Age of Imperialism – Action Thread
National Interest
In this section of the post you will decide what to do with your requisition and what you like to buy with it, I will not tell you what to do with it, you must decide yourself. However, buying loads of farms and railways is all very good buy you may want to keep some requisition aside to because every now and again you might be given an option to gain something new, for a price. Here you also get you name/rename provinces and decide on a capital.
Movement of Armies and Fleets
In this section you will be showing off the movement of your troops and fleets, during peacetime this will usually remain quite empty but at war time this section will become your new best friend. If you want this to remain hidden from your enemies then simply PM me the details.
Expansion and Diplomacy
Here you shall decide which areas of land to colonise (only one at a time) and which diplomatic actions you’ll take towards your friends and enemies. While this may be a simple; ‘propose alliance’ or ‘declare war’ you could build international relations via sending requisition or something 100% RP oriented that doesn’t actually help. Here is an example:
“My lord, we have been invited by the nation of ******* for a feast in the royal palace, should we attend?”
The next turn the other nation (or both of them) would do a paragraph or so on how the feast went; did it go with splendid success or terrible failure. The two players might want to PM each other a few details of the event and both write their own individual paragraph (or more) However, the options here a limitless so feel free to go wild!
Not-so-random events
Every turn you will receive a NSRE, which will have been tailored by me to the specifics of your country. How you react to this is entirely up to you; however there will be consequences for your actions. Every now and again you could get a global event, now; these events will affect every single one of you but the same rules apply for a NSRE.
Well that just about covers it for the guide on how to layout your post, below will be changes made to the map and each of NSREs. Let me take you through the map updates.
Terrain Overview – This map allows you to observe the terrain of Europe, I’ve tried to keep this as accurate as possible but please excuse any inaccurate areas.
Province numbers overview – After a while of thinking how I could divide the sea up, I went for this idea and stuck it on the same map as the province numbers. It should work…
‘Sprite’ testing 1.0 - Yes, I made some ‘sprites’ to represent land divisions, ships, ports the lot! Designing personalised division sprites weren’t an easy task, attempting to stick to the traditional uniform design of the era AND looking good is not an easy task.
GM’s note
I had great fun designing this RP and witnessing all the nations that came out of it, I’m glad that this RP, out of the so many other strategy RPs to be made on heresy, made it into the action thread. This is the first strategy RP to become successful on heresy, or at least in my time of RPing. However, the system this RP is based around is untested so I wouldn’t be surprised to see a few things go off course, however with the guys I have I’m sure this will turn out well.
The fun begins…
Right! You all start off with 10 requisition and absolutely nothing but the very land you sit upon! So here are you very first not-so-random events! These particular events are quite soft, just to give you an idea of what to expect. Remember to try and do as much roleplaying as possible!
January 1850, to June 1850
Global event – Age of Expansionism
Having finally stepped out the dark ages that has plagued Europe for nearly a millennia the great nations of this fabled land have entered a new age of expansion and riches. Now is the time to go forth and claim the land that is rightfully theirs!
For the next three turns (including this one) you may colonise two provinces at any one time!
The Holy Kingdom of Winterreise – Educating the swine
So many centuries the peasants of our nation have gone with very little education, because most of it is reserved for the rich, who can actually pay for it. But a new debate has arisen about education for the lower classes. “They deserve education” says Richard Honsur, professor at the royal university of Winterreise “how are we going to succeed as a modern nation if our people are as dumb as a tree?” Many of the king’s court merely chuckle at this idea, for them the lower classes are just people they have to scrape of their boots every now and again, and the idea of educating them is merely a joke. Sir Patrick Corrado, one of the more younger knights of the king’s court steps forward: “surely we could reach some kind of compromise, Mr Honsur” “how so?” the professor asks, his eyebrow raised “well, if we give them exactly what they ask for they will start to think they’re worth something, so I suggest we give them limited education and reserve the best stuff for our higher classes” he looks towards Crusader-King Donatus Von Blacke for his verdict.
The Akkdian Empire – The world’s opinion
“It appears our advisors and diplomats have discovered that rest of the continent doesn’t view us in the way we would have liked. Those so-called ‘modern’ countries seem to see us as a warring tribal state! We suspect this may because of our culture and religion” says Chief Diplomat Moji Bencor “if we are to become viewed as a powerful force within Europe then we must act! I suggest we build embassies and relations with other countries” General Comenji appears to contain himself no longer and bursts forward with rage “this man speaks the words of a coward! We show those fools our strength through war! Not petty embassies! We fight them!” While the general speaks great truth it may be best to ignore the situation all together and just get on with our lives, but it’s your call.
