Journal & Events

Revolution Events

9 events

In the Interest of the Nation revolution_pulse2_events.1

Stressing the importance of staying up to date with recent military advancements, the government has proposed sending … on a military fact finding mission to …—a thinly veiled plot to distance the quarrelsome general from … increasingly insurgent supporters.

At the approximate moment when the steam lifted away from the mirror, it dawned on … that the government might as well have asked … to find snow in a desert. Had that realisation come earlier, … might have had the good sense to just say, "No." Saying so now would only make … out to be a fool.

Have … pack … bags. Actually, pack them for …. Shipped Off Opposition Leader: +20% Political Movement Activism Insidious Fact Finding Mission: -2 Interest Group Approval

Funding … to gallavant around …? No thank you. Amassing Strength: +10% Interest Group Political Strength

An Officer and a Gentleman revolution_pulse2_events.2

Returning from the fact finding mission to … with a head full of ideas and a suitcase full of expensive liquor, … is once again free to pursue … domestic ambitions.

If one chases a wild goose for long enough, one is bound to learn a few things: firstly, that most beasts tire before a human will. And secondly, there's more than just the one thing to hunt. In this case, everything asked for and more upon a silvery platter. And with a splash of the right drink, any sensible leader would want to hear of these new and terrible wonders.

For better or for worse, … is back. Results of the Fact Finding Mission: +10% Military Research Speed Amassing Strength: +10% Interest Group Political Strength

Our Friends Across the Border revolution_pulse2_events.3

As the flames of revolution encroach on …, a violent strike has engulfed the … …. Fearing escalation and a further loss of profits, a cabal of … shareholders have petitioned the government for immediate aid, offering the assistance of off-duty … gendarmes stationed across the border.

I've got two hundred men on standby.

This is getting out of hand. Accept their aid. Requested Foreign Intervention: -10 Prestige Bloody Suppressions: +10% Political Movement Activism

Our own law enforcement is capable of handling this. Bloody Suppressions: +10% Political Movement Activism

Let us avoid bloodshed. Adopt a conciliatory approach. Widespread Factory Strikes: -30% Manufacturing Industries Throughput Negotiations over Fusillations: -25% Political Movement Activism

Scrips Scrap Ravish … revolution_pulse2_events.4

Protesting the payment of wages in the form of scrips—credit only exchangable at a company store—workers of the major … in … have commenced a riot, torching the controversial store and marching on the company's main offices, demanding the institution of cash wages.

"You load 16 tons, what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt St. Peter, don't you call me 'cause I can't go I owe my soul to the company store"

The nature of payments is a company matter, break up the riot. Sided with Industrialists in Credit Matter: +2 Interest Group Approval Bloody Suppressions: +10% Political Movement Activism

Let us not fan the flames. There is merit to the workers' demands. Sided with Workers in Credit Matter: -2 Interest Group Approval Abolished Scrip Wages: -25% Political Movement Activism

… Garrison Refuses Order revolution_pulse2_events.5

Ordered to violently suppress a popular riot in …, a battalion of the … garrison have refused their orders, claiming that the execution of such a command would run contrary to the laws of men and … alike.

"Patriotism? I will gladly raise my rifle against the enemies of …. Should the … come knocking, I will do my duty, as shall we all. But to raise arms against kin? Against brothers in blood and faith? Sir, this, this we cannot do."

Insubordination! String up the ringleaders, and jail the rest.

Hush this down. We shall rotate the garrison eventually. Seditious Garrison: -20% Training Rate Furious About Government Cowardice: -5 Interest Group Approval

The …'s Feud revolution_pulse2_events.7

The attempted arrest of a local … in …—charged with inciting violence against the government should his demands for increased worker's rights not be met—quickly went awry as as the local populace rallied around the upstart and threw the dispatched sheriff in a local river.

"Lettin' the sheriff run off with the …? I think not. I say the sheriff and the rest of his ilk in … can go stuff it. If you wanna' get to the …, you gonna' get past me. And no offense lad, but I've got thirty pounds on that scrawny husk of yours."

Send in the army, let them try that stunt again.

Let the … be, and pray this remains a local matter. Emboldened Workers: +25% Political Movement Activism

The …'s Stand revolution_pulse2_events.8

Emboldened by their earlier success against the law, the … and hundreds of his supporters turned up to confront the army dispatchment now arriving in … - much of their earlier enthusiasm wavering as they spy the soldiers set up two cannon facing the crowd.

"We promised we'd keep you away from that blasted sheriff, and we did. But this'd be suicide. We've got thirteen men with rifles, and six scores with farm tools. It wouldn't hold against a determined mob, much less the bloody army. You've gotta' run. We'd fight for you, the lot of us, but I'm not sure we'd die for you too."

Open fire. Sound the charge. Disperse the rabble. Prominent Martyr: +10% Political Movement Activism

Give them one day to surrender the criminal and disperse.

In the Hands of the State revolution_pulse2_events.9

Did he smash his head into the cell wall? Was he tortured to death? The official story that the …-affiliated revolutionary died from cholera convinces only the gullible and the willfully blind. Only one thing is for certain: his supporters are livid, and they are out for blood.

"It was the freemasons, I tell you. I've heard it from the butcher down the road that the warden's a member of that accursed cabal. It's them or the …s. Or both. The … is one too, it's why they offed him." "The … is …?" "Listen, kid." he says, blowing a cloud of thick smoke into the dimly lit room."There's a lot of things they don't teach you in school."

"Murderers", cries the crowd. The Death of a Martyr: -1 Interest Group Approval, +5% Interest Group Political Strength

Only … and the warden knows for sure. Let us kindly ask the latter. Prison Stormed by Crowd: +10% Political Movement Activism

Revolutionaries Raid Arms Depot revolution_pulse2_events.10

A band of revolutionaries rumored to affiliate with the …, have overwhelmed a minor garrison in …, leaving two dozen soldiers dead, and running off with crates full of rifles and ammunition - even wheeling off a small caliber cannon.

Wanted: Armory Thieves Over 30 men believed involved with theft of artillery and ordinance in …. £200 per man captured or killed; £50 for information leading to the capture or death of culprits. Believed armed and dangerous. Collaborators will be considered equally guilty.

Scour the countryside for them. Scouring the Countryside: -5% Radicals from Political Movements, -25% Agriculture Throughput, -25% Plantations Throughput, -25% Ranches Throughput

Scour the cities instead. Scouring the Cities: -5% Radicals from Political Movements, -25% Urban Center building Throughput

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