OnwAArds Britain! An Union of Britain Kaiserreich AAR.

[sonsoftaurus]

When I see these ships my subconcious mind makes me hum "Rule Britannia" but maybe that is too royalistic. I might have to go to a reducation camp someday if this keeps up.

It is true that "Collectively Arrive at a Consensus of the Representatives of the Working Classes Britannia" doesn't quite roll off the tongue the same way.

On a more serious note, perhaps the tune could be kept with the lyrics changing to something like, "Onward Union! The Union rules the waves/Britons never shall again be slaves!"

[trekaddict]

It is true that "Collectively Arrive at a Consensus of the Representatives of the Working Classes Britannia" doesn't quite roll off the tongue the same way.

On a more serious note, perhaps the tune could be kept with the lyrics changing to something like, "Onward Union! The Union rules the waves/Britons never shall again be slaves!"

That is a wise suggestion, Comrade. I am sure the Chairman will approve it, as it will provide a serious morale boost.

[DarkReborn]

RMS Internationale?

How adequate for a left-wing Britain!

Indeed, this year the royalist scum will be crushed by the syndicalist hammer!
Onwards, for equality!

[th3freakie]

1. Beautiful ships! And English Syndaicalist ship names are awesome.

So true. There aren't too many of them though, so I'm ocasionaly stealing directly from suggestions on the KR forum.

RMS Internationale?

How adequate for a left-wing Britain!

Indeed, this year the royalist scum will be crushed by the syndicalist hammer!
Onwards, for equality!

Your doubts on the internationalist character of the Revolution are worrisome, comrade. If not for your rather overheated faith in our chances of defeating Germany and Canada in a single year, you'de be eligible for a visit from a Union Comissar one of these days.

trekaddict, your behaviour as been noted, and you shall be called for a special reunion at your local Union soon. It's advisable you have writen the new version of "Britons never shall again be slaves", as per recommendation of comrade sonsoftaurus, if you wish to avoid the Orkney Camps...

Jan Skrzetuski, sonsoftaurus and SouthCarolinian - I'm afraid you don't quite understand the magnitude of danger our french comrades are facing at the moment. Germany surpasses them in every single aspect, they are out of ledaders and out of rares again. Britain will have to go in full-strenght or Paris will fall by March (as it did on the almost-hands-off game I allowed to run after that)

The problem with the event is that 1) it gives dissent, wich makes no sence since joining the war alone gives none and 2) it's duplicated, because of an atempt by the KR devs to create variable reasons and dates for the start of the war, wich didn't go so well.

[trekaddict]

trekaddict, your behaviour as been noted, and you shall be called for a special reunion at your local Union soon. It's advisable you have writen the new version of "Britons never shall again be slaves", as per recommendation of comrade sonsoftaurus, if you wish to avoid the Orkney Camps...

Hmm... I will try, but as I am a immigrant Briton my mastery of your language might not be sufficient for this. I will try though.

[trekaddict]

When Britain first, at popular command,
Arose from out the azure main,
Arose, arose, arose from out the a-azure main,
This was the Union, the Union of the land,
And all the workers sang this strain:

Onward Union! The Union rules the waves!
Britons never, never, never shall be slaves.

The Unions, not so blest as thee,
Must in their turn, to tyrants fall,
Must in ,must in, must in their turn, to tyrants fall,
While thou shalt flourish, shalt flourish great and free,
The dread and envy of them all.
(Chorus)
Onward Union!
The Union rules the waves!
Britons never, never, never shall be slaves.


Onward Union!
The Union rules the waves!
Britons never, never, never shall be slaves.


I hope that is enough.

[SouthCarolinian]

i understand the magnitude of the danger comrade, but i think the best course would be to hold the french line, and make gains elsewhere. better yet, may i suggest an amphibious landing in north germany to divert forces from the western front. this could allow a crushing blow against the germans in the north, or for a breakthrough in the west.

[sonsoftaurus]

As far as the event dissent goes, I'm sure there are some regular dissent-dropping events you could manually fire off. Dunno the event codes myself though.

[SouthCarolinian]

As far as the event dissent goes, I'm sure there are some regular dissent-dropping events you could manually fire off. Dunno the event codes myself though.

event 1009

[DarkReborn]

Oh, no Comrade President, you misunderstood me!

I only was saying that Internationale is a great name for our revolutionary people's navy

[SnichtheWalrus]

I believe we should supply the Commune with weapons and technology. Maybe even a amphibious landing like SouthCarolinian suggested.

[th3freakie]

I hope that is enough.

