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Roll II Rule
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A Little Sketchy
2: You, um... probably shouldn't have all-capsed while writing that. Instead of Isis, you pray to ISIS, inadvertently bolstering its standing strength through which it wrests control of a permanent headquarters. Cross your fingers Rationalia wasn't listening in...
7: You draft some of the burlier-looking physicists for an emergency militia, wondering whether their expertise would have remained better-invested behind the scenes. "Field Initiative Battalions" mustered in Baghdad and Basra; population of Baghdad and Basra reduced 2400 each; -$400 wealth taxable.
1: OH TEH NOES!!1 You have unleashed the Pandora's Box of psychic warfare, arousing the attention of the Yuri conspiracy—and we don't mean a wink-wink-nudge-nudge weeb in-joke, we mean full-force Udo Kier playing the greatest villain of the C&C franchise (get rekt Tiberi-bums!). What's that? They've already reached Sydney?? Ready or not, looks like you're in for a Rumble in the Down-Underworld!1) Get the psychic dolphins at the National Zoo and Aquarium to commune with DoubleA psychically to come fill out his damn citizenship papers. They're all sea creatures so that should work, right?
2) Begin the construction of the International Broadband Network, a glorious super fiber optic network that will provide super fast internet to the whole world and also rebuild all the lost internet infrastructure (especially CFC because I want my IOT memes Saber confound it).
3) Recruit Iskander from Fate/Zero to become Muster-Master General of the ACT. He will be responsible for inspiring lots of people to join the military of the ACT through his enthusiasm and coolness.
4) Oversee the construction of an All Terrain Armoured Transport (AT-AT) factory becauseanything that New Zealand can do we can do better...
3: "HA HA," laughed the Dark Lord Abbott as he swigged his moonshine in Katter's ranch while using Katter as a footstool, "That [gratuitous Aussie slang] NinjaCow will never know that I replaced all his Internet cable with string, while wiring his actual network to my personal spy matrix! Nor will that [more gratuitous slang] ever suspect that I hold a majority share in all the companies he hired to build it!" -$5 million from the national treasury, and -3 spy defence as Abbott sells your personal data to the highest bidder.
2: In all the confusion of how to transpose the name 'Alexander', your order gets mixed up and you're instead given Darth Revan from IdIOT, pre-amnesia but post-lobotomy. This General By Appointment will quote Sun Tzu in original Chinese, yet has zero experience actually leading troops from the front, a deficiency he unfortunately passes on to his pupils. Darth Alexis hired as Muster-Master General: +1 to recruitment, -3 combat to new units, -$25,000 in initial hiring costs and ongoing -$350/turn
3 (4): You lay down $600 thousand in subsidies to what turns out to be a Chinese knock-off corporation that'll build 'em dirt-cheap and about as reliable. As if that's not enough, you're locked into a decade-long contract complete with cancellation fee. All combat walkers assembled in Australia suffer -2 combat, -1 reliability; switching to a different distributor will incur an automatic -$250,000 from state funds.
9: The libertarians retort that all this wouldn't be necessary if the state hadn't grown so big that it became a target in the first place. It's not exactly watertight logic, but then, these are not exactly logical people.
8: Your charity is acknowledged, but a hundred bucks split between an entire mechanized military force isn't exactly going to make waves.
1: The responsoral telegram reads as follows: FAXUM HAS NO ECON NO DIPLO NO MIL STOP NO CONDONE MISAPPN CULTURAL HERITAGE STOP RETURN ALL TWOTWO DEG S STOP FURTHER EXPN N ABSL HARAM. You may be a bit rusty on your wireless shorthand, but it's pretty clear Cairo wasn't swayed. -4 diplomacy with Egypt; additional -2 diplomacy with Egypt and Egypt gains +3 casus belli until the southern border dispute is resolved; Egypt institutes 50% tariff on trade from Faxum, 30% toll on Faxumite and Majterran shipping through the Suez Canal.
19: It's Canada's sesquicentennial this year, and what better way to celebrate than by burning down the White House? What remains of the federal government officially endorses the Namibian campaign by declaring war on the United States—looks like when Chrystia Freeland said Canada had to set a clear and sovereign course, she wasn't kidding. (+3 diplomacy and automatic right-of-passage with Canada for duration of the war; +5 to negotiating a postwar alliance with Canada.)
