Scientific Events
Penetrations of X-Rays is dependent on the Atomic weight of elemts is discovered in
Germany
Charles Barkla discovers that each element has a characteristic X-ray and that the degree of penetration of these X-rays is related to the atomic weight of the element. Barkla made significant progress in developing and refining the laws of X-ray scattering, X-ray spectroscopy, the principles governing the transmission of X-rays through matter, and especially the principles of the excitation of secondary X-rays.
- Option 1: Exploit the advantage - gain a one-off 10 IC (available this turn)
- Option 2: Continue to invest researching further - gain 20 science IC
- Option 3: Spread the knowledge to the wider world - gain 100 cultural points.
Chromatography technique developed in
Siam
Mikhail Tsvet first names the chromatography technique for organic compound separation, in the course of demonstrating that chlorophyll is not a single chemical compound. Chromatography is the collective term for a set of laboratory techniques for the separation of mixtures. It involves passing a mixture dissolved in a "mobile phase" through a stationary phase, which separates the analyte to be measured from other molecules in the mixture based on differential partitioning between the mobile and stationary phases. Subtle differences in a compound's partition coefficient result in differential retention on the stationary phase and thus changing the separation.
- Option 1: Exploit the advantage - gain a one-off 10 IC (available this turn)
- Option 2: Continue to invest researching further - gain 20 science IC
- Option 3: Spread the knowledge to the wider world - gain 100 cultural points.
BCG (Bacilli-Calmette-Guerin) immunization for Tuberculosis first developed in
Gran Columbia
Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (or Bacille Calmette-Guérin, BCG) is a vaccine against tuberculosis that is prepared from a strain of the attenuated (weakened) live bovine tuberculosis bacillus, Mycobacterium bovis, that has lost its virulence in humans by being specially subcultured (230 passages) in an artificial medium for 13 years. The bacilli have retained enough strong antigenicity to become a somewhat effective vaccine for the prevention of human tuberculosis. At best, the BCG vaccine is 80% effective in preventing tuberculosis for a duration of 15 years; however, its protective effect appears to vary according to geography.
- Option 1: Improve urban lives - gain 1-2 cities in Cameroon
- Option 2: Continue to invest researching further - gain 20 science IC
- Option 3: Spread the knowledge to the wider world - gain 100 cultural points.
A lack of 'vitamins' causes scurvy and rickets is suggested in
Germany
Frederick Hopkins suggests the existence of vitamins and suggests that a lack of vitamins causes scurvy and rickets. A vitamin is an organic compound required as a nutrient in tiny amounts by an organism. In other words, an organic chemical compound (or related set of compounds) is called a vitamin when it cannot be synthesized in sufficient quantities by an organism, and must be obtained from the diet. Thus, the term is conditional both on the circumstances and on the particular organism. For example, ascorbic acid (vitamin C) is a vitamin for humans, but not for most other animals, and biotin and vitamin D are required in the human diet only in certain circumstances.
- Option 1: Improve urban lives - gain 1-2 cities in Central Europe
- Option 2: Continue to invest researching further - gain 20 science IC
- Option 3: Spread the knowledge to the wider world - gain 100 cultural points.
The term "allergy" to describe hypersensitive reactions is used first in
Switzerland
Clemens Peter von Pirquet, with Béla Schick, coins the term "allergy" to describe hypersensitive reactions. Allergy is a hypersensitivity disorder of the immune system. Allergic reactions occur to normally harmless environmental substances known as allergens; these reactions are acquired, predictable, and rapid. Strictly, allergy is one of four forms of hypersensitivity and is called type I (or immediate) hypersensitivity. It is characterized by excessive activation of certain white blood cells called mast cells and basophils by a type of antibody known as IgE, resulting in an extreme inflammatory response. Common allergic reactions include eczema, hives, hay fever, asthma attacks, food allergies, and reactions to the venom of stinging insects such as wasps and bees.
- Option 1: Exploit the advantage - gain a one-off 10 IC (available this turn)
- Option 2: Continue to invest researching further - gain 20 science IC
- Option 3: Spread the knowledge to the wider world - gain 100 cultural points.
The first such air conditioned building in the world is built in
Canada
Completed in 1906, it is a landmark in building engineering, laying claim to being the first air conditioned public building in the world. Sirocco Works factory pioneered the development of air conditioning.
- Option 1: Improve urban lives - gain 1-2 cities in Gold Coast
- Option 2: Continue to invest researching further - gain 20 science IC
- Option 3: Spread the knowledge to the wider world - gain 100 cultural points.
Walther Nernst presents a formulation of the third law of thermodynamics in
Canada
The third law was developed by the chemist Walther Nernst during the years 1906-1912, and is therefore often referred to as Nernst's theorem or Nernst's postulate. The third law of thermodynamics states that the entropy of a system at absolute zero is a well-defined constant. This is because a system at zero temperature exists in its ground state, so that its entropy is determined only by the degeneracy of the ground state. It means that "it is impossible by any procedure, no matter how idealised, to reduce any system to the absolute zero of temperature in a finite number of operations".
