A besieged soldier's final writ

**Sorceri** · June 23, 2009, 09:08 PM

Hunger has given way to starvation. Health has become disease. Courage and valor submit to insubordination, even treason. The hope of a mighty republic lies dying, besieged in its only remaining stronghold. There is no hope. The foreign diplomat demands immediate surrender A mighty army stands ready, waiting for the battle horn to sound. They will give no quarter.

I consult the seer one final time, searching for an answer from the gods. Through the sorcerer's eyes comes images of smoke, fire, and blood. I can hear the screams of men. I can feel their pain. I cannot help them. It is always the same.

But this time something is different. A glint reflects on yonder hill. There is a rumbling from the ranks assembled outside the gates. A great light parts the smoke! A chorus of trumpets sounds! The thunderous echo of a thousand hooves races down from the hill. In the lead a magnificent warrior adorned in golden armor. He carries a lance forged in the fires of a volcano. He is Quinn Inuit, returned to aide the faithful of the republic! We are saved!

Then the icy cold chill of the morning wind awakens me. There is no aide. No Quinn Inuit. The battle horn sounds. Today we die.

**Caligula Caesar** · June 25, 2009, 03:06 PM

Don't be so gloomy. In between school (which ends soon) and other activities (which don't) I am trying to make my own edited version of ExRM, with Pergamum, a barbarian superfaction and quite a lot of other changes. BTW, I have made half of Pergamum's units, but I don't actually know what units they used and my skinning skills aren't so great. Help would be appreciated.

**Vae victis** · June 25, 2009, 05:33 PM

Its kind of poetic. You should do an AAR.

Pergamum sounds nice!!! Wasn't it a few provinces in Asia Minor that broke off from the SE or PE? I think that it was used as a barrier against the Galatians, and had some successful years untill it was inherited by Rome. Looking forward to playing it. Unfortunatley I dont know anything about skinning, but good luck!!!

**Jingles** · June 27, 2009, 04:03 PM

Now how did that song go....

Ev'rybody's building the big ships and the boats,
Some are building monuments,
Others, jotting down notes,
Ev'rybody's in despair,
Ev'ry girl and boy
But when Quinn the Eskimo gets here,
Ev'rybody's gonna jump for joy.
Come all without, come all within,
You'll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn.

**Vae victis** · June 29, 2009, 12:47 PM

Nice

So where is Quinn and Eskimo? Maybe they are working on an update for EXRM?

**Caligula Caesar** · June 30, 2009, 03:37 AM

BTW, I've finished the Pergamenes ecept for their cavalry. Does anyone know whether they used more Macedonian or Seleucid cavalry?

**Vae victis** · June 30, 2009, 07:29 AM

I dont know what kind of calvary that Pergamum used. If I had to guess, I would guess SE type calvary. I think that XGM has a provincial campaign for Pergamum. I think that they try to have historicaly correct unit types in their line up. You might want to compare the two.

Is this going to be a sub-mod for EXRM? Looking forward to playing it!!!

**AqD** · July 06, 2009, 08:23 AM

Originally Posted by Caligula Caesar

BTW, I've finished the Pergamenes ecept for their cavalry. Does anyone know whether they used more Macedonian or Seleucid cavalry?

More like Macedonian than Seleucid I believe. The Seleucid cavalry seem relatively heavy among the Successor kingdoms.

I can think of a list like:

Companions (with shield or not??)
Taratine cavalry (with javelin and apis shield)
Prodromoi, like Macedonian Sarissophoroi
Other heavy cavalry, probably share the name "Xystophoroi". They could wear liner armour with scale reinforcement, sort like the common heavy cavalry in Pontus (well they're close to Pergamenes ).

When will you release it? I can't wait to see some Pergamenes units!

(you're the only one I know who's making that!)

**Caligula Caesar** · July 01, 2009, 09:53 AM

Yes, I certainly do intend to release it as a submod. I hope to release it before the end of the summer holidays, which I am sure I will manage comfortably.

**Caligula Caesar** · July 06, 2009, 09:22 AM

Thanks, aqd. It will be released soon, but not too soon (I still need to edit quite a lot of text files).

**AqD** · July 06, 2009, 09:25 AM

Any preview we can expect?

**Caligula Caesar** · July 07, 2009, 03:12 AM

Probably not, I'm afraid. My print screen button isn't working, and I don't feel like finding out how to use fraps. Besides, my barbarians don't have any new units, and my Pergamenes are mainly parts from various ExRM units put together, then edited slightly. They do look quite good, though, especially the Pergamene Hoplite.

My changes to the map are complete, but I am still battling with descr_strat.