February 19, 2016, Augustopolis, Legio Urbana Military Academy, room No. 10 "Marcus Felix Augustus", a few hours ago
Captain Claudius then began to explain what we would be facing in this 'battle room'.
"Cadets, today your training will take place in the battle room. You will face the Portuguese army of the early Braganza era and the British army before the Glorious Revolution. Today you will fight in the Battle of Nova Hadrumetun which began on Feburay 7, 1681 and ended on June 10, 1681, pay close attention, use arquebuses, repeating muskets were extremely rare and had the disadvantage of being too slow to fire." explains Captain Claudius.
Captain Claudius then took a remote control from his pocket, pressed a button, And the room begins to change shape and becomes a battlefield, then Captain Claudius gave a slight mischievous smile and said.
"To the younger ones, know that you are not killing real people who existed, but androids. They won't kill you, but they won't greet you with flowers either. Each android destroyed will add one point to your score. If you manage to destroy a ship full of androids, you'll get 20 points. Good luck!" said Captain Claudius.
Captain Claudius opens the door and lets us into the room to begin our training.
Battle Room, experiment "1681" Battle of Nova Hadrumetun
So, the Romans created a real-life 'Danger Room'? Impressive, but now it's time to begin our training.
Julius waved to me, and I went over to him. Since I didn't know where the rest of the cadets were, I asked Julius.
"Hey, where are the other cadets? Does this usually happen?" I asked Julius.
Julius then pointed to a fallen Portuguese soldier and replied.
"Do you see that fallen soldier? Well, our objective is to defeat all the androids on the British and Portuguese sides. The Roman-tropical androids will help us, since we are the reinforcements from Dux Celsus Marcus Augustus, who sent reinforcements to the battle against the last great battle of the Roman-tropical War of Independence, having said that, grab that matchlock arquebus and the bullets that are there and try to find any Portuguese or British soldiers; the Roman-tropical androids, as they did in real life, used Late Latin to communicate and give warnings. If you hear a scream in Late Latin, know that it's some kind of Roman-tropical soldier surrounded by Portuguese and British soldiers; that's where our objective lies." Julius replied.
"Victoria laboriose parta est!"
Julius chuckled, picked up his flintlock musket, and said to me.
"Come on, before others get ahead of us and take our points, let's go!" said Julius.
I went to the fallen Portuguese soldier and picked up the matchlock arquebus, which was a real clunker compared to the flintlock musket, but even so, that contraption could kill someone even at the end of the 17th century, I followed Julius while we could hear cannon fire coming from all sides of the battlefield until we saw Portuguese soldiers fighting with swords against Roman-tropical soldiers And then one of them, seeing us, shouted.
"Dux Celsus Marcus Augustus advenit ut subsidium!" shouted one of the soldiers.
Well, this is the first time I've used such a rudimentary weapon for someone from the 25th century. If it has gunpowder, why can it take down androids? I hope so.
Julius then aimed his flintlock musket and fired at the Portuguese soldier's head, who fell to the ground, sparks flying from his head. Then he looked at me and said.
"Just aim for the head; if you like close combat, use the rapier for lethal attacks—everything scores one point either way." said Julius.
Great, so I can attack the androids at both long and short range, now it's going to get interesting.
"Tu romano, filho de meretriz! Enfrente-me como um homem ou fuja daqui!" shouted the Portuguese soldier.
Well, well, this is going to be much more interesting than I expected. I was already getting tired of not being able to use my bladed weapon skills. Let's see how a Portuguese soldier could fight against a Former space marine, master solar swordsman, and later an elite interplanetary private security guard from the 25th century.
One of the Roman-tropical soldiers handed me the rapier, and the Portuguese soldier advanced, and with only a slight wound to the throat, the Portuguese soldier fell dead with sparks flying, Julius then said.
"Without much fuss, attack as quickly as possible, don't be intimidated, the Portuguese and British weren't playing around in this battle, these are the militias that the Portuguese army used the truly strong armies are the Portuguese Tercios and the Red Coats." said Julius.
