TW: Condottieri II (IC)

[ArcaneStomper]

House Bernadotte to the Brotherhood of Kalmar

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We suggest securing as much of the surrounding coastline as possible.

[Murska]

Winterborn to House Poniatowski

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How much would it cost for a purification device in Podolia, as soon as we've cleared it?

Winterborn to House Bernadotte

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We captured some aged but still usable Prussian equipment recently along with some captives. Would you be interested in taking custody of them?

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House Poniatowski to the Winterborn

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We are not willing to sell you our device, but we could rent it to you at the cost of [60 cash] for one season.

House Bernadotte to the Winterborn

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We would be willing to do so. What exchange do you have in mind?

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Winterborn to House Bernadotte

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Just keep us in mind if and when the conflict over Denmark gets more heated, and tell us if you learn anything interesting from the vehicles.

As an aside, with recruitment picking up and very light casualties, we were wondering if you would be able to supply us 10 suits of Swedish Heavy Armour II. Our cashflow is held up in investments, but we'll be certain to put them to good use fighting for the interests of our motherland in the future.

Would you happen to have any pressing small-scale missions for scouting or bandit control available?

Winterborn to Alchemists

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With the grand expedition to Austria successful, we've got a fair number of experienced soldiers and strongly environmentally protected gear willing to assist in any smaller endeavours you might have planned.

Winterborn to House Hapsburg (Spanish)

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Messina has been scouted. Would you have any other similar tasks available for us?

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House Bernadotte to the Winterborn

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We can certainly supply you with armor, but we have no further missions for you at this time.

The Alchemist Guild to the Winterborn

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We are planning an expedition to Genoa that could use an escort.

Mission: Alchemy
Territory: Genoa
Employer: Alchemist Guild
Rating: 60
Reward: 77 Secrets

House Hapsburg to the Winterborn

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Of course now we wish to set up an outpost in Messina. We would be willing to pay quite well if you escort our initial convoy of supplies and colonists into the area.

Mission: Escort
Territory: Messina
Employer: House of Hapsburg
Rating: 60
Reward: 48 Cash

[ArcaneStomper]

Turn 10

Homesteading
The great powers have sparked a wave of colonization across Europe. Encouraging lesser nobility and their most trusted agents to claim land for themselves. Already dozens of settlements have sprung up as a testament of the human will to overcome the elements, or at least human greed.

Most are unlikely to survive, but a few seem to have established themselves as lesser houses. Willing and able to conquer the wastelands of Europe for their own riches and glory.

Austrian-Italian War
The first stages of the war are in full swing as waves of Austrian airships approach the peninsula and begin disgorging troops. Unlike the earlier British-Ottoman war this is no mere duel of powers, but a full blown invasion. And one the Austrian seem poised to win, as the Italians stand disunited and vulnerable.

The endless waves of Austrian might are halted on an unexpected obstacle however as the foreign Horde under the enigmatic General Tso appear out of nowhere in Umbria and bring an entire fleet of airships crashing down.

The Austrian advance has halted as their generals consider how to respond to this surprising defense giving the local Italians a chance to regroup and prepare for a renewed siege.

[Murska]

Winterborn to New Condottieri Companies

We at Winterborn have some old equipment we would be willing to sell at low prices to newcomers in the field. The prices given in the list below are the starting points, we will of course sell to the highest bidder.

16 Secondhand Armour (A2, D2, ER1) Cost: 3
7 Swedish Quarantine Suits (A 3, D 3, ER 1.4) Cost: 6
6 Transports (A0, D0, ER0.5, T5, S5) Cost: 2
3 Fast Attack Bikes (A5, D2, ER0.5, T1, S10) Cost: 3
6 Converted Mining Rig (A10, D5, ER1, T1, S4) Cost: 5


Winterborn to the Horde

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We heard you've developed a new powerful heavy vehicle capable of surviving in the worst storms. We've had some problems of our own in Genoa, and would like to purchase a few of them in order to reach the depths of the Cursed Lands.

Winterborn to House Hapsburg (Spain)

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We're able and willing to take more missions. Are you intending to purify Messina soon?

Also, would you be willing to work together to take the best version of your Dragoon Bikes and develop them further into something that could truly change European battlefields?
((OOC: Willing to offer them all 127 of my secrets and pay favours to get them to give me their best bikes and to jointly develop an even better version.))

Winterborn to House Bernadotte

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If you have any tasks for us this year, we've got plenty of troops free. Have the tensions with Prussia been lowered?

In addition, we would like to ask whether you've got any newer models of the infantry armour available. The harsh storms we're facing are beginning to overcome their ability to keep the men protected.

Winterborn to House Wlodzimierz

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We would like to offer our services for any new missions you might have for us. In addition, we'd like to talk about loaning a device for the purification of Podolia.

We're also interested in any new development you've done on equipment. We're starting to get an income from our new lands, and intend to spread the strength of Poland further at earliest opportunity.

[purepolarpanzer]

A stern wind blows through the desert, carrying the sound of a sergeant calling out orders far into the wastes. Men jumped in the air, fell to their haunches, flat to the ground, and then did a push up before repeating the process, all in full gear with the sun blazing down on them. The training was downright hellish in these conditions, but no one could complain that Colonel Ibrahim De Los Moros was heartless. An adjutant approached the unit commander just as he sprung up from his push up, sweat pouring down his face.

"Colonel? There are communiques waiting for you in your tent. It is the hour that you have set aside for drumming up work for the unit, and another company of mercenarios has posted some items for sale. Considering our logistical situation, I thought you may want to address that immediately." The adjutant handed the unit commander a towel, a clip board, and a canteen, but the clip board was pushed away in favor of the other two. "Is it sad, my friend, that I would rather continue calisthenics than do the work of a commander?" Ibrahim gave a rare laugh as he took a long swig from the canteen, pouring the remainder over his head, then toweling off. "Come. We'll make sense of this business of war if it kills us, yeah?" The black skinned commander passed by his assembled Spanish troops, many of whom shared his complexion. Still, training like this kept his own kinsmen away, and the reputation of Casa De Lost Moros turned many local Spaniards on their heels before they even entered the remote camp in the middle of the Tabernas Desert. Ibrahim ponders this as he heads for his tent, barely more luxurious than the ones inhabited by his troops. "We will get by. We must." He murmured as he sat behind his clap board desk and began to get to work. "We must."

