May 1514
Lack of Protection
Our determination to embrace free trade has led to domestic merchants losing out to the rivals from other countries.
Sultan Kamal ad-Din believes that they need to learn to adapt.
Lose 15 diplomatic power.
June 1514
Colony Self-Sustaining
Our colony in Katapang has grown enough to become a city!
Gain 2.8 Prestige (78)
Base Tax: 2.8
Production: Cloth
We have spent 2 Administrative Power to turn Katapang into a core. This will take six months.
Our Colonist now heads for Sampit, which is east of Katapang.
September 1514
We have maxed our relations with Hejaz.
November 1514
Military Technology Advance!
The Limber
Artillery had been documented in Europe since the thirteenth century, but due to its lack of mobility, it had very limited battlefield use. The development of the Limber in the 1470s allowed guns to become more mobile and thus useful.
December 1514
Core Gained
The province of Katapang is now considered part of our patrimony. We will defend it to the last drop of peasant blood.
An Earth Rampart is under construction there.
January 1515
Diplomatic Technology Advance
Basic Financial Instruments
Overseas trade is very risky but also highly profitable. The development of financial instruments like letters of credit will help reduce the risk, increasing our profits.
Bonus Effect:
Trade Range: 20
Trade Efficiency Increased by +10%
March 1515
Expansion Ideas Advance!
Faster Colonists
You cannot simply send colonists out and expect them to build a colony. There is a time consuming process of preparing the expedition with all the items they will need to survive in their new home. Using passed experience we can speed this process up.
Bonus Effect:
Global Settler Increase: +10.00
July 1515
Current Mission
Take Chaiya!
Military Alliance
We have entered a Military Alliance with Sulu.
August 1515
Brigands Strike at Pilgrims
Faithful Muslims undertaking their pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca have recently come under attack by roving bands of brigands. The scum have now become bold enough to attack even the larger caravans, and many lives have been lost. The people are crying out for justice, and our most pious warriors have asked for permission to escort these pilgrims safely through the realm.
Sultan Kamal ad-Din promises protection.
Gain 25.00 Piety
Gain 10 Prestige (40)
November 1515
Ship Building Boom
Our ship building industry had experiences a boom in orders for merchant ships. This boom has ended and now there is surplus yard capacity. This will not last long but our navy could profit from it.
Malaya gets 'Ship Building Boom' for five years, giving the following effects:
Shipbuilding Time: -20.0%
A diplomat has been sent to Khmer to improve relations.
March 1516
We have maxed relations with Sind.
April 1516
We have maxed relations with Khmer.
The Malayan Conquest of Chaiya
Sultan Kamal ad-Din has not yet made a name for himself through cunning warfare. He is known as more passive than his predecessors. At the behest of his advisors, he has targeted Chaiya, an Ayutthaya province that is north of Negara Sri Dharmaraja and Tanjung Ssalang.
May 1516
Colony Self-Sustaining
Our colony in Mentawi has grown enough to become a city!
Gain 1.1 Prestige (83)
Base Tax: 1.1
Production: Tropical Wood
We have spent 2 Administrative Power on Mentawi to turn the province into a core.
We have both Chaiya and Marit under siege.
Benign Neglect
It seems that the government that governs the least governs the best as far as those outside the capital are concerned. Our non-involvement has proved beneficial and the local economy of Surabaya is booming.
Surabaya gets 'Benign Neglect' for five years, giving the following effect:
Local Trade Power: +100.0%
June 1516
Conversion Successful!
We have finally managed to convert the heretics of Blambangan to the one and only true faith!
Our missionary heads for Bali.
July 1516
Native Assimilation in Sampit
Some of the local natives have been assimilated into the colony's population. With the additional population we have a lot bigger faith in the feasibility of Sampit.
Gain 100 population in Sampit (393)
September 1516
Grain
We have received reports from our colonial settlers in Sampit that the land is very fertile and would be highly suitable for agricultural production of anything from cereals and vegetable foodstuffs to more exotic crops.
Grain will now be produced in Sampit.
November 1516
Core Gained
The province of Mentawi is now considered a part of our patrimony. We shall defend it to the last drop of peasant blood.
January 1517
Siege Victory!
After 253 days we have won the siege of Marit!
February 1517
Siege Victory!
After 309 days we have won the siege of Chaiya!
December 1517
Siege Victory!
After 253 days we have won the siege of Ayutthaya province!
February 1518
Colony Self-Sustaining!
Our colony in Pangasinan has grown enough to become a city!
Gain 3.4 prestige (80)
Base Tax: 3.4
Production: Tropical Wood
We have spent 8 Administrative Power to turn Pangasinan into a core.
A colonist heads for Cagayan province.
March 1518
A Colonist heads for The Andamans
April 1518
After 449 days we have won the siege of Phetchaburi!
May 1518
Exceptional Year
Excellent business environment combined with good harvests were once in a while a blessing for the nation's tax base, generating higher income for the realm.
Malaya gets 'Exceptional Year' for one year, giving the following effects:
National Tax Modifier: +50.0%
July 1518
Conversion Successful!
We have finally managed to convert the heretics of Bali to the one and only true faith!
Our Missionary heads for Madura.
August 1518
Core Gained
Our province of Pangasinan is now considered part of our patrimony.
September 1518
Blasphemy!
A prominent and outspoken government official recently transferred home from the diplomatic corps seems to have spent a little too much of his time abroad. He has returned to Malaya with some controversial ideas of how to interpret the words of the Prophet, and needless to say, this has provoked a lot of ire among the clergy. Several imams have declared the official a blasphemer and demand immediate action from the government.
Sultan Kamal ad-Din decides to burn him at the stake!
Gain 25.00 Piety (73.00)
Lose 10 Diplomatic Power
January 1519
Siege Victory!
After 253 days we have won the siege of Khorat!
End of the Malayan Conquest of Chaiya (April 1516 – January 1519
Without a fighting a single battle with our armies, we have ended the war against Ayutthaya.
Terms:
Ayutthaya will cede Chaiya to Malaya.
Ayutthaya will pay 51 ducats.
Malaya gains 1.0 Prestige (78)
Malaya suffers 2.0 aggressive expansion relations penalty.
Mission Complete
Take Chaiya!
Gain 10 Prestige (88)
Gain 25 Administrative Power
Province
Chaiya
Base Tax: 2.0
Production: Fish
We have spent 20 Administrative Power to make Chaiya a core. This will take two years.