Ayutthaya — Not random

Conditions

• Cambodia exists

Will happen within 90 days of June 2, 1430
Checked again every 90 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1430)

Description

There is a long hatred between the Thai and the Khmer Empire. During the 12th century, the Thai peoples had been reduced to vassalage by Suryavarman II, one of the greatest Angkorian monarchs. In 1431, the Thai decided to strike back.

Actions

A. Let us destroy the hated Khmer!

• Gain a temporary casus belli against Cambodia for 240 months
• Start a war with Cambodia
• +5000 cavalry in the capital province
• +10000 infantry in the capital province
• Event 140000 - Sack of Angkor for Cambodia is triggered immediately

B. We are cowards

• Stability +1
• -50 relations with Cambodia

Ayutthaya — Not random

Will happen within 200 days of January 2, 1454
Checked again every 200 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1460)

Description

King Boromo Trailokanat has proposed various reforms in order to streamline the government of the state. While many of these proposals make great sense, they will also be expensive and may cause unrest. What shall we do?

Actions

A. Go with the reforms

• Stability -1
• Centralization +1
• Aristocracy +1
• Serfdom +1
• Monarch's administrative skill +3 for 36 months
• Monarch's military skill +3 for 36 months
• +5 national manpower
• +1 base manpower in a random province
• +1 base manpower in a random province
• +1 base tax value in a random province

B. Ignore the reform ideas

• Stability +3
• Centralization -1
• Infrastructure tech investment: -200
• -1 base tax value in a random province

Ayutthaya — Not random

Will happen within 1000 days of January 2, 1491
Checked again every 1000 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1500)

Description

After ascending the throne in 1491, King Rama T'ibodi III took measures in improving the military system, mainly in introducing a universal compulsory military service.

Actions

A. Introduce a new system

• Stability -1
• Land +1
• Offensive Doctrine +1
• Quality -1
• +1 base manpower in a random province
• +1 base manpower in a random province
• Land tech investment: +300

B. Leave the old system

• Stability +3
• Offensive Doctrine -1

Ayutthaya — Not random

Will happen within 300 days of January 2, 1514
Checked again every 300 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1514)

Description

The 16th century was marked by the first arrival of Europeans, and by continual conflict with the Burmese. Alfonso de Albuquerque, of Portugal, conquered Malacca in 1511, and soon thereafter his ships sailed to Siam. King Ramathibodi II (ruled 1491-1529) granted the Portuguese permission to reside and trade within the Kingdom, in return for arms and ammunition. Portuguese mercenaries fought alongside the King in campaigns against Chiang Mai and taught the Thais the arts of cannon foundry and musketry.

Actions

A. Welcome!

• +50 relations with Portugal
• Land tech investment: +500
• Mercantilism -2
• Quality +1
• -1 base tax value in the capital province
• Stability -2

B. Go away

• -90 relations with Portugal
• Mercantilism +1
• Innovativeness -1
• Stability +1

Ayutthaya — Not random

Will happen on January 2, 1549

Description

King Maha Chakkrap'at has proposed various reforms for our military forces, including the training of a full-time professional elephant brigade. While many of these proposals make great sense, they will also be expensive and may cause unrest. What shall we do?

Actions

A. Go with the reforms

• Stability -2
• Land +1
• Offensive Doctrine -2
• Land tech investment: +250
• +5000 cavalry in the capital province
• -100

B. Ignore the reform ideas

• Stability +1
• Innovativeness -1
• Land tech investment: -500

Ayutthaya — Not random

Conditions

• Burma controls Bangkok
• Own Bangkok
• Event 65119 - Expansionism policies for Burma has already occurred

Will happen within 1 days of January 2, 1568
Checked again every 1 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1605)

Description

In 1569, Burmese troops under the command of King Bayinnaung overran the Thai troops and captured the capital of Ayutthaya. The occupation lasted only for 15 years, when the future King Naresuan rebelled and expelled Burmese forces from Ayutthaya.

