StKNES5: A New Lease on NES
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tommy_toon
Emperor
Bah! Silly people that don't get their orders in and make us wait 7 more hours.
Jason The King
Deity
Orders Sento.
MjM
Deity
Kamilian1 said:
No need to npc me , the pm thing i was talking about was the diplo , which i saw after i reread the update. Ill ansewer it right now.
To Georgia
From Babylonia
And what do we get in return for not stomping you into the ground?
Kamilian
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Update 5 - 2000 BCE
The Rise of Nations continues...
North America - Ontario
Europe - Austria, Belgium, Crimea, Dalmatia, Norway, and Silesia
Asia - Astrakhan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Mumbai, Nepal, and Siam
Africa - Ghana and Zaire
But the Rise of Nations, despite this plentiful spring of 16, has not yet ended. Who else shall rise before the world is ready to move on...?
In the former Mongol Confederacy, Ulan Ude has been seized by Tataria, most powerful of the East Tatars, aggravating further the collapsing coalition between the westerners and the easterners. But the East has a head start in organization, as Tataria has been around for 100 years now... the West remains itself a shaky coalition of warlords. Will the Eastern khans overrun the Westerners?
The war between the Babylonians and Armenians has not resumed. The Georgians have not launched an assault into Babylonian Armenia to liberate Yerevan, still hoping that the Babylonian kings will agree to the peace.
East of Georgia, in Baku, another group of Armenians - the Azeris - has formed their own nation. Their land lies in the area that the Georgians have proposed that the Babylonians annex for themselves... Will this hamper the Georgian Emperor's overtures for peace?
Fudge Pakistan has been overrun by the Afghanis. Never really having any loyalty to the Fudge Package, the Pakistanis for the most part are accepting their new masters and some have even participated in the burning of Fudge Pakia. Their ardent devotion to the Yuhahmuhsexuhl faith - which has been shortened to simply "Yuhah" because of pronounciation woes - however remains. Gradually, more Afghanis themselves - along the river valley - are converting to the Yuhah, which is attractive to many because it promotes individuality and even, according to some of its more extreme followers, rule by consensus rather than fiat.
AFGHANISTAN: -150 troops, Annexation of Fudge Pakistan, Destruction of Fudge Pakia
The Muscovites have not pressed further into Karjalian territory, despite the lack of an answer from the Sinimustvalge Karjal leaders. Instead, they have decided to fortify what they had managed to occupy and have settled pwopl from Muscovy-proper in the Karjalgrad area. Only minor skirmishes have occurred between hotheaded Karjalians and the Muscovites, but none to really damage either army significantly.
SINIMUSTVALGE KARJAL: -20 troops
MUSCOVY: -20 troops
The response of the Muscovite population has been of great excitement. Moscow's commoners as well as boyars have visited the Tsar to bow to him and bring him gifts - from gold coins to animals - as offering.
In Sinimustvalge Karjal, however, the atmosphere is of despair, and anger. The nobles in the Great Ruling Council squabble with each other. At least one noble family has been found in their estates murdered, either by assassins hired by the other councillors or by random acts of violence committed by the furious peasants. If this goes on, the Great Ruling Council will no longer be Ruling, or Great, and instead anarchy will reign in the land of Sinimustvalge Karjal.
MUSCOVY: Confidence +1
SINIMUSTVALGE KARJAL: Confidence -1
Dacians have, instead of attacking the Slovaks who are a vanguard of West Slavic civilization, have signed treaties with them. Given their desperate lunge westward to separate the Slavs from each other just a century ago, this seems an unbelievable move. Is it true comradeship, or are the Dacians plotting a capture of Bratislava?
Just north of Slovakia, at the Oder River, Germans and West Slavs have met and mingled, founding the city of Breslau as the capital of Silesia, the hybrid of two different ethnic, linguistic, and religious components. If Slovakia is indeed, for the Dacians, another new territory to add to their empire, then it will be Silesia that will be the protector of West Slavs while, at the same time, manage to influence nearby Germans as well. With such a great geopolitical positioning, how can Silesia lose out?
