Sheep
Orange Shrooms!
Krym Orders
Continue expansion
Grow Economic power.
Continue expansion
Grow Economic power.
stPLXNES2: Europa
- Thread starter Plexus
- Start date
Octavian X
is not a pipe.
Diplomacy
To: The Kingdom of Cyprus
From: Emperor Justintine I of Constantinople
RE: Trade
We apoligize for the delay: There was chaos in the diplomatic office following a rampant invasion of chickens (I'll explain later)...
On to the business at hand: We would be glad to sign a protective alliance. In exchange for your protection in the Mediterranean and access to the great African ports, we will protect your merchants in the Black sea, and open our trade routes to the Far East. The Empire welcomes trade.
To: The Republic of Venice
From: The Eastern Roman Empire
We greet our brothers living the Western half of the once great Roman Empire! The Empire will gladly sign trade agreements with Venice. May our relationship be long and properous!
OOC: Plexus: any chance I can get a key for the map?
To: The Kingdom of Cyprus
From: Emperor Justintine I of Constantinople
RE: Trade
We apoligize for the delay: There was chaos in the diplomatic office following a rampant invasion of chickens (I'll explain later)...
On to the business at hand: We would be glad to sign a protective alliance. In exchange for your protection in the Mediterranean and access to the great African ports, we will protect your merchants in the Black sea, and open our trade routes to the Far East. The Empire welcomes trade.
To: The Republic of Venice
From: The Eastern Roman Empire
We greet our brothers living the Western half of the once great Roman Empire! The Empire will gladly sign trade agreements with Venice. May our relationship be long and properous!
OOC: Plexus: any chance I can get a key for the map?
Sheep
Orange Shrooms!
To Eastern Rome
From Krym: Will you sign an alliance with my nation so we can grow strong together.
From Krym: Will you sign an alliance with my nation so we can grow strong together.
Cyc
Looking for the door...
In the South -
As it turned out, when the barges returned from Liege, the Namur forces were primed and ready to go. The Generals decided to keep a squad of the late arriving troops from traveling to Brussels. They would scout Charleroi. Their orders were to kill any of Joan's scouts they found East of the city. They were then to make the enemy think they were about to be attacked. The main attempt was to not let them sleep.
The main force took off for Brussels. They were able to eliminate occasional enemy bands in sporatic encounters. This put them slightly behind schedule and arrived approximately the same time as the Northern forces.
In the North
The elder Genrals approached Brussels from the North. They had been able to see the torches and campfires from the higher ground of the Southern forces during the night and the morning trek. They were sure that Joan's troops knew of the approaching forces too. The timing was such that the two troop movements would reach the strike zone around the same time. The Generals sent off a barrage of flaming arrows into the city, signaling the Southern forces as well as letting Joan's troops it was time to sweat.
Orders -
Expand/Grow the Economy in celebration of the completion of the Wine Press Wonder in the Palatine capital of Trier.
As it turned out, when the barges returned from Liege, the Namur forces were primed and ready to go. The Generals decided to keep a squad of the late arriving troops from traveling to Brussels. They would scout Charleroi. Their orders were to kill any of Joan's scouts they found East of the city. They were then to make the enemy think they were about to be attacked. The main attempt was to not let them sleep.
The main force took off for Brussels. They were able to eliminate occasional enemy bands in sporatic encounters. This put them slightly behind schedule and arrived approximately the same time as the Northern forces.
In the North
The elder Genrals approached Brussels from the North. They had been able to see the torches and campfires from the higher ground of the Southern forces during the night and the morning trek. They were sure that Joan's troops knew of the approaching forces too. The timing was such that the two troop movements would reach the strike zone around the same time. The Generals sent off a barrage of flaming arrows into the city, signaling the Southern forces as well as letting Joan's troops it was time to sweat.
Orders -
Expand/Grow the Economy in celebration of the completion of the Wine Press Wonder in the Palatine capital of Trier.
Plexus
Architeuthidae puericomedentis
Remember, you guys decide when the update is, and I don't have enough orders to do one.
Oruc
Reactionary
Nope!
The Venetian state had begun to flourish and prosper. As the economy recovered from the inital investment into the maritime forces in the Republic, the dividends from that were beginning to pay off. Venice now controlled the innermost bay and the outlets of the Adriatic sea, which sooner or later would eventually be all of hers.
Peloponnesus and Sicily had become the next primary targets for Venetian expansion. A state in middle Italy had begun to grow and it had attracted much attention to the council and Consul, but it was of no immediate threat nor concern.
