Event
Capture of the Santa Catarina
One of our ships has been seized by vile Low Franconian merchants. The Admiral who boarded our ship is claiming it for their enterprise under the pretense that the Seas are free and therefore everyone has the right to claim the ship. Meanwhile, our merchants argue, that the Santa Catarina was anchored in Portuguese waters and urge us to demand the return of the ship and cargo.
PortugalCountrydynamic historical event.tagLow FranconianCultureimmediate, triggerEvent chain
Each event is fired by the one it is nested under; the line below it says which choice leads there and when.
- Capture of the Santa Catarina
- Capture of Santa Catarina↳ Option A “Request the return of the cargo!” · right away
- The Dutch Keep Cargo↳ Option A “The cargo is rightfully ours!” · right away
- The Dutch Return Cargo↳ Option B “Return the cargo.” · right away
Definitionin_game/events/DHE/flavor_por.txt:4946
4947hide_portraits = yes
4948type = country_event
4949title = flavor_por.1000.title Capture of the Santa Catarina
4950desc = flavor_por.1000.desc One of our ships has been seized by vile Low Franconian merchants. The Admiral who boarded our ship is claiming it for their enterprise under the pretense that the Seas are free and therefore everyone has the right to claim the ship. Meanwhile, our merchants argue, that the Santa Catarina was anchored in Portuguese waters and urge us to demand the return of the ship and cargo.
4951outcome = neutral
4953fire_only_once = yes
4954dynamic_historical_event = {
}
4961trigger = {
4962num_of_ports > 0
4964any_market_with_merchants = {
4965location.sub_continent = sub_continent:south_east_asia
4967any_merchant_in_market = {
}
}
}
4976illustration_tags = {
497710 = angry
497810 = exterior
}
4981immediate = {
}
4983random_market_with_merchants = {
4984limit = {
4985location.sub_continent = sub_continent:south_east_asia
4986any_merchant_in_market = {
}
}
4994random_merchant_in_market = {
4995limit = {
}
5001save_scope_as = dutch_enemy
}
}
}
5020historical_info = flavor_por.1000.historical_info The Portuguese carrack Santa Catarina was captured in February 1603 off the coast of Singapore by three ships of the Dutch East India Company (V.O.C.). The cargo, worth 2.2 million guilders, doubled the capital of the V.O.C., but the legality of keeping the prize was questionable under Dutch statute and led to protests from Portugal. The incident was a contributing reason for the Dutch-Portuguese War that lasted between 1602 and 1663.