The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter One Hundred and Fifty-Three - The First Algiers/Air War
I order 33k to Dahomey’s capital and Air’s Borno
5 Dec – we win in Abomey and begin a siege
10 Dec – Our High Imam passes:
Stability drops to +2
High Imam Muhammed V 2/6/1, age 36
Heir – 1/2/1 – rough age 0
Do I spend 50 prestige to disinherit him? We have +100% with Ibadi, I do so
Consort – 2/3/3
1 Jan, 1673 – We capture Borno
I chase their army in Yola
7 Ja - Yola falls
25 Jan – RM with Malacca
5 Feb – Abomey falls!
26 Feb 0 Yola win
1 Mar – Berezov – Siberia – North of Muscovy, Copper, 3 dev, Arctic, Algerian, Ibadi, Forest makes 0.04
I head north to the coastal Obdorsk
5 Mar – Natives there no longer
I pass this decision since I have a Dip score of at least 5:
Islamic Center of Learning - +1% Missionary Strength, -5% tech costs
11 Mar – Dahomey minor falls
RM with Persia
1 Apr – Rebellion in Bunyoro, I order my army over
3 Apr – We rout the Air army!
24 Apr – the last Dahomey minor falls!
28 Apr – rebels killed
6 May – Minor falls
Warscore of 99!
What can I get?
Borno – Capital, Wartarget – 13 score 12 badboy
I can only get one more Air without annoying Somalia
Mandara – Connects Borno to Marghi – 11 score and 8 badboy
24 warscore and 20.3 badboy – I do it. 113 cores done
Borno – COT Emporium – Trade Depot, Mosque, Farm Estate for Grain, Kanuri and Sunni, Arid Steppes, 15 dev, make 0.71
Mandara – Tropical, Savannah, Mill for Tropical Wood and Workshop makes 0.65, 10 dev, also Kanuri but Fetishist,
Not as big as I wanted, but I got what I could and split up Air