Takeo takes on Deity

[Takeo]

1340-1355AD

The French-Egyptian War
The war with Egypt has gone rather well, with almost no loss of life(for France ). Before sending any military units in, I decided not to spend time quelling resistance and tieing down units protecting cities. All Egyptian cities were to be burned to the ground and the dreaded culture-flip would be avoided alltogether. Thus far, Egypt has lost over 20 cities, including the capital of Thebes.
At the beginning of this war, the captured Egyptian population was put to work chopping down jungle in former Zululand. But lately the line of prisoners has faded away, without explanation. The rumor going around is that some of the top cavalry generals are having the Egyptian citizens executed. One general supposedly said "My men would rather attack than spend time as guards." This rumor has yet to be confirmed.

This worldmap shows Egypt before the war started in 1230AD.

and now the worldmap in 1355AD, after the fall of Thebes.

A big dent has been made in the Egyptian empire!


The Siege of Thebes
A large stack of artillery, infantry and several cavalry armies razed Thebes to the ground in 1355AD. The battle is most notable for Cleopatra scurrying away before the French military surrounded the city. Cleopatra, in the picture below, is covered by her elite War Chariot bodyguards as she escapes to the west.

Scientific Progress
In 1355AD, French scientists had a breakthru. Motorized Transportation was discovered and the Modern Age was ushered in.

Science is turned off and gold will now be used to purchase armies. Any hired scientists have been retrained as taxmen. A total of 81 cities in former Germany/Zululand have been building Civil Defense Centers, since they were founded. These stored up shields are now turned into tanks. Any excess gold can be used to purchase these as needed, at about 150-300g apiece, after taking the stored-up shields into account. Sun Tzu's Art of War was taken over, with the capture of Berlin, so all of these tanks will be veterans!


World News
Babylon and Japan are now allies.

Have been trying to get Babylon into an alliance vs. Egypt for a while, to no effect. Suddenly, in 1350AD, Babylon declares all on their own.

 

[Lord_Iggy]

Nice work. Death to Cleo!

 

[IronMan2055]

good job takeo

 

[Takeo]

@Lord_Iggy and IronMan2055- Thank you, things are really rolling now.

 

[knupp715]

Great Job Takeo. Looks like the French are finallly conquering the entire world. Keep the momentum going!

 

[Own]

Cleo? Is this regicide or is that a GL of some sort?

In the barrel, turnly tank armies = AI .

 

[Lord_Iggy]

I think that that pic wasn't from the actual game. Probably made a different game to get that screenie.

 

[Takeo]

I think that that pic wasn't from the actual game. Probably made a different game to get that screenie.

Yes, that's a 'dramatized reenactment' of a famous battle of the time.

Screen capture will not take a picture of moving units, with shots being fired, explosians and units falling dead to the ground. So, I figured it would be cool to see artillery all spread out, with fire spouting from their barrels and Cleopatra sneaking away like a coward. She is not actually in the game, as a unit.

@knupp715- Thanks, momentum is definately going with the intro of the tank!

 

[Takeo]

1360-1380AD

Sabotage
America has had Electricity for a number of turns now, so Replaceable Parts can't be far off. Lincoln stupidly agrees to a ROP and 2 French cavalry armies move into position over sources of rubber.
New Samarra(American-captured from Babylon?) will cost 60g to sabotage production, under an immediate attempt. Mr. Bond is sent in, he succeeds in destroying an ironclad....and nothing. He is sent in a second and third time, destroying a new ironclad each time, and is not caught. On the fourth try my spy is finally caught, and Abe has a hissyfit.

The rubber is disconnected, the tank-led assault begins and now there is war on 2 fronts.


Operation: Steel Spear
With the introduction of tanks into the warfare mix, conquest is going even faster. The attack-factor of 32 that a tank army employs cuts right thru riflemen, like a knife thru butter. Tanks are spearheading the assault, straight up the middle against American cities, and cavalry and cavalry armies are taking out peripheral cities. No support troops(artillery, infantry and bombers) are being used on this front, cause riflemen fold easily vs. cav and tank armies. The artillery stack, infantry and a handful of cav armies are still in the south, attempting to polish off Egypt. There were quite a few(around 100) American cavalry that had gone south to fight Egypt. Some of them turned on Fortress:Wine, the site of my failed 'Funnel of Doom'. Nine American cavalry fall at the walls and eight retreat, while one of my infantry falls and 2 infantry turn elite. Bombers, stationed inside the city, finish off the hurt cavalry with lethal bombardment.

Slaughter at New Seattle
With the tanks faring well in the middle, cavalry and cavalry armies are razing out-of-the-way cities. A couple of cav armies and a stack of cavalry are sent onto a penisula to take out New Seattle, New Detroit and New Cincinnati.

The overzealous cav armies charge ahead, with their extra move, and the cavalry stack is accidentally left without protection. For some reason, there were about a dozen American cavalry out on the penisula and they pounced on my cavalry stack. The cavalry were also attacked from behind. I'm used to, at most, losing 1 unit a turn. Maybe an infantry on defense or a cavalry while attacking. During this interturn, 7 French cavalry bit the dust in the ambush and almost as many are redlined. If I remember right, this is the greatest loss in a single battle, during this game. The following picture show my cavalry being surrounded.

Woe is Egypt
As of 1380AD, Egypt has 14 cities left and four of those are new size-1 towns. America has captured 3, Babylon 3, Japan 2 and China 1 city from Egypt. There is no way to withstand being attacked from every side, and having no allies! Heehee!
Elephantine is(was) the new capital for Egypt. It was a size-25 metropolis with 8 infantry defending. With the help of 33 artillery, the city is razed to the ground.


Trades
Babylon had a big chunk of change, again, and I couldn't resist trading to them.

Babylon gains Ecology in the Modern Age.


