Imperium Offtopicium VI-2

[tobiisagoodboy]

Action: With dwindling petroleum reserves all over the world and with the Empire esspecially lacking in crude oil, the Imperial Ministry of Economic and the Imperial Ministry of Public transportation have pooled their recourses for an empire-wide initiative to establish a country wide infrastructure for Hydro-cars and Buses. Seeking to reduce their dependence on imported petroleum, this initiative shalkl provide personal mobility to the citiziens of the empire like they have never seen before. ( +3 Economy)

Action (+stunt): Provide industrial goods (only those that can't be militarized) to assist in the repair of the Suez channel. ( +3(+1) Economy)

Action: The Imperial Navy stations a whole carrier groups south of Sinai to protect the construction of the Suez. The fleet shall not intervene in teh war, unless anybody attacks the Canal directly. (+2 Military)

Fate action: Use the Industrial Might of Ethiopia to Support the the first (Hydro Car) action.

 

[Sonereal]

Do not edit orders to remove or add actions, invocations, compels, etc. Only edit to make minor corrections.

 

[Danwar]

The African Speech, 2101 AD

In the city of Rome, the Emperor stands, once again preparing to speak to the Senate and the world. Meanwhile, the Romans are once more preparing for war against Carthage, a war that will define the course of history, no matter who wins or loses. This is a time for action.

"Senators, Presidents, Kings, Emperors, all those who govern, lend me your ears.
In the wake of the turmoil following the great Cataclysm, a band of pirates has begun to grow. They raided shores all across the Mediterranean and burned and destroyed wherever they went. They were like true Vandals, committing barbaric atrocities on shores from Hispania to the Agean. In the chaos, none could stop them. The greedy oligarchies of numerous North African republics soon began to endorse them, paying them to exact their bloody tribute from unwilling shores. Together, these pirates - these criminals - caused death and destruction across this noble sea. These groups formed together to become the vile state of New Carthage. They have been ever-encroaching on good Roman lands, bribing and coercing their way into enslaving all of North Africa and Hispania. Even now, their fleets prepare to once more assail our vessels, and they seek to cut us off from all foreign trade.

This shall not stand. The peace is clearly faltering - it is up to us to take what initiative is left and crush New Carthage once and for all. These filthy Carthaginians will fall now just as they have fallen thrice before!"

Action: (Military, +3) Launch a preemptive strike on the Carthaginian land border to disrupt the building of fortifications and push as far as possible as we can in the campaigning season.
Create Advantage: (Military, +3) Failing that, erect a series of field fortifications in the Alps and bring in some troops there to cover any potential retreat.
Create Advantage: (Military, +3) Bolster our logistical system to support the troops on the main front.
Action: (Political, +1) Issue an embargo on all trade from Carthage.
Action: (Political, +1) Issue an edict to seize all Carthaginian property in the Empire.
Create Advantage: (Science, +1) Attempt to research longer-range artillery.
Create Advantage: (Military, +3) Begin launching airstrikes on Carthaginian vessels.
Create Advantage: (Military, +3) Erect a series of coastal fortifications around important trade or military harbors, manned 24/7.
Create Advantage: (Economic, 0) Attempt to improve the efficiency of the Imperial military-industrial complex.
Create Advantage: (Economic, 0) Invoking the improved military-industrial complex if it succeeds, begin expansion of the Empire's air force.
Create Advantage: (Military, +3) Tighten standards of discipline and effectiveness in the training of troops.
Action: (Military, +3) Any troops we can spare from the main front, have them attempt to respond to threats on the Imperial coastline.
Action: (Military, +3) Attempt to rally any Spanish guerillas we can to disrupt enemy construction and logistics.
Fate Point: Invoke Carthage's Bickering Bureaucracy trouble to disrupt their efforts in solidifying their control of the Gibraltar Strait.

 

[Robert Can't]

Create Advantage (Covert): Begin the organisation of the SRP sleeper cell in the Roman Administration.

Message to the SRP Consulate in Rome
Congratulations Administrators in the Rome Consulate on winning the prize for best Diplomatic delegation from the SRP. We have decided that your works with our friends in Rome are paying off and we are glad you will continue to work for peace and prosperity in Europe. The Bureau of International Affairs has decided that in order to further your efforts we will be sending additional administrative support to ensure that diplomatic activities can proceed in an efficient manner.

 

[SamSniped]

New Freetown, Margaitania
Sakari Enterprises HQ
8:47 PM local time

The studio was especially clamorous tonight, Adeyanna thought as she entered, coffee in one hand and notes in the other. And with good reason. This recently crowned Emperor of Rome stood on a platform of war and glory, with threats of war against its not-too-distant neighbors, and everyone in the corporation felt it. Though the National Senegalese Trade Guild may have used some less-than-savory tactics to reunite its nation, Sakari Enterprises prides itself on having united the Federation with peaceful tactics, and seeing Africa once again on the brink of chaos has upset everyone throughout the headquarters.

