[triqui]

If you want it to conquer provinces from the get go, then you need awe, and a good chasis (prince of death, moloch, cyclops, wyrm, dragon, and depending how you build them, gret bull, manticore or great mother).

Even then, you need to start.with very weak provinces with most of them, untilyou build some gear for them (like a shield, a breastplate and some sword for Prince ofdeath or Moloch)

However: an awake SC have a lot of uses beyond conquering provinces in the first two or three turns. Defending against a rush, rushing yourself, or having one extra expansion party in turn 6 to conquer 3/4 provinces per turn is good enough.