18 (20): Wiring $25,000 from your personal slush fund, you convince Yvette to take one last bullet for the team... load it in the chamber and propel it at rapid velocity into the other's captain's cranium. Calling upon what Author Powers you can still wield over your dangerously self-aware OC, you give her all the slick buffs to make sure that if this really is a one-off cameo this game, it'll be one to remember.
7 (4): The ceremony itself wasn't too bad, even with what seemed like a never-ending parade of faux-pases on the part of the groom, but the political repercussions are still being tallied. Artemis is upset her own mother "pawned me off to the first bidder". Magisterial big-wigs aren't pleased the Empire has shackled itself to a country it knows next-to-nothing about. And despite your assurances that matrilineal primogeniture will be upheld, there's a lot of speculation as to what sort of chain of events it would take for London to secure legitimate claim on Majterre as a whole. You've gained Britain's favour, but at the cost of your own countryfolk's. (Majterre loses 2 Stability, gains +2 diplomacy with, -3 casus belli v. Great Britain; Empress Esther loses 5% approval.)
13: In what Grunkle Ford summarized as a "funny aneurysm moment", the reception had barely started before the international attendees began cracking jokes over the Majterran court's after-action retorts on the marriage, which apparently was not the done deal the Empress had hoped. Fortunately for №10, little of the backlash was directed your way, and London seems quite confident there's scant danger of a future William the Bastard laying claim to Britannia—quite the opposite, in fact. Britain gains +2 diplomacy with, -2 casus belli v. Majterre; +1 legitimacy to claim Majterre if Harry succeeds Artemis as Imperial sovereign.
18: While United Ireland politely but firmly declines your offer of a return to servitude, in the interest of not getting roflstomped it will grant you immediate military basing rights for all theatres, and submits a counter-proposal for a bilateral alliance by which Britain will guarantee Irish independence, and Ireland will reciprocate where it can. (+1 diplomacy and automatic right of passage with Ireland; +10 to implement Dublin Pact: Britain gains +10 casus belli v. aggression on Ireland, and vice versa; +5 to submitting a "fair" counter-counter-proposal.)
3: The A1's backed up from here to Niall Ferguson's ego and she misses the flight out. (Pearl is immobilized for 4 turns due to gridlock.)
8 (9): For a $20,000 overhead the office is rendered functional, though between the language upheaval and all the other world nonsense any tangible improvement in the status quo is thus far drowned out.
13: The bill passes with modest opposition and Norrland-Sápmi officially lays claim to the remainder of Lapland and the Kola Peninsula. This will no doubt anger Soviet splinter commands, but since the only active one is on the far side of another continent, you doubt you're in any immediate danger. (-3 diplomacy with Soviet splinters.)
15 (15): With Washington's consensus rapidly eroding, outlying areas swiftly defect to your side in the hope of throttling government initiative before it can turn on them. Additionally, Salt Lake City swears allegiance to you, mustering a local militia to help defend the airbase at Hill. ($1250 wealth taxable transferred from USA.)
12: Your light show impresses the crowd, who, mistaking you for a busker, toss change worth a collective $75.
15: Your die-entists set up an automated search routine to flag the relevant stats sections whenever they're invoked on your actions. +1 to all rolls from this newly-acquired
9: That's a stumper, that is: You could sack people to streamline the executive, but then everyone else would be doing double-shift so no efficiency would be gained. You could expand the civil service to give it greater flexibility, but then it'd be preoccupied with its own self-maintenance. It's a real catch-22.
19:
The Ultimate Beatdown of Ultimate Patriarchy and you weren't invited?? There's only one way to make up for lost time: immediate deployment of a crack expedition to the American continent. You also wire Namibia $2000/turn to help stem its fiscal hemmorhage. Namibia gains +8 to providing right of passage to the Volksreich.
12: You know who doesn't have a navy? The USA. You know who does have a navy? 'Course ya do! Under the guise of protecting Khmer shipping, you dispatch a portion of the fleet to run interference off the American coast. That done, you go for a nap.
Khmer Effervescent Thalassocracy is now an NPC.
4: You've got nowhere near the requisite cash, tools, or materials to embark on such a project, and once word leaks of your ambition, the international banking conspiracy angles to pre-emptively scuttle the venture by murdering your credit rating in its sleep. (-5 to any action requiring a loan.)
11: You assemble an expeditionary force to accompany the Revengeance on a mission to
16: Exploiting the US Army's near-total disarray (not to mention a critically-understaffed border guard), you begin the liberation of Montana and Idaho, securing the ruins of Boise and Spokane in the process. With the old government having left the survivors to rot, they eagerly pledge allegiance to California, increasing national wealth taxable by $2000.
