Stoertebeker
09.07.12, 17:19
Aberration: Ein Teaser für Nicht-Kenner, Unentschlossene und Ablehner
Zur Einleitung, worum’s bei Aberration geht (aus der readme.txt):
Spain was never fully reconquered from the Muslims, France and England were divided up by Brittany, Burgundy, Scotland and Savoy all having attained kingdom status. The kingdoms of “France” and “England” are not existing in Aberration. Austria was never wrestled from Bohemia by the Habsburg who stayed in Swabia and became a local powerhouse. Bavaria became the dominant power in the HRE, being Emperor and never having divided her country between the three lines of the Wittelsbach House.
Denmark managed to get Sweden under her control and is called the Union of Kalmar, with Norway desperately trying to fend the Union off. Thus the Finns never got converted and conquered by the Swedes. Both the Teutonic Order and the Hanseatic League still stand strong in the north.
In Italy, Venice lost her indepedence to Genoa during a great war and in Sicily both the Hautenvilles and the Hohenstaufen never died out, and without Aragon and France meddling in Sicily, the country never declined. Hungary is the strong nation she used to be before the Ottoman Empire crushed her.
In Turkey, the byzantine empire, despite having lost much strength in the fight against the Turks never succumbed and together with the newly freed Ukrainians hold up the banner of the Orthodoxy with Finland.
And in the Middle East, the Crusader States never were smashed, thus the Arab states never broke up and stayed under a strong Caliphate.
So sieht die Karte dann aus:
http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/5715/abeeuropaclear.jpg
Und ein kleiner Einblick in einige spielbare Länder, um einen Eindruck davon zu vermitteln, welche Chancen und Herausforderungen diese bieten:
Beginnen wir im Westen, wo das Königreich Granada die Reconquista zurückgeschlagen hat und iberische Halbinsel dominiert.
Eine Schicksalsfrage wird sein, welchen Weg es zur endgültigen Einigung der Halbinsel einschlägt – und ob es diesen Weg überhaupt gehen will.
# Once war begins, the Sultanate must decide the nature of the conflict
event = {
id = 200510
trigger = {
OR = {
war = { country = GRA country = LEO } # Léon
war = { country = GRA country = ASU } # Asturias
war = { country = GRA country = PRT } # Porto
war = { country = GRA country = NAV } # Navarre
}
}
random = no
country = GRA
name = "The Reconquest of Iberia"
desc = "After stopping to draw breath following the desperate struggles of the 14th century, the Sultanate of Granada had once more been plunged into conflict with its Catholic neighbours in Iberia. What would the Sultan's goals be in this war? The subdual of the christians, or their destruction?"
date = { day = 1 month = january year = 1419 }
offset = 30
deathdate = { day = 1 month = january year = 1500 }
action_a = {
name = "Secure our borders from aggression"
command = { type = stability value = 1 }
command = { type = setflag which = RelCon_norm } # moderate conflict
command = { type = trigger which = 200511 } # reactions of Iberian Christians
command = { type = trigger which = 200512 }
command = { type = trigger which = 200513 }
command = { type = trigger which = 200514 }
}
action_b = {
name = "Jihad to expand the lands of the faith"
command = { type = setflag which = RelCon_hard } # religious conflict
command = { type = badboy value = 5 }
command = { type = addcore which = 431 } # Galicia
command = { type = addcore which = 432 } # Asturias
command = { type = addcore which = 433 } # Cantabria
command = { type = trigger which = 200511 } # reactions of Iberian Christians
command = { type = trigger which = 200512 }
command = { type = trigger which = 200513 }
command = { type = trigger which = 200514 }
command = { type = religiousrevolt which = -1 }
command = { type = religiousrevolt which = -1 }
command = { type = INF which = -2 value = 5000 }
command = { type = CAV which = -2 value = 2500 }
command = { type = INF which = -1 value = 5000 }
command = { type = CAV which = -3 value = 2500 }
command = { type = relation which = MOR value = 25 } # Muslim world is pleased
command = { type = relation which = FEZ value = 25 }
command = { type = relation which = ALD value = 25 }
command = { type = relation which = CAL value = 50 }
command = { type = relation which = LEO value = -50 } # Christian world is not
command = { type = relation which = ASU value = -50 }
command = { type = relation which = PRT value = -50 }
command = { type = relation which = PAP value = -100 }
}
action_c = {
name = "Let them keep their lands"
