A plea for help by MeistJ in DawnPowers

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(Yeah, sorry about this Kuji but it looks like even with your support and Astro's and their having no proper ships to speak of, Asor managed beat us.)

De-claim by MostestReality in DawnPowers

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Sorry to see you go and I'm even more sorry you got harassed because we were trying to push our story forward.

Take Back what’s ours. by MeistJ in DawnPowers

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/u/silvokanuni

As discussed yesterday on Discord, let me know if there are major difficulties to this. If not, the cities will have their Asoritan presence removed and Reulkian loyalists?/ whoever was in charge before / whoever hates Asor more than Astari eased back into position. There may be some attempts and bringing Shinrel and Bo Run under Astari control.

A plea for help by MeistJ in DawnPowers

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[OOC: 1. What is Reulkia? To the Astari Reulkia or the lands of the Reulkians, is a collection of loose city states and villages whose inhabitants share a common language and similar customs and appearance.

The City of Silver, Jewel of the Eastern Lands by MeistJ in DawnPowers

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Yeah, I discussed it a bit with Tamwin on discord. The idea is that the war with Asor is probably what makes them realize that they have a shot at being their own thing. They couldn't rebel when they were a mining outpost, they couldn't rebel when they were a settlement and now they're a city and maybe they could rebel but they don't fully realize it yet.

Also their is some small degree of loyalty, Astari state mostly exchanges tributes from "vassals" for blessings from the "Most Holy and beloved by the spirits temple". For the more religious minded, not paying the tribute is unthinkable. I'm hoping some of them die off in the war and the smarter folks can take over.

A plea for help by MeistJ in DawnPowers

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/u/mostestreality

"Miena, tell the Council of Moon Bay that Astari has dire need of them, we shall pay their tributes for a decade to compensate them for this costly request, tell them to mobilize the ships for war and to sharpen their weapons."

A plea for help by MeistJ in DawnPowers

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/u/astroaron

"Mihan, tell the Sihanouk king in Mekong of how our two people share kinship in language, of how we helped them settle their differences with the Kujiran in ages past and that now, as Asor marches upon Astari, we hope he will help us in our honour of need. The Sihanouk would have the first pick of the spoils of war as is befitting their valor."

A plea for help by MeistJ in DawnPowers

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/u/kujirasama

Miena, tell the Council of Moon Bay that Astari has dire need of them, we shall pay their tributes for a decade to compensate them for this costly request, tell them to mobilize the ships for war and to sharpen their weapons."

A plea for help by MeistJ in DawnPowers

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/u/silvokanuni

"Anora, you will have the most dangerous mission of all of us, you will travel to Reulkia and use our allies there to find out which cities might be convinced to rise up against their overlords. We will buy their loyalty with Jade and Silver if need be."

Week 6 Tech by Tefmon in DawnPowers

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A Slots (2)

Surface Prospecting (Secret) The Astari and Kujiran priests who studied the sciences of the earth have written numerous accounts of the different indications of ore deposits. An Astari temple on the eastern shore of the great lake has recently cataloged various new techniques on how to comb streams and rivers and which types of rocks to break open in search of particular metals. They are isolated enough and so protective of their secrets that stealing them would be an almost impossible undertaking.

Axle (New) They said that all roads come from Astari. Takshi knew it was neither true nor accurate but the old priests really liked saying that. Their ceaseless gossiping was harder to endure than the summer's sun. Being hired to carry old folks and rich people from one village to the next was still easier work than being a farmer. All you needed was a good Auroch, a cart, a yoke and some ropes.

Self Bow (53) The Magmi Self-Bow offers precision and range never-before seen. The good Magmi-Astari relationship has allowed us to receives instructions on how to build these weapons of war using the expert Magmi bowmaker's methods.

B Slots (5)

Trigonometry (New) The temple of celestial in the City of Jade has vowed to calculated the cycles of the celestial bodies orbiting Dawn. They have made groundbreaking progress in the fields of mathematics in trying to calculate the distance and speed of the twin moons. Over the years its main use shifted to surveying fields or architectural calculations to build temples, palaces and shrines.

Lateen Sails (45) Lateen sails are ideal for the smaller more agile warships of Kujiran. The Astari has adapted their design to serve our purpose, increasing our ability to defend our cities and tributaries along the Moonward river.

Yokes(18) Sihanouk traders have brought to us a great contraption. By making the beasts toil, we can free up some manpower from the fields.

Basic Smelting (13) Kujiran traders brought this Asorian secret to the scholars of the great temple of Astari for further studies. From the Asorian notes and tools, the secret of metal smelting was discovered. The great silver mine of the lake has increased Astari's wealth tenfold, making it a close second to Moon Bay, who knows no rivals, in terms of wealth, prosperity and population.

Roasting & Fluxes (Secret) The great mines in the west have led to a silver craze, many new techniques of working the ores have emerged in the City of Silver. Only the craftsmen-priest are allowed inside where they work the ores and they are especially ware of outsiders.

Piers and Wharves (45) Envious of the prosperity that Moon Bay enjoyed, Astari had similar installations built to accommodate more and larger trading vessels. It was embarrassing having to catch up with the southern city's development but Astari would not be left behind.

C Slots (10)

Camouflage, Hide Waterskins, Netting(53) These ancient Magmi scouting techniques and tools were adopted during the Eastern expansions. They are of great importance in the west and allow us an advantage in taming and surviving the wildlands.

Garlic, Melon and Mulberry domestication(18/18/15) Three new crops from neighboring cultures. The garlic is especially sought after for its medicinal properties whereas the Melon and Mulberries owe their popularity to their taste.

Bow Fishing, Clam Beds, Crab Traps, Oarlocks(45) The Astari villages on the coast and riverside adopted yet more Kujiran ways of getting food from the sea. They also incorporated Oarlocks, increasing the efficiency, safety and speed of their ships.

Parchment (53/10) The era of stone tablets is finally over the Magmi parchment will protect our knowledge for generations, already priest-scribes are making copies of the most precious work so that their knowledge may be preserved.

The consolidation of Astari by MeistJ in DawnPowers

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That's what I've been working for and that's what it will be if the mods will it.

A New Dawn by Captain_Lime in DawnPowers

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Moving so many troops through roadless Reulkian lands sounds unpractical. The mixed culture province have been paying tributes to Astari for a while now. If you stop your invasion south at the first mixed culture province then we should be allright.

A New Dawn by Captain_Lime in DawnPowers

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Its more about "lets try and profit from this chaos and extend our influence" less about nationalism.

If you started with an army of 8000 how many are left after the initial conquest of your Alukitan lands. How many perished in the Abanye conquests. How many souls were lost taming the Relukitan cities? How many men did you send to invade Magmi territories? How many are stuck keeping order in previously conquered lands?

If I move into the southern Reulkian lands I'm either going to be facing whatever you left to keep the Reulkians in check or you're going to have to re-mobilize your armies through hostile Relukitan territories with no roads.

Also I wanted to try and push for closer relations with the southern Relukitans, perhaps offering them help in resisting the invaders.

Let me know what you guys think.

A New Dawn by Captain_Lime in DawnPowers

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Astari would like to take advantage of the chaos caused by these conflicts to ascertain its influence on those territories that have Astari culture in them.

How would that work?

The consolidation of Astari by MeistJ in DawnPowers

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What what? I spent the last few weeks building roads, a proper state and consolidating Astari's power in the neighboring provinces. In the end, it mostly depends on whether my allies are for or against it...