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I am Ibrahim De Los Moros, leader of my company. I am more than interested in the equipment you are selling. My men are fortified and spirited as any in the world, but our equipment stores are quite low. I would like to purchase half of the offered mining rigs, all of the bikes you have for sale,
three of the quarantine suits, and ten sets of your soon to be third-hand armor. I am willing to pay the price you have listed for all this equipment, and will continue negotiations if you receive a better offer. Please keep me informed.

[Mortenkam]

The Brotherhood of Kalmar

Colonel Frederik Gyldenstierne, the new lord of Riga, was walking around and inspecting the defenses of the headquarter of the Brotherhood of Kalmar and his new home. After Frederik had returned from his mission in Jutland, he had spent all his time at supervising the rebuilding of Riga, of course it was a long way from being as big as the old city, but it was on its way to regaining its old glory. Frederik had great plans for restoring the house of Gyldenstierne to its former glory, and in fact reach even greater heights.

He soon reached the new parade square, where over 1000 new recruits were waiting for him. Colonel Frederik saluted major Johan Rosenlund, who had been organizing the parade.

“Are they ready to join the fight?”, Frederik asks.

“They have been prepared, and if they are not ready, then they will become ready on the field of battle.” Johan responded. They both walked to the podium, that was placed in front of the recruits, and Frederik stepped up and started his speech.

“Men, you have decided to join the Brotherhood of Kalmar, a brotherhood founded on the unity of all of the Scandinavian people, a brotherhood that will never falter in loyalty to each other and to the people we represent. We will save Europa from the curse, who have taken hold, for far too long a time, and reclaim the land for the Brotherhood, for Sweden, for Scandinavia!”

To House Joakim

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“We have successfully purified Sjælland and are ready to help Sweden with its next goal. I also wished to discuss the possibility of gaining my own purification device to purify Riga, after I have removed the few bandits left in the area.”

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House du Ouveture
"Sangre, Sucre, Salines"

When his ship landed in the port of Nantes, Jacques felt like a conquistador setting foot on the Americas for the first time. Except this was backwards. He had an old map and cases of legal documents regarding his family's possessions in the province, but all was new.

Nantes was a wasteland, long since destroyed by the curse. The wretches who squatted in the large buildings, among calcified tapestries and crystalline trees, were simple peasants trying to eke by. They had no appetite to challenge his landing; he had no desire to challenge their life. It was a short walk to his ancestral home, which his forces and people occupied. Then began the work of rebuilding.

Jacques had dreams, of a wealthy province with a strong force of loyal cultivator-soldiers to defend it. He had his most veteran overseers and his strongest workers with him, and their families. He had his household servants and his plantation staff here. He could build, and prosper.

His guidance to his overseers was simple - "Ensure the cultivators take precautions to be safe. I will not have my workforce dying off in daily toil; ours is to die or prosper in glory." While his forces went to renovating the manor and rebuilding the town, he went to work in the office, composing messages to the various powers that be.

Spoiler: House d'Ouveture to House Bourbon

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My lord, we of house Ouveture have returned to our home provinces to bring more land under the glory of France and to serve you as vassal. Please let us know how we can turn our swords or our plowshares to your benefit, and if there are any tasks we can do for your Majesty.

If it pleases your Majesty, we would also like to request a lease on a purification device to start bringing Nantes into control, and contact with your quartermaster to purchase equipment from you. We find the climate in Nantes far more hostile than San Domingue.

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Your Majesties, we of house Ouveture have occupied Nantes. Because ours is a port city, and recognizing your problem with channel pirates, we wish to make contact with you to avoid hostilities between our ships and yours and to see if we can find common cause against these enemies of humanity.

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Your Majesties, we of house Ouveture have occupied Nantes. Because ours is a port city, we wish to make contact with you to avoid hostilities between our ships and yours and to see if we have grounds for productive cooperation.

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ENCRYPTED. 1 intelligence (is this how this works?). Message sent PM.

[Hamste]

The Horde

General Tso frowns at his reports. The most hostile territory turned out particularly hostile...who would have guessed? The equipment they had been sent with was definitely not up to standard for such an area. Future expeditions would need better equipment if they are going to take out the bandits. It raised some questions of what the bandits out there had to survive. The loss of life would be a heavy reminder not to under estimate the forces of nature. At least one squad had managed to evacuate their terracotta armor before the curse had destroyed it.

The next report was a lot more optimistic. The researchers were done and the designs for the mobile fortress were done. Tests reported that it was even capable of surviving direct shots from a Wen Turtle with out damage. With soldiers supporting it they should be able to repel even the heaviest of gun fire and dish out much more than it took. The alchemical shields were also top of the line and it seemed doubtful even the worst storm could damage them. All together a rousing success. Now just to figure out how to get the funds to arm all the soldiers with it. Maybe diversify the army a bit. All the terracotta armor had been destroyed except for a lone piece which meant they were dangerously low on mobile equipment for actually taking territory. Something to deal with.

The last report he himself had filled out and he just smiled as he put it into the proper filing cabinet. The Austrians may want land but having weak powers sitting around were quite useful and the Italians would surely support him after he surprised them. Now to continue making sure they were worth anything.

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They are amazing pieces of machinery. Absolutely bleeding edge in terms of environmental protection and it would be difficult to find a machine more capable of defending territory or invading heavily cursed areas than the Horde Mobile Fortress. We are willing to sell some but there is two important things to know. They are expensive due to the alchemical shields and engine and we have a condition that they may not be used for research purposes due to the technology being proprietary.

