Ye Olde Hegemony

[Icuownage]

Now I fear I just did a very bad thing.

 

How about the places I attacked?

[Retech]

Now I fear I just did a very bad thing.

 

How about the places I attacked?

 

Minor kingdoms. 2 million approximately.

[Retech]

Yeppers.

[Retech]

Yes, I can do that automatically if you'd like. I'm thinking 5000 peasants for every tenth of a point of economy you spend + 1000 peasants for every tenth of a point of infrastructure you have.

[Nexaduro]

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?

[Retech]

I still don't quite understand what you wanted, because generally I don't reply to things directly on the thread. If you can PM me a short summary of the things and what youre intention was with them, I can count it as if you had done it last year.

[The_Mather1]

The Zeirids' ruler was brutally murdered today, the murderer, Mather, left the axe still imbeded in his skull then claimed the throne. With the old ruler ascended to near-godhood Mather summoned all the nobles of the land; "Welcome lords; marquises, dukes and archdukes all of you are summoned here today to take place in a change of governement. From this moment on you will be my advisors, you will have my land, split according to your ranks, where you will get the role of gouvernors. And now to destroy the catholic crusade!"

How does the nobilty react to the change (the coup d'etat is part of the religion)?

[Retech]

They are thrilled, and gladly commit troops to the defence of Cordoba. (And Nobility gains power in your country)

[The_Mather1]

More miners (5,000) are brought to the shasm.

The miners begin construction of a multi layered tunel complex in the shasm, constructing rooms of various sizes as they go.

 

A merchant ship is launched, it's objective; to trade in order to get their hands on the seeds of various usefull fungi, mosses and lichen.

[Earth]

so, techy, any chance of a battle report?

Research:

4/30 seige

4/30 stell working

4/20 mining

4/20 trapping (extended for betetr knowladge and effectiveness)

[Seraphi]

Project Scorpio begins. I'll PM you about it Retech.

[The_Mather1]

Scorpios exist Ross.

Arbalests too Rocco.

[Icuownage]

Siege technology - Catapults and trebucheats have an increased range to everyone else's, 10 years, 4 done already

Naval technology - Ships have higher speed and capacity than everyone else's, 10 years, 4 done already

Hygiene - Workers are in better condition and the army is also in a better condition, slight increases to production and troop survival rating after battles 5 years, 4 done already

Farming technology - Food yield is increased, and quality of crops increase, people eaten higher quality food, slight increase to worker production and troop effectiveness, 8 years, 4 done already

Mining technology - Production output of metals and such increase, luxury metal trade increase, cost of troops using armor lowered slightly, 15 years, 4 done already

Armoured wagons - Trade caravans have better protection, 5 years, 4 done already

Bladed wagons - Trade caravans can fight back with better effectiveness, 5 years, 4 done already

Horse breeding - Quality of calvalry increase, horses less likely to die, and charge faster, 8 years, 4 done already

Horse armor - Horses less likely to die, 5 years, 4 done already

Silver Economy - Increases Silver output and silver quality, 10 years, 3 done already

[Seraphi]

Scorpios exist Ross.

Arbalests too Rocco.

I know that.

 

But it isn't a scorpio. I'm just using the name.

[The_Mather1]

An arbalest is a crossbow on steroids plus a crank to pull it, it's strong enough to pierce a knights chestplate (and I'd guess a wooden wall too)! How can you improve them?

[Earth]

by using better materials, make ithe design more efficient.. hundreds of ways to improve upo n the basic design,

[The_Mather1]

An arbalest uses a steel prod and a stock of hardwood, it's shaped like a rifle stock. There's no way of improving it other than creating stuff that can be attached to it, like sights.

To make it clear how good it is, it can shoot accurately for half the max range of a P90 and slightly harder (1,450 N harder to be precise).

[Earth]

no.. lets see, make it faster reloading, make it with better string and wood, make it fire better ammunition.. make it do so many things. plent of ways to improve on something.

[Nero]

They are thrilled, and gladly commit troops to the defence of Cordoba. (And Nobility gains power in your country)

They are thrilled that he's trying to convert the people to a nonsensical religion that defies century long held beliefs?

 

An arbalest is a crossbow on steroids plus a crank to pull it, it's strong enough to pierce a knights chestplate (and I'd guess a wooden wall too)! How can you improve them?

