior was bombarded night and day from the PNS Astarte as Chinese divisions began to encircle Fuzhou.
With the PNS Astarte enforcing a total blockade and all land outside the city under the watchful eye of Hongwu's cavalry, Fukushuu was being slowly starved into submission.





On the Primary Front, several divisions of state-of-the-art Punic infantry divisions
swept through the Third Rome's German suzerains with extreme prejudice.
The aim was to minimize the threat of a possible flanking maneuver directed by the Romans.
Had this avenue of attack gone unchecked, the rich, fertile heartlands of the Punic Sea would have been exposed to the worst of Roman depravities.

Yeahhhhh!!!
Update!!!!!!!

Do you update every time someone says something about it?

Still loving this story, though.

Heerlo said:

Do you update every time someone says something about it?

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In that case; Time for update

No, I just happened to be online and in this subforum for a lengthy amount of time, preparing for an update when Tachywaxon posted that.

Just read all 8 pages and all i have to say is...That was the most beautiful thing i've evar read *tear*

So... how's the conquest of rome going?