Action 1: Continue expansion of Information Secretariat in Taltheran Weight: Medium/Low-level Description: Continue expansion of Secretariat intelligence network across Taltheran, from Port Tirmar to the Tal basin, utilising existing network in Port . Difficulty: Secret, therefore moderately hard. Action 2: Continue Secretariat research into psionics/mind magic Weight: High, as it is a critical new area for the Secretariat. Description: The Information Secretariat continues its research into the prospect of psionics, or mental science as it is now being called, focusing on the role of Will in influencing and/or reading the environment. In a bold move, the Secretariat involves several Eerith that had taken residence with some senior Secretariat agents, seeking their advice on the nature and direction of their research into this new "mental science". Difficulty: High (never been done before!) Factors: + Continuing research + Eerith involvement - Ground-breaking research - Secrecy Action 3: Call up secondary forces Weight: Moderate (though a failure would say a lot about Republican governance!) Description: Secondary forces, numbering some 30000, are called up for active service in Tirmar. Volunteers on the mainland are also expected, once the landing at Port Tirmar is successfully made. First two divisions to be included in invasion force, final third division to be held in reserve, protecting the Republic. Difficulty: Not very difficult at all. + continued preparations from previous years + Kaeirean volunteers (result of Czarist massacres) + Success of blockade from previous year - Crossing of Kaeirean Strait Action 4: Invade Port Tirmar Weight: High, first military action proper by the Republic. Fudge: 4 Fudge points to be used here. Description: Half an hour before dawn, the Kaeirean Fleet attacks Port Tirmar, its goal primarily to capture the city itself. Priorities in the attack are securing the harbour, overwhelming the Port defences, securing the outer keep, and preventing the Czarist forces located outside of the Port from entering. Difficulty: Moderate. + Massive forces (primary and secondary) + Control of the seas (blockade) + Surprise attack + Benefit of Secretariat intelligence on Tirmar. - War - Nearness of Czar Salokin. Suggested resolutions: Successful - The Kaeirean Fleet overwhelms the weak port garrison, who had been undisturbed by the previous years ineffective blockade, and therefore were not prepared or expecting a full-scale naval assault. Guard and Militia units quickly take the Harbour and Port Keep, and push the surviving Port Tirmar units out of the city, securing it. Salokin's army, stationed outside of the city walls, were unable to respond, and thus watch in horror as they lost the provincial capital. During the battle, a significant number of Czarist units, some regular and some conscript, surrender to Kaeirean forces, joining the republican ranks. Having won the city, Kaeirean forces now begin preparing for Salokin's reprisal, and formulating plans for pushing beyond Port Tirmar inland. Mixed - The Kaeirean Fleet enjoys initial successes, taking the harbour and Port Keep, but fail to take the outer keep, giving Salokin time to send in troops. After bloody street fighting, a stalemate is reach, leaving the city divided neatly between the inner and outer city (sea-side and land-side) between Kaeirean and Czarist forces. Having seized half the city, the Kaeirean forces continued to be supplied thanks to their absolute domination of the Kaeirean Straits. Disaster - The Kaeirean Fleet takes the harbour, but were apparently expected by local forces, who quickly are able to push Kaeirean forces back onto their boats, leaving thousands dead and many ships and units captured. Even worse, several units actually surrender, apparently taking advantage of the opportunity to escape the Republic and rejoin Taltheran. A weakened but intact fleet returns to Port Kaeir, fearful of a Czarist reprisal. Action 5: Diplomatic/intelligence mission to Port Jabau. Weight: Moderate/Passive. Description: Senate votes to send an envoy to the Calarnari city of Port Jabau, to establish a diplomatic presence their with the government, and to open up political and economic ties with the city-state. Furthermore, the newly established mission shall establish a passive, low-level regional intelligence presence in Jabau, allowing Kaeir to extend its contacts into the interior desert. Difficulty: Moderate (new ties) - New political ties (little previous contact) - Cultural-linguistic differences + Status of Republican revolution amongst aristocratic city-states in the Midsea (common features in political ideology) + Common threat from Taltheran + Common interest in Midsea trade The New Yahoo! Search - Now with image search!---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send mail to celandra-off@phoenyx.net.