- Option 1: Exploit the advantage - gain a one-off 10 IC (available this turn)
- Option 2: Continue to invest researching further - gain 20 science IC
- Option 3: Spread the knowledge to the wider world - gain 100 cultural points.
Random Events
Bosnia
Poor funding and neglect has caused a fort to fall apart in Bosnia
- Option 1: We can rebuild it if we need it - lose up to 5 armies
- Option 2: Pay to have it fixed - spend 10 IC to rebuild
California
The citizens of
Central America are worried about their safety because of the city's Jail
- Option 1: So what? No one is going to escape anyway - 50% chance of a stability drop.
- Option 2: Boost jail security and organize a campaign to convince the citizens that they're safe - Spend 5 IC and 25% chance of a stability drop
Your cultural advisors believe that your nation could benefit from city-based sports franchises if you built enough Stadiums to support national sports leagues. Each major city would require its own facility in which its teams could play. To complete this quest, you must build Stadiums in your all cities. You will fail this quest if a rival nations places orders first. You need to spend 1 IC per city controlled
- Option 1: Use the leagues to make your people happy - plus 50% increase in stability chance
- Option 2: Leverage these sports leagues in to a cultural tradition - Gain 100 cultural points
- Option 3: Organize large-scale periodic sporting events in the name of the founder - spend a further 10 IC and gain 200 cultural points
France
Herds are thriving in
British territory well enough to serve as a new resource.
- Option 1: That sounds like welcome news for our economy - gain a one-off bonus of 10 IC
- Option 2: Commit our government to harvesting this new resource immediately - build up to 5 factories at 1 IC each (if not at maximum)
Surplus game harvested by hunters in Italy has fueled a minor population boom.
Immediate Effect: Send congratulations to the citizens - gain 1 city
Germany
Ships have disappeared without a trace in the Bermuda Triangle!
Immediate Effect: Our investigations have turned up no worthwhile results? This is most peculiar - lose 5 navies
Authorities are rumored to have captured a fugitive fleeing from Californian justice. No confirmation is available.
- Option 1: Extradite the offender back to his homeland. Secretly interrogate the prisoner, hoping to learn sensitive information.
- Option 2: Release the prisoner. This is none of our affairs. Our gesture of goodwill toward the California has angered Ethiopia.
Greece
Priests in Athens have denounced current research projects as heresy.
- Option 1: Times change, and so do we. They will get over it eventually - lose 20 IC of science
- Option 2: We need to take a step back and convince our followers that our research will not conflict with our faith. - spend 10 IC and retain science level
The economy is suffering from a severe recession. Economists are arguing over whether government spending should be increased to compensate.
- Option 1: Stick to our guns...the government should not interfere in the markets - 25% chance of a stability drop.
- Option 2: Listen to these whiny "economists" and try to offset the decline in consumer spending with our treasury - spend 20 IC to prop-up the economy
Librulstan
While hunting, a unit has discovered a rich supply of a black oil that burns rather hot.
- Option 1: We have no time for such nonsense. Order them to continue scouting.
- Option 2: Research further and gain Oil Resource in Alaska, if you spend 20 IC
Medina
The lack of social advancement in Central Asia has resulted in emigration to foreign lands.
Immediate Effect: Good riddance. People should know their place. - lose 1 city in Central Asia
Siam
A renowned playwright from
Bombay is attracting patrons and fans from far and wide.
- Option 1: The theatre patronage will enhance city revenue - gain a one-off bonus of 10 IC
- Option 2: We could double the cultural value of the theatre by officially sanctioning this artist's works - spend 5 IC and 25% chance of a stability increase.
A General from
Bombay has made a generous contribution to his community
- Option 1: We have no need of his services. Ask him instead to donate his money to the state - gain a one-off 10 IC
- Option 2: Excellent! Have him train army units for us - Gain up to 10 armies for only 1 IC each
- Option 3: Superb! Have all our military recruits in that province undergo a training regimen at the new academy - Gain up to 30 armies for 1.5 IC each (even increments only)
Swaziland
Industrious citizens are building infrastructure in the province of
Zambia
- Option 1: Defense is a priority, let them construct an up to 10 armies for 1 IC instead 2 IC
- Option 2: We should build warehouses to store food, gain 1 additional city in province (if under 9 cities)
- Option 3: Have them focus on factories. Gain 5 more factories (if not at maximum allowed)
- Option 4: Have them expand our power grid. Allow province to become a core even if can not normally be one.
