Let's Sperg Let's Play Rule the Waves II, Make Techpriest Suffer Boogaloo - In which as various turn of the century navies, I will make abominations unto god in the form of steam and steel warships

[Adamska]

First time I was able to DESIGN a dreadnought. We're still a month away from laying that thing down, as the design work needs to be finished.

Still, you'll have one designed and in the slips before the Brits finish their first batch. Heck of a lot better than your other games barring the German one that died quickly.

 

[Techpriest]

Just a quick update, yes, I'm still planning on continuing this but it's been a bit busy on my end both at work and in my personal life. I'll try and get an update out this week.

 

[Techpriest]

Germany is really not feeling so good right now. It's been almost 2 years. I decline a couple of shitty battles, nothing worth wasting my time on.

I've got funds, I've got time, and I want a dreadnought really, REALLY badly.

Also, I just want to laugh at Germany for a little bit. I'm blockading them now. They lost a heavy cruiser, and I've got another Tri Svyatitelya class battleship ready to go. I've got the Varyag ready to come out of retrofit in a month too.

AHAHAHAHAHAHA
HOLY FUCK AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

I get a ship as reparations, and I've got a few decent choices. I'll take their new protected cruiser - their battleships are absolutely shit.

Also, I'm about to absolutely ruin Willy's entire dream of an Asian empire. I'm taking ALL of it. ALL. OF. IT.

Upside, look at all that new clay. I have achieved every Russian's dream, warm water ports. A lot of warm water ports.

Downside my budget is absolutely fucked and the Japanese aren't happy at all. I'll need to pause the Gangut, despite the fact she'll take nearly 3 years to complete.

Also we renamed the Nymphe. I'm not sure what that means, but I like it. She's going to show the flag in the colonies quite well - 23 knots at the moment is still fast.

I guess the question now Kiwis is what to do next.

 

[NerdShamer]

Reenact the Russo-Japanese War. The Maps are already pissed at you, anyways.

 

[Safir]

Also we renamed the Nymphe. I'm not sure what that means, but I like it. She's going to show the flag in the colonies quite well - 23 knots at the moment is still fast.

"Memory of Mercury".
The original Mercury. [slav runes]
The second Mercury, named in honor of the original.
The Memories, named in honor of the second Mercury: a corvette [slav runes], a cruiser, another cruiser, and a research vessel [no wikipedia article].

 

[Adamska]

So, after years of running away from you after you killed a few capital ships, refusing to build competent shit, keeping half his fucking fleet in drydock, and then being so stupidly stubborn they refused to talk peace, Billy is forcibly deposed from what looks like is still "Imperial" Germany. He is forced to abdicate, give up his newest toy (which probably hurt him the hardest) and you just crushed the Germans' dreams of Empire and gained a firmer hand in China in the process... and a new colony in Africa.

What a fucking buffoon.

Actually, I'm really curious on how Nicky is going to manage Camaroon; Russia never really bothered with the scramble because they were too busy looking eastwards to eating more of china or to the Balkans to care. So managing a colony like that will be new for them.

I do expect a lot of Orthodox Churches being built though, that's for sure. I also expect Old Man Meiji to be getting real nervous since Russia is eating into their sphere and they likely feel like they can't do much to counter it... for now.

 

[Allakazam223]

Break the Japanese spirit.