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Who Needs Harmony?: An MLP Empire Quest

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Pittauro said:
@Questor i was wondering, is immortality/eternal youth/EXTREMELY long life span (like Celestia) possible to achieve for our dear emperor (or one of his descendants, or even just Not ponies)? I mean without outright evil magic by the way. Having an immortal BENEVOLENT ruler would do wonders for our empire's stability, like it did for Celestia.
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Theoretically? Yes. But the price may be too high to pay. Nothing is for free, and even non-black magic has a cost attached to it, especially when it comes to something like immortality.
 
Questor said:
[ ] The Second Founding: Grandmaster Hardbeak of the Knights Lion has come to you with a proposition. Now that the Empire is reunited, a great many young nobles and ambitious commoners are petitioning to join the Knights Lion, more than he believes they can accept. He proposes establishing two more Knightly Orders to serve as the guardians of Aquileia and Wingbardy, in much the same way the Knights Lion have been the guardians of Griffonia. He even has a list of volunteers from his own order willing to go lead and train the "new blood". Of course, these new Knightly Orders will need start-up capital and citadels of their own. Cost: 800. Time: Two Years. Reward: Two Additional Knightly Orders Established in Aquileia and Wingbardy.
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Hey, instead of making two more knightly orders, can we get some sort of option to work on expanding the original one?

Think long term: Multiple orders means the inevitable development of rivalries within the empire's military branches, which is something to be avoided if we can. The more unity we can wrangle the better.

Instead, the Knights Lion should be growing large enough to properly serve the empire as a whole. If this must happen at a slower rate, because they cannot handle all the applicants they are receiving, then so be it. That just means they can get choosier about their new recruits, picking only the best suited, because they can only train so many at once. The average quality of the knights would rise.

It would take longer, but time and effort is the price for quality anyway.

As for what it would look like: The Knights Lion have the one main citadel, likely where they would do all their training, and then a series of smaller locations throughout the empire where they would rotate knights through and shift forces as needed.
 
