Talk:The Dragon Spreads His Wings/@comment-113.190.152.28-20170314120347/@comment-78.146.168.154-20180706183535

it is possible to build a base in this mission. once you've obtained the blacksmith with the monk following the above advice, gather about 600 wood. just after youve destroyed the tower and killed the general, there's just enough coast to build a harbour. you'll be pop capped so won't be able to build any ships, so deleted all units except the blacksmith, monk and dracula. build a house, and now build a transport ship. land the blacksmith just east of the waterfall and you'll find a small inlet of land with the only 4 stone mines on the map ( and some dormant enemy units that won't attack you). mine 100 stone and land the blacksmith back on the southern corner of the map you started on, with murad and the ottomans. now you can build a tc (the only space for a tc is just below the market) and you can boom at leisure. for a quicker boom, bait the ottomans away from the southern tip and build a mill in front of the castle, as there are about 10 shore fish there (switch ottomans to neutral, start converting a unit and then stop; they have heresy so the unit will just die. their units will move towards the monk but not attack. use this to move the ottomans to where you want them, but remember their gates wont open for you as neutrals). once you're ready, smash through the rest of the mission with as many fully upgraded units as you see fit