EventAcross the pillars
A Consignment of Emeralds
A guarded train has come down to the quay from Gem Source, and under its escort lies a fortune in Gems — rough emeralds of the finest water, worth more by weight than anything else in our holds. The factors would have us carry them home, and the profit would be immense.
Yet a prize like this is precisely what draws the privateers, and word of such a cargo travels faster than any ship. Target Leader must weigh the wealth against the danger it invites.
Fired by
Galeones de Tierra FirmeExpeditionFrom on monthly · right away
Mentions 1
GemsDesc
Triggered by 1
- Galeones de Tierra FirmeEach month
Scripting 7
Grants 3
- gf_emeralds_doneAs soon as it happens
- Treasure CargoOption 1
- Danger LevelOption 1, Option 2
References 4
Script Values
- prestige_weak_bonusOption 1
Variables
- gem_sourceAs soon as it happens
- Treasure CargoOption 1
- Danger LevelOption 2
type = country_event
title = gold_fleet_tierra_firme_events.14.title A Consignment of Emeralds
desc = gold_fleet_tierra_firme_events.14.desc A guarded train has come down to the quay from Gem Source, and under its escort lies a fortune in Gems — rough emeralds of the finest water, worth more by weight than anything else in our holds. The factors would have us carry them home, and the profit would be immense.
Yet a prize like this is precisely what draws the privateers, and word of such a cargo travels faster than any ship. Target Leader must weigh the wealth against the danger it invites.
Yet a prize like this is precisely what draws the privateers, and word of such a cargo travels faster than any ship. Target Leader must weigh the wealth against the danger it invites.
outcome = neutral
location_backdrop = {
backdrop_preset = backdrop_foreign_port_arrival
}
immediate = {
scope:expedition = {
expedition_leader = {
save_scope_as = target_leader
}
}
}
historical_info = gold_fleet_tierra_firme_events.14.historical_info The emerald mines of Muzo and Somondoco in New Granada were the richest in the world, and Colombian emeralds became one of the most coveted luxury goods of the age, prized from the courts of Europe to those of Mughal India and Safavid Persia. The stones were small in bulk but staggering in value, and a single guarded consignment could rival a shipload of silver. Their concentration of wealth made them a magnet for theft and interception, and the crown watched their movement as closely as it watched the bullion.