 

 

I mean...it's a wheel, how could you ever hope to improve that?

 

 

Derp

[The_Mather1]

The wood and string are among the toughest available, the reloading is done using a crank (pulling the string would only make it become vedged in your hand).

The bolts are just standard c'bow bolts or pellets and it would thus be an inaproporiate name for the research.

 

The arbalest was at it's current state considdered inhumane and unfair, enough said.

 

 

Dusty, they are thrilled to become gouvernors of varyingly big regions of my domain. They already accepted the religion.

[Retech]

Danish-Norwegian Invasion of HRE

 

Following the devestating defeat of the HRE army in the Battle of the Baltic coast, Denmark appealed to Norway for some help against the Holy Roman Empire, which was regarded as one of the most powerful empires at the time. Norway saw its chance to explode onto the world stage, and sent a large army to aid the Danish. The combined forces marched at a fast pace to capitalise on HRE weakness, but the HRE had already set up their defence position.

 

The HRE under the command of the new general, Johnson, had hastily formed a defensive position atop a crest near the Danish border, flanked by two imposing hills. A thousand longpikes formed the front, followed by three thousand peasants and four thousand crossbowmen. Five hundred longpikes were kept near the flanks, and a thousand knights stood ready to join the battle. General Johnson had devised a cunning plan, and constructed several trebuchets. These were placed several hundred meters ahead of the main army, and were defended by several stakes to deter enemies.

 

The forces of Norway and Denmark arrayed themselves in battle order a few miles ahead of the ridge. The army was one of the largest assembled in Scandanavian history, and was amongst the proudest. An additional twelve hundred Norse War Clerics came from Norway, bringing the total to two thousand, riding proudly on large war horses. Denmark had called a levy and brought in an additional 2500 Scandanavian Axemen, bringing the total to three thousand. However, the Norwegians had landed with a massive fleet to reinforce them with five thousand more axemen, bringing the total to eight thousand axemen. In addition to this huge force, the Norwegians brought two thousand Calvaliers (basically knights with more armor), four thousand lightly armed Norse Archers, two thousand Hobilars, and three thousand spearmen to deal with enemy calvary. The entire army was led by the princes of Norway and Denmark.

 

Total enemy force:

2000 Norse War Clerics

8000 Scandanavian Axemen

2000 Calvaliers

4000 Norse Archers

3000 Spearmen

2000 Hobilars

 

19000 Total Soldiers

 

The battle began with a large volley of boulders by the HRE trebuchets. Despite dealing little damage, the attack provoked the Danes into beginning their assualt. Two thousand Hobilars under the direction of the Norwegian Prince's right hand man charged headlong into the trebuchets, losing many horses to the stakes. The unarmed foot soldiers, only armed with long spears, managed to destroy the trebuchets, while being slaughtered by the hail of four thousand crossbow arrows in flight. The majority of the army charged forward up the crest, aside from two thousand axemen which remained behind as reserve. The volleys of the crossbowmen were devestating, killing six hundred Norse War clerics and nine hundred Calvaliers, which were riding in front. Soon the clerics and calvaliers had reached the battle line. While the clerics were only wearing ornate bishop robes with light plating and suffered heavy casualties, the calvaliers had a layer of mail AND plate, as well as extra overlapping plates to cover their weak points. The longpikes only managed to dent the armor of two hundred calvaliers, of which only one hundred were killed. The remaining calvaliers dismounted and swung their great broadswords to great effect, slashing through the weakness of the longpikes' armor. Meanwhile the clerics were doing poorly in comparison, as their maces were more effective against heavily armored foes.

 

Soon the fight was joined by the Scandanavian axemen, which begin to overrun the longpikes, which had only started with a thousand and quickly dwindled in number. General Johnson sent in his three thousand peasant reserves, but it was unlikely to last long. However, the crossbowmen were having a devestating effect against the calvaliers by piercing their eyeholes, as the average pikemen usually laid low during their fighting. The HRE battle line was breaking, and the soldiers began to feel frightened. The nobles were nowhere to be spotted, and it looked like the army was to fall.

