Welcome to Part 5 of my Austrian Megacampaign If you were looking for Part 1 you can find it Here! If you were looking for part 2 you can find it Here! and Part 3 is right Here! Part 4 is right Here!.
The Story so Far:
Now as the Fires of War peter out on Earth, Humanity has found a home on Mars. It is a dusty rock, devoid of any life except those the Colonists have brought with them but it is now home. If Humanity is to survive it must now look outwards and upwards. Under the boy Emperor Julius, House Anniona, and the Holy Roman Empire have one last chance and this time the game is not just for Earth, but the Galaxy itself.
Some House Rules I'm keeping too: (I am going into this relatively blind thanks to all the mods so I cant really say I know many exploits)
1. Gonna avoid being particularly gamey with the mods if I find something stupidly broken
2. No switching out of Autocratic Government forms
3. When the first Crisis fires, I will fire the other two.
4. Custom Start, I have seeded the Universe with custom factions with super starts (Ringworld Pieces, Gaia worlds etc) This is to offset the awesomeness that is the Fallen Empire Sol System i'm using.
Goals:
1. All Human derivative factions must be annexed/purged/enslaved.
2. Recolonize Terra (Fairly Easy)
3. Kill all the Fallen Empires
4. Universal Conquest, Allies are allowed but I need to conquer them eventually
5. Outside of Crisis Federations/Fallen Empire subjugations, I am not allowed to Join any Federations and need to get independence as soon as possible once the Crisis is over or I can beat my Fallen Empire overlord.
I'm using a whole ****ton of mods here. Here's the list. Not gonna Include links becuase well, it'll take forever and half of these I had to fiddle around to get them to be compatible.
Chapter List:
The Story so Far:
Previously in history the Anniona dynasty rose from obscurity out of the borderlands between Bavaria and Bohemia. quickly rising to power in the region ushering in an age of Religious and Imperial Conquest that would lead to a restored Western Roman Empire, the Christianization of Europe, Spain and North Africa. Though the Austrian emperors soon grew complacent after defeating the Sunset Invasion and the Dynasty fell into decay, decadence and collapse. House Anniona and its Cadet Branches still rule Europe but years of incest, corruption and possible demonic possession afflicting Austrian Emperors shattered the once great Empire leading to the Infamous Edict of Vienna of 1412.
Over the next Four Hundred years house Anniona has clawed its way back up to the top. Using the very rules dictated by the Edict of Vienna to unite the Holy Roman Empire once again. Though there were sacrifices. The Protestant reformation was crushed in its infancy, and the Various cultures and peoples of Europe have been subverted conquered or otherwise oppressed by the Holy League, A Joint alliance between The Celtic Empire, Holy Roman Empire and Russian Empire.
Austria also carved out the largest Colonial Empire in the history of the world Controlling at it's height over half of the Americas, Japan, South Africa and the Congo, and Uniting the Bloodlines of the Aztec and Japanese Emperors into the Annionan Bloodline, meaning that all Austria Emperors are now theoretically descended from not one but two different sungods as well as the original Founders of the house. The Anniona Cadet Branch of Anniona-Bretagne currently rules in the Celtic and Eastern Roman Empires, as well as Spain and Cordoba.
Austria also carved out the largest Colonial Empire in the history of the world Controlling at it's height over half of the Americas, Japan, South Africa and the Congo, and Uniting the Bloodlines of the Aztec and Japanese Emperors into the Annionan Bloodline, meaning that all Austria Emperors are now theoretically descended from not one but two different sungods as well as the original Founders of the house. The Anniona Cadet Branch of Anniona-Bretagne currently rules in the Celtic and Eastern Roman Empires, as well as Spain and Cordoba.
The Napoleonic War and the Italian interregnum during the early 1800's would shake the foundations of Europe leading to the brief independence of the Kingdom of Italy and the Coronation of Napoleon Bonaparte. In the Chaos of the revolution the Colonies of Peru Venezuela and Argentina broke away from Austria proper while the Powers of North America formed a great 'Continental Congress' to ensure that Colonial oppression would never return to the New World.
Napoleon's Italian state was later crushed by the combined efforts of a modernized Austrian-Celtic Military and The intervention of Russia under a new Liberal Constitutional Monarchy. With the defeat of Napoleon Europe was once again 'Set Right' along Holy Roman, Russian and Celtic Terms and it would stay at peace until friction within the Holy League brought on by the Napoleonic Wars and changing Ideologies led to schism and eventual breaking of the longest standing alliance in the history of the world.
