I will be following this. I've tried a MDS game but it quickly evolved to nukes going off everywhere
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How about another update.
The Russian government orders the construction of brand new airbases, the beginnings of a future expansion of the Russian Air force.
Due to very graphic coverage of the War in Iraq, the US military begins to have trouble trying to attract new recruits into service, with many fearing to be sent to a war with no frontline, where death can come at almost anytime.
An important source of income for the russian government is the sale of very large amounts of cheap, but still fairly advanced military equipment, including assault rifles, tanks, and fighter aircraft. Although the US tries very hard to discourage Russia from participating in the global arms trade, Russia will not be told what to do.
Things in Iraq get far more complicated for the US, with the addition of Kurds to the growing list of insurgent groups. The latest violence is due mostly to the US' refusal to the kurdish communities request for independence, because of a fear of provoking the Turkish army to invade northern Iraq and possibly cause a massive schism in NATO.
Kurdish guerrillas marching through the mountains.
The FSB launches an operation to snuff out any possible spies hiding in the country. Secretly, they succeed in capturing and executing three spies that were found hiding in a country house outside Moscow. Their identification papers would show that they had been sent by the European Union to conduct espionage.
In Spain, the terrorist group ETA reaches a ceasefire deal with the Spanish government.
Meanwhile, insurgents strike in the heart of Iraq, attacking US troops in many different sections of the capital Baghdad.
Then something terrible occurs. On March 11th, just days before their 2004 election, the Spanish capital Madrid is rocked by multiple explosions, detonated by groups affiliated with Al Qaeda, leaving hundreds of people dead and wounded. Just days later, after the spanish leadership's bungled response, Spain's leading socialist party is swept into power, led by Jose Luis Zapatero.
Aftermath of the Madrid bombings.
The Russian government orders the construction of brand new airbases, the beginnings of a future expansion of the Russian Air force.
Due to very graphic coverage of the War in Iraq, the US military begins to have trouble trying to attract new recruits into service, with many fearing to be sent to a war with no frontline, where death can come at almost anytime.
An important source of income for the russian government is the sale of very large amounts of cheap, but still fairly advanced military equipment, including assault rifles, tanks, and fighter aircraft. Although the US tries very hard to discourage Russia from participating in the global arms trade, Russia will not be told what to do.
Things in Iraq get far more complicated for the US, with the addition of Kurds to the growing list of insurgent groups. The latest violence is due mostly to the US' refusal to the kurdish communities request for independence, because of a fear of provoking the Turkish army to invade northern Iraq and possibly cause a massive schism in NATO.
Kurdish guerrillas marching through the mountains.
The FSB launches an operation to snuff out any possible spies hiding in the country. Secretly, they succeed in capturing and executing three spies that were found hiding in a country house outside Moscow. Their identification papers would show that they had been sent by the European Union to conduct espionage.
In Spain, the terrorist group ETA reaches a ceasefire deal with the Spanish government.
Meanwhile, insurgents strike in the heart of Iraq, attacking US troops in many different sections of the capital Baghdad.
Then something terrible occurs. On March 11th, just days before their 2004 election, the Spanish capital Madrid is rocked by multiple explosions, detonated by groups affiliated with Al Qaeda, leaving hundreds of people dead and wounded. Just days later, after the spanish leadership's bungled response, Spain's leading socialist party is swept into power, led by Jose Luis Zapatero.
Aftermath of the Madrid bombings.
Nice. I like your international Coverage.
Somehow I really doubt the Japanese would ever see a communist goverment.
Somehow I really doubt the Japanese would ever see a communist goverment.
The Russian government orders the country's borders closed to all foreign military forces, and leaves its bases that it had maintained in the former republics of the soviet union.
In June of 2004, multiple factory complexes come online, coinciding with the completion of brand new bases for the Russian Air Force.
Russia can now fund a final fifth tech team, just another sign of Russia's growing economic and military power.
At a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the Chinese delegation makes an offer to transform the organization from one of economic cooperation into a full fledged military alliance, similar to NATO or the old Warsaw Pact of the USSR. However, entering this alliance would place Russia's foreign policy at the whim of Beijing, something that will not be tolerated by Russia's government. Russia is a great power, and will not be turned into Beijing's puppet.
