Following the close of the Second Terrible War (1942-1948), the world has finally known peace. Following the defeat of the Pact of Faith, the two major nations of the Coalition overlook a world in political and economic ruin. Drawn together against a common enemy, the Coalition dissolved and both nations found themselves immediately vying to gather up the remaining nations in their sphere of influence and those who were once friends, were suddenly less so.
Now, each of these two nations are at each other’s throats--but given the presence of immense nuclear arsenals and conventional armies the size the world has never seen, this has become a war of information, deception and influence.
The World
There are two world superpowers, the Republic of Zellonia--espousing the ideology of National Republicanism of individualism, freedom to demonstrate and protest and freedom of opportunity. It's former ally of the Second Terrible War and ideological opponent was the Socialist Republic of Violette, embodying the ideas of Popular Socialism, largely ambiguous in both design and intent. These nations have evolved past conventional warfare, following the Serianeax Nuclear Test in 1946, a new age was born, an atomic age. Eleven months later the 11 kiloton V Zero was detonated beneath the Nord Sea by the Socialist Republic of Violette.
It is now January, 1948 and many believe a new war is starting, an equally horrific war where ideology is the new weapon. Across the world, both Zellonia and Violette are poised to tip the dominoes and begin collecting nations into their collective sphere of influence. The International Threat Meter monitors the international community's fear of impending nuclear doom.
Welcome all! This is a Cold War Nation RP is a world similar to ours known as the Known World, but with cultural and geographical differences. Given this RP has been in development for a few days, many player nations are already present. If you wish to join, simply make yourself known, give me a nation name and your flag and you'll be allocated some stats.
- 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 Turn represents one In-Game Month. The player will submit 3 Orders. - 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. - Orders: * Economic: An order designed to benefit the nation economically. * Military: An order designed to affect your military. * Diplomacy: An order designed to conduct diplomacy. * Imperialism: Exploring and developing new lands. * Conference: Used to call a Political or Military Conference. Select which nations to invite. Begins a Conference. (See PM for rules). * Attempt Invention: Used to attempt a new invention. Must be relevant to current technologies and success depends on a 1d6. Great Powers receive a +1.
Eurania and Faresia, 1905
The Fifth Continent, 1905
August, 1905
August 1st
On August 1st, Illesian sailors of the INV Violette believed themselves to be the first to arrive at the Free City of Siankouru on the Serranthian Coast, proud to be given the opportunity to show up in a "peaceful display of strength," but realized as they neared that the Zellonian armored cruiser Zellonia had docked there already. The Violette turned back North to return to Illesia, all the while a contingent of Zellonian marines disembarked and through a ceremonial show of arms returned order to the Free City.
A failed Marnish colony, Siankouru has been a free city since 1846
For the first time in history, the Zellonian flag was raised on the Serranthian continent. A government would need to be established, and the armored cruiser Zellonia--given the lack of a suitable berth--immediately disembarked and headed back toward Zellonia, given that the largest long term harbor there could only handle ships of 500 tons or less.
Zellonian Free City of Siankouru, surrounded by the Engou Tribespeople, 1905
August 2nd
In a second stroke of brilliance, or dumb luck, the legation of the Kingdom of Etelia in Zeel extended the terms of the Etelo-Taran Alliance to the Zellonians, with the blessing of the Tarans. The Zello-Etelo-Taran Alliance was now certified until 1910.
August 3rd
Toubrian dockyards give a price tag of $4,380,000 per Dreadlord class in a bout of second negotiations with the Kingdom of Illesia. They gave note this was a non-negotiable price.
August 4th
Andries Maniatis, an up and coming politician in Southern Itherae publishes the book An Itheraen Struggle, A Euranian Struggle, outlining his ideas of Maniatism, described as "a form of political behavior marked by obsessive preoccupation with community decline, humiliation, or victimhood and by compensatory cults of unity, energy, and purity, in which a mass-based party of committed nationalist militants, working in uneasy but effective collaboration with traditional elites, abandons democratic liberties and pursues with redemptive violence and without ethical or legal restraints goals of internal cleansing and external expansion."
Maniatism called for the deposition of the Child Queen, the expansion of the Itheraen Army and the removal of those responsible for the loss of the Itheraen Volunteer Division. Maniatis led his first Maniatist March, nearly 500 men who marched outside the Supra Dobranie with signs that read: "They didn't volunteer to go die" and "Put the Child in timeout."
[Maniatism has been founded. Starts at 0.25% Popularity in High Kingdom of Itherae.]
August 5th
The end of Zellonian good luck ends when the Zellonian destroyer Z7, languishing in it's berth for nearly two months, explodes when static build up in the fore magazine erupts in a fiery explosion. 77 lives are lost, 29 are wounded. The Z7 is written off.
August 6th
The High Kingdom of Itherae submits an international contract for a new field gun.
The requirements: 1. Possibility to be crewed by no more than six men. 2. Possibility to be pulled by a six horse team. 3. Exceeding no more than 3,500 lbs 4. Have an effective firing range of 7,500 yd. 5. Have a maximum firing range of 12,000 yd. 6. Have a caliber of 75mm. Development Time: 6 months.
August 7th
Coordinating with the mappings recorded via the Arias expedition, a small Ustrelan colony is established along the South Serranthian coast favoring a region closer to the mainland Ustrela. The colony will be officially named Arias and Ramon Chicote, a naval officer, will be appointed governor of the territory. Expected to cost $7,000,000, the Ustrelan territory is set up around the Engou tribe, effectively butting heads with the Zellonian Free City.
