18 March – I send out our exploration fleet
12 April – I get an event as flocks of refugees from Byzantium have reached us and we get some power in ADM, DIP, and -10% tech costs for the next 10 years
1 June – I cannot have Serbia as my rival anymore and I choose Tunis
1 July – Morocco announces us as their new rival
8 Aug – More raids by Tunis
1 Sept –
St. Lucia – 14 development, Tuscan Catholics, coastline, Cotton, they send us 0.99 monthly.
1 December – Martinique will be a good place for some sugar.
1 Jan, 1498 – Our Explorer has passed.
15 April – I have sent out another explorer from Barbados
22 Aug – I get an event that increases my naval maintenance for 5 years by 10% - this hurts
1 Sept – My peace treaty with Siena and Lucca finished
17 Sept – Venezia is now a core
I get a mission completed (expand) and I get -25% state maintenance for 25 years along with other major benefits
I am now getting 1.44 cash monthly from Venezia.
1 Oct – My heir gains a trait that gives him -5% tech cost
1 Nov – My Explorer heads out again
I choose to drop my unrest by 5% with my new Age of Discovery ability
24 Dec – I made Corfu a state with the intent of converting it and it just finished, so I can drop the use of this state (You have a limited number) but my current Corfu cash – 1.04 is too much and I can drop it later. I am keeping it for now. Baby needs the extra cash after the naval maintenance issue above, this increases my monthly surplus to about 4.78 – I did the same for Arguin.
1 Jan, 1499 – I get a native assimilation in Jamaica
1 Feb - Sugar in Jamaica as well
Here let me show you the breakdown:
As you can see, I am making a ton of cash ( I was saving up to upgrade Venice to level 3 coastal trade center, which I should do soon)
I also went ahead and gave you Corfu zoomed in as well as over the Caribbean so you can get a quick little update for my colonial adventures elsewhere . You can see my fleet exploring the coast of the nearby continent on their journey
1 March – I lose my claim to Durazzo. Actually let’s begin to build up a spy network in Athens for their stuff
I go ahead and spend that 1000 in Venice to upgrade the coastal network here
16 March – I send forth another expedition from Barbados
24 March – Scio is now a core: We are now getting 0.48 cash
3 May – I send a gift of 50 cash to Cyprus
I have maxed relations with them. My hope is to vassalize them soon.
I invest in a workshop for my three holdings in the Caribbean.
1 Sept – Next mission heads out for exploration
Mil Tech 7 – I can make artillery now
1 Oct – I get the final Exploration Idea - +25% naval forcelimit.
This finishes the idea and I can fabricate claims overseas.