Changes between Version 35 and Version 36 of Civ:_Persians


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    2525 * '''Infantry Notes:''' The Persians could and did levy a large number of infantry during wartime due to the sheer size of the Achaemenid Empire and the way in which it was set-up. In general the Persian infantry was well trained and fought with great tenacity. However while this was true the infantry were poor hand-to-hand, close combat fighters, not being equipped to handle that style of warfare (as the Hellenes understood it). Also, with the exception of the elite regiments, the Persian infantry was not a standing professional force. Representation: Quantity over quality. Build time and cost of infantry reduced to quickly amass a large force, but individuals are only lightly armed and armored, compared to the Hellenes. High defense to represent their stubbornness but low attack to represent their inability to inflict serious damage on Western-style heavy infantry.
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    27 * '''General Representation''' Combined Arms Warfare is the watchword of the Persians. No branch should be able to win the battle alone but used together and correctly the Persians should be able to win. Melee infantry to pin the enemy down, range infantry to wear him down, and cavalry to finish the enemy by flanking. Persian units are individually weak, so the challenge of playing the Persians is making sure you avoid fighting on terms other then your own. Melee alone against hoplites should be suicide, for example, as should range or cavalry.
     27 * '''General Representation''' Combined Arms Warfare is the watchword of the Persians. No branch should be able to win the battle alone but used together and correctly the Persians should be able to win. Melee infantry to pin the enemy down, range infantry to wear him down, and cavalry to finish the enemy by flanking. Persian units are individually weak, so the challenge of playing the Persians is making sure you avoid fighting on terms other then your own. Melee alone against hoplites should be suicide, for example, as should range or cavalry.
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    2929== UNIT DESCRIPTIONS ==
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    131131   * '''Appearance:'''
    132132   * '''Garb:[[BR]]Basic: '''Archer: Noble. Richly embroidered robe (shorter, Persian style). ("Chariots crash. I wouldn't want to be him running away from a wrecked chariot with Hypapsists chasing after me in an ankle-length robe.") Light red. No trousers. Armour: Small pectoral disc. Driver: Something simple, probably identical to the Mada Sparabara (use same colours). Armour: None.[[BR]]Advanced: Archer: Robes become medium red. Armour: Scale shirt, throat to mid-thigh. Driver: Same colour adjustment as Mada Sparabara. Armour: Small pectoral disc.[[BR]]Elite: Archer: Robes become dark red. Armour: Iron scale hauberk. Driver: Same colour adjustment as Mada Sparabara. Armour: Light scale shirt.
    133    * '''Helmet:'''[[BR]]Basic: Archer: Persian tiara/cap. Driver: White tiara.[[BR]]Advanced: Archer: Conical helmet. (if you have "Warfare in the Classical World", look at p.59 for a cool pic of an elite Persian cavalryman. I would suggest using his helmet.) Driver: Yellow tiara.[[BR]]Elite: Archer: Plumed helmet. Driver: Simple conical helmet.'''''
    134    * '''Shield:'''[[BR]]Basic: Archer: None (hard to use a shield while shooting a bow). Driver: None (hard to use a shield while driving a chariot).[[BR]]Advanced: Archer: - Driver: -[[BR]]Elite: Archer: - Driver: -'''''
     133   * '''Helmet:'''[[BR]]Basic: Archer: Persian tiara/cap. Driver: White tiara.[[BR]]Advanced: Archer: Conical helmet. (if you have "Warfare in the Classical World", look at p.59 for a cool pic of an elite Persian cavalryman. I would suggest using his helmet.) Driver: Yellow tiara.[[BR]]Elite: Archer: Plumed helmet. Driver: Simple conical helmet.
     134   * '''Shield:'''[[BR]]Basic: Archer: None (hard to use a shield while shooting a bow). Driver: None (hard to use a shield while driving a chariot).[[BR]]Advanced: Archer: - Driver: -[[BR]]Elite: Archer: - Driver: -
    135135   * '''Figure(s):[[BR]]Basic: '''Archer:''' '''The chariot crew constantly worked together, training and fighting, and would need to know each other very well to operate such a "complex" machine. Facing danger together would make them very close. Driver: He's not going to be very wealthy compared to the Archer, but he will be slightly better looking than the regular infantry grunt. Decorated beard to indicate the driver is Babylonian. The charioteer was much more than a mere 'driver' - he was a confidant and a trusted adviser of his master.[[BR]]'''Advanced: '''Archer:''' - '''Driver:''' -[[BR]]Elite: '''Archer:''' - Driver: -'''
    136136   * '''Mount:[[BR]]Basic:  '''Wooden chariot (very sturdy; it was nearly impossible to destroy the chariot itself, so had to kill the horses or occupants -- Peltasts were very effective for this). Led by two unarmoured horses (if necessary, we can reduce the number to one). Knives (scythes) mounted on the axels, underneath the car. These were hung vertically in order to shred anyone unlucky enough to be trampled by the horses. Would make it unsuitable for rough terrain, but would make it significantly more lethal when it could build up speed.[[BR]]'''Advanced: '''Add heavy armour on the sides.[[BR]]'''Elite: '''Add even heavier armour on the sides.
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    148148     * '''Helmet:''' Head scarf.
    149149     * '''Shield:''' None.
    150      * '''Figure(s): '''Young (about 25). Dark long hair. Dark eyes. Pale skin. Face clearly visible. 
     150     * '''Figure(s): '''Young (about 25). Dark long hair. Dark eyes. Pale skin. Face clearly visible.