2 (1): Wise to your tactics, Bannon stonewalls your operation with trash-tier memes and misinformation before launching a devastatingly cringeworthy counter-attack that cripples all but the most enlightened Californians. California suffers -6 to espionage for the next eight turns!
News on the March
Psych-Out
"This isn't Tanipolarity, I swear!" screamed the Game Moderator as he was beaten by an angry mob following news of the Psi Corps's resurgence—thought extinct since the end of the Soviet and/or Allied campaign, it appears the Mental Omega team bit off more than it could chew when it introduced the Epsilon storyline. While Yuri's forces are spread across isolated regions in the southern hemisphere, refugees report the army is already nearing full strength and will soon embark upon World Domination™. Local sources state that Enver Hoxha was heard shouting: "YOU REVISIONISTS! YOU BLEW IT UP!! DAMN YOU ALL TO HEEEELLLLLLL!!!"
Canada Joins the Fight
Just when it seems the dogpile couldn't get any more ludicrous,
To this end, the Canadian Forces have launched Operation Tecumseh, a multi-pronged thrust into the largely undefended Great Lakes region, in an effort to relieve the Namibian offensive and reclaim Ontario. The reorganized Fifth Division has joined the volunteer battalions in the assault to liberate Toronto, while what survives of the RCAF is hastening to provide badly-needed air cover to the Namibian front. If the Bluecapes can hold the line while the rest of the army readies for deployment, the tide may decisively turn...
The Battle for D.C. continues, with the American counteroffensive failing to crack the entrenched expeditionary force. While the 1st Bluecape Brigade has decisively routed the paramilitaries, it has exhausted itself in the pursuit and for now the city's western flank remains un-exploited. Even less successfully, the "Big Apple" gambit has failed and America continues to enjoy air superiority unless/until the Canadians pick up the slack. Rumours abound that a famous Belgian sniper has been contracted for a direct hit against Christos and his government in the hope of ending the war early.
Meanwhile in the west, California has unofficially officially joined the military campaign with incursions into the border states. Frontline forces have identified several ruined communities that had fallen through the official census—that's what ya get when ya cut the civil service's budget. With American units preoccupied by the Denver rebels, San Francisco will likely be able to exploit its sneak-attack with impunity for some time. On the subject, the insurgents have been bolstered by the defection of Salt Lake City and outlying towns to the revolutionary cause. With no government reinforcements in sight, the regional garrisons risk being cut off by the rebels' mobile formations.
Observers predict that without outside support, the Antonopoulos government will fall. Already outnumbered in the field, the USA continues to attract an ever-widening sphere of belligerents, with the Khmer Thalassocracy and Volksreich der Frau having pledged expeditionary forces supporting the Namibian offensive. While Washington has thus far refused to conscion negotiations, the longer hostilities drag on, the less favourable its position will be come the final peace talks—assuming it still exists to hold a seat.
Royal Wedding a Riot, and Possibly a Revolution
The much-vaunted wedding between Prince Henry of Britain and Princess Artemis of Majterre has proven divisive in the empire, with Empress Esther apparently strong-arming it through opposition by several court factions in what anonymous sources suggest is a prioritization of performance over political pragmatism. For its part, the British government has made no complaints (except regarding Harry's behaviour, which included such fumbles as calling a goblin an "imp", and donning a robe and wizard hat without proper seniority), and says it is ready and willing to aid the Majterrans should tragedy ever befall the ruling house in such a way that a succession crisis might occur.
Egypt Challenges Faxumite Expansion
Attempts by Faxum to annex the lower Nile valley backfired spectacularly when the Egyptian government proved both extant and capable. Denouncing Faxumite "arrogance", Cairo announced it would brook no further "imperialist degeneracy" against its territory, demanding the relinquishment of a contested zone north of the 22nd Parallel. Local sources say the army has been mobilized and is prepared to retake the occupied zone by force. In a move observers believe is deliberate provocation, the Egyptian government has imposed a sharp toll on shipping through the Suez Canal by Faxum and its ally Majterre.
Notes from the GM
Because it's still Sunday somewhere in the world!
Barreled through all night to get this done, but I don't think I had anything important to add anyway. Next update begins Friday.
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KaiserElectric
Total Freakin Besties
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Oh illustrious and sexy GM, I hereby wish to un-NPC myself and get back in on this shindig.
