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An Overgod. That thought suddenly appeared and stayed in Ardas' mind, leaving him restless on his throne. For some unknown yet reason, the light in the halls slightly dimmed and he felt uneasy, for the first time in his existence. Something one would think impossible to the ethereal form of a god. He then felt a pull to one certain place in the mortal realm, a forest full of unexplainable power.

That power was strange and alien to Ardas, yet he felt compelled to seek it out and see what was it all about. He did not hesitate long before deciding to go and appear at the source of power, in his full splendour of bronze and gold.

He appeared at the circle, close to the stone with his name. He stood the silently, his gaze hidden beneath his hood. He observed and said none to any of the gathered Gods.

Welp, so do I have to write about Lonemine?

Whatever you want. We aren't doing any trade for now, so its not an issue.

Quote from: Ardas on November 11, 2011, 01:49:54 pm

Quote from: Taricus on November 11, 2011, 01:38:18 pm

Well, with heavy cavalry able  to flank the enemy it could be made even more effective. Hammer and anvil, if it were...

Yep, just as Alexander did. But for that we will need access to good horses and more than enough iron ore to equip the war machine.

Send a Diplomat to Lonemine, they have plenty of Iron Ore/Steel.

Autarky is a goal that any empire should strive for. But your proposal may suffice for the time being.

@ Nuke & Taricus: You are right. Legion will be a core of heavy infantry organized as tercio (once them guns arrive and Niko will learn of them; can go without but then it isn't as effective.). It will be a base unit that will be recruitable straight away and will have all of the strength and reach and discipline already from the start as part of the extended training and recruitment. I will sacrifice two seasons for research and re-fitting of the infatry in the army.

As Nuke rightly stated, the rest of the unit types will be made lighter and will serve in a support role. What I have in mind for the war doctrine is to have heavy line infantry march forward and smash the enemy, while the lighter troops will move and manouver at the flanks. In this doctrine enemy cavalry is not the problem, as heavy pikes take care of it, and the noble levy should be able to serve as flank protection. Enemy archers are outright devastated by tercio fire, so that is not a problem either.

The core of Ligorian army is the Crown. It should remain so and Crown should be able to wage war in all conditions, whether supported by nobles or not. If nobles are persuaded then conquest can be faster as they will be helping in the war effort. Otherwise Laythe can go at it alone and the Legion should be a sure way of securing an empire.

Yeah, something basic like personal pistols and small hand cannons. Kind of a prototype tercio, but nowhere at the level that I'm planning.
Again, I'm planning to mix guns, pikes and swords in one and give them Roman discipline: honouring the standards and banners, unflinching loyalty to officers, always in fromation and the works.
In real life the renaissance commanders did kind of the same thing with early modern regular armies.

I just finished my daily reading of the bazillion new pages in th IC and OOC thread. God you lot are crazy...

Tell me about it. I have that feeling every day when I wake up and have to read up through everything because half of the players are on the other side of the world and everything happens when I'm sleeping.

Am I in the room or did the runner came later after the discussion about army? Besides I doubt I will be marching anywhere in the winter.