Imperium Offtopicum XXIII

[NinjaCow64]

Correction - Neo-Apostles are also fleeing Mexico and are also seeking sanctuary in the Carribean. Aspects will be updated to reflect this tomorrow.

 

[NinjaCow64]

Lets say uh...checks watch...56 hours until orders lock.

 

[LordArgon]

To the unfortunate souls of the Liberated Autonomous Appalachian Territories, we send aid in their our of need. After seeing such devastation to our poor neighbors, we decided to send help for those poor souls affected by the crisis. Food aid and sturdier plants will help keep our neighbors to the north from starving. We have also sent some educators to help to show them the power of plants and how they have been shaping life for millennium on this planet.
We also extend our hands to our neighbors in order to create the Pan-American defense league. With imperialist threats across the ocean and dangerous machine still lurking about, we need to band together for to ensure our safety. We propose holding a conference next year to create a treaty that all of us can be happy with.

 

[Crezth]

To the Empire of Dà Suàn,

May the blessings of the heavens shine upon Her Grace. The people of Japan greet you and wish you well. As an overture to cordial diplomatic relations, we propose a permanent exchange of embassies as a mutual show of goodwill to facilitate future negotiations and peaceful trade.

Concurrent with this proposal, we request a guarantee of safe harbour for Japanese merchants to facilitate trade beyond our coast. The open sea remains a hostile frontier, and any material and human loss by civilized nations to the Olympian menace is a loss to the world entire.

To the nation of Japan,

Blessings be upon you. The Huangdi of the Middle Kingdom greets the people of the Land where the Sun Rises. She is pleased to inform your ministers that they may build their embassy in any of the four great cities of Chongqing, Beijing, Shanghai, or Guangzhou. These are all Imperial Cities and each of them is appropriately equipped to do all of the important business of government. The Huangdi will also dispatch an embassy to Japan with gifts for the Shogun and the Japanese Heavenly Sovereign.

Japanese merchants shall be given full respect and all of the privileges of safe harbor and open conduct of trade in Chinese harbors. All that is necessary to be licensed is a wax seal, that can be obtained from any Imperial Postmaster, paying a small tax.

Let our relationship be harmonious.

 

[Marcher Jovian]

The people of the Caribbean support the formation of a Pan-American defense league. We hope that such an arrangement can ensure the safety and the prosperity of all peoples of the Americas.

 

[GenMarshall]

The United African States deployes the Security Bureau to clamp down on anti-government activities and propaganda.

 

[Sonereal]

We also extend our hands to our neighbors in order to create the Pan-American defense league. With imperialist threats across the ocean and dangerous machine still lurking about, we need to band together for to ensure our safety. We propose holding a conference next year to create a treaty that all of us can be happy with.

Does the People's Temple count as a neighbor?

 

[GenMarshall]

I’m gonna resend my orders.
1. Deploy the Security Bureau to stamp out anti-government activities and propaganda

2. Expand northward

3. Begin refurbishing the Star of Coruscant to have it space worthy

4. Start expanding the military

5. Given the unease with the population, implement a bread and circus policy.

 

[KaiserElectric]

-Classified by PAS Intelligence-
-Level 6-

Spoiler :

1. Sakchai's recent activities fly in the face of the established order and represent not only a breach of royal decorum and Siamese law, but prove that he is beholden to the interests of the elite and therefore unfit to rule. The Council has deemed him and his private army a threat to the security and stability of the nation and will move to arrest him. (Overcome with FORCE)
Aspect Invoked: The Majesty of the Machines (The Army of Siam is a technological marvel and a force to be reckoned with. Sakchai and his mercenaries would do well to remember that.)
Aspect Invoked: The Uneasy Truce (The people of Siam have lived freely from the worse excesses of the Eloi. They will never permit a puppet of the elite to sit on the throne, and as such Sakchai will find no sanctuary here.)
Auto-Invoke Aspect: Siamese Expeditionary Army (From Japan)

2. The Provisional Authority will continue planned economic programs that stagnated following the death of the King. Vital infrastructure remains incomplete and is necessary to ensure prosperity for the nation. (Use Thrift to create Advantage: Advanced Infrastructure)
Aspect Invoked: The Dragon's Dogma (The wisdom and skill of the king's economic programs survive in his ministers and his methods.)

