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[Luke_Prowler]

"And so you see" Explaned Jennifer, as she and John moved down the hallway "the problem is not that there is anything special about making them, it's getting hold of the materials"

"Well, if that's true, then we better go send someone up to get it" responded John, looking over a few documents for that years budget. "I think that our men deserve a little fun"

Jen grinned. oh yes, they will be very happy to hear the news. she rushed out, ready to give orders. John smiled. Such enthusiasm. As john rounded the corner to his office, richard stood outside. he looked quite worried.

"What's the matter?" asked John sarcastically "Do you lose a bet?"

"There's someone waiting in there for you"

Curious, John entered to find a huge man inside, standing by the window, looking out to the courtyards below. "This could have been my fathers" he said, pausing for effect. "this castle, this kingdom, this chair..." the man moved towards the thrown, placing his hands on the back rest "but it was all snatched away, his untimely death taking him away. Such an unfortunite accident, wasn't it?" the man looked towards John, and he saw in his eyes a clear and focused anger.

John was neither scared nor amused "I had nothing to do with your father death, and murdering me will not solve anything"

"You are the murderer"

"Leave" ordered John. with that, the man left, rage still in his eyes. John only sighed. 10 years now. time waits for no one.

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5 workforce harvest tiles 2, 3, 6, 8, 11,  (15 food, 3 wood, 1 leather, 1 spice)
3 labor build Mine on tile 10 (-1 wood)
2 labor Irrigat tile 11
2 labor to making leather armor (- 2 leather)
2 labor research horse back riding

special orders:
Send all units north with Jen to raid village.

Net gain:
15 food, 3 wood, 1 leather, 1 spice, 2 leather armor
-15 food (consumed)
-1 wood (Mine)
-2 leather
+2 wood, - 1 leather, +1 spice, +2 leather armor

Stored goods:
5 food
11 Leather
3 spice
2 wool
3 leather armor

[RPB]

The increased supply of gold leads to a boom in commerce as more and more hard currency becomes available again. As it becomes clear that the increasingly crowded streets are becoming less and less conducive to business transactions, merchants begin gravitating towards a previously little-used square in the ruins of Old Antemnon. Known informally as The Pit for its low-lying location nestled below the river bluffs, it soon becomes the de facto center of the city's commerce; although its dilapidated setting turns off some traders initially, enterprising merchants gradually rebuild the square into a grand (in a utilitarian sort of way) marketplace.

The general abundance of food, money, and supplies does much to ease the peoples' concerns; crowding continues to be a problem, but at least no shortages seem imminent. As the raiders fade from memory the city gradually returns to normalcy. The workshops continue to produce gear of war, but without the sweeping military allocations of years past most people begin to take this for granted. More and more of the Asykos find the free time to pursue further learning in the New Library; with the military production program rapidly losing priority, Ramades finds himself in the library more and more, contributing his recent practical experiences to the scholars' study of improved mining techniques.

Spoiler: Crunch (click to show/hide)

1 labor: work tile 1 (irrigated watermill river plains, +5 food)
1 labor: work tile 5 (quarried watermill river hills, +3 food/+1 stone/+1 wool)
1 labor: work tile 6 (quarried watermill river hills, +3 food/+1 stone/+1 wool)
1 labor: work tile 8 (hunter camp watermill river forest, +4 food/+1 wood/+1 leather)
1 labor: work tile 16 (mined animated mill gold mountains, +1 stone/+2 gold)
1 labor: work tile 18 (mined iron hills, +1 food/+1 wool/+1 iron)
5 labor: continue to research improvements in mining/resource production
2 labor (+100%): produce magic weapons and train a unit with them (-1 iron/-1 gold/-100 pop)
2 labor (+50%): build marketplace (-2 stone)

Net production: +16 food/+3 stone/+3 wool/+2 gold/+1 wood/+1 iron/+1 leather
Consumption: -16 food/-2 stone/-1 gold/-1 iron
Gross output: +1 stone/+3 wool/+1 wood/+1 leather

