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The Germans Reinforce this flank before the Russians act on this weakness. The Germans also begin a massive push into the Russian Flank.

The German assault is repulsed within a few days with minimal gain, the Russians having just plain more men and materiel available on the front lines.

USS Maine, alongside a few of her sister ships, approaches the Canal in Nicaragua.

The Germans begin research into Biological Warfare after intensive research into medieval battle techniques. They realize that Diseases might be the way to break through the russian lines and deplete their man power.

The Germans also begin work on new Road systems to help goods and men travel faster inside the country. The Hope is this will let the Kaiser's Soldiers travel to the front much faster than the Russians Can keep up with. This will also allow goods and materials to be shipped with ease inside of Germany.

Other Research is still being conducted.

(1st Roll Bio, Second Gasses, Third Planes, Fourth Tanks, Fifth General Weaponry, Sixth Infrastructure Upgrades.)

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The Biological Research ends in disaster. The German Facility which the tests were going on has received reports of a containment breach. The Germans Quickly act by vaporizing the facility and decontaminating the land around it. The Scientists who escaped are decontaminated and kept in Quarantine for Several Months to avoid the spread of any escaped virus. Construction begins on the a new facility to replace the one which has been destroyed.

The Research into Gasses has given a new suit to keep the body from reacting with the gasses present and allowing german Vapor Soldiers to be put into deeper combat.

The research into Airplanes has several scientists wondering if they can make a mono-wing plane. Research efforts are put onto top priority and the prototype should be finished in Five Years time.

Tanks Receive a much needed boost to their Accuracy and Penetration. They now pose a more Formidable threat on the battle field as unsuspecting russian soldiers realized when one ran their little convoy over.

Not much happens with General Weaponry

The Infrastructure project starts off well. A highway is being built between Berlin and a Key Shipping Port. The Germans take a leaf from the Romans and Redevelop Concrete more suited for roads than buildings.

The Russians still do nothing. France rearranges their troops along the border with Germany, while Britain is nervous. There is much commotion in Nicaragua but nobody is sure what's happened just yet.

The German intelligence in France Sends the Kaiser a message.

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The Germans realize what France is doing and starts to recall their troops from the border and starts to fortify Germany's Borders. Thanks to the new Infrastructure it happens a lot faster than it would normally.

[Assuming what you said today in school is correct...]

The Russian generals see what appears to be a "retreat" and launch a massive attack, aiming to take back their lost territory (and some of Germany's besides).

Russian casualties (as usual) are staggering, but they press on, regaining huge swathes of territory.


It has now become clear what happened in the Americas. The USS Maine, along with a group of US air- and sea-based ships, attempted to pass through (or attack, depending on the version of the story) the Canal. The ship was sunk by a Confederate torpedo, which invited retaliation from the US Navy and started a brief if violent battle that ended in the destruction of the US flotilla.

TR to the Confederates:


The CSA's allies, the Republic of Deseret and the Dominion of Canada, are quick to back it up and Britain's focus moves off the Continent to North America, where Yankee troops pour into Virginia, Sequoyah and Ontario.

(OK, this looks like a good time to join in as the Ottomans of course)

Mehmed V had just taken the seat of power (after his father died of disease), but he had trouble asserting his power. Mehmed begins selling oil wells in his Arab territory (modern day Kuwait only) to foreign investors and countries [if they want oil], the oil wells being taxed of course, for the construction of telegraph/phone lines and road networks to unify the Ottoman empire. Some of the funds are also spent on a national police force to try to get rid of corruption. Also the Ottomans seem content on staying neutral in European and the recent American battles...

The United States immediately offers to buy said oil wells. The British send an ambassador urging the Ottomans not to accept. Conveniently he arrives on a Royal Navy battleship, intended as a not-all-that-subtle clue.

The Ottoman Empire tries to create a compromise between the two sides, stating that the American Government does't get the oil well, but individual American and British (if they want) can buy the oil wells (the Ottomans don't care from where the $ comes). The two sides have yet to agree in this diplomatic mess...

The Germans offer to buy some oil wells from the Ottoman Empire before the British and the Americans have a chance to respond.

