Quote from: rpietila on April 19, 2016, 03:46:09 PM

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Coronation Details

Year: 1640
Venue: The Hall of Mirrors, Palace of Versailles, 7-C

Invited: All the Heads of the Noble Houses in the peerages of Crypto Kingdom and the counties claimed, all the Barons, Baronets and Knights in the peerage of Crypto Kingdom (heads of clans only), foreign dignitaries near and far, small quota for distinguished commoners.

R.S.V.P. to the thread or as ingame message directly to Char_id = 1 (Crown) no later than March 1640, and have everything ready by May 1640.

1. Carriage, Suits

Contact HH of North Face directly for best quality suits. It is possible to show up in plain blue, if you cannot afford better.

RWWC will soon list a few carriages for latecomers. The buying round has ended and the ones who purchased, will get theirs promptly as well.

2. Pistol shooting contest

Gemstones will be awarded for the best pistol shooters. The shooting is subdivided to 2 disciplines:
- Horseback on gallop with 2 pistols (likens to jousting but with dummy targets)
- Standing sharpshooter with 1 pistol.

In Horseback, the results are based on:
- quality of horse
- experience with horse & age (canceling out, so every age is at equal footing)
- SCI spend (training)
The contestant needs to have his own horse + 2 pistols.

In Sharpshooter, the results are based on:
- age (after about 50, the vision gives a slight disadvantage)
- SCI spend (training)

Results will give:
- prizes (gems)
- points towards Marksmanship skill
- titles, honors, military promotions, etc.

3. Coronet

Collect the materials and gems needed for your coronet asap! The feature for converting them to coronet will be opened to Ultima platform. Coronets are part of the Treasury of every noble house, but they can be liquidated (broken into constituent pieces and sold if needed) easily. The "risk" in making a coronet is limited to the IC cost of labor, typically just 20-100 IC!

A princely/ducal coronet is 8-16 royal gemstones (the ones in existence including pearl, excluding jade and amber), and 250-750 CKG.

A knightly coronet is 0-1 gemstones, pearls, possibly jade and amber, and 150-750 CKS.

Any other noble coronet is somewhere in between, based on rank and wealth.

As soon as the big stone auction is over (a few hours), King will show at least the plans of his Crown, to show the example.

4. Coronation present wishlist

Our Royal Majesty has everything, but due to the constraints of time and artistic talent (the latter of which our esteemed father had, the former even less) the treasuries of the Royal House are void of valuables. Jewelry and pieces of Art are most appreciated. It is already possible to give presents and in fact, due to so many things happening around the coronation itself, we appreciate giving them in connection with the R.S.V.P.

Syksy is available to convert from IC, contact him via IRC or ingame message.

5. Battle Aquilae can again be had!!!

COA-x items are Battle Aquilas, given to distinguished military units. The last time there was possibility to get them was in 1599. During coronation, owing to our excellent prowess in destroying the army of "the boy-king" Prince Boguslaw in Plath and Ironlock (he knows them with different names), everyone who fulfills the requirements will get a Battle Aquila dated 1640. The requirements are:

- Army unit in question must consist of at least 2 officers, 2 NCOs and 6 PTEs.
- It needs to have at least 4 weapons (CANN, MKT, PIS)
- It needs minimum 2*H2 or better
- The unit must have existed continuously since 1630, or if not, will have to exist until 1650 (for the total of 10 years anyway)
- Existing units that already have Aquilas, will be excluded unless they are large, in what case extra Aquilas may be given at my discretion
- 5 mil cost per eagle will be billed to cover the manufacturing cost of IC and CKG
- 1640 model Aquila gives +10 points to Command, and the bonus is permanent and unencumbered and stacks with all other bonuses.

6. Campaign Medal inaugurated

To placate the ones who support our glorious Army, Campaign Medal is started. It is a copper token that is awarded in 5 classes:

5 Commander Heroic Merit
4 Commander Special Merit
3 Commander Bravery
2 Special Merit
1 Bravery

The numbers are of course inverse (Commander Heroic Merit is the highest class), but they tell the number of tokens to be awarded. Each military campaign, backdated to the Campaign on the River in 1623, will yield medals directly to the commanders and also to soldiers (deposited to their owners). The tokens are all fungible, ensuring collectibility value in the future with a million military enthusiast players. Highest class conveys the attribute Heroic to the player character.

At present we have 1 ongoing campaign, lead by Sir Crichton with troops from the RCA, his own, and the Marquess of Grass. The objective (afaik) is to liberate Ironlock based on the locals' request.

Action in the north and FS siege without declaration of war, casualties nor even shots fired, do not count as campaigns.