The Realm of Izgurka – Moonlight
On the streets of the great capital of Izgurka a cloaked man moves quickly through down the cobbles to avoid the patrolling police man. After looking over his shoulder several times the small man finally takes a turn down an alleyway towards a small home, tucked in between the buildings and streets. He knocks on the door three times and another man with a worn face opens it, they exchange and nod and the cloaked figure enters. Inside the curtains are closed and many men and woman sit around a large table, a red flag hands from the nearby wall.
They are a small part of the ‘resistance’ a group of Izgurkan citizens that seek to topple the government, although they are small and weak the fact they are there is…troubling. Since the loss of our African colonies the government has been made to look like a fool and the people whisper rebellion. Sir, its time something was done, we cannot look weak any longer, and we must become strong and prosperous.
The Empire of England – The Celtic Union
Time has been kind to the glorious empire of England, but now we face a new threat from Ireland. It didn’t take long for the people there to work out who was going to be added to the empire next, so talks of the Celtic Union, a group of Irish and Scottish people that may become a problem within the future. Although neither of these people’s homeland is an independent state the Celtic Union may threaten to unite these people under one banner to oppose us, we should be very careful sire, very careful indeed…
The United States of Caledonia – National Religion
For a long time now the government has retained itself from entering the affairs of religion, keeping them as a strictly private matter but now it seems that many people and parts of the government want a national religion. Many of our people still worship old tribal gods with little meaning or purpose and if we are to become a strong nation we need something that holds us together, namely religion. Picking a religion isn’t easy; however we could ask one of the other nations for help on the matter. However, we could become strictly atheist and abandon god in favour of pure science! There are so many ways to go about this but if we ignore the issue completely it could leave the people much more different from each other.
The Religious Republic of Equas – The Ethnic debate
With so many religions within our republic nobody is quite sure what holds everyone together, perhaps it’s a sense of unity? Or because the other option is to be dictated by a European warlord or Monarch, but if we are to survive as an independent country we need to create a dominant cultural group. While this nation holds many African and European people we need to merge them into one cultural group, some have suggested that we call it ‘Equastrian’ but because the African people are dominant we simple assimilate the other ethnic groups in an African one? Making the decision would a step in the right direction but how we do it will be the real challenge!
The Darcsen Empire – Self Determination
Even though the empire has finally pulled through the age of poverty and economic downturn, back when the empire was on the verge of collapse. There are still people who seek self-determination; to break away and form their own nation, from what they call “A weak and corrupt government” Even though the other people of the empire seem to accept the rule of Darcus, these people, situated in the land of ‘Albania’ still want to return to the old ways. They expressed their feelings during a series of riots where they raided an administrate building and wounded several royal officials. The local police managed to stem the rioting and many troublemakers were arrested but, the hunger of self-determination still fills the mind of the rioters. Attempting to find the ring-leaders would be very difficult, as they are hidden away among law-abiding citizens. Sire, would should we do?
Empire of Hiigara – A Democratic Solution
Although we have kept our constitutional monarchy for many years now there are certain groups of monarchists who dislike the idea of a democratic government and wish to see the full powers of the emperor reinstated. They called themselves the ‘Hiigaran Imperials’ and want to remove everything in the government until only an absolute Emperor exists. The politicians of our nation have tried and failed to stop this group, but it appears they only listen to royalty. If the Emperor could stop them it could cause to other people in the nation seeing a monarch as ‘unnecessary’ who many people wish to avoid. If we let these people continue to exist then it could spark an uprising. But, reports show these people have unflinching loyalty, so many lords think they would be better suited else were…
The Illyrian empire – One State
It has been a long time since the colonial state, a vassal of the true Illyrian Empire, lost contact with the rest of its nation. Now some people within the nation are starting to see this as an opportunity to gain full independence. They argue that the empire is finished; they say the war with Caldari has ended with the destruction of Illyria! While this is still debateable many people believe it and want to become fully independent with their own government, name and national identity. When the first ships with supplies for the empire return then we will truly know, but until then things here need to be sorted out first.
Kingdom of Vendsyssel – The National Army
The lords within Vendsyssel still hold power, more than they should in fact, an example of which is the use of the old military system that has been described as ‘feudal’. The old system is basically one that has been used for centuries, during war the lords would gather together as many men as possible and march to aid the king, however many lords are not competent commanders. So we have decided this should be officially scrapped and replaced with a ‘National Army’ and all officers and commanders would be appointed by the government. To create a national army is a huge task and the country does not simply have enough qualified officers to manage it. Several lords have suggested we ‘sell’ positions of importance to the rich, but only until we have enough real officers, of course.
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