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TheMcD
May 4, 2013

Monaca / Subject N 2024
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Despair will never let you down.
Malice will never disappoint you.

Zeroisanumber posted:

Once the US is sewn up the Syndicate will be in a commanding position to conquer the world.

Really, any faction in the ACW is capable of conquering the world once they manage to unite the entirety of the USA, given that they're a dictatorship. Well, maybe the PSA could have troubles, but then again, free ships.

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Nckdictator
Sep 8, 2006
Just..someone
I'm finding it pretty hilarious that Norman Thomas is our head of intelligence seeing as he was a Christian pacifist. Oh god, he's going to be purged,isn't he? :ohdear:

Communist Zombie
Nov 1, 2011
Is Patton going to die? :ohdear:

Seriously though death through combat is too good for him, especially since I think he'd prefer that way instead of firing squad. But are there events covering what happens to leaders when their faction loses? Because having them tried, executed/imprisoned, or released are good flavour events that have the potential to influence the country later.

And does anyone know why Atlanta is the capital since isnt New Orleans Long's center of operations? Unless its for balance reasons since it is close Federal territory.

GSD
May 10, 2014

by Nyc_Tattoo

Nckdictator posted:

I'm finding it pretty hilarious that Norman Thomas is our head of intelligence seeing as he was a Christian pacifist. Oh god, he's going to be purged,isn't he? :ohdear:

The Union of Britain can make Eric Arthur Blair (ie George Orwell) their head of security. Even better, he can coup the government under a Totalist Union of Britain because he can standby the injustice no longer.

zetamind2000
Nov 6, 2007

I'm an alien.

And if I remember correctly the coup is done with the help of T.E. Lawrence, which can branch off into an even-more insane event tree wherein Lawrence can try to bring back the royal family and ignite a new civil war.

GSD
May 10, 2014

by Nyc_Tattoo

RZApublican posted:

And if I remember correctly the coup is done with the help of T.E. Lawrence, which can branch off into an even-more insane event tree wherein Lawrence can try to bring back the royal family and ignite a new civil war.

Lawrence can be made interim head of state if I recall. He can then be revealed as a secret royalist (!). There is at least one other route to getting him launch a counterrevolution, which involves a less convoluted route (but by extension a far less amusing one).

Nckdictator
Sep 8, 2006
Just..someone

Communist Zombie posted:

Is Patton going to die? :ohdear:

Seriously though death through combat is too good for him, especially since I think he'd prefer that way instead of firing squad. But are there events covering what happens to leaders when their faction loses? Because having them tried, executed/imprisoned, or released are good flavour events that have the potential to influence the country later.

And does anyone know why Atlanta is the capital since isnt New Orleans Long's center of operations? Unless its for balance reasons since it is close Federal territory.

I'm guessing balance reasons. Whenever I play a Fed game New Orleans is pretty easy to capture. Now, holding it on the other hand is a bit more difficult but it's easy to launch a quick raid into it.

Kavak
Aug 23, 2009


I am loving the narrative style of this LP and how quickly you're progressing through the worst campaign in Kaiserreich. Before I burned out on developing it I wanted to make the ACW optional or at least have some way of changing to the AUS or CSA without saving and tag switching. Maybe when Hearts of Iron IV arrives, if enough new people get back into development.

Lustful Man Hugs
Jul 18, 2010

GSD posted:

The Union of Britain can make Eric Arthur Blair (ie George Orwell) their head of security. Even better, he can coup the government under a Totalist Union of Britain because he can standby the injustice no longer.

Isn't CS Lewis also a Totalist character?

GSD
May 10, 2014

by Nyc_Tattoo

Lustful Man Hugs posted:

Isn't CS Lewis also a Totalist character?

He's in there somewhere, I don't remember what his alignment is though.

Tolkien is in South Africa, I believe.

Kavak
Aug 23, 2009


GSD posted:

He's in there somewhere, I don't remember what his alignment is though.

Tolkien is in South Africa, I believe.

