Gelion
Retired Captain
You managed to catch me during my vacation
I say your best shot would be the Paradox Forums:
http://www.europa-universalis.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=51
The First(and hopefully only) Reich
- Thread starter Tani Coyote
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You managed to catch me during my vacation
I say your best shot would be the Paradox Forums:
http://www.europa-universalis.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=51
Tani Coyote
Son of Huehuecoyotl
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=== 240 BC ===
The IBT sees many battles. Asian Pirates, likely Chinese-hired, tear into the primitive British fleet off the coast of Britannia, and annihiliate it. Egyptian forces are seen winning battles against the demoralised musketmen and bowmen of the Arabs. Songhai, Abyssinia, and the Zulu are also engaged in a war on Arabia thanks to our diplomatic manuevers. This will hopefully keep them from devoting their large East African holdings to gobbling up our captured outposts in the area.
The Arabs win a few battles against Egypt as well. They move many of their wounded musketmen into Suez - which we intend to assault and hopefully take.
Tibet joins the Asian crusade against Mongolia. We also cancel our rights of passage with Persia and Turkistan - readying for the next wave of expansion.
---
Domestically, our empire's next stage of expansion is placed: 2 new bands of settlers arrive in Brazil, and will expand the colony to the northwest and the southeast. Meanwhile, our hired Pirates do their best to wear down the enormous fleets of Asian ships moving into our territorial waters.
Our assault on them is a success, and within a few months, all but one fleet of 2600 men - under the command of Admiral Zhe Xiung - are destroyed.
Next, Germany struck at Murmansk, the last Russian holding in Europe. It fell with relative ease. The Russian Northern Fleet - 230 men strong - now lacked a port, and as a result would decay over time as it was hacked into by a combination of cold, starvation and attacks from Pirates.
With the goal of European unification(except for small, rather uninhabited pockets of land, and the Turkish holdings far to the East) achieved, an envoy was sent to the Soviets. We discovered that Lenin had recently died, being replaced by a young man from Georgia, Iosef Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili - known better by his pseudonym of Joseph Stalin.
Stalin had achieved power through treachery, charisma and sheer force. He dominated the Politburo and was de facto leader and dictator of the Soviet Union. He glorified the army while using horrific political repression and a personality cult to keep power. He referred to the 30-year war with Germany as the 'Great Patriotic War'.
However, Stalin was also a more reasonable person then Lenin. While Lenin had always intended to invade the rest of the world to export his revolution - and thus by nature was Germany's enemy - Stalin's policies were referred to as 'socialism in one country'. Stalin desired to regain the lands Germany had snatched - indeed, most of the territory and population of Russia - but he was willing to compromise.
Stalin's greeting was short and sweet:
Funny coming from the man who was butchering his own people when he could've used them to prosecute the war...
We negotiated peace with Russia on the following terms:
In addition, we were charitable and promised to not do any further ventures into Siberia. We also said the Soviet Union could now claim any non-German land in Turkistan or Siberia. (Roughly the real Soviet Union's territories). To prop up Stalin's regime in 'reperations' *cough* donations *cough*, we promised 50 gold per term for the peace treaty's running.
--- The Crusades Continue ---
With the Russo-German war ended, and the Soviet Union essentially a German puppet state, the next move was planned. We were to strike Suez and Mecca, taking both the strategic isthmus and it's canals, and one of Arabia's largest cities.
Suez fell with little difficulty and few casualties on our part. A large chunk of Arabia's musketmen were cut down, and with the city came a great canal and a great gift - 40 bands of slave workers. They were marked to be shipped to Rome and it's vast slave market immediately.
However, the German government saw oppurtunity... Memphis. Memphis was now fully open to the brunt of our fleets in the Meditteranean, and Templars aboard them. We decided to push our luck... and not too long after, Memphis was reduced to little more then 1/4 of it's original garrison. 4800 Templars then attacked into the heart of Egypt, into the city at the beginning of the Nile Delta. The reasoning for such a move? Population bonuses... and the Pyramids.
During the battle of Memphis, a leader - later known as Aegyptus - emerged. He led the Templars to victory.
