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So it was you! Okay, everytime I am doing something important, you are not allowed to harvest hemp. :P

I think you can hearth tele regardless of your travel weariness. I'm mad too. I had just fenced in a herd of Aurochs near my house, and I was going to murder them. :(

Danke Dusty! :D

When you mean defence, do you mean of your own country or of another>

Note that Egypt is being attacked as well...

Yep, got it. :D

I haven't really received any new defence updates, unless everyone wants to keep their defences the same. Keep in mind I don't read the thread when I do the battle reports, so I might miss something important.

The Mongols don't have gunpowder siege units. It's firing basically flaming arrows, which wouldn't do much damage to the walls of a city, but might spark fires within the city.

Well maybe if the empire was fighting a huge battle on all fronts, their minds would overload and explode. :thumbsup:

Race: Lichten (woohoo!) Desciption: A humanoid race of big-eyed amphibians, led by their glorious Queen, who happens to shed her body every few hundred years, thus retaining millenia of wisdom. The society is effectively in a caste system, where the intelligent females take up high paying professions while the males do the fighting and the hard labor. Of course this is not sexism, because of the extreme sexual dimorphism of the Lichten race. The males are stronger and mature more quickly. They are also more common. Roughly four out of every five Lichten eggs becomes male. All Lichtens have the ability to reproduce both sexually and asexually. Asexual reproduction is commonly used when a Lichten is near death and cannot reproduces, in a battle situation or when one is too old. They essentially commit suicide by jettisoning their organs into a new creature, which can survive long enough with the dying organs until it can grow its own. This has caused many Lichten armies to "re-emerge" after defeat, albeit weaker and less trained. Advantages - Lots of space in the seas to grow. Asexual reproduction. Plentiful manpower with no rebellious capabilities. Stratified caste system. Disadvantages - Cannot survive harsh terrain very well. Require lots of space for crops. 4/5ths of the population is stupid. Cannot build large structures out of water. Beliefs - Long live the Queen!

Mongols won't have ships until the second wave, which is still a ways off. I still have to figure out a system for ship costs though!

I've actually been thinking about it, and here's what I've come up with. Basically infrastructure no longer affects your IEG directly, but instead affects economy, though not necessarily instantly. Basically if you have a crappy infrastructure, then naturally people will have a hard time getting goods to market, etc etc. Also, infrastructure affects the speed of your troops across your country, meaning that say during the Norman invasion of England way back when, the Saxon forces would not have been able to fight back the vikings and speed back to fight the Normans if their infrastructure was too low. So there's my pretty solution. My main motivation was that I didn't want invading to become too easy, but it shouldn't be prohibitively so, especially with the increased pace of budgets. I think economy would do enough counterbalance against overexpansion.

The Pope is filled with grand notions of the genocide of thousands of Muslims, and raises some funds from its immense followings, to rebuild Spain. Of course, he'll expect you to be successful in the purges and to kill, kill, kill! (He's rather blood thirsty) Ummm, I don't quite remember many rule changes. Anyone think of one?

Need we get into this discussion AGAIN? Seriously, unless we were going to be moving to Norway AND wanted to date you, we don't really need to know.

Half-Decade starts after two more battle reports. The Pope makes an offer to the HRE and Leon. If they acknowledge publicly that the pope is the supreme authority of god on Earth, and they replace their nobles with religious orders, then the pope will give them the money to repair their infrastructures. The nobles would then head off to the Holy land for another crusade. The Pope also makes an offer to France and Kiev, that the Pope will pay their infrastructures if they acknowledge publicly that the pope is the supreme authority (since they received less damage from the wars).

No clue. Also Paul, if you read this, please prepare defence plans. If you're busy, just a general "what are you training" kind of thing and general defence strategy would be good enough. Or you could opt to have one of your random military people handle it for you, if you can't currently do it.

Sorry, but I didn't see it in the recent PM.

Not if you got a loan. Which reminds me, Leon, France, and Kiev take infrastructure penalties due to their recent conquests. Leon also gained another 10 million in IEG, but please check for those three people, please check the front page for info.

