Turn 15.5
Royal Palace, Red-carrier pidgeon room
The King: Now let us see what Kign Mus of Britain wants today.
*reads a message*
The Kign: Ah right, usual threats and attempts to justify himself by saying that he does not have any issues with us expanding our borders as long as he gets to pick his pieces and territories FIRST...Hmm I guess I seriously need to look into the possibility of making another alliance...
*another red pidgeon arrives*
The King: Hmm another pidgeon, from King Kingmaker of Spain this time. Let's see, "blah blah blah, stop Britain, Malta hot issue, blah blah. What is this? Start a "friendly war" so that Spain can seize Malta and then let the war lapse? That sounds risky. Might be an excuse to start a real war together with its Russian ally, which would bring Preussia, Turkey and Spain in as well. No, this will not do, I would be at war with everyone. Hmm I need to make a nice and respectful reply while not saying anything...
"Dear King Kingmaker, I wish I had had your vision before accepting Britains current deal which basically gives me nothign but one year of peace with Preussia and Britain. But it warms my heart to have your support in difficult situation.
Yours King Terje
The Kign: Hehe if he buys that I should have secured peace for a little longer.
(OOC: the turn 15.5 is between turns and had to be written due to heavy PM/emails from Kingmaker and Mus about the situation)
A rather large, happy, clean shaved Austrian's attempt for European Supremacy.
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RE: A rather large, happy clean shaved Austrians attempt for European Supremacy.
Update
So far things have gone ok. No more, no less.
I won the war against France (we started the game at war) too soon, this gave France 300 points to spend on upgrades, and me 3 colonies. A poor deal for me.
However when the game started everyone was terrified of France and ganged up on her, which has resulted in France now having some -200 glory points and is not really the monster we all feared she would be.
Another side effect of my victory against France was that I got in the lead in terms of glory points, this does however not really reflect the true situation, not by a longshot.
As of today my income is lacking in every aspect, the most serious one being money. I am barely breaking even, and can only afford ONE supply center. I'm frantically building banks, however this is moving along slowly, as Austrians take their time to build stuff. So if my opponents had any idea as to my real situation, they would team up on me now (I do however expect Russia and Preussia to DoW me any turn now, and this will pull in their allies, Turkey and Spain as well. Britain is allied with almost everyone, so I expect that they would team up with the others and attack me.)
A good example as to how poor my economy is: when feudal troops are levied, I have to delete them as I cannot afford to have any more troops on the map [X(].
And although I am ahead in glory points, Britain and Preussia are catching up rather fast, and as of nwo, these two nations are the ones that will battle it out for victory. Preussia is not too bad, she is a main land power and can be teamed up against, Britain on the other hand is worse. After a brief war between France and Britain, huge parts of the French fleet went submerged, and are now lost forever, so even with an alliance of Spain, Sweden, Russia, France and Preussia I think that British supremacy on the sea is secured.
And I do not have any naval vessels, so I cannot invade Britain no matter what [:@]
Although my armies contain some 250.000 troops I am worried about my neighbours, Preussia can probably field just as many troops as me, Turkey is reported to have some 650.000 troops, and Russia is unknown, but I bet they have more troops than me.
I will probably start to make myself some protectorates or even completely liberate some area soon. This has to be done due to waste, and due to the fact that I believed Wurzburg+Salzburg to be a kingdom of its own, not to be part of the Papacy. That added way too many provinces to my empire, and adds to the waste I am experiencing.
At the moment my situation is such that any wars must be avoided at all costs, and being the glory point leader I have a hard time making alliances. This places me between a rock and a hard place in oh so many ways. The only ones I could maybe form an alliance with is France and Sweden, and that would have to target Preussia. However that does not really help me alot. Sure it will lower Preussian glory, but what I need is a big victory against an opponent with alot of colonies for me to claim, as this would greatly boost my monetary production.
Lastly, anyone reading this? Anyone have any ideas, suggestions, wants etc they would like to share?
Terje
So far things have gone ok. No more, no less.
