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IT 1 Update 5
560 - 550 BC


Domestic Events

The Aztec Economy is hit hard by recent socio-political events in the Empire... (see Millitary Events)

The Singodian economy is flourishing, as vast amounts of new lands began to be consolidated. The more the Singodians expand, the stronger thier economy becomes. And so far, they have done it with small losses.

(+1 Economic Point)

The Valencian Economy takes a short dive because of the recent wars, and thier costs. Although it is suspected to recover soon. They also control a larger area, with having to rule over the Tuscans and former Northern Rome now as well.

(-Economic Growth +2 Size)

The Calabrians cannot efficently rule over the new province of Pescara, at it has always been a hotbed of bandit activity since Pescara's fall. Althoguh it does bring in bountiful grain harvests by being flat, ruling over the province is becoming increasingly difficult on the Calabrian administration.

(+Size)

The Sicilians take advantage of the Valencian Economy in wartime, and comishines a new fleet of merchant ships. They do extremely well, and with the capture of Tarentum, the Italian markets are closer than ever. This is all siphoned back into the key port city of Messina on the Northern coast of Sicily. The city has become an Economic Center!

(+Messina Economic Center)

The Ioannou begin to expand along the Theban frontier. Most barbaric tribes are fine to join them, which is a pleasent change from the stiff resistnace encountered while expanding along the Danube, the Ioannou have more similarites with the peoples theese far South, and they all commonly feel inferior to the Greeks. Trade begins to go well with the Greeks. This brings in trade, and in turn, the economy begins to grow.

(+Econmoic Growth)

Peace and Economic prosperity has come to Zylia. The Tyrian Navy and the Zylian land forces make a good team. The land forces expand into the East, although there is little use for the land there; it is but a vast desert. But, many merchants begin to come to Tyre, from as far away as Sicily, and of course the Greeks must travel there to trade with the Mesopatamian nations. All this trade, and how the city has recovered, has turned it into an eco center!

(+Tyrian Eco Center)

The Mylassians begin to develop a city on the island of Cyprus, which is anounced as thier new capital. It disheartens many on the mainland, but is better served for Infrastructre, as the Navy is very efficent.

(-1 Confidence, +1 Infrastructre)

Millitary Events

The Aztec warriors were to set out on a grand campaign, to counqer much, and enslave many. But a grand plot of assassination, death, and secession was being planned within it's two vassalized states. The Tlaxcalans and Toltec tribes both went up in arms. The rebellions were small and isolated, and seemed to be easy to crush. But then the warriors of the two tribes begin to break away from the Aztec millitary, seriously reducing thier numbers, and bolstering the rebel's numbers. They easily managed to gain control of all thier old lands. Both tribes are campaigining hard towards Tenochitlan, in order to deal a finishing blow. The situation is dire.

(8 Hundreds from Aztecs to Tlaxcala and Toltecia, -5 Aztec Hundreds, -4 Toltec and Tlaxcalan Hundreds, -1 Economy point from Aztec Empire, -Economic Growth, -1 Aztec Confidence)

The Singodians decide to flesh out thier nation, as the recent counqests of Copan and Kintyre didn't seem enough. The war-hardened troops set out into many places. Firstly, jungles in the West were counqered, although the land is plauged with jaguars, disease, and death. A small detachment of warriors sailed the farthest North they had ever sailed. They set out to make a city in name of Singoda. Many men died on the way, but they made it. Finally, a few boats were sent off in the East to try and find uninhabitated land, but the sailors never returned. No one knows what became of those brave warriors. [1]

(-4 Singodian Hundreds. -3 Singodian Ships)

Peace finally comes to the Western Medditteranean, but at what cost? (see Spotlight)

(-Rome, -9 La Legionae, -14 Valencian Hundreds, -4 Valencian Ships, -2 Calabrian Ships, -2 Calabrian Hundreds)

Carthage begins to come out of it's shell. With internal strife, a new king named Ba'al, after the glorious god, is seen to do many great things in his lifetime. The Cathignians expand greatly to the West and South. They also begin to actively trade with Sicily, and Calabria, and to a small extent, Valencia.

The Georgians launch a few succesful campaigns against thier neighboring tribes to the South. They have more than doubled in size, and a few tribes submitted wilfully, which bolstered thier ranks.

