Yee-Yee-Oh!: Mori (Legendary, Domination)

**Maltz** · 03-23-2012, 15:02

Hidesato: "My lord! Our ninja reported that Hojo has launched a... weak invasion to Imagawa! But Imagawa is weaker, so they probably can't survive."
Motonari: "Hm... direct contact with Hojo could be trouble. Can we ask our ninja to sabotage Hojo's invasion?"
Hidesato: "We did that last season and made them suffer from winter attrition. But Hojo sent a Metsuke after us, so our Ninja had to take that Metsuke out this season."
Motonari: "Ops. That means Imagawa is going down. Let's... sell our infinite military access to them."

Hidesato: "They have more than 3000 koku... so why don't they hire more army? They had quite a few years to prepare after they made peace with us."
Motonari: "Good question. Remember they are crazy, so we might not find reasons in their actions..."

**Maltz** · 03-23-2012, 15:45

Hidesato: "My lord! Now Takeda has broken up with Hojo. What's is our strategy for diplomacy?"
Motonari: "Hojo is the common enemy of everyone except Ashikaga. But since they have twice broken up some kind of treaties, probably alliance agreement, they have extremely poor relations even with neutral clans like us. So Hojo will become our enemy immediately after Realm Divide."
Hidesato: "So Hojo is out of our potential ally list. How about the other clans?"
Motonari: "Takeda and Hatakeyama both have provinces very close to us. So we might have to declare war on them soon after Realm Divide, if our agents fail to uproot them with rebellion. But if our agents succeed, we may as well ally with them."

Hidesato: "How about Honma? They have been a pain in the butt for Hojo."
Motonari: "Apparently the other clans are completely unprepared for naval invasions. And that's all Honma does. It would be the best if we can ally with Honma, but they are an ally of Hatakeyama, and they are at war with Takeda."
Hidesato: "Can we avoid declaring war on Honma while taking out Hatakeyama?"
Motonari: "Possibly, if we ask Hojo to let us join their war against Hatakeyama."
Hidesato: "But then we still cannot ally with Honma."
Motonari: "Correct. We have to ally with Honma first. But then Honma will have to make a choice whether to stay with Hatakeyama or us... anyways, let's not worry about those for now. Our Land Conslidation farm upgrade is not even complete yet... the situation might be very different later. The only thing we need to worry about in the short term is that Hojo would declare war on us and launch a major invasion. So tell Admiral Kuchiba to be ready in Totomi!"
Hidesato: "Right away!"

**Maltz** · 03-23-2012, 16:12

Takamoto: "Ah... it feels so good to finally finish the trainings. So I am responsible for Harima now?"
Metsuke: "My associates have turned Settsu to rebels when Hatakeyama's army moved away to attack another rebel province. Settsu is our step stone to Kyoto. So please somehow prevent Hatakeyama from taking it back!"
Takamoto: "Hm... how do I do that? If we grab one more province, we will trigger Realm Divide."
Metsuke: "Pretty much the same thing you did to Yamana. Lay siege to Settsu with anything, and lure the Hatakeyama army here. Then my associates can freely incite rebellions in their back."
Takamoto: "But the rebels have Light Cavalry in the castle. I can't take out a unit of Light Cavalry on my own."
Metsuke: "You have two Cavalry units in Harima, right?"
Takamoto: "Oh yes... I forgot. Argh, I will simply take the entire Harima army with me and purposely let some rebels get away in the sally battle."
Metsuke: "Sounds like a plan!"

**Maltz** · 03-23-2012, 16:18

Hidesato: "My Lord! We are now able to upgrade our Pirate's Den and our Warehourse!"
Motonari: "The upgrade of Pirate's Den is useful in Bingo as we want to get the best advanced ships. How about Warehouse?"
Hidesato: "It upgrades to Red Seal company and... a 1% reduction in trade tariff from 6% to 5%. What the... somebody made a mistake?"
Motonari: "We are not using the port in Hizen to trade anyway, so there is little difference. But why would anybody pay to get a reduction in income? The Red Seal trade ships do not even bring back more trade goods..."

Note: The Red Seal trade ships have more crew on board, so one does not need to protect the trade fleets anymore. But we could always use 1 Bow Kobaya to protect them and wait for the real fleet to dispatch the threat. Besides, at this late point in the game, all trade nodes should have been filled with full stacks of regular trade ships anyway, and the Wakos always leave a full stack of trade fleet alone. So there is really no point to replace them with Red Seal trade ships. Red Seal Company should go bankrupt.

