Imperium Offtopicum: The Aftermath

[Kan' Sharuminar]

Scottish Remnant

The open border pact with Vermont had allowed Scotland’s neighbours access to the trading ports of the Atlantic, but the route was fraught with danger. The Canadian provinces surrounding Scotland’s holdings in North America were irradiated wastelands, brimming with abhorrents. And they were getting bolder - attacks were becoming more common along the border, sometimes even occurring in Scottish territory. The crucial Vermont trade road, skirting alongside the irradiated territory of Maine, was a prime target.

A trade convoy passes across the Quebec borders from Vermont, guarded by Scottish helicopters.

Years of Scottish research and investigative patrols into the irradiated zones had reformed the Scottish military. Training and doctrines had shifted away from combating national armies, and instead focused on the savages of the wastelands. Small groups of highly-trained infantry replaced large armies, fast moving APC’s replaced the tank, attack helicopters replaced aircraft bombers.

The focus was on speed. While significantly smaller than most other nations armed forces, the Scottish Remnant had a military trained in fast response. Within moments of an abhorrent raid, attack helicopters would be on the scene, neutralising the enemy and providing visual tracking of them. If that wasn’t enough to force the abhorrents into retreat, the infantry would arrive to contain the threat before forcing them back.

Holding off the new enemy.

At Reykjavik, the Scottish Parliament convened to discuss doing away with the last remnants of the old Scottish military. The nation still controlled 6 nuclear weapons, all capable of dealing significant damage to any part of the world. With the exception of a small group of politicians who still clung to the old days of Scottish power, it was voted to decommission all the weapons. There would be one exception - a single warhead would be transported and delivered to the Hetmanate for their Lacuna project.

Orders
No claims, as per usual.
1 ICBM to be decommissioned, UN observers welcome to oversee the dismantling
1 ICBM to be sent to the Lacuna project
(If sending a nuke and decommissioning breaks the handle-one-nuke-a-turn rule, ignore the decommissioning and send one to the Lacuna project)

 

[Terrance888]

To Germany
From the Zulu Confederation of Self-Determination

We ask a report of your activities in Western Africa.

 

[BSmith1068]

The Kingdom of Konchasa would also like to know Germany’s intentions for expansion on the continent. Perhaps Germany could provide us a claims map of their desired expansion for us to comment on?

 

[Thorvald of Lym]

Letters from the Hetmanate

To the Third Republic of Germany
Given your interest in assisting our policework and your recent pledge of aid to North Ceylon, we would be willing to place you in charge of establishing a UN peacekeeping mission in conjunction with Tamil Nadu. If you can secure the consent of North Ceylon and Sri Lanka, you will be responsible for patrolling the border between the nations to prevent invasion of one by the other.

To Macedonia
Given our neighbourliness via the Black Sea and common threat by Abhorrent activity, we propose a pledge of non-aggression and military right of passage to help fortify your Turkish territories. We cannot offer trade at this time, as we do not feel the Bosporus Strait is safe for shipping.

 

[hoplitejoe]

Today there were celebrations in Kotte as prime minister D. M. Jayaratne Was found by a joint Sri Lankan and Hong Kongian(?) team. Not much detail is available at the moment but it is thought that the Prime Minster was protected from Ceylon attackers by a Kaetif Family sheltering in the area.
We will give you more information on this story as it progresses.

 

[NedimNapoleon]

 

[Double A]

Letters from the Hetmanate

To the Third Republic of Germany
Given your interest in assisting our policework and your recent pledge of aid to North Ceylon, we would be willing to place you in charge of establishing a UN peacekeeping mission in conjunction with Tamil Nadu. If you can secure the consent of North Ceylon and Sri Lanka, you will be responsible for patrolling the border between the nations to prevent invasion of one by the other.

To Macedonia
Given our neighbourliness via the Black Sea and common threat by Abhorrent activity, we propose a pledge of non-aggression and military right of passage to help fortify your Turkish territories. We cannot offer trade at this time, as we do not feel the Bosporus Strait is safe for shipping.

Agreed, although you could ship goods to our Turkish areas, we move it overland to the Aegean, and then ship it southward to Alexandria, and vice versa. Or simply just trade with north Asia Minor, they can simply buy any surplus you have. We only have 5 blue territories in Egypt and none in Turkey. No one is necessarily starving except those who were before the war (I believe the term is "hobo"), but no one is fat either.

Also, Macedon would like to be a part of the peace-keeping mission as well. Karnataka and Kerala are fully self-sufficient with their own surpluses, and could be used as naval bases in the event of something really, really bad going down.

 

[Mad Man]

Scottish Remnant

Spoiler :

Spoiler :

The open border pact with Vermont had allowed Scotland’s neighbours access to the trading ports of the Atlantic, but the route was fraught with danger. The Canadian provinces surrounding Scotland’s holdings in North America were irradiated wastelands, brimming with abhorrents. And they were getting bolder - attacks were becoming more common along the border, sometimes even occurring in Scottish territory. The crucial Vermont trade road, skirting alongside the irradiated territory of Maine, was a prime target.

A trade convoy passes across the Quebec borders from Vermont, guarded by Scottish helicopters.