[Strife26]

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Zefie Advisor A: With the advances we made in wagon technology, we can skimp on wood.
Tikhon: This would allow us to send out our first colony this turn!
Alastair: That would prevent the city from getting overcrowded in the short term. Very good. What issues do we have on the board?
Cia: Well, the 3rd Warrior Company was doing some extended scouting, and they found some hostile plants. They got beat up a bit in the process. The conflict area isn’t actually in a zone that we can use for anything, but I find it pretty worrying.
Alastair: Well, according the Zefie Military Policies, we’re facing an enemy that is both overpowered and defies our current knowledge. The ideal response it to “nuke the sight from orbit.”
Zefie Advisor A: The deep research teams for nuclear munitions haven’t been terribly successful, nor has the ‘wood-powered space shuttle’ team.
Cia: Is there a second option?
Alastair: Kill it with fire . . .
Cia: We don’t have anything with flame troops right now. We could probably crush the carnivaplants with enough units, but we’ve got most of our army tied up. The First is camped at the settlement area, at least until they’re relieved. The fourth is going to be tied up defending the settlement group. The third is still a bit beat up. We’re getting replacements for it. I don’t think that our bowpuffs would be especially effective against plants. Really, spears aren’t the best either. My recommendation would be to let them sit for right now, but to keep our eyes peeled for more of the things.
Alastair: We’ll go for that. I’m going to want more slashing type weapons in the near future. Preferably made of iron. Next issue.
Zefie Advisor A: We’ve got decent enough wagons right now, and they would work for war uses. But the military has expressed some doubt about them.
Alastair: I concur with Cia here. The wagons would be perfect for heavy cavalry. However, the traditional purposes of horse forces, that is to say, scouting, raiding, and encirclement, are somewhat lost on the  wagons.
Cia: We can try raiding and encirclement would probably work, but scouting is right out.
Zefie Advisor A: A newer initiate to the R & D department suggested that we use mountain goats provided with bucket seats. He had an idea involving using a level thing to get heavily armored riders up on top as well.
Alastair: Great. Role with it.
Tikhon: Shouldn’t that have been ‘roll’ sir?
Alastair: Fourth wall secrecy. Okay?
Zefie Statistician E: Money. If go through with our current plan of sending out new settlement groups every time we get to 25,000 people, we’re going to run out of money in annoyingly short order. It’s going to cost about 3 GCU’s per year to run our colonies. We averaged it out to two for the actual running, and one for a company to defend it. We can depend on producing about 15 GCU’s per turn right now. Our issue is that this is going to stagnate, as the extra tax-paying population will be going to tax-free colonies. If we try to keep three companies in Fortress, along with two companies for scouting and mobile reserve, we end up only being able to have three colonies. We might be able to counteract this to some extent if one of the colonies strikes gold or silver.
Alastair: Very well.

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5) Farm the river (20 food)
1) Farm Plain 14 (3 food)
1) Work Forest 7 (1 food, 2 wood)
1) Work Mountain 12 (1 iron, 1 stone)
1) Work Plain 3 (1 food, 1 silver, 1 wool)
1) Work Plain 18 (1 food, 1 stone, 1 wool)
1) Work Mountain 11 (2 stone)
1) Make Silver Trinkets (-1 silver, +1 trinket)
2) Build Stable (-2 stone)

5) Form Settlement Group (5 food, 3 wood, 2 stone, 5,000 people)
5) Research (see below)

Food
   26 Produced
   -5 settlement group
   -20 (eaten)
   1 stored
   21 remaining

Stone
   4 produced
   4 used
   1 remaining

Wool
   2 produced
   2 stored
   3 remaining

Wood
   2 produced
   3 used
   1 remaining

Silver
   1 produced
   1 used
   0 left

Iron
   1 produced
   2 left

Luxuries and things (population 19,904 after settlers)
   -2 clothes
   2 clothes * 10,000 luxury each =
      20,000 luxury produced/20,000 people = 1 morale
   +1 morale (Ability)
+1 morale (shrine)
   +1 morale (luxury)
   8 morale!