Tolkien is in South Africa, writing an alternate version of the Hobbit imagined by someone who buys into that World War allegory horseshit.

Crowsbeak
Oct 9, 2012

by Azathoth
Lipstick Apathy

Lustful Man Hugs posted:

Isn't CS Lewis also a Totalist character?

Yes he is Mosley's protege, and is a strong anti theist.

paragon1
Nov 22, 2010

FULL COMMUNISM NOW
Atlanta would also be the Union State's de facto transport hub, so that might have something to do with it.

csm141
Jul 19, 2010

i care, i'm listening, i can help you without giving any advice
Pillbug
Chapter Eight: Out With The Old (April-May 1937)



quote:

TO: MARSHALL

YOUR CONCERNS ABOUT UNION STATE REMNANTS FIGHTING ON AFTER THE SURRENDER AGREEMENT IN MIAMI ARE SO FAR NOT PROVING TRUE. A NUMBER OF UNITS HAVE ALREADY PLEDGED THEIR ALLEGIANCE TO THE COMBINED SYNDICATES. A SURPRISING BUT WELCOME DEVELOPMENT. THE TRANSATLANTIC EXPEDITIONARY FORCE WILL MOVE TO SECURE NEW ORLEANS. LETS PUT AN END TO THIS THING.

ROSE



quote:

TO: RICKOVER

I HAVE TAKEN COMMAND OF THE SURRENDERING FLEET AS ORDERED. THINGS HAVE GONE SMOOTHLY SO FAR BUT THE SHIP CREWS ARE SEGREGATED AND VERY INCOMPATIBLE WITH REEDS DECREES ABOUT INTEGRATION. I DONT HAVE THE FAINTEST IDEA HOW TO APPROACH THE ISSUE WITH THE CAPTAINS. PLEASE ADVISE.

MULZAC




quote:

TO: REED

THE RIOTS AND LYNCHINGS ARE GETTING OUT OF CONTROL. THE FEW REMAINING UNION STATE UNITS HAVE TRANSFERRED TO OUR COMMAND WITHOUT MAJOR INCIDENT BUT MANY OF THE FORMER TROOPS OF THE ARMIES THAT WE DISBANDED FOLLOWING THE CAPTURE OF PENSACOLA ARE RETURNING HOME. THEY HAVE TRAINING AND A LOT OF ANGER. I HAVE INSTRUCTED OUR TROOPS TO DO THEIR BEST TO PROTECT COLORED COMMUNITIES AND I HAVE ALSO BEGUN THE PROCESS OF CONVERTING SOME OF THE UNION STATE MILITIAS INTO POLICE UNITS THAT WILL ONLY BE DEPLOYED IN WHITE COMMUNITIES. IT IS AN IMPERFECT AND TEMPORARY SOLUTION TO A PERVASIVE PROBLEM. ACTUALLY ENDING SEGREGATION WILL TAKE FAR MORE TIME THAN EITHER OF US WOULD LIKE I AM AFRAID.

MARSHALL



quote:

TO: LOUISE BRYANT

DEAREST LOUISE

I AM GLAD TO HEAR THAT THE CONGRESS IS GOING WELL. SEND MY REGARDS AND GRATITUDE TO OUR BRITISH COMRADES. YOUR REPORT ON BRITISH AND FRENCH POLICY HAS CONVINCED ME THAT NOW IS THE TIME TO PUSH THROUGH THE POLICIES WE DISCUSSED BEFORE YOU LEFT. THERE WILL CERTAINLY BE A BACKLASH BUT WITH THE MOMENTUM THE COMBINED SYNDICATES HAS IN THIS CONFLICT I AM CONVINCED THAT ANY ANGER WILL SOON BE SWEPT AWAY BY THE JOYS OF VICTORY. I CANNOT WAIT TO SEE YOUR FACE AGAIN.