With the conquest of Memphis, relations soured when we refused to return the region to Egypt. But it mattered not - thanks to the many inscriptions in the temples around Memphis, we were able to know about all the ways to store grain cheaply and quickly... causing new, advanced granaries to pop up all over the German Reich. We had also banished the Arabs from Egypt, and could now focus our northern efforts on conquering the lands they gave their name to - Arabia.
--- Conquest of Arabia ---
While the Egyptian people welcomed us as liberators and protectors(thousands of Arab troops were stationed around Memphis), we made our advance into their homeland.
To free up troops, the Azure Wall was dismantled in Persia. Our troops set up a new military border to keep India out of the Caucasus regions of Persia. They could have most of the Persian homeland.
While no real offensives were made in Arabia, our hordes of Knights gathered in Medina, and soon they would unleash hell upon the desert.
--- Taming of the Americas ---
While we expanded our power base in South America, in North America we were adding the finishing touches. Forced migration was slowly being used to re-organise the major population centers of the former Iroquois Confederacy, to maximise land and efficiency.
We also exterminated natives who chose to resist us rather then join us or at least accept our hegemony by paying tribute. In the North, the Cherokee - once a tribe that could field 4,300 soldiers -was reduced to only 400 armed troops. This was reduced to 300. The Cherokee fought bravely - albeit futilely - under their leader Sequoya.
In a climactic battle, 8,800 men - who made up the Western Holy Legion - assaulted the small Cherokee force. Losing only 100 men, we slaughtered the entire Cherokee armed force, and captured anybody who had survived the influx of European epidemics as slaves. They would eventually be integrated into the colonial population, but that is another story.
Sequoya was among the first to die, and he was given the Order of the Kaiser posthumously for his bravery to stand up for his people against all odds. A small monument was erected on the battlefield, along with a statue of Sequoya. The Kaiser mentioned him to be someone that Germans should emulate in terms of virtue and personal integrity, regardless of the fact he was from a different culture.
Further south, the less-admirable Arawaks remained a thorn in our side. While the Cherokee had been on land fully under the sway of Germany, the Arawak and the remnants of the Carib tribes were in territories yet to be fully settled, in the frontier of Western Cuba.
600 native troops were cut to 300, and Templars sliced through 100 more. Tired from a long journey westwards and unable to find the other 200, the Templars temporarily gave up their pursuit.
But as the natives of the old colonial regions were absorbed or eliminated, new threats appeared on the Western borders, in the plains:
The Sioux, under their leader Crazy Horse, had assembled a massive army of 18,700 natives, backed up by hundreds of thousands of civilians willing to take up arms as well. They ruled the northern Great Plains with combinations of settlements and nomads. They even raided our frontier to prevent us from expanding further west. Without artillery from Pirate Ships, only sheer force of numbers could defeat such a deadly menace.
--- Unexpected Gains ---
While a shortage of manpower made many assume the large province of Arabic Libya would fall to the hordes of Songhai Impi, re-inforcements arrived from Europe at the last moment, and the result was the fall of Abu Dhabi, greatly enhancing our hold in North Africa. It also yielded to us a source of valuable saltpeter.
With the fall of Abu Dhabi, we sealed off a second front against the Arabs. We hoped to conquer their homeland, while our four African allies would partition Arab East Africa.
The IBT sees many battles. Asian Pirates, likely Chinese-hired, tear into the primitive British fleet off the coast of Britannia, and annihiliate it. Egyptian forces are seen winning battles against the demoralised musketmen and bowmen of the Arabs. Songhai, Abyssinia, and the Zulu are also engaged in a war on Arabia thanks to our diplomatic manuevers. This will hopefully keep them from devoting their large East African holdings to gobbling up our captured outposts in the area.
The Arabs win a few battles against Egypt as well. They move many of their wounded musketmen into Suez - which we intend to assault and hopefully take.
Tibet joins the Asian crusade against Mongolia. We also cancel our rights of passage with Persia and Turkistan - readying for the next wave of expansion.
---
Domestically, our empire's next stage of expansion is placed: 2 new bands of settlers arrive in Brazil, and will expand the colony to the northwest and the southeast. Meanwhile, our hired Pirates do their best to wear down the enormous fleets of Asian ships moving into our territorial waters.
