On my results, I understood from the society description that Milakanur, though nomadic in origin, was a settled society in a semi-arid area of cultivation - not desert dwellers. Shouldn't therefore the results for my action 4 be different (i.e. have achieved some measure of success)? Ibrahim jtsl@attglobal.net wrote: > > Commonwealth of Shanariyya actions - 1429/30 > > Action 1. Call up 1st Provisional Division (10,000 provisionals, or 1/3 > of > provisional forces). (Internal/Tactical/1 year) > > Description: The Talis announces in the Council in Akbari that one > third of > the Provisional forces for military service this year, for the defence > and > development of the Shanariyya Commonwealth. > > Primary Determinant: Authority (of the Talis and the Council). > > Difficulty: Normal (action within authority and Shanari expectations of > the > Talis). > > Weight: Light (no difficulties and no benefits are expected directly > from > this action). > > Actors: The Talis (Binder) of the Commonwealth and Commander of the > Brethren > Shanjil Yuliyan, Shanari men in the 1st Division. > > Secrecy: None (a bit hard in a muster!) > > Modifiers: > > +2 Authority of Talis > +1 Limited mobilisation (only 1/3 of provisionals) > > +1 +1 (+1 +1 -1 +1) = +4 Complete Success > > The army is summonded > > Action 2. Annexation of Shanari trade-town of Kelshir-serai by force of > 7000. > (External/Strategic/1 year) > >> > The Shanariyya have well and truly settled down, experiencing no real > interregnum after the death of their prophet-king Faymiyun, unusual > enough in > more settled societies, let alone . It is a year since the new leader > was > elected, Shanjil Yuliyan al Shawari, whom they now only call the Talis, > meaning "Binder" (in the sense of a rope or bond of loyalty) in their > language, and the Shanari are having their first military expedition > since > their clashes with the Sinari cultists. Last week, a large caravan of > troops > was assembled here in Akbari, numbering my patron Dhan Kiviri (which > means in > the Kiviri dialect of the Shanari tongue, the One from Kivir, for any > future > reader from the Society of Scholasticism that may find encounter my > observations of this remote land) tells me, to be 7000. I was fortunate > > enough to be able to observe the Talis's address to the expeditionary > force. > > Before the assembled forces of the 2nd Core Army and the 1st Provisional > > Division in the Conveyor's Square in Akbari, the Talis announced that > the > Shanariyya Commonwealth would annex the trade-town of Kelshir-serai on > the > Upper Kelshir river-valley, having been invited by the Kelshir-serai > assembly > of sanouks. "Many of the Sons of Shanar in Kelshir-serai, including our > > Shanari, Kelshiri and even Kiviri brothers, have travelled the Way of > Shanar > from the earliest days of the Conveyor's mission. Many of you in the > Core > Armies and the Divisions are from the Kelshir. The assembly of sanouk > in > Kelshir-serai, who include many of the elder tribesmen of the Upper > Kelshir, > have asked to be accepted into the Shanariyya Commonwealth, and have > requested > that Kelshir-serai trade be protected. Your duty, as sons of our holy > ancestor, Shanar, as servants of He Who is One, is to strengthen the > Commonwealth of the Sons of Shanar, and expand the Way amongst our lost > brethren." After this, the Talis introduced a senior member of the > Council of > Companions, aj-Juraij Jabuasi, a senior sanouk of the southern Jabuas > tribes, > and an early follower of the Shanari prophet-king. The deputy to the > Conveyor > and father-in-law of the Talis, aj-Juraij had been appointed as governor > of > the Upper Kelshir, and was to lead the expeditionary force to > Kelshir-serai to > ensure its smooth integration into the Commonwealth. > > Signed, Balin muwallad Dhan Kiviri, 3rd April, 1429. > > (Balin O'Balin, "Journal of Balin the bondsman of Dhan Kiviri, a > Scholastic in > the Calarnar", Society of Scholasticism, 1460, pp. 520-523) > > > > At the request of the Kelshir-serai assembly of sanouks (tribal chiefs), > the > 2nd Core Army (1000 Standing troops)and 6 Flanks of the 1st Provisional > Division (6000 provisional troops) are sent to the Shanari trade-town of > > Kelshir-serai, in the Upper Kelshir, under the command of the new > governor of > Upper Kelshir, aj-Juraij Jabuasi. There, aj-Juraij Jabuasi is to > confirm, > strengthen and expand Shanariyya Commonwealth authority in the region. > > Primary Determinant: Revolution (Evangelisation) > > Secondary Determinant: Survival (Expansion and Trade) > > Difficulty: Hard (your still annexing a new area.) > > Weight: Significant (a religious obligation, an expectation placed on > the > government and a source of prestige and trade. Also, it will be the > first > Shanari region outside of the Calarnar to be integrated.). > > Actors: The Talis, Shanjil Yuliyan, Kelshir-serai governor aj-Juraij > Jubuasi, > Kelshir-serai assembly of sanouk, Commonwealth expedition (7000 > troops). > > Secrecy: None. > > Modifiers: > > +2 Support of Kelshir-serai assembly