Others: Settlement group formed and sent off (with one unit of warriors)

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Research details!
2) Sub-cities (first research)– Colonization is a great technology, but we’re going to come across problems with generating enough tax revenue to run both them and a decent sized army. If we could have secondary cities, proper civilized areas surrounded by walls, we could get the needed tax money.

2) Mountain Goat Taming- The horse-drawn wagons can provide excellent heavy cavalry and supply moving abilities, but we still need something to be used as scouts and in rough terrain. Our very own Cemir Sharkstupid suggested the following:

"I have several ideas. First and foremost, I think that zefie cavalry and colonists could both benefit from the use of a shaduf, a human invention used to easily lift water and other objects. It consists of a pole mounted on a firm, stable frame, with a weight on one end and a bucket on the other. The section of the pole with the weight is shorter than the section with the bucket. Since that end is shorter than the other, it can facilitate the easy lifting of things in the bucket. Colonists and farmers could use it to improve irrigation, and the military could use it as a light, portable machine to help cavalry zefies get onto the backs of horses. Obviously, the version used by the colonists would have to be smaller than the one used to elevate cavalry zefies."

"Also, because zefie soldiers are significantly lighter than those of other races, it would probably be possible to train mountain goats to carry zefie riders . . . A special bucket saddle could be used to prevent falling off of the goats. Riding mountain goats would give zefie forces unprecedented and unequaled domination of military engagements in mountainous terrain. Equipping mountain goat riding zefies with bows would make them a legendary force; they would be capable of reaching areas no normal force could, and then raining arrows down upon their enemies."

Make it happen.

1)   Steel (one unit of research previous) – If we can get better metal, we can get better tools and soldiers. Keep working on it, especially in regards to the flux ideas.

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Military Orders
Secret Enough
The settlement group will be formed this year. Depending on how quickly they get their stuff together, they may be ready to move out as well. If this is the case, they will be accompanied by the 4th warrior company. The target is the prepared location selected by the 1st.

The 1st Warrior Corp will begin constructing permanent barracks and the like at their location.

The 3rd is tasked with localized defense of the city and regaining their combat strength.

2nd Warrior Company and the 5th Bowpuff Company will be tasked with nearby patrols and the defense of Fortress.

The 6th Bowpuff Company will be conducting scouting operations to the East. They will be looking for any civilizations or organized life (if contact is made, proceed peacefully). They will also be looking for any metal deposits, especially those of iron or gold.

[Nirur Torir]

I altered my turn slightly, to train another unit of warriors. Sure they're obsolete, but that doesn't make them completely useless.

[Vanigo]

Okay. Remember they can't attack this turn, though.

[Nirur Torir]

Of course. I just really, really hate leaving my capital undefended (Bandits! I must not invoke Murphy's Law if I can avoid it), and need all my troops for the upcoming battle. It may be a close one, unless I get lucky. 4 units vs 5 units is not a happy fight. (I assume he's going to be training another unit).

Oh, and Pandarsenic: Post. The goblins demand it!

[Pandarsenic]

*Cackles*
Training one unit? What do you think that military school is, a decoration?

[Nirur Torir]

Didn't see that. Throws my carefully laid out plans off slightly, but I think I still have a chance to win the war. Eventually. If not, I can still put up a good fight, I think.

[Strife26]

Cough, proper thread?

[mainiac]

Spoiler: nonsense (click to show/hide)

"Oi"
"Eh?"
"I gotta a bit o' a problem..."
"yeah?"
"eh, remember how I told Brennan I could write?"
"uh, yeah, you've been all high and mighty goin' on a week now."
"I uh... didn't know he wanted me to write so much."
"Huh?"
"Just take a look!"
"Oi!"
"Eh?"
"This is nothin' but a long stream o' naughty words!"
"They're the only ones I knew!  What am I gonna do?"