Actions

A. Become vassal of Burma

• -70 relations with Burma
• Centralization -2
• Trade tech investment: -250
• Infrastructure tech investment: -250
• -2000 population in the capital province
• -500 population in a random province
• Stability -4
• Event 65121 - Capture of Ayutthaya for Burma is triggered immediately

B. Fight on

• -100 relations with Burma
• Trade tech investment: -400
• Infrastructure tech investment: -400
• Stability -5
• +5000 infantry in a random province
• +5000 cavalry in the same province

Ayutthaya — Not random

Conditions

• Event 65121 - Capture of Ayutthaya for Burma has already occurred
• Ayutthaya is a vassal of Burma

Will happen within 300 days of January 2, 1584
Checked again every 300 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1584)

Description

Together with his younger brother, Ekatotsarot, Naresuen began to gather armed followers. He had gained an insight into Burmese armed strength and strategies during his formative years. He trained his troops in the art of guerilla warfare and their hit-and-run tactics earned them the nicknames Wild Tigers and Peeping Cats. Naresuen's opportunity to restore Siamese independence came following the death of Bayinnaung, in 1581. Revolts in the Shan states and at Ava were tying young King Nandabayin down at home when Naresuen declared Ayutthaya's freedom, in 1584. During the following nine years, the Burmese made several attempts to resubjugate Siam, but Naresuen had taken thorough defensive measures and repulsed all invasions. On one of these occasions, he killed the Burmese crown prince in single combat, both of them mounted on elephants.

Actions

A. Kick out the Burmese

• Break vassalization with Burma
• Land +2
• Offensive Doctrine -2
• Quality +2
• Land tech investment: +300
• +6000 cavalry in the capital province
• Event 136007 - Thai Impudence for Burma is triggered immediately

B. Let us still bow down

• +50 relations with Burma
• Stability +1

Ayutthaya — Not random

Will happen within 300 days of January 2, 1590
Checked again every 300 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1590)

Description

Naresuen assumed full Kingship upon his father's death in 1590. He reconsolidated the Siamese Kingdom, then turned the tables on Burma with repeated attacks that contributed to the disintegration of the Burmese empire. The Khmers, who had been whittling away at Siam's eastern boundary during Ayutthaya's period of weakness, were also subdued. Under Naresuen 'the Great,' Ayutthaya prospered and became the thriving metropolis described by 17th century European visitors.

Actions

A. Great he is

• Centralization +2
• Offensive Doctrine +2
• Trade tech investment: +250
• Infrastructure tech investment: +250
• +1 base tax value in the capital province
• Stability +2

Ayutthaya — Not random

Conditions

• Event 140007 - Lovek for Cambodia has already occurred
• Cambodia owns Khmer
• The following must not occur:
  • Ayutthaya and Cambodia are at war

Will happen within 60 days of January 2, 1593
Checked again every 60 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1599)
unless prevented by
Action A of 140011 - Lovek is Captured for Cambodia

Description

The Thai watched with apprehension as the Khmer began to become rich and powerful at Lovek. In 1593, they decided to strike and captured the city in 1594.

Actions

A. Let us attack the hated Khmers!

• +50
• Gain a temporary casus belli against Cambodia for 240 months
• Start a war with Cambodia

B. We are cowards

• Stability +1
• -50 relations with Cambodia
• Event 140008 - Thai Threat for Cambodia will never fire
• Event 140011 - Lovek is Captured for Cambodia will never fire

Ayutthaya — Not random

Conditions

• Cambodia exists
• Event 140011 - Lovek is Captured for Cambodia has already occurred
• The following must not occur:
  • Ayutthaya is a vassal of Cambodia

Will happen within 5 days of April 2, 1593
Checked again every 5 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after June 19, 1613)

Description

The Thai have captured Lovek. Loot, plunder, and prisoners have been brought back to the Thai capital.

Actions

A. The defeated Khmer bow before us!

• Gain Cambodia as vassals
• Stability +1
• +200
• -30 relations with Spain
• -30 relations with Portugal

Ayutthaya — Not random

Will happen within 300 days of January 2, 1609
Checked again every 300 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1620)

Description

During the reign of King Ekat'otsarat trade flourished, and there were many contacts with neighboring countries.

Actions

A. Rule peacefully

• Trade tech investment: +300
• Stability +2
• +30 relations with a random country
• +30 relations with a random country
• +30 relations with a random country

Ayutthaya — Not random

Will happen within 300 days of January 2, 1610
Checked again every 300 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1610)

Description

The reign of Naresuen's brother, Ekatotsarot, between 1605 and 1610, coincided with the arrival of the Dutch in Siam. Ekatotsarot was not interested in pursuing Naresuen's militaristic policies. Instead, he sought to develop Ayutthaya's economy. To these ends, he decreed several measures to increase state revenue, among them the introduction of taxes on commerce. This gave him a reputation as a 'covetous man' among Europeans.