For the time beeing, it will sufice comrade. Be prepared for further requests though!

i understand the magnitude of the danger comrade, but i think the best course would be to hold the french line, and make gains elsewhere. better yet, may i suggest an amphibious landing in north germany to divert forces from the western front. this could allow a crushing blow against the germans in the north, or for a breakthrough in the west.

That is beeing considered. If the French can somehow get new leaders (there I go moding again) and hold the line on their own, that might be a good course. We lack a second HQ for that though.

As far as the event dissent goes, I'm sure there are some regular dissent-dropping events you could manually fire off. Dunno the event codes myself though.

I have in the meantime moded the problem out, so no need. If I couldn't find it, aye, I'd do that. Still need those leaders for France however.

Oh, no Comrade President, you misunderstood me!

I only was saying that Internationale is a great name for our revolutionary people's navy

As I thought... *keeps an eye on you*

[Andromedos]

i understand the magnitude of the danger comrade, but i think the best course would be to hold the french line, and make gains elsewhere. better yet, may i suggest an amphibious landing in north germany to divert forces from the western front. this could allow a crushing blow against the germans in the north, or for a breakthrough in the west.

I agree with comrad Carolinian's strategy. If we concentrate our navy on a deceisve blow, we can control the north sea shores of Germany, and land our armies in the german rear. Also, if we can control the Kiel Canal and Copenhagen, parts of the German navy will be trapped in the baltics, where we can starve them to death. Denmark might claim to be neutral, but the king and his so-called social-democrat lackies have surpressed the danish people for too long!

That is beeing considered. If the French can somehow get new leaders (there I go moding again) and hold the line on their own, that might be a good course. We lack a second HQ for that though.

OOC: Please post anything useful you mod at our forums.
Also, it's not so much that the french lack leaders, but the AI uses them rathe inefficient...

[wilegfass]

France will not last long without help. At least send enough troops to hold the frontline. If you let the french fall, you'll be alone and isolated as the last major syndicalist outpost. Destroy the german navy, and if possible, attack from the sea.

Could you post pictures of the balkans please? I'm sure Comrade President Mosley would find it better for the balkans to remain balkanized and with independent self rule than to be under control of the oppressive hapsburgs? Or atleast help your former allies who fought so valiantly in the First World War?

[th3freakie]

I agree with comrad Carolinian's strategy. If we concentrate our navy on a deceisve blow, we can control the north sea shores of Germany, and land our armies in the german rear. Also, if we can control the Kiel Canal and Copenhagen, parts of the German navy will be trapped in the baltics, where we can starve them to death. Denmark might claim to be neutral, but the king and his so-called social-democrat lackies have surpressed the danish people for too long!

A decisive blow against a 70+ capital ships Navy? You're an optimist bunch aren't you?

OOC: Please post anything useful you mod at our forums.
Also, it's not so much that the french lack leaders, but the AI uses them rathe inefficient...

That may be so, but Germany isn't any more efficient, and still has leaders to spare. The result is an even more crippled France - and you've already cripled the whole syndicalist world a great deal of lot honestly. I have serious doubts if this war is winable
I'll post the new leaders there, but they're just random names trown into a leader generator...

France will not last long without help. At least send enough troops to hold the frontline. If you let the french fall, you'll be alone and isolated as the last major syndicalist outpost. Destroy the german navy, and if possible, attack from the sea.

That's how I see it aswell comrade. A Britain alone will not stand. We will either liberate our German opressed brothers or we will crash and burn, but at least if we fail we fail trying, not runing away!

Could you post pictures of the balkans please? I'm sure Comrade President Mosley would find it better for the balkans to remain balkanized and with independent self rule than to be under control of the oppressive hapsburgs? Or atleast help your former allies who fought so valiantly in the First World War?

Sure thing, I'll post it later. But I can tell you Romania has been losing about 1 province every 6 months, although the whole thing still seems far from conclusion. If only Austria would turn on Germany...

[SouthCarolinian]

A decisive blow against a 70+ capital ships Navy? You're an optimist bunch aren't you?

but comrade, it can be done! i personally think our newer navy will be able to overcome an german high seas fleet it comes against, little or large. the only time we should be worried is if they send all 70+ ships against us at once

[trekaddict]

but comrade, it can be done! i personally think our newer navy will be able to overcome an german high seas fleet it comes against, little or large. the only time we should be worried is if they send all 70+ ships against us at once

True, and besides, when their sailors see that they are up against the republican navy they will overthrow their officers and join us anyways! *looks over shoulder to search for secret police*

[Andromedos]

*puts comrade Trekaddict's name on a list*

If we concentrate our carrier power, and can archieve support by our land-based aircraft, we should be able to overpower the High Seas fleet. The German navy is large, but also divided all over the world. The east asian fleet will have to remain in Tsingtao, to keep an eye on the Japanese, while the french fleet will bind forces in the Mediterranean. If we act quickly, we should be able to gain control of the north sea, and isolate the baltic sea.

