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OMG the devil himself must have sent the Electronic Daemon of Pain (EDP) to make your computer shut down. :sweatdrop: :sweatdrop: I really hope this great AAR is not lost, and of course the same counts for your even more important stuff. Curse the damn daemon :furious3:
You mean, there are really things more important? :inquisitive: Weird world! :dizzy2:Quote:
Originally Posted by MarcusAureliusAntoninus
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Originally Posted by Lysimachos
Well, I actually consider my porn collection to be way more important than a stupid EB savegame.
OK guys, just forget what I just typed:beam:
Sad to hear about your computer, MAA, my hopes of everything turning out OK be with you:yes:
Maion
That's so sad. This aar is the best on the forums.:no:
This doesn't sound good
Good luck MMA to getting the computer back to live. Hope it can be solved.:yes:
I also lost quite many camaigns because of technical problems.:wall:
Thanks for the kind words. I'm pretty confident that the majority of the machine still works and the harddrives should be completely undamaged. Since my campaign is not compatible with any officially released version of EB and is also extremely modded, there really wouldn't be a point to keeping a savegame on an alternate location. I would have to save my entire EB folder along with it. Though, even if my computer is dead, I should be able to access the harddrives from another computer... hopefully.
Optimisitcally, this should only delay the next chapter a week or so.
Nah, I'm sure Obama can fix it. :2thumbsup: ~:joker:
Believe:laugh4:Quote:
Nah, I'm sure Obama can fix it
MAA should ask for a bailout.Quote:
Originally Posted by Centurio Nixalsverdrus
Yes we can! Yes we can!
Well when Obama fixes your computer.....
I'm thinking giving them the ability to recruit much more badass units through lower MICs(since because of Hais wacky recruitment, they're basically screwed with type 3 govs), and giving both factions the super-cataphracts Pahlava can recruit, and the infantry Armenia can recruit.
You might want to add_unit them armies, since they're probably going to throw tons and tons of Pantadapoi at you.
Wow... such a tragedy, this AAR is so great. My computer died last month, too, and I had to get a new one. If all else fails, MAA, you will probably be able to salvage your hard drive with all the data on it. Then you can connect it to your new computer with a certain cable, and transfer all of the data.
I remember seeing spartans in a demetrid army in the civil war. How did you do it?
So far I've been content with the "Median" recruitment. I have the feeling I won't be after a while, though.
The Spartan Hoplite has its own model, so it is really easy to mod into any faction. You just have to copy the greek_cities line in the descr_model_battle.txt and change the faction name to your own (for both models and sprites). Then add your faction to the recruitment line in the export_descr_units.txt and add recruitment where you want (probably just copy and alter the one entry KH has for them). If you plan to manually do this, you'll probably want to search the forums for a better description. (I actually added them for my faction too, but have never used them. I wasn't sure how the civil war was going to turn out at the time and whether I was going to roleplay the Spartans joining me. Instead Sparta was destroyed and I've decided that nobody will ever field "Spartan Hoplites" again.)
My new powersupply arrived today and my computer is back in working order. I'll probably start work on the AAR again tommorrow.
good news :sweatdrop:
WOOT!!!:2thumbsup:
Excellent news:beam:
Great news indeed:2thumbsup:~:cheers:
@Olaf: "WOOT!" -what does that mean?:dizzy2:
Use this : http://www.urbandictionary.com/ . I'm not too good with abbreviations and the Urban Dictionary has helped me a lot:smiley:.
It means WOOT!!!!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by HunGeneral
(Or for those of you whom can't speak 1337, awesomness)
Chapter 93 : Folly
The death of King Isidoros Oresteus had hit the Babylonians hard. He may not have been a Babylonian, but he was their king. From his intial position as a minor general of Makedonia, Isidoros Oresteus had made himself the king of an ancient city, rebuilt the city, and governed it until his death. With no sons to take his position after his death, the title of King of Babylon had fallen to the husband of his only daughter. Thus, Keraton Apolloniates had become the new king in Babylonia.
Although he is of the line of Isidoros Oresteus, most Babylonians (and even many Hellenistic settlers) don't feel that Keraton Apolloniates is worthy or capible of being the new king. Under King Isidoros, popular support had been able to resist the Median invasion, but the changes in kings had brough many changes in the minds and feelings of the people. Many in the army of Babylon desert. Hellenes and Makedones call for reunification into the Arche Makedonia. Amoung the locals the opinion is split between supporting King Keraton, choosing their own king, and simply surrendering to the new Persian Empire, who claim to be their brothers.
Seeking to prove himself worthy to his new people and seeking to take the fight to the Persians (a thought that Keraton had suggested earlier but had been turned down by Isidoros), King Keraton assembles his army and crosses the Tigris River. At first there is considerable success and the eastern banks of the river are easily retaken. Encouraged by his initial success and full of foolish pride, King Keraton marches his army northward into eastern Assyria.
Around this time, a messenger arrives from Syria bearing the seal of the Basileus. Orders arrive from the Basileus' heir for all armies and allies to defend their ground and fight conservatively. Even with these new orders in his hands, King Keraton Apolloniates makes the choice to push forward.