I won the war against France (we started the game at war) too soon, this gave France 300 points to spend on upgrades, and me 3 colonies. A poor deal for me.
However when the game started everyone was terrified of France and ganged up on her, which has resulted in France now having some -200 glory points and is not really the monster we all feared she would be.
Another side effect of my victory against France was that I got in the lead in terms of glory points, this does however not really reflect the true situation, not by a longshot.
As of today my income is lacking in every aspect, the most serious one being money. I am barely breaking even, and can only afford ONE supply center. I'm frantically building banks, however this is moving along slowly, as Austrians take their time to build stuff. So if my opponents had any idea as to my real situation, they would team up on me now (I do however expect Russia and Preussia to DoW me any turn now, and this will pull in their allies, Turkey and Spain as well. Britain is allied with almost everyone, so I expect that they would team up with the others and attack me.)
A good example as to how poor my economy is: when feudal troops are levied, I have to delete them as I cannot afford to have any more troops on the map [X(].
And although I am ahead in glory points, Britain and Preussia are catching up rather fast, and as of nwo, these two nations are the ones that will battle it out for victory. Preussia is not too bad, she is a main land power and can be teamed up against, Britain on the other hand is worse. After a brief war between France and Britain, huge parts of the French fleet went submerged, and are now lost forever, so even with an alliance of Spain, Sweden, Russia, France and Preussia I think that British supremacy on the sea is secured.
And I do not have any naval vessels, so I cannot invade Britain no matter what [:@]
Although my armies contain some 250.000 troops I am worried about my neighbours, Preussia can probably field just as many troops as me, Turkey is reported to have some 650.000 troops, and Russia is unknown, but I bet they have more troops than me.
I will probably start to make myself some protectorates or even completely liberate some area soon. This has to be done due to waste, and due to the fact that I believed Wurzburg+Salzburg to be a kingdom of its own, not to be part of the Papacy. That added way too many provinces to my empire, and adds to the waste I am experiencing.
At the moment my situation is such that any wars must be avoided at all costs, and being the glory point leader I have a hard time making alliances. This places me between a rock and a hard place in oh so many ways. The only ones I could maybe form an alliance with is France and Sweden, and that would have to target Preussia. However that does not really help me alot. Sure it will lower Preussian glory, but what I need is a big victory against an opponent with alot of colonies for me to claim, as this would greatly boost my monetary production.
Lastly, anyone reading this? Anyone have any ideas, suggestions, wants etc they would like to share?
Terje
"Hun skal torpederes!" - Birger Eriksen
("She is to be torpedoed!")
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RE: A rather large, happy clean shaved Austrians attempt for European Supremacy.
Rest assured we are reading you AAR, heck you almost got 800 hits at this point.
We would very much appreciate some more sreenshots [:D]
And thanks for the effort of posting you AAR.
We would very much appreciate some more sreenshots [:D]
And thanks for the effort of posting you AAR.
RE: A rather large, happy clean shaved Austrians attempt for European Supremacy.
ORIGINAL: Joshuatree
Rest assured we are reading you AAR, heck you almost got 800 hits at this point.
We would very much appreciate some more sreenshots [:D]
And thanks for the effort of posting you AAR.
Well that is the thing about pbem games...you need something while you wait for that next turn to keep your sanity [:D]
What kind of sceenshots do people want to see? There are no battles to be shown in pbem games, so has to be something else.
Terje
"Hun skal torpederes!" - Birger Eriksen
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RE: A rather large, happy clean shaved Austrians attempt for European Supremacy.
What kind of screens? Well in my experience ppl who read AAR's do enjoy a wide variety of sreenies, makes it more entertaining to read. So whether it be photoshopped screens, googled images related to the AAR, or just battlefield screens with personal notes added, it's the mixture that makes it fun. Agreed, that also makes it more timeconsuming to write, but the best AAR's are almost like a book. Im reading a few AAR's at the moment, one from Chocolino in the Road to Victory forum (just finished the game) in where you can witness the evolution, the development of Chocolino as an AAR writer. He starts with simple screenshots, then he adds a couple of screenshots in a single post and finally he adds personal observations on the screens. He's heading in the right direction. An even better AAR is written at the moment in the Advanced Tactics forum by Lancer, he doesn't post often, but these posts are really timeconsuming to write and a joy to look at.
