Nusantara Total War : Portugese Invasion

[plutoboyz]

how about artillery? will we include them?

[Cute Wolf]

how about artillery? will we include them?

of course yes .... I still looking for some artillery pieces from certain mods and waiting for permissions... after got that, we'll move on and got some balancing jobs...

@ Jolt : thx... fixed...

[Cute Wolf]

thx to Jirisys too, he helps in translating some Spanish Mercenaries (who are highly sought in South East Asia that time)

Spanish Jinetes Merc (cavjav-cavlswords) = Jinetes Mercenarios Espanoles
Spanish Merce Arquebusiers (gun-longswords) = Arcabuzeros Mercenarios Espanoles
Spanish Merc Musketters (gun-longswords) = Mosqueteros Mercenarios Espanoles
Spanish Merc Pikemen (pike-shortswords) = Piqueros mercenarios Espanoles
Spanish Merc S&B (longswords) = Espadachines Mercenarios Espanoles Con Buclero

[Jolt]

thx to Jirisys too, he helps in translating some Spanish Mercenaries (who are highly sought in South East Asia that time)

Spanish Jinetes Merc (cavjav-cavlswords) = Jinetes Mercenarios Espanoles
Spanish Merce Arquebusiers (gun-longswords) = Arcabuzeros Mercenarios Espanoles
Spanish Merc Musketters (gun-longswords) = Mosqueteros Mercenarios Espanoles
Spanish Merc Pikemen (pike-shortswords) = Piqueros mercenarios Espanoles
Spanish Merc S&B (longswords) = Espadachines Mercenarios Espanoles Con Buclero

Spanish mercenaries? In South-East Asia? Are you sure? That seems completely wrong. The costs of Spanish people going to South-East Asia (I'm not even talking about the opportunity to do so) are so extraordinarily high that seeing Spanish mercenaries (Except when employed to be a part of the Portuguese expeditions in a part of the world where their State had no interests beyond the Philippines (And therefore little opportunity to be inserted within that part of the world) is very small, and I'm extremely surprised that you say that they were highly sought after.

[Hroth]

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[Rahwana]

Spanish mercenaries? In South-East Asia? Are you sure? That seems completely wrong. The costs of Spanish people going to South-East Asia (I'm not even talking about the opportunity to do so) are so extraordinarily high that seeing Spanish mercenaries (Except when employed to be a part of the Portuguese expeditions in a part of the world where their State had no interests beyond the Philippines (And therefore little opportunity to be inserted within that part of the world) is very small, and I'm extremely surprised that you say that they were highly sought after.

Actually, Spanish did maintain significant presence in Eastern mollucas and Philliphines, they are bitter rival to that of portuguese in 16th Century, even bringing sultanate of Ternate and Tidore under their "Protectorates". As such relationships was developed (even after the Iberian Union), in the western part of the Islands, they often side with the Native kingdoms against Portuguese and later the Dutch. Their skill in wars was highly prized, and they often form a mercenary core in the Battle.

here's an English source you can understand, and don't forget that moluccas is just mere eastern side of the Indonesia.
http://www.colonialvoyage.com/spainmoluccas.html

--- if you want more refrences, we'll quote the Indonesian sources and try to translate them...

[Nyz]

In Sejarah Melayu there are stated that King of Maluku requested aid from Sultan Alauddin Riayat Syah of Melaka after his kingdom defeated by force from Kastilan...well, that Castile Kingdom of Spain...

[Jolt]

In Sejarah Melayu there are stated that King of Maluku requested aid from Sultan Alauddin Riayat Syah of Melaka after his kingdom defeated by force from Kastilan...well, that Castile Kingdom of Spain...

One thing is an official Spanish force. Another altogether is mercenaries. Mercenaries do not belong to official armies and my main doubt is that spanish individuals would come to offer their services on the other side of the world when they could very easily do it so in Europe.

Also my thanks to Sonic for the link. I was aware of the increased Spanish activity in the Eastern Indies after the Portuguese-Spanish personal union, but I had never heard that the Spanish had sent expeditions to try and wrest control of the Mollucas away from the Portuguese. As usual, they failed. ^_^