"This will be a wild report, eh?" chimed in her co-host's voice from beside her, Jon stepping up beside and matching her stride. "Rome issuing a Carthago Redelenda Est, the Suez crisis renewed, Asanteman workers protesting over food shortages..."

"Can't you ever think of something positive?" Adeyanna shot back jokingly, "At least the oil sands aren't burning again."

Jon chuckled a bit, sipping his drink as they reached the set. "You're right. And hey, get a look at this. Fresh off the Chairman's desk, to follow up our report."

This gave Adeyanna pause. A rare occurrence, she snatched the paper from his hand and scanned through it quickly. "Holy horsehocky, this is big news. How long ago...?"

Jon took a seat, and waved politely at a man standing on the balcony above the set. "Just before you got here. Though he wants you to be the one to announce it."

Adeyanna followed his gaze, and saw the grey-haired man in the balcony smile back down to the stage. Ade Sakari, the Chairman of Sakari Enterprises for the past forty years, watched on eagerly, unbeknownst to the bustling crew below. Adeyanna was about to say something back to Jon, but a man shouted from beyond the stage, "Live in 5! 4! 3! ..."

Sakari News Network (SNN1)

(title sequence w/ music, pan to news casters, aaaaaand action!)

A: Good evening, Sakari employees, and welcome to SNN News at 9! I'm your host, Adeyanna Jabari

J: And I'm Jon Wakati, here with a news packed broadcast for you tonight. First things first, the Carthaginian crisis.

A: That's right, Jon. Roman Emperor Valentiniano, just crowned last year, has already caused quite the stir in geopolitics with his actions in Europe. Now, he has cast an eye south to Carthage, making claims such as "they have no government, so it cannot be called a war".

J: Wild accusations to our neighbors to the north, don't you think?

A: Agreed. It seems Rome cannot reconcile their own existence with Carthage's, and thus have started border skirmishes. It remains to be seen if this will escalate further, but our reporters will soon have a better story for us in the coming days. On the topic of crises, Jon, you mentioned something of the Suez...?

J: As if the world would stop with just one crisis this evening, there's been a bit of a diplomatic disagreement over the international rights to the Suez canal. Abysinnia had suggested in open talks with local regions that the canal should be declared an international route, especially with their project to rebuild it - both notions which the Federation unanimously supports - but there has been backlash from other governments nearby, calling the efforts pointless.

A: At least that situation remains peaceful for now. And on the bright side, that does mean Abyssinia is finally making progress towards the promised reconstruction!

J: Indeed. And moving to local news, there has been further unrest in the capital of Asanteman, with food shortages leading to the Liberated demanding that AIATec share its food stores outside Corporation land. No violence as of yet, but police have had to crack down on a few protests before anything erupted. Chairman Sakari has some news on the matter handed straight to Adeyanna, though, and more on that right after the weather!

(cut to weather segment.....now! play the smooth jazz too, that was a tense segment. let it run for a few more, and back. good.)

A: Welcome back. As Jon mentioned, we ran into Sakari on the way to the studio, and have an official press release from Sakari Enterprises on behalf of the Big Five. It reads:

Good evening, Sakari Citizens and everyone watching! Due to the recent issues of food shortages and geopolitical instability, Sakari Enterprises has deliberated with the other leading corporations of the Federation, and we have proposed a Pan-African Trade Pact to many of our neighbors, in hopes of increasing wealth across our beloved continent, and as to bring peace to the war-stricken lands around us. For too long, Africa has been belittled by the world around us as a lesser region for various reasons, and today we take the first major step toward a brighter future. We have sent some of our top scientists in the Renewables department to Abyssinia to aid in their production of cars utilizing alternate and renewable fuels as to take steps toward ending a worldwide dependence upon petroleum. Additionally, Sakari Enterprises is proud to announce a joint venture with the Asanteman Institute of Aerospace Technology toward the establishment of the Federation Space Association - toward the stars, and a brighter tomorrow.

Sincerely yours,
Ade

J: Absolutely wonderful news from the Chairman! Sign me up for the space association now!

A: (laughs) Right after this broadcast, Jon, but for now, over to our sports segment.

