EU4 - Now What - Mzab - Now Algiers! Finished - 11 Nov, 1444 - 3 Jan, 1821

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter One Hundred and Seventy - The 5th Algiers/Kilwa War


I order my three armies on the south flank to Kalonga -15k, 2 31k

My fleet is in the Zanzibar Strati

On the north flank my three armies (7k, 33k, 31k) are ordered to the minor of Zigua

21 Nov – Both minors fall, I order my northern army to Kilwa’s capital of Kilwa

8 Jan, 1696 – We capture a minor

28 Feb – Another minor falls on the southern flank and this 77k army is next to their 43k army in Lindi, I order my army there

6 Mar – Kilwa falls! I order my armies to Lindi next door

1 April – Our DIP level 3 advisor passes, the Naval reformer, I hire a level 3 Naval Reformer to replace it

16 April – We win the Campaign in Lindi, I order half of my army to follow

I decline an alliance offer from Austria, I don’t wanna get in the Turks’ way

18 May – Lindi is ours!

I split up my armies

4 July – I rout their army in Quelimane

8 July – Three minors fall

7 Aug – Quelimane falls!

31 Aug – Four minors fall!

16 Sept – Event – Naval Research Wrong -I spend 10 prestige to avoid losing DIP power

14 Oct - The last Kilwa province in the mainland falls! I have a warscore of 86 – what can I get?

Let’s go for a big one:

Southern Kilwa:

Quelimane – Coastal, next to us in Sofala, Lolo and Sena – 16 warscore, 15 badboy

Kalonga – Wartarget, south coast of Lake Malawi, next to our Lolo and Lundu and east of Nsenga – 7 warscore and badboy

Lomwe – North of Lolo, East of Kalonga – 5 warscore and 2 badboy

Most of the others will madden Kilwa.

Not this:

Makua – Connects Quelimane and Lomwe, east of us in Lolo – 6 warscore and 4 badboy:



5th War – 34 warscore and 27.4 badboy - I also zoomed into my cash

I take peace and then spend coring 162, more than 100 of that was the big prize…

Southern Kilwa:

Quelimane – Coastal, next to us in Sofala, Lolo and Sena – This was a big prize – 27 dev, Ivory, Tropical and Coastline, Nyasa Fetishists, 0.21 made here, Zambezi Estuary, Conscription Center, Shipyard, Stock Exchange, Drydock, Town Hall, I order destroyed here the Drydock for a Trade Station manufactory later

Kalonga – Wartarget, south coast of Lake Malawi, next to our Lolo and Lundu and east of Nsenga – 11 dev, Drylands, Iron mining, COT Emporium, Tropical, Nyasa Fetishists, Training Fields, Workshop, Weapons Manufactory and Conscription Center, makes 1.03

Lomwe – North of Lolo, East of Kalonga – Tropical Savannah, Trade Station for Ivory, Workshop, just 3 dev, makes 0.57, Makua Fetishist,

Makua – Connects Quelimane and Lomwe, east of us in Lolo – Throw in – Makua Fetishist, Ivory, Savannah, 6 dev, Trade Station, Workshop, 0.86, Tropical

Four great trade goods - Iron and three Ivory all at least 4.0.

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter One Hundred and Seventy-One - The High Imam Dies


14 Oct – I order my 31k southern flank armies to Lomwe and Quelimane

I disband my mercs

I order my two other armies back and my 33k will stay here rather than moving up

I order built:

Great Work:

Demnate - 5k in which gives me +10% trade efficacy,

I hand a Majils seat to Abomey

Star Forts:

Bedde
Marghi
Muniyo

Trade Station for Spices in Nias; Slaves in Abomey

Counting House:

Cloth – Thuqagt
Salt – Lualaba
Iron – Karagwe, Gobir
Ivory – Gabu, Futa Jallon

That leaves me 2241 for emergencies

I order my fleet to protect trade

This war ends in 1705 in nine years

Next Mombasa – they have just five provinces, but they are high development and will take a few wars to incorporate save for the southern most one.

22 Nov – I order a diplomat to make nice with Yan

1 Jan, 1697 – I don’t order anything until next year

1 July – We max relations with Wu at 89 I pull my diplomat

2 Aug – Uh oh. Portugal is gone, Spain has removed them from the map

14 Sept – I send the Wu diplomat to make nice with Engerland

12 Oct – Our High Imam dies!

Our stability drops to +2

Our new leader:

Muhammad Vi – 1/3/4 – age 21

We are still married with Malacca and Persia

I offer a RM to Bengal – They accept:

Our new Consort – Malika Bibi – 0/5/1 – age 26

I pass the Denouncement of Sect Practices act for death which drops my unrest

5 Nov – All of my boats are built in South Africa – I order them to Cape and my main navy there as well

I order another 31 army in Egypt

27 Nov – I order the best Shiekh and get a +5% tax revenue for the life of Muhammad Vi

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter One Hundred and Seventy-Two - A New Heir is Born


17 Jan, 1698 – I order:

Counting Houses Here:

Grain – Bizerte, Sah
Livestock – Cape, Lesser Namaqualand
Spices – Mpasu
Coffee – Manadu
Paper – Aftih
Fish – Karabara
Incense – Kendari
Iron – Hemba, Lenje, Buzinza

That leaves me 3020 for mercs and emergencies

Malacca’s war with Bengal and Dai Viet over and they lost a lot of territory in the Malay Peninsula and SE Asia.

Mombasa – 33k, our three northern flank armies in Kilwa should be fine.

My navy is updated in Cape and I order it back out to protect trade in Zanzibar.

I order another slate of upgrades in South Africa. Same – 5 heavies, 6 lights

7 April – A new heir Is born – 2/2/2 not great.

22 June – Event - We get +10 prestige rather than hiring a new advisor for ADM

15 Oct – Cores done from our new four options:

Kalonga and Qulimane are already cores from their states

State:

Makuana – Ivory in two in Lomwe and Makua

Missionaries ordered to:

Lomwe – 13 months
Makua – 14 months
Kalonga - 15 months
Quelimane- Get ready…128 months, wow that’s long

22 Oct – Event - +10% Legalism

1 Nov – At 90, relations maxed with Yan, I pull my diplomat

I hand a Majils seat to Quelimane

2 Jan, 1699 - I order another 31k army in Lake Victoria

It’s at 192.41 cash with 26k finished of 31k in Egypt, and I am still making 314.72 monthly

I order:

Mill for Tropical Wood in Moshi
Trade Station for Slaves in Ketu

Counting Houses Here:

Slaves – Nyatura, Benguela
Livestock – Hehe
Dyes – Bagoe
Spices – Brunei, Ghadames
Sugar – Madeira
Tropical Wood – Luangwa

That leaves me 2515 for emergencies

1 April – Relations maxed with England, I pull my dip

1 May - I lose 22 claims! Including Mombasa. I spend 50 MIL to get them back with a Holy War called for

10 Aug – 31k army finished in Egypt!

Air is at war with Somalia since their truce was up before ours was

9 Sept – Lomwe converts! Three left from Kilwa!

20 Sept – Makua converts – two left!

8 Oct – Kalonga converts just the long campaign in Quelimane left

28 Oct – Event- Tariffs too High in La Plata - I reduce and drop their taxs by 10% but our revolting there by that amount as well

15 Dec - I order my navy to the Zanzibar Strait

1 Jan, 1700 – A new Institution has arrived – The Enlightenment – as a reminder, I’ll get tech hurts every year until we embrace.

The Age of Absolutism ends in ten years

New Tech!

MIL TECH 24 – Covered Way – We get +0.25 morale, +2 combat width and can build Star Fort upgrades called Fortresses

Somalia already has it and is building them.

These cost an extra 190 cash and will take 30 months.

Bastion Upgraded Star Forts Ordered:

All 7 Egyptian provinces next to Somalia

Three next to them in West Africa – Kanem, Bornu and Mandara

Kilwa region next to Somalia – Turkana, Kuria, Taveta

That drops my cash to 3753, enough to keep open for the upcoming war with Mombasa

4 Jan – Event – Spain’s South African province of Xhosa converted to Ibadi

24 Jan – Our fleet arrives in the Zanzibar strait

I DOW Mombasa for their lower dev holding next to my three armies called Tanga, their southernmost army.

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter One Hundred and Seventy-Two - The First Algiers/Mombasa War


I order my 3 armies into Tanga, which is next to their Star Fort in Mombasa.

9 Feb – We win a Naval Battle and captured 8 ships! I order those to berth in Mzizma for repairs and upgrades.

15 Feb - I send a diplomat to make nice with Japan

22 Mar- Tanga falls – next is the Siege of Mombasa

1 Apr – Peace with Air is up

12 April – We begin the siege of Mombasa with a cannonade

6 July – Another 31k from south Kilwa joins the siege

26 Aug – Our 31k army finishes in Lake Vicotria region, I order it to Mombasa

1 Nov – Our DIP Power is about to hit it’s max, I spend some upping the Dev of gold holdings like Zimbabwe and Lower Limpopo and Butua

15 Nov – Lake Victoria army arrives in Mombasa

I spend 90 to upgrade my taken ships

1 Jan, 1701 – Relations maxed with Japan I pull my diplomat

15 Mar – Ships finished in South Africa, I send them to Cape, I order another 8 heavies here

28 Mar- I send my Japan diplomat to make nice with Muscovy

1 April – 14k Separatists rise up in Quelimane where my army is

9 April – No longer

21 April - Our 20 year Shala’fi Scholar finishes, I spend 50 ADM and bring in another

1 July – Event – A Royal Influence – Our state is loving Bengal where our Consort lives, Muhumbe is now Sunni

I send a Missionary there for 20 months

12 July – The minor next to Mombasa called Malindi falls to Sale

16 Aug – After 495 days, Mombasa falls, I order north of Malindi to where their army is – Lamu

We have a warscore of 75%

Their navy flees into the Zanzibar Strait where my main navy is

1 Sept – We with the battle and capture another 6 ships I send to Mzizma

25 Sept – Quelimane converts!

27 Sept – We win the battle of Lamu

They fleet to Pate a Fortress

1 Nov – Lamu falls, I have a 90 warscore

What can I get? Without annoying anyone?

Tanga – Wartarget - Lower dev, southern of 5, Coastal, north of Bagamoyo, east of Shamba – 9 warscore, 12 badboy – wow that’s a lot.

North is their capital of Mombasa, can I get it?

Kilwa will care with just Mombasa. What else can I get?

Even just Malindi will make Kilwa upset.

So let’s make Kilwa upset then, I don’t like it, but what else can we do?

Mombasa – Captial, North of Tanga – a massive 30 warscore, 24 badboy

Malindi - North of Mombasa – Brings in Somalia, nope



Kilwa cares, no one else does, 39 score, and 35.9 badboy, I do it and spend 91

Tanga – Wartarget - Lower dev, southern of 5, Coastal, north of Bagamoyo, east of Shamba – Trade Station for Ivory, Counting House, Conscription Center, Grand Shipyard, 15 dev, Coastline, Tropical, Swahili and Fetishist, 1.84 made here

Mombasa – Captial, North of Tanga – COT Entrepot, a massive 39 dev, Fortress, Counting House, Conscription Center, Trade Station for Ivory, Stock Exchange, Grand Shipyard, Swahili people, Sunni faith, Tropical Coastline, makes 0.89 monthly

Nasty!

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter One Hundred and Seventy-Three - Another Great Work Started


1 Nov, 1701 – I order my armies back:

31k to Lomwe
7k to Shamba
31k to Mzizma
33k to Gogo
31k to Kalonga

All next to Kilwa

I spend 5k on this Great Work:

Mpemba- When finished +1 annual legitimacy, +50% Institution Spread in Ibadi; +20% Reform growth

I order:

Trade Station for Ivory in Quelimane

Fortresses here:

West Africa:

Manga
Muniyo
Bedde
Marghi

North Africa:
 
Mitija
Djerba

Egypt Border with Turks:

As-Suways
Sharqiya

Egypt’s capital next door of Qahirah

That leaves me 1727 in cash

1 Jan, 1702 – I don’t order anything now, I’ll wait until next year

I order another 31k Egyptian army built

My land maint is 245.34 and I am making 280.85 extra after expenses and my army is 439k of 486

I order 31k from Borneo to Bagamoyo, I’ll need it against Somalia

I order my main navy to join with my new one in Cape and the captured ships from Mombasa

24 Feb – Our policy ends, I start a new debate for Emergency Impressment which gives me 36680 Sailors when passed

6 Mar – Navies combine, here it is now:

69 Heavies
68 Lights
27 Galleys
49 Transports

I order it to protect trade in Zanzibar

1 June – With a 69 relations maxed with Muscovy I pull them

13 June – Navy from Borneo arrives in Bagamoyo

Air is gone

2 July- Muscovy dip sent to make nice with Shun

6 July – I promote a new general to replace a dying one

21 Sept – Event – Naïve Relative - I lose 10 prestige

24 Oct – Event – Famine in Buzinza

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter One Hundred and Seventy-Four - Mombasa Stated

1 Jan, 1703 – I order:

Fortress Upgrades Here:

Indies:

Sambas
Kutai
Palopo
Lombok
Maguindanao

North Africa:

Tunis
Meknes

South Africa:

Sofala
Butua

2215 left

New Tech!!!

ADMIN TECH 25 – Improved Production - +2% production efficiency

7 Mar – Muhamwe converts!

9 Mar – 8 great ships are done in South Africa, I order them to assemble in Cape

Navy – We have the 3rd biggest navy after France and Ottomans

My naval maint is 86.05 and I have room for 15 more ships

I don’t order any more

1 May – New Tech!

DIP TECH 25 – The Threedeckers – I can build Threedecker upgrades and +.50 naval morale and then +10% naval maint, which is now 87.94

I order my main fleet to Mzizma where my Cape navy will arrive

20 May – I spend 3k to upgrade my navy

24 June – I order 31k from West Africa to Egypt

11 Sept – Event – Tariffs on Sugar – I agree and +5% trade with Brazil

4 Nov - Tanga and Mombasa are cored!

I state:

Mombasa – Ivory in Mombasa, Tanga,

That needed to happen

I hand a Majils Seat to Mombasa

I spend 90 DIP to promote Swahili to an accepted Cultures, that’s our last open spot, it includes Zanzibar and most nearby high things

With cores, states, and an accepted culture, I am now making:

Mombasa – 2.68
Tanga - 1.84

I order Missionaries:

Tanga – Just 9 months
Mombasa – Not bad at 27 months

1 Dec – I recall my Brazil making nice diplomat

5 Jan, 1704 - I send it to make nice with Venice

I order Fortress Upgrades:

Iskandarriyya
Inhambane
Kawar

I order Counting Houses Here:

Cloth – Jenne
Spices – Nias

That leaves me 1743 for emergencies

Our 31k army is done in Egypt, we now have an army maintenance of 230.08 I am making 308.81 monthly

25 Mar- I order my 31k from Palopo to Malacca’s Kelantan

1 April – With a 75 we max relations with Shun, I pull my diplomat

7 Aug – Tanga converts! It’s now making 2.43! Nasty!

23 Sept – Event – I lose 10 prestige rather than 50 DIP power

1 Jan, 1705 – I order my navy to the Zanzibar Strait. This year our truce with Kilwa finishes so nothing is ordered.

1 April – 1705 – Peace is done with Kilwa!

I DOW Kilwa for the Lake Malawi Ivory 7 dev province Katsekera – our 6th war

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter One Hundred and Seventy-Five - The 5th Algiers/Kilwa War

I order my three southern 31k armies to Katsekera

I order my four northern armies to minor Zigua

25 May – Both fall, my northern army is dispatched to Kilwa to siege it

19 June - I give military access to Muscovy which will mean they cannot DOW Siberia

29 June – A minor falls

13 Aug – Another minor falls, there is a 12k army next door in Ibo I order my army there

30 Aug – Kilwa falls and we win the Battle of Ibo

15 Sept – We win in the Zanzibar Strait and capture 2 large ships, I order them to Zanzibar

We also routed a 7k army in Makonde

22 Sept – I spend 150 to upgrade my ships

1 Oct- Ibo falls.

My relations with Venice maxed I pull my diplomat

19 Oct – Makonde falls, I split up my army

28 Oct- Event Local traders need aid – I spend 100 cash to help

23 Nov – Southern flank captures minor of Mozambique

5 Dec – Three northern minors have fallen

19 Jan, 1706 – We capture their last holding on the mainland

What can I get with a warscore of 71?

