Multipolarity III - Game Thread

[SamSniped]

There will be blood for the blood gods if that happens.

 

[Mathalamus]

No, you cannot.

Yes. you can. even though Byzantium is deeply eastern orthodox, we pratice a strict seperation of church and state. the Byzantine Emperor himself isn't very religious. the senate is strictly secular.

 

[GenMarshall]

Just minutes after being sworn in as Solitude's new President. Roger Vance immediately heads to the situation room by Hanna's secretarial aids. Mr. Vance was expecting to succeed Hanna Antille's in Solitude's era of piece (As she takes up govenorship of the Mojave Region), but instead discovers that his administration is starting out with a Middle Eastern Crisis involving the Papacy and the Spammers, along with aggressions from Aden in the region. As he enters the situation room, he took a seat, brushed his white mustache and puts on his glasses. "So, it appears that the Papacy has blown a fuse and decided to invade the Spammers." President Roger then let out a long sigh. "Pope Palpatine cries of a ruined sovereignty yet is willing to strip that away from the Spammers by making them a vassal. All over petty politics on reforming the UN and religious split."

"In the Hanna administration, she did well to patch up relations with the Holy See." Stated the Secretary of State.

President Vance leaned back in his chair, brushing his mustache "Back then there wasn't a 'Pope Palpatine'. Hanna personally confined to me that she was disappointed that the sucsessor pope would pick up a regal name associated with a Galactic Emperor." then he leaned forward, clasping his hands, "But right now, we need to ensure that the papal war does not encroach onto our shores or any of our allies for that matter."

"Speaking of our allies, Costa Rica has suggested to us to embargo the Papal Alliance"

"That would be a call that I'd make to congress. Naturally, we don't see eye to eye in seeing religious splits and disputes as a justification of war." He then turns to his Defense Secretary "Of course, now we must establish a patrol grid off of our coasts. Patrolled by carrier battle groups and submarines and maintain a state of readiness."

As the Defense Secretary adjust his tie "Well, I have good news that a fleet of ballistic missile submarines are just about to be commissioned and placed into patrol service as soon as possible."

"With the Papal announcement of WMDs. We shouldn't take it as a bluff, but instead take it with concern and start developing anti-ballistic countermeasures for our surface ships should the pope go mad with power. We should also apply what the Navy has developed in anti-ballistic countermeasures into key army bases dotting the nation. With Aden drumming it's war drums with it's recent conflict, It's clear that we've entered into a multipolar world."

"Mr. President" said the Secretary of State "Indonesia has just made a motion to add the Papacy and the Byzantium to be added onto the HITSGDP no trade list. They've also announced that they are assembling a large nuclear stockpile."

Roger Vance rubs his white mustache "Inform the Indonesians that we second the motion and invite the Indonesian Naval Brass to train along side with our Nuclear Submariners." President Vance then stood up, "Gentlemen, meeting adjourned." Soon, everyone in the situation room proceeded to exit into the hallways. President Vance retreated to the Oval Office to write up his state of the union address to congress. Meanwhile, across the continent in the Mojave Region. Hanna Antilles was just settling into her governorship and was already setting stage for plans to host the First Worlds Fair to be held in New Vegas.

 

[Mathalamus]

Emperor Andreas I, knowing that he is approaching dangerous waters, asks Pope Palpatine to refrain from any more wars for a while.

Byzantium needs to focus on the economy. and getting its own nuclear program. in that order.

 

[Tani Coyote]

President Antoine D'Coolette of Canada announces that 10 of the country's provinces have shown solidarity with the Spammers by declaring themselves to be Spammer territory. Should the Spammer government be unable to escape from Malta, the local client relations ambassadors have prepared to take the reins of effective government of the Spammers' Crusade in America.

 

[Patchy]

Don't, PATO would not be happy if you dragged your Old World conflicts to the Americas.

 

[Patriotic_Fool]

Or the USSR. United States of Sanctimonious Romnesia.

If it's open, I'll take it.

