[X] Acknowledge Amber Road's independence and sign treaties of friendship. (-1 Influence, Revaunchists weakened, alliance with Amber Road.)
[X] White Peace (+2 Influence, -1 Influence and Revaunchists weakened)
Treaties of friendship and commerce are signed with Amber Road. You acknowledge their independence and secure their friendship thereby. It is unlikely that they will be able to help against Western Wall, but Western Wall can't assume that, which is helpful in its own way.
(Gained Non-Aggression Pact with Amber Road. Gained Favorable Trade Status with Amber Road, providing +.1 income, and an additional +.1 when Western Wall is taken)
Despite many of the warhawks grumbling about letting Amber Road go, the victories in Hellas and the resulting peace left the priests smiling and the nobles sure of their virtue.
Note: Revaunchists are antsy, and displeased by the hits they have been taking. Half Measures are more likely to fail to appease them, but enough of them probably will.
Construct Warships, Harmurri Gulf: Do you really need warships on the Monsoon Sea? The trade there is quite civilized with much less piracy than on the Saffron Sea. (70%. 2 years. +Warships. Expensive)
We may need warships to counter Khem's raising anger if we undersell grains. Potentally 3/10 is bad. May need Operation Cholera Cure.
Honor of Elites, Western Wall: Demand the rebels surrender and swear fealty once again to their rightful lord! (Narrative%. 1 year, +Influence, Casus Belli if failed)
Rage Against The Steppes!: Demand the Black Sheep savages surrender and abandon their oppression of the people of the Thunder Plateau. (Narrative%. 1 year. +Influence)
Personal Stewards of Nature, Styrmyr: Demand that the Styrmyr return the lands of greenshore to your rule. (Narrative%?. 1 Year. +Influence. Casus Belli if failed)
Diplomatic Contact, Styrmyr: You are most displeased to find that the Styrmyr have decided to immediately conquer Greenshore upon the cessation of the Games. Still, Greenshore were rebels, so maybe the Styrmyr could prove reasonable? (???% 1 Year.)
Diplomatic Contact, Berba: Who are the Berba and what do they want? (???%. 1 Year.)
Diplomatic Contact, Hellas: Who are the Hellas and what do they want? Besides Trelli. (???%. 1 Year.)
Diplomatic Contact, Magyar: The Barbarians in Kus are a blight, but they do seem to command the majority of the realm there. (???%. 1 Year. Possible -Influence)
Diplomatic Contact, Norsca: Who are the Norsca and what do they want? (???%. 1 Year.)
Diplomatic Contact, Tarta: Who are Tarta and what do they want? (???%. 1 Year.)
Sell Food, Kus: Famine stalks the land in Kus. The admin chief says that with the population crash of the collapse, the farms are producing a considerable surplus that could be sold to the Kus. Which could help plug the funding hole until more reliable revenue streams are secured. The Spirit Chief, on the other hand, advises that the morally upright thing to do is sell the grain cheaply to save as many kusmen from starvation as possible. (100%. 1+1d2 Years. Other Effects)
-[] Gouge them (-1 Influence, Insanely Profitable, -Kus Opinion)
-[] Charge pre-famine prices (Profitable, Possible +Kus Opinion, Possible -Khem Opinion)
-[] Feed as many as possible. (+1 Influence, +.1 Treasury, ++Kus Opinion, -Khem Opinion, Possible -Khem Opinion)
Gouge them is basically makes big numbers at expense of long term gain. OTOH, I have mixed feeling. Khem is a possible ally, and is right next to us. We shouldn't piss them off. However, Kus is also right next to us, and is a whole subcontinent of people. The calculus clear is that we should try to blunt the famine of a whole SUBCONTINTENT of people, and we gain from everyone in Kus having a positive opinion of us.
We can repair the damage by spreading Cholera cure and the Sacred Warding to Khem to make up for the damage. But it will costs actions.
Math Reform: The Kus have made advances in the notation of mathematics beyond the wildest dreams of the people. Not to mention the substance of math. "Zero"… it will change everything once people get a handle on it. If you were to institute reforms that changed the Melkut Ymaryn to the superior Kus system of math, then there would be immense savings simply from more precise ability to keep track of things. Of course, until the bureaucracy got a hang of the new numbers, it would be pure chaos. (12%. 5 Years. Extremely Expensive, -1 Authority immediately, +1 Income)
Survey Hathytta Province: Hathytta has long been the center of your mining industries. Many enterprising citizens will even try to survey and find valuable resources on their own initiative. Still, the land is rich and another survey can do no harm. (???%. 1 Year. Resources?)
