Imperial Dynasty Game II (Game Thread)

Pro-Consuls Report
Sixth Session of Council

The Council of Lords requests that the Emperor enact the following legislation:

1300.6.1 Economic Relief Act: Continued land reform to promote cottage growth in applicable city radii. Markets built in developed cities, and courthouses.

1300.6.2 War Department Appropriations Act: The Emperor is to build up the strength of the Armed Forces of the Empire.
1300.6.2.1 A Trireme should be built to add proper naval defense to Draknith's coast.

1300.6.3 Research Advancement Act: The Council agrees to allow the Emperor to deficit spend over the following session inorder to advance our current technology.

The Coucil also recommends that the Emperor choose a techpath that will provide us with the necessary technology to most quickly and efficiently destroy our foes, should the need arise.

'Once again I would like to thank the Emperor for this prestigeous position. Before I close this session of Council I would like to take this opportunity to discuss a very important matter. We discuss war, and our nation has thrived on it's use. However, our nation is at war this moment! The Empire is feeling the stresses of this new religous age. I urge caution my fellow Lords. Let not this difference among us lead us down the path of civil war. Now is not the time for persecution, and also not the time for revoltionary mindsets. The offenders must be swiftly, yet justly prosecuted. I beseech the Emperor to handle this situation, and hold togther the peace and prosperity that our fathers and grandfathers died for. Thank you all for your continued service to the Empire. Long Live the Glorious Four Houses of Antiquity, Long Live the Emperor, and Long Live the EMPIRE!'

I, Cassius Huber, holder of the Reight of Huber, Lord of The Grand House of Huber, and Pro-Consul to the Empire do hereby close this session of Council.
 
The Councils recommendations are in agreement with my own. My first duty as Emperor is the security of the Empire, without it all else is for not. I have received recommendations from our Generals stationed in Zululand and the news is not good. Therefore I enact the Military Readiness Act in response to the Native Americans continued military buildup of Macemen, Catapults and Longbows.

Military Readiness Act:
Upgrades- All Elite Archers (level 3) Stationed in Zululand shall be rearmed with Longbows.
Mobilization- All available units within the Empire have orders to join the reinforcement of Zululand.
Production- The Cities of Artok, Arkan, Domgreind and Octavia shall begin training military units immediately.
Research- Machinery (Crossbows)-->Civil Service (Macemen)-->Guilds (Knights)

All other cities will continue their current builds (courthouses/markets) and all cottages will continue to be worked. I am firing up the save now and will have my report up either tonight or early tomorrow.
 
Excellent!

I look forward to the save update!

Long live the Emperor! And long live the Empire!

May our enemies tremble at the sight of the blood of their warriors, dripping from the blades of our Armies! And may our victorious war-cry echo throughout the LANDS!
 
Sorry for the delay guys but I had to put it off til tonight. Its 2 AM now and I only got in about 11 turns I think. Shaka declared war about 5 turns in, I saw this coming when I checked his diplomat screen and he said he has enough on his hands right now. It's a tell they are about to declare war. Luckily I had already sent all extra units north and built a few more units in our production cities. Then he declared war on Lincoln so I thought we were in the clear just to have him declare war on us the next turn??? Never seen anything like it before. When I saw his stack, 13 cats 10 HA and 2 Dogs I knew we had a fight. We have lost many units but we stood strong. His stack has been decimated plus all his reinforcements and we got 2 GG. One I used as a Warlord the other was made last turn and he is waiting for orders. We are still at war but I have changed most of our cities back to building infrastructure. Oh yeah our Trireme outside of Octavia got sunk so our Western fishing grounds are defenseless and I cannot whip since I adopted Caste System. We won the battle but the war is far from over.......

I have plenty of screenies and will do a report as soon as I can.
 

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Long Live the Emperor!

Hah,

Bloody Shaka - I've downloaded the save and loading it up asap :)! That's a huge freaking stack, weird how he declared war on our glorious empire, and the empire of Lincoln. I think a drastic course to re-establish our superiority around our western coastlines should be taken. Furthermore, we should keep pushing North into NA lands to force Shaka into surrendering, or even maybe Capitulation. We should put all our Northern top cities on a declaration of continuous Militarization - producing offensive units and Catas to launch attacks from the three most Northern cities in order to keep Shaka on the Defensive. We have weakened him already, now is the time to strike!