The fairly large and relatively powerful Russian Air force rebases nearly all of its aircraft to brand new airfields at Volgograd and Voronezh, in preparation for possible military campaigns in Georgia or the Ukraine. In modern war, air power is critical to gaining victory. Without it, even an enemy with a small army can stop a force much larger than itself.
The first of hopefully many military buildups begins. The Russian government gives funding for the training of a new coastal defense force, composed of members of the regular army and the part time army reserves, who will guard Russian naval bases and coastlines from any enemy amphibious attacks.
The government shifts to an even more interventionist stance, with some members of the cabinet and the state Duma actively calling for Russian military and territorial expansion. Rumors begin to circulate that these calls are not falling on deaf ears....
In Iraq, the insurgency shows its true power. In what can only be described as an Iraqi tet offensive, insurgents take to the streets all over the country, facing US troops head on in all of Iraq's major cities. The insurgents actually manage to take control of most of northern Iraq, before being put down by US occupation troops.
Despite getting his country involved in a military quagmire, the President of the United States, George W Bush, is still able to win re-election in November of 2004, with his rival, Senator Join Kerry, being unable to both create the image of a strong leader, and gain the support of independents, hurting him badly in the polls.
George W Bush's victory speech in Washington DC.
In June of 2004, multiple factory complexes come online, coinciding with the completion of brand new bases for the Russian Air Force.
Russia can now fund a final fifth tech team, just another sign of Russia's growing economic and military power.
At a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the Chinese delegation makes an offer to transform the organization from one of economic cooperation into a full fledged military alliance, similar to NATO or the old Warsaw Pact of the USSR. However, entering this alliance would place Russia's foreign policy at the whim of Beijing, something that will not be tolerated by Russia's government. Russia is a great power, and will not be turned into Beijing's puppet.
The fairly large and relatively powerful Russian Air force rebases nearly all of its aircraft to brand new airfields at Volgograd and Voronezh, in preparation for possible military campaigns in Georgia or the Ukraine. In modern war, air power is critical to gaining victory. Without it, even an enemy with a small army can stop a force much larger than itself.
The first of hopefully many military buildups begins. The Russian government gives funding for the training of a new coastal defense force, composed of members of the regular army and the part time army reserves, who will guard Russian naval bases and coastlines from any enemy amphibious attacks.
The government shifts to an even more interventionist stance, with some members of the cabinet and the state Duma actively calling for Russian military and territorial expansion. Rumors begin to circulate that these calls are not falling on deaf ears....
In Iraq, the insurgency shows its true power. In what can only be described as an Iraqi tet offensive, insurgents take to the streets all over the country, facing US troops head on in all of Iraq's major cities. The insurgents actually manage to take control of most of northern Iraq, before being put down by US occupation troops.
Despite getting his country involved in a military quagmire, the President of the United States, George W Bush, is still able to win re-election in November of 2004, with his rival, Senator Join Kerry, being unable to both create the image of a strong leader, and gain the support of independents, hurting him badly in the polls.
George W Bush's victory speech in Washington DC.
I'm loving this 
Will you be going into Ukraine soon, or into Iraq to wipe out those peskies Americans?
Will you be going into Ukraine soon, or into Iraq to wipe out those peskies Americans? 
i hear if you cut the gas off to the ukraine it will cause some problems.... just a rumour though.
Good AAR
Good AAR
@TombolaG: I probably wont be taking on the west for a long while. The Ukraine however...
Update time!
Just after Christmas 2004, tragedy strikes the Indian ocean region, as a massive earthquake sets off a powerful Tsunami, heavily damaging coastal regions in Indonesia, Thailand, India, and even as far away as Somalia. Many nations, including Russia, pledge to donate humanitarian aid.
The new year 2005 rolls in, and by the end of January, the last Russian factory complexes are completed. Russia's economy has now surged the country back to great power status, with only the Americans and the Chinese still ahead of the country in industrial power.
Immediately, the Russian government orders the beginning of a massive military buildup. Brand new Sukhoi SU-37 fighter/bomber aircraft for the airforce, hundreds of brand new T-90 main battle tanks, and enough troops and armoured vehicles for large amounts of new mechanized infantry divisions are ordered.
On April 26th, Russia begins talks with the government of Belarus on a possible political union between the two countries.
