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Voting closed: August 15, 2019, 01:31:48 pm

[Funk]

Get out and sail back to Corsica to present them the noble.

Also, take inventory of our captives. I'm guessing it is likely we might have scooped up some noble women and children or other people whose skills make them too valuable to sacrifice at the temples back home.

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[CABL]

"(4) Before presenting the Sardinian noble to Corsicans, Tod quickly checks if any of the average prisoners have any notable skills. They find a maid who worked as a cook for the local mayor, so Tod decides to keep her as the primary cook for the naval travel."

When arriving at Corsica, the captain of the guard takes the noble prisoner and gives out a detailed map of Sardinia. 'Put it to good use', said the captain."

Acquired Cook (Adequate)! -2 to food consumption during naval movement. Maps/charts updated.

Spoiler: Current assets (click to show/hide)

Amount of ships: 13 (Every ship can take 80 people aboard, not counting the prisoners.)
Amount of food: 199 (Each 80 men consume 11.2375 units of food per day/turn. In the current case, you have 899 troops, meaning that they should consume 12 units of food. However, I'll round the numbers down in the case of food consumption, with no exceptions to the rules.)
Unit types: 136 atgeir wielders, 250 heavy axemen, 45 housecarls, 38 elite infantry, 242 axe throwers/skirmishers, and 183 archers.
Ducats/Money: 2989.90 (Atgeir wielders/Pikemen-type troops cost 0.5 each, Heavy infantry cost - 0.3, Housecarls/Bodyguards/Elite Infantry - 1.3, Light Infantry/Skirmishers cost - 0.2, and Archers cost 0.15 each. In total, you currently have to pay 261.95 weekly.)
310 Prisoners, 1 Special Prisoner (Each ship can take 25 prisoners on board. Prisoners can be either ransomed or donated to a local Norse temple for troops, officers, unique items, and even ships.)

[Weirdsound]

Thank the captain of the guard. Ask him if we can be permitted peaceful entry to a major Corsican city (perhaps only a few vikings at a time, if that makes them feel safer) so that we may spend some of the spoils of our raid and enrich the local economy.

If we gain entrance, spend some money endearing ourselves to the locals. Buy some rounds at the local inn. Buy food for the poor. Spread the word that although we are returning to Scandinavia shortly to gather more men, we will soon be back to harass Sardinia. We would be willing to take on some brave who men seek wealth and adventure, and know the Sardinain countryside.

In addition to volunteers, see if we can hire somebody to travel with us and teach us and our men to read and write Italian. (This would likely be a priest or monk.)

Lastly, if we have any men who already speak Italian. Purchase them some nice clothes, leave them some money, and tell them to remain in Corsica while we return home. They can build connections for us while we are away.

[Naturegirl1999]

Thank the captain of the guard. Ask him if we can be permitted peaceful entry to a major Corsican city (perhaps only a few vikings at a time, if that makes them feel safer) so that we may spend some of the spoils of our raid and enrich the local economy.

If we gain entrance, spend some money endearing ourselves to the locals. Buy some rounds at the local inn. Buy food for the poor. Spread the word that although we are returning to Scandinavia shortly to gather more men, we will soon be back to harass Sardinia. We would be willing to take on some brave who men seek wealth and adventure, and know the Sardinain countryside.

In addition to volunteers, see if we can hire somebody to travel with us and teach us and our men to read and write Italian. (This would likely be a priest or monk.)

Lastly, if we have any men who already speak Italian. Purchase them some nice clothes, leave them some money, and tell them to remain in Corsica while we return home. They can build connections for us while we are away.

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[King Zultan]

Thank the captain of the guard. Ask him if we can be permitted peaceful entry to a major Corsican city (perhaps only a few vikings at a time, if that makes them feel safer) so that we may spend some of the spoils of our raid and enrich the local economy.

If we gain entrance, spend some money endearing ourselves to the locals. Buy some rounds at the local inn. Buy food for the poor. Spread the word that although we are returning to Scandinavia shortly to gather more men, we will soon be back to harass Sardinia. We would be willing to take on some brave who men seek wealth and adventure, and know the Sardinain countryside.

In addition to volunteers, see if we can hire somebody to travel with us and teach us and our men to read and write Italian. (This would likely be a priest or monk.)

Lastly, if we have any men who already speak Italian. Purchase them some nice clothes, leave them some money, and tell them to remain in Corsica while we return home. They can build connections for us while we are away.

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[Funk]

Thank the captain of the guard. Ask him if we can be permitted peaceful entry to a major Corsican city (perhaps only a few vikings at a time, if that makes them feel safer) so that we may spend some of the spoils of our raid and enrich the local economy.

If we gain entrance, spend some money endearing ourselves to the locals. Buy some rounds at the local inn. Buy food for the poor. Spread the word that although we are returning to Scandinavia shortly to gather more men, we will soon be back to harass Sardinia. We would be willing to take on some brave who men seek wealth and adventure, and know the Sardinain countryside.

In addition to volunteers, see if we can hire somebody to travel with us and teach us and our men to read and write Italian. (This would likely be a priest or monk.)

Lastly, if we have any men who already speak Italian. Purchase them some nice clothes, leave them some money, and tell them to remain in Corsica while we return home. They can build connections for us while we are away.

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[CABL]

"The captain allows the Norsemen to enter the city, and so they spend a quarter of their looted money on cheap booze for everyone, (2) but the average folk aren't particularly impressed. Then they spent another quarter of the forcefully obtained money to help the poor, (2+1) which does inspires a few of them to join as skirmishers. (2) Overall, the Corsicans aren't willing to seek to fight under the banner of Northmen, but Tod announces that he'll return to Scandinavia to bring the invasion force. However, some fairly rich Corsican has decided to travel with the Vikings and teach them Italian; He'll prove himself as a great teacher, eventually."