command = { type = setflag which = RelCon_peace } # peaceful co-existance
command = { type = removecore which = 434 } # Oporto
command = { type = removecore which = 435 } # Léon
command = { type = provincetax which = 442 value = 1 } #Algarve
command = { type = provincetax which = 439 value = 1 } #Toledo
command = { type = provincetax which = 437 value = 1 } #Valencia
command = { type = provincetax which = 444 value = 2 } #Granada
command = { type = domestic which = innovative value = 1 }
command = { type = sleepevent which = 200515 }
command = { type = sleepevent which = 200516 }
command = { type = ai which = granada_peaceful.ai } # Peaceful until the end of the Nasrid Dynasty
}
}
event = {
id = 200545
trigger = {
event = 200526
atwar = no
flag = RelCon_hard
}
random = no
country = GRA
name = "Fate of the Christians in Al-Andalus"
desc = "After the destruction of the kingdoms of Porto, Leon and Asturias, all of the Christians in Iberia fell under the authority of the Sultan of Granada. The fate of the defeated enemies of Islam was discussed in detail. Conventional wisdom suggested that the 'people of the book' would be protected under law, as was supported by the Koran, but would pay special taxes as long as they remained catholic. While this course of action appealed to some, the nobility was largely in favor of expelling the worst crusaders from Iberia, dividing their lands between the Sultan and his supporters, and confiscating their possessions."
date = { day = 1 month = january year = 1421 }
offset = 250
deathdate = { day = 1 month = january year = 1820 }
action_a = {
name = "The sworn enemies of Almighty God must pay!"
command = { type = stability value = -1 }
command = { type = treasury value = 400 } # Confiscated treasures
command = { type = domestic which = innovative value = -2 }
command = { type = domestic which = centralization value = 1 } # Increased royal domains
command = { type = domestic which = aristocracy value = 1 } # More lands to vassals
command = { type = religiousrevolt which = -1 }
command = { type = conversion which = -3 }
command = { type = provincetax which = -3 value = -1 }
command = { type = religiousrevolt which = -1 }
command = { type = conversion which = -3 }
command = { type = provincetax which = -3 value = -1 }
command = { type = sleepevent which = 200554 } # French Protestants call for help
}
action_b = {
name = "Tax them"
command = { type = provincetax which = 431 value = 1 }
command = { type = provincetax which = 432 value = 1 }
command = { type = provincetax which = 433 value = 1 }
command = { type = provincetax which = 434 value = 1 }
command = { type = provincetax which = 435 value = 1 }
event = {
trigger = {
flag = RelCon_peace
country = GRA
name = "Great Naval Reformation"
desc = "Having abandoned a potentially disasterous conflict with Christianity, the Sultanate of Granada had to look for new worlds to conquer. Wars of expansion against fellow Muslims were distasteful and the lands across the Pyrennes were an even more perilous snake pit than Al-Andalus. With these obstacles in mind, Sultan Ali Ciriza ordered the construction of a massive shipyard in Sevilla and called for brave captains to chart the African coastline."
date = { day = 1 month = january year = 1455 }
action_a = {
name = "Build the Atlantic Shipyard"
command = { type = treasury value = -400 }
command = { type = gainbuilding which = 443 value = shipyard }
command = { type = naval value = 2000 }
command = { type = warships which = 443 value = 5 }
command = { type = transports which = 443 value = 5 }
command = { type = vp value = 50 }
command = { type = wakeleader which = 32440 } # Abu-l Azziz
}
action_b = {
name = "Lesser reforms"
command = { type = naval value = 500 }
command = { type = warships which = -1 value = 2 }
command = { type = transports which = -3 value = 2 }
command = { type = wakeleader which = 32440 } # Abu-l Azziz
}
event = {
id = 200544
trigger = {
event = 200526
atwar = no
flag = RelCon_norm
}
random = no
country = GRA
name = "Fate of the Christians in Al-Andalus"
desc = "After the destruction of the kingdoms of Porto, Leon and Asturias, all of the Christians in Iberia fell under the authority of the Sultan of Granada. The fate of the defeated enemies of Islam was discussed in detail. Conventional wisdom suggested that the 'people of the book' would be protected under law, as was supported by the Koran, but would pay special taxes as long as they remained catholic. While this course of action appealed to most, there was a portion of the nobility that insisted the Christians should simply be expelled and their lands seized."
