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I don't think anybody is "mad" about you not posting. Like, we'd prefer you post, but it is a game after all and we aren't all freaked out about it. I mean, I don't think this is as personal or mean spirited as you think it is, and I'm sorry if I accidentally gave you that impression. 

[quote]The first "battle" was that at the Suez with the Spanish navy assaulting in force the meager Ethiopian garrison sent there to deal with Egyptian warlords who had been causing trouble in Ethiopian Sudan or something. The Ethiopians being undermanned and the Egyptian militias too unskilled and unarmed were not able to fight the Spanish. The Ethiopians tried to slow down or block the Spanish advancement by lodging the canal up with so much debris the Spanish effort would effectively be frozen in its tracks.[/quote]

To clarify, the Ethiopian contingent went to the Suez to confront Spain, not to deal with the Egyptian Warlords (who were not doing anything in Sudan). Egypt collapsed a couple of months ago in RP time along with the rest of the Ottoman Empire, so there was a contingent of Egyptians belonging to one of the post-collapse governments present at the Suez when the Ethiopians arrived. Those Egyptians saw what was going on as an invasion of their land, and got caught between the Spanish and Ethiopian forces as the battle commenced.