Slobahotep emerged from his manse in a good mood. It was time to end the French and their land-stealing, garlic-planting ways.
The initial order of business: converting to OR so we could build a few confucian missionaries for a Confucian AP.
Work was begun on a Confucian Missionary in Paris, to be sent to Heliopolis. In the meantime, Chicen Itza had completed elsewhere, giving us lots of cash from Memphis' partial completion of the wonder:
After converting to Confucianism, Ptolemy, the Great Engineer, rush-built the Apostolic Palace in Heliopolis:
And shortly thereafter, we finished Civil Service and switched to Bureaucracy:
As an aside, I took no action to switch capitals during this round. I will defer to Pharaoh and his Council for such weighty matters. I point out that Heliopolis or Memphis would benefit greatly from the Heroic Epic. Memphis finished the Statue of Zeus, by the way.
I stopped research as instructed and focused Egypt on making coin for upgrades to our key units. It was done, and Literature was quickly researched. I decided to go for Music next, to allow the construction of Cathedrals and hopefully give us a free Great Artist for a Golden Age:
In the meantime, Pharaoh won the election to the AP, though the stinking Little Corporal received everyone else's votes ...
Pawelo was merged with our medic Chariot, and is now Medic III / Flanking I.
For diplomatic purposes, we switched back to No State Religion, though Paris was still making confucian missionaries so that the rest of Egypt could build super-temples and super-monasteries.
Just before we set out to conquer Nappy, Gilgamesh decided to plant a city between Egypt and Wen Amon ... grrr
Heliopolis (truly a production powerhouse -- aren't you glad you settled near the hills, Metahu?) then finished this:
It was time.
"Sound the horn! Egypt rides to victory!" Slobahotep mounted his chariot and deferred to Wen Amon and Pawelo, who directed the formation of the host.
The war was brief. The pathetic French defended with a few archers. Mighty Egypt lost but one catapult. France was defeated!
An overview of the Northern border:
and foreign relations:
Some final notes:
We have a ton of workers. We will soon run out of things to do for them, though Rheims must be developed more and we have more irrigating to do now that we have Civil Service.
I have turned Valley of Kings into a priest-specialist location. Please spread as many faiths there as possible and build as many temples as possible.
I have started building the Great Library in Paris, as it has excellent commerce.
I think we need to engage in a short war with Gilgamesh to push him back a bit.
We need to start allocating our national wonders. Some ideas:
Thebes: National Epic / National Park or Moai Statues
Heliopolis: Ironworks + Palace
Memphis: Heroic Epic + West Point
Wen Amon: Wall Street
Paris: Oxford
Stupid Assumption/Question: moving the Palace counts as a National Wonder, yes?