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| La Rialto Giornale; A Venetian Newspaper | |
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| Topic Started: Apr 8 2010, 04:45 PM (565 Views) | |
| Telosan | Apr 8 2010, 04:45 PM Post #1 |
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Posted Image Modern Vessels banned in Laguna di Venetia In response to the growing amount of noise, pollution, and the overall desecration of the lagoon's crown jewel, i Pregadi has passed a new law banning the use of any and all vessels utilizing engines of any kind. The only ships permitted within the lagoon and the city are those with sails and oars, like our grandfathers sailed in for generations. The few old fashioned shipbuilders left have been contracted by the government and are now working in the Arsenal to produce galleys, bissoni, and gondoli of all types. Posted Image All shiping will now be directed to the island of Lido, where they will be transported to either the city or the mainland in commercial galleys. The ships of the Flotta di Difesa di Laguna are being reassigned to other portions of the Adriatic and war galleys will now replace them. This is a practical move as these war galleys will be outfitted with modern technology such as sonar, for detecting submarines, radar, for aircraft, and so on. These galleys are also outfitted with modern weapons, sporting an underwater torpedo tube, which is below the water line and unseen as the majestic galley cuts through the lagoon. They are also equipped with two guns, an anti-aircraft gun that sits on the stern, and an anti-ship gun on the bow. Both are encased in decorative covering to give them the appearance of artillery in the 1700s. Edited by Telosan, Apr 10 2011, 08:11 PM.
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| Telosan | Apr 8 2010, 06:28 PM Post #2 |
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Posted Image New Venetian Currency to replace the Venetian Lira In an effort to recapture some of the glorious culture left behind by the first Venetian Republic, the Venetian Royalist-held Pregadi is now intending on replacing the lira with something more distinctly Venetian. Museums and private collectors have offered old Venetian coins for which the new Ducati will be modeled off of. Posted Image The Ducati was first issued in Venice around the 900s. The modern Ducati will be accurate representations of the original, based off of those found in museums. The design will feature the lion of Saint Mark on one side, with the current Doge on the other. A new coin will be minted each time a new Doge is elected. There will be two types of the coin, Ducati d'Ori and Ducati d'Argenti. The d'Oro will be minted in 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, and 50 increments, each value equating to the amount of gold each coin is made of, though all are equal sizes. The d'Argento will be minted in fractional values. There will be .05, .1, .25, .50, and .75 valued coins. Like the d'Oro, they will be made of their equal value in silver and will also be of equal sizes, though slightly smaller than the d'Oro. |
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| Filo | Apr 21 2010, 01:28 PM Post #3 |
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OCC: Psssttt...Telosan...in Italian is "Il Giornale di Rialto" or "Rialto Giornale". But how lucky are you to have an italian friend ? B) B) :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: |
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| Hastine | Apr 21 2010, 06:01 PM Post #4 |
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OOC: Isn't he using Venetian though, whcih is pretty different from the standard Tuscan dialect that Italian uses? |
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| Telosan | Apr 21 2010, 10:10 PM Post #5 |
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The "la" goes to the "Giornale" part, doesn't it? Vespery, I've been unsuccessful in finding a Venetian translator, so I've been using the 'basic' Italian that most translators have. |
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| Filo | Apr 22 2010, 06:58 AM Post #6 |
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OCC: Sorry if I seem pedantic but it is rare that any foreigner (except for some Japanese) uses Italian. I do not know what you have translated the translator, but "Il Giornale" is incorrect as "Giornale" is masculine in Italian. Also wrote "La Giornale di Rialto" it is not clear (we Italians mean) if Rialto is the adjective or complement determination Therefore, in Italian, should be "Il Giornale Rialto" or "Il Giornale di Rialto", depending rialto is the adjective or the determinant he first case would be strange in Italian, because in Italian Rialto can not be an adjective and can not (unlike English and Chinese) to be preached and there can be no such thing as "New York Times" in the language of Dante. The second case is the right one, look for example "Il Corriere della Sera" where Sera is the predicate of "Corriere". Put it in Italian lessons if you wish Edited by Filo, Apr 22 2010, 07:33 AM.
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| Telosan | May 11 2010, 09:14 PM Post #7 |
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Posted Image Commercial Trade Opened to the Public Map of Routes The old trade routes have been reopened by declaration of the Venetian government, with permission from the Roman Empire as many of the destinations lay within their lands. There are 7 routes opened: the Galley of Flanders, the Galley of Dremna/Algues-Mortes, the Galley of Barbary, the Galley of Northeast Africa, the Galley of Alexandria, the Galley of Beirut, and the Galley of Romania. Each trade fleet is a convoy of modern vessels, cargo ships of all sorts and several warships for defense. These Galleys are primarily open to the public and the government will not partake in the commercial market created by these routes. The cargo holds of every ship in each of the convoys are divided into walled off rooms. These rooms are available for lease, a one-time fee covers a single round trip, payable to the Venetian government. Then, it is up to the lease-holder to fill the room with goods they purchase from Venice or any of the ports of call. The merchant is possession of the goods will be responsible for conducting their own business, such as the purchase and sale of any goods. For example, if one leased a room of the cargo hold on a vessel in the Galley of Barbary, you could fill it with Murano glass before it sets sail. You could then sell it in Tunis, on of the first ports of call, and buy any number of goods. Whatever you purchased from Carthage (OOC: Tunis) could then be sold at any of the other ports of call. An intermediary business has sprung up around the concept. Several companies and self-employed individuals are offering agents for hire, to sail with your merchandise and do the purchasing and selling for you, according to your specifications. Insurance companies, too, are now offering plans to insure your goods against pirates, weather, theft, and numerous other unfortunate happenings that befall ships at random intervals. This extraordinary idea, complemented with surprising levels of freedom, is hailed as the embodiment of the old mercantile ideals that Venice itself was founded on. Many have already paid their first trip's lease and are loading their goods into their cargo rooms. Edited by Telosan, May 12 2010, 03:09 PM.
