Who Needs Harmony?: An MLP Empire Quest

[X] Plan: Force a single front on our side, many on the enemy
-[X]More Boats? More Boats: You now have a navy to defend your coasts and to serve as a counter to Aquileia's maritime ambitions, but as of now you're simply maintaining parity. If you want to truly ensure your control of the seas, you'll need to construct more ships. Cost: 200. Time: One Year. Reward: 10 Cogs added to Navy
-[X]Calling on Old Friends: Gabriella has numerous contacts throughout the Feathersian League, from nobles and scholars to mercenaries and merchants. You should try to leverage these connections for better relations and additional trade deals with the League. It might also get you some mercenary contacts, which you could use right about now. Cost: 100. Time: One Year. Reward: Better Feathersian relations and additional trade income, chance for Mercenary Contacts. Chance of Success: 60%
-[X]The Diggingest Dogs: You need good miners. Griffons are not good miners. Diamond Dogs are excellent miners. You've recently acquired the loyalty of several packs of Diamond Dogs. The solution seems obvious. Cost: 100. Time: One Year. Reward: Increased Mining Income.
-[X]Aquaculture: One of Archimedes' assistants has proposed a strange new idea. Why don't we just farm fish the same way we farm other foodstuffs? After being accused of Discordian sympathies he hastily clarifies that he did not mean to invoke the memory of the horrific squid-plant hybrids created by the mad trickster god, but something much more mundane: "corralling" fish in artificial lakes and ponds, feeding and harvesting them in a similar manner to other livestock. Well…you've heard of crazier ideas. Cost: 400. Time: Two Years. Reward: Fish Farms established.
-[X]Noxious Nitrates: Archimedes has been experimenting with some of the minerals your miners have started digging up, seeing how they react chemically with other elements. He's found a way to make a sort of...explosive powder out of sulfur, charcoal, and saltpeter. You're...kind of concerned about that last one, seeing as how it's extracted from feces of all things, but his practical demonstrations cannot be denied or ignored. But Archimedes has an issue: the difficulty in acquiring large amounts of the components needed to make this Fire-powder. He's going to need funds to construct sulfur mines and...saltpeter distilleries. Ewww. Cost: 500. Time: Two Years. Reward: Supply of Fire-Powder Acquired. Chance of Success: 75%
-[X]Aquileian Espionage: King Brochard has been making some waves over the past few years. He's tried (unsuccessfully) to challenge your naval supremacy, he's been not-so-subtly discouraging your neighbors from pursuing trade and diplomatic relations with you, and he seems almost personally offended by your very existence. You need eyes and ears on the ground in Aquileia as soon as possible. Cost: 200. Time: One Year. Reward: Gain intel on Aquileia. Chance of Success: 55%
-[X]The King In Iron: With war seeming increasingly like an inevitability, it might be a good idea to invest in some proper armor for yourself. Your wife knows a good smith that made her own armor plate, perhaps you should pay him a visit? Cost: 50. Time: One Year. Reward: Suit of Personal Armor.
-[X]Who let the Dogs Out?: Several packs of Diamond Dogs have sworn their fealty to you. This isn't necessarily a good thing. Most Griffons only know Diamond Dogs as subterranean creatures that occasionally raid, plunder, and pillage their farms and towns. It would come as a surprise to a great many of your subjects that the canines are even capable of intelligent thought beyond the use of simple tools. If you are to have any hope of integrating these packs into your population, you'll need to clear up more than a few misconceptions. Cost: 100. Time: 1 Year. Reward: Griffon public learns Diamond Dogs are people too. Chance of success: 70%

[X]Plan Prepare For War!

[X] Plan War Prep
-[X]Quality over Quantity
-[X]Calling on Old Friends
-[X]Fungus Farming for Fun and Profit
-[X]Aquaculture
-[X]Noxious Nitrates
-[X]Aquileian Espionage
-[X]The King In Iron
-[X]Who let the Dogs Out?

[X] Who needs war?
-[X]The Lion's Den
-[X]Big Sticks
-[X]Calling on Old Friends
-[X]The Diggingest Dogs
-[X]Aquaculture
-[X]Selective Breeding
-[X]Spying on the League
-[X]Shut up and Take my Money!
-[X]Who let the Dogs Out?

[X] Plan: To secure peace is to prepare for war
-[X]Quality over Quantity: Cost: 500. Time: One Year. Reward: Better Equipment issued to Royal Army, Upkeep Costs Doubled.
-[X]Just Say No: Cost: 100. Time: One Year. Reward: Fewer Mercenaries employed by Brochard. Chance of Success: 40%
-[X]Fungus Farming for Fun and Profit: Cost: 200. Time: One Year. Reward: Mushroom Farms Constructed, Increased Farming Income.
-[X]Mushroom Moonshine: During his research on fungal growth and nutrition, Archimedes discovered that a few particular species of mushroom could potentially be used to produce alcohol. It's...ok, it's a weird idea, but so was mushroom farming, and that turned out pretty well. Grant him some funds to investigate these...alcoholic mushrooms...further. Cost: 50. Time: One Year. Reward: New Source of Alcohol?
-[X]Noxious Nitrates: Cost: 500. Time: Two Years. Reward: Supply of Fire-Powder Acquired. Chance of Success: 75%
-[X]Aquileian Espionage Cost: 200. Time: One Year. Reward: Gain intel on Aquileia. Chance of Success: 55%
-[X]The King In Iron: Cost: 50. Time: One Year. Reward: Suit of Personal Armor.
-[X]Shut up and Take my Money!: Cost: 700. Time: One Year. Reward: Mercenaries persuaded not to fight for Brochard. Chance of Success: 65%