Near the occupied city of Arbela, a large organized force confronts King Keraton and his army. Although he is outnumbered, King Keraton does not back down:
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In an area of rolling hills and scattered woods, near the base of the mountains, King Keraton arranges his army. On foot, he forms three lines. In the first row are his elites and lesser spearmen. In the second row are the light eastern infantry. Finally, in the third are his heavy archers. The king takes position behind the lines with the light cavalry on his flanks:
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When the Persians take up position in a low lying wooded area and do not move forward, King Keraton gives the order for his army to march down from the hill they are assembled on and to move to confront their foe:
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The Babylonians march forward slowly, until the point where the enemy are just before them. As the enemy psiloi begin to throw their javelin, the Babylonians begin their final charge down the hill:
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The fight is quite short and the entire Persian force are broken and flee into the forest. Babylonians, both elite and levy, give chase:
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To the Babylonians, the day looks won and victory is in the minds of all King Keraton's men. However, when the first of the pursuers come over the next hill they view a great Persian force before them, assembling in the next valley:
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The Babylonian spearmen try to reform their line, but before they can achieve any order, the Persian army is already upon them. Some of the first men sent in to soften up the Babylonian line are men from Arabia, in service of the Persian Empire. For the Babylonian elites, these men are no challenge at all, but are simply meant to tired the line before the main attack comes:
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The Persians hit the whole length of the line, soon after. Many of those from the first force who had been fleeing now turn and join in the fight once again. Already tired and outnumbered, the Babylonian morale begins to faulter.
On the right edge of the Babylonian line, light Persian spearmen have managed to surround the flank and are pushing in on the elite Babylonians from all sides:
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Earlier, King Keraton had ordered the second and third line to no give chase after the intial battle. As the first line of spearmen had given chase to the Persian army, Keraton and the rear of the army had slowly marched forward to conserve energy. When the second fight began, Keraton had hoped to reinforce his line with his light infantry. It had become too late, though. The Persian cavalry are able to circle around the flanks of the first line and charge in at the second line of light infantry:
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The Babylonian cavarly, detached from the main force and cut off from their king's commands had been ordered to chase routers and had already moved behind the enemy line. But rather than charge in at the enemy rear and relieve the spearmen in the first line, the cavalry had already begun chasing down routers and looting the dead:
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While looting the dead, a second trap is hatched. While passing a small patch of trees, a group of light spearmen, that had been appearing to flee, suddenly turn and charge the Babylonian cavalry. When a second group hit the cavalry from the rear, there is nowhere left to run and the Babylonian cavalry is cut to pieces:
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King Keraton watches as his men die, but knows the battle had not yet been lost. The Babylonians are outnumbered but all it would take is one correctly timed move and the Persians would break. However, Keraton knew that time had come and gone when Prince Aram, mastermind of the Persian battle strategy, arrives on the field to the west:
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Prince Aram and his men soon joined the force fighting against the Babylonian spearmen and started to push them back up the hill they had come down:
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King Keraton had stayed near the rear of the battle at first, but had moved up when Prince Aram arrived so as to help inspire his men. Now alone in the rear and out of arrows, the heavy archers decide to save themselves and flee the battlefield:
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Behind the Babylonian main line, to the surprise of all, the Persian cavalry had been slaughtered by the light spearmen. These men then move up to the right flank and brake a large group of Persian levies. When a second Persian cavalry charge came on the right flank, the combined force of elite, levy, and light spearmen crushed it handley. King Keraton then orders the light spearmen to the center of the line while he tries to rally his men to keep fighting on the left flank.
Not far from where he is encouraging his men, up a hill, Prince Aram moves forward to watch the battle from high ground. Seeing the enemy prince alone with his kataphraktoi, King Keraton Apolloniates ordered his cavalry up the hill to face the enemy general.
As he draws near Prince Aram, King Keraton ordered the charge. Prince Aram ordered a counter charge, but his cavalry did not move. Instead, an unseen group of psiloi come out from their hiding behind the trees and horses. These psiloi charge through their prince's bodyguard and straight for the charging Makedonian cavalry:
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The charge of the psiloi cost Keraton his momentum (and the lives of many psiloi). Soon after, Prince Aram and his kataphraktoi charge in. The charge alone kills many of King Keraton's men. Facing heavy kataphraktoi and surrounded by light infantry, King Keraton has nowhere to run when the enemy spear pierces his side:
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King Keraton Apolloniates dies there on the battlefield, the last king of Babylon:
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At this moment, Prince Aram orders his elites into the fight in order to finish the last of the Babylonian resistance. On the right flank, the Babylonians face elite Persian heavy infantry:
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On the left flank, phalangitai box in the line while lighter infantry charged in on the flank:
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Surrounded, outnumbered, and king-less, some Babylonians chose to fight to the death. Most surviving Babylonian soldiers, however, find their way from the fight and turn to flee:
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Seeing himself as the "better man" and seeking to not found the new Persian Empire on blood, Prince Aram allows these men to leave the battlfield. Even in victory, though, the Persians have lost the bulk of their army and all of their cavalry:
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It is in Euktimenos' camp that the first survivors arrive. The heavy archers and many of the elite Babylonian spearmen had managed to get away from the battlefield but had chosen to flee to Assyria rather than Babylonia. Most of the surviving levies of Keraton's army chose to disband, return home, or disappear into the hills.
