EventAcross the pillars
Fertile Country, but no Gold
The country we have reached is rich after its own fashion: well-watered river bottoms heavy with maize, herds of buffalo at the edges of the woods, the people peaceful and willing to trade. The chief gives the Target Leader a string of green river-stones the chronicler initially mistakes for jade. The Spanish goldsmith corrects him: it is not jade. It is a soft green stone unknown to him, beautiful but of no commercial value at home. The country is not what we were sent to find, but the country is something. The maps will be redrawn.
Fired by
Search for the Kingdom of QuiviraExpeditionFrom on arrive to waypoint · right away
Trigger
Expeditionexpedition_leader exists
Exact conditions
- Gains +2.5 Research Progress
- change_gold_effect: Scale: 2
- LocationGains Quivira Discovered permanently
- grant_seven_cities_expedition_loot_effect
- IfThen
- The Expedition brought back riches:
- CapitalMarketAdd goods supply: Goods:
GoldAmount- Value: Expeditionvar:uncovered_riches_variable
- Multiply
2030
- IfExpedition
- Has Variable: expedition_receives_exotic_goods_variable
- Has Variable: last_exotic_good
Then- The porters and cargo of the Expedition brought back exotic goods:
- CapitalMarketAdd goods supply: Goods: Expedition
var:last_exotic_goodAmount- Value: Expeditionvar:expedition_receives_exotic_goods_variable
- Multiply
2030
- IfExpeditionHas Variable: expedition_receives_artifacts_as_gifts_variableThen
- The Expedition brought back gifts and artifacts:
- Add prestige: Expeditionvar:expedition_receives_artifacts_as_gifts_variableMultiply
510
- IfExpeditionThenCapitalCreate art: Type:
work_of_art_type:regalia· Artist: Target leaderQuality- Value: 50
- Add
- Value: Expeditionvar:expedition_receives_artifacts_as_gifts_variable
- Multiply
1020
- Max: 50
- IfExpeditionHas Variable: healer_locationSet by one ofThen
- A native healer joins our court when the Expedition returns
- Create character: Culture: Healer culture · Religion: Healer religion · Birth location: Expeditionvar:healer_locationAge
3560
- New healerGains Witch Doctor permanently
- End expedition: Expedition
Exact script
Grants 1
- Quivira DiscoveredOption
Triggered by 1
- Search for the Kingdom of QuiviraOn reaching a waypoint
Scripting 3
Uses 2
- change_gold_effectscale = 2Option
- grant_seven_cities_expedition_loot_effectOption
References 1
type = country_event
title = seven_cities_quivira.2.title Fertile Country, but no Gold
desc = seven_cities_quivira.2.desc The country we have reached is rich after its own fashion: well-watered river bottoms heavy with maize, herds of buffalo at the edges of the woods, the people peaceful and willing to trade. The chief gives the Target Leader a string of green river-stones the chronicler initially mistakes for jade. The Spanish goldsmith corrects him: it is not jade. It is a soft green stone unknown to him, beautiful but of no commercial value at home. The country is not what we were sent to find, but the country is something. The maps will be redrawn.
historical_info = seven_cities_quivira.2.historical_info Coronado's officers reported the Plains country as good for cattle and grain but poor for the kind of commerce that could justify a Spanish colonial presence. The judgment held for more than two centuries; the Spanish never colonised the Great Plains, and the French and British incursions that followed were trading-post operations, not settled colonies, until the late nineteenth century. The green stones the Wichita gave Coronado have never been positively identified; the best guess is a soft serpentine traded up the river systems from sources in the southwest.
outcome = positive
location_backdrop = {
backdrop_preset = backdrop_wilderness_landing
}
trigger = {
scope:expedition = {
exists = expedition_leader
}
}