Can one person armed with modern weaponry conquer a medieval kingdom, singlehandedly? What would you do to achieve that? Also if not a kingdom, how far can you go?
Let's assume the following >you're free to choose a location and time period, from 5th to 15th century >you speak the language so you can negotiate and make your intents known >you are given some local clothes and currency so you can mingle, buy food, recon, what have you >your gear is limited to whatever you can fit into one foot locker, it will be placed at a secure location of your choosing >no vehicles
Pretend you never need to reload for as long as possible.
Jacob Turner
Why guns? Just plant explosives
>show up, proclaim you're a prophet >proclaim that the current king will be punished for his sins, that hellfire will rain down on the wicked at a certain time >detonate >tell the rabble that more will happen unless they rise up and depose the king
I've thought about it before and definitely you can't let them know reloading is a thing. As far as they're concerned you have unlimited thunder powers, otherwise eventually some group will rush you.
Charles Jenkins
No. You'd have to sleep eventually.
Liam Hill
>be me >be paramilitary genius >stock up full of funs and explosive >drop in, ask local where exactly I am >Local hacks up a bloody puss filled spittoon on me. I hack up a 9mm fun on them. >Local shirefs pissed and mob forms. >gun them all down >2ez.png >make town starting base and set up camp. >feelz good man >2 days later starting to cough. >blood in cough >sheeeeeeeeeeeeet
people back them were dumb, but not tactical retards.
The moment they figure out youre just a mortal with some kind of super gun that cant kill everyone on the planet at your whim they will slit your throat in the middle of the night and that INCLUDES the ones who you'll have as "trusted" local security
Noah Wilson
Huur huur old Europeans were all dumb and racist! This is what they teach mutt abominations in school.
>They would think I am a wizzard
When Europeans first met with boomsticks and black powder bombs they realized it was just a new form of weapon.
Even if they assumed you were a wizzard with super powers they would still try to murder you. There would be no where to hide, you couldn't eat anything without that being poisoned and they could snipe you using crossbows from a considerable distance.
In best case you would live a few weeks upon which they would start taking you as a serious threat and would go as far as to destroy their own towns to prevent you from having any shelter or food.
>people back them were dumb, but not tactical retards. They weren't even dumb, they just didn't grow up with the same level of technology that we did. If a time traveller had brought anyone who posted in this thread back to 1200 AD as a baby then they would be no different from any of the "unwashed peasants" they're making fun of. Humans today aren't inherently better than those born a thousand years ago.
Elijah Kelly
casings tho
Joshua Scott
What are you on about no guns? Tldr
James Wood
>nightvision optics + extra batteries >suppressed 9mm carbine >extra parts >a couple sticks of plastic explosive >copies of the US Constitution, Bill of Rights, as well as essential Metallurgical, Electrical, Medical and Chemistry documents >rest of the space with 9mm cartridges
>pick 5th century >pick literally any kingdom in Europe >find the head boi's castle >wait until nightfall >blow the gate >rek everybody >proclaim myself interim kang as decreed by divine providence >have scribes copy the documents and disseminate them throughout the kingdom >rinse repeat >60 years later the first United Federation of Europe is booming economically and technologically >no dark age, no Muslim incursions >my final words on my death bed: >"let no darkie or yid survive" >so it is so it shall be done >1000 years later humanity becomes a space-faring civilization
>go to a village >do some recon, note down amount of male of fighting age >find somewhere elevated away, but with good view of the village >set up sniper rifle >shoot every male that can pose a threat >wait a few days, pass by the village, impregnate as many wenches as possible >go to next village, repeat
conquer by genes
Josiah Walker
No you idiot.
Asher Williams
>Guns >spare parts >lots of ammo >medical supplies >gold and silver coins >comprehensive books and diagrams detailing agriculture, chemistry, medicine, metallurgy, industry, everything to jump start a civilization by bypassing hundreds of years of trial and error. >Maps of regions and world. >books on war tactics and strategy throughout history >books on economics and government
Thomas Ward
So basically a modern day version of a Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court?
Jaxson Diaz
Just take over like Borneo in 1700 or some shit. No real resistance, loads of pussy.
