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Welcome my friend welcome to the country that formed democracy and defied the evil persians.
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Welcome my friend. Welcome to the founder of democracy and the bane of the once mighty Persian empire. We Greeks have a proud history of culture, architecture and war.
We greeks have a proud history and we have colonies around the world.
 
  
However time has changed sence the age of Leonidas and now the Macedonians rules in Greece.
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Now Greece again needs to call on the sword and the spear. The Macedonians, upstart barbarians from the North, hold a stranglehold over the cities that are still loyal to us. You must lead the forces of Greece again to unite Greece, throw off the Macedonian yoke and forge an empire of Aristotle.
  
Our soldiers have changed little in weapons and armour we belive that a man figths harder when he cannot run away therfore most of our soldiers are heavly armoured along with the spear and a hoplon shield figths on foot in a noble melee.
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You will not be powerless in this task. The soldiers of Greece are ready for your command and use the same equipment of the heroes of old. Most of your soldiers will fight shoulder to shoulder armed with a sword, spear and shield and equipped in the finest armour they can afford in the phalanx formation. The phalanx has served Greece well throughout the centuries and this century need not be different. You must not neglect the lighter infantry who harass the foe with javelins and arrows. They have many uses for the skilled strategos. Finally we have the Greek cavalry. Compared to the barbarians to the North we are not horsemen, but the men are willing and with a good general they are deadly.
  
Evey man pays for his own equpment and is therfore given diffrent roles.
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Our historians will tell us of the benefit of caution in battle. The phalanx alone cannot win the day or even if it does many noble Greek lives will be lost for little purpose. The phalanx is a powerful weapon drawn up in deep ranks and faced from the front. Even the finest enemy troops who manage to engage our phalanx from the front will experience heavy casualties and a skilled general will be able to hold and flank the enemy like the hammer and the anvil crashing together before our disciplined troops break. A phalanx does however have weaknesses. Firstly, maintaining proper formation requires slow movement. The Greek general must be able to second-guess their opponent in their battle line else risk disaster. Avoid moving your heavy infantry if you can tempt the enemy to attack from the front where a wall of spears will aid our cause. Secondly, phalanxes are vulnerable from the flanks or rear. Most of our hoplites are trained mainly with the spear, they fight ineffectively with their swords and should not be expected to for long. Opposing heavy infantry or cavalry attacking your formations from the flanks or the rear will result in heavy casualties in Greek lives. Plan the disposition of your forces carefully to avoid this happening or turn calamity into victory by holding reserves to be thrown into battle at an opportune time.
  
The poor citizens provide covardly missile fire with javelins and arrows and kills both brave and cowardly men alike. They are fast and mobile but are not protected from arrows or swords.
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Our skirmishers are best used, in my view, to tempt the enemy into attacking your steady phalanxes. We do not have mobile forces capable of guarding them against opposing heavy cavalry so keep them near your phalanxes. They may also be used to shore up wavering lines and to hunt down enemy forces who cannot bear to face us anymore.  
  
The middle class and high classes serves as hoplites figthing shoulder to shoulder against all foes.These men form the backbone of the army.
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Your cavalry have several uses. Firstly, history tells us that skirmishers can severely damage a phalanx hence our cavalry must be used to neutralise enemy skirmishers where possible. Tactical use of archers may negate the effectiveness of enemy skirmishers and may be worth considering. Secondly, cavalry can be used to deliver a critical blow to enemy divisions. Enemies are likely to turn and flee if our cavalry charge into their flanks or from behind them. Many battles have been won by decisive cavalry charges or a wavering line propped up. Thirdly, cavalry especially your general's bodyguard, who have significantly better horsemanship than most of your cavalry, may be used to destroy the power of enemy cavalry. It is still unadvisable without an overpowering numbers advantage to meet them head on but a charge to the flank or rear of an engaged unit can work wonders. This is relevant when fighting opposing generals who can be a huge menace to your relatively inflexible formation. Finally, cavalry are prime for hunting down enemy units so they cannot fight you again.  
  
Our advantage in infantry is that we form up into a phalanx that allows 3 men in depth to fight at once.
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This is only a little insight into the power of the force you now command. The blood of Leonidas, Achilles and Hercules runs in their veins. To maintain Greece we must spill blood and many good Greeks will die. The power of Achilles and the wisdom of Athena be with you on the battlefield. Hail Strategos!
Our spears are long and therfore foes that fights with swords have trouble to kill us in a manly manner.
 
As long as they are only in front of us.
 
 
 
The enemy gets exhausted while we stay fresh because we care about our battleformation with the spear and we make sure that that formation isnt broken so that we have to fight with swords and that isnt our primary weapon!In case the enemy break our formation press halt so that we once again figth with spears but first let our enemy charge against us when they have done that press halt and you will be victorious in a street battle.
 