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We had a great success on the heavy armor designs. I hope it serves the Dynasty for a good long time. That alchemical armor could be revolutionary.

We were wondering if you had any jobs you needed doing? As usual, we will greatly reduce our rate for them.

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Glad we arrived in time for that province at least. Sorry, about not giving any warning but we aren't exactly amazing at being subtle and it was for the best if they didn't know where we were.

If you have any plans for where you want us for defense, feel free to send them via encrypted message. Keep in mind we can't respond with any sort of secrecy so if you need a response putting a code word in your message that you would want us to respond with is suggested.

[purepolarpanzer]

Spoiler: House d'Ouveture to Winterborn

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ENCRYPTED. 1 intelligence (is this how this works?). Message sent PM.

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I'll pay one intelligence to intercept that message.

[SchwhatNow]

Die Wölfe der Abfälle

Colonel Lothar Wölffin sits alone in his office pouring over the reports of his company's recent occupation of Lubeck. A lit cigar sits idly between his lips, the embers flaring slightly with his breath. Technologically his company jumped ahead early but has begun to fall behind. He meant to fix that, but a string of events had taken his attention away from the arms race and now with the grab for provinces he knew that he couldn't afford to wait on clearing the territory.

Interestingly enough, a few new mercenary groups seemed to be springing up and attempting their hand at playing war. That meant even more time spent keeping a watchful eye, something he couldn't afford to do with the tensions between Sweden and Prussia at the moment. He was feeling the stress of his situation but it wasn't enough to stop him, he knew that the only thing to do was to continue forward.

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Spoiler: Die Wölfe der Abfälle to House Hohenzollern

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We have the outpost established and aim to begin clearing the territory of bandits.

In the meantime we are feeling the pressure of our recent losses and feel unequipped to properly train up our new recruits as well as we would like. We would like to inquire if you have any skilled instructors that we could hire.

-The Long Night

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Message sent via PM. 5 Intelligence used to encrypt.

Training:
-Spending 6 xp to promote 2 Trained grunts to Veteran status
-Spending 5 xp to promote 5 Green grunts to Trained status

Deploying Forces to Sweep Lubeck: 2x Lieutenant (2T, 1C)
Tactic: Flank (+1 Attack)

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4x Veteran Grunt
2x Trained Grunt

6x Prussian Excursion Suit (A 2, D 3, ER 1.2)

6x Panzer (A 11, D 6, ER 1.1, T 1, Speed 7)

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House Hapsburg to the Winterborn

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We are first planning to clear out the bandit problem. Though we are willing to offer that task to you as well.

Mission: Sweep
Territory: Messina
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Rating: 30.4
Reward: 10 Cash, 1 Favor

We would be willing to assist you in pursuing an upgraded line of dragoons, but we will keep our most advanced weapons for those who owe their loyalty only to us. (They'll develop one based on 50 secrets.)

House Bernadotte to the Winterborn

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At the moment we require someone to scout Ostjylland and Kolding. We also have a line of heavy armor available designed to work with a special alchemical oversuit.

Swedish Under Armor (A 6, D 7, ER 1) Cost: 7.2
Swedish Over Armor (A 1, D 3, ER 2, T 1, Speed 15) Cost: 6

House Wlodzimierz to the Winterborn

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Our next goal is to connect our current safe holds. To that end we ask that you scout the provinces of Werszawa, Lublin, and Brest. As before we would be willing to loan you our purification device for [50 cash] for a single turn as long as you take utmost care with it.

We are currently working on an upgraded version of the crawlers should you be interested.

House Joakim to the Brotherhood of Kalmar

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Now we need to cleanse the rest of the Jutland peninsula. We plan to start with Slesvig. Acquiring your own purification device will be quite an endeavor however. Ours was the work of years and countless alchemists. You will need many reagents and alchemists of your own to operate it.

House Bourbon to the House D'Oveture

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Count Ouveture,

Your request is an uneasy one. Our purification engine is one of France's most treasured artifacts and you have no proven record of commanding forces in the wastes. However your desire to bring glory to France will offer you ample opportunity to prove your mettle. The province of Orleanais has long been an obstacle in our expansion being as it is overgrown with mutants and cursed elementals. If you can clear it, then we will be willing to lend you the engine. But be warned that Orleanais is extremely dangerous. You may wish forge your household guard in another province before testing yourself against it.

Duke Germaine

House Windsor to House D'Ouveture

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Count Ouveture,

The channel pirates are a serious menace, but clearing them will require destroying their hidden ports. Are you willing to undertake such a campaign.

House Habsburg to House D'Ouveture

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We have no cause for conflict. We will order our warships to give your vessels safe passage.

To House D'Ouveture (GM)

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Yes, you spend a point of intelligence to encrypt a message. Generally you should include me in your PMs as well as any recipients so that if someone else decrypts your message I can give it to them.

House Guiyang to the Horde

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We wish to expand our efforts to match that of House Wen. We believe the province of Languedoc would be suitable.

House Wen to the Horde

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Provence is still infested with bandits. We require their removal before we can begin settling peasants in earnest.

House Rosella to the Horde

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Your assistance was most praiseworthy. Fortunately secrecy is not something we require. Arezzo is still under siege by Austrian forces and needs urgent relief.

To House Moros (GM)

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You actually need two points. One more than they encrypted it with.

House Hohenzollern to Die Wölfe der Abfälle

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Certainly we can spare some instructors. How many do your foresee needing?

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Winterborn

to House Moros

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We're glad of your interest and will inform you soon on the status of your bid. We're currently in negotiations with some other companies on some of the equipment.

We're sure your regiment will bring glory to Spain as our own has in the past.

to House d'Ouveture

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Your offer is received and acknowledged. If possible, we would like you to inform us whether you'd be willing to accept less than the full share, as we do have other offers as well and, as you know, connections and friends in other regiments are at least as valuable as hard cash.

to the Horde

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We accept your stipulations. Three of them for 60 Cash?

to House Hapsburg (Spain)

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We will take the mission and hope you will continue relying on our regiment in the future.

