StKNES5: A New Lease on NES

[Toteone]

To Mod: Triremes are bronze age? How do they differ from Galleons?
PS. People farms were also supposed to produce an economy level.

To Illinois from New Illini
Do you wish for us to gift you some weapons, soldiers, perhaps a few thousand people to populate your lands? We are doing well over here, but we wish to remain close to our brothers. We are glad that you are faring well with your neighbors.

 

[Darwin420]

to Aztec Empire
From Caribbean Empire

we still would like to trade with your great nation, a sea route has been plotted by our naval leaders, from our capital Havana to a city along the river in the Gulf of Mexico

ooc orders sent already (early bird gets the worm )

TO: Caribbean Empire
FROM: Aztec Empire

Quetzalmoc will make a fine city for a sea route for trade. We accept your proposal and will ensure it is made so.

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To Kamilian...

It's been 3 turns that I've been building roads.. is there a reason why they aren't showing on the map?

 

[Darwin420]

Emperor Itzacoatl strolled along the winding dirt road on the outskirts of Tenochtitlan. Two guards followed close enough to respond if there was danger, but far enough away not to disturb. He passed a field of corn and admired it's beauty. The farmer had done expertly to grow such a fine crop. Itzacoatl picked an ear and shucked it, biting into the tasty food.

He had just finished eating it when a poorly dressed macehualla (commoner) approached him. The man bowed his head, then looked at the Emperor and spoke.

"Great Emperor, I must protest your thievery. It is against the laws to steal another man's crop. Laws set down by you, Great Emperor."

Itzacoatl was taken aback. His guards approached and grabbed the man to haul him away, but the Emperor held up his hand. "Wait," he said to the guards. "You dare approach your Emperor like this?"

The macehualla bowed his head again, but his voice remained strong. "Is it not you who has said these laws are binding to ALL who live in the Empire? Therefore, are you not a criminal for stealing my food?"

Itzacoatl thought on this. "What is your name, farmer?"

"Tenochuma, Great Emperor. I am merely a man trying to make his way."

Itzacoatl laughed. "You have certainly done so. None have ever dared challenge me in such a manner, and bring my own laws to bear on me. And for your sense of justice, you shall be rewarded. Guards, this man shall from this day be one of my advisors, to remind me when I overstep the laws of the Empire. If only I had more people like you as my advisors, good Tenochuma."

"Thank, Great Emporer. You are as kind as you are wise."

Itzacoatl withdrew a few coins from his pocket (a small fortune to the mecehualla's) and handed them to Tenochuma. "This is payment for the finest corn I have ever tasted. Use it to buy yourself new clothing - you will be called to council with me every day at noon."

Tenochuma bowed deeply. "Yes, Great Emporer. It shall be the greatest honor to serve you."

 

[Sheep]

To Malaysia
From the Greater Democratic Commonwealth

If you truly do respect democracy instead of military might then you will allow the vote. If you do not we will not continue our long standing agreements as you have shown yourself to be an imperialist aggressor.

 

[Israelite9191]

To Portugal and Eire
Form Israel
The King and Knesset will hand over Sardinia, along with one spending point, to Portugal in exchange for peace. L'Shalom!

To Iraq
From Israel
King Solomon would like to propose that a trade route be formed by our peoples. The route would run from Tel-Aviv to Babylon. L'Chaim!

To Byzantium and Rome
From Israel
The Wise King asks that should this war with Portugal and Eire escalate, that we will have you by our sides. We allied ourselves with you in Old Dalmatia because we wanted to create a friendship that would stay with us and help us should bad times come. Just as Joshua built the granaries that kept Egypt alive, so the Wise King has built this friendship to sustain us should worse come to worse. L'Yerushalayim!

*Secret*​

To Habsburg Nobles of Austria
From Israel
The current inheriter of the ancient dynasty of King David send greetings to the new up and coming dynasty of our age. A new sun is rising as the old one sets. In your new reign of power you will need something to set yourself apart from the old dynasty so that the people of Austria do not become disenchanted with the glory you family. Take on the Judaic faith as it will help you in the future. Adopting the Law will alow you to mend relationships with us who are members of the Jerusalem Defense Pact, while also giving you the guidance of the Lord and, particularly, an eternal friendship with the House of Israel. L'Habsburgs V'Austria! (To the Habsburgs and Austria!)

 

[alex994]

lurker's comment: I bet someone in this nes that's also in another nes i'm in one eco lvl that Austria refuses Israel's offer. Any takers??? And you broke the limit of one greeting israelite

 

[Lord_Iggy]

To: Greater Democratic Commonwealth
From: Malaysia

Very well, we will allow the people to vote. But, should the people vote to join your nation, Malaysia requests to keep possession of a small piece of land on New Guinea's western coast to serve as a port for voyages into the Pacific.