Survey Txolla Province: Txolla has been surveyed many times, but technology and the skill of surveyors is always improving. It might be possible to find something of use on the floodplains. (???%. 1 Year. Resources?)
Survey Tinshore Province: Tinshore has been surveyed many times, but technology and the skill of surveyors is always improving. It might be possible to find something of use there. (???%. 1 Year. Resources?)
Survey Core: The Core has been surveyed many times, but technology and the skill of surveyors is always improving. It might be possible to find something of use there. (???%. 1 Year. Resources?)
Survey Northern Core: The Northern Core has been surveyed many times, but technology and the skill of surveyors is always improving. It might be possible to find something of use there. (???%. 1 Year. Resources?)
Survey Memory of Spirits Province: Memory of Spirits has been surveyed many times, but technology and the skill of surveyors is always improving. It might be possible to find something of use there. (???%. 1 Year. Resources?)
Develop Wagon Ways, Stonepen: Stonepen was always the smallest of your great cities, as it did not have an easily navigable waterway to help feed it. With wagonways, such as you have in mines and in the great cities of Redshore and Trelli, it would be possible to roughly quadruple the ammount of goods shipped to and from Stonepen. (55%. 4 years. Very Expensive, +.1 Income, +15% on Wagonways Megaprojects)
Support Province: Give one of the provinces considerable sums of money to assist in their current infrastructural projects. (85%, 1 Year, Expensive, +Province Loyalty)
-Write in which province
Lot and lot of actions are piling up. I don't remember surveying the cores and northern core being there.
Intrigue:
Establish Spy Network: Establish a spy network in one of the places you have diplomatic contact with.
(33%. 3 Years. Fails entirely if it fails once. Unlocks options. May be taken multiple times, but only with different targets.)
-Write in Target
Infiltration, Styrmyr: You can't imagine the People of Greenshore are happy to be under the occupation of the Styrmyr. See if you can't find some organized resistance to speak to or fund. (???%. ? Years. ???)
Infiltration, Black Sheep: You can't imagine the People of the Thunder Plateau are happy to be under nomad bootheel. See if you can't find some organized resistance to speak to or fund. (???%. ? Years. ???)
Spreading the Warding, Khem: Long ago, the People spread knowledge of the Sacred Warding to the Khemetri, trusting that they where the only power sophisticated enough to maintain it. Somewhere along the way, the knowledge was lost. Probably during the Samynish conquest, since a lot of the old priests died then. Still, they remain a sophisticated civilization, and likely able to handle the Sacred Warding correctly. (50%. 5 Years. +1 Khem Opinion, possible +1 Khem Opinion. Starpox fought.)
Spreading the Warding, Abyss: The land of Abyss seems to be a robust and centralized state. It can be trusted with the knowledge of the Sacred Warding. Fighting the starpox is always desirable. (50%. 5 Years. +1 Abyss Opinion, possible +1 Abyss Opinion. Starpox fought.)
Spreading the Warding, Hung: The Central Empire has an extremely robust bureaucracy. They can be trusted with the sacred warding. It should be spread to them, to defend as many people as possible against the starpox. (50%. 7 years, +1 Hung Opinion, possible +1 Hung opinion. Starpox fought.)
Spreading the Warding, Amber Road: Amber Road lost their herds when the Great Khan rolled through. However, the institutions they have been building are robust. It would be quite simple to restore the warding to them. (75%. 4 years. +Amber Road Opinion. Starpox fought)
Praise the Sun, part 2 In progress.
Against Cholera, Khem: Somewhere along the way the Khemetri lost the treatment for Cholera you gifted them so long ago. It should be fairly easy to send it over to them again. (80%. 1 Year. Possible +Khem Opinion)
Against Cholera, Vynta: The people of Vynta do not appear to know the way to treat and fight cholera. Spread it to them. (85%. 1 Year. Possible +Vynta Opinion.)
