With orders…
-mike

An Egyptian Comic in Rome?
Amon Simbatala Leonida the Fourth [Simba the Great Sphinx] yawned in boredom. Ever since sending Tarsis off to the wilds of the barbarians across the sea to be an Oracle he had been bored and sullen. He missed the wit that that young one had. He knew that it was the lot of the Lion Kings to not get much pleasure out of life but that didn't mean that he had to like it. But today was going to be different - as he read the Mediterranean World News [owned by that foul Gaul Rupert Murdochebury] an article caught his attention. It was about an Egyptian who was captured in a covert raid on Alexandria by Glutius Maximus. Reported to be an Egyptian of exceeding intellect, he apparently had been pressed into service giving performances in front of the mighty Sergeant Jerrius Noncommunicatus.

"Hmm," Simba wondered out loud. "An Egyptian comic? I always thought that we were too busy worshipping this Sun God or that Lord of the Dead to be funny?"

Simba roared out loud, a plan forming in his mind.

Brudha, the young LionTalker who had taken Tarsis' place and was sure to become a great prophet one day, came running when he heard the great Simba roar.

"Oh Great Simba, what is wrong? What ails you?"

Simba grumbled, "We have a son of the Pharaohs that has been pressed into the service of another. This I cannot bear. At once you must instruct the Pharaoh's armies to this strange empire of Rome to rescue him. His name is..."

"Comicus."

6 Months Later...Ionian Sea
The Egyptian sea captain shook his head. A raid on some back-water countryside province that he couldn't even remember the name of? Ipanema? Oh well, it isn't important. But this ferrying business is getting tiresome. Can't I get a real assignment like raiding a town? All of my brothers are off pillaging barbarian towns and I get stuck with ferry duty. I better get to go attack a nice cozy seaside town after this. I hear that Sicilia is nice in the Fall.

The captain merely shook his head. There was nothing for it. For now he had become the personal ferry-man for the Pharaohs elite armies.

"Alright you slags. Let's get going. Time for us to do the Pharaohs bidding." And once again miss the action, he thought. "It's off to Ipanema, or Kilimanjaro, or Aperture or whatever. Set sail."

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Today we bid farewell to our newly departed Macedonians. Our prayers will rest with the Greeks and their fearless leader Josh. Except for maybe the young Persian scribe, Atar… unaware of the magnitude of what’s happened here… the deals that were cut with the sheep-defiling Scythians… the monies paid to buy off the Egyptian navy… he picks up a tattered map of the universe, gazes quizzitively and casts it aside… “Camelspit – What did these Greeks know anyways!”… kicking around the scrambled remains of some once-right triangles, he wonders what his nation really stands for. The Oracle said it was time for a change… But this?

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*RETREATS*

3 Retreats due Thursday 9/27, 2pm Pacific:

Macedonia: A Pella can go to Ill, Del, or disband
Rome: A Pannonia can go to Dac, Ill, or disband
Egypt: F Punis Sea can only go to SYM or disband

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*BUILDS*

Builds are due at the same time! Thursday 9/27, 2pm Pacific.

They may be ordered conditional upon the above retreats:

Gaul: Build 1
Germania: Build 1
Persia: Build 1
Rome: Remove 2
Scythia: Build 1

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*ORDERS*

Carthage:
A Cartenna Hold

Egypt:
F Punis Sea Supports F Ionian Sea - Sicilia (*Dislodged*)
F Ionian Sea - Sicilia (*Fails*)
F Carthage - Numidia
A Gaetulia Supports A Cartenna
A Apulia - Neapolis (*Fails*)
F Cyrenaica - Carthage
F Creta - Ionian Sea (*Fails*)

Gaul:
F O.Britannicus - Britannia
F Strait of Gibraltar - Numidian Sea
F Saguntum Supports F Strait of Gibraltar - Numidian Sea
A Pyrenaei - Narbonensis (*Bounce*)
A Helvetii - Narbonensis (*Bounce*)
A Aliso Supports A Belgica
A Raetia Supports A Iazyges - Pannonia
A Belgica Supports A Aliso

Germania:
A Treva - Biskupin (*Bounce*)
A Bojohaemum - Biskupin (*Bounce*)
A Genua - Aqueleia (*Fails*)
A Iazyges - Pannonia

Macedonia:
A Pella Hold (*Dislodged*)

Persia:
F Aegaeum Mare Supports A Byzantium - Athos
A Athens - Pella
A Antiochia - Nineveh
F Lydia Hold
A Byzantium - Athos
A Bithynia - Attaleia

Rome:
F Balearic Sea - Roma (*Bounce*)
F Tyrhennian Sea Supports F Sardinia - Punis Sea
A Aqueleia - Roma (*Bounce*)
A Neapolis Supports A Sicilia (*Cut*)
A Pannonia Supports A Raetia - Bojohaemum (*Dislodged*)
A Sicilia Supports A Neapolis (*Cut*)
F Sardinia - Punis Sea

Scythia:
F Maeotis Palus Convoys A Armenia - Kul Oba
A Aestui Supports A Gelonus - Iazyges
A Gelonus - Iazyges
A Moesia Supports A Athens - Pella
A Armenia - Kul Oba

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Enjoy!
-mike

And what happened to those offerings! You see what happens to those who don’t make them… Don’t let it happen to you!