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Knight AAR: Time line 1526-1550.

After the victory against Turkey, Knights will improve slowly their economy, by constructing some chancelors.

In the west, a big war between France and Spain involving a lot of minors (Scotland, Navarra, Savoy, Naples...) will result in 1528 by the annexion of Navarra by Spain, Tuscany by France and the cession of Artois to France by Spain.
In the east, a bad news for Knights: Poland has joined Mameluks and Persia in alliance. This means that this neighbours become really big. They continue to struggle with Turkey (This time, Persia has declare war), but Thrace is isolated into our alliance those making a decisive victory for Persia impossible without a fleet.

As this war continue until 1537, Knight decide to attack Mameluks, but this time the struggle become very hard: if Polish army is mauled by Hungarian army, knights suffers some defeat in the east. Happily, Persian and Mameluks armies are not as good as Knight in besieging fortress.
In june, a good news for Knight: a art manufacture has been constructed in Rhodes without the need of treasury.
In mars 1538, an exhausted poland signed a separate peace with Hungary giving him Western Prussia, Galicia, and Moldavia. Some days after, Poland cedes Pripet to Venice.
In 1540, Knight are able to agreed peace with Mameluk obtaining Alexandia (and his Center of Trade). Of course this victory has been obtained with the last ressources of the Knight. The army is reduced to a minimum (5k inf) and the navy contains only 8 galleys.

This time, Knights will realy need a long peace to regain some forces.

In 1541, most of trader of middle east decide to go to Alexandria rather than to venice, making of Alexandia the biggest COT in Europe. But as the cyrenaicans merchants have the monopoly here, Knights decide to refuse trade to Cyrenaique to protect their own merchants.

October 1543: Poland declare war to Hungaria, and Knights are obliged to honor alliance. For the first time, they will have no control on the war, and the army is still weak.
In April 1544, Hungary paid indemnities to Poland. For the first time, our alliance has lost a war, happily without consequences for Knights.
One month later, a revolt in Lebanon destroyed the last eastern troops of Knights, and they are obliged to send their troops queling the revolts. Knights army touch the bottom with only 2000 mens remaining.

Investing most of money in rebuilding their army, Knights are again obliged to honor alliance: Papal States declare war to Turkey in October 1546 and to France 5 months later :eek:.
During the year 1548, French are able to send a big army in greece, and most of efforts of Knights are used to throw them out.
In 1549, Papal state agree peace with France and Turkey (White peace in the two case).

The army is now: 3000 men in Greece, 5000 in Lebanon, and 3000 in alexandria.

In 25 years, Knights have not be able to have more than 15k men at a time, and have been obliged to make war without results.
If some lucky events have not happened, and if Knights were not so good at besieging, they will probably have lost something.

In 1550, a new general appears : La Valette, one of the best general in all the game (especially in siege). If the knights want to survive (the war with France has proved their weakness), they will obliged to go to war with Mameluks with him, and they MUST annex them.
Future will said what will happen.


Victory point:
Spain 1323
France 651
Knight 603
Portugal 519
Poland 372
Persia 335
China 332

Mains alliances in Europe:
France/Savoy/ Scotland
Mameluk/Poland
Spain/Naples/Genoa
Portugal/England
Knights/Venice/Hungary/Papal States.

Some minors have already dissapears:
Courland, Pskov (annex by Poland)
Navarra (Spain)
Tuscany(France)
 
You're still alive, and in this campaign that counts for a lot! Also #3 in VP, now you need to set up some colonies to take the lead there also.

Does anyone know how to hack into Imperialism II, due to Sir Sarges AAR, I want to go back and play as Scotland (which was a minor and therfore unplayable).
 
Sounds like you continue to walk a thin line. Very scary if anyone takes much of an interest in the Knights. You have a good solid alliance at least. Once again a supurb job of staying afloat, I thought France might put the big hurt on you.
 
Bravo, this is a real performance.

Ha, the Lebanese are ungrateful to rebel against those who have liberated them from the Ottoman rule...

What next ? Diplomatically annex Papal states and then sned a new crusade to Jerusalem?