Our assault on them is a success, and within a few months, all but one fleet of 2600 men - under the command of Admiral Zhe Xiung - are destroyed.
Next, Germany struck at Murmansk, the last Russian holding in Europe. It fell with relative ease. The Russian Northern Fleet - 230 men strong - now lacked a port, and as a result would decay over time as it was hacked into by a combination of cold, starvation and attacks from Pirates.
With the goal of European unification(except for small, rather uninhabited pockets of land, and the Turkish holdings far to the East) achieved, an envoy was sent to the Soviets. We discovered that Lenin had recently died, being replaced by a young man from Georgia, Iosef Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili - known better by his pseudonym of Joseph Stalin.
Stalin had achieved power through treachery, charisma and sheer force. He dominated the Politburo and was de facto leader and dictator of the Soviet Union. He glorified the army while using horrific political repression and a personality cult to keep power. He referred to the 30-year war with Germany as the 'Great Patriotic War'.
However, Stalin was also a more reasonable person then Lenin. While Lenin had always intended to invade the rest of the world to export his revolution - and thus by nature was Germany's enemy - Stalin's policies were referred to as 'socialism in one country'. Stalin desired to regain the lands Germany had snatched - indeed, most of the territory and population of Russia - but he was willing to compromise.
Stalin's greeting was short and sweet:
Funny coming from the man who was butchering his own people when he could've used them to prosecute the war...
We negotiated peace with Russia on the following terms:
In addition, we were charitable and promised to not do any further ventures into Siberia. We also said the Soviet Union could now claim any non-German land in Turkistan or Siberia. (Roughly the real Soviet Union's territories). To prop up Stalin's regime in 'reperations' *cough* donations *cough*, we promised 50 gold per term for the peace treaty's running.
--- The Crusades Continue ---
With the Russo-German war ended, and the Soviet Union essentially a German puppet state, the next move was planned. We were to strike Suez and Mecca, taking both the strategic isthmus and it's canals, and one of Arabia's largest cities.
Suez fell with little difficulty and few casualties on our part. A large chunk of Arabia's musketmen were cut down, and with the city came a great canal and a great gift - 40 bands of slave workers. They were marked to be shipped to Rome and it's vast slave market immediately.
However, the German government saw oppurtunity... Memphis. Memphis was now fully open to the brunt of our fleets in the Meditteranean, and Templars aboard them. We decided to push our luck... and not too long after, Memphis was reduced to little more then 1/4 of it's original garrison. 4800 Templars then attacked into the heart of Egypt, into the city at the beginning of the Nile Delta. The reasoning for such a move? Population bonuses... and the Pyramids.
During the battle of Memphis, a leader - later known as Aegyptus - emerged. He led the Templars to victory.
With the conquest of Memphis, relations soured when we refused to return the region to Egypt. But it mattered not - thanks to the many inscriptions in the temples around Memphis, we were able to know about all the ways to store grain cheaply and quickly... causing new, advanced granaries to pop up all over the German Reich. We had also banished the Arabs from Egypt, and could now focus our northern efforts on conquering the lands they gave their name to - Arabia.
--- Conquest of Arabia ---
While the Egyptian people welcomed us as liberators and protectors(thousands of Arab troops were stationed around Memphis), we made our advance into their homeland.
To free up troops, the Azure Wall was dismantled in Persia. Our troops set up a new military border to keep India out of the Caucasus regions of Persia. They could have most of the Persian homeland.
While no real offensives were made in Arabia, our hordes of Knights gathered in Medina, and soon they would unleash hell upon the desert.
--- Taming of the Americas ---
While we expanded our power base in South America, in North America we were adding the finishing touches. Forced migration was slowly being used to re-organise the major population centers of the former Iroquois Confederacy, to maximise land and efficiency.
We also exterminated natives who chose to resist us rather then join us or at least accept our hegemony by paying tribute. In the North, the Cherokee - once a tribe that could field 4,300 soldiers -was reduced to only 400 armed troops. This was reduced to 300. The Cherokee fought bravely - albeit futilely - under their leader Sequoya.
In a climactic battle, 8,800 men - who made up the Western Holy Legion - assaulted the small Cherokee force. Losing only 100 men, we slaughtered the entire Cherokee armed force, and captured anybody who had survived the influx of European epidemics as slaves. They would eventually be integrated into the colonial population, but that is another story.