 

[GenMarshall]

Don't, PATO would not be happy if you dragged your Old World conflicts to the Americas.

The Solitudian President echo's the same statement as well.

 

[Tani Coyote]

Don't, PATO would not be happy if you dragged your Old World conflicts to the Americas.

The Solitudian President echo's the same statement as well.

Costa Rica obviously is planning to assist in the defense of said territory. No foreign troops on American soil has always been the policy.

OOC: This is the natural consequence of client lapsing.

If it's open, I'll take it.

Russia's open, yes, yes it is, as are about 6 other major powers.

 

[Patchy]

Client lapsing?

 

[GenMarshall]

Costa Rica obviously is planning to assist in the defense of said territory. No foreign troops on American soil has always been the policy.

President Vance rubs his chin and adjust his glasses, "We'd like assurance that the Papal Crusades don't spill over into the Americas. I've already have our nuclear fast attack submarines patrolling up and down the North Atlantic off our coasts."

 

[Mathalamus]

Emperor Andreas I asks the pope to end the conflict. we got the middle eastern holdings, and that's quite enough. if you must get Malta, use diplomacy.

Byzantium maintains that the Americas are too far from Byzantium to effectively maintain, and too easy to isolate.

 

[Tani Coyote]

Clients are starting to gradually disappear. There were four annexations this turn alone.

I plan on keeping it going for a few turns to reduce the number of NPCs. Also intensifies the Cold War as everyone scrambles for clients.

 

[Mathalamus]

Clients are starting to gradually disappear. There were four annexations this turn alone.

I plan on keeping it going for a few turns to reduce the number of NPCs. Also intensifies the Cold War as everyone scrambles for clients.

Are there any states willing to be a client of Byzantium? they must be fairly close to us.

 

[NinjaCow64]

President Antoine D'Coolette of Canada announces that 10 of the country's provinces have shown solidarity with the Spammers by declaring themselves to be Spammer territory. Should the Spammer government be unable to escape from Malta, the local client relations ambassadors have prepared to take the reins of effective government of the Spammers' Crusade in America.

We thank the Canadians for their help, although this does put us in a dilema. While on one hand we really need the support of Canada, we really do not wish to anger PATO. We wish to reach some sort of compromise with PATO regarding this situation.

As a show of good faith, we will not station any Spammer soldiers in Canada. Any soldiers in Canada will be Canadian. If any members of the Spammer military ends up in Canada for any reason they will surrender their firearms to the Canadian government for the duration of their stay.

 

[Patchy]

So wait, clients have become open game now? What the heck are their sphere leaders doing?

EDIT: You don't wish to anger PATO? Don't bring your war over here.

 

[Jehoshua]

The Papal States sole interest in this endeavour was ensuring a definitive end to the threat of Spammer antagonism along lines previously mentioned, and cutting the head off the serpent of its ideological corruption.

That interest has been satisfactorially achieved, and the papal states as such has no further interest in warfare beyond clean up duty in the current sphere of the conflict in line with its historic policy of maintaining a sphere of prosperity and peace in Europe and the Mediterranean and general neutrality. The Papal States has no temporal interests in the Western Hemisphere, and do not intend to fabricate such interests in the future. This is of course presuming that foreign nations don't force war onto our list interests via further hostile action against papal interests.

 

[Mathalamus]

Emperor Andreas I is pleased with the popes reaction. He was actually expecting the pope to continue the war in America.

With the war effectively over for Byzantium, we will now focus on catching up economically. the years of spammer rule wasn't good for us.

 

[Jehoshua]

ooc: it is always to avoid placing ones own mode of thinking onto how another thinks. Particularly Il Papa, who's ways are as inscrutable as the inner workings of his seat of power.

 

[filli_noctus]

ooc: it is always to avoid placing ones own mode of thinking onto how another thinks. Particularly Il Papa, who's ways are as inscrutable as the inner workings of his seat of power.

OOC: I knew it! The Throne of St Peter is a super-secret Catholic mind control device! You devious papists.