Sri Lanka 2: A Tamil Narrative (not an OCC) for RFC DoC

[adhiraj.bose]

A scene from the battle of Kedah :

Source : This article - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chola_Navy#Other_naval_arms

Here's an interesting thought : "Colandia, the great ships which was used by Early Cholas.[clarification needed] By this they sailed to pacific islands from Kaveripatnam(as center).[10] At that time, Pattinathu Pillai is the chief of the Chola's Navy."

 

[mrrandomplayer]

A scene from the battle of Kedah :

Source : This article - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chola_Navy#Other_naval_arms

Here's an interesting thought : "Colandia, the great ships which was used by Early Cholas.[clarification needed] By this they sailed to pacific islands from Kaveripatnam(as center).[10] At that time, Pattinathu Pillai is the chief of the Chola's Navy."

Great picture! I need to use more old pictures when I make civ stories.

 

[adhiraj.bose]

Also check this list of early Chola kings : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legendary_early_Chola_kings it'll help you with the naming.

OOC : Tamil-Lanka race relations are a sensitive issue. The game just bulldozes over it by making Sri Lanka Tamil. SL was an independent kingdom which was repeatedly conquered over by the Tamil kings time and again.

 

[mrrandomplayer]

Also check this list of early Chola kings : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legendary_early_Chola_kings it'll help you with the naming.

OOC : Tamil-Lanka race relations are a sensitive issue. The game just bulldozes over it by making Sri Lanka Tamil. SL was an independent kingdom which was repeatedly conquered over by the Tamil kings time and again.

Yeah, I didn't really know that at the time, and it's kind of late to change that now.

 

[adhiraj.bose]

I know, but its not entirely your fault . Still you could use the list I gave for names in future.

 

[CaterpillarKing]

Well it's the same deal with Gibraltar, Okinawa, Taiwan, etc.

 

[adhiraj.bose]

Those places are still better treated. Taiwan was settled by China, ibid for Okinawa in re the Japanese and Gibraltar is initially controlled by the Moors and then gets conquered by the Spanish.

SL can't be compared to Gibraltar of all places, simply because of its much bigger size and bigger role in history. RFCA does it slightly better through a Chola respawn as Sri Lankans. There's a really beautiful female LH for the Sri Lankans but can't remember the name of that queen now .

 

[CaterpillarKing]

I mean Gibraltar because the English controlled it and the Spanish threw waves of attackers at them

 

[adhiraj.bose]

Tamil-Lanka conflicts are more like Japan invading Korea actually. Both sides were cruel to each other throughout history. My father says that our family is actually related with the Cholas, and their way of war was scorched earth. They'd burn down entire forests and jungles to make way for their troops. As per the wiki article they even imported Chinese flame throwers and built them into the dharanis ( how awesome would that look in-game !! )

 

[adhiraj.bose]

This story deserves this theme song


Link to video.

 

[mrrandomplayer]

Government Reports, Part 12: Expelling the Europeans
Compiled and edited by Adiyaman, Chief Secretary and General Assistant to the Emperor and Karthikai, Chief Government Archivist, dated to 1520 AD.

Tamil dharanis discovered several new world civilizations, including the Aztecs and the Incas. Some old world civilizations were also met, such as the Aztecs.

The transformation to Buddhist militant fanaticism was complete by 1490.

The new government started to rapidly expand the military. The role of it was not known at the time...

For half a century, the Spanish colony in the Philippines had been a stain on Tamil sovereignty in southern Asia. The emperor had had enough. He sent the newly, coincidentally large military to capture the Spanish colony.

First, the Spanish workforce was captured before the long, grueling siege of Manila began.

Finally, in 1520, a final attack by the Tamil army liberated the city from the evil Europeans and put it into Asian hands.

Spain, humiliated, signed a peace treaty later and paid war indemnities.

End of report.

 

[CaterpillarKing]

The transformation to Buddhist militant fanaticism was complete by 1490.

Very nice

 

[mrrandomplayer]

Very nice

Yeah, even though the government reports are written in history book style, I try to throw something ridiculous in every once in a while.

 

[CaterpillarKing]

Well the history books can be ridiculous too

 

[adhiraj.bose]

I love the way you're playing the Cholas. But IT would suggest, you take out the rest of India. Banish the Mughals back to Ferghana !

 

[mrrandomplayer]

I love the way you're playing the Cholas. But IT would suggest, you take out the rest of India. Banish the Mughals back to Ferghana !

Unfortunately, the game is an AAR originally completed over a year ago, and as a result, I made a lot of mistakes.

Government Reports, Part 13: Ends and Beginnings
Compiled and edited by Adiyaman, Chief Secretary and General Assistant to the Emperor and Karthikai, Chief Government Archivist, dated to 1520 AD.

Tamil generals, full of knowledge from the Spanish War, made breathtaking advances in military sciences.

At this time, the Tamil Empire had also reached a record population level of 20 million.

However, this peaceful picture was disturbed when Oda Nobunaga, formerly one of Rajendra Chola's staunchest allies, declared war. Astonishingly, they actually sent an army to attack Java.

However, the Japanese army and navy was quickly annihilated by superior Tamil firepower.

After seeing this disaster, Japan quickly made peace and relations resumed ante bellum.

The Protestant Reformation, while causing massive wars in Europe, barely affected the Tamil Empire, as the only Catholic colony was the Philippines.

Rajendra Chola announced the beginning of one of the largest naval buildups in history to high-ranking Tamil leaders: the establishment of a gigantic fleet of Privateers to disrupt European shipping and their economy.

The Tamils began their New World Empire by accepting the Aztecs as a vassal state. This caused another war with Spain, though the 2nd Spanish War was more of a proxy war than anything.

Despite Tamil power, the Tamil Empire was outrageously not on the list of Most Advanced Civilizations. Also, the Portuguese had bought out Indonesian Malacca, reducing them to a tiny rump state.

In the midst of the 2nd Spanish War, brave Chola privateer captains founded the city of Cholapuram in Panama as a stopover point for privateers en route to Europe. This allowed them to avoid going around the Cape of Good Hope.

The Chola Empire in 1600. Not pictured are the Aztec Protectorate and the newly founded Cholapuram.

 

[CaterpillarKing]

I'm very confused as to why you founded a city in Central America

 

[adhiraj.bose]

Its a midway point. You can just cross that point in the Americas to take a short cut to Europe by crossing the Pacific, instead of having to circumnavigate Africa. It cuts travel time a lot and helps enormously in trade.

 

[CaterpillarKing]

But what does that have to do with Civ 4? I don't think trade is portrayed like that in Civ 4

 

[adhiraj.bose]

In most of my RFC and DOC games, I've noticed that city gets the highest trade revenue. Every time I control that city my trade income jumps. Especially if I'm playing an Asian civ. If someone else is controlling it, then I make it a point that I have open borders with that civ.

I was actually speaking in terms of Civ 4 when I was explaining the advantages of Panama but as you can see it has a very real world application .