EventAcross the pillars
Awaiting the Tierra Firme Fleet
The fleet has reached Rendezvous Port, but the galleons of Tierra Firme have not yet come up from the south. The Crown's orders are plain: the treasure fleets are to cross the Atlantic as one, their guns massed against the privateers who prowl the Florida Channel.
So we will lie at anchor beneath the fortress and wait for them, and trust they are not long in coming.
Fired by
Flota de Nueva EspañaExpeditionFrom on arrive to waypoint · right away
Triggered by 1
- Flota de Nueva EspañaOn reaching a waypoint
Scripting 1
References 1
- cuba_rendezvousAs soon as it happens
type = country_event
title = gold_fleet_nueva_espana_events.8.title Awaiting the Tierra Firme Fleet
desc = gold_fleet_nueva_espana_events.8.desc The fleet has reached Rendezvous Port, but the galleons of Tierra Firme have not yet come up from the south. The Crown's orders are plain: the treasure fleets are to cross the Atlantic as one, their guns massed against the privateers who prowl the Florida Channel.
So we will lie at anchor beneath the fortress and wait for them, and trust they are not long in coming.
So we will lie at anchor beneath the fortress and wait for them, and trust they are not long in coming.
outcome = neutral
location_backdrop = {
backdrop_preset = backdrop_foreign_port_arrival
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immediate = {
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historical_info = gold_fleet_nueva_espana_events.8.historical_info The two treasure convoys of the Carrera de Indias — the Flota de Nueva España and the Galeones de Tierra Firme — were intended to unite at Havana and cross the Atlantic together, so that their combined escort could see off privateers and the occasional enemy squadron. In practice the fleets often ran late, and a convoy that missed its consort faced the choice of wintering at Havana or braving the crossing alone.