 

[tommy_toon]

From Eire
To Israel

We are glad you want peace, but what is to happen of the other three islands; Menorca, Mallorca, and Formentera?

 

[Sheep]

To Malaysia
From the Greater Democratic Commonwealth

Unacceptable. After all the whole point of this endeveour is to prevent either one of us from having a land border with the other and thus ensuring that tensions are kept to a minimal point.

 

[Kamilian]

OOC:
Darwin: oops forgot all about those roads.
Lord_Iggy and Sheep: Actually, there are Polynesians (Papuans) and ethnic Nihonese living in that small piece of island that Malaysia has occupied from Nihon. Nihon, in all its years of imperialism, has not simply taken over administration and kept local islanders' indigenous populations completely unassimilated. They sent Nihonese settlers, they been doing assimilation policies over there...
Toteone: Sorry. Forgot.

From Portugal
To Israel:
Uh, no. You invaded Sardinia and the Balearics. No peace unless you give all those islands, even if they contain just one settlement on them, back to us!

From Iraq
To Israel:
Sounds good.

From Austria
To Israel:
Your diplomatic proximity to Rome, who has not even responded to our demand for reparations, prevents us from seeking any conversion to Judaism. You have heard, surely, that anti-Jewish attacks have occurred on account of Rome's apparent refusal to repent for the sins and damage they have caused. Until Rome does repay us, it will be very difficult for us to protect our Jewish minority, much less advocate conversion.

From Illinois
To New Illinois:
Don't act chummy now. You abandoned us and the homeland in the greatest hour of need. If hard times come upon us once again, will you pack up and migrate away from us again even further?

 

[Israelite9191]

To Portugal and Eire
Form Israel
King Solomon has heard your question and sees that you have missed the implication. The isles of the Balearics would remain under Israelite control, this is why we offered the gold (economy point). We see now that you must not believe this sufficient. As such we will also offer Portugal, NOT Eire, the following deal. We will sign a one-way pact in agreement to not attack your nation in the future. It will be understood that this deal will take second stage to any and all other treaties that have been signed by Israel at this time. If other nations should join existing treaties that Israel is partner in, then it will be counted as if they had been partners in treaty at the time of the original signing (basically, I will agree not to attack Portugal, but if my obligations as amember of the Jerusalem Defense Pact contradict those of this treaty, this treaty will be nulified). L'Shalom!

alex994- I couldn't remember the Hebrew for 'of' so I made it 'To Habsburg and Austria' instead of 'To Habsburg of Austria'. Where's Erez when you need him?

 

[Israelite9191]

To Rome
From Israel
The Wise King, defender of justice in all lands under all peoples, asks again that you repay the Austrians for their losses. The trade route that has been established between our peoples should help mitigate some of the cost. L'Yerushalayim!

To Iraq
From Israel
King Solomon is vastly pleased that you have accepted our offer. May the Lord bless your house and may your people be as numerous as the stars in the sky and the dirt on the ground. L'Chaim!

EDIT: kamilian- I was supposed to build roads in Africa for the last two turns.

 

[tommy_toon]

OOC: But, what about the raiding party, or did they not board the galleys due to the attempted invasion of Portugal? Also, were my stats updated?

Could I please get this answered Kam?

From Eire
To Israel
Should this war continue any further it shall be due to your greediness. You speak of how great the teachings of the torah are, but what good are they if you set an example by not following them. I am sure somewhere in your religious book that it suggests stealing is bad, just as you have done to Portugal. You have no use for these islands, and you would only be furthering a conflict by trying to keep them. Has it not been obvious enough by the uprisings in Cagliari that they do not wish to be ruled by you? We will not stop until they are liberated. And if you think we care about a flawed peace treaty that you attempt to trick Portugal in to signing, we could care less.

To Portugal
We shall stand by you whatever you decision is. However, our scholars have looked into this peace treaty Israel offers and finds it quite flawed. They use numerous loop-holes to allow them to rightfully attack you at any time. We urge you not to accept it unless you are willing to give up your holdings to them.