So to sum it up, writing an AAR is more than posting a few battlefield screens, the more you let your imagination take over the more fun it becomes to read.
So to sum it up, writing an AAR is more than posting a few battlefield screens, the more you let your imagination take over the more fun it becomes to read.
RE: A rather large, happy clean shaved Austrians attempt for European Supremacy.
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So to sum it up, writing an AAR is more than posting a few battlefield screens, the more you let your imagination take over the more fun it becomes to read.
Well will see what sort of screenies I can thnk up [:)]
But as previously mentioned, there will be no battle-screenies since in pbem there are no battle screens at all. All battles are done as instant combat, and is nothing but a report in the event screen.
But will think something up [;)]
Thanks for the advice btw!
Terje
"Hun skal torpederes!" - Birger Eriksen
("She is to be torpedoed!")
("She is to be torpedoed!")
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Turn 16
Royal Palace, Red-carrier pidgeon room
The King is seen slipping a small parchment into the carrierpidgeons pouch. If the pidgeon could read, the following is what she would have seen.
Royal Palace, Red-carrier pidgeon room
The King is seen slipping a small parchment into the carrierpidgeons pouch. If the pidgeon could read, the following is what she would have seen.
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Turn 16, part two
Meeting Room, Royal Palace, Vienna
The King: I want the Papacy to be released as a sovereign nation again, we really do not want that much land, and it is driving the other major powers mad. It has to be done for the time being.
Minister of foreign affairs: *sigh* I know Sire, I will see it done.
The King: Now show me what is happening in Europe!
Meeting Room, Royal Palace, Vienna
The King: I want the Papacy to be released as a sovereign nation again, we really do not want that much land, and it is driving the other major powers mad. It has to be done for the time being.
Minister of foreign affairs: *sigh* I know Sire, I will see it done.
The King: Now show me what is happening in Europe!
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Turn 17
Meeting room, Royal palace, Vienna
The King: I have a bad feeling. Somewhere the wheels are turning and I fear poor Austria is stuck in front of those wheels. What can you tell me about the military situation on Europe at present?
Defence Minister: Well Sire, we made you this map to show what you wanted to know.
The King: Great more maps...Hope you are better than the last guy, or else you will be used for bayonet practice!
Defence Minister: *gulp*
The King: You forgot to add boundries you imbecile! GUARDS!!
Royal Guard: Yes Sire?
The King: Take him away!
Defence Minister *sobs*
(OOC: Gained upgrade "Bayonet Practice 1")
Meeting room, Royal palace, Vienna
The King: I have a bad feeling. Somewhere the wheels are turning and I fear poor Austria is stuck in front of those wheels. What can you tell me about the military situation on Europe at present?
Defence Minister: Well Sire, we made you this map to show what you wanted to know.
The King: Great more maps...Hope you are better than the last guy, or else you will be used for bayonet practice!
Defence Minister: *gulp*
The King: You forgot to add boundries you imbecile! GUARDS!!
Royal Guard: Yes Sire?
The King: Take him away!
Defence Minister *sobs*
(OOC: Gained upgrade "Bayonet Practice 1")
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Turn 18
Secret plotting room, Royal Palace, Vienna
The King: Give me a comparison between our and the other nations economy.
Foreign Advisor: As you wish Sire. The situation is as follows;
Internal Advisor: Our main problem is monetary income. We are slipping further and further behind. We need colonies and a better banking system.
The King: Thank you both, I'll keep this information in mind.
Secret plotting room, Royal Palace, Vienna
The King: Give me a comparison between our and the other nations economy.
Foreign Advisor: As you wish Sire. The situation is as follows;
Internal Advisor: Our main problem is monetary income. We are slipping further and further behind. We need colonies and a better banking system.
