[center][h1]The World Undone[/h1]
(1905--)[/center]
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- Posting IC will be immensely beneficial to you as a player. It is, however, not necessary. This is designed so that you can still send in your orders if you are too busy to post, but posting IC will provide a tangible bonus to your DRM (Die Roll Modifier).
- Each [b]Turn[/b] represents one In-Game Month. The player will submit [b]3 Orders[/b].
- Each order is then subject to a 1d6 roll. A 6 means a perfect execution and a 1 means a horrible failure. Posting IC gives you a +2 die roll to a single order, or a +1 die roll to all three. [Specified at the end of your IC post.]. This means that more active players are rewarded.
- [b]Orders[/b]:
* [b][color=yellow]Economic[/color][/b]: An order designed to benefit the nation economically.
* [b][color=red]Military[/color][/b]: An order designed to affect your military.
* [b][color=green]Diplomacy[/color][/b]: An order designed to conduct diplomacy.
* [b][color=blue]Imperialism[/color][/b]: Exploring and developing new lands.
* [b][color=gold]Conference[/color][/b]: Used to call a [i]Political[/i] or [i]Military[/i] Conference. Select which nations to invite. Begins a [b]Conference[/b]. (See PM for rules).[/hider][hider=Tensions]
1. [b]City-State of Julia[/b]: 5 / 5 Tensions with [b][color=gray]Holy Empire of Vigentino[/color][/b].

2. [b]Kingdom of Cadia[/b]: 1 / 5 Tensions with [b]Kingdom of Etelia[/b]
- 1 / 5 Tensions with [b]High Kingdom of Itherae[/b]
- 1 / 5 Tensions with [b]Cydernian Republic[/b]
- 1 / 5 Tensions with [b]Melgaria[/b]

3. [b]Empire of Tyria[/b]: 1 / 5 Tensions with [b]Republic of Escya[/b]
- 1 / 5 Tensions with [b]High Kingdom of Itherae[/b]
- 1 / 5 Tensions with [b]Cydernian Republic[/b]
- 4 / 5 Tensions with [b]Helrox Empire[/b]

4. [b]Helrox Empire[/b]: 1 / 5 Tensions with [b]Republic of Escya[/b]
- 1 / 5 Tensions with [b]Holy Empire of Vigentino[/b]

5. [b]Toubrés Empire[/b]: 1 / 5 Tensions with [b]Kingdom of Etelia[/b]

6. [b]Republic of Ustrela[/b]: 1 / 5 Tensions with [b]Parakan Republic[/b]
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[i]Eurania and Faresia, 1905[/i][/center]
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[i]The Fifth Continent, 1905[/i][/center][/hider]
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[center][u]Turn 5[/u][/center][center][b][h2]June, 1905[/h2][/b][/center]

[h3][b]June 4th[/b][/h3]
[indent]In the [b][color=gray]Holy Empire of Vigentino[/color][/b], an ordinance to form the [u]Imperial Academy of Field Artillery[/u] is established. The Academy will be based in ‘Fort Invincibile’, an army fort near Collenzaro, in the western region of Vigentino. The Academy will provide both Phase 1 and Phase 2 training for the recruits to the Imperial Artillery. 

[u]Phase 1[/u] will focus on the tactics, techniques and procedures for the employment of field artillery on the field of war, as well as the operation and maintenance of the field artillery guns themselves. It will take fresh recruits, and develop them through a course lasting three months and overseen by experienced artillery officers and gunners.

