The Cries of the Yearning Man–A Story of Heroes and Leaders, 1763
At the conclusion of the Seven Year's War, a time of vengeance-seeking and imperialism is upon us. The Americas, now divided almost exclusively between Spain and Britain, is the homeland of many new european settlers, and subsequent tensions. Africa, the dark continent, is in the eyes of the major powers. Asia, once the high point of civilization, is fading glory. Europe, ripe with tensions from the war and colonial rivalries. Will you lead your nation to prosperity, security, and glory?
Battle Orders
Fill these out when you want to attack another player's city, or an NPC city (i.e. Native american Tribes).
YOU have to: (Submit in PM as so your enemy does not know of your plans. With proper spying, I may leak this to your enemy. For NPC battles which I play, I will generally write the orders according to what they would have done according to history.)
[Nation Name]
[Flag]
[Flag]
Mission Objectives (Macro or micro as you want, must be in list format):
Attacking Garrison: (The city with an armory that you are attacking from)
Target: (Where you want to go)
Size of Army: (Total)
List of Artillery Regiments and their instruments (10 Big cannons, 5 Small Cannons, 3 Firecrackers) and population
List of Infantry Regiments and their population
List of Cavalry Regiments and their population (Excludes horses, donkeys, or whatever you may be riding)
List of Naval Regiments and their vehicles (10 frigates, 3 flagships, 800 canoes, 2 ironclads)
List of Other Regiments and their population/instruments/vehicles (I will independently calculate these)
You must have the listed regiments in your city's garrison! You cannot send 3 artillery regiments from New York to Boston if you only have 5 infantry regiments in New York!
Total Distance of March*: (Go by driving distance, as straight lines would mean that you can march through the Gobi desert. I find these to be more accurate as it was the trails on which these armies traveled that eventually formed our roads. not perfect, but better at least. In kilometers!)
(Optional, saves me time) Length of March:
Infantry/Artillery/Cavlary:
Let d be the distance* in kilometers of the march
Let s be the amount of supply stops on the march, excluding the target and garrison of origin
Let p be the combined population of all infantry/cavalry/artillery regiments
Let w be the weeks needed to complete a joint cavalry, artillery, and infantry march. (Round up to the nearest day)
Let wi be the weeks needed to complete an infantry march. (Round up to the nearest day)
Let wc be the weeks needed to complete a cavalry march. (Round up to the nearest day)
Let wa be the weeks needed to complete an artillery march. (Round up to the nearest day)
Let wic bethe weeks needed to complete a successful joint infantry and cavalry march. (Round up to the nearest day)
Let wia be the weeks needed to complete a successful joint infantry and artillery march. (Round up to the nearest day)
Let wca be the weeks needed to complete a successful joint cavalry and artillery march. (Round up to the nearest day)
[(d/250)+(s/2)]•(p/100,000•1.15)=w
[(d/250)+(s/2)]•(p/100,000)•.9=wi
[(d/250)+(s/2)]•(p/100,000)•.5=wc
[(d/250)+(s/2)]•(p/100,000)•1.5=wa
[(d/250)+(s/2)]•(p/100,000)•.85=
[(d/250)+(s/2)]•(p/100,000)•1.35=
[(d/250)+(s/2)]•(p/100,000)•1.15=wca
Naval:
Note: Naval regiments may only travel between harbor cities.
Let kmph be the nautical kilometers per hour (you may have to covert) your slowestship in all your naval regiments sails.
Let d be the distance in nautical kilometers you must travel to reach your destination.
Let ww be the weeks required to complete a voyage.
d/(kmph•126)=ww
Other:
I will calculate this.
Commanding Officer: (General George Washington, Captain Kimberly Williams if Harkingshire, Lord Simon Simonson)
Battle plans: (Please try to be specific. Make sure to mention how you will complete all of your mission objectives)
Yes, this looks long especially due to the movement equations. If you just punch the numbers in though, it is actually quite short. I recommend you use a calculator for maximum statistical brevity.
I will respond with:
How long it took your troops to the target: (If you fill out the movement equation yourself it is very helpful to me and other Co-GMs, but other factors may be multipliers depending on battle plans and circumstances)
What happened: (A summary of the battle plan, who won, what mission objectives were completed, etc.)
Your battle report: (These are always released after the event. I may 'black out' certain bits especially if you are using undiscovered technologies.
Defender's Garrison Report:
For defenders, I use their most recent garrison status report, which will be filed for all major cities at the beginning of the RP and can be changed at any time.
Garrison Reports
Fill this out for every major city you control. You only need one per colonial theatre you have presence in, and one for Europe/Asia depending on your nation. If your nation is connected over a vast place like the Qing Empire, it is advised that you use your judgement to decide where you want to fortify. For example, London may be your largest city, but due to it's low threat of attack, it would probably not be wise to fortify there.
[Nation Name]
[Flag]
[Flag]
Total garrison: (Total)
List of Artillery Regiments and their instruments (10 Big cannons, 5 Small Cannons, 3 Firecrackers) and population
List of Infantry Regiments and their population
List of Cavalry Regiments and their population (Excludes horses, donkeys, or whatever you may be riding)
List of Naval Regiments and their vehicles (10 frigates, 3 flagships, 800 canoes, 2 ironclads)
List of Other Regiments and their population/instruments/vehicles
Commanding Officer: (Gen. Lionheart Beowulf III, King Arthur V, Mr. Nobody)
City Defense: (Walls, Stationary Cannons, Laser Turrets, whatever.)
Details: (Optional. You may want to include something about how your defense it set up.)
Your total fortifications throughout all of your territory may not exceed your given troop amount in your NS.
Treaties/Trade Agreements
(Obviously, this is just a general template. It would probably sound horrible if you followed all this exactly, just try to include the key points)
[Parties involved] agree to set up [Goal of agreement] by...
Article I
(The first thing you need to do)
Article I-I
(A detail, include of necessary)
Article I-II
(Another detail, again, this is mostly for system understanding)
Article I-II-I
(Doubt this will happen, but I guess if you want a sub-article of sub-article 2. Just follow the general format with Roman Numerals)
Article II
(Another thing that the parties will agree to. Only necessary if you need it.)
Article II-I
(Again, sub-articles)
Article II-II
(Repeat if necessary)
Article II-II-I
(Sub-sub-article, again, this is for format understanding)
(Whatever other articles you need. I think you get the format by now)
This Treaty Expires...
This Treaty can be renewed by...on the date of...
Date
Signatures from the representatives of all parties.