When news reaches Babylon that their king is dead and their army defeated, rioting brakes out in the streets and buildings burned. Specifically targeted are the Katoikiai and anything that is of a Hellenistic nature. For months, anarchy rules from the throne of Isidoros:
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The loss of the Babylonian army and the termoil in the east completely dwarves events to the north. Passing almost unnoticed, Herokles takes the old Hellenic colony city of Tanais:
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As a descendant of Euboulides, Herokles and his brother remain the only direct descendants of Antigonos Gonatas but rule only the regions north of the Pontos Euxinos. To add to this region, not only is Tanais taken but also all of the remaining coastline and the territories along the river far inland. These lightly populated fertile lands hold great potential for grain production to feed the growing Arche:
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Several months after the death of King Keraton, a small force directly from Media crosses the Tigris River and attacks the city of Seleukeia. Within the city are many still loyal to the Arche Makedonia or to the idea of raising another king in Babylon, so the city resists:
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With many arrows still available to them, the wall defenders rain down death on their enemy like they had many times before under King Isidoros:
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Dispite their best efforts, the enemy tower reaches the walls of the city and the Persian troops come onto the walls, pushing back the defenders:
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The city defenders fight will all they have but cannot resist the invaders in the end. Killing two-thirds of the enemy army in the process, the city defenders eventually surrender and Persia takes the city:
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In an act that is apposed by Prince Aram yet will be remember by all Hellenes for centuries to come, the surviving Persians and their reinforcements sack the city and kill many. After killing the Hellenes and Makedones and enslaving the royalists, the city is placed under Persian control:
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News of the fall of Babylonia reaches Basileus Philippos V just as he enters Illyria. After retraining his army, he, his army, and his newly recruited army from Massalia, comprised of Massalioi and Keltoi, move eastward. At the same time, a second new army, comprised of Sikilioi and Italioi, moves up Italia. A third new army, comprised of Epeiroi and Illyrioi, wait in Epeiros for the arrival of the Basileus. The Basileus rushes his plans forward, but little does he know, things will get worse before they get better:
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Next: Chapter 94 : Rock Bottom
WOOT!@!!!!!!!!!! :2thumbsup::2thumbsup::2thumbsup::2thumbsup::2thumbsup::2thumbsup:
AWESOMESS IT LIVES!!!!!!!!!!!
(Does the happy dance before dieing if a heart attack)
*Joins dancing and cheering*
Yeah, great :2thumbsup:
Oh, but you forgot the map ;-)
WOW!!!!:jawdrop: It can get even worse for the Arche? :jawdrop:
This truly is an EPIC campaign. Incredible job your'e doing MAA:2thumbsup:
PS: I voted your AAR in the Hall of Fame and I'm sure it will win:beam:
Excellent, truly excellent. I'm very happy to see this continuing:thumbsup:
Maion
Yay I'm so happy this is continuing :beam:
YAY. This is great. The Arche lives!!
Lets party :birthday2:~:cheers:
Great update by the way:yes:
Awesome! And it's great to see that although your AAR lives, the Arche is having a bumpy ride. Makes a change from the string of glorious victories.
Honestly i think this is a good thing. A campaign where u do NOTHING but win gets boring fast. What i would like to see happen is the Arche gets the @#$@$ kicked out of it, is forced to make a peace with the Persians and actually has to rebuild its forces. Then its like an epic world war, between the two powers with hundreds of battles and no one is winning, until someone important dies or something then one side collapses.
Thanks for following! :bow: I'll try to keep updating this regularly again... hopefully. The next chapter is going to be a bit short, though I might include some info I was going to not even mention to extend it a bit.
There was no map in the last chapter because I only had one from the previous year and the next year, neither of which fit the situation I ended the chapter in.
The next chapter will show that Persia isn't the Arche's only concern...
Cool chapter, MAA. :bow: Was it very hard to lose that battle? :wink:
my god is this awesome... are you in a pact with the devil or something maa?:inquisitive:
Was it obvious? :shame: Just choosing to fight a battle that outnumbered basically lost me the battle. I also purposely played less conservatively then I usually would (ie the chasing to the first routers). I may have been able to win the battle, but I'm not sure I could have won the battle without exploiting AI stupidity though (such as exploiting the fact that the AI tends to never concentrate their power in one place on the field).Quote:
Originally Posted by Centurio Nixalsverdrus
Sell my soul to write a never-ending AAR? :egypt:Quote:
Originally Posted by Kuningaz
Not extremely obvious, but somehow logical... I can remember only one time that I lost a battle I thought I'd win, and I think this would be somehow similar with other players...
When you destroy the first enemy troops in a battle where the enemy comes with reinforcements, the following troops are not able to go into a proper formation. I think the AI somehow doesn't notice the absence of the already destroyed troops. It will instead scatter its units around the countryside, each on its own. That's not only tactically stupid, but more importantly quite strenuous if you have to kill one unit after the other. Always wait until the enemy has reached its final formation, use 3 x speed maybe.
In that particular battle, the second army did attack me, though the third just stood around in weird places (that is why the Median general was just up on a hill 90degrees from the battle, doing nothing).
What else would be worth it?:egypt:Quote:
Sell my soul to write a never-ending AAR?
I have yet to actually comment in this thread in a serious manner, even though I have repeatedly read this, but I must say: this is a great AAR. Thank goodness that you saved it, MAA.
never ending dinohunting trips?Quote:
Originally Posted by Kuningaz
I leave for several months and come back and MAA is still cranking out the goodness. Awesome update. Can you post a map of where things are at? You are still fighting a massive civil war if I remember correctly. Nice to see some defeats mixed in with victories. Setbacks are a natural evolution of expansion. Keep it up!
The Civil War ended several pages ago Chruriegon sorry to say it.
Yes, but you should read it, theres a new threat in the east, which promises amazing struggles. It'll blow your mind :2thumbsup:
Im so embarrased...I was gone longer than I thought!
