Heh. Apparently not even the Emperor of Persia had anything capable of defeating the Powernaut's new ally. Now, how long shall this alliance
last...? Romance and Death 1992 continues!

http://www.eilertech.com/stories/powernaut/1992b.htm#18

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Bonus Section: 2005 Reprint Commentary from Wyatt Ferguson! The
Cilician Gates

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I used to play wargames. One of them involved Alexander the Great
trying to get past the main mountain pass from Asia Minor into the
Persian Empire. These are the Cilician Gates, which were the Asian
counterpart to Thermopylae. The wargame needed Persian Stupidity Rules
to make the pass ungarrisoned. (Stupidity Rules, ref: France 1940, and
any China game 1937-1949.) Personally, I feel it more likely the
Cilician Gates actually were attacked by a fire-breathing dragon.

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-- (signed) Scott Eiler 8{D> ------ http://www.eilertech.com/ -------

"Your Royal Highness, instead of devoting yourself exclusively
to Minerva, should, instead, rather offer sacrifice at the altars
of Bacchus, Orpheus, Venus, and Morpheus."

- Advice to Prince Duarte of Portugal. From "The golden age of
Prince Henry the Navigator", by Joaquim Pedro Oliveira Martins.
Coming soon to Project Gutenberg.

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