King of the Castle 2: Litten is King: Game Thread (GAME CANNED)

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#1204

As much as invading the source country of the espionage is tempting, I am worried about one aspect.

I know not of the achievements the queen has made, but there is always one worst case scenario that any country wishes to avoid: M.A.D.

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#1205

I believe targeting the investigation on the military will also turn away others from joining, which is not what the kingdom needs.

So I would like to offer king Litten another choice between the two, if you will let me.

I believe monitoring only all the mail that passes beyond our borders, and unallowing letters to go through without investigating both the sender and the contents of the letter, is an option. It doesn’t extensively target the military, nor slow their processes inside our kingdom, and it won’t cause the common folk to be fearful of said walls, but it stops the flow of information between countries without a spy needing to leave physically, which at that point those who pass between the border many times will clearly stand out.

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#1206

Joe runs up and whispers into the messenger’s ear.

aight I getchu

thing is I haven’t noticed any difference, so either the punks are using one of my competitors or they got a different method of communication

personally I think it’s the former but I’m totally biased

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#1207

“…Like who? They’re obviously not selling it to Ashmede.”

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#1208

(What’s your characters name?)

#1209

Because they aren’t doing anything.
They are gathering information.

Information which will eventually return to the neighboring country. Which -unless the country is a vassal state- bears the risk of giving that country the advantage for war and diplomacy.

#1210

(Peach, I went the AU route LOL)

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#1211

Joe turns to address you. “Just to clarify, my liege, would this include airmail?”

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#1212

Augustin turns to Peach and looks at his parchment. He closes his eyes and smiles in satisfaction.

“Messages may be sent in other ways, your ladyship, such as through pigeons, smoke signals, or covering up lights at night.”

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#1213

“I think what you suggested is quite sensible. Most commoners aren’t going to be sending letters out of the country, so we wouldn’t have to dedicate a huge amount of resources to monitoring this, and it doesn’t impact the military as much either, and we could gain valuable intel this way.”

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#1214

(…hey Litten. Your character wouldn’t happen to be married, would he?)

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#1215

(I need to get married and have a heir

you guys aren’t going to have me marry them for peace are you)

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#1216

(That’s an actual fucking viable option, with their intel we would be unstoppable)

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#1217

(They have a bunch of princesses right?)

#1218

This… is true. I believe if we were to set up the proper preperations, airmail sent by fowl could very well be monitored…

But you are right about the other two modes of communication.

But that also does unfortunately also call to point out the invalidity of our current options.

#1219

(“disappointing” princesses, but yes)

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#1220

(Okay but it doesn’t work if their male heir siezes the throne)

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#1221

Augustin notes this down on his parchment, then furrows his brow in thought, studying it. He stays this way, wordless, for a long while.

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#1222

“My spymaster thinks it’s unviable to check all the letters coming out and they liked the previous suggestions better…”

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#1223

(It depends. How desperate are you to not make enemies with a country known for gathering information?)