La Chanson de la Victoire (The Song of Victory): La Petite Arpenteuse (Non, SV, you are a General of France in the Napoleonic War!)

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Nenshou Yuuki said:
If we're not going to kill him then we imprison him, he's too dangerous to exile, he'd be used against us if the other powers get desperate enough, putting him in the army is a great of getting him to pull a Napoleon on us if he survives and just letting him go would be the dumbest move we could ever make, he'd coup us as soon as he could gain enough support and he hasn't proven just how much of an absolute madman he is to the general populace yet.
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I highly doubt that he'd try to coup us. One thing that people need to understand is that he's not some cackling supervillain, he's an honest man driven to extreme ends, of course as I always emphasize, alongside others to make sure the country, the republic, everything they've fought for and their lives aren't going to go up in smokes. Robespierre himsepf was highly against things like Cult of Personalities, Dictatorships, and most importantly, he was very distrustful of the military itself. Really, one of the most eyebrow raising thing for me about this is that French military figures seem so praised, well loved, and aren't put under more scrutiny as making a mistake or failing to be offensively minded would have gotten you interrogated or replaced as the government's had deep suspicions of the military and its loyalty, that's partially what the Representatives on Mission were for.

To be honest, as much as I like this quest, its not exactly an academic work about the inner workings of the late 18th century French government, nor much of a thorough examination of the newly made French army, its a fun, suspension of disbelief quest about a much too young woman made to entertain people.
 
SzechuanSauce said:
To be honest, as much as I like this quest, its not exactly an academic work about the inner workings of the late 18th century French government, nor much of a thorough examination of the newly made French army, its a fun, suspension of disbelief quest about a much too young woman made to entertain people.
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Except we never really set out to be an academic work.

Really, if we wanted to, we could have done that, but that would be far, far too boring on our end to just write a history.

This is something we enjoy doing for more.
 
Nenshou Yuuki said:
I mean technically the Republic only became the Empire under Augustus Ceaser, not Julius.
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The history major inside of me wants to say so much, but the man that I am knows that that's hardly the worst idea someone could have about Rome. So I'm letting this one lie.
Magoose said:
Except we never really set out to be an academic work.
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Look, I've made my peace with this, on some level.
Magoose said:
Really, if we wanted to, we could have done that, but that would be far, far too boring on our end to just write a history.
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Just don't make me cry about it, cause I might cry about it.
 
Tjakari said:
The history major inside of me wants to say so much, but the man that I am knows that that's hardly the worst idea someone could have about Rome. So I'm letting this one lie.
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I'll fully admit, my knowledge of Roman history is lackluster, my interest is mainly the early and mid 20th century, thank you time ghosts, so I don't know all that much about it.
 
Eh, one other thing I found odd is that there were no mention of the representative on mission that was attached to the army sent to the Vendee. I'm assuming that they weren't sent Jean-Baptiste Carrier or any other Hebertist since there was far less blood in this.
 
Tjakari said:
It's just one of those "Yes, but" type situations. You're not wrong about anything.
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Ah "technically right" the best kind:p

From what little knowledge I have from school and YouTube videos I've stumbled across, the Roman Republic was a goddamn mess and a complicated one at that, the Ceasers were just the tip of the iceberg.

If we choose to go down a Napoleonic path, we should look out for a guy named Sydney Smith, he will be our bane.
 
Well if anyone wants to know more about the historical French Revolution, I can point to no better source than Professor Peter McPhee. His work on the revolution is really good and should be checked out by anyone with an interest in it.

Specifically, I would point to his video lectures on the French Revolution down below.

 
I think Rob needs to die. There's been too much blood and too many deaths.
If the Reign of terror went like OTL, Mister Rob has the blood of 27 thousand people on his hands. Men. Women. Children.

I don't think we've lost 27 thousand soldiers yet, and at least they knew what they were getting into. The vast majority of them volunteered.

His lackeys. . . We should probably imprison them. They're just not worth it. Put them in a cell and let history forget about them.
 
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[X] [Rob] Execution: This man has caused so much pain. So much death. So much heartbreak against both the laws of man and nature. He will die for his crimes.
[X] [Lackeys] Execution: They will die for treason. They are as guilty of the crimes that Robespierre committed.
[X] [Napoleon] No: There is enough chaos and mistrust in the state as is. You will bide your time to meet him about this... unhappy dispute. (We return to Thérèse and the Army of the Rhine, and we see how the rest of the world is holding up.)
 
[X] [Rob] Service in the army as a private: So he wishes to serve France. So be it. Give him a uniform and a rank of private. He shall serve France as you do. His fate is in his own hands.
[X] [Lackeys] Imprisonment: France may still need them close to home... but they will not serve as free men. They will be imprisoned where we may keep an eye on them.
[X] [Napoleon] No: There is enough chaos and mistrust in the state as is. You will bide your time to meet him about this... unhappy dispute. (We return to Thérèse and the Army of the Rhine, and we see how the rest of the world is holding up.)

Mass execution is a bad idea. Sending him into the army might be the start of a penal legion(if we don't have one), is something I find somewhat funny, and is more useful than killing him or imprisoning him if it works out.
 
Neat, we're back!

Hmm. Not too sure about Rob. Tempted to execute him and just be done with it, since historically, that didn't turn out to be a terrible decision, but I suppose there's something to be said about sending him to the army as a sign that things are different now - although sparring the man that's responsible for quite a lot of deaths might stir up a lot of anger.

As for whether to confront Napoléon or not, I'm of the mind of just letting it go, mostly because I kind of want to go back to Thérèse. The Life of Brian is all well and good, but honestly not the part I'm really interested in.
 
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Well, I'm planning on not picking any of the given options and would hope that the written in act of sending Robespierre and his men to trial would be accepted.

Truthfully, its hard to tell who is and who isn't. Historically, a lot of people who chanted "Vive la Robespierre!" Denied quite harshly that they ever did, lots of turncoats who wanted to live, an understandable reason really. Besides, I'm interested in letting people like Saint-Just and Jacques-Louis David live, the former is someone a lot of historians say would've shook the world if he had lived and the latter is one of histories greatest artists, would be quite a loss if they got the guillotine.
 
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The Roman Republic died long before Caesar got his hands on it. See the whole debacle with Marius and Sulla. Really, the Republic died with the brothers Gracchi.

Also, if Rob becomes a private, will he join Therese's army? I might do it just for that.
 
If Robespierre gets exiled, I could see him going to Haiti since I remember reading once that people there think very highly of him and apparently there are local festivals celebrating him. If not that, he could just retire and live with the Duplay's until he dies, he was apparently very happy with them.
 
I'm in favour of imprisonment for all involved, if only because we can still lop off their heads after a period in jail if the dice produce a great demand for them to be killed, but if the dice dictate that there be an outcry over a summary execution it's rather harder to walk it back.
 
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