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Austria: Army Galicia can retreat to Silesia or Ukraine or Vienna
Turkey: Army Smyrna can retreat to Ankara or Armenia or Constantinople or Syria
Message from France to Austria and Italy
Potential Allies:
Did you consider my application? I hope that you will
take me in.
While I am waiting, can you explain the hold in Serbia to
me. My brother has the tactical brains in the family and
he is busy right now. I understand that you had a
guessing game around Greece and Serbia. But wouldn't
Ser-Bul be better than a hold in Ser? Maybe there is
something to do with Rumania that I am missing?
That Turkish build will be a set back for the team. I am
just as disappointed. I wanted Germany and England to
see that they could not finish me off before Turkey fell.
Now, if Turkey is getting builds, that hurts my
arguments :-)
It is a shame that you cannot afford to retreat to
Silesia. Germany deserves it. But you kind of need to
defend Vienna.
What about bringing Russia into the fold. Germany and
England suddenly look scary and they have 2-on-1 versus
your 2-on-2. Russia needs friends. If you offer a
position at your firm, he is sure to jump at it. He is
ticked at Germany and friendly with me. FIAR vs EG and
T?
What are the chances of getting that Fleet in the Ionian
to come over and help me defend France?
-- Prince Boar
Message from France to Austria and Italy
Ms. Felicia:
I just thought of something. If you are willing to make
peace with Russia, then the retreat to Sileisa may make a
lot of sense. You can get Russia to agree to let you
have Warsaw and you allow him into Budapest. That will
allow you to move to protect Vienna and Budapest will be
protected from Turkey, whom we want to crumble.
At least think about it before you make the retreat. I
image that you have until Monday to consider it. Take
your time.
I guess an alternative is War -> Pru and Gal -> Sil, but
there is no support for these and a new army in Berlin is
sure to bounce at least one of them.
-- Prince Boar
Message from France to all
Tour de France Stage 18&19 Results:
Due to technical difficulties with the communication
system, yesterday's stage update had to be delayed. This
report covers two stages.
Stage 18
Lance Armstrong not only protected his lead but extended
during Friday's time trial. Lance is headed to Paris in
style by winning another stage. This extend England's
lead and with the Yellow Jersey all but wrapped up, he is
sure to win the game.
Stage 19
Erik Zabel improved his bid to win a record
sixth-straight green jersey as the best sprinter of the
Tour de France. He won both the stage and the
intermediate sprint and cut O'Grady's lead to just two
points leading into the final stage. The final sprint
into Paris will surely decide the matter. Zabel should
be considered the favorite. This puts Germany in second
place in points and with the Green Jersey points to
follow, he is sure to take a strong second to England.
Is this a sign of things to come in the real game?
Also, the Polka Dot Jersey (King of the Mountain) will go
to Jalabert of CSC. This should place Turkey in third
place in the TdF game.
Official Tally:
Austria (Domo-Farm Frites): 0 points
England (USPS): 40 points
France (Festina): 10 points
Germany (Telekom): 30 points
Italy (Fassa Bortolo): 10 points
Russia (Robobank): 20 points
Turkey (CSC): 20 points
Doug (O.N.C.E.): 0 points
Selected Standings:
1. Lance Armstrong (USP) 82 hours, 20 minutes, 00 seconds
2. Jan Ullrich (TEL) @ 6 minutes, 44 seconds
3. Joseba Beloki (ONC) @ 9:05
Green Jersey:
1. Stuart O'Grady (C.A.) 212 points
2. Erik Zabel (TEL) 210
Polka Dot Jersey:
1. Laurent Jalabert (CSC) 257 points
2. Jan Ullrich (TEL) 211
-- Prince Boar
Message from Germany to Italy
Roberto:
Your life is looking pretty good.
The army in Tyrolia is beginning to worry me. I haven't decided yet,
but I'm considering trying to move it. The plain truth is that we've
both seen this type of thing before. A unit that just sits and sits,
then one day it wakes up and attacks.
I'm even more vulnerable now that France is in BUR.
Truthfully I don't really want to move south. I would just like to see
TYR clear.
