Where are we with Atlantis?

[Thunderchicken]

Right chaps,

I've been tied down with a lot of commitments recently but now I'm going to have more time on my hands to get involved with the campaign. I've already had an idea which I ran past Red Orc a while back about a renegade unit of brits running amok behind enemy and allied lines causing all sorts of mischief.

Before I can run any games I'm trying to work out where we are with the campaign. There's plently of lovely AAR's and then there's the great maps on the sticky but is there a chronology of the campaign so far?

[Red Orc]

Chronology is 'real time', but 120 years ago. Atlantis re-appeared in our time-stream sometime on the night of 31st December 1889. The first the rest of the world knew about it was when the newly-laid transatlantic telegraph snapped (again); at various times after that, tsunami hit many of the Atlantic coasts. Brazil, many Caribbean islands, Bermuda, the Azores, various parts of North Africa, Spain, Portugal, and the eastern seaboard of the USA were particularly badly hit.

Over the next week or so, various countries scouted the area using aeronefs, airships, and boats. It was discovered that a very large island had suddenly appeared in the north Atlantic, between Bermuda and the Azores. Expeditions were hurredly fitted out or diverted from elsewhere. Small Japanese, US, and British expeditions quickly landed, to be followed by forces from Khosind (a NW African nation claiming independence from France, at present only recognised by Germany), Imperial China, Germany (the vast majority of course from Prussia), the Confederate States of America, and France, as well as re-inforcements and further expeditions from Britain, the USA and Japan.

Clashes on the ground so far have been recorded between USA-Khosind; Britain-Japan; Britain-Germany (a fierce campaign around a southern Atlantean city that has seen the British ally with local Atlantean rulers); Britain-France; Confederate States (again with local allies)-Germany; Japan-a piratical faction; and a mega-battle involving US and British forces on one side, Japanese and the Khosind Pirates on another, and a large force of Atlanteans defending a sacred site from anyone who came too close.

Furthermore, a loarge number of countries including Britain, France, Germany, USA, Russia and Italy have sent aeronef squadrons. Aero-clashes have so far been recorded between Britain-Germany (several engagements), and between Britain-France. However, the nature of aerial warfare makes it difficult to be sure about 'who's winning'.

Rumours have begun to circulate of other hostile races on Atlantis; evidence (if it has not been faked) seems to point to the existence of lizard-like creatures that stand upright and use weapons. These reports have not been confirmed. It has been claimed that aeronefs of unknown design have also been spotted, but again these are unconfirmed reports.

Balance of forces at present; British have 4 expeditionary forces, 3 aeronef groups; Germany has 2 expeditionary forces, 2 (or 3?) aeronef groups; USA has 2 expeditionary forces and 1 aeronef group; Japan has 2 expeditionary forces; France has 1 expeditionary force and 1 aeronef group; Confederate States have 1 expeditionary force; Russia and Italy have 1 aeronef group each; the Caliphate of Khosind has 1 expeditionary force. There are rumours that Argentina and Brazil have also sent aeronef forces to the Atlantean theatre.

Forces are acting as their situation allows. On the west coast, where there has been little fighting, the American expeditions in particular have moved on to penetrate the interior (must be that pioneer spirit); the British have been more cautious, the Japanese positively inscrutable, and the Chinese expedition seems to have done little beyond landing. Most engagements on the west have involved the Americans and the Khosindans, the most recent clash being a raid by the US on a Khosind base, during which it is alleged that Alan Quatermain, the famous British big-game hunter, has been found alive and well (he was earlier reported killed).

On the south coast, there has been heavy fighting involving Germany, Briatin, and local Atlantean forces; a series of battles has taken place around a major Atlantean city, the most recent being an attack by prussian forces on a British-Atlantean defended position, reported in the world's press yesterday. The Japanese in this region have also been involved in fighting both with pirates and gigantic 'thunder-lizards', a huge native life-form.

