BrianJ
King
(just a first draft, hope you guys like it)
A Canadian Tale
Kim sat at her desk in her office and rubbed her tired eyes. She wondered what 'Brian the Mad', as she had taken to calling him, would do next. And to whom.
It had all started out so well, 5000 (no, almost 6000!) years ago. in a small valley, with plains to the north and jungles and impassable mountains to the south. Hiawatha the great Iroquois leader had great plans for a city. he wanted to lead our people out of the nomadic lifestyle we had been living in the Great Darkness. Kim was to be her city planner and domestic advisor. Unfortunately he met a sudden and untimely end. Brian, a charasmatic leader, took over as offered to lead our people to greatness.
At first there was no signs of madness in his eyes, that would take 4000 years to develop. Even so, he had some odd ideas which everyone went along with. First, he named us Canadians instead of Iroquois. We built our first city, Ottawa, and all was good.
The 4000 went quickly. Scouts went out searching the land for other civilizations. We met up with many small villages who happily taught us everything from Pottery to construction to Monarchy. upon the discovery of Monarchy, Brian acted even more strange, calling himself 'King' and gathering advisors around him who he called his 'knights'. We entered a 'Golden Age' of building, everything from city improvements to Wonders. Our culture advisor, Shiela, encouraged Kim to build wonders and cathedrals.
We also met a few major civilizations. The French were up in the northeast corner of the continent, the Americans were south of Canada and the Aztecs were SouthEast. All were separated by ranges of towering mountains and dark jungle. We were introduced to the Romand and Chinese who were off on their own smaller continents. We also discovered England and Russia, small civilizations peacefully coexisting on another small island.
As the 'Middle ages' progressed (back then we didnt know they were the 'middle' of anything) we discovered many new technologies and ideas such as Chivalry, Theology and Magnetism. Brian however became more and more agressive. His military and science advisors (Jean and Joe) were closeted in meetings, every now and then coming up with startling new methods of waging war. War, this idea was unheard of. War against who? The barbarians were pieceful and our nearest neigbours, the French, were peaceful trading partners. Pierre, the foreign advisor, Aline the trade advisor helped to establish trade routes, bringing luxuries from England, Russia , America and Germany into our cities.
Joe, on the other hand, was a meek man, studying his books, and bringing new inventions to Brian for inspection. Brian pushed him to develop more militaristic tools, pushed until poor joe discovered Gunpowder. Brian and Jean then went into seclusion, discussing plans for 'defence' . The madness was clearly in him now. He encouraged Kim to build wonders in Montreal, close to the French border, not for the enjoyment of the people, but so that the French people would be tempted to join our nation! Madness.
Our knights on horseback were all given guns, pikes and swords were melted down and used for making cannon.
Finally the day came. Brian was tired of waiting for French cities to defect, he decided they needed a push! A massive number of cavalry marched across the border from 2 sides. Avignon fell after a 2 year siege,Greoble was next, then Brest and Bayonne, after many years of war, our troops stood outside Paris. The defiant Joan prepared her defences but to no avail. Kim worked behind the scenes, encoraging the French people to accept Canadian rule and also, in a bit of treason, helped Joan escape in a ship.
Brian raged about this, becoming more and more unpredictable. France was now ours, but the people rioted. They demanded an end to the war and peace with France. However, Joan had no cities, she sought refuge in another land, lord knows where. Finally, Joan contacted him and made peace, although she had little choice. She was well hidden, no cities, possibly just her and a settler. Kim smiled in satisfaction at this. Frustrating Brians plans made her a wee bit happier.
Now that France was all but ours, Brian began worrying about our southern borders, especially the Aztecs who were trying to sneak settlers into the Franch lands. In a fit of madness Brian lined troops all along the Aztec border, to block Aztec and Roman settlers from coming in. There were roumors of secret meetings with bandits and privateers. Jean had entered secret negotiations with these people to patroll our coasts and harass shipping! Madness had struck him too. The privateers sunk many Roman triremes, while losing a few themselves. All without going to war, Brian and Jean cackled.
Kim loked up at her ornate clock, another wonder of the 'Industrial Age' Her plans for railroads linking all Canadian cities were nearly complete. As usual, Brian had found a military need for these too, moving troops anywhere in the country quickly. No other nation could match our technology. The aztecs were still using spears! The Americans came close however. They most likely had knights and maybe were close to gunpowder.
