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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How many men does France have on the Rhine other our army? I'm thinking of taking half or 3 quarters of our army down to Egypt.

It is the safest place to begin with the kids, far away from the people, and I'm feeing lucky. Nothing changes history faster then SV dice. Now it could go even worse... but I'm feeling it.
 
I'm iffy about going to Egypt. It sounds like we'll need high administration, logistics and diplomacy to handle it. Not to mention France has more immediate threats facing it.
 
Parzival95 said:
How many men does France have on the Rhine other our army?
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Around 20,000 in the Army of the Moselle (Center, where Kellermann should have been transferred, but there were some complications here...) in the upper Rhine (not quite Netherlands), and around 12,000 gathering in the south to guard the border, since Switzerland is thankfully not in the war.
 
Plausitivity said:
Around 20,000 in the Army of the Moselle (Center, where Kellermann should have been transferred, but there were some complications here...) in the upper Rhine (not quite Netherlands), and around 12,000 gathering in the south to guard the border, since Switzerland is thankfully not in the war.
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That's not including our men right? In that case I will propose:

[] In the Footsteps of the Great!
-[] Egypt: The British have vested interests in Ottoman lands, and there are several strategic advantages with starting another front in the far-flung outposts of the world. If the show of strength is great enough, maybe the Ottomans will be more willing to join our cause against their rivals.
-[] Infantry: 10,000 regulars, 2,000 riflemen
-[] Cavalry: 500 lancers, 1,000 dragoons
-[] Artillery: 2,000 artillery men

Leaves behind 8,500 infantry, 1,000 artillery men, and 500 lancers to hold our place on the Rhine. Leaving us with 15,500 men to fight the British. But I'm terrible at math so who knows!

I'm not sure how many more men we can take without leaving a hole in the Rhine. That's also not a lot of men compared to what Napoleon actual fought with, but it is much earlier...
 
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I'm leaning towards Italy. I don't think the local Egyptians or the Ottomans would take very kindly to a lady-general. Even if they're pragmatic enough to tolerate it, the campaign's a long-shot and Therese's diplomatic acumen probably isn't going to measure up against the religious and cultural dogma of that region. There's also the possibility that their officers don't even know Therese exists. Just seems like a lot of unnecessary rolls in weak skills to me.

Also, the British navy might be out of position now, but they're one good roll away from locking down the Mediterranean and cutting off our escape. We're too far away from a land-based route to France to make our escape through or to acquire supplies from the homeland.
 
Plausitivity said:
"Let me tell you, General… stay away from politicians. They only speak what you want to hear. Real power is when you have others at your mercy; everything else is just a farce that they put up until they get more powerful than you. A military person such as yourself would know about that better than me."
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@Magoose Your subliminal messages do not frighten me. Your threats are insignificant compared to the power of the force omake.
Plausitivity said:
"Why are you running? I don't mean harm, but the way you're acting is a little suspicious, comrade!"
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You are not being detained! *Detains someone*
Plausitivity said:
[] Italy: There have been scouts reporting of Austrian armies marching through the lands of Sardinia-Piedmont, poised to attack southern France through the Alps. An army has been hastily assembled to head off the invasion, but they are little better than militias. You have been tasked to train the army, and turn it into a force to be reckoned with. Thankfully, with navel support, the Austrian army is severely hampered in terms of supplies and reinforcements, relying on overland routes and passes between the chilling peaks of the Alps.
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This is the best place for us when it comes to what we're good at--defense--but as has been said elsewhere, the Low Countries are problem to put it lightly. I honestly don't know where to go south and try stopping another front from collapsing or to add our weight to the Northern Army.
I'm open to going north, because relying on the dice to work miracles is likely to get our ass handed to us by The Empire. At least if we go north, we're not the only ones responsible if the situation goes belly up.

Parzival95 said:
I'm not sure where our defensive talents are best applied. Does anyone know which events were most crucial?
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Austria, going by the fact that we'll be holding the Alps. A defensive bonus plus good defensive terrain means that we can be a pretty effective rock for the Imperials.
Plausitivity said:
Switzerland is thankfully not in the war.
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Is Switzerland even united at this time? I thought they were having some kind of crisis that had some of the cantons breakaway?
 
I can feel it, the glory, the honor of such a campaign calls to me! The odds are terrible, it's true. We'd stick out like an American in literally any other country, it's true!

But I feel the need... the need for speed! Roll with me, my brothers and sisters! For the Republic! For the people! Let T.A. be the initials of she who does the impossible!
 
Foxwood said:
religious and cultural dogma of that region.
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Let's be charitable, there's nowhere on the planet where a female soldier is going to get respect. Outside of Revolutionary france, that is. And even there, it's only because we're a callback to a folk hero and a proven asset.

We'd have just as much of a problem getting respect if we were in the US, any of the Spanish Colonies, or Europe.

Parzival95 said:
But I feel the need... the need for speed! Roll with me, my brothers and sisters! For the Republic! For the people! Let T.A. be the initials of she who does the impossible!
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Not on your life. Us going to the Orient gives me Sylla and Marius vibes. I get less and less comfortable the farther we are from the Republic's core territory.
If we get stuck out east for too long, things might get fucky back home.
 
CGTM2002 said:
I'm willing to write an omake, give me a suggestion, I'll see if I can do it.
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The young royals learning how to deal with a new military life. Marie with being the secretary/Assistant to Therese on the camp aide stuff, and Louis, being now a private in the French army, and... learning to both trust people again, which is his Drill instructor who is teaching him how to fight, and Therese and other officers, who are teaching him how to be a leader.
Tjakari said:
Therese Auclair swims across the English Channel to kidnap the Queen and King.
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Now now, lets not start writing things we might regret...

Cyber, your omake is now been mentioned by the players, get rid of it and come up with something new. Start that Washington omake that you want to do.
 
Tjakari said:
You're kidding me right?
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Nope.

Let's just say that when he's drunk... He gets really out there with ideas.

Like that time he said that Brian should be flying a hot air balloon across the Atlantic... and landing in New York after twenty days in the air. and he then wonders how the hell he is going to get home.

Or that time where he suggested we make a spy that is literally not Big boss, who somehow always misses killing Therese before he joins her because of both her height and boobs!

Or When He said "fuck it" and said, "Let's make the Napoleonic war a Mecha Anime!"

Or When he said that the US government was sacrificing people to the dice gods to always get that mojo!

Or even: William Pitt falls and dies. More news at Eleve- HOLY FUCK! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!

And so on.
 
Going to Egypt is a fools errand. Attacking and conquering Egypt from the Mamluks and restoring it to Ottoman rule was the premise Napoleon went in on. Napoleon had around 40,000 men in his invasion even if we stripped our whole army we'd have around half of that. Thats not even counting the fact that to transport our men we'd have to dodge the British fleet. It was difficult for Napoleon like nine years from now to retain control over all of Egypt. Going there with potentially less than half of the men, half the oratory ability and sheer charisma, and on top of that being a female general is ludicrous. Napoleon also lost in Egypt, barring gaming the system with endless omakes its a fools mission.
 
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