Richard III
Duke of Gloucester
I am about to be completely destroyed. This is a question post, not a story, but a brief history is in order:
The Tragedy of BABYLON
4000 BC - 900 Ad
Babylonian civ develops on the northern tip of Persia, the world's second largest continent, an Austrialia-sized north-south mass with diverse terrain that is the shape of madagascar. Babylon is hemmed in, with five cities, but it does well in world affairs thanks to a monopoly on ivory. Persia develops the southern 2/3rds of the Island, building a ten city civ. Persia controls all of the continent's iron.
900 AD - 1000 AD
Persia - Babylon's loyal friend - launches a surprise attack on the small republic and swiftly crushes its forces.
1000AD - 1300 AD
Babylon recovers three cities with cultural flips, and it rebuilds its civ and its army gradually, hoping for revenge.
1300-1350 AD - The Aztec Tributary War
Bablyon refuses Aztec demands for technology, and the distant Aztecs declare war. Montezum recruits the Persians, who launch a second assault on Bablyon - which is only just beginning its military reorganization.
As I write, the Persians have conquered Ellipi and Akkad. Ur is surrounded, and burning as citizens panic and flee. Small Babylonian units resist in the Persopolis mountains on the old border. The city of Babylon itself, on the vulnerable northern tip of the island, is depopulated by massive conscription. Worse, its cultural treasures have almost been completely destroyed by seaborne cavalry raids and shelling from a fleet of no less than 10 Persian frigates.
So, I am now, for the first time ever, in the situation where I have bothered to play the game to a point where I risk complete destruction. To prevent the inevitable, my only Galleon escaped to sea, running a massive Persian blockade, carrying 1 cannon, 1 cavalry, 1 musketeer and ONE SETTLER!
Crucial question: like other civs, do I stay alive as long as my settler stays alive?
R.III
The Tragedy of BABYLON
4000 BC - 900 Ad
Babylonian civ develops on the northern tip of Persia, the world's second largest continent, an Austrialia-sized north-south mass with diverse terrain that is the shape of madagascar. Babylon is hemmed in, with five cities, but it does well in world affairs thanks to a monopoly on ivory. Persia develops the southern 2/3rds of the Island, building a ten city civ. Persia controls all of the continent's iron.
900 AD - 1000 AD
Persia - Babylon's loyal friend - launches a surprise attack on the small republic and swiftly crushes its forces.
1000AD - 1300 AD
Babylon recovers three cities with cultural flips, and it rebuilds its civ and its army gradually, hoping for revenge.
1300-1350 AD - The Aztec Tributary War
Bablyon refuses Aztec demands for technology, and the distant Aztecs declare war. Montezum recruits the Persians, who launch a second assault on Bablyon - which is only just beginning its military reorganization.
As I write, the Persians have conquered Ellipi and Akkad. Ur is surrounded, and burning as citizens panic and flee. Small Babylonian units resist in the Persopolis mountains on the old border. The city of Babylon itself, on the vulnerable northern tip of the island, is depopulated by massive conscription. Worse, its cultural treasures have almost been completely destroyed by seaborne cavalry raids and shelling from a fleet of no less than 10 Persian frigates.
So, I am now, for the first time ever, in the situation where I have bothered to play the game to a point where I risk complete destruction. To prevent the inevitable, my only Galleon escaped to sea, running a massive Persian blockade, carrying 1 cannon, 1 cavalry, 1 musketeer and ONE SETTLER!
Crucial question: like other civs, do I stay alive as long as my settler stays alive?
R.III