- Option 5: We don't need any new infrastructure, so have them build private homes. Gain 50% chance increase in stability
Tawantinsuyo
News reports indicate massive protests over the country's Military numbers
- Option 1: The people's wishes are our top priority. We will disband our armies - lose all armies
- Option 2: What? Find those who spread such nonsense and prosecute them! - lose 20 IC and lose 50% chance stability
- Option 3: We need a positive publicity campaign for our military, right now! - lose 40 IC and lose 25% chance stability
Texas
Our religious leaders believe our people can earn the blessings of the deity if we can reclaim the Holy Mountain! - They have studied the scriptures with an eye toward locating the holy mountain. They have so far not found it anywhere within our lands and believe that it must lie elsewhere. More study will be needed if we are to identify the sacred location.
Immediate Effect: The Holy Mountain - You are tasked by your religious leaders to locate, settle near and seize control over the Holy Mountain. You need to obtain the province who has Holy Mountain in the next turn or lose 100% in stability chance. GM will PM you the location
Our harbormasters request government aid in expanding our overseas trading empire. We will need to build enough Harbors in our cities and construct enough ocean worthy ships. To complete this quest, you must construct Harbors in your various coastal cities. You will also have to build 20 Navies and spend 2 IC on each coastal province.
- Option 1: Use our advantage to boost the seamanship of our current and future Naval units - new naval units cost only 3 IC next turn
- Option 2: Our trade empire should be leveraged in to producing lots of wealth - gain 10 IC this turn
Xi'an
Weaponsmiths have invented smokeless powder, giving the armies a significant advantage.
Immediate Effect: Convert to the new gunpowder - Gain any army upgrade not yet possessed for free
A massive rebellion uprising is occurring in Sindh, modelling themselves on "The Vandals" leads his forces in a crusade against the very concept of civilization.
Immediate Effect: Lose control of 2 cities in Sindh
Floods have washed out some of the roads in
Punjab
- Option 1: We will have to send workers to repair them at a later time - lose 5 factories
- Option 2: Dispatch emergency crews to repair the damage, without heed to cost - spend 10 IC repairing them
Cultural Events
S.O.S. first adopted in the
C.S.A.
SOS is the commonly used description for the international Morse code distress signal (· · · · · ·). This distress signal was first adopted by the government in radio regulations effective April 1, 1905, and became the worldwide standard under the second International Radiotelegraphic Convention, which was signed on November 3, 1906 and becomesfective on July 1, 1908.
- Option 1: Exploit the advantage - gain a one-off 10 IC (available this turn)
- Option 2: Spread the knowledge to the wider world - gain 100 cultural points.
"The Man of Property" is published in
Swaziland
In this first novel of the Forsyte Saga, after introducing us to the impressive array of Forsytes headed by the formidable Aunt Ann, Galsworthy moves into the main action of the saga by detailing Soames Forsyte's desire to own things, including his beautiful wife, Irene Forsyte (née Heron). He is jealous of her friendships and wants her to be his alone. He concocts a plan to move her to the country, to Robin Hill and a house he has had built, away from everyone she knows and cares about. She resists his grasping intentions and falls in love with the architect Philip Bosinney who has been engaged by Soames to build the house. However, Bosinney is the fiancé of her friend June Forsyte, the daughter of Soames's cousin Jolyon. There is no happy ending: Irene leaves Soames after he rapes her, and Bosinney dies under the wheels of a cab after being driven frantic by the news of Irene's rape by Soames.
- Option 1: Exploit the advantage - gain a one-off 10 IC (available this turn)
- Option 2: Spread the knowledge to the wider world - gain 100 cultural points.
Ariane Opera is first performed in
Germany
Ariane is an opera in five acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Catulle Mendès after Greek mythology (the tale of Ariadne). It was first performed on October 31, 1906, with Lucienne Bréval in the title role.
- Option 1: Exploit the advantage - gain a one-off 10 IC (available this turn)
- Option 2: Spread the knowledge to the wider world - gain 100 cultural points.
First By Scout Camp in
C.S.A..
The .... Scout camp was a boys camping event organised by Lieutenant-General Baden-Powell to test his ideas for the book Scouting for Boys. Boys from different social backgrounds participated from 1 August to 8 August 1907 in activities around camping, observation, woodcraft, chivalry, lifesaving and patriotism.
- Option 1: Exploit the advantage - gain a one-off 10 IC (available this turn)
- Option 2: Spread the knowledge to the wider world - gain 100 cultural points.
The Secret Agent is published in
Germany
The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale is a novel by Joseph Conrad published in 1907. The story is set in London in 1886 and deals largely with the life of Mr. Verloc and his job as a spy. The Secret Agent is also notable as it is one of Conrad's later political novels, which move away from his typical tales of seafaring. The novel deals broadly with the notions of anarchism, espionage, and terrorism. It portrays anarchist or revolutionary groups before many of the social uprisings of the twentieth century. However, it also deals with exploitation, particularly with regard to Verloc's relationship with his brother-in-law Stevie.
- Option 1: Exploit the advantage - gain a one-off bonus of 10 EP (available this turn)
- Option 2: Spread the knowledge to the wider world - gain 100 cultural points.