Neutral Whiterun Imperial Camp SE

Whiterun is a neutral land, but east of the city, the Stormcloaks gather in a camp at the base of the Throat of the World. So nervous! To maintain neutrality, this mod enables Whiterun Imperial Camp (near Rorikstead) before Jarl Balgruuf chooses a side in the civil war. Mod port of Enodoc.

If Whiterun is neutral, why does it need an Imperial battalion?

It already has a Stormcloak camp, so it also needs an Imperial camp to ensure balance.

Detailed description

Jarl Balgruuf was adamant at the start of the game that he would not allow Imperial troops to garrison his positions, but he also did not initially affirm or deny Ulfric Stormcloak's claim to the throne of the High King. This means that neither the Empire nor the Stormcloaks are under Whiterun's control. In every other fortress that is not controlled by a faction, they maintain a military camp in the wilderness of that fortress. The Stormcloaks already have a camp in Whiterun, but no Imperial presence - this mod can be enabled at the Whiterun Imperial Camp (southeast of Rorikstead) before Jarl Balgruuf chooses Civil War.

Balgruuf chooses a side in the quest "Message to Whiterun". therefore:

If the mod is enabled before the midpoint of "Message to Whiterun", the Whiterun Imperial Camp will appear southeast of Rorikstead. While the Imperial garrison at Dragonsreach is enabled, it will be disabled when you notify Ulfric Stormcloak of Balfruuf's decision - this is to simulate the Empire moving from camp to garrison before the Battle of Whiterun.

If you enable the mod after the Battle of Whiterun and the Imperials successfully defend the city, nothing will happen - the Imperials control the fortress and military camps are no longer needed.

If you enable the mod after the Battle of Whiterun and the Stormcloaks successfully capture the city, nothing will happen - this event will cause the Whiterun Imperial Camp to still appear in the world.

Therefore, this mod is only useful if you have not yet spoken to Ulfric about Balgruuf's decision in Message to Whiterun. If you install after this, nothing will break, but it won't activate either.

compatibility

As with editing anything about Civil War, there can be problems editing other things about Civil War. However, I haven't encountered any such issues myself, as most of these mods start after the war begins, and this mod only works before then.

script

This mod edits the Quest Fragment script (QF_CW03_000D661C) of CW03's message to Whiterun to disable the camp at the appropriate time, so will conflict with anything else editing that script. It will not edit CW03Script. The mod also adds a simple script of its own that checks the status of CW03 when the mod is first loaded, so it knows if the camp is enabled or not.

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If Whiterun is Neutral, why does it need an Imperial Camp?

It already has a Stormcloak Camp, so it needs an Imperial Camp as well to ensure balance.

Full Description

Jarl Balgruuf is adamant at the start of the game that he will not allow Imperial troops to garrison his hold, yet he also does not initially affirm or deny Ulfric Stormcloak's claim to the throne of the High King. This means that neither the Imperials nor the Stormcloaks are in control of Whiterun; in every other Hold where a faction is not in control, they maintain a Military Camp in the wilderness of that hold. The Stormcloaks already have a camp in Whiterun, but there is no Imperial presence - this mod enables the Whiterun Imperial Camp (located southeast of Rorikstead) before Jarl Balgruuf chooses a side in the Civil War.

Balgruuf chooses a side during the quest "Message to Whiterun". Therefore:

If you enable the mod before the halfway point of Message to Whiterun, the Whiterun Imperial Camp will appear southeast of Rorikstead. It will be disabled when you inform Ulfric Stormcloak of Balgruuf's decision, at the same time as the Imperial garrison in Dragonsreach is enabled - this is to simulate the Imperia …