EventAcross the pillars
Loose Talk in the Tavern
Word comes to Target Leader that one of the fleet's officers, deep in his cups in a waterfront tavern, has been holding forth on our sailing date, our route home, and the wealth in our holds. A colonial port is a nest of foreign ears — factors, smugglers, and men who will sell a secret to any privateer captain with coin to spend.
The damage may already be done, but how we answer it will decide whether it spreads further.
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 4
Grants 2
- gf_leak_doneAs soon as it happens
- Danger LevelOption 1, Option 3
References 2
Script Values
- prestige_weak_penaltyOption 1
Variables
- Danger LevelOption 3
type = country_event
title = gold_fleet_shared_events.7.title Loose Talk in the Tavern
desc = gold_fleet_shared_events.7.desc Word comes to Target Leader that one of the fleet's officers, deep in his cups in a waterfront tavern, has been holding forth on our sailing date, our route home, and the wealth in our holds. A colonial port is a nest of foreign ears — factors, smugglers, and men who will sell a secret to any privateer captain with coin to spend.
The damage may already be done, but how we answer it will decide whether it spreads further.
The damage may already be done, but how we answer it will decide whether it spreads further.
outcome = negative
location_backdrop = {
backdrop_preset = backdrop_foreign_port_arrival
}
immediate = {
}
historical_info = gold_fleet_shared_events.7.historical_info The sailing schedules of the treasure fleets were among the most valuable intelligence in the Atlantic world. Privateers and rival admiralties maintained networks of informants in the Caribbean ports and at Seville, and a leaked departure date or planned route could turn a hopeful cruise into a certain interception. The Spanish crown guarded the details of the flota closely, but a fleet assembling in a crowded colonial harbor could never truly keep its secrets, and loose talk ashore was a hazard commanders knew well.