Spoiler: RP (click to show/hide)

Taken from the notes of Admiral Bonnie:
Went to a dinner party with at Anselm's last night.  Am glad I escaped without blood.  Brennan was furious about the fire in the library.  Very little was lost except for his diary for the last year.  But he insists that it was intentional.  It was kinda obvious who he was implying was behind it.
Things are getting complicated here in Jericho I think.  Brennan says that there's something wrong going on with the farms and fishing, he keeps making sly remarks about the farms owners.  Anselm doesn't say anything directly, but his friends kept making jabs about Brennan's associates at the library, I don't think they like that the first families don't look so important since the library was built.
I didn't hear any nasty comments about my beautiful new ship.  That took a little effort though, those people are vipers.  I'm leaving town to avoid all this unpleasantness.

Spoiler: stats (click to show/hide)

Admiral Bonnie sets forth on another expedition, this time going to the bay before and leading a group of spearmen (1 unit) inland to continue exploration.  She takes 1 unit of jewelry along for trade in case they find anyone.

Harvest:(9 labor)
River plains: 3 labor +12 food
Ocean: 2 labor +6 food +1 pearls
Hills: 2 labor +2 food +2 stone +2 wool
Lumber Camp: 1 labor +1 food +2 wood
Archery Camp: 1 labor +1 food +1 wood +1 leather
Total: 9 labor, +22 food +1 pearls +2 stone +2 wool +3 wood +1 leather

Crafting (4 labor)
2 cloth (-2 wool)
3 jewlery (-3 pearls)

Research (5 labor)
3 research on metal working
2 research on animal husbandry

Construction: none

Food Report:
22 harvested
19 eaten
0 luxury
3 stored

Stocks:
stock (changes)
6 food (+3)
6 pearls (+1)
1 jewelry (-)
1 wool (+2 -2)
1 cloth (+2 -2)
3 stone (+2)
4 wood (+2)
878 S&P (markets take a dip in light of the library fire)

Morale: 7
+1 Governor
+1 shrine
+1 luxury
19 luxury from 2 cloth

Growth:
+6% morale
-2% crowding

[Pandarsenic]

Spoiler: Raping the environment (click to show/hide)

I finished the Copper Mine, just for reference. :I
0A. SECRET SPESCHUL TASK TIEM PL0X
0E. THAT AM SECRET
0G. Train 1 swordsmen with shields and 1 swordsmen+grenades with shields
1-11. Work Tiles 1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17, 18 (18 F, 1 Tin, 1 Copper, 2 Wool, 2 Wood, 3 Stone, 1 Ember Rose, 4 Money)
12-14. Produce 2 units of Swords
15-16. Produce 2 units of Wooden Shields

Spoiler: And this is why (click to show/hide)

"Wait for it... wait for it... NOW!" Shi Shotan yelled, swinging a yellow flag down. On command, the swordsmen-grenadiers hurled their dummy grenades at the charging opposing unit, the swordsmen. They then immediately switched to their shields. "Hold!" the General yelled. Everyone flinched, then froze in place. He strode throughout the ranks of the "grenade" victims, inspecting the spread of the grenades. "Good... but you need to do better!" he roared. The grenadiers shrunk back. Shi Shotan was barely five and a half feet and weighed less than some army's average equipment loadouts, but his mastery of technique-based martial arts meant no soldier would dare oppose him. "These two grenades are next to each other! Explain!"

No volunteers. Shi Shotan sneered at them. "Is this your best? Is this how you shall fight the goblins? They may be subhumans, but I assure you, they will run you through in an instant if you're this incompetent. I swear, if I...."

Months pass

"Shields! Raise! Gauge distance! Aim! And fire!" Chirur Tano, an officer promoted from the former Blue Graves tribe, called out. With the final word, he swung his yellow flag down, grabbed his dummy grenae, and threw.

