A Gate to Another World [19th Century Fantasy Imperialism Quest]

[X] Plan Well balanced and ready to explore

Character Bio:
Name: Vikton Friedrich von Rees
Nationality: Prussian
Rank: Colonel
Age: 40
Prestige: 0
Stats:
Biography: You were born to a Junker family, the Rees family. You were the firstborn in a family of six, you would be eight but two of your siblings died due to disease. At Age 12, you entered an academy for young cadets and thus began your path in the military. Once you began your official military training at age 19, you quickly became noticed by your superiors as a quite physically capable man. Your height and body built probably helped you with that. At age 28, you saw your first combat at the Battle of Schleswig where you killed your first man during a bayonet charge.

Soon after your services were required not as a soldier but as a spy behind enemy lines. You took on another name and assumed another personality, you managed to get in the social circle of a Danish Brigadier general. Lucky enough, your reports helped your country in the war effort even if the result wasn't the desired one.

Your return to Prussia found it besieged by a liberal sentiment through and through. This culminated in a constitution in which the Prussian king recognized the rights of the people of Prussia. This was considered a win for the liberals but an affront against the status quo that reminded them too much of the French Revolution. You joined with the conservatives of Prussia to protect the monarchy and tradition.

For the rest of the years, you focused on becoming an independent man accruing enough funds to build your own humble estate. You were getting older and thoughts of forming a family began to appear in your mind. Did you seek to marry someone during this time?

[X] Yes, and you sought someone of your same class creating ties with another junker family in Prussia.

[X] Yes, but you found yourself attracted to a town girl instead of a noble. There was slight protest from your family but it was quickly hushed up.

[X] Yes, but it was a farmer girl which ensued some protest from your father.

[X] No, you didn't care for marriage just yet. You had enough on your plate with ordering around so many people.


Your regiment marched on, you were, of course, in the vanguard. The view from horseback of a dozen or so green fields in the distance was simply beautiful. This was compounded with almost perfect weather with a warmth that was comfortable for everyone in your regiment. Your regiment had a good mood and it showed as your men heartily sang as they marched.

Memories from your younger years reminded me of the feelings of what it felt like to go to war. What it felt to do your duty for your country and what it felt to finally prove yourself to your superiors and to your men. While the Schleswig war had not been a victory, it had nonetheless helped you shape up to the man you were now, and thanks to it you were also more politically savvy. In this train of thoughts, you entertained the idea that now that a gate to an entirely new world had opened, the liberal Landtag would have no other option than to accept the King's army bill.

God himself had reminded them that without a strong army Prussia would not last and had provided the nobility another chance to prove just how needed they were. Your support towards the Minister of War and General Albrecht von Roon* had not gone unnoticed in the army circles, after all, you agreed on the basic notion that the liberal diet was not able to see the bigger picture and perilous situation of Prussia. The Landtag had to listen to the experts when it came to such important national matters.


Regardless of current political events, you saw this as a chance to expand the territory of Prussia and maybe even your own estate. Albeit this was not to be done in a typical manner. After all, you certainly did not know what could be found on the other side of the gate. The concept of exploration wasn't foreign to you. You had read the works of Alexander von Humboldt in your spare time and found them interesting, to say the least. You didn't consider yourself a Humboldt but would do your earnest to help Prussia investigate and learn more about the new world, also defend her if a threat to her was unveiled on the other side.

Regiment Creation: A regiment in this quest is composed of companies. Companies are typically 100 men and lead by a captain. The same applies to cavalry. For Artillery it is considered to be 128 Men due to needing more me to operate artillery batteries.

All Regiments are unique and thus have unique advantages or disadvantages not only depending on their country of origin but also on the esprit de corps that belongs to that Regiment. All Regiments begin with 1 free trait, alongside their national trait if applicable. You can have up to two disadvantages to get two points for positive traits. All traits cost 1 point unless otherwise noted.

Regiment Advantage Traits:

• Disciplined (Your units have increased morale)[This regiment begins with this trait]
• Drilled Aim (Your units have increased accuracy)
• Fast Reloaders (Your units have an increased rate of fire)
• Charge Experts (Units gain a bonus to morale and damage when charging)
• Artillery Experts (Artillery gains bonus accuracy)
• Guerrilla Warfare (Your units can engage in guerrilla warfare with proficiency)
• Loot Masters (Gain extra loot when appropriate)
• Brawlers (Units get a bonus in melee combat)
• Scouts (It's harder to surprise you and easier to detect enemies. Better recon)
• Bullet Economy (Your units consume fewer supplies after a battle)
• Horsemanship (Your cavalry units move faster and have increased accuracy)
• Colonial Experts (Better rolls for prospecting and settlements)
• Pioneers (Begin with a civilian caravan following you)
• Famous Regiment (Reduce Veteran and Elite modifiers by 20%, however, you have to live up to the fame of the regiment or this trait will be lost.)
• Masons (Defensive Structure costs reduced by 25%)
• Budget Allowance (Begin with $15,000 more for Regiment purchases)
• Loyal to Caesar (Your units are loyal to you with fanaticism)(2 Trait Points)
• Political Connections (Your Regiment receives priority reinforcements)
• Nature Advocates(Your units are better in a particular type of terrain or weather)
• Lucky (Rerolls, so extra plot armor)
• No time for Tricks (Supernatural Phenomena is not as surprising to your men)

Regiment Disadvantage Traits:

