Conquering the world:DAR

**raz_atoth** · March 24, 2008, 04:36 PM

Greetings ladies and gentlemen and welcome to my DAR

Like all of you i'm anxiously awaiting for SS 6.0,yet,i just couldn't resist staying away from MTW2 any longer,so here i am

First thing first:here's what i'm using:

SS 5.1,of course
Echad's Fix pack
Turbo's faction survival script
Real Recruitment & Real Combat 1.5
Nickman777's enhancement pack

More,i modified some files myself-and much to my surprise they worked!-in order to have 0.5 turns/year.The cost and the construction time for all buildings have been doubled.And last but not least,the knigts templars start with 85000 florins.They'll need all the help they can get to avoid an early destruction in the hand of the unbelievers

The game is played on VH/VH and the lucky faction which will have the honour of conquering the world is....yes,you guessed...Genoa

I thought they have just enough settlements-two-to make the begining quite challenging and they are surrouned by powerfull neighbours:HRE in the north,Sicily in the south,France in the west,Venice in the east.And all of them-i'm sure- will, sooner or later,want,a piece from my kingdom.

**Chim** · March 24, 2008, 05:05 PM

Welcome to the forums!!!

Can't wait to see Genoa own.

**raz_atoth** · March 24, 2008, 05:06 PM

Surrounded by such powerfull neighbours,my only hope of survival is to keep a low profile.At least in the begining.Conquering only the rebel settlements and trying to conclude some alliances is the only way to go.Fortunately,i have just about enough targets to help me start: Pisa,Florence,Ajaccio,Cagliari,Marseille.

Doge Giorgio was quite undecided where to strike first.From the window of his palace he could see all those mercenary crossbows men,his beloved son-and heir-Francesco-managed to gather,training.Quite some fine men,ready to fight,and die if necesarilly,for the glory of Genoa.Suddently,without even being announced-a messenger entered the room with news from the spy Giorgio sent in the region.Pisa was quite well-defended the spy said.But with Florence it was another story.There was a rebellion,the spy claimed,following the tax raises.And although it was queled,by captain Franco,that dog that calls himself the ruler of Florence,it left the florentine remaining army in a dangerous position.Doge Giorgio smiled.And with an energy you wouldn't believe a 56 years old man had,he ordered Francesco called.The army will depart in the morning to lay siege on Florence!

The battle was even easier than Francesco thought.But Francesco was young and didn't even knew how a hard-fought battle looked like.And it was even easier once the enemy general was mercilessly slain.Or perhaps,just killed by one of his own men,like it was rumored after the battle.All what could go wrong for the enemy went wrong.The militia we brought with us did better than we could have expected.And the mercenary units couldn't be stopped by anything.It ended with the enemy army routing after which the people of Florence just opened the gates and hailed the winner

Especially when it was announced that the taxes will be kept low.

**raz_atoth** · March 24, 2008, 05:40 PM

Doge Giorgio was on his way to meet the powefull nobles of the realm.By now,everyone knew that Florence was under genovese rule.And all those who opposed his briliant plans,silent,like they should have been from the begining.Giorgio even took the liberty to arrive five minutes later,just to show them that there is only one ruler and that's him!Like never before,all nobles bowed their heads when the Doge entered the hall.And even before Giogio had the chance to say anything they announced they gathered 2500 florins to support the conquest of Ajaccio.Giorgio faked a smile and thanked them for their support.But he kept from himself the fact that the fleet carying Francisco's army was already en route for Ajaccio.It was the single castle in the area and Giorgio was determined to extend the genovese rule.

Francisco rejoiced.Ajaccio was captured without shooting an arrow.The ajaccian peasants came out,beging for forgivness.

It wasn't exactly what Francisco was looking for,though.He dreamed at epic battles,heroic victories,behaded opponents....not just poor peasents to weak from hunger to even fire a bow...And in a moment,without waiting for an order from his father,he ordered his men to set sail to Marseille.Of course,the french king might not be terribly happy to hear the rebels from Marseille have been teached a lesson by an army not carrying a french flag,but Francisco couldn't care less.The french king was busy enough trying to expel the english from the outskirts of his palace,to care for Marseille.
God was not on Francisco's side this time.A terrible storm killed more than one third of his army while he was laying siege on Marseille.Francisco wondered if fooling around with those beautifull french girls,had anything to do with it....

That must have been,Franciso angrily thought...How else would he been able to capture a settlement without a fight...for the second time?