Brief? History of The Corporation
The benelovent Employees of The Corporation settled down on the banks of the River Water Cooler in 4000BC. Don't ask me how we knew it was precisely 4000 years BC, we just knew.
We immediately recruited a couple of warriors to explore the surrounding region and then set to work building a barracks so that we might one day train these warriors to fight with better weaponry.
Soon, Headquarters grew large enough that some of our Employees felt the need to expand (or franchise) our way of life. A group of brave souls set out to settle the jungles SW of Headquarters and established our first new edifice, Tiffany's, which quickly became famous for the lustrous gemstones found in the nearby jungles.
Then, tragically, before we could garrison this new settlement, a band of strangely dressed warriors appeared on the outskirts of Tiffany's. With nary a word of warning, these warriors butchered the helpless women and children of that town and razed the settlement to the ground. Warriors were dispatched immediately, but the quick-moving Jaguar Warriors (as we came to name them) fled from our advances into the safety of the jungle.
This setback was indeed painful, but served as a rallying cry for all Employees. Never again, would this happen to a Corporate town. Shortly thereafter, we discovered the secrets of steel and began to train our multitude of warriors to fight with these swords. Those warriors who mastered the sword with exceptional proficiency earned the right to be called Legionary.
Our Legionaries soon began scouring the land searching for the Aztec homeland. Finding one roaming in the north, our Legionaries trapped and killed an elite Jaguar Warrior troop. This victory sent waves of excitement throughout the land and ushered in a Golden Age for all Employees.
Once it became clear where the Aztec homeland was, our Legionaries began marching in that direction. Approximately, 10 Legionaries reached the Aztec border while another half-dozen or so remained behind, parked near the Egyptian border in anticipation of a hostile take-over of the prized Egyptian holdings to our south.
Attacking the Aztecs served its purpose, convincing the Egyptians to bring forward their forces, exposing their flank to our secondary force of Legionaries. Meanwhile, far to the north, in the Corporate retreat known as Hunting Lodge, we successfully completed construction of the Great Library!
As our forward force of Legionaries met up with large numbers of Aztec Swordsmen, our advance stalled, but our secondary force advanced on Thebes and met little resistance on the way. When the Egyptian envoy was turned away at the border and all requests for dialog were ignored, the Egyptians wisely surrendered, sparing the lives of countless Egyptian soldiers that would surely have fallen under the might of our steel.
It seemed that the Aztecs were content not to advance past Memphis. So, with the advent of Monarchy and no major projects under construction, we struck a peace deal with the Aztecs and held an emergency meeting of the Board of Governors in which we voted out the Despot in favor of a new King.
We emerged from our period of Anarchy to find ourselved once again outnumbered by the Aztecs. Our military was inferior to theirs, but our production was beginning to take hold. Soon our nation would be strong again and able to deal with the Aztec menace.
It was then that word reached us that the Iroquois, governed by the wise and peaceful Chieftess, had been attacked by the Aztecs. Fearing the consequences of losing the only allied nation on the other side of Azteca, the Employees of the Corporation agreed unanimously to trade Iron and Horses to the Iroquois to aid in their defense.
Now, the Aztec cities are plentiful, but their military has been dealt a severe blow at the hands of the Iroquois. Corporate soldiers are gearing up in the west, and the Aztecs are falling dangerously behind in the tech race. The world waits to see what will happen next...
World Map c. 975bc
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With Chieftess' permission, I have taken some screenshots of their epic battle...
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