The King: Thank you both, I'll keep this information in mind.
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Turn 19
Meeting Room 1200 hrs, Royal Palace, Vienna
The King: What is so important that I have to attend another of these boring meetings?
Foreign Advisor: We have prepared this report for you Sire!
The King: I'll try some ruler to ruler diplomacy. Dismissed!
Red-carrier pidgeon room, Royal Palace, Vienna
The King writes a message and attaches it to one of the pidgeons that are bred and raised in Paris. The message reads;
Austria is hereby issuing a warning to Ironwarrior of France. Austria will not tolerate French troops and dilpomats trying to seize control over the bootshaped area![/i]
Meeting Room 1200 hrs, Royal Palace, Vienna
The King: What is so important that I have to attend another of these boring meetings?
Foreign Advisor: We have prepared this report for you Sire!
The King: I'll try some ruler to ruler diplomacy. Dismissed!
Red-carrier pidgeon room, Royal Palace, Vienna
The King writes a message and attaches it to one of the pidgeons that are bred and raised in Paris. The message reads;
Austria is hereby issuing a warning to Ironwarrior of France. Austria will not tolerate French troops and dilpomats trying to seize control over the bootshaped area![/i]
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Turn 20
Royal bedchamber, Royal Palace, Vienna
*A servant enters and delivers a message to the king, then leaves.*
Minister of Internal affairs, in writing: Please read the attached report Sire, things are moving against us. I have talked to the Foreign Minister, and he informs me that Britain has promised support in case of a war with France, however at the same time Britain, Preussia and France are negotiating a treaty of enforced peace, so we need to see what happens.
But it seems war is imminent.
*edit* Text in picture should read "...in case France...", not "...in France.."
Royal bedchamber, Royal Palace, Vienna
*A servant enters and delivers a message to the king, then leaves.*
Minister of Internal affairs, in writing: Please read the attached report Sire, things are moving against us. I have talked to the Foreign Minister, and he informs me that Britain has promised support in case of a war with France, however at the same time Britain, Preussia and France are negotiating a treaty of enforced peace, so we need to see what happens.
But it seems war is imminent.
*edit* Text in picture should read "...in case France...", not "...in France.."
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Turn 21
Royal Palace, planning room, Vienna
The King: Thank you for coming. I need to talk to you.
Minister of Foreign Affairs and War Minister in unison: Yes Sire?
The King: There's a feeling I get when I look to the west,
And my spirit is crying for leaving.
In my thoughts I have seen rings of smoke through the trees,
And the voices of those who stand looking. *
The King: France has seized power in Venezia. Move our armies to the French armies, and deliver a Declaration of War to France. Tell our men that we are at war with France!
Minister of Foreign Affairs and War Minister in unison: Yes Sire!
* Lyrics by Led Zeppelin, Stairway to Heaven.
Royal Palace, planning room, Vienna
The King: Thank you for coming. I need to talk to you.
Minister of Foreign Affairs and War Minister in unison: Yes Sire?
The King: There's a feeling I get when I look to the west,
And my spirit is crying for leaving.
In my thoughts I have seen rings of smoke through the trees,
And the voices of those who stand looking. *
The King: France has seized power in Venezia. Move our armies to the French armies, and deliver a Declaration of War to France. Tell our men that we are at war with France!
Minister of Foreign Affairs and War Minister in unison: Yes Sire!
* Lyrics by Led Zeppelin, Stairway to Heaven.
"Hun skal torpederes!" - Birger Eriksen
("She is to be torpedoed!")
("She is to be torpedoed!")
RE: A rather large, happy clean shaved Austrians attempt for European Supremacy.
Turn 22
Royal Palace, Red-carrier pidgeon room
The King attaches a note to the foot of a pidgeon and watches as the pidgeon is heading in a WNW-direction.
The pidgeon on the other hand cannot wait to bother/bomb tourists at the Tower of London.
