Sale of Cuba?

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Should there be an event including James K Polk's attempt to buy cuba for both Spain and America? I dont know if it would conflict with the later Spanish-American War

 

[Vulture]

I think there should be one

 

[Txini]

I haven't thought about that, well we'll not sell, and selling it'd make Spanish player to have little problems.

 

[Vulture]

I have too little knowledge of it to tell, but we COULD make it a choise event with the historical happenings as choice A

 

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Originally posted by firelover01
Should there be an event including James K Polk's attempt to buy cuba for both Spain and America? I dont know if it would conflict with the later Spanish-American War

I agree with that. The U.S. and Spain should fight for Cuba or just have Spain sell the island to the U.S.

 

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it could be like the sale of florida but have the AI pick it 1% of the time...

 

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I agree, it is a plausible idea.

 

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Originally posted by The Aztec VII
it could be like the sale of florida but have the AI pick it 1% of the time...

In order to have the AI pick it 1%, you would need 2 other altenatives.

Choice A- 85%
Choice B-14%
Choice C- closer to 1%

this is a gross simplification of how it actually works... but the estimates are close.

 

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the 85% choice can NO keep cuba! the B choice could be Ignore the filibusters;Cuba set to defect to USA if revolts till 1890 choice C -1200 Annex cuba! get cuba relations wih SPA -2000

 

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we can't make it defect to USA. We could influence it by giving the USA a shield on it... and cuba can't become independent... but thats as close as we can come...


or we can script an event where if cuba is rebel controlled, it defects to the USA. (I THINK)

 

[Txini]

Originally posted by The Aztec VII
the 85% choice can NO keep cuba! the B choice could be Ignore the filibusters;Cuba set to defect to USA if revolts till 1890 choice C -1200 Annex cuba! get cuba relations wih SPA -2000

But as Cuba was Spanish possession he don't need relations with Spain

 

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I think he meant USA relations with spain suffer.

 

[Prufrock451]

Well, how about an event that makes Cuba independent, but a US vassal?

 

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Originally posted by Prufrock451
Well, how about an event that makes Cuba independent, but a US vassal?

This one's better: it should be an event called the "Platt Ammendement", which was introduced into the Cuban Constitution and bascically gave the U.S. the right to intervene in Cuba whenever it wanted. The event should happen on February 25th 1901, and have 2 choices:

A) Accept: thus Cuba becomes a vassal, improving relations with the U.S., but maybe an increased revolt risk in Cuba.

B) Refuse: then minus relation and Casus Belli.

 

[Prufrock451]

Yes, but they're talking about an attempt that was made to acquire Cuba by President Polk, long before 1898.

 

[Txini]

In that attempt, Spain will never give Cuba its Independence for being vassal of other State, would prefer before give it totally independence and it will continue having bad results