[h1][center][b][u]The World as We Know It[/u][/b][/center][/h1] [center][[b]Turn 3[/b] -- July, 1899 to September, 1899.][/center] [center][hider=Rules to Know] - 1. For your [b]Political Clout[/b] actions to take effect, you must post IC. - 2. Whomever posts first has precedence. [Example: Nation A declares war on Nation B. Nation C signs Defensive Alliance with Nation B. If Nation A posts first, this means Nation C cannot effectively sign said alliance and be 'called to arms.' - 3. Once your orders are sent, they cannot be altered or canceled.][/hider][/center] [hider=Game Mechanics] V. [b]Mobilization[/b] [list][*]There are three stages: [b]Demobilized[/b], [b]Partial Mobilization[/b] and [b]Full Mobilization[/b]. [*][b]1 Political Clout[/b] in [b]Army[/b] must be used to move from [[b]Demobilized[/b]] to either of the two forms of Mobilization as well going from [b]Mobilized[/b] to [b]Demobilized[/b]. [*][b]Demobilized[/b] is a state where your Active Duty and Reservists are at their local garrisons distributed throughout the nation. In this state, you may only control your Active Duty soldiers. You may not give orders to Reservists. [*][b]Partial Mobilization[/b] calls up your Active Duty soldiers into a coherent force. They receive a bonus to military operations and you may give orders to Reservists. [*][b]Full Mobilization[/b] calls up your Reservists, turning them into Active Duty soldiers.[/list] VI. [b]Armaments Industry[/b] [list][*]Each Armaments Industry is listed in the following way: [i]Name of the Company[/i] [Skill of the Company], ([i]Category of the Company[/i]) and [Status of the Company] - [b]Example[/b]: [i]Guntherson & Co[/i] [1] ([i]Small Arms[/i]) [Nationalized] [*]An Industry can only build the units of the category it's in. [*]Armaments industries are either [b]Private[/b] or [b]Nationalized[/b]. [*][b]Private[/b] Companies fulfill Production Orders using [b]Economic Clout[/b]. - They receive a +5% Production Bonus based on their Skill. - They receive a +/-10% Production Penalty based on the [b]Global Economy Roll[/b]. - When they fulfill an order, there is a 1d20 chance of their skill increasing on a roll of 12+ with [b]Skill[/b] and [b]Global Economy Modifiers[/b]. On a roll of 18-20, a [b]Private[/b] company will add an additional Category to its repertoire. [*][b]Nationalized[/b] Companies fulfill Production Orders using [b]Economic Clout[/b]. - They receive 0% Production Bonus based on their Skill. - They receive +/-5% Production Bonus based on the [b]Global Economy Roll[/b]. - When they fulfill an order, there is a 1d20 chance of their skill increasing on a roll of 16+ with [b]Skill[/b] and [b]Global Economy Modifiers[/b]. - To add an additional category to it's repertoire is [$X0,000,000 with X being the current Skill of the company.] - To add a Skill level to the company is [X,000,000+$10,000,000 with X being the current Skill of the company.] [/list][/hider] [b][h2]AUGUST[/h2][/b] [u][b]August 1st[/b][/u] The Special Security Agency ([i]SSA[/i]) of the [b][color=yellow]Republic of Itherae[/color][/b] begin the clandestine [i]Operation Foresworn[/i]. [u][b]August 2nd[/b][/u] The [b][color=purple]Tyro-Redanian Empire[/color][/b] finishes a production run of 400 M1899 Prager machine guns. [u][b]August 5th[/b][/u] In the [b][color=pink]Kingdom of Zellonia[/color][/b] the fledgling armaments company [i]Guntherson & Co.[/i] finishes 16,800 Z.88 rifles. The Z.88 is one of the older rifles in the world, an 1888 breech loading rifle. [center][img]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/51/c3/dd/51c3dd9fd461cdf8a7550690ef2e93a1--swedish-army-military-backpacks.jpg[/img] [i]Officers of the Zellonian Royal Army, circa 1890s[/i][/center] [u][b]August 6th[/b][/u] The Bitter Sea Trading Company in the [b][color=beige]Empire of Tara[/color][/b] starts selling it's first shipments to its citizens of opium from the [b][color=lightgreen]Empire of Hiron[/color][/b]. Within weeks, it's a hit. Those affluent enough to purchase it began using it at nearby parties, those poor enough to seek it find themselves committing crime to acquire it. Opium demand from Hiron increases. A medical use for refined opium is found to be an important treatment for pain management. [[b]Event[/b]: +$2,000,000 to Hiron, [b][color=beige]Tara[/color][/b] discovers [i]Morphine[/i] [1].] [u][b]August 7th[/b][/u] The [b]Tsardom of Karum[/b] condemns the [b]Principality of Serona[/b]. Michel I gives a speech calling for the freedom of oppressed Karumi citizens in Seronan land who yearn for Itheraen oppression and orders the [u][b]Partial Mobilization[/b][/u] of the [b]5th Karumi Army[/b] ([i]155,000 soldiers[/i], 190 Field Guns) under General Anton