RULE THE WA/v/ES: FINAL BOSS EDITION=
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OP has returned for the fourth and likely final thread of the third season of Rule the Wa/v/es, the Holla Forums Plays series where Holla Forums attempts to manage the affairs of a major naval power in the early twentieth century. For those who are just joining us, Rule the Waves is a mild/moderately autistic game where you play as the head of a nation's Navy. You manage your fleet construction, give orders in battle (depending on difficulty) and make policy decisions. Complicating the whole process is the endless struggle to balance the budget, adapt to your rivals designs, satisfy the politicians and deal with the fact that your glorious new Battle-cruiser will likely be obsolete before it's completed.
Previously…=
After two devastating defeats, you think France would have learned, but no. The third Franco-Italian War kicks off in the Mediterranean, and ends three months later with France's capitulation. Helping ourselves to their African colonies, we face new challenges in patrolling all this territory with our previously home water centric fleet. Refits of our fleets occur, and new lines of ships are designed to meet these needs. France, proving beyond all doubt that ahegao hentai is based in reality, meekly presents themselves as our ally as the Austria-Italian War begins. While Austria had many years to build up it's fleet, it's lack of combat experience in the face of the Regia Marina's years of war proving their downfall. Within a year, Austria bent the knee and surrendered it's Mediterranean holdings to us.
WHAT YOU CAN DO TO PARTICIPATE
I run almost all major policy decisions past Holla Forums before implementing them, only resolving them myself if they're very minor or Holla Forums has already given feedback on what they want to do. As such, I will often ask for opinions on political events. But in addition, the following things can be adjusted and should be brought up often
We're in the post-game, so most research is already completed. Normally, I'd ask for areas of focus.
As of now, we're training Gunnery and Torpedo Warfare. One of these can be exchanged for Night Fighting if desired
"Can we design a cruiser to be used as a long-range raider, but still be able to fight on it's own"
"Build more subs/DDs/a new Capital
No ship will be allowed to die without a name, so I ask for Holla Forums to christen them. NEW NAMES NEEDED
"ur a fgt"
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