JACK



quote:

TO: REED

I HAVE MET WITH COMMUNAL AND REPUBLICAN ARMY COMMANDERS IN LONDON TO DISCUSS THREATS TO THE INTERNATIONAL. THEIR ARMIES ARE IMPRESSIVELY ARMED AND TRAINED AND OURS IS FAR BEHIND THE EUROPEAN STANDARD AS ANYBODY WOULD EXPECT FROM SUCH A NASCENT FORCE. THE COMMANDERS STRESSED TO ME THAT BECAUSE OF THE GERMAN THREAT TO THE EUROPEAN SYNDICALISTS AMERICAN ARMS WILL BEAR THE MAJOR RESPONSIBILITY OF DEFEATING THE ENTENTE IN THE EVENT OF WAR. IN ORDER TO DEFEAT THESE PROFESSIONAL TROOPS WE WILL NEED ARTILLERY AND AIRCRAFT AND ALL THE TOOLS OF MODERN WAR. WE ARE EXITING THE PHASE OF OUR REVOLUTION THAT INVOLVES MASS STRUGGLE OF THE ORDINARY WORKER IN THE STREETS. WE WILL NEED A PROFESSIONAL AND WELL ARMED ARMY TO DEFEND OUR SUCCESSES.



quote:

IN ADDITION WE DISCUSSED FURTHER ARRANGEMENTS FOR FOREIGN VOLUNTEERS. THE BRITISH DECLINED TO SEND ANY MORE THAN THEY ALREADY HAVE GIVEN HOW NEAR VICTORY IS. THE FRENCH HOWEVER HAVE PROPOSED AN INTERESTING PROGRAM. THEY WISH TO SEND MORE SUPPLIES PLANES AND MACHINES TO NEW YORK. THE PRESENCE OF THE FRENCH VETERANS WILL ALLOW OUR OWN PILOTS TO IMPROVE. IN EXCHANGE WE WOULD AGREE TO ACCEPT CONTINGENTS OF CENTROAMERICAN REVOLUTIONARIES AND TRAIN THEM OURSELVES SO THAT THE ENTIRE INTERNATIONAL IS BETTER OFF. IT SEEMS LIKE A SENSIBLE PLAN TO ME.

HEMINGWAY



quote:

TO: HEMINGWAY

YOU HAVE MY STAMP OF APPROVAL ON THAT PLAN. BUILDING BRIDGES WITH CENTROAMERICA IS AN OBVIOUS NEXT STEP FOR US. ALLOW ME TO OFFER YOU CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR SPEECH. TRANSCRIPTS ARE IN EVERY PAPER IN TERRITORY UNDER OUR CONTROL. IT HAS INSPIRED THE WORKERS TO KEEP REVOLUTION IN THE FOREFRONT OF THEIR MINDS EVEN AS WE GROW SO NEAR TO HAVING PEACE. KEEP UP THE EXCELLENT WORK FRIEND.

REED



brazil and mexico are not left wing whatsoever fyi

quote:

TO: REED

THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND WORDS. I HAVE RELAYED YOUR APPROVAL TO THE FRENCH AND CENTROAMERICAN DELEGATIONS AND THEY ARE MAKING THE NECESSARY ARRANGEMENTS TO SEND THEIR PERSONNEL TO NEW YORK AND PENSACOLA RESPECTIVELY. ITS BEEN AN INTERESTING FEW WEEKS HERE IN LONDON BUT I AM HAPPY WITH WHAT WEVE ACCOMPLISHED HERE. THE BONDS OF INTERNATIONAL SOCIALISM ARE STRONGER THAN EVER. I HOPE THAT I WILL MAKE IT HOME IN TIME FOR THE VICTORY PARADES.

HEMINGWAY



quote:

TO: HEMINGWAY

I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR RETURN BUT I MUST ASK YOU TO MAKE ONE DETOUR BEFORE YOU RETURN. I AM SURE YOU ARE AWARE BY NOW THAT THE CNT-FAI HAS BEGUN THEIR REVOLUTION IN SPAIN.



quote:

THEY ARE FACING NOT ONLY THE MONARCHY BUT CATHOLIC ZEALOTS WELL SUPPORTED BY THE CATHOLIC STATES OF EUROPE.



quote:

PLEASE TRAVEL TO BARCELONA AND OFFER WHATEVER ASSISTANCE WE CAN TO THE CNT-FAI. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU HAVE DONE FOR THE REVOLUTION. I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT THIS TRIP INSPIRES YOU TO WRITE.

