Styphon wrote:
Alright, I see three possibilities here: 1, I bring my established force (depending on if the climate will simply kill the naga); 2, I dump the naga's points into more minotaurs and satyrs; 3, we assume you've got orcs covered and I blow all my points on ursoids, minotaurs and satyrs to give them a larger breeding population.
Preliminary googling says our best agricultural bets are the Baraba Steppe or the vicinity of Lake Baikal (though I'd be kind of worried about some huge uber-beast coming out of that and absolutely murdering us... deepest lake in the world in a fantasy setting? just asking for trouble).
Nah, its not a fantasy-setting - its plain old earth. We have the only fantasy creatures, and they are not magic.
I would really appreciate are lots and lots of centaurs - i could not fit them into my army at reasonable numbers, but they are going to be really usefull.
After all, there are lots and lots of room - and having centaurs will allow way better travel and warfare.
Initially, they are good as scouts and raiding forces. In actual combat, they are exellent horse-archers (literary).
Later on, we can use them to deploy dragoon-style tactics - they can transport infantry, and the infantry will fight unmounted. They would be better than horse-based dragoons - after all, they can fight on their own.
Perhaps you are willing to deploy the following force:
300 Centaurs (6000 points)
600 Orks (1200 pojnts)
100 Nagas (300 points)
The Orks are your main infantry force. The centaurs will carry quite some equipment, greatly reinforcing your logistics.
I will happily loan you some Ursiods - they can easily keep pace with your force and will deliver a hell of combat power.
With this, you can copy the Golden Horde - a fast, mostly mounted, raiding combat force.
We would cooperate as follows: You go out and scout for enemies. If you can beat them on your own, you do so.
My own, way slower army will follow up and set up some permanent settlements (using the captured humans as workforce). If you need assistance, i will help you with my own forces.
Part of the beauty of this idea is that we can communicate instantly - we have our laptops to do so.
Thus, you can report places for settlements, resource locations and help requests instantly.
I will do the labour and research part of the job, while you conquer territory, resources and workforce for us.
You can return to our base (which will be managed by me) for resupply, getting newly developed weapons and so on.
Oh, and you gave me a wonderfull idea - we will deploy around the Baikal sea.
It has a nicer climate than Novosibirsk, and we can fish - making foodproduction easier.
You can give me your Nagas, which can be used as fishermen. If they can not survive in the climate (some input on this would be nice), you can replace them with Goblins, which can join your force as carriers and labourers.
If you want to, we can also trade places - its up to you.
Oh, and a nice idea for some additional options: Is it possible to trade/upgrade/downgrade your fortress for equipment/points/whatever?