"Hold!" Shi Shotan yelled. The soldiers - both the defending grenadier-swordsmen and the mid-charge swordsmen - halted perfectly. He inspected the soldiers carefully. "Perfect." Trained though they were, the soldiers still visibly relaxed. "Resume!" he yelled. "Defend as though your grenades had no effect!" the defenders paled but raised their dye-stained blunt "swords" and met the assault...."

"Impressive, most impressive, General Malchithein," Dremmeur Sai commented with a smile. "Quite remarkable."

"Isn't it, though?" Shi Shotan agreed with a smile. "You just have to drive them hard. But come, I need to talk with you. And get Keyiro... I have special tasks I need both of you to do."

[Vanigo]

Neo-Tyrgani

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(Oh, right. I'll fix that on my machine. Don't feel like reuploading, though; just don't forget you've got an invisible mine there. It'll be there next time something changes.)
The Neo-Tyrgani military kicks their buildup into high gear, training two new units for the conflict with the goblins. The newly-trained swordsmen and swordsman-grenadiers are quickly integrated with the rest of the military. The city's focus on military matters, however, means that little else is accomplished. Copper and tin are brought into the city - although little can be done with them, the city's researchers believe the ancients used such metals to great effect.
Towards the end of the year, the military buildup looks to have been a good idea, as a large force of goblins approaches from the west. General Shi Shotan marshals his forces and plans...

Population grows to 16,398
Swordsmen trained (7M/4/15/1)
Swordsman-grenadiers trained (6M/4/15/1 throwing 6 fire; upkeep 2)
8 money collected, 9 spent

Zefies

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(What flux ideas? You don't know anything about flux. Who said anything about flux?)
The Zefie leadership, concerned by the city's growing size, are finally able to organize a colonization expedition. Five thousand zefies are equipped with the supplies and tools to build a new settlement to the north, and make plans to leave in the late winter so as to arrive in the spring.
Meanwhile, those who remain continue their production and research. Some mad genius comes up with a ridiculous sidecar-saddle contraption that lets two zefies ride a single horse, one on either side. It's pretty hard to steer, but a well-trained and well-coordinated pair can manage it. Riding horses this way offers much less offensive potential than traditional humanoid mounts, but it's adequate for scouting and horse archery. They also learn ways to tame and manage other animals.

Zefie horseback riding researched!
    Allows zefie saddles (.5 wood, .5 wool or leather, 1 labor)
Animal taming researched!
Stables built
Colonists trained!
1 food, 2 wool, 1 iron, 1 silver trinkets produced; 1 wood, 2 clothes used
18 money collected, 6 spent

Zrlv

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The goblins of Zrlv are going to war. Their entire military marches off to attack the humans to the east, as a small group of warriors is trained to guard the city in their absence. This precaution proves to be well-advised, as a raiding force of half-feral lizardmen move in from the north, seeking to pillage the city's mushroom farms. They carry no weapons but their teeth and claws, which are unfortunately far more imposing than other races can boast. Fearing the loss of the city's most critical food source, Glrk'nr orders the garrison out. Xengbubukza is the only goblin available with military leadership experience, so he heads the force. He proves adept at defensive tactics, using his extensive knowledge of the lands around Glrk'nr to good effect. The battle is ferocious and extended, as the goblins strike at groups of lizardmen, then disappear into the hills before an organized response can be made. The lizardmen wreck the half-built watermill in the northern farms, but at the end of the day they've been slaughtered and most of the garrison is intact.
The city's less directly war-related affairs go reasonably well. The year's harvest mostly made it in before the lizardman attack, and Kazastrugu has worked out a decent bloodcaster training program. The blood magic he teaches requires no hard-to-find resources, but acquiring prisoners to draw blood from is not inexpensive, and the freely given blood used for some other purposes tends to be expensive, as well.
Meanwhile, the attacking forces approach the enemy city and begin making their final plans...