Sequoya was among the first to die, and he was given the Order of the Kaiser posthumously for his bravery to stand up for his people against all odds. A small monument was erected on the battlefield, along with a statue of Sequoya. The Kaiser mentioned him to be someone that Germans should emulate in terms of virtue and personal integrity, regardless of the fact he was from a different culture.
Further south, the less-admirable Arawaks remained a thorn in our side. While the Cherokee had been on land fully under the sway of Germany, the Arawak and the remnants of the Carib tribes were in territories yet to be fully settled, in the frontier of Western Cuba.
600 native troops were cut to 300, and Templars sliced through 100 more. Tired from a long journey westwards and unable to find the other 200, the Templars temporarily gave up their pursuit.
But as the natives of the old colonial regions were absorbed or eliminated, new threats appeared on the Western borders, in the plains:
The Sioux, under their leader Crazy Horse, had assembled a massive army of 18,700 natives, backed up by hundreds of thousands of civilians willing to take up arms as well. They ruled the northern Great Plains with combinations of settlements and nomads. They even raided our frontier to prevent us from expanding further west. Without artillery from Pirate Ships, only sheer force of numbers could defeat such a deadly menace.
--- Unexpected Gains ---
While a shortage of manpower made many assume the large province of Arabic Libya would fall to the hordes of Songhai Impi, re-inforcements arrived from Europe at the last moment, and the result was the fall of Abu Dhabi, greatly enhancing our hold in North Africa. It also yielded to us a source of valuable saltpeter.
With the fall of Abu Dhabi, we sealed off a second front against the Arabs. We hoped to conquer their homeland, while our four African allies would partition Arab East Africa.
El Naranja
Chieftain
WOW!!! an update!!
btw, could you show us a world map of the territories gained/conquered this post?
btw, could you show us a world map of the territories gained/conquered this post?
Icekommander
Colonel
Oh my god, it's an update. Huzzah!
kingfire87
Warlord
Awesome conquests. Your meditteranean empire will soon be complete. By the way, after the next update, could we have a world map to see your new conquests?
Tani Coyote
Son of Huehuecoyotl
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=== 230 BC ===
In the IBT, the decaying Greek city-states(Knossos in Africa and Omsk in Russia) bring Persia into an allegiance against the Turkic tribes of Central Asia. We expected the immediate desecration of Northern Persia. Merely a week later, Greece signed a peace treaty with Turkistan. Essentially, Persia had just agreed to it's own destruction.
Zululand and Egypt agree to a war against Mongolia.
At the same time, China does not wish to extend our agreements for their precious Buddha relics. Requiring these relics to continue the vast construction of an Asian-designed fleet, we renegotiate.
We more then double our payments to China, from 43 gold per term to 90 gold per term. We hope the deal will keep China from attacking us - as their riders had recently gone through Siberia.
China does not assault us. The Kaiser is relieved a war of global implications did not occur. However, the East Asians show stupidity. The Japanese contact the Reich asking for a right of passage and an alliance against the Persians. As Germany still had to supply Persia with gold for the next century, we refuse.
The Arabs assault Memphis, which is lightly defended and as a result falls.
However, we have a massive army ready to retake it, and sea-based artillery to help.
Greece is also declared war upon by Scandinavia and Cambodia, agents of India.
--- Offensive on Arabia ---
Not wanting to embolden the Arabic forces, we decided to strike back viciously. We assaulted Mecca, and at the cost of 600 swordsmen, killed 400 musketmen.
At the cost of 400 soldiers, we managed to slaughter the whole garrison of Memphis, and the Pyramids once again were European.
From the harbor of Memphis, we also destroyed most of the remaining Arab musketmen outside the city. With their troops demoralised and without supplies, we left it to our allies to exterminate them, while we advanced on the jewels of the Arabic empire - Mecca and Aden.
Arabic forces were caught by surprise in their holy city of Mecca, where their empire was first founded. They found themselves assaulted by both the legendary Templars and the powerful Asian Pirate ships. The amphibious assault claimed the lives of their best men.