Against Cholera, Ruma: The people of Ruma lack your ability to treat the cholera. Teach them how. (85%. 1 Year. Possible +Ruma Opinion)
Against Cholera, Pamplona: The people of Pamplona are without a treatment for cholera. Help them fight it. (85%. 1 Year. Possible + Pamplona Opinion)
Against Cholera, Abyss: The people of Abyss lack a treatment for the cholera. Demonstrate your might and generosity by giving your to them. (85%. 1 Year. Possible +Abyss Opinion)
Against Cholera, Rexum Germanum: The Doych are without protection against the ravages of cholera. You could give it to them. (85%. 1 year. +Rexum Germanum Opinion)
@Oshha - sending the king to personally threaten a foreign country seems like a good way to get him killed if they decide to attack. I would aim the King as the Kus action in an attempt to blunt the chance of - Khem opinion.
Note that I've placed personal attention on the non-threatening diplomatic action to Styrmyr and we aren't making any warlike actions until next year. That said, we got two free Banner Companies that we can send along as bodyguards and as a way to show off the strength of the Ymaryn Empire. As for blunting the chance of losing Khem opinion, I consider it unlikely. Khem wants their money and they are going to be upset with us for stopping from gorging Kus.
[] Plan Oshha
-[] Authority: Infiltration, Black Sheep: You can't imagine the People of the Thunder Plateau are happy to be under nomad bootheel. See if you can't find some organized resistance to speak to or fund. (???%. ? Years. ???)
-[] Influence: Sell Food, Kus: Famine stalks the land in Kus. The admin chief says that with the population crash of the collapse, the farms are producing a considerable surplus that could be sold to the Kus. Which could help plug the funding hole until more reliable revenue streams are secured. The Spirit Chief, on the other hand, advises that the morally upright thing to do is sell the grain cheaply to save as many kusmen from starvation as possible. (100%. 1+1d2 Years. Other Effects)
--[] Feed as many as possible. (+1 Influence, +.1 Treasury, ++Kus Opinion, -Khem Opinion, Possible -Khem Opinion)
-[] Influence: Diplomatic Contact, Styrmyr: You are most displeased to find that the Styrmyr have decided to immediately conquer Greenshore upon the cessation of the Games. Still, Greenshore were rebels, so maybe the Styrmyr could prove reasonable? (???% 1 Year.)
-[] Influence: Diplomatic Contact, Tarta: Who are Tarta and what do they want? (???%. 1 Year.)
-[] Influence: Personal Stewards of Nature, Styrmyr: Demand that the Styrmyr return the lands of greenshore to your rule. (Narrative%?. 1 Year. +Influence. Casus Belli if failed)
-[] Influence: Sell Bombards, Behryvar: Does Behryvar want bombards? (75%. 1 Year. Profitable.)
-[] Iron Flowers: Assign them to bodyguard King Balthazar when he visits Styrmyr.
-[] Heaven's Hawks: Assign them to bodyguard King Balthazar when he visits Styrmyr.
-[] Attend to a particular action personally. (Provides bonus to action)
--[] Diplomatic Contact, Styrmyr
Spreading the Warding, Amber Road: Amber Road lost their herds when the Great Khan rolled through. However, the institutions they have been building are robust. It would be quite simple to restore the warding to them. (75%. 4 years. +Amber Road Opinion. Starpox fought)
I am annoyed that we kept delaying the cure for cholera. It's great for us if we time it correctly for maxmium mechanical benefit, but also people are dying every year we delay it. It feel like there is never a good time to do the cholera cure.
We haven't kept delaying it since that implies we planned to do it. My stance has been that we do it after the campaign to retake Thunder Plateau because then we will have actions to do it over the next few turns while both Txollan King and revanchists will be appeased for at least a few turns.
By the way, what would people prefer? Contacting the Tarta as a potential ally against Styrmyr and future customers for our guns or giving Amber Road the Sacred Warding?
We haven't kept delaying it since that implies we planned to do it. My stance has been that we do it after the campaign to retake Thunder Plateau because then we will have actions to do it over the next few turns while both Txollan King and revanchists will be appeased for at least a few turns.
By the way, what would people prefer? Contacting the Tarta as a potential ally against Styrmyr and future customers for our guns or giving Amber Road the Sacred Warding?
It is weird to me that this would be an option. Moving cattle that distance sounds hard enough even without WW potentially sniping the shipment.
