All The World's A Stage
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Omega124
Challenging Fate
Oh, crap, I forgot to send orders...
The Padishah sat at his desk staring out the window which opened onto the vista that was his garden. A servant worked at trimming the bushes so they all remained the same size and another servant worked behind him cleaning up the path. The Padishah watched them for a while enjoying the focus they had on such a simple task. Sometimes he envied the servants in the palace.
He released a heavy sigh. It was his job to ensure the Ottoman Empire thrived and maintained its place in the world. He looked over the missives from his generals on the front lines. They described the strategies and plans in the works, but all the Padishah focused on was the logistics. Generals were there to perform the act of war and do it well, the Padishah was there to ensure they had everything they needed to succeed. Ignorant rulers talked about tactics and strategies, successful ones discussed logistics. Logistics were also very useful outside of war, unlike tactics and strategems.
He had spared no effort to ensure victory in Russia. The Russians had been slowly trying to reclaim all the nations which the Empire had forced it to release only a few decades earlier. This had to stop. Kazan had also informed the Padishah of the many muslims in Russia who should be rightfully ruled by Kazan. The Empire had solved that problem.
The Padishah looked up from his desk to see one of his pages standing there awaiting directions as he always did. This boy, a son of the General in Ethiopia, always had an urge to scratch his right arm when he was nervous. It amused the Padishah to see the quirks of the people around him.
The Padishah signed the final draft of the letter he had been writing and sealed it. He then set it next to the small piles of other missives he had written today in response to the many issues around the Empire.
"Take these down the hall and distribute them as directed on the missives." The Padishah required that all his servants be literate as it was simply much more useful that way. The boy came forward and took the indicated stack, bowed, and then ran down the hall.
The bells of the royal mosque began to toll and the Padishah motioned for one of his guards to lay out the prayer mat. Then he began his third prayer session for the day at peace since all that could be done had been.
The Empire would succeed yet again.
He released a heavy sigh. It was his job to ensure the Ottoman Empire thrived and maintained its place in the world. He looked over the missives from his generals on the front lines. They described the strategies and plans in the works, but all the Padishah focused on was the logistics. Generals were there to perform the act of war and do it well, the Padishah was there to ensure they had everything they needed to succeed. Ignorant rulers talked about tactics and strategies, successful ones discussed logistics. Logistics were also very useful outside of war, unlike tactics and strategems.
He had spared no effort to ensure victory in Russia. The Russians had been slowly trying to reclaim all the nations which the Empire had forced it to release only a few decades earlier. This had to stop. Kazan had also informed the Padishah of the many muslims in Russia who should be rightfully ruled by Kazan. The Empire had solved that problem.
The Padishah looked up from his desk to see one of his pages standing there awaiting directions as he always did. This boy, a son of the General in Ethiopia, always had an urge to scratch his right arm when he was nervous. It amused the Padishah to see the quirks of the people around him.
The Padishah signed the final draft of the letter he had been writing and sealed it. He then set it next to the small piles of other missives he had written today in response to the many issues around the Empire.
"Take these down the hall and distribute them as directed on the missives." The Padishah required that all his servants be literate as it was simply much more useful that way. The boy came forward and took the indicated stack, bowed, and then ran down the hall.
The bells of the royal mosque began to toll and the Padishah motioned for one of his guards to lay out the prayer mat. Then he began his third prayer session for the day at peace since all that could be done had been.
The Empire would succeed yet again.
TheLizardKing
Let's talk Michelle.
I'm sorry Warman, I hate to do this, but I can't really get my head into this game. I've been too busy lately, and too involved with my NES, that I can't really dedicate the time to Portugal it needs. Please drop me.
Somnium Lunae
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I'd like to have Portugal, but since I just created this account, it's not letting me send any private messages, so I can't send in my orders from this account yet. So, Last Praetoria will send my orders in for me until I can do it.
Anonymoose
KING OF MEESE
That's not suspicious at all.
Last Praetoria
Chieftain
Perhaps a bit. However, she (somnium lunae) really is a separate person who I explained the forum to in government class the other day because our teacher is really boring. I honestly have no desire to run Portugal. That's why I picked Ethiopia. If you can think of a way for me to prove that we are separate people I will be more than happy to do so.
