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*14- Abominable AI's made to "win using the coldest logic and computational power-pending | *14- Abominable AI's made to "win using the coldest logic and computational power-pending | ||
*15- Chen's menagerie- needs more animals [[Chen's Menagerie]] | *15- Chen's menagerie- needs more animals [[Chen's Menagerie]] | ||
*21- Plascrete/hypersteel-pending | *21- Plascrete/hypersteel-pending | ||
*25- Corummese Car and Automata Manufactory-COCAM-needs more lore [[Standard People's Compact Vehicle]] | *25- Corummese Car and Automata Manufactory-COCAM-needs more lore [[Standard People's Compact Vehicle]] | ||
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*31- [[Democratic Christian Church of Corumm and the East]]-incomplete | *31- [[Democratic Christian Church of Corumm and the East]]-incomplete | ||
*33- corummese captagon to undermine rivals-[[Drug trade in Corumm]]-done ish [[Opodo Corporation]] | *33- corummese captagon to undermine rivals-[[Drug trade in Corumm]]-done ish [[Opodo Corporation]] | ||
*39- Virtuous Worms - [[Virtuous Worms]] wip | *39- Virtuous Worms - [[Virtuous Worms]] wip | ||
*41- penitentiary system-pending | *41- penitentiary system-pending | ||
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*44- add green crab and asian carp to fauna/food | *44- add green crab and asian carp to fauna/food | ||
*45- corumm-rusana-canpei economic corridor | *45- corumm-rusana-canpei economic corridor | ||
*49- rich people donate dna to create sacks of flesh with organs to replace their aging organs and live longer | *49- rich people donate dna to create sacks of flesh with organs to replace their aging organs and live longer | ||
*51- imperial trinket/Amiable Ecumene/Zone of Absolute Fortune | *51- imperial trinket/Amiable Ecumene/Zone of Absolute Fortune | ||
*53-dry counties | *53-dry counties | ||
*54-Daxian monarchs giving patents of authority to vassals- tie into [[Tributary system of Imperial Daxia]] | *54-Daxian monarchs giving patents of authority to vassals- tie into [[Tributary system of Imperial Daxia]] | ||
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*58-palace school for dwarfs to become generals and shit | *58-palace school for dwarfs to become generals and shit | ||
*59-early daxian computers based on the zhivkov balgarsko model | *59-early daxian computers based on the zhivkov balgarsko model | ||
*60-substitute kingship ritual/occultation of the emperor | |||
*61-the scream box | |||
I was a beast upon the earth, a salamander or an eel. Water passed through | I was a beast upon the earth, a salamander or an eel. Water passed through | ||
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They’ll never come to terms with the breakup of the USSR,“ Mežviets says. As Russia’s leaders themselves have declared: Russia ends where it is stopped. | They’ll never come to terms with the breakup of the USSR,“ Mežviets says. As Russia’s leaders themselves have declared: Russia ends where it is stopped. | ||
It’s a conqueror’s mindset,Everyone around them are enemies | It’s a conqueror’s mindset, Everyone around them are enemies. | ||
==Levantine Exploration== | |||
Kiravian explorers were the first "occidentals" to make contact with the peoples of modern Rusana however from their introduction in the 1500s to the establishment of the Martillian Protectorate over the Kingdom of Lakadu it was often overlooked compared to the riches of Daxia. The Ularien Trading Company of Martilles first established contact with the Kingdom of Lakadu in 1616. With Kiravias well established trade with Daxia for far eastern goods the Martilliens negotiated a treaty with the Lakadui to secure ports at first for raiding Kiravian shipping as it passed westerward, laden with Daxian goods but eventually the privateers sought more. They obverved the resentments that the Lakadui held for their neighbors in Barpubad and offered to supply them with mercenaries and to instruct their armies in the lessons learned from the Great Confessional War. Throughout the 1620s and 30s the Lakadui and Barpubadi clashed in minor skirmishes in which the Lakadui became increasingly victorious. While the Levantines did not offer a superiour military product their doctrine of war was so foreign to that part of the world that it proved shocking to the Barpubadi. In a series of violent battles the Lakadui made massive gains into the islands south of Barpubad's coast. These islands long contested between Barpubad and Daxia were captured and an emissary was dispatched to the Emperor's court and a back to the King in Lakadu. In a master stroke the Martillien mercenaries sold the inner ring of islands to Daxia and formally opened relations with that nation, and also demonstrated to the King of Lakadu what could be achieved if he remanded more power to the Martilliens. In this masterstroke the Martilliens secured their future in the region and became friendly with the greatest power in Alshar, Daxia. Whereas the Kiravians were merely traders, the Martilliens offered concrete results to the Imperial Daxian Court. In 1650, the Kingdom of Lakadu was formalized as a protectorate of the Duchy of Martilles. This was only possible by brokering a treaty with the Daxian Court that recognized its sovereignty and promised to support Daxia in the event of an invasion from Barpudad, Ghanim, or the as yet unexplored Tanhai. For as long as the southeast coast Levantines maintained colonies in the area they respected this treaty, one of the only in that time. | |||
With the Great Slavery Revolt on the western shores of Alshar the various colonial administrators had to make a choice as the revolt became a full-scale war, one that the Levantine colonists were losing badly. Would they cast their lot in with their fellow colonists, draining the defensive resources from their own colonies, ignore the plight of their brethren, try to balance both, or abandon their colonial ambitions altogether. The viceroy of Pyrithi Colony attempted to find a balance. |