Meldor meditated on which of his people would be best to peacefully lead the Empire through its disagreements with the locals. Unfortunately, even though Rome didnt have wine yet, the patch of grain to the SE yielded some mighty fine
Having meditated a bit too heavily, he chose General Warstrike the Peaceful to lead the empire. Warstrike promised Meldor peace and prosperity. Then, as soon as Meldor left, he got to work. Send the warriors out to find more sources of revenue! Maybe floods of axe-wielding maniacs can peacefully end our troubles was his first order.
[0] Warstrike has too much
and receives this message from the gods: Warstrike, if you wish to lead the Roman Empire, you must first remove Jump Start Toddler from your computer and insert the Civ disk! Warstrike pondered this, and finally decided to forget about it until someone invented this computer thingie the Gods were babbling about. After surveying his lands, Warstrike sets Vei to break-even food until its temple is done, earning extra cash from the gold mountain. Science was moved to 90% to learn writing in 10 turns at 1g.
[1] The barbarian hordes strike Vei, losing to the garrisoned warrior. The NE warrior is told to find their village to ask for reparations.
[2] The NE warrior, following Warstrikes fiscal policies, stops by the village, slaughters the men, women, and children, then politely asks the last remaining elder for 25g before sending him to join the rest of his tribe.
See? We asked first. Says Warstrike the Peaceful. A barbarian shows up on a mountain in the sw between the warrior and settler. Why dont you go over to that hill and yodel a hello to him? says Warstrike.
[3] The barbarian comes over to listen more closely to the yodeling warrior. He draws his sword to offer salute, but the yodelling one takes this as an attack and defends himself, surviving with 1 hp. Warrior moves onto the now vacant mountain, spotting the Gauls village next to our planned city square. Because the warrior is injured, the settler waits a square N of the warrior. Another barbarian appears from the SW.
[4] Antium produces a warrior, who is sent to offer an axe accompaniment to the yodeller, as another barbarian is also spotted approaching from the SW. Well give them a concert, when our yodeller is rested. says Warstrike. Antium starts training another warrior , for peaceful exploration, of course. Rome produces a settler, who is sent SE to meet the NE warrior and form a village on one of the two Eastern dots. Rome is then ordered to produce some slave labor to do some environmental improvement tasks.
Warstrike is told that no one will actually riot if he repeals the 10% luxury tax. Well repeal it then, the people dont need any of those expensive government festivals. Just whip them into submission. Peacefully of course. Liz is willing to sell writing for 40, so I bite. Warstrike chooses Mapmaking next, to explore the world and open more audiences for peaceful military-produced yodelling concertos.
[5] Veii completes its temple. Warstrike has to remove the gold workers because the people want more food, can you believe it? This screws the economy totally, and minimum science is set. Veii is ordered to make a barracks, for peaceful training purposes. The yodelling warrior rests on his mountain, hoping help arrives quickly.
[6]We wait for our audience to arrive.
[7] The barbarians have no appreciation for good yodelling, and the first leaves our musician with 1 hp, which becomes two as the actual turn starts. The other warrior finally arrives.
[8] Our workers have brought wine to Rome! This gives the people something to do now that all fun events have been canceled. Our yodelling warrior explains to the nearby Gauls how Warstrike is peaceful, that he is just implementing his advisors fiscal policy, and they shouldnt take being bludgoned to death personally. 25 gold is gained.
The last barb warrior attacks our second warrior in the area, promoting him to Vet with the loss of 1 hp.
[9] Rome makes a worker, starts a spear. You must be imagining a military buildup, Warstrike says to the people. I have nothing but the most peaceful of goals. A purple border is spotted on the NE island. Veii gets the cow, allowing Warstrike to put a worker back on the Mountain. Mapmaking at break-even: 18 turns.
[10] Cumae is FINALLY built, and garrisoned by the yodelling wonder. The other warrior heads SW to find more fiscal opportunities. Veii finishes its rax, starts a spear. The SE settler can go to either dot next turn (or 2).we are at 15 turns with 1g, 12 with 3g to maps. Liz has no tech we dont and the same 50 in the bank she had after we gave her 40 in the first place. She is cautious.
Warstrike the Peacefuls end finally came one day in 1750 b.c. when a group of well-armed citizens peacefully butchered him. His guard for the day, a raw recruit, stood by watching, thinking Well, he is Warstrike the Peaceful, so he wouldnt want me to actually hurt anyone, would he? Warstrikes military advisors hung him the next day.
Well thats it. Im looking forward to the weed evaluation for starting a turn with a settler and one on turn 4, but only getting one city built, and that on turn 10. Would have had this up earlier, but my computer crashed trying to reconnect to Notre Dames lovely dial-up connection.
Xrang is up, Jaffa on-deck.
