stMinionNES2: Bigger, Better, Betterer

Athena towered over the city like the Goddess should. The towers and columns rose from the ground to a proud height that would express the power and ingenuity of the Athenian people. Emperor Pericles examined the papyrus scrolls that the Acropolis designs had been sketched upon. Yes, he thought, this will do. This will be the remarkable center piece of my empire. (this was from my last story, I forgot to order it).

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The field was littered with corpses and flies that infested in them. Helmets, some empty, and some still with a head in it, plagued the land. Spears halfway into the ground, others were jutted into a dead body, could be seen all the way up until the forest that lined this valley. A great battle had taken place here, and in it’s wake were the victorious Athenians, having the support of Athena. The flag of Athens still stood prominent among the spears of the victors.

General Thericles began to yell some orders. As his voice reached the ears of the many soldiers, each one began to listen attentively. Nodding their heads, and then letting out great cries of joy and agreeing, they began to chant the name of their general, the one who they all look up to for safety. Forming into perfect square formations, the regiments began to march. The general rode upon the horse, trotting next to the regiment that consisted of nearly two hundred men. They had just recently defeated a foe, a Spartan foe, of three times their numbers. After Sparta is taken, they would be led back to Athens and be welcomed in a huge parade through Corinth and Athens, should they survive the coming battle.

Thericles had just offered his regiment to be the first up the ladders onto the walls of Sparta, putting much confidence into the men he led. They were organized into hoplites, a group of no more then ten men with eight-foot long spears and small bucklers, along with light armor that protected the chest and waist. They each wore a helmet with a green fringe that stated at the forehead and led all the way to the back of the neck.

His army reached the main army camp. From atop the neighboring hill he could see the valley was full of white tents. A faint sound of laughter and crackling fire wood could be heard as it echoed off the walls of the canyon. Siege weapons, mostly large ladders, a few rams, and even a couple new catapults. The catapults were nothing more then a forked trunk of a tree being tied down by a rope and then let loose and flinging burning objects over the wall and starting a fire within the other side of the town.

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Pericles was astonished at the way his army had handled the Spartans. According to legend and rumor, the Spartans were a force to be reckoned with. However, Athenian soldiers were more trained and better equipped. It was time, he thought, that Sparta would be put to an end. Reinforcements were already on their way, and the new siege weapons should help to break the city fortifications. All was set.

To Macedonia
From Athenians

Our relations have just begun, and in the safety of my people I can not accept a protection pact. We however are open to a pact of non aggression. What say you?

ORDERS
Increase Economy by moving farmers into the undeveloped conquered lands.
Send 2,000 men against the city of Sparta with the siege weapons mentioned above.
650 men are to head north.
Begin Acropolis Wonder (+2 army, +2 economy)





Flag of Athens
 
To Poland
From Germany

Greetings! How fare our Slavic friends from the east? I hope our lands may prosper and genrally have good relations!

To Bohemia
From Germany:

Ahoy to you as well! What can we do for our neighbors?
 
Egypt
With the Karnak Temples underway, Nomarch Mery was pleased. He new though that it would take many years to complete and thought it wise to improve upon his army still until they were done. So he had his smartest men working on better copper weapons for the army. He thought with this that Egypt would acheive great power through its army.


The people were also quite happy with all the new villages along the Nile River. The river brought fish and an abundant supply of water. With this Mery new the economy would eventually prosper greatly, so he decided to continue building many farming villiages around it.



Orders

increase army
continue to have wise trying to make better and stronger copper weapons and shields
set more villiages and towns along the nile
expand in all directions especially along the nile
 
Trumpets blared as the First Roman Legion went north. Its strength 800 Roman War Legionaires, its mission help Rome's friends the Etruscans defeat the badgering Lombardians.

"I know the Etruscans didn't ask for us. We are going as a surprise present from the Emporer. He said that the King of Etruria implied he needed help but was too proud to say it outloud."

So eight across and one hundred in length, the expeditionary force set out. This was not only a quest to help Rome's ally, but also a look into the world outside of Rome. A sort of journey of understanding and discovery, you might say. With the Legion went a dozen of Rome's best intellectuals. They are to observe and take note of their surroundings.

To the south, a road connecting Rome's two economical centers was connected creating a new era of prosperity for the growing empire. The Naplese were rather surpised how good their rule under the Romans was. Under the Republic system, the Naplese were able to keep a local governor picked from their own populace. Some Roman's moved to Naples and relations between the conquered city and its new country prospered much like its economy.

