LizNES4: Our Ancestors Sins

Yes I did! Starting to work on the update a bit.

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TheLizardKing said:

Yes I did! Starting to work on the update a bit.

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TheLizardKing said:

Well, I'm still missing a majority of the orders, so I suppose.

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Still haven't responded to my PM

More stories. The perspective is a dissident author. A little late, but better then never.


A History of Business in Indonesia


Chapter Eight: Current Leadership

Grand Doge and Pendekar Jayanthi Saranburut is man in his late fifties who prides himself not on his present position as head of the Indonesian Corporate Board of Directors (ie the Indonesian ruling oligarchy) but upon his personal achievements. He is a real estate magnate, the CEO of Indonesia’s largest construction company, Jade Construction, Co, an accomplished martial artist and, if rumors are to be believed, a rather excellent gardener. He is also unfortunately insufferably cruel, proud and, again, if rumors are to believed, hopelessly addicted to stimulants (certainly this would explain his excitability and the sores he constantly seems to be plagued by).


I was able to learn a little about Mr. Saranburut from a driver he once used. He relates to me the story of when Mr. Saranburut first killed a man. According to the driver, whom I will not name for fear of incriminating him more than I already have, Mr. Saranburut was on his way from a director’s meeting to a private party some distance away when his vehicle, travelling through one of the thousands of nearly lawless ghettos of inner Jakarta was accosted by a freemen loyal to one of the warlords operating in the zone. The sedan was stopped by a derelict automobile pushed into its path and cornered by an old truck driven into position behind Mr. Saranburut’s vehicle. A man held an assault rifle to the window of the sedan and demanded money. For whatever reason Mr. Saranburut refused his demands and so the thief fired upon the sedan. The majority of the bullets failed to penetrate the windows of the armored vehicle but as the clip was emptied the armored glass began to fail and several were able to penetrate, wounding (but not awakening from a drug-induced dissociation) one of his 'aides'. As the would-be-thief hastened to reload Mr. Saranburut calmly opened the door and using his Muay Thai boxing skills struck down the assailant. He picked up the assault rifle, finished reloading it and despite the assailant’s pleas for mercy, pressed it to his forehead and pulled the trigger. When he got back into the vehicle Mr. Saranburut is reported to have said that he was disappointed with how unexciting killing someone was. His ‘aides’, (expensive call-girls or ‘Courtesans’ as they liked to be called) did not stir from their BTL-induced bliss.

In Indonesia where life is very cheap and people are imminently disposable, the Grand Doge epitomizes the disposability of everyone, himself included. Saranburut, despite his age and obvious ambition, pushes himself beyond what his body is able to tolerate again and again. The rumors of extensive methamphetamines use, as far as I can tell, appear accurate; he sleeps so little, works continually without stopping and is ‘burning the candle at both ends’ so that his company, family and personal web of influence, power and financial strength can be that much greater. Saranburut's eyes show the truth of the matter- sunken and grey, they are the eyes of a man driven by ambition beyond the meager limitations of his physical shell. And yet, the spark of raw genius, unrivaled ambition and complete lack of empathy mark him as an unequaled leader. Yes, he is a fitting symbol for our nation- a nation with a beautiful, rich and glossy exterior but a rotten, bitter core.

Orders in.

Sorry about the wait, the update should be up tonight. I was busy last night, though I do have between 1/4, and 1/3 of it done. I'll work on it for a few hours now, and after work. If I can't finish it before the Eagles game, well, you guys have to wait until tomorrow. But I don't see why it wouldn't be done.

I accept no moar orders.

OOC: So, the Eagles are more important than us?

Omega124 said:

OOC: So, the Eagles are more important than us?

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Supreme Commander Alexandros Dzensky eats Eagles for breakfast.

OOC: So, the Eagles are more important than us?

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Absolutely. After the game, progress shall be made.

Hitting 'Reload' doesn't seem to help make the upadate appear any faster.... why is that?

Because the lot of you failed the initial deadline on friday.

don't look at me- i got mine in on tuesday.

I didn't specifically point you out. The offenders know who they are. *grumble grumble*

Peaceful Matters in 2153

The year opened up with the Indonesian government splitting it's newest territorial possessions between the various major coporations in the Indonesian Oligarchy. The corporations were to vote on the territories that they'd want, at which point, the Indonesian governmental Council would take the highest bidder, and provide military protection of the land, in exchange for the money that had been bid. However, this protection is to only last a year, as each corporation is to then, within two years, be expected to protect their territory suffeciently enough for the government to pull the national military out.