"Finally, Tod and his warband sail off back to Scandinavia, to the shores of Denmark..."

-150 gold, +5 skirmishers, -1 special prisoner, acquired Translator (Italian)! Allows interrogation of low-rank prisoners that speak Italian! -120 food (30 food units saved by your cook).

Spoiler: Current assets (click to show/hide)

Amount of ships: 13 (Every ship can take 80 people aboard, not counting the prisoners.)
Amount of food: 79 (Each 80 men consume 11.2375 units of food per day/turn. In the current case, you have 899 troops, meaning that they should consume 12 units of food. However, I'll round the numbers down in the case of food consumption, with no exceptions to the rules.)
Unit types: 136 atgeir wielders, 250 heavy axemen, 45 housecarls, 38 elite infantry, 247 axe throwers/skirmishers, and 183 archers.
Ducats/Money: 2989.90 (Atgeir wielders/Pikemen-type troops cost 0.5 each, Heavy infantry cost - 0.3, Housecarls/Bodyguards/Elite Infantry - 1.3, Light Infantry/Skirmishers cost - 0.2, and Archers cost 0.15 each. In total, you currently have to pay 261.95 weekly.)
310 Prisoners (Each ship can take 25 prisoners on board. Prisoners can be either ransomed or donated to a local Norse temple for troops, officers, unique items, and even ships.)
Unique crew members: Cook (Adequate), -2 naval food consumption; Translator (Italian), allows interrogation of low-rank prisoners that speak Italian.

[Weirdsound]

Hand in our prisoners to the temple. Catch up on the news in Scandinavia.

[Naturegirl1999]

Hand in our prisoners to the temple. Catch up on the news in Scandinavia.

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[Funk]

Hand in our prisoners to the temple. Catch up on the news in Scandinavia.

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[King Zultan]

Hand in our prisoners to the temple. Catch up on the news in Scandinavia.

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[CABL]

I'll delay the update till tomorrow, because I'm sleepy right now.

[CABL]

"(Auto 5 for the sheer prisoner amount) You're greeted by holy men, who are absolutely stunned by the amount of prisoners Tod has brought for sacrifice. It draws many fanatics to Tod's banner, to the point where Fylkir Jedvard ordered to gift out some ships to Tod."

"There's nothing particularly new in Scandinavia, outside a very small rebellion from a couple of lowly lords, who have refused to give up their holdings. They were quickly defeated and branded traitors, then got quartered and decapitated."

+3 ships, +125 heavy axemen, +64 atgeir wielders, +5 housecarls.

Spoiler: Current assets (click to show/hide)

Amount of ships: 16 (Every ship can take 80 people aboard, not counting the prisoners.)
Amount of food: 79 (Each 80 men consume 11.2375 units of food per day/turn. In the current case, you have 899 troops, meaning that they should consume 12 units of food. However, I'll round the numbers down in the case of food consumption, with no exceptions to the rules.)
Unit types: 200 atgeir wielders, 365 heavy axemen, 50 housecarls, 38 elite infantry, 247 axe throwers/skirmishers, and 183 archers.
Ducats/Money: 2989.90 (Atgeir wielders/Pikemen-type troops cost 0.5 each, Heavy infantry cost - 0.3, Housecarls/Bodyguards/Elite Infantry - 1.3, Light Infantry/Skirmishers cost - 0.2, and Archers cost 0.15 each. In total, you currently have to pay 336.95 weekly.)
310 Prisoners (Each ship can take 25 prisoners on board. Prisoners can be either ransomed or donated to a local Norse temple for troops, officers, unique items, and even ships.)
Unique crew members: Cook (Adequate), -2 naval food consumption; Translator (Italian), allows interrogation of low-rank prisoners that speak Italian.

[Weirdsound]

Lets see if we can squeeze some more troops out of this before we go South.

Send word to the high houses of Denmark. We have maps of Sardinia, and an understanding with Corsica. We are at least planning on conducting massive raids of Sardinia, and if things go particularly well, we may seize some land. It may be to a viking lord's benefit to send us some of their non-inheriting sons (and perhaps some extra men) in case we need people to administer said conquered land.

We will likely have to improvise and adapt when we get back to Italy, but in an ideal world we take some coastal cities/castles, put them under control of another viking, and make said viking swear fealty to Corsica. This way, Corsica will help them defend against the Sardinian counter attack. Also, if we turn this into a war between Sardinia and Corsica as opposed to Sardinia vs. The Vikings, their mutual overlord in mainland Italy is less likely to get involved. Once the war is over, we can use our Viking friend's Corsican lands as a base from which to raid other targets in the Mediterranean, without having to swear fealty to Corsica ourselves.
 

[Naturegirl1999]

Lets see if we can squeeze some more troops out of this before we go South.

Send word to the high houses of Denmark. We have maps of Sardinia, and an understanding with Corsica. We are at least planning on conducting massive raids of Sardinia, and if things go particularly well, we may seize some land. It may be to a viking lord's benefit to send us some of their non-inheriting sons (and perhaps some extra men) in case we need people to administer said conquered land.

We will likely have to improvise and adapt when we get back to Italy, but in an ideal world we take some coastal cities/castles, put them under control of another viking, and make said viking swear fealty to Corsica. This way, Corsica will help them defend against the Sardinian counter attack. Also, if we turn this into a war between Sardinia and Corsica as opposed to Sardinia vs. The Vikings, their mutual overlord in mainland Italy is less likely to get involved. Once the war is over, we can use our Viking friend's Corsican lands as a base from which to raid other targets in the Mediterranean, without having to swear fealty to Corsica ourselves.

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