Chapter 9: A primer to cursing in French
Money: We not has it.
May 8, 1440: New mission: Improve reputation. I love this mission.
Code:
improve_reputation_mission = {
type = country
allow = {
infamy = 0.7
ai = no
NOT = { infamy = 0.9 }
}
abort = {
infamy = 1.0
}
[B] success = {
NOT = { infamy = 0.5 }[/B]
}
chance = {
factor = 1
modifier = {
factor = 1.5
DIP = 6
}
modifier = {
factor = 1.5
DIP = 8
}
}
effect = {
define_advisor = { type = diplomat skill = 4 }
}
}
Oh, the wonder of moving targets. Especially since your infamy limit is now affected by legitimacy. Every time my legitimacy drops, my target infamy for the mission will drop. (something I noticed when I'd check back to see how much more infamy I needed to burn)
May 8: Aragon has a heir with a weak claim. Aragon borders France. Aragon might bleed France's armies down. France will insult us if we don't start a war. Hrm...
I just made a lot of enemies. C'est la vie, say the old folks - especially if their heirs have a weak claim.
June 1: Savoy breaks their alliance, since our relations tanked below 0 from claiming the throne. Oh well.
June 10: What would happen if someone done throne a war, and no one came? Yeah, it's bad grammar. Don't split heirs.
Nevers, France, and Sicily join us. Castille, Portugal, Corsica, and Savoy join Aragon. This war will not be boring.
November 22: French and Barrois armies crush the Savoyard armies.
While this doesn't wipe out their army, it kicks them out of any chance of stopping the remaining sieges.
March 1, 1441: Papal States collapses, freeing Urbino yet again. Savoy annuls all treaties and accepts peace, freeing up the French and Barrois armies to go party in Spain.
March 12: Like any good general, Rodolphe de Crussol dies months into the war. We hire a replacement Rodolphe, de Crevecoeur (6/5/2/1).
May 9: The Ottomans declare holy war on Austria. This should keep the Emperor busy.
November 1: French and Barrois armies kick the Castillians out of Pirineo, but are unable to capitalize and wipe out the army.
January 1: Aragonese armies are defeated in Valencia, but escape to fight another day. Rousillon and Pirineo have fallen to France, and Girona has fallen to Nevers.
January 14: A political crisis erupts, lowering stability.
January 31: Attempting to wipe out the Aragonese army, the main Barrois army is decisively defeated when the Portuguese show up mid-battle, and forced to return to France proper to regroup. Lest you think I am some sort of combat god, I never noticed the incoming Portuguese until I saw my army suddenly getting pasted.
February 1: Trade 6. Slowly, but surely, we work our way to monopolies.
February 15: Sicily offers an alliance.
June 1: The Papal State excommunicates Duke Louis. Sicily immediately breaks their alliance. Duke Louis frantically starts bribing the Pope.
We're going to need a lot of bribes.
Our next slider move is to Land 4, which causes us to lose 732 ducats of Naval research.
July 28: As with any excommunication, the warnings come. Trier is first.
September 15: Great Man event for discipline! Muhahahaha! The options should both refer to crushing our enemies like bugs...
April 1: Castille has landed in Northern France. Guess where there are no Allied armies of note?