St Exupère
Warlord
... Portuguese/emperor continued (1560-1580)
As expected Gulbagara falls swiftly and in 1563 I bring the Bijapuri to peace talks by which I spare their last colony in the Himalayan foothills vs (Mansab System) - just as the Portuguese Golden Age comes to a glorious end. That final Bijapuri city will eventually be conquered by the Mughals in 1580, bringing an end to one of the mighty Deccan sultanate.
By 1564 our Viceroy is at the helm of 16 colonies (11 in India, 3 in Burma, 1 in Oman, 1 in Siam). A high-level military reunion is called in Goa to assess the situation of Portugal's possessions in the region. A double strategy brings consensus amongst all:
1/ Direct conflict with the Persian powers should be avoided at all costs, hence the need to maintain intact the buffer sultanates to the north and east (resp. Ahmadnagar, Bengal and Golconda). Such peace in the Goa-Bijapur area should be used to rebuild war-torn infrastructure, re-enforce garrisons in newly conquered cities and convert the ethnic-Bijapuri populations.
2/ Policy of peaceful competition with other European powers is to be maintained in order to both protect the safety of Lisboã back-home and avoid a naval bloodbath.
Which leaves room for 3 areas of military expansion / evangelization:
- Vijayanagara
- Ceylon
- Burma and surrounding islands
The option of a sudden attack both from north and south on the legendary hindu kingdom is hotly debated. The surprise effect, supposed military advantage and the claw-like offensive would probably bring Vijayanagara to its knees. However, a single alliance of theirs with any of the northern/European powers would oblige Portugal to fight on all fronts. Deemed too adventurous by the Viceroy himself, the invasion is cancelled.
Instead in 1568, the Portuguese set foot on Ceylon. By 1580 the full island is conquered with the help of 2 army corps (serpes and mahouts, resp.). Isolated and technically backwards, the Ceylanese did not stand a chance and their civilization is gone.
In parallel and without help from the subcontinent, our possessions in Portuguese-Burma seek to end the piracy in the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea. Our forces storm the two Malaccan Pirates' colonies on the coast of Burma and sink most of the Pirates' ships. In 1580 a 13,000 men army sets foot on the Nicobar islands to route the Pirates out of their nest. Their resistance is however fierce in order to defend their final bastion; Portuguese vessels set sail towards Ceylon to gather more troops to the battle, while our musketmen set tranches on the shores to protect the rocket wallas from being captured under the assaults of crazy Mallacan raiders...
As expected Gulbagara falls swiftly and in 1563 I bring the Bijapuri to peace talks by which I spare their last colony in the Himalayan foothills vs (Mansab System) - just as the Portuguese Golden Age comes to a glorious end. That final Bijapuri city will eventually be conquered by the Mughals in 1580, bringing an end to one of the mighty Deccan sultanate.
By 1564 our Viceroy is at the helm of 16 colonies (11 in India, 3 in Burma, 1 in Oman, 1 in Siam). A high-level military reunion is called in Goa to assess the situation of Portugal's possessions in the region. A double strategy brings consensus amongst all:
1/ Direct conflict with the Persian powers should be avoided at all costs, hence the need to maintain intact the buffer sultanates to the north and east (resp. Ahmadnagar, Bengal and Golconda). Such peace in the Goa-Bijapur area should be used to rebuild war-torn infrastructure, re-enforce garrisons in newly conquered cities and convert the ethnic-Bijapuri populations.
2/ Policy of peaceful competition with other European powers is to be maintained in order to both protect the safety of Lisboã back-home and avoid a naval bloodbath.
Which leaves room for 3 areas of military expansion / evangelization:
- Vijayanagara
- Ceylon
- Burma and surrounding islands
The option of a sudden attack both from north and south on the legendary hindu kingdom is hotly debated. The surprise effect, supposed military advantage and the claw-like offensive would probably bring Vijayanagara to its knees. However, a single alliance of theirs with any of the northern/European powers would oblige Portugal to fight on all fronts. Deemed too adventurous by the Viceroy himself, the invasion is cancelled.
Instead in 1568, the Portuguese set foot on Ceylon. By 1580 the full island is conquered with the help of 2 army corps (serpes and mahouts, resp.). Isolated and technically backwards, the Ceylanese did not stand a chance and their civilization is gone.
In parallel and without help from the subcontinent, our possessions in Portuguese-Burma seek to end the piracy in the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea. Our forces storm the two Malaccan Pirates' colonies on the coast of Burma and sink most of the Pirates' ships. In 1580 a 13,000 men army sets foot on the Nicobar islands to route the Pirates out of their nest. Their resistance is however fierce in order to defend their final bastion; Portuguese vessels set sail towards Ceylon to gather more troops to the battle, while our musketmen set tranches on the shores to protect the rocket wallas from being captured under the assaults of crazy Mallacan raiders...
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The effects would start to annoy you if you usually (like me) prefer playing as Nepal/Myanmar... I've had it forever, too!
). This is because even though all of the civs know these techs, if a unit comes from an none era tech tech, then they cannot be built. (This is not the case with improvements, though, or GOVT's, IIRC)
(with thanks for your kind comments and also for all those CFC members that helped to make it so). The music, wonders and artwork were particularly enjoyable to add and full immersion was a key goal when creating this.
