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<blockquote data-quote="Dr. Strangemonkey" data-source="post: 681467" data-attributes="member: 6533"><p><strong>The Big Plan</strong></p><p></p><p>This is lots of fun!</p><p></p><p>I would point out that bows do see heavy use in some cultures very early in history. Notably in India and China, but there are many others.</p><p></p><p>I can't help but think that the Cressians are kind of doomed. I had hoped they would get more time to prepare, reform, and regrow. They must have lost a significant portion of their magical might, though the ones that remain will be pretty dang tough and presumbably the gods will start raising up priests. The massive fires are going to make the whole culture crazy. Maybe next time they will play their magic hand a little more conservatively.</p><p></p><p>Hmm, well the Jonga have learned that the Cressians are very magic reliant and becoming more organized and guerrilla patterned, but that they still have superiority in the field and sea and the use of fire, as well as superior arms. </p><p></p><p>There's no way they can develop whole new weapon industries given their time frame.</p><p></p><p>'Technologically' I see them working to develop effective alchemical tricks: fire and smoke pots and horrible scents to use against enemy animals, but mostly I think they will work to retrain their men and focus on magic: summoning and fire spells will be a big deal for them, but also illusion, detection, and long range communication spells. </p><p></p><p>The first thing I see them developing is skirmishers. They are taking unnecessary casualties from not giving their shock formations protection until they are in combat. The next time they deploy their troops they will use a well developed skirmish line to disrupt the inferior Cressian formations, draw out and target magic users, absorb berserkers, and generally allow their formations to get closer to the enemy before being hit. </p><p></p><p>These men wil be lightly armed and armored, trained to run, fight in dispersed formation, use terrain, make heavy use of missile weapons, firepots, and smoke screens and will probably count more than a few arcane spell casters of minor ability but unusual toughness in their ranks. This would be where the offensively minded bards would increasingly find service.</p><p></p><p>They will also work to develop scouts/commandoes. I don't think there is any way they can develop really effective wilderness troops, but they can train people who are good at stealth, observation, communication, speed and evasion, dirty fighting, espionage, and basic pioneering. </p><p></p><p>The scouts will be in charge of scaring out ambushes for marching heavy formations at the very least and for creating deep defensive zones for encampments, but I have other plans for them as we shall see.</p><p></p><p>Most importantly, the Junga develop a Big Plan:</p><p></p><p>The BP goes as follows:</p><p></p><p>Realizing that they suffered from an overprepared enemy in the last venture and will have to use a lot of green troops, the Junga decide not to underestimate the Crecians again.</p><p></p><p>Using their newly trained light troops, new knowldege of the enemy, the cover of darkness, and the now devastated Crecian coastline, the Junga plan to send small teams of vicious troops and their best combat veteran spell casters into the Crecian nation ahead of the next invasion.</p><p></p><p>The first few will be sent in from insertion points lying well away from the old battlelines and be equipped with the most gifted bards. They will sneak in months in advance and sound out the Crecian defenses while maintaining a very low profile. The ones with the best bards will question charmed individuals using knowledge of the language from prisoners of the second invasion.</p><p></p><p>With this information, a much larger group of small forces will be inserted into Crecia a short time before the actual invasion and use lots of illusion magic to disguise their presence. This force will have three tasks:</p><p></p><p>1.) To disrupt coastal defenses immediately before the invasion.</p><p></p><p>2.) To impede the Crecians' ability to organize effectively: sink boats, ruin food stores, assassinate officers, and use what they know of the local religion and culture to frighten and discourage the enemy, but not in such a way as to make it impossible for them to form an army.</p><p></p><p>3.) Identify and acquire soft targets: In particular the Junga will want to know where the population is dissapearing to, they do not want to be without hostages this time around, and where supply caches are located.</p><p></p><p>Three invasion forces will be created</p><p></p><p>The first invasion force will make some use of holes in the coastal defenses to land without confusion or delay, but immediately works to goad the Crecians into a field battle by capturing several villages worth of people and threatening to burn valuable areas. Their mages use their most frightening and horrifying spells on non-military targets. They will also attempt to disguise their true numbers in order to appear more vunerable.</p><p></p><p>The second invasion force will be an engineering force, landing when fighting has died down, and immediately working to build fortified camps, secure supply routes, kill zones, prison camps, watch towers, and other artifacts to lessen the ability of guerrillas to operate against the Junga army.