Recaps

Ernst expanded East Africa through immigration, settlement, agricultural development, and preparations for new territory while strengthening its institutions and military. In Europe, he brought Rudolf to Prussia for schooling and continued shaping the colony’s future from afar.

• Erik Knight persuaded most of the villagers to register for East Africa, and similar recruitment spread across German states and northern Austria.
• East Africa improved sanitation and mosquito control, integrated newcomers, and prepared to produce mosquito coils from locally grown pyrethrum.
• Tullio Penny met Gile Cioni at Mitomoni Village, and Portugal and East Africa later signed a non-aggression pact recognizing their spheres of influence.
• Henriette’s expedition surveyed Lake Turkana and the Omo River, prompting Ernst to direct East Africa to secure much of the Omo basin.
• East Africa’s population and cultivated land grew, while Ernst planned further immigration, agricultural expansion, and the gradual development of industry.
• Ernst established the Tropical Diseases Research Center in Berlin, chose Mwanza for East Africa’s first shipyard, and advanced settlement around Omorate and Lake Turkana.
• Ernst persuaded Empress Dowager Sophie to let Rudolf visit Prussia, where Rudolf studied, made friends, and gained confidence as Sophie agreed he could remain until the end of the year.
• Hans Bach led an East African camel patrol through the Kenya-Somalia borderlands to keep nomads and outside tribes from entering territory the colony intended to clear.

East Africa conquered the southern kingdoms and the Great Lakes region, then expanded settlement, infrastructure, and industry. As Ernst strengthened the colony and its European business, the Hohenzollern family became involved in Spain’s uncertain succession.

• Hans Bach directed Akaram’s caravan to the Laskampoli Trading Market, where Akaram bought Tanga burlap to sell.
• Werner Jori surveyed Lake Victoria’s western shore, and Ernst ordered East Africa to conquer the southern kingdoms before turning north.
• Yalman’s army invaded Burundi, Karagwe, Rwanda, and Igara, driving inhabitants north and settling immigrants in the conquered territories.
• Mutesa I led an alliance against East Africa, but rifle fire devastated his forces, and East African troops pushed the remaining kingdoms west.
• Ernst expanded the colony’s roads, districts, labor system, and industries while the Hohenzollern Conglomerate developed cement and cigarette production and funded agricultural research.
• Professor Anton Perutz’s team began agricultural research, immigrants planted rubber saplings, and teachers started German-language lessons in the new districts.
• Ernst and Prince Constantin rejected the Spanish throne as a dangerous prospect, while Tom encouraged Isabella II and Alfonso XII to suspect the United States of backing Spain’s rebels.
• Ernst inspected the Hohenzollern Conglomerate’s French branch, approved its performance, and reminded staff to maintain customer service and product quality.

Ernst strengthened East Africa’s military, agricultural, and commercial systems while expanding its territory and immigration program. The arc ended with new settlers building lives in the colony, including Maria, who married Hornfeiss after being brought to East Africa.

• Ernst renewed the family’s ties in Paris, while the Hohenzollern Conglomerate recruited impoverished Russian workers and sent them toward East Africa.
• East Africa cleared land, tested wind-powered mills, expanded farms and trade markets, and established Professor Anton Perutz’s research base.
• Ernst reformed Hechingen Military Academy, while its cadets passed a public review that impressed guests but failed to convince the Prussian commander of their readiness.
• East Africa’s population, agriculture, and territory grew, and Ernst planned further expansion toward the mineral-rich southwest while setting new immigration and farming priorities.
• Fischer moved his family from Stuttgart to Dar es Salaam, where he directed construction work and used his wages to support them.
• Ernst ordered Arab-era buildings demolished and replaced with Germanic-style architecture, while East African settlement policies displaced indigenous people.
• Roald advised Wasim to report his village site so the government could support an embankment, and Maria married Hornfeiss after he drew her in Mombasa’s spouse lottery.

East Africa secured the Katanga Plateau through a bargain with Msiri while expanding its infrastructure and preparing for Prince Constantin’s arrival. Constantin reached First Town and began taking over government affairs, with a proposal to build a navy awaiting Ernst’s approval.

• Becker negotiated Msiri’s departure from the Yeke Kingdom in exchange for five hundred guns, and East African forces later helped relocate its people and take control of the territory.
• Ernst advanced East Africa’s development by organizing inland telegraph lines, modernizing First Town, and preparing factories and a railway venture.
• Prince Constantin sailed to East Africa, where Maximilian I welcomed him and urged him to strengthen cultural education and establish a navy.
• Merke delivered the promised weapons and gifts to Msiri, who handed the Yeke Kingdom’s territory to East Africa and moved his people toward neighboring states.
• Portuguese merchants split over whether to remain in the former Yeke Kingdom or leave for Kazembe after Santos warned them about the Germans.
• Prince Constantin sent Ernst Maximilian I’s navy proposal, then traveled to First Town, where officials introduced themselves and his takeover of government affairs began.