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Tom Morrison

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Aug 15, 2020
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Hi!

Here is an interesting tidbit of history: On September 8, 1936, leftist Portuguese sailors organized a mass mutiny, aiming to seize the fleet and fight for the Spanish Republic. Someone alerted the Portuguese Admiralty to the plot. The mutineers seized only two ships and lost their opportunity to slip away in a heavy mist. Shore batteries disabled the vessels, which were forced to run aground to avoid sinking. Twelve sailors were killed and 238 arrested. Had authorities not been tipped off, the mutineers would have seized several ships and slipped away in the heavy mist - a stunning victory for the Portuguese Communist Party, and a major embarrassment for the government.

The code for these events is below.

Have fun and game on!


#########################################################################
# SCW - Tagus boats mutiny (Non-Historical Outcome)
#########################################################################

event = {
id = 38551
random = no
country = POR

name = "1936 Sailors' Revolt (Non-Historical Outcome)"
desc = "On September 8, 1936, leftist Portuguese sailors organized a mass mutiny, aiming to seize the fleet and fight for the Spanish Republic. Historically, the mutiny failed when someone alerted the Portuguese Admiralty to the plot. Had authorities not been tipped off, the mutineers would have seized several ships and slipped away in the heavy mist - a stunning victory for the Portuguese Communist Party, and a major embarrassment for the government."
style = 0
picture = "SCW"

trigger = {
NOT = { government = communist }
war = { country = SPA country = SPR }
random = 10 # 1 - (0.9^6) = 47% of occurring
}

date = { day = 1 month = september year = 1936 }
offset = 1
deathdate = { day = 6 month = september year = 1936 }

action_a = {
name = "Curses!"
command = { type = switch_allegiance which = 19600 value = 9302 where = SPR } # Marinha do Portugal, which starts play in Lisbon
command = { type = escort_pool which = POR value = -3 }
command = { type = dissent value = 10 }
command = { type = relation which = SPR value = -20 }
command = { type = trigger which = 39011 } # SPR courtesy copy
command = { type = sleepevent which = 38552 } # Failure no longer an option
}
}

#########################################################################
# SCW - Tagus boats mutiny (Historical Outcome)
#########################################################################

event = {
id = 38552
random = no
country = POR

name = "1936 Sailors' Revolt (Historical Outcome)"
desc = "On September 8, 1936, leftist Portuguese sailors organized a mass mutiny, aiming to seize the fleet and fight for the Spanish Republic. Someone alerted the Portuguese Admiralty to the plot. The mutineers seized only two ships and lost their opportunity to slip away in a heavy mist. Shore batteries disabled the vessels, which were forced to run aground to avoid sinking. Twelve sailors were killed and 238 arrested. The government has ordered an inquiry."
style = 0
picture = "SCW"

trigger = {
NOT = { event = 38551 } # Mutiny did not succeed
NOT = { government = communist }
war = { country = SPA country = SPR } # SCW ongoing
random = 50 # Or maybe mutiny never happened
}

date = { day = 7 month = september year = 1936 }

action_a = {
name = "OK"
command = { type = manpowerpool value = -1 } # Sailors dismissed from service or arrested
command = { type = dissent value = 3 }
command = { type = relation which = SPA value = 5 }
command = { type = relation which = SPR value = -5 }
}
}

#########################################################################
# SCW: Tagus boats mutiny (Non-Historical Outcome)
#########################################################################

event = {
id = 39011 # Triggered by POR 38551
random = no
country = SPR

name = "1936 Sailors' Revolt (Non-Historical Outcome)"
desc = "Before dawn in early September, 1936, leftist sailors organized a mass mutiny and seized elements of the Portuguese fleet at anchor in the Tagus River. Our Portuguese Socialist brethren then slipped past the shore batteries in the heavy mist to join our fight against Fascism. We now have new additions to our navy, a victory to celebrate, and an angry Portuguese neighbor."
style = 0
picture = "SCW"

action_a = {
name = "Welcome, Comrades!"
command = { type = escort_pool which = SPR value = 3 } # In addition to any ships SPR acquired from POR 38551
command = { type = dissent value = -3 }
command = { type = relation which = POR value = -10 }
}
}
 
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This event will not work.

The first trigger date is 1st to 6th July, but the civil war doesn't start until 17th July, so SPR and SPA won't be at war.
 
I only recently (as in "about a week ago") heard of this event myself and thought it would fit a Hearts of Iron game well. Apparently I wasn't even the first person to think so. :cool:
 
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