I was previously keeping Kilwa out of a coalition, but now I don’t care, I just don’t want Somalia or Mombasa to join:

South Kilwa:

Katsekera – Wartarget, north of us in Lomwe and Kalonga , east coast of Lake Malawi – 5 warscore and 4 badboy

Let’s do one high warscore one:

North Kilwa:

Kilwa – Capital, coastal, south of Mzizima – 24 warscore, 19 badboy

South Again:

Angoche – Coastal, North of Quelimane, SE of Makua – 8 warscore and 9 badboy

Most other things nearby bring in Somalia

Any minors I can toss in anywhere?

Yup!

North Again:

Zigua – Surrounded by six of ours, north of Kilwa’s Kinga – 9 warscore and 6 badboy

Ready?



46 warscore and 38.5 badboy.

I do peace and spend 156 ADM coring

South Kilwa:

Katsekera – Wartarget, north of us in Lomwe and Kalonga , east coast of Lake Malawi – Tropical Savannah, Nyasa Fetishists, 0.81 made here with 7 dev and Ivory trade, with Trade Station and Workshop

Angoche – Coastal, North of Quelimane, SE of Makua – Conscription Center, Grand Shipyard, Counting House, Tropical Coastline, the accepted Swahili culture, Sunni faith, 11 dev, making us 0.82,

North Kilwa:

Kilwa – Capital, coastal, south of Mzizima – This is a big one! “Kilwa City” great project, 22 dev, Swahili and Sunni, Natural Harbor, Tropical Coastline, Stock Exchange Grand Shipyard and Mosque, open space, makes us 5.47 from…Gold Mines!

Zigua – Surrounded by six of ours, north of Kilwa’s Kinga – Throw in – Livestock, Tropical Savannah, 7 dev, Farm Estate and Conscription Center making us 0.13, Swahili and Sunni,

Three more Swahili provinces including the big one.

This war ends 1715

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter One Hundred and Seventy-Six - Stating Mozambique


19 Jan – I order my armies to Kilwa and Angoche

I order the other four armies to next to Mombasa and Somalia

I order:

Fortress Upgrades:

Cape

Counting Houses Here:

Wool – Kef, Biskra
Livestock – Tenere, Damagaram, Ader, Sabha, Kasdir, Itesan, Pindiga, Saoura
Paper – Kanem
Tropical Wood – Bauchi, Moshi, Mandara
Sugar – Sfax
Fur - Ude

That leaves me 2461

18 Feb – Mombasa converts! It’s now making us 3.56

1 Mar – I send a diplomat to make nice with Commonwealth and Austria

31 Mar – I combine my navies in Zanzibar

27 June – Event – Quality Wool – We get 1052 cash

1 Jan, 1707 – With +60 I pull my diplomat from the Commonwealth

I do not buy anything to save my cash for a future war with Somalia which has 160k. I am removing the West Africa flank and just keep 31k here for an emergency. We have in Egypt 7 31k armies so around 210 and then 6 31k and one 33k and 7 on the south flank, so around 190k total there.

I’ll also hire mercs to support these flanks to push out.

I want to bring in Kilwa’s four holdings first.

8 Mar - I order my navy to the Res Sea Strait that connects Africa and Arabia in Mokha called Bab el Mandib
 
24 April – Our Consort has died!

14 June – My navy is there

This’ll stop Aden from marching troops to reinforce them

20 July – Cores done in everyone save for Katsekera

Missionaries:

Zigua – 20 months
Angoche – 22 months
Kilwa - 30

Zigua is a state with Tanzania already, Kilwa in Central Swahili Coast already

I state:

Mozambique – One – Ivory in Angoche -

I order my Angoche army to the southern border with Somalia

1 Sept – With an 80 our relations max with Austria I pull back my diplomat

5 Oct – I order my Kilwa army up a few

30 Oct- Event – Coffee and Tobacco- I don’t restrict and gain legalism but we also get +6 revolt risk in Zimbabwe area for 5 years

9 Dec – I hire a new general to replace one that died

20 Jan, 1708 – Katsekera now a core, Missionary here for 12 months

Armies are in place

Am I ready for the 1st war with Somalia?

Before I DOW I want to make sure I can hire mercs prior to war

I am making 318.38

I hire:

1.13k now, and 30.96 monthly the 45k army in Lake Victoria’s Busoga for the Independent Army
30k Grand Company in Egypt’s Dongola
15k Free Company in Tanga on the Southern Flank

31 Jan – Mercs are here

I have –

36k on Malay Peninsula next to Kedah which has 21k

My navy parked

Let’s do it!

I DOW for Somalia’s Egyptian Red Sea Massawa

All Allies join - we are now at war with:

Somalia
Aden
Kedah
Mahra

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter One Hundred and Seventy-Six - The 1st Algiers/Somalia War

I order my 36k to Kedah

On the South Flank I order all of my armies are ordered to the Fortress of Kikuyu

On the Egyptian flank I order to the minor of Beja

4 Feb – We win a minor naval battle, we capture a few ships, I order them to berth in our Red Sea’s Suakin to rebuild.

12 Mar – Beja is ours, next is the Fortress of Mendefera next to us

1 May – Our votes failed – next is Quartering of Troops

25 May - The Kedah army is in our Bengkulu besieging us

4 June – The southern flank captures a minor

6 June – A northern minor falls

1 Aug – I don’t invest in War Tech 25 at war

15 Aug – Kikuyu falls! Our warscore is just 1

22 Aug – We capture a west flank minor and pull back, I don’t wanna annoy them with my 31k army

25 Aug – We capture the wartarget Massawa with my mercs

7 Oct – Zigua converts!

We capture a southern flank minor

15 Oct – Mendefera falls – I head next door to 13k Aksum

22 Oct – 85k Aden armies have arrived in Sharqiya and As-Suways, I’ll head over now that we captured Mendefera and after fighting those Aksum troops

6 Nov – Angoche converts!

9 Nov – We win in Aksum and capture a northern minor with my mercs

18 Nov – Southern minor falls,

25 Dec – Two minors fall

31 Jan, 1709 – We capture Pattani in the Malay peninsula, next their captial

A minor fell, next is their capital of Mogadishu

10 Feb – Kilwa converts as does Katsekera

1 Mar – We win in As-Suways

19 Mar- We win in Sharqiya – I order my army south again

4 April – Mogadishu falls! We have a 33% warscore

13 May – Minor falls on Southern Flank

13 June – Two minors refell back to Somalia

21 June – A southern minor falls, it’s next to 28k troops in Meregh I order my army there

12 July – We win the battle of Meregh

23 July – We win the Battle of Gezira

5 Aug – They have three armies on the West Flak

I order my Norther army to the Fortress of Tegali

11 Aug- Another minor falls to us

18 Sept - Another minors falls I order my southern army to the Fortress of Degehbur

9 Oct – Another minor falls to my mercs

21 Nov – Another minor falls to us

4 Dec – I cannot get to the West Flank, I hire 30k in Marghi

26 Jan, 1710 – An 19k army recaptures the wartargget my 30k are heading over

1 Feb – The Age of Revolutions has begun!

19 Mar – The wartarget is ours again

I have a 41 warscore again

12 May – The capital of Kedah falls to me!

Now a 50% warscore

5 June – We win the campaign in West Africa’s Mandara

28 June – Tegali falls!

Next the Fortress of Darfur

26 Aug – Degehbur falls!

Next is the Star Fort of Kaffa

I have a warscore of 55%

What can I get?

If you’ll recall I want the Red Sea down to the crossing over the Red Sea to keep the Turks from heading down the coast after Aden. I’ve wiped out my manpower and need to rebuild.

I’ll take as much as possible after my Red Sea stuff until Somalia cares.

Ready?

North Somalia:

Massawa – Wartarget, Red Sea, South of Suakin – 3 warscore, 4 badboy

Assab – Red Sea, South of Massawa, 5 warscore, 3 badboy

Tajura – Red Sea, south of Assab, strait to Arabia - 8 warscore and badboy, but Somalia cares. Uh oh. What do I do? Do it and then annoy them later? I don’t want Somalia joining Kilwa. But I need to stop the Turks from crossing over, and I need to get land from my 206k manpower spent and years of fighting.

I do it.

What else?

Now it’s just good things

Can I get Mokha?

Mokha – Arabian Peninsula, strait to Tajura – Surrounded by Aden – I don’t want them to attack us from the strait – 10 warscore and badboy

Fazughli – South of us in Al Qadarif, Cuts Somalia off from western holdings – 5 score and 3 badboy

South Somalia:

Tana – North of Taveta – 7 score, 9 badboy

That’s the most I can do with Mombasa on the sidelines:



38 score, 36.8 badboy I do it! I spend ADM equal to 132

My new stuff!

North Somalia:

Massawa – Wartarget, Red Sea, South of Suakin – Mill for Gems, Grand Shipyard, Tigray Coptic, Arid Coastal Desert, 5 dev, makes us 0.41

Assab – Red Sea, South of Massawa – Afar and Sunni, Arid Coastal Desert – Grand Shipyard and Farm Estate for Livestock, 4 dev, 0.34 made here.

Tajura – Red Sea, south of Assab, strait to Arabia – 10 dev, Afar and Sunni, Arid and Coastal Desert, Farm Estate for Livestock and Workshop and Conscription Center 0.68 made here

Mokha – Arabian Peninsula, strait to Tajura – Surrounded by Aden – I don’t want them to attack us from the strait – Coastline, not Arid, Coffee, Afar and Sunni, 13 dev, Star Fort we can upgrade later, Workshop and Plantation, 0.36 made here

Fazughli – South of us in Al Qadarif, Cuts Somalia off from western holdings – Arid Marsh – weird combo, Salt here, Mosque and Workshop, 5 dev, Nubian and Coptic.

South Somalia:

Tana – North of Taveta – Throw in – Arid Savanah, 10 dev, Ivory trade, Conscription Center, Trade Station and Workshop, Somali culture, Sunni faith and makes us 1.19

Good stuff! We took 6 holdings, but not a major holding, so this wasn’t a major economic hit.

Peace until 1719 in nine years

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter One Hundred and Seventy-Seven - Great Work in Kilwa

26 Aug, 1710 - I order:

My 36k in Malay back to Borneo

I disband my 4 mercs – most will take years to recover, but not the 30k in the Egyptian flank, they are still fully funded.

My Egyptian armies back to Egypt

I order armies to three captured holdings

I order one southern army to Tana, the rest back to my border with Kilwa and Mombasa

That was a good military victory not a good economic one. I grabbed down to the strait in Tajura, grabbed the Arabian Mokha on the other side. Now Aden won’t be attacking our rear Fortresses in the border with the Turks but now there against a Star Fort to be upgraded to a Fortress and then I’ll build a Fortress in Tajura on the other side as a backup from Aden as well as to stop Somalia from crossing over and with my navy camping there, Aden cannot move over even after capturing Mokha

Then we bisected them with taking Fazughli. That will cut their Western Area from their main holdings, so that we can keep them from supplying them. I’ll also want to build a Fortress there so they cannot take it quickly in the next war. Everything was military in nature, save for the Ivory throw in.

Do not that all 6 goods are worth at least 3 since livestock is now a 3.40 value trade good, and that was just one in Gems. Salt is 3.3, Coffee is more than 3 and Ivory is a strong 4. That was a military take, next is economic.

By taking Mokha, the Turks cannot DOW them with a Casus Belli in the future after spreading through Aden, although they are allies. That really shuts down the Turks from spreading into my Africa. One bad thing about taking Mokha is that now when I DOW Kilwa and their Arabian Peninsula power Hormuz buddy, they can send over their troops and attack me, so we’ll now be at war here too. Hormuz has lost some land to the Turks and currently has 15k so we can siege them to bring them in in a future war.

Although the issue with Kilwa is that with few sieges proper in the last few years since they don’t have any defensive installments in the mainland, I haven’t blown through manpower in this war.

Now I need to take some time off and recover my manpower, which replaces lost men in sieges, attrition, and battles, so we blew through a strong 206k in just a few years. I cannot go to war against Kilwa or Mombasa in the soon since I need to rebuild my troops and manpower over a few years.

The next war I need to win the economic battle. But this will take a lot of wars, just like Kilwa who already has 7. But even after 7 wars and losing all of that Gold, Kilwa still has a big fat army, so we’ll need to be careful. And I cannot build troops without manpower, so I cannot add to my forces right now.

Also gone are our Sailors that you spend to make ships or to repair in ports. I send my navy to berth in Suakin where my 2 captured ships are. They are at 100% after rebuilding, and they are both light ships, and then after rebuilding I’ll send my navy back out again for trade protection in Zanzibar

Now I need to recover my manpower.

I gain 2702 per month, and we have a max of 264k

I need to update that higher and get faster manpower recovery.

There is a military building called a Training Fields that increases local manpower by 100

It costs 285 and can be built in 12 months

I order:

Great Work:

Kilwa – 2.5k to start, when finished +0.5 annual prestige, +20% ship trade power, +2 merchant trade power

Training Fields here:

West Africa:

Tekrur
Galam
Wagadu
Termes
Tagant
Baghena
Hodh
Azawad
Taudeni
Azawagh
Karou
Grain Coast
Ivory Coast

South Africa:

Great Karoo

That leaves me 2232 for cash - Getting more than 265k is my goal for this investment

Slaves are down to 2.20 – that’s not good

New Tech!

MIL TECH 25 – Royal Mortar – We get better artillery, +2 artillery fire and +0.10 shock

I order my troops upgraded

I state:

Gulf of Guinea – 4 – Dyes in Bonny, Fish in Calabar, Tropical Wood for Gabon, Naval Supplies in Cameroon – all former colonies. This is about Bonny’s Dyes

I hand a Majils Seat to Gold province in West Africa Bure

1 Sept – I spend 50 DIP inviting minorities

30 Sept- Event – Royal Patronage – I don’t spend 7446 cash to hire someone and invest

29 Oct - I accept Institution Sharing with Passau

1 Nov – My Sailors are building up again

2 Dec – Event – Monument to Zimbabwe – We get better relations, cash, and +20 prestige

31 Dec - 7k Rebellion in March Sale

[Abe Sargent]

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1 Jan, 1711 – I don’t order anything, I’ll wait until next year

My fleet is fully healed, I order to protect trade in Zanzibar

Deccan and the Ottomans are at war!

1 Feb – I send two diplomats to make nice with Xibe next to us in Siberia and then Scandinavia

1 May – I lose claims on a massive 35 holdings! I spend 50 MIL to Holy War for claims as well as on Arabia vs Aden and new stuff in Egypt

10 Sept – Event – Tariffs on Wine – I do it and La Plata gets +5%

2 Jan, 1712 – I order:

Textile Manufactory for Dyes in Bonny
Mill for Tropical Wood in Gabon
Naval Equipment Manufactory for Naval Supplies in Cameroon
Trade Station for Ivory in Ngoyo after raising it from 9 to 10 dev

First round of Training Fields done, now my manpower is 267k – not that much more.

My forcelimit is 512 let’s help that:

Conscriptions Centers:

Great Karoo
Farafreh
Bahiriya
Kharga

Training Fields:

Upper Limpopo
Brakna

Fortress Upgrade:

India’s Trading Post Srikalulam

I have left 2689 for emergencies

10 Jan – Our Admiral dies, I replace him with a 2 star Admiral

28 May – A general dies too

1 June – With +80, relations maxed with Scandinavia I bring them back

23 June – I send it to make nice with La Plata

30 Sept – Event – Revolt! I can drop taxes in Mukha and it loses revolt risk but gains autonomy or ignore their suffering and then +10 revolt risk there for 5 years. I choose the latter.

1 Oct- With +80, relations are maxed with Xibe, I pull them

28 Oct – The three cores I had claims to from Somalia are done!

Fazughli is already a state in Sennar, I don’t care about Massawa and then Tana?

