Description[]
The Basics is the first scenario of the Learning Campaign which introduces the player to the basic mechanics of Empire Earth. Learn about the skills of your Citizens, including basic movement, construction and gathering natural resources.
Briefing[]
The Early Phoenicians: 3000-2000BC
(Citizens/Resource Gathering)
Late in the third millennium BC, the Canaanites from the area near Galilee traveled to the Mediterranean coast looking for new land. There began a settlement which would become the great Phoenician trading city of Tyre.
In this scenario, you play the Phoenicians who are about to found their new civilization. When the game begins, you will have control over 3 Citizens - the first Citizens of the Phoenician civilization. You must lead these early Phoenicians west to the sea, and learn the basic skills of survival. These skills include basic movement, constructing a Capitol, and gathering natural resources, which your civilization will need to grow. The fate of the Phoenicians is in your hands.
History[]
The origins of the Phoenicians are clouded in the uncertain past. Archaeological evidence suggests, however, that either political pressures or overcrowding drove a splinter group of Canaanites west from the Sea of Galilee, and that the great sea-faring Phoenicians sprang from this group.
Though the area that they settled was called "Fenkhw" by the Egyptians, it was the Greeks who would eventually dub it "Phoenicia."
The race of merchants and traders who grew up here founded a number of important cities in the late 2000's BC, including Tyre, Sidon, Tripoli, and Acre.
But, despite their shared history, they never came to regard themselves as part of a single nation.
Objectives[]
- Move your Citizens west and build a Capitol on the flagged hill.
- Gather enough Food to create three additional Citizens, for a total of six.
Walkthrough[]
This scenario is very easy, just follow the game instructions. Select your Citizens within the Canaanite civilization and send them to the highlighted location on the map. It's a hill with a fuchsia flag. Have them build a Capitol near the flag. Once other explanations are done, a Food resource patch will show up on the minimap. Send a citizen to work there. Once he has, bring the other two to build a Settlement near the patch. Now you just have to produce 3 more citizens and rally them to the resource patch and then you're done.
Storyline[]
Three Phoenician Citizens are standing idle inside the Canaanite village.
Narrator: Welcome to the ancient world. You are about to found the civilization of Phoenicia. As it has been throughout history, your civilization will be built by its Citizens.
Citizens construct all the buildings and gather all the natural resources that are necessary for a civilization's survival and growth. In time, you will learn to have them hunt, forage, and harvest all the food you new nation requires.
Your civilization's story begins on the shores of the Sea of Galilee. Three Citizens standing among the local Canaanites, await your instructions. Select all three by left-clicking on the ground near them and, while holding in the mouse button, dragging a box around them. Then release the button. This is called "lassoing" units.
The Citizens are "lassoed".
Narrator: Good work! To move your Citizens - or any selected units - you simply right-click on the map where you want them to go. Due west of your Citizens is a hill with a flag on it. This is where your citizens will start to build their civilzation.
To find the hill, move your mouse pointer to the left edge of the screen. The map will scroll in that direction. Scroll the map over to the hill. You can also use the Mini-map at the bottom right-hand of the screen to help you find the hill. The Mini-map is a representation of the entire map. It is mostly black because you haven't explore much of it yet. But the hill is visible as a greenish spot near the center of the Mini-map.
Once you have found the hill, order your Citizens to walk to it - make sure your Citizens are still selected, and then right-click next to the flag on the hill.
The Citizens are ordered to the hill. The Canaanite village seems to be abandoned as soon as it is out of line of sight.
Narrator: As your Citizens move towards the hill, the black areas of the map along their path are revealed. You can watch their progress on both the Main Map and the Mini-map. Notice that the buildings of the Canaanite village you just left are still visible, but the people are not. The people are shrouded by the "fog of war". This simply means that you cannot see what they are doing when no one from your civilization is there to look at them.
The Phoenician Citizens come to the top of the hill near the purple flag.
Narrator: Good, you've reached the hill. On this hill, you will construct a Capitol building for your new city.
