Sawu — On the Shores of the Red Sea
- Mission
- 29 — choice B after Itjtawy (27)
- Classical name
- Mersa Gawasis (briefing key
message_mission_mersa_gawasis) - Starting funds
- Normal 8 000 Db (pak) loan 3 000 debt 20%
- Deities
- Bast (patron) · Ra · Ptah
- Trade
- Dakhla · Itjtawy · Men-nefer (sea) · Menat Khufu · Pwenet (sea incense) · Waset · Dunqul; mid-game NEW_TRADE Buhen / Kerma
- Previous
- Itjtawy (27) — choice B
- Next
- Heh (30) / Bubastis (31) — choice
- Sibling
- Iken (28) — choice A from 27
- Status
- Choice B Implemented
message_history_sawu (229).
Monuments 20: Mausoleum (W=5) + Small mudbrick (W=4) →
trunc(2.25·9+4.5)=24 ≥ 20 (pak 21 soft).
Enemy: scenario enemy is
ENEMY_7_LIBIAN — timed beduin and “enemy” waves share Libyan sprites; favour uses Egyptian. Sea inv [74,16] packed loc2 → via_sea (E3c); OOB navy → sea0.
Objectives
- Population8 000
- Culture65
- Prosperity65
- Monuments20 (Mausoleum + Small Mudbrick; pak 21 soft)
- Kingdom75
- Housing level17
- Burialweapons×12 · pottery×4 · linen×16 · papyrus×16
Scripted events (summary)
Weapons for Kebet; linen for Itjtawy; pottery unlocks Buhen sea route (pak goods empty). Recurring troops and henna asks support sibling Iken (henna → NEW_TRADE Kerma, also empty goods). Beer festival asks from Jericho. Gold-mine collapse and clay-pit flood once. Timed Libyan raids; beduin recurring every 8 months from y30; enemy recurring yearly from y45m4 (pak months_initial); favour Pharaoh army ×40→×40→×40. Refuse of early weapons / troops can fire a Kerma-fell → Iken weapons×17 chain.
Developer reference
Mission script
src/scripts/mission/m_029_sawu.js · import in src/scripts/missions.js
Empire id 1 (pak). Map data/maps/m_029_sawu.map. Rank 10. Scenario enemy ENEMY_7_LIBIAN; favour ENEMY_3_EGYPTIAN. Dump 2026-07-27.
choice[] → Heh/Bubastis (g144 61/62/63). SKIP: empty map_obj idx=11; orphan MESSAGE i=14/20/29–31; orphan routes 20–22. Sea inv [74,16] packed loc2 → via_sea (E3c).
Game messages
| Key | Id |
|---|---|
message_mission_mersa_gawasis | 429 |
message_history_sawu | 229 |