Archipelago – Late Summer, 1827 – New Moderator Position Open

[SWAT One]

The underground sewers are very confusing and extremely hard to get through. Traps are laid beforehand in this situation.

We got the maps of the sewers when we took over the city offices, of course.  The soldiers are given oil lamps that are made to shine dimly, enough to illuminate the surrounding area, but not enough to alert the terrorists from too far away.

The troops are instructed to stay on any walkways and are to travel in groups of 8, and are spaced out conservatively, within view of each other.  Since the sewers are made of brick or stone, it is obvious that traps cannot be laid in walls unless the mortar is replaced, something that the soldiers are instructed to stay away from.

Due to the reverberance of the tunnels, they stop at predefined times at random intervals and listen for the terrorists to set traps.  This seems to work, and groups of 2-4 terrorists are engaged and killed using this method.

Soldiers are given blunderbusses and are given bayonets for their muskets.  Others are given lances.


A severe winter storm blows in, and anything without cover is expected to have frostbite.  The snow quickly piles up 2 feet high, and it is expected to rise overnight.

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[Badger]

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[SWAT One]

In your conflict or mine?

Also due to the region of the world this is in, heavy rifles are given to one member of the group for shooting alligators and snakes and I wonder why the terrorists thought it would be a good idea to come down here.  A pike is also given to a ninth member of the party.

[CypherX]

Kyrevan soldiers are instructed to stay in trenches or houses with roofs. Some of the more hardy sharpshooters use the starkly white colour of their uniforms to their advantage, being able to hide almost undetectable in the high snow, though most just try to stay warm. Soldiers take to using their rationed alcohol to create small fires to keep themselves warm. Flank troops dig in.

Efforts are made to make trenches in the snow to keep movement unhindered.

[Agent Legit 22]

The resistance group sees that they are close to their base, so they surrender.

[SWAT One]

The terrorists are instructed to throw their weapons at their feet.  Bright oil lamps are brought in to illuminate the terrorists, who are kept at gunpoint, so they don't try anything.  They are arrested, tied up, and brought to a high-security prison where they await trial.  They are told that they may plead guilty and serve 15 years in prison or 15 years as an indentured servant working in the mines of Drulland.  If they plead not guilty, and are found guilty, they are to serve 20 years in either sentence.  Parole in either cases is nonexistent.  They may also plead execution by firing squad.

[Badger]

In your conflict or mine?

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[Plethora]

Telar, seeing that things in the North continue to boil over, enters a state preparatory to war.  This does not mean that Telar is going to war; this does not mean that Telar will go to war; this does not mean that Telar plans to go to war; it just means that the Teleri military forces are on heightened readiness.

Telar's Intelligence Ministry is given permission to collect intelligence on industry and its tools in Vlast.  Their permissions extend as far as delivering industrial tools or their blueprints to Telar, and the questioning or kidnapping of any Vlascovite workers with any industrial experience deemed useful in Telar, particularly if it's experience Teleri workers do not have.

[SWAT One]

The winter storm stops, with snow now resting 7 feet high.

In the trenches, the covers for the snow created a decent barrier to keep the snow out, however, the covers, under 6-7 feet of snow, find that the heat from the bodies below has caused the snow to melt.  Icy water, leaking into the trenches, has both given soldiers hypothermia, and has also allowed for the spread of dyssentary (soldiers had no dry place to defecate for days) to many soldiers.  In addition to this, many soldiers have also died of suffocation in what has come to be called "The Icy Tomb.". The snow is still about 6 feet over the trenches, but as the storm stopped, it is melting into the trenches even faster.

In Vlastcovite cities, food and medical supplies run out at some of the outer posts, and many die from frostbite, starvation, etc.  Those that had access the food and medical supply depots seemed to bear with this fine, however, as visibility became limited, some Vlastcovites fell victim to their own traps.  Mobility is extremely limited.

In Dudal, the natives, who are used to being exposed to the elements, have taken shelter and succeeded in doing so.  The Asturan forces, forced back to camp, are pitted against the elements, and lose a good number to frostbite, but are for the most part unaffected, as the storm seems to have hit more mildly.

In the western UEK, lines of communication are cut off at many places.  Supply veins, as well, are also temporarily thwarted.  Construction on the bridge that was recently blown up was almost finished, but had to be halted for the storm.  Once the snow is cleared from the site and the rest of the rail line, the project can be finished.

Off the shore, sea ice becomes common, and in many cases, blocks ships from being able to reach land.  The inlet with the two Kremlins on either side freezes over enough to allow movement over the surface of the ice (save for about 3 feet of snow on the top of it, which limits artillery movement).

[Juncoph]

In Dudal, the natives, who are used to being exposed to the elements, have taken shelter and succeeded in doing so.  The Asturan forces, forced back to camp, are pitted against the elements, and lose a good number to frostbite, but are for the most part unaffected, as the storm seems to have hit more mildly.

...but astura's in the same region as dudal

there is no way in hell they'd be unfamiliar with the cold

[SWAT One]

Not saying that a LOT of the Asturans died of frostbite.  Like maybe 4 per every 100.

[Juncoph]

Not saying that a LOT of the Asturans died of frostbite.  Like maybe 4 per every 100.

that would be 1200

[SWAT One]

Those in Dudal are tribal peoples who literally live out in it every year.  Those in Astura are those who live in first-world-type homes through most of the year.  The Dudal people have their usual cases of frostbite, but it is minimized because year-in and year-out they deal with it, and they know what to do.

I should clarify.  The death toll shouldn't be 4/100.  That would be more like put out of action due to frostbite, up to the severity of death, but not including death.

[Mr. Hurricane]

Sieges of Kremlin Alexei and Kremlin Czesław cease. There have been few casualties. The Elmics have done nothing more than run out of ammunition. There is also the issue of sea ice.

Casualties over the winter are high. The Vlastcovite army barely kept up in recruitment efforts to compensate for casualty losses. The Great Patriotic War rolls over into yet another year. The marines are long gone, having left, though the damage is done. Vlast has few port facilities at which to receive foreign aid.

[CypherX]

Couple things.

These guys weren't packed in to the trenches like a human pig pen; body heat would at most cause slight runoff and wet snow, which in winter conditions would freeze back up very quickly, added to the fact that these trenches had some ventilation in the form of doors. The thick plywood that the covers are made of also does not radiate heat well.

That brings me to my next point; why would snow be melting fast? It's still in the winter, yes?

As I said with the doors, the soldiers dug trenches in the snow to keep movement between the line and behind them open. Suffocation would occur in very rare incidents of trench collapse, maybe.


Casualties in the trenches are somewhat significant, with about 28,000 in total falling victim to minor to medium cases of frostbite or dysentery. Many soldiers avoid anything more than wet boots by keeping on the move or returning to sheltered bases behind the lines via the snow trenches. Few soldiers of those 28 ,000 die and most are put out of action for a couple months. Dysentery is a problem but if tackled early it isn't as bad.

Replacement uniforms and boots are handed out, and men dig inclines and small channels to designated drainage areas. Plywood is placed over the channels so men don't step in to it.

Dry bathrooms are worked on, but for now the only options are those behind the lines or makeshift ones in the lines.