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IMPERIAL AGE I
The average professional player takes between 10 to 30 minutes to reach Imperial Age if factors are met. The factors being both players didn't rush the other, never lost a villager in the early phase and never spent anything on military. It took Katie half a day to reach Imperial. Compared to game time, it was slow. But game mechanics in real life was literally game breaking.
Granted she had to settle on the fact that she just got Isekai'd onto one of the worst medieval-fantasy world in fiction which didn't do anything good for her mental health, she had a Gamer RTS System with questionable mechanics that made her have moral and ethical dilemmas, and she had to fight a raiding party of Dothraki.
With the single bang of a hammer of a villager, the familiar golden streams of light surrounded everything and the buildings and clothing of the Villagers transformed into more cleaner and improved version the last one. Two-story Cruck cottages certainly had a homely feel to them.
However, something unexpected happen to Katie and it was displayed on her system's HUD.
First Objective Accomplished.
Reach Imperial Age.
Reward: Customizable Banner
Secondary Objective Failed
Reach Imperial Age in Hour.
Reward: Shelby Cobra
New Objectives Recived.
First Objective
Kill Knight King
Reward: Dimension Portal Landmark
Secondary Objectives.
Aqcuire one of this Relics
-Horn of Winter
-Three Bells of Norvos
-Melisandre's Ruby
-Gregor Clegane's Skull
-Blackfyre
Reward: ?
Destroy four Great House holding.
-Winterfell
-Riverrun
-The Eyrie
-Casterly Rock
-Pyke
-Highgarden
-Storm's End
-Sunspear
Reward: ?
Destroy one of the Wonders made by Man
-Valyrian Roads
-The Wall
-The Titan of Braavos
-The Walls of Qarth
-Three Bells of Norvos
-Long Bridge of Volantis
-Hightower
Reward: Tommynator
Katie felt her brain lagged from the amount information she just received. Then her face morphed into differing expressions, one contradicting as the last.
"I would've had a CAR!?" She screeched in indignation, much to the shock to the villagers near her.
"Wa' do Car?" A nearby villager asked to her fellow villager.
"E' Thei car-yage non wit hors."
"Car-yage non wit hors? Hawdo de mo-vey it?"
Katie groaned, no disrespect to Middle English but she just can't stand the phonetics being used.
Back to the matter at hand, the system never had anything about objectives after she woke up.
If she knew, she could've rushed a lot and muscled through her mental ranting earlier. She wouldn't have had a mental breakdown and spent an hour trying to calm down.
"... Can't change what has already happened." Katie sighed to herself, closing her eyes and lowering her head.
First Objective, simple enough, kill the blue eyed zombie with thorns for a crown. She'll spam a million cannons and Handcannoneers if she have to.
Secondary ones, a bit hard to decide for.
Most of the rewards were hidden except the Wonder one.
Relic's are easiest but nonetheless consequential as the other ones. Still assuming she's in Nothern Essos, Norvos would be the closest relic to acquire but the bloody things were sacred and holy artifacts. Whilst she hates slavery as any other modern era person, stealing and provoking conflict was making her think twice.
The easiest would be Gregor, since she'll eventually be an enemy to the Lannisters, she might as well take the Mountain's head. For the sake of the Relic, not for the Martells, those snakes can die for all she cares. Only problem, they're in Westeros so she'll have to shelve for a later date, no need to rush.
"That also means that I'm either in Aerys's reign or the Baretheon dynasty Era." Katie mutters, secretly hoping the TV series instead of the book series.
Great Houses, no question about Pyke, Casterly Rock after she sacks all the gold and Sunspear. That means one more but she doesn't know which due to conscience.
Not Storm's End, not because she likes Renly or anything but because she has plans with Stannis and his daughter.
Edmure was just a normal man that's a lord, a simple lord surrounded by geniuses. Katie doesn't want to burn Riverrun just for that.
Highgarden or the Eyrie maybe then.
Lysa Arryn, poor soul, abused and traumatized, should be removed from this world, no questions asked.
The Wonders objective. Another easy answer.
"I'm going to burn the Citadel, the center of learning, arguably the oldest building in structure in Westeros, for a Monster Truck…That's so scuffed." Katie giggled.
