The two armies meet outside Babylon, one of the oldest cities in the world and a symbol of the great and glorious Persian Empire of old. Parmenion, King of Babylon, faces the rebel army of the self-proclaimed King Artaxerxes VI. The scorching sun was burning the soldiers, drawn up on a plain next to the great Euphrates.
1000 Median cavalry 3000 points
1000 Hellenistic cataphracts 3000 points
Light troops
1500 persian archers 1500 points
1500 Babylonian slingers 1500 points
Total: 10,000 men
NOTE: 200 elites were removed for this battle as your army limit is 10,000 men. I will advise you to reorganize your army composition afterwards to fit the correct caps.
Rebel Army
Commander: Artaxerxes VI
500 Persian Mounted Archers (Cav) (1,500 points)
1,000 Persian Swordsmen (Heavy) (2,000 points)
2,000 Persian Spearmen (Light) (2,000 points)
1,500 Persian Archers (Light) (2,000 points)
Total: 5,000 men
OOC: Aspisa, I would require battle orders for your forces.
- Light troops will first harrass the center of the enemy troops
- light troops reterat
- Cavalry and elite troops (silver+white shields) attack the enemy from the rear
- Heavy infantry attacks the centre from the front
- Note : Parmenion leads the elite troops directly
The troops are ready for battle, shields have been raised, spears are shining in the hot son, all soldiers were confident in victory , after all they were facing persian pretenders who are numerical inferior. Before the battle erupts, parmenion would speak encouraging words to the soldier to improve the morale.
Today we will feast men, Victory is nearly ours over these pretenders, what you see overthere is an army of angry mobs outnumbered and outclassed by our brave soldiers, and remember we also have Pallas Athena on our side, fight brave and without fear and this battle will be remembered is the total victory over persian opposition! Fight for Macedon, fight for Philip II, fight for king and honor!
Shields clattered , spears are shining, today Parmenion would lead his soldiers to victory.
Last edited by Mary The Quene; July 12, 2014 at 05:45 PM.
Left:
250 Persian Mounted Archers (Cav)
300 Persian Swordsmen (Heavy)
600 Persian Spearmen (Light)
500 Persian Archers (Light)
Total: 1,650 men (2,450 points)
Center: Artaxerxes VI
400 Persian Swordsmen (Heavy)
800 Persian Spearmen (Light)
500 Persian Archers (Light)
Total: 1,700 men (2,100 points)
Right:
250 Persian Mounted Archers (Cav)
300 Persian Swordsmen (Heavy)
600 Persian Spearmen (Light)
500 Persian Archers (Light)
Total: 1,650 men (2,450 points)
Note: all are counted as Allied troops and get no bonuses.
Parmenid Army
Right:
1,000 Median Cavalry (Cav)
1,000 Hellenistic Cataphracts (Cav)
Total: 2,000 men (6,000 points)
Left: Parmenion
500 Silver Shields (Elite)
500 White Shields (Elite)
Total: 1,000 men (5,000 points)
Battle
Phase 1
1. Skirmishing phase Right
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Rebels: 250 Mounted Archers and 500 Archers fire.
Roll 1: 5, 50% of the men hit their targets.
Roll 2: 3, three volleys are fired upon the enemy.
(250+500)*0.5*3 = 1,125 hits (50% casualty cap)
Result: The Parmenid Right flank lose half men from the rain of arrows. Due to the lack of archers on the other side, the rebels are not caused any initial casualties.
Parmenid Right:
500 Median Cavalry (Cav)
500 Hellenistic Cataphracts (Cav)
Total: 1,000 men (3,000 points)
Center
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Rebels: 500 Archers fire.
Roll 1: 1, 10% hit their marks
Roll 2: 2, two volleys are shot.
500*0.1*2 = 100 hits
Parmenid: 1,500 Archers and 1,500 Slingers fire.
Roll 1: 4, 40% hit their their marks
Roll 2: 1,one volley is shot
(1,500+1,500)*0.4*1 = 1,200 hits (50% casualty cap)
Result: The rebel archers inflict minor casualties on their enemies, only 100 fall. On the other hand, the Parmenid archers and slingers kill half of their foes.