Meanwhile on the Russian Front, The German Trap is activated by some silly russian idiot. (Up to jeff to decide how) And sets a mile wide explosion and fire wall trap spanning the whole Front. The Russians are Greatly Devastated.

And a German Diplomate sends a message to Russia Asking for a peaceful end to this war. Both sides have suffered much, and this war is only devastating the people who live in between.

The Russians, in turn, demand painfully large reparations for the damage caused by "German aggression."

The Americans offer trade agreements with the Ottomans for oil. Meanwhile the fronts on the American continent have degenerated rapidly into static trench warfare, with the exception of the Deseret front which goes well for the Americans.

The Germans point out to the Russians, that the ones who started this mess were the hungarians, and if the Russians would like, Germany would help to remove this mess. The GErmans also agree to give back any claimed land.

Meanwhile in Damaged russian towns, German Care packages rain from the sky. (With parachutes so as not to kill anyone)

The Germans also finish training Lenon and send him back to Russian in Secret.

The planes/airships delivering the care packages are shot at, for predictably obvious reasons. The Russian Army continues its devastating roll west across Central Europe. Russian troops have arrived at the borders of Germany and Austria in places.

The Americans burn Salt Lake City.

The Ottomans offer the Germans most of Kuwait's northern oil wells in return for $40 million, but point out to the Germans that the companies will be subject to Ottoman law and if they break certain Ottoman laws the companies will be seized without refund by court if found guilty. Shipping to Kuwait (the city) is free. Similar deals are sent to the British and Americans where the Americans will get some of the western oil wells while the British will get some of the southern wells.

Ottomans also are funding explorations of the Pyramids and tombs in Egypt. Artifacts will be shown in the Cairo Museum. (I don't know if I am supposed to roll for successful digs...)

[Not really game-altering, so no rolls needed.]

The Americans and British are quick to accept. A meeting of the British government debates the merits of attacking and seizing the American wells.

In the Pacific Ocean, the Empire of Japan is pursuing a massive naval construction program. Their fleet currently rivals that which the two other Pacific powers can field in the area, and is expanding rapidly.

The Germans also accept.

When the Russians reach the german boarder They are met with more force than any time previously before. The Germans were ready. Their Road net is allowing them to keep their troops well fed and full of equipment. German artillery fires back. Germans also deploy new weaponry.


Meanwhile the Germans Double their Research speed. (1st Infrastructure Upgs, 2nd Tanks, 3rd Aeroplanes, 4th Airships, 5th Gasses, 6th General Weaponry, and 7th Body Armor)

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1st: The Germans fail to make a road through a swamp.

2nd: The German Tanks get a new more accurate Gun. This renders the almost useless Panzer into a new deadly light. The Upgds go out swiftly due to the infrastructure works.

3rd: Aeroplanes do not change much.

4th and 5th: Some Stupid German scientist experimented with a Hydrogen Air ship. They sent it to combat the Russians, and it exploded over the Russian line, crashing into Russian stuff.

6th: (Here it comes because no one has specified) The Germans Develop True automatic machine guns. They are no longer those hand cranked ones, these ones are smaller, more able to be carried by Infantry, and are now being mass produced in alarming numbers. The German Infantry receive a much needed Boost to Moral.

7th: A Scientist in Germany Develops a better form of Body armor. They have tested the armor for quite some time and consider it 60% effective. (more than any other armor at this time) The Germans Deploy this armor along with the New Guns.

The Russians, by virtue of sheer amount of troops, tanks and guns, roll the Germans back at an excruciatingly slow pace. Corpses of soldiers from both sides lie in heaps (more of them wearing Russian uniforms than Germans) as a staggering amount of blood is spilled.

A Russian ambassador is sent to France. The French have broken off diplomatic relations with Germany following the German refusal of Russian terms.

The Ottomans start building their east in case Japan gets any ideas and west navy in case the Ottomans will have to fight in a European battle (the one in the Mediteranian and the one in the Gulf of Persia). Also the Ottomans send a diplomat to Persia in order to gain their alliance while lowering all tarrifs in all port cities along the Arabian Peninsula on Persian traders. The Ottomans also try to keep the British from attacking the American wells and makes the Suez Canal open (tax free) for all government owned ships by the British. In addition the Ottomans ask the British for a agreement on lowering tarrifs on each other's products.