I'd like to send one, maybe two armies east. That would work for you
in that if Austria runs over Russia faster than you overrun Turkey he'll
become a dangerous partner. Russia already knows how dangerous. If on
the other hand I slow down Austria's progress, you could build quicker
than Austria. I don't need to tell you that the partner that builds
quicker is usually in the drivers seat. And in this game could become
the eventual winner.
So that's my offer. Retreat the army in TYR, and I'll be free to move
east. Slowing Austria's advance, and giving you the upper hand.
It would probably be best if you didn't tell Austria this. He'll see
it plain enough in my move to BOH.
Fredd
Message from Germany to Italy
Roberto:
I didn't see that Austria doesn't get a build this time. I was
expecting him to retreat GAL to UKR and build in VIE. From there he
could move against MOS then go north or south.
All that is changed. I now think that he has to retreat to VIE. to
protect himself from myself in BOH and Russia in GAL.
Plus Turkey gets to build one. There doesn't seem to be the AI
juggernaut that I imagined.
I'd still like to see you retreat from TYR though. And I still do not
have plans to move in after you.
Fredd
Message from Russia to Italy
Roberto,
> Movement results for Fall of 1902. (titleist.005)
> Austria: Army Ukraine -> Warsaw.
> Austria: Army Galicia SUPPORT Army Ukraine -> Warsaw. (*dislodged*)
> Austria: Army Budapest SUPPORT Army Serbia.
It figures. I gave him credit for too much imagination.
> Germany: Army Munich -> Bohemia.
> Italy: Army Tyrolia HOLD.
> Russia: Army Warsaw -> Galicia.
> Turkey: Army Bulgaria -> Greece.
> Turkey: Army Rumania SUPPORT Russian Army Warsaw -> Galicia.
>
> The following units were dislodged:
>
> The Austrian Army in Galicia can retreat to Ukraine or Vienna or Silesia.
How long do you want to remain allied with Austria? Every Center he
owns except Trieste is facing a supported attack this Spring, and I'd bet
you could walk into Tri unopposed. You can hold your gains in Turkey,
possibly even expanding there, and cripple Austria at the same time.
What do you think?
Your Friend,
Nicky.
Message from France to all
Tour de France Stage 20 and Final Results:
Lance Armstrong rode into Paris, wearing the Yellow
Jersey on the final stage. This is his third Tour de
France victory in as many years. Jan Svorada of team
Lampre won today's stage. The Green Jersey goes to Erik
Zabel of Telekom and the Polka Dot Jersey to Laurent
Jalabert of CSC World something or other. At least each
Jersey was won by a team representing one of our great
powers in Europe. Of the 20 stages and the Prologue, 13
were won by our teams.
England wins the game the Grand Prize of having Ivy
Wingo's sister get a date with the Dauphin. Knowing that
the relations between England and France are a bit shaky
right now, we will allow Ivy to escort his sister
throughout the evening. Do not worry, you will be
perfectly safe in France. Our word is as good as yours.
Second Place goes to Germany. He wins the prize of
having the Dauphin call his sister and wish her well.
Turkey, in third place gets an autographed picture of the
Dauphin with Lance Armstrong. The autograph is the
Dauphin's not Lance's.
I truly thank everyone fror playing and putting up with
my game. I especially appreciate those who made
references to it during Titleist. Personally, I am
looking forward to the break from reporting on it. :-)
Final Tally:
England (USPS): 90 points
Germany (Telekom): 50 points
Turkey (CSC): 40 points
Russia (Robobank): 20 points
France (Festina): 10 points
Italy (Fassa Bortolo): 10 points
Austria (Domo-Farm Frites): 0 points
Doug (O.N.C.E.): 0 points
-- Prince Boar
Message from Russia to all
> Tour de France Stage 20 and Final Results:
> Final Tally:
> England (USPS): 90 points
> Germany (Telekom): 50 points
> Turkey (CSC): 40 points
> Russia (Robobank): 20 points
110 points for Union Riders! More than twice the total of any non-union
team. Go Union!
V.I. Lenin.
European Economic Union Steward for Russia.