700 killed Templars resulted in the loss of 700 musketmen on the Arab side. At the cost of only 100 more men and the death of 100 more musketmen, the mayor of the city and the governor of the region surrendered to us.
One of the greatest chokepoints in the Arab peninsula now belonged to Germany. From there, we would have a secure base to invade Aden and the other towns and cities of Arabia.
Of course, 1/3 of the city resisted us.
With Mecca, Arabia lost it's saltpeter. We expected their hordes of musketmen to slowly shrink into oblivion.
A band of 400 Arabic insurgents was massacred in a battle in the desert with minimal casualties. While some troops advanced on Aden, others were to take Bahrain - and give us control of the Persian Gulf.
-- Battle of Bahrain --
Bahrain was located on the southern coast of the Persian Gulf, nestled in a strategic, sheltered location. It also served as a thrusting point of supply lines into German territory. Thus, it was necessary to sieze it. 200 Templars gave their lives to destroy 400 musketmen. The worst part about Bahrain was it was so far away from our fleets they couldn't back it up - they would risk destruction in the "Gray Zone", where India's Pirate Mercenaries reigned supreme.
800 more Templars were lost destroying the 800-man garrison. With their destruction, Bahrain fell, and the valuable pearls of Arabia were also re-possessed for German use.
-- War Plans --
The German Military Council came up with a plan to surround and destroy the Arabs in their own homeland. We would move south and attack Aden directly, while a smaller detachment would move from Bahrain to capture Muscat, and the city of Salalah - halfway between the two ends of the Southern peninsula. With Aden surrounded and eventually captured, we could sit back and relax as our allies carved up Arabic Africa for their own personal ends. Besides, we would take over all our allies given the time and energy.
-- Changes in the World's Borders --
We also noticed that Yamama in East Africa had fallen to the Zulu. The Soviet Union had used the impressive resources of the Red Army to recapture Omsk from Greece. We hoped the Songhai would conquer the city of Knossos and eliminate the last Greek blemish in the world. With the fall of the Greeks, we would be the only European people to have a claim to fame, with the British marooned on their isle of Greenland and the Russians in Siberia's dense forests. The Germans would have the great legacy, not their Greek predecessors.
Egypt also eliminated the Arabic outposts of West Africa. Essentially, the Arab empire was in shambles, as it's homeland and colonies were ripped apart, and it was losing territory to the primitive Zulu.
-- War on the Natives --
The Sioux tribe, as previously mentioned, was dangerous. We sent a large force of troops to eliminate one of their southern branches. 6,000 Templars met 26,000 Sioux warriors in the Battle of the Plains. 1,600 Germans died that day to massacre the 26,000 Sioux troops. With part of our border secure, we planned to kill their leader in a second battle further north. Once the Sioux were destroyed, we could advance into the North American continent. Our explorers yearned to explore and settle the interior, and reach the Pacific Ocean at the other end.
The last hostile tribes in Cuba were finally put down this year. With the core of our Caribbean Empire secure, we intended to land troops in Texas to begin our gradual penetration into the heart of North America.
-- Naval Manueveres --
Germany acted to eliminate Piracy and the Soviet Fleet from it's waters. Our powerful mercenary Pirates sank another flotilla of Chinese vessels, and bombed other ones. We attacked Soviet galleys in the northern waters, and recruited their crewmen to serve the German cause.
In the IBT, the decaying Greek city-states(Knossos in Africa and Omsk in Russia) bring Persia into an allegiance against the Turkic tribes of Central Asia. We expected the immediate desecration of Northern Persia. Merely a week later, Greece signed a peace treaty with Turkistan. Essentially, Persia had just agreed to it's own destruction.
Zululand and Egypt agree to a war against Mongolia.
At the same time, China does not wish to extend our agreements for their precious Buddha relics. Requiring these relics to continue the vast construction of an Asian-designed fleet, we renegotiate.
We more then double our payments to China, from 43 gold per term to 90 gold per term. We hope the deal will keep China from attacking us - as their riders had recently gone through Siberia.
China does not assault us. The Kaiser is relieved a war of global implications did not occur. However, the East Asians show stupidity. The Japanese contact the Reich asking for a right of passage and an alliance against the Persians. As Germany still had to supply Persia with gold for the next century, we refuse.