Our Southern cities will maintain a purely economic course, while our Northern cities - a Militaristic one. That is my suggestion for further turn play, it is by no means an order, I humbly suggest these notions.
 
Yes it was an impressive stack and if he knew how to use it Zululand would be in NA hands right now. @Nubian, the only problem is our production cities are in the south, that is where I pumped out almost all of the units for the battle. Arkan, once Heroic Epic is finished, will be our primary unit production city, along with Octavia and Domgreind. Sorry I forgot to rename your city but I will do it first thing if I remain Emperor.
@Vandal, Thanks for the vote of confidence I thought Zululand was gone. Shaka should have lit us up with cats and wiped our units out with HA's. I was able to bambard him first and our HA's did quite a bit of damaged by flanking his cats. He sat there for a few turns letting them heal and I was able to get a few more units there before he let lose the cats. At one point we had a handfull of units, all in the red. I'll post the screenie and do a report tonight. I Just got home from work.
 
I don't have the time to do a normal report so I hope this will do.


Met with Churchill and discussed trading technologies. He was a tough bargainer but in the end we got Machinery giving up all of our techs and about half our treasury. I felt it was worth it for Xbows to counter Shakas Maces.
I also met with Shaka and learned he was going to be declaring War soon. When I mentioned the thought of him declaring war on another Rival he said "We have enough on our hands right now". AI speak= I'll be declaring war very shortly.
Then I enacted the Military Readiness Act for the probable invasion from the Native Americans. All forces were to immediately reinforce Zululand leaving all other cities with the bare minimum Garrison. Was only able to make one upgrade so I decided a Xbow in Zululand was needed.
Next turn Shaka declared war on Lincoln and 2 turns later declared war on us, crazy bastard must be some kind of pissed. His stack was large but his tactics were weak. The Battle of Zululand was bloody. Shaka attacked with a Chariot that was cut down by a LB and wore down the defenses to 0% with his cats. Round 1 would be ours, I bombarded his stack with our 3 cats (2 withdrawed from combat) and attacked with our 2 HAs both were victorious, one enemy HA killed and multiple units damaged by flanking their positions. Then it was back to Shaka and he decided it was time to heal and attacked with a few Maces coming from North of Zululand. Both were cut down by LBs. Back to us, bombarded again and attacked with a few units with mixed results. I just wanted to keep him at bay until a reinforcement army of 2 HAs, 1 Cat and 1 Xbow arrived from the South. We played chicken for a turn or 2 and then Shaka let lose his cats on the city, we took a lickin but managed to stay alive by a few brave units, it was our Alamo. Reinforcements arrived next turn and a few units from Airon (2 Swords and 2 Axes) joined them for the showdown. The Horse Archer Unit was led by our first Warlord General Claude. After a bombardment from the Arkan Artillery (RIP) General Claude attacked, destroying a Sword and flanking 6 units killing one. his accompanying units mopped up the mess and next turn Shakas forces were in disarray hiding out in the surrounding Cottages and Hamlets. A spear and Xbow took care of them swiftly and brought us a victory in the "Battle of Zululand". Below are some screenies from the battle I could only upload 10 so I picked out the best ones.
 

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As General and Regent I ask that we go on the offensive soon. Defence is not my forte.

Our forces are more geared towards a defensive war for now. We have no cats left and only Swords and Axes for city attack (obsolete against LBs without Cats). I do not want to just take one city and lose a large chunk of our units. When we go on the offensive again it should be to take Shaka out for good. I ask that the Pro-Consul open up the next Council Session for further discussion on the will of its members. Next turn we will be able to train maces so I could begin a military build-up of Cats and Maces. We will also be about 11 turns (approximately) from Guilds for Knights. Another option could be to send units in to pillage and secure Shakas strategic resources and take targets of opportunity while we conduct our military build-up.

Civplayah said:
The House of Artok gives tribute to the emperor.
The Emperial house thanks the House of Artok for its continued support.
 
I may be a simple citizen, but I agree with the Emperor. Right now our experienced military simply doesn't have the strength and technical ability for a serious attack on the dastardly Shaka. Until we are able to build the advanced troops that we need therefore I think that we should be trying to build/whip as many catapults as possible. In my experience cats in large numbers are a great equalizer.