- 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 Turn represents one In-Game Month. The player will submit 3 Orders. - 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. - Orders: * Economic: An order designed to benefit the nation economically. * Military: An order designed to affect your military. * Diplomacy: An order designed to conduct diplomacy. * Imperialism: Exploring and developing new lands. * Conference: Used to call a Political or Military Conference. Select which nations to invite. Begins a Conference. (See PM for rules). * Attempt Invention: Used to attempt a new invention. Must be relevant to current technologies and success depends on a 1d6. Great Powers receive a +1.
Eurania and Faresia, 1905
The Fifth Continent, 1905
July, 1905
July 23rd
King Avandre VII of Illesia hires the polyglot Marcus Aimes as well as the anthropologist Logan Blaines and a slew of other researchers and scientists to begin a complete expedition of the Serranthian coast lines, the first in Illesian history. They are dispatched on three different merchant vessels and are expected to return sometime in 1906. All three vessels were given a region to map out and catalog climate, terrain, the Serranthian natives as well as their hostility. So called the Serranthian Endeavor, it is given a budget of $200,000 for outfitting and supplies.
Illesian merchant vessels IV Hanover pictured 1905
Second Tyro-Helroxi War
Exhausted from nearly a month of defensive actions and an offensive unlike the world had ever seen--although without artillery--the Tyrian 2nd Field Army was ordered onto the offensive against the Helroxi. Army Group Reselven, for reasons unknown to all, did little except defend. Only briefly entrenched, the Helroxi are at immediate risk of being overwhelmed and encircled. Major Antony Kylov, deploring the Kaiser as a: "Rich and lazy asshole but not not least of all an idiot" defied the lack of standing orders and took to arms against the 4. Infanterie Division attempting to circle through and close the Helroxi supply lines. In the Battle of Surginov, Kylov's 90th Cavalry and the 4. Infanterie engaged in a three day long struggle to determine the fate of the Helroxi corridor. After a failed cavalry charge, Kylov's troops dismounted and engaged across the open plains but were woefully outmatched by Tyrian field artillery fire and the presence of new rapid firing mounted guns capable of mowing down three or four men at a time.
Tyrians of 4. Infanterie on the march during Operation Mystic, July 1905
The 4. Infanterie took nearly 40% casualties in tenacious fighting in and around the village of Surginov, but forced the 90th Cavalry back at the cost of 85% of all it's horses and 60% of all its equipment. Among the dead was Major Antony Kylov. On July 23rd the pocket was closed, with Itheraen and Tyrian soldiers meeting at the crux of the pocket and effectively encircling Army Group Reselven in what would now be called the Reselven Pocket. 80,000 men were now trapped, though poised to break out by virtue of the Northern Flank being protected by only a single Tyrian infantry division and an ad hoc Itheraen volunteer division (who were less volunteers and had been forced by their government to participate).
July 24th
Jakob Kalpulio returns to the Coastal Empire of Tara, his mission a failure given that he was allotted zero funds to work with. He resigns his commission in the Taranese Intelligence Bureau.
Second Tyro-Helroxi War
Army Group Wesleven arrives at the Tyrian front, having been ordered away from the Marnish border in June, 1905. General Zurosev Fregrelen's Army Group was 136,000 men strong and immediately began an offensive against the thin Tyrian lines of 4. Infanterie and the Itheraen Volunteer Division. Six Guards divisions were thrown into the offensive and both the Tyrian and Itheraen divisions flagged within two days of fighting. The 4. Infanterie division and the IVD force were taken prisoner following the Second Battle of Surginov and the Helroxi pocket was reopened. Among the captured equipment were 9 Melhorn S55, 77 Syndére machine guns and 6,500 Kaiser Type 91 rifles.
Tyrian prisoners of war, 1905
July 25th
In the High Kingdom of Itherae, The Debt Payment Act, proposed by Minister of Finance, Herodes Simonides, is passed through the Supra Dobranie and approved by the Queen to use any available surplus in the treasury to pay off the debt owed to the Taran Empire, in addition, maintenance of the railways will be reduced by $20,000,000 to give the government and increased amount to use on paying off the debt. These austerity measures were expected to slow growth of the rail industry to almost complete stagnation over the next 3 years.
July 26th
In the Kingdom of Zellonia, Minister of Labor Tyler Jenkins to lead an employment initiative, the Minister is to open three centers. One in the capital and one in major town of Wompville to the east of the capital and in Kyroz in the east. The employment centers will focus on getting skilled and unskilled laborers into the service industry & Food Industry. This initiative has a yearly budget of $250,000.
July 27th
The Toubrian general elections occur.
The Partido Popular Monárquico was not expected to have a strong showing, given the Illesian Incident and the Empress' desire to see it upheld. This was fuel to the fire for the Partido Liberal and even the Partido Nacional who wished to see Toubrian shipyards building Toubrian ships and lobbied heavily to ensure that Toubrian business owners in the coastal provinces did their best to turn away non-Toubrian business under promise that under a government of the National party, the Toubrians would see a massive shipbuilding program.
