[SPOILERS] Sultan Amelia II of Karaman, Turkey

[Amelia]

As i sit here in my turkish bath, i enjoy turkey sandals, turkey, and turkey clothings.

[Amelia]

So of course i get Turkey, my second most disliked diplomacy country =( (My worse is russia).

I threw in random and hoped for the best, got my worse heh.

Anyway, i'm basically opening with the Russian Defense, because, you know, I'm Turkey and there's no other opening available to me without showing my cards on the table.

What am i talking about? Here's a picture.


Of course, if Russia is going north, and austria is being attacked by italy... i might move my army to Arm instead...

Email to Russia

General Secretary Joseph Regoarrarr,

Let me be blunt. I'm moving my fleet to the Black Sea.

We both know what happens if either of us takes the Black Sea (the other gets torn apart), so i'm hoping that you can stand off as well. My army in Smy will go to Con instead of Arm, to prove that i am not of hostile intentions.

I believe that we should just have a stand off in Spring over the Black Sea, and breathe easier in the Autumn.

Regards,

Amelia II of Karaman

Email to Austria

Greeting, Archduke Lewwyn of Austria.

I, Amelia II of Karaman, wishes to ensure peace with Austria.

Although i cannot justify it for now, i hope that i can prove it to you sooner or later.

Regards, Sultan Amelia II of Turkey.

Very frankly, that's it. Turkey really has nothing much to do. Just going to poke a few emails here and there to try and see where italy / russia are going though.

[Amelia]

Decided to send an email to Italy

Greeting, Duce Benito Rowain,

We of Turkey are quite interested in knowing your plans. This is due to the fact that if you are attacking Austria, we should be able to give a hand in denying Austria a few builds.

Amelia II of Karaman

[Amelia]

Regoarrarr wants the Juggernaut. Given that the Juggernaut has a 95% chance of ending up with Russia first, and Turkey second (And provokes a 5 country retailation), my response (muttered to myself) was something like "no way"

My response to him? Sure!

[Amelia]

Email from Italy

Greetings Sultana Amelia

who is this Benito you are talking about ?

We are by the grace of god Rowain Emmanuelle Re d'Italia and don't know any Benito.

And let me assure you that Italy is a peaceloving nation.

In the interest of preserving said peace we would be quite happy if Turkey can prevent a military buildup of Austria .

It might be in the best interest of europe if those austrian warmongers get put under the reign of such peaceloving rulers like you and me.

With greetings from Rome

Rowain Emmanuelle
Re d'Ialia

This is good. If Italy attacks Austria, Austria will have to defend, and i get to take over Greece in Autumn... thus allowing for an attack into a Russian Bear.

Email from Austria

Yo. Satin Sultan,

We be chillin' and such in Austria. Don't get the panties in bunch, Asutria be in it to win it! And that means peace yo!

Catching you on the flip side,

Lewwyn and his hippity-hop dance friends in Austria

I'm still trying to understand this email.

Email from France

Hi Amelia,

Greetings from the other side of Europe! Not much to talk about, just wanted to say hi and wish you good luck in the game.
Turkey is a though one to play, especially with Rego as Russia.

Cheers,
Nakor

I replied back something sincere, and wished everything back to him. Nothing much i can do with France!

Strategy

So what now? It looks like everything is going smoothly. Russia cannot afford to stand off the BLA again in the autumn, as he needs to go to Rumania (otherwise Austria or Turkey can stand him off there if he doesn't support). Furthermore, if he doesn't move away Sev, he needs to build somewhere else, which generally means good game for a Russia v Turkey war.

My fleet will go to BLA, and i hope to take over Greece/Con for two builds, which will be a fleet in Ank, and an army in Con, in order to remove the russian bear.

[Amelia]

It seems Regoarrarr caught up and asked me to move my fleet to Con, i responded that first time fleet to con normally reacts in a 5-team retaliation, so we agreed on the bounce.

This Autumn however... Regoarrarr is moving into Rum, with support from Ukr most likely. I've asked Austria to support my Bul into Rum, so that i can bounce him off.

Sorry Rego, but if you read this, i turned against you the minute you suggested the juggernaut, because i don't want second.

Germany is stopping Russia from entering Sweden, so all fine there. Russia should get 0 builds, and the stab is well underway.

[Amelia]

In a masterstroke, i told Regoarrarr that i'll support him to Rum, so he's free to attack Austria. So hopefully i get 2 builds, Austria gets tied down in Italy, and Russia is stuck without a build with his troops out of position.

Turkey will dominate the SE corner, thank you very much.

[Amelia]

Second thought, maybe i'll reconsolidate and not stab yet...

[Twinkletoes89]

Is there time for a third thought or is your mind made up?

Has the diplo scene shifted to change your mind or is it just a change in priorities?

[T-hawk]

Yeah, 1901 is pretty early for a stab isn't it? Isn't the rule of thumb to not stab over small potatoes, only when the stab will win you the game? (not a spoiler, I haven't looked at what your neighbors are doing)