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“I will explain these marks on the map, <span class="mu-i">Signore</span>,” Antonia leaned forward and snuffed out the cigarette on the ashtray on your desk. “They are abstract, of course, but are not generously so. They are reasonable low estimates. The only reliable kind these days.”
>The first important resource is money, coin, wealth, under the Vitelian Silver Libra. Money is a multifaceted resource, able to be used to buy and bribe, but also necessary to upkeep anything that requires such things as wages or maintenance. On the map, it is marked with an o symbol.
>The second resource is Manpower, MP. This represents willing recruits and allies to your cause that are outside of particular obligation such as, say, operating the economy. Anything that requires people to do, requires Manpower. Unlike other resources, in this current phase, Manpower is static, rather than a per-turn income, though opportunities to secure more or extract more from territory will occur. Manpower is marked with an i symbol.
>The third vital resource is Armaments. Armaments are important to provide the means for any violent action, or to threaten with them, or defend against them. Most importantly, they equip militant units, which are the actual means of doing such, and accumulating them is important in maintaining such units and their operations. Armament income is marked with an x symbol.
>Taking control of a region grants access to its total resource output. In order to control a region, you must control of over half of its Vital Settlements including its capital- often towns or cities.
>Each “Turn” takes place over the course of two weeks, though events may interrupt this normal flow if your personal attention is required/requested.
“That should be everything for now,” Antonia said with a sigh, “As far as larger scale matters go. We can break for a while before I tell you how our “forces” can be employed. You will, of course, not be leading them personally. You have better things to do.”
“I’d appreciate a break, yes,” you said, “If you don’t have plans, Antonia, would you like to come over and have dinner with my family? They’ve not had much chance to meet their relatives yet.”
It had been a friendly gesture, but Antonia had a slight curl of the lip that implied annoyance unsaid. “…I would rather not meet your mountainfolk, <span class="mu-i">Signore</span> Bonaventura. I believe you should avoid reference to them in general when doing this work.”
“Explain.” Though you already had an idea of it, you wanted to hear how she would put it. Especially since you hadn’t actually said yourself that Yena was a Nief’yem.
“Speaking freely, most of the hill folk would find your choice of relation distasteful at best, regardless of the presence of green-hairs within the boundaries of Greater Vitelia. Most consider their loyalties divided and their beliefs to be but a sleight of hand to conceal outright Earth Paganry.”