date = { day = 1 month = january year = 1421 }
offset = 250
deathdate = { day = 1 month = january year = 1820 }
action_a = {
name = "Tax them"
command = { type = provincetax which = 431 value = 1 }
command = { type = provincetax which = 432 value = 1 }
command = { type = provincetax which = 433 value = 1 }
command = { type = provincetax which = 434 value = 1 }
command = { type = provincetax which = 435 value = 1 }
}
action_b = {
name = "Expel those we cannot trust"
command = { type = stability value = -1 }
command = { type = domestic which = innovative value = -2 }
command = { type = religiousrevolt which = -1 }
command = { type = conversion which = -3 }
command = { type = religiousrevolt which = -1 }
command = { type = conversion which = -3 }
command = { type = sleepevent which = 200554 } # French Protestants entreat the Sultan for aid
}
action_c = {
name = "They will be treated as equals"
command = { type = stability value = -3 }
command = { type = domestic which = innovative value = 2 }
command = { type = badboy value = -2 }
command = { type = trade value = 1500 }
command = { type = infra value = 1500 }
}
Die Frage ist letztlich: Frühe religiöse Einheit und Landmacht oder eine Zukunft zur See?
Granada hat eine hervorragende Ausgangslage für beides. Westafrika ist seine natürliche Spielwiese. Allerdings lauern die selben Gefahren wie für Spanien: Was ist, wenn jemand die Landverbindung über Gibraltar kappt?
Zum Beispiel Sizilien, das sich möglicherweise seiner teilweise sarrazenischen Wurzeln entsinnt und Eroberungen in Nordafrika anstrebt? Führen Ambitionen auf Überseeterritorien nicht unweigerlich zu Konflikten mit Irland, Bretagne und wiederum Sizilien - kann Granada sich das erlauben? Zumal die Spanier sich noch längst nicht mit der muslimischen Herrschaft abgefunden haben und es wohl noch einige Zeit dauert, bis Granada zu einem religiös homogenen Reich geworden sein wird.
Wenn andere Aberration-Freunde Lust haben, hier Länder vorzustellen - würde mich freuen. Denn ich hätte große Lust, Aberration in einer üppig und hochkarätigen Besetzung im MP zu zocken - einige Herzen müssen aber wohl erst noch für den Mod erwärmt werden.
Zur Einleitung, worum’s bei Aberration geht (aus der readme.txt):
Spain was never fully reconquered from the Muslims, France and England were divided up by Brittany, Burgundy, Scotland and Savoy all having attained kingdom status. The kingdoms of “France” and “England” are not existing in Aberration. Austria was never wrestled from Bohemia by the Habsburg who stayed in Swabia and became a local powerhouse. Bavaria became the dominant power in the HRE, being Emperor and never having divided her country between the three lines of the Wittelsbach House.
Denmark managed to get Sweden under her control and is called the Union of Kalmar, with Norway desperately trying to fend the Union off. Thus the Finns never got converted and conquered by the Swedes. Both the Teutonic Order and the Hanseatic League still stand strong in the north.
In Italy, Venice lost her indepedence to Genoa during a great war and in Sicily both the Hautenvilles and the Hohenstaufen never died out, and without Aragon and France meddling in Sicily, the country never declined. Hungary is the strong nation she used to be before the Ottoman Empire crushed her.
In Turkey, the byzantine empire, despite having lost much strength in the fight against the Turks never succumbed and together with the newly freed Ukrainians hold up the banner of the Orthodoxy with Finland.
And in the Middle East, the Crusader States never were smashed, thus the Arab states never broke up and stayed under a strong Caliphate.
So sieht die Karte dann aus:
http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/5715/abeeuropaclear.jpg
Und ein kleiner Einblick in einige spielbare Länder, um einen Eindruck davon zu vermitteln, welche Chancen und Herausforderungen diese bieten:
Beginnen wir im Westen, wo das Königreich Granada die Reconquista zurückgeschlagen hat und iberische Halbinsel dominiert.
Eine Schicksalsfrage wird sein, welchen Weg es zur endgültigen Einigung der Halbinsel einschlägt – und ob es diesen Weg überhaupt gehen will.