Rebel Center:
200 Persian Swordsmen (Heavy)
400 Persian Spearmen (Light)
250 Persian Archers (Light)
Total: 850 men (1,050 points)
Rebels: 250 Mounted Archers and 500 Archers fire.
Roll 1: 7, 70% of the men hit their targets.
Roll 2: 3, three volleys are fired upon the enemy.
(250+500)*0,7*3 = 1,575 hits (50% casualty cap)
Result: The Silver Shields and White Shields lose half their men during the skirmish, with the rebels taking no casualties.
Parmenid Left:
250 Silver Shields (Elite)
250 White Shields (Elite)
Total: 500 men (2,500 points)
Phase 2
2. Main engagement Right
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Parmenid Right:
500 Median Cavalry (Cav)
500 Hellenistic Cataphracts (Cav)
Total: 1,000 men (3,000 points)
Rebel Left:
250 Persian Mounted Archers (Cav)
300 Persian Swordsmen (Heavy)
600 Persian Spearmen (Light)
500 Persian Archers (Light)
Total: 1,650 men (2,450 points)
Parmenid
Score Roll: 9
3,000*9 = 27,000 score
Rebel
Score Roll: 4
2,450*4 = 9,800 score
Parmenid flank wins.
Winner dead: (9,800/27,000)*1,650 = 599 men (15% cap, so only 150 men)
Loser dead: (27,000/9,800)*1,000 = 2,755 men (25% cap, so only 750 men)
Result: The rebels are broken on the flank and retreat, while the Parmenid cavalry ride to engage the enemy Center in the rear.
Rear attack roll (10/20, 1-10 yes, 11-20 no): 10
The cavalry meet some resistance from the retreating rebels, but they swiftly make their way to the rear of the Center. They gain a +1 to the battle rolls in the Center.
Parmenid Right:
425 Median Cavalry (Cav)
425 Hellenistic Cataphracts (Cav)
Total: 850 men (2,550 points)
Rebel Left (Broken):
136 Persian Mounted Archers (Cav)
163 Persian Swordsmen (Heavy)
328 Persian Spearmen (Light)
273 Persian Archers (Light)
Total: 900 men (1,335 points)
Left
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Parmenid Left:
250 Silver Shields (Elite)
250 White Shields (Elite)
Total: 500 men (2,500 points)
Rebel Right:
250 Persian Mounted Archers (Cav)
300 Persian Swordsmen (Heavy)
600 Persian Spearmen (Light)
500 Persian Archers (Light)
Total: 1,650 men (2,450 points)
Parmenid
Score Roll: 5
2,500*5 =12,500 score
Rebel
Score Roll: 2
2,450*2 = 4,900 score
Parmenid flank wins.
Winner dead: (4,900/12,500)*1,650 = 647 men (15% cap, so only 75)
Loser dead: (12,500/4,900)*500 = 1,275 men (25% cap, so only 125)
Result: Parmenion and his elite troops break through the lines, routing most of the rebels. They make their way to meet the cavalry in the rebels' rear.
Rear attack roll (10/20, 1-10 yes, 11-20 no): 17
Due to good coordination and leadership by the retreating rebels, coupled by how exhausted the Silver Shields and White Shields are, is Parmenion not able to join the hammer-and-anvil tactic com to fruition.
Parmenid Left:
212 Silver Shields (Elite)
213 White Shields (Elite)
Total: 425 men (2,125 points)
Rebel Right (Broken):
232 Persian Mounted Archers (Cav)
278 Persian Swordsmen (Heavy)
554 Persian Spearmen (Light)
461 Persian Archers (Light)
Total: 1,525 men (2,267 points)
Center
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Parmenid Center (+1 to battle rolls due to rear attack):
425 Median Cavalry (Cav)
425 Hellenistic Cataphracts (Cav)
2,460 Foot Companions (Heavy)
1,480 Hoplites (Heavy)
1,480 Babylonian Archers (Light)
1,480 Persian Slingers (Light)
Total: 7,750 men (13,030 points)
Rebel Center:
200 Persian Swordsmen (Heavy)
400 Persian Spearmen (Light)
250 Persian Archers (Light)
Total: 850 men (1,050 points)
Parmenid
Score Roll: 10
13,030*10 = 130,300 score
Rebel
Score Roll: 5
1,050*5 = 5,250 score
Parmenid Center wins
Winner dead: (5,250/130,300)*850 = 34
Loser dead: (130,300/5,250)*7,750 = 192,348 (25% cap, so only 212)
Result: The rebel Center is completely overwhelmed and flees from the field.
