[eia] French naval reinforcement phase, 09/05

["Kyle H" <menexenus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

    Sorry for the confusion.  Here they are again:

France takes no (visible) action during its naval reinforcement phase.

kdh

----- Original Message -----
From: "J.J. Young" <jjy@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <eia@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 11:15 PM
Subject: [eia] email segregation


> Damn.  I just realized that I deleted (after reading it; no judgement on
> content intended) the email Kyle sent regarding our current discussion,
but
> which also had France's naval reinforcement orders tucked into an obscure
> paragraph.  Since as history monkey, I like to keep the emails recording
all
> events in the game, I would request that everybody keep their _orders_ on
> separate emails from other issues.  Thanks, all.
>
> -JJY
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kyle H" <menexenus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <eia@xxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 10:45 PM
> Subject: Re: [eia] combined movement problem
>
>
> >     I agree that under no circumstances should we take this combined
> > movement snafu to have the consequence that GB, Spain, Prussia, and
Turkey
> > cannot combine their movement.  They are all on each other's lists, and
so
> > their clear desires to combine with one another must be respected.
> However,
> > the group is less clear about its desires to combine with Austria.
> > Unfortunately, that leaves Austria as the odd person out.  (If it's any
> > consolation, I'm sure that Austria's allies won't let that mistake
happen
> > again!  And if you like pseudo-real-world explanations, you could
explain
> > this event by saying that the Austrians initially had trouble adapting
to
> > the immense military bureaucracy required to coordinate the actions of 5
> > different nations.)  I don't see any other solution but to leave Austria
> out
> > of the British Coalition's combined movement.
> >
> > Let me see what they say about this on the EIH mailing list...
> >
> > kdh
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Joel Uckelman" <uckelman@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <eia@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 8:36 PM
> > Subject: [eia] combined movement problem
> >
> >
> > > I need to know how combined movement is going to be handled before I
do
> my
> > > reinforcements. While I agree with Everett that combined movement is
> blind
> > > only out of expedience, the rule also is insufficiently explicit. I
> > propose
> > > the following criteria for dividing groups for combined movement,
giving
> > > the first priority over the second:
> > >
> > > 1. If two powers did not mutually request combined movement, they
cannot
> > > move together.
> > >
> > > 2. The powers should be divided in a way that minimizes the number of
> > > unfulfilled preferences for combined movement.
> > >
> > > Thus, on the supposition that Spain was requesting combined movement
> with
> > only his allies he knew to be in the war:
> > >
> > > Austria may combine movement with neither Prussia, Spain, nor Turkey.
> > > That leaves only Great Britain for Austria to combine with. Should
> Austria
> > > and Great Britain combine, however, no one else can combine with Great
> > Britain. Thus, 6 preferences cannot be fulfilled---3 of GB's, one each
for
> > Prussia, Spain, and Turkey.
> > >
> > > Combining GB with Prussia, Spain, and Turkey yields only five
> unfulfilled
> > preferences: 4 of Austria's, and 1 of GB's.
> > >
> > > If we accept the criteria I suggest, I believe that would dictate that
> > Austria moves alone, as I see no way to reject fewer than 5 expressed
> > preferences.
> > >
> > > --
> > > J.
> > >
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