REED



quote:

TO: NAVAL HQ NEW YORK

OUR SUBMARINES HAVE SPOTTED FOUR CARIBBEAN AND TWO CANADIAN CONVOYS SAILING INTO HAVANA HARBOR THUS FAR. ENTENTE PRESENCE IN CUBA IS LIKELY.

MULZAC





quote:

TO: NAVAL HQ NEW YORK

THE EMPIRE STATE CORPS HAS LANDED IN PUERTO RICO. THE ISLAND WAS UNDEFENDED. THE LOCAL POPULATION DOES NOT APPEAR OVERLY CONCERNED WITH WHICH VARIETY OF AMERICAN CONTROLS THE ISLAND. WE WILL STAY HERE UNTIL GIVEN FURTHER ORDERS.

MACLEISH



quote:

TO: ALL COMMANDERS

THE TIME HAS COME TO END THIS WAR. MACARTHUR IS ON HIS LAST LEGS. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS TWO MAJOR STRONGHOLDS REMAINING. THE AREA AROUND DENVER IS THE MAIN HEADQUARTERS FOR THE FEDERAL ARMY. SECURING DENVER CHEYENNE AND KANSAS CITY SHOULD PUT AN END TO MAJOR FEDERAL ACTIVITY IN THE CENTRAL SECTOR. THE SOUTHERN SECTOR IS INVOLVED IN MAJOR BATTLES BETWEEN FEDERAL AND MEXICAN FORCES. THE MAJOR OBJECTIVE IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR IS LAFAYETTE. TEXAS IS OF SECONDARY IMPORTANCE. GOOD LUCK.

MARSHALL



quote:

TO: ALL COMMANDERS

DO NOT ENGAGE FEDERAL FORCES ENGAGED IN COMBAT AGAINST MEXICAN FORCES. DO NOT RELIEVE THE MEXICANS AT LITTLE ROCK. THEY ARE THE ENEMY OF OUR ENEMY BUT THEY ARE NOT OUR FRIEND. THIS COMES DIRECTLY FROM REED.

MARSHALL



quote:


TO: ALL COMMANDERS CENTRAL SECTOR

CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR VICTORY IN DENVER. THE CONTINENTAL CHAMBER HAS INDICTED MACARTHUR AND THIS MEANS THAT YOU ARE TO CAPTURE HIM ALIVE IF AT ALL POSSIBLE. OUR INTELLIGENCE INDICATES HE MAY HAVE ALREADY FLED THE COUNTRY BY PLANE. DO NOT TAKE UNNECESSARY RISKS TO PURSUE HIM.

MARSHALL



quote:

TO: MARSHALL

HE IS NOWHERE TO BE FOUND.

FITZSIMMONS



quote:

TO: ALL COMMANDERS SOUTHERN SECTOR

THE MEXICANS HAVE ACCEPTED PEACE WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. RESPECT THE BORDERS DELINEATED IN THE TREATY BUT DO NOT HESITATE TO RETALIATE IF YOU ARE ENGAGED BY MEXICAN FORCES.