Venice needed to expand quickly to pick up toeholds at the major points of trade in the Mediterranean if it were to create some sort of formidable buffer between Western Europe and the gates of the Near East. It was, in fact, vital to Venetian survival that she doe so, and however it was done was becoming of little concern to the council.
Consul Alphonso Troy was quickly becoming an aged man. Though he was not to go bald, his head did sport snow white hair at the base of his scalp which gradually became more and more black as it approached the peak of his head and the furrowed brow which occupied his face. A prominent nose and chin allowed for a very domineering aura, and at a haughty 6' 2" tall he looked down on his enemies and friends alike.
To the Northeast, too, there were the Austrians. A young messenger, much shorter than Consul Tory, delivered the parchments of Austria as well as those of the Byzantines.
Lackidasically resting into his plush, velvet-padded chair he mumbled through the Latin scribblings, tossing them aside as rather mundane and unimportant. Where Venice's future lay was not currently at the feat of her neighbors, but at the fingertips of her sailors.
The Consul got up and walked down to the office of the Admiralty.
---
To: Austria
From: Consul Alphonso Troy of Venice
Subj.: Re: Non-Aggression Pact
We agree that a Non-Aggression Pact between our nations would be appropriate at this point in time.
---
Orders:
- Send ships to Peloponnesus, Southern Sicily, and begin exploration of lands South of Italia. Roman maps show them as being called Numidia, Libya, and Cyrenacia.
- Attempt to make contact with mainland Italian nation.
Peloponnesus and Sicily had become the next primary targets for Venetian expansion. A state in middle Italy had begun to grow and it had attracted much attention to the council and Consul, but it was of no immediate threat nor concern.
Venice needed to expand quickly to pick up toeholds at the major points of trade in the Mediterranean if it were to create some sort of formidable buffer between Western Europe and the gates of the Near East. It was, in fact, vital to Venetian survival that she doe so, and however it was done was becoming of little concern to the council.
Consul Alphonso Troy was quickly becoming an aged man. Though he was not to go bald, his head did sport snow white hair at the base of his scalp which gradually became more and more black as it approached the peak of his head and the furrowed brow which occupied his face. A prominent nose and chin allowed for a very domineering aura, and at a haughty 6' 2" tall he looked down on his enemies and friends alike.
To the Northeast, too, there were the Austrians. A young messenger, much shorter than Consul Tory, delivered the parchments of Austria as well as those of the Byzantines.
Lackidasically resting into his plush, velvet-padded chair he mumbled through the Latin scribblings, tossing them aside as rather mundane and unimportant. Where Venice's future lay was not currently at the feat of her neighbors, but at the fingertips of her sailors.
The Consul got up and walked down to the office of the Admiralty.
---
To: Austria
From: Consul Alphonso Troy of Venice
Subj.: Re: Non-Aggression Pact
We agree that a Non-Aggression Pact between our nations would be appropriate at this point in time.
---
Orders:
- Send ships to Peloponnesus, Southern Sicily, and begin exploration of lands South of Italia. Roman maps show them as being called Numidia, Libya, and Cyrenacia.
- Attempt to make contact with mainland Italian nation.
Cyc
Looking for the door...
Brussels -
The battle of Brussels raged for four days. The Palatine Generals did not want to see the city destroyed. They only wanted Joan's troops out, one way or the other. This meant they had to sweep the city in an orderly fashion. More street fighting with door to door searches. After the fourth day, when Palatine was to claim the city, the troops were exhausted. The next two days were to rest the troops and wait for supplies. The evening of the second day, fresh troops that had come from due East of Brussels, brought food and supplies. At this point the three forces split up. The original Southern forces headed South to Waterloo and returned to Namur, rejoining the squad there. They would the descend on Charleroi, liberating the townsfolk from the sleepless Parisian troops. After clearing Charleroi, the would take the barges downstream to the Picardie Region and march due west to Albert. The Northern Forces turned due West and tried to stay in the highlands (if you could call them that) as they moved to the coast. They would would stop just outside Lille, the only decent sized town in the region. The fresh troops from Palatine's Northern lowlands would head Northwest to strike Ghent, and then move on to the coast.
The troops were well rested. They had just celebrated the completion of the Wine Press Wonder, taken the largest city in Belgium away from Joan, and drawn up new battleplans to strike Ghent, Lille, and Amiens. Messenger had arrived from the King and had also been sent prior to that. Supplies and communications were up. New uniforms and horses were given to the veterans. Locals had enlisted in the now swelling ranks. Palatine was a Military force to be dealt with in the North.
