Succession Game V: The Empire of Ra

[Immortal Wombat]

do I get the gamefile?

[Locutus]

D'oh! I knew I was forgetting something. File will be sent in a moment.

[Immortal Wombat]

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[Hermann the Lombard]

Originally posted by Immortal Wombat
do I get the gamefile?

SOME people want EVERYTHING! Sheesh!

[Immortal Wombat]

pheuww, just caught this before it dropped to page 2. Sorry for the delay.


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The Chronicles of the Apolyton Wombat

550BC - Having won the elections, the Ceremony of Reloadslic is begun in the Gaulish territories, for the first time. However, the ceremony was curtailed when the new Apolyton heard news that an earthquake had hit Armagh. He rushed over to survey the damage, and was visbly relieved to see that the only casualty was a farmer who broke a leg when a cow fell on him.
The new Apolyton vowed to continue the heritage of his forefathers, and bring Ra's wrath down upon the unbelievers using the weapons that Ra saw fit to bestow on him.

540 - With this in mind, Wombat continues unit production across the continents, and though from here no specific reports of unit production will be given, it can be assumed that units were being churned out at a fabulous rate. The hypastists and horsemen in Gaul move west to the front.

530 - Ooh, sweet troop movement

520 - Barbarian riders are driven from the western border of Egypt by the western border patrol. Damn immigrants

510 - Egyptian wise men discover aqueducts. Wombat orders them to begin work on alchemy, the art of turning base metals into gold and, it seems, trireme construction. Theorists imagine a new chemical that can burn enemy ships up. They call it "Greek Fire" for some reason unknown.

500 - A scout horse archer near Osaka is taken out by a Japanese horseman. Wombat mourns.

490 - Wombat plays an early form of tiddleywinks. (The wise men get bored too sometimes)

480 - The barbarian javcav that had been scared from the border had merely chosen a route around the fat donut-eating guards, and come southwards, towards Tanis. Another horseman barbarian killed a passing belfroi. Wombat did not mourn. Crapping little things belfrois, when on the wrong continent.
Memphis begins some Hanging Gardens for Wombat to sunbathe in. *shrug*

Also in this eventful year, an advanced recon mission (a mounted archer) was sent into Nagoaka to retrieve defense information. It seems the Japanese had all but abandoned - there were two defenders. A crack squad of Egyptian horsemen were sent in, and soon polished off the remaining resistance. Nagoaka was annexed to the Province of Gaul in Egypt.

470 - Alchemy is discovered. Wombat orders a conversion of all the empire's lead into gold. He is informed that nobody has ever heard of "lead", perhaps his highness dreamed it? gold however, is commonplace, and not worth the hassle. Wombat looks a little confused, and settles for triremes. Iron Working is set as the next research goal.

460 - *tumbleweed flies past mind's eye*

450 - Noticing some geo-political irregularities on the radar, Wombat exchanges the secret of Ballistics for a Byzantine map. They seem to be having a wonderful war against Rome, and not doing too badly... Wombat ponders this, but before reaching any conclusion, is assassinated whilst riding in the back seat of his open-top chariot through the streets of Tanis. The arrow that killed him was shot from the window of a house on the road, and archers were blamed, angered that Wombat had sold their trade for as little as a map.

Thus came to an end the rule of Wombat X

[Hermann the Lombard]

To Mapfi, Locutus, and Immortal Wombat: well done!

To Locutus: it seems you're attaching images much *wider* than the system will permit me to attach. Is there a trick to this, or is this just another facet of the Powers of Locutus? (I'm attaching jpegs, typically.)

[mapfi]

Hermann - instead of attaching a jpg I think you can attach a link to a file on your homepage f.e. and it'll display like that
And yes - looks like the Yamato will loose... at least we hope.

[Hermann the Lombard]

Originally posted by mapfi
Hermann - instead of attaching a jpg I think you can attach a link to a file on your homepage f.e. and it'll display like that
And yes - looks like the Yamato will loose... at least we hope.