Parmenid Center:
424 Median Cavalry (Cav)
424 Hellenistic Cataphracts (Cav)
2,449 Foot Companions (Heavy)
1,473 Hoplites (Heavy)
1,473 Babylonian Archers (Light)
1,473 Persian Slingers (Light)
Total: 7,716 men (11,861 points)
Rebel Center (Broken):
150 Persian Swordsmen (Heavy)
300 Persian Spearmen (Light)
188 Persian Archers (Light)
Total: 638 men (788 points)
Phase 3
3. Rout
Due to the large amounts of casualties to the cavalry is the Parmenid Army not able to chase down some of the fleeing rebels.
A roll will see if Parmenion was wounded during the battle.
Roll (D20, see rules): 17
Parmenion gets through the battle without a scratch.
Result:
The Parmenid side is victorious and the rebels flee the field. However, the elites of the army, the cavalry, the Silver Shields and the White Shields, lost most of their strength on the flanks because of the lack of backup and lack of missile units. The rebels have lost the battle but a big part of their army is still intact, with Artaxerxes VI still alive. While Parmenion and his men rest at Babylon (province 64) (won't be able to move for 6 hours), Artaxerxes' army retreats to province 71 and rests for 6 hours from now.
Remnants of the armies
Rebels 368 Persian Mounted Archers (Cav)
591 Persian Swordsmen (Heavy)
1,182 Persian Spearmen (Light)
922 Persian Archers (Light)
'Parmenion and his Army leaves Babylon To hunt the remaining rebels in the province where they have fled To.'
Ooc : i assume that i still have won the Battle, ofc if it happens that i've lost it somehow then i'll edit the post after the corrections You have made.
Last edited by Mary The Quene; July 13, 2014 at 05:58 PM.
After the recent parmenid Victory the pretender Artaxerxes VI and his army fled to province of Susa. Parmenion after the celebration of his victory had commanded his army to face the remaining cowards and pretenders in susa. Parmenion aims to end Civil war for once and for all in his realm
Left flank :
- Missile infantry harass the enemy troops
- missile troops retreat
- Cavalry supported by the white shields (elite) and hoplites (heavy) attack the enemy right flank.
- if successful they try to attack the enemy center in the rear
Center :
- Missile infantry harass the enemy troops
- Missile troops retreat
- Heavy infantry (foot companions + hoplites) engages the enemy center
right flank :
- Missile infantry harass the enemy troops
- Missile troops retreat
- Parmenion along with his silver shields (elite) , foot companions (heavy), and hoplites attack the enemy left flank
- if succesful they try to attack the enemy center in the rear
OOC: I'm rolling this as a one flank battle since the numbers are small.
Missile barrage:
In three volleys, the Parmenion archers are able to score a miraculous 90% of their arrows finding a target, resulting int he death of 50% of the enemy army. Infantry Clash:
With their morale already low, what is left of the opposing Artaxerxen army is defeated by the Parmenion army.
Casualties:
Parmenion: 5% casualties to the infantry Artaxerxen: 50%+, remaining men have melted away and disbanded
Fate of Artaxerxes:
He survives the battle and manages to escape beign captured.
Last edited by Honors Bastion; July 15, 2014 at 02:51 PM.
Reason: Rewritten to make more sense
'Victory!, we are victorious and the enemy has been defeated! The civil war has finally ended in a crushing Parmenid victory, after years and years of campaigning Parmenion showed that he's still a capable commander at his 56 years old age. Take the loot from our enemy's and let the world know that nobody can bring down the divine powers of the Parmenids. May Hades rape our enemy's corpes in the mid of the night and bring their souls to the Tartarus!
After the battle Parmenion took some rest and began to tell how many casualties the Parmenid army led, they counted 420 (5%) deaths among them. 'May our died hero's go to the divine Elysium in the afterlife' After his sacrifice to Ares, the god of war, Parmenion was preparing himself to depart to Babylon, for soon expansion would start in Mesopotamia.
Mowbray of Nottingham
The Babylonian Uprising, 323 BC
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Originally Posted by Honors Bastion
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