Michael Lopez
This. Conquer by ingenuity and without killing. Shoot only once the battle is won. After all, your ammo is not unlimited. And as stated previously, you are not going to deter them long.
Tyler Scott
they probably both watched that 'what to do if you had a time machine' video.
Tyler Wilson
>setting 12th century Italy >weapons M4 Glock 19 Plague rats
>essential medical supplies like pills and antibiotics, but not recommended to bring dressings if you can make sterile cloth, since it's supposed to last a lifetime. >extremely reliable and durable portable computer (laptop, tablet etc) with the entire wikipedia installed, more online encyclopedias are also cool, hell why not the entire internet if storage space allows >virtual textbooks in fields of engineering, science, math, philosophy, etc >siterip of as many scientific papers as can be downloaded from scihub or other sources >Lots of digitized literature, both ancient and modern, since even the names of books are hard to come by in ancient times. >Jow Forumsapproved books, instructions and weapon blueprints >specific instructional material on pre-modern to modern metallurgy >specific instructions on how to make black powder, smokeless powder, high explosives and detonators. >medium size solar panel or dynamo specifically for charging said computer >Solar powered quartz watch, needs to be very durable, backups can be brought >Nautical almanac (multiple years), could be digitized (ability to predict eclipses or comets will literally make you a god in some societies) >precision measuring instruments if you want to make your own weapons or jump start the industrial revolution >high ABV yeast and a method to grow more of them >glass distillation kit (optional, but clear glass is difficult to make) >lots of cryolite (optional if you want to make valuable aluminum) >handgun with limited ammo for emergencies early on
Daniel Russell
No, you would be killed as soon as you were outnumbered by archers, which would be pretty quick.
Adrian Nguyen
continued >Immediately start backing up the most important information on printed form once you find a place to stay, forgot to mention to bring at least 1 ream of paper unless it is cheap locally >Make up some bullshit about being a god, use astronomical knowledge to back it up Or >Try to cure some local lord from easily cured sickness, thereby gaining power and trust >Try to jumpstart the industrial revolution with precision tools that were brought along >Brew mad spirits/pure alcohol and get everyone wasted Goal is to become advisor to the royal court buy bringing in modern science, and one day starting a coup, which might just be possible if I succeed in making modern weapons with the aid of precision tools and instructions brought from the future.
Hudson Ward
Yeah, but you rule over a country of Indonesians
Dylan Allen
Imagine thinking there were castles in the 5th century. Im not even entirely sure you know that means the 400s.
Joshua Perez
continued, choice of country >Forgot to mention to bring potatoes, seeds of tomato, cocoa and chili peppers, cuttings of modern marijuana. Preferably a country with comfortable climate, which rules out anything within the tropics and the arctic countries, which leaves Mediterranean and central Europe, the plains of northern America, the Incas and East Asia. Kingdom cannot be too weak or else you rule over nothing, so that rules out niggers and redskins automatically. Cannot have too strong of a succession hierarchy either as they simply will not accept anyone without royal blood, so that rules out some of medieval and Renaissance Europe, imperial Rome, the Byzantines and China, unless during times of instability. That being said, vassals are effectively ruled by 2 kingdoms and are not ideal, so that rules out Korea and Japan (Japan is not actually a vassal, but for my purposes they count as one). Draft animals are also a huge plus but are not absolutely necessary for an empire.
So the remaining choices are Republican Rome, and Ottomans, dark ages Europe and China during times of instability. Here, the technological gap needs to be as large as possible, so that rules out the Ottomans. For a balkanized China, even if you become emperor of one state, war for unity is going to be inevitable, but may not happen in your lifetime. For Rome, there are very complex bureaucratic systems in place, which could make becoming princeps difficult, but you could be voted in if you knew the right people. However, early dark ages Europe has neither of the above problems, you just have to suck the Pope's cock if you want support from the people. Also, without the bureaucratic structure of the empire the line of succession is more blurry and can be taken by force if necessary. Overall best choice might be dark ages France or Germany if you want to seize power.
Alexander Hill
>turning down LBFMs
Jason Brooks
>>>snipe >>>>>with crossbows You realise medievel crossbows didn't have a very long draw and so the bolts didn't fly that far? Just rob someone for their plate armour if you ever come across someone that has it.