Meanwhile the Great Empires of India and China were gathering steam, building a combined industry greater than Europe's and with a massive population to fuel it, the Holy Roman and Russian Empires were forced to liberalize their economies lest they be left behind. The Holy and Eastern Roman Empires would colonize Africa in this time hungry for new Glory and resources trapped within the Dark continent. Korea would also be seized by the HRE in this time while the Wu and Indian states ran out more minor colonial empire's such as Cordoba from China. However between the Ethnic tinderbox that was Scandinavia, the Crimea and Colonial Crisis in Africa and Asia, the Russians and Austrians too would drift apart.
Eventually differences would lead to war, and on several different occasions coalitions led by Russia, the Celtic Empire or the Byzantine Empire would form to try and topple Austrian Dominance of Europe only to be send back until the Celtic Empire finally collapsed, losing both Scotland and Ireland to a revived Scottish state.
With the Balance of Power in tatters, India unified under Empress Ashanti the First, and Feeling itself slowly being Minimized the Wu Empire of China committed to helping the Byzantine Empire and North German Empire of Westphalia against the Russo-Imperial-Indian Alliance. Starting a War that would be felt the world over, one that would devastate the Indian and Greek Countrysides, lead to the Fragmentation of the Chinese Empire, Partition of Greek Africa, The Global Communist Revolution and following Depression of 1900.
In the Following years Fascists have took over the remains of the Chinese, Greek and Celtic Empires and have swallowed up neighboring states and begun to build themselves up to finally have their revenge against the Holy Roman Empire.
Napoleon's Italian state was later crushed by the combined efforts of a modernized Austrian-Celtic Military and The intervention of Russia under a new Liberal Constitutional Monarchy. With the defeat of Napoleon Europe was once again 'Set Right' along Holy Roman, Russian and Celtic Terms and it would stay at peace until friction within the Holy League brought on by the Napoleonic Wars and changing Ideologies led to schism and eventual breaking of the longest standing alliance in the history of the world.
Meanwhile the Great Empires of India and China were gathering steam, building a combined industry greater than Europe's and with a massive population to fuel it, the Holy Roman and Russian Empires were forced to liberalize their economies lest they be left behind. The Holy and Eastern Roman Empires would colonize Africa in this time hungry for new Glory and resources trapped within the Dark continent. Korea would also be seized by the HRE in this time while the Wu and Indian states ran out more minor colonial empire's such as Cordoba from China. However between the Ethnic tinderbox that was Scandinavia, the Crimea and Colonial Crisis in Africa and Asia, the Russians and Austrians too would drift apart.
Eventually differences would lead to war, and on several different occasions coalitions led by Russia, the Celtic Empire or the Byzantine Empire would form to try and topple Austrian Dominance of Europe only to be send back until the Celtic Empire finally collapsed, losing both Scotland and Ireland to a revived Scottish state.
With the Balance of Power in tatters, India unified under Empress Ashanti the First, and Feeling itself slowly being Minimized the Wu Empire of China committed to helping the Byzantine Empire and North German Empire of Westphalia against the Russo-Imperial-Indian Alliance. Starting a War that would be felt the world over, one that would devastate the Indian and Greek Countrysides, lead to the Fragmentation of the Chinese Empire, Partition of Greek Africa, The Global Communist Revolution and following Depression of 1900.
In the Following years Fascists have took over the remains of the Chinese, Greek and Celtic Empires and have swallowed up neighboring states and begun to build themselves up to finally have their revenge against the Holy Roman Empire.
In 1940 The Second world War began in earnest as the Soviet Union and Fascist Chinese Union State both attacked countries allied to the Holy Roman Empire. In an effort to keep itself from being surrounded Empress Osterheld 'Octavia' Anniona declared war on the Fascist State of Greater Albion and it's Iberian allies and invaded France and Spain in 1941.
The American States of the United States of America, Templar Republic and California Meanwhile had formed into the 'Continental Union' an economic and military alliance that was intended to benefit all member states. The American's seeing a major threat in the Fascist rising in Europe and Asia sided with the Holy Roman Empire almost immediately.
Holy Roman and American Troops together would liberate North Africa and recovered the State of Israel which was lost early in the war. Greece was also taken followed by France and Later Iberia after a series of bloody seiges along the bay of Biscay.
Scandinavia, which was the target of the Soviet Union fought off the Soviets almost singlehandedly, advancing into Finland and later linking with Holy Roman Forces that pushed into Soviet territory at the city of Leningrad.
Meanwhile the Indian Empire had been crushed by a combined Greek and Chinese invasion force and surrendered not long after the resolution of the Western front in France and Spain. Fighting would continue in western europe until the end of the war not on the ground but in the skies as the Rival Fascist and Imperial Air forces dueled it out for control of British Airspace.
By 1943 the Soviets had realized they bit off far more than they could chew and surrendered following the fall of Moscow, Leningrad and Ninzy Novogrod. The Russian Von Hannover Dynasty was restored to the throne and fighting for the most part shifted to the Middle East, Mongolia and China.