The election resulted in the following changes in the Assembly Nacional: - Partido Popular Monarquico: 48 Seats - Partido Nacional: 32 Seats - Partido Liberal: 28 Seats - Partido Agraria: 0 Seats - Partido Socialiste: 0 Seats
Toubrian general election, July 1905
Without a clear majority, Prime Minister Ravi Dego's PPM would need to form a coalition with either the Nationalists or the Liberals. The Nationalists wished to see the Toubrian Navy and Army expanded as well as her colonial ambitions seen through. The Liberals wanted to see domestic industry expanded, the abolition of child labor as well as the an end to the Toubrian emigration issue--which has been avoided until now.
July 28th
The government of Zellonia sends out an international bid for an automobile. Given the average wages of Zellonia, it's lack of infrastructure and general apathy to the "auto," it was an interesting request for the government to request something it's people were not interested in.
The requirements were thus: - Must seat four people. - Must be on four wheels. - Must be able to go 10-15MPH on unpaved roads and 17-20 MPH on paved roads. - Sales price must be less than 400$. - 500 to be delivered before February, 1906.
The Vigentinan design company Forino Estadi Automobili's Saetta automobile fulfilled these requirements and agreed to sell 500 to the government of Zellonia for $250,000.
July 29th
Following Etelian example, Soronas Thaulos, a member of the Itherean Colonial Committee, will announce that any Tehmigs fleeing from the effects of Black June are free to safely reside in Néo Méros. Additionally, any Tehmig who wishes will be able to become an official citizen of the Itheraen Kingdom and will be allowed the same rights as any other man or woman within the kingdom, furthermore educators will be sent to teach any Tehmig wanting citizenship the laws of Itherae, the nation's history, and the Itheraen Nation Anthem. This is done in order to make Néo Méros a peaceful heaven for the native Tehmigs and to make it less likely to be a target of any Tehmig rebellion.
July 30th
Enact the Deflation Policy, brought forth by a treasurer of the Kingdom's Treasury Leontis Diokles, which will allow the government to reduce the money supply in order to reduce inflation by 2% within the realm. This policy will be implemented steadily over a five month period, starting in July.
With less money in their pockets, it's estimated that Itheraen wages will follow suit as the money supply is decreased by a sum of $236,000,000.
July 31st
The Helrox Empire finishes it's military mobilization--nearly 890,000 troops have been mobilized across Flegleen, Hokkan, the Vigentino border and the Tyrian border of course. Given the Helrox' impending financial situation and it's lackadaisical infrastructure, mobilization orders took weeks to arrive. Now, the Helrox military apparatus waking up.
- 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 Turn represents one In-Game Month. The player will submit 3 Orders. - 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. - Orders: * Economic: An order designed to benefit the nation economically. * Military: An order designed to affect your military. * Diplomacy: An order designed to conduct diplomacy. * Imperialism: Exploring and developing new lands. * Conference: Used to call a Political or Military Conference. Select which nations to invite. Begins a Conference. (See PM for rules). * Attempt Invention: Used to attempt a new invention. Must be relevant to current technologies and success depends on a 1d6. Great Powers receive a +1.
1. Kingdom of Cadia: 1 / 5 Tensions with Kingdom of Etelia - 1 / 5 Tensions with High Kingdom of Itherae - 1 / 5 Tensions with Cydernian Republic - 1 / 5 Tensions with Melgaria
2. Empire of Tyria: 1 / 5 Tensions with Republic of Escya - 1 / 5 Tensions with High Kingdom of Itherae - 1 / 5 Tensions with Cydernian Republic - 4 / 5 Tensions with Helrox Empire
3. Helrox Empire: 1 / 5 Tensions with Republic of Escya - 1 / 5 Tensions with Holy Empire of Vigentino
4. Toubrés Empire: 1 / 5 Tensions with Kingdom of Etelia
Eurania and Faresia, 1905
The Fifth Continent, 1905
July, 1905
July 16
The Kingdom of Cadia dispatched the following communiqué to the Helrox Empire:
Dear Kaiser of Helrox,
King Roy Carl demands the following.
Article I: Cede fifty miles of Helrox land along the Cadia-Helrox border immediately, along with it's population & infastructure unharmed and unmolested.
Article II: After cedeing fifty rightful miles to Cadia, move your army sixty miles away from our new border as we make home to our old home. Helroxian owned Cadian Birth land.
Article III: Recognize the land formerly held by your country as Cadian land, issue a personal apology for taking and holding our land for so long.
Failure to adhere to these articles will result in immediate invasion.
Regards,
Camreon Graham - Cadian Foriegn Affairs Minister
July 17th
The next day, the Tyrians and Cadians negotiated the following agreement:
Diplomatic: Send Camereon Graham foriegn affairs minister to Tyria proposing the following
Article I: Both the Tyrian Empire & Cadian Kingdom are to enter a defensive military pact ending at July 1st 1907.
Article II: Cadia request to purchase 100,000 artillery shells, 100 Melhorn S55 guns and 500,000 rounds of rifle ammo from Tyrian arms industry.
Article II: Cadia requests immediate military advisors & trainers for infantry and artillery operations.
The Tyrians rejected both Article I and Article II but agreed to dispatch military advisers to the Cadian government to begin training their military.
July 19th
Two days following the end of the June 5th Offensive, Operation Mystic begins with a counter-offensive by the 2nd Field Army. Following a six hour long bombardment that saw over 6,000 shells fired, 80,000 infantry began surging forward, with the 4. Infanterie Division and the Itheraen Volunteer Guard Division attempting to close the Helroxi salient of a wounded and fatigued Helroxi Army Group and encircle them completely.