I state:

Kenya – 4 of ours now – Ivory in Tana, Slaves in Turkana and Taveta, Livestock in Kuria,

I order these Missionaries:

Fazughli – 16 months
Massawa – 16 months
Tana - 40 months

I hand a Majils Seat to West Africa’s Joma - it’s just Grain, but it’s 23 dev

17 Dec – Xibe diplomat sent to make nice in Mongolia

[Abe Sargent]

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Chapter One Hundred and Seventy-Nine - The Abolition of Slavery Act

11 Jan, 1713 – This is the year our Mombasa peace treaty is up, but I don’t wanna war with no manpower

There is a building called a Soldier’s Household which costs 475 each and takes 60 months to build and are a Manufactory of Manpower. They are best in Grain, Livestock, Fish and Wine. For example, building this in the Grain provinces of Upper Limpopo will increase my manpower by 1500.

I order Soldier’s Households in:

Upper Limpopo
Great Karoo
Whydah
Calabar
Lango
Banghazi
Bardiyah
Tarrana

That drops me to 2232 left

28 Jan- Cores done in other three non-claim places:

I state:

Aussa – 2 of 4 – Livestock in Tajura and Assab

Tihama al-Yemen -1 of 3 – Mukha with Coffee

Missionaries:

Assab – 19 months
Tajura – 22 months

Fortress upgrade ordered in Mukha

I hand a Majils Seat to the West African Gold of Bambuk

22 Jan – Japan has taken some Xibe from the map and are now next to us in Siberia

1 Feb – Mombasa’s war peace is over

1 May - Do I wanna pass the Abolition of the Slavery Act? It’s dropped to 2.20 so it’s very low, but I have the Trade Bonus for a 25% Global Tariff. What do I do? For ten years our Missionary Strength is -1, and -5% Tech Cost.

I pass it!

1 June – We get a bunch of new trade goods!

30 Aug - Event – Muhammed and the Senegambian People – Our heir is getting close to a Senegambian Advisor. They have gone on trips, and our establishment doesn’t like how close they are. I side with our heir, we get -3 revoltrisk in those provinces, and claim strength of Muhammad drops 25%

12 Oct – I order my 6 Southern Flank Armies around Kilwa in a pincer movement since we’ll be at peace in a few years

They still have 56k so we’ll need to take that seriously

4 Nov - I spend 45 MIL to brutally suppress a rebellion in Tana since I cannot afford losing more troops

7 Dec – Conversion successful in Fazuglhi!

I order a Fortress here

[Abe Sargent]

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1 Jan, 1714 – I order:

Soldier’s Households:

Bahiriya
Farafreh
Kharga
Isna
Ras Gareb
Qusayr

That leaves me 2320

17 May – Massawa converts!

1 June – I am building up manpower again!

1 July – Relations maxed in Mongolia with 95 diplomat pulled

6 July – Event - Establish Cantonments – I decide to lose 250 cash to raise manpower in upper Limpopo

1 Aug – The Majils passes the “Quartering of Troops” act for ten years our maintenance is -10% and attrition -5%!

16 Aug – Malacca’s ruler passes, we set up a Royal Marriage with their new one

We get a new Consort – Umniya, 1/4/3 – age 15 younger than our heir!

21 Oct - I send my Malacca diplomat to make nice with Bali

20 Nov – A general passes another is promoted

1 Jan, 1715 – This year our war with Kilwa is over, and with 20k manpower that’s feasible, so I won’t order anything else now. It’s not until October and by then my manpower could be pretty high for that war.

13 Jan – I replace another dead general

16 Jan – Conversions in Assab and Tana!

Two left!

1 April - I state:

Lower Kasai – Kongo – 4 – Spices in Songo and Munene, Tropical Wood in Nunu, Naval Supplies in Yaka

I’m not sure how I missed a double Spice with two 3.0 goods too.

Sankuru – Kongo – 3 – Cloth in Kuba; Grain in Songye, Livestock in Kalundwe

With Cloth that’s very strong

I hand a Majils Seat to West African Gold – Lobi

18 May – Tajura converts, I destroy the Conscription Center and order a Fortress here

One left!

2 Aug – Fortress upgrade finished in Mukha just prior to the war. I order a Missionary here for a longer 31 months

1 Oct – Peace with Hormuz and Kilwa up, and I have 46k manpower

Time for war!

I DOW Kilwa for their pretty high 14 dev Ivory province called Kinga on the north flank. Our 8th war.

Hormuz joins them. We are at war with them both!

[Abe Sargent]

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Chapter One Hundred and Eighty-One - The 8th Algiers/Kilwa War


I order my navy to the Mozambique Channel
4 armies in the north to Kinga
3 armies in the south to Ngindo a minor on the south next to their new capital in Ibo

1 Nov – Our MIL Advisor level 3 Army Recruiter passes who increased our forcelimit, next is a level 3 Master Recruiter that increases manpower by +10%

23 Nov – Two minors fall, next is Ibo

1 Dec - I spend 45 MIL to stop a rebellion away from my troops that are fighting

27 Dec – Ibo falls, their navy is fleeing, next is the minor of Mozambique

9 Jan, 1716 – We win in the Channel against a navy of 44 ships and capture some 7 size Merchantman lower level transports I send to Kilwa

23 Jan – Two minors falls

10 Feb – Two more falls, just Mozambique on the mainland

I spend 84 to upgrade Merchantman

26 Feb – Mozambique is ours I have every mainland Kilwa province with a warscore of 34%

I order my navy to Arabia’s Gulf of Marisah

1 Mar -19k Hormoz are sieging us in As-Suways, I order two Egyptian armies over to help out

31 Mar- I capture a Hormoz minor with my Mukha army

1 April – We embrace the Institution of Enlightenment! We get -25% culture conversion costs

7 April – Deccan no longer considers us a rival!

I have split up my armies in different provinces so there is no losses to attrition, by the by

1 May – Sambaliung is now Coal!

I order a Furnace here

23 May – I capture a minor Hormuz where their 22 ship navy is and they are fleeing to us

Next is their capital of Liwa, which doesn’t have a defensive formation

30 May – We win and capture 8 vessels, 2 great ship and 6 transports, I order them to Mukha to heal

1 June – With a +82 relations maxed with Bali, dip is ordered back

1 July – Coal in Bengkulu – Furnace here too

6 July – Event – Famine in Sao Tome

18 Aug – I send my Bali diplomat to make nice with Berau

10 Sept – We win in As-Suways

12 Sept – Bad News! Our High Imam passes:

Stability drops to +2.

Our new High Imam – Muhammed Vii - 2/2/2, age 18, no wife or heir

We have 52k rebels in Yatenga in West Africa, I order 3 Kilwan armies up

18 Sept – Liwa falls! I have a warscore of 59, what can I get?

North Kilwa:

Kinga – Wartarget, next to 4 of ours – 8 warscore but 12 badboy

South Kilwa:

Mozambique – Coastal, north of Angoche, east of Makua – 14 warscore and a massive 18 badboy

Pretty much anything else of value will annoy Mombasa save for:

Ngindo – West of Mozambique, north of Makua and Lomwe – 9 warscore and 6 badboy

Ready?



I do peace for these three because Mozambique is a pretty nice addition for 31 score and 35.9 badboy

I core for 143 ADM power. My three new additions:

North Kilwa:

Kinga – Wartarget, next to 4 of ours – Tropical Savannah, the accepted Swahili culture, Sunni faith, 14 dev, Trade Station for Ivory, Counting House, Conscription Center, makes us 0.34

South Kilwa:

Mozambique – Coastal, north of Angoche, east of Makua – Swahili people and Sunni faith, Tropical Coastline, 20 dev, Ivory trade, two open slots, Grand Shipyard and Conscription Center. 0.93 made here

Ngindo – West of Mozambique, north of Makua and Lomwe – Throw in – 8 dev, Livestock, Swahili and Sunni, Tropical Savannnah, Farm Estate and Counting House makes .16

Two great additions, all accepted cultures

[Abe Sargent]

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Less than a year, and we handled the Hormuz flank too!

18 Sept – I order my Liwa army back to Mukha

I order armies to my three taken places

I order my fleet to head back to Mukha to rebuild after two battles and join that navy

I state-ify:

South African Plateau – South Africa – 5 – Gems now, Coal later in Highveld; Livestock in Griqualand and Senqu and Roggeveld, Grain in Great Karoo;

That’s all about getting the Enlightenment in Highveld to get Coal

Now my rebellion

I hand a Majils Seat to Bengkulu

I order:

Trade Company for Ivory in Shinje; Spices in Songo, Munene
Mills for Tropical Wood in Ndongo, Mtetwa, Abomey
Naval Equipment Manufactory for Salt in Ouargla; Naval Supplies in Warri, Bemba,
Textile Manufactory for Wool in Djado; Cloth in Kuba
Farm Estate for Livestock in Nyatura, Shamba, Siine, Taveta, Turkana

That drops me to 2559

5 Oct – 5k rebellion in Tetuoan

14 Oct – Yatenga falls

28 Oct – Royal Marriage with Malacca, no consort

1 Nov – Liptako falls to rebels

10 Nov – Royal Marriage with Bengal – new Consort -Malika Bibi, 3/5/4 and age 21

1 Jan, 1717 – Nothing ordered – I’ll save my cash for next year

27 Jan – Jenne falls

17 Feb – Gurma falls

13 Mar - I send a diplomat to make nice with Deccan

21 May - Gwiriko falls

6 June – Aribanda too

23 Sept – As does Azawagh

11 Nov – Bendugu falls

My armies are here, I order them to the 31k in Azawagh

[Abe Sargent]

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Chapter One Hundred and Eighty-Three - Becoming a Hegemon


1 Jan, 1718 – New Tech!!

ADMIN TECH 26 – Separation of Powers – Another Group of Ideas!

I take Offensive Ideas in the Military branch

Offensive Idea #1 – Bayonet Leaders - +1 leader Shock

Offensive Idea #2 – National Conscripts - -10% Recruitment Time

I order:

Farm Estate for Grain – Benguela, Kumbana, Mbamba, Ijebu; Livestock in Roggeveld, Senqu, Griqualand,
Naval Equipment Manufactory for Fish in Soyo; Naval Supplies in Yaka
Mill for Tropical Wood in Nunu; Gems in Highveld,

That leaves me 2814

12 Jan – Tadmekka falls

18 Jan – I retake Azawagh

22 Feb – 31k rebels defeated in Tadmekka, I order two armies to the 21k in Bagoe

26 Feb -Bagoe falls

19 Mar – Tadmekka is ours again

21 Mar – Cores done in all three province!

Mozambique already a state in that state, Ndinga in the Makuana state and Kinga in Ngonde

Missionaries:

Ngindo - 31 months
Kinga – 38 months
Mozambique – 50 months

I hand a Majils Seat to Mozambique

16 April – Aribanda ours again!

21 April – New Heir! 2/3/3 Hasan

1 May – Relations maxed with Berau I pull my diplomat

21 May – We rout the rebels in Bagoe!

Now just retaking these holdings

27 May _ Jenne ours again!

30 May – As is Gurma

1 June – Yatenga ours again too, the site of the rebellion

9 June – The last Somalian addition, Mukha, converts!

17 June – Bagoe ours again, I order my three Kilwa armies back

26 June – Bendigu is recaptured

9 July – I order my navy to protect trade again

I can get my first Age of Revolutions Ability - I choose:

Napoleonic Warfare – Artillery Levels vs Fort - +3

13 July – We take the last two, rebellion over!

17 Aug – I send my extra diplomat to make nice with Barus

1 Oct – I can become the “Economic Hegemon” What would that do?

Here I’ll show you:



Spain is the Military Hegemon. Reduced War Exhaustion, better manpower for my mercs, lower dev costs for investing power in provinces, and then it’d get better over time.

I do it, but that means that, like Spain, there would be an Economic Hegemon to take me off the map

I can ally with Bengal:



Do I want to get pulled into Indian and SE Asia wars in order to protect my interests defensively? I think so, let’s do it

7 Oct – I promote a new general to replace the one that passed – he’s a surprising level 3

6 Dec – Deccan announces us as a rival again…

I pull my diplomat

[Abe Sargent]

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Chapter One Hundred and Eighty-Four - Great Work Begun in Kilwa


1 Jan, 1719 – That was a busy year!

This is the year that my peace with Somalia ends but with just 128k manpower I don’t think we’ll be digging that channel, probably just Mombasa next.

I order:

Great Work:

Kilwa – 5k – This gives me the boosted trade power with Ships, merchant trade, and prestige

I have left 2553 for emergencies

30 Jan – I send my Deccan diplomat to make nice with Persia

1 Feb - Event – Coffee Imports – I choose to import and we get for 5 years +10% Fort Defense and reduced revoltrisk

23 Feb – I need to make nice with Malacca, our relations are down to -9 so I order my Barus diplomat back, so I can send one to make nice with them

2 April – I spend 140 ADM to boost our stability back to +3

1 Jul – Peace up with Somalia and allies

1 Aug - I choose Deccan as our new rival when I cannot do it anymore

1 Sept – Our level 3 ADM Advisor the Inquisitor passes, I hire a level 3 Philosopher +1 prestige each year

14 Oct – My Kilwa armies are back from West Africa and next to Mombasa

20 Oct - Ndingo converts! Two left from Kilwa

I order my Navy to the Zanzibar Strait

They have two Fortresses now, so I’d need to probably lose some manpower sieging

I order another 31k troops in Lake Victoria since I have 202.20 spent in maintenance and a forcelimit of 510k and 479k

That drops me to 129k manpower

17 Nov – Event – Tariffs on Tobacco – we do it

1 Jan, 1720 – I don’t order anything to save for emergency mercs against Mombasa

They have 26k troops in Pate two away from us so they may take their army to our stuff in Egypt

6 Jan – We have our navy in the Strait and my Kilwan army from Kinga here.

I DOW Mombasa for Malindi, next to us with a Fortress – this is the 2nd Mombasa War

Remember they are very high dev, so this might be three wars

[Abe Sargent]

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Chapter One Hundred and Eighty-Five - The Second Algiers/Mombasa War


I order my 5 armies including the 7k one to Malindi

9 Jan – We win a minor naval battle

16 Jan – Another minor battle won

I capture a few light ships, I order them to berth in Tanga and restore themselves

22 Jan – Another battle won

1 Feb – We begin the Siege of Malindi with a fusillade

9 Feb – Kinga from Kilwa converts, just Mozambique left

14 Mar – Rebellion in Sale

17 April – Event – I choose to gain 50 MIL power rather than prestige

1 May – Offensive Idea #3 – Superior Firepower – Land Leader +1 fire

1 June – Coal in Highveld! I order a Furnace here

11 July – Event – Excellent Year – 10k Manpower gained

27 July – Mozambique converts, last one!

9 Oct – Event - Plague in Sharqiya – I spend more than 1k to help out

28 Dec – After almost a year, Malindi falls, I have a warscore of 49, next is their undefended capital of Lamu, a quick siege should occur

10 Feb, 1721 – Lamu fell in a month, warscore of 75% next is the Fortress of Pate where their army is.

Their navy flees to the Strait

22 Feb – We win the naval battle and captured 4 more ships I send to Tanga

28 Feb – We rout their army in Pate and gain 20 warscore

Can I get all three in peace forwards after getting 100 or should I just do two?

Peace for all three is 80, so this is doable with enough warscore

I begin the siege of Pate with a fusillade

1 April – New Tech!!!

DIP TECH 26 – The East Indiaman – We can build Great Frigates and East Indiaman

9 April – They have surrendered, their navy flees Pate, I have a 100 warscore:



I can get all three for 80 warscore and 57.5 badboy, no new coalitions just Kilwa and Somalia. I do peace.

I spend 131 on Malindi, 77 on Pate and 65 on Lamu, 119 ADM power left.

My three new additions:

Malindi – Wartarget, coastal, north of Mombasa, east of Taveta and SE of Tana – It’s a lot of buildings Fortress, Weapons Manufactory for Iron, Conscription Center, Town Hall, Counting House, Stock Exchange, Grand Shipyard, Great Mosque, University, Swahili culture and Sunni faith, 3.87 made here, a massive 40 dev, Arid Coastline, COT Entrepot

Lamu – Coastal, new captial, north of Malindi, south of Pate, east of Tana, south of Somalia, Also an Arid Coastline, also Swahili and Sunni, 1.55 made here, 34 dev, Stock Exchange, Grand Shipyard, University and Great Mosque, Counting House and Conscription Center, Trade Station for Ivory,

Pate – Coastal, north of Lamu, surrounded by Somalia, - Still Ibadi, COT Entrepot, Swahili, Farmlands, not Arid or Tropical, 1.62 made from 38 dev, Textile Manufactory for Cloth, Conscription Center, Counting House, Fortress, Grand Shipyard, Univerity and Great Mosque.

