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Imperial France declines the offer to move the Bastille, but allows Prussian troops into France if they so wish. They won't give you anything for it though, aside from paying deployment costs. -Normandy becomes 'Prussian Friendly'

He's building a bunch of theatres, not super duper train mounted death rays Arch.

Lol yep. ---

:) And yea, pretty much. Some creative liberty is taken...of course :P

Austro-Hungarian invasion of France Summer, 1784 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQ1OV75weYA&feature=related Austria-Hungary’s leadership, rightly annoyed over the loss of its colonies is Australia was attempting to prove to Europe that it still had the might and power to influence the politics of the continent. And to that end they found themselves a nice and juicy target – Imperial France. Racked by Revolution, and with its royal treasury recent stolen, it seemed an easy fruit for the picking, however the French Imperial Government had recently raised an army with its remaining funds (originally intended to crush the Revolutionaries, as per the ‘Escalation of the Revolution – Royalist Response’ event), that was heading towards Versailles to regain control of the province. Instead, King Louis XIV who was personally leading the army received word that the Austro-Hungarian Army of Vienna had crossed the border from Lorraine and into France. Louis’ response was to turn the French Imperial Army away from Versailles and march to meet the Austrians. The Battle of Nivernais (Nevers), February 23rd, 1784 Austrian Army of Vienna - General Vranitzky (Disciplinarian) 2000 Imperial Guard 12,000 line infantry 4,000 fusiliers 1,000 grenadiers 1,000 skirmishers 3,000 lancers 4,000 Cuirassiers 40 cannon French Imperial Army – King Louis XVI (Cavalry commander) 6,000 line infantry 8,000 fusiliers 2,000 skirmishers 2,000 dragoons 4,000 cuirassiers 30 cannon The two armies met in Nevers, on the road that led to Paris. Heavily wooded on the advancing Austrian’s left flank, it was in the woods that General Vranitzky chose to deploy his fusiliers and skirmishers, while the bulk of his line infantry would advance flanked on the right by his cavalry. The French, by contrast, decided that the best hope of defeating the Austrian army was by sending their cavalry off into the woods to sneak around and flank the Austrian army. The battle opened up with a heavy cannonade from the Austrian forces, and the French responded in turn, both sides trading cannonshot at the opposing army’s artillery. The Austrians got the better of the engagement, as their cannon outnumbered the French, and they were on terrain that was ever so slightly elevated above the French position. Around a dozen French cannons were unseated from their limbers before Louis’ finally withdrew them out of range. Unfortunately, that left the waiting French infantry defenseless against the Austrian cannons, who ripped into their ranks with glee. The Austrians began their advance, their white uniforms bright against the midday sun, and the sound of the drums beating steadily had a very ominous sound to it. The entire line marched forward, in almost perfect unison, no step misplaced or movement uncalculated. It was a clockwork army, and General Vranitzky had wound it to breaking. The French responded by sending their 2,000 skirmishers forward. The Austrian skirmishers were in the woods on the left, and so were unable to meet their opponents in their private duel, and so the Austrian line infantry was forced to grin and bear the incessant snapping of the skirmisher’s muskets. But the skirmishers were like wasps stinging at an approaching bear, unable to do enough damage to ward it off, and so they fought a bitter withdraw from the fast approaching Austrian line. The skirmishers withdrew to the main French line, and the Austrian and French lines finally met. The two were even sized, but Vranitzky’s discipline shone as his met outperformed the relatively ill trained French army that faced them. The entire battlefield was soon clouded with musket smoke, and the opposing leaders were unable to discern what was going on. Suddenly, from the forest to the right there were shouts of surprise, and then the Austrian skirmishers were running in panic as 6,000 French cavalry came bursting out of the woods. The Austrian Fusiliers that had been in the woods hadn’t known they were there, and had walked right by them, and so these French cavalry charged for the open artillery that they saw. 2,000 French Dragoons and 4,000 Curiassiers were now behind the Austrian line and charging wildly towards the Austrian cannon, but General Vranitzky had seen them, and ordered his cavalry to counter-charge. However, they were too slow to reach the Austrian cannons before the French did, and the French cavalry massacred the fleeing artillerymen. Unfortunately, the French had not brought nails and hammers, and so could do nothing but swat at the cannon barrels with their swords, and so the Austrians charged forward. Both cavalry forces met with a sickening thud. 4,000 Austrian Curiassiers met their French counterparts. The ‘Big Brothers’ of the cavalry force, they wore heavy steel breastplates and carried straight bladed swords. They rode the biggest horses, and were the most heavily trained, and the two forces crashed together, stabbing and slashing at one another. Austrian lancers rode on the edges of the melee, stabbing forward at unprotected backs and jerking French cavalry off their horses. Within 20 minutes, nearly all of the French cavalry force had been killed. In the front of the battlefield, the Austrian infantry was making headway against the French line, which was now taking horrendous damage to its right flank as the 4,000 Austrian Fusiliers had managed to make its way out of the woods, and was pouring its concentrated fire on the French regiment holding the far right of the French line. The French army was unraveling. Its artillery had lost its duel, its cavalry was being massacred, and now the infantry line was rapidly dwindling. Louis’ knew defeat when he saw it, and so gave the order to withdraw before the army could turn to a rout. The French, despite taking horrendous losses, managed to withdraw from the field in relatively good order. The Austrian cavalry nonetheless still managed to kill an additional 1,000 men and capture 4 cannons from the hastily retreating French. Result: Tactical Victory: Austria-Hungary Strategic Victory: Austria-Hungary Casualties: Austria: 4,000 Line infantry 1,000 skirmishers 2,000 Cuirassiers France: 2,000 dragoons (Will not be replaced – regimental flags captured) 4,000 cuirassiers 2,000 Line infantry 4,000 Fusiliers 1,000 Skirmishers 4 cannons (Will not be replaced – captured by the Austrians) ----

