EventAcross the pillars
The Silver Train Is Late
Word comes down to the quay that the season's great mule train from Silver Source has not arrived. Somewhere on the long road from the interior it has been set upon — the bars of Silver lie scattered along the highland trail, the muleteers driven off, and the crown's wealth is stranded a hundred leagues from the sea.
The holds are only half full, and Target Leader must decide whether the fleet can afford to recover the rest.
Fired by
Flota de Nueva EspañaExpeditionFrom on monthly · right away
Mentions 1
SilverDesc
Triggered by 1
- Flota de Nueva EspañaEach month
Scripting 6
Grants 2
- gf_silvertrain_doneAs soon as it happens
- Treasure CargoOption 1, Option 2
Uses 1
- change_gold_effectscale = -2Option 1
References 3
Script Values
- prestige_weak_penaltyOption 2
Variables
- Treasure CargoOption 1, Option 2
- silver_sourceAs soon as it happens
type = country_event
title = gold_fleet_nueva_espana_events.16.title The Silver Train Is Late
desc = gold_fleet_nueva_espana_events.16.desc Word comes down to the quay that the season's great mule train from Silver Source has not arrived. Somewhere on the long road from the interior it has been set upon — the bars of Silver lie scattered along the highland trail, the muleteers driven off, and the crown's wealth is stranded a hundred leagues from the sea.
The holds are only half full, and Target Leader must decide whether the fleet can afford to recover the rest.
The holds are only half full, and Target Leader must decide whether the fleet can afford to recover the rest.
outcome = neutral
location_backdrop = {
backdrop_preset = backdrop_foreign_port_arrival
}
immediate = {
scope:expedition = {
expedition_leader = {
save_scope_as = target_leader
}
pause_expedition = 5
}
}
historical_info = gold_fleet_nueva_espana_events.16.historical_info The silver of the great Mexican mines — Zacatecas, Guanajuato, and the lesser camps of the north — was hauled down the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, the royal road that ran for hundreds of miles through arid, thinly held country to Mexico City, and from there carried east to Veracruz. The route was harried for generations by the Chichimeca peoples of the northern frontier, and later by bandits, so that the bullion moved in guarded convoys whose timing governed the whole loading season at the coast. A train delayed or plundered on the road could leave a fleet waiting at anchor or sailing half-laden.