Tyrian soldiers on the move during Operation Mystic, July, 1905
July 20th
In the Toubrés Empire, the garrison of several Toubrian regions is to be increased. In the political strongholds of the Partido Liberal, the garrison is to be increased by 750 each. The soldiers are to be supplied with batons and shields of sheet metal, ordered to respond to and subdue any political or civil unrest, such as riots. If there are protests, then they are merely to observe and keep the peace, only moving in to subdue any parts of the protest that become violent. In Amzores, the garrison is increased by 1500, and given the same orders.
An MP of Partido Liberal was lauded for a speech in the National Assembly, saying "It is apparent that the Empress preys on our insecurities of civil discourse and a constitutional right to hold protest against an incompetent government. Nay! Instead, she has leashed the dogs and planned to put down those who might say, 'no, the Empress is not perfect.' I implore you, all of you, let not this behavior become the norm, lest she decides next to place armed soldiers at the ballot box!" The speech was printed in local newspapers and while these soldiers were now garrisoned and would almost certainly put down any violence--confidence and approval in the Toubrian government continued to fall, now sliding to 68%.
July 21st
On July 21st, the merchant vessel carrying 31 Illesian military advisers--24 army, 7 naval--arrives in Helrox. Surprisingly, no Tyrian ships were met during the journey. The military advisers would arrive in Flegleen on July 24th.
July 22nd
The Helrox Empire requests the building of five Dynis-class destroyers and two Bolshoii-class light cruisers, all of which are laid down on this day. The total cost is expected to be $650,000, money which must be printed up due to the Helrox's crippling debt. The first bouts of starvation in Flegleen is seen and 5,500 conscripts in training go AWOL. The first Starvation Riots begin in Flegleen, 15,000 factory workers marching in the streets in protest to the government. Given that there was no Flegleen garrison, in 24 hours the riots destroyed nearly $400,000 in property and the Flegleen Provincial Police were hard pressed to put the protesters down.
- 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 Turn represents one In-Game Month. The player will submit 3 Orders. - 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. - Orders: * Economic: An order designed to benefit the nation economically. * Military: An order designed to affect your military. * Diplomacy: An order designed to conduct diplomacy. * Imperialism: Exploring and developing new lands. * Conference: Used to call a Political or Military Conference. Select which nations to invite. Begins a Conference. (See PM for rules). * Attempt Invention: Used to attempt a new invention. Must be relevant to current technologies and success depends on a 1d6. Great Powers receive a +1.
1. Kingdom of Cadia: 1 / 5 Tensions with Kingdom of Etelia - 1 / 5 Tensions with High Kingdom of Itherae - 1 / 5 Tensions with Cydernian Republic - 1 / 5 Tensions with Melgaria
2. Empire of Tyria: 1 / 5 Tensions with Republic of Escya - 1 / 5 Tensions with High Kingdom of Itherae - 1 / 5 Tensions with Cydernian Republic - 4 / 5 Tensions with Helrox Empire
3. Helrox Empire: 1 / 5 Tensions with Republic of Escya - 1 / 5 Tensions with Holy Empire of Vigentino
4. Toubrés Empire: 1 / 5 Tensions with Kingdom of Etelia
Eurania and Faresia, 1905
The Fifth Continent, 1905
July, 1905
July 10th
The second riots protesting the Illesian Intervention in Toubrian Serranthia begin in the Toubrés Empire. Marches were held in outlying towns. Business owners of merchant shipping and grain farmers came from Toubrian Serranthia to protest. "Illesian soldiers killed twelve of my employees, and two of my friends" one merchantman reportedly said. Initial reports from the Colonial Office report an estimated loss of $47,000,000 in loss revenues from the colony in the remainder of the fiscal year. Support for the Toubrés government dipped to below 70% for the first time in ten years.
July 11th
A local tribal government well known to the Euranian powers on the Serranthian coast--just south of Néo Méro has fallen into ruin, causing a minor incident in that the once free city of Siankouri was always considered a friendly and neutral port for merchant vessels in the area. Having fallen under control of a local tribal warlord has opened an opportunity for a Euranian power to send a "peacekeeping" mission, along with supplies in a bid to wrest control of the city.
The Free City of Siankouru (Serranthia) - Any Nation may choose to send one of the following vessels: Battleship (-1 DRM), Armored Cruiser or Destroyer (+1 DRM). - Any Nation that has chosen to send a vessel will roll a 1d6, with 6 being the fastest and 1 being the slowest. First to arrive wins. - If a larger ship arrives second, the leading nation will have the opportunity to Fold or have a relations drop of 35 with that nation. - PM the ship, class and name of vessel if participating. - Siankouru will great [500 Tons on Station for Mittel Sea and generates $9,700,000/Year in Income.]
July 12th
Jesus Al-Teboro, Foriegn Affairs Minister of the Coastal Empire of Tara condemns the Toubres Empire & Illesian Kingdom for Black June.
"For nations that were for peace at the Toubrian Conference, it's appauling to see the Toubrian Empire allow a bypass by it's partner the Illesian Kingdom which allowed the slaughtering of thousands of innocents in the Serranthia. The Taran Empire stands for peace aswell as protecting the innocent, further military operations in the Serranthia will result in a mobilization of naval and army forces in the Tarantine Serranthia. We stand with the Kingdom of Etelia, and we too also open our borders to those who seek shelter and safety from the Toubrian Menance."