(cut! that's a wrap, back in 15)

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Orders:

Action To Aid Abyssinia sending Sakari Enterprises' top renewable energy scientists toward the development of Hydro-cars (SCI)

Create an Advantage in the Pan-African Trade Pact, proposed to:

• The Directorate of Mali
• Abyssinia
• Empire of Nubia
• Zulu Nation
• Malagasy
• Victoria
• Carthage
• UCAR

as to guarantee economic stability in the local regions. (ECON, Invoke Aspect - By Word or By Gold)

Create an Advantage (or Overcome? whichever is appropriate) by founding the Federation Space Association, a functional space program which will aim to achieve manned space missions in the years to come. (SCI, Invoke Aspect - Ad Astra Per Aspera)

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OOC: Sone, my stats are wrong on the spreadsheet, should be:

• Covert: +1
• Economic: +2
• Military: +0
• Political: +1
• Scientific: +3
• Culture: -1

 

[Red_Spy]

American Redoubt Orders

Create Nested Organization
Name: The Minutemen
High Concept: Nationalist Militia
Primary Approach: Military (+3)
Scale: +2

Cultural Attack (+0)
Patriots along the El Norte border will be blasting messages containing orders for Protestants to seek safe haven in the Redoubt into El Norte. We will be invoking their Religious Wars consequence by using a fate point to accomplish this.

 

[christos200]

Daily Telegraph​

Prime Minister Jonathan Smith has announced a bill that would invest billions of dollars into an infrastructure project across Australia, New Zealand and New Guinea. The project would include the construction of new high-speed rails, roads, bridges and tunnels as well as the repair of old ones. He stated in the Federal Parliament, "We believe an infrastructure project is long due. We need to modernize our infrastructure in order to both make life and transportation easier for our own citizens and to encourage further foreign investment."

The bill is expected to be supported by the christian-democrat Christian Social Union party of the PM and his coalition partners, the Nationalist Party and the Union of the Right party. There are also signs that the Party of the Left, the socialist Movement for Change and the left liberal Democratic Party will also support the government's bill despite criticism of certain aspects of the bill. On the other hand, the Liberal Party, the Conservative Party and the Libertarian Party will vote against the bill while the Communist Party shall abstained.

The leader of the Liberal Party, Adam Brookes, has stated, "While we do agree that the infrastructure of our Kingdom needs to be modernized, we do not support this bill as we believe that a government undertaking of such task will be a waste of the taxpayers' money. A less costly and more effective solution would be allow private corporations to undertake this modernization program."

The Prime Minister has also brought another bill in parliament, an economic stimulus that would hand out financial aid to small private businesses and reduce the burden of taxation for every ten employees hired. The bill has the support of the coalition parties (Christian Social Union, Nationalist Party, Union of the Right) as well as the reluctant support of the Democratic Party and the Liberal Party.

The Prime Minister said to reporters, "This fiscal stimulus bill will further enhance our economic growth by providing financial aid to small private businesses, thus allowing them to expand their operations, and by reducing the tax burden when they employ more people, thus encouraging them to create new jobs."

Adam Brookes has supported the bill stating, "While we do have our disagreements with the aspect of the handouts, the tax cuts in the bill will stimulate economic growth and create new jobs. Thus we shall support this deal."

On the other hand, the Party of the Left, the Movement for Change and the Communist Party oppose the bill, stating that it is a scam and that it does not go far enough. The Conservative Party and the Libertarian Party oppose the deal on the grounds that its Keynesian handouts will be detrimental to the economy and that while the tax cuts are good, they do not go far enough.

While Jonathan Smith has the political capital, support by his coalition partners and the support of some of the opposition for his bills, it remains to be seen if he will be able to pass them through the Federal Parliament.

Orders:

Create an Advantage (economic, + 3): Infrastructure Bill (construction of high-speed rails, roads, bridges, tunnels, etch)
Crate an Advantage (economic, + 3): Economic Stimulus Bill (handouts to small private businesses and reduction of tax burden for every ten employees hired)

 

[Robert Can't]

Potentially using the advantage acquired previously:
Action: Use our infiltrators to determine if Rome is going to launch a preemptive strike against Carthage

If successful: warn the world of the fact

 

[Kinich-Ahau]

The UCAR is going to share some of our existing technology with Abyssinia to help them improve their Hydro-car program (Aid Abyssinia)

We are joining the Pan-African Trade pact & also providing aid to the starving Liberated in the Federation, reminding them that the doors of the UCAR are open to them if they tire of corporate oligarchy and wish to taste true freedom (Not sure if this is an Attack or if it is Create an Advantage, and not sure if it's Econ because surplus or Pol for diplomacy; either way, invoke Pre-Post-Scarcity Society)

Increase AI research in an attempt to improve the Project Arebati AI (Create an Advantage, Sci)

Build a new observatory dedicated to mapping & tracking the debris field around Earth, to improve future space programs (Create an Advantage, Sci)

As our technology is a large part of the issues currently facing the Princedom, we offer to help mediate the talks there, and also to share technology if they adopt more socialist policies (2 actions, Aid Victoria on their create an advantage roll; Not sure if the second order is an Attack or if it is Create an Advantage, and not sure if it's Sci because tech or Pol for diplomacy)

 

[Marcher Jovian]

The Avaritia Consortium dedicates itself to providing maximum value for her shareholders. To that extent, we will be seeking to coordinate with other organizations around the world to expend our global reach.