Now the King can only wait, if no predators attacks the pidgeon, and the King of England sees the war against France as something in Britains interest, then money might arrive by British ships soon. If not...Well then we need to make this a short war the King thinks as he heads back down into the throne room.
Royal Palace, Red-carrier pidgeon room
The King attaches a note to the foot of a pidgeon and watches as the pidgeon is heading in a WNW-direction.
The pidgeon on the other hand cannot wait to bother/bomb tourists at the Tower of London.
Now the King can only wait, if no predators attacks the pidgeon, and the King of England sees the war against France as something in Britains interest, then money might arrive by British ships soon. If not...Well then we need to make this a short war the King thinks as he heads back down into the throne room.
"Hun skal torpederes!" - Birger Eriksen
("She is to be torpedoed!")
("She is to be torpedoed!")
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Turn 22.5
Royal Palace, Red-carrier pidgeon room
The King recieves a note from a pidgeon that just flew in. The note reads as follows:
Royal Palace, Red-carrier pidgeon room
The King recieves a note from a pidgeon that just flew in. The note reads as follows:
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Turn 23
Royal Palace, King's retreat*, Vienna
*This room should maybe be described. It holds exactly one large comfortable chair, at left side is a rather big table covered in various books all on two subjects; history or some novel of some action hero. On the right side of the chair is a smaller table containing only a huge ashtray, a lighter and some sigarettes. The walls are covered with bookcases and is well lit. There is no rug of any kind of the floor, just the wooden floor, and only one door leads in and out of the room.
*knocking on the door*
The King: Enter!
*The Minister of foreign affairs and the War Minister enters*
The King: Hrmf, Yes?
War Minister: We won two big battles against the French. In the first one the French suffered 33.000 losses, while we lost 15.000 men. In the second battle the French suffered 12.300 casualties while ours were 4.900. Huge victories. We also captured the provinces of Venezia and Illyria from France.
The King: Any prisoners?
War Minister: Yes, 2 infantry divisions, a millitia division, a cavalery division and an artillery battery. The horses from the cavalery division has been added to our stores. Unfortunately the cannons were too damaged to be salvaged.
The King: Shoot the millitia troops!
War Minister: Sire?
The King: My troops will shoot someone today, you or the militia?!
War Minister: Yes Sire. It will be done.
Minister of Foreign affairs: I had our agents in France make inquiries, it seems the regime is loosing popularity, 939 in a 1000 is against the war. Seems they might surrender soon! But I have other news as well, Preussia has issued a Declaration of War on Brunswick.
The King: I see. Now leave me!
*The ministers leave the room*
30 minutes later the sound of rifle fire can be heared throughout Vienna.
(OOC: Gain upgrade Target Practice 1)
Royal Palace, King's retreat*, Vienna
*This room should maybe be described. It holds exactly one large comfortable chair, at left side is a rather big table covered in various books all on two subjects; history or some novel of some action hero. On the right side of the chair is a smaller table containing only a huge ashtray, a lighter and some sigarettes. The walls are covered with bookcases and is well lit. There is no rug of any kind of the floor, just the wooden floor, and only one door leads in and out of the room.
*knocking on the door*
The King: Enter!
*The Minister of foreign affairs and the War Minister enters*
The King: Hrmf, Yes?
War Minister: We won two big battles against the French. In the first one the French suffered 33.000 losses, while we lost 15.000 men. In the second battle the French suffered 12.300 casualties while ours were 4.900. Huge victories. We also captured the provinces of Venezia and Illyria from France.
The King: Any prisoners?
War Minister: Yes, 2 infantry divisions, a millitia division, a cavalery division and an artillery battery. The horses from the cavalery division has been added to our stores. Unfortunately the cannons were too damaged to be salvaged.
The King: Shoot the millitia troops!
War Minister: Sire?
The King: My troops will shoot someone today, you or the militia?!
War Minister: Yes Sire. It will be done.
Minister of Foreign affairs: I had our agents in France make inquiries, it seems the regime is loosing popularity, 939 in a 1000 is against the war. Seems they might surrender soon! But I have other news as well, Preussia has issued a Declaration of War on Brunswick.