[u]Phase 2[/u] will divide the recruits of Phase 1 into officers and gunners. Officers will be those recruits that have shown themselves to be tactically and technically gifted, and Phase 2 will focus on developing and refining these leadership abilities, further studying tactics and the most effective methods of utilizing field artillery. The course will last six months, and be overseen by experienced artillery officers

Gunners will undergo courses designed to further develop and refine war fighting doctrine, their understanding of the workings and maintenance for the field artillery guns, with the recruits being divided into their gunner teams of 4 men, to encourage the bonding and understanding of the group, that will be responsible for a field guns operation when employed on the battlefield. The course will last six months, and be overseen by experience artillery gunners.  Despite the separate courses, the Gunners of Officers should still regularly socialize, eating and sleeping in the same places, so as to avoid any sense of hostility between the two groups. Once both Phases are complete, then the newly trained Gunners and Officers will await orders, often being formed into new Artillery Battalions to utilize the sense of camaraderie shared between the recruits that passed through training at the same time. Considering the already existing building, $250,000 will be given to initially prepare the fort for its use as an academy, then a further $200,000 a year to run the academy.[/indent]
[b]Second Tyro-Helroxi War[/b]
[indent]On June 4th, the first naval action of the war occurred at the [b]Naval Battle of Landorf[/b]. The Helroxi lost any element of surprise with the entirety of their fleet perusing the Merkurian Sea. The Tyrians prepped a half dozen 12" gun batteries at Landorf as well as mobilized the fleet to ail. The Helroxi fell right into the trap, as their tactical objective was "[i]to bombard the navy Dock Yards of Landorf where the Tyrian Fleet and current Mothballed Battleship is believed to be as well as to cause panic in the Tyrian Capital and damage the tyrian docks.[/i]"

While Helroxi Naval High Command was aghast at the idea of sending out battleships for "coastal raids" while the enemy fleet was present--orders could not be ignored. At 0912 on June 4th, the Helroxi 1st Fleet under Commodore Arman Oxferd was spotted fourteen nautical miles northwest of Landorf. The [u]Helroxi 1st Fleet[/u] was comprised of the 1891 battleship [i]HIN Dimitri[/i], 4 armored cruisers, 7 light cruisers and 7 destroyers.

The [u]Imperial Fleet[/u] was comprised of the battleship [i]SMS Wolfram[/i], 4 armored cruisers, 4 light cruisers, and five destroyers. Two of the destroyers--still working up--were left at port. The Imperial Fleet headed due east and at 0955 turned due West and headed for the Helroxi before turning south to cross the Helroxi "T" as the Helroxi moved for Landorf. The first shot was from Battery #4 at Landorf, offering a near miss on the Helroxi cruiser [i]HIN Lorgen[/i].

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[i]Tyrian coastal battery, Landorf, 1905[/i][/center]
At 0958 the first ship to ship combat began, with the [i]HIN Dimitri[/i] opening a salvo with her 4 10" guns and being met with a resounding salvo from the [i]SMS Wolfram's[/i] 4 12" guns, though one misfired and was not able to have the breech opened due to pressure for the remainder of the battle. This is widely considered the first time in history battleships have engaged one another in combat.

At 1011 hours, the Tyrian destroyer [i]SMS Lancer[/i] was struck by a concentrated barrage by a Helroxi armored cruiser and at 1014 the captain ordered all hands abandoned ship. The battle was an incomprehensible bloodletting. The Tyrians, supported by six 12" field batteries had effectively come to the battle with the firepower of three battleships--sinking 4 destroyers, 2 light cruisers and the Helroxi armored cruiser [i]HIN Peytrin[/i].

The [i]HIN Dimitri[/i] was so badly damaged that her boilers billowed an inky black smoke during the retreat. And the [i]HIN Questr[/i] had to be abandoned in the Merkurian Strait after her aft magazine exploded. While neither battleship was damaged, both the [i]Dimitri[/i] and [i]Wolfram[/i] were so mauled as to be rendered useless without repair for the next months. Engineers on the [i]Wolfram[/i] refused to board her after inspecting her magazines and believing them to be volatile. Only on June 8th would they come back aboard to begin repairs.