Back Down Under, the Sydney-Brisbane war continues. Though Sydney was founded first and had a head-start on army organization, that fact does not reflect in the battles of this war. The Brisbane League is gaining momentum and has crossed the border, inflicting heavy losses on Sydney.
On the seas it is not going well for Sydney, either. A mistake my mappers has led several Sydney Navy ships into dangerous coral reef waters and the ships sank. In battle, the remains of the Navy have been defeated by the Brisbane League fleets.
BRISBANE LEAGUE: -3 ships, -140 troops
SYDNEY: -20 ships, -300 troops
A skirmish at the west bank of the Nile between Nubian-Mameluke and Benghazi forces ends in Benghazi victory.
NUBIA: -50 troops
MAMELUKES: -130 troops
BENGHAZI: -80 troops
The Lisbon Palace, a new palace for the monarch of Portugalia, has begun being built. This feat of architecture has been commanded just as Tangiers was founded as capital of Morocco, the name of Portugalia's colony in Northern Africa.
And as the strangers from the other land settle in and expand their area, the Berber tribesmen still do not react.
Nihon stretches its settlement and exploration fleet far south, passing Taipei - which has just recently not been given to the Nihonese by the Fuzhou leaders - and reaches the Philippines. The northernmost island has begun to be settled.
War has broken out between Cantivelliaunii and Eire. The Eire have been much better equipped and prepared, however - the Cantivelliauniians still arrogantly believing that the Irish will "come to their senses" and give up Scotland. The Cantivelliauniian troops were given the order to attack if a foreign army appeared: the Irish were that foreign army. This ill-advised attack has forced Irish retaliation and London's army has been all but slaughtered. With the bulk of Cantivelliauniian troops dead and dying, the Irish now have a clear path toward London. The peasants farming the land south of the huge battle were cursing the names of the tribal council's leaders for giving such a stupid order. They have not fought back the Irish advance as a resistance force, and don't seem to plan to.
EIRE: -100 troops, -10 ships
CANTIVEILLIAUNII: -20 ships, -400 troops
In Persia, a mystic named Zoroaster has attracted the following of many Persians, with his preaching that only Ahura Mazda is a worshipable, legitimate deity, rejecting the local polytheistic sects. His motto, salvation based on "good thought, good word, and good deed" is a wonderful concept among the Persian people. The religion of Zoroastrianism is now challenging the power of the High Priests ruling the country, who are adamantly rejecting this as heresy to the Gods and Goddesses, even as some of the lower-level priests and mystics are converting secretly and openly.
Within months of the beginning of his preaching, Zoroaster is slain. Instead of dying out, however, Zoroastrianism is only strengthened by the martyrdom, his house becoming a shrine.
With more than half the population converted, how long will the "archaic" theocracy of paganism last in Persia?
In the Byzantine Empire, birth rates soar after the Emperor openly condemns any and all forms of celibacy.
As the Byzantine Empire encounters the South Slavic tribes, the warlords refuse to acknowledge Byzantine dominance over their land and people. So what happens now? War.
Macedonian Archers - a new elite unit of archers straight out of Leopolis - dispatch some of the border tribes easily.
But now that they have a nation to look to, Dalmatia, will the rest of the South Slavs fall just as easily?
Story Bonuses
BYZANTIUM: +1 Economy point
EIRE: +1 Education point
NIHON: +1 Culture
MALAGASY: +1 Education point
NPC Contacts
Dalmatia and Byzantium
Belgium and France
Silesia and Slovakia
Dalmatia and Dacia
Austria and Slovakia
Rome and Dalmatia
Ontario and Iroquois
Georgia and Azerbaijan
Georgia and Crimea
Babylononia and Azerbaijan
NPC Diplomacy
DACIA AND SLOVAKIA SIGN NAP.