(+4 Georgian Hundreds)

After many long years of fighting, the strife in Ethiopia finally ends. A gathering of over 1500 Ethiopian warriors took place outside of Addis Abbaba. They were hopelessly outnumbered, but they fought on anyway. Thier fanaticism died with them that day. Every last man fought to the death, and inflicted many Ethiopian casaulties, but alas, thier stubborness had led to thier downfall in the end. The many Ethiopian tribes have no more will to rebel any longer. Almost all send a token of submission to Axum, and the few that didnt were destroyed. It seems peace has come to Axum, or at least until another war against the tribes erupts...

(-13 Aksum Hundreds, -Ethiopia)

Spotlight

"Surely Mars will weep on this day!"
General Tiberius, 552 BC, overlooking Rome as it is destroyed.

The Romans were doing pretty good in the early part of the decade. Florence, the Tuscan capital, had fallen. They had captured crucial passageways leading into Rome, and the Valencian navy had trouble doing any more damage to Rome and the surronding area. The army set out in high spirits in 560 BC. They were winning quite gloirously, advancing all the way up Italy. But, this was not to last. The first sign of trouble came when Calabria abruptly banished all Roman merchants from Calabria. Before any negoiations on this diplomatic diaster could take place, war was brought to Rome from thier Calabrian allies.

The bulk of the Calabrian force was the newly trained La Legionae. The Calabrians had no trouble sweeping across Southern Rome. The Roman army in the North was in full retreat. The Valencians swept down, and retook all the hard-earned Roman land in Tuscany. The Romans realised that they had been betrayed, and would be outnumbered, and outmatched, with the Valencian Economic and Naval might, and the Calabrian Legionae, they Romans had thier work cut out from them.

After the immediate Roman flee to the South, the Valencians landed to the South, to try and entrap the Romans. The Roman army had low morale, but superior weapons and training, and broke free of this encirclement. In Pescara, the Valencians were advancing unabaited, and were soon joined by numerous levies of Pescara, which hoped to break away from the Romans. The Roman levies were organised as fast as possible, with the charge of keeping the Valencians away from Rome The Roman army encountered the Calabrian Legionae in force at Naples. A heroic battle insued, with 2000 Roman warriors and levies, and over 2500 Legionae. The Samnite flexibility was found with both armies, but in the end, the Romans were too outnumbered, outmatched, and tired from forced marches all the way from Northern Italy. The Calabrians took Naples, and killed the city leaders, because it had refused to surrender.

The Valencian army broke through the levy lines, and advanced toward Rome. They were joined by Calabrian Legionae. The city of Rome had been severely weakend by raids earlier, and was still recovering. The fight did not last long, although both the Roman army in the south, and the brave levies in the North bought enough time for the King to escape. Nobody knows where he is to this day. But it is almost guranteed he weeps for his fallen Eagle.

Diplomacy

From Carthage
To Sicily

Greetings, we propose a Mutual Millitary Alliance between our nations.

From Ionannau
To Thebes

You must stop expanding on our Northern border, immediatly.

Not-So-Random Events

Singodians benefit from thier sailings of the seas, even if they wern't very succesful. (+1 Naval Training)

Valencia has lost many young men in the past wars, and most people under thier rule are not of Valencian blood. (-1 Confidence)

The Carthaginian millitary gains needed experience from thier recent counqests. (+1 Millitary Training)(

The Nubians begin to consolidate thier new lands gained from Egypt, and thier peace time economy (+Economic Growth)

The Sindhese Economy takes a dive. (-Economic Growth)

Notes

[1] You sailed much too far for your current tech.

Deadline on Sunday, May 6th (5th?)

Ill do random events after the gym.
 
mapparautaus

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NPC searching time!
 
YEAH BABY! :joy: Everythings going right for a change :)

What does the [1] mean about my lost sailers? ;)
 
Yippeeee!!!!!

Sorry Azale, but my hand was forced. And La Legione (correct Italian spelling) from my project were simply too good a secret weapon to not take advantage of them.

EDIT: Sorry to complain, but MjM, shouldn't I get some sort of economic benefit for such huge and profitable gains in the war? I mean, what I gained is some of the richest territory on earth.
 
Thought it was that, but was worth a try regardless.. how reliable will transport be between my main nation and my colony? Assuming i take measures to safeguard passage, can i assume loses will be small as transport between the two increases?
 
