Description[]
And Alexander Wept is the eighth and last scenario of the Greek Campaign in Empire Earth.
Briefing[]
And Alexander Wept: 332-330 BC
The cities of Tyre and Gaza have been captured. The Kingdom of Egypt has surrendered without a fight. And when Alexander made a pilgrimage to the Shrine of Ammon in the Western Desert, the high priest there hailed him as a living God-King, Son of Ra - anointing him the new Pharaoh of All Egypt.
But Persia remains a thorn in his side. Persian forces, reformed and still led by Emperor Darius, are threatening to renew their hostilities. They must be dealt with once and for all.
As if the Persians weren't enough, ugly rumors of an assassination plot have reached Alexander's ears. Though uneasy, he knows he must press forward, for there is no other direction he would even consider to go. Somewhere in Asia, his destiny awaits!
History[]
When Alexander set out to subjugate the Persian Empire, he went not merely to conquer. He went to forge a cast political state that would survive long into the future. And so every step of the way, Alexander took great pains not only to subdue the peoples of Asia, but to win their respect and their support.
As early as his first conquests in Turkey, military governors appointed by Alexander were given the familiar Persian title of "satrap." They also adopted Persian dress and Persian customs. As his empire spread, the young Macedonian made certain that his administrators and generals married the daughters of leading Persian families. Alexander himself presided over mass weddings between his soldiers and their Asian concubines. The Greek conquerors and the Asian conquered were to put aside their differences and live side by side as equals within the vast empire he was forging.
At least, that was Alexander's intention.
But officers and men within the Greek army, fearful of losing their special privileges as conquering Macedonians, conspired against their leader. On several occasions they mutinied, and more than one deadly plot against the young king was uncovered. With rare exception, Alexander punished those who sought to betray him with the utmost severity. Before all other considerations, his empire came first.
After all, Alexander had built it. And Alexander intended for it to last.
Gameplay[]
Objectives[]
- Kill at least half of the Imperial Persian Army at Gaugamela
- Destroy the Bedouin Town Center and develop your own Town Center in its place in order to win Civilization Points. Or simply wipe out the whole village to get Gold and Iron.
- Destroy the Hill Tribe's Town Center and develop your own Town Center in its place in order to win Civilization Points. Or simply wipe out the whole village to get Gold and Iron.
- Destroy the Babylonian Army and bring Alexander into the city itself to seize the Imperial Persian Treasury.
- Annihilate the army defending Persepolis.
- Bring Alexander to the Tomb of Xerxes inside Persepolis.
Losing Conditions[]
Alexander, Craterus or Philotas dies.
Hints[]
- It will benefit you to search for the two indigenous villages that can settled by Alexander as new cities. If you destroy their town center and build your own in its place, you will gain control over that village as well as 15 civ points. If you destroy all its buildings, you will get Gold and Iron.
- To get more Gold and Iron, plunder the Imperial Persian Treasury at Babylon.
- The Persian Empire is quite vast. It is helpful to keep Citizens traveling with your army so they can build any necessary buildings along the way.
- Alexander's war cry will be extremely helpful.
- Xerxes' Tomb in Persepolis provides great benefit to the Persian Empire. Their Walls, Gates, and Towers, are tougher because of it. If your regular troops have trouble with these structures, Rams and Catapults can help get past them.
Starting Conditions[]
- Population Capacity: 40/75
- 2,000 Food
, 1,000 Wood 
, 1,000 Stone , 700 Gold , 300 Iron - Alexander
- Craterus
- Philotas
- 7 Companion Cavalry
- 10 Phalanx
- 5 Javelins
- 8 Citizens
- Archery Range
- Stable
- Barracks
- Capitol
Civilizations[]
Macedonians
The Macedonians is the civilization you play in this game. They're starting conditions are as seen above. They are able to build the Wonders Temple of Zeus and the Coliseum. The Macedonians are at the Bronze Age. They have everything available per the Bronze Age state, but are unable to build Temples, Towers, Walls and Docks. They are also unable to train Short Swords.
Gaza
Gaza is simply a neutral town that has surrendered itself to Alexander. It consists only of a Town Center and 6 houses.
Bedouins
The Bedouin village is situated around halfway between Gaza and Babylon. They have a Town Center, 5 Houses and 2 Farms. They have 4 citizens who are guarded by 10 Spearmen. They are at the Copper Age.