Brian and Jean, she discovered, were drawing up plans for the Aztec demise. The nation was large, but still dwarfed by Canadas 90 cities. Kim sighed and prepared workers to help with railroads that would inevitably be required in Aztec lands. Those that weren't busy cleaning up pollution, that is. Another byproduct of Joe's Industral Revolution.
Kim had tried the peaceful approach yet again. Canada had become a democracy, and Brian had been satisfied witht he increased production and commerce. Of course he had even found a way to twist that. Despite having a 5 party democratic system, Brian still ended up leader. Seems like the people didnt notice he led all 5 parties!
At one point Brian called them into a meeting to discuss a new government type. Communism it was called. He explained that this government type provides more control over the masses and decreases corruption. But, Kim exclaimed, we have no need to lower corruption! With Ottawa in the south and Montreal's Forbidden Palace in the north, we have very little corruption! Brian grinned evilly, and said, "ah yes, but what about the German and Aztec lands to the south? The best thing about Communism, is that the 'people' think they are governing themselves!" Kimm shuddered as the others laughed. She managed to talk him out of it however, for we could not lose the production benefits of Democracy jsut yet. However, Brian and Joe left the meeting muttering something about 'tanks'. Tanks of what, Kim was not sure.
Joe dragged himself from bed and put on his suit and bow tie for a meeting with the great leader. how glad he was that Canada left behind the middle ages and he got rid of that silly purple hat and gown Brian made him wear! He reached the war room, to hear Jean proclaim "Sir, we have mighty soldiers and the will to fight! Let them go forth!" Joe sighed and rolled his eyes. Brian smiled as Joe entered. "Joe! Where are my tanks?" Joe shrugged. "Spend more on research then sir, we havent even developed a decent way for these 'tank's to move without horses, all they are now is an immovable artillary piece!"
Brian scowled at this. Turning to Kim, who sulked in the corner, he asked "How is Darwin doing with that Theory of Evolution? that should speed things up! Kim sighed and said "9 more years, Mr 'Prime Minister'".
Shiela, the cultural advisor, spoke up on Kims side. "Sir, with all our wonders, we will soon dominate the world cuturally, is this not better than militarily?" Brian frowned at this and thought for a moment."There is no reason we cant try both. We have a huge military and 90 cities with which to persue each option. Kim and Shiela both rolled their eyes at this.Peirre the foreign advisor spoke up. "But sir, what about trading with our neighbours, surely American Ivory, Roman spices and English wines are required in our cities," Kim and Aline both nodded vigorously. "If we go to war, we risk the whole world uniting against us " Trade would be impossible under those conditions!"
Brian scowled. "Are all my ministers against me? Except for Jean of course?" Jean smiled and nodded, a warlike look in his eyes. Spineless Joe, shook his head and said "Sir, I will continue my research no matter what your decision." Brian nodded at this. "And the rest of you?" The rest affirmed their support. They had little choice.
"So then" Jean continued, "We have a huge force of cavalry to throw at the primitive Aztecs. We arent sure aboutt he Germansa but know the Americans are catching up fast. We need a more powerful weapon to throw against them. Joes Tank idea seems perfect." Joe piped up "I need about 30 or 40 more years for tanks.
Brian scowled. "I want to dominate this continent on 200 years, we need those tanks soon.!" Kim added "Sir we will also need to build factories in all our cities to increase prodcution." Brian beamed. Thanks Kim, nice to have you back on board! Yes, we can produce tanks faster with these new factories!
Kim sighed and began rubbing her eyes again. Brian added "And Kim, have all ouor central cities, Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Niagara Falls, Winnipeg, Montreal and so on produce armies until we can work out the factory plans. "Yes sir" she replied and added under her breath "does that mean I should cancel Shakespeares Theatre?"
The others rose and left the meeting, as Brian and Jean discussed war plans. Joe heard them mutter to themselves. The armies in Gander can advance towards Tula, the Regina armies advance to Cyotepec, as the border guards swarm over the border to Cempoala and Tamuin. In just 1 year all border cities will be ours!
A Canadian Tale
Kim sat at her desk in her office and rubbed her tired eyes. She wondered what 'Brian the Mad', as she had taken to calling him, would do next. And to whom.