• The Directorate of Mali has shown itself struggling under woefully inefficient management. the market has spoken, and it has declared that Malians have failed to do their duty to the markets. Thus, we will attempt a hostile takeover of Mali, to clear the corporation of it's failed management. (Economic attack against Mali, invoke aspect "Cutthroat Corporation")
• The loss of international cable has been a grave blow against the markets, limiting the ability of information and capital to flow freely across the world. Action must be taken to restore the global network (Aid Carthage's research into international cable)

 

[Kinich-Ahau]

Bad enough that Africans suffer under the existing oligarchs. The Avarita kleptocrats will only make things worse.

Provide futuristic arms to the common folk of Mali to aid their struggle against oligarchs foreign and domestic (Science attack on Mali, invoke their ‘Indentured 99%’ aspect)

 

[Patient_Robot]

Statement from Shophet ("Judge") Sayyida

"We would like to make clear that the Construction of the Suez Canal is a Carthaginian project, Abyssinia agreed to assist in supplies, but this great restoration is done with Carthiginain hands, minds, and machines. This Canal is on Carthiginian Sovereign soil and we will not forsake our status as an independent state on the whims of other nations. Abyssinia claims that internationalization of this strategic waterway is key for the stability of the region, how curious they demand such an unprecidented action on a passage that does not exsist while similar already exsisting passages such as the Bosphorus, Panama, Strait of Malacca, Hormuz are controlled without being harrassed by an international community.

What is most obvious in their hypocracy is they have made no efforts to "internationalize" the Bab al-Mandab Strait, that allows access to the Suez in the first place, by internationalizing the Suez, they are actually monopolizing this route to the Mediterranean.

As for a more rational proposal, we, the people of Carthage hereby join the Pan African Trade Pact"

Action: Destroy support for proposal in all strategic waterway owning states (political +1)
Action: Join the Pan-African Trade Pact

Alrakha' Liqurtaj (Prosperity to Carthage)

 

[SamSniped]

The Federation is startled by this provocation of its neighbor, and offers financial aid to the leaders of Mali against such actions by the Avariria Consortium. Africa should have its right to soverignty, regardless of the imperial desires of the outside world.

(ECON aid to Mali against Avaritia)

 

[Sonereal]

Actions after this point will be processed in a different round.

 

[Danwar]

St. Peter's Basilica, Rome, 2101



As opposed to the jingoistic rhetoric from the rest of the Empire's government, the Pope himself has remained neutral in the conflict with Carthage thus far. Instead, these few years he has been working on something of a far greater concern - the souls of Europe's peoples. He began to deliver a speech of his own from the Basilica.

"Blessings to all who would take the time to listen to this message. Amidst the turmoil that the world has faced in the past century, countless lives were lost, and that has truly been a tragedy. The Lord our God granted us a miracle in putting an end to the Plague, but there is still much to be done. My country's aggressive acts towards Carthage are neither here nor there: I simply pray to God that this war does not consume us all. However, I believe it is time that the Church focuses on the problems that are within our capacity to fix and have hope that the mortal rulers of the world face its challenges wisely.

I am sure that good Christian faithful across the globe will rejoice, for we are preparing numerous missionary expeditions to return the recently-lost souls back into the Lord's loving arms, specifically to a few major states.

Herius Viridius Lucceius has been appointed Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Ispahan, and he, along with numerous other bishops, will spread the word of God to the peoples in the Kingdom of Zun. Provided the misguided Zunists allow our peaceful missionaries, I strongly advocate for good Christians in Isaphan to attempt to coexist with the sun-worshippers. They may be pagan idolators, but they are also not bad people, I hope. If they choose to tolerate the Faithful, we should respond in kind, for Our Lord Jesus Christ said, 'love thy neighbor as thy self'.

In the wake of the weakening of the good Christian faith in territories controlled by the Shuddering Coalition, their French holdings have been consolidated into the Archdiocese of Reims. Manius Servilius Vibullius shall be its new Archbishop, but we can only pray that the Coalition allows our missionaries to do God's work in their realm. I wish luck to them.

