EventAcross the pillars
The Fleet Waits Still
Weeks have passed at anchor at Rendezvous Port, and still the flota from New Spain has not arrived. Provisions dwindle, the men grow restless, and each day at anchor is a day the season turns further against a safe crossing.
Target Leader must decide whether to hold on for the rendezvous or to chance the Atlantic without her.
Fired by
Galeones de Tierra FirmeExpeditionFrom on monthly · right away
Triggers 1
Triggered by 1
- Galeones de Tierra FirmeEach month
Scripting 4
Grants 2
- gf_havana_stateOption 2
- Danger LevelOption 2
Removes 1
- gf_awaiting_rendezvousOption 2
References 1
- cuba_rendezvousAs soon as it happens
type = country_event
title = gold_fleet_tierra_firme_events.9.title The Fleet Waits Still
desc = gold_fleet_tierra_firme_events.9.desc Weeks have passed at anchor at Rendezvous Port, and still the flota from New Spain has not arrived. Provisions dwindle, the men grow restless, and each day at anchor is a day the season turns further against a safe crossing.
Target Leader must decide whether to hold on for the rendezvous or to chance the Atlantic without her.
Target Leader must decide whether to hold on for the rendezvous or to chance the Atlantic without her.
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.9.historical_info Timing governed the fate of the treasure fleets. A convoy that lingered too long at Havana risked being caught by the Caribbean hurricane season or by winter gales on the Atlantic, while one that sailed too early lost the protection of numbers. Commanders weighed the danger of the crossing against the cost of delay, and not every fleet chose to wait for its consort.