Recruitment in the Capital area and to the South had enabled forces to sweep through Strasbourg and Basel. Troops also moved up the Mosel enroute to Dijon.
The forces in Sedan and Verdun left the Meuse River and marched toward Reims. All of the individual attack plans were about to converge as messenger was sent to Paris, an ultimatum for Joan.
The battle of Brussels raged for four days. The Palatine Generals did not want to see the city destroyed. They only wanted Joan's troops out, one way or the other. This meant they had to sweep the city in an orderly fashion. More street fighting with door to door searches. After the fourth day, when Palatine was to claim the city, the troops were exhausted. The next two days were to rest the troops and wait for supplies. The evening of the second day, fresh troops that had come from due East of Brussels, brought food and supplies. At this point the three forces split up. The original Southern forces headed South to Waterloo and returned to Namur, rejoining the squad there. They would the descend on Charleroi, liberating the townsfolk from the sleepless Parisian troops. After clearing Charleroi, the would take the barges downstream to the Picardie Region and march due west to Albert. The Northern Forces turned due West and tried to stay in the highlands (if you could call them that) as they moved to the coast. They would would stop just outside Lille, the only decent sized town in the region. The fresh troops from Palatine's Northern lowlands would head Northwest to strike Ghent, and then move on to the coast.
The troops were well rested. They had just celebrated the completion of the Wine Press Wonder, taken the largest city in Belgium away from Joan, and drawn up new battleplans to strike Ghent, Lille, and Amiens. Messenger had arrived from the King and had also been sent prior to that. Supplies and communications were up. New uniforms and horses were given to the veterans. Locals had enlisted in the now swelling ranks. Palatine was a Military force to be dealt with in the North.
Recruitment in the Capital area and to the South had enabled forces to sweep through Strasbourg and Basel. Troops also moved up the Mosel enroute to Dijon.
The forces in Sedan and Verdun left the Meuse River and marched toward Reims. All of the individual attack plans were about to converge as messenger was sent to Paris, an ultimatum for Joan.
Sheep
Orange Shrooms!
Update/.
Cyc
Looking for the door...
It was a dark and gloomy day in Paris when the Palatine messenger arrived at the Military outposts. He was then brought before Joan. The message he carried was an ultimatum, called the Frank Declaration. It was so titled to reflect the origins of the Palatine people. The Frank Declaration claimed all of Joan's territory belonged to Palatine and that she was to leave immediately to lands far South. Simply put, King Clovis confronted Joan with a choice - unconditional surrender or total annihilation. Of course there was the back door, where Joan could retire to Spain or Portugal. Slaughtering Joan's Army was not a goal of King Clovis, he merely wanted the land and its resources. But Joan would have to go.
King Clovis sends emissaries to all known nations with an invitation for Trade. Wine, beef, oilseeds, farm products, and iron are available. Local artists have also put their wares on an international scale.
OOC - Revolutionairy, I'm assuming we'll get an update today. You'll have until the next update to respond. If Palantine does not hear from you, we will advance.
King Clovis sends emissaries to all known nations with an invitation for Trade. Wine, beef, oilseeds, farm products, and iron are available. Local artists have also put their wares on an international scale.
OOC - Revolutionairy, I'm assuming we'll get an update today. You'll have until the next update to respond. If Palantine does not hear from you, we will advance.
Angelscotboi
Emperor
Teutonic Order
The Grand Duke of the Teutonic Order has begun to expand the influence of the Order across the Baltic seas.
Pleased with his efforts he has sent a letter to Rome thanking the Pope for his guidance; and so gave a choice to the Heathens of the Order.
Convert to Catholicism or leave the Order.
Under no circumstances were these Heathens to die.
It was not the place of the Order to decide when these Orthodox heretics would meet God for judgement.
Orders=
-Improve economy by expanding the Major ports of Danzig, Konigsberg, Riga, Memel and Tallin.
-Continue expansion into Sweden.
-Expand into Finland
-Expand south into Poland
The Grand Duke of the Teutonic Order has begun to expand the influence of the Order across the Baltic seas.
Pleased with his efforts he has sent a letter to Rome thanking the Pope for his guidance; and so gave a choice to the Heathens of the Order.
Convert to Catholicism or leave the Order.
Under no circumstances were these Heathens to die.
It was not the place of the Order to decide when these Orthodox heretics would meet God for judgement.
