Fanatikos Foreign Affairs, Embassies and Expeditionary Forces

[Icmancin]

Embassies

Hello, fellow Fanatik citizens.

In the last term our Minister of Foreign Affairs had proposed that Embassies be founded in the cities of foreign nations. I am reviving that proposal but the time is now right for it to take effect.

Rome has founded an Embassy with us, and we must thank them for it is less gold our Fanatik citizens must pay for in their taxes. Rome, however, has joined the French in the Romance Alliance vs. the German Reich. Our scouts has witnessed some of the battles go in the favor of Imperial Romes auxiliary troops.

Fanatik President Donovan Zoi has requested an Embassy be founded in Berlin. The argument for this is good, I support it and find nothing to object:

Minister Icmancin,

If I may, I would like to revisit the topic of embassies. To be more specific, I am interested n opening up the German Embassy.

While I know that the idea of embassies failed miserably in recent polls, I think that there is good reason why we should spend the 30 gold on the German one. Right now, our greatest threat lies to the east and its name is Berlin. By building an embassy there, we will get access to vital information such as terrain info, their current builds, number of defensive units.

You can decide the timing of this matter but I would like it to be addressed soon. Rome built an embassy with us last time out and now we can somewhat monitor their capital. For a mere 30 gold, we can uncover a big part of Germany's mystique in similar fashion.

Thanks you for your time in considering this matter.

Respectfully,

Donovan Zoi
President of Fanatikos

Please note Fanatiks, that our treasury is due to boost soon due to Aristotle and his Great Library. I would also like to endorse an Embassy with France as well. France would give us a complte look at the Romance Alliance nations and would give us more Diplomatic oppretunities. It should be done sooner than not. Would do you think?


Expeditionary Forces

Another thought that has passed my mind is the though of Expeditionary Forces for the other nations. They will not fight with them but will serve special duties.

A German Expeditionary Force (GEF) with be the first (probably) to be founded. They will serve special purposes:

To spearhead assaults on Germany
To garrison the German city we take
And to defend the German capitol in a Demilitarized zone if they are losing the war badly

Each nation would have an Expeditionary Force named for them (REF, PEF, FEF, and the GEF for now). They would take those jobs when needed. Again, science output is dropping so this is more plausible. What do you think?


Also note that is allowed, these will become separate Polls.

Ic

 

[Nobody]

I Agree with with the ambassdors as i previously did would you make RPG positions of ambassodor as i proposed? anyway can you explain the Expeditionary Force again, how big would they be and what sort of units. They sound cool

 

[Civlord]

Mr. Icmancin,

Now that Aristotle will build the Great Library, certainly our treasure will increase. But we must not risk a war for now, and sending expeditionary forces too soon is not a good thing as the AI can attack them with superior troops and destroy them. We must prepare these forces with caution, and also we must remember that we have our own internal priorities like developing our infrastructure and defensive garrisons. By the time we can build a powerful expeditionary force, probably the war will be over. And I am affraid that Germany can be destroyed or become a superpower. Anyway, our security depends upon Bismarck, and I hope the germans continue this bloody war with the roman and french armies enough so we can have time to build a large force to intervene. If not, then someone will dominate the international scenario and will represent a considerable threat to us, or the french, germans and romans won't conquer anything and this war won't probably change a lot the international scenario. If we can't build an expeditionary force, then I expect things do not change so radically that an AI civilization gets too powerful.

Respectfully,

Civlord

 

[Icmancin]

I don't know how I would impletment Ambassadors. I was played with it in my mind but it never seemed to work out that well.

The EFs would be a small number of troops, that in a time of war, could be easily called upon to make an attack or raid enemy territory. They can also be used to Garrsison the foreign cities we capture and to encircle Foreign capitols to ensure their survival.

They will be comprised of multiple units types, from Hoplites to medieval Infantry but they must be equipped with the most modern weapons. They should have artillery as well as mounted troops for recon and quick raids. Due to our game type they will be small. If we name the units to Greek Gods, we will put an EF initials by their name (i.e. Warrior of Zeus (GEF)). They will be like Army Groupings for use in specific areas.

If you want you can PM me how the Ambassadors would work and I will try to impletment them asap. I hope this clears things up?

 

[Icmancin]

The EFs will serve multi-purpose roles. The one I want to use is to surround a foreign city, during Peace and only if they are severely losing a conflict, to make sure it survives. The other roles will only be used when the time comes. I am not saying for Military intervention: I am hoping for a Diplomatic intervention back by military units to make sure that the diplomacy can work intime to save the nation in peril.

Clear?

 

[greekguy]

I agree we should build an embassy in Germany, but I think we should hold off a bit on building one with France. Maybe a turnchat or 2 down the road. However, I think we should build an embassy with Germany IMMEDIATELY.

 

[Ginger_Ale]

Expeditionary Forces

Another thought that has passed my mind is the though of Expeditionary Forces for the other nations. They will not fight with them but will serve special duties.

A German Expeditionary Force (GEF) with be the first (probably) to be founded. They will serve special purposes:

To spearhead assaults on Germany
To garrison the German city we take
And to defend the German capitol in a Demilitarized zone if they are losing the war badly

Each nation would have an Expeditionary Force named for them (REF, PEF, FEF, and the GEF for now). They would take those jobs when needed. Again, science output is dropping so this is more plausible. What do you think?


Also note that is allowed, these will become separate Polls.

Ic

How will we pay for all these units or even come up with the shields for this project when we are spending 1,000 shields on wonders in this city and others?

 

[Icmancin]

Like I stated the money will come from the former science funding. The GL will cause science funding to drop dramatically so money is not a rpoblem. Production is. Although the Wonder of MoM in Olympus is being built, and Styx needs support, the Governers want two things in their cities: Libraries and Wonders. They also have some suport for the construction of military units. I am not saying that each EF has to be big, it just has to exist to serve its udty.

 

[Nobody]

I say just bulid hoplites for defense and horses for your experditionary units. And i dont think we need one for each civ, just one or two (of say 10-20 horses) that can be deloyed to hotspots