· 9 years ago · Dec 31, 2016, 12:24 PM
1Steam Revolution
2Players; Red: The Society/DM
3 Blue: French Empire |HoS: Louis-Napoleon
4 Teal: Union State |HoS: General John McAllister
5 Purple: German Empire |HoS: Kaiser Adalbert I von Hohenzollern
6 Yellow: Empire of Al-Qadaf |HoS: Sultan Abdulkarim V
7 Orange: Italian State |HoS: Consul Giuseppe Garibaldi
8 Green: Ottoman Empire |HoS: Sultan Abdulhamid II
9 Pink: British Empire |HoS : Queen Victoria I
10 Gray: Austria HoS: |Kaiser Franz Ferdinand I
11 LB: Denmark-Norway |HoS: King Christan XII
12 DG: Tsardom of Russia |HoS: Tsar Aleksandr III
13 Brown: Empire of Mexico |HoS: Emperor Maximillian II of Mexico.
14
15TL;DR:
16Granada does not get annexed by Castille, proceeds to resurge
17Ottoman Empire defeats the Austrians in the 18th century and annexes Croatia-Dalmatia, loses territory to Russia as historically occured.
18Neo Steam Engine sees the profileration of advanced weapons, ships, aircraft and tanks by 1890 worldwide.
19Denmark-Norway defeats Sweden and takes Finland and the Baltic.
20Electricity is discovered by Nikola Tesla, but is dismissed in favour of the Steam Engine
21Instead of Napoleon, a German general takes over and tries to unite the German people but is defeated in 1812. Anschluss between Austria and the Reich
22forbidden.
23Mexico annexes it's pre 1848 territories and establishes a Confederate puppet state with French help
24Franz Josef is killed by a Polish terrorist. Franz Ferdinand inherits in 1897
25
26Timeline
271468: Arab scholar and engineer Hassan bin Al-Qadaf emigrates from the Mamluke Sultanate to the Emirate of Granada on invitation from the Granadan Emir
28to construct fortifications within the Emirate
291482: Granada War begins in Iberia.
301485: Castillian artillery, of which the Spanish were already short of, captured at the Battle of Algeciras. Siege of Malaga repelled with
31captured artillery
321486: Fall of Cordoba to Granadan forces, aided by troops from Morocco
331487: Signing of the Treaty of Olvera
34
3516th Century
361501: Death of Hassan bin Al-Qadaf
371523: Granadan Resurgence begins, 2nd Granadan war ensues, Toledo conquered
381525: Defeat of the united forces of Castille, Aragon-Navarra and Portugal at the Battle of Valencia.
391526: Signing of the Treaty of Cadiz
401545: The majority of Italian states, with the exception of German-ruled Tirol, leave the Holy Roman Empire
411567: Venice conquers Milan and Parma, whilst reducing Genoa to a shadow of it's former self in the Po River War
42
43
4417th Century
451690: First use of the steam engine in the city of Toledo, which had been conquered by Granada in the Resurgence of 1523
46
4718th Century
481700-1701: Great Northern War begins, alongside the War of Iberian succession. The United Crowns of Iberia, Holy Roman Empire and England would fight
49France and the Netherlands to determine whether a Habsburg, or Bourbon would rule Northern Iberia. Meanwhile, the Swedish Empire, Polish-Lithuanian
50Commonwealth and Tsardom of Russia would engage in a three way battle as the conflict spreads to Poland as well.
511703: Granadan conquest of the North African coast west of Tunis.
521705: Morocco submits to Granada as a vassal state
531707: Moroccan rebellion crushed by Granadan troops. Morocco annexed.
541708: Formation of the Empire of Al-Qadaf, named in honour of the man who allowed Granada to survive the Granadan War (referred to as Kadath by Europeans)
551711: Al-Qadaf invades the United Crowns of Iberia, turning the War of Iberian succession into a three way conflict.
561712: Al-Qadaf troops fortify themselves on the Pyreenes, whilst maintaining control of the Mediterranean through an uneasy pact with the Barbary Corsairs
571714: Signing of the Armistice of Utrecht between the Grand Alliance (Iberia, HRE, England) and the French and Dutch, both sides agree to a pact
58to drive the Al-Qadaf Empire from Iberia.
591716: Franco-Dutch-Alliance forces beaten back at the Pyreenes Miracle, beleguared Empire of Al-Qadaf sues for peace. Unsure whether victory will be
60possible, the signatories of the Armistice of Utrecht sign the Treaty of Bordeaux with the Empire of Al-Qadaf on December 30th
611717: Formalisation of the borders agreed upon at the Treaty of Bordeaux Al-Qadaf annexes the entirety of Iberia save Catalonia, where Louis XIV's
62grandson is made King of Catalonia in exchange for being disqualified from the line of succession
631721: Tsardom of Russia formally surrenders to combined Polish and Swedish forces. Sweden annexes St.Petersburg and Karelia, but pays a terrible cost
64in both manpower and wealth to win the war
651722: Taking advantage of Swedish weakness, and Danish dominance of the Skaggerak, the Scandinavian Conflict begins. Danish troops land in Helsinki.
661724: Denmark annexes Northern Finland, as well as the Baltic from the Swedes
67
681751: Steam engine gains rapidly in popularity within the Empire of Al-Qadaf.
691773: Signing of the Treaty of Kucuk Kaynarca between the Ottoman Empire and Tsardom of Russia.
701778: Jannisaries overthrow Sultan Selim III and replace him with 9th son from his 2nd wife, aged 13, as Sultan Abdulhamid I.