Oh okay, my bad. I thought you were doing it just to annoy me :lol:

Happens once every century tbh.

The ones that don't care...don't care. The ones that do (the minority)...like the revolutionaries. It was so that they can play the game with planning wars and such, but didn't have to worry about the 'These troops will flank them on the right, these cannons will be placed on a ridge behind ['You're fighting in a forest'] Oh, then they'll be placed in a tree ['That's impossible'] Fine! They'll be buried in a hole and then come up and surprise them with super secret skills ['sigh'] and then my dragoons will dismount and make a cloverleaf over here to get around the enemy position, and blahblahblahlblah. And then the others person's tactics is 'I retreat to my city and hold there.' Thus wasting both mine and the first person's time, who then gets angry that his troops didn't follow his tactics. Devious bastard ---- Oh, and Austria-Hungary has declared war on Imperial France. I'm writing up the battle report.

Okay then, they take them and throw them away. Most don't really care what's going on in France. The common people that do care see the Revolutionaries fighting against a stagnant monarchy that almost led France to the brink of ruin, and are fighting for a more equal society. Yes. 'Do my work for me while I work out my schemes and post sacrecrows for people to get tired of attacking'. Both sides would be pissed. Imperial France does not want to give away half of France, and Revolutionary France (as Doom says) essentially has told you to piss off.

If Doom is selling them? No, I said French Revolutionary Guys...Like Guy Fawkes...like the Effigies of the Pope... Kinda like scarecrows that you burn. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes#Legacy Elsewhere Prussia investigates Dutch Windwill design, and conducts a study (Dusty) into wind speed in Prussia, and the possibility of developing an array of windmills to provide power. Ah okay. You burn them and the common people get mad at the Prussian government. Sure. Idk, let's say today. Happy birthday. Your present is the fact that there isn't a revolt over the occupation of your colonies in Australia that the Austrian government is doing nothing to either accept/try and get back. Seriously, you're still technically at war with Portugal. In which you stated you weren't a strategic person and that I should be the one to determine what you use and where... You can fail at revolutions and whatnot. Generally internal conflicts within your nation aren't enough to destroy it on its own, but when you factor in other players and what they might be doing to affect the outcome... Imperial France says it will accept Prussian troops if they like to help. ---

You need to have the right facial structure for aviators though, or else they just look...odd.