I like the PSoN + Diplo double-whammy. I'm not sure that sending a merc company is sufficiently "non-warlike", however. @Aranfan can we direct that "personal attention" means personally speaking with and coordinating the messaging of our diplomats before they're sent out, rather than travelling in person into rebel territory?
[] Plan Oshha
-[] Authority: Infiltration, Black Sheep: You can't imagine the People of the Thunder Plateau are happy to be under nomad bootheel. See if you can't find some organized resistance to speak to or fund. (???%. ? Years. ???)
-[] Influence: Sell Food, Kus: Famine stalks the land in Kus. The admin chief says that with the population crash of the collapse, the farms are producing a considerable surplus that could be sold to the Kus. Which could help plug the funding hole until more reliable revenue streams are secured. The Spirit Chief, on the other hand, advises that the morally upright thing to do is sell the grain cheaply to save as many kusmen from starvation as possible. (100%. 1+1d2 Years. Other Effects)
--[] Feed as many as possible. (+1 Influence, +.1 Treasury, ++Kus Opinion, -Khem Opinion, Possible -Khem Opinion)
-[] Influence: Diplomatic Contact, Styrmyr: You are most displeased to find that the Styrmyr have decided to immediately conquer Greenshore upon the cessation of the Games. Still, Greenshore were rebels, so maybe the Styrmyr could prove reasonable? (???% 1 Year.)
-[] Influence: Personal Stewards of Nature, Styrmyr: Demand that the Styrmyr return the lands of greenshore to your rule. (Narrative%?. 1 Year. +Influence. Casus Belli if failed)
-[] Influence: Sell Bombards, Behryvar: Does Behryvar want bombards? (75%. 1 Year. Profitable.)
-[] Influence: Spreading the Warding, Amber Road: Amber Road lost their herds when the Great Khan rolled through. However, the institutions they have been building are robust. It would be quite simple to restore the warding to them. (75%. 4 years. +Amber Road Opinion. Starpox fought)
-[] Attend to a particular action personally. (Provides bonus to action)
--[] Diplomatic Contact, Styrmyr
Having spoken with the QM on the discord, we don't need to worry about Styrmyr killing our king and the Banner Companies are apparently full armies in their own right and unsuited to being bodyguards. I am also switching out contacting Tarta for giving Amber Road the Sacred Warding.
To be clear, infantry squares are like... 1000 people on the low end. And the Heaven's Hawk banner company contains a lot of knights, when you typically didn't need all that many to turn a battle in the era (IIRC)
[] Plan Oshha
-[] Authority: Infiltration, Black Sheep: You can't imagine the People of the Thunder Plateau are happy to be under nomad bootheel. See if you can't find some organized resistance to speak to or fund. (???%. ? Years. ???)
-[] Influence: Sell Food, Kus: Famine stalks the land in Kus. The admin chief says that with the population crash of the collapse, the farms are producing a considerable surplus that could be sold to the Kus. Which could help plug the funding hole until more reliable revenue streams are secured. The Spirit Chief, on the other hand, advises that the morally upright thing to do is sell the grain cheaply to save as many kusmen from starvation as possible. (100%. 1+1d2 Years. Other Effects)
--[] Feed as many as possible. (+1 Influence, +.1 Treasury, ++Kus Opinion, -Khem Opinion, Possible -Khem Opinion)
-[] Influence: Diplomatic Contact, Styrmyr: You are most displeased to find that the Styrmyr have decided to immediately conquer Greenshore upon the cessation of the Games. Still, Greenshore were rebels, so maybe the Styrmyr could prove reasonable? (???% 1 Year.)
-[] Influence: Personal Stewards of Nature, Styrmyr: Demand that the Styrmyr return the lands of greenshore to your rule. (Narrative%?. 1 Year. +Influence. Casus Belli if failed)
-[] Influence: Sell Bombards, Behryvar: Does Behryvar want bombards? (75%. 1 Year. Profitable.)
-[] Influence: Spreading the Warding, Amber Road: Amber Road lost their herds when the Great Khan rolled through. However, the institutions they have been building are robust. It would be quite simple to restore the warding to them. (75%. 4 years. +Amber Road Opinion. Starpox fought)
-[] Attend to a particular action personally. (Provides bonus to action)
--[] Diplomatic Contact, Styrmyr
Having spoken with the QM on the discord, we don't need to worry about Styrmyr killing our king and the Banner Companies are apparently full armies in their own right and unsuited to being bodyguards. I am also switching out contacting Tarta for giving Amber Road the Sacred Warding.