Zrlv bloodcasting researched!
    Blood magic uses 3 money in place of magical resourecs
    Allows mage school (3 wood or stone, 6 money, 6 labor)
        Allows production of caster units
    Allows bloodcasters (6 money, 3 labor)
    Spell learned: Bloodseeking arrows
Raider attack! Watermill not built
Population grows to 18,497
Production bonus! 19 labor available
1 stone, 1 wool, 1 iron stored; 2 wool, 1 glowing mushroom used

Jericho

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(I seem to have upgraded your spearmen to warriors in my mind, but not in the status post. I'm changing them; I'm sure you don't mind.)
The Jerrans have a fine year. They finally figure out how to work with metal, and the year's harvest and fishing go well. Admiral Bonnie is unable to fit a full unit of spearmen on her galley, but, undeterred, she loads up those she can and sails to the east. Landing in the eastern bay and exploring the forest, she comes upon a small, secluded town. The people there are wary, but not hostile, and treat the visitors well. They harvest many valuable spices from their forest home, and offer to trade them for the pearl jewelry Bonnie brought. Seeking to cement friendly relations, she agrees, and brings the spices back to Jericho.

Metalworking researched!
Trade: 1 jewelry traded for 1 spice
Population grows to 19,089
Production bonus! 20 labor available
3 food, 1 pearls, 2 stone, 2 wood, 1 spice stored; 1 jewelry used
18 money collected, 3 spent

Asykon

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Antemnon prospers, and the city's research efforts continue apace. The scholars perfect their deep mining techniques, and experiment with more advanced machinery. They devise a wind-powered mill that, while less effective than the animated mills they already know how to build, is far cheaper to erect.
The magical swords being produced by the city's armories are put into use, and if the justifiably proud artisans don't quite boast that they are the finest weapons in the world, they come pretty close. There's some talk about the peculiarity of not giving their weilders any shields or armor, though.

Deep mining researched!
    Allows deep mine (replaces existing mine, 2 wood, 4 labor, doubles mine production)
Machinery researched!
    Allows windmill (2 wood or stone, 1 wood, 1 wool, 4 labor, +1 mill bonus, cannot be built adjacent to another windmill)
Population grows to 15,620
Market built
Magic swordsmen trained (12M/4/15/1)
1 stone, 3 wool, 1 gold, 1 wood, 1 leather stored
7 money collected, 3 spent

Baneriant

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Jen leads her forces back north, in search of booty and nice pointy rocks. They find the town has built up its forces considerably, but they still outnumber the defenders by a good margin. The ensuing battle is fierce, and the defenders inflict significant casualties, but the attackers' superior numbers prove telling, and the defenders break. The raiders then set about ravaging the countryside, looting anything they can carry and burning the rest. They find the city's source of flint, but have neither the time nor the discipline to excavate much before they head back home. Still, it was a very profitable raid.
Things at home are less exciting, but go reasonably well. A silver mine is built in the hills, and irrigation along the river. Research into horseback riding is going steadily, although no breakthroughs have been made as of yet. Ragt'ich's population continues to grow, and the city is in fact becoming rather crowded. The always high crime rate is getting even worse, and a few people are starting to pack up and leave in search of safer places to live.

Raiding!
    Looted 5 food, 7 money, 2 clothes, 1 wood
    1 warriors destroyed
    Military victory! +1 morale for two turns!
Morale drops to 7+1
Population grows to 15,950
Production bonus! 15 labor available
Overcrowding! (-2% growth)
Mine built
Irrigation built
2 wood, 1 spice stored; 1 leather used
2 leather armor made
8 money collected, 5 spent

Combat round! Zrlv vs. Neo-Tyrgani!

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Marching down from the western mountains, the goblin forces approach Citadel City in force. Lead by a company of goblins on mutated wolves, the attacking force is smaller than that of the human defenders, but armed to the teeth with metal equipment no living Neo-Tyrgani has ever seen the likes of. The defenders, for their part, ready their stone weapons and their grenade lighters and prepare for battle.