As for the development programme, we'll be glad of your assistance. It is unfortunate but understandable that you'll keep your best cards hidden - we continue to hope to one day prove worthy of your trust regardless.

to House Bernadotte

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We will be able to scout Ostjylland now, but lack the officers to head to Kolding at the same time. Perhaps you might have some suitable candidates, or intelligence to provide scouting estimates? That would be of great use for our operations.

((Would like to buy good officers and/or Intelligence, preferrably with favours))

EDIT: The armour you have seems to have high potential, but after our recent incursions into areas of heavy environmental hazards we're somewhat worried about the environmental rating. We're intending to call in some favours with the Spanish and use our practical experience to develop a new fast assault vehicle. We'd be interested in working with your alchemists and engineers to customize the armour further and integrate some of our knowledge and experience of alchemical shielding into the undersuits, modifying them to work better with vehicles that have higher firepower. Would you be interested in such a project?

to House Wlodzimierz

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We will take it upon ourselves to immediately scout Werszawa and Lublin. Our officer corps is spread thin with the protection of the purification device to consider as well, so we cannot move into Brest at the same time.

We are definitely interested in the new Crawlers, and can contribute a significant number of Secrets for its development.

We're also looking for new sources of recruits to protect our new-found territory, scouts to chart them and officers to lead the operations. Perhaps you could help?

((Would like good officers, Intelligence and/or Recruitment, preferrably for favours.))

to Alchemist's Guild

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The Winterborn would like to employ Alchemists for the purpose of developing better equipment for the regiment. If there is any interest in such an assignment, please contact us.

[purepolarpanzer]

The candles that light Ibrahim's tent grow shorter and shorter as the night grows solidly dark, and still he sits behind his desk, checking through intelligence reports and missives from foreign powers. His eyes dart over all new incoming information as he tries to sum it up into something he can use. Finally, he smiles to himself and puts pen to paper to begin his first campaign of letters and communiques for the betterment of the unit. God help him, he would do his best by his former companion and set this company on the right path, though it may lead to the very fires of war.

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Thank you for being open with myself and my men about this economic haggling. We certainly hope to find an agreement not just amenable to our own unit, but for the betterment of armed forces of multiple nations. If the portion that we have requested is too selfish, let us know. We are a unit used to dealing with less in the face of stern odds. Still, this being our first purchase of gear under the name Los Moros, we would prefer establishing contacts that could reap even more profit later than simply buying our gear at market. We only hope that we can use this equipment for the betterment of Spain, as you have.

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I am Ibrahim De Los Moros, leader of a new company of mercenaries seeking to add to the glory of Spain. With the recent conflict between Italy and the Austrian Empire, it came to my mind that you may have interests on the Italian peninsula that would best be brought home, so as to save them from the ravages of war. In the interest of keeping any of the harshness of this conflict from taking anything at all away from our glorious home country, my unit would be interested in any and all work you would have removing said interests, whether they be goods, personnel, or anything else of value, from the war ridden country before the tides of conflict wash them away like driftwood in a storm. If this or any other mission would suit my soldiers, I would be proud to undertake it with my men. Eternally yours, Ibrahim De Los Moros

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I am Ibrahim De Los Moros, leader of a new company of mercenarios in my home country of Spain. I am writing to you in hopes of securing safe passage for myself and my men in possible upcoming missions to the Italian peninsula meant to secure and return Spanish interests in the area to our home country. This being a time of war, I understand the difficulty and chaos that can ensue, and simply wish to make sure that it does not negatively affect my homeland. I hope to avoid any misunderstandings or tragedies that could ensue from a quest such as this in the interests of international diplomacy and honorable behavior.
Eternally yours, Ibrahim De Los Moros.

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I will file that information away for later, but I'll save my intelligence for this round to better prepare my men for missions.

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Winterborn

to House d'Ouveture

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Your offer is received and acknowledged. If possible, we would like you to inform us whether you'd be willing to accept less than the full share, as we do have other offers as well and, as you know, connections and friends in other regiments are at least as valuable as hard cash.

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We still request the full load, and are willing to up our offer by 10 in exchange for an exclusive contract. This is your original asking price.

If you wish to conduct a deal with a third party for portions of the set, we are still interested in the leftover equipment but won't be able to offer such generous terms. We have a force to equip, and will have to source that equipment from other vendors.

House Bourbon to the House D'Oveture

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Count Ouveture,

Your request is an uneasy one. Our purification engine is one of France's most treasured artifacts and you have no proven record of commanding forces in the wastes. However your desire to bring glory to France will offer you ample opportunity to prove your mettle. The province of Orleanais has long been an obstacle in our expansion being as it is overgrown with mutants and cursed elementals. If you can clear it, then we will be willing to lend you the engine. But be warned that Orleanais is extremely dangerous. You may wish forge your household guard in another province before testing yourself against it.

Duke Germaine

House Windsor to House D'Ouveture

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Count Ouveture,

The channel pirates are a serious menace, but clearing them will require destroying their hidden ports. Are you willing to undertake such a campaign.

To House D'Ouveture (GM)

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Yes, you spend a point of intelligence to encrypt a message. Generally you should include me in your PMs as well as any recipients so that if someone else decrypts your message I can give it to them.

House d'Ouveture to House Bourbon

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We understand, and seek to prove our worth. Do you have any other contracts, aside from the capture of Orleanais, that we can do? And do you have any equipment to sell us?

House D'Ouveture to House Windsor

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Yes, we are willing to take on the channel pirates. We may need some time to scout their defenses and test them in combat before we commit to a decisive campaign.

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Roger. Will cc you on PMs next time. Have a few questions on the OOC thread.

BTW, the discord link you sent is broken. I have a bunch of questions, but think they'll be easier to discuss than for me to try and list.