But the big news is the groundbreaking of a new building in Rome, the Great Forum. It is a large building much like a theatre only meant for more serious matters such as politics and science. With many debates being discussed in the new forum, better decisions will be made and the Republic will gain a new weapon against tyranny and despotism.

ORDERS:
Send 800 legions to Etruria's aid
Increase Economy by building harbors along the coast
Look into other metals to replace bronze (iron)
Expand to fill the peninsula east of all current territory
Begin construction of the Great Forum (+10 Culture, +Science, +Economy better decisions)

OOC- I think I should have 1800 men not 1000.
 
OOC: I had written a story but my computer booted. So.. no story :(

ERIE ORDERS:
-Grow economy by building roads
-continue the "Newgrance" wonder (+culture, +army, 2/?)
-keep on expanding with the entire army to take over the entire island of Erie.
 
Germany: 3799BC-3700BC
A boy sat in a room among many other children. There was a fire burning in the center of the room, and that was the main source of light except for the hole in the roof that was used to allow the smoke to leave the room. The boys were sitting on wooden chairs, in their hands they held a booklet that held vast lists of nouns and verbs in Polish. This was one of many classrooms springing up throughout Germany. The goal of these classrooms was a lofty one. They needed to educate the best and brightest of Germany to be able to speak with the Poles. This required the knowledge of the Polish toung.

The teachers at these schools had gone through a lot of trouble to learn Polish. They had traveled to the Polish lands, not understood by anyone. But eventually after attempting to understand them most people understood that they knew no Polish whatsoever. They were able to rent a room. (Knowledge and understanding of money is universal). As they traveled the town they had come to many people tried to help them learn a little more Polish so they could communicate. They got jobs working on farms all over the country and learned as they worked. Finally after years and years they could speak and be understood and understand what people were saying in Polish. It was a grand achievement. The chief was pleased and the first thing he did was have them tooter him and his sons in Polish. Then he set up the schools the children were currently studying.

But all was not peachy in Germany. There was a horrid overcrowding problem. Many people needed more space and were homeless. Also the king decided to investigate the “big lake” he had learned of from the Polish. So he decided it was time to expand north. He also was going to establish a new city, a wonderful city. It was time for Germany to grow again and establish themselves as a major tribe in the world.

The forest was alive with humans. They were an animal it rarely saw. But they were everywhere today. They crushed the underbrush, causing the animals to flee in terror. Strange was their appearance, tall things with grey humps on their backs(from sacks to hold things...). Many of them had no hair, or at least it seemed that way(hats). It was a sight that the animals did not care to see ever again. When they camped they usually ended up killing many trees. It would take the forest many years to recover from this. As they crossed the forest northwest they stopped and claimed the land for Germany, what a silly thing to do? No humans ever came out here. But they continued to do it as they cleared a path of destruction. No one would ever again see the forest the same way. It had been touched by mankind and the animals knew that this was just the beginning.

The humans neared the edge of the forest. There their was a huge river and the lake was not so long of a distance. Some of the men stayed here and formed a camp by the lake. The rest went and claimed all of the land up to the sea. All and all this trek had made Germany a much larger land. But the real reason was yet to occur. At the camp a most horrible thing began happening. Men had lit the forest aflame, on purpose! All this land that the Germans had claimed was going to be cleared by fire! Monstrous nasty humans, I tell you. Then as if this had all been coordinated other bands of humans, following the previously cleared path arrived with lots of stone and other materials. They set to work building a strange looking object right next to the river. It was incredibly tall. The animals had never seen such a thing. The humans were cheering about something, saying things like “Hamburg is founded!” and “For the great chief!”

But this was just the beginning of the troubles. More bands of humans went through covering the path with stones and smoothing it out. They called it Hamburg road. Then as soon as they were done many people came carrying more supplies and more land was cleared. Finally rain came and stopped the fires, but the forest was hurt horribly. After years and years of this Hamburg became a huge collection of human made buildings. Around Hamburg some local men had build buildings on the ocean to act as their homes and storehouses as they “fished” fishing was a barbaric action in which the humans entrapped fish and took them into these buildings never to be seen again. Also around Hamburg many farms were begun. These farms operated on the same methods used before in other parts of Germany. Also as before they were incredibly productive. Eventually Hamburg had become a grand city full of opportunity and wonder. Many Germans came here and it grew into a center of activity.

The Hamburg road was an example of many roads throughout Germany. These allowed goods to be transported. There were also many new goods to transport. The grains grown on the farms, the beer that remained a jealously guarded secrete of the Germans (who were coming up with many variations) as well as Hamburg fish, and cattle from the farms where people had begun to domesticate animals, as well apples, grapes, and many other fruits. The German marketplace was full of many wonderful tastes.

