Scientific Events
Controlled Heavier the Air Flight in
France
The first documented, successful, controlled, powered, heavier-than-air flight in France
A fundamental breakthrough was the invention of three-axis control, which enabled the pilot to steer the aircraft effectively and to maintain its equilibrium. This method became standard and remains standard on fixed-wing aircraft of all kinds. From the beginning of the aeronautical work, it focused on developing a reliable method of pilot control as the key to solving "the flying problem". This approach differed significantly from other experimenters of the time who put more emphasis on developing powerful engines.
- 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.
Cultural Events
Teddy Bears created in
Southern Han
Early teddy bears were made to look like real bears, with extended snouts and beady eyes.
- 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.
Heart of Darkness Published in Canada
Heart of Darkness is a novella written by Joseph Conrad. Before its 1902 publication, it appeared as a three-part series (1899) in Blackwood's Magazine. It is widely regarded as a significant work of literature.
- 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.
Lotus Lamp part of Art Nouveau created in Medina
Art nouveau became was the dominant decorative style in the new century. Designers, Art studios, an manufacturers imposed it on a variety of furnishings and decorations, some bizarre, some stunning beautiful. This lamp shows the art nouveau style at its best.
- 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.
"Just so Stories" published in Siam
The Just So Stories for Little Children were written by British author Rudyard Kipling. They are highly fantasised origin stories and are among Kipling's best known works.
- 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.
Random Events (11)
Random event locations are determined by your level of culture. The more Cultural points you have the more chance of a random event.
France
Icleandic crab cake sales are booming.
Immediate Effect: Fill the order! - gain a one-off bonus of 10 IC
Xi'An
A gold rush has begun in the province of
Tibet. Fortune seekers from across the world travel there in hopes of getting rich quickly.
- Option 1: Small amounts of gold panned from streams have sparked a gold rush to the area by immigrants looking to strike it rich - a one-off bonus of 40 IC
- Option 2: Prospectors have successfully mined newly discovered veins of gold near %s2_city. The news has produced a gold rush. Gold Resource in Province, plus a one-off bonus of 20 IC
- Option 3: When the boom passes, many of the immigrants will settle down. Fund efforts to motivate more of the gold seekers to settle down when the rush ends - Gold Resource in Province, plus 1 new city (if under 7 cities)
U.S.S.R
The Armies have begun using a new type of rifle, boosting their strength
Immediate Effect: Issue the new weapons to all of our infantry - Gain any army upgrade not yet possessed for free.
Flooding, more severe than usual for Ukraine, has visited disaster upon the people there.
- Option 1: The rescue and recovery efforts are best handled by the locals - lose 5 factories - lose 1 city.
- Option 2: Organize and send assistance to help them dig out and to preserve threatened facilities - spend 20 IC
C.S.A.
A pious tribe who believe in mercy have extended religious protection to a wounded army unit, involved in live-fire training exercises
Immediate Effect: This assistance should help our unit recover its strength - gain 1 free Army
Swaziland
Chemists have developed an advanced refinement process for motor oil.
- Option 1: Authorize the selling of the improved motor oil on the open market - Gain a one-off bonus of 40 IC
- Option 2: Fund upgrades to our army's vehicle fleet to make use of the new formula - build up to 10 armies for 1 IC each
Medina
Floods have washed out some of the roads in
Egypt
- 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
Scandal has thrown the
Caliphate Court in to chaos. A constitutional crisis has emerged. Yet this also opens the door to political reforms.
- Option 1: Let the senators fight amongst themselves. When both sides are weakened, step in and assert presidential authority - lose 100% chance stability
- Option 2: Support the ruling party in impeaching numerous members of the scandalized party, destroying all effective opposition to the ruling party - lose 20 IC and lose 50% chance stability
- Option 3: Rely on judicial authority to enforce the letter of the constitution - lose 40 IC and lose 25% chance stability
Southern Han
Our generals covet a source strategic Oil resource that lies within
Texan borders. Without it, we cannot properly train and equip our troops! Greed: You are tasked by your military leaders to seize control of that resource.
To complete this quest, you must invade a nation and gain control of the strategic resource. If you acheive this quest within 5 turns you have the following options available
- Option 1: Recruit and train units that take advantage of our new resources - armies costs 1 IC for the next turn
- Option 2: Receive 10 armies for free
A tsunami more than fifteen meters high has rolled over
Japan's northernmost island. The destruction is unprecedented in world history.
Immediate Effect: The city now lies in ruins. All life has been lost, all property obliterated - lose 10 factories - lose 1 city.
Siam
Have developed a new military technology
Immediate Effect: Gain any next military technology discovered by any other nation. Nation must remember this and advise is orders when appropriate.
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