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-Introduction-
I'd like to begin by noting that I did indeed abandon my past two, very hopeful NESes and that I had a very good reason to. That is all I will say on that.
For certain reasons I have developed another version of an NES based in the same time period as In the Shadow of Rome, but with an important additional detail. All of the NES takes place solely in North America. Another modification is an extreme change in rules, allowing far more creativity and unique armies and strategies. I will only halt the extreme examples of creativity, such as a super-continent-destroying laser. The alternate history for this NES is easily debatable and improbable. Furthermore, the World Powers will not act as they did in real life, as Europe is different in ways which may become obvious to you as the NES progresses. Despite those facts, I hope you enjoy this NES. Cheers,
EQ
-Prelude to War-
RULES
-Government-
The government design and management is pretty much up to all of you, and can be adjusted from starting status. However, if you change your government, expect the consequences to be dire.
-Nationality-
Nationalities are tricky. Most nations have more than two nationalities within their borders. The lucky ones only have one. The first listed in your nation's stats is your leading or predominant nationality, not nessacarily the most common one. To clarify some matters "Yankee" applies to Americans from the north, "Dixie" is the southern, "Texan" is well, Texan. "Various Native" applies to nations which have a wide variety of Indian tribes which i'm too lazy to list. Spanish in Florida is really SPANISH, not Hispanic. Any other questions on location of said nationalities, feel free to ask.
-Dissent-
This is the percentage of people unhappy with your rule. Fools ain't they?
-Economy-
Spending points are measured in IC, which you can spend to build up your army, construct major projects to improve or restrict your people's lives, or research new technologies. To increase economy, come up with new programs or deals and I will tell you the cost to implement them, and the following few turns you'll find out how successful they were. For military see below.
-Military-
You use your military to kill people. You can come up with any sort of ways to achieve the goal of killing people. Or you can expand your nation and do other sorts of things by using your military to dominate and control your neighbors. Below are the lists of pricing for military soldiers and vessels.
Army:
Irregulars: 1 IC for 10,000. These are scrapped up soldiers, some without even the barest of weapons or supplies. Use only in case of emergency or if you like large casualty rates.
Militia: 1 IC for 5,000. These are soldiers supplied by state or local governments, armed moderately well and almost as good as regular Infantry on the defensive.
Infantry: 1 IC for 2,500. These are regular forces, well organized and trained, capable of competently acting on the offensive or defensive.
USSA Mechanized Infantry: 1 IC for 1,000. These are regular forces, using the newly designed M-26 half-track to use as a mobile transport vehicle. Can only be built by the USSA.
Light Tanks: 1 IC for 100. The basic tank, with thin steel armor and a light gun, but a relatively mobile engine.
Medium Tanks: 1 IC for 50. A decent all around tank, well suit for armored warfare.
Crusader: 1 IC for 50. British Medium tank, stronger than regular medium tanks, and can only be built by nations part of the British Commonwealth.
Panzer II: 1 IC for 40. German Medium Tank, strongest medium tank currently capable of being produced. CAN NO LONGER BE BUILT.
S-35: 1 IC for 50. French Medium Tank, a middle ground between the Crusader and the Panzer II. Can only be built by nations recieving aid from France.
C-ARM1: 1 IC for 40. Californian Medium Tank, an equal to the Panzer II, and easily able to outmatch any other tank in North America. Can only be built by California.
Cougar: 1 IC for 50. RMU Medium Tank, an equal to the French S-35. Built to gain an offensive edge against the RMU's Socialist enemies. Can only be built by the RMU.
Houston-25: 1 IC for 15. Texan Heavy Tank, a heavy gun platform with the heaviest cannon yet put on any tank. Can only be built by Texas.
Armored Comparison: Light Tank<Medium Tank<Crusader<S-35=Cougar<Panzer II=C-ARM1<Houston-25
Navy:
Submarine: 1 IC for 3. A submersible vessel, best for plaguing merchant and supply convoys.
Destroyer: 1 IC for 3. A protective ship, suitable for patrolling the sealanes and combating the submarine threats.
Light Cruiser: 1 IC for 2. A ship with moderately heavy guns, still more geared toward anti-submarine warfare.
Heavy Cruiser: 1 IC for 1. A ship with heavier guns and armor than the Light Cruiser, but reduced speed, most effective for supporting Battlecruisers and Battleships in major surface fleet actions.
Battlecruiser: 2 IC for 1. A poor man's Battleship, suitable for heavy combat on the open ocean.
Arnold-Class Aircraft Carrier. 2 IC for 1. The Arnold is a throwback to old designs, using frieghter hulls as the base, the Arnold provides a cheaper alternative to regular carriers. Can only be built by Canada.
