Plausible Deniability
Fire the "Plausible Deniability" event in Europa Universalis IV with the console command event privateers.11.
Plausible Deniability
Fire this event with the event command and the event ID privateers.11.
What happens
Conducting any form of attacks on rival ships in peacetime, whether through sanctioning reprisals or private wars or covertly backing piracy, has had many benefits to us, but is not without problems. One of our privateering operations was recently compromised and the ships and crew captured. As luck would have it, they had lost their letter of marque, proving they work with our approval, and whatever proof connects them to us is purely circumstantial.\n\nAs a last resort, the captain has now contacted us, hoping we will admit to our official backing so it can be used as leverage in the upcoming trial.
Player choices
When this event fires, Plausible Deniability presents these options:
- These are legitimate merchants retaliating against foreign aggressions!
- We've never seen these marauders before. They look like rogue pirates to me.