Years of Scottish research and investigative patrols into the irradiated zones had reformed the Scottish military. Training and doctrines had shifted away from combating national armies, and instead focused on the savages of the wastelands. Small groups of highly-trained infantry replaced large armies, fast moving APC’s replaced the tank, attack helicopters replaced aircraft bombers.

The focus was on speed. While significantly smaller than most other nations armed forces, the Scottish Remnant had a military trained in fast response. Within moments of an abhorrent raid, attack helicopters would be on the scene, neutralising the enemy and providing visual tracking of them. If that wasn’t enough to force the abhorrents into retreat, the infantry would arrive to contain the threat before forcing them back.

Holding off the new enemy.

At Reykjavik, the Scottish Parliament convened to discuss doing away with the last remnants of the old Scottish military. The nation still controlled 6 nuclear weapons, all capable of dealing significant damage to any part of the world. With the exception of a small group of politicians who still clung to the old days of Scottish power, it was voted to decommission all the weapons. There would be one exception - a single warhead would be transported and delivered to the Hetmanate for their Lacuna project.

The Scottish people have our most sincere apology for the attack, the abhorrents are a major threat to Vermont proper as well as Scottish North America(?), with most of our solders needed to defend major settlements and displacement camps inside Vermont, we would like to give temporary control of both sides of the border to the Scottish Remnant for safe keeping. In the mean time with the wastelands unsafe to fly through we'd like to give the abhorrents something else to chew on.

Spoiler :

 

[Double A]

ooc: Are Abhorrents weaponless and zombie like, tribal with archaic weapons, or modern small arms? And if they have case 2 or 3, do they use animals like horses or vehicles? Or boats?

 

[Kan' Sharuminar]

The Scottish people have our most sincere apology for the attack, the abhorrents are a major threat to Vermont proper as well as Scottish North America(?), with most of our solders needed to defend major settlements and displacement camps inside Vermont, we would like to give temporary control of both sides of the border to the Scottish Remnant for safe keeping. In the mean time with the wastelands unsafe to fly through we'd like to give the abhorrents something else to chew on.

Spoiler :

We accept the proposal. And for the record, Vermont can hardly be blamed for the increase of abhorrent activity.

 

[Mad Man]

ooc: Are Abhorrents weaponless and zombie like, tribal with archaic weapons, or modern small arms? And if they have case 2 or 3, do they use animals like horses or vehicles? Or boats?

ooc:I think there a cross between the Hills have eyes mutants and the raiders from Mad Max 2.

 

[Tani Coyote]

The Republic of course, opens its arms to humans from abroad who seek to contribute to the Kaetif genome project. Anybody who wishes to do a service to the collective sentients of the planet Earth is welcome to participate... some day, hopefully, human children will no longer have to hide in bunkers, as they too will be able to roam the yellow zones' landscape without fear of poisoning.

Instead of focusing on our differences... we should be narrowing them down to near-none!

 

[Mathalamus]

The Republic of course, opens its arms to humans from abroad who seek to contribute to the Kaetif genome project. Anybody who wishes to do a service to the collective sentients of the planet Earth is welcome to participate... some day, hopefully, human children will no longer have to hide in bunkers, as they too will be able to roam the yellow zones' landscape without fear of poisoning.

Instead of focusing on our differences... we should be narrowing them down to near-none!

what differences? the kaetif are practically the same as humans, other than their interesting appearance. they have full rights here, and if they wanted, they can stage a coup, and make it a kaetif-run country, and no one would object.

 

[hoplitejoe]

and if they wanted, they can stage a coup, and make it a kaetif-run country, and no one would object.

is it normal for governments to ask for coups?

 

[Tani Coyote]

what differences? the kaetif are practically the same as humans, other than their interesting appearance. they have full rights here, and if they wanted, they can stage a coup, and make it a kaetif-run country, and no one would object.

Au contraire, the Kaetif are very different.

Aside from many Kaetif having slight enhancements - varying based on their species - in skills/senses, there's the fact Kaetif can wander the wastes without worry.

What is of particular interest is if only the Kaetif born in the wastes are immune to radiation, or if the natural Kaetif - those who inhabited the Neo-Incan realm - also share this immunity. You see, the Neo Incans never had time to find out because there were no missiles to speak of at the time...

 

[Mathalamus]

is it normal for governments to ask for coups?

not really. just that they can if they really think that my government is unfair or isnt doing enough to modernize.

Au contraire, the Kaetif are very different.

Aside from many Kaetif having slight enhancements - varying based on their species - in skills/senses, there's the fact Kaetif can wander the wastes without worry.

What is of particular interest is if only the Kaetif born in the wastes are immune to radiation, or if the natural Kaetif - those who inhabited the Neo-Incan realm - also share this immunity. You see, the Neo Incans never had time to find out because there were no missiles to speak of at the time...

... cool. maybe they can scout Constantinople or something.

 

[Double A]

Which is Macedonian

 

[Mathalamus]

Which is Macedonian

i know. but it was byzantine for a while.

 

[Double A]

Which I'm sure the Federation of the Savanna is very interested in.

 

[Mathalamus]

Which I'm sure the Federation of the Savanna is very interested in.

*cough* moving right along...