711779: Miraculous victory at the battle of Belgrade by Ottoman forces. Austrians pushed back across the Danube.
721780: Ottoman defeat in the Battle, and concurrent Siege of Sevastopol. Grand Vizier Koca Yusuf Pasha captured.
731781: Treaty of Sistova, Ottoman Empire annexes Croatia-Dalmatia from Austria.
741782: Treaty of Iasi, Ottoman Empire cedes lands East of Bessarabia to Russia
751786: Steam Revolution occurs within the Empire of Al-Qadaf.
761789: German Revolution. Led by the Hohenzollerns of Brandenburg-Prussia, the German states, with the exception of Baden, Wurttemburg and Bavaria
77form the German Empire.
781791: The Bruderkrieg begins, Austrians smashed by combined North German forces at the battle of Austerlitz.
791792: Austria allows Baden, Wurttemburg and Bavaria to join the German Empire. Austria itself is barred from entry to the union so long as it maintains
80it's non-German territories
811798: Pan-Germanism spreads throughout the newly formed German Empire
82
8319th Century
841805: Pan Germanist coup led by Karl von Klausewitz sees Wilhelm I reduced to a puppet. Great German War begins as the German Reich declares war on Austria.
851806: Austrian forces repel the Germans at the Second Battle of Austerlitz.
861807: Coup within the Austrian Landwehr sees Franz II of Austria deposed and replaced by incapable son Ferdinand I. Austria and Bohemia joins the German
87Reich in perpetual union.
881808: Klausewitz invades France, Russia and Denmark-Norway with the intention of annexing Poland, the Baltic, Alsace-Lorraine and St.Petersburg.
891809: The Triple Alliance is formed between the defenders. Formation of the Neo Steam Engine in Al-Qadaf, the new Capital of the Empire of Al-Qadaf
901811: Russia capitulates to the German Reich
911812: Karl von Klausewitz defeated and forced to resign post as Chancellor by Franco-Danish forces at the Battle of Hannover.
921813: Karl von Klausewitz takes over as Chancellor of the German Reich yet again. French, Danish and British forces are sent to depose him yet again
931814: Karl von Klausewitz defeated by Wellington at the Battle of Waterloo in Flanders as he marches to Calais to intercept British troops before
94they arrive in force
951815: Congress of Konstantiniyye sees the German Empire reduced to it's post 1792 borders. Austria and Bohemia are banned from anschluss with Germany in
96perpetuity. Danes cede Schelswig-Holstein to the German Empire but gain trade concessions in the Baltic from Russia, Sweden and Germany. Official
97end of the HRE. Holy Roman Emperor Franz II is restored to the Austrian throne and crowned Franz I of the Austrian Empire. The partition of Poland is
98renegotiated, with borders swapped, mainly between the Reich and Russia. Concert of Europe established, with the balance of power mainly put on ensuring
99the strength of states surrounding Germany.
1001822: Neo Steam Engine spreads from Al-Qadaf to the rest of Europe, save Russia and the Balkans.
1011831: Establishment of the Engine City of Algiers. The capital of Al-Qadaf moves from the Iberian Peninsula to North Africa accordingly.
1021854: Establishment of the Engine City of Baghdad, as well as the Auspicious Incident.
103Auspicious Incident of 1854 leads to the disbandment of the Jannisary corps after Abdulhamid I's death at the age of 88 in 1853. Engine weapons smuggled
104in from Al-Qadaf see the Young Ottomans and their Cedit forces massacre the last Jannisaries in Istanbul.
1051855: Abdulmecid I officially coronated as Ottoman Sultan.
1061857: Great Britain manages to be the first non-Muslim country to establish an Engine City as well as make diplomatic contact with Al-Qadaf
107over the Pyreenes for the first time in 100 years.
1081860:Bourbon Monarchy overthrown by Bonaparte General Louis-Napoleon who establishes the French Empire. Limited trade over the Pyreenes between Al-Qadaf
109and France see the slow implementation of Engine weaponry. Beggining of the American Civil War after attempted coup by Southern Senators to overthrow
110Lincoln end in him proclaiming himself Dictator.
1111861: France intervenes in Mexico and installs Maximillian I as Emperor of Mexico to ensure payment of debts owed by the Republic to Britain, Al-Qadaf and
112France are paid.
1131864: Engine weapons smuggled to the Confederacy from Al-Qadaf see the American Civil War turn in favour of the Confederacy.
1141865: The Treaty of Gettysburg sees the South secede from the Union.
1151868: With French and Austrian backing, the Empire of Mexico annexes the territories west of the Missisipi River from the Confederacy
116and annexes the West Coast of the Union.
1171869: Baden-Wurttemburg designated as an Engine Industrial District known as the Black Forest. Engine weaponry becomes widespread, with France, Al-Qadaf
118and the Ottoman Empire maintaining the edge in weapons technology.
1191892: A secret engine experiment by American capitalists in New York City end in the Great Disappeareance. New York City and it's population of one
120and a half million are wiped off the map. Destruction of the New York Stock Exchange sends the North into a Great Depression.
1211895: The West India Company is established by the British Empire, for no discernable purpose whatsoever.
1221897: Rumours begin to spread of a secret society of revolutionaries within the Darkest Corners of Europe, who hold considerable influence within Europe
123and are rumoured to have caused the Great Disappeareance. Assassination of Kaiser Franz-Josef and his son by a Polish terrorist.
1241898: RP begins here