The Arabs assault Memphis, which is lightly defended and as a result falls.
However, we have a massive army ready to retake it, and sea-based artillery to help.
Greece is also declared war upon by Scandinavia and Cambodia, agents of India.
--- Offensive on Arabia ---
Not wanting to embolden the Arabic forces, we decided to strike back viciously. We assaulted Mecca, and at the cost of 600 swordsmen, killed 400 musketmen.
At the cost of 400 soldiers, we managed to slaughter the whole garrison of Memphis, and the Pyramids once again were European.
From the harbor of Memphis, we also destroyed most of the remaining Arab musketmen outside the city. With their troops demoralised and without supplies, we left it to our allies to exterminate them, while we advanced on the jewels of the Arabic empire - Mecca and Aden.
Arabic forces were caught by surprise in their holy city of Mecca, where their empire was first founded. They found themselves assaulted by both the legendary Templars and the powerful Asian Pirate ships. The amphibious assault claimed the lives of their best men.
700 killed Templars resulted in the loss of 700 musketmen on the Arab side. At the cost of only 100 more men and the death of 100 more musketmen, the mayor of the city and the governor of the region surrendered to us.
One of the greatest chokepoints in the Arab peninsula now belonged to Germany. From there, we would have a secure base to invade Aden and the other towns and cities of Arabia.
Of course, 1/3 of the city resisted us.
With Mecca, Arabia lost it's saltpeter. We expected their hordes of musketmen to slowly shrink into oblivion.
A band of 400 Arabic insurgents was massacred in a battle in the desert with minimal casualties. While some troops advanced on Aden, others were to take Bahrain - and give us control of the Persian Gulf.
-- Battle of Bahrain --
Bahrain was located on the southern coast of the Persian Gulf, nestled in a strategic, sheltered location. It also served as a thrusting point of supply lines into German territory. Thus, it was necessary to sieze it. 200 Templars gave their lives to destroy 400 musketmen. The worst part about Bahrain was it was so far away from our fleets they couldn't back it up - they would risk destruction in the "Gray Zone", where India's Pirate Mercenaries reigned supreme.
800 more Templars were lost destroying the 800-man garrison. With their destruction, Bahrain fell, and the valuable pearls of Arabia were also re-possessed for German use.
-- War Plans --
The German Military Council came up with a plan to surround and destroy the Arabs in their own homeland. We would move south and attack Aden directly, while a smaller detachment would move from Bahrain to capture Muscat, and the city of Salalah - halfway between the two ends of the Southern peninsula. With Aden surrounded and eventually captured, we could sit back and relax as our allies carved up Arabic Africa for their own personal ends. Besides, we would take over all our allies given the time and energy.
-- Changes in the World's Borders --
We also noticed that Yamama in East Africa had fallen to the Zulu. The Soviet Union had used the impressive resources of the Red Army to recapture Omsk from Greece. We hoped the Songhai would conquer the city of Knossos and eliminate the last Greek blemish in the world. With the fall of the Greeks, we would be the only European people to have a claim to fame, with the British marooned on their isle of Greenland and the Russians in Siberia's dense forests. The Germans would have the great legacy, not their Greek predecessors.
Egypt also eliminated the Arabic outposts of West Africa. Essentially, the Arab empire was in shambles, as it's homeland and colonies were ripped apart, and it was losing territory to the primitive Zulu.
-- War on the Natives --
The Sioux tribe, as previously mentioned, was dangerous. We sent a large force of troops to eliminate one of their southern branches. 6,000 Templars met 26,000 Sioux warriors in the Battle of the Plains. 1,600 Germans died that day to massacre the 26,000 Sioux troops. With part of our border secure, we planned to kill their leader in a second battle further north. Once the Sioux were destroyed, we could advance into the North American continent. Our explorers yearned to explore and settle the interior, and reach the Pacific Ocean at the other end.
The last hostile tribes in Cuba were finally put down this year. With the core of our Caribbean Empire secure, we intended to land troops in Texas to begin our gradual penetration into the heart of North America.