It had all started out so well, 5000 (no, almost 6000!) years ago. in a small valley, with plains to the north and jungles and impassable mountains to the south. Hiawatha the great Iroquois leader had great plans for a city. he wanted to lead our people out of the nomadic lifestyle we had been living in the Great Darkness. Kim was to be her city planner and domestic advisor. Unfortunately he met a sudden and untimely end. Brian, a charasmatic leader, took over as offered to lead our people to greatness.
At first there was no signs of madness in his eyes, that would take 4000 years to develop. Even so, he had some odd ideas which everyone went along with. First, he named us Canadians instead of Iroquois. We built our first city, Ottawa, and all was good.
The 4000 went quickly. Scouts went out searching the land for other civilizations. We met up with many small villages who happily taught us everything from Pottery to construction to Monarchy. upon the discovery of Monarchy, Brian acted even more strange, calling himself 'King' and gathering advisors around him who he called his 'knights'. We entered a 'Golden Age' of building, everything from city improvements to Wonders. Our culture advisor, Shiela, encouraged Kim to build wonders and cathedrals.
We also met a few major civilizations. The French were up in the northeast corner of the continent, the Americans were south of Canada and the Aztecs were SouthEast. All were separated by ranges of towering mountains and dark jungle. We were introduced to the Romand and Chinese who were off on their own smaller continents. We also discovered England and Russia, small civilizations peacefully coexisting on another small island.
As the 'Middle ages' progressed (back then we didnt know they were the 'middle' of anything) we discovered many new technologies and ideas such as Chivalry, Theology and Magnetism. Brian however became more and more agressive. His military and science advisors (Jean and Joe) were closeted in meetings, every now and then coming up with startling new methods of waging war. War, this idea was unheard of. War against who? The barbarians were pieceful and our nearest neigbours, the French, were peaceful trading partners. Pierre, the foreign advisor, Aline the trade advisor helped to establish trade routes, bringing luxuries from England, Russia , America and Germany into our cities.
Joe, on the other hand, was a meek man, studying his books, and bringing new inventions to Brian for inspection. Brian pushed him to develop more militaristic tools, pushed until poor joe discovered Gunpowder. Brian and Jean then went into seclusion, discussing plans for 'defence' . The madness was clearly in him now. He encouraged Kim to build wonders in Montreal, close to the French border, not for the enjoyment of the people, but so that the French people would be tempted to join our nation! Madness.
Our knights on horseback were all given guns, pikes and swords were melted down and used for making cannon.
Finally the day came. Brian was tired of waiting for French cities to defect, he decided they needed a push! A massive number of cavalry marched across the border from 2 sides. Avignon fell after a 2 year siege,Greoble was next, then Brest and Bayonne, after many years of war, our troops stood outside Paris. The defiant Joan prepared her defences but to no avail. Kim worked behind the scenes, encoraging the French people to accept Canadian rule and also, in a bit of treason, helped Joan escape in a ship.
Brian raged about this, becoming more and more unpredictable. France was now ours, but the people rioted. They demanded an end to the war and peace with France. However, Joan had no cities, she sought refuge in another land, lord knows where. Finally, Joan contacted him and made peace, although she had little choice. She was well hidden, no cities, possibly just her and a settler. Kim smiled in satisfaction at this. Frustrating Brians plans made her a wee bit happier.
Now that France was all but ours, Brian began worrying about our southern borders, especially the Aztecs who were trying to sneak settlers into the Franch lands. In a fit of madness Brian lined troops all along the Aztec border, to block Aztec and Roman settlers from coming in. There were roumors of secret meetings with bandits and privateers. Jean had entered secret negotiations with these people to patroll our coasts and harass shipping! Madness had struck him too. The privateers sunk many Roman triremes, while losing a few themselves. All without going to war, Brian and Jean cackled.
Kim loked up at her ornate clock, another wonder of the 'Industrial Age' Her plans for railroads linking all Canadian cities were nearly complete. As usual, Brian had found a military need for these too, moving troops anywhere in the country quickly. No other nation could match our technology. The aztecs were still using spears! The Americans came close however. They most likely had knights and maybe were close to gunpowder.