Aircraft Carrier: 3 IC for 1. The newest development in naval warfare. These come with carrier based planes but have yet to prove themselves in open battle.
Battleship: 4 IC for 1. The Pride and joy of a nation, capable of blasting aside virtually any other ship in open fighting.
Air Force:
Wright-191: 1 IC for 100. The basic fighter aircraft used by American nations, can be built by any nation in North America.
Hurricane: 1 IC for 100. Basic fighter aircraft used by the Commonwealth of the British Empire, superior to the Wright-191. Can only be built by members of the Commonwealth.
MB.52: 1 IC for 100. Basic fighter aircraft used by France for air superiority roles. Can only be built by nations recieving aid from France.
Wright-298: 1 IC for 25. Basic Heavy Bomber for American nations, can be built by any American nation.
Lancaster: OBSOLETE, CANNOT BE BUILT. Basic Heavy Bomber for Commonwealth nations, can only be built by nations part of the British Commonwealth.
Sasquatch: 1 IC for 25. The latest model Heavy Bomber for the Commonwealth and the British Empire, designed by Columbian engineers.
Stuka: 1 IC for 50. Dive bomber developed by the German Luftwaffe. CAN NO LONGER BE BUILT.
Abeja-129: 1 IC for 50. Fighter bomber developed by Cuba, to help protect themselves when launching bombing raids on Haitian naval and land base targets. Can only be built by Cuba.
Fighter Comparison: Wright-191<Mb.52<Hurricane
Bomber Comparison: Wright-298<Lancaster<Sasquatch
Fighter-Bomber Comparison: Stuka<Abeja-129
-World Powers-
These outside nations represent the great powers of global politics. These nations can support you in a multitude of ways from direct military intervention to economic aid to technological support and military designs.
The United Kingdom provides special aid to nations who agree to become part of the Commonwealth. They will freely provide all modern technology designs, military troops in case of war, and continuous economic boosts. The downside is that if the United Kingdom goes to war, they will take your army to fight across the world.
-Great Projects-
THese I'll leave to you. These can be done to improve the economy, army, or government control. Name the project and I'll name the price.
-Technology-
Like Great Projects, this I'll leave to your creativity. You can design new tanks and planes for your armed forces, or technologies to improve production or quality of life. You name the tech, I name the price.
-Introduction-
I'd like to begin by noting that I did indeed abandon my past two, very hopeful NESes and that I had a very good reason to. That is all I will say on that.
For certain reasons I have developed another version of an NES based in the same time period as In the Shadow of Rome, but with an important additional detail. All of the NES takes place solely in North America. Another modification is an extreme change in rules, allowing far more creativity and unique armies and strategies. I will only halt the extreme examples of creativity, such as a super-continent-destroying laser. The alternate history for this NES is easily debatable and improbable. Furthermore, the World Powers will not act as they did in real life, as Europe is different in ways which may become obvious to you as the NES progresses. Despite those facts, I hope you enjoy this NES. Cheers,
EQ
-Prelude to War-
Spoiler :
RULES
-Government-
The government design and management is pretty much up to all of you, and can be adjusted from starting status. However, if you change your government, expect the consequences to be dire.
-Nationality-
Nationalities are tricky. Most nations have more than two nationalities within their borders. The lucky ones only have one. The first listed in your nation's stats is your leading or predominant nationality, not nessacarily the most common one. To clarify some matters "Yankee" applies to Americans from the north, "Dixie" is the southern, "Texan" is well, Texan. "Various Native" applies to nations which have a wide variety of Indian tribes which i'm too lazy to list. Spanish in Florida is really SPANISH, not Hispanic. Any other questions on location of said nationalities, feel free to ask.
-Dissent-
This is the percentage of people unhappy with your rule. Fools ain't they?
-Economy-
Spending points are measured in IC, which you can spend to build up your army, construct major projects to improve or restrict your people's lives, or research new technologies. To increase economy, come up with new programs or deals and I will tell you the cost to implement them, and the following few turns you'll find out how successful they were. For military see below.
-Military-
You use your military to kill people. You can come up with any sort of ways to achieve the goal of killing people. Or you can expand your nation and do other sorts of things by using your military to dominate and control your neighbors. Below are the lists of pricing for military soldiers and vessels.
Army:
Irregulars: 1 IC for 10,000. These are scrapped up soldiers, some without even the barest of weapons or supplies. Use only in case of emergency or if you like large casualty rates.
Militia: 1 IC for 5,000. These are soldiers supplied by state or local governments, armed moderately well and almost as good as regular Infantry on the defensive.