Also another thing I submit as Citizen Iamjohn- That we move out of a Caste based society and emphasize the seriousness of our situation as we move into a slavery society. Right now we simply don't have the food for much more the a handful of specialists, and our land is mostly geared toward a commerce based economy (which is pretty immature atm), which doesn't work well with the caste civic, which requires as much food as possible. If we change into slavery we can rapidly produce the units we need to push the invaders out and hopefully eventually burn them all in a pyre for the glory of our gods. :hammer:

Also random other thought: We need to remine the iron, that's a lot of hammers going to waste!
 
I Cassius Huber, Pro-Consul to the Empire do hereby open the Seventh Session of Council.

Before I announce our current motions I request that the Emperor grant the title of 'Lord' to IamJohn in the hopes that his continued assistance on our current matters be legally accepted before the council to be voted upon.

Current motions to the Council are:

1st: Utilizing the forces of our nation to attack the enemy.
2nd: Instituting Slavery
3rd: Redevelopment of the Empire's infrastructure planning.

As Pro-Consul I agree with many of the motions above and will put forth this act to the body to discuss:

The Imperial Militarization Act:

-Slavery is to be re-ennacted.
-The Empire will be redeveloped from a peace time economy to a war time economy.
-The Southern Realm will be pushed into military production While North continues with eoconomic buildings and military: Artok: Cav. Octavia: Navy, foot soldiers Arkan: cross, maces Dom: spears Airon: courthouse, cats.
-Armed forces should remain on defensive alert.
-New army to be raised and sent to Holy See to begin offensive.
-Army should concentrate forces on N.A. capital and destroy the city!

Lords, please feel free to amend the current act on the table and discuss freely.

I request on behalf of the Council of Lords that the Emperor do all he can to hold off the N.A. We need your leadership to push us through this trying time, but failure cannot be tolerated. Long live the Emperor, and Long Live the Empire!
 
Blessed be the Emperor - may his rule be prosperous, long and wise!!

"The Imperial Militarization Act:

-Slavery is to be re-ennacted.
-The Empire will be redeveloped from a peace time economy to a war time economy.
-The Southern Realm will be pushed into military production While North continues with eoconomic buildings and military: Artok: Cav. Octavia: Navy, foot soldiers Arkan: cross, maces Dom: spears Airon: courthouse, cats.
-Armed forces should remain on defensive alert.
-New army to be raised and sent to Holy See to begin offensive.
-Army should concentrate forces on N.A. capital and destroy the city!"

I, Lord Pei Fuataga agree with the implications of the: "The Imperial Militarization Act" - The Caste System must be removed from our Empires Society. Slavery, although horrid and abrupt must be re-introduced into our Society. We must hurry the Militarization of our nation! With any means possible. Further more I thank Emperor for not forgetting the re-naming of the City Holy See, to Fua. The family of Fuataga, under the house of Dankis graciously accepts such an honored blessing. However, it is my opinion that the Third Clause within the IM Act be re-considered. The Northern Cities should only build Military units or Buildings. The Southern - Military Units. Calvary from the South {Knights} will enable a swift transferring of Military aid to the North via South.

The Northern Cities cannot afford to build Economic buildings. Our whole Empire must be transfigured into a Military Power. Also, the Civic of Vassalage should be undertaken as well as Slavery - if has not already been done.

"Another option could be to send units in to pillage and secure Shakas strategic resources and take targets of opportunity while we conduct our military build-up."

- This option should be made a reality. It keeps Shaka busy while destroying his economy, pillaging his lands and creating mayhem amongst his people. This should serve as more time to allow our Wisemen to discover the transformation from Horse Archers to Knights. Also, it allows our gradual build up to a War time economy.

That is my humble opinion on this matter, I await further discussion.
 