Message [from Austria] to all
> Final Tally:
> England (USPS): 90 points
> Germany (Telekom): 50 points
> Turkey (CSC): 40 points
> Russia (Robobank): 20 points
110 points for Union Riders! More than twice the total of any non-union
team. Go Union!
And Russia is the least of the Union. C'est dommage.
Message from Russia to all
> > Final Tally:
> > England (USPS): 90 points
> > Russia (Robobank): 20 points
>
> > 110 points for Union Riders! More than twice the total of any
> > non-union team. Go Union!
>
> And Russia is the least of the Union. C'est dommage.
Russia merely leads the EEU from behind.
V. I. Lenin,
Hindmost (with thanks to Larry Niven)
Message from France to Austria, Italy, and Russia
Mes Amis
I have individual written discussion the possible
formation of an alliance between ourselves. My proposal
certainly is motivated by my position. But I am not
randomly suggesting any proposal. I choose this one
because it is the most appropriate one to suggest. I
believe that we will all benefit.
England and Germany are strongly aligned, as evidented by
the complete demilitarization of their common border.
England has told me that he will not stab Germany for a
long long time. The North Sea is open and there are no
German fleets within range of it. What more of a
statement do you need. RT can fight AI for quite some
time and not get very far. Meanwhile England and Germany
will grow by 6 centers. Germany has already stated his
position by crossing into the heartlands.
Perhaps some of you are counting on their fighting
eventually. Certainly this may happen, but all this
would accomplish is turning the victor into a
frigtheningly large power that is near victory.
Our best course of action is to band together and prevent
their dominance. My motivation is clear, survival.
Austria's motivation should be to get out of the bind he
appears to be in with forces surrounding his centers and
difficulty in defending them. Russia's motivation is
growth as opposed to merely trying to hang on. (England
and Germany certainly are not offering that.) Italy's
motivation would be growth as well.
Turkey is the key. He is behind the three of you and can
cause trouble. I am certain that he sees the strong EG
alliance as a good thing and a possible route to a 3-way
draw for himself. He figures that he just needs to bide
his time and wait until EG start pressing and then nip at
your backs to a nice size that makes it impossible to
eliminate him. This opportunity is almost here for him.
The three of you must band together to both eliminate
Turkey and to help for a front to contain Germany. I
will do the best that I can to slow down England, but I
will need some help from Italy.
There is the question of the Austrian retreat from
Galicia. I proposed that this army go to Silesia, but
Russia wants it to go to Vienna. Silesia is a stronger
move, but creates problems with defending
Budapest-likely requiring Russia occupation. It would
get messy to have Russia and Austria holding each other's
territories. Therefore it is possible that Vienna is the
best choice.
My question for you all is that do you agree that the
FAIR alliance makes sense for us all? What would be the
difficulties with it?
-- Prince Boar
Message from Master to all
I'd like to take a moment to encourage all the players to submit
"End of Year" statements by 'press to m', for use in the "Showcase"
of this game.
Doug
Message from Italy to France
>
> Message from France to Russia, Italy and Austria in 'titleist':
>
> Mes Amis
>
> I have individual written discussion the possible
> formation of an alliance between ourselves.
>
Make it FAIT and I think you'll get a favorable response. Austria has
burned his bridges with RT and I'm not happy that he failed to concentrate
solely on Turkey this past year and instead diverted too much energy into a
already weakended Russia.
Roberto
Message from Italy to Russia and Turkey
Gentlemen,
I'm ready to abandon ship and change course. Austria has proven to be the
wrong choice in allies and I'm man enough to admit that I made a mistake.
If I can get a fair and reasonable offer from the two of you, I'll take it.
I hope our goal would be to slow down the growing EG alliance and to that
end I'm prepared to move my fleets to the Western Med. I'm sure we can gain
a partner in France and hopefully it's not too late for the four of us to
turn the tide in this game.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Life is Beautiful,
Roberto
Message from Italy to Germany
>
> I'd still like to see you retreat from TYR though.