In this manner, the provinces have essentially become "corporate fiefdoms", where the people living on the land have the choice to swear loyalty to the new corporations running the territory, or continue to remain a freeman. While remaining a freeman seems to be the obvious choice, the issue with it is the fact that the Indonesian government at that point does not give the citizen an identity card or number within Indonesia. And since they are not technically foreign citizens, but still not Indonesian citizens, they are offered no protection under the Indonesian slave laws, thus giving these massive corporations the ability to enslave anyone who does not submit outright to them. (-2 Stability)

Needless to say, being stuck between the choice of slavery and serfdom, the people of Sumatra, unused to such laws have begun to revolt, killing several dozen Indonesians. (see Military Matters) While the Federal Indonesian forces have been busying themselves putting down the rebellion, Indonesian corporations effected by the rebellion have made matters worse by demaning money in reperations from the Federal Government. The Indonesian Rubber and Oil Company, by far the richest of the Indonesian companies, and one of the richest in the world has asked for substantial reparations from the Federal Government.

The Irish too have been busy with some questionable domestic affairs. The mass deportation of all foreigne males, be they Welsh or any other nationality began occuring en masse. While King Jack, barely understandable (being obviously intoxicated) wanted to "throw all of th' furiners min intah th' sea", it has been taken to mean that all foriegn males were to be exported to England or Scotland via boat. Females however, oddly enough were allowed to stay, and were heavily encouraged by the Irish government to reproduce with Irish batchelors. As to wether or not this has had any effect is unknown, and will be for at least several more months. Meanwhile, the construction of the "Great Wall of Eire" continues through the year, with most of the Irish Sea Coast effectively being protected.

London experienced more celebrations this year, as the English government made it's final and dramatic move to the city. Special visitor, Byzantine Supreme Commander Alexandros Dzensky and his entourage toured the new city, in an attempt to forment better relations with the English government. He soon left the city as "Duty Calls" (see Military Matters) but the trip was certainly historical. After almost 200 years, London was again, capital of England.

And so the English government got immediatley to work. Again, spending money into building up new railroad systems, this time spreading into southern England, finally connecting the two halves. Not only that, the English government has begun building a Spaceport in Dover, much as the USE has done in Dakar.

In terms of diplomacy, the English have also proposed a sort of new Commonwealth of Nations, with Australia and South Africa saying yes. India and the Oceanic Confederation rejected the proposal with a big fat "No!", while the Shield Republic's parliament debated on the matter for several weeks, before a rejection to the proposal just about squeeked through the votes.

The Byzantines experienced a new ardent surge of nationalism, in the wake of their recent invasion of Arabia (see Military Matters) as posters of Supreme Commander adourned every street corner, with nationalist slogans displayed just about everywhere else.

Similar propaganda has been seen throughout the Project, still fresh off the victories against the Imperial Russians. The Neo-Soviet state has been busy re-collecting classic peices of the old world, to stir up a fervor in the new one. Museum after museum in Vladivostok has been opened just to give these new items a home. Among the "reclamation" prizes, has been a Key to a Soviet ICBM launch site (as for which one, and if it's still working, no one knows), what has been believed to be a trunk of Lenin's worldy possessions (just as easily faked) and several emblems and medals of the Russian military, dating back to at least 1914.

Peace has been the word around the Carribean Empire this year, as the nation withdrew from the Great North American War, leaving their ally, the Unified States of America, to die a slow painful death. After several victories in Mexico, and around the Florida Peninsula, many proud veterans returned home, to see their nation rocked by turbelent instability as many of the average citizen called for continued war against the Syndicalist forces. However, the Democratic Alliance, a political party for the Carribean Assembly pushed the treaty through regardless.