When you left Pyrrhos II was fighting the civil war? Pyrrhos died of old age and his second son Philippos became Basileus Philippos V of Makedonia. Soon after becoming Basileus, Philippos launched a massive invasion of Syria and brought down the rival Demetrid dynasty (though the last of the Demetrid line still lives and serves as a general in Philippos' armies). Not all territories were recovered, though. Aigyptos rebelled and many territories in the east were lost to the Median Empire. Philippos spent his reign retaking Aigyptos and Nubia, conquering the Mauretanian coast, and fighting the Iberian Confederation one last time to get access to the British tin trade. Meanwhile, Pahlava was reborn and utterly crushed the Arche Seleukeia, with help from the Median Empire. The two powers have since formed a federated unification in the Neo-Persian Empire and invaded the Arche Makedonia in force, destroying the Babylonian client-kingdom. Alypios Antigonos, only son of Philippos (and only male member of the royal family of his generation), has taken command of the armies of the east in order to hold off Persian invasion while building an army. And, as always, the noble council in Makedonia has been plotting.
There was also a war with Sab'yn, but none of the royal family was involved and no territory offically gained by the Arche Makedonia.
I'll have a map in my next chapter, I just didn't have one that matched up the situation for the last chapter.
This is going to be so great!!!
Chapter 94 : Rock Bottom
In the winter of the year 143BC, a fleet of ships arrives in the port cities of Kantabria from the Pontos Mesogeios. The fleet, made up of many small and medium sized ships, is commanded by Admiral Menelaos. This fleet would soon embark on an adventure like those of myth and stories of old:
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Trade connections had been established to the islands in the north, but all of the trading was currently being conducted by traders coming down from the islands or local Keltoi going up to the islands and returning. Philippos had ordered Admiral Menelaos to gather a fleet and to sail it north to make the way clear for Hellenic trade fleets as well as assess the possibility of establishing trade colonies in the future.
Admiral Menelaos is no fool, prior to his journey around Iberia, the admiral had visited Karchedon. Thanks to Pyrrhos, the city of Karchedon had been left intact and relatively unharmed by those Makedones who sought retribution. In the great libraries of Karchedon, Admiral Meneloas copied charts and descriptions of the ancient Karchedoi explorers and traders. To most Makedones, these documents had been something sitting on an old shelf and were simply passed over by sailor and scholar alike. Admiral Menelaos knew they would be needed on the journey ahead of them, for he was not just to find the islands but also to chart them and make contact with the inhabitants.
In Kantabria, the admiral refits his ships for the travel. He had learned the hard way that ships designed for the Mesogeios Pontos were not well suited for the "Megas" Pontos. After this journey, Admiral Menelaos also found many men were deserting, not wishing to go through an even longer version of such a trips. So, Admiral Menelaos puts out a call for new soldiers and sailors. Many Hellenes and Makedones of the western Arche, who seek adventure, volunteer for the quest. Local Kantabrians and Keltoi also joined the crews of the ships as sailors, guilds, translators, and navigators. In the coming years, the mismatched men of Admiral Menelaos' fleet would definately have a trip worthy of inclusion in the cronicles of great tales...
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Arabia
The winter of 143BC and spring of 142BC brought warfare to the lands of Arabia, once again. After quite some time of reconstruction, the Kingdom of Sab'yn finally manages to rebuild its miliatry forces and launch and counter-attack at the minor kingdoms that years prior had split off from its empire.
The closest, and almost always troubled, land is the Kingdom of Carna. Just outside the lands of the Sab'yn, this city had been the furthest push of Chrysoloras Delphikos and his army of Makedones. Now, the king of the city has to defend his lands from an army of those who were once his overlords with only locally raised troops. After months of siege, the Sab'yn army grew tired of waiting in the desert and attacked the walls of the city:
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The defenders of the city had had practice defending the walls, and they make easy sport out of the large, unarmored army that approached the walls. Some Sab'yn soldiers, especially those with some form of armor, manage to get atop the walls with their ladders and force the defenders to fight to defender their city:
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Although the Sab'yn soldiers who get atop the walls are better trained and equiped than the defenders, too much of the Sab'yn army had fallen before it even reached the walls and the army of Sab'yn had no chance for success:
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When the last of the Sab'yn army falls dead or flees from the field, the city of Carna knew it is safe once again... for now, that is. A battle had been won against the odds, but news soon comes that that another Sab'yn army is on the way to force the city into surrender:
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A few months later, an of the Sab'yn moves east to the Kingdom of Zufar. This lightly populated region of Arabia had been freed from the Kingdom of Sab'yn by the Aigyptoi army but had never been expected to holdout long. To the surprise of all those concerned, the Kingdom of Sab'yn had not sent an army to retake the region once the Aigyptoi moved into Maka, and the Kingdom of Zufar became officially established.
Although they had become independant and established and army, the Kingdom of Zufar has little money, people, or resources. When the Kingdom of Sab'yn finally comes to "put down the rebellion" in sping 142BC, the Kingdom of Zufar is little prepared:
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By the time the enemy army is to the city of Ubar, it is too late to fight a battle in open field. The city's defenders decide to force the Sab'yn troops into street fighting within the small town. Therefore, the army takes up position in the city market:
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The Sab'yn army moves into the city. While a small group moves around the edges of the city, the bulk of the army marches into the streets. The streets quickly narrow and the Sab'yn army finds thems already wedged in before they even face their enemy:
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The king of Carna takes the cavalry and chases off the flanking troops with ease, giving his infantry the morale boost of knowing they will only have to worry about an attack from one side, down a single narrow street.