Mobilization
The French empire has mobilized and war time production is in full swing. About 10 cities can build a tank in 2 turns. Another 12 cities can build a tank in 3-4 turns.
1370AD was a productive turn-18 tanks, 2 battleships, 3 cruisers, 3 destroyers and 2 bombers and 1 army were built(or purchased) this turn.


World News
In 1375AD, China signs peace with Egypt and then signs an MPP with Babylon.

 

[Stumpy123]

First off, I'm a long-time lurker, but first time poster. I've been following this fine performance from early on. Anyway, keep up the good work, and don't feel too bad about losing those cavalries. You have tanks now, and burning your enemies with those will feel that much better now

 

[Takeo]

First off, I'm a long-time lurker, but first time poster. I've been following this fine performance from early on. Anyway, keep up the good work, and don't feel too bad about losing those cavalries. You have tanks now, and burning your enemies with those will feel that much better now

Yes, tanks are nice! Wish they had 3-move like cavalry. Guess I will have to acquire the tech that allows Modern Armor.

 

[Takeo]

1385-1395AD

Battle of New Atlanta
The city of New Atlanta was captured, so all the hurtin' units could heal up and continue on fresh. I did not think the AI would attack an army fortified in a city, but they apparently do. New Atlanta was harboring two cavalry armies(in the yellow) and a handful of single cavalry. In 1385AD, a total of fifteen American cavalry charged in, attacked New Atlanta, beat both armies down to the red and killed 3 other cavalry. The following shot show one of the armies with 1 hp left, during the interturn, and then completely healed when the turn starts (cause of free barracks).

In 1390AD another nineteen American cavalry swarmed in, but I had learned from the previous turn and brought up artillery and infantry for support. The attack had no effect. The artillery that was brought in redlined a rifleman, an elite cavalry finished him off and....

The leader in promptly turned into an army and filled with tanks. The partial world map shows the position of this battle and of the one spoken of next.


Charge of the Riflemen
America must be desperate to take a city from me, cause Fortress:Wine is attacked by 31 riflemen, a pikeman and 2 longbowmen. Apparently all the cavalry, fighting Egypt in the south, have been killed and just the riflemen are left in that assault force. Back in 1330AD, I witnessed a whole load of American cavalry rushing south to combat Egypt. The riflemen are completely overmatched, as bombers and artillery shred them to pieces! The following picture illustrates the desperate charge.

In the aftermath of the bombardment, tanks clean up the stragglers and Charlemagne appears!

Folks are growing weary!
The inner core has been prepared for war weariness with the building of police stations, temples, cathedrals, J.S. Bachs and Universal Suffrage. Also have all 8 luxuries, either locally or thru trades. I had hoped the weariness would be held off a bit longer. But with a number of cavalry losses recently and all the units America is throwing at me, people are starting to get upset. A stack of 150 artillery, infantry and cavalry sitting in Egyptian territory doesn't help either. Two turns ago there were 32 unhappy people in the French empire. As of 1385AD, there are 279 unhappy people and 23 cities ready to go into civil disorder. This picture is of the inner core, where there was no unhappines a couple of turns ago.

Egypt has under 10 cities left, so gonna try to finish them off fast and alleviate some of this.


The MPP and the Alliance
The time has come to make use of an existing MPP between Japan, China and Babylon. Have been trying to get Babylon into war vs. America for a few turns now, without success.

Japan is the only nation that will go for an alliance vs. America, but they want Steel. Nope, not gonna do it. Rubber is offered up instead and Tokugawa accepts. Woohoo!

During the interturn, the MPP is triggered, China and Babylon join the fray!

 

[Lord_Iggy]

Yeah! More BLOODBATH!

 

[Takeo]

1390-1420AD

Babylonian Audacity
Everything with the Egyptian war is going great. The stack of artillery move to a 2-tile distance from a city and the cavalry armies position themselves next to the city to await bombardment. City after Egyptian city falls by the wayside, until the city of Oryx. The French military units were all in position to attack in 1390AD. During the interturn, Babylonian destroyers and battleships bombard Oryx, then about 6 bombers finish off the defenders. A single Babylon cavalry glides in and steals Oryx, right in front of my units!

Hammurabi will pay dearly!


Then, Babylon has the gall to demand a territory map and 67g , when France clearly has twice the power of them. French forces are tied up overseas in two wars and this is not a good time, so I give in. Not ready to lose two luxuries. Can't remember if there has been any other demands in this game, but to get one from an inferior nation is.....Well, Hammurabi will soon find out!

Peace, War and Broken Deals
In 1400AD, Japan and Egypt make peace. This momentarily disappointed me, cause Egypt is being squeezed between French and Japanese forces.

Then, a few seconds later-

Two turns later it was deja vu. Babylon commited the same treachery. Do Babylon and Japan have a secret alliance & agenda?

A few seconds later-

Cleopatra is trapped
Egypt is down to a handful of cities on a small island. My spy tells me that Cleo has no ships, cavarly or workers. Just 10 infantry protecting her on this small island.

Two tank armies and two cavalry armies have just landed on the beach near Cairo. This won't take long!


War Weariness
In 1400 & 1405AD, a total of 17 cities descended into civil disorder. Hopefully Egypt will be dealt a death blow soon and this weariness will ease up.

 

[Mirc]

I read your story and then I scrolled down. I saw this:

 

[madviking]

LMAO!

 

[Blahness]

I hope you kill the Egyption scum quickly! =D

Awesome chronolog, keep it going.

 

[tupaclives]

I love this story its great, i hope you tear those babs a new something pretty soon

 

[Mirc]

What means LMAO? (sorry if this is a stupid question).

And, BTW, I would like to see a world map at the next update.

 

[tupaclives]

LMAO =

Laughing
My
Ass
Off