>
Frankly, this is unacceptable. Italy considers Tyrolia to be a key
defensive position for his country as it borders our northern most center as
well as two of our allies. Let me remind you, Italy DOES get a build this
year. If your goal is to try to get me to build an army to defend Tyrolia,
it may just work in which case I'll most likely not try to stop England from
turning the corner in the West Med. There would be a good chance that
England would end up with all of France and be beyond the MAO stalemate line
while you try to trudge thru the mass of armies in the east. Is that what
you really want to have happen? It is my belief that the two of us can
co-exist peacefully while I remain in Tyrolia. I have done you no harm to
date and intend to do you no harm in the future. I find it somewhat
insulting that your paranoia now requires my retreat from Tyrolia.
One last thought, whatever happens in the east, whomever is left will be
twice as close to you as they are to England.
Life is Beautiful,
Roberto
Message from France to Italy
Roberto:
>Make it FAIT and I think you'll get a favorable
>response. Austria has burned his bridges with RT
Are you saying that Austria would prefer to work with
Turkey than with Russia? That seems less desirable for
you as Turkey would be a danger. But if you are willing
to propose it to myself and Austria, I am willing to
agree to it. Would Turkey and Italy be willing to give
you Greece so that you have something to compensate for
handing Smyrna back?
I do think that FAIT would have a better chance at
succeeding quickly in that Russia appears that he will
refuse to attack England. Also, with Germany lined up
to go after St. Petes, Russia will fall anyway. And
trying to eliminate Turkey with Russia and Austria not
getting along very well, and the potential for Turkey to
work with Germany, would be hard.
Can you start the ball rolling?
Are you considering building an army in Venice? I may be
willing to see it move to Piedmont. I admit that I am
nervous about asking two of your forces to come my way.
But I need the help and I hope to convince you that the
longer term needs of keeping me viable will outweigh the
shorter term gains of getting a center or two. Besides,
you would probably not be able to hold those centers from
the joint German-English forces. There is always the
chance we can get you into the Atlantic, but England
seems pretty well positioned to take MAO.
>I'm not happy that he failed to concentrate
>solely on Turkey this past year and instead diverted
>too much energy into a already weakended Russia.
I agree with you. Turkey should have been the first
priotity. Russia has problems on his other side. I am
certainly not the best tactician in the game, but it
seemed like there were better choices for Austria's
forces. They were too static. But that is behind us,
let's go forward.
-- Prince Boar
Message from Russia to Austria, France, and Italy
Gentlemen,
>Message from France to Russia, Italy and Austria in 'titleist':
>There is the question of the Austrian retreat from
>Galicia. I proposed that this army go to Silesia, but Russia wants it to
>go to Vienna. Silesia is a stronger move, but creates problems with
>defending
>Budapest-likely requiring Russia occupation. It would get messy to have
>Russia and Austria holding
>each other's territories. Therefore it is possible that Vienna is the best
>choice.
I can accept Gal-Sil, as long as it is followed
by Sil S War-Pru in S1903M. Vie and Bud should be secure,
as long as GIRT do not coordinate an attack upon Austria,
and Italy maintains his pressure on Turkey.
Czar Nicholas II.
Message from Italy to France
>
> >Make it FAIT and I think you'll get a favorable
> >response. Austria has burned his bridges with RT
> Are you saying that Austria would prefer to work with
> Turkey than with Russia?
Ooops, I mis-typed. I meant FIRT. Austria would not be part of the
alliance and would be eliminated. Turkish armies would take the place of
Austrian armies.
> Would Turkey and Italy be willing to give
> you Greece so that you have something to compensate for
> handing Smyrna back?
>
Discussions are under way. Nothing has been settled yet.
>
> Are you considering building an army in Venice? I may be
> willing to see it move to Piedmont.
>
I'm not sure what I will build yet. I can see arguments for both an army
and a fleet. If my negotiations go well in the east, I will be sending at
least one unit your direction as you requested.
Life is Beautiful,
Roberto
Message from France to Italy
Roberto:
I can accept the FIRT alliance as well. I would imagine
that it would be best to get Austria to retreat to
Silesia in that instance. He would be out of position.
I expect that Turkey should retreat to Smyrna and
possibly build a fleet in Constantinople. That would
allow you to move Ionian to TyS and and Eme to Ionian?
Let me know what I can do to help!!!
