Nero

I'm spending 1/2 my points to research the mining tree, and half in government.

Roman Army: 50 Veltites 200 Hastati 100 Principes 50 Triarii 50 Equites 50 Archers The Roman army has started making raids into the barbarian lands on the borders, bringing back slaves and wealth.

The Emperor, John III of Britannia, has made a speech. [RED-TUBE, ITV, and BBC PUBLIC BROADCAST] Emperor: Our time has come, fellow Britannians! The world's aristocracy has spoken! The world shall know of Britannia's all-mighty FIST Emperor pounds his fist. that is the BRITANNIAN EMPIRE! All hail our Fatherland! ALL HAIL BRITANNIA! Crowd: HAIL BRITANNIA! HAIL BRITANNIA! HAIL BRITANNIAAA! *Britannian National Anthem plays* [END OF BROADCAST] I'm pretty sure Redtube is a site for porn, but okay.

<_< Beta Fleet has been loaded with assault troops and is en route to a presently unnamed system. Spin the wheeeeeeel who shall it beeee.

I was just going off Dungeonal's, since his pikemen have a DS of 12 hehe.

[hide=Grid Map of Rome][/hide] Y'know, I'll just copy R:TW's units. Weee. [hide=Units] [hide=Velites (Skirmishers)]The lightly-armed velites, or skirmishers, were the fourth part of the Republican legion. They were also the poorest, as they could not afford even an infantryman's equipment, but instead were armed only with throwing javelins, which they flung at the enemy before the lines of infantry met. Velites were occasionally used to significant effect, as at Zama where Scipio Africanus used their javelins to drive away charging Carthaginian elephants. Velites disappeared after the Marian reforms, which made the legion a professional army in which men did not have to pay for their own weapons. OS - 7 DS - 2 RNG - 2-4 MS - 4[/hide] [hide=Hastati (Light Infantry)]The Roman legion was made up of three kinds of infantry, the first of which were the hastati. Normally the youngest men of the legion, they were armed with two throwing javelins (pila is of shorter range than those of velites) and a sword. As they were less experienced than the other two lines of infantry, and also went into battle first (being in front), they often suffered the heaviest casualties. Those who survived the hastati were eminently qualified to move on to the more experienced principes. OS - 10 DS - 4 RNG - 1 MS - 2[/hide] [hide=Principes (Medium Infantry)]These principes were normally men slightly older, in their 20s perhaps. They were, as mentioned before, more experienced, and as such were expected to shift the tide of the battle, after the hastati in front of them had worn down the enemy. They also carried two pila and a sword. Like the other two lines, they had an oval shield called a scutum. OS - 13 DS - 3 RNG - 1 MS - 2[/hide] [hide=Triarii (Heavy Infantry)]The cream of the legion, the triarii was made up of men approaching middle age. These hardened veterans were literally the toughest infantry you could find in the ancient world. The triarii, behind the other two lines of infantry, were not always required to go into battle, but when they did, their enemies had reason to be worried. These men carried a long thrusting spear and a sword. Being richer, they could also afford better equipment. There were also less of them than of the other two lines. OS - 14 DS - 7 RNG - 2 MS - 2[/hide] [hide=War Dogs]Used occasionally in battle by various nations, these dogs were deliberately starved to make them all the more fierce (and hungry!). They were trained to target horse�s hamstrings and therefore could be used against either infantry or cavalry. They can be a fairly formidable deterrent to any group of infantry. OS - 5 DS - 1 RNG - 1 MS - 4[/hide] [hide=Equites (Cavalry)] Service in the Roman legions depended largely on one economic standing. While the infantry was made up of those who merely owned land (and not even that, after the reforms of Marius), the cavalry consisted of people from the equestrian class, the "knights", who could afford their own horses and weapons, and who in peacetime were often the businessmen of the middle class. Armed with spears, they were useful for ambushes, for pressuring the enemy flanks, and more importantly than is often realized for chasing a fleeing enemy and cutting men down before they could escape. They are armed with spears, swords, and shields. OS - 8 DS - 2 RNG - 1 MS - 6[/hide][/hide] [hide=Roman Tribe] Senatus Populusque Romanus. The Senate and the People of Rome. Rome is a republic, with a senate elected from the leading aristocrats to represent the people as a whole. It is a haven for all outcasts and cutthroats, as long as they give their service to the glory of Rome.[/hide] [hide=Updated Map?][/hide]

Federation Fleet is still waiting patiently for you lazy bastards to get off your [wagon] and attack me.