bwahaha

Spanish/American-British War Winter, 1783 The war began as the Spanish fleet set sail out of their port in the Caribbean, where they had been made ready for the war against Britain. Even in the early stages of the war, fighting was already taking place. The Spanish captain of Spain’s flagship Barco de Dios caught a British spy attempting to light the ship’s powder barrels on fire and destroy it. Instead, the man was dragged to the top deck and unceremoniously shot and then thrown overboard. The Spanish Fleet sailed unmolested towards Britain’s colonies in the new world, only sighting 4 British warships which turned tail and sailed away once they realized the Spanish Fleet outnumbered them six fold. The Spanish Fleet reached the British coastline just west of Florida and there unloaded the Spanish Army of Brazil, who marched ashore and deeper into the British colonial land. General Charles of the British Army of the Redcoats was soon informed of this landing, and led his men on a quick march south to meet the Spanish army. The speed of the Spanish landing had prevented him from bringing the different colonial militias into his army, and so his intent was to reach the fortifications at Montgomery and so force the Spanish to attack him there. He would have failed to reach the defenses were it not for the quick thinking of a British colonel in the vicinity of Montgomery, who had rallied his militia troops and managed to just barely hold of the advancing Spanish army in time for the Army of the Redcoats to arrive. With the British army still attempting to re-organize and get itself into defensive positions, General Vaquero of the Army of Brazil decided his best option would be for a full assault. The Battle of Montgomery’s Wall, August 2nd, 1783 Army of the Redcoats - General Charles 2000 Fusilers 3000 Line Infantry 1000 Grenadiers 1000 Hussars 1000 Lancers 10 Cannons Army of Brazil – General Vaquero 5,000 Line infantry 1,000 Grenadiers 1,000 Skirmishers 1,000 Fusiliers 1,000 Dragoons General Vaquero sent his cavalry speeding ahead first with orders to go around the British line. An odd order at first, since he was sending them off without infantry support, but General Vaquero wanted to destroy the British cannons that were still lagging behind. Unfortunately for the cavalry, the cannons were being guarded by General Charles’ Fusiliers, who upon seeing the cavalry formed into quick squares and drove them off with musket fire. However, during this time the Spanish infantry had not been inactive, and had rushed forward en masse to drive the British out of their crude defensive works. 1,000 Grenadiers led the charge, and braved the British musket fire to throw their quick-fuse grenades over the wall. The grenades had a tremendous effect, wounding hundreds of the tightly packed redcoats with their initial toss. Even worse, whenever a redcoat lifted himself up to respond with his musket, Spanish skirmishers drove him back down with their fire. The battle was going badly for the Redcoats, until finally the British artillerymen managed to set up their cannons, and began blasting canister into the advancing Spanish. The attack faltered, as cannon and musket fire rippled through the ranks, and General Charles seized his chance and sounded the charge. 2,000 British cavalry charge out across the field aiming for the mass of Spanish troops, but the cavalry lost their discipline and left behind the infantry that was hurrying to catch up and join the attack. They charged forward with their sabres held out like lances, their eyes filled with bloodlust, and they were so blinded by that bloodlust that they didn’t see the forward companies of the Spanish infantry wheel out and point their muskets towards them. Most of the British cavalry floundered and died as thousands of muskets spat out towards them, but the remainder crashed into the Spanish infantry, driving at them with sabres. Finally, the British infantry came forward, screaming like banshees and attacked the Spaniards with muskets and bayonets. The pressure was far too much for the Spanish to handle, with cannon shot pummeling their ranks, horsemen at their flanks, and blood and mud stained redcoats with bayonets at their front. They broke and ran. The British were too tired to pursue, and so what remained of the Spanish Army of Brazil boarded naval boats and landed in Cuba to lick their wounds. Result – Battle of Montgomery’s Wall: Tactical Victory: Great Britain Strategic Victory: Great Britain Casualties: Great Britain: 1000 Hussars 1000 Lancers 2000 Line infantry 1000 Colonial Militia Spain: 4000 Line infantry 1000 Dragoons WEST COAST The situation on the west coast was far more grim for the British colonial Empire. Advancing along the strips of land that Britain had colonized to reach the Pacific Ocean, the Spanish Army of Mexico under General Mendez was marching eastward towards Britain’s older colonies. It advanced as far as Davenport, meeting only token resistance from British militia soldiers, who were quickly dispersed. However at Davenport the British Colonial Army was waiting, across a wide bridge over the Mississippi River. The two armies were relatively evenly sized, with the Spanish fielding only 2,000 more men, and so General Chapman decided he would hold. The Battle