I prefer to move Amber Road to authority to ensure that we do the best we can, since we don't want diseases to spread within Amber Road, much like we did with Tinshore. Amber Road is incredibly important to the future of the empire.
I prefer to move Amber Road to authority to ensure that we do the best we can, since we don't want diseases to spread within Amber Road, much like we did with Tinshore. Amber Road is incredibly important to the future of the empire.
I would rather ensure success on the Infiltrate action since the last one was relative low in chances of success and the Amber Road action has a good chance of success. If you want to put an Authority on it, I am going to say we should wait until next year then when we got another free to spend on it.
Depending on whether we want to split our attention between (famine, Styrmyr, future war) or between (famine, Styrmyr, future war, Amber Road), I'd put these two forward.
Khem seems unlikely to spread the cholera cure soon given their willingness to gouge famine victims on top of their internal issues, and I want them to at least be mollified.
I would prefer contacting Tarta to threaten a coordinated war with Styrmyr but I'm willing to support stronger Soyuz connections through Amber Road if that's more popular.
[] Plan Two and a Half Problems
-[] Influence: Sell Food, Kus
--[] Feed as many as possible
-[] Influence: Against Cholera, Khem
-[] Influence: Diplomatic Contact, Styrmyr
-[] Influence: Personal Stewards of Nature, Styrmyr
-[] Influence: Diplomatic Contact, Tarta
-[] Authority: Infiltration, Black Sheep
-[] Attend to a particular action personally.
--[] Diplomatic Contact, Styrmyr
[] Plan Three and a Half Problems
-[] Influence: Sell Food, Kus
--[] Feed as many as possible
-[] Influence: Against Cholera, Khem
-[] Influence: Diplomatic Contact, Styrmyr
-[] Influence: Personal Stewards of Nature, Styrmyr
-[] Influence: Spreading the Warding, Amber Road
-[] Authority: Infiltration, Black Sheep
-[] Attend to a particular action personally.
--[] Diplomatic Contact, Styrmyr
Strongly support this move. We can always try again if the cholera cure doesn't catch hold on a given turn, but the greater importance and complexity of the Warding warrants our full bureaucratic might.
I would rather ensure success on the Infiltrate action since the last one was relative low in chances of success and the Amber Road action has a good chance of success. If you want to put an Authority on it, I am going to say we should wait until next year then when we got another free to spend on it.
Strongly support this move. We can always try again if the cholera cure doesn't catch hold on a given turn, but the greater importance and complexity of the Warding warrants our full bureaucratic might.
Okay, I'll save it for next turn then when there is another Authority to spend on it.
[] Plan Oshha
-[] Authority: Infiltration, Black Sheep: You can't imagine the People of the Thunder Plateau are happy to be under nomad bootheel. See if you can't find some organized resistance to speak to or fund. (???%. ? Years. ???)
-[] Influence: Sell Food, Kus: Famine stalks the land in Kus. The admin chief says that with the population crash of the collapse, the farms are producing a considerable surplus that could be sold to the Kus. Which could help plug the funding hole until more reliable revenue streams are secured. The Spirit Chief, on the other hand, advises that the morally upright thing to do is sell the grain cheaply to save as many kusmen from starvation as possible. (100%. 1+1d2 Years. Other Effects)
--[] Feed as many as possible. (+1 Influence, +.1 Treasury, ++Kus Opinion, -Khem Opinion, Possible -Khem Opinion)
-[] Influence: Diplomatic Contact, Styrmyr: You are most displeased to find that the Styrmyr have decided to immediately conquer Greenshore upon the cessation of the Games. Still, Greenshore were rebels, so maybe the Styrmyr could prove reasonable? (???% 1 Year.)
-[] Influence: Personal Stewards of Nature, Styrmyr: Demand that the Styrmyr return the lands of greenshore to your rule. (Narrative%?. 1 Year. +Influence. Casus Belli if failed)
-[] Influence: Diplomatic Contact, Tarta: Who are Tarta and what do they want? (???%. 1 Year.)