-- Naval Manueveres --
Germany acted to eliminate Piracy and the Soviet Fleet from it's waters. Our powerful mercenary Pirates sank another flotilla of Chinese vessels, and bombed other ones. We attacked Soviet galleys in the northern waters, and recruited their crewmen to serve the German cause.
Tani Coyote
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The Map of the World from 230 BC. Lands captured in the in-between years since the last world map post are blue with dark blue outlining.
Zululand has taken the city of Yamama from the Arabs, while Omsk in Russia has fallen to the Soviet Union(aka Russia in the game).
China keeps sending troops through Canada to attack us, while India is sending ships via the straits of South Africa. We will need to gain naval bases in the Indian Ocean if we are to gain some breathing room. That's what our 80 HP Templar Army outside Cambodia is for.
:muhaha:
Gelion
Retired Captain
Neat! Whats your next move going to be? Pushing into Russia or USA? Neutralizing someone?
The Map of the World from 230 BC. Lands captured in the in-between years since the last world map post are blue with dark blue outlining.
kingfire87
Warlord
Here's my opinions on what I think would be good ideas.
Watch out for the west Africans. Although your empire in the mediterranean is complete, they might pose a naval threat.
I suggest you also push further into south Asia. India could prove very dangerous once what I think is Persia is gone.
I think it would be a good idea to put more settlements in America, not necessarily conquest. Perhaps expanding into Florida or Alabama?
Anyway, excellent, excellent job. Very impressive.
Watch out for the west Africans. Although your empire in the mediterranean is complete, they might pose a naval threat.
I suggest you also push further into south Asia. India could prove very dangerous once what I think is Persia is gone.
I think it would be a good idea to put more settlements in America, not necessarily conquest. Perhaps expanding into Florida or Alabama?
Anyway, excellent, excellent job. Very impressive.
Tani Coyote
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The current campaign is against the remaining free territories of Europe - in the hands of the Slavs(renamed from the Celts) and the Turkistani people. While we're liberating those last territories, we'll also take over Central Asia to keep India from taking it.
We're also looking at expansion in Brazil and Texas. We aim to create a chain of colonies linking the Eastern Seaboard to the Pacific Coast. Once that's done, we'll send out 'Conquistadores' to vanquish and annex the cities of the Inca and Aztecs. Once everyone but the most far-flung countries is under our rule(and we've dealt a good blow to China and India in a war), I think this game will be wrapped up.
Tani Coyote
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Here's my opinions on what I think would be good ideas.
Watch out for the west Africans. Although your empire in the mediterranean is complete, they might pose a naval threat.
I suggest you also push further into south Asia. India could prove very dangerous once what I think is Persia is gone.
I think it would be a good idea to put more settlements in America, not necessarily conquest. Perhaps expanding into Florida or Alabama?
Anyway, excellent, excellent job. Very impressive.
Actually, the map is misleading. Though Songhai holds a vast coastline, they only have 3 coastal cities. One's in West Africa in Cape Verde, while the other two are in modern Libya.
The only real threat to us navally is India and China(who for some odd fudgingg reason keep sending Pirates through South Africa and Canada respectively to pwn our fleets. Similar to real-life privateering in the New World?) We hope Indonesia will gain enough population to become a threat to the Chinese - Indian naval power, but we doubt it. In the meantime, we have conquered Arabia proper, and intend to sieze Socotra. For peace with the Arabs, we'll demand their naval bases in Africa. This will enable us to monitor India's power far more effectively. China's another matter, but with the coming conquest of Southeast Asia by our 80 HP army, I think we'll have a point of attack...
SweetEmotion
Chieftain
Great thread, I read it all today... I have no life... Oh well back to C3C its calling me.
manofaction2053
Chieftain
I love the story , what is the map, and when is the update ?
Tani Coyote
Son of Huehuecoyotl
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The Map is Teturkhan's most recent mod.
The update I'm not so sure. I've been running about 4 stories simultaneously. I don't do this one as much because of the epic in-between-turn times involved.
But I'll try to get back to it, as I know this is a fairly popular one.
Tani Coyote
Son of Huehuecoyotl
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"Dear citizens of this world,
The time has come I reveal the truth about the mighty European Empire and it's government. Since time immemorial, I, the immortal Marius Shadouno, have ruled with the blessings of my pantheon over the German people, nurturing them from a tiny city to a vast empire that rules much of the world. I have ruled behind the curtain with your Kaisers, both great and feeble.