</p><p></p><p>The third invasion will be a reserve force prepared to operate out of the ships in order to flank the enemy, they will be equipped with many veterans and heavy troops.</p><p></p><p>The initial Junga strategy is to lure as many of the Crecians as possible into a pitched battle against their first force. The Jungans then use their reserve force to force the Crecians to fight on two fronts if possible, but otherwise to simply double their numbers suddenly.</p><p></p><p>As soon as the main Crecian battle force has been destroyed the Jungans will work to quickly garrison as many villages and strong points as possible.</p><p></p><p>Whenever possible they will capture Crecians, use bards to convert the population, and place their own 'priests' into the old temples who will institute familiar but improved rituals. Priest of the old order will be 'found' and destroyed in the most humiliating manner possible. Information and movement will be tightly controlled.</p><p></p><p>This will only be in the area they determine they can control and reinforce properly, and with those civilians they determine to be cooperative. These areas will be promised a new life under the occupiers if they behave.</p><p></p><p>The rest will be taken to the main army as it uses them as a human wall in its march to destroy the main temple. Once this is done, they retreat to the control zone, and seperate into a reserve force to deal with any new or vulnerable Crecian threats and a force dedicated to preparing the land for long term colonization.</p><p></p><p>Once things have calmed down, they plan to enslave the rest of the population and create a colony for veterans of the war and the surviving families of fallen from the first and second war.</p><p></p><p>Their new colony will be protected by a ring of artificially created barren land and fortified outposts through which their patrols can move easily and across which their wizards can project power. Any hint of an organized Crecian army brings swift retaliation. Small tame villages of Crecians are kept as productive hostages, and they often raid the interior for slaves.</p><p></p><p>The Junga never trust the forest or swamp in their new land, becoming aggressive clear cutters and relying heavily on the sea for sustenance. Their main export to the mother country becomes Crecian slaves and exotic animals.</p><p></p><p>The Crecians could beat this plan, but if they don't then what remains retreats into the interior and becomes very disorganized for a time, but also becomes even more rooted in the wilderness and learn even stronger techniques of stealthiness and warfare with light weapons but strong arms. They effectively bide their time, as the Junga become ever more confident.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dr. Strangemonkey, post: 681467, member: 6533"] [b]The Big Plan[/b] This is lots of fun! I would point out that bows do see heavy use in some cultures very early in history. Notably in India and China, but there are many others. I can't help but think that the Cressians are kind of doomed. I had hoped they would get more time to prepare, reform, and regrow. They must have lost a significant portion of their magical might, though the ones that remain will be pretty dang tough and presumbably the gods will start raising up priests. The massive fires are going to make the whole culture crazy. Maybe next time they will play their magic hand a little more conservatively. Hmm, well the Jonga have learned that the Cressians are very magic reliant and becoming more organized and guerrilla patterned, but that they still have superiority in the field and sea and the use of fire, as well as superior arms. There's no way they can develop whole new weapon industries given their time frame. 'Technologically' I see them working to develop effective alchemical tricks: fire and smoke pots and horrible scents to use against enemy animals, but mostly I think they will work to retrain their men and focus on magic: summoning and fire spells will be a big deal for them, but also illusion, detection, and long range communication spells. The first thing I see them developing is skirmishers. They are taking unnecessary casualties from not giving their shock formations protection until they are in combat. The next time they deploy their troops they will use a well developed skirmish line to disrupt the inferior Cressian formations, draw out and target magic users, absorb berserkers, and generally allow their formations to get closer to the enemy before being hit. These men wil be lightly armed and armored, trained to run, fight in dispersed formation, use terrain, make heavy use of missile weapons, firepots, and smoke screens and will probably count more than a few arcane spell casters of minor ability but unusual toughness in their ranks. This would be where the offensively minded bards would increasingly find service. They will also work to develop scouts/commandoes. I don't think there is any way they can develop really effective wilderness troops, but they can train people who are good at stealth, observation, communication, speed and evasion, dirty fighting, espionage, and basic pioneering. The