SLOVAKIA AND SILESIA SIGN NAP.
AUSTRIA AND SLOVAKIA SIGN NAP.
ROME AND DALMATIA SIGN NAP.
GEORGIA AND AZERBAIJAN SIGN MILITARY ALLIANCE
GEORGIA AND CRIMEA SIGN NAP.
ONTARIO AND IROQUOIS SIGN NAP.
From Azerbaijan and Georgia
To Babylononia:
We, together, will stand up against you unless you give Yerevan independence.
From Dacia
To Byzantium:
*SECRET*We have some enemies up the Danube. Nasty Slavs, the lot of them. How about sending some troops to help us squash them like the bugs they are?*SECRET*
From Dalmatia
To Byzantium:
No need for warfare. NAP?
From Muscovy
To Sinimustvalge Karjal:
Again, peace at current borders?
OOC
No orders from Reno, Kejixu, Amon Savag, MjM, and Azale.
Inca are NPC. Babylononia will not become NPC-ed unless MjM continues to not send orders. Fudge Pakistan no longer exists. Sinimustvalge Karjal will be NPC-ed next turn.
Symphony, you've still got an unfinished wonder. You can't push another one in.
And speaking of wonders/projects, when you're building a wonder, be sure to include in your orders to continue building it, so that I remember to change the number in that parentheses. Otherwise, it will be Modern Ages and you still will have the first wonder you ever started at (1/4)
Planning update for Thursday evening. I expect orders to be in by then. I will have no qualms about punishing those who do not send them (see Sinimustvalge Karjal's disorder and Fudge Pakistan's destruction for further reference).
The Rise of Nations continues...
North America - Ontario
Europe - Austria, Belgium, Crimea, Dalmatia, Norway, and Silesia
Asia - Astrakhan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Mumbai, Nepal, and Siam
Africa - Ghana and Zaire
But the Rise of Nations, despite this plentiful spring of 16, has not yet ended. Who else shall rise before the world is ready to move on...?
In the former Mongol Confederacy, Ulan Ude has been seized by Tataria, most powerful of the East Tatars, aggravating further the collapsing coalition between the westerners and the easterners. But the East has a head start in organization, as Tataria has been around for 100 years now... the West remains itself a shaky coalition of warlords. Will the Eastern khans overrun the Westerners?
The war between the Babylonians and Armenians has not resumed. The Georgians have not launched an assault into Babylonian Armenia to liberate Yerevan, still hoping that the Babylonian kings will agree to the peace.
East of Georgia, in Baku, another group of Armenians - the Azeris - has formed their own nation. Their land lies in the area that the Georgians have proposed that the Babylonians annex for themselves... Will this hamper the Georgian Emperor's overtures for peace?
Fudge Pakistan has been overrun by the Afghanis. Never really having any loyalty to the Fudge Package, the Pakistanis for the most part are accepting their new masters and some have even participated in the burning of Fudge Pakia. Their ardent devotion to the Yuhahmuhsexuhl faith - which has been shortened to simply "Yuhah" because of pronounciation woes - however remains. Gradually, more Afghanis themselves - along the river valley - are converting to the Yuhah, which is attractive to many because it promotes individuality and even, according to some of its more extreme followers, rule by consensus rather than fiat.
AFGHANISTAN: -150 troops, Annexation of Fudge Pakistan, Destruction of Fudge Pakia
The Muscovites have not pressed further into Karjalian territory, despite the lack of an answer from the Sinimustvalge Karjal leaders. Instead, they have decided to fortify what they had managed to occupy and have settled pwopl from Muscovy-proper in the Karjalgrad area. Only minor skirmishes have occurred between hotheaded Karjalians and the Muscovites, but none to really damage either army significantly.
SINIMUSTVALGE KARJAL: -20 troops
MUSCOVY: -20 troops
The response of the Muscovite population has been of great excitement. Moscow's commoners as well as boyars have visited the Tsar to bow to him and bring him gifts - from gold coins to animals - as offering.
