** Sorry for not realizing and discussing w/ you previously the possible result of destroying the old religion. It was not until I read action 4 that it really came home to me what you had done. I strongly suggest choosing to change Action 4 to mitigate some of the damage done. Please feel free to discuss this if you disagree. ** ** The game encourages you to think of these societies as real. Your timetables still appear to be a little fast. Think about how fast or how slow change has occurred in the history of our world. ** s346223 wrote: > Action One: continued construction of fleet. > *Internal/Tactical > *Construction of oceanic Mashican fleet (Difficulty( -1), it is war-time, > but Jawallans are a maritime race). Goal is 50 long range warships > (triremes, kind of), capable of supporting 5000 troops. > *Actors - Mashican Datuk, Suparto (+1); Mashican House Engineers. > *5 year action (2nd year). > *No secrecy > *Primary determinant: Craft (skilled maritimers (+1)). > *Difficulty: Hard (-1) > *Reaction: Business as usual. **-1 destruction of the river gods religion upsets the maritime trades and seamen. ** ** -1+1+1-1-1 (-++0) (+000)()()() =+0 Protests over the death of the clergy and destruction of properties disrupts all construction. No progress this year. ** > > > Action Two: Organisation of Jawallan standing army - the Hawkwarriors. > *Internal/Tactical. > *Development. > *Organisation of the five thousand Hawkwarriors into decimal units - 5 > legions of 1000 each, comprising ten units of 100, and ten of 10. The > purpose of this is to improve the military efficiency of the Garud Kris > (Obsidian Hawks). > *Actors: Garud Kris (Obsidian Hawks); the Raya Datuk, Suparto Mashica; > Rumah Tulis Tlan (Hall of Scribes). > *single action. > *No secrecy. > *Primary determinant: Authority (Great - it is the Great Lord after all) > +2. > *Diffulty: -1 (Hard), as change is never embraced completely. > *Reaction: + 1 (Risky). If successful, improved military efficiency and > order. ** -1 - this seems a little fast to create w/in one yr. ** > ** +2 -1 +1-1 (+000) = +2 The reorganization is smooth and easy. ** > > Action Three: Integration and settlement of Bugis. > *Internal/Strategic. > *Development. > *Following the conquest of the independent city-state of Bugis, northernmost > city on the Jawallan riverland, the city is to be integrated into the > Mashican Kingdom, and settled by large numbers of Mashican soldiers. 15,000 > provisionals to migrate to Bugis in clan units, where they will be allocated > annexed land on a clan by clan basis. Their families to follow in 2nd year. > *Actors: Rumah Tulis Tlan (Hall of Scribes - bureaucracy), Garud Kris > (Obsidian Hawks - Mashican army), Aztlan Pasaar Halaq (Aztlani Merchant > Circle), Mashican clans. > *Two year action - military settlement this year, related families/servants > following year. > *No secrecy. > *Primary determinant: Military force (+2 great) and efficiency (+1 > bureaucracy & clan organisation). > *Difficulty: Very Hard (-2) > *Reaction: Heroic (+2 reputation of the Raya Datuk, Suparto Mashica). ** He > is not recognized as their leader yet, and they could be hostile. I do not > see giving a +2, maybe a +1 at best. ** ** -1 Hostile Bugis people & the dispossessed. ** ** -1 clearing land, settling and supplying 15,000 people, let alone their dependents is difficult ** ** -1 the destruction of the religion in Mashica angers the Bugis. ** > > ** +2-2 +1-1-1-1 (0000)() = -2 Not enough supply trains or supplies are sent > north. Constant arguments break out about who gets what land. The Bugis > provide quiet resistance. Peace brings chaos. ** > > Description: > > Radna Lantai paused momentarily at the peak of the hill, taking in the view > of valley as squads from his clan, the Lantai, clients to the junior Mashica > clan of Madurana, marched past him. Below him stretched the long wide Bugis > valley, the upper Jawalla river gracefully snaking its way through lush > farmland and forests. His brothers from the Lantai cajoled him, questioning > his age and ability to handle this short stroll from Aztlan. Laughing back > at them, he picked up his sack and continued into the valley, hoping indeed > that the promises of Bugis were worth this treck from one end of the world > to the other. > > Further north, in the Assembly Hall of the Bugis Houses, an circle of men > where gathered in intense discussion, as had been the custom since before > could be remembered. This circle however shared no bloodlines or titles > with those of previous generations, for the original owners of the Hall, the > chieftains of the Bugis clans, were now scattered to the winds on desperate > refugee caravans heading north and east, or in bondage heading south to the > slave markets of Aztlan. > > In their place sat many of the senior men of the Mashica: the Merah Besar > Kecil Datuk (Small Lord of Merah Besar), Sudarmardi Mashica, the governor of > Merah Besar and son of the Great Lord Suparto Mashica; the Tulis Tun Kecil > Datuk (Small Lord of Scribes), Daaya Teotlani, governor of the Mashican Hall > of Scribes; the Sarif (Chief) of the Aztlani Merchant Circle, Zanihua > Mindutlani; and the Kris Kecil Datuk (Small Lord of Obsidian), Tanjaan > Rendana, sub-commander of Mashican Hawk Warriors, and right hand man of the > Great Lord himself. Around them sat countless secretaries, bondsmen and > liutenants, recording every decision and plan, and rushing off with messages > and orders. The task that lay on their shoulders was heavy - to divide the > spoils of Bugis amongst the Mashican clans and their clients, and thereby > incorporate the city and its hinterland into the Mashican Kingdom. Each > clan had to receive its correct share according to rank and privilege, no > more or less, yet thought had to be given to preserving the infrastructure > and society of those Bugis clans who had surrendered, be it initially or > eventually. > > Action Four: The One Thousand Prophets. > *Internal/Strategic > *Development. > *Actors: Aztlan Pasaar Halaq (Aztlani Merchant Circle), Dewan Mashica > (Mashican Assembly of Clans), Neo-Tlan Tlan (Tlan Tlan client clans), Garud > Kris (Obsidian Hawks - the Mashican army), Rumah Tulis Tun (Hall of > Scribes - bureaucracy). > *The destruction of the Jawallan priesthood by the Mashica Clan has left the > Jawalla in a state of religious freefall. Localised centres of political > and economic power (merchants, nobles, the army, the bureaucrats) become the > next source of religious authority - each adapting existing religious dogma > to suit their own needs, resulting in a never before experienced divergency > in religious beliefs amongst the Jawalla. +1 (people want something to > believe in) > *Single - but only time can tell... > *Physical manifestations of reformations are public - no secrecy. > *Primary determinant - influence & consent.(each agency has influence > amongst certain sections of the populace). Of the agencies, the army (+1) > and merchants (+1) have the widest and strongest influence. ** Neither the army or the merchants are usually looked upon for religious leadership. Most people have reasonable intelligence and will know when a struggle for economic or political power is occurring. ** > > *Difficulty - Hard (-1). ** Huge (-3) Religion nor people's beliefs do not > change easily, nor do they change w/in a year's time. ** > *Reaction - heroic (+2). A strengthening of popular religious faith would > invigorate populous, many of whom are still in shock at the destruction of the > clergy. ** I am not sure where all these heroic reactions are supposedly > coming from but if people are in shock over the destruction from their clergy > how are a couple of merchants or army leaders shouting about new religions > going to reinvigorate religious faith. See previous note about power plays. > I strongly suggest that this action be rewritten. ** > Army: +1 -1 +1 +1 = +2 > Merchants: +1 -1 +1 +1 = +2 > Bureacrats: +1 -1 -1 +1 = +1 > Mashican nobles: +1 -1 -1 +1 = +1 > Tlan Tlan nobles: +1 -1 -1 +1 = +1 > ** -1 people are in shock and upset over the destruction of their clergy. ** ** -1 people still cling to their old religion ** ** -1 people know an attempt to grab power when they see it. ** ** +1 popular and successful leader. ** +1-3-1-1+1 (0000) = -3 People are angry over the destruction of their religion and the attempts to create new ones, anger them further. -1 to all economic activities for the next 3 yrs. ** > > Description: > > To the Great Lord, the Raya Datuk, Parto Mashica. > > >From Sashim Hajaj, bondsman. > > O Mashica, there are changes abreast in the land. The people are hungry for > religion, many trying desperately to cling to the old ways of the Water > Serpent, but lack the knowledge. The temples of the old priesthood, the > Jarsa, whose tyranny you destroyed, remain largely empty save for the odd > faithful brave enough to ignore the traditional taboo. > > Many have started to respond to this: the Pasaar Halaq in Aztlan, the new > clans of Tlan Tlan stock, the Scribes, a number of the Mashican noble clans, > even your own Obsidian Hawks. You have heard the talk amongst the Mashican > Assembly of the Mashica being supernatural, a divine blessing evident in > your destruction of the Jarsa. An merchant of Aztlan, a senior man of the > Merchants Circle, has preached in the markets of the southern ports, > including Aztlan. Every second Scribe of our House of Mashica that i > encounter as i travel doing your bidding tries to con me with insane stories > of the Serpent. Some of my lieutenants have reported to me from Tlan Tlan > and Aztlan that the clans who sided with you in the war against Tlan Tlan > talk of messengers from the Sender of Rain. Even your own Obsidian Hawks, > loyal armsmen as they are, have erected shrines in every of their camps, > from the South to your new conquest of Bugis in the north with some > worshipping the Serpent and others all sorts of creatures and things. > > I cannot tell you more than this, O Great Lord, for i know nothing little > more right now. It is difficult to estimate whether these winds will > benefit the House and your Lordship. It is evident though, that the people > are listening to these new tales. I shall instruct my men to continue their > work, and await your further instructions. > > Sashim Hajjaj, your loyal bondsman. ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send mail to celandra-off@phoenyx.net.
