In the year 1814, Shaitan The Destroyer ascended to the high throne of Essex. Unlike the honorable leaders who had preceded him, The Destroyer had only one Maxim: "The End Justifies The Means". He had one goal - to preserve forever the supremacy of the Essex people. He vowed to never cease until the entire world bowed to the Essex throne.
1814 ROP and MPP negotiated with Brittany. Plans begin for Operation Underbelly. 8 Brethon targets must fall in one massive assault. Massive Movement of Troops.
1816 MMOT. It's do or die time. Scotland and Brittany have Computers. Brittany also has a treasury big enough to upgrade almost their entire army (they have Leonardo's). Wines, Incense, Silk and Dyes are sold to Brittany for cash. Computers and Rocketry purchased from Brittany along with a massive loan, all to be paid back in 20 equal installments. Their treasury is dry. A similar loan brings Scotland to a zero treasury. Sigered rushes the SETI program. Premature execution of Operation Underbelly forces a scope shift. 7 Brethon targets must be taken - without artillery support. Just to be extra rude, a MPP is signed with Scotland. They'll be declaring war as soon as we attack Brittany so that's one more treaty they'll have to break. Bwah hah hah hah!
Operation Underbelly begins with a fleet engagement near the primary target of Nantes. Brittany loses 1 Ironclad, 5 Destroyers and 2 transports that were on the way to support Nantes. We lose 2 Destroyers and a Battleship.
Air bombardment of Nantes is ineffectual. Ground forces take heavy losses but Nantes is secured. 9 resisters will make garrison duty quite interesting. 3 tank armies and 38 artillery disembark in the newly captured port of Nantes. Artillery reduces Lys Cerrut and Calweton (Scottish) to rubble.
Berzerkers and Cavalry destroy 4 units (including 2 tanks!) outside of Saint-malo. Aescwine the Great Leader appears during the battle for Saint-malo. Saint-malo holds.
Brest is taken after a furious battle. Five tanks lost as all had to attack twice. Infantry takes the city. Leonardo's Workshop is now ours. There is no longer fear of massive Brethon upgrades to Mechanized Infantry. 9 resisters here as well.
Lorient, Saint-Nazaire, Vendee and Carnac are taken. Heavy resistance in all cities.
Net results of Operation Underbelly: Brittany lost 6 of its top 7 cities. Tank forces reduced by 60%. Infantry forces reduced by 80%. Fleet reduced by 75%. Our entire battle force is wrecked and will suffer from counterattacks. There are 25 new tanks in theatre for the second wave of attacks.
Infantry is upgraded where possible in the operation zone.
Our ill-gotten booty purchases 19 temples on Sussex.
1818 We've lost Snaefell (size 2 city south of Brittany). Various worker traps are sprung and our wounded tanks in the field are demolished. This saves all of our newly acquired cities from any serious Brethon counter assault. The Scots launch a massive assault on Vendee. Fortunately, 11 of the tanks came from their Irish front, crossed roads and ran out of movement on Vendee's doorstep. Vendee's last wounded tank successfully defends the city. There are now 15 tanks outside the city. Riots throughout the annexed regions of Brittany - the only option at this time is to starve down the populace as quickly as possible. Mechanized Infantry starts rolling off the assembly line. Aescwine builds an army, freeing the way for more great leaders. Sigbert the great leader appears during clean up operations near Bodmine. Sigbert rushes to Henlistone to create another army.
Artillery pounds the tank stack at Vendee down to 1 health each. Vendee is reinforced by sea with Mechanized Infantry.
Calweton (Scot) is taken - 7 resisters.
Tintagol or Saint-malo must be taken to provide a path for reinforcements. Saint-malo's culture radius prevents an assault this turn so artillery is trained on Tintagol. Tintagol falls and has only 1 resister.
With the Tintagol pass open, Aescwine's army is able to travel to St. Mary and take the city. The stinking resistance has 5 members here.
Mechanized units take out a Vendee tank each before returning to garrison duty. Tanks take out two each until the Vendee horde is destroyed. Infantry is cycled to cities with barracks and upgraded to mech infantry.
Snaefell is retaken.
More worker traps are set. Tank armies moved into assault position on Saint-malo.
The last Brethon oil source is secured.
1820 Several worker traps are sprung but little other counter offensive activity occurs.
Saint-malo is bombed into city size and finally taken by a tank army and elite cavalry assault.
Castletown, Rennes and Douglas (Great Lighthouse) are taken - little or no resistance in each city.
Forces gather outside Ramsey (last Brethon city on the continent) and an amphibious assault is prepped from Kent to attack the island capital of Vannes.
Lys Cerrut is bombarded to township size. Aescwine's army destroys a Scottish tank army defenting Lys Cerrut. Lys Cerrut falls and ANOTHER leader emerges: Bhyrntoth! He zooms over to Lorient and creates an army that is immediately filled with 3 tanks and a mech infantry.
Kalestoc is bombarded to township size and taken. 4 resisters.
1822 Lys Cerrut and Calweton are lost to a brillian Scottish counter attack. The AI completely ignored all worker traps and concentrated their entire force in theatre to these two targets.
Calweton is retaken. Lys Cerrut is retaken. Caerphilly is bombarded to township size. Bhyrntoth's army destroys a Scottish tank army defending the city and Caerphilly is taken. Bridgend is bombarded to township size and taken. A tank army is lost assaulting Cardiff. Cardiff holds
. Glamorgan is taken. Torfaen is bombed to township size and taken. Blaenen Gwent is taken. Neath is taken. Ramsey (last Brethon city on the continent) is taken. Cill Chainnigh is taken. Luimneach is taken.
1824 Scottish tanks sneak around our negligible cultural borders to strike against a stack of artillery. 5 artillery units and 2 mech infantry lost. Cardiff is bombed into submission and taken. We recover our 5 artillery units. Newport is taken. Beal Feirste is taken. Port Lairge is taken. Borders and terrain prevent more assaults. Attack force sets sail for Vannes.
1826 Dundee is hit with air, sea and land bombardment and then taken by tank army assault. Smith's Trading Company is ours! The assault is very slow now due to the sparse city spread of Scotland and their very large cultural borders. Modern armor would speed this up considerably.
1828 Vannes is taken. Brittany is finished. Stirling is bombarded by air and ground and then taken. Inverness is bombarded by sea and ground and then taken. Galleamh is taken.
Advance is too slow for the Destroyer's taste now so Operation Blindside is planned. Balle Atha Luain and Ard Macha are taken in a peace treaty with Scotland. A ROP is signed with them and troops and artillery are moved into attack range. Operation Backstab is launched with devastating success.
Edinburgh (Great Library) is taken. Kilmarnoch is taken. Perth (The Great Wall) is taken. Aberdeen is taken. Glasgow falls. Doire is taken. Scotland is no more.
1830 Luimneach revolts to the Irish.
We have achieved a Domination Victory!
Saebert the Magnificent wins with 3734 points.