-- Prince Boar
Message from Russia to Italy
Roberto, My Friend,
***Please note that this is a private reply.***
>Austria has proven to be the wrong choice in allies
>If I can get a fair and reasonable offer from the
>two of you, I'll take it.
I'll offer you Trieste. *wink*
>I'm prepared to move my fleets to the Western Med.
This is good, except that you'll get there the
turn after England takes MAO.
>hopefully it's not too late for the four of us to
>turn the tide in this game.
I actually think that France's proposal makes
a bit more sense, although that assumes that we can
rely on Austria to follow instructions. I remain
willing to work with you in either FA(IR) or T(IR)F.
Shall we discuss both options privately, and decide
which is better for stopping EG, and better for us?
In Hope of Alliance,
Nick.
Message from Italy to Russia
>
> This is good, except that you'll get there the
> turn after England takes MAO.
>
I realize that. There's nothing I can do to stop England from getting the
MAO. However, an Italian fleet in the West Med could go a long way in
preventing, or at least slowing down, MAO-SPA etc.
>
> I actually think that France's proposal makes
> a bit more sense, although that assumes that we can
> rely on Austria to follow instructions.
>
That's just it, Austria will not follow instructions. I begged him to leave
you alone and concentrate on Turkey this year but he mumbled something about
being stuck between IR after Turkey was eliminated. I'm not one to take
lightly a supposed ally writing me telling me basically he doesn't trust me
when there is absolutely no basis for mistrust.
> I remain
> willing to work with you in either FA(IR) or T(IR)F.
> Shall we discuss both options privately, and decide
> which is better for stopping EG, and better for us?
>
In all honesty, I think our best hope lies with T(IR)F. I think Turkey is a
better diplomat, better tactician, and understands the game long-term better
than Austria. If we can convince Turkey to continue to build armies to
replace those left behind by Austria while I continue to build fleets to
block the West Med, I think it would work.
If we chose FA(IR), even assuming Austria complied, we'd have to fight our
way into the corner and then turn around again. By that time I fear, EG
would have gotten too strong a foothold to matter. By going F(IR)T, I can
move my fleets west immediately while at the same time, IRT can move armies
west eating into Austria and heading toward their intended destination of
Germany.
I look forward to hearing your analysis.
Life is Beautiful,
Roberto
Message from Italy to France
>
> Let me know what I can do to help!!!
>
Sure, help convince Turkey to build an army rather than a fleet.
Roberto
Message from Italy to Austria
We find ourselves not quite in as good a position as we were the same time
last year. I'm receiving all of these messages about your retreat and quite
frankly I haven't a clue what would be best. Silesia would only be
appropriate if you thought Russia was willing and able to forgive and
forget. That's a really tough assumption to make. Germany has already made
waves that he's considering moving Tyrolia by force and sending armies (note
plural) east. He seems to have chosen England over any possible Center
Alliance. In the meanwhile, nothing can be done to prevent England from
reaching the MAO if he so desires.
Roberto scratches his head and wonders what to do.
Life is Beautiful,
Roberto
Message from Turkey to Italy
Roberto,
Very good to hear from you. I am delighted at the content of your press; of
course I now look forward to the coming moves with great eagerness but also
trepidation. If you're on the level, then I'm ready to take up where we
left off. Naturally I'm a little gun-shy, and I'm sure you'll understand
that I have to see action before I can really commit. But if you attack
Austria in earnest in the spring, then I'll be solidly on board for a strong
IT.
> I'm ready to abandon ship and change course. Austria has proven to be the
> wrong choice in allies and I'm man enough to admit that I made a mistake.
> If I can get a fair and reasonable offer from the two of you, I'll take
it.
Naturally, my first concern is to regain Smyrna. I propose Smy-Alb, with
support from Gre, in the spring. If you can agree to this, then we can
arrange for the transfer of Greece to Italian authority. We had always said
Gre would go to you, and I'm still willing to abide by that if you'll return
control of Smy to me.
After that, I certainly see you in Trieste and Vienna at the least. Beyond
that, it will depend on how the battles turn out. Whatever happens, my
commitment is to see us both grow at an even rate, and for both of us to
keep as closely as possible to the same size.
