EventAcross the pillars
Awaiting the Flota from New Spain
The fleet has reached Rendezvous Port, but the flota from New Spain has not yet arrived. 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 her, and trust she is not long in coming.
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Galeones de Tierra FirmeExpeditionFrom on arrive to waypoint · right away
Triggered by 1
- Galeones de Tierra FirmeOn reaching a waypoint
Scripting 1
References 1
- cuba_rendezvousAs soon as it happens
type = country_event
title = gold_fleet_tierra_firme_events.8.title Awaiting the Flota from New Spain
desc = gold_fleet_tierra_firme_events.8.desc The fleet has reached Rendezvous Port, but the flota from New Spain has not yet arrived. 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 her, and trust she is not long in coming.
So we will lie at anchor beneath the fortress and wait for her, and trust she is 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_tierra_firme_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.