Episode 12:    Straightening the Lines, or Are We Starting to Get Stale, Mate?

You know, I've been waiting all game to use my "Mick, The Knife" pun.  He keeps teasing and teasing, but so far every seeming thrust turns out to be a feint.  When I entered the Kaiser's orders in first and saw him destroying the English army in Brest, my heart started to flutter, but then I saw him passively hand Moscow over to England, and I knew I had once again fallen prey to wishful thinking.
Let's face it, boys.  GM's are a bloodthirsty lot.  Stab, fight, kill!  Save your stalwart
loyalty for when I'm IN the game, not when I'm merely observing. 
And yet... before we finish speaking of teases... Did anyone else notice there is now a German fleet in the North Sea?)

Other More-Medium-Than-Highlights:

. RUSSIA LIVES!  Thanks to our aforementioned Kaiser, the Tsar finds refuge in Vienna for at least one more year.

. England regains control of the Mid-Atlantic, but not without a gamble.  Will the Italian fleet soon be cruising off the coast of Liverpool, or will Gang Green decide to disband and regroup back home?
RETREATS:
Italian F Mid-Atlantic Ocean can retreat to Irish Sea.
German A
Moscow can retreat to Warsaw.
Since each retreating unit has only one space available for retreat, I have auto-retreated the units as shown on your map.  HOWEVER... Germany and Italy both have the option of retreating their units off the board, and if they choose to do that, it will affect the builds in the Winter turn.
ANYONE who is submitting adjustments may choose to submit adjustment orders that are conditional on either or both of the unconfirmed retreats.
ADJUSTMENTS:
Our SC are all set, but our adjustments are conditional on the retreats.
England - Plus 1
Germany - Plus 1, but could be Plus 2
if he retreats A Moscow off the board.Italy - Even, but could be Plus 1 if he retreats F MAO off the board.
Russia and Turkey are unchanged.  Russia did lose an SC, but since the unit was destroyed, no adjustments are needed.


NEXT DEADLINE:    Autumn 1906 retreats and Winter 1906 adjustments are due tomorrow, March 2, by 18:00 Eastern time.

Cheers,Chris


Orders as resolved.  Please notify the GM immediately if you spot an error.======================================================England:
A Brest Hold (*Disbanded*)
F English Channel Supports F North Atlantic Ocean - Mid-Atlantic Ocean
F Gascony - Spain(nc) (*Fails*)
A Livonia
Supports A St Petersburg - Moscow
F North Atlantic Ocean - Mid-Atlantic Ocean
F Portugal Supports F Gascony - Spain(nc) (*Cut*)
A St Petersburg - Moscow
A Wales Hold

Germany:
A Bohemia Supports A Warsaw - Galicia
A Burgundy - Marseilles (*Fails*)
F Denmark - North Sea
A Moscow - Ukraine (*Dislodged*)
A Munich - Tyrolia (*Fails*)
A Paris Supports A Picardy - Brest
A Picardy - Brest
A Warsaw - Galicia

Italy:
A Marseilles Supports F Spain(sc) (*Cut*)
F Mid-Atlantic Ocean - Portugal (*Dislodged*)
F North Africa - Mid-Atlantic Ocean (*Fails*)
A Piedmont Supports A Tyrolia
F Spain(sc) Supports F Mid-Atlantic Ocean - Portugal (*Cut*)
F Trieste Hold
A Tyrolia Supports A Budapest - Vienna (*Cut*)

Russia:
A Sevastopol Supports A Moscow - Ukraine (*Disbanded*)
A Vienna Supports A Munich - Tyrolia (*Cut*)

Turkey:
A Armenia Supports A Rumania - Sevastopol
F Black Sea
Supports A Rumania - Sevastopol
A Budapest - Vienna (*Fails*)
A Bulgaria - Rumania
A Rumania - Sevastopol
A Serbia - Budapest (*Fails*)
F Tyrrhenian Sea - Gulf of Lyon
A Ukraine Supports A Rumania - Sevastopol (*Cut*)
F Western Mediterranean Supports F Spain(sc)
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England (:   Edinburgh, Liverpool, London, Moscow, Norway, Portugal, St Petersburg, Sweden.
Germany (9):   Belgium, Berlin, Brest, Denmark, Holland, Kiel, Munich, Paris, Warsaw.
Italy (7):     Marseilles, Naples, Rome, Spain, Trieste, Tunis, Venice.
Russia (1):    Vienna.
Turkey (9):    Ankara, Budapest, Bulgaria, Constantinople, Greece, Rumania, Serbia, Sevastopol, Smyrna.

Adjustments:

Austria:   Supp  0 Unit  0 Build  0    ...
eliminated 1904
England:   Supp  8 Unit  7 Build  1
France:    Supp  0 Unit  0 Build  0     ... eliminated 1904
Germany:   Supp  9 Unit  8 Build  1    ... or Build 2 if A Moscow retreats OTB
Italy:     Supp  7 Unit  7 Build  0    ... or Build 1 if F MAO retreats OTB
Russia:    Supp  1 Unit  1 Build  0
Turkey:    Supp  9 Unit  9 Build  0