The King: I see. Now leave me!
*The ministers leave the room*
30 minutes later the sound of rifle fire can be heared throughout Vienna.
(OOC: Gain upgrade Target Practice 1)
"Hun skal torpederes!" - Birger Eriksen
("She is to be torpedoed!")
("She is to be torpedoed!")
RE: A rather large, happy clean shaved Austrians attempt for European Supremacy.
Turn 24
Vienna Main Street
Austrian Noble #1: It is so hard to get any decent food, wine and clothes. The King should do something!
Austrian Noble #2: So true, everyone I've talked to are equally angry about the situation. I'm even running out of fine China, soon I'll have to start do the dishes instead of using new China for every meal!
Austrian Noble #1: *shivers* This cannot go on!
Royal Palace, Vienna
Minister of Foreign Affairs: Sire, our nations morale is dropping due to shortages of every luxury there is, while the French are increasingly happy. It seems they love their leader, this IronWarrior as he calls himself. What should we do?
The King: We need to force another big battle and win another big victory, that should do the trick!
Minister of covert operations: Sire, we know that a French spy is using his talents to try to increase the cost of the war for us, and we also intercepted an enemy emmisary on his way to Turkey. He was carrying the following document, and he stated that several others like him had been sent to Turkey to make sure atleast one of them arrived safely.
The King: Now THAT might be problematic. Well, we need a swift victory in France, if that fails we will need to surrender to Turkey if they issue a Declaration of War on us. By a quick surrender we should not lose too much. I know that Ruler Matto of Turkey is skilled, but how skilled is not yet determined.
Well, you may leave now, I will need to think about the chaneg of events.
Vienna Main Street
Austrian Noble #1: It is so hard to get any decent food, wine and clothes. The King should do something!
Austrian Noble #2: So true, everyone I've talked to are equally angry about the situation. I'm even running out of fine China, soon I'll have to start do the dishes instead of using new China for every meal!
Austrian Noble #1: *shivers* This cannot go on!
Royal Palace, Vienna
Minister of Foreign Affairs: Sire, our nations morale is dropping due to shortages of every luxury there is, while the French are increasingly happy. It seems they love their leader, this IronWarrior as he calls himself. What should we do?
The King: We need to force another big battle and win another big victory, that should do the trick!
Minister of covert operations: Sire, we know that a French spy is using his talents to try to increase the cost of the war for us, and we also intercepted an enemy emmisary on his way to Turkey. He was carrying the following document, and he stated that several others like him had been sent to Turkey to make sure atleast one of them arrived safely.
The King: Now THAT might be problematic. Well, we need a swift victory in France, if that fails we will need to surrender to Turkey if they issue a Declaration of War on us. By a quick surrender we should not lose too much. I know that Ruler Matto of Turkey is skilled, but how skilled is not yet determined.
Well, you may leave now, I will need to think about the chaneg of events.
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Turn 25
Royal Forest, just outside Vienna
The King: So how is the war going? And is there anything else I need to know?
Minister of Foreign Affairs: I am sorry to say Sire that France staged a coup in the Papacy.
The King: WHAT!? Send an army into the bootshaped area immediately!
War Minister: We have successfully besieged Turin. 10.000 French militia were killed. But I am fearful of what the two French fleets in the Adriatic are up to. But I will send out orders for our armies to ...
The King: SHH!
*a shot is heard, a deer falls to the ground*
The King: Ah, now my dinner is secured!
Minister of Foreign Affairs and War Minister in unison: Nice shooting Sire!
The King: Send one army into Romagna and the rest into Dauphiny. The more French territories under our control before they sue for peace the better.
*another shot is heard, another deer falls to the ground*
The King: YES! Today I will have my favorite dinner. Stuffed deer!
War Minister: Might I ask what you stuff it with Sire?
The King: That second deer of course! Now, how did those scoundrels on our southern border reply to the French alliance offer?
