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Another tsar falls in the East. Taboritsky is strangely uncaring.
Syktyvkar is a bit far north…
All that remains for the Far East is the showdown between the young rebel and the Father.
Once more, Germania is master of the continent.
The time has begun to integrate with the West Russian Revolutionary Front.
…but Rykov is a bit too dangerous at the moment.
Showdown in the East. Suslov and Serov favor Buryatia, while Taboritsky favors the Divine Mandate. Gumyilov is taking bets.
Dirlewanger and his band of rapists have declared war against the Ural League. Nobody is rooting for them.
Is not submission preferable to extinction?
And absolutely nothing of value was lost.
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The hardliners are no more.
Integration will begin! Together, we shall unite Russia once more!
Of course, there are many details to be worked out. Syktyvkar will remain the capital, but Rykov will do for this conference.
The League assaults the Black Mountain.
Another so-called democracy falls.
Given that all authority in Omsk has failed, this is a foregone conclusion.
The madness of Lysenko is at an end.
This is not simply an annexation, but a merger. While it is obvious that Comrade Zhdanov will lead the political effort, no one denies that Comrade Zhukov is best qualified to lead the military effort.
A Great Mistrial, perhaps.
New sparks of hope in Spain.
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The capitalists have prevailed in Novosibirsk. Comrade Zhdanov proclaims a day of mourning.
Apparently, the Front already had an operation planned against Tatarstan when our offer came in. Not that we object. For that matter, Zhukov can probably monitor the situation better from Rykov than he could up in Arkhangelsk. However, this will necessitate delaying the merger.
(aka, if the merger happened while the war was ongoing, the WRRF would withdraw)
As we prepare to welcome our comrades to the north, we must ensure that the voice of the people remains heard.
Zhukov sends word that he will bet a bottle of good Vyatkan vodka on a victory by Sverdlovsk. Nobody takes him up on it.
This is fortuitously timed, given the merger.
It is doubtful that Zhukov would have accepted a merger with us had we not shown an openness to reform.
Zhdanov should speak, obviously.
Zhdanov has the confidence of the Party and, more importantly, the people. He will lead us into the future.
The Red Flag flies in the East once more.
According to Zhukov, the Tsarists did actually know how to make good booze.
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Gumyilov celebrates.
Those who disagree shall remain welcome.
OK, that’s just hilarious.
So much for “Co-Prosperity”.
We must all work together, despite our differences.
How many lives did we nearly destroy in our quest for purity?
How many did we destroy?
The way forward is clear!
Zhdanov immediately asks Zhukov for a profile on Rokossovsky.
The Front has won, as we always knew they would.
Zhdanov is considering publishing a pamphlet on the importance of paperwork, possibly to keep himself motivated after dealing with all involved with the merger.
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At last, we have completed the merger of our two factions.
We must reach out a hand to our comrades to the north, in honor of all they did for us many years ago.
Either the tank bandits will join us, or they will join history.
Fantastic!
Unfortunately, there is no chance for peace with the Islamists of Bashkiria.
Not only do we have access to Gorky’s tanks, but we have the factory they used to make new tanks!
There is a place for everyone in the new world. Witness our panel of captive political leaders, who now provide entertaining commentary!
Forward, comrades!
But we shall sing of victory!
One final obstacle remains to the unification of West Russia: the collaborators of Samara.
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Well, serves him right for his obsession with orthodoxy.
The fascists fight over the workers’ spoils.
Damn Bretons…
End the bootlickers.
We have captured the city of Samara. It will be renamed Kyubyshev, after the revolutionary hero Valerian Kyubyshev.
Justice in Africa.
(This seems to be a crisis that should actually affect the OFN mandates if they win the South African Civil War).
The last piece has fallen.
Also, it turned out that Igor Shafarevich had taken refuge in Samara. He will now join our panel.
Where the Front failed ten years ago, we have succeeded.
What lies ahead, comrades?
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Glorious victory Comrade Kamal! Now we must see to the unification of all of Russia, before turning to the scum lurking in Moscow!