[SchwhatNow]

Die Wölfe der Abfälle

Spoiler: Die Wölfe der Abfälle to House Hohenzollern

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We are currently hoping for 3 new instructors if you can spare them. (+3 training)

Additionally we would like to purchase 6 of the new Panzer A's.

-The Long Night

Purchases: 73.2

-6x Panzer A (A 11, D 6, ER 1.2, T 1, Speed 7) Cost: 12.2

[Mortenkam]

The Brotherhood of Kalmar

To House Joakim

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“We can definingly help cleanse Slesvig, just send us the mission details. From whom would you suggest that we hire alchemists from?”

To Agda Import

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“I would like to inquire if there was anything the Brotherhood of Kalmar could aid you with?”

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House Habsburg to the Winterborn

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That is very unlikely while you yet profess loyalty to another monarch. Allies yes, but there is a difference between ally and boon companion. We have instructed our alchemists to work with you however and they put forward a proposal for the following modification.

Design: Winterborn Dragoon Bike (A 7, D 5, ER 1.6, T 1, Speed 16) Cost: 4.4

House Bernadotte to the Winterborn

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Our newest cadet class has a recent graduated and we have a few lieutenants to aid in your endeavors. And yes we would be quite interested in creating a more rugged type of armor. We find our troops often need to go into heavily cursed lands.

House Wlodzimierz

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We can spare recruits more easily than anything else. We could offer up to [3 Recruitment] to aid in your expansion.

The Alchemist Guild to the Winterborn

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There are always alchemists looking for patrons. But they will need reagents and equipment to start working for you. The most suitable way to proceed would be for you to escort an expedition into the wastes to gather supplies and then head back to your new capital.

The Benita Guild to House Moros

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Greetings Lord Moros,

As it happens we do have some interests that could use evacuation. There is a warehouse in Umbria that we own. If you return the goods located there to us safely we would pay you well.

Mission: Escort
Territory: Umbria
Employer: Benita Guild
Rating: 28.8 CR
Reward: 23.04 Cash

To House Moros

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Missives return from both sides of the conflict warning House Moros to stay away. Neither side would turn down an ally, but an unaligned third party would just make things more complicated. At the very least they make no promises of safety for foreign troops entering the conflict zone.

House Bourbon to House d'Ouveture

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We recommend starting in Armagnac. It is dangerous enough to blood your men, but not so much as to devastate them. We can offer you some armor more fitting for a French noble such as yourself.

French Knight Plate (A 2, D 4, ER 1.5) Cost: 8.3

We also have a stock of general purpose equipment. Though we caution you that these were developed in less hostile times and will likely not prove adequate for extended use.

Basic Uniforms (A 0, D 0, ER 0.5) Cost: 1.2
Militia Gear (A 1, D 1, ER 1) Cost: 4.6
Secondhand Armor (A 2, D 2, ER 1) Cost: 6.2

Transports (A 0, D 0, ER 0.5, T 5, Speed 5) Cost: 3.6
Fast Attack Bikes (A 5, D 2, ER 0.5, T 1, Speed 10) Cost: 7.5
Converted Mining Rig (A 10, D 5, ER 1, T 1, Speed 4) Cost: 14.1

House Windsor to House D'Ouveture

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We believe one of the main pirate strongholds is in Cornwall. You should start there.

House D'Ouveture (GM)

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I've put a new discord link in the OOC thread.

House Hohenzollern to Die Wölfe der Abfälle

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Excellent we will send the instructors with your new panzers. Hopefully both will serve you well.

House Joakim to the Brotherhood of Kalmar

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Your only real option is the Alchemist Guild. They keep a tight reign on who their journeyman hire out to.

Mission: Cleanse
Territory: Slesvig
Employer: House Joakim
Rating: 40 CR
Reward: 32 Cash

Agda Imports to the Brotherhood of Kalmar

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We believe it is time we expanded. We have already chosen a likely spot. Please scout Aberdeenshire and ensure it is a viable location for our new mines.

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Winterborn

to House d'Ouveture

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We're able to sell you

6 Secondhand Armour (A2, D2, ER1)
4 Swedish Quarantine Suits (A 3, D 3, ER 1.4)
6 Transports (A0, D0, ER0.5, T5, S5)
3 Converted Mining Rig (A10, D5, ER1, T1, S4)

for 65 Cash (4 less than list price). You'll not find anyone selling these for cheaper, we're already significantly under production cost. Unfortunately we've got another offer that arrived before yours, and we cannot in good faith refuse them in the favour of your offer unless the price offered is actually higher.

to House Moros

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Your offer is accepted.

to House Hapsburg

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It sounds like a great starting point for the project. I will of course hope that with time and effort we can push the envelope even further.

And, as always, the vagaries of politics and national interest occasionally get in the way. But we hope to at the very least provide a strong, dependable long-term ally for you in the east. There is more to this world than realpolitik, after all, and old bonds should not lightly be torn down.

to House Bernadotte

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All right. We'll arrange a project for the armour.

Can you tell us some details about the prospective Lieutenants? Anders has, I feel, flourished in our regiment and we would be happy to accept people of his caliber.
((OOC: 1/1 lieutenants are pretty crappy and take tons of XP to level into something worthwhile. Would it be possible to get someone more valuable for more favours and/or cash?))

to House Wlodzimierz

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All right, we can handle training those recruits into proper Polish soldiers.

to Alchemist's Guild

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All right. We'll finish purifying our new capital and then finance such an expedition next season so as to begin work then.

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Winterborn

to House d'Ouveture

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We're able to sell you

6 Secondhand Armour (A2, D2, ER1)
4 Swedish Quarantine Suits (A 3, D 3, ER 1.4)
6 Transports (A0, D0, ER0.5, T5, S5)
3 Converted Mining Rig (A10, D5, ER1, T1, S4)

for 65 Cash (4 less than list price). You'll not find anyone selling these for cheaper, we're already significantly under production cost. Unfortunately we've got another offer that arrived before yours, and we cannot in good faith refuse them in the favour of your offer unless the price offered is actually higher.