Julius reloaded his flintlock musket and fired again, causing another Portuguese soldier to fall.
Well, then it's best to reserve the duels for some Portuguese Tercio, I put the rapier in its sheath and fired the matchlock arquebus, another Portuguese soldier fell and Julius said.
"Good, Crown Prince, now we only need 5 more Portuguese soldiers to get some points and leave here to go further up the left flank. Remember the military experiments of Dux Celsus Marcus Augustus It was the Pillum Master, the first attempt in history to use a repeating fire system in a military campaign. If you want to try using the Pillum Master, you can, it will be very difficult, but that's what changed the tide of the battle and brought victory to the Roman-Tropical Empire. Enough joking around, finish some of these now, I'll finish others." said Julius.
So I started adding another fuse and put in another iron bullet and gunpowder and fired again. Julius did it with more speed since the flintlock musket was much faster, Soon there were two Portuguese soldiers left, and I repeated the same process and fired again. Finally, Julius finished off the last Portuguese soldier and said.
"Good work, but now we have to get into the left flank and reach the British and Portuguese ships, let's go!" said Julius.
Then a trumpet sounded and several Roman-tropical cataphracts sped past, all with spears and some with flintlock pistols; the Pillum Masters were already inflicting damage on the army Portuguese and British, some horses appeared with stirrups but no one was riding them, Julius then pointed to the horses and said.
"These horses are androids too, so they won't rebel against us. Just hop on and let's go!" said Julius.
Well, without any fuss, I'll just go there and defeat as many soldiers as I can, and that's it.
I mounted my horse, and Julius mounted his as well, and he galloped off in the same direction the Roman-tropical cataphracts had gone. Then the horse began to gallop, and soon I saw body after body of fallen soldiers, after walking a few dozen meters, I found Julius firing at the Portuguese Tercios to weaken the central pillar of the Portuguese army.
I also saw the famous Pillum Master being used in battle to weaken the Portuguese Tercios, so I didn't think twice, I got off my horse and went to help the Roman-tropical army defeat the Portuguese army.
One of the musketeers using the Pillum Master fell to the ground, sparking from his head, so I took his place, inserted an iron bullet through the muzzle of the musket, and immediately aimed at I put the musketeer in the first row and then restarted the process a few times and with Julius's help, the Portuguese Tercio broke and the Roman-tropical cataphracts did the rest, eliminating what remained of the Portuguese army.
Then the entire battlefield in New Hadrumetun began to disappear, and all the cadets reappeared.
Legio Urbana Military Academy, room N° 10 "Marcus Felix Augustus", now
Everyone was back there, it was already night outside, probably seven o'clock at night, Captain Claudius had a clipboard and then said.
"You all did a good job, but you couldn't destroy a ship full of androids. You performed well, but you're still far behind the other top-level cadets who can At least you destroyed a ship, but now you need a rest, you can return to your quarters. On Monday you will have a theoretical lesson on the Roman-Tropical War of Independence, until next Friday." said Captain Claudius.
Was that all?! Nine hours fighting in a city reeking of gunpowder and soot? Lieutenant Colonel Lucius Castorius Agrippa wasn't kidding when he said he only accepted the best here, not mediocre ones, This battle simulation showed that cadets who are already officers due to fighting in Venezuela or Upper Peru and Peru are likely far superior to Western European militaries and probably If they equal or even surpass American officers in certain cases, this battlefield can create a military elite that can rival the Roman generals of the Classical Era.
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Ongoing Roman-Tropical projects:
Project "Imperator Solis" (practical nuclear fusion): 41.7%, made in the secret underground base of Nova Istria.
Project "Conflictus Titanum" (neutron bomb): 39.7%, made at the Nuclear-Physical Engineering Center of Nova Chersonia.
Project"Fulminatrix" (first firearm designed for space): 27.1%, made at the Fabius Licinius Military Space Engineering Center in Saint Louis.