Minister of Foreign Affairs: Good news there Sire, they refused the offer. We are still at peace!
The King: I knew it. The Turks are a good, decent people. I never believed they would go to war with us!
The King: Now leave me as I want to shoot me some dessert as well!
*The War Minister and the Minister of Foreign Affairs both leave the King to his hunting. As they leave the woods they hear several more shots. They both wonder what kind of dessert can be hunted, but none of them want to be seen as unknowing, so noone asks.*
Royal Forest, just outside Vienna
The King: So how is the war going? And is there anything else I need to know?
Minister of Foreign Affairs: I am sorry to say Sire that France staged a coup in the Papacy.
The King: WHAT!? Send an army into the bootshaped area immediately!
War Minister: We have successfully besieged Turin. 10.000 French militia were killed. But I am fearful of what the two French fleets in the Adriatic are up to. But I will send out orders for our armies to ...
The King: SHH!
*a shot is heard, a deer falls to the ground*
The King: Ah, now my dinner is secured!
Minister of Foreign Affairs and War Minister in unison: Nice shooting Sire!
The King: Send one army into Romagna and the rest into Dauphiny. The more French territories under our control before they sue for peace the better.
*another shot is heard, another deer falls to the ground*
The King: YES! Today I will have my favorite dinner. Stuffed deer!
War Minister: Might I ask what you stuff it with Sire?
The King: That second deer of course! Now, how did those scoundrels on our southern border reply to the French alliance offer?
Minister of Foreign Affairs: Good news there Sire, they refused the offer. We are still at peace!
The King: I knew it. The Turks are a good, decent people. I never believed they would go to war with us!
The King: Now leave me as I want to shoot me some dessert as well!
*The War Minister and the Minister of Foreign Affairs both leave the King to his hunting. As they leave the woods they hear several more shots. They both wonder what kind of dessert can be hunted, but none of them want to be seen as unknowing, so noone asks.*
"Hun skal torpederes!" - Birger Eriksen
("She is to be torpedoed!")
("She is to be torpedoed!")
RE: A rather large, happy clean shaved Austrians attempt for European Supremacy.
OOC: Anthropoid this is as far as you are allowed to read! To any other readers, this is due to Anthropoid taking over the part as Russia.
Turn 26
Royal Bedchamber, Royal Palace, Vienna, 1400 hours
*The door flies open, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs rushes into the room*
Minister of Foreign Affairs: Sire, Sire I bring dire news!
The King: zzz-zzz. Hrmf?!
Minister of Foreign Affairs: Sire, Sire I bring dire news! The Turks have declared an alliance with France and issued a declaration of war on us.
The King: WHAT!
Minister of Foreign Affairs: I am afraid it is true Sire, what should I do? Their armies are massed on our borders. It seems they just delayed answering the treaty offered by the French. What should we do?
The King: I see. Well there is no way we can fight a two front war. We will need to surrender immediately.
Minister of Foreign Affairs: Sire? But the consequences might be astronomical!
The King; They will not be. There is a major flaw in the French-Turkish plan. By lending two allready occupied provinces to Turkey, France did a mistake. By surrendering to Turkey now, we will do so in a favorable position, we control two Turkish provinces, and we have suffered no casualties to the Turkish. Any peace settlement will be very slight indeed.
Minister of Foreign Affairs: I see. Very well Sire, I will inform the Diplomatic Corps!
The King: Now be gone, I need my sleep!
Turn 26
Royal Bedchamber, Royal Palace, Vienna, 1400 hours
*The door flies open, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs rushes into the room*
Minister of Foreign Affairs: Sire, Sire I bring dire news!
The King: zzz-zzz. Hrmf?!
Minister of Foreign Affairs: Sire, Sire I bring dire news! The Turks have declared an alliance with France and issued a declaration of war on us.
The King: WHAT!
Minister of Foreign Affairs: I am afraid it is true Sire, what should I do? Their armies are massed on our borders. It seems they just delayed answering the treaty offered by the French. What should we do?
The King: I see. Well there is no way we can fight a two front war. We will need to surrender immediately.