Nation Name: Carthage
Capital: Carthage
Ruler: NPC
Government (Efficiency): Oligarchy (Corrupt)
Culture: Punic, small Sicilian minority, small Numidian minority
Tech. Level: Middle Bronze Age
Army (Quality): 10 Hundreds (Normal)
Navy (Quality): 15 Ships (Pathetic)
Economy (Points): Normal (+2)
Trade: 0
Size (Points Required): Medium (2)
Infrastructure: Dirt Paths
Education: Dumb
Prestige: Tolerable
Confidence: Tolerating
Projects:
Nation Background: Carthage is a mix of Numidian fighters and overseas rulers. It is said the first ruler of Carthage came from Heaven itself, and ruled by mandate of Ba'al. Theese days are long over, although Carthage has a mighty army to counqer with, the rulers aren't as benevelont as they once were.

No hard feelings to anyone. This is the best NPC, so I shall take them.
 
Yippeeee!!!!!

Sorry Azale, but my hand was forced. And La Legione (correct Italian spelling) from my project were simply too good a secret weapon to not take advantage of them.

EDIT: Sorry to complain, but MjM, shouldn't I get some sort of economic benefit for such huge and profitable gains in the war? I mean, what I gained is some of the richest territory on earth.

It has been pretty war ravaged, I'd expect we need a couple turns before either of us start reaping its benefits.
 
Nice update. Really like the fact that Ethiopia is, well... dead.

And I am big.

I dont like isolationism. EGYPT, FIND ME!
 
Great update MjM. And I can understand your desire for a 2 week break completely.

No jokes about me taking breaks- I update every weekend, I just don't finish an update every weekend.
 
So... Does Carthage still want a mutual military alliance?
 
Yes, yes Carthage does :D
 
Too bad. j/k... SHITSHILY SIGNS THE AGREEMENT! We shall be war buddies from hereon. We shall love eachother like I have loved yo momma for the past 3 nights in a row. We shall trade sicilian something or other for Carthaginean prostitutes. Glory for the double entente! :p
 
any naval based kingdoms with little connection to the landish world, yet still on a continent open as an NPC?
 
Yippeeee!!!!!

Sorry Azale, but my hand was forced. And La Legione (correct Italian spelling) from my project were simply too good a secret weapon to not take advantage of them.

EDIT: Sorry to complain, but MjM, shouldn't I get some sort of economic benefit for such huge and profitable gains in the war? I mean, what I gained is some of the richest territory on earth.

I used the spelling of Legionae in your orders.

And, Pescara is the most ravaged land in the world at the moment, it will take some time for it to recover. It has been a hotbed for banditry and chaos since Pescara was counqered.

Thought it was that, but was worth a try regardless.. how reliable will transport be between my main nation and my colony? Assuming i take measures to safeguard passage, can i assume loses will be small as transport between the two increases?

Losses will be small, since you have already sailed the coast once. But sailing as far as Cuba is just too far with your Naval technology.

Nation Name: Carthage
Capital: Carthage
Ruler: NPC
Government (Efficiency): Oligarchy (Corrupt)
Culture: Punic, small Sicilian minority, small Numidian minority
Tech. Level: Middle Bronze Age
Army (Quality): 10 Hundreds (Normal)
Navy (Quality): 15 Ships (Pathetic)
Economy (Points): Normal (+2)
Trade: 0
Size (Points Required): Medium (2)
Infrastructure: Dirt Paths
Education: Dumb
Prestige: Tolerable
Confidence: Tolerating
Projects:
Nation Background: Carthage is a mix of Numidian fighters and overseas rulers. It is said the first ruler of Carthage came from Heaven itself, and ruled by mandate of Ba'al. Theese days are long over, although Carthage has a mighty army to counqer with, the rulers aren't as benevelont as they once were.

No hard feelings to anyone. This is the best NPC, so I shall take them.

Glad to have you back!

any naval based kingdoms with little connection to the landish world, yet still on a continent open as an NPC?

Well, no, not really, sorry. Although, the small kingdom to the South of the Trojans can be transformed into a naval power, Illinois is thier name.

You forgot my barbarian conquests again!

You keep trying to counqer lands controlled by Cyrenica. :p If you want to declare a war, or whatever, tell me.
 
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