Hill Tribes
The Hill Tribes can be found moving up and slightly to the left of the Bedouins. They are larger, having 8 Houses, 3 Granaries with adjoining Farms and a Town Center. Like the Bedouins, they are also at the Copper Age, with 4 Citizens being protected by 15 Spearmen. Both indigenous villages give 300 Gold and Iron if completely destroyed and 15 Civ Points if commandeered.
Gaugamela
Gaugamela is a neutral town near where the Persians first battle the Macedonians. No units, with 6 Houses and a Granary.
Babylon
Babylon is a great city in its Bronze Age. It possesses great walls that protect its Houses and two Wonders, the Pharos Lighthouse and two Towers of Babylon.
They are defended by a Moorish army: 5 Composite Bowmen, 10 Moorish Cavalry and 15 Moorish Infantry. If the army is destroyed, Babylon yields 10 Civ Points and 750 Gold and Iron each.
Persia (Imperial Persian Empire)
The mighty Persian army, led by Darius and his general Bessus, are first seen waiting for the Macedonians near Gaugamela. Their army includes: Spearmen, Persian Immortals, Persian Cavalry, War Elephants, Elephant Archers and Composite Bowmen. They are the main enemies in this scenario and are not to be underestimated. Once half them is destroyed, they retreat back to a heavily fortified defile, within Persepolis' boundaries. The horsemen that attempt to assassinate Alexander fall under this civilization.
Persia (Persepolis)
Persepolis is a mighty Persian city, and the main city to conquer. The only way to get to it is through a ravine, which is blocked off by heavily fortified Gates and Walls, with two Towers just outside them. Going past those and through to the end of the ravine, there is a lone tower with Persepolis' army stationed there. They are comprised of War Elephants, Elephant Archers, Persian Immortals, Persian Cavalry and two Stone Throwers. They are just as troublesome as the yellow Persian army. The city of Persepolis is walled off, containing Tempkes, Capitols, Mosques and boasts two Wonders, the Ishtar Gates (renamed Xerxes' Tomb for this scenario), and the Temple of Zeus. They also have a Stable that destroys itself as assassins emerge from it. Outside it, down and across to Babylon, there are 6 houses and a Dock. They appear to be at the Bronze Age.
Strategy[]
Warning: Do not read this if you wish to solve this on your own.
First of all, train 5 more Javelins at the nearby Archery Range. Select your whole army and right-click in the middle of Babylon. Your army will not take the straight route to the city, but that's alright as it is part of the plan. Soon enough, you will come upon the Hill Tribe village. Command your troops to destroy all their Spearmen and buildings in order to get Gold and Iron. Note that you don't need to destroy the farms, just the main granaries. Once they are destroyed, move directly down where you will come across the Bedouin village. Destroy their Spearmen and Town Center, being careful not to harm their Citizens or their other buildings. Bring your Citizens over from Gaza to the village and build a Settlement and a Siege Factory. Populate the Settlement with 5 of your citizens in order to convert the village and set the rest of them to chopping Wood. Build two |Stone Throwers and two Catapults from your Siege Factory.
While that is happening, take your army and position them halfway between your new village and Babylon. Use Philotas to lure small portions of the Babylonian army(who are positioned just outside its walls) at a time. Do not underestimate them, and use your Stone Throwers if they are already built. Once the Babylonians are destroyed, send Alexander inside Babylon to receive more Gold and Iron. Use your resources to fully upgrade your Catapults' range and attack.
Select your army and click somewhere in Gaugamela. Be sure to bring along your siege machines. Arrange your army on narrow land bridge just before Gaugamela. Keep your Catapults out of this fight. Position your Phalanx on stand-ground mode across the bridge, with Craterus at the fore. Arrange your Javelins and Companion Cavalry just behind them on on-guard mode, with Alexander to one side where he may heal them. Put your Stone Throwers to the other side of Alexander, where they may fire upon Philotas' pursuers. Use Philotas as the bait to draw in the Persians, and send him behind your army. This way, enemy units will be significantly cut down by your army while trying to get to him. Repeat the lure and chase tactic with Philotas, starting with the bit of army nearest the river bank. Remember to use your Stone Throwers and Alexander's war cry at massed units. While you're fighting here, upgrade your Catapults' attack and range attributes once each. Once half the Persians have been slaughtered, they will break and run. Pursue them, and remember to change your Phalanx to aggressive mode.
