EU4 - Now What - Mzab - Now Algiers!

[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]

The Historical Hegemon Series
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