Les Petites Bêtes Soyeuses
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Les Petites Bêtes Soyeuses
Points Arising for May 1677
Players' deadline for June and July 1677 is 20th March 2026
June is the start of a new season. All characters start the month in Paris and all duels must be fought before anyone goes to the front. Any vacant appointments not taken by player characters will be filled by NPCs - unless a post is appointed by a player character, who may order that it is left vacant (if you have an appointment or rank that allows you to appoint any posts, don't forget to check this).
June is the start of the campaign season. All units listed on the "Army Organisation" table will be in action (any volunteers will serve with the Frontier regiments). Characters who are part of one of these units can only avoid active service by resigning from their regiment and/or appointment.
As over 80% of characters will be on active service for the next three months, I will run June and July back-to-back. Please send orders for June and July this deadline. Orders for July may be conditional on what happens in June - if there is a major impact on any character in June, I will give the affected player a brief opportunity to modify their July orders. Replacements for anyone who dies in June will start in August and any duels caused in June will be held over until at least August.
Next turn is the last month characters can make investments for this campaign. The return on investments will be paid at the start of September.
To what I suspect is the relief of many characters, TTT's term as Commissioner of Public Safety finishes at the end of June. Anyone who wants to apply for the job should do so with their June orders - though the appointment will be made by Minister of State Rick Shaw.
Absent friends
IP Grégory Meurant asked to be floated. Grégory reports it's "probably a little too soon ... to start again", so IP will be floated until he's ready.
ZUT Bob Blanchett asked to be floated as he's back in hospital. Best wishes, Bob.
Notes
It is worth sending orders in even if they're a day or two late: it's possible I can still action the orders and will probably be able to use any press. It also reassures me that you're still out there.
Orders (and press) should be emailed to the LPBS orders e-mail address - you'll get an automated response when the message arrives in my mailbox. Please give your name and your character's name and specify actions in full detail. If you want a query answered before the deadline, please use the main LPBS email address.