# Once war begins, the Sultanate must decide the nature of the conflict
event = {
id = 200510
trigger = {
OR = {
war = { country = GRA country = LEO } # Léon
war = { country = GRA country = ASU } # Asturias
war = { country = GRA country = PRT } # Porto
war = { country = GRA country = NAV } # Navarre
}
}
random = no
country = GRA
name = "The Reconquest of Iberia"
desc = "After stopping to draw breath following the desperate struggles of the 14th century, the Sultanate of Granada had once more been plunged into conflict with its Catholic neighbours in Iberia. What would the Sultan's goals be in this war? The subdual of the christians, or their destruction?"
date = { day = 1 month = january year = 1419 }
offset = 30
deathdate = { day = 1 month = january year = 1500 }
action_a = {
name = "Secure our borders from aggression"
command = { type = stability value = 1 }
command = { type = setflag which = RelCon_norm } # moderate conflict
command = { type = trigger which = 200511 } # reactions of Iberian Christians
command = { type = trigger which = 200512 }
command = { type = trigger which = 200513 }
command = { type = trigger which = 200514 }
}
action_b = {
name = "Jihad to expand the lands of the faith"
command = { type = setflag which = RelCon_hard } # religious conflict
command = { type = badboy value = 5 }
command = { type = addcore which = 431 } # Galicia
command = { type = addcore which = 432 } # Asturias
command = { type = addcore which = 433 } # Cantabria
command = { type = trigger which = 200511 } # reactions of Iberian Christians
command = { type = trigger which = 200512 }
command = { type = trigger which = 200513 }
command = { type = trigger which = 200514 }
command = { type = religiousrevolt which = -1 }
command = { type = religiousrevolt which = -1 }
command = { type = INF which = -2 value = 5000 }
command = { type = CAV which = -2 value = 2500 }
command = { type = INF which = -1 value = 5000 }
command = { type = CAV which = -3 value = 2500 }
command = { type = relation which = MOR value = 25 } # Muslim world is pleased
command = { type = relation which = FEZ value = 25 }
command = { type = relation which = ALD value = 25 }
command = { type = relation which = CAL value = 50 }
command = { type = relation which = LEO value = -50 } # Christian world is not
command = { type = relation which = ASU value = -50 }
command = { type = relation which = PRT value = -50 }
command = { type = relation which = PAP value = -100 }
}
action_c = {
name = "Let them keep their lands"
command = { type = setflag which = RelCon_peace } # peaceful co-existance
command = { type = removecore which = 434 } # Oporto
command = { type = removecore which = 435 } # Léon
command = { type = provincetax which = 442 value = 1 } #Algarve
command = { type = provincetax which = 439 value = 1 } #Toledo
command = { type = provincetax which = 437 value = 1 } #Valencia
command = { type = provincetax which = 444 value = 2 } #Granada
command = { type = domestic which = innovative value = 1 }
command = { type = sleepevent which = 200515 }
command = { type = sleepevent which = 200516 }
command = { type = ai which = granada_peaceful.ai } # Peaceful until the end of the Nasrid Dynasty
}
}
event = {
id = 200545
trigger = {
event = 200526
atwar = no
flag = RelCon_hard
}
random = no
country = GRA
name = "Fate of the Christians in Al-Andalus"
desc = "After the destruction of the kingdoms of Porto, Leon and Asturias, all of the Christians in Iberia fell under the authority of the Sultan of Granada. The fate of the defeated enemies of Islam was discussed in detail. Conventional wisdom suggested that the 'people of the book' would be protected under law, as was supported by the Koran, but would pay special taxes as long as they remained catholic. While this course of action appealed to some, the nobility was largely in favor of expelling the worst crusaders from Iberia, dividing their lands between the Sultan and his supporters, and confiscating their possessions."
date = { day = 1 month = january year = 1421 }
offset = 250
deathdate = { day = 1 month = january year = 1820 }
action_a = {
name = "The sworn enemies of Almighty God must pay!"