Ah, that would work better if I had a homepage.

[Locutus]

But you do! (Hint: http://ctpmodmakers.250free.com, ftp: ftp.250free.com, username: ctpmodmakers, password: bl00drun)

[Gazablanca]

Save game file has been passed onto Hermann the Lombard....i'm a bit busy at the moment:I'm moving to a new house soon which also means I'll probably be out of this game for a month or more until i get a new connection Will let you all know when I'm reconnected and my possible new e-mail address.

Gazablanca

[Hermann the Lombard]

The Record of Her-mann IX, Apolyton XXXIII of the Republic of Ra

450 BC Dark days for the Republic! Wombat lies slain, then insult is added to injury as his bloody corpse is used as a test missile by the evil ballisticians. Almost as bad, a farmer is killed by a falling Wombat! To quell the chaos, the Wise Men call on the eldest of the clan of Gazablanca, but find that HE was the stricken farmer. Is this the end of the Republic? As of old, the Wise Men turn to the temples for advice, and High Priest Her-mann, the Ninth of that name, steps forward to assume the mantle of leadership. [Behind him in the temple, an archer is congratulated with a chalice of poisoned wine: the Chalice from the Palace.]

Her-mann calls on the Wise Men to learn the state of the Republic. The war against the Yamato goes well, and Odawara shall be the next target. In science, with Ballistics well in hand, all efforts are being made to learn the secret of Iron Working. The youngest of the Wise Men, calling himself an “economist” proclaims that it is premature to pursue the secrets of iron weapons, as the treasury has but one quarter of the gold that would be needed to re-equip our infantry with the new weapons. Impressed by the argument (and not realizing what happens when you put all the economists in the world end to end), Her-mann redirects the Wise Men to pursue the secret of Bureaucracy (and of The Appian Way for our sprawling nation). Close to home, the Army of Ptah dispatches barbarian pezheteroi on the road to Tanis. [Who knew? The barbarians are Republicans.]

440 BC Our forces from Nagaoka and Kamakura move to surround intruders: another barbarian pezheteroi and a Yamato composite archer. The road must be cleared to prepare a pincer attack against Odawara. [In keeping with recent tradition, no mention will be made of the completion of units, which are pouring out to bolster our mighty armies.]

430 BC We have attained the dubious achievement of being the first nation of the world to discover Bureaucracy! [Well, there goes the neighborhood.] Now we desperately need to learn Ethics to restrain the bureaucrats.

420 BC The barbarians destroy the Yamato archers; what a pity. Two Egyptian armies are closing on Odawara, where a strong Yamato army waits outside the walls, entrenched among the latifundia. Our chariot destroys a section of our own road at the border west of Kamakura with the intent to slow intruders…such as the approaching Yamato horseman.

410 BC The barbarian pezheteroi impudently march up to the city walls of Nagaoka, right through the so-called zone of control of our forces outside the city. Much nearer home, barbarian hypaspists show similar disrespect at the gates of Thebes. The Army of Amun gives a lesson in respect to one group of barbarians while the forces at Nagaoka conduct a mercy killing: a single arrow finishes off the pathetic pezheteroi. Heliopolis completes a work camp (instead of an agora, which would have given +10% to the 12 gold produced, at a cost of 2 gold). A forge is ready in Amarna.

400 BC Riots grip Carmarthen, and four cities tremble on the verge of riot: Memphis, Abydos, Kells, and Nagaoka. It seems that the barbarians outside Nagaoka were the most popular boy band in the world; their fans are furious! Her-mann hastily orders the assembly of an appealing group of entertainers, to be called the Mon-keys. Their tunes quell the riots.

