La Guerra Grande (1843-1852) & The War vs Rosas (1851-1852}
I am currently working on some URU events, and having some trouble, mostly cause the events that I am working on isn't about URU only, it must involve FRA, ENG, ARG and later BRZ, so a mess.
Let me explain what I have in mind, and you may help me:
1) I changed the starting party of URU to the blancos representing Oribe.
2) I couldn't verify, but they don't seem to be anarco-liberals to me, just exalted liberals, I
may change this in the near future!
3) There is a failed Colorado Revolt led by Rivera.
In game terms a rebels unit pops in the capital, if the capital is taken an event leading to a colorado coup d'etat. This attempt failed! Cause ARG had troops helping Oribe. Now the problem: How can I represent this? In this
Link, there is a command suggestion that is
send expeditionary forces (Generalissimo, if you may get the attention of the DEVs to this thread, would be awesome!), but it doens't exit, yet. So I was thinking in a ARG/URU event that
says that a ARG inf was seded, however it will just be a
add_division to URU.
4) In 38 Rivera tries again and suceed.
In game, Rebels again, however 3 or 4 units, to take the capital. And the same coup d'etat event. Now the problem. Those rebels won't stop after the taking of Montevideo, they will roam around!!!
Now the 2nd and more difficult event, the War vs Rosas:
1) Oribe flees to ARG, in 39 Rivera with the FRA and ENG support declares war on
ROSAS, not ARG
per se. They block the sea.
Ingame it will be represented by a persinted flag event that reduces the stockpile. Now Rivera was sucesful driving the Rosas forces out of URU, those forces mentined earlier!!! Now the FRA makes a pact with Rosas and withdraw. Oribe with the ARG return and lay siege to Montevideo (obviously I will have to grant a fort there). ITA and FRA legionnaries come with Garibaldi.
Again an event saying that they are foreign, but granting the infantry.
2) When the siege seemed to end, Urquiza in ARG rebels and march against Oribe, becoming allied with Rivera. Now BRZ intervene with forces, that led by Urquiza, march into ARG and fight against Rosas.
The problem is It can't be called WAR, cause if I pit ARG vs URU, the war would be over in a minute (colonial war doesn't make sense either), and how I would represent the Urquiza forces (they are rebels) ingame. An when I throw BRZ against ARG. The
Liberation Army had ARG, URU and BRZ, but was led by Urquiza to try not to represent a foreign invasion!
So my escape would be the REB, but once again they will roam around and can't be directed to Buenos Aires.
In game, it may be like this: Montevideo is URU province, and the others are REB, with REB troops, but here I can't represent the 9 year siege of Montevideo!!!, cause the rebels would roam around.
Urquiza would be harder:
Ingame Entre-Rios would became REB, with REB INF that should march into URU, to fight the REB!? Can't be done!!! So it should be an event, however how I would represent the Liberation Army?
Now the other option:
Ingame, URU declare WAR, and event with flocks of troops to them, and when they reach Buenos Aires, an Event pops with peace returning the provinces to the Status Quo but this won't represent the Urquiza forces, It will grant a lot of prestige to URU.
So the question, now is HOW will we do it? Ideas?