The spearmen of Carna hold their ground and use the tight space to negate their enemy's numerical superiority:
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The battle lasts for some time. It seems to be a stand off, but the city defenders slowly begin to loose the fight. Being pushed back into the market square, and tiring, the battle begins to look lost. Suddenly, the entire Sab'yn army turns and runs from the city:
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At first the men of Carna are confused, but the confusion lasts only a moment. Soon bravado takes over. The spearmen of Carna charge forward and pursue their fleeing enemy. They only travel a single city block before they find themselves facing their enemy once again:
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By mistake or design, the Sab'yn army draws the Carna infantry from the market square and into an open intersection. Now, the Carna defenders are force to fight their enemy on two different sides.
The situation soon becomes worse when the king of Carna calls back a group of spearmen to help fight off the Sab'yn cavalry which had out-fought the Carna cavalry and chased them back into the city around the back:
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The Sab'yn cavalry quickly fall dead by the spears, but the army of Carna remains outnumbered. When the enemy general dies, the Sab'yn army breaks once again. This time the king orders his men not to pursue, fearing another false retreat.
Once it becomes clear this isn't a feint, the king orders his cavalry out but keeps his infantry in the city, just to be careful. The disorganized and broken Sab'yn soldiers flee into the desert and disappear:
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Somehow, the tiny army of Zufar repel the large army from Sab'yn, but loose almost a third of their army in the process:
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Although victory is achieved by both the Kingdom of Carna and the Kingdom of Zufar, a new wave of request for military aid arrive in Syria. Alypios Antigonos now must add war in Arabia to his great pile of troubles. If aid is not sent, it is possible the Arabian kingdoms will break their treaties with the Arche Makedonia or possibly even rejoin the Kingdom of Sab'yn.
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The Keltoi
Just as in Arabia but on the far side of the Arche, a Makedonian allied buffer state is in risk of falling.
In the wake of the destruction dealt by the Romaioi in Gallia, the Arche Makedonia (through the family of Pyrrhos II) had restored the lands and title of the Arverni kings. Prior to the Romaioi invasion, the Arverni kings had ruled over many different tribes. Since their return to power they had been finding it hard to control many of these foreign tribes, especially those that had been untouched by Romaioi power. For many years, the Arverni and their subserviant allies in Sequallia had been physically devided by the Aedui Confederation. Thus, the Sequallia had been subserviant to the Arverni in name only and ruled themselves. However, the recent renewal of war and the Arverni conquest of Lugonesis had physically reunited the two broken territories. The Arverni kings once again tried to dominated the Sequallia, but the Sequallia kings had grown accustomed to autonomy.
When the Aedui and their confederation once again came to make war with the Arverni, the Arverni found little support from people who were supposed to be within their own kingdom. The tribes of the north had found new leadership in the Sequallia tribe (who had protected and lead these lesser tribes in the times of the Romaioi conquest and during the time isolated from the Arverni). The northern tribes have left the Arverni to face the Aedui alone:
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The Arverni, Aedui, and Sequallia had managed to gain control over all the Keltoi tribes in the west (that did not live within part of the Arche Makedonia), but to the east there was still the Kingdom of Bononia, north of the Istros. Once a great power in the region, the Boii had lost territories to Germanic invaders, the Arche Makedonia, and the Getic Confederation. The Boii are far from destroyed, though. They had resisted invasions from Germania, Lugia, and Getai but still stand strong and are ready to rise again.
Discontentment had been growing for some time in Pannonia over the mismanagement of the aged Makedonian "advisor to the satrapy". Once a great man, this distant relative to Philippos had lost the majority of his mind in his old age. Due to high taxes and cultural differences between the locals and the Hellenistic settlers, it does not take much to push the region over the edge.
In the summer of 142BC, the keltoi of Pannonia lead a revolt against the Makedonian governor and threw out the garrison. The anger of the rebels manifest itself in the destruction of the Katoikai and the murder of Hellenistic settlers:
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Once the Makedones are overthrown, however, the Boii make their move and quickly annex the region. The speed and intent of the Boii lead many to believe the whole rebellion had been orchestrated by the Kingdom of Bononia to begin with, but there is little evidence to prove this.
The Arche Makedonia is now faced with war in Arabia, Nubia, Numidia, Babylonia, Armenia, and Iberia as well as rebellion, corruption, and possible large scale betrayal. A few years prior, Basileus Philippos had thought that the Arche had finally been repaired of its troubles caused by the civil war, but now a whole new set of troubles come at him, all at once.
For now, the Basileus must delay his plans once again and face one trouble at a time. Rebellion in Pannonia cannot be tolerated. The greatest mistake of the Pannonioi and Boii is that they had not noticed the Makedonian Basileus and his four armies just across the border of Pannonia, in Illyria. When the scale of the rebellion is revealed, Philippos quickly orders his armies to march north and put it down before it spreads to the Alpine satrapy or threatens Illyria:
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Basileus Philippos V also sees this as a great way to test his new military concepts of the Thorakitai in large scale, and practically within sight of the Noble Council of Pella.
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The known world in 142BC:
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Next: Chapter 95 : The Boii
Wow this is great. I like the part about Iberia. Those mysterious Islands to the north and their even more mysterious inhabitants will come to light soon. How exciting. I have yet to see a major clash with the Hellenistic world and the Casse. Sounds intriguing.