To Winterborn

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I appreciate your way of doing business and your integrity in your offer. We can offer you 63.3 for the whole set. We need to make a substantial order to other vendors to meet our requirements, and that's all we have. While I recognize this is less than the already excellent offer you've provided, you are unlikely to find other credible buyers for such basic equipment.

House Bourbon to House d'Ouveture

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We recommend starting in Armagnac. It is dangerous enough to blood your men, but not so much as to devastate them. We can offer you some armor more fitting for a French noble such as yourself.

French Knight Plate (A 2, D 4, ER 1.5) Cost: 8.3

We also have a stock of general purpose equipment. Though we caution you that these were developed in less hostile times and will likely not prove adequate for extended use.

Basic Uniforms (A 0, D 0, ER 0.5) Cost: 1.2
Militia Gear (A 1, D 1, ER 1) Cost: 4.6
Secondhand Armor (A 2, D 2, ER 1) Cost: 6.2

Transports (A 0, D 0, ER 0.5, T 5, Speed 5) Cost: 3.6
Fast Attack Bikes (A 5, D 2, ER 0.5, T 1, Speed 10) Cost: 7.5
Converted Mining Rig (A 10, D 5, ER 1, T 1, Speed 4) Cost: 14.1

House Windsor to House D'Ouveture

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We believe one of the main pirate strongholds is in Cornwall. You should start there.

To House Bourbon

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We'd like to purchase the following from you:
10 Secondhand Armor (62 cost)
2 Converted Mining Rigs (28.2 cost)
5 French Knight Plate (41.5 cost)
for a total of 141.7

Do you also have any officers seeking employment?

Willing to spend 2 favors to gain influence/contracts with House Bourbon

To House Windsor

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Are you willing to contract for services against the pirates? Also, do you have any experienced channel navigators seeking employment?

Willing to spend 1 favor to gain influence/contracts with House Windsor

To House Habsburg in Spain

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Do you have any interest in operations against pirates on the English channel? Additionally, do you have any experienced naval officers seeking employment?

Willing to spend 1 favor to gain influence/contracts with the Spanish branch of House Habsburg

To other organizations (Martina Mining, Alchemist's Guild, Benita Guild, Aghda Export, etc.)

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Greetings, we of House d'Ouveture are recently arrived from the Caribbean and granted title and sovereignty over Nantes, in France. We seek productive contract and employment to our mutual benefit. Do you have any ventures for an aspiring new House?

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Winterborn to House d'Ouveture

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All right. We'll accept your deal - hopefully we can do business together later. We have access to high-level vehicles from various major European powers,
so if you want to supplement your forces with superior armour or vehicles once you've gotten established and began bringing in money, keep in touch.

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The Brotherhood of Kalmar

To House Joakim

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“Thanks for the advice. Do you have an idea of how much it would take to create a purification device or to borrow yours?”
(OOC: How many alchemists and secrets would it take to make a purification device?)

To Agda Import

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“We can definingly scout Aberdeenshire for you, just send us the mission details.”

To the Alchemist Guild

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“The Brotherhood of Kalmar would like to hire alchemists to aid us in maintaining and improving our equipment, and heard that you would be the right people to talk to. We also wanted to hear if there was anything you would need our aid for?”
(OOC: What can I use alchemists for? How would development function?)

To House Bernadotte

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“I wished to inquire if the house of Bernadotte had need of the services of the Brotherhood of Kalmar?”

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House D'Ouveture to House Savoy

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Greetings to your Majesties. We of the d'Ouveture have recently returned to Europe from the Carribean and occupied the province of Nantes. As we establish ourselves, we can lend our arms to any business of mutual profit. Do you have any work for us?

House D'Ouveture to House Hohenzollern

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Greetings to your Majesties. We of the d'Ouveture have recently returned to Europe from the Carribean and occupied the province of Nantes. As we establish ourselves, we can lend our arms to any business of mutual profit. Do you have any work for us?

House D'Ouveture to House Habsburg (Austrian Branch)

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Greetings to your Majesties. We of the d'Ouveture have recently returned to Europe from the Carribean and occupied the province of Nantes. As we establish ourselves, we can lend our arms to any business of mutual profit. Do you have any work for us?

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House Bernadotte to the Winterborn

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If you want someone a bit more outstanding than our normal class of cadets there are two you might be interested in. One has a record of academic excellence in both theoretical knowledge and tactical exercises. He could however stand to get out into the real world a bit more. The other is the opposite his mouth has a way of getting him into spots of trouble that he lacks the practical skills to get out of. We believe both might do well in your house guard.

(Lt (2,1) and Lt (1,2). It is possible to get better than that, but the Bernadottes would like to keep their truly excellent candidates for themselves.)

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House Bourbon to House d'Ouveture

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We have some cadets that could be of service to you. (5 favors for 1 Lt.) We could also use your assistance in establishing an outpost in Nemours.

Mission: Escort
Territory: Nemours
Employer: House Bourbon
Rating: 60.8 CR
Reward: 48.64 Cash

House Windsor to House d'Ouveture

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We would be willing to pay your for information on the channel pirates yes.

Mission: Scout
Territory: Cornwall
Employer: House Windsor
Rating: Unknown
Reward: 10 Cash

(What do you want navigators for?)

House Habsburg to House d'Ouveture

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The channel pirates do not particularly trouble us. We are more concerned with our Mediterranean trade routes. There is a particular convoy we need to get through the Aegean you could aid us with.

Mission: Escort
Territory: Aegean Sea
Employer: House Habsburg
Rating: 30
Reward: 27 Cash

House d'Ouveture (GM)

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Generally the only mission that the NPCs are willing to give out to just anyone are scouting missions to provinces they haven't explored yet. You can just pick a province and the reward is a standard 10 cash if you succeed.

House Savoy to House d'Ouveture

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The Austrians our menacing our province of Umbria. If you are willing to defend it would pay well.