MARSHALL




quote:

TO: ALL COMMANDERS

THE FEDERAL GARRISON IN LITTLE ROCK HAS BEEN OVERRUN AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS SURRENDERED. DO NOT ENGAGE FEDERAL FORCES UNLESS THEY ENGAGE YOU FIRST. FEDERAL UNITS MAY REPORT TO YOU TO SURRENDER. SEIZE THEIR WEAPONS AND DETAIN THE MEN IN HUMANE CONDITIONS. IT IS THROUGH OUR UNITY OF PURPOSE AND THE COURAGE OF ALL OF YOU THAT WE HAVE WON. YOUR LEADERSHIP AND PIONEERING SPIRIT HAS TURNED A RAGGED GROUP OF UNION MEN AND ANARCHISTS INTO A HARDENED FIGHTING FORCE THAT HAS WON THE SECOND AMERICAN REVOLUTION. TAKE THIS TIME TO CELEBRATE AND REFLECT. DO YOUR UTMOST TO RELAY THE SPIRIT OF THIS MESSAGE TO THE MEN AND WOMEN UNDER YOUR COMMAND IN WHICHEVER WAY SEEMS MOST APPROPRIATE TO YOU. THERE WILL BE MORE BATTLES ON THIS CONTINENT AND OTHERS AND WE WILL CONFRONT AND OVERCOME THOSE CHALLENGES IN THE SAME MANNER WE HAVE THESE PAST SEVEN MONTHS. TONIGHT HOWEVER WE HAVE PEACE.

MARSHALL



quote:

TO: MARSHALL

COME TO CHICAGO AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. WE HAVE MUCH TO DISCUSS.

REED

Crowsbeak
Oct 9, 2012

by Azathoth
Lipstick Apathy
Next, secure us a Pacific Coast, "liberate" Mexico.

GSD
May 10, 2014

by Nyc_Tattoo
Mexico went with the military council over Pancho Villa, right?

You should fix that.

Drone
Aug 22, 2003

Incredible machine
:smug:


Did New England or PSA join the Entente as they usually do, or are they just independent and "neutral"?

Kavak
Aug 23, 2009


New England and PSA are both Canadian allies. New England is never not part of the Entente, IIRC.

Round 2 of the Revolution is going to be a bitch.

Alikchi
Aug 18, 2010

Thumbs up I agree

This is a great LP, you're really elevating the material.

Sindai
Jan 24, 2007
i want to achieve immortality through not dying
Look at those borders. This will not stand. :toughguy:

Sindai fucked around with this message at 11:49 on Dec 1, 2014

GrossMurpel
Apr 8, 2011

Kavak posted:

New England and PSA are both Canadian allies. New England is never not part of the Entente, IIRC.

Round 2 of the Revolution is going to be a bitch.

Eh, he should have inherited enough units from USA and AUS (and PSA in the future) to beat Canada and New England three times over.
E: If Canada goes with "Independence for New England", doesn't that make them neutral?

Kavak
Aug 23, 2009


GrossMurpel posted:

Eh, he should have inherited enough units from USA and AUS (and PSA in the future) to beat Canada and New England three times over.
E: If Canada goes with "Independence for New England", doesn't that make them neutral?

No, they're still part of the Entente.

I say we wait and integrate our new territories, then retake Texas and the southwest and put Toledano or whatever his name is back in charge of Mexico. We'll need help to fight a three-front war, because even if we can build up a ridiculously superior force we don't know when the poo poo's gonna hit the fan.

GrossMurpel
Apr 8, 2011
Would a Commune of France game with only cav be viable? I'm in love with cav-only armies ever since I discovered helicopters :getin:

Zeroisanumber
Oct 23, 2010

Nap Ghost
Those borders. :negative:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_naGYiSJ6k&t=20s

Samolety
Jan 27, 2008

I have returned from negotiations with Comrade Ignatov and have found him to be quite agreeable.
I believe it is peace in our time.
Mexico isn't in the Entente so he should have been able to avoid a three-front war.

It's funny, in the CSA game I just played, Mexico was like my best friend, they sent more troops over the course of the war than France or Britain did. Also, Canada never took New England and the PSA petitioned to join the Central Powers and Germany told them to go to hell. Made for a fairly easy North American theatre.

That just goes to show how different one KR game is from another.

Erwin the German
May 30, 2011

:3
Very interesting result! Mexico practically owes it to themselves to join the Entente at this point...