Actions

A. Impose the system

• Stability -2
• Mercantilism +1
• Land -3
• -3 merchants
• Trade tech investment: -250
• +1 base tax value in Bangkok
• +1 base tax value in a random province
• +50 relations with a random country
• -400 relations with Japan

B. No, thanks

• Stability +1
• Mercantilism -1
• Trade tech investment: +50

Ayutthaya — Not random

Will happen within 300 days of January 2, 1630
Checked again every 300 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1630)

Description

Under the Japanese adventurer Yamada Nagamasa, who earned himself an official court rank, many Japanese gained employment as the King's guards. These mercenaries played an important role in Thai history, when in 1628 they helped the future King Prasat Thong establish himself as regent to a boy-king, and subsequently to depose the rightful leader. Unfortunately, the shogun in Edo (now called Tokyo) refused to recognize him as a Thai monarch, prompting Prasat Thong to take revenge on the Japanese settlement in Ayutthaya. Several Japanese were killed and the rest fled to Cambodia.

Actions

A. Kick the Japanese out

• Stability -2
• -400 relations with Japan

B. Keep them

• Stability -4
• +4000 infantry in the capital province
• -250 relations with Japan

Ayutthaya — Not random

Will happen within 300 days of January 2, 1637
Checked again every 300 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1637)

Description

Prasat Thong ruled until 1655. He imposed a system of royal monopolies whereby all foriegn trade was directly controlled by the King, represented by the minister of finance. The importance of Ayutthaya as a trade center increased markedly during this period. Because rare commodities were under state control, they could be procured only from royal warehouses in the capital.

Actions

A. Impose the system

• Stability -1
• Mercantilism +2
• Centralization +1
• +5 merchants
• Trade tech investment: +400
• +2 base tax value in Bangkok
• +1 base tax value in a random province

B. No, thanks

• Stability +1
• Mercantilism -1

Ayutthaya — Not random

Conditions

• Netherlands exists
• Event 3503 - Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie for Netherlands has already occurred
• Event 12075 - Jean-Baptiste Colbert for France has already occurred
• Event 3125 - The Commissioning of Versailles for France has already occurred
• France exists
• The following must not occur:
  • France and Ayutthaya are at war

Will happen within 20 days of January 2, 1680
Checked again every 20 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 30, 1684)
unless prevented by
Action B of 3125 - The Commissioning of Versailles for France
Action B of 170333 - The 'Compagnie Française des Indes Orientales' for France

Description

With his advisor Constance Phaulkon, The King of Siam, Phra Naraï, hoped that the vicinity of the French would hold in respect the Dutchmen who had already the quasi-monopoly of the traffic in the Far East. Consolidated in his hopes by the Nimègue peace of 1678, relatively openminded man, he treated well the French monks and the tradesmen of the 'Compagnie Française des Indes Orientales' present in his Kingdom. As of the end of 1680, he sent an embassy in Europe which carried present and letters to the Pope and Louis XIV. But it sank towards the island of Madagascar with the ship which transported it. In the beginning of 1684, Phra Naraï then sent a new mission in France which reached the court of the Sun King.

Actions

A. Send the Embassy

• +25 relations with France
• -25 relations with Netherlands
• -25
• Event 170236 - The Siamese Embassy for France is triggered immediately

B. Neglect France

• -25 relations with France
• Monarch's diplomatic skill -2 for 12 months
• +25

Ayutthaya — Not random

Conditions

• Event 120021 - France allies with Siam for Ayutthaya has already occurred

Will happen within 20 days of January 2, 1684
Checked again every 20 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 30, 1688)

Description

The relations between France and Siam seemed promised to a beautiful future, but in 1689, a revolution burst in Siam. Phaulkon was assassinated in June and Phra Naraï died mysteriously. Pitracha, the instigator of this revolution, became King, whereas French did not move. Bangkok, besieged, had to be evacuated, like Mergui. Desfarges and his troops were folded up on the French tradepost of Pondicherry in India.

