Onan's Speed-Optimized GMR Game

[BlueCollar]

Askia is taking care of the sugar problem. His new city will have access to four of them plus some pearls.

 

[Islandia]

Askia is taking care of the sugar problem. His new city will have access to four of them plus some pearls.

Yes due to the Romans reneging on a deal, we Songhai must secure our own source of sugar. Askia does not view this kindly and may send some diplomats towards Cumae to protest.

 

[Onan]

We see no reason to renew a deal which disadvantages us.

Diplomats, ey? We anticipate your...delegation with interest. Our troops will welcome them.

 

[EEE_BOY]

Better safe than sorry, Pharaoh can only say so to himself. Apparently Songhai people neglected the lower part of the tech tree and not going to artillery as they claimed ages ago. And their huge gpt is still a mystery to us, golden age again? And they are hiding behind the stats, making us wonder how far they are really catching up......

 

[Islandia]

The old Pharoah is paranoid and Askia sees no reason to tell the Egyptians what our technology plans are. The Pharoah implied that the Songhai would get artillery due to his own paranoid delusions holed up in his mountain cave. We Songhai will research what we like and build our own shiny metal structure that points skyward if that is our desire.

 

[EEE_BOY]

Pharoah acknowledges his syndrome of paranoid, perhaps Askia should realise he had the syndrome of denial.

 

[Islandia]

Pharoah acknowledges his syndrome of paranoid, perhaps Askia should realise he had the syndrome of denial.

No we don't!

 

[EEE_BOY]

No we don't!

See, it doesn't take a CiV doctor to reach that diagnose.

 

[Islandia]

Askia tires of this endless war with the City States and has mobilized his army to teach the citizens of Tyre a lesson.

 

[EEE_BOY]

Askia tires of this endless war with the City States and has mobilized his army to teach the citizens of Tyre a lesson.

By all means, please help take care of all city states near Egypt, as they become annoying these days.

 

[Onan]

Askia tires of this endless war with the City States and has mobilized his army to teach the citizens of Tyre a lesson.

So this is your diplomatic mission? A bunch of aged men on ponies with pointed sticks?

More seriously, you choose to threaten a city which is almost entirely within Roman lands? Caesar wonders if the sugar in the Southeast is not very sweet, if this is clouding Askia's judgment.

The Senate is now debating this turn of events and the Roman response, but let me tell you, there are not many voices saying, "Maybe if we allow them to take Tyre, they will be appeased, and will stop there, and then be our very good neighbours." (Just Senator Pooh Bear, really, who tends to be quite naive, and comes from the Fluffy Interior.)

While the Senate rambles, Caesar kindly requests our fellow plainsman to select another CS, not quite so close to our homeland, our Wall, and our Castle.

 

[Onan]

Roman scouts report Askia's veterans convention has not heeded our request.

Look to the north, old men. You will see many young men with a different kind of stick.

The choice is yours, Askia. Are you sure you want to loose the Roman genie from the bottle?

 

[Islandia]

Roman scouts report Askia's veterans convention has not heeded our request.

Look to the north, old men. You will see many young men with a different kind of stick.

The choice is yours, Askia. Are you sure you want to loose the Roman genie from the bottle?

It is better to ask forgiveness than permission. The veterans of the Songhai civil war wish nothing more than to die in glorious battle. All that transpires is the will of Allah.

 

[EEE_BOY]

The paranoia Pharaoh would like to know if that is some kind of alliance against Egypt, pretending as a conflict?

 

[Islandia]

The paranoia Pharaoh would like to know if that is some kind of alliance against Egypt, pretending as a conflict?

Yes. (Because the paranoid Pharaoh always believes the opposite of anything said to him.)

 

[EEE_BOY]

Yes. (Because the paranoid Pharaoh always believes the opposite of anything said to him.)

Wow, the Romans suddenly raised an army surpassing everyone in military strength. We have advanced tech unlocked but we urgently need cash for upgrades!

 

[Onan]

The paranoia Pharaoh would like to know if that is some kind of alliance against Egypt, pretending as a conflict?

Wow, the Romans suddenly raised an army surpassing everyone in military strength. We have advanced tech unlocked but we urgently need cash for upgrades!

Unlike the Songhai, we retired many old units rather than sending them to die in a pointless battle over Tyre. So we've been forced to build new ones to resist Songhai belligerence.

Now, if Caesar was as paranoid as Pharaoh (who suffers from Pharaonoia, I guess it's only natural?), he might suspect you of hiding your cash reserves in foreign investments, to be cashed in at just the right time, in order to preemptively strike and burn our cities, to protect your homeland from magical fire weapons in the sky, which exist only in dreams and paranoid visions? And you 'peaceful' Egyptians have recruited the Songhai to do your dirty work for you...which would explain your lack of cash, and the amazing Songhai economy you have marvelled at...and you welcomed his advance on Tyre....



And you wonder why we are investing in our armed forces?

 

[EEE_BOY]

Such foreign reserve will be suicidal. We have spent the last penny upgrading our forces and apparently we need a golden age soon to further fund our secure defense. We also abandoned the plan to annex the CS having the wine, so our forces are called back to station near major exposed cities.

 

[Onan]

Caesar has crossed the Rubicon. The Senate is aghast, this action was not even proposed for debate! We invite Egypt to take a more active role in world affairs. Drastic measures were needed to pry paranoid old pharaoh from his mountain observatories, so we have sent a full delegation to discuss terms.

 

[Onan]

Wow, the Romans suddenly raised an army surpassing everyone in military strength. We have advanced tech unlocked but we urgently need cash for upgrades!

We noticed, Mr. Modern Era.