In Sinimustvalge Karjal, however, the atmosphere is of despair, and anger. The nobles in the Great Ruling Council squabble with each other. At least one noble family has been found in their estates murdered, either by assassins hired by the other councillors or by random acts of violence committed by the furious peasants. If this goes on, the Great Ruling Council will no longer be Ruling, or Great, and instead anarchy will reign in the land of Sinimustvalge Karjal.
MUSCOVY: Confidence +1
SINIMUSTVALGE KARJAL: Confidence -1
Dacians have, instead of attacking the Slovaks who are a vanguard of West Slavic civilization, have signed treaties with them. Given their desperate lunge westward to separate the Slavs from each other just a century ago, this seems an unbelievable move. Is it true comradeship, or are the Dacians plotting a capture of Bratislava?
Just north of Slovakia, at the Oder River, Germans and West Slavs have met and mingled, founding the city of Breslau as the capital of Silesia, the hybrid of two different ethnic, linguistic, and religious components. If Slovakia is indeed, for the Dacians, another new territory to add to their empire, then it will be Silesia that will be the protector of West Slavs while, at the same time, manage to influence nearby Germans as well. With such a great geopolitical positioning, how can Silesia lose out?
Back Down Under, the Sydney-Brisbane war continues. Though Sydney was founded first and had a head-start on army organization, that fact does not reflect in the battles of this war. The Brisbane League is gaining momentum and has crossed the border, inflicting heavy losses on Sydney.
On the seas it is not going well for Sydney, either. A mistake my mappers has led several Sydney Navy ships into dangerous coral reef waters and the ships sank. In battle, the remains of the Navy have been defeated by the Brisbane League fleets.
BRISBANE LEAGUE: -3 ships, -140 troops
SYDNEY: -20 ships, -300 troops
A skirmish at the west bank of the Nile between Nubian-Mameluke and Benghazi forces ends in Benghazi victory.
NUBIA: -50 troops
MAMELUKES: -130 troops
BENGHAZI: -80 troops
The Lisbon Palace, a new palace for the monarch of Portugalia, has begun being built. This feat of architecture has been commanded just as Tangiers was founded as capital of Morocco, the name of Portugalia's colony in Northern Africa.
And as the strangers from the other land settle in and expand their area, the Berber tribesmen still do not react.
Nihon stretches its settlement and exploration fleet far south, passing Taipei - which has just recently not been given to the Nihonese by the Fuzhou leaders - and reaches the Philippines. The northernmost island has begun to be settled.
War has broken out between Cantivelliaunii and Eire. The Eire have been much better equipped and prepared, however - the Cantivelliauniians still arrogantly believing that the Irish will "come to their senses" and give up Scotland. The Cantivelliauniian troops were given the order to attack if a foreign army appeared: the Irish were that foreign army. This ill-advised attack has forced Irish retaliation and London's army has been all but slaughtered. With the bulk of Cantivelliauniian troops dead and dying, the Irish now have a clear path toward London. The peasants farming the land south of the huge battle were cursing the names of the tribal council's leaders for giving such a stupid order. They have not fought back the Irish advance as a resistance force, and don't seem to plan to.
EIRE: -100 troops, -10 ships
CANTIVEILLIAUNII: -20 ships, -400 troops
In Persia, a mystic named Zoroaster has attracted the following of many Persians, with his preaching that only Ahura Mazda is a worshipable, legitimate deity, rejecting the local polytheistic sects. His motto, salvation based on "good thought, good word, and good deed" is a wonderful concept among the Persian people. The religion of Zoroastrianism is now challenging the power of the High Priests ruling the country, who are adamantly rejecting this as heresy to the Gods and Goddesses, even as some of the lower-level priests and mystics are converting secretly and openly.
Within months of the beginning of his preaching, Zoroaster is slain. Instead of dying out, however, Zoroastrianism is only strengthened by the martyrdom, his house becoming a shrine.