of Davenport, September 16th, 1783 Army of Mexico (General Mendez - Winter Specialist) 5,000 line infantry 1,000 Grenadiers 1,000 Skirmishers 2,000 Fusiliers 1,000 Cuirassiers 1,000 Dragoons 2,000 Hussars 5 cannons Colonial Army (General Chapman - Infantry commander) 4,000 line infantry 3,000 dragoons 2,000 skirmishers 1,000 Fusilers 10 Cannons 3,000 Colonial Militia General Chapman was confident of his position, and so chose not to advance past the bridge when the Spanish set up their guns, instead he simply responded with his own, and the two exchanged cannonfire for around two hours until General Mendez finally clicked his watch closed and order the infantry to advance. His advisors cautioned him against such a move, saying it was good as suicide, but he simply waved them off and said ‘watch!’. The Spanish infantry advanced confidentally, their banners flapping in the breeze, and even the British cannonade did not falter their step. The Mississippi River was calm that day, but it was still to deep to ford, and so the Spanish would need to use the bridge. They advanced with their skirmishers in front, and General Chapman responded by sending his own forward. Outnumbered and outfought by Chapman’s skirmishers, the Spaniards were forced to withdraw their skirmishing companies to the flanks of the assaulting columns. Smoke wreathed the bridge as the columns finally advanced close enough to be in range of the redcoat’s musket fire, which began with fervor. The Spanish columns bogged down, unable to make a breakthrough into the British line, and the column unraveled into a crude line against orders, as the Spanish soldiers realized they could not advanced any further into that maelstrom of lead and smoke. Both sides exchanged fire for what seemed an eternity, but Chapman’s superior infantry command was winning the day. The Spanish Army of Mexico was not prepared for this slugmatch, but Mendez had an ace up his sleeve. Two, to be exact. As the battle had been dragging on, the American Coffee Brigade had been advancing on the same point, and the flag of the Thirteen Colonies was suddenly spotted behind the British line. Panic gripped the redcoats as they realized they had been surrounded, and that was the moment that Mendez comitted his grenadiers to the assault. They were the elite of any infantry, larger, better trained, and better equipped, and they came storming across the bridge. The British were forced to turn the muskets back at the Spanish, enticing the American Brigade into the attack. The Coffee Brigade (General Granger) 3,000 Line Infantry 2,000 Dragons 2500 skirmishers 3 cannon The Americans set up their cannon on a low ridge behind the British line and began firing immediately, sending canister into the redcoat line. American skirmishers followed soon afterwards, peppering the rear of the British line, and then came the line infantry and dragoons. The British pinned from the front and behind, taking heavy casualties. Even still, Chapman through some inhuman ability was managing to hold his men together, and even surrounding they were hitting back with a sting. Thousands of Spaniards had already died, and the Americans were falling by the dozens now as well. Unfortunately for Chapman, Mendez’s second ace came at that point. 6,000 Apache cavalry came bursting out from the British side of the Mississippi, charging armed with Spanish carbines and swords, and they crashed into the 3,000 British colonial militia that Chapman had been holding in reserve, who fled instantly being unequipped to deal with such a ferocious cavalry charge. The British dragoons attempted to respond by counter-charging the Apache cavalry, but the American cavalry joined the natives, and with the added numbers the American/Apache cavalry force ran roughshod over the British dragoons, who quickly fled as well. The pressure was too great for even Chapman’s skills to handle, and the panic gripped the British line, who broke and fled. Even still, Chapman managed to rally some survivors and they headed south, escaping by the only unthreatened route. Spanish and Apache cavalry finished what was left of the British Colonial Army. Result: Tactical Victory: Spain/America/Apache Strategic Victory: Spain/America/Apache Casualties: Spain: 4,000 Line infantry 1,000 Skirmishers 1,000 Fusiliers America: 1,000 Skirmishers Apache: 1,000 Cavalry Great Britain: 3,000 line infantry 2,000 dragoons 2,000 skirmishers 10 Cannons 3,000 Colonial Militia (THESE UNITS WILL NOT BE REPLACED. They were surrounded and entirely annihilated. That being said, by same insane probability Chapman actually managed to get 2,000 or so men out alive) Spainish Mainland A force of 5,000 Spanish troops invaded the coastal fortress of Gibraltar. The garrison was quickly overcome, but managed to hold out long enough for the British Royal Navy to escape. Out to sea, the navy could not find any sort of Spanish military vessels to destroy, and so contented itself by boarding Spanish merchantmen returning from the colonies. Great Britain Treasury: +1,000,000 ducats Back to America The American Tea and Revolutionary Brigades attacked Canada and Florida, respectively, meeting little to no resistance (colonial militias), and occupying the land quite easily. Map Showing who is occupying what currently