Mission: Guard
Territory: Umbria
Employer: House Savoy
Rating: 130 CR
Reward: 104 Cash

House Hohenzollern to House d'Ouveture

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We require a map of the Dithmarscen region.

Mission: Scout
Territory: Dithmarschen
Employer: House Hohenzollern
Rating: Unknown
Reward: 10 Cash

House Hapsburg to House d'Ouveture

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Our armies could do with a mercenary vanguard. We would be willing to pay handsomely for support in our assault on

Mission: Raid
Territory: Umbria
Employer: House Hapsburg
Rating: 173 CR
Reward: 139 Cash

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House Joakim to the Brotherhood of Kalmar

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Our device took several years to build, but we are willing to provide enough advice to help you streamline the process. Even so you will need several ateliers working for a year or more to do so. (100 secrets applied by the equivalent of 10 Alchemists. So 1 for 10 turns, 2 for 5 turns, etc.)

Agda Imports to the Brotherhood of Kalmar

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Mission: Scout
Territory: Aberdeenshire
Employer: Agda Imports
Rating: Unknown
Reward: 10 Cash

The Alchemist Guild to the Brotherhood of Kalmar

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To allow you to hire our journeymen we require that you fund an expedition to one of the deep parts of the Europe. That will both prove your dedication, and provide enough supplies to set up a workshop.

(Alchemists let you apply secrets to your own designs. They can also reverse engineer other equipment to generate secrets. The more alchemists your have the more secrets you can use at once.)

House Bernadotte to the Brotherhood of Kalmar

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We would be willing to pay for information on another good settlement site along the baltic coast.

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Winterborn to House Bernadotte

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While we have first-hand knowledge of the excellence of your cadets and officer corps as a whole, with our new expanding responsibilities we would prefer an officer with a bit more experience under their belt. He would also be able to serve as a liaison to keep strong our contacts to Sweden, our homeland.
We do not intend to forget our roots and debts, after all.

((OOC: Would like to spend extra favours for a leader with 3-4 unspecified upgrades that don't come from the spent XP pool.))

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House du Ouveture End of Turn
"Sangre, Sucre, Salines"

The first weeks were a whirlwind - they cleared a large manor house for the lord, built a new compound for the forces, and started to plant some subsistence crops. A ship arrived from San Domingue with more cultivators and some green soldiers; another ship arrived from Sweden with new equipment. But the best news was when a caravan arrived from Paris with glistening new armor and weapons, and a young lieutenant named Jean d'Croix-Nuit. Jean graduated from the Ecole Polytechnique and was a scion of a minor courtier at Versailles - a valuable connection to the court.

Jacques days were grueling - overseeing preparations in the morning, surveying the province in the afternoon, and hours of correspondence in the evenings. After the caravan from Paris arrived, and they got introduced, Jacques developed his plan with Jean. "Take three chevaliers and clear the bandits from our province. Proceed methodically and systematically - purge them all. I will take the infantry and assist the crown's adventure in Nemours; the more to build our influence and our treasure."

Later that afternoon, he had a separate briefing for the chevaliers. This was a test of his new lieutenant, after all.

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- Raise Jacques's tactics to 3.
- Spending:
--- 2 Favors and $15 to House Bourbon for lieutenant.
--- $131.7 to House Bourbon for equipment.
--- $63.3 to Winterborn for equipment.
--- Total $210 spent
--- 1 Rumor to encrypt commo to Winterborn.
--- 1 Favor each to Spanish Habsburgs & Windsor for influence.

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Nemours Mission
Jacques (3/1) takes the infantry and two chevaliers to aid in establishing an outpost.

Forces: Jacques' battlewagon with a green driver, and his wingman with a trained driver. 4 Transports with green drivers, transporting trained infantry. Scores modified by tactics in parentheses following.
Tactic: Ambush (+2 Attack, +1 Defense)
- 1x mining rig with trained driver in knight plate: 14 (16) Attack, 9 (10) Defense, 2.5 ER
- 1x mining rig with green driver in knight plate: 13 (15) Attack, 9 (10) Defense, 2.5 ER
- 4x Transports with green drivers in quarantine suits: 4 (6) Attack, 3 (4) Defense, 1.9 ER
- 16x Fusiliers - trained grunts in secondhand armor: 4 (6) Attack, 2 (3) Defense, 1.5 ER

Total is 107 (151) Attack.

Clearing Nantes
Jean (1/1) takes 3 chevaliers to clear bandits.

Forces: A platoon of mining rigs.
Tactic: Standby (no modifiers)
- 3x mining rig with trained drivers in knight plate: 14 Attack, 9 Defense, 2.5 ER

Total is 42 Attack.

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Correspondence

House d'Ouveture to House Bourbon

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We have some cadets that could be of service to you. (5 favors for 1 Lt.) We could also use your assistance in establishing an outpost in Nemours.

Mission: Escort
Territory: Nemours
Employer: House Bourbon
Rating: 60.8 CR
Reward: 48.64 Cash

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We met, and are impressed with the potential in the young officer you sent us. Thank you for this wonderful addition to our house. I am personally commanding the forces out to Nemours to aid in your operations there.

House d'Ouveture to House Windsor

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We would be willing to pay your for information on the channel pirates yes.

Mission: Scout
Territory: Cornwall
Employer: House Windsor
Rating: Unknown
Reward: 10 Cash

(What do you want navigators for?)

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We could use young officers familiar with the English channel to command our operations against the pirates. We expect to begin the reconnaissance of the channel next season, with operations to follow.

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Send nice notes to each of the following saying sorry, but our forces cannot reach those locations to assist in a timely manner.

House Habsburg to House d'Ouveture

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The channel pirates do not particularly trouble us. We are more concerned with our Mediterranean trade routes. There is a particular convoy we need to get through the Aegean you could aid us with.

