1700 AD Rise of Mersius
Octavus Mersius, King of Octavia, Pro-consul to the Empire of Artonia. He was trained since birth by his grandfather, Emperor Claude, to lead the Octavian people. He rose through the Ranks as a military office and handled the Houses government operations since being named Crown Prince at the age of 15. A master politician, blessed with charisma and the leaderhsip of a General on the battlefield.
Being summoned to the Artonian Palace was a common event for Mersius. The Imperial House often met with him before each legislative session. However the Council of Lords were in a 3 month recess and the Emperor was vacationing for the summer solstice. The Regent was waiting at the Palace Gates and rushed him into the Imperial Chambers. The conversation was short and to the point, when it was over he was acting Emperor......
King Mersius immediately met with our allies to enact the Tech Trade Act.
Tech Trade Act
Churchill offers: Astronomy & Education
We offer: Divine Right, Printing Press, Gunpowder & 145g.
Churchill= Cautious to Pleased
Darius offers: Replacable Parts
We offer: Divine Right & Gunpowder
With the knowledge of Replacable Parts, Arkan gunsmiths are working on more powerful firearms. Our military planners have also requested that we build 7 castles in the Empire to send a message to the rest of the world. I signed an Imperial Decree and construction began immediately.
1710 AD Artonias' Golden Age begins
Rival world leaders now fear our defensive advantage, +3 attitude from all leaders.
Artonias' Golden Age has begun under the reign of King Mersius. With Production and research booming I asked the Governors to take the opportunity to build economic and Technological infrastructure. Universities, Banks and Observatories will quickly gave rise to a powerful economy.
1716 AD Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun
After raising a modest siege weapon arsenal our production cities began building Rifles for our armed forces. General Draknith began dispersing these units to our western cities.
1720 AD
King Mersius Continues with the Tech Trades and we are acquiring knowlege from around the world.
After much debate with the military leadership we dicided to begin researching a new metal that is said to be much stronger than iron.
1730 AD Artonian Golden age has ended
1732 AD
CANNONS!!!
Darius has become a great trade partner and i couldn't resist his offer.
I also traded Mao 1 Gold resource for 16gpt.
Lincoln still only has Mideival Weaponry and we should consider an invasion by the end of the next turn session. Use our treasury upgrading Trebs to Cannons and crank out the Rifles. It is also a must we upgrade CR2 and CR3 Maces to Rifles ASAP. Keep in mind it will not take him long to acquire the techs needed for Rifles once we DoW. A precise attack to destroy the cities that are influencing our Western border should be the battleplan. Once our goals are met we can consider finishing him off.
I have also posted a screenie of all the new civics we can adopt. I decided not to change any and give the Council of Lords the opportunity to debate them.