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Emu War Mod (Alternate Leader for Australia)

This mod adds the emus as an alternate leader to the Australian civilization. And yes this is an April Fools special lmao :P

In our timeline, the emus ruined Australian crops, and Australia's military miserably failed to stop them. In this iteration of Australia, not only do the emus win the Emu War, but they take over the entirety of Australia in the process, sacking Canberra and dismantling the Australian government, enslaving every poor unfortunate soul stuck in that land to do the bidding of the evil emu warlords. Truly a dark timeline, our timeline may have huge problems, but I'm sure as glad we don't live in THAT timeline, it's too dark. o~o

LEADER - LORD HIGH EMU

LEADER ABILITY - BATTLE OF CAMPION
Yields from pillaging and coastal raiding are +50%, and along with the usual plunder rewards, grants Culture for Farms, Plantations, and Pastures, and Science for Mines, Quarries, and Camps. Cities do not receive any war weariness. Cannot earn Influence towards Envoys. All leaders start as unfriendly towards this leader. Gain the Emu unique unit with Animal Husbandry. Training an Emu grants a second copy of that unit. May purchase Emu units with Faith.

LEADER UNIQUE UNIT - EMU
The Lord High Emu’s unique Ancient era light cavalry unit. -60 Combat Strength when attacking, embarked, or fighting on districts in home territory. +2 Combat Strength for each adjacent Emu. +1 Movement if flanked or in enemy territory. Has 70% less Combat reduction when injured.

LEADER AGENDA - GREAT EMU WAR
Likes civilizations that pillage when at war. Dislikes civilizations with cities beside its borders, especially if they have high Production or Food output, and sees them as targets for pillaging. Grievances against this leader decay at twice the usual rate.

NOTE: The description of the bonuses highlighted by underlined text will still appear in configuration and unit ability text, but the bonus itself will be deactivated and will not work without the Maya and Gran Colombia pack enabled.

VOICED LINES
Surprisingly, the Lord High Emu's quote in the Civilopedia is voiced..... or is it?

CUSTOM ASSETS
Unfortunately, as much as I wanted to give them that, the process of asset creation turned out to be too ridiculously difficult for me to grasp, as much as I tried hard. Should anyone see this, I would gladly appreciate it if you could help create assets for this mod! Additionally, you could also teach me how to do it, that would be great as well! If I ever figure out custom assets in the future, I'm definitely updating this mod for that! For now, the Emu unit borrows its asset from the Mapuche's Malón Raider.

SUPPORTED LANGUAGES

• English 🇬🇧

MODDER'S THOUGHTS

Every time I look at this mod (and especially that leader), I think to myself the following: "BOA, WHAT THE HECK IS THIS?! WHY DID YOU EVEN WASTE YOUR TIME MAKING THIS MOD?! WHY DOES THIS EXIST?!!!" XD
But then again, if you are to call me out for the ridiculousness of this mod, then I'd say this: Just the fact that the war this mod is based on actually happened, and that WE LOST THE WAR TO THE EMUS, is as ridiculous as the existence of this entire mod. Takes the quote "Truth is stranger than fiction" to a whole other level if you ask me.... xD

Welp, ever since Australia's release, ppl have been calling for some sort of emu scenario or something so... no doubt. This had to be done at some point :P

Btw if you're wondering about the Emu being OP, yes it's fully intended, it serves to make the already spicy meme flavor.... even more spicy :P (I did make sure not to accidentally turn it into an ancient GDR tho, hence why their huge CS buff applies to defense only.... just like in the actual Emu War :P)
However, if the mod being too OP causes way too much problems, feel free to let me know in the comments, I may consider nerfing it in that case.
The Emu's CS (combined with the crazy defense buff) is based on being slightly stronger than the Digger... which makes sense anyway given that the Emu War happened in late 1932. I should also note that when it comes to the emu leader's agenda, it specifically disliking cities with production and population (meaning high food output) food is also inspired by the yields of the Outback Station improvement.

Next up, I will be adding Caligula as an alt Roman leader. His bonuses will give Legions bonus combat strength and gold bonuses for attacking sea tiles (Yes, SEA TILES, not naval units). As for the ppl following me for the Naruto mods I'm making, I will be working on the Hidden Weed Village next, with the Highkage, Snoop Dogg, as its leader. (And those are all lies btw so don't believe them. Happy April Fools :P
And may all our brothers and sisters who died fighting against the oppressive evil emu population of Australia rest in peace.)

I will also never forget the fact I accidentally won a Diplomatic Victory while testing this mod for the first time.

DISCLAIMERS

• I will not be taking any other mod creation requests, I only want to make mods of things I am personally interested in.
  
• I will also do my very best to keep this mod as updated and high quality as possible, no matter what happens.
  
• As an addition to the above, I have set this rule: If an update could potentially ruin a saved game you have, I will post a comment notifying everyone 3 days in advance before I update it, if it is a minor text/image change, then it will be posted 1 day in advance. (I recommend you subscribe to the comment thread of this mod so you can be notified if such changes are going to happen, also if you have any better suggestions on how I can inform people ahead of time when I will update my mod please let me know in the comments!)
  
• Comments giving constructive criticism of my mod is welcome, and appreciated. I'm still new to the Civ6 modding scene so I may still have a lot to learn.
  
• Translations of this mod are very much welcome, please be sure to contact me so we can work together and I can apply your translation.
  
• Obviously, this mod requires the Australia DLC, as it's an alternate leader for Australia, not an independent civ.

SPECIAL THANKS

• Kevin Liu, for giving me the suggestion on adding that thing that makes AI leaders not take you seriously!