It was already planned she was going to dismantle the Maester organization, so might as well go all in and topple everything to the ground.
She is going to decentralize education and spread it out as much as possible, building Universities everywhere for commonfolk.
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The Scouts, without stopping to rest and lacking the need to eat, has already mapped out the coast from the Northern-most tip down to the western and eastern approaches that connects the Peninsula to mainland Essos.
Her mental map only showed a small peninsula in a sea of blackness, so she either has to explore more to decipher where she is in Northern Essos or buy a map from a local merchant
"Maybe I should have captured some of the Dothraki's…but then again, I can't understand their language." Katie mutters to herself. Even if she captured a rider to ascertain where she is, a cooperative Dothraki was a contradictory thought.
While the world beyond her patch of lands was still a mystery, at least she had surveyed enough of the peninsula. The benefits of the gamer system giving geology-based eidetic memory and multitasking really helped her.
From her observations, the Scout and Knights have a galloping speed of 45kmph. They seem to ignore things like ridges, mud and rocks and gallop over them like they're in a clean flat asphalt road. With hundreds of scout spreading and given their unnaturally and extremely far-sighted vision, they surveyed everything in just a few hours.
The Peninsula, whilst small in context to Westeros was large enough for her use, approximately 25 thousand square kilometers if she does quick math. Quiet an awe again to Katie as it took the Scouts half a day to survey a large surface area that quick. Granted she trained a hundred or two Scouts to spread out from her base and explore as much as fast possible, unlimited stamina makes anything fast.
There was an abundance of plains and hills where she can build more farm and lots of stone to go around, however there were only a few patches of gold reserves and small groves found. Her gold was already problem solved thanks to the Enclosure, it is further emphasized to Katie that wood will be her most problematic resource.
Still, with the land surveyed and explored, Katie spammed a hundred more Villagers from the six Town Centers she had built after achieving Imperial Age. She then sent them out in groups.
The Peninsula had two mountain ridges that stretched from the south which would intercept into one giant peak in the very center of the peninsula. There were multiple passes that would lead to the valley where the battle with the Dothraki happened which was now walled off to prevent unwanted entry from the south.
The southern entrances to the neck were further Walled off up to the western and eastern coasts, further blocking all entrances from the South. Each also had their own Keep-fort and garrisons of one thousand varying soldiers.
Anything trying to get into her Lands would either have to siege her mini-great-wall or land from the coasts which was in the process of also being walled off from the outside world.
Katie made a few last orders, making sure to train additional military units to reinforce her main and Keep-forts in southern the border walls and mentally sending out specific commands to the villagers on how they would building the walls which build the wall 300 meters away from beaches, right at the very edges of cliff overlooking the ocean if there are beaches and a stone wall Springald tower every 50 meters.
Fortunately, the units and the system can macro-oriented commands so Katie doesn't have micromanage every single detail on how and where building should be placed and how battles should flow, so long the command is followed to her intent.
Her villagers continuing the work assigned to them as the sun was beginning to set and 4000 soldiers vigilant and ready to fight, she decided it was enough for her not to be surprised or caught off guard. She decided to sleep.
"Mel, please wake me if something happens, other than that, wake me early in the Morning." Katie groans as she crushed onto the cushion of her bed.
"Your will, my lady-commander." The King's Palace's head maid bowed and closed the door to her room.
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AN: Ugh, still sick. Thank you for reading and I hope to see you in the next update.
Review responses
Nukeblast81: I wouldn't spoil much but I'll say that yes, she has plans with Westeros and the Slaver cities. Unlike the Dany, she actually has the personal power to liberate, stand and hold her ideals. Her perceptions of Dany is like how the GOT Watchers from season 1 to finale. Tech will be limited, I'm still thinking on the limit but I will say it won't reach to ww1 levels. Like I said last chapter, Katie has to do the dirty work if she wants tech that isn't part of the game. AoE4 stretches up to 16th century and the most technological units in the game are Streltsy's who has matchlock muskets and the Ottoman's great bombards. Thank you so much, I hope you continue reading.
John Smith: Will be answered in the next chapter.
Imperial Stormtrooper: Her greatest strength against magic is lack of exposure and secrecy. Can't kill what you don't know.