Brian and Jean, she discovered, were drawing up plans for the Aztec demise. The nation was large, but still dwarfed by Canadas 90 cities. Kim sighed and prepared workers to help with railroads that would inevitably be required in Aztec lands. Those that weren't busy cleaning up pollution, that is. Another byproduct of Joe's Industral Revolution.
Kim had tried the peaceful approach yet again. Canada had become a democracy, and Brian had been satisfied witht he increased production and commerce. Of course he had even found a way to twist that. Despite having a 5 party democratic system, Brian still ended up leader. Seems like the people didnt notice he led all 5 parties!
At one point Brian called them into a meeting to discuss a new government type. Communism it was called. He explained that this government type provides more control over the masses and decreases corruption. But, Kim exclaimed, we have no need to lower corruption! With Ottawa in the south and Montreal's Forbidden Palace in the north, we have very little corruption! Brian grinned evilly, and said, "ah yes, but what about the German and Aztec lands to the south? The best thing about Communism, is that the 'people' think they are governing themselves!" Kimm shuddered as the others laughed. She managed to talk him out of it however, for we could not lose the production benefits of Democracy jsut yet. However, Brian and Joe left the meeting muttering something about 'tanks'. Tanks of what, Kim was not sure.
Joe dragged himself from bed and put on his suit and bow tie for a meeting with the great leader. how glad he was that Canada left behind the middle ages and he got rid of that silly purple hat and gown Brian made him wear! He reached the war room, to hear Jean proclaim "Sir, we have mighty soldiers and the will to fight! Let them go forth!" Joe sighed and rolled his eyes. Brian smiled as Joe entered. "Joe! Where are my tanks?" Joe shrugged. "Spend more on research then sir, we havent even developed a decent way for these 'tank's to move without horses, all they are now is an immovable artillary piece!"
Brian scowled at this. Turning to Kim, who sulked in the corner, he asked "How is Darwin doing with that Theory of Evolution? that should speed things up! Kim sighed and said "9 more years, Mr 'Prime Minister'".
Shiela, the cultural advisor, spoke up on Kims side. "Sir, with all our wonders, we will soon dominate the world cuturally, is this not better than militarily?" Brian frowned at this and thought for a moment."There is no reason we cant try both. We have a huge military and 90 cities with which to persue each option. Kim and Shiela both rolled their eyes at this.Peirre the foreign advisor spoke up. "But sir, what about trading with our neighbours, surely American Ivory, Roman spices and English wines are required in our cities," Kim and Aline both nodded vigorously. "If we go to war, we risk the whole world uniting against us " Trade would be impossible under those conditions!"
Brian scowled. "Are all my ministers against me? Except for Jean of course?" Jean smiled and nodded, a warlike look in his eyes. Spineless Joe, shook his head and said "Sir, I will continue my research no matter what your decision." Brian nodded at this. "And the rest of you?" The rest affirmed their support. They had little choice.
"So then" Jean continued, "We have a huge force of cavalry to throw at the primitive Aztecs. We arent sure aboutt he Germansa but know the Americans are catching up fast. We need a more powerful weapon to throw against them. Joes Tank idea seems perfect." Joe piped up "I need about 30 or 40 more years for tanks.
Brian scowled. "I want to dominate this continent on 200 years, we need those tanks soon.!" Kim added "Sir we will also need to build factories in all our cities to increase prodcution." Brian beamed. Thanks Kim, nice to have you back on board! Yes, we can produce tanks faster with these new factories!
Kim sighed and began rubbing her eyes again. Brian added "And Kim, have all ouor central cities, Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Niagara Falls, Winnipeg, Montreal and so on produce armies until we can work out the factory plans. "Yes sir" she replied and added under her breath "does that mean I should cancel Shakespeares Theatre?"
The others rose and left the meeting, as Brian and Jean discussed war plans. Joe heard them mutter to themselves. The armies in Gander can advance towards Tula, the Regina armies advance to Cyotepec, as the border guards swarm over the border to Cempoala and Tamuin. In just 1 year all border cities will be ours!
D ) are steaming towards Rome, but wont get there for 12 turns or so! Problems with a huge map!
Maybe time to try using governors.
) look at chapter 15 at the end it gots a lot of nifty little chores for the settles and my pollution clean up worked fine until there was no more pollution didnt see a bug any where 