Once half the army is destroyed, the Persians will break and run for it. Follow them to the heavily fortified defile. Before you attack the outside towers with your Catapults, use your infantry to clear out any enemy units outside the gates. Once the Towers are down, target any enemy units inside the gates with your Catapults. This will draw them out for your main army to destroy. If Darius and Bessus are killed it does not mean that the Persians will surrender. Try to draw out as many Persians as you can before you destroy a section of the Wall, not the Gates, with your Catapults. Get your Stone Throwers to help.
Once the gates are down send your army (without your Catapults) down the defile. Once you come close enough to the defile's end, position your army and send Philotas down. Draw small portions of the red Persian Army to your position, and be sure to cut down enemy Stone Throwers with your Companion Cavalry before they take out your clustered infantry. Once this army is destroyed, send your army in with Alexander to Xerxes' Tomb. As he will near the building a nearby stable will collapse and assassin riders will appear. Take them out with your remaining troops and you will have won.
This strategy ignores the optional objectives.
Immediately build a Siege Factory, where you will build 2 Catapults, and train 5 more Javelins. Set the Siege Factory and Archery Range's rally point at Gaugamela, where you will "catch" them before they come in sight of enemy units. Gather up your ready forces and send them to Gaugamela. As soon as you see Darius' position, arrange your troops on the land bridge just before the village. Position your Phalanx on stand-ground mode across the bridge, with Craterus at the fore. Arrange your Javelins and Companion Cavalry just behind them on on-guard mode, with Alexander to one side where he may heal them. Use Philotas as the bait to draw in the Persians, and send him behind your army. This way, enemy units will be significantly cut down by your army while trying to get to him. While you're fighting here, upgrade your Catapults' attack and range attributes once each. Once half the Persians have been slaughtered, they will break and run. Pursue them, and remember to change your Phalanx to aggressive mode.
Once you come to the heavily fortified gates, use your army to remove any lingering units outside the gates. Use your Catapults to take out the two Towers outside. Once they're down, send a Catapult shot inside the gates at any of the units within its sight. Retreat your Catapults immediately. Attack whatever comes out of the gates, being careful not to get any units inside the walls. Be sure to keep your Catapults alive with Alexander's healing. Repeat maneuver if there are any remaining yellow units within the walls within your LOS (Line Of Sight). Use your Catapults and some other units to destroy a section of the wall instead of the main gate, as it has less HP. Once it is down, move your army within the walls and destroy the enemy units there, if there are any. Move your army down the ravine, and stop and position them when a group of trees come within LOS. Use Philotas as bait once again, being careful not to lure too much, as these remaining red Persians are a hardy bunch. Use your Companion Cavalry to take care of the Stone Throwers once you get their attention, as they could make short work of your clustered infantry.
Once the army is destroyed, send all your remaining troops in with Alexander to Xerxes' Tomb, where an assassination will be attempted upon him. Kill the assassins and you will have won.Storyline[]
Alexander and Philotas are riding back from Egypt and are heading to Gaza. In the distance, it's town center and citizens can be seen.
Alexander: Our journey into the Western Desert was a success Philotas. The priests of Ammon have accepted me as the Son of Ra. Since you have served me so well, I am appointing you commander of the Companion Cavalry.
Philotas: Surely I am the luckiest man on Earth, to have you as my friend and my king. I can think of no greater honor in life.
Alexander: We are at the beginning of a great adventure my friend. The wide world awaits us.
They pass the town center and meet Craterus, who is waiting for them with the rest of the assembled army.
Craterus: Hail, sire! Our scouts report that Persian Emperor Darius has assembled his troops near a village called Gaugamela. Unless we meet him and crush his forces there, all your conquests thus far will be in vain.
Alexander: Give the order when you are ready to march, Craterus. Our goal is to defeat Darius, and seize the Tomb of Xerxes in Persepolis!
Soon enough, the army is on the move. Once they are out of Gaza...
Narrator: As Alexander again plunged into Asia, he knew he had to plan carefully. Citizens in Gaza could provide food and lumber for his campaign. But gold and iron would be harder to come by. He would have to plunder what he needed from the cities he conquered. Craterus and Philotas would be indispensable to him during this operation. If either fell before the Tomb of Xerxes, disaster would result.
During their journey, Alexander's army passes near an indigenous village...