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| Hastine | May 11 2010, 09:35 PM Post #8 |
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(OOC: I know you can't change the stuff on the map, but could you change in your post the name of "Galley of Aigues-Mortes" to the "Galley of Dremna"?)
Edited by Hastine, May 11 2010, 09:36 PM.
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| Rhadamanthus | May 11 2010, 09:54 PM Post #9 |
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OOC: The reference to "Tunis" should be to "Carthage." |
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| Telosan | May 12 2010, 03:10 PM Post #10 |
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OOC: RD, change made. Vespery, I added a slash because Venetians would call it Aigues-Mortes but Sperians may call it Dremna. Can the OOC posts be split? |
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| Hastine | May 12 2010, 05:00 PM Post #11 |
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OOC: Why would they call it Aigues-Mortes? Technically, the French have never lived in that area, and it's always been Sperian, so the concept of a town, and a galley, called "Aigues-Mortes" wouldn't even exist. This is starting to become the whole "Sperry is French" thing that has irked me ever since I joined this forum. Edited by Hastine, May 12 2010, 05:01 PM.
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| Rhadamanthus | May 12 2010, 05:12 PM Post #12 |
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OOC: Sperry, we have always had a fluid conception of history here, which often means that multiple versions of history have existed side by side. For example, both Telosan and I use a lot of real life Greek and Italian history that did not necessarily exist as far as Catholic Europe was concerned when he had been here. I realize its not always the best system, but it has its strengths and weaknesses. Our RP is too informal to ever have everyone fully align their historical conceptions. It might lead to butting of heads sometimes, but it allows everyone to work together would cutting anyone off. For example, I am perfectly happy to recognize Sperry as being Sperian, not French or Occitan or anything else. But when I held the southern portion of France prior to giving it to Toussaint's French Republic, it was Occitan, and I don't retcon stories I've already RP'd. We have to hand-wave a little bit to make the reconciliations work, but it doesn't bother me to hold both those ideas. Finally, whose territory is the city in? |
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| Telosan | Apr 10 2011, 09:33 PM Post #13 |
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Posted Image New Equipment, Military Reorganizes In a rare press release, the Capitano Generale da Mar, Nicolau Celeste, announced that a new class of destroyers would be incorporated into the navy. The Pìroƚa Class destroyers, as noted in the release, are heavily armed with a variety of missiles that make them versatile and capable of striking land, air, and sea, as their payload permits. Posted Image This news has little time to sink in, as the Capitano Generale continued with the shocking revelation that the entire navy would be undergoing an overhaul. Celeste was then joined by his army counterpart, the Capitano Generale di Terrafirma, Pietro Participazio, who further shocked the crowd with the news that new tanks would be joining the ranks as well. Together, the two Capitani Generali blew away the already stunned crowd with the news of military-wide reorganization. Old equipment is to be updated and new classes of ships are ready to be commissioned. The airforce, long lacking in funds and aircraft due to the poor structure of the branch, has been erased as an official branch altogether, an easy move as the branch also has no capitano. Instead, the airforce budget is going directly to the army and navy, who will feed funds to the airforce as they need it. The joint command of this branch allows for the army and navy to easily call on air support. By existing on funds from the other branches, the airforce will be more able to perform its tasks as the Capitani Generali are to provide them with the appropriate amount of ducati to perform as called on. Finally, Giovanni Tortialli, former standing head of the airforce, revealed that the new arrangement of funds has allowed for new aircraft, especially Tortialli's pet project, the Sóra d'Archéti. These new aircraft are said to be small, fully autonomous UAVs. With a wingspan of 6 feet, these are easily the smallest non-infantry unit in the military. Their armament will be a forward mounted submachine gun and will be capable of carrying a payload of 6 grenades or a single AP explosive shell. Posted Image However, it's the Sóra d'Archéti's programming that is its true strength. The onboard computers are capable of communicating between units wirelessly, allowing them to execute more complicated maneuvers as a group. With all this information flowing back and forth, a squadron of Sóra d'Archéti are capable of forming a collective hive mind, which will cause the aircraft to act as the many eyes and hands of an unseen, higher consciousness that directs each individually. With all these new advances and structural changes, the Venetian Military should be able to better handle the problems presented by the dangerous world at large. OOC: Basically, this means go look at my military page. |
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