Mather, there are 4 groups that made up the 'vikings'. Sere is Norse I believe? So you could still be Svear or Danes, or Finns.

It was named Newfoundland because he had just found it. :unsure: Yes, new-found land, I belive that was the name he chose, or rather ny-funn land(new-find land). Haha.

It was named Newfoundland because he had just found it. :unsure:

I've got control of south america, Icuownage has north america. I hope all you people that are claiming locations in NA/SA realize that you'll be stuck there for the game with no way of participating in any of the stuff that's going on in Europe/Asia/Africa (aka where most of the meat of the game will be). Theres boats.... That cannot cross the atlantic.... [/hide] But... I can build a big one. I'll fight Icu. Big one would just fall apart. Really, Erik only got to the Americas by pure luck, and that was in a boat made in 800+ AD (iirc). Not luck, knowledge. Eirik the Red crossed the Atlantic by taking a small detour by Greenland in order to avoid the "ship eating worms" aka. big waves, and the vikings were the most skilled shipbuilders of their time. And yes, I'm proud of my ancestors. Yes but he had no idea there was actually land that way. So, either he was suicidal in sailing that way, or extremely lucky. Since he survived, I'd say lucky. The point that's being made is that hypthetically, sure, you could get to Europe; it would take a lot of deaths and a lot of boats, but it could be done. BUT. There's no way you could actually participate in whats going on in Europe and Asia. So, no trade routes, no technology sharing, no way to send armies, nothing. It would be waaay too expensive.

I've got control of south america, Icuownage has north america. I hope all you people that are claiming locations in NA/SA realize that you'll be stuck there for the game with no way of participating in any of the stuff that's going on in Europe/Asia/Africa (aka where most of the meat of the game will be). Theres boats.... That cannot cross the atlantic.... [/hide] But... I can build a big one. I'll fight Icu. Big one would just fall apart. Really, Erik only got to the Americas by pure luck, and that was in a boat made in 800+ AD (iirc).

I've got control of south america, Icuownage has north america. I hope all you people that are claiming locations in NA/SA realize that you'll be stuck there for the game with no way of participating in any of the stuff that's going on in Europe/Asia/Africa (aka where most of the meat of the game will be). Theres boats.... You're going to sail across the Atlantic in an ancient world boat? Okay...

I've got control of south america, Icuownage has north america. I hope all you people that are claiming locations in NA/SA realize that you'll be stuck there for the game with no way of participating in any of the stuff that's going on in Europe/Asia/Africa (aka where most of the meat of the game will be).

How'd you get it off that planet you landed it on? Is this photon cannon shared tech? Also get on IRC please. Please don't just magically gain tech just because we're going to war. No I'm not, I started making ZPMs so that I could remain shielded until the war is over. Oh jeez, thanks :wall:

No.

We could also try one without any tech research at all, just a set date, with set tech from that time, and so battles would depend on army composition, morale, size, and the general's competence rather than who has the biggest and baddest toy on the block.

:wall: :wall: :wall: :wall: The bible does not give you your morals, unless you're homophobic and sexist and all the other crap that's in there. You have your own based on society. If you read the bible, you will find out that not even Jesus followed the guidelines of that book <_< And Moses had his own people killed when they didn't do what he wanted haha.

Because Total War campaign is single player and civ games are too short. This is just a big long continuous civ game that draws us back to the forums essentially.

Actually that's fairly decent, except for the electricity thing, since there'll be a technology cap.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzV87pflcII Lol. And I never bothered joining #NWO since the main purpose of it was to discuss war with me (at least the original purpose was), and I assume it was just a bunch of people [cabbage] talking me haha.

I dont think anyone can bomb berlin as it has to many allied troops in it... This is true. There's also a chance the teleporter exit will be destroyed.

And yes, no super mega alliances. Only reason the EA was formed was because I was about to get attacked by 7 people lawl. To Serepherus: I secretly reveal my tech too! haha. Fine, Project C is complete. [hide][/hide] Good luck finding my ships :D Also, you don't actually have that tech, since that PM was sent 7 days ago, and the lowest research time out of all of those is 8 years. :wink:

I must subdue the Gauls! Oh and North America will essentially be a dead zone, since nobody would be able to travel there (try sailing a bireme across the Atlantic).

Lol, why not just take Greece? Sparta would get overrun so easily.