Narrator: Behold, an indigenous village? Alexander saw two options. He could destroy their town center, construct a settlement, and then turn it into a town center of his own. Or he could plunder the village, razing all the buildings, to look for gold or iron. Both had merits, but which to choose?
A little while into the journey...
Philotas: My lord Alexander, the natives speak of a great Persian vassal city called Babylon - a citadel of great wealth and beauty. Perhaps there are stores of resources in Bablyon for us to plunder...
If Alexander manages to successfully convert an indigenous village by building his own town center in place of theirs...
Narrator: A new city has been founded in the wilderness! Greek civilization is spreading across the land. Alexander's campaign goes well.
If Alexander destroys all the buildings of an indigenous village...
Narrator: These indigenous peoples have been wiped out, and the plunder from their homes has been delivered to Alexander's warchest.
If Alexander decides to attack Babylon, they will meet with Babylon's army outside its gates. Once the inevitable battle ensues...
Philotas: My lord Alexander! We are under attack from horsemen, like none we have seen before!
Alexander: Who are these warriors from deep in the heart of Asia?
The battle rages on. Once the Babylonian army is destroyed...
Narrator: The Babylonian Army is vanquished and the ancient city has surrendered.
Narrator: Babylon's great treasury belongs to Alexander! But he must personally go into the city to secure it.
Alexander rides into Babylon.
Narrator: The Babylonians have surrendered the Imperial Persian Treasury to you, my lord! Your coffers have been replenished.
The army moves on. As they finally near Gaugamela, the Macedonians sight Darius and his army.
Alexander: Ahh - we have come upon the Imperial Persian Army, led by the Emperor Darius and his top commander, General Bessus. Men, to battle!
Philotas: When we have destroyed half of their forces, my lord, I've no doubt they will break and run as they did at Granicus River.
The mighty battle finally commences. Just as was predicted, the Persians flee once their army is halved.
Craterus: We have broken the morale of the Persian Army! They are running for their lives! Now we must decide whether to pursue them immediately, or rebuild our strength before engaging them again.
The Macedonians pursue the remaining Persians. Soon, they encounter a valley blocked by towers and extremely strong walls.
Soldier: My lord Alexander! We have pursued the retreating Persian army to a great defile which is heavily fortified. We are awaiting your orders!
Narrator: Beyond this mountain pass lies the city of Persepolis - capitol of the Persian Empire. Alexander's conquest will not be complete until he enters the city in triumph.
Alexander's army lays siege to walls guarding Persepolis. Soon enough, the walls come down and the Macedonians battle once more with the Persians. If Darius is killed first...
Craterus: Darius has been slain, your majesty - but his commander-in-chief, Bessus, has seized the throne of Persia for himself!
Darius and Bessus are killed in battle...
Narrator: The Emperor Darius and his Royal Commander Bessus have been slain! Alexander of Macedon is now Overlord of Asia! When Persepolis has been, the entire Persian Empire will be his. All Hail the King of Kings, Alexander!
The army goes through the defile and meets with Persepolis' army at its gates. They battle, and the Macedonians are once again victorious.
Narrator: Alexander's troops have smashed the army at Persepolis! As the mop up of enemy resistance continues, Alexander must ride to the Tomb of Xerxes. Capturing that symbol of Persian might will be his crowning achievement.
Alexander enters that mighty city...
Narrator: Alexander has entered Persepolis! Once he seizes the Tomb of Xerxes, a hundred years of Greek humiliation will finally be reversed.
But all is not yet won, for as Alexander nears the tomb, a nearby stable collapses and Persian horsemen emerge...
Narrator: Assassins! Yet another treacherous plot to take Alexander's life has come to light! He must make certain the conspirators are all sent to their graves...
The assassins are quickly dealt with by Alexander's loyal soldiers. Alexander and his generals Philotas and Craterus stand outside the Tomb of Xerxes.
Narrator: The assassins are dead. And the Tomb of Xerxes has been captured. Alexander's triumph in Western Asia is now complete, though darkened by one realization: Philotas, the commander of the Companion Cavalry, was part of the conspiracy. This once trusted friend must now be put to death.
Philotas falls dead.
Narrator: The path of greatness is never an easy one. History claims Alexander wept when he had no more lands to conquer. But perhaps, as he stood alone at the height of his power, there was another reason behind the tears.
