I found your comment about the imjin war but couldn't find mine. Did I PM you or something?I made some comment a while back about me considering an alt-Imjin War to be inevitable. You sent me some comments about Korea that got me thinking and I eventually came up with this arc.
Why not just call it the Great Ocean, or the Grand Ocean? It's certainly large enough to warrant such a name. Hell you can even call it the Oceanic Ocean, the most ocean of all oceans.Southern Ocean doesn’t work for me as a name for the Pacific. There’s an awful lot of it north of the equator.
Sounds a lot like they will be using the fleet to weigh in on the local wars to strengthen their allies such as Sunda.Why not just call it the Great Ocean, or the Grand Ocean? It's certainly large enough to warrant such a name. Hell you can even call it the Oceanic Ocean, the most ocean of all oceans.
Also I'm curious what the Spanish are trying to achieve here. Their warships are powerful enough to reduce opposition, not destroy Roman outposts. As I see it they'll just attrit away their strength until they die away. What are they going to do, pirate Roman shipping with Ships-of-the-Line?
Looks like the Spainish have everyone out east severely outgunned. But how crazy would it be if during this war one of these 70-gunners gets captured by say......Leo Kalomeros and it becomes his new ship.Furthermore all of the warships are new, the oldest just three years old, and three of the battle-line ships are of the Flor de la Mar class 70-gunners. These fine and beautiful vessels are considered by Spanish, Triune, Lotharingian, and Roman contemporaries, in a rare fit of agreement, to be overall the best warships on the sea in their day.
They'd be goners. Time to teach this perfidous latin a lesson that for all their power in the east. Once Leo Kalomeros comes back he'll wiped them so hard that they'll never ever think about attacking Rome ever again in these waters. And basing that it will probably only last a year (due to the 1 yr roman credit crisis) , i'd say the chances of that happening is pretty big.Looks like the Spainish have everyone out east severely outgunned. But how crazy would it be if during this war one of these 70-gunners gets captured by say......Leo Kalomeros and it becomes his new ship.
Now to jump out-of-context. This is going to be a nasty ugly bit of history ITTL, and considering possible OTL implications, I really do not want to imply this is at all a good thing. Having this horrific deed carried out and then have it turn out well for the Romans frankly feels too much like an endorsement, and I feel dirty enough already just having it happen. I do not want this to turn out happy for the Romans. They may be able to call it peace, but the prize is still a desert.
Looks like the Spainish have everyone out east severely outgunned. But how crazy would it be if during this war one of these 70-gunners gets captured by say......Leo Kalomeros and it becomes his new ship.
I don't know the rules either but it'd be very in character for the Romans to mock their enemies by letting their star admiral galavant in their ship.Is he senior enough for this? I have no idea what are Roman prize rules , but I think British prizes would be taken over by the government and captain and his crew would only get money. Then again, I'm sure extraordinary conditions during this war would make this possible.
Well OTL Napoleon became a general at the age of 24 then began his Italian campaign at 26.Is he senior enough for this? I have no idea what are Roman prize rules , but I think British prizes would be taken over by the government and captain and his crew would only get money. Then again, I'm sure extraordinary conditions during this war would make this possible.
And what of the Maronites? To what extent are they persecuted and what branch of the catholic church do they follow?
^^Of these groups the Maronites rank highest in Roman eyes, followed by Druzes, as they produce the best militias. The excellent and valorous service of the Maronite militias has dispelled a residual undercurrent of Roman mistrust for them. During the Crusade era, the Maronites were affiliated with the Catholic Church, a connection the Romans forced them to break when Lebanon was conquered by Roman arms. The Maronites resented that, unsurprisingly considering it was forced at the barrel of a gun, and maintained under-the-table connections for a time. But gradually those dwindled away, particularly after the Roman Papacy had to relocate to Mainz, and by 1635 those are distant and unlamented memories.
The wheel of Dharma is a common element of most religions originating from the Indian subcontinent like Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism and includes Hinduism. It is not so much a Buddhist concept as much as it is an Indian concept. Exchange of ideas includes usages of symbols and concepts like how the Ottomans got the crescent symbol from Constantinople IOTL. Even today, Dharmachakra are commonplace in both Hindu and Buddhist temples.It means 'Wheel-turner', in the context of the Dharmachakra, the Wheel of Law... which was a Buddhist thing AFAIK.
Some may feel Rhomaion can do better than Alexander and achieve what he failed to do.An urge to re-create the empire of Alexander is not off the table for the Rhoman far-right.
“Now in the Malaccan-Java War, westerners, the Spanish and the Romans, were the main characters. However the main cast also included Sunda and Mataram with the key guest star of Vijayanagar, without whose contributions the story is impossible to tell.”
Hmm, I infer that India isn't really Spain's desired trophy for now. I remember Taprobane has better relations with them there so maybe Spain intends to leave them intact so the Triunes don't walk right over them. But even if the conflict is restricted to Island Asia, the Rhomans are going to have the fight of their lives. I think Mataram hegemony on Java will come under serious threat until Venkata Raya sweeps in as benevolent protector of kindred Hindu rashtras (pay no attention to accusations of him seeking to increase his influence and geopolitical position). Maybe they decide to set up shop in all the major islands there to make sure everything is safe, just in case.Thus far Latin vessels have almost always swung up the east coast of Africa to head for southern India,
How many ships did Spain already have in island Asia and India? I think they would hold parity or have a slight numerical advantage against ~ 20 Rhomania in the East battle line ships. Vijaynagar by now should have more than everyone else in Island Asia and India combined.It is comprised of eight battle-line ships, two fregatai, a sloop, and three auxiliaries
To go further with this, with the name being the Malaccan-Javan war it isn't outside of possibility that it ends with Malacca completely in Rhoman hands but with Spain ascendant in Java with the battle lines of influence being drawn in Borneo and Sumatra.Sounds a lot like they will be using the fleet to weigh in on the local wars to strengthen their allies such as Sunda.