• Disliked by your men (Reduce unit morale)
• Penal Regiment (Your Regiment is cannon fodder and unruly)(Cannot recruit Elites)
• Unruly Regiment (Create more diplomatic incidents and possibly laws are not obeyed)
• Unsupported (Receive less support from your mother country)
• Enemies Above (Political Enemies that make will your life harsh)
• Incompetent Officers (Reduce morale and combat effectiveness)
• Minimal Equipment (A random amount of your companies will either be ineffective equipment or lost equipment)
• Lost Regiment (No way back home)(+2 Traits)
• Superstitious (Supernatural Phenomena have a greater negative morale effect on your soldiers)
• Horrible accuracy (Can't hit a side of a barn even if they're standing right next to it)
• Wasteful (They eat a lot, drink a lot, and waste a lot.)
• Sleepy Sentries (Reduces Reconnaissance and you are more likely to be ambushed)
• Destroyers (They are not pyromaniacs but they certainly bring the same events. More likely to destroy buildings inside of a town.)
• Illiterate Engineers (20% increase in time it takes to build stuff and the cost)
• Weak arms ( Your men are not good at melee combat. Weaker than most and not as brave to hold themselves in face to face combat.)
• Old-timers (Your regiment is mostly composed of old soldiers, weakened by age. However, they are not as afraid of death as their younger men. Your officers are also old and will take a while to accept new ideas.)

Regiment Budget: $100,000

You will purchase companies for your regiment. You can purchase as many as you have the budget for. You can apply the following quality cost modifiers for companies purchased.

Green/Regular/Veteran/Elite

Musket Company: Represents soldiers armed with smooth-bore muskets. They usually formed in three ranks deep in close formation, often drilled to quickly change from column to rows formations quickly in battle. Each platoon fired a simultaneous volley but more often than not this devolved into independent shooting in combat conditions. Volley fire at close range often resulted in heavy casualties, although, this was mostly to soften the enemy before a bayonet charge. Their use of bayonets allowed them to defend themselves against cavalry charges.

• Recruitment Cost: $3300
• Manpower: 100 Men commanded by a captain

Minie Company: Representing the next phase in the technological arms race. The Minie company makes use of rifled muskets with greater accuracy, range, and rate of fire. Unlike their predecessors, these companies fought in battlelines two ranks deeper with a greater focus on an individual fire. The theoretical range could not be achieved due to limitations in training regarding range estimation (Lessened by using veteran or better companies). Fought while standing, kneeling, or using cover. (Springfield, Enfield, Lorenz, Minie Rifle)

• Recruitment Cost: $4000
• Manpower: 100 Men commanded by a captain

Breechloading Company: A cutting technological addition. These are rifled muskets with breech-loading mechanisms that allowed for a greater rate of fire than ever before. However, officers believed that these would lead to enormous supply and maintenance issues. They were not widely adopted in their early stages except by the Prussians, who had the Dreyse Needle-Gun. These companies fight in looser swarms of soldiers and can fire while prone. Can be devastating against charging enemies.

• Recruitment Cost: $8000 (Will get lower as the years pass)
• Manpower: 100 Men commanded by a captain

Repeaters: Representing cavalry mostly armed with repeating magazine carbines as well as with sabre and revolver, and at least as likely to fight with most troopers dismounted as to fight entirely mounted, such as later Union cavalry of the American Civil War.

• Recruitment Cost: $8750
• Manpower: 100 Horsemen commanded by a captain

Light Cavalry: Representing regular cavalry with theoretically smaller men mounted on lightfast horses trained to charge in line, but also expected to perform the bulk of the army's mounted outpost, escort, scouting, screening, and skirmishing duties, such as dashing romantic regiments of hussars, light dragoons, chasseurs or lancers, sometimes supported by duller and less fashionable dragoons.

• Recruitment Cost: $4750
• Manpower: 100 Horsemen commanded by a captain

Heavy Cavalry: Representing other cavalry mounted on big horses intended almost exclusively for the mounted charge and inefficient at other duties, such as 19th-century British dragoon guards and heavy dragoons, French carabiners, and horse grenadiers, or cuirassier regiments that had abandoned armor.

• Recruitment Cost: $4500
• Manpower: 100 Horsemen commanded by a captain

Aeronauts: Representing an observation balloon tethered at 1,000 feet (304 Meters) and able to see 4 ½ miles (7.24 km) plus its detachment and wagon. It can be moved, but can only operate if stationary for the whole of this bound and that preceding, in good going, in good weather, in daylight, and within the C-in-C's easy command distance.

• Recruitment Cost: $4000
• Manpower: 100 Men

Smooth Bore Artillery Battery: Representing an entirely smoothbore artillery battery. Each artillery element may include a minority of horse or heavy as well as field batteries, but some armies can also have a few elements entirely of horse artillery, or have their reserve artillery entirely or predominantly of heavy guns.

• Recruitment Cost: $11,250
• Manpower: 128 Men and a commanding captain

Mixed Artillery Battery: Representing division and corps or reserve artillery with a mixture of often larger caliber but light smoothbore batteries and longer-ranged but less lethal rifled batteries.

• Recruitment Cost: $11,875
• Manpower: 128 Men and a commanding captain

Rifled Artillery Battery: Representing divisional and corps or reserve artillery entirely of rifled steel or shorter ranged brass batteries firing efficient point detonation explosive or shrapnel shells.

• Recruitment Cost: $12,500
• Manpower: 128 Men and a commanding captain

This time there will be 12 Hours of Moratorium for discussion, questions and posting of plans. Followed by 36 Hours of Voting. No voting in the moratorium period.

OOC: The descriptions were taken from a wargame FYI since I found them very useful for explaining the unit types.