Ibrahim Underwood wrote: >Action 1: Continue expansion of Information Secretariat in Taltheran > I'll put this out as easy because of the chaotic situation on Taltheran. *Resolution:* Diff = Easy (+1) + Dice (000-) + Extras () = 0 Mixed results *Results:* Information Secretariat continues its growth. However, it is possible that counter-spies are infiltrating the organization. >Weight: Medium/Low-level >Description: Continue expansion of Secretariat intelligence network across Taltheran, from Port Tirmar to the Tal basin, utilising existing network in Port . >Difficulty: Secret, therefore moderately hard. > >Action 2: Continue Secretariat research into psionics/mind magic > >Weight: High, as it is a critical new area for the Secretariat. >Description: The Information Secretariat continues its research into the prospect of psionics, or mental science as it is now being called, focusing on the role of Will in influencing and/or reading the environment. In a bold move, the Secretariat involves several Eerith that had taken residence with some senior Secretariat agents, seeking their advice on the nature and direction of their research into this new "mental science". > Keaton: I'd appreciate your input here about how do you see Eerith acting about this issue... any bonus? >Action 3: Call up secondary forces > *Resolution:* Diff = Easy (+1) + Dice (0-++) + Extras () = +2 Success *Results:* the size of volunteer corps are, for this year only, increased by 1 category >Action 4: Invade Port Tirmar > Now, I really have to put out some numbers. There are some differences between population figures on the Qaiyore world and game websites (w.r.t. Kaeir). Hmmm... I'll have to fix those at some point, but for now I think it's safe to say that the sizes of Kaeir Republic, and the area Salokin controls are about the same, and therefore also the amount of troops is about the same. However, Kaeir has swelled its ranks with volunteers, and there's the previous increase, too. Salokin's royal forces: size Very small (-3), force Great (+2) = -1 Salokin's militia: size Small (-2), force Mediocre (-1) = -3 Kaeir navy: size Very small (-3), force Good (+1) = -2 Kaeir volunteers: size Fair (0), force Mediocre (-1) = -1 Mods: -1 for Kaeir (see actions in 1436), +1 for Salokin (defending) Total for Salokin: -1 (greater value of separate troops is used) +1 +1 = +1 Total for Kaeir: -1 (...) Thus, basic difficulity for Kaeir is -2 (very hard). Any opinions or questions before I roll the dice? >Action 5: Diplomatic/intelligence mission to Port Jabau. > *Resolution:* Diff = Normal (0) + Dice (++0-) + Extras (-1) = 0 Mixed results *Results:* A small embassy is established in Jabau, but its access to outside of town is very limited. juuso ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send mail to celandra-off@phoenyx.net.
> >Description: The Information Secretariat continues its research into the prospect of psionics, or mental science as it is now being called, focusing on the role of Will in influencing and/or reading the environment. In a bold move, the Secretariat involves several Eerith that had taken residence with some senior Secretariat agents, seeking their advice on the nature and direction of their research into this new "mental science". > > > Keaton: I'd appreciate your input here about how do you see Eerith > acting about this issue... any bonus? No bonus per se. The Eerith are rather insistent on two points: 1-The use of Will to influence and read the environment is standard material-based wizardry. >(However, with study, one can find loop-holes in the system, to effectively manipulate reality in unusual ways without actually gaining special authority to do so. >Kind of like cheating on your taxes... Anyway, this is the realm of wizardry. A wizard could cast a spell to cut down the tree because he knows how to manipulate >the meta-physics (and maybe physics) behind it all.) Because of this the Eerith will consistently seem to fail to grasp the "new" concept and will steer the inquirers back to the traditional fields of arcana. Their second insistence, however, shows that they do actually understand what they are being asked as 2-They continually warn that study of "mentalism" will ultimately undermine the Will of the worker and should be avoided. (This ties back, of course OGK, to their own history with race-wide telepathy and the resulting underlying Eerithian philosophy. They could be wrong. On the other hand, the extreme result of mental strength is physical neglect. If the stamina and strength of the physical body affect the worker's ability to use his Will and/or the strength and stamina of that same Will, then the Eerith are right--though probably vastly overestimating the actual danger. shrug--Take it for what it's worth; they're a complex people with odd opinions.) mk ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send mail to celandra-off@phoenyx.net.
