Realpolitik CIV - An Interactive AAR

[ilduce349]

ilduce if Catherine IS a intelligent woman then she could be very offended by your forceful "SHE WILL MARRY ME! GET HER HERE! INSTALL HER NOW OR I'LL BLOW UP ENGLAND YUK YUK YUK" thing you have going now. And by offended i mean she won't like you. And by won't like you i mean she may be willing to kill herself to get away from you.

This is Catherine were talking about. This is the queen, that ed her way up the political ladder to become Czarina, and slept with foreign diplomats so that they would sign treaty's and agreements that only benefited Russia. Of course she's willing to sleep with me in return for me saving her life.

P.S i do want the lady alive to pull of some political trickery so just tone it down untill it's been sorted out. THEN you can start again on the caveman courtship ritual

I never said that I would sabotage England if she refuses to marry me, I just said that if she gets killed before I can propose, then I will sabotage England. And hey, some women (I'm hoping she is one of them) love the fact that a man is willing to kill people to save her life.

 

[Gruekiller]

Sometimes you scare me a little, ilduce.

 

[ilduce349]

It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both -Niccolo Machiavelli
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[Celticfury]

But that was Real life Catherine. We have absolutely no assurances that in game Catherine will act this way. And even if she does, you have to remember that she did that for political power. You unfortunately seem to have very little at this time. If she were to try to butter up to anyone, it would be Aysee, who, as the president, is the one who will actually give the word to rescue her. And again, this is all assuming that she will act as her Real Life counterpart did.

And please, do not start attacking England over this Russian princess. I don't care how valuable anyone thinks she is, losing her is not worth striking at our own countrymen. We are Englishmen, my fellow MPs. We must think of England and her allies first and foremost. I pray that you do not forget this.

 

[Lighthearter]

Celt has the right of it. I'm the GM, remember?

And no one seems to be wondering what happened to the Night Eagles and how to contact them . .. .

- Lighthearter

 

[Celticfury]

Well, I have thought that they might be over in North America, what with these "domestic affairs" and all. It might be a good idea to contact Sitting Bull and Lincoln and request any information tat they would have on the Night Eagles, specifically Captain Athers. I fact, I think that we need to do this immediately. The Night Eagles have been a valuable ally to us, and this situation could definitely use their assistance. President Aysee, I request that we send an envoy to the fore mentioned leaders, for the purpose outlined above, as well as to independently search for the Night Eagles. Even if we cannot find them over there, any information we receive will most likely be valuable in narrowing down their location. I would suggest that Poverty Point within the Native American empire be a top priority location.

 

[mechaerik]

I'm wondering, but haven't been able to check in. I definitely believe we should do something to rescue the princess; at the very least she would be a powerful bargaining chip. Depending on the situation, she may want power in russia. I say we stage some sort of recapture (possibly faked, if the Ukrainians agree to some sort of deal), bring her to England, and try to offer her incentives to stay in England of her own will, while trying to extract information from her. If a war does begin between England and Russia (and it probably will, as long as Russia holds New Horizons), and we defeat them, we could install Catherine as leader.

We must also consider conquistadoring all the natives.

 

[ilduce349]

I agree, now that we have astronomy, we can seriously consider gaining a foothold in the new world.

 

[Spectrite]

Depending on the situation, she may want power in russia. I say we stage some sort of recapture (possibly faked, if the Ukrainians agree to some sort of deal)

What if we explain to the Ukrainians that we'd like to fake a rescue of Catherine, for our own political purposes, and we offer them a reward if they cooperate, assuring them that it will only be a fake rescue and that we'll return her afterwards. Then we execute the rescue, and we don't fake it - we keep Catherine. Obviously this will anger the Ukrainians greatly, but we're throwing them under the bus anyways - between us and the Russians, they won't last long.

We must also consider conquistadoring all the natives.

 

[arya126]

Ilduce you are going overboard with this. Go marry Elizabeth or Victoria instead.

Leave the night eagles alone. They can take care of themselves. If you search for them, at least don't go to sitting bull. He hates athers.

 

[Celticfury]

I think your right, arya. There is no reason they would go to the Americas. So just ignore my request. It was a bit rushed. I still think we should at least keep an eye out for them, even if we aren't actively searching for them.

Anyways, arya, what do you think we should do with the Russian princess? Should we let her die, or try to rescue her for whatever reason?

 

[ilduce349]

Just remember the consequences of killing her

 

[Lighthearter]

Right, any orders on the situation, Mr. President? I'll resolve it before the next turnset.

- Lighthearter

 

[Aysee]

None yet... But I'm working something out.

There's also the possibility that we could use this as a pretext for a war with Russia... We do have a large enough army IMO.

I'll have a plan by Tuesday at the latest.

 

[Twinkletoes89]

How about we ask the Ukrainians for a trade? We get Catherine and they can have ilduce to do what they like with?

 

[ilduce349]

Your really funny Twinkletoes, really funny

 

[Twinkletoes89]

What do you mean 'my really funny'?

Oh wait... its 'you're really funny'.

/pedantry

 

[arya126]

I'm hoping twinkletoes is being serious. That deal would be awesome.

I'm undecided at the moment. But if we were to try and extract Catherine I would like to ask for reinforcements. We are very outnumbered right now. Could some of our troops in Germany get there in time?

 

[Twinkletoes89]

Oh I'm being 100% serious!

 

[arya126]

I support the deal! Make the offer Aysee!