Just days later, the government in Minsk replies, accepting Russia's offer to join with the country in a greater economic and political union.
Belorussia is formally annexed into the Russian Federation, and a great military parade is held in Minsk to celebrate. The Belorussian army, as part of the agreement, is absorbed into the Russian armed forces, as well as the Belorussian airforce.
With the peaceful annexation of Belarus, president Vladimir Putin decides that it is now time to make a very important announcement.....
Update time!
Just after Christmas 2004, tragedy strikes the Indian ocean region, as a massive earthquake sets off a powerful Tsunami, heavily damaging coastal regions in Indonesia, Thailand, India, and even as far away as Somalia. Many nations, including Russia, pledge to donate humanitarian aid.
The new year 2005 rolls in, and by the end of January, the last Russian factory complexes are completed. Russia's economy has now surged the country back to great power status, with only the Americans and the Chinese still ahead of the country in industrial power.
Immediately, the Russian government orders the beginning of a massive military buildup. Brand new Sukhoi SU-37 fighter/bomber aircraft for the airforce, hundreds of brand new T-90 main battle tanks, and enough troops and armoured vehicles for large amounts of new mechanized infantry divisions are ordered.
On April 26th, Russia begins talks with the government of Belarus on a possible political union between the two countries.
Just days later, the government in Minsk replies, accepting Russia's offer to join with the country in a greater economic and political union.
Belorussia is formally annexed into the Russian Federation, and a great military parade is held in Minsk to celebrate. The Belorussian army, as part of the agreement, is absorbed into the Russian armed forces, as well as the Belorussian airforce.
With the peaceful annexation of Belarus, president Vladimir Putin decides that it is now time to make a very important announcement.....
mmm, Yanks are getting beaten in Iraq. What's the next target, now when Belarus has been russificated?
People of the Russian Federation...
Our nation has been through very difficult times. Russia was once one of the most powerful, respected nations in the entire world. This strength continued all the way through the years of the Soviet union, where the country proved that strength by crushing Hitler and his nazi juggernaut, and becoming a true global power. After 1991, that all changed. After 1991, Russia was reduced to a shadow of its former self. Stripped of its territory, its economy, and its honour, Russia was forced to watch as the west began to advance to our very borders. Even now, the Baltic States have been taken into the west's orbit, with the Ukraine and Georgia possibly following suit.
This cannot stand. The time has come for Russia to reunite with its lost brothers from central Asia, to the Caucuses mountains, to the plains of the Ukraine. We must stand united behind one flag, the flag of the new Russian empire! An empire that will march to victory in the face of foreign oppression!
(yeah a cheesy speech, but I am not really a good writer.)
Our nation has been through very difficult times. Russia was once one of the most powerful, respected nations in the entire world. This strength continued all the way through the years of the Soviet union, where the country proved that strength by crushing Hitler and his nazi juggernaut, and becoming a true global power. After 1991, that all changed. After 1991, Russia was reduced to a shadow of its former self. Stripped of its territory, its economy, and its honour, Russia was forced to watch as the west began to advance to our very borders. Even now, the Baltic States have been taken into the west's orbit, with the Ukraine and Georgia possibly following suit.
This cannot stand. The time has come for Russia to reunite with its lost brothers from central Asia, to the Caucuses mountains, to the plains of the Ukraine. We must stand united behind one flag, the flag of the new Russian empire! An empire that will march to victory in the face of foreign oppression!
(yeah a cheesy speech, but I am not really a good writer.)
Uh, so are you going to invite the Czar back? This would be Nicholas III, or Nicholas Romanovich Romanov, Prince of Russia. I really can't imagine Putin making himself Czar, although I can easily imagine that he proclaims himself HoG.
Anyways, nice to see territories coming back into the fold, I wonder how Washington, Beijing and Brussels (capitol of EU) will react to this.
You are still missing some cores of the Empire though, I'm going by the 1914 borders.
Anyways, nice to see territories coming back into the fold, I wonder how Washington, Beijing and Brussels (capitol of EU) will react to this.
You are still missing some cores of the Empire though, I'm going by the 1914 borders.
Maybe you should write down exactly what you did, because messing with the country.cvs didn't help
@jonlucero: Not just the USA, but the west in general. I was trying to play off that sentiment that the west is trying to "box in" Russia by bringing those independent former soviet republics into the EU or NATO.