Select one of your Citizens by left-clicking on him or her.
A Citizen is selected.
Narrator: To build a Capitol, click on the Capitol button near the bottom of the screen. A "ghost" Capitol appears to help you choose a location for the building. If the ghost is tinted green, it means you can build the Capitol there. If it is red, it means the Capitol cannot be built on that spot - try moving the ghost around a little until it appears green.
When you choose a location for the Capitol, left-click to place the foundation for it. Your Citizen then walks to the foundation and begins constructing the Capitol.
The location is chosen, and the Citizen begins building.
Narrator: Constructing a building goes faster with more workers on the job. Select your other two Citizens by dragging a lasso around them. Then right-click on the construction site. Notice that the mouse pointer becomes a hammer over the site to indicate that your Citizens can perform an action there.
The other two Citizens are ordered to build the Capitol as well. When it is finished, they all begin chopping wood.
Narrator: Your Capitol is finished! Well done! Notice that your Citizens have automatically started collecting Wood. This is because the trees were the closest resource to your Capitol.
You can tell your citizens where to collect resources. Select a citizen and right-click on a different tree. Notice the pointer changed to a bucket over the resource site.
The Citizen selected begins chopping Wood from a different tree.
Narrator: When your Citizens have gathered a full load, they automatically bring it to your Capitol. They then return to the resource site to gather some more. You can always intervene and give your Citizens new instructions. Select one of your working Citizens, and right-click on the Capitol. The Citizen immediately goes to the Capitol and drops off whatever he or she was carrying.
The selected Citizen drops off the wood it was carrying and returns to the tree.
Narrator: Gathering resources is essential to the survival of your civilization.
Eventually you will gather Gold, Stone and other resources in exactly the same way. Your current resource inventories are shown in the bar that runs along near the bottom of the screen.
Your civilization has made agood start. But your Population must grow larger, and that requires food.
To the south of your Capitol you will find a Forage Patch. A new spot has appeared on your Mini-map to show you where to search for the food site. Send your Citizens there to gather Food from the Forage Patch.
The Phoenicians are sent to the Forage Patch. As they near the area...
Narrator: It is a long walk back to the Capitol from the foraging site. To increase your gathering efficiency, have your Citizens build a Settlement next to the Forage Patch.
Settlements are simple resource drop-off points that are constructed in exactly the same way as the Capitol - just select a Citizen, click the Settlement button, and place the building. The Wood required to build the Settlement is taken from your resource inventories.
The Settlement is built, and the Citizens automatically begin gathering food.
Narrator: Foraging for Food is the most basic way to feed your people. Up to six Citizens can gather from a single foraging site at once. In time, you will also learn to hunt, fish and farm to get Food.
Now it is time to produce new Citizens for your civilization. When you have enough Food, the Citizen button will become active at your Capitol. Simply select the Capitol, and then click the Citizen button to create a Citizen. If you have enough Food, you can even "queue up" Citizens by clikcing the Citizen button again and again. Right-clicking the Citizen button removes a Citizen from the queue. Citizens can also be reated at Town Centers.
A new Citizen is created at the capitol and stands idle outside it.
Narrator: After a moment, a new Citizen appears at the Capitol and you can put him or her to work. To have newly created Citizens automatically start working, you can set a rally point. Select the Capitol and click the round Place Rally Point button. Then click on the Forage Patch to place that rally point there. Now new Citizens will immediately walk to the patch and gather Food!
To grow your civilization, it is important to keep your Citizens busy. The Idle Citizen button, below the Mini-map, can help you locate Citizens who are not working so you can give them a task.
It looks like everything is going well. To help ensure Phoenician civilization survives, create a total of six Citizens.
Two more citizens are created. As the last one exits the Capitol...
Narrator: You have done very well - the Phoenician people grow and prosper under your leadership! With their roots firmly planted, the Phoenicians are on their way to spreading their influence throughout the Mediterranean.
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