Nasty three additions, all Swahili and one is Ibadi already. Iron Ivory and Cloth – all at or over 4.0 trade value.

[Abe Sargent]

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Chapter One Hundred and Eighty-Six - Northern Swahili Stated


9 April, 1721 - We finished with 94k manpower and began with 135k – nice!

With Pate being conceded, that was faster than I thought, thanks Mombasa!

I order armies:

31k to Malindi
7k to Taveta
31k to Lamu
One army stays here in Pate
One heads to Kilwa

I order my navy to Tanga to rebuild and join my captured vessels

I order:

I spend a few thousand speeding up Kilwa’s great work

Trade Station for Ivory in Mozambique,
Farm Estate for Grain in Ketu, Songye,

Counting Houses:

Dyes – Bonny
Iron – Kabylia, Kalonga
Ivory - Sena
Livestock – Kuria, Kalundwe
Tropical Wood – Gabon, Matsolo
Wool – Swellendam
Naval Equipment - Cameroon

14 May – I hire a Shalafi Scholar

I send the Merchant back to Zanzibar

26 May – Army finished being built in Lake Victoria, maintenance is now 259.25

2 July – Furnace finished in Bengkulu, I order a Fortress here

5 Jan, 1722 – I order:

More cash spent in Kilwa, it’ll be done in a few years

Conscription Center:

Shendy
Sahra An Nubiyah
Aswan
Isna
Girga
Qus

Soldiers’ Housholds:

Dongola
Wadi Halfa
Qasr Ibrim

I keep 3513 for emergencies

1 Mar – Relations maxed with Malacca, I pull back our diplomat

13 May – I send it to make nice with Transoxiana

13 July – Event – Monopoly Company Formed, I don’t take the cash now, 12701, but instead get +15% trade and a ton of DIP power for ten years

1 Aug – With 87, maxed relations with Persia, I pull back my diplomat

31 Aug – I send it to make nice with Barus again

2 Oct – Event – I spend 10 prestige to stop from losing DIP Power

12 Oct – Cores done in Malindi and Lamu!

Malindi is a state and I cannot state Lamu until Pate is done

Missionary:

Lamu – 47 months
Malindi – 66 months

11 Dec – Pate is a core!

State:

Northern Swahili Coast – 2 of 3 – Pate’s Cloth and Lamu’s Ivory

Now that they are cores and states here is how much I am making:

Pate – 2.58
Lamu – 2.42
Malindi – 5.40

[Abe Sargent]

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Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter One Hundred and Eighty-Seven - Glorious Arms


6 Jan, 1723 – I order:

Soldiers’ Households:

Sahra an Nubyah
Aswan
Girga
Haliab
Karou
Ivory Coast


Conscription Center:

Manfalat
Darnah
Tataouine
Zuwareh
Tunis
Mema
Massina
Segu


I finish with 2860 in cash

18 July – I replace a dead general

1 Oct – Relations maxed with Barus, dip pulled

Offensive Ideas #4 – Glorious Arms - +100% Prestige from Land Battles

The next one is REALLY good, get ready…

1 Nov - Relations are also maxed with Transoxiana, I pull the diplomat here as well

10 Dec – Diplomats are back and I send them to make nice with both Dai Viet and Wu

Xipe is gone, annexed by Muscovy

7 Jan, 1724 – This is the year that our war with Kilwa ends, but it’s in December

I order:

Conscription Center:

Sirt
Cape Coast
Whydah

Soldiers’ Households:

Darnah
Tataouine
Termes
Tagant
Brakna

I have 200k manpower for Somalia again

We’ll do Kilwa, rebuild my claims, and then the 2nd War with Somalia

I spend 50 DIP to invite minorities

8 April – I order my fleet to the Mozambique Channel and then my 3 armies from Mombasa to north Kilwa. They have 40k in Ibo we’ll need to protect against

1 June – I lose claims on 21 holdings, I spend 50 Mil to claim Holy War

15 July – Event – Bad Storms hit East Timor

1 Aug - Our Majils Policy ended, next is the Impressment of Sailors again

12 Aug – Lamu converts! It’s now making us 4.58

4 Oct - Malindi converts! This time it’s making 5.91

1 Dec – Our peace treaty with Hormuz and Kilwa is up!

Their 40k has moved to Makonde only next to two 31k troops

They only have 5 mainland holdings left so we might oust them to Madagascar this war.

I DOW Kilwa for their capital – Ibo – war #9

Hormuz joins them

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
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Chapter One Hundred and Eighty-Eight - The 9th Algiers/Kilwa War

I order 62k to Makonde, two into Ibo and two into the minor of Wayao and two into the minor of Phangwa

26 Dec – We rout their army in Makonde

1 Jan, 1725 – Relations maxed with Wu, I pull my dip

19 Jan – Ibo falls, I order one army north, and their navy flees

30 Jan – Two minor fall

3 Feb – We win the naval battles and captured some ships but the worst is 73% so I keep it in my navy

19 Feb - A minor falls

I order my navy to Arabia

20 Mar – The last mainland Kilwa holding falls with a war score of 33%

1 May – Dai Viet relations maxed, dip pulled

28 May – 9k in As-Suways from Hormuz, I order an Egyptian army over to knock them out

29 May – We capture a Hormuz minor

7 July – I send our Dai Viet dip to make nice with Japan

20 July – Another Hormuz holding falls, this with a navy, next is Liwa their capital

4 Aug - We win a naval battle and capture 7 ships

5 Sept – We win the battle of As-Suways

1 Dec - Liwa falls!

I have a warscore of 63 what can I get?

I cannot get all 5, they are 60, but Kilwa won’t do it, I can only do four:



For 53 score and 51 badboy I can do everything but Lindi I do it and core for 131

Ibo – Wartarget, new capital, north of Mozambique – Tropical Coastline, Swahili and Sunni, 11 dev and Ivory, makes us 1.05 and has Trade Station, Con Center and Grand Shipyard

Wayao – North of Lomwe – Tropical Savannah, Livestock, Swahili Sunni, 1.51, Farm Estate, Con Center, Counting House, 12 dev

Phangwa – East coast of Lake Malawi – north of Wayao – 23 dev, Tropical Savannah, Swahili Sunni, 1.10, Trade Station and Con Center, Barrack, Counting House, Ivory

Makonde – North of Wayao, east of Phangwa – Tropical Savannah, 14 dev, Livestock, Swahili and Ibadi so both are accepted, Counting House, Con Center, Farm Estate

Nice four developed additions to the Algiers Empire!

One year exactly!

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter One Hundred and Eighty-Nine - Kolyma Stated


1 Dec - My manpower is now 231k so I am ready for Somalia

I order my Lindi army to Kuria
My 7k up there too
I order my other armies north

I keep four armies in what we grabbed,I order my Liwa army back to Tajura in Africa

I can purchase another Age of Revolutions – I choose

Improved Artillery Range – Artillery in back row gets +20%

I now have 7 armies in the Southern Flank so around 220k with my 7k army, and then 210k in the Egyptian Flank, they have 166k so we can grab stuff

I order my army from As-Suways south

I spend 31k manpower for another army in Egypt – we have 511k of 575k and then we are paying 286.29 in cash

I’ll save my money for a 20k cost Great Work in Sharqiya called the Suez Canal

I state:

Kolyma - Siberia – 5 – Iron in Yarmanka, Copper in Suntar Khayata and Kolyma, Naval Supplies now, Coal later in Verkhoyansk, Fur in Omolon

That’s all about the Coal obviously when it embraces Enlightenment

I hand a Majils Seat to Malindi now making 6.12

1 Jan, 1726 - I hold off build for now

31 Jan - I send my extra diplomat to make nice with Venice

7 April – Event – Consort of the People – Our Consort drops revolt risk until our ruler passes

1 June – Offensive Idea #5 – Engineer Corps – We get +20% siege ability!

17 July – Event – Salt Crisis – 10% production

1 Sept- Our High Imam gains the Kind Hearted trait

14 Oct – Event – Agricultural Revolution in Dongola – I choose to give it +1 production

1 Nov – Relations maxed with Japan, I recall my diplomat

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter One Hundred and Ninety - The Suez Canal Begins


1 Jan, 1727 - I have 18k so I wont build anything this year either

28 Jan – I send my Japan diplomat to make nice with Austria

1 Feb – Relations maxed with Venice, diplomat pulled

13 Feb – Sent to make nice with Bohemia

1 April – I can now do the Suez Canal but I wait until I have more cash as a reserve

20 May – 31k army finished in Egypt – my maintenance is now 265.05

I am still making 489.05

4 June – All Cores done in Kilwa!

Ibo already a state with Mozambique, I cannot state the others I am out of state room due to their size

Missionaries:

Ibo – 41 months
Wayao - 43 months
Phangwa – 83 nasty

16 Aug – I grant Malacca military access

1 Oct – I replace a dead general; he’s a strong 3 stars

27 Oct - I order my 4 Kilwa armies back to the Somalia Border

1 Jan, 1728 – I order:

Great Work:

Sharqiya - I spend 20k on the Suez Canal – This does: +50% local trade power, +5% global trade power

Now this is on the border with the Turks and could be taken anytime, so it’s probably not a wise investment, but I build it

It’ll be finished in November of 1737

I keep 4472 back for emergencies

1 Feb – Relations maxed with Austria at 60 I pull my diplomat

14 Feb – Sent to make nice with England

1 Mar – Coal in Verkhoyansk! I order a Furnace here

28 April – Event – Good Weather – Canal done 90 days earlier

1 Oct – Relations maxed with Bohemia, I pull my diplomat

My 36k arrive in the Malay Peninsula

My fleet is in the Red Sea

1 Jan, 1729 – We have 10k in cash for mercs, 320k manpower. It’s time for the 2nd War Against Somalia – they have 198k so we’ll need mercs this time just like last time, this time I’ll bring in Malacca to help with the Malay Peninsula and they have a colony in the nearby Andamans that could be taken by Malacca.

I am currently making 528.21 in cash each month. I have 240k in North and 220k in South flank. Aden has 90k to really help

I hire these mercs:

Independent Army – 1.22k, 31.81 upkeep, south flanks’ Lango
Grand Company – 852 upfront and monthly in Bayuda in north

The first war was military this is economic, there are two gold mines with Fortresses in the north flank just two from me, so if I can get those, that would be huge

I’ll save the other mercs for reserves, I also have 31k in West Africa as a reserve in case they bleed over like last time.

I declare war for Somalia’s north flank minor of Beja, a Livestock providence I don’t care about

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter One Hundred and Ninety-One - The 2nd Algiers/Somalia War

I order:

36k to Kedah’s captial on the Malay Peninsula where 19k rest

My Southern flank to the adjacent Fortress of Kikutyu

5 into Beja on the northern, and then a few to move in closer

11 Jan – Mercs are here, I order them in

13 Jan – We win a Naval Battle and capture 8 ships! I order them to Suakin to grow

19 Jan – We win in Kedah and start the siege

1 Feb – Beja falls, next is the adjacent Fortress of Mendefera

3 Feb – Another minor falls

21 April – Ibo converts!

9 May – They are besieging us in Al Qaradif

11 May – Fast, we captured Kikuyu! Next is minors along the path to the captial

9 June - Mendefera falls! South is the Fortress of Gonder we’ll move towards

23 June – Minor falls

11 July – As does another

26 July – Another falls

1 Aug – We begin the siege of Gonder

14 Aug – Aden is sieging us in As-Suways and Sharqiya with 87k troops

I’ll finish Gonder and head north

26 Aug – We capture another southern minor, next is the Fortress of Merca

25 Oct – I hire 30k mercs in West Africa since they have 41k in Kanem

21 Nov – Merca in South Africa falls – next their capital

Gonder falls - next Egypt to relieve the siege

I have a 19% warscore

19 Dec – Mercs arrive in West Africa

7 Jan, 1730 - Mogadishu falls! Next is the three away Fortress of Deghabur

15 Feb – We win a battle in southern flank

11 April – We win in Sharqiya – I order my northern army south again

30 April – We win in Kanem

14 June – Deghabur falls! Next is the Fortress of Shewa

35 warscore

1 Aug – Offensive Idea #6 – Grand Army – We get +15% forcelimit and +10% special forces

7 Sept – My north army begins the Siege of Tegali

15 Oct – We capture Kedah’s capital in the Malay Peninsula, I head next to the siege that Malacca is already doing

45 warscore

18 Nov – Shewa falls, next is the Fortress next door of Damot

48 warscore

13 Jan, 1731 -Wayao finishes converting!

23 Jan – Tegali falls! Next is the Fortress of Wadai

Warscore of 50

1 Mar – We lose a three month battle in Kanem after they combined their armies

1 June – Pattani falls to Malacca

2 June – Damot is ours! We have a 62 warscore and I am out of manpower it’s time to call it

What can I get with a 62 warscore?

I want the land to the Gold Mines and them, ideally

North Somalia:

Gambella – East of Fazugeli – 5 score, 3 badboy

Kaffa – East of Gambella – Gold – 7 score and 8 badboy

Asosa – North of Gambella, east of Fazugeli, 7 warscore, 6 badboy

Damot – East of Asosa, Gold – 5 score, 3 badboy

My key takes are 24 score and 22.6 badboy, we can do it! What else?

Now I just want decent land

Beja – Wartarget, surrounded by us - 5 score and 8 badboy

Now the rest are just filling in the blanks, not valuable

South Somalia:

Kikuyu – 6 and 7 respectively

West Somalia:

Logone – Next to us former Air holding – 8 warscore and 7 badboy

Kotoko – North of Logone, east of us former Air – throw in – 13 score, and badboy

Bagirmi – 6 score and 5 badboy

That’s it!



62 score and 64.3 badboy – I do it and spend coring ADM equal to 335

Ready for my cool new additions:

The goal here was to hurt them economically.

North Somalia:

Gambella – East of Fazugeli – Got me to a Gold Mine - Trade Station for Slaves, Workshop, 5 dev, Marsh, Sidamo Coptics making us .53 but they’ll change to a new trade good

Kaffa – East of Gambella – Gold – A key target – Fortress, Mosque, Con Center, 11 dev, Highlands, Sidama Coptic, 1.25 made here

Asosa – North of Gambella, east of Fazugeli, - Another connection – Trade Station for Slaves, Workshop, 8 dev, Highlands, Amhara Coptic make 0.61

Damot – East of Asosa, Gold – Another key target – Amhara Coptic, Fortress and Con Center, 0.72 5 dev, Highlands

Beja – Wartarget, surrounded by us - Arid Steppes, 12 dev, Livestock, Farm Estate, Con Center, Counting House, Amhara Sunni making us 1.16

South Somalia:

Kikuyu – North of us in Kuria, west of Tana – Mountains, Tropical, Fortress, Somali Sunni 7 dev, Livestock, 0.05

West Somalia:

Logone – Next to us former Air holding – Tropical Marsh, Fortress, Counting House, Trade Station for Ivory, 11 dev, Kanuri Fetishist making 1.79

Kotoko – North of Logone, east of us former Air – throw in – 20 dev, Grain, Kanuri Sunni, Arid Marsh, Farm Estate, Con Center, Mosque, Workshop, makes 1.42

Bagirmi – East of Logone and Kotoko – Arid Savannah, 9 dev, Tunjur Sunnis, Ivory, Mosque, Workshop, 0.82

Two Gold, two Ivory, and four Fortresses. Nice! That was a big win! We got 9 more added to our Empire!

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter One Hundred and Ninety-Two - Light Infantry Company
2 June – I order my northern army back to these new captures and then a few old places.

My West African army to Logone

I disband my three mercs

I order my southern army in Damot to Kilwa and one army remains in Kikuyu

I order my Malay Peninsula army to Bengkulu

Now that I blew through my manpower but started with way more, how long will it take to recover?

Because we took land my southern army was in, we have to go the looong way around to Kilwa

29 June – Rebellion in Tetuolan

I order with my 14k:

Weapons Manufactory for Iron in Yarmanka; Copper for Kolyma and Suntar Khayata
Trade Station for Fur in Omolon; Incense in Samar,

Counting Houses:

Ivory – Mozambique, Tana, Makua, Lwena
Coal – Highveld, Bengkulu
Spices – Munene, Songo, Maguindanao
Tropical Wood – Abomey, Nunu, Loanda, Atakora,
Cloth – Kuba
Wool – Swellendam, Demnate,
Iron – Stanovoy,
Copper – Tabwa,
Naval Supplies – Poso, Mamuju, Yaka, Annaba, Wukari
Livestock – Roggeveld, Senqu, Griqualand

That leaves 3901 left.

