DipNES03 - Stab in the Dark
- Thread starter LightFang
- Start date
Orders sent. 6 hours to deadline right? 
Orders sent. 6 hours to deadline right?
Actually, I think that the due date was AM, so a few of us are slightly late. Oh well.
Heh, you're right of course, I never even considered that it would be AM. Weird since we don't normally use the AM/PM system here.
So LightFang, how are we on orders this fine evening?
jeps
Arcadefire
Orders are in. and have been for a while.
Update Nine
Fall 1903 Movement
Headlines from around the world!
SAIGON SURRENDERS TO CHINA; NO BLOOD SHED.
INDIAN TAKEOVER OF BORNEO LEADS TO END OF EUROPEAN HEGEMONY IN EAST ASIA.
STRANGE CONTRAPTION ESCAPES USA
--
Spotlight on: The Austrian-Hungarian Demise.
Austria-Hungary had always been a nation beset with problems. The Magyars, the varying ethnicities within the kingdom, the dire financial situation, everything seemed to conspire to pull it down, yet it still lumbered on, the mélange of an empire. On December 15, 1903, however, it was wracked with yet another one. The newspapers printed, and the dirges were rehearsed. The headlines simply read,
"ARCHDUKE FRANZ JOSEPH I OF AUSTRIA-HUNGARY DEAD."
--
It had all been too much for him. He ran a failing empire, and he wasn't even the right man to run it. His ascension had been hotly contested from the start, when a bloody civil war threatened to split Austria, Hungary, and Bohemia. The German invasion of Bohemia put an end to the Bohemian Question, and with the other heirs dead, he was tangibly connected to the royal bloodline. He had had to live with the derision and stares of the other nobles. They would leap at his throat in an instant, he knew.
And even if he had took the throne without contest, his life situation made it hard for him to be a good ruler. His father had been quite abusive, and ever since he took the throne, his life continued to be a miserable wreck. He had loved a beautiful French girl named Nathalie. She ended up moving away, probably forever, married off to an insignificant German noble. His wife turned out to be an ugly harlot who was related to him (keep the bloodlines pure!) She was ugly and fat and spent too much time gossiping at court. It had taken a lot of wine and beer to consummate that marriage. A lot.
Their offspring hadn't turned out ugly, surprisingly enough. Once he saw how pretty the first one was (a delicate, fragile wisp of a girl), he gritted his teeth and had three more kids. By the time the fourth one popped out, he began (or had begun) to genuinely love his wife. Sure, she lacked material charm, but she had a sparkling wit, a large vocabulary, and a charming personality. Her clever wordplay kept his mind sharp, and their verbal divertissements were interesting and funny. How in the world had he missed that?
But his eldest child fell down a flight of stairs, suffered a nasty concussion, slipped into a coma, and died. She was four when she entered it and ten when she left.
The second one, died of a pox at age five.
The third, trampled under a horse at three.
The fourth, went ice-skating on dangerous ice. The ice broke; she fell through . She died, at age nine.
His wife proceeded to die then, of tuberculosis (the coughing sickness).
They found him in his room, his eyes stabbed clear through with his beautiful blue pens that his wife loved sending him. His eyes were ruined, but that was the least of his worries. The pen shaft dug deeper into the eye than seemed possible. He had clawed his own throat out with a butter knife.
--
Oberst Hans Heinrich marched through the city of Vienna unopposed. The Austrian armies had scattered and broken. There was nothing left to tie the various ethnicities apart anymore. The other countries decided to clean up the mess in their own way. Surely the only way to organize the territories was to bring them under order. Bringing them under their control, therefore, was the most logical way to go about it.
Yes, indeed. God was indeed on their side.
--
OFFENSES
j_eps: F(Nth)-Nwy. Nice try there, mate, but you don't own that fleet!
SUGGESTIONS
If you're not going to move a unit, I'd love for you to specify that the unit is holding. Yes, yes, you don't have to, but you can assuage my fears like that. I always seem to think that I forgot to copy and paste some orders.
--
England: F eng -> iri
France: F wes -> tun
France: A mar Holds
France: A bre Supports A par -> pic
France: A par -> pic
France: F lvp Holds
Germany: A swe Supports F ska -> nwy
Germany: F ska -> nwy
Germany: A boh Supports A vie
Germany: A vie Supports A boh
Germany: A mun -> sil
Germany: A bel Holds
Germany: F nth Supports F ska -> nwy
Italy: F tri Holds
Italy: F apu -> nap
Italy: A ven -> rom
Italy: A pie -> mar
Russia: A bud Supports A ser -> tri
Russia: A gal -> sil
Russia: A rum -> gal
Russia: A mos -> war
Russia: F nwy Holds
Russia: A stp Supports F nwy
Russia: F sev Holds
Turkey: F aeg -> ion
Turkey: F gre Supports F aeg -> ion
Turkey: F con -> aeg
Turkey: A ser -> tri
Turkey: A bul -> ser
Turkey: A smy -> con
Fall 1903 Moves
Fall 1903 Retreat
Next Orders Due: Tuesday, May 5th, 2007, at 2000 hours PST.
Fall 1903 Movement
Headlines from around the world!
SAIGON SURRENDERS TO CHINA; NO BLOOD SHED.
INDIAN TAKEOVER OF BORNEO LEADS TO END OF EUROPEAN HEGEMONY IN EAST ASIA.
STRANGE CONTRAPTION ESCAPES USA
--
Spotlight on: The Austrian-Hungarian Demise.