And finally, in the wake of the previous archbishop's death, Canus Vagionius Rutilianus will be Archbishop of Prague. Worry not, for we have acquired, filled out, and returned all the required paperwork. There are rumors of a Satanic presence in the city, but I pray that they are just that - mere rumors.

For now, the followers of Christ's true followers can rest easy, for the Church has not forgotten them. It saddens me that these could not be done with more ceremony, but time is of the essence - this coming war could disrupt our ability to communicate to the outside world, however tragic that may be. Even so, God be with you all."

 

[Omega124]

Create Nested Organization, IRABC

The Irish Republican Army Banshee Corps is the newest division within the rechristened Irish Republican Army, an intelligence organization dedicated to setting up passive networks of cells in other nations in order to gauge and assist revolutionary fervor in native populations, and to obtain intelligence on states that may be plotting against the Irish Republic. This organization will be size 2, and use Covert as its primary attribute The stats shall be posted here:

Name: IRABC
High Concept: Cell-based Foreign Intelligence Network
Trouble: [Same as the country's trouble]
Aspect: Outreach to Foreign Revolutionaries

Create Advantage in Sino-Japanese War

As per prior negotiations with the Military Republic of China, the Irish Republic shall be sending key officers in the Irish Republican Army to China via clandestine methods in order to help train Chinese forces in their struggle against Japanese imperialists. This is not a commitment for any elements of the Irish Republican Armed Forces to join the struggle against the Tianguo directly (we don't have the population nor the means to send troops all the way over to Asia), but is our way to help assist a downtrodden people against those who seek to enslave and despoil their nation.

Create Advantage with the Promotion of Irish language

As part of strengthening our cultural idendity as Irishmen, Irishwomen, and Irishpeopleinbetween,both,and/orneither; the Irish Republic seeks fit to promote the revivial of the Irish language as the prime lingua franca of the Emerald Island. English is, of course, too valuable in a globalized community to simply abandon, but we speak it only because we were slaves to the British Empire. Our primary language should be Irish, not English, and we should reflect that as much as we can reasonably. Our Dali should debate in primarily Irish, we should encourage media produced in Irish on our airwaves, and of course make sure our schools and universities teach the language (if not outright teach in Irish).

 

[Seon]

Most delicious friends, welcome to the Shuddering Coalition. As always we wish you the most luscious of days.

We remind you that your integration into the beautiful, most perfect EMERALD NETWORK is not only recommended, but MANDATORY. In addition, as you are not on any diplomatic, visitation, or bureaucratic Visas as acknowledged by the Coalition, but rather just kinda showed up, your stay will be processed as being for the duration of FOREVER.

please standby for 24/7 stream of intranet pictures of cats and ads of products you probably really want but will never use.

Spoiler :

Invoke the Emerald system of augmented reality. Kinda filter out whenever they start making zealous speeches and just flood them with distractions, temptations, and opportunities, continuously refining the augmented reality we show them until they become properly integrated Shuddering Citizens, like the rest of us.

 

[Sonereal]

If you have orders that have not been processed yet, please do not post additional actions yet. Everyone else; you are fine.

 

[TheGryphonPrince]

Oligarchs at our gates

A few decades ago, the world was shrouded in darkness, as the powers of old collapsed but the same oligarchs continued to get richer and richer at the expense of the impoverished populations of the world. These poor people, not knowing any better, turned against their own neighbours and former friends in pointless wars, in the name of concepts invented by the oligarchs, such as capitalism, socialism, communism, nationalism, among many, many others.

Eastern Asia was much of the same, warlords and mafias freely exploiting the most populated regions of this planet from their own gain, forcing them to work for hours for little to no pay.

That was, until Our Enlightened Messiah came.

Once a humble priest working for the decadent Catholic Church, He drove back the warlords and mafias controlling Japan, and His missionaries worked tirelessly to rebuild what the decadent world has taken away. Thanks to his unwavering resolve, the Heavenly Kingdom rebuilt the islands that once belonged to Japan. Some Koreans and Chinese, seeing the results of his work, have requested to join the New Enlightenment, and we have embraced them as our brothers and sisters.

But even as we grasp illumination, the oligarchs of old continue to fight back.

And one of these oligarchies, happens to now rule over the vast majority of the Chinese Nation.

A land once full of wise philosophers, is now oppressed by the forces of the Kuomintang, whose population continues to starve to death while the elites continue to trick their workers, making them believe that they live in a false utopia.

Not content with merely oppressing part their own people, they claim that we are only here to oppress the Chinese that had most willingly joined our noble crusade, while they continue to oppress the Mongols, the Tibetans, the Uyghurs… and now they have expressed interest in oppressing the Koreans too.

We will not tolerate these actions by the Chinese elites. We beg the Chinese population still living in Kuomintang oppression, to look at the prosperity their compatriots living in our frontiers have achieved… and compare it to their own misery under the elites.