Apparently others had noticed the smoke from clearing the land for Hamburg. Men identifying themselves as from the FrankReich (they could be spoken to as their toung was clearly similar to the German one) appeared near Hamburg one day. It was a new chapter in German history. They had met another Germanic tribe. The first one they had come in contact with. The chief of Germany hoped that the two peoples would get along wonderfully in the coming years. He also hoped that now that Germany could communicate with Poland and Bohemia (as apparently the Bohemians had learned German) that they could begin trading their wonderful goods, produced by their ever growing and becoming more efficient farms.

All of these activities greatly pleased the chief. His ultimate goal was defiantly at hand. He would form a great kingdom. It would prosper in peacetime. It would avoid war at all costs, but if war was unavoidable it would have a strong base of allies to work with and it would be prepared to defend itself and its friends. The German civilization would be preserved, as well as the civilizations of Germanys friends!


Orders:
-expand NW to an area just south of Denmark and build Hamburg(ill try and attach a graphic to show)
-grow economy by adding more farms
-continue working on econ +2 wonder
plexussmall.GIF


YAY! anyway, that dot is where i think Hamburg should go about....

Diplomacy:
To FrankReich:
Would you like to become allies?

To Bohemia:
Would you care for an alliance?

To Poland:
same offer is open to you.
 
Hannibal’s army reached the sea. The sound of the waves crashing on the shore was very southing, but Hannibal was not content with the little nation he had created. He divided his army to take more land in less time. 500 Men Marches down the coast to the east, 500 to the south. The rest of the army would march south and take land to the south.

Hannibal returned to Carthage to get business in order. Carthage needed a way to move supplies more efficiently. Roads needed to be build to increase the movement of good and troops. Elephants, which have been used by the Carthaginians for hard labor, are enlisted to pull equipment for flattening land, and clearing brush.

The power of elephants is well known, but their power has never been utilized for warfare before. It has been a dream of Carthage generals to use elephants, and Hannibal shared this dream. He ordered 100 elephants and their trainers to train them to develop methods in training elephants in war. A facility for this is being build and is near completion.

SEE FLAG HERE http://juliusnesnations.tripod.com/

Orders
500 men to expand along the west coast, 500 to the east 1000 fanned out to expand to the south.
Increase Econ
Start wonder, Elephants of war (2 turns)
 
Sardis's ship had landed on Cyprus. For half a century the contact had been lost with this piece of the Lydian civilization. They had been assumed dead when contac hadnt come back to the mainland, and with no tools they had carved out their own life out of the Cyrpus shores and mountains.

But even throughout all of this the lost Lydians had retained thier culture and hadnt been absorbed into a "Cyrpus nationalism" or into the "Phoenician" civilization. For that Sardis had a great memorial planned, but right now his business in Cyrpus was purely diplomatic.

As the contacts from the lost Lydians came, so did the contacts from the seafaring Phoenicians. They had greeted Sardis warmly through the letter, and since thier approach to the world was much like Lydias Sardis couldnt see the harm.

As he stepped off the boat, he took in the salty, Cyprus air...

Diplomacy

To: Phoenicia
From: King Sardis of Lydia

Hello! Since we are both seafaring, I reccomend we ally to protect our trade and way of life.

Orders
- expand north and south along the coast of Anatolia
- take the little islands between Anatolia and Greece
- try to land on Crete
- use 500 men to expand into inner Anatolia

- increase army size

- begin wonder, Lydian Naval Academy (makes Lydia the naval equivalent of Sparta,+3 naval increases)
 
The expansion toward the north yielded not only success but also knowledge of a fellow nation to the west - Germany. However, noone understood what the hell they were saying. Anyway, the new city of Gdansk grew quickly since the people were getting tired of the forests of Poznan. The sea that Gdansk was on the shore of was named the Baltic Sea. This would be the ideal location of a new shipyards so that a navy could be built. The Great Shipyards of Gdansk were ordered by Emperor Casimir I, and they would start the Polish Navy. Also, a few Germans have come into Poland to learn the language so that they may return to their nation to educate the German children. Casimir sent educators to Germany as well so that they also learn the German language and come back to educate in new Polish schools that were going to be built this year. The Germans offered an alliance, and Casimir decided that he would accept the offer, since he would not want to be enemies with a fellow nation in these dark and uncertain times when thugs could jump out of every shadow to rob a person blind.

