[Epeiros/Pergamon AAR] Heirs to Lysimachos

[Frodge]

Nice AAR you've got here Quintus, as was the case with the Romani one. have you considered renaming your faction and changing the colour to actually "make" the Pergamenes, so it doesnt jus appear to be Epirus in Asia Minor?

[Swordmaster]

Lol, "friendly pirates"? Quite convenient.

[QuintusSertorius]

Nice AAR you've got here Quintus, as was the case with the Romani one. have you considered renaming your faction and changing the colour to actually "make" the Pergamenes, so it doesnt jus appear to be Epirus in Asia Minor?

Well I have changed their name, just not the colour. I'm not sure what colour I would use in place of that green, to be honest. In EB2 they're a light blue, but that wouldn't contrast well with the sea on the campaign map.

Lol, "friendly pirates"? Quite convenient.

Well, they are Lembioi. I've got just one fleet which has been busy killing pirates when not transporting my armies to the islands.

Feeling a little guilty about what you said earlier, I've taken 42k off my treasury this turn, which is equivalent to the amount spent on mines for Byzanion, Nikaia and Tylis. I haven't "refunded" the money for Pergamon's mines since it's my capital and I gave up Epidamnos which had mines. So I figure that's a fair swap.

I've got loads of money all of a sudden, now I've got Rhodos and Mytilene. Just got richest faction last turn!

[QuintusSertorius]

Rhodes

Alexandros proceeded with the invasion of Rhodes, assured by a delegation of disaffected aristocrats from the city that it would be easy to find a place to land. His arrival brought out the local militia.



The battle began with a race for the high ground outside the city.



Alexandros got there first and waited to rest his men.



As the lines met, some of the enemy levies were routed immediately. Alexandros moved his hetairoi to loop around the flank.



The battle separated into several individual fights.



For his part, Alexandros routed those facing him.



Meanwhile one of his young officers duelled with the garrison commander.



Soon the whole force had been put to flight.



The garrison commander fled.



Most of his men who could had already escaped.



And Rhodes was taken.



Envoys were sent to the Koinon Hellenon, and the league accepted the new state of affairs. At least for now until a time emerged when there might be advantage in ousting the new rulers of Rhodos.

Mytilene

Taking advantage of Makedonia's pre-occupation in the Peloponnesus, Pergamon sent an army to kick out the Antigonid ruler of Lesbos.



After a swift assault, the garrison was overwhelmed. Once again ambassadors were dispatched and a peace treaty recognising the city's capture signed.

260BC:



My profitable little empire. I even had enough to pay back some of the "debt" from the start, 42,000 that I spent on mines early on. I got Richest Faction this turn, with a surplus of about 60k before I took the money off.

Time is near when I attack Sardis, but first I need to build an army. I have the core of it sitting in Mytilene, but it's going to be a multi-settlement effort to recruit all the parts I need.

I've just about stalled the Romans in Patavium, they've already taken Massalia. They seem to be struggling with Messana, though.

[Swordmaster]

Well, they are Lembioi. I've got just one fleet which has been busy killing pirates when not transporting my armies to the islands.

Right, haven't been playing hellenic factions for a long time (since 0.81 actually), so I didn't remember their fleet types. I thought you had role-played moving your armies with the move_character command.

[QuintusSertorius]

Right, haven't been playing hellenic factions for a long time (since 0.81 actually), so I didn't remember their fleet types. I thought you had role-played moving your armies with the move_character command.

Until the invasion of Krete, I had been. After that I decided it was about time I built some ships, so used them to attack both Rhodos and Mytilene. Plus I didn't want to hit that landbridge bug in Mytilene.

[Swordmaster]

Until the invasion of Krete, I had been. After that I decided it was about time I built some ships, so used them to attack both Rhodos and Mytilene. Plus I didn't want to hit that landbridge bug in Mytilene.

Is there a landbridge bug in Mytilene?

[QuintusSertorius]

Is there a landbridge bug in Mytilene?

I don't know if it's strictly a bug, but in my old game when attacking across it, reinforcements caused it to freeze on starting the battle, probably because there as nowhere for them to actually enter the battle.