I spend 50 DIP to invite minorities

I send my spare two diplomats to make nice with Two Sicilies and France

1 Aug – New trade goods in Asosa and Gambella

Coffee and Fur – strong!

1 Jan, 1732 – Nothing new ordered until next year

8 Jan – Event – A Talented Judge – I apply him locally and then get better stuff in Atacora Oueme

28 Jan – Event – A Royal Influence – Conversion in Wadi Halfa to Sunni, since my Queen is beloved, and then we lose 10 prestige I send a Missionary for 92 months, long

1 June – Our level 3 Advisor in MIL the Master Recruiter dies. Next? A level 3 Master Recruiter that increased my manpower by 10% too, and it’s a woman, by the by.

17 June – Event – Royal Heretic – I do not divorce our Consort, +2 national unrest for 10 years

21 Aug – I forgot to berth my navy, so I send it to Suakin now to join my 7 captured ships.

2 Sept – New Tech!!!!

MIL TECH 26 – We are behind and it’s just 256 – Light Infantry Company – We get +1 land morale, bonus 2 combat width and can build the “Muslim Mass Infantry” I upgrade.

At 977 DIP power we are reaching the MAX so I spend a couple hundred to raise dev in Clove and Coal holdings

22 Oct – Event – Death of a Merchant – we get 3632 cash

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter One Hundred and Ninety-Three - Cannon Fodder

1 Jan, 1733 – With 16k, I order:

Trade Station for Spices in Manokwari, Daru, Karema,

Great Mosques:

Abomey, Mitija, Sumbawa, Minya, East Timor, Highveld, Sambaliung,

Counting Houses:

Incense – Palu, Sumba
Cotton - Fayyum,
Sugar – Abda
Grain – Mbata, Mbwila, Anfa, Haha, Dukkala, Dahra,
Gems – West Timor, Loango
Fish – Ifni, Tenerife,
Cloth – Lundu, Katsina
Ivory – Zumbo, Madanda, Buhera, Tete, Mayumba, Kantor
Fur - Kirenga,
Livestock – Siine, Muhambwe, Tajura, Manga,
Salt – Shaga
Copper – Anziku, Mpangu,

4432 left

2 May – Our heir gains the “Babbling Buffon” trait…not good

I get a new Age of Revolutions ability. What would I like?

Naval Engagement - +20% Engagement

5 June – Cores done everywhere I had a claim on save for the two I didn’t in Kaffa and Damot

I order Missionaries:

Logone – 18 months
Gambela – 25 months
Asosa - 27 months

2 July – Relations maxed with Two Sicilies, next is making nice with the Commonwealth that are a big winner of wars against Scandinavia

7 Sept – Kaffa and Damot are cored, my gold! Can I state them?

Nope, not enough governing capacity

4 Jan, 1734 – 11k I order:

13 Counting Houses, I’ll stop detailing them

7 Great Mosques

4058 left

1 April – New Tech!

ADMIN TECH 27 – Modern Bureaucracy - We get +250 governing capacity, +10 admin efficiency and -10% dev cost modifiers

I state:

Damot – Somalia – 2 of 3 – Gold in Damot, Coffee in Ascosa.

I hand a Majils Seat to Damot

Kaffa – Somalia – 2 of 4, Gold in Kaffa, Fur in Gambela

10 April – Conversion in Phangwe! Next is 17 months in Damot

3 May – Relations maxed with France, next is Muscovy

1 June - 12k rebellion in Kaffa where my army is

10 June – We win and lost 5k troops, rough when rebuilding my manpower

12 July - My armies are all back in Kilwa

I combine my navies in Suakin and now have:

79 Large
91 Small
27 Galleys
65 Transports

I order it to Protect Zanzibar trade

18 July – Logone converts! Next is a campaign in Kaffa of 18 months

24 Oct – Event – The Families Left Behind – We ease the widows of soldiers taxes and lose 15% for 5 years

27 Oct – Event – Plague in Kotoko, I spend 1664 to help

1 Dec - The Majils passes “Reduce Trade Regulations” again

27 Dec – Get ready for this event in case you think I am lying:



Cannon Fodder triggers and we gain that manpower while rebuilding after a big war, nasty!

My DIP is about to run the cap again, more dev spent in Gold holdings like Zimbabwe and Pontianak

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter One Hundred and Ninety-Four - Getting Ready for War #10

1 Jan, 1735 – With 9597 cash I order:

16 Counting Houses
6 Great Mosques

Leaves me 3422

23 Jan – Event – I move 15 towards legalism and gain 25 ADM power

6 Feb – Gambela converts! Next is 35 months in Kikuyu

I order a Fortress in West Africa’s Bagirimi we just captured after I spend some DIP raising it’s dev from 9 to 10.
Ditto Kotoko one back of it

26 Feb – A general passes, I hire another

12 Mar – Asosa converts! How about next is 43 months in Beja

1 Apr – Relations maxed with Commonwealth I pull my diplomat and send to make nice with Delhi

21 June – Event – Improved Steam Engine - +2 Production in Lamba

I order 2 Egyptian armies to the border with Ottomans and then two to the border and in Arabia

1 July – Idea! Offensive Idea #7 – Espirit de Corps - +5% Discipline, and for finishing we get +5% Recover Army Morale

I enact a ADM policy:

I can get two, and we have three options. What do I like?

Vassal Taxation Policy - +50% Vassal Taxes

The Anti-Heresy Act - +3% Missionary Strength vs Heretics, +20% Religious Unity

1 Sept – 13k rebellion in Beja; 31k next door in Al Qadarif

13 Sept – Damot converts! Next is nothing, the other two are building Fortresses

13 Oct – Rebels defeated after a longer war

28 Oct – Armies in place

18 Nov – Sad news! One of our longest allies, Malacca, broke their alliance with us

Now it’s just us and Bengal

19 Dec -Event – Tadiqiyya – We lose 10 prestige, gain relations with the ulema, and move towards legalism

1 Jan, 1736 – 9699 have, this year our peace with Kilwa is up, and we have one left in Africa and then Madagascar, and then still they have 41k so I cannot take this lying down, I’ll need to ferry over troops.

I spend less, I doubt I’ll need mercs, so we’ll drop less.

I order:

15 Counting houses

Drops me to 4899

I order my navy to the Zanzibar Strait where my 33k army is

27 Jan – Kaffa converted!

18 April – I order my 33k to board

1 May – I lose my claim on 37 holdings, I spend 50 MIL for Holy War

Peace is up with Kilwa and Hormuz

9 May – My army boards, I head south to the Mozambique Channel

25 May – We arrive.

I DOW Kilwa for Lindi! This is the 10th war against the once regional powerhouse and hegemon.

Hormuz joins

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter One Hundred and Ninety-Five - The 10th Algiers/Kilwa War

I order 1 31k army into it since it’s a minor and Mukha’s 31k to Hormuz, and 31k from Tajura to join it

I order 33k in the far northern tip of Madagascar called Antankara

1 June – Relations maxed with Muscovy dip recalled

11 June - We win a major battle in the Channel and captured 14 ships

7 July – Lindi is ours

3 Aug – New Tech!

DIP TECH 27 – Public Punishment - +.50 naval morale, more expensive ship upkeeps

21 Aug – Antankara falls, I order another 31k here, I’ll hold off until they arrive

1 Sept – Wadi Halfa converts!

7 Oct – Minor in Hormoz falls!

11 Oct – Conversion in Kikuyu

19 Oct – Combined army arrives I order another 31k to Antankara where my two armies head south

25 Oct- Plague- I spend more than 1600 to help them out

30 Nov – Another two Hormuz minors fall, next is the Capital

5 Dec – Madagascar minor falls

29 Jan, 1737 – Two minors fall in Hormuz and Kilwa

1 Feb – Beja converts

8 Feb – A minor Hormuz army besieging Mukha, I order a 31k army from Beja over

3 Mar – The capital of Hormuz called Liwa falls, I order these troops back home

I have a warscore of 52%

6 April – Two Kilwa minors fall

28 May – Two more fall

I order 2 armies to their captial of Antemoro

29 July – We win the Battle of Mukha against Hormuz

1 Aug – Minor falls

17 Aug – Antemoro falls, I have a warscore 85%

What can I get?

Mainland:

Lindi – Mainland, Wartarget – Coastal, surrounded by us – 4 score, 6 badboy,

Madagascar:

Antankara - Northern point, 5 score and 3 badboy

Iboina – South of Antankara, costal – 7 warscore and 5 badboy

Tsimihety – Internal, east of Iboina – 5 warscore and 3 badboy

Maroantsetra – Coatal, east of Tsimihety and south of Antankara – 5 warscore, 3 badboy

Besalampy – East coast, south of Iboina, 6 warscore and 5 babdoy

Merina – Internal,east of Besalampy, south of Tsimhety – 8 and 7 respectively

Vatomandry – West coast, south of Maraantsetra, west of Merina – 11 warscore and 10 bad boy

Peace time commences:



55 score and 44.1 badboy

I do peace and spend coring 155 ADM power

Mainland:

Lindi – Mainland, Wartarget – Coastal, surrounded by us – Tropical Coastline, 8 dev, Fish, Swahili culture, Sunni faith, that’s the last Swahili accepted culture out there, Grand Shipyard makes 0.04

Madagascar:

Antankara - Northern point, - Tropical Jungle, Slaves, 4 dev, Malagasy Fetishists, Con Center and Grand Shipyard, 0.09 made here

Iboina – South of Antankara, east coastal – Tropical Savannah, Slaves here too, Malagasy and Fetishist too, Drydock, Shipyard, 8 dev makes 0.23

Tsimihety – Internal, east of Iboina – Trade Station for Slaves, Con Center, Hills and Tropical, 0.27 and 4 dev, Malagasy and Fetishist

Maroantsetra – Coastal, east of Tsimihety and south of Antankara – Slaves here too, Con Center and Grand Shipyard, Malagasy and Fetishists, Jungle and Tropical, 0.10 from 5 dev

Besalampy – East coast, south of Iboina, - Poor Fish, Tropical Savannah, Malagasy Fetishists, 0.17, 7 dev and Grand Shipyard

Merina – Internal, east of Besalampy, south of Tsimhety – Farm Estate for Grain, Con Center, Counting House, 0.71 from 13 dev, Malagasy Fetishists

Vatomandry – West coast, south of Maraantsetra, west of Merina – Natural Harbor, 0.34 made here, 15 dev, Tropical Jungle, Malagasy Sunni this time, Con Center, Drydock and Grand Shipyard, Slaves

Most are minor. Low dev ad minor trade goods, this wasn’t exactly a haul.

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter One Hundred and Ninety-Five - Money Check

17 Aug – I order:

2 31k armies to remain on Madagascar and two to head back home
1 31k army to reman in Lindi

I order built:

2 Manufactories

20 Counting Houses

10 Great Mosques

Leaving me 7261 for emergencies

Note my manpower of 107k

Peace in 11 years in 48

1 Sept – Four swapped to Tropical Wood and one Livestock – nice upgrades!

4 Oct – I send my extra diplomat to make nice with Scandinavia

Korea is gone

I send Missionaries:

Bagirmi – 18 months
Kotoko – 23 months

1 Nov – 5k rebellion in Tetuoan

1 Jan, 1738 – Wanna see how much I am making?



I am making almost 700 month in net after expenditures. Nasty!

As you can see my military maint is 271.43.

With 10k I order: another 31k army in Egypt, and spend 31k manpower

11 Counting Houses
13 Great Mosques

4931 left

6 Feb – Event – Chocolate Imports – I have two options normally, but my Sugar trade boost gives me a third and my prestige raises 10

1 Mar – Our armies are in the mainland and we spend 440 to upgrade 22 Naval Ships

20 Mar - Revolutionary France has formed and are at war with Europe

15 Sept – Event – Hasan and the Tunisian People – This is another heir gets along with our Tunisian culture advisor and tours and such. I can turn him Tunisian, lose revolt risk in Tunisian provinces and then gain -25% claim strength and remember how last time we did that we had a big rebellion? The other option is to retire my ADM Advisor and lose 50 ADM power. My advisor is a level 3 Philosopher that I just hired since he was level 3. I choose to spend 50 and retire my Advisor

Our new one is a level 3 Natural Scientist that gives +10% production. Nasty!

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter One Hundred and Ninety-Six - A New Alliance to the North

2 Jan, 1739 – With 12k I order:

5 Counting Houses
30 Great Mosque

Now I have 4934

8 Jan – I replace a dead general

Order my fleet to protect Zanzibar’s trade

3 Feb – Relations max with Scandinavia, next is making nice with Yan

20 Feb – Great news, Lindi is a core!

17 month Conversion ordered there

I begin to build a spy network with Kilwa

1 Apr – With 30k built of 31, my military maint rose to 283.46

I order another 31k in the Lake Victoria region

6 April – Conversion in Bagirimi!

26 Jul – Event – Local Traders- I send them 100

6 Aug – Kotoko converts – the last Somalian holding is Ibadi!

12 Sep - - I spend 50 DIP To invite minorities

15 Sept – Event – Maroantsetra converts to Ibadi!

20 Nov - Cores finished in Madagascar!

No states are made from this low stuff

Missionaries:

Tsimihety – 16 months
Besalampy – 17 months
Iboina – 17 months
Merina - 19 months

I hand a Majils Seat to Gold Kaffa

8 Dec – Event – Tariffs on Coffee – I do it

2 Jan, 1740 – 13k I order:

20 Great Mosques
4 Counting Houses
2 Con Center

Trading Post Upgrade:

Srikakulam – India – 0.67 made here. I order these upgrades:

Company Depot
Algerian District
Broker’s Exchange
Permanent Quarters
Officer’s Mess - +5k forcelimt

Now I am making: 1.36

My cash is down to 5306

1 Mar – 14k rebellion in Madagascar’s Vatomandry where my army is camped

10 Mar – Defeated!

20 Mar – Lindi converts! Next is 33 months in Vatomandry

29 Mar – Event – Rains Fail in Angola

25 April – Great news! I get an alliance offer from Muscovy! Do I take it? I could use a permanent ally in Siberia and Central Asia, and that’s the biggest. But it would pull me into wars I don’t care for. I do it, I could really use some Siberian assurance

1 Jun – I recall my Delhi diplomat

1 July – My Lake Victoria army is almost assembled at 30k and my land maint is now 287.51

I order a Fortress in Tana.