With more than half the population converted, how long will the "archaic" theocracy of paganism last in Persia?
In the Byzantine Empire, birth rates soar after the Emperor openly condemns any and all forms of celibacy.
As the Byzantine Empire encounters the South Slavic tribes, the warlords refuse to acknowledge Byzantine dominance over their land and people. So what happens now? War.
Macedonian Archers - a new elite unit of archers straight out of Leopolis - dispatch some of the border tribes easily.
But now that they have a nation to look to, Dalmatia, will the rest of the South Slavs fall just as easily?
Story Bonuses
BYZANTIUM: +1 Economy point
EIRE: +1 Education point
NIHON: +1 Culture
MALAGASY: +1 Education point
NPC Contacts
Dalmatia and Byzantium
Belgium and France
Silesia and Slovakia
Dalmatia and Dacia
Austria and Slovakia
Rome and Dalmatia
Ontario and Iroquois
Georgia and Azerbaijan
Georgia and Crimea
Babylononia and Azerbaijan
NPC Diplomacy
DACIA AND SLOVAKIA SIGN NAP.
SLOVAKIA AND SILESIA SIGN NAP.
AUSTRIA AND SLOVAKIA SIGN NAP.
ROME AND DALMATIA SIGN NAP.
GEORGIA AND AZERBAIJAN SIGN MILITARY ALLIANCE
GEORGIA AND CRIMEA SIGN NAP.
ONTARIO AND IROQUOIS SIGN NAP.
From Azerbaijan and Georgia
To Babylononia:
We, together, will stand up against you unless you give Yerevan independence.
From Dacia
To Byzantium:
*SECRET*We have some enemies up the Danube. Nasty Slavs, the lot of them. How about sending some troops to help us squash them like the bugs they are?*SECRET*
From Dalmatia
To Byzantium:
No need for warfare. NAP?
From Muscovy
To Sinimustvalge Karjal:
Again, peace at current borders?
OOC
No orders from Reno, Kejixu, Amon Savag, MjM, and Azale.
Inca are NPC. Babylononia will not become NPC-ed unless MjM continues to not send orders. Fudge Pakistan no longer exists. Sinimustvalge Karjal will be NPC-ed next turn.
Symphony, you've still got an unfinished wonder. You can't push another one in.
And speaking of wonders/projects, when you're building a wonder, be sure to include in your orders to continue building it, so that I remember to change the number in that parentheses. Otherwise, it will be Modern Ages and you still will have the first wonder you ever started at (1/4)
Planning update for Thursday evening. I expect orders to be in by then. I will have no qualms about punishing those who do not send them (see Sinimustvalge Karjal's disorder and Fudge Pakistan's destruction for further reference).
MjM
Deity
To Georgia and Azerbaijin
From Babylonia
We will not be pushed aurond by the dogs that you are. Either surrender southern armenia to Babylonia or prepare to meet your doom.
From Babylonia
We will not be pushed aurond by the dogs that you are. Either surrender southern armenia to Babylonia or prepare to meet your doom.
Symphony D.
Deity
Hrm? None of them were so much wonders as just generic imperial mandates. The Nihonese just like giving things fancy titles.
The towns were built so I'm perfectly content. Though, shouldn't my education be +2/5? The rules make it sound like investing 1 econ point will then result in 5 turns until you get to the next level, and it was 1/5 last turn...I'll remember to include timed increases like that and wonders next time.
tommy_toon
Emperor
Excellent update. Silly Brits, thinking Eire was going to bow down before a lesser power.
Kamilian
Deity
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From Armenian Alliance (Georgia and Azerbaijan)
To Babylononia:
We will not bow down to you and neither will any other Armenian. Yerevan will be ours.
Symphony: OK, then, well, I did the cities anyway.