On the east coast, British attempts to land in a zone already under French occupation have met with disaster; the British landing was repulsed with heavy casualties. Further to the north, a German attempt to land at a Confederate beach-head was much more successful, leaving the CSA forces to regroup in the interior.

That's more or less the balance of forces at the moment.

In terms of exploration, the south-east portion of the coast, and most of the west coast, have been mapped. Next to nothing of the north coast is yet known, and there have been no reported landings in the south-west, beyond a bloody attempt by Britain, the US, Khosind and Japan to land forces on an island containing an importnat Atlantean sacred site. This prvoked the wrath of the Atlantean defenders and all forces had to withdraw in some disarray; whether any proper surveying was able to be carried out under these conditions is not yet clear.

Various new creatures and plants have been discovered, including the 'thunder lizards' previously mentioned, a breed of elk thought extinct for 10,000 years, and if rumours be true, mammoth in the north. Progress on Atlantean languages is sporadic, so communication can be very difficult, but some breakthroughs have been reported, especially by the US team under Professor Armitage Shanks of the Miskatonic University.

That's about the size of it so far...

[Lowtardog]

You missed it Thunderchief, it turned up then went home

[Red Orc]

I'm sorry I shouldn't have posted. I have nothing to add to that really, and revelling in someone else's misfortune is not fair.

Funny, but not fair. Sorry TC, I'd blame the other guy from Shropshire (the unreliable one who never turns up) if I were you.

[Froggy the Great]

I don't see any mention in there of the possibly ill-fated scouting expedition of the HMS St. George and the survivors of its crash.

[Red Orc]

Very good point. It is indeed true that Lord Delabrough is currently somewhere in the Atlantean interior; his aeronef apparently crashed on Feb 11th, though certainly some members of his expedition have survived. His exact whereabouts are somewhat mysterious at present however.

There are also thought to be several other small expeditions to Atlantis, some like Lord Delabrough's backed by their respective governments, others little more than treasure-hunting expeditions. The piratical attacks on the Japanese forces on Tenko Island are thought to have been carried out by the minions of a crazed would-be evil overlord, for instance.

[Captain Blood]

Underwater?

 

I'll get my coat...

[Haarken]

Underwater?

 

I'll get my coat...

Perhaps a diving suit would be more appropriate 

Haarken

[argsilverson]

Perhaps a diving suit would be more appropriate 

Haarken

I like this idea!
It seems that I must muster my Greek (VSF) underwater forces. Entirely consisted by hard boiled veteran divers who had great experience in deep diving from sponge collecting!
Of course backed by some navy vessel, maybe a couple of (imported) Nef's, which are expected to arrive soon.
In the meantime a land contingent is training to reach highest level of preparation.
here is the first vessel starting prparations for the journey to Atlantean waters:




 

[Thunderchicken]

Oy! Less of the cheek!

Many thanks for the update, it's very helpful indeed.

[Hammers]

Is there a map somewhere s one can follow the back and forths of the battles?

[Red Orc]

Not exactly; there are three campaign maps, one of the west coast and two (separated by 2 weeks maybe) of the east coast.

West Coast map:


East Coast maps - positions at end of February:


- positions at mid-March:


Hope these are OK to view. They should all be in the main Atlantis Campaign thread; more will be appearing gradually...

[Hammers]

Great! So, is there a Lonely Planet Atlantis I can pick up somewhere? I don't know if I am going but, you know, it is always nice to read about the little cool restaurants and bars of the beaten track where you won't run into to all these Japanese and Khosind lumps.

Not exactly; there are three campaign maps, one of the west coast and two (separated by 2 weeks maybe) of the east coast.

West Coast map:


East Coast maps - positions at end of February:


- positions at mid-March:


Hope these are OK to view. They should all be in the main Atlantis Campaign thread; more will be appearing gradually...

[ushistoryprof]

Oy! Less of the cheek!

Many thanks for the update, it's very helpful indeed.

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