-[] Influence: Sell Bombards, Behryvar: Does Behryvar want bombards? (75%. 1 Year. Profitable.)
-[] Attend to a particular action personally. (Provides bonus to action)
--[] Diplomatic Contact, Styrmyr
Contacting the Tarta fills out the diplomatic situation and gets a potential ally against the Styrmyr if the Styrmyr don't play ball with us. Plus we might be able to sell them some guns next turn.
We might want to station the Banner companies in Trelli as a quick reaction force toward Greenshore, but it might make Stymyr scared and disinclined to give up Greenshore.
We might want to station the Banner companies in Trelli as a quick reaction force toward Greenshore, but it might make Stymyr scared and disinclined to give up Greenshore.
@Aranfan would stationing banner companies in Trelli be helpful to hypothetical war rolls for next turn, relative to what I assume is their default of having them come back to the capital?
[X] Plan Two Problems, Dual Preparation
-[X] Influence: Sell Food, Kus
--[X] Feed as many as possible
-[X] Influence: Against Cholera, Khem
-[X] Influence: Diplomatic Contact, Styrmyr
-[X] Influence: Personal Stewards of Nature, Styrmyr
-[X] Influence: Diplomatic Contact, Tarta
-[X] Authority: Infiltration, Black Sheep
-[X] Attend to a particular action personally.
--[X] Diplomatic Contact, Styrmyr
-[X] Deploy Banner Companies: Maintain readiness in eastern Trelli, in case the Styrmyr attack our diplomats or otherwise commit treachery
We can offset the -Kkem opinion with the cholera cure and let's face it, if there's a general famine in Kus rather than a specific part of it, there will be enough demand for Khem to gouge despite us shipping all we can* and if they ship to Ealam and we ship to Kurna we aren't even undercutting them on the dockside. They'll still be pissed off because we made them look bad but eh. The important thing is the +influence anyway.
If we're giving the cholera cure to Khem then it's time for the cholera cure flex
[] Plan Noliar - humanitarian flex
-[] Authority: Infiltration, Styrmyr: You can't imagine the People of Greenshore are happy to be under the occupation of the Styrmyr. See if you can't find some organized resistance to speak to or fund. (???%. ? Years. ???)
-[] Infuence: Sell Food, Kus: Famine stalks the land in Kus. The admin chief says that with the population crash of the collapse, the farms are producing a considerable surplus that could be sold to the Kus. Which could help plug the funding hole until more reliable revenue streams are secured. The Spirit Chief, on the other hand, advises that the morally upright thing to do is sell the grain cheaply to save as many kusmen from starvation as possible. (100%. 1+1d2 Years. Other Effects)
--[] Feed as many as possible. (+1 Influence, +.1 Treasury, ++Kus Opinion, -Khem Opinion, Possible -Khem Opinion)
-[] Infuence: Personal Stewards of Nature, Styrmyr: Demand that the Styrmyr return the lands of greenshore to your rule. (Narrative%?. 1 Year. +Influence. Casus Belli if failed)
-[] Infuence: Against Cholera, Khem: Somewhere along the way the Khemetri lost the treatment for Cholera you gifted them so long ago. It should be fairly easy to send it over to them again. (80%. 1 Year. Possible +Khem Opinion)
-[] Infuence: Against Cholera, Vynta: The people of Vynta do not appear to know the way to treat and fight cholera. Spread it to them. (85%. 1 Year. Possible +Vynta Opinion.)
-[] Infuence: Against Cholera, Pamplona: The people of Pamplona are without a treatment for cholera. Help them fight it. (85%. 1 Year. Possible + Pamplona Opinion)
-[] Infuence: Against Cholera, Rexum Germanum: The Doych are without protection against the ravages of cholera. You could give it to them. (85%. 1 year. +Rexum Germanum Opinion)
-[] Free: Deploy Banner Companies: Station Iron Flowers in Tinshore and Heaven's Hawk in Txolla
-[] Personal: Overwork
*The monsoon sea trade to Kus has been shipping high value goods in relatively small volumes, not vast amounts of staple foods. In normal times the extra thousand kilometers across oceanic seas compared to Saffron sea trade makes the latter unprofitable. We and Khem both sell food to the not!Arabs but they're a tiny market close by. The fleet of big ships that let Khem be a big grain exporter are on the Saffron sea.