On the same day, the government of the Kingdom of Etelia announced that Tara had signed and finalized a five year agreement to a defensive military alliance, promising an immediate declaration of war in case of attack of "local belligerents" as well as a clause for the termination of the alliance if either nation moved to closer relations with the Illo-Toubrian Alliance.
July 13th
In the Helrox Empire, Kaiser Directive #1 is issued, immediately calling for the conscription of 200,000 men to be arranged in to ten new conscript divisions. An arrangement of $4,000,000 was made as a "signing bonus," which was $20 per conscript--or $500 in 2016 dollars--to be given to every man who willingly signed up. Given that the Helroxi government was without any funds, these $4,000,000 had to be printed in new currency.
Starvation in the Western Hinterlands as well as in the Sladic Southeast are becoming prominent. Inflation, nearing 11.75% means that a loaf of bread was now 12 Hel, or $328 in 2016 dollars. Within eight weeks, the first Kaiser Directive was estimated to be completed with some basic training for the soldiers.
July 14th
"Three Ronasatto-class Destroyers are sent out by the Toubrian navy. With the supplies to last the crew eight months and accompanied by some of the finest Toubrian cartographers, they are given the mission to scout the coastline, do their best to map the area and interact and greet with the natives, and then return to Toubres with their reports no later than four months after leaving Toubres. The first Destroyer, NMI (Navio da Marinha dos Impérios) Leão, is given orders to sail along the coast of Serranthia, beginning along the coast of Toubrian Serranthia before continuing West. The second Destroyer NMI Tigre, is given orders to sail along the coast of Serranthia, beginning along the coast of Tarantine Serranthia before continuing East. The third Destroyer NMI Touro, is to sail to Saldorria.
July 15th
In the Kingdom of Illesia two functional prototypes of two submersible combat ships are revealed. The LA Type-1 and the LA Type-2. The LA Type 1 was a 22 long tons with a crew complement of 3, a single fore facing torpedo tube. The LA Type-2 weighed in at 61 long tons with a complement of 7 with two fore facing torpedo tubes.
Picture snapped of the Illesia LA Type-2 at it's mooring at Los Silencios Testing Facility, Illesia
These vessels remained secret until July 15th, when news broke of the Newsita Nationale paper, a fiercely anti-jingoist paper that deployed militarism and aggression. While deploring the weapons, international observers were reportedly impressed. However, given that the navy budget had just been increased tenfold in service to the deployment of three major battleships, those few naval officers who saw the use of these submersible weapons were however fraught to learn their voices were not heard in military circles. The Fleet Faction Rivalry that began between the Big Gun Officers and the Submersible Corps (impromptu names that were never officially recognized) was now on.
- Kingdom of Illesia sees political factions Big Gun Officers and Submersible Corps generated. May spend 1 Military Order "Influencing" one of the factions in your favor to 1d6% increase. Maximum spending on those weapons (Big Gun Officers = Battleships, Submersible Corps = Submarines) cannot exceed their influence as a faction.
Second Tyro-Helroxi War
The June 5th Offensive ends with 30,000 Tyrian dead, and nearly 60 field guns lost or captured, while the Helroxi suffered 98,000 dead. A massive salient had been created, where the Helroxi Army Group Reselven had fought their way into Tyrian territory and whose offensive had now stalled.
The end of the June 5th Offensive. Without a proper goal, the Helroxi offensive stalled
July 16th
In the Kingdom of Cadia, five infantry divisions and two cavalry divisions are moved to the Helroxi border where they begin performing war games. [-15 Relations with the Helrox Empire.]
Toubrian shipyards lay down the keels of the INV Castor, INV Nightshade and INV Hemlock, the three Illesian battleships of the Dreadlord class. Weighing in at almost 14,000 tons, these will be summarily be the largest battleships in the world--and it is a wonder if the international community will react to these events.
- 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 Turn represents one In-Game Month. The player will submit 3 Orders. - 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. - Orders: * Economic: An order designed to benefit the nation economically. * Military: An order designed to affect your military. * Diplomacy: An order designed to conduct diplomacy. * Imperialism: Exploring and developing new lands. * Conference: Used to call a Political or Military Conference. Select which nations to invite. Begins a Conference. (See PM for rules). * Attempt Invention: Used to attempt a new invention. Must be relevant to current technologies and success depends on a 1d6. Great Powers receive a +1.
1. Kingdom of Cadia: 1 / 5 Tensions with Kingdom of Etelia - 1 / 5 Tensions with High Kingdom of Itherae - 1 / 5 Tensions with Cydernian Republic - 1 / 5 Tensions with Melgaria
2. Empire of Tyria: 1 / 5 Tensions with Republic of Escya - 1 / 5 Tensions with High Kingdom of Itherae - 1 / 5 Tensions with Cydernian Republic - 4 / 5 Tensions with Helrox Empire
3. Helrox Empire: 1 / 5 Tensions with Republic of Escya - 1 / 5 Tensions with Holy Empire of Vigentino
4. Toubrés Empire: 1 / 5 Tensions with Kingdom of Etelia
Eurania and Faresia, 1905
The Fifth Continent, 1905
July, 1905
July 8th
The Vigentan Imperial Guard is ordered demobilized, with only the 2nd Infantry Division remaining in the city of Julia to maintain order. All soldiers who fought in the Julian War will be allowed two weeks paid leave on their return, considerably raising morale. In Cogoli, there were great celebrations of the expansion of the Vigentan empire--the breadth of it's domain, now sharing a border with the Seljuk Empire as well as the Senurjji Sultanate, a client state of the aforementioned empire. The average Vigentan soldier had proven himself capable, while the Vigentan High Command was still finding it's feet in the New Century. They fought valiantly and with respect. Their armaments were inferior to the Julians but proved capable of handling adversity with superior logistics. The 5a Divisione had seemed exceptional combat and were the decided veterans of the campaign.