scouts will be in charge of scaring out ambushes for marching heavy formations at the very least and for creating deep defensive zones for encampments, but I have other plans for them as we shall see. Most importantly, the Junga develop a Big Plan: The BP goes as follows: Realizing that they suffered from an overprepared enemy in the last venture and will have to use a lot of green troops, the Junga decide not to underestimate the Crecians again. Using their newly trained light troops, new knowldege of the enemy, the cover of darkness, and the now devastated Crecian coastline, the Junga plan to send small teams of vicious troops and their best combat veteran spell casters into the Crecian nation ahead of the next invasion. The first few will be sent in from insertion points lying well away from the old battlelines and be equipped with the most gifted bards. They will sneak in months in advance and sound out the Crecian defenses while maintaining a very low profile. The ones with the best bards will question charmed individuals using knowledge of the language from prisoners of the second invasion. With this information, a much larger group of small forces will be inserted into Crecia a short time before the actual invasion and use lots of illusion magic to disguise their presence. This force will have three tasks: 1.) To disrupt coastal defenses immediately before the invasion. 2.) To impede the Crecians' ability to organize effectively: sink boats, ruin food stores, assassinate officers, and use what they know of the local religion and culture to frighten and discourage the enemy, but not in such a way as to make it impossible for them to form an army. 3.) Identify and acquire soft targets: In particular the Junga will want to know where the population is dissapearing to, they do not want to be without hostages this time around, and where supply caches are located. Three invasion forces will be created The first invasion force will make some use of holes in the coastal defenses to land without confusion or delay, but immediately works to goad the Crecians into a field battle by capturing several villages worth of people and threatening to burn valuable areas. Their mages use their most frightening and horrifying spells on non-military targets. They will also attempt to disguise their true numbers in order to appear more vunerable. The second invasion force will be an engineering force, landing when fighting has died down, and immediately working to build fortified camps, secure supply routes, kill zones, prison camps, watch towers, and other artifacts to lessen the ability of guerrillas to operate against the Junga army. The third invasion will be a reserve force prepared to operate out of the ships in order to flank the enemy, they will be equipped with many veterans and heavy troops. The initial Junga strategy is to lure as many of the Crecians as possible into a pitched battle against their first force. The Jungans then use their reserve force to force the Crecians to fight on two fronts if possible, but otherwise to simply double their numbers suddenly. As soon as the main Crecian battle force has been destroyed the Jungans will work to quickly garrison as many villages and strong points as possible. Whenever possible they will capture Crecians, use bards to convert the population, and place their own 'priests' into the old temples who will institute familiar but improved rituals. Priest of the old order will be 'found' and destroyed in the most humiliating manner possible. Information and movement will be tightly controlled. This will only be in the area they determine they can control and reinforce properly, and with those civilians they determine to be cooperative. These areas will be promised a new life under the occupiers if they behave. The rest will be taken to the main army as it uses them as a human wall in its march to destroy the main temple. Once this is done, they retreat to the control zone, and seperate into a reserve force to deal with any new or vulnerable Crecian threats and a force dedicated to preparing the land for long term colonization. Once things have calmed down, they plan to enslave the rest of the population and create a colony for veterans of the war and the surviving families of fallen from the first and second war. Their new colony will be protected by a ring of artificially created barren land and fortified outposts through which their patrols can move easily and across which their wizards can project power. Any hint of an organized Crecian army brings swift retaliation. Small tame villages of Crecians are kept as productive hostages, and they often raid the interior for slaves. The Junga never trust the forest or swamp in their new land, becoming aggressive clear cutters and relying heavily on the sea for sustenance. Their main export to the mother country becomes Crecian slaves and exotic animals. The Crecians could beat this plan, but if they don't then what remains retreats into the interior and becomes very disorganized for a time, but also becomes even more rooted in the wilderness and learn even stronger techniques of stealthiness and warfare with light weapons but strong arms. They effectively bide their time, as the Junga become ever more confident. [/QUOTE]
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