Meanwhile, a scouting party reveals that the army outside Odawara IS the garrison of Odawara; only a single horseman remains inside the walls. Odin’s Tourists crush the tiny garrison. Three horsemen and two composite archers are promoted in honor of the great victory. The Fist of Rage, fresh from Nagaoka, pins the Yamato army against the wall of Odawara. Meanwhile, just across the border from Nagaoka is—of all things—a group of Etruscan nomads, apparently menaced by Yamato horsemen.

390 BC The Yamato army passively awaits its fate outside Odawara. In a variant on the classic tactic, the Anvil of Odawara whacks the Yamato in the back, destroying two thirds of the army without loss, then the Fist of Rage finishes them off. Suspiciously, the Yamato horsemen ignore the Etruscan nomads and ride bravely—but schtupidly—to attack three Egyptian horsemen. The contest is brief.

380 BC More strangeness near Nagaoka: the Etruscan nomads trundle off to the west while a Yamato nomad—with an escort of composite archers—hurl themselves against our fortified chariots. The charioteers barely survive the hail of arrows, then avenge their losses by plinking nomads (oh, where are the slavemasters when you really need them?) More bold (stupid) barbarian horsemen ride up to Odawara (and are killed). Yamato horsemen pillage the road SW of Kamakura, and are destroyed (this was another segment of the road we pillaged ourselves). The Truppes from Tanis reach and reinforce Lykopolis, and a second fortress is begun to close the remaining road gap. On the economic front, a new caravan route is opened to carry buffalo from Heliopolis to Lykopolis (now ALL our caravan routes go to Lykopolis: Gateway to the West).

370 BC Etruscan travelers come with stories of a strong earthquake at some distant place called Yanbu. These travelers come with all their worldly goods, audaciously entering our territory. They are promptly ejected. To the west of Nagaoka, recon reveals a medium-sized Yamato army dug in outside Nagoya. To the north, two infantry units approaching from Nara are seen to be armed with strong weapons made of a substance called “I-ron,” and calling themselves “legions.” The wise men want to ditch this idea of “ethics” in favor of learning how to make such weapons. “In time,” Her-mann declares, “in due time.”

360 BC We have achieved ETHICS, so now we will be wise enough to know that what we are doing is wrong. We have also reached a key decision point: do we begin researching Christianity? (No one can give a good reason.) Do we begin researching Ballista Towers? (Very quick, but the best defense is…) Do we begin researching Iron Working? (We will only have enough gold to upgrade half of our hoplites and hypaspists.) Or do we research Tribunal Empire? (We have not reached our city maximum for Republic, and we would lose speed in our research.) We begin researching Ballista Towers to dump the decision in the lap of the next generation.

A barbarian chariot is approaching Thebes. Another bold (stupid) horseman probes the border west of Nagaoka, meeting doom beneath the hooves of the Riders of Rage. The Nara legions are joined by two more units, but the enemy force is tiny compared to the approaching Army of Odawara.

350 BC The Byzantines offer a map exchange, duly accepted. The Nara force is attempting to sneak around Nagaoka to the east but are observed by our alert horsemen. Her-mann IX sets off on a tour of inspection of the lands liberated from the Celts and the Yamato, but the tour comes to a tragic end. While visiting the site of the Armagh earthquake, the 33rd Apolyton is standing immediately downhill from another cow when an iron advocate tips the beast. This follows a family tradition of thin, wide sarcophagi.

[Hermann the Lombard]

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I.O.U. one map.

-- HtL

[Immortal Wombat]

Almost as bad, a farmer is killed by a falling Wombat!

I'm not that heavy...

btw, you won't be able to attach a map to that post, it'll have to be IMG tags now

[mapfi]

The next generation is really left pretty much clueless -how much money does the unit upgrade cost? Should I find that documented somewhere?

[Hermann the Lombard]

Originally posted by mapfi
The next generation is really left pretty much clueless -how much money does the unit upgrade cost? Should I find that documented somewhere?

Yes. In the CRADLE Readme PDF directory, "Misc-info" or some such. Nicely detailed.

Wombat: it's not the weight, it's the height of the drop.