Everytime I read this AAR I wish my employer fires me so I can buy HoI4 and spend days in this mod
so Orenburg and Ural is not a part of Western Russia?
so Orenburg and Ural is not a part of Western Russia?
No. Orenburg, the Ural League, Magnitogorsk, and the Dirlewanger Brigade are their own region, the Southern Urals. They were some of the first Russian warlords to be developed, and they were the focus of the first demo for TNO. However, while they do have focus trees, their gameplay is limited to conquering each other. There's a mechanic we'll see at the regional phase where either West Russia or West Siberia can annex them (maybe peacefully, but usually through violence).Everytime I read this AAR I wish my employer fires me so I can buy HoI4 and spend days in this mod
so Orenburg and Ural is not a part of Western Russia?
Honestly, I think the Southern Urals region should be merged into West Siberia, with the victor of the Southern Urals being able to take on Sverdlosk, Tyumen, and Omsk (West Siberia has the fewest unifiers at the moment). Orenburg's lore in particular implies that it is one of the least-damaged cities in Russia, so it seems to me that it was originally intended as a possible unifier.
I should mention that TNO and its lore has been in development since before HOI4 was released (it was originally going to be a Vicky 2 mod!), so there are a lot of loose ends lying around. A lot of content is slated for eventual reworking at some point, but in the short term the focus is on reworking the majors and adding content for minors that have no gameplay (e.g. France, Poland, Mexico, Canada). As the Southern Urals do have fleshed out content (if only a few years of it), they aren't going to be a priority. I'd expect that eventually they will get a rework of some kind.
Unfortunately, with the announcement that Toolbox Theory will be releasing in three days, this AAR as it exists will be abandoned. However, if there is interest, I could replay Komi up to the same point.
Well that sucks, I do hope that you will replay Komi again sometime soon after TT comes out.
fwiw I would be interested, although I probably would also be interested in that if you decide to start a new TNO AAR as well
The main feature is a complete overhaul and drastic expansion of the economy mechanics. Debt and GDP are actually gonna matter now, and there's going to be more domestic policies, taxation, and additional societal development meters. Civilian and Military factories are being replaced by a shared pool of "production units," and special buildings can be constructed to improve states' output.
It also gives a few countries some cosmetic improvements. Some SBA content has been rewritten, and Long Yun's National Protection Army has been un-gamered (Complete with a new happy ending upon defeating Japan). I THINK Sablin's story has been rewritten to de-chungus him, but I don't know if that made it into TT or was pushed back.
Berezniki, the Free City of Kostromo, and the Partisan Republic of Aldan are all being cut.
The Order of St. George is getting content (last I heard). In England, Chesterton and Stirling are getting 100 days of content.
Brittany's existing content and black market mechanic have been cut and replaced with skeleton content pending a full rework. Burgundy now has three different endings, and most importantly the AI can now experience the Burgundian Collapse.
Skeleton content has been added to dozens of countries in preparation for later updates such as Penelope's Web (France, Italy, Turkey, North and West Africa) and Europas Narben (Eastern Europe). Some skeleton content is also coming to South America and Central Asia.
Most excitingly to me, the ideology pie chart now plays host to roughly 90 "subideologies" grouped under the main ideologies, each of which has a detailed description. Authoritarian Socialism has been renamed "Communism," and Libertarian Socialism has been renamed "Socialism." BurgSys has been demoted to a subideology within the newly renamed funni purple ideology "Esoteric Nazism."
Ooooooo, this all seems quite interesting. I would indeed love to see more Debt and GDP stuff!
To be clear, I will absolutely be doing a new TNO AAR, and almost certainly set in Russia. A return to Komi and Zhdanov is one option. Another would be Magadan, if I can do a limited mod that removes Amur's swastikas.
If I do a different Komi run, it'll be a while, especially a Bukharina run.
I would indeed love a Magadan run, but getting rid of the Swastikas could be an issue. Personally, I would love to see a soviet run, maybe WRRF?