Utopia - Age 19 (An Era of Hope)

[star mouse]

We had better luck with our first hostile.

At the start of the age, we decided that the first kingdom that annoyed us excessively was going to be our first war target.

In the first 2 days after protection, we had a few incidents from a semi-suiciding kingdom, and we decided that they would be our first war target. Basically, we hit them once and they hit us several times, full suicides with only soldiers as defense.

So we trained some extra defense and some thieves, and declared them hostile.We trained thieves to take out the defenders of any province that was still using an all-soldier defense.

I think I'll let a few choice entries from the paper tell their story. I have concealed their location to protect them from further harm.

July 14th, YR0 We have declared (target masked) to be a Hostile Kingdom!
July 24th, YR0 Hostilities with (target masked) have degraded into a state of WAR!
January 1st, YR1 Our kingdom has begun a dragon project targetted at (target masked).
January 17th, YR1 Our dragon has set flight to ravage (target masked)!
February 3rd, YR1 Our kingdom has begun a dragon project targetted at (target masked).

We then negotiated a cease fire.

February 7th, YR1 Our kingdom has cancelled the dragon project to .
February 24th, YR1 (target masked) has surrendered to us! Our people rejoice at our victory!

And THAT is what happens if you mess with us.

[star mouse]

Originally posted by War4ever
if this next kd doesn't go to war, i may just give up

He's in a kingdom with 25 provinces all named using an identical theme down to the exact length of the names, and he wonders why other kingdoms won't war them.

All warfare is based on deception.

Hence, when able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must seem inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make him believe we are near.

Hold out baits to entice the enemy. Feign disorder, and crush him.
-- Sun Tzu "Art of War" I. 18-20

Applying these ancient principles, we can see at once why people refuse to war with you. Your kingdom appears very strong, so nobody will enage you. This happened to us last age when we did a similar theme - the number of people who peaceblocked us was well into the double digits by the 10th week. If your kingdom wasn't following a theme, you would now be fighting your second war.

[Zopperoni]

Nice quote, Star Mouse, because that is exactly our gameplan.
We have no theme this round: everybody's picked his/her own name to (hopefully) stick to for a few rounds back-to-back.

We entered our first [H] today. I hope we have a good [W].

[War4ever]

well we got a war, and they were using soldiers, so we NS ed them all again, being in kla we managed a few peace blocks while helping fellow kds and now we have a war...which we are winning of course....

its nice to be in a kd where everyone is active, too bad you aren't with us zopps.....we miss your skill....

and star mouse, its so funny to see people use soldier defence, then you go in and wipe out 20 k soldiers in two hours and they freak out......hahahahaaha...

but its not good for getting a war, you are right on that statement

[Eli]

Well, we got the war, and a Dragon. My province, being the biggest at the time is now FUBARed.

[War4ever]

lol, i am glad i have the wt and hosp cuz i have been hit too...but were winning and at the least will have a draw out of this

[star mouse]

Wish you luck in the wars guys ..

We're in our second now, one of the provinces has been razed down to 118 acres from about 500 - he's not going to like his main screen when he sees it:

From his CB:
A Dragon ravages the lands!
Riots due to housing shortages from overpopulation are hampering tax collection efforts!
The Plague has spread throughout our people!

From what we see, this province has been hit extremely hard in the last month.

We do fight mean wars ...

[Zopperoni]

Ouch...

Hm, still in the first [W], and I'm growing slightly tedious about it right now.
We are ahead, but only slightly, we have offfered the option of [P], but obviously no response so far...

[Lemmy]

We're now finally getting organized and are winnig the war, still the first. The war meter is 132 in our favor, and the other kd still won't surrender, one of their provinces even send a msg, saying that we've clearly beaten them, and that we should just accept their mutual peace offer.

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by Lemmy
and the other kd still won't surrender, one of their provinces even send a msg, saying that we've clearly beaten them, and that we should just accept their mutual peace offer.

I loathe kingdom's like that. We had one like that declare on us. We beat them like a drum but they absolutely refused to surrender to us.

[star mouse]

We're about to get our second war win from as many wars. The new monarch of the enemy kingdom has promised to surrender as soon as the option is available.

The phrase "new monarch" should give a few clues as to just how this war has gone for them. In the last 12 hours, three provinces have been reported in their paper as "collapsed and lies in ruins".

I will supply more news as it becomes available.

[DinoDoc]

You people must be utterly ruthless, sm.

[War4ever]

hehe we were declared on about 13 hrs after our war win, were winning of course, its a kd of orcs and such......but they have large defences...

still we push on... i am fat, waited all day for a hit that never came so i hit now i am two dwarves

i am sure the hits will come fast and furious now

[Eli]

Large? Large is not the word. 55-60 Raw DPA is insane!

[star mouse]

Originally posted by DinoDoc
You people must be utterly ruthless, sm.

Oh yes .. here's the summary of our war:

** Attacks by the Kingdom **
Standard March: 37, total of 2405 acres captured.
Raze: 14, total of 358 acres razed.
Plunder: 1.
Failed Attacks: 3.
Total attacks by kingdom: 55, total of 2763 acres captured or destroyed.

** Attacks against the Kingdom **
Standard March/Conquest: 17, total of 1281 acres captured.
Raze: 1, total of 57 acres razed.
Failed Attacks: 2.
Total attacks against kingdom: 20, total of 1338 acres captured or destroyed.

In case you're wondering, I have my own formatter that can extract this info....