> I hope our goal would be to slow down the growing EG alliance and to that
> end I'm prepared to move my fleets to the Western Med. I'm sure we can
gain
> a partner in France and hopefully it's not too late for the four of us to
> turn the tide in this game.
If you're serious about switching sides, then I've no doubt that we will
prevail against the center. You'll have your choice of either shoring up
France or attacking him. In the long run, a strong England would work well
for our IT, if England can be turned against Germany. If you want Russia
kept alive to work against EG, then I can be content to focus on Austria and
the Balkans for the near term. My point is, I'm very flexible on how to
work it, if in fact you're sincere.
My plan has been, naturally, to retreat Smy-Ank and build F Con. You had
said earlier that you could live with a Turkish fleet for defensive
purposes, and under the circumstances nothing else really makes sense.
However, I again give my commitment to henceforth build armies and attack
onland if you agree to join with me in alliance.
I eagerly await your reply,
Ali Baba
Message from Turkey to Italy
Roberto,
I've been looking at the board, and I have to admit that there are some
tactical advantages to my building another army instead of a fleet. I would
strongly consider it if you'll agree to build A Ven. That would give us an
early leg up on re-establishing trust even before the spring move.
Let me know what you think.
Ali Baba
Message from Italy to Russia
I've just got a reply from Turkey and I feel I need to respond to him prior
to the retreats so we can prepare our builds more properly. Should I wait
for your replies to my email or just go ahead under the assumption of
F(IR)T? There is no way I will lie to him again so if you prefer FA(IR),
please let me know ASAP.
Roberto
Message from Italy to Turkey
I've got to rush off to a meeting right now. I will respond later this
afternoon when I return.
Roberto
Message from Russia to Italy
Roberto,
>an Italian fleet in the West Med could go a long way in preventing, or at
>least slowing down, MAO-SPA etc.
True. Your best option would probably be,
B F Nap which wouldn't tip off Austria, and order
Nap-TyS,Smy-EMed-Ion-Alb, Tyl-Tri, which would make
Ali and Boar happy, and Austria unhappy.
>That's just it, Austria will not follow instructions.
Well, doing so is about his only hope, now,
but I do understand your point.
>I think our best hope lies with T(IR)F. If we can
>convince Turkey to continue to build armies while
>I continue to build fleets to block the West Med,
>I think it would work.
And, of course, it would leave Turkey better
positioned to stab me than you... 8-)
>I look forward to hearing your analysis.
If we're going to do this, I think you should
weigh-in in favor of Gal-Sil, followed by Sil S War-Pru,
and commit to FAIR, at least to A. If Austria does
this, we can take War, Bud, Tri and Ser from Austria in
the Fall.
In Hope of Alliance,
Nick.
Message from Russia to Italy and Turkey
Gentlemen,
If we're going to go with FIT vs. A(G(E)), and
I think we should, I would reccomend that Turkey
build an Army, and Italy build F Nap. While A Ven
is tempting, it would panic Austria, and since I
imagine that Ali will insist on Smy-EMed-Ion-Alb,
Italy needs to build a Fleet in Nap to send to TyS
while the Convoy is being made. The Fleet will
also reassure Austria that Italy is loyal, allowing
a Spring surprise.
In Haste,
Nick.
Message from Russia to Italy and Turkey
Gentlemen,
I tried sending this from the web, but it seems to
have gotten lost in the ether. So, if you get a similar
letter, I apologize.
Let's go with FIRT vs. AGE. I'd recommend that Ali
build an Army, while Roberto builds F Nap. Then this Spring,
Roberto will move Nap-TyS, Tyl-Tri, Smy-EMed-Ion-Alb. The
Italian Fleet won't tip off Austria, and is needed to defend
against an English incursion into the Med. Working together
we ought to be able to take four Austrian Centers this year,
if we set him up properly.
In Haste, and Alliance,
Nick.
Message from Italy to Turkey
>
> I've been looking at the board, and I have to admit that
> there are some tactical advantages to my building another
> army instead of a fleet. I would strongly consider it if
> you'll agree to build A Ven. That would give us an
> early leg up on re-establishing trust even before the
> spring move.