Austria-Hungary had always been a nation beset with problems. The Magyars, the varying ethnicities within the kingdom, the dire financial situation, everything seemed to conspire to pull it down, yet it still lumbered on, the mélange of an empire. On December 15, 1903, however, it was wracked with yet another one. The newspapers printed, and the dirges were rehearsed. The headlines simply read,
"ARCHDUKE FRANZ JOSEPH I OF AUSTRIA-HUNGARY DEAD."
--
It had all been too much for him. He ran a failing empire, and he wasn't even the right man to run it. His ascension had been hotly contested from the start, when a bloody civil war threatened to split Austria, Hungary, and Bohemia. The German invasion of Bohemia put an end to the Bohemian Question, and with the other heirs dead, he was tangibly connected to the royal bloodline. He had had to live with the derision and stares of the other nobles. They would leap at his throat in an instant, he knew.
And even if he had took the throne without contest, his life situation made it hard for him to be a good ruler. His father had been quite abusive, and ever since he took the throne, his life continued to be a miserable wreck. He had loved a beautiful French girl named Nathalie. She ended up moving away, probably forever, married off to an insignificant German noble. His wife turned out to be an ugly harlot who was related to him (keep the bloodlines pure!) She was ugly and fat and spent too much time gossiping at court. It had taken a lot of wine and beer to consummate that marriage. A lot.
Their offspring hadn't turned out ugly, surprisingly enough. Once he saw how pretty the first one was (a delicate, fragile wisp of a girl), he gritted his teeth and had three more kids. By the time the fourth one popped out, he began (or had begun) to genuinely love his wife. Sure, she lacked material charm, but she had a sparkling wit, a large vocabulary, and a charming personality. Her clever wordplay kept his mind sharp, and their verbal divertissements were interesting and funny. How in the world had he missed that?
But his eldest child fell down a flight of stairs, suffered a nasty concussion, slipped into a coma, and died. She was four when she entered it and ten when she left.
The second one, died of a pox at age five.
The third, trampled under a horse at three.
The fourth, went ice-skating on dangerous ice. The ice broke; she fell through . She died, at age nine.
His wife proceeded to die then, of tuberculosis (the coughing sickness).
They found him in his room, his eyes stabbed clear through with his beautiful blue pens that his wife loved sending him. His eyes were ruined, but that was the least of his worries. The pen shaft dug deeper into the eye than seemed possible. He had clawed his own throat out with a butter knife.
--
Oberst Hans Heinrich marched through the city of Vienna unopposed. The Austrian armies had scattered and broken. There was nothing left to tie the various ethnicities apart anymore. The other countries decided to clean up the mess in their own way. Surely the only way to organize the territories was to bring them under order. Bringing them under their control, therefore, was the most logical way to go about it.
Yes, indeed. God was indeed on their side.
--
OFFENSES
j_eps: F(Nth)-Nwy. Nice try there, mate, but you don't own that fleet!
SUGGESTIONS
If you're not going to move a unit, I'd love for you to specify that the unit is holding. Yes, yes, you don't have to, but you can assuage my fears like that. I always seem to think that I forgot to copy and paste some orders.
--
England: F eng -> iri
France: F wes -> tun
France: A mar Holds
France: A bre Supports A par -> pic
France: A par -> pic
France: F lvp Holds
Germany: A swe Supports F ska -> nwy
Germany: F ska -> nwy
Germany: A boh Supports A vie
Germany: A vie Supports A boh
Germany: A mun -> sil
Germany: A bel Holds
Germany: F nth Supports F ska -> nwy
Italy: F tri Holds
Italy: F apu -> nap
Italy: A ven -> rom
Italy: A pie -> mar
Russia: A bud Supports A ser -> tri
Russia: A gal -> sil
Russia: A rum -> gal
Russia: A mos -> war
Russia: F nwy Holds
Russia: A stp Supports F nwy
Russia: F sev Holds
Turkey: F aeg -> ion
Turkey: F gre Supports F aeg -> ion
Turkey: F con -> aeg
Turkey: A ser -> tri
Turkey: A bul -> ser
Turkey: A smy -> con
Fall 1903 Moves
Spoiler :
Fall 1903 Retreat
Spoiler :
Next Orders Due: Tuesday, May 5th, 2007, at 2000 hours PST.
Retreat F nwy-bar
EDIT: And retreat orders shouldn't take until Tuesday!
EDIT: And retreat orders shouldn't take until Tuesday!
MjM
Deity
lurker's comment: I predict a Turkish victory.
jeps
Arcadefire
Iggy, I warned you.
also, wow, that was dumb.
also, wow, that was dumb.
That went better than expected!Update Ten
Fall 1903 Retreat
Italy: F(Tri)-Ven
Russia: F(Nwy)-Bar
Fall 1903 Retreats
Fall 1903 Builds
Next Orders Due: Same time as before (June 5th, etc. etc.)
Build Counts
England: -1
France: +1
Germany: +2
Italy: -1
Russia: -1
Turkey: +1
Fall 1903 Retreat
Italy: F(Tri)-Ven
Russia: F(Nwy)-Bar
Fall 1903 Retreats
Spoiler :
Fall 1903 Builds
Spoiler :
Next Orders Due: Same time as before (June 5th, etc. etc.)
Build Counts
England: -1
France: +1
Germany: +2
Italy: -1
Russia: -1
Turkey: +1
When did you warn me, and why are you calling me dumb?
jeps
Arcadefire
That was about me trying to move Germany;s instead of mine.
also, WAY back when I warned you about France.
also, WAY back when I warned you about France.
That wasn't the only thing that was dumb with your orders.
EDIT: Build orders sent. Come on guys, no need to wait for Tuesday with builds either.
