Tyranny of Steel

Berengar stood within the confines of his office and gazed upon a map that he had personally designed. It was incomplete, as the world had yet to be entirely discovered in this era. Yet there were markings of the German Empire in Central Europe, as well as its colonies in North and South Vinland, and their holdings in the Caribbean. To put it simply, Berengar had taken the first step in establishing a global Empire.

Yet, despite this, Berengar was not satisfied with his current achievements. There was more that needed to be done, and not enough time to accomplish it in his lifetime. Only by investing further into colonization could he achieve 1/10th of what he had planned for his dynasty ’s Empire. Thus, he set his eyes on a new territory that he had yet to explore.

With Honoria by his side, and his new Grand Admiral, a man by the name of Fridrich von Wülflingen, Berengar, laid out his plans for his next colony. His finger shifted from the Fatherland all the way to a blank portion of the map, settled in between the two colonies in the New World.

If he were to be looking at a modern map of the world, his finger would surely hover over the region known as Mexico. An excited smile was on his face as he boldly declared his plans to his wife and Admiral.

”With the current capabilities of our navy, and the first Dominion-Class Ocean Liners set to be finished in the coming weeks, we will soon have the ability to project such force to the new world, that no kingdom we may come across can possibly challenge our rule. It is because of this newfound military might that I intend to go all out with colonization and connect our two territories with a third in between them.

Honoria immediately scoffed when she heard this goal. In her eyes, this was a foolish endeavor. After all, the existing colonies were still not fully independent, and yet Berengar so desperately wanted to charge into the unknown and conquer a third. Despite this feeling, something pulled at her heartstrings. Telling her in the back of her mind that her husband knew something of worth that was located exactly where he pointed.