 

Fortunately, the trade roads being built throughout Europe had greatly increased the speed of travel, and the armies of the nobles reached the battlefield by nightfall. The battle was still intense and despite the overwhelming numerical advantage of the Scandanavians, the thousand knights of the HRE managed to hold their position. The noble army composed of two thousand knights, as well as five thousand men at arms, and a thousand macemen. A thousand knights looped around the enemy position and ambushed the two thousand axemen in reserve, killing them with only the loss of two hundred knights. Meanwhile the remaining portion of the noble army reinforced the HRE forces, and began to push the Scandanavians back. The men at arms were solid against the Danes, and their swords were effective against the Axemen's leather padding, even though their armor was not effective against the Danes' axes. The macemen performed spectacularly and felled the calvaliers in great numbers. Despite their armor plating, the Calvaliers were overconfident in their protection and battle prowess, and were massacred.

 

Soon the Danish army broke and fled back over the border, with heavy casualties on both sides. The Holy Roman Empire was saved for now. General Johnson began to march his weary men towards the border to press the advantage, but he received ominous news from a messenger. The Swedish had prepared for an invading fleet, ready to set sail at a moment's notice if the HRE pressed the offensive back into Denmark. The nobles demand much greater power in the government for their assistance.

 

Result: Heroic Victory

 

Casualties

 

HRE

1500 Longpikes

3000 Peasants

2800 Knights

4300 Men at arms

400 Macemen

 

Scandanavian Coalition

1600 War Clerics

1900 Calvaliers

2000 Hobilars

1300 Norse Archers

6500 Scandanavian Axemen

 

 

Bulgarian Invasion of Hungary

 

Bulgarian forces were reinforced from the homeland, and the attack continued. The army reached the outskirts of Budapest, the capital city of Hungary. They began besieging a large citadel, which was the main defence for the thriving metropolis. It was extremely powerful, and had three concentric rings of walls surrounding an imposing keep. The Bulgarian general quickly realizes that only a prolonged siege or a bloody battle with many more men than he had, could be used to take it. He ordered his trebuchet to launch plague infested corpses into the citadel. The occasional corpse missed and landed in the city, while several fell into the river dividing the city in two, making it smell of rotting flesh.

 

Meaaaanwhile, the Hungarian army had ridden hard into Bulgaria. Led by the Hungarian King, a thousand knights and two thousand Heavy Horse archers raided towns in Bulgaria in quick succession, before moving to the capital city. Though the Bulgarian King was well defended, the rest of the city was not prepared for the onslaught. The raiding party rode in before the city gates had closed, and the city was essentially sacked for around an hour. The party fled as Bulgarian nobles sent their soldiers in pursuit, but the Hungarian force had fled to another part of Bulgaria, probaly preparing another attack.

 

Casualties

Several thousand Bulgarian civilians

Random people getting the plague

 

Bulgarian infrastructure reduced by 0.2

 

French Invasion of Sardinia

 

On a peaceful Mediterranean afternoon, the peace was broken by an amphibious assualt by French forces. Two thousand Flemish pikemen, fifteen hundred archers, a thousand peasants, and assorted siege weaponry landed on the shoreline. The landing went smoothly, but problems began to show from that point on. The siege equipment had begun to rot, and several key components were missing, after one of the transport boats had sunk. The engineers quickly repaired them and got them into working order, but not before the Sardinians had been alerted. A small force of five hundred knights, two thousand Italian militia spearmen, and a thousand Italian militia archers came into view, blocking the French army's access to the rest of Sardinia. Meanwhile, five galleys came up and rammed the defenceless transport ships, leaving the French no way of escape. Soon the Sardinians had brought up their siege weaponary, and a shooting war began. Unfortunately, a Sardinian ship equipped witha catapult fired close range against the entrapped French forces, which took heavy casualties. In the end, the French took the most casualties, while the remainder of their army surrendered to the Sardinian forces.

 

Sardinia requests aid from a foreign power to help against the French.

 

Casualties:

 

France

Entire army

 

Sardinia

100 Knights

1300 Italian Militia Spearmen

500 Italian Militia Archers

[Nero]

León changes its religion to recognize the Flying Spaghetti Monster as the supreme deity of Earthly creatures.

 

btw in case anyone missed it: Retech's battle report is on the last post the page before this.

[Icuownage]

Oh god.

 

Eden now worships C'Thulu.

[The_Mather1]

Is it possible to ally NPCs?

[Nero]

Is it possible to ally NPCs?

You're already Egypt's [bleep], who else do you want to drop your pants for?