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FAM Pre-Bill Discussion: "Grand Coalition" -vs- Germany
The current plan is to declare war on Germany when our peace agreement comes up for renegotiation in 10 turns.
All other peace treaties come up for renegotiation on the same turn except for England (which will be the turn after).
Here is the plan I would like interested members of the Senate to discuss, alter if desired, and prepare for a Senate Bill which would pass before the date of invasion (in about a week and a half real time, 10 turns game time). This is due to the fact that the NewCon requires Senate approval for any MPP, Military Alliance, or Trade Embargo requested by the Foreign Affairs Minister (FAM). So here's the plan I would like us to discuss:
THE PLAN: A GRAND COALITION TO RID THE WORLD OF THE GERMAN MENACE
(aka The "Divide-And-Conquer" Plan, as I previously referred to it)
- Sign MPPs with preferably Greece, England, and the Aztecs 1 turn before war or on the same turn as war is declared (just before declaration). These can be packaged with the renegotiation of peace treaties if done on the same turn as the war declaration.
- Sign military alliances against Germany with as many other nations as possible immediately after war is declared. Rome, Japan, India, Russia, Babylon, and Persia are all critical along with Greece, England, and the Aztecs if they didn't agree to MPPs. Zululand, China, and the Iroquois can be done without, but we should go ahead and sign with them just to prevent Germany from having them declare on us.
- Sign trade embargoes against Germany with all parties willing to do so (which would be everyone who declared war on Germany for sure, probably some who would be unwilling in addition).
PROS:
- Given that the current military technologies given a decisive advantage to the defender (cavalry -vs- riflemen = high offensive casualties), overwhelming force may be just the trick to prevent this from turning into a stalemate that simply saps our resources.
- Completely isolates Germany
- Interdicts Germany's ability to research technology and techwhore it for income and to prevent us from techwhoring at the very start of the war
- ALL nations, not just our own, will be undergoing the same impacts of war weariness.
- Significantly reduce the likelyhood that Germany will be unable to use its enormous financial and technological assets to induce our many enemies into declaring war against us
- Germany's defeat as a the technological leader is quite assured. Even if Greece, the Aztecs, or England gained a little territory out of the war, we are likely to gain more and become (finally!) the undisputed leader in technology.
- The common agreements and the common war may give us a temporary relations boost which we can exploit for better trade deals with other AI civilizations
CONS:
- Forces us to fight for 20 turns or until Germany is destroyed (thankfully, however, everyone else will be under the same war weariness)
OTHER IMPLICATIONS:
- Our goal must be to annihilate Germany, not simply hurt it. As another aptly put it: "Wipe them out. All of them"
Within the context of our "Grand Coalition", the goal will be to remove the German menace from the world (as suggested in this plan's title)
- While less force may be required to accomplish the goal of removing Germany as a technological power, we may have to be swift in taking German cities (especially Berlin with its wonder(s)) if we want to get most of them. The SMC should take this into account.
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AFTERMATH
After this plan's execution, we should be the undisputed leader in technological research, our cities by that point should be mostly industrialized and our production will be able to stomp just about anyone into the ground.
The arguments of whether this should be the last great war or whether we should go after others (Zululand, England, Greece, etc.) can be made after this war with Germany is over. The path from the end of this war will be up to those leaders who will be around to guide us then. My concern is to getting to having final victory within sight, since it has not yet come into our grasp, despite the claims of some...
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So, please, begin. We need to have a Senate Bill passed on the subject before the war starts. We have roughly a week and a half to do so.
The current plan is to declare war on Germany when our peace agreement comes up for renegotiation in 10 turns.
All other peace treaties come up for renegotiation on the same turn except for England (which will be the turn after).
Here is the plan I would like interested members of the Senate to discuss, alter if desired, and prepare for a Senate Bill which would pass before the date of invasion (in about a week and a half real time, 10 turns game time). This is due to the fact that the NewCon requires Senate approval for any MPP, Military Alliance, or Trade Embargo requested by the Foreign Affairs Minister (FAM). So here's the plan I would like us to discuss:
THE PLAN: A GRAND COALITION TO RID THE WORLD OF THE GERMAN MENACE
(aka The "Divide-And-Conquer" Plan, as I previously referred to it)
- Sign MPPs with preferably Greece, England, and the Aztecs 1 turn before war or on the same turn as war is declared (just before declaration). These can be packaged with the renegotiation of peace treaties if done on the same turn as the war declaration.
- Sign military alliances against Germany with as many other nations as possible immediately after war is declared. Rome, Japan, India, Russia, Babylon, and Persia are all critical along with Greece, England, and the Aztecs if they didn't agree to MPPs. Zululand, China, and the Iroquois can be done without, but we should go ahead and sign with them just to prevent Germany from having them declare on us.
- Sign trade embargoes against Germany with all parties willing to do so (which would be everyone who declared war on Germany for sure, probably some who would be unwilling in addition).
PROS:
- Given that the current military technologies given a decisive advantage to the defender (cavalry -vs- riflemen = high offensive casualties), overwhelming force may be just the trick to prevent this from turning into a stalemate that simply saps our resources.
- Completely isolates Germany
- Interdicts Germany's ability to research technology and techwhore it for income and to prevent us from techwhoring at the very start of the war
- ALL nations, not just our own, will be undergoing the same impacts of war weariness.
- Significantly reduce the likelyhood that Germany will be unable to use its enormous financial and technological assets to induce our many enemies into declaring war against us
- Germany's defeat as a the technological leader is quite assured. Even if Greece, the Aztecs, or England gained a little territory out of the war, we are likely to gain more and become (finally!) the undisputed leader in technology.
- The common agreements and the common war may give us a temporary relations boost which we can exploit for better trade deals with other AI civilizations
CONS:
- Forces us to fight for 20 turns or until Germany is destroyed (thankfully, however, everyone else will be under the same war weariness)
OTHER IMPLICATIONS:
- Our goal must be to annihilate Germany, not simply hurt it. As another aptly put it: "Wipe them out. All of them"
Within the context of our "Grand Coalition", the goal will be to remove the German menace from the world (as suggested in this plan's title)- While less force may be required to accomplish the goal of removing Germany as a technological power, we may have to be swift in taking German cities (especially Berlin with its wonder(s)) if we want to get most of them. The SMC should take this into account.
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AFTERMATH
After this plan's execution, we should be the undisputed leader in technological research, our cities by that point should be mostly industrialized and our production will be able to stomp just about anyone into the ground.
The arguments of whether this should be the last great war or whether we should go after others (Zululand, England, Greece, etc.) can be made after this war with Germany is over. The path from the end of this war will be up to those leaders who will be around to guide us then. My concern is to getting to having final victory within sight, since it has not yet come into our grasp, despite the claims of some...
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So, please, begin. We need to have a Senate Bill passed on the subject before the war starts. We have roughly a week and a half to do so.
on German invasion and conquest. 
English participation in the alliance
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