3. With the recent strife in the country and lessened demand, our Air Force is beginning to show its age. In the wars to come, our generals claim, our ability to rain death from above, and stop our enemies from doing the same, will be critical. Research must continue. (Use Science to create Advantage: Rule the Skies)

4. It is time for the King to be laid to rest. A man of his stature and accomplishments is deserving of a lavish state funeral, one which will no doubt be a unifying force in this trying time. (Overcome Anti-Monarchist Sentiment with THRIFT)

5. We cannot let our own internal conflicts distract us from our duties towards our friends and neighbors. We can lend aid and resources to our northern neighbor in their efforts against this bandit calling himself Red Lotus. (Aid Da Suàn in their overcome action)

 

[Robert Can't]

The Situation Remains the Same
Within the City our Freedoms Continue
​

The enemies beyond the gates may be numerous and they may be dangerous to the very fabric of the society in which we live but we are blessed by the vigilant watch of the BSC. It is only be their tireless efforts that this freedom has been maintained and even now they work indefatigably to keep out those who would take away our freedoms.

Action: Create Advantage (Covert) Gather Intelligence on this new warlord to the south. We want to know all we can about what he is doing, where he has come from and his motivations. Only through knowing the enemy can we defeat the enemy.

Slavery is one of the three Enemies of the Republic and the best way we know to keep ourselves safe from it is to maintain good relations with our neighbours. This involves cooperation and mutual understanding. Some walls are built of wire and ice while others are built from friendship.

Action: Create Advantage - Da Suàn (Covert) The best way to keep our nation free from slavery is to keep our borders safe. We will work with the Chinese in uncovering the nefarious roots of the Third United Front and will pass on any intelligence we have gathered on the organisation and the Red Lotus as they represent a grave threat to security.

 

[Double A]

Assist Argentina with their Basil-class carrier project.

Make another one for myself.

Have the brass come up with a new very impressive military rank for Adonis.

Drown Adonis (and the Eloi) in a tide of expensive-looking ceremonial crap, empty privileges, and sheer hedonism until they think he's actually in charge (use thrift+very impressive military rank+advantages from others).

Spoiler :

Jason tries to find a weapon capable of killing a god.

 

[Sonereal]

Excerpt from Breaking the Cross: The Final War Against the Christian

As the 23rd century dawns on the remnants of industrial human civilization, we are forced to contend with the rise of the threat of Neo-Apostolistic Christianity. Christianity, largely to blame for the apocalyptic responses to the Crisis of the 21st Century, was forced underground by the revolutionary regimes that emerged from the post-crisis vacuum. Some have called the The People's Temple a Temple to Nero for our policies toward Christians, but it is plain to see that the Temple has not gone far enough in dealing with the Christian Fifth Columnists. I am calling for a complete removal of all Christians south of the former US-Canadian border to Alaska. It is my belief that in the coming years the Temple will acclimate to this plan and begin taking steps to fulfill the dream of a Christian-free North America.

Excerpt from The Official Temple Statement on the Teachings of Guru Laminas Koriates

Possession and dissemination of the Teachings of Guru Laminas Koriates is punishable by four years in labor cleansing.

 

[NinjaCow64]

HOT PINK SOFT LOCK TIME

 

[Butteryicarus]

1) We force our scientists to genetically engineer our crops to be as hardy as we can. Since most ministers don't know anything about agriculture beyond eating, we simply throw double the budget at them. Maybe it will go away.

2) We continue to scavenge the coastline in hopes of finding something useful among empty settlements.

3) We begin recruiting among cities at the edge of out nation. Volunteering only, as conscription would be devestating to our stability.

 

[Crezth]

3) Create a Charm Advantage with gardens of blossoms and beautiful temples.

4) Create a Force Advantage by drilling the troops.

5) Create a Thrift Advantage by emphasizing sustainability and zero-emissions policies, to reduce cost and eliminate waste.

 

[Robert Can't]

From the Writings of Elena Fyodorov, Court Poet to Temujen Prince of Dushanbe

I was walking one day, back when I lived in the Shoyna settlement corridor. I had no idea I'd crossed the border until I tried to walk back. I was just walking my dog.
Now I'm no longer a citizen, I have lost the rights and freedoms that I had in the city.

So I roam the Exclusion Zones, telling people's stories. How they got here and how they can never leave. I tell stories of the life that clings on anyway. It really does inspire hope in me that out here in the ruins of the old world people still live and love - their lives are still filled with joys and tragedies, absurdities and truths - and I think that's what we do in my profession, looking for all these stories, these messes of emotion and experience and package them up for everyone to see. To remind people that we all feel.
To remind us all that we are not alone.

I had been doing this for years when I met Temujen. He is all of that - hope and truth. He inspires in people just by his presence what I have been trying to do for years. He is a warrior and a leader but I tell you that in his battles he is a poet. With each manoeuvre he writes truth into history, with each bullet he describes beauty, and in each victory he inspires hope. He has given the people here something greater to latch onto. He turns the everyday from the mundane to the heroic.

And I believe he will save us all.

