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The event Turkish Battleships: The<br />
battleships Sultan Selim and Reshadieh<br />
have been purchased in Britain by Turkey,<br />
and their construction has just finished.<br />
They are awaiting delivery. The Entente<br />
player must announce whether or not<br />
Great Britain will honor the contract.<br />
● If yes, Turkey receives its naval BB<br />
squadron unit as a reinforcement in<br />
August 14 and Great Britain receives<br />
the BB Agincourt squadron with only<br />
2 battleships. In exchange, the<br />
Entente obtains a -1<br />
diplomatic bonus on Turkey.<br />
● If no, Great Britain keeps the ships<br />
and receives the BB Agincourt<br />
squadron with 4 battleships, and<br />
Turkey receives nothing. In such a<br />
case, the Central Powers have a +1 diplomatic bonus on Turkey.<br />
3. The Placement of Embassies (Amb)<br />
Each major power begins with diplomats, real ones and decoys (the latter<br />
having a 0 value), as follows:<br />
● France: Amb 2 + Amb 1 + one 0 (decoy)<br />
● Russia: Amb 1 + Amb 1 + one 0 (decoy)<br />
● Great Britain: Amb 1 + Amb 1 (even if neutral) + one 0 (decoy)<br />
● Germany: Amb 2 + Amb 1 + Amb 1 + two 0 (decoys)<br />
● Austria: Amb 1 + Amb 1 + one 0 (decoy)<br />
All these diplomats start in their respective nation’s capitals. Each side may<br />
send a maximum of 2 Amb per target nation. These Amb may be placed in<br />
any country (including Serbia). Later on in this phase, most neutral<br />
countries will undergo an automatic Diplomatic Test (See 8. to 13. below).<br />
4. The Goeben Battlecruiser<br />
Another historical event occurs. The German player must decide if his BC<br />
Goeben naval unit, which is currently in the Mediterranean, seeks refuge in<br />
Constantinople (Turkey) or in Pola (Austria-Hungary). For the ship to go to<br />
Turkey, a test is made on that nation, influenced by whether Germany has<br />
granted the gold loan, and whether Great Britain has delivered the<br />
warships (the two actions cancel each other out). There is a roughly 50%<br />
chance that Turkey will say yes, before the above modifiers are taken into<br />
account.<br />
86 World War One: La Grande Guerre 1914-1918<br />
● If Turkey allows the Goeben in Constantinople, and Germany chooses<br />
this action, then Germany cedes the Goeben to Turkey and obtains a<br />
further extra +1 diplomatic bonus on Turkey. The BC Goeben<br />
squadron changes “hands” and is renamed BC Yavuz Selim, and<br />
German admiral Souchon is now the new commander of the Turkish<br />
fleet.<br />
● If Germany elects not to send its BC to Constantinople, the<br />
Goeben must return to Pola (in Austria-Hungary). It is integrated<br />
into the Scout Austrian warfleet (Kreuzer). Souchon is still in<br />
command.<br />
Note on Goeben’s movement: in both cases, it is automatic and no<br />
interception is possible.<br />
5. Ultimatum to Serbia and the War<br />
Serbia must respond to the Austrian ultimatum. A Diplomatic<br />
Test immediately takes place (even if no player has placed any AMB in<br />
Serbia).<br />
● Normally, Serbia refuses one of the ultimatum’s points and<br />
Austria-Hungary declares war on her. In rare instances (Austrian<br />
Option), Serbia accepts all of the ultimatum’s points and becomes a<br />
vassal of Austria-Hungary, but war still breaks out (because Russia<br />
refuses to accept the fact!)<br />
● In all of the situations, war breaks out and the Diplomatic chain<br />
reactions are tested.
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