@BEGINEVENTS @IF TURN turn=2 @THEN TEXT August 2, 1914: Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife are killed by a bomb. Austrian forces move into the Balkan region to subdue the Slavs. Imperial Russia declares war on Austria and Austria's allies, Germany, the Ottoman Empire, and the United States of America. With this, Russia's allies come to her aid, those being the British Empire and the Republic of France, and the Confederate States of America. So begins The Great War.... ENDTEXT MAKEAGGRESSION who=Quadruple Alliance whom=Quadruple Entente @ENDIF @IF TURN turn=3 @THEN MAKEAGGRESSION who=Russian Empire whom=Quadruple Alliance @ENDIF @IF TURN turn=4 @THEN MAKEAGGRESSION who=United States whom=Confederate States @ENDIF @IF TURN turn=6 @THEN TEXT December 25, 1914: All along the trench lines of the US and CS forces, troops from both sides join in a partial armistice, and celebrate Christmas together. Governments on both sides become very angry. ENDTEXT @ENDIF @IF TURN turn=9 @THEN TEXT The German war industry produces the newest fighting aeroplane scout, the Fokker E.III Eindecker! ENDTEXT GIVETECHNOLOGY receiver=Quadruple Alliance technology=94 @ENDIF @IF TURN turn=10 @THEN TEXT April, 1915: The USA receives plans for a new fighter plane, the Martin Singledecker, a copy of the German Fokker E.III Eindecker. ENDTEXT GIVETECHNOLOGY receiver=United States technology=91 @ENDIF @IF TURN turn=11 @THEN TEXT May, 1915: The Morane-Saulnier M9 aeroplane flies over French, British, Canadian, and Russian skies, swooping down and attacking the enemy! ENDTEXT GIVETECHNOLOGY receiver=Quadruple Entente technology=28 @ENDIF @IF TURN turn=12 @THEN TEXT June, 1915: Oppressed for a generation now, the Mormons of Utah rise up against the United States government. After taking over many of the fortresses in Utah, the US sends troops to quell the uprising. Little do they know how good of fighters the Mormons are. ENDTEXT GIVETECHNOLOGY receiver=Confederate States technology=28 @ENDIF @IF TURN turn=25 @THEN TEXT July, 1916: At a small clearing beside a road in Tennessee, General George Armstrong Custer, and his adjutant, Abner Dowling, are introduced to the "armored cavalry," the fearsome Barrel. It can cross trenches longer than a man, and is armed to the teeth! ENDTEXT GIVETECHNOLOGY receiver=United States technology=7 @ENDIF @IF TURN turn=26 @THEN TEXT The German War Department receives plans for the Barrel. ENDTEXT GIVETECHNOLOGY receiver=Quadruple Alliance technology=7 @ENDIF @IF TURN turn=29 @THEN TEXT November, 1916: Scrambling for something to stem the growing tide of US and German Barrels, the Entente powers draw up plans for the "tank". ENDTEXT GIVETECHNOLOGY receiver=Quadruple Entente technology=82 @ENDIF @IF TURN turn=30 @THEN TEXT Throughout the French Army, the conscripts rise in rebellion! :: The Confederate States being Tank Mk. I production. ENDTEXT GIVETECHNOLOGY receiver=Confederate States technology=82 @ENDIF @IF TURN turn=35 @THEN TEXT May, 1917: The Russian Empire finally begins production of a few assorted tanks, but is not industrialized enough to produce masses of them like other countries. ENDTEXT GIVETECHNOLOGY receiver=Russian Empire technology=82 @ENDIF @IF TURN turn=33 @THEN TEXT March, 1917: The newest tank arrives from Britain to the Western Front: the Mk.V tank. It is larger, with heavier guns, and more armor. ENDTEXT GIVETECHNOLOGY receiver=Quadruple Entente technology=83 @ENDIF @IF TURN turn=34 @THEN TEXT The Confederate States receive the plans to upgrade their Mk. I tanks to Mk. V tanks. ENDTEXT @ENDIF @IF TURN turn=17 @THEN TEXT December, 1915: With winter settling on the battlefields, everything again bogs down...the war rages on, but something is needed to break the massive trenches and fortifications... ENDTEXT @ENDIF @IF TURN turn=14 @THEN TEXT Needing something to destroy the Entente and Russian hardpoints, the Germans produce the flamethrower. ENDTEXT GIVETECHNOLOGY receiver=Quadruple Alliance technology=32 @ENDIF @IF TURN turn=15 @THEN TEXT The US War Department begins issuing flamethrowers to elite units on the battlefield. ENDTEXT GIVETECHNOLOGY receiver=United States technology=32 @ENDIF @IF TURN turn=41 @THEN TEXT November, 1917: The Great War comes to an end as the Entente powers reel from major defeats on the Western Front. In Russia, the Imperials are fighting off Soviet Socialist Rebels. In the Confederacy, still smarting from the Red Negro uprisings, anti-Whig political parties being rising, one major one being the Freedom Party. ENDTEXT @ENDIF @IF TURN turn=31 @THEN TEXT January, 1917: France invents the rotating turret for it's newest light tank, the Renault FT-17. ENDTEXT GIVETECHNOLOGY receiver=Quadruple Entente technology=33 @ENDIF @IF CITYTAKEN city=RICHMOND attacker=United States defender=Confederate States @THEN TEXT Richmond, the capital of the Confederate States of America, falls to a massive US bombardment. ENDTEXT @ENDIF @IF CITYTAKEN city=BIG LICK attacker=United States defender=Confederate States @THEN TEXT Big Lick, Virginia, falls to the US Army. ENDTEXT @ENDIF @IF CITYTAKEN city=NASHVILLE attacker=United States defender=Confederate States @THEN TEXT Nashville, Tennessee falls to General George Custer's army. ENDTEXT @ENDIF @IF RANDOMTURN denominator=25 @THEN TEXT Slipping through the massive mine nets and submarines around the British Isles, another division of the Australian/ New Zealand Army Corp, ANZAC, arrive. ENDTEXT CREATEUNIT unit=ANZAC Inf. owner=Quadruple Entente veteran=yes homecity=NONE locations 136,68 136,68 136,68 139,63 139,63 139,63 endlocations @ENDIF @IF TURN turn=13 @THEN TEXT To break through the cities of their enemies, the US and Germany unveil their Railroad Artillery Guns. Some of these weapons have gunbarrels measuring 300cm... ENDTEXT GIVETECHNOLOGY receiver=Quadruple Alliance technology=69 @ENDIF @IF TURN turn=13 @THEN GIVETECHNOLOGY receiver=United States technology=69 @ENDIF @IF TURN turn=32 @THEN TEXT The Russian Empire receives plans for the FT-17 light tank. ENDTEXT GIVETECHNOLOGY receiver=Russian Empire technology=33 @ENDIF @IF CITYTAKEN city=LUBBOCK attacker=United States defender=Confederate States @THEN TEXT Lubbock, Texas has fallen. The US creates the state of Houston, with Lubbock as its state capital. ENDTEXT @ENDIF @ENDEVENTS