 
 
however If the enemy attacks from the flanks then the enemy will stab us in the back sence we cannot turn to face them in a field battle and for this reason we have cavalry to guard our flanks and to take out soldiers trying to give us a cowardly death but that is all they are expected to do we also have a rear guard of hoplites so that we can hammer and anvil the enemy cavalry if it chooses to attack our rear.
 
 
 
Many enemies will be temted to do this in order to gain superiority in mobility that cavalry brings to the battlefield only to find our cavalry virtually impossible to catch!
 
 
 
However many consider us weak because we do not have heavy cavalry but we are more mobile than other factions and our cavalry can choose when to figth our opponent this along with a rear guard will indeed be formidable.
 
 
 
But the world have moved on and many of our enemies have much better cavalry than we do therfore your cavalry must cooperate with the rest of the army not fight on its own.
 
 
 
When it comes to trade we trade with the entire world and we have a large sea trade protected by a strong navy that also can be used to blockade are enemys sea trade thus reducing the number of soldiers that they can field.
 
 
 
This is the key to victory now prove that you have Achillies blood forward to glory!
 

Revision as of 17:33, 26 September 2010

Welcome my friend. Welcome to the founder of democracy and the bane of the once mighty Persian empire. We Greeks have a proud history of culture, architecture and war.

Now Greece again needs to call on the sword and the spear. The Macedonians, upstart barbarians from the North, hold a stranglehold over the cities that are still loyal to us. You must lead the forces of Greece again to unite Greece, throw off the Macedonian yoke and forge an empire of Aristotle.

You will not be powerless in this task. The soldiers of Greece are ready for your command and use the same equipment of the heroes of old. Most of your soldiers will fight shoulder to shoulder armed with a sword, spear and shield and equipped in the finest armour they can afford in the phalanx formation. The phalanx has served Greece well throughout the centuries and this century need not be different. You must not neglect the lighter infantry who harass the foe with javelins and arrows. They have many uses for the skilled strategos. Finally we have the Greek cavalry. Compared to the barbarians to the North we are not horsemen, but the men are willing and with a good general they are deadly.

Our historians will tell us of the benefit of caution in battle. The phalanx alone cannot win the day or even if it does many noble Greek lives will be lost for little purpose. The phalanx is a powerful weapon drawn up in deep ranks and faced from the front. Even the finest enemy troops who manage to engage our phalanx from the front will experience heavy casualties and a skilled general will be able to hold and flank the enemy like the hammer and the anvil crashing together before our disciplined troops break. A phalanx does however have weaknesses. Firstly, maintaining proper formation requires slow movement. The Greek general must be able to second-guess their opponent in their battle line else risk disaster. Avoid moving your heavy infantry if you can tempt the enemy to attack from the front where a wall of spears will aid our cause. Secondly, phalanxes are vulnerable from the flanks or rear. Most of our hoplites are trained mainly with the spear, they fight ineffectively with their swords and should not be expected to for long. Opposing heavy infantry or cavalry attacking your formations from the flanks or the rear will result in heavy casualties in Greek lives. Plan the disposition of your forces carefully to avoid this happening or turn calamity into victory by holding reserves to be thrown into battle at an opportune time.

Our skirmishers are best used, in my view, to tempt the enemy into attacking your steady phalanxes. We do not have mobile forces capable of guarding them against opposing heavy cavalry so keep them near your phalanxes. They may also be used to shore up wavering lines and to hunt down enemy forces who cannot bear to face us anymore.

Your cavalry have several uses. Firstly, history tells us that skirmishers can severely damage a phalanx hence our cavalry must be used to neutralise enemy skirmishers where possible. Tactical use of archers may negate the effectiveness of enemy skirmishers and may be worth considering. Secondly, cavalry can be used to deliver a critical blow to enemy divisions. Enemies are likely to turn and flee if our cavalry charge into their flanks or from behind them. Many battles have been won by decisive cavalry charges or a wavering line propped up. Thirdly, cavalry especially your general's bodyguard, who have significantly better horsemanship than most of your cavalry, may be used to destroy the power of enemy cavalry. It is still unadvisable without an overpowering numbers advantage to meet them head on but a charge to the flank or rear of an engaged unit can work wonders. This is relevant when fighting opposing generals who can be a huge menace to your relatively inflexible formation. Finally, cavalry are prime for hunting down enemy units so they cannot fight you again.

This is only a little insight into the power of the force you now command. The blood of Leonidas, Achilles and Hercules runs in their veins. To maintain Greece we must spill blood and many good Greeks will die. The power of Achilles and the wisdom of Athena be with you on the battlefield. Hail Strategos!