Wow, this is so intriguing! A five-star-chapter in my opinion. :bow:
Arche seems similar to the kingdom of Alexandros the great after his death.
Keep crankin out the storys.
Very nice chapter :2thumbsup:
So the Arche reached rock bottom? Good. Now the only way left to go is up:smiley:.
Keep up the great work MAA:2thumbsup:
Thanks. :bow: I plan to write a whole story about the adventures in Britain. It will probably be first person and completely made up.
The next chapter is a different style and is actually just an introduction to the chapter after it. I have already written the next chapter, but feel like rewritting it again because I don't really like its feel. I'll probably post it in less than a week this time, though.
Really great chapter. Please dont annihilate Vindobona I was born there:embarassed:
And I'm living there right now! :sweatdrop:Quote:
Originally Posted by Kuningaz
:inquisitive: You have got no plans for Heruskolandam, have you?
Well I live in Aquae now (figure out which town that is:smash:) but I'm currently on a students exchange in Mexico all the way across the megas pontos:2thumbsup:Quote:
And I'm living there right now!
I'm not that geeky to know all of the Roman era names of Europe's cities. :beam: :book:Quote:
Originally Posted by Kuningaz
Aaaah Mexico... always wanted to go there. I hope you enjoy your exchange! :2thumbsup:
Wow...this is amazing...
Longest AAR ever. No doubt.
I wonder if MAA could get this AAR registered officially as a World Record:beam:.
Now tat would be EPIC!!!!
I mean a world record:beam::dizzy2:
I haven't even been to any of the places in Total War games, save the Yucatan (M2TW). But don't worry, I haven't any plans to burn down anyone's home town... right now.
"The Antigonids" was introduced on 6 October 2007. I've been writting this AAR for almost a year and half. That seems too long to write an AAR...
I had planned to post the next chapter sooner, but over the weekend I realized that I don't have access to the computer I wrote it on until Tuesday (tommorrow). Though, that's somewhat of a good thing. I had an exam today and midterms tommorrow and the day after, so I should / am concentrating on studying for those. Once again, I've failed to meet my own arbitrary AAR dateline.
Don't worry about missing your deadline, youe fans can wait (although with impatience, but we understand).
Good luck with those exams and midterms! (what's the difference between those two actually?)
I can't tell you how many deadlines I have missed. Alas the fans are so addicted to these things we keep coming back. In the grand scheme of things it doesnt matter! Take your time on the update and don't sweat it :)
Hahaha well me neither, but I know my hometown's name (from latin classes^^). Well, it's Baden:beam:Quote:
I'm not that geeky to know all of the Roman era names of Europe's cities.
You bet your a** I do:laugh4: Just can't play EB properly because the battles won't work on my new lap:no:Quote:
Aaaah Mexico... always wanted to go there. I hope you enjoy your exchange!
Absolutely right. :yes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Mediolanicus
We can all wait, and your RL is much more important than this, as much as most of us would hate to admit it. What you make on the midterms will be pivotal in your life, while this... Well, you know. I have had to largely withdraw from the main forums myself, due to school, restricting my .Org activity to the EB Tavern and User Profile conversations.
BTW, if you do not win the .Org Hall of Fame with your AAR, I am going to mobilize all of the peole on EB Forums on a revolution! Seriously, out of all the people in the entire TW community, I doubt anyone can match what you did. You have the best game to do an AAR on, and your AAR itself is incredibly long and masterfully written. Are you going to Conquer the World? That would be quite interesting, especially as most EB/your AAR fans would not be able to handle the end of this epic story. I hope EB II will not come out until you finish this mother.
P.S. How did AARs come about? Who "invented" them, if such thing is possible?
Aaaaah Baden... famous from the Karlsplatz metro announcer's "...und zur Lokalbahn nach Baden". :beam:Quote:
Originally Posted by Kuningaz
I'm from the Raetia-Noricum-border orginally. Now try to find out, where that is. :laugh4:
We should get back to the topic, though. :shame:
Hopefully, the Arche will be able to aid its client kingdoms in Arabia. Or else some of the minor kings who currently depend on mighty Makedonia might think about splitting from the empire since they don't get any fast help from the basileus. It would seem that the task of managing an empire and distributing one's attention equally does not become easier with increasing size of that empire.
:juggle2:
EDIT:
AARs were simple After Action Reports (as the name suggest), where players would tell about their battles or campaigns. Those simple reports evolved into today's more narrative tales which often are rather inspired by than about the actual campaign. I don't think that there is a distinct inventor or creator of this kind of thing. You may see it as some kind of evolution without a distinct turning point (very much like in history). At least there is no inventor I know of... however, AARs in their current form were already around for some time when I first came into contact with the Total-War-series online comunity, so I might not be the ultimate source.
Hm, Wikipedia tells me it's got to be in the beautiful Bundesland of Tirol, but of course I got no idea which town:laugh4:Quote:
Aaaaah Baden... famous from the Karlsplatz metro announcer's "...und zur Lokalbahn nach Baden".
I'm from the Raetia-Noricum-border orginally. Now try to find out, where that is.
Now that's really enough off topic, sorry:shame:
If I may add a completely personal recollection on the AAR evolution: I was lurking RTW forums since it came out (mostly twcenter - RTR forms then), but for some reason was never much interested in AARs until Arsacese (aka Obelics) started his epic Waste Land. For me it was a revelation and I dare to say a turning point for many.:egypt:
Well that really seems like a prehistory now. Even to the point that his opus magnum survived till today in fragments only due to the tragic loss of twcenter server:wall::wall::wall:
I just hope that MAA has his story backuped safely for the sake of posterity. Alas! People and computers are mortal, but memory of the glorious past shall survive! And this story surely shall too.:2thumbsup::bow::2thumbsup:
Well, I'm done with all of my exams. (Now I have to look forward to two papers I have to write in the next couple weeks.)