command = { type = stability value = -1 }
command = { type = treasury value = 400 } # Confiscated treasures
command = { type = domestic which = innovative value = -2 }
command = { type = domestic which = centralization value = 1 } # Increased royal domains
command = { type = domestic which = aristocracy value = 1 } # More lands to vassals
command = { type = religiousrevolt which = -1 }
command = { type = conversion which = -3 }
command = { type = provincetax which = -3 value = -1 }
command = { type = religiousrevolt which = -1 }
command = { type = conversion which = -3 }
command = { type = provincetax which = -3 value = -1 }
command = { type = sleepevent which = 200554 } # French Protestants call for help
}
action_b = {
name = "Tax them"
command = { type = provincetax which = 431 value = 1 }
command = { type = provincetax which = 432 value = 1 }
command = { type = provincetax which = 433 value = 1 }
command = { type = provincetax which = 434 value = 1 }
command = { type = provincetax which = 435 value = 1 }
event = {
trigger = {
flag = RelCon_peace
country = GRA
name = "Great Naval Reformation"
desc = "Having abandoned a potentially disasterous conflict with Christianity, the Sultanate of Granada had to look for new worlds to conquer. Wars of expansion against fellow Muslims were distasteful and the lands across the Pyrennes were an even more perilous snake pit than Al-Andalus. With these obstacles in mind, Sultan Ali Ciriza ordered the construction of a massive shipyard in Sevilla and called for brave captains to chart the African coastline."
date = { day = 1 month = january year = 1455 }
action_a = {
name = "Build the Atlantic Shipyard"
command = { type = treasury value = -400 }
command = { type = gainbuilding which = 443 value = shipyard }
command = { type = naval value = 2000 }
command = { type = warships which = 443 value = 5 }
command = { type = transports which = 443 value = 5 }
command = { type = vp value = 50 }
command = { type = wakeleader which = 32440 } # Abu-l Azziz
}
action_b = {
name = "Lesser reforms"
command = { type = naval value = 500 }
command = { type = warships which = -1 value = 2 }
command = { type = transports which = -3 value = 2 }
command = { type = wakeleader which = 32440 } # Abu-l Azziz
}
event = {
id = 200544
trigger = {
event = 200526
atwar = no
flag = RelCon_norm
}
random = no
country = GRA
name = "Fate of the Christians in Al-Andalus"
desc = "After the destruction of the kingdoms of Porto, Leon and Asturias, all of the Christians in Iberia fell under the authority of the Sultan of Granada. The fate of the defeated enemies of Islam was discussed in detail. Conventional wisdom suggested that the 'people of the book' would be protected under law, as was supported by the Koran, but would pay special taxes as long as they remained catholic. While this course of action appealed to most, there was a portion of the nobility that insisted the Christians should simply be expelled and their lands seized."
date = { day = 1 month = january year = 1421 }
offset = 250
deathdate = { day = 1 month = january year = 1820 }
action_a = {
name = "Tax them"
command = { type = provincetax which = 431 value = 1 }
command = { type = provincetax which = 432 value = 1 }
command = { type = provincetax which = 433 value = 1 }
command = { type = provincetax which = 434 value = 1 }
command = { type = provincetax which = 435 value = 1 }
}
action_b = {
name = "Expel those we cannot trust"
command = { type = stability value = -1 }
command = { type = domestic which = innovative value = -2 }
command = { type = religiousrevolt which = -1 }
command = { type = conversion which = -3 }
command = { type = religiousrevolt which = -1 }
command = { type = conversion which = -3 }
command = { type = sleepevent which = 200554 } # French Protestants entreat the Sultan for aid
}
action_c = {
name = "They will be treated as equals"
command = { type = stability value = -3 }
command = { type = domestic which = innovative value = 2 }
command = { type = badboy value = -2 }
command = { type = trade value = 1500 }
command = { type = infra value = 1500 }
}
Die Frage ist letztlich: Frühe religiöse Einheit und Landmacht oder eine Zukunft zur See?
Granada hat eine hervorragende Ausgangslage für beides. Westafrika ist seine natürliche Spielwiese. Allerdings lauern die selben Gefahren wie für Spanien: Was ist, wenn jemand die Landverbindung über Gibraltar kappt?
Zum Beispiel Sizilien, das sich möglicherweise seiner teilweise sarrazenischen Wurzeln entsinnt und Eroberungen in Nordafrika anstrebt? Führen Ambitionen auf Überseeterritorien nicht unweigerlich zu Konflikten mit Irland, Bretagne und wiederum Sizilien - kann Granada sich das erlauben? Zumal die Spanier sich noch längst nicht mit der muslimischen Herrschaft abgefunden haben und es wohl noch einige Zeit dauert, bis Granada zu einem religiös homogenen Reich geworden sein wird.
Wenn andere Aberration-Freunde Lust haben, hier Länder vorzustellen - würde mich freuen. Denn ich hätte große Lust, Aberration in einer üppig und hochkarätigen Besetzung im MP zu zocken - einige Herzen müssen aber wohl erst noch für den Mod erwärmt werden.