of sanouk. > (+1) > +1 Influence of Millat Shanar religion in the Upper Kelshir. > -1 Dialect difference - the Kelshir dialect of the mountainous Upper > Kelshir > instead of the Akbari and Shanari dialect of the arid and desert > regions. > > -1 +2 -1 (+1 0 -1 0) = 0 Mixed Results > > The army moves into the area, but it is meet with some resitance by the > locals. It apears that most do not share the Kelshir-serai asesemblies > wish for annexation. > > Action 3. Send emissaries to all the Shanari tribes and towns. > (External/Strategic/1 year) > > > > Sons of Shanar! Do you not remember the time of Shanar? Truly He Who > is One > blessed Shanar and his sons with a land of beauty and fertility, and > Shanar > was a dutiful servant, and obeyed He Who is One. And He Who is One > rewarded > Shanar, and the sons of Shanar were many. > > Sons of Shanar! Do you not remember? For Khalf son of Olric son of > Shanar > rebelled against his father, and against his Lord, and He Who is One > struck > the sons of Shanar for their unfaithfulness and whisperings. And the > sons of > Shanar inherited naught but the dust and the heat for the gardens of > Calarnar > itself had rejected them. > > Sons of Shanar! Do you not remember? Heed the warning from this > messenger, > for he is but a servant of He Who is One. Heed and you shall succeed, > rebel > and you shall enjoy only that which disappears, and not that which > lasts. > > This is the message sent to all nations, and those who have eyes, > understand > and believe." > > (Balin san Balin (ed.), "The Scroll, or the Gospel of Shanar of the > peoples of > the Commonwealth", (Library of the Society of Scholasticism: 1459) > revelation > 2, reading 1-2.) > > > > >From the Western Mountains to the delta of the Lower Kelshir, from the > Kiviri > mountains to the Milakanuri towns, the Talis Shanjil sends out > emissaries to > all the Shanari tribes and towns, calling upon them to accept the > ancestral > faith of the Millat Shanar (the Way of Shanar), to join the Shanariyya > Commonwealth, and abandon the old ways of superstition and sorcery. > Each > emissary carries a complete text of the Scroll, known to foreigners as > the > Gospel of Shanar. > > Primary Determinant: Revolution (Evangelisation). > Difficulty: Hard (This is the average difficulty) > Weight: Moderate > Actors: The Talis Shanjil Yuliyan, the Council of Companions, the > emissaries, > Western Mountains towns, Calarnari tribes, Lower Kelshiri towns, Kiviri > Mountains tribes. > Secrecy: None (extremely public). > Modifiers: > > +2 Complete religious text (the Scroll). > (+1) > +1 Organised Shanariyya Commonwealth government (auspicious sign of > strength > and prosperity). > +1 Cultural-ethnic ties (all speak common or related dialects, ie. > Jabuasi, > Shanari, Akbari, Kelshir, Kiviri). > -1: Fear of the unknown, depending on particular region. > > -1 +3 -1 (-1 0 -1 -1) = -2 Failure > > Religion has brought disastor to the Sinari lands not ten years before. > The sudden emergence of another religion suddenly makes the locals > tremble. The holy books are burned and the messangers are sent back, > unharmed, but unlistened to. > > Action 4. Guerilla campaign against Milakanuri frontier. > (External/Tactical/1 > year) > > Send the 3rd Core Army (1000 standing) and each of the 4 remaining > Flanks of > the 1st Provisional Divisions (4000 provisional troops) on a 3 month > tour of > duty to harass and sabotage Milakanuri constructions of the Wall. > Guerrilla > tactics only, in small squads of 100), capturing munitions, supplies and > > taking prisoners when able. Primary goal is the damaging of > constructions, > and the capture of soldiers, engineers, laborers and peasents on the > frontier > as prisoners. Each flank (1000 provisionals) to be replaced by a fresh > flank > after their 3 month tour of duty. Direct engagement of Milakanuri > troops is > to be avoided at all costs. Operations to seem like traditional nomadic > > raiding by desert tribes rather than a military campaign by Commonwealth > > forces. > > Primary Determinant: Survival (War/Raiding). > Secondary Determinant: Revolution (Zeal). > Difficulty: Hard > Weight: Low (not publicised). > Actors: Guerilla expeditionary force, Milakanuri construction effort. > Secrecy: Guerilla campaign not publicly known, and made to seem like > ordinary > nomadic raiding. > Modifiers: > +2 Guerilla warfare (because of nomadic raiding skills). > (+1 The Milk are desert livers to and also have been fighting rades like > this for a long time.) > +1 Ability to escape pursuit in the desert. > (again the Milk are also desert dvelers) > -1 Secrecy (pretending to be nomadic raiders). > -1 Goal of capturing resources in raids, impacting on military > readiness. > > -1 +1 -2 (0 0 +1 +1) = 0 Mixed Results. > > The raids take place but they do not achieve very much. They Milk. do > beleave them radom raids though. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, send mail to celandra-off@phoenyx.net. ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send mail to celandra-off@phoenyx.net.