But as for the education... I didn't see anywhere in your orders to icnrease education - I saw "increase economy", which I did do on the stats, but nothing about education... and if you increase economy, you can't increase anything else anyway.
To Babylononia:
We will not bow down to you and neither will any other Armenian. Yerevan will be ours.
Symphony: OK, then, well, I did the cities anyway.
But as for the education... I didn't see anywhere in your orders to icnrease education - I saw "increase economy", which I did do on the stats, but nothing about education... and if you increase economy, you can't increase anything else anyway.
Symphony D.
Deity
Ohhh. Ok, I get it. Different rules in every NES kinda gets to you sometimes. 
MjM
Deity
Kamilian1 said:
Then you will have to take it from us.
tommy_toon
Emperor
Faolán looked over the British hills stained with blood, wondering why war must be so cruel. Many Irish families would be mourning the loss of their sons, brothers, fathers, and uncles. It was a useless battle at best, the British hadn't stood a chance. Peace was too late now, the British nobles were barbarians in his eye, not fit to rule or serve. They were only good for one thing, the training of troops. As promised, no mercy was to be shown.
As news of the glorious battle spread, large festivals erupted throughout Eire. Villagers could be seen swaggering drunkingly through the ways of Dublin, competing in games such as Hurling in Stranraer, and stuffing their faces with haggus in Cork. Great merryment and gayness could be found in every pub and back alley, and the name they cheered on was that of Faolán Mac Cadain.
While celebrations were going on, the Clan Tribunal was meeting in secret without Faolán. They all had noticed how he we now becoming more of a leader than any of them, and they weren't sure how to react. Perhaps this was what Eire needed, for all the clans to be united behind one man. This could be just what they had been waiting for to unite Eire as one nation, one land, one people.
As news of the glorious battle spread, large festivals erupted throughout Eire. Villagers could be seen swaggering drunkingly through the ways of Dublin, competing in games such as Hurling in Stranraer, and stuffing their faces with haggus in Cork. Great merryment and gayness could be found in every pub and back alley, and the name they cheered on was that of Faolán Mac Cadain.
While celebrations were going on, the Clan Tribunal was meeting in secret without Faolán. They all had noticed how he we now becoming more of a leader than any of them, and they weren't sure how to react. Perhaps this was what Eire needed, for all the clans to be united behind one man. This could be just what they had been waiting for to unite Eire as one nation, one land, one people.
Symphony D.
Deity
To: Shanghai
From: Nihon
The nation of Nihon is interested in establishing a trade route with Shanghai. Does the government of Shanghai agree to such a proposal?
From: Nihon
The nation of Nihon is interested in establishing a trade route with Shanghai. Does the government of Shanghai agree to such a proposal?
Finmaster
The White Ghost
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From Byzantium
To Dalmatia:
Our friends! Of course we will sign a 5-turn NAP for 2 economy points
To Dacia:
*secret*
Perhaps we could. But that would require us to form an alliance, and to discuss direct "rules" for it. Perhpas our nation leaders should have a less formal meeting (on AIM) to discuss this matter more closely
*secret*
To Dalmatia:
Our friends! Of course we will sign a 5-turn NAP for 2 economy points
To Dacia:
*secret*
Perhaps we could. But that would require us to form an alliance, and to discuss direct "rules" for it. Perhpas our nation leaders should have a less formal meeting (on AIM) to discuss this matter more closely
*secret*
blackheart
unenlightened
I'm so looooonelyyyyyy. By the way Kamilian, the Ganges river is up further, in Bangladesh, its the one with the multiple river mouths.
Sheep
Orange Shrooms!
I am taking the Brisbane League
To Sydney
From the Brisbane League
We should form the Confederation of Australian Nations. We will then be able to go out and conquer the greater world instead of each other and our peoples will enjoy the fruits of our success!
To Sydney
From the Brisbane League
We should form the Confederation of Australian Nations. We will then be able to go out and conquer the greater world instead of each other and our peoples will enjoy the fruits of our success!
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