 

[Israelite9191]

"Your majesty, I am sorry to report that our ships failed to reach the lower Libya provinces and expnsion did not take place." Though the general new of the justice that Solomon was famous for, he still quaked in his boots before the heir of David.
"Yes, the colonies are distant from us. A new system of administration must be created. I will ponder this for a while. Leave, I will call for when need be." The general needed no excuse to leave and practicly ran out of the thrown room. Though not huge, the room and thrown were lavishly decorated with all sorts of precious materials from all over the empire and beyond. Cedar from Phoenicia, gems and precious metals from lower Lybia, ornate artwork created by the natives of the Maldives, his majesty's quarters were truly magnificent. And as he sat in his lavish room on his lavish thrown pondering, he was sudenly struck by an ingenious idea. He would divide the colonies into provinces that would have representation equal to that of the tribes in the homeland. Rather than being dpendent on the leader of their tribe off in the holy land, they would be represented by one of their own. But, the king new, this alone would not be enough, he would have to devise a system to keep the people of the colonies constantly informed. After more thought it came to the king. Every year the representative of each colonial province would exchange with any representative. The old representative would return to the colony aboard one of the many trade ships that plowed the Indian Ocean, or on board a naval ship should this be more appropriate, and report on what had been decided during his term. Come two years, he would return to Jerusalem to participate in the Knesset. All in all, each of the terriories would have 3 representatives who would rotate year by year. In this way the colonies would stay connected and the colonies would be happy. This would be the new reform of his majesty, King Solomon. Now for a list of the territories of the empire:

1-12. The original twelve tribes of Israel
13. Palestine
14. Phoenicia
15. Syria
16. Nabatea
17. Arabia (around Medina and Mecca)
18. Somalia
19. Socotra and the Maldives
20. Lower Lybia (the rest of Africa)
21. Dalmatia

 

[Israelite9191]

To Eire
From Israel
King Solomon commends you on the religiousness you display. But we msut remind you that we do need the Balearics for they supply us with a port in the western Mediterranean. As for these flaws you speak of, we see but one "flaw". This "flaw" is that should we need to choose to honor an already existing treaty or this new treaty, we shall honor the one that already exists, as would be proper international ettiquette in any case. L'Shalom!

 

[tommy_toon]

From Eire
To Israel
None of the nations you trade with require a trade route leading outside of the mediterranean. As well, would it be unreasonable to say that your friends in Rome would not allow you port in one of their many cities? If you honor the Torah that you profusely teach of, we will hold more respect for yourself and Judaism. However, by not following the Torah it simply shows that what you preach is nothing more than a propaganda message.

 

[andis-1]

To: Israel
From: Rome
Because of your war roman merchants haven't been able to trade with Poruguese, causing huge losses in income. And now you even camouflaged your ships to look like Roman trade ships so that you could sneak'em in to Portuguese ports. Needless to say, Emperor is rather annoyed by the way you are fighting this war. Should it escalate, Roman armies will not be fighting on your side just for couple islands.

To: Austria
We will pay you 2 eco. points as compensation. Take it or leave it.

 

[Toteone]

From Illinois
To New Illinois:
Don't act chummy now. You abandoned us and the homeland in the greatest hour of need. If hard times come upon us once again, will you pack up and migrate away from us again even further?

Huh? When I ordered the evacuation I thought EVERYONE was coming. Then the years flashed by and suddenly we were sitting on far-away shores and you didn't come with us! To tell you what I was surprised! This is genuine friendship. I just want to take care of the ones who stayed behind, really.
[it true... I was sort of flabbergasted, but I guess I should have been expecting it]

 

[Lord_Iggy]

To: Greater Democratic Commonwealth
From: Malaysia

I think our offer is more than fair to you. You are likely to gain a piece of land that we have earned while losing nothing on your part. Us keeping a small piece of land while letting the rest vote is completely fair, and if you don't like my offer, you can ask ethnic Papuans to immigrate to your side of the island. And I don't think having a land border increases tensions.

 

[Darwin420]

Noatl remained motionless as the Mayan warriors marched past. Idly, he wondered which tribe they were. In the end, it wouldn't matter. Word had reached the Southern Army from the Emperor's palace in Tenochtitlan of the war plans. For many hundreds of years, the Southern Army had kept a non-provacative presence in the Southern Provinces bordering the Mayan lands. In some respects, the Mayans had grown complacent, confident their large neighbor was content to stay to the North.

Now things would be different, and soon. Noatl was only one of many scouts sent covertly into Mayan territory to gain useful knowledge of the terrain and Mayan presence. It had been clear by the Emperor's orders that non-warrior casualities were to remain minimal. From what Noatl had seen, it seemed that would leave only women and children. Perhaps the soldiers of the Southern Army would be given their choice of Mayan bride.

Over the last two months Noatl had seen many villages, and identified many different tribes of Mayans. These people were fractured, and often fought amongst themselves; sometimes in sport, sometimes in jest, but more often than not to expand tribal borders. It seemed the tribal make-up of the Mayans was fluid, like water. Or, rather, more like urine. Noatl wished the Mayans would learn the value of bathing. Just one more benefit the Empire would bring to these backwards people.

The Mayan warriors disappeared from view, and Noatl quietly made his way. He was slightly overdue with his report, but confident his superiors would find the news to their liking.