>
I was actually seriously considering building a fleet in Rome and heading
for the West Med. Would that help re-establish trust? I can ill afford
England free access to the Western Med or else whatever happens out east
would be a moot point.
Roberto
Message from Italy to Turkey
>
> Very good to hear from you. I am delighted at the content of
> your press; of course I now look forward to the coming moves
> with great eagerness but also trepidation. If you're on the
> level, then I'm ready to take up where we left off. Naturally
> I'm a little gun-shy, and I'm sure you'll understand that I
> have to see action before I can really commit. But if you
> attack Austria in earnest in the spring, then I'll be solidly
> on board for a strong IT.
>
I completely understand your trepidation. I would have the same feelings
were I in your shoes. My actions this coming year will speak much louder
than any words could right now.
>
> Naturally, my first concern is to regain Smyrna.
>
As I expected.
> I propose Smy-Alb, with support from Gre, in the spring.
This looks acceptable at the moment. Not even sure I'd need Greece to
support depending on what Austria wants. I'm expecting him to ask me to
support him to Greece in return for the support into Smyrna.
> If you can agree to this, then we can
> arrange for the transfer of Greece to Italian authority.
>
Yes, I can ill-afford to pull a unit at this point so I would need something
to replace the Smyrna center.
> Whatever happens, my commitment is to see us both grow at
> an even rate, and for both of us to
> keep as closely as possible to the same size.
>
I find it somewhat ironic that, even though I took Smyrna from you, the
above sentence still holds true - we grew at an even rate and are the same
size.
>
> If you want Russia kept alive to work against EG, then I can
> be content to focus on Austria and
> the Balkans for the near term.
At first glance, I would tend to think Russia might be of some use to us in
the short-term against Germany. Depends on what unit he pulls this winter
(I'm hoping for SEV as I'm sure you are as well). If he gets in your way,
by all mean take him out.
>
> My plan has been, naturally, to retreat Smy-Ank and build F
> Con. You had said earlier that you could live with a Turkish
> fleet for defensive purposes, and under the circumstances
> nothing else really makes sense.
> However, I again give my commitment to henceforth build
> armies and attack
> onland if you agree to join with me in alliance.
>
I would prefer the army build but I won't quibble if you build a fleet.
We're going to need as many of your armies and my fleets as possible if
we're going to pull this off. I'm anticipating rapid EG growth in the next
few years and it could very well take the majority of our resources just to
stop them let alone try to make advances.
Life is Beautiful,
Roberto
Message from Austria to Italy
> We find ourselves not quite in as good a position as we were the same time
> last year. I'm receiving all of these messages about your retreat and quite
> frankly I haven't a clue what would be best. Silesia would only be
> appropriate if you thought Russia was willing and able to forgive and
> forget. That's a really tough assumption to make.
While I can see some benefits to the Silesia retreat, Vienna can directly
support Tyrolia, as well as blocking Bohemia's further southward movement.
Russia has at worst a guess to take back Warsaw after Gal-Vie; a debuild
would take my own position from tenuous to untenable.
I am leaning toward Gal-Vie. Strategically, we need to break off a piece of
the EGTR alliance as soon as possible. If Russia is to be the switch
target, Gal-Sil might make sense, but I don't think that retreat would be
either necessary or sufficient to prompt a Russian switch.
> Germany has already made waves that he's considering moving Tyrolia by
> force and sending armies (note plural) east. He seems to have chosen
> England over any possible Center Alliance. In the meanwhile, nothing can
> be done to prevent England from reaching the MAO if he so desires.
England can reach MAO at the cost of Belgium. With Germany already at six
centers and in easy reach of more, and two northern fleets, can England
afford to leave himself so vulnerable to the stab? Three fleets west of his
island, no army on the mainland? And with Germany headed south and east,
England will not have an easy time against France without your help, which
he will no doubt be soliciting, if he hasn't already.
Idalia, for Austria-Hungary, by the grace of Archduke Ferdinand
Austria: Army Galicia → Vienna
Turkey: Army Smyrna → Ankara
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