I order 31k in West Africa

18 Aug – Event – Another local traders need stuff, another 100 sent

2 Oct – Relations maxed with Yan, I pull.

I can get a new Age of Revolutions ability:

Anti-Revolutionary Zeal – Subjects liberty desire from development -33%

1 Dec – Our 5 year peace treaty after Malacca broke the alliance is over, we can DOW each other

Rebellion in Iboina of 14k troops, next door are 31k

31 Dec – Rebellion ended in Iboina!

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter One Hundred and Ninety-Seven - Now Craven

1 Jan, 1741 – 13k, I order:

3 Counting Houses
7 Soldier’s Households in Kongo region; 4 in West Africa
6 Con Center

5563 left

I order my 36k from Bengkulu to the Malay Peninsula

I order 31k from Madagascar to Malindi

I order 31k from Lindi to the border with Somalia

30 Mar -Tsimihaty converts! There is no where else to send this Missionary

25 April – Also a conversion in Besalampy – I order Soldier’s Household here

15 May - Our Shalaf’i Scholar finishes after 20 years, I bring in another

I order my other Madagascar army to the southern Somalia border at Taveta

1 June – Another conversion, this time Iboina, I order Soldier’s Households here after raising their dev from 8 to 10.

25 June – Merina also converts. I destroy the Farm Estate for Soldier’s Households here as well

10 Aug- I have 29k built of 31k in West Africa and my new military maintenance is 301.54

1 Sept – Uh oh. Our ruler gained the “Craven” trait…

4 Oct – New Tech!!!

MIL TECH 27 – Bayonet – We get +0.5 infantry fire

18 Oct – I send my fleet to the Red Sea’s Bab el Mandeb

1 Nov – Event - I grant Lamu a Majils Seat after they want one.

1 Dec – We claim Kilwa’s captial of Antemoro

1 Jan, 1742 – This year our peace is up with Somalia, which is a big thing, so I don’t order anything. It’s not until October

28 April – Event – The Skills of the Consort – We get -10% Dip Tech advancement for a massive 20 years

1 Oct – Our truce is up!

Somalia is still allied with Aden, Mahra and Kedah

Somalia – 172k
Aden – 80k

I have 240k on the northern and southern flank

I hire these mercs on West Africa so I can bring them in:

Independent Army – 45k, 1.20k now, 32.67 monthly
Grand Company – 30k, 838 now and monthly is 22.71
Sahel Company – 30k, Will be here on November 30,

I DOW Somalia for their minor Northern Grain 6 dev province called Hamasien

I call in Bengal since they are in the Andamans and then allied in the Malay Peninsula

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter One Hundred and Ninety-Eight - The 3rd Algiers/Somalia War


1 Oct – My army in Malaysia is now an exiled army and I have to send it back, that’ll slow me down

I order:

Northern Flank:

31k to Hamasien
62k to Enderta
155k to the Fortress of Mendefera

Southern Flank:

4 armies to internal minor Ewaso Ngiro
4 more to the coastal minor of Kismayo

10 Oct – We win in Bab el Mandeb

4 Nov – Three minors fall

8 Nov – Another falls

17 Dec – Vatomandry converts!

1 Jan, 1743 – We capture a minor in the southern flank, next is the Fortress of Merca

19 Feb – Mendefera falls

Next is the Fortress of Gonder

Now that my mercs have had a few months to build up, I order to the minor of Yao with 14k

6 Mar - Bengal is besieging Kedah’s capital

23 Mar – We win in Yao

2 April – Aden begins to siege Mukha with 48k

12 April – Yao falls, next is the Fortress of Wadai

10 May – Somalia has 22k sieging Tajura

20 May - 60k begin a siege of Kaffa

29 May – Merca falls, next is the captial Mogadishu next door

10 June – I lose a battle in Sumatra in the Indies to Kedah

I hire 15k mercs in Bengkulu to help out

16 July – Mogadishu falls!

As does Gonder!

I move my northern army to relieve the siege of Tajura on the way to Mukha

I order my southern army to Kaffa

Actually I cannot get there without going the long way, so I send them to the nearby Fortress of El Buur

I send my northern army to Kaffa instead

1 Sep t- We get the Trading in Coffee trade leader

15 Sept – Wadai in West Africa falls, we move east to the Fortress of Tegali

26 Sept – We win in Sumatra with the combined army and mercs. I order us to Kedah

Looks like Bengal has captured the capital of Kedah for us

We have a warscore of 40

13 Oct – We win in Kaffa with my northern army, 31k survive, I head to the Fortress of Shewa since the other sieges stopped

20 Oct – A minor 25k army is taking a minor in our northern captured, stuff, I send two armies over to take him out

18 Nov – They recapture a minor

20 Dec – Two minors fall

1 Feb, 1744 – El Buur Falls! Next on the southern flank is the Fortress of Degehebur

I have a warscore of 50

14 April – Pattani in Malay Peninsula is ours!

I have a warscore of 57% and my manpower is exhausted, so I need to do peace soon

I disband the 15k in the Indies and order my 36k back to Bengkulu

I need to do peace now. Tegali is at 42% so I could stay in until it falls, but let’s see what my 57% can net me:

What I really want to do is connect East Africa with Egypt on the east side, rather than going around Kongo. It’s 7 to do it, can I get them all in our warscore without annoying anyone not named Kilwa and Somalia?

North Somalia:

Welayta – East of Kaffa – 6 warscore, 5 badboy

Sidamo – East of Welayta – 6 each

Dawaro – East and north of Sidamo – 5 warscore, 4 badboy

Afder – South of Dawaro – 6 warscore, 4 badboy

Southern Somalia:

Gedo – South of Afder – 7 each again

Dawa – West of Gedo – Just a 6 warscore but 9 badboy

Ewaso Ngiro – West of Dawa – 8 score, 9 badboy

That leaves me 44 score and 42.7 to connect them. What else can I get?

Kismayo – Coastal, east of Ewaso Ngiro – 13 score, 18 badboy

That’s a nice addition.

Ready?



57 warscore and then 60 even badboy

I do it and spend ADM equal to 234 coring these 8 new additions

North Somalia:

Welayta – East of Kaffa – Sidamo people, Coptic faith, Highlands, Plantation for Coffee and Counting House, makes a nice 1.18 with 8 dev

Sidamo – East of Welayta – Plantation for Coffee here too, Counting House, 1.20 made from 9 dev, Highlands, Oromo Fetishist

Dawaro – East and north of Sidamo – Mountains, Grain, Farm Estate, Workshop, Oromo Fetishist, 6 dev, makes 0.48

Afder – South of Dawaro – Arid and Highlands, Oromo and Fetishist, Livestock, Farm Estate, Mosque, 0.71, 7 dev

Southern Somalia:

Gedo – South of Afder – 10 dev, 0.55, Oromo Fetishist, Arid Highlands, Grain, Farm Estate, Mosque, Con Center

Dawa – West of Gedo – Makes 1.15, Wool, Desert, Arid, Somali, Sunni, 9 dev, Textile Manufactory, Counting House

Ewaso Ngiro – West of Dawa – Arid Desert, 1.74 made here, 13 dev, Sunni Somalis, Wool, Textile Manufactory, Con Center, Counting House,

Kismayo – Coastal, east of Ewaso Ngiro – A big 23 dev with Farmlands, just Fish, has Naval Equipment Manufactory, Con Center, Great Mosque, Grand Shipyard, University, Counting House, Sunni and Somali, makes a massive 2.08 monthly already.

Not great devs, or Deserts, and trade goods in places, but built up with Manufacturers everywhere and good cash as a result!

Our first war was military where I took the strait to Arabia, Mukha, and bisected them. The 2nd war was economic for gold, Ivory, and more. They had 198k last war and 172k this one. This war was for military as well connecting my nation and then a high dev throw in in Kismayo

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter One Hundred and Ninety-Nine - A Quick Interlude

14 April – I don’t order anything new.

This peace ends in 11 years in 1755

I order:

Southern armies to Dawa and Kismayo and the rest to south
I order one army back to Madagascar

I disband the three mercs

I order my three Western armies west

On the northern flank, I order armies to Sidamo and Afder

13 May – The Commonwealth announces us as rival.

1 June – Our 3 star DIP advisor Naval Reformer passes, I hire a level 3 Trader

10 July - I send my extra diplomat to make nice with

11 Nov, 1744 – The 300 Year Review!!!!

[Abe Sargent]

Maps!

Let’s start with North Africa:



We are now connected and have three wars against Somalia in the last 50 years. Nice! You can still see Spain in Morocco and France in that one colony.

South Africa:



Check this out! Kilwa has been removed from Africa and only two Spanish colonies and one French keep us from dominating the entire region

South America:



Our first major colonial region was Brazil and then La Plata, check out them both. Only colonies are left. Remember that Spain is now both it and Portugal, so it’s all of that stuff.

North America:




Here’s where our Alaskan colony was next! Most here is unexplored.

Indies:



Our other big colonial empire is this big region under a lot of our control.

Siberia and Asia:




Another big regional colony is Siberia.

How about Europe that I don’t care about?




Here you go!

[Abe Sargent]

Ledger:

Military:

Army – 604k strong, 779k forcelimit – good enough for 5th most after Spain at a massive 1.20 mill

Navy – 312 out of 395 forcelimit:

79 Heavies
110 Lights
27 Galleys
96 Transports

Total – 312 3rd biggest after Turks at 413

Max Manpower – 375k – 2nd best after Spain’s 501k

Techs – 27/27/27 – 81 total, Tied for the most

Ideas – 49, tied for the most

Development – 3818, the most by far, Turks 2nd with 2967

Cash – 1603.13 – the most, 2nd best is Spain at 1064

There are 13 Empires

Ibadi – 544 provinces, 2nd most after Catholic at 775

I have 479 provinces

Charts:

Religion:

Ibadi – 98.1%
Coptic – 1%
Fetishist – 1%


Cultures of at least 3%:

Algerian – 18.9%
Berber – 4.0
Bornean - 6.5
Kanuri – 3.5
Kongolese- 2.9
Swahili – 9.4
Egyptian - 4.7
Moroccan – 4.2
Tunisian - 4.1

Top Ten Trade Nodes by Total Value:

1. Sevilla, 292.19
2. English Channel
3. Caribbean
4. Malacca
5. Constantinople
6. Lubeck
7. Bengal
8. Persia
9. Venice
10. Aden, 112.70

Ours:

Zanzibar – 101.64
Brazil – 83.28
La Plata – 51.25
Cape – 46.38
Timbuktu – 40.53
Alexandria – 38.04
Zambezi - 32.38
Tunis – 31.61
Katsina – 29.27
Siberia – 24.74
Congo – 23.45
Safi – 23.06
Great Lakes – 22.64


Trade Goods by Current Price:

10.0 - Coal
8.0 - Cloves
5.40 – Cocoa
5.25 - Sugar
5.0 – Dyes, Silk
4.95 – Cotton
4.72 – Paper
4.5 – Spices, Tobacco, Iron
4.05 – Cloth
4.0 – Ivory
3.50 – Fur
3.45 – Glass, Copper
3.40 – Livestock
3.30 – Salt, Coffee
3.12 – Wine
3.0 – Gems, Naval Supplies, Tropical Wood, Tea, Chinaware, Incense,
2.2 – Slaves
2.0 – Grain, Fish

Yay!

We are the Production Leader in:

Cloves – 100%
Gems – 22%
Livestock – 14.8
Tropical Wood – 28.6
Dyes – 25%
Spices – 32.4
Ivory – 73.8
Iron – 17.5


We are the Trade Leader in:

Sugar
Coffee
Slaves
Ivory

Our Top 15 Provinces by Taxes:

1. Qahirah, 42.08
2. Malindi, 39.45
3. Tunis, 39.45
4. Abomey, 34.50
5. Gao, 28.93
6. Kano, 27.60
7. Cape, 26.30
8. Timbuktu, 26.30
9. Mitija, 26.30
10. Pate, 24.61
11. Sambaliung, 23.67
12. Oran, 23.30
13. Jenne, 23.10
14. Mpemba, 21.10
15. Al Gharbiyah, 20.87


Our Top 15 by Any Production:

1. Kilwa, 138.04, Gold
2. Bambuk, 136.80, Gold
3. Sofala, 121.60, Gold
4. Pontianak, 118.80, Gold
5. Bure, 106.40, Gold
6. Tidore, Ternate, Ambon – 99.77, Cloves
9. Sambaliung, 92.86, Coal
10. Butua, Zimbabwe, 91.20, Gold
12. Malindi, 84.22, Iron
13. Ceram, Buru, 79.81, Cloves
15. Massappa, 76 Gold


Our Top 15 by Non-Gold, Coal, Cloves Production:

1. Malindi, 84.22, Iron
2. Tunis, 71.20, Cloth
3. Pate, 70.53, Cloth
4. Sulu, 68.07, Gems
5. Jenne, 66.11, Cloth
6. Qahirah, 65.81, Cloth
7. Zamboanga, 60.71, Spices
8. Mombasa, 59.11, Ivory
9. Kano, 58.08, Dyes
10. Kalonga, 55.57, Iron
11. Mozambique, 54.99, Ivory
12. Minya, 54.72, Sugar
13. Timbuktu, 54.68, Cloth
14. Cape, 53.29, Livestock
15. Sus. 52.69, Sugar


No coalitions against me!

Great Powers:

1. Spain
2. Algeria, Ibadi
3. Ottomans, Sunni
4. Commonwealth
5. France
6. Bengal, Sunni
7. Deccan, Shia
8. Austria

Nice! Still four Muslim nations.

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Two Hundred - Purchasing Ningyuan

11 Nov, 1744 – As you’ll note I have an infinite amount of cash at 32k!

I order whatever I want, I won’t be able to spend down everything.

I want Fortresses in the Indies next to Malacca:

Paser – Borneo, destroyed Shipyard
Sampit – Borneo, raised dev from 8 to 10
Mamuju – Sulawesi, had an extra slot

Also Philippines next to Spain there:

Buglas
Zamboanga
Caraga

I state;

Visayas – Philippines – 3 of 5 – Sugar in Buglas; Tropical Wood in Leyte; Incense in Samar

That’s all about Buglas

I order a Fortress in:

Kilwa

Malacca is winning a war against Dai Viet

Can I purchase a Chinese Trading Post?

Wu is at war with Dai Viet as well so nope

I send a diplomat to make nice with Wu and hopefully post war we can afford a Trading Post of a nice trade good.

I order:

24 Stock Exchanges upgrades, the upgraded Marketplace
1 Soldier’s Household

That drops me to 20k

I’ll hold the rest until post Wu war for purchasing a Trading Post.

1 Dec – Our Majils policy of Trade Restriction reduction finishes, next is Emergency Impressment Act to gain 50k Sailors

1 Jan, 1745 – I order nothing

19 Jan – Event Decline of Army Quality - I choose to fight it and lose -10% manpower but gain 5% morale for ten years

22 Jan – Event – Desires of the Flesh – Consort and Advisor in an cheating relationship. I choose to keep it quiet and lose 10 prestige

1 Feb – I claim Kilwa’s Antsalova

8 Mar – Wu at peace. I need to get positive relations from them

Wu are now a Great Power and I cannot Influence Nation them as my great power

I’ll just keep my diplomat here and hope the slow path works

What about north of Korea in Yan who are friendly with me and a tributary of Japan and allied with no one? Their capital is a wealthy Coal holding, so I cannot do that. Their best coastal is Naval Supplies, they have a bunch of cheap Fish and Grain elsewhere. But they are next to Wu and I don’t want the minus from neighbor with a different relation before I buy a wealthy thing in the south.

Let’s do Grain next to their capital for just 2588:



I do it!

Ningyuan – Confucian faith, Zhili people, Two away from Beijing, surrounded by Yan and south of Muscovy in Josutu, Grain, 14 dev, Grasslands, making us 0.65, Farm Estate, Regimental Camp and Shipyard, with an open space,

I order a Fortress here

1 April – Many mercs are now available

21 May – My diplomat returns and I Influence Nation Malacca, which will cost cash.

1 June – Our ADM hit its cap just a few months before tech #28, I spend a couple hundred to raise the dev of holdings here and there.

I order a Fortress on 10 Dev North Philippine’s Ifugao

I state:

Said – Egypt – 5 – Cotton in Manfalut, Grain in Girga, Livestock in Qus, Asfan, Isna

This was about Manfalut

I order a Plantation in Manfalut

I hand a Majils Seat to Coal Highveld

28 July – Malacca Dip back, I Influence Nation Yan

10 Oct- Yan back, I influence nation Persia

10 Nov - I influence nation Two Silicies

20 Nov – I keep my diplomat back

1 Dec – Rebellion in March of Tetuoan, which is Shia

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Two Hundred and One - Rotherham Plough

1 Jan, 1746 – With 18k I order:

3 Great Mosques
19 Grand Shipyard upgrades
5 Training Field Upgrades

Total left 13k

I order another 31k to Madagascar

26 Feb – Event – Rains Bring Fertility to Moluccas

5 Mar – Army in Madagascar, I order my navy to Protect Zanzibar’s Trade – right now I am making 117.10 before

1 April – Now 164.10

15 April – Somalia’s cores done in the three places I had claims:

Kismayo already in a State = the other two aren’t state-able yet.

Missionaries:

Kismayo - 19 months
Welayta – 27 months
Ewaso Ngiro – 33 months

New Tech!!

ADMIN TECH 28 – Rotherham Plough – We get +2% Production Efficiency

DIP Policy:

I still have my Colonial one from centuries ago, I repeal it and pass a new free one called:

Letters of Marque - +50% Privateer Efficiency, +5% Ship Durability

For the latter

1 May – Relations maxed with Wu! Can I buy something good in the South?

Nope they are charging too much. Maybe later!