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[b][color=purple]Tyrian Empire[/color][/b]
- [i]SMS Lancer[/i] [DD] [Sunk]
- [i]SMS Pylades[/i] [CL] [Sunk]
- [i]SMS Wolfram[/i] [BB] [Damaged to 91%]

[b][color=crimson]Helrox Empire[/color][/b]
- [i]HIN Dimitri[/i] [BB] [Damaged to 94%]
- [i]HIN Peytrin[/i] [CA] [Sunk]
- [i]HIN Questr[/i] [DD] [Sunk]
- [i]HIN Neser[/i] [CL] [Sunk]
- [i]HIN Krelov[/i] [DD] [Sunk]
- [i]HIN Restriv[/i] [DD] [Sunk]
- [i]HIN Estrin[/i] [DD] [Sunk]
- [i]HIN Marist[/i] [CL] [Damaged to 51%]
- [i]HIN Cruslov[/i] [CA] [Damage to 44%][/hider][/indent][h3][b]June 5th[/b][/h3][indent]In the [b][color=brown]Kingdom of Cadia[/color][/b], the Army allots a budget of $3,000,000 for the recruitment into the Cadian Army. Given that the Cadian national government was bankrupt, this meant printing money which--within the scope of June--increased inflation nearly a third of a percent for Cadians. "What are we supposed to do with this?" One Cadian officer asked, looking at the paper detailing the allotment of nearly twice Cadia's already existing budget.

"Recruit, obviously!" Another officer asked. The first officer wanted to say "How?" But was already thinking of buying a yacht off the Itheraen coast with some of the funds for "recruitment purposes."[/indent][b][h3]June 6th[/h3][/b][indent]Appropriating nearly $420,000 in new funds, the Ustrelian Navy orders the production of six Tigre Class destroyers from the Mariano Marina Shipyard, requested to be begin after the construction of The Octavia. They will be named, in order of completion, [i]Ernesto Hurtado, Primitivo Nores, Facundo Lain, Emilia Carballo, Felipa Cazalla, Marcos Andrande[/i]. While the Ustrelian Navy was considered these designs relatively [i]new[/i], they were certainly beginning to show their age.
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[i]One of the Mariano Marina  Shipyards, 1905[/i][/center][/indent][b][h3]June 7th[/h3][/b][indent]The [b][color=gray]Holy Empire of Vigentino[/color][/b] begins the construction of a dedicated motor racing circuit, the Gara circuit, within 10 miles of Cogoli, on an area of at least 330 acres.The track should be built as a 30m wide, 4.40km long banked oval. At it’s highest point the banking on the corner should be 8m high and at a bank of 30 degrees on the tracks two corners. In addition to the oval, a bisecting ‘Final Straight’ should be built, increasing the total track length to 5.20km with 2km of which being banked. There should be spectator space for 290,000 spectators around the track, and grand stands lining the ‘Final Straight’, all protected by concrete walls lining the track. There should also be a ‘paddock’ by the ‘Final Strait’ with room for 30 automobiles and their crew, with a road leading onto the track. The track itself should be built of asphalt concrete. $200,000 will be given for the construction of the track by the government, overseen by Giano Riccoboni who is an accomplished engineer and a keen fan of the newly emerging automobile industry, and given a deadline of a year for its completion.[/indent]
[b]Second Tyro-Helroxi War[/b]
[indent]The Grand Offensive continues, entering nearly it's first week and the Tyrians advancing nearly twenty miles in several days. In the North, Helroxi High Command ordered an [b]Offensive[/b]. Men retreated in flocks. They took days to find their units after being blitzed by heavy artillery fire. The Tyrians gave little quarter, given their advantage. Only Major General Kylov's brief counter attack during the second day of the war gave any hope to Helroxi forces on the front. The following order came down from Flegleen:

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TO: Army Group Reselven
SUBJECT: Off. Operations in Tyrian Theater
"[i]Due to lack of artillery weaponry a sustained defensive battle is impossible, as such we will use superior forces and veterans of the first Tyro-Helroxi War to stop and hopefully push back the Tyrian Advancing Armies. The 90th Cavalry will be used as a scouting force to discover the weakest of the 3 invading armies. After the discovery of the weakest, the 110th,111th,112th and 113th Guard units will be used along with the 90th Cavalry to stop the advancing Tyrian army and push them back should they retreat the main objective is to capture weaponry such as guns,ammo and field guns and Tyrian officers as prisoners. While the 108th and 109th Guards will begin defending the city of Trevten. If all are believed to be of equal strength then the 108th and 109th will still begin to defend the city of Trevten. Meanwhile the other units will lead a combined assault on which ever of the armies is closest to the north. Should the Tyrian army be stopped and begin retreating, the main objective will be to capture any weapons,ammo and most importantly field guns left behind.[/i]"[/hider]
The [b]90th Cavalry[/b], a total of only 8,000 men was now given the task of "discovering the weakness" of nearly a quarter million troops spread across 1,100 miles of terrain. Due to this, Kylov's cavalry effectively became useless--with the regiment being torn apart and sent to scout individual sectors in groups of two and three. Given that in the span of 24 hours, Kylov's men had only just just started to poke and prod Tyrian lines (taking horrendous casualties in the process, often being overwhelmed by sustained rifle power), an offensive started on the same day with the 110th, 111th, 112th and 113th Guard divisions--totaling 80,000 troops.

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[i]Kylov's 90th Cavalry, circa 1905.[/i][/center]

The [b]Battle of Trevten[/b] began on June 5th, with 80,000 Helroxi Guards units engaging in a massive offensive at a single point of attack along the Tyrian axis of advance. It would not end on June 5th.

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[i]Helroxi June 5th Offensive[/i][/center][/indent][h3][b]June 8th[/b][/h3][indent]A workforce of 10,000 men are dispatched from the [b][color=brown]Kingdom of Cadia[/color][/b] to Cydernia to begin work on the Cado-Cydernian rail system. These men will be paid wages of nearly $100 a week. Without heavy equipment of any kind, these men will go about things the way they have been done for millennia.[/indent][h3][b]June 9th[/b][/h3][indent]With the onset of war, the government of the [b][color=purple]Tyrian Empire[/color][/b] approaches Julian Kaplan of [u]Steiner Meustadt A.G[/u] on the viability of the development of a skyship capable of military use as a reconnaissance vessel. To suit these aims the skyship would require a respectable speed, range and service ceiling. If Julian believes it possible the Government will put in an offer for a working prototype.

Kaplan requests five months to design a functional prototype suitable for military operations.[/indent]
[b]Julo-Vigentan War[/b], [i]Eastern Front[/i]
[indent]The [u]Tepeste Offensive[/u] begins in the far Eastern village of Tepeste. Largely considered the last meaningful offensive of the war, the 10,000 man strong Homeguard bombarded the city for three days--killing mostly Julian citizens en masse, then entered the city. General Yanik Rallobello rounded up the 250 Vigentan soldiers who survived (out of a garrison of 391) and had them lined up at the Tepeste Railway just outside of town. Each man was lined up, blindfolded and summarily shot.

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[i]Tepeste Massacre, June 1905[/i][/center][/indent][b][h3]June 10th[/h3][/b][indent]In the [b][color=olive]Parakan Republic[/color][/b], a vote is called in the National Legislature called the [b]Central Bank Act[/b], to establish a central bank system in order to regulate other banks and fiscal policy the country, the central bank should start with a budget of $10,000,000 and be given $1,000,000 per year. It has the following objectives and missions. With a vote 199-99 the vote passes and the [b]Parakan National Bank[/b] is started.[/indent][b][h3]June 11th[/h3][/b][b]Second Tyro-Helroxi War[/b]
[indent]The [b][u]Itherae Volunteer Division[/u][/b] arrives at the front. Eager to fight, Itheraen High Command failed to implement procedures in the state of an [u]Order of Battle[/u]. In fact, when directly questioned where their rifles were, Commander Laskaris allegedly stammered that they were under the impression they had been shipped along with the unit. The Itheraen High Command apparently thought otherwise.[/indent][b][h3]June 12th[/h3][/b][indent]The [b][color=pink]Kingdom of Zellonia[/color][/b] submits an international contract for the following:

[b][u]Rifle Contract 1905Z[/u][/b]
- Bolt Action Rifle
- Sales Price Must be $78 or less per unit
- Requires 45,000 to be delivered by January 1st, 1906.