Actions

A. Chase the French!

• Lose 3000 troops in a random province
• -100 relations with France
• Monarch's military skill +2 for 12 months
• Stability +1

B. They are useful

• +50 relations with France
• Monarch's diplomatic skill +2 for 24 months
• Event 170237 - The Siamese Revolution for France will never fire
• Event 120024 - The King settles down for Ayutthaya will never fire

Ayutthaya — Not random

Conditions

• Event 120023 - The Siamese Revolution for Ayutthaya has already occurred

Will happen within 20 days of January 2, 1703
Checked again every 20 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 30, 1705)
unless prevented by
Action B of 120023 - The Siamese Revolution for Ayutthaya

Description

The new King of Siam tried to join again with France only in 1703. But Louis XIV was at war against Europe and did not seize the occasion. France had, consequently, no more influence in Siam and the relations were very reduced.

Actions

A. Our error should be repaired

• +100 relations with France
• Monarch's diplomatic skill +2 for 24 months
• -25
• Event 170238 - Siam renews its request for France is triggered immediately

B. Let the matter fall...

• -50 relations with France
• Monarch's diplomatic skill -2 for 24 months

Ayutthaya — Not random

Will happen within 300 days of January 2, 1733
Checked again every 300 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1733)

Description

The reign of King Boromakot (1733-1758) began with a particularly violent struggle for power, but Baromakot's twenty-five-year term was an unusually peaceful one and became known as Ayutthaya's Golden Age. Poets and artists abounded at hius court, enabling literature and the arts to flourish as never before. During this period, Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) invited a delegation of Siamese monks to purify the Sinhalese Sangha (monkhood), reversing the religious roles of the previous two countries.

Actions

A. Tranquility!

• The capital province revolts
• +30 relations with a random country
• +30 relations with a random country
• +30 relations with a random country
• +30 relations with a random country
• Stability +2

Ayutthaya — Not random

Will happen within 300 days of January 2, 1760
Checked again every 300 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1760)

Description

King Ekit'at is an utter fool who is a disaster as King of this land. He ignores the duties of government, prefering to spend his days in endless parties and bouts of drinking and debauchery. Meanwhile, the Kingdom is falling to part, and our neighbors eagerly circle like vultures moving in on their prey. Unfortunately, the King refuses all advice to take a more active role in the government, thus causing the nation to slide further into chaos.

Actions

A. Why are we stuck with such an incompetent fool?

• Stability -6
• Global revolt risk +5 for 120 months
• +10% inflation
• -300 relations with Burma
• Lose 10000 troops in a random province
• Infrastructure tech investment: -200

Ayutthaya — Not random

Conditions

• Event 136014 - Destruction of Ayutthaya for Burma has already occurred
• Own Bangkok
• Burma controls Bangkok

Will happen within 1 days of November 2, 1763
Checked again every 1 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1779)

Description

The tranquil days proved to be the calm before the storm. Boromakot's son Ekatat ascended to the throne in 1758, after a bitter succession struggle with his brother, and surrounded himself with a female company to ensure his pleasure. Meanwehile, a village headman united the Third Burmese Empire and assumed the royal title Alaungpaya. His invading Burmese armies were repelled in 1760 after Alaungpaya was wounded by his own cannon. But in 1767, a second Burmese invasion, led by Alaungpaya's son Hsinbyushin, succeeded in capturing Ayutthaya after a siege of fourteen months. In their hurry to withdraw from the conquered capital, the Burmese killed, looted and set fire to the whole city, thereby expunging four centuries of Thai civilization. Showing complete disregard for their common religion, the Buddhist Burmese plundered Ayutthaya's rich temples, melting down all the available gold from Buddha's images. Members of the royal family, along with 90,000 captives and the accumulated booty, were removed to Burma.

Actions

A. This is a dark day

• -70 relations with Burma
• Centralization -2
• Trade tech investment: -750
• Infrastructure tech investment: -750
• -5000 population in the capital province
• -2000 population in a random province
• Stability -4
• Event 120014 - Taksin: a Thai Hero for Ayutthaya is triggered immediately

Ayutthaya — Not random

Will happen within 300 days of January 2, 1770
Checked again every 300 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1770)

Description

The chaos of King Ekit'at's reign is now behind us, and the new King, Phya Taksin, has placed the nation on a new course. He wishes to refound the state by moving its capital a few miles to Bangkok and undertaking a thorough administrative reform. Should we follow his wishes?