Vigentan soldier during the Julo-Vigentan War, 1905
Demobilization would take the remainder of the month but would cut monthly Army expenses down by two thirds, effectively halting the hemorrhaging of Vigentan coffers who had amassed nearly $4,500,000,000 in debt for the 1906 fiscal year. While no attempts were made to finance this, the country seemed destined for economic ruin. A minor bright spot was the consolidation of nearly $64,000,000 Julian denares, almost $30,000,000 in viable Julian assets. Prime Minister Antonio Gorizia met with the Pope on the steps of the Grand Cathedral on July 8th, a week following the official end of the war. To much fanfare, the assembled crowds. The Gorizia government was now facing it's highest approval rating yet.
Prime Minister Antonio Gorizia, Prime Minister of Vigentino (1904--)
Second Tyro-Helroxi War
Itheraen ammunition, rifles and guns finally reach the front. The June 5th Offensive reaches a critical point with the Tyrian reserves being admitted to the battle. With 60,000 men committed to the salient--the Helroxi passed into Tyrian territory for the first time, entering the border town of Meggendorf where Tyrian soldiers of the 2nd Field Army had been pushed back. Antony Kylov's 90th Cavalry was still reforming, with soldiers who had been ordered far away now being ordered back. Casualties on the Helroxi side are immense, with nearly 14,000 men being wounded or killed in four days of fighting from July 8th to July 12th.
June 5th Offensive entering the Tyrian town of Meggendorf, July 9th, 1905
July 9th
In the Illesian Kingdom, the Naval Triumvirate sends out a request for a new battleship. The request for international bids went out to every nation capable of building a warship of the requested specifications: 1. Mount a uniform main battery of ten 12-inch guns with two guns each in five turrets. 2. Mount at least 10 but not more than 16 rapid-firing 4-inch guns for defense against smaller vessels. 3. Have an armor belt with a thickness ranging from 4-11 inches. 4. Have a deck armor thickness ranging from 0.75 to 3 inches. 5. Have barbettes of 4 to 11 inches in armor thickness. 6. Have turrets with armor thicknesses ranging from 3 to 12 inches. 7. Have conning towers with 11 inches of armor. 8. Have bulkheads with 8 inches of armor. 9. Ability to load 80 rounds for each 12-inch gun and 200 rounds for each 4-inch gun. 10. The vessel should ideally hold enough fuel to sail for at least 6,000 nautical miles. 11. It is hoped the vessels will have a top speed of 20 to 21 knots.
Two bids were received, as the Helroxi & Tyrian Shipyards, embroiled in a war with one another, could not afford to build international vessels:
Battleship Design #714
Displacement: 14,200 long tons Installed Power: 13,000 ihp 25 Taran TCI boilers Propulsion: 2 shafts, 2 vertical triple-expansion steam engines Speed: 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) Range: 7,200 nmi (17,000 km; 10,000 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) Complement: 773 Crew Quarters: Luxury Armament: 2 × 2 – 12 in guns 14 × 1 – 6 in TE guns 20 × 1 – 3 in guns 6 × 1 – 1 in guns 6 × 1 – 0.5 in guns 4 × 18-inch torpedo tubes Armour: Settup armour Belt: 4–9 in Deck: 2.5–4 in Description: Proposed Cost: $1,850,000 per ship, $2,000,000 for dockyard expansion costs. Total Cost: $7,550,000 Description: Given the lack of viability of mounting ten guns on any floating platform--as this was more than double the largest existing ship in the world, Taran ship designers at Steelcastle sent the following design. Considered a safe design, the Dreadlord would still be the largest ship afloat with a formidable armament of 4 12" guns, in line with existing designs but weighing in at nearly 3,000 extra tons with torpedo tubes and enough secondary armaments in casemates to fend off smaller vessels at range.
Toubrian Design, TBD-1
Displacement: 13,745 tons Installed power: 18,000 ihp (13,000 kW) Propulsion: 24 water tube boilers 4-cylinder triple expansion 2 shafts Speed: 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph) Range: 7,000 nmi (13,000 km; 8,100 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) Complement: 720 Quarters: Normal Armament: 4 × TE 12-inch guns 12 × 6-inch guns 10 × 3-inch guns 6 × 0.5 in guns 2 × Syndére LN machine guns 2 × 2 18-inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes (submerged) Armour: Belt: 7 in (178 mm) Decks: 1–2 in (25–51 mm) Proposed Cost: $2,050,000 per ship, $2,000,000 for dockyard expansion costs. Total Cost: $8,150,000 Description: The Toubrian design was a standard battleship design, though designed in mind to handle sorties into the Mittel Sea and the Internus Sea.