While bidding was serious, it was the Illesian firm [u]Tournesol Armouries[/u] that was eventually awarded the contract--worth over $5,000,000 and signed directly by King James VII of Zellonia. This one contract was enough to turn Tournesol industries profitable for 1905.

Similarly, in Illesia--the eccentric inventor Yorgen Charron finalized his working Charrographer, the world's first wireless telegram.

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[i]Charron (seated, left) and two onlookers testing out the first Charrographer Y1 prototype, 1905[/i][/center][/indent][b][h3]June 13th[/h3][/b]
[b]Second Tyo-Helroxi War[/b]
[indent]The first major battle of the war begins just five miles southeast of the town of Tretzen. The June 5th Offensive has reached a fever pitch as four Guards divisions converge the Tyrian positions--stuttering, and then stopping the Tyrian offensive by sheer force of will. Tyrian soldiers report "running out of ammunition and having to kill Helroxi soldiers with their bare hands." The momentum would swing back and forth, with huge offensives of 5,000 and 9,000 men charging and counter charging. On June 11th, June 12th and June 13th the smoke from the Melhorn S55 batteries was so thick, the men could not see to continue loading the guns. At dawn on the 13th, 11th men of the 110th and 111th Guards division charged and overran sixteen Tyrian positions--all of them poorly defended due to the Tyrians being constantly on the offensive.

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Only the presence of precious reserve units stopped a total rout of the Tyrian positions. The battle on the 13th was the most bloody thus far, with 19,000 Tyrian and Helroxi died and dying in the fields around Tretzen. And in the muggy light of the late summer afternoon, the fighting had grown closer to the city of Tretzen as Helroxi commanders moved to occupy much of the town, using it as bivouac and command post and receiving a fair share of Tyrian artillery fire to boot.[/indent][b][h3]June 14th[/h3][/b][indent]The Itheraen colony of [u]Néo Méros[/u] was minuscule in comparison to it's Taran and Toubrian counterparts. With less than 2,000 active settlers after two functional [i]waves[/i], the vast majority of the colony was a land grab, with nearly 1,900 of the colonists setting their stakes down within a stone's throw of the vibrant [u]Mittel Sea[/u] (so named by Tyrian explorers in the 1100's). Unlike the Toubrian and Tarans, Néo Méros was selected because it was uninhabited, rather than despite it. While some contact was made in early June with Tehmigs, the Itheraens proved versatile and quick learners of Serranthian bartering. The [i]Mahaja[/i] became a new fashionable custom among Itheraens--a pseudo scarf made of horse hair and sheep's wool that protected against the indiscriminate sun while the Tehmigs traded for liquor, tools and sometimes the occasional firearm.

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[i]Itheraen colonization--after months--is finalized, 1905[/i][/center]

The [i]Inaros Sea[/i] was thus named by committee of the colonial government there, thus named the [i]Apoikiakó Spíti Itherae[/i] ([i]Itheraen Colonial Committee[/i]), who would need either to be assigned a governor or a committee for purposes of administration. Conservatives estimates put the total native population of all of Néo Méros at about 8,600 Tehmig and coastal tribes--among them the Nukuni, Tessani and Mejatani--all of them dispersed, peaceful and mostly passive.[/indent][b][h3]June 15th[/h3][/b][indent]
[b]Known World[/b]
In the [b][color=yellow]High Kingdom of Itherae[/color][/b], General Stemos of the 11th Guard, is tasked with overseeing the recruitment and training of 500 men for a new special forces unit. This unit will be dubbed the [u]30th Dragoon Regiment[/u] and will be trained for; both mounted on horseback and dismounted combat, sabatoge of enemy communication, fighting whilst behind enemy lines, reconnaissance, and stealth. General Stemos will be given a deadline of 30 weeks to complete this task.		