**Maltz** · 03-23-2012, 16:23

Hidesato: "My Lord! Imagawa is history! Hojo easily defeated their garrison."
Motonari: "Fortunately Hojo's army is not very powerful in Suruga, so there is nothing for us to worry about yet. We just saw Hojo's huge army in the north, trying to wiping out Hatakeyama. Let's hope they get distracted by Honma's infinite sea invasion in that area."

**Maltz** · 03-25-2012, 00:28

Note: Game successfully updated! Now V1.1.0 Build 5346

Jaku: "Admiral Kobayakawa! I am afraid I have a bad news to you."
Atsuyori: "What? We are still waiting for the Black Ship to appear..."
Jaku: "Unfortunately, Lord Motonari feels that it is pointless for a budding admiral like you to keep waiting for the Black Ship. So he will replace your spot. You will go back to Hyuga to train."
Atsuyori: "NOOOO~~~~"

Motonari: "It is good to be on the sea! The world feels a little different, don't you think, Captain Jaku Subalo?"
Jaku: "Yes. There a number "build 5346" written on our ship!"
Motonari: "Ok, here comes a group of Wako. Let's finish them!"

**Maltz** · 03-25-2012, 15:12

Motonari: "I have read all the previous naval battle reports you wrote, Jaku. So we only need to wait for the enemy to approach, right?"
Jaku: "Yep. They will come. And we can actually lay some mines in the middle for them to step on."
Motonari: "Ha! Let's do it!"

Motonari: "Hm, strange, they are not coming."
Jaku: "They... have become smarter! Something has changed in this world! I also noticed that there is no more battle timer even if we set it on 20 minutes!"
Motonari: "Wow. So nobody can use Bow Kobaya to run around for 20 minutes, huh? Anyway, now we will have to go to them. But we are against the wind..."
Jaku: "How about we try to circle to their back?"
Motonari: "Sure... if they remain stationary, they will probably just watch us slowly get to their upwind..."

***20 minutes later***

Jaku: "Brilliant, my Lord! The Wako did not move at all! We can attack from the upwind!"
Motonari: "But ship moving is now a pain in the butt. There is bound to be a few ships confused of orders and keep turning in circles! It is even more stupid than before!"
Jaku: "Looks like the new build fixed something and broke something..."

**Maltz** · 03-25-2012, 15:15

Motonari: "There is nowhere to hide! Come to your grandpa. Haha!"
Jaku: "A glorious victory, my lord! Your 6-star command is worth its name! ... hm wait, how come you only have 1 star?"
Motonari: "Oh-oh..."

**Maltz** · 03-25-2012, 15:19

Motonari: "Well, 1 star or 6, at least we now do not have to worry about ships mysterious getting away. Let's hope the Black Ship come soon."
Jaku: "Yes. And since we have two fleets here, we can easily capture any Wako pirates spawning right in the middle of us."
Motonari: "Yes. They are so predictable..."

Note: One fleet parks west of Satsuma, one fleet parks just ouside the port of Osumi. When the Wako pirates spawn, they spawn right in the middle of the two fleets, making them very easy target within the same turn.

**Maltz** · 03-25-2012, 15:43

Takamoto: "Ah! Last night I had a very bad dream!"
Monk: "What is it? Maybe I can interpret for you."
Takamoto: "I dreamed that I was in the middle of a square formed by my bodyguards. Then there was a group of Samurai retainers challenging us."
Monk: "30 vs. 45? You are a 6-star general, they are nothing. You have the best Samuari, and they have the basic samurai. You are highly experienced, they are not. You are under Stand and Fight, they are not. You are both sword infantry. It must have gone well?"
Takamoto: "No! We were slaughtered - I think we barely kill more of their guys than they killed ours! I was surrounded by like 5 of their guys! I cut a few of their head off, but then I got killed! Then I woke up."
Monk: "Hm... I have an interpretation of this dream now."
Takamoto: "What is it?"
Monk: "Just... don't use Stand and Fight to actually fight. It is more of a battle buff... but thanks to build 5346, now it incurs a penalty on ranged attack."
Takamoto: "But what will happen to me?"
Monk: "You will have nothing to do in Harima while our clan is still researching Master of the Waves."
Takamoto: "Oh..."