I had an odd dream last night that I watch the Battle of Thermopolyae, in person, then went home and wrote an AAR about it on my computer. :dizzy2: So I woke up encouraged to work on my AAR. I'm still not happy about the format, so it might take until tommorrow before I post it, though.
Managing a huge empire is difficult, even though I have to roleplay some of that difficutly. I don't ever plan to conquer the whole maps since I'm roleplaying this campaign. I roleplay that the steppes and desert are unconquerable and that the Europeans are un managable (ala Romans in Germany --> Varus). Coastal "barbarian" regions are conquerable, but I don't plan to go into Germany, or even Gaul really. I might even roleplay difficulties in Arabia, Nubia, and Iberia (the game made difficulties for me in Pannonia by itself).
I do have a copy of the complete AAR on my harddrive, but it seems more likely that my computer will die than the fora.
By the way, it seems I won the HOF award. I just want to thank everyone who voted for me (I voted for Chirurgeon).
Congrats man! you totally deserve it! Thanks for all your continued support with all the AARs on the forum. This has to be one of the most Active AAR forums around and the community is wonderful
You deserve this award, MAA. :yes:
Congratulations:applause::applause::applause::applause::2thumbsup::2thumbsup::2thumbsup:
You deserve it:smiley:
Congratulations MMA.:applause::applause::applause:
You really deserved that Award. Here have a baloon::balloon2:
Congratulations! :2thumbsup: You deserve it
Histories of Alkman Thermaios
Book 4 - Section 1Alkman, servant to Euphrantos and his court. Historian of the life of the man who is son of the
great Pyrrhos [II]; brother of the great Philippos [V] (who is ruler of all the Hellenes). Euphrantos
representative for his brother in Makedonia and governor of those lands. I, Alkman, bear witness
and record the life of Euphrantos and his family in their rule of Makedonia during this age.
First, I grant my thanks to Zeus for the opportunity to serve the great family of the descendants of
Antigonos [I] in their rule over the lands of this great empire. May Zeus continue to bless their
family and the Arche they have built.
Spoiler Alert, click show to read:
In my previous writtings I had written of the life and times of Euphrantos and the occurrences
within Pella and greater Makedonia. My books Thraikioi, about the histories of the Thracian
people, Histories of the Kings of Old, concerning the ancient kings of Makedonia, and
Travels, retelling the stories and sights of the east, had gotten me fame and the attension of
Euphrantos, Philippos' representative to Makedonia. Hired to cronicle the lives and events of
those in Pella, my previous three books have been on those topics. In later days, events have
becomes such as to demand a greater reach of writtings.
Philippos, emperor of all Hellenes, had been appointed ruler of the lands of his father Pyrrhos won
in the great civil war of Bykoli. Descendant of both Antigonos [I] and Pyrrhos [I] of Epeiros, the
line of Pyrrhos [II] was strong and chosen by Zeus to rule the lands of the Hellenes. After
defeating the forces of Bykoli and restoring the line of the Antigonids, Philippos [V] conquered the
lands of Aigyptos, Numidia, and Mauretania.
In Kantabria, the emperor had conquered barbarian lands and brought peace to the region. In
Aquitania, he had brought freedom to the subjegated Keltoi and destroyed the Celtiberian fortress
at Bourdigala with genius siege tactics.
Histories of Alkman Thermaios
Book 4 - Section 2
Above all, however, it was the Boii War that tested Philippos. Not since the restoration of the
Antigonid line had the armies of Hellas faced an organized enemy. It came to pass that in the
twenty-third year of Philippos' reign that the lands of Pannonia were encouraged to rebellion by
the Kingdom of Bononia. In these lands, Hellenes were slaughtered by the rebellious spirit and
those who would have been the voice of reason to their rebellious Keltoi brothers were brutally
silenced. In the Keltoi city of Vindobona alone, thousands died by the sword and the Hellenic
garrison driven out. When the region, in the depth of anarchy, was evacuated by the armies of
Hellas, the armies of the Boii moved in to retake a land they had lost more than a hundred years
earlier.
The Kingdom of Bononia, with great plans for their furture, made hopes that the lands of the Keltoi
under Hellenic domination would all rebel and bring down Hellenic power. Reminding many of
what the Spartans had done decades earlier in Lakonike, the rebellion was so bloody that it simply
pushed the would be allies of the Boii to the side of their masters, Makedonia.
With four full strength armies, greater than any single force ever move as one in all history, save
maybe the barbarians of ancient Persis, the emperor personally moved into Pannonia and
besieged the Boii garrison at Vindobona with his royal army while his other forces restored peace
across the region with force.
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Reports from the veterans of the Illryian army, whom I spoke with the next year, watched on while
preparing to reinforce the royal army, describe the event as a slaughter. The old veterans of the
army of the emperor who had seen battle against all kinds of enemies amaginable, stormed the
walls of the city and killed all who showed themselves in the streets.
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The emperor, in his wisdom, saw the time as right to put an end to the Boii. The garrisons of
Pannonia returned and quickly put rebel leaders to the sword. The royal army of the emperor was
the first to cross the Istros and secured the other bank. With their crossing secured the three
armies of Philippos moved northward into the forested lands of the barbarians.