@Maj. von Mauser: I hadn't actually thought about that. I didn't even know there were any claimants to the Russian throne left. I don't really want to tamper with the minister files though, especially since the game has already started, so I think I will just stay with Putin. Besides, who said a president could not run an empire? As for 1914 borders, I am guessing you are talking about Finland and Poland? Finland I will probably add cores to later, since I do plan on invading them at some point. Poland probably not, since I think it would make the borders look strange. Besides, my intention was more to recreate the Russian empire along the lines of the Soviet Union's borders.
As for how the other powers would react to this, I am betting politicians and diplomats in Washington and Brussels are probably shitting themselves right now. The Chinese, I am not so sure. They might not even care about what is happening in the Ukraine or the Caucuses, but I don't really know.
@Merlowe: Try looking at the names for MDS's default aircraft sprites, or try searching for some kind of tutorial on HOI2 sprites. perhaps you will have better luck there. I don't really want to turn this thread into a tutorial on how to put new sprites into MDS. Maybe I might throw in a screenshot of my MDS sprites folder later, if that helps.
I think I will write another update after this post.
@Maj. von Mauser: I hadn't actually thought about that. I didn't even know there were any claimants to the Russian throne left. I don't really want to tamper with the minister files though, especially since the game has already started, so I think I will just stay with Putin. Besides, who said a president could not run an empire? As for 1914 borders, I am guessing you are talking about Finland and Poland? Finland I will probably add cores to later, since I do plan on invading them at some point. Poland probably not, since I think it would make the borders look strange. Besides, my intention was more to recreate the Russian empire along the lines of the Soviet Union's borders.
As for how the other powers would react to this, I am betting politicians and diplomats in Washington and Brussels are probably shitting themselves right now. The Chinese, I am not so sure. They might not even care about what is happening in the Ukraine or the Caucuses, but I don't really know.
@Merlowe: Try looking at the names for MDS's default aircraft sprites, or try searching for some kind of tutorial on HOI2 sprites. perhaps you will have better luck there. I don't really want to turn this thread into a tutorial on how to put new sprites into MDS. Maybe I might throw in a screenshot of my MDS sprites folder later, if that helps.
I think I will write another update after this post.
Wow, Russia has come a long way economically since the start of the game. Good job!
It did not take long for Putin to begin his campaign of rebuilding the Russian empire. On May 9th, Russian tanks and columns of mechanized infantry crossed over the Ukrainian border, starting the Ukrainian Summer war of 2005.
Russian tanks and armoured vehicles easily breached Ukrainian defenses, forcing the Ukrainian army to retreat into the interior.
This retreat was made far more difficult with the coming of the Russian Air Force, which quickly achieved air superiority over the skies of the country, and began heavily bombing entire columns of Ukrainian troops and armour.
Ukrainian troops attempt to make a stand at Priluki, just outside the capital, Kiev.
Ukrainian reinforcements arrive, but their troops soon become a magnet for bombing sorties by the Russian Air Force, whose air support allows the Russian Army to continue the advance.
In the western part of the country, Russian air cavalry units reach the important city of Lvov.
The Ukrainian 17th tank division, equipped with powerful T-80 main battle tanks, makes a desperate final stand at Zaporozhye, just before being completely wiped out by Russian anti-tank weapons and air support.
Russian tanks and armoured vehicles easily breached Ukrainian defenses, forcing the Ukrainian army to retreat into the interior.
This retreat was made far more difficult with the coming of the Russian Air Force, which quickly achieved air superiority over the skies of the country, and began heavily bombing entire columns of Ukrainian troops and armour.
Ukrainian troops attempt to make a stand at Priluki, just outside the capital, Kiev.
Ukrainian reinforcements arrive, but their troops soon become a magnet for bombing sorties by the Russian Air Force, whose air support allows the Russian Army to continue the advance.
In the western part of the country, Russian air cavalry units reach the important city of Lvov.
The Ukrainian 17th tank division, equipped with powerful T-80 main battle tanks, makes a desperate final stand at Zaporozhye, just before being completely wiped out by Russian anti-tank weapons and air support.
Aww, SU dosen't count as the old empire, you need all the lands!
Anyways, don't get nuked.
Anyways, don't get nuked.
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