Minister of Foreign Affairs: Sire? But the consequences might be astronomical!
The King; They will not be. There is a major flaw in the French-Turkish plan. By lending two allready occupied provinces to Turkey, France did a mistake. By surrendering to Turkey now, we will do so in a favorable position, we control two Turkish provinces, and we have suffered no casualties to the Turkish. Any peace settlement will be very slight indeed.
Minister of Foreign Affairs: I see. Very well Sire, I will inform the Diplomatic Corps!
The King: Now be gone, I need my sleep!
"Hun skal torpederes!" - Birger Eriksen
("She is to be torpedoed!")
("She is to be torpedoed!")
RE: A rather large, happy clean shaved Austrians attempt for European Supremacy.
Turn 27
And angry mob is located outside the gates of the Royal Palace in Vienna. The King steps out of the Palace to adress his once loyal subjects.
The Mob: We had France on her knees, why did we surrender?
The King: It seems our diplomatic corps forgot about the fact that surrendering to one faction of an alliance means surrendering to all of the alliance. But have no worries, the diplomatic corps have been shot as traitors. This was done with the new cannons all infantery divisions now have equipped! *
The Mob: So it was the politicians who are to blame?
The King: Off course, who else? I love my country! I love my countrymen! Long live Austria!
The Mob: Long live Austria! Long live the King!
The mob heads away in the search for politicians to blame instead.
* (OOC: aqquired technology: divisional artillery)
Royal Palace meeting room, Vienna
The King: Well that did not at all go like we intended. Oh well.
War Minister: Sire, we need to discuss some matters about our campaign in France. It seems our losses were mainly sustained when retreating, and from cavalry charges. We need to look at these things so we can avoid them in the future!
The King: Give all armies a direct order, from now on, when withdrawing, the best division shall remain to delay the enemy so our forces can withdraw. To the rear of this division there shall be a cavalry division. That way the army retreats past the guarding division, and when all have fallen back, the guarding division will retreat behind the cavalry. The cavalry will then break off at first possibility. *
The King: The best defence against a cavalry charge is the square formation, our divisions must train on forming the square, and also how to move in a square formation! **
War Minister: It will be done Sire!
* (OOC: aqquired technology: organised withdrawal)
**(OOC: aqquired technologies: impromptu square and mobile square)
And angry mob is located outside the gates of the Royal Palace in Vienna. The King steps out of the Palace to adress his once loyal subjects.
The Mob: We had France on her knees, why did we surrender?
The King: It seems our diplomatic corps forgot about the fact that surrendering to one faction of an alliance means surrendering to all of the alliance. But have no worries, the diplomatic corps have been shot as traitors. This was done with the new cannons all infantery divisions now have equipped! *
The Mob: So it was the politicians who are to blame?
The King: Off course, who else? I love my country! I love my countrymen! Long live Austria!
The Mob: Long live Austria! Long live the King!
The mob heads away in the search for politicians to blame instead.
* (OOC: aqquired technology: divisional artillery)
Royal Palace meeting room, Vienna
The King: Well that did not at all go like we intended. Oh well.
War Minister: Sire, we need to discuss some matters about our campaign in France. It seems our losses were mainly sustained when retreating, and from cavalry charges. We need to look at these things so we can avoid them in the future!
The King: Give all armies a direct order, from now on, when withdrawing, the best division shall remain to delay the enemy so our forces can withdraw. To the rear of this division there shall be a cavalry division. That way the army retreats past the guarding division, and when all have fallen back, the guarding division will retreat behind the cavalry. The cavalry will then break off at first possibility. *
The King: The best defence against a cavalry charge is the square formation, our divisions must train on forming the square, and also how to move in a square formation! **
War Minister: It will be done Sire!
* (OOC: aqquired technology: organised withdrawal)
**(OOC: aqquired technologies: impromptu square and mobile square)
"Hun skal torpederes!" - Birger Eriksen
("She is to be torpedoed!")
("She is to be torpedoed!")