In China the Americans who had spent almost three years preparing found initial success in thier campaigns, able to push up to the yellow river without much difficulty. As Chinese forces returned from India however the front became a slaughterhouse with thousands and later millions dead on both sides.
In The West, the Middle East crumbled from a combined assault from the Crimea in the North and Israel in the south. Eventually the two Imperial armies would link at the Anatolian foothills officially sealing the Eastern Roman 'Republic's' doom.
Without Oil from the Middle east the Chinese grew increasingly desperate and began to conscript vast swathes of it's population to fight the encroaching Americans on home soil, and the Imperials in India. By 1944 India had been liberated by Holy Roman Forces and Indian communist partisans and Holy Roman Armored divisions had begun to arrive to assist the Americans in China.
1945 brought a definitive end to the war, as Holy Roman Armor pushed into the Chinese Capital at Jianxing, later seizing the entire core region of the country. Chinese Generals defected enmass, siding with the Monarchist Chiang Kai Shek and later crowned Empress Wu Zetian with Imperial approval far later after the war.
With China out, the Holy Roman Empire decided to send a firm message to the remaining hostiles in Britain and South America and made extensive use of Nuclear Weapons to bring about a quick surrender from both countries.
The years following the war were dominated by the major issue of Occupied China having an increasing amount of Influence over the Holy Roman Empire. The Dominion of California being torn between the Holy Roman Sphere and it's continental Allies and a sudden and violent civil war in the African Dominion of Lindi as decolonization sentiment reached a Maximum.
All three of these Crises would cause major issues for the Empire, and in particular the Chinese Issue would ultimately result in a succession Crisis following the death of Emperor Claudius III. A crisis that would allow for an American invasion of California and subsequent Nuclear War between the United States, India, Holy Roman Empire and Russia.
But all was not lost, Using recovered Alien technology UNAP or United Nations Aerospace Program was formed after the space race for the moon in the 1970's. UNAP would develop experimental Arc Ships, funded by both crowdfunding and major countries to colonize distant habitable star systems, as well as Mars.
By the Time Earth had blown itself to smithereens Mars was already being terraformed through extensive effort of UNAP, the Holy Roman Empire and other member states.
The American States of the United States of America, Templar Republic and California Meanwhile had formed into the 'Continental Union' an economic and military alliance that was intended to benefit all member states. The American's seeing a major threat in the Fascist rising in Europe and Asia sided with the Holy Roman Empire almost immediately.
Holy Roman and American Troops together would liberate North Africa and recovered the State of Israel which was lost early in the war. Greece was also taken followed by France and Later Iberia after a series of bloody seiges along the bay of Biscay.
Scandinavia, which was the target of the Soviet Union fought off the Soviets almost singlehandedly, advancing into Finland and later linking with Holy Roman Forces that pushed into Soviet territory at the city of Leningrad.
Meanwhile the Indian Empire had been crushed by a combined Greek and Chinese invasion force and surrendered not long after the resolution of the Western front in France and Spain. Fighting would continue in western europe until the end of the war not on the ground but in the skies as the Rival Fascist and Imperial Air forces dueled it out for control of British Airspace.
By 1943 the Soviets had realized they bit off far more than they could chew and surrendered following the fall of Moscow, Leningrad and Ninzy Novogrod. The Russian Von Hannover Dynasty was restored to the throne and fighting for the most part shifted to the Middle East, Mongolia and China.
In China the Americans who had spent almost three years preparing found initial success in thier campaigns, able to push up to the yellow river without much difficulty. As Chinese forces returned from India however the front became a slaughterhouse with thousands and later millions dead on both sides.
In The West, the Middle East crumbled from a combined assault from the Crimea in the North and Israel in the south. Eventually the two Imperial armies would link at the Anatolian foothills officially sealing the Eastern Roman 'Republic's' doom.
Without Oil from the Middle east the Chinese grew increasingly desperate and began to conscript vast swathes of it's population to fight the encroaching Americans on home soil, and the Imperials in India. By 1944 India had been liberated by Holy Roman Forces and Indian communist partisans and Holy Roman Armored divisions had begun to arrive to assist the Americans in China.
1945 brought a definitive end to the war, as Holy Roman Armor pushed into the Chinese Capital at Jianxing, later seizing the entire core region of the country. Chinese Generals defected enmass, siding with the Monarchist Chiang Kai Shek and later crowned Empress Wu Zetian with Imperial approval far later after the war.
With China out, the Holy Roman Empire decided to send a firm message to the remaining hostiles in Britain and South America and made extensive use of Nuclear Weapons to bring about a quick surrender from both countries.
The years following the war were dominated by the major issue of Occupied China having an increasing amount of Influence over the Holy Roman Empire. The Dominion of California being torn between the Holy Roman Sphere and it's continental Allies and a sudden and violent civil war in the African Dominion of Lindi as decolonization sentiment reached a Maximum.
