EventAcross the pillars
The Sea Turns Against Us
The sky to the east has gone the color of a bruise, and the swell is building fast. A great storm is bearing down on the fleet, and there is no outrunning it now. The wind rises to a scream in the rigging as Target Leader gives the order that will decide how many ships live to see calm water again.
We can close up the formation and ride out the tempest together, trusting to seamanship and luck, or scatter the ships and throw cargo overboard to keep them afloat.
Fired by one of
Flota de Nueva EspañaExpeditionFrom on monthly · right away- Galeones de Tierra FirmeExpeditionFrom on monthly · right away
Triggered by 2
- Flota de Nueva EspañaEach month
- Galeones de Tierra FirmeEach month
Scripting 6
Grants 3
- gf_cargo_damagedOption 1, Option 2
- gf_storm_doneAs soon as it happens
- Treasure CargoOption 1, Option 2
References 3
Script Values
- prestige_mild_penaltyOption 1
- prestige_weak_penaltyOption 1, Option 2
Variables
- Treasure CargoOption 1, Option 2
type = country_event
title = gold_fleet_shared_events.5.title The Sea Turns Against Us
desc = gold_fleet_shared_events.5.desc The sky to the east has gone the color of a bruise, and the swell is building fast. A great storm is bearing down on the fleet, and there is no outrunning it now. The wind rises to a scream in the rigging as Target Leader gives the order that will decide how many ships live to see calm water again.
We can close up the formation and ride out the tempest together, trusting to seamanship and luck, or scatter the ships and throw cargo overboard to keep them afloat.
We can close up the formation and ride out the tempest together, trusting to seamanship and luck, or scatter the ships and throw cargo overboard to keep them afloat.
outcome = negative
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historical_info = gold_fleet_shared_events.5.historical_info Atlantic hurricanes were the deadliest enemy of the treasure fleets, more ruinous than any privateer. The 1622 Tierra Firme fleet lost eight ships to a hurricane off the Florida Keys, among them the Nuestra Señora de Atocha, whose silver-laden wreck was not recovered for three and a half centuries. In 1715 an entire homebound fleet was driven onto the Florida coast by a July hurricane, drowning around a thousand men. Commanders came to fear the season far more than any enemy sail.