Another Age of War PBEM

[JamesJKirk]

Commonwealth Prime Minister Kirk sends his congratulations to the future chancellor of the new Germany, Martin von Karreras. The British Commonwealth look forward to a mutually beneficial relationship with Germany.

Also, Kirk notes that he likes the idea of putting the chancellor through a reelection upon the completion of each succeeding phase of the transition.

OOC: Oh, I thought Germany went after Britain for some reason. After France is fine, and I have no problem w/ you taking care of all that needs to be taken care of, winterfritz. On the topic of what to give Germany, why doesn't one of us find out which techs Germany currently has, and then decide which it needs in addition. For money, we can all just grant Germany a certain amount of gold at a certain point, probably after his first turn.
As El Awrence is now the Chancellor-in-Exile, perhaps Russia and I should share information on the cities he'll be receiving, ie what they're building, and allow him to have input on this until he actually gets control of the cities. Also after each phase, we can do the same thing for the cities he'll be getting in the next round. Of course things would be subject to our veto since we still have control of the city. What do you think?

Also, will we have any military limits on Germany? JMarks at one point suggested to me that the limits could be proportionate, kind of like the tripartite naval pact in the 1920's. We could limit the size of this entire military to some fraction of one of our own. It wouldn't really matter which one, since Russia, France and Britian have roughly the same number of units. Although navally, I think Germany should be limited to a merchant marine and nothing heavier than a destroyer or possibly a light cruiser, and the number of these should be severly limited.

[winterfritz]

Letting the leader-in-exile have some measure of input, but not total control, on whats going on in those cities is a good idea.

The German military should be limited. Kirk, what sort of numbers did you have in mind for those proportional limits? I say Germany should be allowed a conscript defending each city plus a small mobile striking force. Will we let them have Advanced Ballistics (as almost everyone seems to have it now)? And are we going to give Germany conscripts with her cities, or make her build them on her own?

Edit: Just noticed that was my 400th post

[Dr. Nick]

The German Chancellor in exile has accompanied Prinz Wilhelm von Hohenzollern to the port of Hamburg where he will be touring the establishment of Germany in due course and will be surveying the cities and meeting with local officials. Once his tour of Germany has concluded he will be meeting with a Concert of Nations of Europe to outline the creation of the German state.

[Cyrion]

Sorry guys, as I wrote in another thread, I was away from my computer for 4 days!!

I'll play tonight, sorry about the delay!!

And WELCOME to Herr Martin von Karreras!!

[Cyrion]

Turkish News

The population thrives under the new Democracy! Freight, improvements, infrastructure...

And the save:

[JamesJKirk]

nothing terribly exciting happened.

I'm going to be away from around the 11th to the 20th. I may still be able to play my turns, I may not, so I'm just giving you guys a heads-up

[The ANZAC]

nothing either...

[Case]

La Repubblica

Italy Lashes Russian Action and Inaction!

Russian Incursions Spark Protest

The Russian navy's recent incursions into Italian waters have aroused protests from both the Italian government and people. The Italian Ambassador in Moscow has called on the Russian Minister of Defence and demanded that the ships be removed from the vicinity of Tirane.

Meanwhile, the Albanian coastline has been lined with furious Italians who have traveled from near and far to shake their fists at the arrogant Russian armoured cruiser which is clearly visible from the popular Albanian holiday resorts.

State of Russian Railroads Disapoints Traders

A party of Italian traders has had thier dreams of riches shattered by the poor state of the Russian railroad system. According to the ministry of trade, a party of Italian traders this month departed the city of Graz bound for Russia. However, the traders were forced to return for home when it was discovered that despite Russian retoric about the importance of rail road bypasses, no such rail lines lay around the Russian cities of Austria!

The traders have now given up their dream of opening the lucrative Russian market and are instead heading towards the British city of Newcastle.

[The ANZAC]

Russia would like Italy to reconsider both of it's statements

1. As to the armored Cruiser in Italian waters, Russia has previously be notified by Italian authorities. The ship is still en route out of the area and will leave by next month.

2. Concerning the Rail Road bypasses: Russia has been trying to setup rail roads and bypasses in general across the country. If you look at our size, it's a pretty tremendous feat. However, other powers like France and Britain have had established RR infrastructures yet have not put much work into bypasses. However, Russia has engineers working on a trans-Balkan RR andcan easily next turn put in bypasses. The Russian government can assure you that in Germany and Russia the going will be easier. And if there are not RR bypasses there will be at least road bypasses. Russia is issuing a map of the RR conditions in Austria.

[winterfritz]

Le Monde

France Gives Thumbs Up to Rail Network
Soon after the launching of her new trade initiative, French merchants finally tried first-hand the Trans-Continental Railroad, the ambitious project linking Paris and Istanbul with a series of rail-bypasses constructed by French, Italian and Turkish engineers. The system performed to perfection; a cargo of dye from textile regions around Nantes did indeed reach eager consumers in Istanbul within a single month (turn).

Following this impressive display of the new system's capabilities, the French Government formally congratuled Italy and Turkey for initially embarking on the project and persuading France to join. 'It is indeed a great achievement for European trade,' stated Minister for Trade Jacques Renuard.

More cargos of French goods continue to struggle to reach Russian markets through the muddy roads of the Confederacy.

[Cyrion]

I dled the save and will play it tonight, BUT... just for your information, as I had connection problems from my home comp last week (bloody provider!! ), I'm not sure I'll be able to post my save before Monday morning (when I come back to work)!! But I'll try anyway!!

So don't get mad at me if you don't see the posted save before Monday...

[The ANZAC]

Re: Le Monde

Originally posted by winterfritz More cargos of French goods continue to struggle to reach Russian markets through the muddy roads of the Confederacy.

Russia is perplexed by France's statement and a little annoyed at both the Italian and French statements. The Russian Transportation Minister, Vasily Andropov: "Russia has made great leaps and bounds on connecting the entire country to a rail system. But we are perplexed by the French statement; which city were you trying to reach? Right now, one can go from Moscow to Berlin almost in two months. There are just one or two bypasses to be completed. More RR are appearing over Russia. We did not have the same luxury of France to do **** with their pre established rail system. We've been laboring hard to set up a rail system period, much less but still importantl set up bypasses. Also Russia has stopped harassing France to install even simple roads in Germany and to block trade routes with troops. Russia hates cynicism So I will tell you, France, what you have told mother Russia: "Where are you going? Maybe then we'll put in bypasses when we feel like it." We ask France to work with us not against us with this slandering.

[winterfritz]

We are not slandering Russia, and there was no ill-feeling in our statement. It was merely a fact. Our traders are currently bogged down in the underdeveloped Balkans. We did not blame the Russian authorities in any way for this occurance, and are surprised at their touchy counter-attack. Perhaps the Russians feel responsible?

[Case]

The Italian government is pleased to hear news of a direct Berlin-Moscow Rail Road. We formally ask the French government to build RR bypasses around the cities of Northern France so that Italian traders may reach this route.

[winterfritz]

The French government is glad to oblige their friends and allies, the Italians. Our ever-growing civil engineers corps will begin work on the project right away.