I am veddy veddy sneaky. Almost done writing everything up. Should be another 20mins maybe (I'm slow and lazy)

*shrug* Most of them don't really care and just want to live their lives. The others like it since they believe Catherine is running Russia into the ground. Exiled nobles of course are ecstatic. The only restrictions placed really are that on technology, which I can understand why you're mad because that's your whole gameplay style. But to be perfectly honest, I didn't feel like having to write up battle reports pertaining to machine gun wielding bear cavalry, hot air baloon fighter craft, and steam powered super cannons in the Napoleonic Era. Not only would it make me seem like a total nutjob to anyone else who read it, it would be stupid hard to calculate. This attack goes through. Only reason it was delayed was that I was waiting for a defensive map. Idk what you're asking. You bought a bunch of French Revolutionaries and then handed them out to the people? :S Crimea agrees on the condition that Russia makes no attempt whatsoever to interfere with its internal politics (eg. no mucking around with Crimea's nobility) ------ Royalist's Response: Royalist armies rampage across Britanny, killing hundreds of supposed Revolutionaries, and imprisoning thousands of others. Rev. France loses Brittany as 'Revolutionary Influenced' In response to Royalist violence, most of Southern France sways to the Revolutionary side. [Writing up the British War atm]

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Flavour...developing the game world...emotional blackmail later on... The game is very dull if all we do is pm you research and the number of troops we are invading somewhere with...and occasionally respond to random events. Plus it sets stuff in motion....40 years time the changes that I, Retech and Doom are making will have begun filtering down to the common man in the street...which means that the game will change in one manner or another... I suppose. *shrug* 2m You get tech?

You can share tech if you'd like. And idk, what exactly would the point of setting up a Red Cross be? You don't have to use him, you could use another General. All successful, no complications. --- Netherlands has colonized: 1 province in Africa 2 provinces in North America 2 Provinces in the pacific ----- Isle of Wight update: - 1,000 Fusiliers and 2 British frigates attack the Isle of Wight - Russian Nobility's poor quality line infantry cram into the fishing boat and try and sail away - Fishing boat is sunk by British frigate, all drown - Russian nobility surrender - British officers search their new prisoners, and find a rather disproportionate amount of Prussian coins in their possession.

I wasn't telling you, I was merely informing the others not to listen to your silliness about how it should be able to kill their armies entirely (which you would say at some point or another and then it would start a big argument). Merely nipping it in the bud, wotwot. --

Despite what Arch will tell you, quicklime shells are not exactly accurate or super effective. It's a very unrefined aspect of Napoleonic warfare, and one that gets a lot of people pissed off when it's used (just saying). Also, GB has given Prussia its recent agricultural advancement

GB and Netherlands have been researching agricultural improvements since day 1 I believe. If you want to PM me what you're working on that would be good.

Or get a laptop that can be used for something other than a door stopper. --- Russian nobility invades the Isle of Wight -Russian nobles attack the Isle of Wight with troops armed with spears and sticks -Residents perplexed, and simply shrug and go back to farming -Most of the Russian nobility's "army" deserts and sails away -Isle of Wight occupied by 20 Russian nobles and 200 poor quality line infantry, and a broken fishing boat -???????????????????????? I have no idea either. News from the USA: Update for Rev France and Russia coming after I omnomnom dinner

That and the fact that my lower backs been killing me for the past week so I can't really sit at the computer for extended periods of time. Yes --- What do you guys think of a budget reset every year in-game (so two days irl)?

You realize that you are still technically at war with Austria-Hungary, right?