Orders=
-Improve economy by expanding the Major ports of Danzig, Konigsberg, Riga, Memel and Tallin.
-Continue expansion into Sweden.
-Expand into Finland
-Expand south into Poland
Plexus
Architeuthidae puericomedentis
I still do not have enough orders, I need at least four more.
I do not have orders from:
Revolutionary
Jason the King
AnarchyRulz
Dexter
Azale
Tragodr
jdd2007
OctavianX
CivGeneral
So, let's start harrassing these people for orders.
I do not have orders from:
Revolutionary
Jason the King
AnarchyRulz
Dexter
Azale
Tragodr
jdd2007
OctavianX
CivGeneral
So, let's start harrassing these people for orders.
---Scotland---
John saw how Europe was changing into great empires, and he had a vision for Scotland to be one of the great powers. To do this, he sent Scottish diplomats all around the meditteranean (sp) and as far away as Moscow to learn about and from other nations. Soon Universities would be built to teach bright young Scots, but building up armies and navies was a bigger priority at that moment.
Scottish Orders-
Build larger navy and train sailors
Recruit and train army
Expand onto close islands and expolore Scandinavia
Send diplomats around known world
Move existing soldiers South
Scottish Diplomacy-
Official Ambassadors *in* Palatine, Paris, Mercia, Venice, Basques, Byzantium, Moscow, Teutonic Order, Albigen, Iceland, Krym and Austria.
To Wales: Unless you are willing to sign a hundred year NAP with us right this instant, we refuse to deal with you. Your excursions into our land are seen and noted.
To Mercia: Our merchants are trading freely between our countries, with both of us making a tidy sum. We offer you an alliance.
To Paris: We are sending small amounts of our wool your way. Is this ok?
To Iceland: We are sending a few dozen of the finest horses of Scotland to your island. We hope for good relations between our glorious countries
Scottish Trading-
Horses to Iceland
Various to Mercia
Wool to Paris
John saw how Europe was changing into great empires, and he had a vision for Scotland to be one of the great powers. To do this, he sent Scottish diplomats all around the meditteranean (sp) and as far away as Moscow to learn about and from other nations. Soon Universities would be built to teach bright young Scots, but building up armies and navies was a bigger priority at that moment.
Scottish Orders-
Build larger navy and train sailors
Recruit and train army
Expand onto close islands and expolore Scandinavia
Send diplomats around known world
Move existing soldiers South
Scottish Diplomacy-
Official Ambassadors *in* Palatine, Paris, Mercia, Venice, Basques, Byzantium, Moscow, Teutonic Order, Albigen, Iceland, Krym and Austria.
To Wales: Unless you are willing to sign a hundred year NAP with us right this instant, we refuse to deal with you. Your excursions into our land are seen and noted.
To Mercia: Our merchants are trading freely between our countries, with both of us making a tidy sum. We offer you an alliance.
To Paris: We are sending small amounts of our wool your way. Is this ok?
To Iceland: We are sending a few dozen of the finest horses of Scotland to your island. We hope for good relations between our glorious countries
Scottish Trading-
Horses to Iceland
Various to Mercia
Wool to Paris
Tragdor
Radical for Freedom
Story:
Sentor Arturo was worried. No one had repled to his alliance offer. The House of Lords was mumbling about making Princess Sierra the Lady Proctecter of the Basque kingdom. He had to get rid of her but how.......
Diplo:
To: All
From: Basque
Anyone interested in an alliance one can be arraged if some leader wants to marry Princess Sierra.
Orders
Bulid Economy
Expand
Sentor Arturo was worried. No one had repled to his alliance offer. The House of Lords was mumbling about making Princess Sierra the Lady Proctecter of the Basque kingdom. He had to get rid of her but how.......
Diplo:
To: All
From: Basque
Anyone interested in an alliance one can be arraged if some leader wants to marry Princess Sierra.
Orders
Bulid Economy
Expand
Jason The King
Deity
Orders:
United the island
increase army
Increase education
United the island
increase army
Increase education
Octavian X
is not a pipe.
To: Kyrm
From: Eastern Rome
RE: Alliance
We feel that, at this moment in time, an alliance is undeeded. Thankyou for the offer.
Orders
Continue agressive Western expansion. Allow the economy to prosper.
From: Eastern Rome
RE: Alliance
We feel that, at this moment in time, an alliance is undeeded. Thankyou for the offer.
Orders
Continue agressive Western expansion. Allow the economy to prosper.