That may be so, but Germany isn't any more efficient, and still has leaders to spare. The result is an even more crippled France - and you've already cripled the whole syndicalist world a great deal of lot honestly. I have serious doubts if this war is winable

No problem with the random names. We simply blame that on the butterfly effect.

As for crippling the syndicalist world, there are quite many chances to make the Syndies the most powerful faction. The Entente are in a far weaker position.
Of course, things can always be improved. What are your suggestions for making the Internationale more balanced?

[th3freakie]

OnwAARds Britain!

A Kaiserreich: Legacy of the Weltkrieg 1.0 AAR.

Part XIV - The War Has Begun!

We join, aware that the fall of France would be the end of Syndicalism everywhere. Portugal and Mozambique join aswell, although the later stands litle chance against Mittleafrika.

The war would not be decided in the jungles of Africa anyhow, but in the now frozen forests of the German-French border. Those looked like this as we officialized our alliance. The French atack on Belgium would be successful.

Transport of troops to the continent starts at once, with the Union sudently realising how daft it had been not to built an extra TP. 5 is a terrible number. An extra series of it, together with 3 more series of infantry, are ordered, and more would be, if we weren't sudently facing dire resource flow problems from the trade with France, Sicily, Russia, Norway and our Portuguese and Mozambique friends.

At once are also the fleets sent to the Seas. The Channel is blocked at once. Poor Herr Donitz is found with a handful of unescorted transports.

Before the end of the day, with those 4 transports sunk, the first major naval confrontation would happen, as the Worker's Pride Fleet is atacked by the German Navy near the Mouth of the Thames. Such a strong force near the british shores is a bitter reminder of how needed it was for us to face the Imperialist Beast together with our French comrades.

The Red Torch and Hammer fleets are sent, but the first ones arriving to aid our Carriers are the fleets transporting our troops to France. Later, the French Fleet arrives aswell. The combined forces in international solidarity drive away the Keizer's hand! But his forces remain intact...

...so the two Battleship fleets are sent on his persuit, hoping to take the slowest ships of the retreating german force. They find more then they bargained for though.

The Worker's Moral Superiority fears not the numbers, and the germans are again beaten back by our sailors and our glorious new syndicalist guns, such as only Free Men could build!
As the fleets sail forward and send reports of what they see, the government is at awe - the imperialist dogs desdain the worker's state so much, and stand in their arrogance in such a manner, that they actualy left their northen shores undefended. Before they can correct their ways, the first boarded divisions the goverment can find are sent to Helgoland Bight. Those happen to be our only armored army, previously on it's way to France.

Sudently realising the danger they face, Germany and her allies send wave after wave of atacks on our ships, especialy when our tanks start their disenbark on Kiel.

Their old ships are no match for us, and when the tanks are just 2 hours away from a complete disenbark... orders arrive from London to cancel the action!
The reason?
The Government felt that if we were going to take advantage of the Keizer's artificial intelect, at least we should do it in a more realistic manner. Tanks beeing disenbarked on the same province as the German Navy is docked in rather strange. They then moved the disenbark point to Kolding, as the Republican Navy protected the action by shoting at anything that came from the Kiel Yards.

As soon as that happened, the battleships are sent to block any atempts at passage to the baltic, the reserve fleet is sent to help for awhile the continous transfer of army units to France - where the front remained literaly frozen - and the tanks are ordered to march south to capture the Kiel Harbour, so we can preform quick disenbarks and instal a larger army force in northen Germany.

And then this.

[DarkReborn]

As I said, Comrade President, the Kaiser's Navy is nothing more than floating junks of metal, compared to our glorious revolutionary fleet, wich cannons tear apart imperialist metal like a hot knife throught butter!

You've taken out one of the Imperlialists important ports, yet Wilhemshafen is still not liberated, if we capture that port, the German fleet will have to retreat to its bases in the Baltic... if they can with our fleet blocking the baltic passage, a keen move, comrade president.

See? The royalists are nothing more than imperialist scum, and the people wants to pay in royal blood the lives of the innocent worldwide people killed during the tyrannycal "Victorian era" of the Royalists! Onwards to Toronto!