[X] Plan: A Roundup, Some Explosives and a Dragon-child
Adhoc vote count started by Tithed_Verse on Jan 22, 2019 at 6:05 PM, finished with 61 posts and 34 votes.
  • [X] Plan For The Empire!
    -[X] Mountain Militia: As a result of living in such a dangerous region, many Griffons possess their own personal weapons to defend themselves, and will rally together to defend their homes should the creatures of the forests threaten them. Wouldn't it be nice if they did the same when the kingdom was faced with invasion by less beastly foes? Cost: 100. Time: One Year. Reward: Village and town militias incorporated into military, can be called upon n the event of invasion.
    -[X] The Second Founding: Grandmaster Hardbeak of the Knights Lion has come to you with a proposition. Now that the Empire is reunited, a great many young nobles and ambitious commoners are petitioning to join the Knights Lion, more than he believes they can accept. He proposes establishing two more Knightly Orders to serve as the guardians of Aquileia and Wingbardy, in much the same way the Knights Lion have been the guardians of Griffonia. He even has a list of volunteers from his own order willing to go lead and train the "new blood". Of course, these new Knightly Orders will need start-up capital and citadels of their own. Cost: 800. Time: Two Years. Reward: Two Additional Knightly Orders Established in Aquileia and Wingbardy.
    -[X] Rounding Up the Strays: The Diamond Dogs that inhabit your Empire alongside your Griffon citizens have proven their worth time and again. As laborers, as warriors, and as decent people. You really lucked out when those few scattered packs pledged their loyalty to you as their "Alpha." As those packs flourished and thrived under your rule, others began to follow in the footsteps of their canine brethren. Some, but not all. A handful of packs within your borders still remain isolated, either ignorant of the opportunity or too hesitant to take it. Send some diplomats along with some of your Dog citizens and see if you can't convince these stragglers to join you in the light of civilization. Cost: 100. Time: One Year. Reward: Last Diamond Dog Packs integrated into Empire. Chance of Success: 60%
    -[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] Picking Up a Trail: Lady Nightingale, the former spymistress of Aquileia, is missing, as is the bulk of the Aquileian Royal Treasury. You're not sure if the two disappearances are related, but you can't discount the possibility. Ravenburg, for the first time since you've met him, seems honestly frustrated at his inability to gather leads on the locations of either. Allocate some extra funds and see if he can't dig up something that might be able to point you in the right direction. Cost: 200. Time: One Year. Reward: Info on Nightingale and the missing Treasury. Chance of Success: 60%
    -[X] Job Interviews: Rosewing is requesting a replacement, and some of your other advisors might need to retire at some point in the near future as well. You could task the members of your privy council with finding their own future successors, but there's no reason you can't scout the field and get an idea of who would be best for the job yourself. Cost: 0. Time: One Year. Reward: Info on potential replacements for members of your privy council.
    -[X] What's Up Dog?: It occurred to you that, despite being your subjects for years now, you actually know very little about Diamond Dogs. Their race, culture, history, psychology, all of it is mostly a mystery to you. Well, only one way to remedy that: go talk to one and see what you can find out. Cost: 0. Time: One Year. Reward: Diamond Dog Info.
    [X] Plan: A Roundup, Some Explosives and a Dragon-child
    -[X] Big Sticks
    -[X] The Second Founding
    -[X] Rounding Up the Strays
    -[X] Explosive Siege Weapons
    -[X] Picking Up a Trail
    -[X] Job Interviews
    -[X] Cracking an Egg
    [X] Plan Sea and Cannons
    [X] Plan Knights, Booze, and Dogs
    [X] Job Interviews: Rosewing is requesting a replacement, and some of your other advisors might need to retire at some point in the near future as well. You could task the members of your privy council with finding their own future successors, but there's no reason you can't scout the field and get an idea of who would be best for the job yourself. Cost: 0. Time: One Year. Reward: Info on potential replacements for members of your privy council.
    [x] plan what we need
    [X] First Contact Protocols: It's inevitable that your people will eventually journey beyond your borders. And when they do, they will likely encounter other peoples, with their own kingdoms, cultures and languages. First impressions are important, so set up some classes and procedural regulations to prepare diplomats for meeting and negotiating with unknown peoples. Cost: 100. Time: One Year. Reward: First Contact Protocols established, bonus to first impressions with other cultures.
    [X] Explosive Siege Weapons: The success of his ballistae and his access to supplies of fire powder has given Archimedes some ideas. The idea is simple, if unorthodox: a metal tube, sealed off at one end, filled with an amount of fire powder that, when ignited, propels a metal or stone ball out the opening at great speed. It…honestly sounds kind of dangerous, but Archimedes is the expert on this sort of thing. Cost: 400. Time: Two Years. Reward: New Siege Weapon. Chance of Success: 60%
    [X] Lord Ravenburg's Big Book of Blackmail: That earlier issue with the barons served to highlight what a headache they can be at times. Oh sure, you have their loyalty and support now, but at some point in the future you're going to want or need something that they won't want to give you or let you do. Being a member of the nobility himself, Ravenburg has a solution: blackmail. What with all the scheming and backstabbing that the nobility get up to, almost all of them have secrets that they wouldn't want being made public knowledge. It might be a good idea to learn a few of those secrets, just in case some uppity count needs to be "convinced" not to oppose you politically. Cost: 100. Time: One Year. Reward: Blackmail on Griffonian nobility acquired.
