Right. All sources I know confirm Kuibyshev. Khrushchev included.
So get playing...
Originally posted by barrabas
Hi!
I have just stumbled upon a very interesting site on Soviet-German relations during the pre-war up untill Barbarrosa. Have a look at it...
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/nazsov/nazsov.htm
Very good website IMHO and thanks for posting it, better to have good sources posted twice than missing one of them!
I have and you are/do..Originally posted by Steel
The Avalon Project is one of the primary sources used for C.O.R.E. including event chains such as the Anti-Comintern Pact, the Commercial Agreement and the Tripartite Pact
BTW, did you check out the reworked Nomonhan Incident? I may be slow but I do get there eventually
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# The appointment of Molotov
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event = {
id = xxx
random = no
country = SOV
trigger = { event = 2003 }
# German annexation of Sudetenland event
name = "The appointment of Molotov"
desc = "During the pre-war years, Stalin watched
with increasing anxiety as Germanys power rose. It was common
knowledge that Hitler saught 'Lebensraum' in the east, and
Stalin understood that a future conflict would be hard to avoid.
His foreign minister M.M. Litvinov was instructed to see if an
agreement of some sort could be negotiated with the western
powers, and limited pacts were signed with both the French and
the Czechks. But these pacts never played any great part, and
Fascism continued to grow in strenght. After the München
agreement, where USSR wasn't invited, Soviet policy started to
sway. Stalin thought that war between Germany and
England/France semeed unlikely and decided to look after his
own house and do the unthinkable - explore the possibilty of a
pact with Hitler. Therefore Litvinov, who had good relations with
the west and was jewish, had to be replaced.
Molotov - the hammer - assumed office."
style = 0
date = { day = 3 month = may year = 1939 }
action_a = {
name = "We need to improve relations with Germany,
Molotov is our man! "
command = { type = foreignminister which = 4034 }
# Molotov as foreign minister
}
action_b = {
name = "No, Hitler can never be trusted!
Let Litvinov see what Britain can offer..."
# Possible event-chain to bring SOV to the allies or something
command = { type = foreignminister which = 4003 }
#Just in case the player has replaced him.
command = { type = sleepevent which = 2050 }
#Disable M/R-pact
}
}#######################################################################
# USSR naval programme - Re-organisattion of the Navy -
appoint Viktorov
#######################################################################
event = {
id = xxx
random = no
country = SOV
trigger = { }
name = "Re-organisation of the Navy - appoint Viktorov"
desc = "After the decision had been taken to greatly
expand the Soviet Navy, its leadership was re-organised.
Commanders connected to the former defensive naval policy
were removed and replaced with people in favor of a powerfull
fleet, capable of offensive operations. Thus the Chief of Navy,
V.M. Orlov, resigned and was replaced by the commander of the
Far East Fleet, Admiral M.V. Viktorov"
style = 0
date = { day = 15 month = july year = 1937 }
#I don't have the exact date, only the month.
action_a = {
name = "Viktorov will help us re-build the Navy "
command = { type = chiefofnavy which = 4061 } #Viktorov
}
}
#######################################################################
# USSR naval programme - Kuznetsov assumes office
#######################################################################
event = {
id = xxx
random = no
country = SOV
trigger = { }
name = "Kuznetsov assumes office"
desc = "The purges in the Soviet Union also effected
the Navy and many of its leaders became victims. One of them
was the Chief, Viktorov. His successor came from the Secret
Police, the NKVD, and was hardly suited for the task. Finally,
in april 1939 the young and talented Nikolai Kuznetsov was
appointed new head of the Soviet Navy."
style = 0
date = { day = 28 month = april year = 1939 }
action_a = {
name = "He is young and ambitious. Appoint him! "
command = { type = chiefofnavy which = 4062 } #Kuznetsov
command = { type = sleepleader which = 10338 } #Viktorov,
leader
command = { type = sleepminister which = 4061 } #Viktorov,
minister
}
}Originally posted by barrabas
2. The minister and leader files is not the same as in the leaderpack. This leads to problems with several events and minister id:s. The Sov min/leaderfiles that comes with CORE should be deleted and the events checked again for id:s (I provided the files to CORE so I now what I'm talking about
I also would like to suggest a few trait switches in the leaderpack min file, for historical reasons. So we will end up with a CORE Sov min file anyway...
Well, post the changed lines here and some comments to explain it.
You'll need to look at triggers, we've had CTD problems in the past with assigning ministers and also it might not be very appropriate to assign Molotov if Germany doesn't exist, if there is a GER-SOV war, if USSR is democratic...
The reason for the IMO ahistorical traits is that Birch in the leadermodificationsthread wanted players to have a wider choice of minister traits. We can adjust that if we want.Originally posted by Steel
[...]And then you had to ruin it
). Well, they were the only ones to have large airborne formations and the capacity to airdrop/transfer them. I would use them as they were used historically, as ground troops (they should IMO get boosts in def and hard attack) and some drops in support of offensives, i.e. for flair. And with the new rules I don't find them so overpowered.
Surely one or two units won't make such a big difference. Hell, even Spain has one.
Well, there is a b choice in the molotov event and I guess I can add a 'we don't need any changes' choice in the CoN events. But they are connected to the choice to build a powerfull navy, and Orlov was not the man for that. Viktorov however fell victim to Stalins purge-paranoia (it's also speculated if he perhaps realised that the immense programme was to much for the country, and therefore 'removed'...)Nice
It would be nice to see a B choice as well, players generally like choice.