Zrlv forces:
Warriors (5M/4/15/1)
Hunters (5R/3/10/1)
Iron defenders (5M/8/20/1)
Wolfriders (11M/6/20/2 First strike 0)

Neo-Tyrgani forces:
Horsemen (7M/3/15/2) - in city
2 Stone swordsmen (7M/4/15/1)
Swordsman-grenadiers (6M/4/15/1 throwing 6 fire; upkeep 2)
Hammer Grenadiers (6M/3/15/1 throwing 6 fire; upkeep 2)
Sling Grenadiers (6R/3/15/1 first strike 2; fire attack; upkeep 2)

PM me your battle plans, combatants! I'll update the status post after the combat round ends.

[Pandarsenic]

:I Vanigo, I need my fix of AoR.

[Vanigo]

Well, that was an interesting battle. Had to run it twice because I forgot about a rather important order Panda had given, which made a huge difference. Also luck. Lots of luck. There are no actual critical hits in this system, but man, when the dice fall the right way...

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The Neo-Tyrgani forces notice the approaching goblin forces and attempt to intercept them before they reach the populace, but they haven't been as diligent about patrols as they might have been, and don't get to the the attackers until they reach the copper mine and ember rose fields. When they arrive, the wolfriders are riding down the workers who didn't manage to flee quickly enough and trying to capture them. Their mounts aren't really cooperating with the whole "taking people alive" thing, though, and most of the miners who don't escape get fatally mauled and/or gored by the wolves' spiny manes. The goblin infantry, meanwhile, spot the approaching defenders and set up defensive positions on the high ground in the north.
The battle joins as the Neo-Tyrgani cavalry and staff-slingers peel off to attack the wolfriders, as the goblin archers fire on them from the mountains. The slingers launch grenades at the wolfriders while the goblin hunters try to suppress their fire. The goblin mounts are terrified by the flames, and the wolfriders are severely disrupted before the cavalry units reach each other, but the archers take their own heavy toll on the grenade-launchers. Even as disorganized as they are, though, the goblins' superior equipment and vicious mounts are telling advantages, and the human cavalry breaks before they do. The decimated grenadiers pull back to the rest of the defending forces while the equally ravaged wolfriders try to reorganize.
Meanwhile, the defending infantry advances on the goblins' position. The iron defenders shrug off what should have been a withering barrage of grenades as the forces collide, and the two forces engage hand-to-hand. The human forces outnumber the goblins two to one, and a force easily outflanks the goblin infantry and reaches the archers while they focus on the cavalry battle. They quickly destroy the archers and turn back to the rest of the infantry. By the time the goblin cavalry sorts itself out and charges back into the battle, the human slingmen have also rallied, and ravage the wolfriders with a barrage of grenades as they approach, killing most of them and scattering the survivors to the hills. The iron defenders prove nearly impervious to the human infantry's spears, but when the grenadiers turn their attention to them they begin to die in droves. They retreat before the human infantry can surround them. The goblin warriors, who have survived by virtue of being largely ignored, also make good their escape.

Destroyed units:
Zrlv:
Wolfriders
Hunters
Military defeat! -1 morale for two turns

Neo-Tyrgani:
Swordsmen
400 civilan miners
Military victory! +1 morale for two turns

Edit: Also, it looks like I won't have time to update the OP tonight after all. That took... well, almost exactly twice as long as it should have.

[Pandarsenic]

Well, that was an interesting battle. Had to run it twice because I forgot about a rather important order Panda had given, which made a huge difference. Also luck. Lots of luck. There are no actual critical hits in this system, but man, when the dice fall the right way...

D: Could you explain? Also, which order?
Also, my "400 dead civilian miners" appears to push me to 15,998 civilians. Do I seriously get deprived of my 16th unit of labor from this? If so, I disband my cavalry and return their equipment to my stockpiles and set them to work so I do get my 16th labor point. :I Dremmeur Sai and Keyiro Mitheinous may be required to work like everyone else for a turn to make up that last labor point.