Mission: Escort
Territory: Aegean Sea
Employer: House Habsburg
Rating: 30
Reward: 27 Cash

House Savoy to House d'Ouveture

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The Austrians our menacing our province of Umbria. If you are willing to defend it would pay well.

Mission: Guard
Territory: Umbria
Employer: House Savoy
Rating: 130 CR
Reward: 104 Cash

House Hohenzollern to House d'Ouveture

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We require a map of the Dithmarscen region.

Mission: Scout
Territory: Dithmarschen
Employer: House Hohenzollern
Rating: Unknown
Reward: 10 Cash

House Hapsburg to House d'Ouveture

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Our armies could do with a mercenary vanguard. We would be willing to pay handsomely for support in our assault on

Mission: Raid
Territory: Umbria
Employer: House Hapsburg
Rating: 173 CR
Reward: 139 Cash

[ArcaneStomper]

Turn 11

Austrian-Italian War Continues
Once again the skies over Italy are filled with fire and metal as the Austrian invasion resumes at an even more furious tempo. They are repelled by the enigmatic Horde and stalwart Brotherhood of Kalmar whose forces repel the Austrians.

The Horde under the stoic General Tso deploy massive battle platforms to Arrezo to serve as mobile fortresses and stop the Austrian armada in its tracks. The brotherhood under colonel Gyldenstierne fight a more mobile battle in the hills of Umbria swiftly moving from conflict to conflict and ensuring that the Austrians are unable to gain a foothold.

However while this was ongoing the Austrians deployed a third force to secure the province of Urgell and are building up forces for further deployment.

Revived Storms over Europe
Scores of miners and prospecting expeditions have been lost as the alchemical storms reform over Europe. Less violent than previously, but even more implacably they have turned the outskirts of Europe into twisting nightmares where the land and the sky are constantly intertwining in an ever changing maelstrom of metal and stone.

Even the alchemists are hesitant to venture into these new zones and the state of the interior is no doubt even worse. Though such conditions defy the imagination. Notably this has also cut off Austria again, though their forces in Italy are still formidable. Poland on the other hand has managed to maintain a tenuous contact with the rest of civilization.

Orpiment Reserves Vanish
Unfortunately the loss of those miners and prospectors is more than a mere humanitarian concern. The great powers reserves of Orpiment have grown critically low as they increased their war preparations. And all known remaining sources were in the interior and now cut off.

Orpiment is used by alchemists in the creation of numerous lightweight alloys. Especially in the higher class of infantry gear where armor a man could actually move in was worth the greater expense. Military designers are currently reconsidering their future plans, and the price of Orpiment has reached immense heights.

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(Note: The great powers are unlikely to sell their national equipment to you without prior history or some incentive.)

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Basic Uniforms (A 0, D 0, ER 0.5) Cost: 1.2
Militia Gear (A 1, D 1, ER 1) Cost: 4.6
Secondhand Armor (A 2, D 2, ER 1) Cost: 6.2
Basic Elite Gear (A 3, D 3, ER 1) Cost: 7.7
Basic Royal Gear (A 4, D 4, ER 1) Cost: 9.3
Basic Imperial Gear (A 5, D 4, ER 1) Cost: 10

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Swedish Quarantine Suit (A 3, D 3, ER 1.4) Cost: 8.7
Swedish Quarantine Suit MKII (A 3, D 3, ER 1.5) Cost: 8.8
Swedish Heavy Armor Mod A (A 3, D 4, ER 1.6) Cost: 8.3
Swedish Heavy Armor Mod B (A 3, D 4, ER 1.6) Cost: 7.2
Swedish Under Armor Mod A (A 1, D 4, ER 2.2) Cost: 5.4

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Prussian Excursion Suit (A 2, D 3, ER 1.2) Cost: 7.4
Prussian Excursion Armor (A 3, D 4, ER 1.6) Cost: 7.6

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Guiying Militia Armor (A 3, D 2, ER 1) Cost: 6
Wen Retainer Armor (A 3, D 4, ER 1) Cost: 7.7
Wen Retainer MKII (A 3, D 4, ER 1.5) Cost: 7.4

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French Knight Plate (A 2, D 4, ER 1.5) Cost: 8.2

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Transports (A 0, D 0, ER 0.5, T 5, Speed 5) Cost: 3.6
Fast Attack Bikes (A 5, D 2, ER 0.5, T 1, Speed 10) Cost: 7.5
Converted Mining Rig (A 10, D 5, ER 1, T 1, Speed 4) Cost: 14.1

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Sealed Crawler (A 0, D 0, ER 1.2, T 5, Speed 6) Cost: 5.1
Sealed Crawler II (A 0, D 0, ER 2.1, T 5, Speed 8) Cost: 6.2

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Terracotta Armor (A 6, D 2, ER 1, T 1, Speed 5) Cost: 8.6
House Wen Turtle (A 10, D 7, ER 1.5, T 1, Speed 4) Cost: 15.2
Horde Mobile Fortress (A 15, D 10, ER 5, T 1, Speed 3) Cost: 17.6

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Spanish Dragoon Bike (A 6, D 3, ER 1.5, T 1, Speed 15) Cost: 7.2
Spanish Medium Caballo (A 8, D 6, ER 1.8, T 1, Speed 6) Cost: 10

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Prussian Armored Rig (A 11, D 6, ER 1, T 1, Speed 6) Cost: 14.9
Panzer (A 11, D 6, ER 1.1, T 1, Speed 7) Cost: 14.8
Panzer A (A 11, D 6, ER 1.2, T 1, Speed 7) Cost: 12.2

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Swedish Over Armor (A 1, D 3, ER 2, T 1, Speed 15) Cost: 6
Swedish Over Armor Mod A (A 6, D 6, ER 1, T 1, Speed 15) Cost: 8.6

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Winterborn to House Wlodzimierz

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The recent problems with the environment may hide an opportunity to bring the nation back to the status it deserves. Namely, everyone requires Orpiment, and we're located inland, potentially able o find and develop reserves of it. We're prepared to go look.