>>5878731The Capitals name is Bernholm. Its a city built into the top of a mountain by the original founders of the Volkovians.
Diplomacy. The diplomat's of the 1st, accompanied by a detachment of engineers would attempt to approach the Attuners peacefully, extending the classic olive branch the diplomats offer open trade with the attuners as well as assured righst to all their currently settled lands within the growing empire, should they also prove to wish to grow further within the empire they would be allowed to earn citizenship though special service within the imperial military, to which point completion of a tour of service will grant them full citizenship and the opportunity to study at any of the scholas within the empire.
Should they act irrationally, then other experiences will be shared with the attuners.
Action 1: Large Family incentives.
women and family's are encouraged via religious sermons and governmental ways to have more children espousing that it is closer to the way of their gods to grow large family's as well as the government being more favorable to those with many children in taxation as well as land sales.
Action 2: Industrial Expansion- Gross plate & Standard issue Weapons
working hand in hand with the mining guilds and with work reformers, two new 'factories' are built in Bernholm.
the first being the KWA or Kruger Werk Armorers And their development of the 'Gross Plate' a cheap alternative using slightly lower quality steel with none of the finery or fillegry of knightly plate, it can be somewhat mass produced to begin arming the trained infantry
the second factory of this expansion is the VAC, or the Volkovian Arms Company. much like the KWA they produce standard, no frills weapons by the wagon loads. Spears, Swords, and shields are their bread and butter..
LORE: Diary of Erik 'Blondie' Diehl
Anno V
We celebrated the passing of the year as we found ourselves once more un alone in these lands. The Attuners they called themselves, strange folk those lot, hells we damn near walked smack though one of their villages before we realized what we were doing. from what's been passed down the chain of command they aren't much for us human folk, but hey.. were not much for folk that can change the countryside based off of how they are feelin.. but they could be useful. lets just hope the bloody Diplomats dont cock it up. in other bright news, seems that the homeland has been prosperous, we have been getting some fresh recruits. and deliveries of weapons, hell even some armor has been making its way to us, all of it looks the same, not that im complaining, id rather have steel covering my hide than none.
Either way, its up to the gods to decide weather or not these local types bite at the carrot.. or if were going to have to test these new weapons and armor so soon.
(Pic Related, New gross plate and weapons on standard spearman)