- 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 Turn represents one In-Game Month. The player will submit 3 Orders. - 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. - Orders: * Economic: An order designed to benefit the nation economically. * Military: An order designed to affect your military. * Diplomacy: An order designed to conduct diplomacy. * Imperialism: Exploring and developing new lands. * Conference: Used to call a Political or Military Conference. Select which nations to invite. Begins a Conference. (See PM for rules). * Attempt Invention: Used to attempt a new invention. Must be relevant to current technologies and success depends on a 1d6. Great Powers receive a +1.
1. Kingdom of Cadia: 1 / 5 Tensions with Kingdom of Etelia - 1 / 5 Tensions with High Kingdom of Itherae - 1 / 5 Tensions with Cydernian Republic - 1 / 5 Tensions with Melgaria
2. Empire of Tyria: 1 / 5 Tensions with Republic of Escya - 1 / 5 Tensions with High Kingdom of Itherae - 1 / 5 Tensions with Cydernian Republic - 4 / 5 Tensions with Helrox Empire
3. Helrox Empire: 1 / 5 Tensions with Republic of Escya - 1 / 5 Tensions with Holy Empire of Vigentino
4. Toubrés Empire: 1 / 5 Tensions with Kingdom of Etelia
Eurania and Faresia, 1905
The Fifth Continent, 1905
Turn 7
July, 1905
July 4th
In the High Kingdom of Itherae, the Cereal and Grains Tax law passes the Supra Dobrani by a vote of 94-93. Already with a population dissatisfied with tax raises, another tax raises passes. Another 2% increase on cereal and grain production in Itherae, a nominally important industry in the agricultural section had dire consequences. Niklaus Katsaros organized the Oikologoi Kómma and called for a General Strike of all grain farmers. By the end of the day, nine in ten farmers had walked from their fields in protest, causing a massive upheaval to a $40,000,000 industry.
July 5th
In the Helrox Empire, the Arms Procurement Ministry places an order for 350,000 Toshterin K1888 rifles to equip its armies. The first 60,000 rifles would be dispatched by the end of July.
Julo-Vigentan War The City-State of Julia formally capitulates following a nearly two week long artillery bombardment. Viscount Zach Nato is among the dead, found clutching a Mataxis rifle in the rubble of the once majestic city. Military attachés are in attendance while the remaining Homeguard signs the letter of surrender. In the following Treaty of Tepeste (1905), the City-State of Julia is formally annexed into the greater Holy Empire of Vigentino.
July 6th
The Tara Lottery and Gaming Commission is formed and will begin operations in the following months.
July 7th
In the Toubrés Empire, a military recruitment campaign is begun in Toubrian Shirito and Toubrian Cyraxia. The campaign will call for men between the ages of 18 and 30, using posters with the phrase "Your Empire needs you, to maintain the honour and glory of the Toubres colonies!", and posters with the phrase "Defend your family against the savages!" and featuring an exaggerated negative cartoon of Tehmig tribesman. The campaign will focus on swelling the garrisons of the colonies. Ernesto Duarte, governor of Toubrian Shirito, will be given $350,000 for the campaign, while Roldao Alvim, governor of Toubrian Cyraxia will be given $15,000 for the campaign.
- 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 Turn represents one In-Game Month. The player will submit 3 Orders. - 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. - Orders: * Economic: An order designed to benefit the nation economically. * Military: An order designed to affect your military. * Diplomacy: An order designed to conduct diplomacy. * Imperialism: Exploring and developing new lands. * Conference: Used to call a Political or Military Conference. Select which nations to invite. Begins a Conference. (See PM for rules). * Attempt Invention: Used to attempt a new invention. Must be relevant to current technologies and success depends on a 1d6. Great Powers receive a +1.
1. Kingdom of Cadia: 1 / 5 Tensions with Kingdom of Etelia - 1 / 5 Tensions with High Kingdom of Itherae - 1 / 5 Tensions with Cydernian Republic - 1 / 5 Tensions with Melgaria
2. Empire of Tyria: 1 / 5 Tensions with Republic of Escya - 1 / 5 Tensions with High Kingdom of Itherae - 1 / 5 Tensions with Cydernian Republic - 4 / 5 Tensions with Helrox Empire
3. Helrox Empire: 1 / 5 Tensions with Republic of Escya - 1 / 5 Tensions with Holy Empire of Vigentino
4. Toubrés Empire: 1 / 5 Tensions with Kingdom of Etelia
Eurania and Faresia, 1905
The Fifth Continent, 1905
Turn 7
July, 1905
July 1st
In the High Kingdom of Itherae, the Supra Dobranie voted on the world's first Income Tax, a taxation based on a person's workable income to be given to the state. It passed with a 104-91 vote in the legislature. The initial rate, selected at 2% of a person's average wage was expected to bring in roughly $30,000,000 a year in extra revenue--but implemented starting August 1st, was expected to add only $13,000,000 for the remainder of the year.
The Supra Dobranie when not in session, circa 1901
Understandably, the general population was disappointed in the government taking additional interest in their lives. Some protests were held outside the national assembly, numbering only in the hundreds. Several members of parliament were harassed on their way to work but the situation never escalated to hostile.