For now Japan stands alone, isolated by the oligarchies across the world still fighting against us, our noble efforts, and against all that is good on this world. But in spite of these lamentable setbacks, we shall not give up the way of the truth, and we shall fight to the very last man to set things right!

(Create an advantage in Military and culture)

 

[Sonereal]

(don't @ me)

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THE FALL OF MADRID. Madrid, Occupied Territory. The Andorra-Roses Line would have gone down as one of the most heavily fortified defensive lines in world history. A combination of field fortifications supported by heavier fortifications and rough terrain would have made this line nigh impenetrable by the Romans if not for one problem: the construction program itself. The line teemed with heavy construction equipment, engineers, and civilian-military construction crews, a fact Rome used to its advantage to punch through the line west of Roses in the opening offensive. The effect was immediate and the line crumbled and withdrew. Barcelona, Zaragoza, and Valencia fell to advancing Roman forces over the next few weeks culminating in Carthage’s withdrawal from Madrid.

To the south around Gibraltar, the heavy construction equipment and crews that were meant to make their way down south to support the heavy fortification of Gibraltar never reached their destination. Accidents happened, surface-to-air missiles arrived defective, fortifications built cheaply and quickly in fear that the Roman advance would not stall out near Murcia.

Within occupied Barcelona, a Spanish sniper killed two soldiers and wounded nine more. Roman command rounded up 1,100 hostages and would demand the sniper turn him or herself in, except a hostage snuck a grenade into the stadium and killed herself and three other soldiers. Roman soldiers opened fire on the hostages, killing hundreds. Word spread throughout the afternoon of the sniper-suicide among the Roman ranks, leading to the beginning of a four-day period of incredible violence that would end with the death, disappearance, or rape of at least 30,000 Catalonians within the city and, beginning the next afternoon, as far as Tarragona, Lieda, and Girona. Small villages were razed completely in the violence.

The war in the Mediterranean has gone better for Carthage. The Carthaginian Navy has worked hard to establish system of delivering supplies to Carthaginian forces through Malaga and, if the cities are retaken, Valencia and Barcelona. The Roman air campaign against Carthaginian shipping has ended with the Romans taking a surprise among of losses. The blockade of Rome is, currently, an easily avoidable inconvenience for Roman shipping that, at this time, has nowhere to really go.

Rome’s successes in Iberia have been overshadowed by the Rape of Barcelona, but is further plagued by additional complications. Rome’s construction of coastal fortifications, a somewhat vague mandate, has seen very lackluster results and nothing really of note. Rome’s embargo on Carthage did little given the trade imbalance between the countries slightly favored Carthage, but the reality of the Mediterranean War has worked to focus Roman planner’s efforts on developing and maintain overland supply lines. Rome’s seizure of Carthaginian property: interesting, but ultimately a tiny victory.

The economic disturbances, combined with newly legislated Roman industrial policy, has resulted in a wave of strikes in Northern cities. This has impacted the armaments sector generally, aerospace manufacturing acutely. Sicily has taken up some of the slack with the production of a marginally-improved artillery piece.

Results:

Carthage suffers “The Mindset of Retreat” mild military consequence.
Carthage suffers “Malaga Supply Bottleneck” moderate military consequence
Carthage gains “Roman Naval Bomber Shortage” boost
Carthage gains “Denial of Some Trade to Rome” boost
Carthage gains a free invoke of “Factory Strikes in Northern Italy” aspect
Carthage gains a free invoke of “Roman Airplane Production Shortfall” aspect
Carthage gains a free invoke of “The Rape of Barcelona” aspect
Carthage gains a free invoke of “Iberian Coastwaters Belong to Us!” aspect

Rome gains “Momentum in Spain!” boost
Rome gains a free invoke of “Holes in the Carthaginian” aspect
Rome gains “Well-Supplied Spanish Legions” boost
Rome gains a free invoke of “Gibraltar NON-Listening Post” aspect
Rome gains a free invoke of “Shoddy Gibraltar Fortifications” aspect
Rome gains a free invoke of “Seized Carthaginian Assets” aspect
Rome gains “Sicilian Artillery” boost

Spanish Resistance gains free invoke of “Guerilla War!” aspect

Prague gains a free invoke of “Infiltrated Roman Administration”
Prague gains a free invoke of “Infiltrated Roman Army Command”


NEWS FROM NORTH AMERICA
IUNATO FAILS TO GET OFF THE GROUND. New York City, Integrated United Nations. IUNATO was meant to be an organ of the IUN to coordinate international military and police action against terrorist organizations, specifically the Plaguebringers. However, with little international support for the program combined with the IUN’s neglected military apparatus, the program has failed to get off the ground.