The Boii were a warrior people, a people born for combat and a people who died in combat. In
the northern lands there was no shortage of enemies to face in combat. With his royal army still
guarding the river crossings, Philippos faced the forces of the Boii with the three new armies of
Massalia, Sikilia, and Illyria. It was the third army that first encountered the armies of the Boii and
their great general, Diazenos.
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It must be mentioned that, as far as barbarians are concerned, the soldiers of Bononia were both
strong and brave. They were much a change from the fanatics of Gallia or the untrained rabble in
Iberia. They shared much with the tribes of Galatia or the Kingdom of Tylis and could field true
warriors.
The armies of the Boii and the forces under the emperor met in open field south of the barbarian
city of Eburonum. Emperor Philippos lead the main force from Illyria up the middle of the battle
while the army of Massalia moved up through woods to the west and the army of Sikilia
approached from the east.
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The heavy hoplitai forces of the armies of the emperor were equiped with Keltic armor and armied
with spear and sword. These men made the up the bulk of the Hellenic force and numbered
25,000. They were backed up by peltastai and hoplitai of regional origin, aproaching 4,000. The
cavalry force numbered 1,800 and was composed mainly of Illyrian Hippeis. Each of the three
armies of the emperor shared similar numbers but with different fighting techniques of the
reserves. [Total Hellenistic forces were most likely somewhere between 80,000 and 100,000.]
The Boii forces numbered 120,000 [most likely exaggerated]. The enemy forces were split into
two distinct types. The heavy Boii forces wore heavy mail and wielded varying weapons, including
large sword and axe. The lighter force moved quickly ahead of the heavier forces and were
armied mostly with spear.
The light Boii forces charged the lines of the emperor and intiated the battle. The heavy Boii
forces approached much slower in a broader line. Once the heavy Boii infantry engaged in battle
they began to enveloped the edges of the Hellenic force. The hoplitai came to the aid at the
flanks and prevented envelopement.
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The second wave of Boii forces moved down from the hills of Eburonum. These forces did not
reach the battle before the Illyrian Hippeis charged in at the rear of the first wave and forced a
hole through their line. Using this hole, the heavy hoplitai moved forward and through the Boii
line.
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The army of Massalia moved out from the forest and against the second Boii wave. The army of
Sikilia arrived late but reinforced the army of Illyria and pushed back the heavy Boii infantry.
Before the battle was even concluded, the cavalry under Captain Herakleon marched north and to
the city of Eburnorum. The city was entered and the populace scattered to the hills. The forces of
the emperor surrounded the last of the Boii elites just north of the city and put them to the sword.
In the following months, the emperor remained in Eburnorum while his armies defeated the
remnants of the armies of the Boii and set fire to their villages and cities. Before the emperor
even left the region, Germanic forces were already moving in to clean up the scraps left behind.
The emperor gathered his armies and the spoils of war and returned back across the Istros,
burning the bridge after his return. A small garrison was left in Eburnorum, but it withdrew into
Pannonia before the year was over.
Histories of Alkman Thermaios
Book 4 - Section 3
The armies of the emperor were remanned by fresh recruits and moved south. The emperor
made his camp in the city of Serdike.
In the courts of Pella, I was witness to the strange behavour of the Noble Council. Many acted as
though a barbarian general had his army just outside the city walls. For some time the nobles
following the Skionaios family had secretly talked of once again using their power to choose a new
emperor and now believed the emperor [Philippos V] had learned of their plot and was now
coming for their heads. As it soon became clear, that the emperor indeed did know.
Pressing Euphrantos to action, the nobles were even able to convince my master to raise the
army of Makedonia to be used against his brother. For too long the nobles of Makedonia had the
power to bring about civil war...
[At this point the text becomes damaged and is impossble to decipher, with exception of a few
passages.]
...against such a force not even the old royal army of the great Demetrios could stand a chance of
success...
...the emperor entered the city...
...separate to the emperor and bearing no official power of their own. The meeting of the nobles
and their decisions they made were not official in any way. Any advice or laws given to the
emperor for approval was only a suggestion and approved by the emperor due to lack of care or
appeasement. Their true power lay in the ability to convince others of their point of view and turn
the nobles against the emperor. While he kept them happy, the emperor ruled. When they were
upset they would sow the seeds of discontentment with no care to the well-being of the empire or
their homeland.
The idea of an emperor giving power to such a group that directly apposed him seemed completely...
[At this point the text is once again damaged and several sections are lost to history.]
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Spoiler Alert, click show to read:
[Just a little side note: I purposely filled this with a bit of propaganda, a one sided point of view, and many inaccuracies (such as inaccurate unit names and descriptions). The next chapter will be in the same format and have an even greater one-sided point of view.]
Epic, brilliant, marvellous, ... :bow: :bow: :bow:
One of the best chapters! :2thumbsup:
A great idea with those black and white screenshots! Fabulous. Once more a superb chapter! Glad it's continuing.
(****s pants)
~:eek::jawdrop::jawdrop::jawdrop::jawdrop:~:0:fainting::fainting::fainting:
How..... HOW!?!?!?
HOW did you kill that bastard?!?!?!?!
Ive been trying for 3 months to kill him.
(dies of a heart attack)
You always have somthing funny to say Olaf. :smile: Oh and if you have a heart attack you won't be able to find out how to kill your worst enemy.
Hey i could just devolve into random 1337 2934K but that wuld piss off ppl.