Mobs struck at several cities in the empire, San Juan and Santiago being prime examples. The largest, and arguably most violant of the mobs struck at Havanna itself, having a go at the Royal Palace, before being dispersed by the Royal Guards. Needless to say the Premier of the nation, a member of the Democratic Alliance, was fired for his parties blunder. In came the Caribbean (FPC), under the leadership of Miguel Gutierrez. The FPC had been whole-heartedly against the signing of the Treaty of Veracruz, and help quite a lot of popular support throughout the Empire. After several meetings with Carribean King Ricardo, Gutierrez became the nations Premier, and promptly disbanded the Democratic Alliance, and gained enough power, through vote, to disband the national assembly as a whole in exchange for a Grand Council. While a large majority of the population was in favor of this operation, the obviously violent tendancies and backroom dealings of Gutierrez, nicknamed "el Supremo" has led to some general discontent among the people. (-1 Stability)

In the United States of Europe, Pope Alexander II continued his humanitarian efforts, by building hospitals and schools throughout the nation, something many communities had been seriously lacking. But this just goes with the believed good nature of the Pope. Continued efforts at building a Spaceport at Dakar had led to it's relative completion last year, while European scientists felt inclined to do some more research in the field of satallites, rather then launch one blind into the sky, which is arguably a superior plan. While all nations have the capability to fire a satallite, the USE have the capability to fire a new, more modern satallite, hopefully capable of making it through the (believed to be) active Anti-ICBM satallites still in orbit around the planet.

Polish Emperor Pudzianowks have gone on a tour of the "Baltic Block" nations, of Sweden, Novgorod-St. Petersburg, Prussia and the Baltic Commonwealth, to forment better relations with them, and of course, to have a few drinks. Relations with Novgorod has particularly gotten better, as Pudzianowks stayed an extended week in the St. Petersburg.

Military games were also staged in some of the frozen wilderness in Eastern Poland, startling some Russian military officials. But the utter collapse of the Russian state left the Pole's to their own designs.

The Sumatra War came to an end this year, with Indonesia aquiring the whole of Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula.

The United Syndicalist Communes commited some hefty resources to censoring all press throughout the nation, to block it's attrocities against the Unified States from reaching a mass audience. Thus far, they've been more then successful in that.

Military Matters in 2153

The war between the Project and the Empire of Russia came to a close this year. The fighting itself, in the rare cases that it was actually sustained, showed nothing but Russian disorganization, and technological deficiencies. The Project employed a steady stream of Hackers to infiltrate the archaic Russian communications grid, who then either shut the grid down completely, or used it to spy upon the Russians themselves.

The infantry divisions, supported by tanks eventually found themselves being welcomed as saviours by the towns they were supposed to occupy. This fervant public support for the Project allowed for massive advances to be made throughout Siberia, with the first of the Project's soldiers corssing the Ural's in mid-summer. All fighting had ceased by this point, with a letter of surrender being found in Vladivostok signed by the Russian Tsar Mikhail VI. Soviet soldiers celebrated the victory in Moscow, as Imperial Garrisons were relieved en masse. Many Imperial Russian citizens find themselves to be more then happy as members of the brave, new Project, though several Imperial Russian garrisons refused to partake in the "humiliating" surrender, and have attempted to stage resistance in South-Central Siberia.
(-Imperial Russia, -1 Soviet Division, -1 Soviet Group)

A new war broke out on the sands of Arabia this year, as Byzantine jets and bombers suprise assaulted the Arabian Collections, heavily bombarding it's un-prepared air forces, all while naval groups began bombarding the Arabian coast. The Arabians needless to say, were taken aback by this. An attack from the north was unexpected, as many Arabian leaders assumed the Byzantine's would continue on with their heavy interest in Central Asia. A majority of the Arabian defense forces were focuse on it's Southern border with the USE and CSE, allowing for lots of land to be taken by the Byzantine's at little cost. (-4 Arabian Squadrons, -2 Arabian Divisions, -1 Byzantine Squadron)

Be it through naval landings, or just general advancements, the Byzantine forces soon found themselves surrounding the Arabians, who were struggling more and more to put up any major resistance. Pockets of surviving Arabian soldiers were bolstered by local fanatical militia units, but ultimately lacked the organization, or power to counter-attack the Byzantine forces.
(-3 Arabian Divisions, +20 Arabian Militia, -5 Arabian Militia, -3 Arabian Groups, -2 Byzantine Divisions, -1 Byzantine Group)

Riyadh was the obvious focus of the Byzantine war effort, with street to street fighting occuring for almost a month, before the Byzantine's decided it would just be easier to raze the city, then fight for it. So they did. The "Freedom Fires" could be seen from miles about, angering many Arabians, but frightening many more. Similar scenes developed in Abba and Taif. Special care, however, was taken when Byzantine forces surrounded Mecca, and similar Islamic Holy Cities.
(-3 Arabian Divisions, -3 Byzantine Divisions)

