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Originally Posted by Mightypeon
It appears that Pythiums mages, assassins and diplomats are quite formidable, while its warriors are not exactly up to Ulmish standards.
Unfortunatly, in deplorable incident happened in which the Free Mictlan Liberation army sallied forth, and was fired upon by still boyued up Ulmish soldiers. The Free Mictlan Liberation army returned fire with a fairly impressive array, which quickly decimated the ill positioned forces of the Peoples Republic. However, the Mage Corps of Ulm was able to escape largely unscathed.
There also seems to be a bug, some of the thunderbows I got from pythiums assassins register as "Abomination Banes" for some reason...
Pythium was a bit more succesfull with its assasinations than Ulm, although I believe that 1 out of 6 is perhaps not what Pythium intended. It still beats 0 out of 2 though.
Economically the outlook is positive for the Peoples Republic, as its forward detachments are quite efficient in beating up Pythiums PD and denying vital resources to the Empire. Alas, the Empire has made vital progress on the diplomatic front by convincing Tien Chi to join the "Anticomintern". Senior party leadership is tight lipped about its own diplomatic efforts, but the currently well going war effort may prove to have diplomatic advantadges on its own.
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I can't tell if you are lying in-character as a propagandist or if one of us is having some weird out-of-sync error. My replays are showing you as having attempted 2 assassinations and failed at both whereas we have attempted 6 assassinations and failed at 1. In other words, the "score" is Ulm 0/2, Pythium 5/6. Furthermore, our assassins seem to have a keen sense of targets as they have ended 4 mages and one very expensive, summoned commander, who fled the battle and rusted his armor with his tears before he met his fate.
The point is, you go to war with the army you have and our army was prepped for fighting lightly armored Mictlan sacreds. Combine that with Ulm being the first-strike aggressor and Pythium has certainly suffered some early-conflict setbacks. Still, we're down an army, Ulm is down an army (courtesy of Mictlan showing that it still has teeth) so matters are far from decided. Ulm is taking a handful of satellite provinces but gains easily taken are easily lost. After all, if you plan to climb a tree to get to the moon you can report rapid, early progress too... The true magical, logistical and military might of Pythium has yet to be tested. In short: bring it on!
As to the diplomatic front, it is no surprise that Ulm fights alone while Pythium has allies, both open and secret. Ulm has been waging wars of aggression since the dawn of the age, attacking Shinuyama, invading and destroying Arcoscephale and finally threatening T'ien Ch'i for... no discernible reason other than sheer bullying. We of Pythium have sought peace with all our neighbors when possible and have never exterminated an entire people; neither of which can be claimed by the iron nihilists.
The diplomats of Pythium have ranged far and wide offering words of peace, trade and solidarity. We shared the spoils of Vanheim with our neighbors, the Caelum. We shared our spoils of Mictlan with T'ien Ch'i and our erstwhile ally, Ulm. We have offered trade at a considerable reduction of price despite not having an inherent forge bonus like Ulm. What has Ulm shared? Who, other than Ulm, profited from the demise of Arcoscephale? We are peaceful and generous whereas Ulm is ambitious, war-like and miserly. Who would you have triumph? We would gladly share the spoils of Ulm with all who would join our coalition. What can Ulm offer you, what has Ulm ever offered you, except the business end of a maul?
If you would rise up against the despots of steel, please PM Pythium; we have a great wealth of resources and forged equipment (which Ulm has only had the merest taste of) which we would gladly share.