Description[]
The Food Gathering and Economy scenario is the third part of the Learning Campaign which introduces the player to hunting, fishing, farming and mining in Empire Earth. In this scenario you will learn how to gather food by fishing, hunting Wild Animals and farming in Granaries. You will also learn how to mine ores such as Gold.
Briefing[]
The Colony of Gades: 1100-1000 BC
(Hunting/Fishing/Farming)
The Phoenicians have exhausted the precious metals around New Tyre, so colonists have been sent out to secure new sources of ore.
You are in charge of one of the new-found colonies, called Gades, on the remote Atlantic coast of Iberia. Your goal is to turn the small outpost into a major mining operation. To do so, you will have to learn how to hunt,fish, and farm to feed your people.
Once you have stockpiled enough Gold, commercial vessels from Tyre will arrive to take it back home.
History[]
Like the history of Phoenicia herself, the story behind the colonies she established is pieced together primarily from archaeological evidence.
The trading colony of Gades was probably founded in 1104 or 1103 BC. The name comes from the Phoenician word "Gdr", meaning wall, so researchers assume that at some point substantial fortifications were built to protect the city.
Perhaps the walls for which Gades became known were built to keep out increasingly aggressive Greek raiders who came to challenge Phoenician maritime operations.
We know it was Greek piracy that led to the foundation of the most famous Phoenician city of all, Carthage, built in North Africa specifically to protect ships traveling to and from the distant Spanish port of Gades.
Today, Gades is known as Cadiz.
Objectives[]
- Lead the Phoenician colony of Gades to prosperity.
- Find and kill at least one ostrich.
- Raise your population to 20 Citizens.
- Locate offshore fish by searching the coastline near the flags.
- Build a Dock.
- Build at least one Fishing Raft
- Build a Granary and plant at least one Farm.
- Locate Gold deposits in the mountains northeast of your Town Center.
- Build your Gold stockpile up to 250.
Walkthrough[]
Like all the other scenarios in the Learning Campaign, this scenario is easy and follows step by step instructions from the narrator. However, for those who wish to speed through this, do the following.
Collect your Citizens and have them hunt the nearby flock of ostriches. Using the food from this flock, create more citizens and rally them at the nearby Wood, so that they may start gathering it as soon as they come out. When available, send a citizen to the nearest highlighted location to build a Dock (the button will appear as soon as the locations become highlighted). When the dock is completed, send the citizen back to the wood and build a Fishing Raft from the dock. Send the raft to the nearest fishing spot.
Once the ostrich flock is depleted, you will able to build a Granary. Be sure that you keep on generating citizens, as you need to have 20+ citizens. After the Granary is completed, a location will be highlighted that has Gold mines near it. Have five citizens build a Settlement near the mines there and start mining. As soon as Tyrean merchants come to collect the 250 gold, send another 6 citizens to the gold mines. Once you have 250 gold and 20 Citizens, the scenario is completed.
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