Infantry: 1 IC for 2,500. These are regular forces, well organized and trained, capable of competently acting on the offensive or defensive.
USSA Mechanized Infantry: 1 IC for 1,000. These are regular forces, using the newly designed M-26 half-track to use as a mobile transport vehicle. Can only be built by the USSA.
Light Tanks: 1 IC for 100. The basic tank, with thin steel armor and a light gun, but a relatively mobile engine.
Medium Tanks: 1 IC for 50. A decent all around tank, well suit for armored warfare.
Crusader: 1 IC for 50. British Medium tank, stronger than regular medium tanks, and can only be built by nations part of the British Commonwealth.
Panzer II: 1 IC for 40. German Medium Tank, strongest medium tank currently capable of being produced. CAN NO LONGER BE BUILT.
S-35: 1 IC for 50. French Medium Tank, a middle ground between the Crusader and the Panzer II. Can only be built by nations recieving aid from France.
C-ARM1: 1 IC for 40. Californian Medium Tank, an equal to the Panzer II, and easily able to outmatch any other tank in North America. Can only be built by California.
Cougar: 1 IC for 50. RMU Medium Tank, an equal to the French S-35. Built to gain an offensive edge against the RMU's Socialist enemies. Can only be built by the RMU.
Houston-25: 1 IC for 15. Texan Heavy Tank, a heavy gun platform with the heaviest cannon yet put on any tank. Can only be built by Texas.
Armored Comparison: Light Tank<Medium Tank<Crusader<S-35=Cougar<Panzer II=C-ARM1<Houston-25
Navy:
Submarine: 1 IC for 3. A submersible vessel, best for plaguing merchant and supply convoys.
Destroyer: 1 IC for 3. A protective ship, suitable for patrolling the sealanes and combating the submarine threats.
Light Cruiser: 1 IC for 2. A ship with moderately heavy guns, still more geared toward anti-submarine warfare.
Heavy Cruiser: 1 IC for 1. A ship with heavier guns and armor than the Light Cruiser, but reduced speed, most effective for supporting Battlecruisers and Battleships in major surface fleet actions.
Battlecruiser: 2 IC for 1. A poor man's Battleship, suitable for heavy combat on the open ocean.
Arnold-Class Aircraft Carrier. 2 IC for 1. The Arnold is a throwback to old designs, using frieghter hulls as the base, the Arnold provides a cheaper alternative to regular carriers. Can only be built by Canada.
Aircraft Carrier: 3 IC for 1. The newest development in naval warfare. These come with carrier based planes but have yet to prove themselves in open battle.
Battleship: 4 IC for 1. The Pride and joy of a nation, capable of blasting aside virtually any other ship in open fighting.
Air Force:
Wright-191: 1 IC for 100. The basic fighter aircraft used by American nations, can be built by any nation in North America.
Hurricane: 1 IC for 100. Basic fighter aircraft used by the Commonwealth of the British Empire, superior to the Wright-191. Can only be built by members of the Commonwealth.
MB.52: 1 IC for 100. Basic fighter aircraft used by France for air superiority roles. Can only be built by nations recieving aid from France.
Wright-298: 1 IC for 25. Basic Heavy Bomber for American nations, can be built by any American nation.
Lancaster: OBSOLETE, CANNOT BE BUILT. Basic Heavy Bomber for Commonwealth nations, can only be built by nations part of the British Commonwealth.
Sasquatch: 1 IC for 25. The latest model Heavy Bomber for the Commonwealth and the British Empire, designed by Columbian engineers.
Stuka: 1 IC for 50. Dive bomber developed by the German Luftwaffe. CAN NO LONGER BE BUILT.
Abeja-129: 1 IC for 50. Fighter bomber developed by Cuba, to help protect themselves when launching bombing raids on Haitian naval and land base targets. Can only be built by Cuba.
Fighter Comparison: Wright-191<Mb.52<Hurricane
Bomber Comparison: Wright-298<Lancaster<Sasquatch
Fighter-Bomber Comparison: Stuka<Abeja-129
-World Powers-
These outside nations represent the great powers of global politics. These nations can support you in a multitude of ways from direct military intervention to economic aid to technological support and military designs.
The United Kingdom provides special aid to nations who agree to become part of the Commonwealth. They will freely provide all modern technology designs, military troops in case of war, and continuous economic boosts. The downside is that if the United Kingdom goes to war, they will take your army to fight across the world.
-Great Projects-
THese I'll leave to you. These can be done to improve the economy, army, or government control. Name the project and I'll name the price.
-Technology-
Like Great Projects, this I'll leave to your creativity. You can design new tanks and planes for your armed forces, or technologies to improve production or quality of life. You name the tech, I name the price.