The same day in the [b][color=olive]Parakan Republic[/color][/b], the [b]Naval Act of 1905[/b] passes. In 12 months, the Parakan Republics [i]demands[/i] the following:
-1x BB $890,000
-5x CA $2,330,000
-10x CL $1,270,000
-30x DS $3,810,000

Given the only viable possibility of a battleship being completed in twelve months is a pre-dreadnaught, a [i]Tlahtl[/i]-class Pre-Dreadnaught of 8,900 tons is immediately ordered. And in the stead of utilizing national shipyards, the remaining 30 destroyers, 10 light cruisers and five armored cruisers are requisitioned through [i]Steelcastle Shipbuilding[/i] in the [b][color=beige]Empire of Tara[/color][/b].[/indent][b][h3]June 16th[/h3][/b][indent]The Supra Dobranie of the [b][color=yellow]High Kingdom of Itherae[/color][/b] issues the “Federal Road Expansion Act” to build paved highways connecting all major cities. Those who are unemployed will have the opportunity to join the workforce for the construction of these highways at a wage of $10 a week ($520/year). The project will have a budget of $3,000,000 in total and will be expected to be completed by the end of the year 1906.

Given it's budget, it can only afford to employ 5,796 workers total to begin work on the roadways.[/indent][b][h3]June 17th[/h3][/b][indent]The [b][color=green]Kingdom of Etelia[/color][/b] facilitates the sale of three [i]Zitori[/i]-class Destroyers (400 tons, 2 x 3" guns, 32 knots) for a total sum of $180,000 to the [b][color=yellow]High Kingdom of Itherae[/color][/b] and are delivered on June 17th. June 17th, 1905 is considered the birthday of the [b]Itheraen Navy[/b].[/indent][b][h3]June 18th[/h3][/b][indent]With the [b]Julo-Vigentan War[/b] now winding down, the government of the [b][color=gray]Holy Empire of Vigentino[/color][/b] makes contact with Steiner Meustadt A.G, sending the engineer and keen business man, Cenni Callocci. Cenni expresses interest in initially some Escya I Skyships, but also to inquire after any further developments that the company has achieved. After seeing the products that the company can offer, Cenni is to place an order for two of the most advanced Skyships, to be sent to Cogoli as soon as possible.

On June 18th, [u]Steiner Meustadt A.G.[/u] finalizes it's first international contract with the delivery of two [u]Escya I Skyships[/u] to Cogoli, Vigentino.

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[i]Escya I Skyship, moored over Cogoli Lake on inspection duty from Vigentan engineers, June 1905[/i][/center]
Interestingly enough, the Escya I's were powered by Forino 4hp motors propelling four two-bladed propellers on each side of the front carriage. Capable of 28 miles per hour and carrying six passengers in the carriage, these units were named [i]ES-1[/i] and [i]ES-2[/i].[/indent]
[b]Julo-Vigentan War[/b]
[indent]In the Eastern Front, the Battle of Zilorno had finished and the [u]Second Imperial Army[/u] had started it's encirclement of Julia. Refugees had no longer been allotted out of the city. In the North of Methyrnia, Vigentan soldiers of the [u]First Imperial Army[/u] and [u]Second Imperial Army[/u] met up, linking the massive encirclement entirely. On June 19th, elements of the [u]First Imperial Army[/u] would be at the gates of the City of Julia, their Puccio 77mm guns poised for bombardment. The walls of the city were high and well defended.[/indent]
[b]Second Tyro-Helroxi War[/b]
[indent]The [b]Battle of Tretzen[/b] continues with wanton bloodshed failing to diminish or waver. A counter charge by 1,100 Tyrians of 6. Infanterie Division fall when Antony Kylov of the 90th Cavalry rallies several regiments of the 111th and 113th Guards divisions to form a firing line. 1,014 men of the Tyrian charge are dead or wounded by the end of the day. The Helroxi Offensive continues, driving three and a half miles into Tyrian lines.[/indent]