All three of these Crises would cause major issues for the Empire, and in particular the Chinese Issue would ultimately result in a succession Crisis following the death of Emperor Claudius III. A crisis that would allow for an American invasion of California and subsequent Nuclear War between the United States, India, Holy Roman Empire and Russia.
But all was not lost, Using recovered Alien technology UNAP or United Nations Aerospace Program was formed after the space race for the moon in the 1970's. UNAP would develop experimental Arc Ships, funded by both crowdfunding and major countries to colonize distant habitable star systems, as well as Mars.
By the Time Earth had blown itself to smithereens Mars was already being terraformed through extensive effort of UNAP, the Holy Roman Empire and other member states.
Now as the Fires of War peter out on Earth, Humanity has found a home on Mars. It is a dusty rock, devoid of any life except those the Colonists have brought with them but it is now home. If Humanity is to survive it must now look outwards and upwards. Under the boy Emperor Julius, House Anniona, and the Holy Roman Empire have one last chance and this time the game is not just for Earth, but the Galaxy itself.
Some House Rules I'm keeping too: (I am going into this relatively blind thanks to all the mods so I cant really say I know many exploits)
1. Gonna avoid being particularly gamey with the mods if I find something stupidly broken
2. No switching out of Autocratic Government forms
3. When the first Crisis fires, I will fire the other two.
4. Custom Start, I have seeded the Universe with custom factions with super starts (Ringworld Pieces, Gaia worlds etc) This is to offset the awesomeness that is the Fallen Empire Sol System i'm using.
Goals:
1. All Human derivative factions must be annexed/purged/enslaved.
2. Recolonize Terra (Fairly Easy)
3. Kill all the Fallen Empires
4. Universal Conquest, Allies are allowed but I need to conquer them eventually
5. Outside of Crisis Federations/Fallen Empire subjugations, I am not allowed to Join any Federations and need to get independence as soon as possible once the Crisis is over or I can beat my Fallen Empire overlord.
I'm using a whole ****ton of mods here. Here's the list. Not gonna Include links becuase well, it'll take forever and half of these I had to fiddle around to get them to be compatible.
New Ship Classes and More (And the Relevant Compatibility Mods)
Additional Traits
Advanced Weapons
Change Ethics (This is one of those Mods I am only using when appropriate, Like if the Xenophile event fires and makes half of my Pops Xenophile)
Cityscapes
Complete Eldar name list
Corporate Name List
Dark Fantasy Name List
Lovecraftian Name List
Legend of Galactic Heroes Empire Name List
UNSC Ships
Sith Empire Ships
Rebel Alliance Ships
Galactic Empire Ships
System's Alliance Ships
Sins of the Prophets
Morjan portraits
UNSC race Pack
Mandalorian Race Pack
Sophon Portraits
Animated Elf portraits
Quarian portraits
Asari Portraits
Humans+ (Allows for Matriarchy/Patriarchy and/or locked Phenotypes, and gives better Clothes to vanilla humans and adds Sci Fi human derivatives)
Economy and Technology Map Modes
Ethics and Government Rebuild
Evolving Worlds
Fallen Empires Expanded
Flags: Emblems and Backgrounds
Genetic Engineering Buff
Gods and Guardians
Human Hair Pack
Improved Space Battles (Graphics)
Megastructures
Multiple Crisis
Pay the State
Planet Diversify
Pre FTL Players
Ship Power Stations
TFW's Bunch of Ship Parts
UI Overhaul 1080p
Additional Traits
Advanced Weapons
Change Ethics (This is one of those Mods I am only using when appropriate, Like if the Xenophile event fires and makes half of my Pops Xenophile)
Cityscapes
Complete Eldar name list
Corporate Name List
Dark Fantasy Name List
Lovecraftian Name List
Legend of Galactic Heroes Empire Name List
UNSC Ships
Sith Empire Ships
Rebel Alliance Ships
Galactic Empire Ships
System's Alliance Ships
Sins of the Prophets
Morjan portraits
UNSC race Pack
Mandalorian Race Pack
Sophon Portraits
Animated Elf portraits
Quarian portraits
Asari Portraits
Humans+ (Allows for Matriarchy/Patriarchy and/or locked Phenotypes, and gives better Clothes to vanilla humans and adds Sci Fi human derivatives)
Economy and Technology Map Modes
Ethics and Government Rebuild
Evolving Worlds
Fallen Empires Expanded
Flags: Emblems and Backgrounds
Genetic Engineering Buff
Gods and Guardians
Human Hair Pack
Improved Space Battles (Graphics)
Megastructures
Multiple Crisis
Pay the State
Planet Diversify
Pre FTL Players
Ship Power Stations
TFW's Bunch of Ship Parts
UI Overhaul 1080p
Chapter List:
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