Is the Pro-Consul ready to close this legislative session? I am on board with the suggestions thus far however I will not be adopting Vassalage. I adopted Caste System before I realized Shaka was going to declare war and only as a fill in (to get a GS) before Civil Service and Bureaucracy. So next turn I will adopt Slavery and Bureaucracy and go into moblization for military build-up. I will also use the Slavery to whip some economic infrastructure in the north. I will not go on the offensive until I am confident we are ready to rid the world once and for all from the tyrant Shaka. I only used 11 turns last TS so I may go over a few turns this TS. \
Caesus is being taken over culturally by it bordering the most cultural city in the world "Thebes". There is really nothing we can do about it. I'll try and keep it revenue neutral until the eventual invasion of Egypt in the future.
There will no doubt be a naval blockade of Octavia if not the destruction of the Octavian fishing grounds. I therefore enact the Octavian Navy Act, it is vital that our Western waters be free from fear from the NA. I will build a small fleet of Triremes to rid our waters of Shakas forces and ensure the continued security of the Octavian fishing grounds.
I would like to play the turns tonight so let me know if the Council has anymore legislative business.
 
I know the legislative session was not officially closed but I feel the Houses have had their say and I accept the recommendations of the council. I am firing up the save now and I will do my best to crush the Native Americans and give the people of Artonia a peaceful and prosperous future.
 
The Empire of Artonia has conquered 6 of the Native American cities. It has been a long and bloody war leaving the NA with just 3 cities left. Shaka will not capitulate and he does not have enough to offer to save his a$$. Our Knights are being pumped out of 3 cities and there is really nothing he can do to stop us. I would have finished him off but it is 3 AM and even the Emperor has to sleep. Here is the save, I'll give a proper turn report tomorrow.
 

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How dare the Emperor make such a decision... j/k

Good job from what I have recently read. Hopefully you took a few extra turns to make up for the smaller session last time. Thank you for including the council's recomendations also. I will take a look at things tonight before I make my decision on behalf of the House of Huber.
 
1355-1360 AD


Once our Empire gained the knowledge of Civil Service we immediately adopted Bureaucracy and re-established the Slavery Act. Anarchy ruled the lands under Airon II. It was too much for the peaceful Emperor and he died in his sleep. Emperor Claude was crowned and enacted the Imperial Militarization Act. He also mandated the production of a more powerful cavalry unit for the Native American War. Our researchers began looking into it immediately...



1360-1380 AD
These years were spent whipping cats building Military Units.

1385 AD
Octavia finishes a Trireme and ends the Naval Blockade of the Octavian Fishing Grounds.



1390 AD
The military buildup was coming along nicely, all cities were participating either through raw building or by the sacrificing of citizens in hard labor camps. Through all of this a Great Scientist was born in Huber. He was sent to Artok to construct a Scientific Academy for our scholars.



1395-1405 AD
During the Military build up there were many skirmishes around the city of Zululand and a few attacks on the city itself. We won every battle except one, a unit of Spears were destroyed by a NA Horse Archer. Now it was time to go on the offensive.....



1410-1425 AD
A second Wave of Imperial Armies were heading to the NA city of Chaco Canyon. They met resistance and we lost our 21st Cavalry.



The war was taking its toll on the Artonian people so I had a sit down with my Cultural Advisors...We agreed that 7 Colloseums were needed to start the "Artonian Sports League".



1430 AD
Following the Catapult barrage of Chaco Canyon we began the city assault. A Great General was born in Artok. He will be sent to Octavia as a Military Instructor. Once a Stable is built the city will be cranking out Level 4 Knights.



After a fierce battle Chaco Canyon was in our hands.



1435-1445 AD
I was summoned to the Science Academy in Artok for a demsonstration of our new powerful Knight Unit. We now possess the most feared unit in the world. Training of these units is put on high priority. The Scholars also unveiled a new idea of Grocers to increase commerce and an advancement in the efficiency of Workshops.



1450 AD
The Great City of Arkan produced our first Knight. The unit is led by Sir Civius the Son of Emperor Claude.



1455 AD
Tragedy has struck the Artonian Forces.The Octavian 14th Cavalry (warlord unit) was destroyed by a NA Maceman in the field of battle. He was due to be upgraded to a Knight once his army made it to an Artonian controlled city.



1465 AD Capture of Hun
Enraged by the defeat of the 14th Cavalry, the Artonian Armies fell upon Hun with no mercy.



1470-1480 AD
Our Scholars have gained the Knowledge of Optics and revealed a new breed of Sailing Ships, Caravels. The Minds of Artonia are now looking into Engineering.

Sir Civius joined the Army outside of Moundville and helped crush the resistance...



1490 AD
Sir Draknith and Sir Civplayah Capture Snaketown...


The Artonian population has exceeded 10,000,000!!!



Map of the new Artonian territory...

 
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