The final stages of the North America War, meanwhile, was at hand. The United Syndicalist State's employed more of their chemical tactics, to destroy what was left of the already severely damaged Unified State's crops. Mass starvatio gripped the region, all the while constant bombing raids by the Columbian, Syndicalist, and Californios airforces made the situation seem particularly hopeless. The armies of the North American powers simply swatted aside all militia, and divisions that attempted to fight them off.
(-The Unified States of America, -1 Syndicalist Squadron, -1 Californian Division, -1 Columbian Division)

The situation as is, is one of victory. But the Great Plainds as a whole have been completely devastated, as wandering refugee's struggle to find help. Reports of cannibalism in some of the more hard hit regions of the constant assaults have become accepted as holding some grain of truth in them. Very small groups of militia have banned together "for a free America", and are considered to be active terrorist groups by the USCA and Californian government.

A questionable explosion on the border between the Congo, and USE held Equatorial Guinea led to both nations sending soldiers to the border, without much of an idea as to what they'd do next.

Chinse tribal forces seemed to of gone too far this year, with several groups raiding into Prussian possessions in China, and killing several dozen colonists, and citizens. Prussia organized a response, in which the Confederate States of Europe, and Japan both commited some minor forces into attacking the border lands of the renengade nation, to ensure a reasonable buffer lay between the colonies and the "wild" lands. Fighting has occured throughout the year.
(-1 Japanese Division)

Small naval engagements and air battles occurred in the Irish Sea between Welsh and Irish forces, though nothing major occured.
(-2 Irish Squadrons, -1 Irish Group, -4 Welsh Squadrons, -2 Welsh Groups)

Bonuses

The Federation of Columbia has a well organized military. (+5 Divisions)

The Polska Imperium's leader could beat yours in a fight. (+2 Stability)

The Second Byzantine Empire's people are happy. Really, really, really, really happy. Or at least, that's what the polls say. (+2 Stability)

Nueva California's newest Justice has brought a lot of criminals to justice. And a lot of bail from said criminals. (+1 Banked EP)

England is reminding it's people what it really means to be British. (+2 Stability)

Tanzania's future is looking bright. (+2 Stability)

Indonesia has set mankind back almost 400 years with the reinvention of slavey. But at least they have a fresh new batch of bullet sponges. (+5 Divisions)

Проект rewards it's good citizens, encouraging the young to look towards the military... (+5 Air Squadrons)

The Caribbean Empire's El Supremo has big plans, the support of the people, and probably more importantly, the support of the banks. (+1 Banked EP)

THE "INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE" PERSON OF THE YEAR


4. The Project's Hackers
A new type of warfare has been developed by the Project. One that could have detrimental effects on any modern military.

THE "INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE" EVENT OF THE YEAR



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OOC: I just got randomly sick. Front page, stats and NPC diplomacy, along with a spell check is to come eventually.

Nice Update

OOC: Nice Update, athough it said nothing on what my actions did? I can understand the spaceport, but the RRs? Not even a EP?

Also, the red dot for spaceports made me think Kara was invading me. Why use the same color?

TLK:
1) any chance you can come on #NES?

2) I am sorry you are not feeling well- seems to be contagious on these boards.

3) Excellent update. Things did not go quite as simply as i had hoped but ah well...

From: The Second Byzantine Empire
To: Arabian Collectives or Whatever
Greetings defeated enemy it appears that you have been bombed into submission. Program instructs Diplomatic Unit 7634 to offer you surrender. Terms are as follows:

All of the Arabian Collectives save for Mecca will be made a possession of the Second Byzantine Empire until such a time that full inclusion as a province is advisable. The region of Mecca as a religiously and historically-important site will be made a Mandate of the Second Byzantine Empire with an appointed overseer and extra autonomy.

If this is acceptable to you, please respond to this message. If it is not, Program instructs Diplomatic Unit 7634 to inform you on behalf of Supreme Commander Alexandros Dzensky that the bombings will continue.

The Second Byzantine Empire wishes you a nice day and/or unimaginable and terrifying destruction and/or conflagration.

(Great update as always)

The Polska Imperium gives its heart felt congratulations to the Second Byzantine Empire for their glorious and justified victory over the wrenched barbarians. Glory to the Empress and her invincible armies.