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[Nirur Torir]

Spoiler: Letters from Pollock, to the northern barbarian types. (click to show/hide)

Greetings, northerners. Your ferocity and battle prowess are well known.

I am Leader Nirur, of Pollock, and seek dominion over the north eastern part of the main continent.

Tales are told of your raids in years past, and I will not allow my people to suffer such. I propose first a peaceful alternative: I will allow you to conquer and rule Villvale, uncontested by my own forces. I will also allow your invasion force to land and prepare in Toldron West, once I have taken it a few years hence.

It is my hope that ruling over a more fertile land will enrich your ways of life,  that a mutual flow of goods will improve the lives of all our people, and that you will find a better path in creating riches than in slaughtering and taking from poor villagers. The riches of kings, rather than bread of the poor.

[Sheb]

Just checking for trade, the sequence would be forxemple:

Turn 1) Buy a caravan
Turn 2) Move a caravan two tiles
Turn 3) Move a caravant two tiles, establish the mission and gain 1200.

Can the 1200 already be used in turn three (for exemple to buy another caravan) or only in turn 4?

[Kashyyk]

It would be available in Turn 4, along with the option to establish a permanent trade route.

Also: I've written up most of the turn, just waiting on micelus to complete it.

[Tiruin]

Also, I have no idea what's in those letters between the Barnstocks and the Bannerlands, but either there's an argument, a terrifying alliance or an imminent war between them brewing, based on how many messengers are running between the kingdoms.  o_o

My impression was that we all know something's up but it's a whisper on the wind. A ton of that.

Either way I hope sheb and buddy gaz are doing well o_o I envy their MULTIPLE TERRITORIES now.

Argh! The puns, they burn!

Hogwash. It snout my sty-le to make bad puns.

How dare you insult the people of Pork! D:

Also I'm under the impression the Empire will notice us soon and begin being grumpy ruler Imperials, like that Fallen empire in Stellaris which keeps giving mandates but doesn't help you.
((Until now, and onwards, I'll snip out letters and replace them with flavor of my own! ))

Spoiler: Letter to Talarys Revande (click to show/hide)

"My goodness what is this? A dignified map compartmentalized into a small scroll? How astounding, and organized! It bears the Principality of Pork, ma'am!"

These were the words Talarys heard after speaking to her adviser when she returned--the messenger was not present due to his duties, and she was fairly busy too, but not too busy to remain unaware of the quality and implications brimming with such a request. She grew a leader by a background of administration--the coasts were frequented for their riches in both beauty and resources, as such, the health of the seas was beneficial to the people in that way.

It seemed the Princess was calling for these and more, and a shrewd tongue was something she possessed.

Spoiler: Response (click to show/hide)

"This is an intriguing offer."

Let us take Owldale, but we shall show you no enmity--no walls will border us, and trade and an Alliance is what we propose in turn, alongside a Trade treaty. Our armies each, shall be granted free entry into each other's lands, including any other national force, be it civilian or otherwise. In return we demand respect and loyalty in return; from your elite, to those interested in us, to be kindly to our borders that they may only exist in sovereignty. We accept your aid in building roads through our lands, and we offer the same to you, alongside being open to any more mutual demands.

With the wording of your demands, we note your claim to Petris. It is currently occupied by another civil state. Elsewise the regions and coastline in between are free lands.

Our offer includes Western Owldale, seemingly not touched by your second offer, and rightly more pragmatic for one who wishes to oversee the southwestern coasts. We look forward to further relations between our Alliance of free people, and yours own.

Peace in Understanding;
-- Signed with the Alliance Seal

[Iituem]

Spoiler: Talarys' Response (click to show/hide)

Princess Gruntsnuffle finished wallowing in the fine silt bath and extended her trotters for her servants to rub her down and clean her with scented spring water.  A silk robe was placed around her shoulders as a messenger piglet trotted in, bearing a sealed envelope on a silver platter.  Noting the Alliance seal, Gruntsnuffle broke it and perused the missive.

"Not what I want, but not terrible either.  It would be better by far to have Owldale, but the wretched human woman does respect our ambitions.  Oink, fetch me my quill and vellum.  I shall draft a response."

Spoiler: Letter to Talarys Revande (click to show/hide)

Esteemed Alliance Leader Talarys Revande,

We would be willing to consent to a Military Access Treaty allowing our respective troops and civilian forces access to one another's lands, as well as to a Trade Treaty when practical.  A full alliance is something that must be considered more carefully, as it is the tradition of our people to seal such an alliance with a royal marriage.  We could consider a Defensive Pact for a limited number of years in the meantime, perhaps five?

There is one caveat to any permanent defensive treaty or alliance, however.  We must demand that you cease the farming of swine, both swinefolk and our lesser brethren, within your borders.  We can supply suitable replacements in due time, once our scholars have finished working out the necessary arrangements.

The Finest Regards,

Princess Gruntsnuffle of the House of Suidae
The Principality of Pork

[Kashyyk]

As there are a billion letters going in different directions (all with varying degrees of fluff), once you've come to some sort of conclusion could you please inform me directly either through PM or in your turn spoiler.

[snow dwarf]

Do other people need to agree for you to send a caravan to their Empire or is it like in Civ?

[Kashyyk]

They don't have to give permission for it to complete, but they could also destroy the caravan and loot it if they want to as well.

[Tiruin]

((I love you iiteum And how you characterize your Princess. I don't know what's going on so-
The response is brief but everything later on will try to match your quality .-.)

Spoiler: Letter to Talarys Revande (click to show/hide)

"What is swine?" Talarys asked her bodyguard,
"Pork, pigs, hogs, and a variety of other animals that are not within our lands," her bodyguard responded.
"Well, that's different from what I imagined."
"What was in mind, madame?"

"A silly thought. Something of vines and beverages. That said, do we have anything matching their cease and desist request?"
"None, madame. We have cows, goats, cordials, and the flying serafine, to name a few. Our lands do not permit any growth of their requested creatures in the wilds. The lands north of us, however, are more fertile in that regard; I've heard rumors of such in tiefling lands."

Talarys began to quickly send a response, grateful that her bodyguards were from the finest of scholars.

Spoiler: Response (click to show/hide)

{The response is concise and very short; it accepts the military access treaty and Trade treaty if ever both nations neighbor each other.}

[micelus]

Spoiler: Orders (click to show/hide)

1.Create caravan
2. $300 into researching  'basic magic' or equivalent

[Kashyyk]

I have now split the various sea territories, as can be seen below:



This has thus changed some of the rules.

A ground unit that attacks whilst crossing the light blue coastal waters will receive the -8 penalty as before. It still takes an entire turn of movement for a ground unit to move in this way. Naval units will have their speed increased slightly to compensate for the higher number of territories they must now traverse.

The dark blue ocean waters are impassable to all units without the appropriate technology.

Both ocean and coastal territories now only count as one territory each with regards to calculating caravan distance.

I will update the OP and get the turn out shortly.

[Taricus]

Shortly? Yeah right.

Still, it'll be good to see the turn come out when it's ready ^^

[Kashyyk]

Hah. It's all written, it's just in three different files. Once I'm back from work I'll put it all together :p

[Haspen]

Hah. It's all written, it's just in three different files.

Geez, even Era of Diesel didn't take that much .'v

[Iituem]

I don't have the original python files any more, but I suspect that's probably how my ham-fisted efforts in coding ended up doing it.