July 2nd
The government of the Coastal Empire of Tara receives ten Forino Saetta's from F.E.A in Vigentino, purchased earlier in June. The Army Corps of Engineers were then assigned to dismantle five cars and work to design a military automobile of their own, the ideal goal of the design is the following:
- Lightweight frame and build. - Must be able to carry 3 people. - Ability to go aprox 15 MPH on unpaved roads and 20 MPH on paved roads. - Have four wheels, an engine and frame (just like the automobiles in the west do).
Their work was expected to take some time, but Taran reverse engineering was dutifully considered to be some of the best in the Known World.
July 3rd
Requests to license production of new weaponry in the Kingdom of Illesia were finalized with the following results:
1. Austerf MG05: A Tyrian built machine gun. It was the second native designed light machine gun platform in the world and was the only license offered to the Illesian government at a potential cost of $1,500,000. The cost per weapon for production was $314. [Illesia must Accept or Reject. Rating is 0.05. Illesia can name it's Licensed Version.]
Tyrian Austerf MG 05
2. Simon-Lowell Mark 1904: Undeniably one of the most robust rifles in the world, the Taran built Simon-Lowell is a six round, bolt action rifle firing a 7.55mm rifle with exceptional punch. The license production was offered for $2,500,000 at a cost per weapon of $119. [Illesia must Accept or Reject. Rating is 1.14. Illesia can name it's Licensed Version.]
Taran built Simon-Lowell Mark 1904
Second Tyro-Helroxi War
The Helroxi June 5th Offensive nears it's first month. The Tyrians have entrenched and functionally ended the violent attack with repeated creeping artillery barrages and concentrated fire. The Helroxi High Command orders the offensive continued, with two more infantry divisions are ordered to the assault, bringing the total to 60,000 men again. Antony Kylov's 90th Cavalry is ordered to act as a diversionary flanking force, but it will take several weeks to regroup his cavalry officers after being ordered to scout for weaknesses.
- 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 Turn represents one In-Game Month. The player will submit 3 Orders. - 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. - Orders: * Economic: An order designed to benefit the nation economically. * Military: An order designed to affect your military. * Diplomacy: An order designed to conduct diplomacy. * Imperialism: Exploring and developing new lands. * Conference: Used to call a Political or Military Conference. Select which nations to invite. Begins a Conference. (See PM for rules).
1. City-State of Julia: 5 / 5 Tensions with Holy Empire of Vigentino.
2. Kingdom of Cadia: 1 / 5 Tensions with Kingdom of Etelia - 1 / 5 Tensions with High Kingdom of Itherae - 1 / 5 Tensions with Cydernian Republic - 1 / 5 Tensions with Melgaria
3. Empire of Tyria: 1 / 5 Tensions with Republic of Escya - 1 / 5 Tensions with High Kingdom of Itherae - 1 / 5 Tensions with Cydernian Republic - 4 / 5 Tensions with Helrox Empire
4. Helrox Empire: 1 / 5 Tensions with Republic of Escya - 1 / 5 Tensions with Holy Empire of Vigentino
5. Toubrés Empire: 1 / 5 Tensions with Kingdom of Etelia
6. Republic of Ustrela: 1 / 5 Tensions with Parakan Republic
Eurania and Faresia, 1905
The Fifth Continent, 1905
Turn 5
June, 1905
June 26th
In order to gain a colonial foothold on the continent of Serranthia the Ustrelan government enlists the help of Marcos Arias, an anthropologist, in order to explore the southern serranthian coast. He is dispatched via the Luca Carballal, a gunboat. Following a four week journey across the Mittel Sea, the Carballal mapped out vast portions of the coast, though Arias was saddened he was not afford the opportunity to step foot onto the continent.
The Arias Expedition, June 1905
Julo-Vigentan War
The Battle of Julia begins. The First Imperial Army and Second Imperial Army begin an intermittent bombardment of the city, having received no further orders from High Command. Thamber's responded in kind but were hopelessly outnumbered and in a battle where range was not a deciding factor. Vigentan soldiers huddled in fox holes while the Puccio 77mm guns carried out their barrage. Per day, the Vigentan artillery batteries fired 15,000 artillery shells a day. In the city, the Julian endured a violent barrage without much response. Julian artillery commanders discovered they could fire 4 to 5 shells before Vigentan artillery began to zeroed in on their positions.
Julian church destroyed during the Battle of Julia, June 1905
June 27th
The Bureau of Armaments in the Holy Empire of Vigentino submits Design Request #001, requesting development of a machine gun.
The requirements were the following: 1. No heavier than 25kg. 2. Able to achieve a fire-rate of at least 450 rounds per minute. 3. Have an effective firing range of at least 1,500 metres. 4. Able to achieve a muzzle velocity of at least 700 metres per second. 5. Require a crew of no more than 3 men to reliably operate. 6. Fire a standard Turano M1887 round. 7. Be loaded with a 250 round canvas belt. 8. Be able to be mounted on a collapsible and detachable tripod.
June 28th
The Supra Dobranie shall send forth an offer to Leonodian Manufacturing, ordering the manufacturing of 32,000 rifles to supplement the Itheraen Army and be distributed amongst its divisions, the completion of these rifles is expected to be done at the end of June. In exchange, Leonodian shall receive $3,000,000 from the Treasury. By the end of June, over 12,000 of these rifles will have been delivered to the Itheraen Army.
[June has now ended.]
1. High Kingdom of Itherae 2. Helrox Empire 3. Holy Empire of Vigentino
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