    151151   * '''History:''' Persian women had a great deal of personal and public freedom across the span of Achaemenid, Parthian, and Sassanid history.
    152152   * '''Garrison:''' 1.
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    181181   * '''Special''': -
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    184 
    185183=== NAVY ===
    186 
    187184 * '''Generic Name: Fishing Boat'''
    188185 * '''Specific Name: Masiyakara'''
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    225222   * '''Function: '''Take advantage of the Phoenician Trireme's superior speed to perform quick raiding attacks. Stay on the move to compensate for its poor armour.
    226223   * '''Special''': Persian triremes were faster and lighter than the Greek ones. This would indicate that the Persians preferred triremes with light shells. Thus, Persian triremes have exceptional speed (though not as fast as Carthaginian ships), but have lower armour. They could afford to build triremes of special, lighter timber, and therefore the Persian trireme is more expensive than normal.
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    228224
    229225=== SIEGE ===
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    354350
    355351 * '''Generic Name: Outpost'''
    356  * '''Specific Name: Didebani
     352 * '''Specific Name: Didebani'''
    357353   * '''Class:''' Scout Tower.
    358354   * '''History:''' The narrow entrance into mountainous Cilicia was protected by wooden fortifications which made any foreign intrusions extremely difficult.
    359355
    360 
    361356=== TOWN ===
    362357 * '''Generic Name: Provincial Governor'''
    363  * '''Specific Name: Xsacapava
     358 * '''Specific Name: Xsacapava'''
    364359   * '''Class: '''Civ Center
    365360   * '''History:''' The practice of using Xsacapava or Satraps as governors to administer the realm was a practice older then the Achaemenids themselves. The term first appears in Median to describe their vassal kings and it is likely that Cyrus the Great introduced it into his new empire. Darius the Great streamlined and formalized this system under his sweeping administrative reforms.
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    378373 * '''Specific Name: Padgan'''
    379374   * '''Class: '''Barracks.
    380    * '''History:''' The Persian barracks was often the armory where the weapons of the national regiment of that region was stored. 
     375   * '''History:''' The Persian barracks was often the armory where the weapons of the national regiment of that region was stored.
    381376   * '''Special:''' Train Infantry citizen-soldiers.
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    430425
    431426 * '''CB2'''
    432    * '''Name: Great King's Levy''' 
     427   * '''Name: Great King's Levy'''
    433428   * '''History:''' The Persians could and did levy a large number of infantry during wartime due to the sheer size of the Achaemenid Empire and the way in which it was set-up. In general the Persian infantry was well trained and fought with great tenacity. However while this was true the infantry were poor hand-to-hand, close combat fighters. Also, with the exception of the elite regiments, the Persian infantry was not a standing professional force.
    434429   * '''History:''' See above
    435    * '''Effect: ''' All Persian Citizen Infantry units have -20% reduced training time to represent their quick mobilization and light status in comparison to the other civs. In consequence, their infantry also have -20% Health.
     430   * '''Effect: ''' Population cap for the Persian player is increased +10 (e.g., if the max pop for the match is 300, the Persian player's max population is 330; likewise, 200/220, and so on).
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    437432== TEAM BONUS ==
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    467462   * '''Name: Persian Architecture'''
    468463   * '''History:''' The Persians built the wonderful 1200 mile-long Royal Highway from Sardis to Susa; Darius the Great and Xerxes also built the magnificent Persepolis; Cyrus the Great greatly improved Ecbatana and virtually "rebuilt" the old Elamite capital of Susa.
    469    * '''Effect''': Increases Health of all structures.
     464   * '''Effect''': Increases Health of all structures, but also increases their build time.
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    471466=== FOOTNOTES ===
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    488483 * Bactria = Bakhtri
    489484 * Bactrian = Bakhtrish
    490  * Bireme = Hamaraniyanava 
     485 * Bireme = Hamaraniyanava
    491486 * Camelry = Oshtorsvaran
    492487 * Cappadocian = Katpaduka
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    497492 * Fishing Boat =  Mahigiri Nav
    498493 * Fully Armoured =  Bargostovan
    499  *  Gate = Duvitaparnam
     494 * Gate = Duvitaparnam
    500495 * Horse = Asp
    501496 * Indian =  Hindu
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    513508 * Priest = Magus
    514509 * Ram =  Hamaranakuba
    515  *  Ship = Nav
     510 * Ship = Nav
    516511 * Skirmisher = (see Javelineer)
    517512 * Spearman = Arstibara (technically, the Arstibara were part of the Achaemenid Royal Guard, even higher then the Immortals. Spearmen as what we think of were the Shieldbearers)
    518513 * Temple = Ayadana
    519  * "the Great" = e Bozorg 
     514 * "the Great" = e Bozorg
    520515 * Tower = Dezhak
    521  * Transport Ship = Bartaniyanava 
     516 * Transport Ship = Bartaniyanava
    522517 * Trireme =  Vazarka Hamaraniyanava
    523518 * Village = Avahna
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    526521 * War = Hamarana
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    528  
    529  Persian/English district and satrapy names revised by Shogun 144:
     523  Persian/English district and satrapy names revised by Shogun 144:
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    531525 1. Parsa/Fars: homeland of the Persians; plus the lowland of Anshan (Khuzistan).
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    556550 1. Hinduiya: The Sind region of lower Indus, Pakistan; nominal rule
    557551 1. Karka/Caria: Self-explanatory
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