Action: Create Advantage (Charm) Have our agent, Elena Fyodorov in Dushanbe, try to build up Temujen as a beacon of hope within the Exclusion Zones.

Action: (Science) The Ruins of Krasnoyarsk have gone examined since the battle there. The technology left behind could be of great benefit to us all in ensuring the prosperity of the Republic. Thus we would like to begin making preparation for some sort of expedition. This will take the form of new efforts to survey the area from a distance and decide what resources we might need in terms of protection from the left over radiation and other hazards.

 

[Ailedhoo]

Your appointment to the OIA should be finalised by the week. I have personally spoken to Mr Chaput: General Adkins's recommendation letter has impressed him greatly.

I take it my deployment history proved intriguing?

Indeed. When it came to your performance in the Tasman Unification I had the feeling Mr Chaput was on the urge of instant deployment of your services but protocol does require further checks of course.

Good thing I am not compromised.

After the dealings with New Zealand terrorists the OIA has adopted a more vigilant approach, one we hope the CSD consider.

The Fellowship... army intelligence had documented on their quickness in dodging police activity.

That and the sympathy from too much of the lower classes... I warned McGuire that the situation would not be solved by posting the Fifteen's faces.

The New Zealand Murlocks see them as heroes.

I am afraid it will be Murlocks; no doubt you have had briefs on dissident activity in Australia itself? A butch of hackers have unleashed the wasp hive. I warned McGuire but I was apparently... not a experience enough figure in espionage to be heeded, so the ear was turned to charlatans who overestimated the loyalty element of the New Zealand Murlocks to the Combine.

And the plague spreads?

Aye; I warned McGuire...

The OIA being trying to handle the situation?

As the organisation meant to deal with external matters the fact the mess of the internal focused CSD... I will be blunt; you appointment was partly desired in keeping your abilities away from being wasted. The OIA and CSD do not see eye to eye; this is not a covert concern nowadays.

The Fifteen would pay well to see such divisions multiply.

As would those outside the circle... it is often underestimated the price tag needed to get into Dr Zeimer's good side.

The CSD needs a wake up.

To be fair the CSD has been waking up after the Nightcaps Incident but I am not faithful in certain New Zealand departments.

Like Chamber's department?

Mainly but I dread the lack of confidence I have is issued towards other elements... a spring cleaning is needed in the CSD consider.

Director Zeimer advised on the matter?

I did give personal suggestion that the matter have a more fuller restructuring to the Director but McGuire has Zeimer's confidence, along with strong support from much of the inner circle. I hope to have their confidence in McGuire and that the CSD get around the Fellowship mess.

Have other groups in forming in the wake of the Fellowship?

Of course that risk is considered. When you next see Chaput you will be given a dossier on potential foreign backers of our domestic problems, in particular any who could see the full problem a hacking dissident organisation would pose to the Director's robotics plan.

Plus the atomic program?

Yes: the threat the Fellowrship was underestimated by Chambers and I hope the CSD does not sink under such problems or your new boss will have to clean their mess while turning less resources to defend the Combine from outsider intrusion. I had to spend hours addressing Bob Cooper's fear of the Peoples Temple; I told the Murdochs not to publish that scare story about dissident terrorism on food-stock and potential links to California. If those fears actual materialised into concrete foreign support to the ilk of the Fellowship or other terrorist groups...

A open revolt?

That is the risk but a covert cloak and daggers campaign would be a position the Fellowship would be able to take. If anything I guess they may be adopting some patience waiting for OREDU to do their job.

Olympian technology... we would have to of course protect.

But as long as the Fellowship dance around the CSD the threat of hacking to the Olympian redevelopment operations would be costly and not just to any lost security apparatus.

I will keep a eye out for foreign aid to the would be rebels.

So you will, my friend, so you will. We have endured much, you and I, but soon the next chapters of Australian history will open and we will be in position to help guide the pen to write the future. It does not matter whether the rival corps, the Fellowship or the CSD blocks the path, for the future ascent of... ah a message... forgive me but I am in urgent need of going to MaxTech; apparently they have a little security issue they want to... the trust I earn.

To be fair you would fit in a Argentine PR office.

Your too kind but alas all things must come to a end, including this talk.

Tomorrow, noon?

No... make it the noon after.

Understood.

Be sure to update me on your new career.

Of course... executive.

 

[NinjaCow64]

Tolnia (Aleks) has quit the game. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics has been NPCed. New players, feel free to take over this nation.

 

[Robert Can't]

Due to the recent instability of the Soviets the freedom of the city can only be ensured by Infiltrating the Soviet Administration (Covert).

 

[Thorvald of Lym]

YOU MUST NOT PREDICT THE OLYMPIANS!
YOU WILL REGRET THIS!