PROTESTANTS FLEE EL NORTE VIOLENCE. Colestin, American Redoubt. Colestin is a city slightly north of the American southern border against El Norte. Over the last few weeks, a wave of protestant refugees, motivated by the American radio propaganda broadcasts being blasted across the border, arrived to the town seeking refuge. El Norte for suffered for years from sectarian conflict, and with the Protestant Christians fleeing the region for the American Redoubt, it seems that the conflict is slowly being won by Catholic forces.

But in the town of Colestin, right beyond its borders, something is happening. A church made of tin and cardboard has a preacher delivering fiery sermons condemning the “brown sinners” and promising that “a cleansing restoration of the United States is a’coming”.

El Norte suffers “Radicalizing Protestants” moderate cultural consequence

RESULTS OF THE 2101 SECRETARY-GENERAL ELECTIONS. New York City, Integrated United Nations. Secretary-General Diane Moore has won a landslide victory in the IUN’s general election and has been reelected for a second and final term. This has given Diane Moore a powerful mandate going into her second term. [+4, 2 free invokes of Electoral Mandate]

IUN gains two free invokes of “Electoral Mandate”

“MORE LIKE 30-SECOND MEN.” Cheyenne, American Redoubt. Imagine for a moment a nationwide militia that, backed by state governments, would be supreme over the many militias dotting northwest American politics. Now imagine two of the founding members shooting each other dead at the first summit. As it would turn out, one man was sleeping with the other man’s wife, and the former was informed of this matter by a third founder who was found nearly decapitated in his car the next day. The Minutemen only lasted thirty seconds as far as anybody else is concerned.


NEWS FROM EUROPE
CLINICAL TRIALS KILL THREE. PUBLIC DEMANDS ANSWERS. St. Petersburg, Eurasian Federation. A major private neuropharmacology firm is under fire after a whistleblower from the company reported to journalists that three persons have died in clinical trials. The whistleblowers blames an atmosphere of “results over safety” for the deaths and stated she believes the rush to develop Cog-E drugs by the government led to tragically avoidable consequences.

SHUDDERING RESEARCH. Paris, Shuddering Coalition. The country’s research has yielded great results that can lead to even greater discoveries, but nothing interesting to the average person yet.

SC gains two free invokes of Parisian Civilian Tech School
SC gains one free invoke of Liege Military Solutions School

BAIKONUR COSMODROME. Baikonur, Eurasian Federation. The Baikonur Cosmodrome in the eras of the Soviet Union and Russian Federation was the jumping point for many spaceflights. The national space agency of the Eurasian Federation has refurbished the existing facilities, relocated scientific staff to the city, updated and repaired hardware, and made the area operational for future aerospace projects.

Eurasia gains two free invokes of Baikonur Cosmodrome

GIBRALTAR PASSAGE TOLLS COME INTO EFFECT. Gibraltar, New Carthage. New Carthage has instituted tolling based on vessel size, content value, and political relationships at Gibraltar. Of the many countries impacted, the countries most impacted are the Balkan Federation and Roman Empire. The Balkan Federation has been seriously impacted.

Balkans suffers Severely Impacted Trade and Anti-Carthage Sentiments consequences

New Carthage gains “Masters of Mediterranean Trade” boost

Rome suffers “Disrupted Trade” consequence from Carthage

WEST EURASIAN HIGH-SPEED RAIL PROJECT BREAKS GROUND IN MOSCOW. Moscow, Eurasian Federation. The first phase of the project to connect the cities of Msocow, Kiev, Riga, and St. Petersburg have broken ground in Moscow. Spokespersons for the project say they believe the project can be completed in the coming years so long as current investment levels in the project remain steady.

Eurasia gains “WE HSR Project Momentum”

CARTHAGINIAN SUBMARINE DISAPPEARS IN ATLANTIC. Lisbon, New Carthage. A submarine tasked with investigating transatlantic able repair and restoration has gone missing. This has become a massive embarrassment for the government in light of its failures with the Suez Canal. “New Carthage isn’t meant to go beyond the Mediterranean” critics argue.

Carthage gains “The Mediterranean Mindset” aspect


NEWS FROM MENA AND CENTRAL ASIA
SUEZ CANAL RECONSTRUCTION FALTERS. Cairo, New Carthage. Carthaginian and Abyssinian engineers began the long arduous work of restoring the Suez Canal to mixed results. The sheer amount of work required, combined with Carthage’s economic distractions in the Mediterranean, has led to the project stalling. More work must be done on just understanding the sheer work that must be done.

INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT FOR AN INTERNATIONAL SUEZ BUILDS. Port Said, New Carthage. The initial failure of the Suez Canal Reconstruction Project has renewed international support for the “internationalization” of the Suez Canal, a move opposed by New Carthage the United Arab Republic.

New Aspect: Growing Suez Internationalism

AVARITIA-CARTHAGE TRADE. Gibraltar, New Carthage. New Carthage has gathered the political will to extend trade concessions to Avaritia, including Gibraltar Access. This has disproportionately benefited the corporate state. [1 free invoke of Gibraltar Access for Avaritia]


NEWS FROM SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
THE PAN-AFRICAN TRADE PACT. New Freetown, Margaitania. West Africa ushered in a new era of African economic cooperation with the Pan-African Trade Pact. Mali, Nubia, Malagasy, Victoria, and Greater Zululand have all joined the initiative. It hasn’t been without drama, however, with the representatives for Mali slamming UCAR as being “friends with foreign imperialist powers”.

UCAR fired back by slamming Mali’s corporate oligarchic government. Mali responded by announcing a successful raid against “arms smugglers” and presented video of vast amounts of futuristic Kongo arms being seized by corporate security. Who tipped off Mali to the smuggling?

West Africa gains one free invoke of “Pan-African Trade Pact”

UCAR gains “Anti-Corporate Oligarchy Stance” boost

Mali gains a free invoke of “Seized Kongo Arms!”

HYDROCARS? PASSING FAD OR WHAT? Addis Ababa, Empire of Abyssinia. Abyssinia, with support of other countries, has devoted significant scientific and economic research to an empire-wide initiative to establish imperial infrastructure for cars and buses powered by hydrogen to reduce the empire’s dependence on imported petroleum. The government sold the program as being one that would provide personal mobility to citizens, but like most promises, it was one that has so far only be honored to the rich.

Abyssinia gains one free invoke of “Hydrocar Infrastructure”

FEDERATION SPACE ASSOCIATION ESTABLISHED. New Freetown, West Africa. The government is proud to announce the establishment of the Federation Space Association, or FSA. The FSA is tasked with achieving manned space flight in the coming years.

West Africa gains one free invoke of “Federation Space Association”

AREBATI AND OBSERVE! Kinshasa, New Kongo. You thought this news article would be about the new advances the country has made in improving the Arebati AI, but you would be wrong. Instead, we’re doubling down on the new observatory the Kongo has built for the purpose of mapping and tracking the debris field around Earth because A.) It was actually successful and B.) It fits a pattern emerging in peaceful developing countries.

This observatory forms a pattern of renewed interest in space exploration. From Eurasia to New Kongo, several countries have taken steps to expanding their aerospace footprints in preparation for operations beyond Earth’s atmosphere. Whether this come in the form of restoring cosmodromes, creating new space agencies, or building observatories, the efforts of these engineers and scientists should be applauded globally.

UCAR gains a free invoke of “The Observatory”

VICTORIAN PARLIAMENT JUMPS HURDLE. Kampala, Princedom of Victoria. The parliament has reached an important agreement on the distribution of technology and power in Uganda with the help of UCAR mediation in support. In exchange for supporting wealth redistributing measures in the country, Ankole will support legislation to equalize technology within the Princedom. All that is left to do is get legislation across the finish line.

Victoria gains “Buganda-Ankole Handshake Agreement” boost

AVARITIA CONSORTIUM BLOODIED OVER MALI. Bamako, Directorate of Mali. The Avaritia Consortium’s string of bids to purchase the corporation ruling over Mali have ended in failure with the crucial backing of the SF-WAN proving pivotal in tanking the bid. The Directorate turned the table on the bidders, scoring a small victory.

The Directorate of Mali gains “Corporate Resistance” boost


NEWS FROM THE INDIA-ON-EAST
SECOND ANTI-JAPANESE WAR OF RESISTANCE. Chongqing, Military Republic of China. For those holding out hope that Asia could avoid war, the ZJG’s declaration of sovereignty over Taiwan and mainland China and the liberation of Korea has dashed hopes that a diplomatic solution could be reached between the Heavenly Kingdom and China. China is marshaling resources across the republic and mobilizing manpower to prepare for the Second Anti-Japanese War of Resistance, the Fourth Sino-Japanese War.

TOO NORMAL FOR THIS WORLD? Canberra, United Kingdom of Australia and New Zealand. Its hard to underestimate the power of simple and good legislation these days with full of war stories, spy stories, and stories of strange structures in the Amaz-[DATA CORRUPTED] so its nice to see a parliament just…just do bills!

UKANZ gains a free invoke of “the Infrastructure Bill”
UKANZ gains a free invoke of “the Economic Stimulus Bill”

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