Anonymoose
KING OF MEESE
Typing up that paragraph instead of just ignoring my butthole-ness is probably enough. Warman may want more though, lol.
Somnium Lunae
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I thought that might have seemed a little bit strange to everyone. But, I didn't know of any other way to get my orders in by the time they were due.
Milarqui
Deity
I don't remember the current limitations, but you could try to find some threads and post in them your opinions or something like that.
Terrance888
Discord Reigns
Ashigaru before the Reformation, now they are mixly armed with arquebuses, yaris and naginaitas.
Akishi clutched his stomach again and groaned... not again! Although he hopes he will gain enough honor to become samauri after just being a Banner Leader, he can still remember when he was just a grunt in the Sulu-Japanese War.
Sulu-Japanese Massacare more like it he thought.
He was an Ashigaru from the Kanto region, and was drafted when he was seventeen to fight off some northern bandits. After that life was good: it takes too long to train an Ashigaru to simple return them to the fields, but he still taught his sons to farm as well as to fight: in Japan Ashigarus aren't heretity, and so he must prepare his children.
When he was twenty-three, news came of a new era of Expansion of Japan. Akishi was excited: were they going to invade Korea? Or are they going to fight along Ming China instead to recive glory? As he followed his Samari Lord upon his horse, and marched with Yasambi, the Daimyo of the Kanto District, he found himself marched to the port near Edo: this was not the first time he has to sail to the fight instead of march, and he looked foward to the stable galleys he rode in when he was Twenty.
However, he saw a cog: a Wokou cog at that, and scowled: Cogs are famous to be unsteady, and although they can fit a full regiment of Ashigarus, and leave the junks for the Samari and the Daimyos, he has heard that cogs, especially the Wokou, tack into the turn, and tilt the entire ship. He, however, kept his honor has he marched on board, waiting for the battle.
After sailing and being sea sick for who know how long, they landed. Immediately they needed to use their cannons to clear our the mass of Bowmen and Arquebusers that came to clear their landing. But as the Japanese mass pushed upon land, they retreated into the woods and fought for command points on caves, never surrendering.
At the castle at the moutnain-island's peak, there lay three small cannons, or you may say large arquebusese. No doubt the result of years of spice trading, they rained fire upon the Japanese forces.
He was one who was chosen for the assault. "We will use our cannons to shatter the eastern and Western walls, then you must charge in the face of the cannon. You must help your Samauri go in and kill the operators, and you must fight and gain this castle for the glory of Japan: March!"
It was a glorious day for him: as the walls shattered he lead the charge up the hill. He could sea comrades falling from arrows and shot, and saw a cannonball wiz overhead. But he kept charging and closed in upon their spearhen: behind him he can hear his Lord ridding to assault the cannon.
He skidded to a stop 30 paces from the wall of spears, and heard the command, "FIRE!" He gave a shot from his arquebus, and not hearing a command for reload, shot his short bow. "CHARGE" came the command, as more guns and cannons bellowed. The walls came completely down, and he, his lord and his friends all charged intot he walls, and won the battle that day for Japan.
It has been two weeks now of sailing south, and they say that land was spotted. He looked out, and smiled: Japaneese Sulu was now a pleasent place: over 5000 settlers traveled here for the warm climate and the new shipbuilding industries, and a few of his friends where promoted to Samauri during the last war for bravery. He can still remember when, after the fight, Yasambi took him by the shoulder and said ,"My son, you have fought well. You are now a Nobori, leader of your group, and if you lead your messmen well, you can become a Samauri lord."
He kept this in mind has he strapped on his noboro banner: although Samauri are respected only as landholders and fighters, their skills where legendary.
As the ship landed for a break, he shouted orders and marched out infront of 20 men, all seventeen or so. He will give them the dicipline for the campaign ahead... furthur south of japan into the riches of the Spice Isles.
Somnium Lunae
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Apparently I have to have my account for five days, and have posted at least five times in order to have all of the privileges that everyone else does.
Anonymoose
KING OF MEESE
Tomorrow, probably.
If nobody asks the mod about the update, how do we know he isn't being lazy? NESes are more likely to end that way.