Actions

A. It is the beginning of a new era!

• Stability +2
• Centralization +1
• +1 base tax value in Bangkok
• -300

B. No the old ways are the best.

• Stability +1
• Innovativeness -1
• Infrastructure tech investment: -200

Ayutthaya — Not random

Will happen within 300 days of January 2, 1775
Checked again every 300 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after December 30, 1775)

Description

Taksin ruled until 1782. In the last seven years of his reign, he relied heavily on two trusted generals, the brothers Chao Phya Chakri and Chao Phya Sarasih, who were given absolute command in military campaigns. They liberated Chiang Mai and the rest of northern Thailand from Burmese rule, and brought Cambodia and most of present-day Laos under Thai suzerainty.

Actions

A. They shall submit

• -100 relations with Cambodia
• Gain a temporary casus belli against Cambodia for 84 months
• -100 relations with Burma
• Gain a temporary casus belli against Burma for 84 months
• -100 relations with Vientiane
• Gain a temporary casus belli against Vientiane for 84 months
• +150
• Kwai will be considered a national province
• Lampang will be considered a national province
• Sarakham will be considered a national province

B. We are cowards

• +50 relations with Cambodia
• +50 relations with Burma
• +50 relations with Vientiane
• Stability +1

Ayutthaya — Not random

Conditions

• Ayutthaya controls Sarakham

Will happen within 1 days of January 2, 1775
Checked again every 1 days until trigger is met (cannot happen after January 2, 1783)

Description

It was from the victorious Laotian campaign that Thailand obtained the famed Emerald Buddha. Chao Phya Chakri carried the Buddha from Vientiane to Thonburi in 1779. Carved of solid jadeite, the image was allegedly discovered at Chiang Rai, in 1436, inside a pagoda struck asunder by lightning. The Emerald Buddha is regarded by Thais as the most sacred of all Buddha images, and is believed to guarantee the independence and prosperity of the nation.

Actions

A. Splendid!

• Stability +2
• +200

Ayutthaya — Not random

Will happen on April 6, 1782

Description

Convinced he was the future Buddha, King Taksin attempted to force the Buddhist monkhood and his subjects to accept his religious pretensions. This led to a rebellion and Taksin was deposed on the grounds of insanity. Following his deposition in 1782, Chao Phya Chakri, born as Thong Duang, was chosen as the new King. He came to the throne on the 6th of April 1782, becoming the founder and first ruler of the present Chakri Dynasty.

Actions

A. A new dynasty, a new era!

• Stability +2

Ayutthaya — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 140001 - Fall of the Khmer Empire for Cambodia

Description

The Thai have sacked Angkor. Loot, plunder, and prisoners have been brought back to the Thai capital.

Actions

A. The defeated Khmer flee before us!

• +1000 population in the capital province
• +200

Ayutthaya — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 140013 - Cambodian-Vietnamese Marriage for Cambodia

Description

With the marriage in 1620 of King Chey Chettha II (1618-28) of Cambodia and the daughter of Sai Vuong, one of the Nguyen lords (1558-1778), who ruled southern Vietnam for most of the period of the restored Le dynasty (1428-1788), Cambodia orbited into the Vietnamese sphere of influence.

Actions

A. We will reassert our domination

• Gain a temporary casus belli against Annam for 12 months

Ayutthaya — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 170236 - The Siamese Embassy for France

Description

On March 3, 1685, a French embassy left Brest for Siam, having to its head the knight of Chaumont, accompanied in particular by the abbot of Choisy, the count of Forbin and the Jesuit father Tachard. Arrived in October, Chaumont vainly tried to convert Phra Naraï to Catholicism and refused to sign the political treaty that Siam awaited. Two months later, Chaumont left the country for France, accompanied by a Siamese mission, and leaving Forbin as High Admiral and chief of the Siamese armies. In March 1687, a French embassy, with Simon de la Loubère and Céberet de Boullay as leaders, left on the vessels named 'le Gaillard' et 'l'Oiseau'. 630 infantry men, under the command of Desfarges, embarked on four other ships. The things however did not go for the best, and Forbin knew disgrace because of the loss of several ships. Bangkok and Mergui were nevertheless garrisoned.

Actions

A. Fight the Dutch!

• Fortress level in a random province +1
• +3000 infantry in a random province
• Stability -1

Ayutthaya — Not random

Triggered by

Action B of 170236 - The Siamese Embassy for France

Description

France is not in a hurry to give the pressure on such a resistant country as Netherlands.

