Ye Olde Hegemony

[Grim_]

The thing is we can keep up this pace icu (we have close to twice as many troops as the mongols do)

[Icuownage]

I know in the entire 5 months they had XD

 

Yeah, but you're fighting the former best commanders in the world, if Subutai is still alive. Also it's their own turf.

[archimage_a]

I think the Spanish are working with the Mongols...thats why they took no casualties....

[Grim_]

It's Subutai (how he got command of the hordes with just 5,000 warriors I do not know).

[Nero]

DUN DUN DUNNNNNNNN

[Icuownage]

Wouldn't put it past him, I mean if he did work for them, he could gain Subutai's trust and the others, make them fight and as they fought betray both and beat both teams, and he is the only victor!

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*The map unfurls and the whole thing is Blazon Yellow*

 

Archi: Damn.

[Nero]

'Cept they're worthless Asiatic savages who need to be taught the glory of Christ (so says Ferdinand the Great).

 

*The map unfurls and the whole thing is Blazon Yellow*

 

Archi: Damn.

 

http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?t=289729

[archimage_a]

As a child I knew how to give. I have forgotten this grace since I became civilised.

[Retech]

Some Funny Business

 

The day of a sailor was never completely good. The rocking motion of the boat could cause many to lose their meals, and they were often at sea for days. It certainly could not get any better with the arrival of a huge Cretian transport fleet, with two warships. The Spanish fleet in the area numbered twenty galleys strong, while the Cretians only had two warships. The Spanish commander immediately asked the Cretians to turn back, and the Cretian warships began to turn.

 

Then, when its side was facing the Spanish navy, one of the warships fired. A Spanish galley was struck by odd metal projectiles and began listing starboard. The remaining galleys began sailing towards the Cretian warship, attempting to ram it. The other warship seemed unsure of itself, as if there was an internal problem, and it immediately sailed back to Crete. The functioning fired again and again, but the projectiles were not as accurate as hoped, only sinking three more galleys. The Spanish forces neared the Cretian warship, but the projectile storms only grew more accurate as the distance closed.

 

Finally, only five Spanish galleys reached the warship, beginning their ramming. When the ship barely dented, due to armored plating, the Spanish admiral ordered a boarding. In the fierce melee on the deck of the huge Cretian warship, the projectiles continued to pour into the Spanish galleys. The numerical advantage of the Spanish crew was too great, and the Cretians were almost defeated.

 

In an effort to protect their technological secrets and prevent the Spanish from taking control of the ship, several of the Cretian crewmembers hoisted the ship's anchor and smashed it into the ship. The sound of a whirlwind was heard, as the ship exploded into many little pieces. The transport ships were forced to turn back, as more Spanish ships came into sight.

 

Meanwhile, three Cretian warships were sighted off the coast of De Franco. They began firing metal projectiles at the walls, but they only managed to crack the outside layer, and did little damage. When the Spanish forces began tasking their tower-mounted Catapults to return fire, the Cretian warships withdrew and returned to Crete.

 

 

 

More stuff

 

A joint taskforce from Burgundy and France of two thousand swordsmen and five thousand archers marched towards the besieged French castle. More Icelandic troops landed on the coast of France and rode towards the castle. Neither force advanced against the other, and only minor skirmishes occured.

[Earth]

hmm, i wonder if i should help out any of these sides... nope. not interested.

[archimage_a]

I think you missed a relatively large part of that plan...

[Nero]

So I lost 20 galleys in an attack I never ordered nor was made aware of?

[Retech]

So I lost 20 galleys in an attack I never ordered nor was made aware of?

 

Defence

[Grim_]

OH SHI-

[archimage_a]

Hey, I lost an escort in an attack that I never authorised...so something is amiss here....

[Nero]

All very odd, considering my current position is to just ignore the little Cretians since they're not worth my time.

[Retech]

A thunderstorm is in the area and my internet gets shaky, so any complaints, questions, concerns, etc can be PMed. I'll respond to it tomorrow.

[Nero]

Nah no worries, 20 galleys are pretty easy to replace.

[archimage_a]

Yes...it is very odd...I can only really guess that the 398 spies I killed, and 2 survivours, where not actually 400 in total, but instead part of a much larger force...

 

Crete declares war on Iceland....Nex, you really didn't want to do this.

[archimage_a]

No gunpowder Rocco.

[Nexaduro]

Actually, there were only 400. I haven't read my PMs yet, not sure about what's going on.

 

I have no intention of using this knowledge for aggression of any sort, I'm just deathly curious as to what those weapons do, and how they work.

 

I'll be sticking to simple strategy and clever uses of basic weaponry. I'll leave technology to the genuises.

[archimage_a]

Yeah...

 

Anyway, Crete releases a new song to inspire enlistment for the war with Iceland, and the potential counter-false-attack from Dusty...

Also a feeling of general unity

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmL3m2zcoOI

 

 

For those with a sense of Irony:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZMNc-p1DWw

[Nexaduro]

Oh for heaven's sake Archi, this is nothing to start a war over. All I figured out was what shot the projectiles, I didn't even figure how this propulsion system was made possible.

 

Not to mention your forces would be highly disadvantaged in Icelanic waters, which my craft were made to traverse.

[Earth]

and yet he has a heavily armored super weapons ship. that can destroy a ship in one hit.