But alas, I seem to be multipresent, ruling in numerous worlds, not just this one. The foolish scientists may call this fiction, but it is the truth. In one world, I control a vast empire that controls the Mediterranean, only having taken power myself once, faking my death to conceal my true identity, while ruling through my "descendants." In yet another, I have shaken hands with the numerous Presidents of the United States, leading them to world domination against their hated foes in Britain. On one, I rule in the name of my god, having ruled since the dawn of man. Truly, I am everywhere.
But this world is too slow, too laid back for my tastes. The great balance of power prevents much movement, while it seems the days pass by like tortoises. By contrast, in all my other worlds, time flies like a bird; I was on my "deathbed" before I had even began my fake reign in one of them! I have thus decided... that I shall resign from this world's affairs, and sit back as an observer.
Yet, ye need not worry. Those of you who question Germany's future with my resignation as secret Kaiser will now be able to grasp the reins of power in my place. I have placed the good word in with El Gran Erizo, the Dark Lord, the Shadanshad, and he says he is willing to give whoever wishes to take my place the same immortality I possess. You will be able to take over my position, while I retreat into (greater) obscurity. Do not be afraid; I shall return to guide you some day, perhaps.
But until my next coming... I bid you all, be you German, Chinese, Indian, American or otherwise, farewell. Remember, the road ahead will be long and tough, and I will be watching you from the sidelines."
-"Marius Shadouno", mythical figure of the many worlds.
To paraphrase that epic wall of text above, I will be ending this story, or at least my authorship of it. I am posting a save game file, and you will be allowed to take over and build the First Reich in my place. Feel free to continue this thread on your own time and words, and should you give up, please be courteous and post a save of where you left off so others may continue.
My deepest apologies, but the game's IBT is too epic for my taste. I wish you all better luck.
The time has come I reveal the truth about the mighty European Empire and it's government. Since time immemorial, I, the immortal Marius Shadouno, have ruled with the blessings of my pantheon over the German people, nurturing them from a tiny city to a vast empire that rules much of the world. I have ruled behind the curtain with your Kaisers, both great and feeble.
But alas, I seem to be multipresent, ruling in numerous worlds, not just this one. The foolish scientists may call this fiction, but it is the truth. In one world, I control a vast empire that controls the Mediterranean, only having taken power myself once, faking my death to conceal my true identity, while ruling through my "descendants." In yet another, I have shaken hands with the numerous Presidents of the United States, leading them to world domination against their hated foes in Britain. On one, I rule in the name of my god, having ruled since the dawn of man. Truly, I am everywhere.
But this world is too slow, too laid back for my tastes. The great balance of power prevents much movement, while it seems the days pass by like tortoises. By contrast, in all my other worlds, time flies like a bird; I was on my "deathbed" before I had even began my fake reign in one of them! I have thus decided... that I shall resign from this world's affairs, and sit back as an observer.
Yet, ye need not worry. Those of you who question Germany's future with my resignation as secret Kaiser will now be able to grasp the reins of power in my place. I have placed the good word in with El Gran Erizo, the Dark Lord, the Shadanshad, and he says he is willing to give whoever wishes to take my place the same immortality I possess. You will be able to take over my position, while I retreat into (greater) obscurity. Do not be afraid; I shall return to guide you some day, perhaps.
But until my next coming... I bid you all, be you German, Chinese, Indian, American or otherwise, farewell. Remember, the road ahead will be long and tough, and I will be watching you from the sidelines."
-"Marius Shadouno", mythical figure of the many worlds.
To paraphrase that epic wall of text above, I will be ending this story, or at least my authorship of it. I am posting a save game file, and you will be allowed to take over and build the First Reich in my place. Feel free to continue this thread on your own time and words, and should you give up, please be courteous and post a save of where you left off so others may continue.
My deepest apologies, but the game's IBT is too epic for my taste. I wish you all better luck.
manofaction2053
Chieftain
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Auralia
Sand cockroach
What manofaction2053 said
But you sir, Mr. Fox, are the king of stories
But you sir, Mr. Fox, are the king of stories
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