    [X] Cracking an Egg: The dragon egg you've acquired is currently stored in a specialized room of your castle, designed to ensure it is kept at the proper temperature. Archimedes, ever the problem-solver, claims he has a way to encourage the egg to hatch, or to prevent it from hatching, should you wish it. Honestly, you're not too sure what to do. Your people know little about dragons beyond the obvious; the closest thing to an expert you have is your wife, who only knows how to kill them. Still, it seems a waste to just leave it sitting in your palace as a glorified paper-weight. Fully grown dragons are forces of nature, capable of taking on entire battalions of Griffon warriors and burning whole villages to the ground in minutes. Then again, those also seem like good reasons not to allow the egg to hatch, now that you think of it. Cost: 0. Time: One Year. Reward: Hatched Dragon Egg.
    [X] Expeditious Exploration: You have no real idea what lies beyond your borders. Discord altered the geography of the planet itself, and most records from before his arrival and reign of terror were lost amidst the madness of his reign. You know the world is bigger than your Empire though, and you're almost certain that other races, tribes and kingdoms managed to survive the era of chaos. Such potential neighbors could be allies and trade partners...or a threat to you and your people. Either way, it's better if you find them before they find you. Cost: 200. Time: Variable. Reward: Info on lands beyond your borders.
    —[X] East: To the East, the open ocean beckons. Few Griffons have ever had cause to sail beyond sight of the shore, and as a result the sea is regarded as a mysterious place filled with equal promises of danger and unclaimed treasures. You have the Caravels, now it's time to put them to good use.
    [X] The Imperial Army: You've got a lot more territory to guard now, and a larger treasury to dip into. It might be a good idea to take a page out of Brochard's book and expand your army so that it's worthy of the moniker "Imperial". Cost: 2000. Time: One Year. Reward: Warriors recruited, Army Expanded.
    [X] The Second Founding: Grandmaster Hardbeak of the Knights Lion has come to you with a proposition. Now that the Empire is reunited, a great many young nobles and ambitious commoners are petitioning to join the Knights Lion, more than he believes they can accept. He proposes establishing two more Knightly Orders to serve as the guardians of Aquileia and Wingbardy, in much the same way the Knights Lion have been the guardians of Griffonia. He even has a list of volunteers from his own order willing to go lead and train the "new blood". Of course, these new Knightly Orders will need start-up capital and citadels of their own. Cost: 800. Time: Two Years. Reward: Two Additional Knightly Orders Established in Aquileia and Wingbardy.
    [X] Mountain Militia: As a result of living in such a dangerous region, many Griffons possess their own personal weapons to defend themselves, and will rally together to defend their homes should the creatures of the forests threaten them. Wouldn't it be nice if they did the same when the kingdom was faced with invasion by less beastly foes? Cost: 100. Time: One Year. Reward: Village and town militias incorporated into military, can be called upon n the event of invasion.
    [X] Rounding Up the Strays: The Diamond Dogs that inhabit your Empire alongside your Griffon citizens have proven their worth time and again. As laborers, as warriors, and as decent people. You really lucked out when those few scattered packs pledged their loyalty to you as their "Alpha." As those packs flourished and thrived under your rule, others began to follow in the footsteps of their canine brethren. Some, but not all. A handful of packs within your borders still remain isolated, either ignorant of the opportunity or too hesitant to take it. Send some diplomats along with some of your Dog citizens and see if you can't convince these stragglers to join you in the light of civilization. Cost: 100. Time: One Year. Reward: Last Diamond Dog Packs integrated into Empire. Chance of Success: 60%
    [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] Picking Up a Trail: Lady Nightingale, the former spymistress of Aquileia, is missing, as is the bulk of the Aquileian Royal Treasury. You're not sure if the two disappearances are related, but you can't discount the possibility. Ravenburg, for the first time since you've met him, seems honestly frustrated at his inability to gather leads on the locations of either. Allocate some extra funds and see if he can't dig up something that might be able to point you in the right direction. Cost: 200. Time: One Year. Reward: Info on Nightingale and the missing Treasury. Chance of Success: 60%
    [X] What's Up Dog?: It occurred to you that, despite being your subjects for years now, you actually know very little about Diamond Dogs. Their race, culture, history, psychology, all of it is mostly a mystery to you. Well, only one way to remedy that: go talk to one and see what you can find out. Cost: 0. Time: One Year. Reward: Diamond Dog Info.
    [X] Plan Sea and Cannons​
    [X] Plan Crack the Egg.
    -[X] The Imperial Army (1) 2000
    -[X] Mountain Militia (1) 100
    -[X] First Contact Protocols (1) 100
    -[X] Mushroom Moonshine (1) 50
    -[X] Picking Up a Trail (1) (60%) 200
    -[X] Cracking an Egg (1) 0
    -[X] Job Interviews (1) 0
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Can only make 5 ballista per turn, not good production and a huge waste of time in the long run, yeah take a thousand years to make a thousand of the things, no thanks lets see if we can increase production first before we start making ballista.