Brony Hunter
Dec 27, 2012

Motherfucking Mannis

They'll bend the knee or I'll destroy them
Those ugly borders are awesome and delicious.

Crowsbeak
Oct 9, 2012

by Azathoth
Lipstick Apathy

Actually they resemble Americas post Louisiana Purchase.

Drone
Aug 22, 2003

Incredible machine
:smug:


The CSA's western border looks fine, but that Mexican-PSA border is worthy of a war in and of itself.

If you think you can win the war in Mexico within a year, go for them first -- otherwise if the inevitable Entente-Internationale war ignites in 1939, you might find yourself embroiled in a three front war (that you'll still win, because USA).

Dibujante
Jul 27, 2004

Drone posted:

The CSA's western border looks fine, but that Mexican-PSA border is worthy of a war in and of itself.

If you think you can win the war in Mexico within a year, go for them first -- otherwise if the inevitable Entente-Internationale war ignites in 1939, you might find yourself embroiled in a three front war (that you'll still win, because USA).

Most of that is hellmountain, so it's not like it matters where the line gets drawn. It's probably a no-man's land right now. You can probably buy really, really cheap weed there. And guns of all sorts.

beefart
Jul 5, 2007

IT'S ON THE HOUSE OF AMON
~grandmaaaaaaa~
I'd say hit Mexico fast and hard and puppet them. A socialist Mexico will prove a strong ally when war breaks out with the Entente. Even more important, if Centroamerica is willing to play ball, you could have a land route to the Canal Zone.

Also requesting that one of the mini-LPs be Italian Federation. There are tons of possible directions to go in; I just finished a game where the Pope I elected invited a Savoyard claimant to the throne to serve as head of state who then bitch slapped Austria (No Cavour Required) for Venice and Trento and then radically industrialized the economy before teaming up with Germany against the Syndies and eventually breaking away to form a Mediterranean alliance block and entertaining ridiculous irredentist fantasies in North Africa and the Balkans.

csm141
Jul 19, 2010

i care, i'm listening, i can help you without giving any advice
Pillbug
I'd like to do a European one and that would be a good candidate for sure.

Kavak
Aug 23, 2009


Samolety posted:

Mexico isn't in the Entente so he should have been able to avoid a three-front war.

Western, northern, and north eastern fronts (Or just one really loving big northern front if you want to call it that).

GSD
May 10, 2014

by Nyc_Tattoo
The Italian Federation can also get a national populist pope. Who wouldn't want a fascist pope?

Raskolnikov38
Mar 3, 2007

We were somewhere around Manila when the drugs began to take hold

GSD posted:

The Italian Federation can also get a national populist pope. Who wouldn't want a fascist pope?

Whoever told Benedict to gently caress off behind the scenes doesn't want one.

Nuclear Pogostick
Apr 9, 2007

Bouncing towards victory
CRUSH MEXICO :black101:

I also vote for retaking the PSA as well. The glory of the syndicates shall stretch from New York to Seattle!

Kavak
Aug 23, 2009


The PSA and New England will come in time. In 1939 (or '38 if we're unlucky) the International is going to end up at war with one of the alliance blocks, quite possibly both.

Chief, is tech team inheritance on? The CSA's teams suck so I won't blame you if it is.

csm141
Jul 19, 2010

i care, i'm listening, i can help you without giving any advice
Pillbug

Kavak posted:

The PSA and New England will come in time. In 1939 (or '38 if we're unlucky) the International is going to end up at war with one of the alliance blocks, quite possibly both.

Chief, is tech team inheritance on? The CSA's teams suck so I won't blame you if it is.

No it is not but I have helped myself to a few of the USA's and changed the start date on some of the CSA's. I'll make a note of which ones when they come around.

Pikestaff
Feb 17, 2013

Came here to bark at you




Late to this but I'm loving this LP and the style it's written in, I love this game/mod and I love that the best nation is rising up victorious :allears:

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Kulkasha
Jan 15, 2010

But it was all right, everything was all right, the struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himself. He loved Likchenpa.
I request a world map!

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