You're right, I forgot Norway and Sweden because they were taken in unconventional warfare. Your penalty also includes the Danes rampaging through your land, but I forgot the other Scandanavian countries. Oh, Icu also gets an additional two million in remaining budget because I forgot about Sardinia. So 20 million, 2 million.

This is the middle ages. Normally the motto is loot first, talk later, unless you'd have a good general that would restrain the soldiers with stories of Chivalry. Normally soldiers are more excited about plunder.

Oh Icu, I forgot to add Sardinia again. Budget is 20 mil and 6.25 mil. Rocco, it was the devestation that was left behind after the war. Then you occupied Denmark, which wasn't that rosy. :P Unlike the other Hegemonies, you can repair infrastructure before a budget update.

18 mils and 6.25 mils.

Icu, I thought you said that was only if the Mongols ever "massed", but they were too spread out for the traps to do much. Nex, I thought Dungeonal said you had some. Maybe I'm just misreading things. Mongols lost 700 horse archers. Rocco, that was the first part of the first wave. People didn't really have their defence plans in yet, so I didn't want to wipe people off the map.

Mongol Invasion of Everything - Prelude The feared scourge had reached Europe; its famed armies have conquered great empires and defeated mighty armies. Now it has come to wage war on the rich heartlands of Europe. Having been delayed by a rebellious Persia, only three Mongolian hosts entered the western lands. Two composed of three thousand Mongolian horse archers and two thousand light lancers, as well as their famed "launcher of flaming tongues." A third composed of five thousand Mongolian horse archers, four thousand heavy lancers, two thousand dismounted lancers, and their various gunpowder weapons. One of the lighter raiding parties found their way through the Turkish tribal area and struck Budapest, the Hungarian capital city. They caught the sieging Bulgarians off guard, and drove them away with only their fright. Meanwhile the Mongols spent their time ravaging Hungary. The second lighter raiding party struck Kiev, chasing the Icelandic calvery with a thousand of their horse archers, dealing significant casualties. They reached the Burgundian traps and took moderate casualties, before retreating. The remainding band spent the rest of the time pillaging the outlying villages and making off with their things. Casualties: 200 Icelandic thingymajigs 700 Mongol Horse Archers Result: Technical victory The heavier invasive army found the French position on a large hill in Kiev. The battle began with the French ballistas firing at the moving Mongolian horde, killing several soldiers on horseback. Then the Mongols suddenly turned inwards to the hill and fired a large volley of arrows from their powerful composite arrows, ignoring the pikemen and hitting the archers. The French archers fired back, dealing significant casualties. The Mongol General shouts some directions, and the Mongolian horse archers surround the hill, before forming dozens of cantabrian circles, where the Mongolian forces rode in circles and kept a continous stream of fire. The French archers had difficulty replying, because of the speed of the Mongol calvery. Due to the calmness of General Ritz, the French pikemen did not break. Then the Mongolian forces suddenly dispersed and retreated back the way they came. The French pikemen, who had a poor view of the action, began celebrating that the Mongols has been so easily defeated. However, their partying was cut short when the Mongols began using their gunpowder artillery. Thousands of burning arrows flew every which way at the French position, causing a deafening sound. They did moderate damage, but the main effect was the disorientation of the enemy forces. Then the Mongols once again surrounded the camp with their horse archers and opened fire. In the confusion, General Ritz could not prevent the pikemen from breaking formation, so the pikemen surged forward at the Mongol horse archers. The general immediately ordered his 3500 spearmen to take the pikemen's place, but it was too late. The four thousand Mongolian lancers had ridden into camp under cover of smoke, and immediately set to ravaging the exposed French archers, before fleeing when the spearmen arrived. Meanwhile, the Mongolian horse archers easily picked off the straying pikemen. A final last barrage struck the General in the chest, causing him to drop to the ground. The French soldiers, believing their general to be dead, fled for their lives, though most were cut down by the Mongolian calvery. Only five hundred elite archers reached Kiev. Casualties Mongolian 4500 Mongolian Horse Archers 500 Heavy Lancers French Entire army except 500 elite archers Result: Crushing Defeat Also keep in mind that the Mongols learn over time, so mixing up tactics is a good idea.