Edit: Yes Im going for the egg choice next turn.
 
I mean, I think we need those First Contact Protocols ASAP. You guys seem to think the WE will be the ones to find THEM first, but its possible the THEY will find US first which is why I go with this plan even though i could go without the Exploration.

[X] Plan Sea and Cannons
 
Each knightly order expands itself. I'd rather have multiple orders that can focus in different tactics and battlefield ideals.
 
Somnia said:
I mean, I think we need those First Contact Protocols ASAP. You guys seem to think the WE will be the ones to find THEM first, but its possible the THEY will find US first which is why I go with this plan even though i could go without the Exploration.

[X] Plan Sea and Cannons
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The fact that they would also be recovering from discord is a factor.
 
Somnia said:
I mean, I think we need those First Contact Protocols ASAP. You guys seem to think the WE will be the ones to find THEM first, but its possible the THEY will find US first which is why I go with this plan even though i could go without the Exploration.
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I think waiting one more year is reasonable. It's been only 8 years from Discord's defeat, other countries MUST have problems of their own to deal with.

...It's actually quite impressive how quickly we united this empire.
 
zac1 said:
The fact that they would also be recovering from discord is a factor.
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Look at how fast we did it. We dont know how the other species are fairing, not to mention that the ponies have at least 3 hero units if not more, Celestia,Luna,Starswirl,The Pillars. I just think we need to be ready to not piss them of because of an accidental (french word that escapes me atm its starts with an F) faux pas!
 
[X] Plan: A Roundup, Some Explosives and a Dragon-child
-[X] Big Sticks
-[X] The Second Founding
-[X] Rounding Up the Strays
-[X] Explosive Siege Weapons
-[X] Picking Up a Trail
-[X] Job Interviews
-[X] Cracking an Egg
 
Somnia said:
Look at how fast we did it. We dont know how the other species are fairing, not to mention that the ponies have at least 3 hero units if not more, Celestia,Luna,Starswirl,The Pillars. I just think we need to be ready to not piss them of because of an accidental (french word that escapes me atm its starts with an F) faux pas!
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Of course those hero units were held down by the literal weekly super baddie, shadow, NM, and hosts of monsters that made the heros so famous. We had one baddie and are working on finding more to prevent their rise, we stamp down on any baddies quickly and united a whole other species under our banner, we are doing amazingly.
 
[] Plan Knights, Booze, and Dogs

Martial: 2 actions
[] The Second Founding (2) 800
[] Big Sticks (1) 200

Diplomacy: 1 action
[] Rounding Up the Strays (1) (65%) 100

Stewardship: 1 action
[Infrastructural Development] (1) Locked

Learning: 2 actions
[] Mushroom Moonshine (1) 50
[Selective Breeding] (1) Locked

Intrigue: 1 action
[] Picking Up a Trail (1) (60%) 200

Personal: 2 actions
[] Getting Swole (1) (55%) 0
[] What's Up Dog? (1) 0

Treasury Reserves: 2640
Yearly Income: 3500
Yearly Expenditures: 410
Net Income: 3090

Cost: 3090-1350=1740
Net=1740
Treasury=4380


Right here is the plan I posted earlier. Now that I actually got some sleep I can explain it.

For Martial the Knights are a stronger more elite formation that we do not have to pay upkeep for. They are also an easier way to expand our military and keep the monsters in check without losing to much cash. The Big Stick is because this war proved just how valuable and effective long range siege weapons are let's increase our strengths.

Diplomacy I want to get all the remaining Diamond Dogs integrated in all the regions of the Empire. Not to mention gaining them as increases of tax income from new citizens.

Stewardship is locked this turn and next turn we should have an option similar for upgrading Wingbardy as well.

Learning is pretty much still the same argument I have used. Moonshine gets us a new source alcohol which will have many benefits for medicine, industry, and drinks, and as a future export which we need to develop since we lack any real trade goods anyways that are not raw material. Guns and canons are well and all but we can not sell them to other parties.

Intrigue We need to find out what happen to the money and the council. That is not something we should leave alone or it will bite us in the ass somehow later.

For personal Getting Swole is both to try and improve our weakest stat but it is more important since that is how we got a kid last time. Let's go for baby number two. That way we have a spare and a friend for our son and future dragon child. The Dog action works well with the integration action as well. The Diamond dogs are proving to be some of our most loyal and effective subject we should learn about them.

Cost are are properly set up. They should reflect the correct numbers and they increase the treasury which is always good to have in case we need to take expensive action quickly in an emergency.
 
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