Emperor Casimir I also ordered the troops to expand eastward, unofficially leaving the area west of Poland’s current western frontier for the Germans. Although he himself said that he may consider expanding a bit southwest.

Diplo
From Emperor Casimir I of the Polish Imperium

To Germany:
Of course we shall sign an alliance with you. We are sending our teachers to you to learn your language so that we may know how to talk to you in your tongue just as you now know our tongue.

Orders
Start Great Shipyards of Gdansk in Gdansk. (15 galleys)
Use all Army to expand towards the east.
When the teachers come back from Germany, establish schools where they will teach the people not only Polish but also German (at least the basics of German). (Since there is no Education stat, I am ASSUMING this goes for Culture)
Make efforts to make Gdansk as presentable, beautiful, and appealing as possible. It may be an ideal resort city, as well as port for the Polish Navy.
 
Originally posted by amirsan
can I get my diplo answered?
Click to expand...

Yeah. :(


The Messenger to Persia was attacked by a wild animal. The beast tore him pretty bad, but the messenger stabbed the creature in the belly with his knife. The animal died. The Messenger was wounded. He was about to die, when a farmer rescued him. He bandaged his wounds, but the messenger could not get his message to Persia on time. He was late, and the God of Fate, Aaminionium, was blamed for the attack. Thus, a temple to him was built to appease him in Babylon. The temple attracted many immigrants seeking worship to Aaminionium and the borders of Babylon expanded towards the South. A new city was built, Ur. This new city had its own guarding army, The Babylonian 2nd Phalanx. This army of 1000 strong protected Ur from barbarian attack. Hammurabi led his people well, and they prospered. Babylon was to become a major power in the Middle East, and possibly, The World. A testament to Babylon was needed to show the barbarians the true power of Hammurabi's new nation. So the Great Ziggurat of Babylon was begun. The project would require hard and dedicated work from the citizens, so financial bonuses were given to builders and architects. Slaves from the surrounding chiefdoms and tribes would provide cheap labor for construction. The Ziggurat would show the world that Babylon was the Great Empire it was born to be!

- Expand South
- Start a wonder, The Great Ziggurat, which would inspire fear in the hearts of barbarians (+ combat against eneimies, + relations with barbarian nations)
- Grow Army
 
lol, Pug, the capital of the civ below you is Ur. But I guess i'll just make it Uruk to avoid confusion.



From Northern Nordic Tribe
To Norway

We'll join you, as you're far too powerful.

From Persia
To Babylon

We'd rather not sign an alliance with you right now. We're scared it will pull us into a war with Assyria.
 
ooc: You did not do my orders.
 
I forgot it. Next time please post in the thread, it helps a lot.

UPDATE TONIGHT

Orders Needed From

Brunei (AAminion00)
Israel (Warman17)
Khmer (Narevod)
Majahapit (Plexus)
Srivijaya (China444)
Xia (Sheep2)

I hope to get at least 2 of these.
 
In the city of Thrace there was news, a new tribe had been discovered! There was also unusual activity in the city that they to, a large group of people was about to go and found a new city in the rich fields in the Sout-East. His wise men where strugling on how to find out what was best to live of. One of the young asistants had got really sick the other day testing a mushrom.

Orders:
Build a city in the Sout-East called (whops, i left my book "599 things to call your Thrace city" at home so you just make something up)
Continue the wonder
Send all the scouts in the same directions

To Mackedon
From Thrace

We are afraid we can not agree to that proposal. Would you not care to join uss and help setting up a glorious empire?
 
well I have a pretty big and nice story but its not finished so I will just do my orders incase I cant finish it in time.

NORWAY:
-Increase Economy by fishing on the coast line
-Recruit 3 levels of army (if we cant increase eco at the same time to just increase +2)
-continue wonder
-Annex the two tribes
-Expand on the two other tribes, bring 1000 troops with me to intimidate them, be ready for any attack.
-Expand with 1000 troops south
-Load as many as you can on my 10 galleys and travel (ON THE COAST, OR BEACH, WHATEVER THAT THEY WONT SINK ON). Travel to Denmark and build a military encampment. Send a diplomat there and ask for an alliance. Tell them that they could start expansion in Scandinavia but tell them that there are VERY verocious tribes that use huge animals on thier army, so that they should expand with most of thier army, almost all of it or else they wont take the valuable golden lands.
 
ORDERS:
Continue construction of the temple
1500 men continue expansion in all directions, but especially towards the sea
500 men engage barbarian tribes
Grow army
 
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