Bandits and Mercenaries

[Nigel]

aye, waylaying Arlington merchants is something i would like to do very much. perhaps you could come up with a mission along those lines for me, perhaps even a raid into the farms surrounding (assuming there are a few) Arlington to burn and destroy crops and livestock.

Nice idea, octavian.
Here you are:

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Seeking revenge for his defeat at the toll bridge, the brigand Octavian sets our to raid the fields and surroundings of Arlington (bachs_farmlands01). He makes preparations to raid and plunder the goods which are ready for transport in wagons standing and waiting to be collected. There are 12 wagons in total, 7 of them well protected in the village and 5 of them less protected and scattered around the farms in the area. Each wagon contains 150 Fl worth of goods and the raiders have to reach the wagons and plunder them for at least a few seconds to take the goods away (I'll judge that by the replay).

Arlington, however, is quite alert to the thread and seeks to hire some swords for protection. Wanting to promote itself as a law-obedient city, mercenaries will be hired with preference, but if none can be found, the city will - again - turn to rival brigands for help and protection. They will hire up to two fighting groups and the sign up fee will be 600 Florins each plus a bonus of 80 Florins each for every wagon that does not get looted.

Signed up defending Arlington : 2 places still open
Signed up as raider : Octavian

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Map details :
2v1, (ml)_bachs_farmlands01.
Summer, Western European, no limit, Octavian = defenders side

The map is a popular custom map. If you don't have it, you can get it from the MP mappacks or I can email it to you.
If 2 opponents sign up, I would not expect Octavian can actually "win" this, but with his fast army still raid some of the wagons and in any case cause a lot of hassle to the Arlington people.