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Rocco, so you want 1,000 or 2,000? How much will you pay for them?

No one has SEEN them. That's the point. They're doing more than you know.

An elite skirmisher is like an open-combat one of my SpecOps soldiers.

In addition to those you have already? Hm, hard order to fill. That'll have to wait until tomorrow.

The islands off Norway and Scotland.

Haha, Ross, "My bow is yours!" I have provisions for this. The Huns are a bit like Rocco, pure power but traditional tactics. My spies and assassins will be invaluable to you.

And me? I want the small islands.

Lol. And my SpecOps took out half their fleet with no losses. You can keep using them for now.

Basically, terrorists. I'll be going after specific targets, putting them in their necessary places before the conflict starts. If there's a castle, so long as the gates are open to civilians I'll be able to make sure they're open for you. Yes.

800 trained covert ops troops, I could raise some more if need be, but my warriors aren't usually meant for large scale battle.

Mayhaps I could be of assistance also, Rocco? I have some spare troops that could be used for hit-and-run attacks, infrastructure strikes, and assassinations.

I see what you did there.

Quite simple really. My budget is 12 million, yours is 10. Therefore, I can have more troops than you, whether you like it or not. Now, this doesn't factor in militia and such, but I'm confident that tactically speaking I am superior. Heh. Hehe. Untrue. There is a distinct lack of half-arsed Night Angel Trilogy fanart. I'll try to be simple. 1. You said that you could hypothetically raid me. 2. I said that, if you hypothetically raided me, I would hypothetically kick your ass. 3. You said "wtf i m not evn raidin u" 4. I said that you were in the hypothetical scenario. 5. You said, yeah but i'm not really raiding you. YOU ARE AN IDIOT IF YOU CANNOT GRASP THIS SIMPLE CONCEPT. RAAAAAAIDEEEEEN! Yes, Mather, I have. You are correct about it being soothing. Despite the fact that at my house half of the time it's crows, I still enjoy the other half, being the surprisingly comforting coo-coo of doves. No, that's not what happened at all. You are an idiot. Discussion Over. Anyway, I'm going to make up a new unique unit. Oooh, New Challenger Approaching! What's it gonna be? Skirmishers, berserkers, cavalry, spearmen...? _______________________ RETECH, REMEMBER THE REPORTS. Just a reminder. Don't take it as an insult, but I'll be reminding you every now and again to PM me. ^All of the above = Epic off topic.

Ooooooohhh! I get it! The 400 wasn't graduates, it was paid graduates. Awesome, that works out fine.

Oh, and all my troops have been withdrawn from Spain in light of the Mongolian threat. Soldiers are available for hire. Retech, you remember when I said about the 30% student funding rate? Can I bring that up to 40% or 50% with the same budget?

Y'see, Retech, can you reply to my PM on how that will work? It is relevant for you to keep up with me on it, even now.

Augh, vhere ist damned Retech?!

Rocco, I agree with Mather on this one. Northern European countries were very dangerous opponents to have in the middle ages. You won only because they're as-of-yet unorganized and for some reason they actually met you in traditional combat. They could easily decide to start raiding the coasts instead, in which case widespread panic and a loss of infrastructure would likely be the result. So long as the North has you as a common enemy, you're in trouble. However big your sword might be, what are the chances of the edge catching a leaf?

Pah. I'm doing more strategically than any of you, and I'm not fighting in the least.

Well, the military schools are mandatory, they should produce a fair crop of students. Basically, unless ships reach Icelandic shores successfully (and I have preventative measures in case of that...) Iceland won't have any majour armies. The point is that I don't have traditional units, and none of them are quite as low-class as peasants. There is meant to be a country-wide moderately trained militia, as well as a fair number of highly trained military units and a few specialists deployed on the mainland as hired soldiers. Basically, most of them need to have some tactical prowess and command ability.

Oh, and Retech, does my 6,000,000 invested in military schools add to Infrastructure or whatever? How does that system work?

Lord... my religion had a practical purpose at least... I mean, Christianity doesn't provide very good motivation except for the zealots, but even, no, especially in times of peace it's kill or be killed in for the Orlog Anstasa of Iceland. There may not be as many left afterwards, but between lethal competition and the military schools those left will be strong as hell. Assassins, who might be able to take on as many as five equally armed opponents at once and still hold their own. And it has obvious and, to the people of Iceland, familiar roots in Norse mythology. And it makes more sense in medeival times than Scientology does in modern times, so it's at least plausible. All of this was part of my planning, I took Iceland because it was suitably isolated and not an immediate danger to mainland Christianity.

Fine. I didn't mean completely automatic, but that was the phrase Wikipedia used so I did too. Just the drop down magazine. Also, Retech, what about my military students in Spain? It's been a year, something has probably happened. At least one soldier must've been killed wandering home from a night on the town... And I'm assuming that the military schools worked out? How many students can I expect to graduate per year?

Also, the students are recommended to observe a "one hit, one kill" policy. Small, light crossbows are the weapons of choice within their effective ranges. Mass Ignition: 3/10 Shadow Swarm: 3/10 Mist Bourne: 1/10 Budget: 3,000,000 200,000 is put into researching light, drop-down magazine automatic crossbows still possessing moderate armour-piercing capabilities. Cost of the individual finished crossbows are unimportant for the moment. How long should this project take? Budget: 2,800,000 Oh, and Retech, what's your email?

Yeah, but the way I understood that was that they flung the bodies of people with the Black Plague or w/e over the walls to give other people the Black Plague... Dusty says the lobbing caused it. It came from somewhere over in the Asian steppes but it was sparse and not really a problem, but the Mongols came and lobbed it over the walls when they were sieging Kaffa. Since Kaffa was a major trading hub on the Black Sea, the fugitives from the siege fled all across Europe and that's how it spread to such highly populated areas and became such a gigantic pandemic. Same with Madagascar. Damned Madagascar, ruining the Black Plague's chance at winning the game...