9 July – I send the Wu diplomat to make nice with Bengal

17 July – The other 5 Somalian Cores are done:

I state:

Hadiya – 2 of 3 – Coffee in Welata and Sidamo

Jubba – 2 of 3 – Wool in Dawa and Ewaso Ngiro

Missionaries:

Dawaro – 17 months
Afder – 17 months

I hand a Majils Seat to Coal’s Verkhoyansk

6 Aug – Event – High Imam’s Reputation Hurt – We lose a stability

6 Sep – Ottomans DOW Austria

14 Nov - Event – Foreign Wisdom I choose to gain 50 MIL rather than hire a new MIL Advisor

1 Dec – Our manpower is recovering again!

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Two Hundred and Two - Preparing for the Final Kilwa War

7 Jan, 1447 – With 24k I’ll order Fortresses in my new grabs after I finish Missionaries to my new Somalian holdings.

1 Great Mosque

Universities in all of my Gold, Coal, Clove holdings to later build up development later at -20% dev cost, and they are free – I also build them in places like Tunis and Timbuktu

15k

11 Mar - I order 31k to Madagascar

24 April – Kilwa discovered my spy network

13 June – They arrive, I order another 31k here

22 June – Event – The Families Left Behind again, I reduce taxes

1 July – Kismayo converts! Next is 14 months in Sidamo

What can I build here in my highest dev capture close to multiple Somalia holdings? I destroy the Grand Shipyard to build a Fortress.

8 Oct – Army in Madagascar, next is my navy next to Kilwa’s captial of Antemoro in the Coast of Tamotove

1 Nov - Conversion in Antsalova in Madagascar to Ibadi from our trading post

16 Dec – Welayta converts to Ibadi and next is a 19 month campaign in Dawa

Anything to build here? Nope, it’s not valuable like the other Fortresses, and just south of a couple of minors

1 Jan, 1748 – This year in March our peace with Kilwa and Hormuz is up.

I have 4 armies in Madagascar, one in Mukha and another next door in Tajura

I have 52k manpower and hopefully that will build up over time just like the 9th war against Kilwa since we really don’t have any defensive formations here.

Kilwa – 29k – so I’ll combine my two armies here into two 62k ones
Hormuz – 31k

I also order 2 31karmies to north Egypt near the border with Ottomans in case they besiege it

10 Jan - Event – Al-Hasan Kalkal – I get +1 stability from bringing him in and -10% Adm tech costs for 10 years

24 Jan – Dawaro converts! Next is Gedo for 11 months – anything to build here? Yeah this is next to 4 Somalia holdings and in easy to defend Mountains – I order a Fortress here too

4 Feb – Afder is the next to convert! It’s next to just one minor I don’t order anything here.

18 Feb – Ewaso Ngiro also converts! Anything here? Nope it’s surrounded by us

1 Mar - I can purchase a new Age of Revolutions Ability! I choose:

Unrestricted Conquest – Ignore borders for claims and cores

Our peace ends with Kilwa and Hormuz

I DOW Kilwa for the Ibadi Madagascar holding of Antsalova next to us. The 11th war. Will this be the last one?

Hormuz joins

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Two Hundred and Three - The 11th Algiers/Kilwa War


I order:

62k to Antsalova
62k to their captial of Antemoro

11 April – Antsalova falls - I head south

31 May – One minor and Antemoro are ours, I head my Antomoro army to where 29k are in Antanosy

16 June – We win a naval battle in the Cost

5 July – We win the Battle of Antanosy and gained 8 warscore – we routed their army

14 July – Two minors fall

1 Aug – Antanosy is ours, their fleet flees

10 Aug – We win and capture 3 ships their fleet is destroyed

I have a 46% warscore

I order my fleet to Arabia’s Gulf of Masirah

15 Aug – Sidamo converts! South of just one, I don’t order a Fortress here

3 Sept – Every Kilwan holding is ours

5 Sept – Wusta in Hormuz falls, next is another minor

19 Sept – Another Hormuz minor falls, next is another minor

7 Nov- Event – Missionaries arrive in Srikakalum and it becomes Ibadi but gains +10% revoltrisk for a massive 20 years

A minor Hormuz falls, they have 27k in their capital of Liwa so I order this army to combine with the other for taking it out

17 Nov -Hormuz minor falls

20 Nov – We win in the Gulf and capture 2 ships

19 Dec – We win the Battle of Liwa and they have 12k survive – I begin the siege

I have an 84%, can I get the good stuff over at Madagascar?

I want their high dev capital, and then what ever else I can snag

All of Madagascar would be 74 warscore, but they won’t do it yet since Hormuz is still in this thing.

White peace with Hormuz pulls them out of the war. Again I don’t wanna grab land to make a big impression for Turks although they do have some nice things.

Now I have a 100% warscore with Kilwa so we can go the rest of Madagascar but I have to wait for my dip to return

1 Jan, 1749 – We get the trading bonus for Tropical Wood - -5% Dev costs

16 Jan – Gedo converts! It’s next to 4 Somalia holdings and needs a Fortress but it’s 10 dev and three things, so I destroy the Great Mosque to build one

27 Jan – Our DIP is back:

Peace?



74 warscore, 100 DIP, just 15 badboy. I do it and spend 188 ADM power

Ready?

All are Malagasy culture and Slaves and Tropical unless otherwise noted.

I’ll start at my wartarget and go left to right and then back to left to right

Antsalova – Wartarget, West Coast, South of Besalampy, west of Merina – Tropical Savannah, Con Center and Grand Shipyard, 7 dev, 0.16, Ibadi

Menabe – South of Antsalova, West Coast, Arid Savannah, 17 dev, Natural Harbor, Stock Exchange, Training Fields, Grand Shipyard, 0.34, Fetishist

Betsileo – Internal, east of Menabe, west of Antemaro, south of Merina – Ibadi, Highlands, 7 dev, Trade Station and Con Center, making us 0.28

Antemaro – Former Capital, East Coast, east of Betsileo, south of us in Vatomandry – the big addition - massive 26 dev, Jungle, Con Center, Stock Exchange, Grand Shipyard, Training Fields, Sunni faith, 0.52 made here

Fiherana – West Coast, south of Menabe – Arid Savannah, Fetishist, Fish, Grand Shipyard, 0.24 from 9 dev

Bara – Internal -East of Fiherana, south of Betsileo, west of Antemaro – Highlands, Fetishists, Farm Estate for Grain, Con Center, 6 dev, 0.39

Mahafaly – Southwest coast – South of Bara and Fiherana – Arid Savannah, 9 dev, Ibadi faith, Con Center and Grand Shipyard, 0.24

Antanosy – Southeast coast – east of Mahafaly, south of Antemaro – 9 dev, Highlands, Shia faith, Con Center, Grand Shipyard, 0.23

We ended Kilwa in 11 wars, but this is pretty poor, hopefully after they turn from Slaves they’ll get something better as this is all Grain and Fish and Slaves. We have Sunni, Shia and Ibadi here by the by.

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Two Hundred and Four - Joint Stock Companies

27 Jan – I order my two armies in Hormuz to Mukha and Tajura, my 2 armies from North Egypt back to their spots.

On Madagascar I order one army to remain in Bara and my fleet back to Madagascar where they can ferry the rest over to Africa, two are ordered over now

I have 83k manpower after almost a full year and then a full war in Arabia and Madagascar

I order:

4 Stock Exchanges
1 Drydock

Universities in 7 Dye and 22 Iron provinces since they are a free building

I have 24k left in cash

12 Feb – Slavery gone in Madagascar

I got 1 Grain, 1 Ivory, 2 Tropical Wood, 1 Livestock and 1 Wool, all better save for Grain

Who got Ivory? Antsalova. The big dev one got Wood which is better than the 2.2 Slaves at 3.0.

15 Mar – I send my spy network building diplomat from Kilwa to Malacca to make nice

1 April – We lose the Slave Trading bonus

1 June – I lose my claims on a lot of stuff. I spend 50 MIL power for Holy War to get them back.

3 June – One army arrives in Africa, I order the 3rd over

11 June – Dawa converts – that’s the last one from the 3rd Somalian War! Anything to build here? Great Mosque

17 June – One of my generals passes, I promote another

With 94k manpower, I order a 31k army in West Africa

My mil main is 294.26 and I am making 856.40 monthly

1 Sept – With a +192 with Bengal even though I have more space, I pull my diplomat back

4 Sept – All armies are back to Africa save for 1

18 Sept – Our admiral passes, I hire another

I leave my navy here to heal up

26 Oct – I send my Bengal dip to make nice with Hormuz

1 Jan, 1750 – New Tech!!!

DIP TECH 28 – Joint Stock Companies - +2% Trade Efficiency, +20 trade range

I have 33k.

I order:

Universities in every Ivory province which is 46 holdings!

I have 20k left

1 Mar – We passed the Emergency Impressment Act and gained 51k Sailors!

Zanzibar trade is at 151.8 I order my fleet to protect trade there

1 April – Looks like no major bumps

9 April – Event – Menabe converts to Ibadi before it’s core is done

1 July – Our level 3 MIL Advisor the Army Reformer lady passes. Next? Let’s hire a Level 3 Army Organizer with a +10% land forcelimits

10 Aug – Event – Harvest Failure in Touggcourt Region

25 Aug – Event – Coffee Imports – I do it

1 Sept - I have 30k done of 31k and now my maintenance is 318.79

9 Nov- Event – There Should be a Stable Government - I lose 10 prestige rather than 100 ADM power

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Two Hundred and Five - Curassier

1 Jan, 1751 – Our Natural Scientist level 3 ADM advisor passes, I hire a level 3 Treasurer who gives us +10% tax

I am making 11/8/8 – you can promote an Advisor to the next level by spending cash, and we have three level 3s. That cash is between 550 and 1k for each of them. Right now I am spending 25.66 on Advisor upkeep. I raise them all to level 4. I am now making 12/9/9. They are now 71.99 upkeep

I have 25k after those raises. What now? I order:

Universities in all Cloth which is 11, then all Paper (2) and Glass (1)

21k left

28 Jan – Cores done in two that I had claims on!

I cannot state the good one yet, this will be a while!

Missionaries:

Antemoro – 52 months

1 Mar – With a +48 I pull my Malacca dip after relations maxed

30 April – Rest of cores are done!

I state:

Southern Madagascar – 4 – Tropical Wood in Antemoro, Grain in Bara, Livestock in Antanosy and Wool in Mahafaly.

I hand a Majils Seat to Antemoro

Missionaries:

Bara – 17 months
Antanosy – 27 months

I cannot send to Fiherana since they are being converted next to my propagate religion in Zanzibar

9 May – I send my Malacca merchant to Influence Nation Hormuz

12 June – It’s back, I send to make nice with Venice

1 Oct – Treasurer we just hired and promoted died. I hire a level 2 Artist that drops my cost to increase my stability and spend 395 levelling to and 889 to level 4

9 Oct – I have 178k manpower, I spend 31k to hire another 31k on the West Africa front

1 Nov – With a +54, relations maxed with Hormuz I pull my diplomat

7 Dec – I sent it to Influence Nation England and spend 4431 cash to do so

19 Dec – Event - Tariffs on Wool- I tax them

11 Jan, 1752 – I send my diplomat to make nice with England. I have 24k now

I order Universities in every Spice holding which should be a lot. It’s 30. 16kleft

18 March - Bara converts! Anything to build here? I destroy the Farm Estate and order Soldier’s Households

23 June – Fiherana converts! Anything here? It’s Fish with an open slot, I order Households here too

14 Aug – Event – Architectural Development – I spend 6500 cash to gain 200 in each power

New Tech!

MIL TECH 28 - Curassier- I get Durrani Cavalry, and +0.50 infantry shock and +25% maneuver

I upgrade my forces

This is the last cavalry upgrade possible
18 Oct- A general passes but I don’t have the MIL to hire another

21 Oct – Conversion in Antanosy – anything here to build? I spend 32 ADM to raise it from 9 to 10 and then a Soldier’s Household with this Livestock

1 Nov – With a 45, relations maxed with Venice, I pull

10 Nov – Influence Nation on Venice costs 3120, I do it

21 Nov - Sent to make nice with Austria

20 Dec – 30k of 31k done in West Africa, maintenance is now 338.24

I have 665k of a forcelimit of 885k so plenty of space to up my army more and more

I have 200k manpower and peace with Somalia rises in 2 years and 2 months, so we’ll be ready for War #4.

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Two Hundred and Six - Getting Ready for the Next Somalia War

1 Jan, 1753 - I have just 14k in cash, I order Universities for 13 Gems

Now I have 10k

25 Feb – Our Consort passes

Somalia currently has 183k and Aden 80k

1 April – With a +62, relations maxed with England, dip pulled

15 April – I influence nation Austria for around 2.2k

25 April - Sent to make nice with Bohemia

We converted the last Kilwa ever to Ibadi – Antemoro! Anything to order here? I destroy the Training Fields for a Mill for the Tropical Wood

1 Dec – With a 65, relations maxed with Austria, I order our diplomat recalled

12 Dec- Influence nation on Bohemia for 2177

24 Dec – Sent to make nice with Persia

1 Jan, 1754 – I have 15k, I just hire Universities for 6 Incense and 2 Cotton

I have 13k after

Peace with Hormuz is over

10 May – Our High Imam passes:

Our stability drops

Our new High Imam:

Hasan – 2/3/3, age 36

We are making 12/10/10

No Consort or Heir

I pass the denouncement of Sects and Practices to drop our revolt risk by 1

I need an heir soon. I offer RM to Bengal first – no Consort comes from it

I spend 130 ADM to get back to +3 stability

1 June – I send my navy to the Red Sea’s Bab el Mandeb again to stop crossing over

27 June – Event – I choose the best Sheikh

2 July – Dip back from Bengal, next I offer a RM for Persia again. Will we get a Consort?

Yup!

Khayr al-Nisa – 5/0/6 age 23

Nicely done Persia!

1 Aug – With a +65, relations maxed with Bohemia, I recall the Algerian diplomat and we won’t send it back out since I’ll keep two for emergencies in our war.

12 Sept – Navy arrives

12 Nov – Event – Shipwreck - I lose 50 DIP power to help out

1 Jan, 1755 – Peace with Somalia and allies next month

I hire for West Africa:

45k Independent Army
30k Grand Company
30k Sahel Company in Feb 25

22 Jan – Event – Gogo is now Sunni. Missionary will take 12 months to convert back to Ibadi

1 Feb – Peace up with Somalia and her allies. Any new allies I need to deal with?

Nope!

I DOW Somalia for the minor North flank Grain holding of Hamasien.

I call in Bengal, their three allies all join them

The 4th War Against Somalia has Begun

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Two Hundred and Seven - The 4th Algiers/Somalia War


I order:

Indies – 36k from Bengkulu to Kedah’s capital

West Flank – Everyone to the minor of Yao

North:

1 into Hamasien
1 into Enderta
The rest into the Fortress of Mendefera

South:

4 into Barawa
4 into Bardera

5 Mar- three captured including wartarget, next on West Flank is the Fortress of Wadai

7 Mar - Another minor falls in the south, we are ordered to the Fortress of Merca

17 April – They arrive to siege us in Dawaro with 50k plus another two armies of 38k and 27k are in the area, after capturing Mendefera we’ll head over

1 June – Influence with Malacca expires I update it

16 June – We win the Battle of Perak in the Malay Peninsula

27 June – Merca falls in the south next is their capital of Mogadishu

38k are in Kaffa sieging us

18k are in As-Suways from Aden
 
22 July – They capture our minor of Welayta

1 Aug – We can get a new Age of Revolutions ability, we choose

Loyal Subjects - -25% Liberty Desire in same continent vassals

17 Aug – 32k Aden folks arrive at Sharqiya and are sieging us and 30k more are next door. We’ll have to head up north after capturing Mendefera

20 Aug -It falls and I order my northern flank to As-Suways

18 Sept – Wadai falls on the west flank, next is the Fortress of Tegali

23 Sept – Mogadishu falls, next is the Fortress of El Buur

1 Oct – With a +95 relations maxed with Persia, I pull my diplomat

1 Nov – I reup our influence over Persia

23 Nov – We win in As-Suways – next Sharqiya

30 Nov – On the West Flank we defeated 66k in Kobbe, no survivors

9 Dec – We win in Sharqiya, I had back to the Fortress of Gonder

They are recapturing northern flank stuff we grabbed

14 Dec – They retake a minor

1 Jan, 1756 - El Buur falls on the southern flank, next is the Fortress of Degehabur

11 Jan – 65k in Tajura sieging us, I order my northern army here first, and then to Gonder

5 Feb – Gogo is Ibadi again!

15 Feb – They pull outta Tajura

5 Mar – Pattani in the Malay Peninsula falls to Bengal, that’s a 45 warscore

I still have 42k manpower so we’ll keep pushing

5 April – We begin the siege at Gonder

6 May – The Fortress of Degehabur falls! Next is the Fortress of Shewa

48%

11 June – Gonder falls, warscore of 56%, no more manpower, we are at 64% in Tagali, wait? Or just go for it?

I wait for a week or two to see if I can grab it

19 June – Nope, it increased to 78%

I call it.