Actions

A. Let the matter fall...

• -50 relations with France
• +25
• Monarch's diplomatic skill -2 for 12 months

Ayutthaya — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 106002 - Inheritance of Lan Na for Lan Xang

Description

The last King of Chiangmai died childless in 1543, and Phothisarat, whose mother was a Chiangmai princess, promptly claimed the empty throne. So did Siam and a Shan prince named Mekut'i. Laos won the first round, and Phothisarat placed his son, prince Setthathirat, on the Chiangmai throne. However, the Laotian King died only thirteen months later, and Setthathirat had to hurry to Luang Prabang to claim his father's throne before somebody else did. That gave Siam and the Shans a second chance. All three Kingdoms were fighting over Chiangmai when a revitalized Burma appeared on the scene.

Actions

A. This displeases me

• -100 relations with Lan Xang
• Gain a temporary casus belli against Lan Xang for 360 months

Ayutthaya — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 120014 - Taksin: a Thai Hero for Ayutthaya

Description

Taksin, as Phya Tak Sin is popularly known, had barely spent a night at Ayutthaya when he decided to transfer the capital. He revealed to his troops that the old Kings had appeared to him in a dream and told him to move. In fact, strategic considerations were probably more important than supernatural ones in Taksin's decision. A site nearer to the sea would facilitate foriegn trade, ensure the procurement of arms, and make defense and withdrawal easier. During the seventeenth century, a small fishing village downstream had become an important trade and defense outpost for Ayutthaya. Known as Bangkok, 'village of wild olive groves,' it contained fortifications built by the French. The settlement straddled both sides of the Chao Phrya River, at a place where a short-cut canal had widened into the main stream. on the west bank, at Thonburi, Taksin officially established his new capital and was proclaimed King.

Actions

A. Make the move

• Centralization -2
• Land -1
• Mercantilism -1
• Offensive Doctrine -1
• Infrastructure tech investment: +250
• Land tech investment: +250
• Trade tech investment: +250
• Stability -4

B. Stay in the old capital

• Centralization +1
• Stability +1

Ayutthaya — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 65115 - Prince Ekaracha for Lan Xang

Description

In 1536 Lan Xang King Phothisarath I gave refuge to an exiled prince Ekaracha of Ayuthaya. Ayuthaya declared war, however, army of Lan xang defeated the invaders at Moung Khouk, and peace was quickly concluded.

Actions

A. Press the issue

• Stability +1
• Gain a temporary casus belli against Lan Xang for 24 months

B. Let the matter slip

• Stability -1
• +50 relations with Lan Xang

Ayutthaya — Not random

Triggered by

Action A of 120013 - Destruction of Ayutthaya for Ayutthaya

Description

Despite their overwhelming victory, the Burmese didn't retain control of Siam for long. Attacks on Burma's northern borders compelled the Burmese to withdraw most of their forces, and Thai tenacity in rebounding from setback combined to shorten the period of Burmese domination. Giving meaning to an ancient proverb that 'Ayutthaya never lacks good men', a young general named Phya Tak Sin gathered a small band of followers during the final Burmese siege of the Thai capital. He recognized the hoplessness of the Siamese situation under the effete King and his decadent entourage. So instead of waiting for the holocaust to envelop the city, he and his comrades broke through the Burmese encirclement and escaped to Chanthaburi, on the southeast coast of the Gulf of Thailand. There, Phya Tak Sin assembled an army and navy. Seven months after the fall of Ayutthaya, the general and his forces sailed back to the capital and expelled the Burmese occupiers.

Actions

A. Kick out the Burmese

• Break vassalization with Burma
• Leader Taksin becomes active
• Land +2
• Offensive Doctrine -2
• Quality +2
• Land tech investment: +1000
• +9000 cavalry in a random province
• +25000 infantry in the same province
• Gain 10 transports in a random province
• Gain 5 warships in the same province
• Event 120016 - Move to Bangkok for Ayutthaya is triggered immediately
• Event 136016 - Expelled from Ayutthaya for Burma is triggered immediately

B. Let us still bow down

• +50 relations with Burma
• Stability +1
• Event 136015 - Sack of Ayutthaya for Burma is triggered immediately

Ayutthaya — Random

Description

The Buddhist Kings of Southeast Asia have always treasured the possession of white elephants, enhancing royal prestige and ensuring the country's prosperity.

Actions

A. Splendid!

• Stability +1
• Global revolt risk -3 for 12 months