Kasparov. Similarly, Michel I sends Foreign Minister Lukas Tylov to Aetoria, Tyro-Redania again asking for military assistance. [u][b]August 8th[/b][/u] Preliminary information from the Hironese agents abroad comes trickling back, code named [i]Operation Sa-To[/i]. [center][img]http://i.imgur.com/mQtVgkD.png[/img] [i]Settumu, 1899[/i][/center] Less diverse than The Continent, Settumu and the Eastern Sea was still home a privy of varied cultures and nation states. Most prominent among them was the [b][color=brown]Dominion of Meung[/color][/b]. Easily the largest nation in the world with a population of 413,000,000--dwarfing even the Tarantese Empire's colonial population of 291,000,000, Meung was a dynastic empire steeped in history. With a navy comprised of 2 armored cruiser and a dozen destroyers, her primary focus was not as a seaborne power but as a land based one. The Meung Army however was in dire straits. With a peacetime form of 750,000 men to police half a continent, it was estimated only 70% of them were equipped and ready to fight. Similarly, their training was estimated to be of low quality as well. [b][color=lightgreen]Sessauan Settumu[/color][/b] was a semi-autonomous colony. A dense island chain, it had belonged to Sessau since the 1600's. The native islanders were called the Kikitomi. The Kikitomi Army was estimated to be around 80,000 with an additional Sessauan colonial guard present. The Sessauan Kikitomi Squadron was comprised of 4 armored cruisers and 6 light cruisers. [b][color=beige]Settumese Tara[/color][/b] was a strip of land south of Meung, which formerly belonged to the Meung and made up the majority of the Tarantese presence in Settumu, besides the naval port of Taicao in the North. Tarantese naval strength here is well guarded, but it is believed that at least 2 Pre-Dreadnoughts lay anchored there. Most notable were the various island chains also present, of which no nations had yet laid claim. [b][u]August 9th[/u][/b] A production order, marred in delays, of 10,000 Mawka II rifles is finished in the [b][color=purple]Tyro-Redanian Empire[/color][/b]. [b][u]August 10th-17th[/u][/b] The [b][color=pink]Royal Zellonian Army[/color][/b] is ordered to [b][u]Full Mobilization[/u][/b], but due to lack of infrastructure as well as a General Stuff that was not informed of potential mobilization, is delayed. 22,800 men of the RZA are sent south, one division to the Zellic Peninsula and another to the Frange Peninsula. There, they entrenched themselves, along with their field guns. [center][img]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NUPP4WQKKhA/U5APacvtraI/AAAAAAAAAMY/qI2UZV8Rht4/s1600/stosstrupp.jpg[/img] [i]Platoon C, Zek Company, 2nd Regiment, 4th Zellonian Infantry Division, 1899[/i][/center] [b][u]August 18th[/u][/b] The [b][color=pink]Zellonian 8th Fleet[/color][/b] under Admiral George Tuster, espousing the Pre-Dreadnought [i]ZRN Kingdom Come[/i], 3 armored cruisers, 5 light cruisers and 3 destroyers heads south from the port of Vorl. They have orders to perform coastal raids and "..[i] If engaged the fleet is to retreat back across to the strait[/i]." [center][img]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/a8/20/f5/a820f5f412728931c31fe5f724391443.jpg[/img] [i]The sinking of the[/i] ZRN Gathering Storm[i], 1899[/i][/center] With only 3 destroyers in a basic vanguard, observers aboard the armored cruiser [i]ZRN Gathering Storm[/i] fail to see the wake of the torpedo fired from the [i]OIN Kuguar[/i]. The hit immediately caused the destruction of the No. 2 gun battery magazine and in 17 minutes the [i]ZRN Gathering Storm[/i] founded. Unaware of where the submarine was, General Tuster immediately ordered signals for a general retreat. The 8th Fleet turned and sailed back toward Vorl, while Zellonian sailors of the [i]ZRN Gathering Storm[/i] cried for help in the calm waters. [b][u]August 19th-23rd[/u][/b] The Inner Sea--claimed by Zellonia--is opened to trade once again as Zellonia releases the Kalpian and Radenan trade ships that were interned and promises not to target those ships further. 24 nautical miles off the Western Shores of Zellonia, the [b]1st Light Fleet[/b] under Kapitan Miro Kirilov completes his mission successfully and returns to Oslograd only four days later, submitting a completed report to the Ministry of War. [b][u]August 30th[/u][/b] While war raged in the West, the [b][color=blue]Radenan Tsardom[/color][/b] passes the [b]Settumu Resettlement Act[/b], hoping to relocate citizens from the West to the East to spur industrial growth there by tapping into otherwise unused resources. Cities like Seosong, Kutbor and Tougata are among the cities chosen. [center][End of [u]August[/u]][/center]