[SECRET] The meeting of the An-Xileel

[u/ikar100]

"I have called you here today, leaders of Argonia, because of the urgency of the matter."

Qajalil goes around the whole table, looking at each and every one of the Argonians invited, before sitting down at the front.

"As you may know, I am the youngest leader of the An-Xileel. I will probably as well be the youngest to die."

He takes out a deep sigh, before continuing.

"I have summoned Sithis. Our lord, patron of the Dark Brotherhood and the one which chooses the Shadowscales. And he gave me a vision."

He again takes in a deep breath.

"I saw troops, marching. Blood was spilling everywhere. That may not be so crazy considering we are at war in the Nibean bay, but this isn't a vision of present. It is a vision of future..."

He gets up and turns his back to the table.

"I saw the Dark Elves. Many of them, in fact. Dying. Those troops and that blood, it all leads up to that. Then, The Hist, growing. I believe that will be important as well. And then I saw the most unsettling part."

He turns around.

"I saw myself dying. I saw my lifeless body on the ground. I don't need any more signs to know that my ends is near."

He then stops talking, and sits back down again.

"Han-Ru, you were right. I am sorry I ever doubted you. The Dunmer are going to attack. And it won't be some easy visit. It will be a great invasion, just like we did it centuries ago. And it will be horrible. It might as well be the greatest war our country has ever seen!"

He gets up.

"BUT WE WILL BE READY! WE WILL KILL EVERY LAST ONE OF THEM! WE WILL DESTROY THEM! WE WILL TAKE THE ENTIRE WORLD TO THE BATTLE, IF WE MUST!"

He calms down a bit, and then continues.

"It is too late now to return our troops from the Nibean Bay. So we must be successful there. We must win, and make our victory count. For if we don't, for if we fail... Then we won't be ready. And I will not allow that."

He again, turns around.

"I wish I was sure that this wasn't certain. I wish we could make sure they don't attack. But most of all, I wish I won't have to die. But I doubt it. So now, I must start looking for an heir. I want your input on other matters. This last one is my own."

[u/cthulhuh00p]

Base manpower is calculated by the spreadsheet based off of military modifier, whether you're tribal, whether you have a volunteer army, your population size, etc.

If you're referring to current manpower (in blue), then you set it to "remaining manpower" at the beginning of the first year. Every year after that, update it to be "end of year manpower".

[u/ikar100 → u/cthulhuh00p]

How is it calculated? I am just curious.

EDIT: And what are the consequences of setting the military to, you know, not volunteer military?

[u/cthulhuh00p → u/ikar100]

If the volunteer value is something other than 1 or 0, the sheet shits its pants. If it's 1, everything is normal. If it's 0, your manpower effectively doubles, and military expenditure is cheaper. Naval expenditure, however, goes up if you have volunteer army. The manpower formula is:

=Pop_Cur0.05Mil_Mod(((Tribal-1)-1.33)+1)(((Khan-1)-1)+1)

So basically, 5% of your population x your military modifier. If you are volunteer army, it doubles. If you are tribal, it's 2.33 times the normal.

[u/ikar100 → u/cthulhuh00p]

OK, you aren't making any sense.

If the volunteer value is something other than 1 or 0, the sheet shits its pants. If it's 1, everything is normal. If it's 0, your manpower effectively doubles, and military expenditure is cheaper. Naval expenditure, however, goes up if you have volunteer army.

When it should be

If the volunteer value is something other than 1 or 0, the sheet shits its pants. If it's 1, everything is normal. If it's 0, your manpower effectively doubles, and military expenditure is cheaper. Naval expenditure, however, goes up if you DON'T have volunteer army.

Or not having a volunteer army is just too OP.

[u/cthulhuh00p → u/ikar100]

0 means you do have a volunteer military. Volunteer military means more troops and cheaper troops, but more expensive ships. It's definitely better than having a non-volunteer military, but it's only for special occasions.

[u/ikar100 → u/cthulhuh00p]

Wait, how does having a volunteer army mean more troops? When people have a choice, they prefer to stay home. When they don't, they... Well, they don't. Doesn't that mean more men?

[u/cthulhuh00p → u/ikar100]

It's not a policy thing, it's a special circumstance. For instance, Torval. The military is made up of devote Khajiit who wish to serve the Mane. This lowers the cost and increases the number of troops.

[u/ikar100 → u/cthulhuh00p]

So, it can't be changed in any way?

[u/cthulhuh00p → u/ikar100]

It could be changed, but you can't go "giv me voluntir plz" and get it. You have to actually roleplay.

[u/ikar100 → u/cthulhuh00p]

Oh. I could pull it off. Just not right now.