Somalia is happy for peace.

What can I get?

56% warscore

I do the best trade goods while also grabbing good territory:

North Somalia:

Hamasien – Wartarget, surrounded by me, their north most holding left – Just a 3 score, but a higher 4 badboy

Mendefera – South of Hamasien connects our Massawa to Beja- 6 warscore, 4 badboy

Aksum – Southwest of Mendefera, east of Beja – 6 each

Those thee are cheap Grain but I need to take the Fortress off the board

Enderta – East of Aksum, southeast of Mendefera – 4 warscore and 3 bb – Our first valuable grab

Ausa – South of Tajura and Assab, in that state – 7 warscore, 6 badboy

Angot – South of Assab, connects Enderta to Ausa – also in that state – 5 warscore and 4 badboy

Zeila – Coastal, east of Tajura, on Bab el Mandeb – 14 warscore and 18 badboy – that’s our high dev good addition

Mora – South of Zeila and Ausa and Tajura – 6 score and 5 bb

That’s 51 warscore and 50.3 badboy

What else can I get as a throw-in?

Degehebur – Connects Mora to Dawaro and cuts off the northern Somalia from the Horn of Africa. – 6 warscore, 4 badboy

They won’t add in 1 warscore for the Andamans

Here’s the pic:



All are great - 57 warscore and 55.0 badboy. I do peace for 147 ADM.

Here are my 4th war additions:

North Somalia:

Hamasien – Wartarget, surrounded by me, their north most holding left – Grain, Highlands, Arid, Farm Estate and Workshop, 6 dev, Tigray people, Coptic faith, makes 0.37

Mendefera – South of Hamasien connects our Massawa to Beja- Fortress, surrounded by us, Farm Estate for Grain, Arid Highlands, Tigray Coptic, 7 dev, 0.37

Aksum – Southwest of Mendefera, east of Beja – North of Somalia – Also Highlands, not Arid though, Also Tigray and Coptic, Also Grain with a Farm Estate and Workshop, 9 dev, 0.54 made here

Enderta – East of Aksum, southeast of Mendefera – Copper Mines, Arid Desert, 4 dev, Weapons Manufactory and Workshop, Tigray and Coptic, 0.68 made here

Ausa – South of Tajura and Assab, in that state – 10 dev, Arid Drylands, Fortress, Farm Estate for Livestock, Counting House, Con Center, Afar people, Sunni faith, making us a nice 1.55

Angot – South of Assab, connects Enderta to Ausa – also in that state – Also Arid Drylands, Also Farm Estate for Livestock and Con Center and Counting House, 5 dev, Afar Coptic, 0..20

Zeila – Coastal, east of Tajura, on Bab el Mandeb – Arid Coastal Desert, 24 dev, Incense, Natural Harbor, there is built here: Trade Station, Town Hall, Counting House, Stock Exchange, Grand Shipyard and Grand Mosque – great built up, makes us 2.10, they are Somali Sunni,

Mora – South of Zeila and Ausa and Tajura – 1.28 made here from 8 dev, Arid Desert, Coffee, Plantation, Con Center and Counting House, Harai and Sunni

Degehebur – Connects Mora to Dawaro and cuts off the northern Somalia from the Horn of Africa. – Throw in – Another Fortress – Farm Estate for Livestock, 7 dev, Otomo Fetishists, Arid Highlands, making us 0.72

That’s three more Fortresses we brought in, and another big military victory cutting off north Egypt from the Horn of Africa, 9 more nice additions.

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Two Hundred and Eight - Tea Imports

19 June - I disband my three merc armies

I order four West Armies to their flank

I order Egyptian armies to:

Zeila
Mendefera
Degehebur
Enderta

The rest to the flanks like Tajura

South Flank – Back to northern area

We didn’t fight any naval battles, so my navy is ordered to protect Zanzibar’s trade.

Peace in 11 years

13 Jul – I send my free diplomat to make nice with Japan

I have 16k I order Universities in every Sugar holding which is 12

Now I have 13k

23 July – I send my peace making diplomat to make nice with Transoxiana

1 Aug – Rebellion in Tetouan

12 Aug – A general dies, our next war is likely in 11 years so I don’t spend the MIL to hire another

19 Sept – Good-ish news, we have a new heir, Hasan, but he’s just 2/1/2

I don’t remove him from the line, our High Imam isn’t that young

14 Nov – Event – Freedom of the Press, we lose 1 innovativeness after I ban a printing

27 Nov – Our armies are all back, right now we need 66k to reinforce them and we gain 3913 monthly, so that should be pretty soon

1 Jan, 1757 – With 17k I order:

Universities in all Coffee for 10, Chinaware for 1, and Tea for 3

I have 13k left

23 Mar – Event – Tea Imports – I gain 1 mercantilism and 10 prestige when I talk up Coffee instead

[Abe Sargent]

Just as a heads up that I just finished the dynasty and we went womb to tomb once again! I'll fast post the rest here for you soon. I got up today around 4:30 am EST when I went to bed at 1:41 am and played from 4:30 am to 9:30 pm so I was in an EU4 mood today!

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Two Hundred and Nine - Giant Fire

1 Jan, 1758 – Fast year!

I have 23k I order Universities in all Copper holdings which is 15 18k left

18 Jan – Event - The Dip Approach of Khayr al-Nisa – we gain 50 DIP power

1 April – Manpower rebuilding again – that was fast

20 June - Since all 9 were claims, they are all cored today.

I state:

Ifat – 2 of 4 – Coffee in Mora; Incense in Zeila -

I hand a Majils Seat to Zeila

From 2.52 after core and state to 2.81

Missionaries:

Zeila – 14 months
Degehabur – 17 months
Enderta – 24 months
Angot – 25 months
Hamasien – 25 months too

1 Aug – Relations maxed with Japan and Transoxiana, both pulled

I influence nation Japan because I need to keep them out of Siberia – 4k

26 Oct – I send my two extra diplomats to make nice with Bali and Royal Marriage with Malacca

18 Nov – Event – University of Aldan – I choose to spend 10k to expand the University here and gain 3 innovativeness and ADM power

I am getting new the cap so I spend 200 to raise dev in places like Mitija and others.

30 Dec – I send our Malacca dip to make nice with Barus

2 Jan, 1759 – I order:

Universities in all Salt holdings – 21 total

Afterwards I have 8612 cash

Could my next war be Malacca? They have 238k, not 23.8k, so they are much bigger than Somalia, and we are based all over them on Sumatra Island with Bengkulu, on Borneo next to two of them, two on Sulawesi, their only ally is Berau. So we wouldn’t have to deal with that. Our navy is better too.

That would be hard because we have three flanks and then we’d need around 300k per flank to do it.

We’d also lose tons of manpower since we’d have to unload all of my 300k on Bengkulu over years since it’s out only holdings on the island.

1 Mar - I spend more ADM/DIP Power to raise dev of things in Mitija

14 May – With 58k manpower, I spend 31k in West Africa to make a 5th army on that flank – my mil maintenance is 339.77

18 May – A general passes

I order 14 more heavy ships in Southern Africa. My naval maintenance is 116.67

I have room for another 177 ships

19 Aug - Zeila converts! Next is Ausa for 18 months, 4.21 made here now

1 Sept – 17k Separatists rise up in Degehabur where my army is

10 Sept – Defeated and we lost 2k

5 Nov – Conversion in Angot! Anything to order here it’s next to 3 holdings. Should I Fortress this? I spend 144 ADM leveling it to level 10 and then order a Fortress here

Next is Mendefera for 26 months

Let’s look closer at Zeila (4.21) and last war’s big addition Kismayo – making 3.43

They are both Somali culture, which is very common in the upcoming Horn of Africa. I have one extra Culture in my Empire and then 4 more Somali cultures in the area, I move it to accepted since they have high dev holdings to core. I spend 90 DIP power to do so

After accepting their culture:

Zeila – 4.43
Kismayo – 3.67

14 Nov- I spend 50 DIP to invite Minorities

22 Nov – Degehebur converts! Next is 27 months in Aksum

28 Dec – Event - Giant Fire in Mentawi – 75 destructions, -2 production

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Two Hundred and Ten - Building up a Trading Post

3 Jan, 1760 – The Industrial Revolution has begun, the next Institution has arrived.

Our level 4 DIP Trader dies, next I hire a level 3 Diplomat that gives me a +20% to making friends and then I spend 835 to level him up to 4.

After that I have 16k for Universities in Fur for a total of 19

10k left

3 Feb – event – Another freedom of the press for -1 innovativeness

1 Mar – time for new Majils debate, next is reduce trade regulations again

1 Apr – relations maxed with Barus dip pulled back

1 June – Relations maxed Bali dip recalled

3 June – I send the Barus dip to make nice with Fars

14 June – I accept an alliance offer from Malacca, hopefully they won’t break this one

29 June – Enderta converts! Next is Mora for 18

Anything to order here? Counting House

31 July - Hamasien convert, no other targets, anything to order here? Soldier’s Households replaces Farm Estate

9 Aug - 30k done of 31k, maintenance is 354.03

21 Aug – I send Bali dip to make nice with Bone on Sulawesi

2 Dec – I don’t hire a new general to replace a dead one

1 Jan, 1761- I have cash of 18k,

Trading Post Ningyuan:

Making us 1.05 cash

I order here:

Officer’s Mess - +5k forcelimit
Permanent Quarters
Company Depot
Algerian District
Broker’s Exchange
Military Admin

Now making 1.83 monthly

I have left 16k

I order Conscription Centers in 5 places

Now I have 15k

20 Feb – Ausa converts! Anything here? Nope it already has a Fortress on 10 dev

25 Mar- I have manpower of 109k I spend 31k to build another West African army

10 May – 14 large ships done, my naval maintenance is 130.14

I order them assembled in Kilwa; I order my main navy there

17 May – Shalaf’I Scholar done, I need to make nice with La Plata to get another, I send my emergency to do so Influence nation and we have 152, I hire another Scholar

1 June- I lose a bunch of claims, I spend 50 MIL to Holy War

10 July – Navy rebuilt I order it to protect trade in Zanzibar, I order another 14 large vessels

2 Oct – New tech!

ADMIN TECH 29 – Rights of Man – Our final Group of Ideas!

Trade in DIP?
Defensive in MIL?
I can get 3 Dip Ideas right now. Dip to get more diplomats?
Espionage to drop badboy in wars?

I like Diplomatic and Espionage

I do the latter

Espionage Idea #1 – Claim Fabrication - -25% Claim Rate and I can claim for Subjects

Espionage Idea #2 – State Propaganda - -20% Aggressive Expansion reduction

Espionage Idea #3 – Efficient Spies - +50% Spy Network building and +10% Siege Ability

Looks like my Suez Canal is done by the by

1 Nov – Maxed relations with Fars, I pull my diplomat

4 Nov – A general passes

5 Dec – I send my Fars diplomat to make nice with Dai Viet

Deccan are at war with Ottomans

20 Dec – France announces us as a Rival

29 Dec – Mora converts! Anything to order here? 10 dev, just next to one minor, I don’t order a Fortress here

2 left!

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Two Hundred and Eleven - Agent Training

1 Jan, 1762 – I have 18k, I spend it one:

15 Universities – That’s 16k

10 Jan - Conversion in Mendefara – Already has a Fortress, I swap a Soldier’s Households for Farm Estate

1 left

1 Feb – With Bone relations maxed I pull my diplomat

27 Feb – 30k of 31k built in West Africa, maintenance is now 367.59

7 Mar – Aksum converts! All Somalian holdings from 4th War are converted, Soldier’s Households here for the Farm Estate too

22 April – Muscovy at war with Europe, I let them have Military Access

I send the Bone diplomat to make nice with Two Sicilies

21 Aug – Event – Growth of Cloth in Swellendam – It makes Wool, now it makes Cloth, it goes from 2.57 to 3.52

1 Oct – Espionage Idea #4 – Agent Training - +1 Diplomat and -15% Advisor Cost – it’s 70.44 now, and then drops to 51.80

1 Dec – I reup our Influence over Venice

I send my extra Dip to make nice with Wu

2 Jan, 1763 – I have 18k I spend:

21 Universities

12k left

1 April – I order my 31k from Madagascar to Mombasa

1 May – Austria influence up, I send a diplomat, but this time just 791 cash, they’ve been hurt badly

Relations maxed with Dai Viet and Two Sicilies, I pull my guys back

11 May – I send my Two Sicilies to make nice with Muscovy

1 June – Event – MP in Scandal – I arrest him and now they won’t vote for us

7 July – I send the Dai Viet to make nice with Saxony

1 Aug - Wu maxed, I’ll leave it there until I can get enough cash for a Trading Post in a few months

23 Sept – I accept Institution Sharing from Utrecht

8 Oct – Event – I spend another 100 to help traders

22 Dec – A general passes

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Two Hundred and Twelve - Buying Limchow


1 Jan, 1764 – Our influence nation ends for Bohemia I send a diplomat for another

I don’t order anything else

I keep my cash free for the Trading Post in Southern China

1 March – We embrace Industrialization we get +15% Tax and +25% manpower

10 Mar – Deccan no longer considers us a rival

1 April – I cannot rival them either, I choose to rival France

1 May – Our ruler gains the Navigator trait

14 large ships done, I order to Kilwa and our main fleet there too

15 June – Navy formed, I order Protect Trade in Zanzibar and another 14 Large ships built here

My naval Maint is 148.11

I have 233k Manpower I spend 31k to build another 31k army in West Africa

I have a land maint of 372.44

1 Aug – New Tech!!!

MIL TECH 29 – Defense in Depth – We get better Artillery, I order upgrades

This is the best

1 Sept – I can get a Trading Post in Southern China from Wu

What do I want? I’d like a Sugar, but it’s too high dev at 30, called Leichow.

I also cannot do 22 dev Chinaware to it’s east.

The best I can do is Limchow – on the border with Malacca for 22k



Limchow - 9 dev, Jungle, Tropical, on the Gulf of Tonkin, Incense, Trade Station and Grand Shipyard I destroy for a Fortress, Cantonese culture and Mahayana faith, makes us 1.12 monthly

I pull my making nice diplomat from Wu

8 Nov – I send it to make nice with Cologne

1 Dec – Relations maxed with Saxony and Muscovy, dips recalled

15 Dec – Saxony dip sent to make nice with Sale

30 Dec – Muscovy dip sent to make nice with Tetuoan

1 Jan, 1765 – I don’t order anything to give my cash time to recover from the Trading Post in Limchow

9 Feb – Event – Dips Exposed – I lose 25 prestige

14 Aug – 30k of 31k done in West Africa, my military maint is now 391.61

1 Dec – Espionage Idea #5 – Vetting – We get +33% Foreign Spy Detection and -0.20 Corruption

[Abe Sargent]

The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Two Hundred and Thirteen - A Short Interlude

3 Jan, 1766 – We have 16k, I order:

12 Universities and drop to 12k

I start rearranging my armies in the Egyptian Front

1 Feb – Our Majils didn’t pass Trade Regulations. Next? Quartering of Troops

1 July – Relations with Cologne maxed at 40 I pull and will keep my diplomat for the upcoming War

1 Dec – I order my navy to the Bab el Mandeb

2 Jan, 1767 – This year I don’t order anything, our truce is up in April

23 Feb – Our fleet arrives

1 April – Peace is up!

No new allies in Somalia, the big two:

Aden – 94k
Somalia – 194l

I have 7 armies in West Africa, 8 in Egypt and Horn of Africa, which I’ll name the southern flank moving forward.

I DOW For Somalia’s Horn of Africa’s high dev Livestock province of Barawa

I call in Bengal but NOT Malacca since they are next to Kedah and might just take it in peace separately, whereas Bengal claims them for me. I like having these two high De Fortresses falling to help our warscore.

Joining Somalia is all three allies.

The 5th War Against Somalia has begun. I have a manpower of 370k so hopefully this can last a while.