O o c It looks like the thread had an exodus or its own!
OOC: Indeed, but have we arrived in the promised land, I ask you?
O o c It looks like the thread had an exodus or its own!
Perhaps. Let's see who God favors with foresight and, of course, dice rolls!OOC: Indeed, but have we arrived in the promised land, I ask you?
OOC: I have to resign, because I don't have enough time for RP post. Anyway good luck!
OOC: I was worried about things like this. The focus on rp pretty much replaces strategy with time spent writing.
Because even 1 cp per turn doubles one's production capability in the beginning, and is still a significant amount later on. Even if it is only for research, a technological advantage is immense, and is reached much more rapidly with CP.
O o c It looks like the thread had an exodus or its own!
This basically looks like everybody's being as friendly and polite to eachother as possible! No hostilities or wars or carefully-worded diplomatic threats at all...
EDIT. How close are we to a new turn?
OOC: Here's a question: Once a land is given a number of natives, ie my Caribbean exploits resulting in that area getting 6 natives, does it stay at that number? Or is it a new roll every attempt to conquer? The latter is breaking in the sense that millions of people don't just appear and leave at chance, but could also be useful in that if a land gets, again as in my case, 6 natives, then there is a chance for easier conquest later on.
Governor and President John Taylor, who guided us through the Valley of Death and has led us to a glorious revival in this era of apocalypse, has died. He was 82.
However, the church has not followed tradition. Wilford Woodruff, the pragmatic administrator and President of the Quorum of Twelve Apostles, signalled that he wished to remain in his current position, and would not seek the Presidency of the Mormon Church nor the Governorship of Utah Territory. Instead, younger, more vigorous man has been elected.
Joseph F. Smith, the nephew of the founder and prophet Joseph Smith, Jr., has been elected. Joseph F. Smith, only 52 years of age, will bring a youthful vigor to the government which has been too dominated by the aging council of elders. Joseph F. Smith grew up in Utah, but has wide-ranging experience both in church and lay matters. He has a internationalist resume as well, having gone abroad in his twenties, before the Fall. Joseph F. Smith also has a healthy, loving family, with his wives Julia, Edna, Sarah, Alice, Mary and his 23 children.
JF Smith has already called for increased cooperation with California and Texas. He has also pushed for increased missionary efforts across the Territories; he has outlined an ambitious goal for a majority of the population to be members of the Faith by the year 1900. This will of course be aided by the generous economic support packages that will soon be provided to Mormon families with more than 5 children, but the goal cannot be reached without bringing Gentiles under the light of the Church. However, our gentile brethren can rest assured that the rumors of a tax on non-Mormons is merely that; the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles has denied that any such tax will soon be implemented.
Utahn Army's Arrival Suppresses Counter-coup
Three regiments of Utahn soldiers were welcomed into Austin last week, on the invitation of Provisional Governor Theodore Roosevelt.
Over the past few months, we have all been wary of the threat posed by loyalists from the tyant E.J. Davis’ government. Had they not been so threatened by the major cannibal swarm that appeared in Mississippi last winter, and were it not for the old man’s own slow-reflexes, Davis’ successor Elisha M. Pease surely would have attempted a counter-coup.
Now that the Utahn army has arrived, with the governor of Utah Joseph Smith insisting that the situation in Texas be resolved peacefully, and with the temporary government under Roosevelt de facto controlling most of the state, there is little risk of the tyrant’s allies retaking power.
In an act of reconciliation and friendship, Elisha Pease has retired from his command and instructed his officers to report to a military general of Governor Roosevelt's choosing. While the decision has not been finalized, it is expected one of the refugee leaders, especially Seth Bullock or Wyatt Earp, will be nominated to take control of the military. Leaders on all sides are speaking as though they hope it will not be long until these soldiers can be merged with the larger, better-supplied and better-organized Utahn force.
Agreement on regional integration and federal restoration expected; Mormon influence set to grow
Joseph F. Smith is set to arrive in Austin, travelling by rail, next month. He will meet with Roosevelt, Pease, and other representatives of Texans and would-be Texans to hammer out a permanent agreement on the restoration of national order and economic prosperity. Little has been said by anyone on what can be expected. Some say a full restoration of the United States based upon the old Constitution should be enacted. Others argue that such a government would be out of place in the radically changed world we live in.
What can be agreed by all is that, despite continued misgivings about the Mormons' intentions, many in Texas view that strange church as a beacon of church. Your correspondent cannot take to the streets of Austin without hearing a Mormon missionary, and they always have an audience. The newly opened chapel is filled to the brim on the week-end and stays busy throughout the week as well. This is to be expected; our nation has been destroyed, but the Mormons were untouched. In the wake of the Fall, we descended into anarchy, tyranny and infighting, while the Mormons have built a blossoming civilization and turned Salt Lake City into a veritable El Dorado. I know I speak for all Texans, newly arrived or not, that we envy the security and prosperity of Utah, and hope to see it extend to Texas.