Turn 70 - 1275 BC

[FortyJ]

First off, I did not play the save. In fact, I will not have any time until Thursday to play the save due to another full day of meetings tomorrow (today's meetings kinda caught me by surprise, so I'm sorry for not posting anything sooner). I will be officially out-of-pocket until Thursday morning.

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Immediately after opening the save, I was greeted by a peace proposal from the Gamecatcher Alliance. However, a quick glance at the mini-map clearly showed that Yun Feng no longer existed!

They razed the town!

In addition to not having enough time to play the save tonight, I also feel that we should discuss this before playing the turn. A cursory inspection of the GCA troops reveals:

• The warrior on the iron is still 4/4
• The 2 swordsmen are 3/4 and 4/5 respectively
• The warrior with the swordsmen is 3/4
• They used a spearman to take the city which IIRC is now 3/4 also.

Shall we accept the peace treaty and bide our time until we can connect iron or get some horsemen to retaliate? Or shall we fight on with honor, despite the fact that we may not be able to stop their swordsmen as they advance across the mountains?

This is not a poll, as it is the official turn chat thread, but all comments are encouraged and the DP (I guess it will be Octavian) shall consider those comments when playing the turn tomorrow.

Respectfully,
FortyJ

 

[Octavian X]

Get something decided soon: I'll play in about six hours.

 

[GenMarshall]

Excuse me for one moment.

CivGeneral curses at GCA in the other room

Ok, Im back. The GCA will see our Revenge, One day we will stomp on there turf.

 

[FortyJ]

Just received this from Micaelis Rex of Elucida...


We, the nations of Fanatikou and Elucida, come together with singular purpose to declare in one voice the following:

• The failure to remove forces from within Fanatikou borders and the recent invasion of Fanatikou lands by additional Gamecatcher Alliance forces is illegal and will not be tolerated.
• An act of war committed against one nation shall be considered an act of war against both nations.
• The Gamecatcher Alliance’s invasion is considered a threat to the stability of our continent and shall not be tolerated in any manner.

We hereby resolve to work together towards the common goals of:

1. Removing Gamecatcher Alliance forces from all alliance lands.
2. Destroying the capacity of the Gamecatcher Alliance to conduct an offensive campaign either alliance nation.
3. Eliminating the threat of such behavior by the Gamecatcher Alliance at any time in the future.

So say we all.

Signed,
FortyJ, President of Fanatikou

Signed,
Micaelis Rex, Rouge General in Charge of the Armies of Elucida

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This deal is signed and official. However, it is still secret. It is not to be mentioned to anyone.

With this in mind, we may wish to consider the ramifications of this choice before us. Accepting this offer may leave our new ally hanging.

 

[Octavian X]

We need to amend the constitution to give some people unilateral powers. I won't complain about lack of ratification by the citizenry this time...

 

[GenMarshall]

I would say. We should pull our forces together and whipe out GCA. I will work along side with Rex (If this is alright) to ensure that GCA is whiped, or at least minimized.

 

[FortyJ]

Originally posted by Octavian X
We need to amend the constitution to give some people unilateral powers. I won't complain about lack of ratification by the citizenry this time...

I would argue that there is no need for a second vote on this alliance. This deal, or at least a variation of this deal, was already voted on and approved when it involved both Elucida and Apolyton. Why should we revote on this now?

 

[Gingerbread Man]

GCA has performed (as realms beyond call it) DARSTADLY ACTIONS!!!. They have attacked us, even when we (appeared to) give in to their demands! They have backstabbed us!!!!

The Fact is, that they cancelled the peace treaty, they declared war, even when we hadn't broken one of their demands.

Die valiantly, brave Fanatikou!!! Will will never surrender.

By the way, shall we go on the defensive? By the time they have reached us, Elucidia shall have done it's damage.

 

[Octavian X]

FortyJ, just make sure that mongoose gets a hold of a copy of the agreement.

 

[Octavian X]

OK, turn played. I should be able to carry DP responsibilites until Thursday, or longer if necessary.

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Some notes on the site changes:

1. Had to edit the domestic advisor page to reflect Yun Feng's destruction. There is no new image, and the box now reads 'Yun Feng (destroyed). It was also changed to allow for Jiang Mapi.
2. The new v1.21f patch doesn't allow PBEM games to be saved mid-turn. We may want to edit the National Archive section to reflect that.

 

[Cheetah]

This is not looking good

It willl take us 11 turns to get the settler to our second Iron source, and we still will need to build a road and defend against any GCA forces.

They might advance against our second Iron source before they head against any of our cities, to cut of all supplies of Iron!

 

[Cyc]

GCA took out 4 of our fortified units, one of them a spearman and razed the city with 4 of their units that only took minimal damage? What's the point in trying? Something very fishy is going on here.

 

[Noldodan]

Originally posted by Cyc
Something very fishy is going on here.

The RNG God is angry! SACRIFICE OR YOU WILL DIEEEEE!!!

 

[Zukatah]

Let's face this threat with honor and hope the catcherian forces will be forced to retreat to face the Elucidian peace enforcing force. I agree on our defensice position as it seems to be the only way to minimize damage to our nation. As soon as the catcherian are forced to accept a peace treaty, I want us to be ready to expand like wildfire and give us a nice position for the comming ages. I'm sure we took the right decision on that war and it was unavoidable from what we know because of the very aggressive behaviour of the catcherians.

 

[amirsan]

with the amount of cities we have, this will hurt!