Orders will come along with a lovely bit of silly RP. ^_^
Orders will come along with a lovely bit of silly RP. ^_^
Tani Coyote
Son of Huehuecoyotl
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The Emperor rolled over in his throne with some effort, sighing at the recent cascade of bad developments. Jingoists calling him the imperialist. Military investments not going very far at all due to a miscalculation of available funds. An angry minority popping up to the threaten the glorious market socialist furry revolution. He'd been used to everything going nicely, but now he actually had to put in some work! All he wanted was an egalitarian global commune free from want and moral wholesomeness!
After spending some time mulling on what Faxum's policy priorities should be, it was obviously Egypt. Scheduling a press conference was a bit much, so he quickly opened @RealEmperorTani and sent out several Tweets on Faxum's new policy objectives and its response to Egyptian aggression.
State Actions
Action 1. Send some advisers to Majterre to help them with reforming their bureaucracy as part of a treaty for assistance against Egyptian aggression. In mechanical terms, Roll to give Majterre more actions.
Action 2. It is obvious the Egyptians are poised to attack fortifications. Normal military efforts simply will not do here. Seeing the rise of the Yuri forces far from our shores, we are in desperate need of a Hero unit, and the Emperor is far too fat to do it.
Invest $100,000 in the creation of the Trio de Dangers super soldier unit, pushing our body modification technology to new heights. We hope to even the odds with our new super soldiers.
Action 3. In order to avoid the unpopular possibility of tax raises, and feeling war bonds are boring, start a Patreon supplying the furry fandom (well known for having evolved beyond the need for food and housing and spending absurd amounts of money on artwork that make the Medicis look like good, nobly destitute people) with the finest masterpieces in order to raise funds. His Majesty is a very good artist, you know.
Unit Actions
All units that are not garrisoned should begin moving towards the northern border to defend it against possible Egyptian aggression.
After spending some time mulling on what Faxum's policy priorities should be, it was obviously Egypt. Scheduling a press conference was a bit much, so he quickly opened @RealEmperorTani and sent out several Tweets on Faxum's new policy objectives and its response to Egyptian aggression.
Spoiler :
State Actions
Action 1. Send some advisers to Majterre to help them with reforming their bureaucracy as part of a treaty for assistance against Egyptian aggression. In mechanical terms, Roll to give Majterre more actions.
Action 2. It is obvious the Egyptians are poised to attack fortifications. Normal military efforts simply will not do here. Seeing the rise of the Yuri forces far from our shores, we are in desperate need of a Hero unit, and the Emperor is far too fat to do it.
Invest $100,000 in the creation of the Trio de Dangers super soldier unit, pushing our body modification technology to new heights. We hope to even the odds with our new super soldiers.
Action 3. In order to avoid the unpopular possibility of tax raises, and feeling war bonds are boring, start a Patreon supplying the furry fandom (well known for having evolved beyond the need for food and housing and spending absurd amounts of money on artwork that make the Medicis look like good, nobly destitute people) with the finest masterpieces in order to raise funds. His Majesty is a very good artist, you know.
Unit Actions
All units that are not garrisoned should begin moving towards the northern border to defend it against possible Egyptian aggression.
Ailedhoo
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Her Imperial Majesty, Esther Solomon, regards the attempts by the Egyptian to hinder our trade as a step of aggression towards the magus crown of the Majterre. By decree of our harmonising bond to Faxum, whose offer of aid to our system we accept, we will prepare henceforth for confrontation with the might of Egypt. May their steel melt in our fire and their submarines be trapped in frozen depths. Above all we will make them fear the sky even at its most blue for a mighty being will come to serve us and bring the wroth of the heavens upon our foes, with fire and blood...
Our Action
The Empress will recruit (from Epiltân Brooda of the dragon queen Odannante) a mighty dragon, known as Caron (who will be nicknamed the Brave, the Feared, the Kind, the Majestic, the Bane of Steel...) to serve the Majterren Empire. We will grant this dragon the offer to nest at Mount Ida in Crete, where it will be the symbol of our mobilisation against the Egyptian aggression.
We have a icon for the use of the creature: give credits to Dadais's collection.
As a price for hiring the dragon: $1,000,000
Our Action
The Empress will recruit (from Epiltân Brooda of the dragon queen Odannante) a mighty dragon, known as Caron (who will be nicknamed the Brave, the Feared, the Kind, the Majestic, the Bane of Steel...) to serve the Majterren Empire. We will grant this dragon the offer to nest at Mount Ida in Crete, where it will be the symbol of our mobilisation against the Egyptian aggression.
We have a icon for the use of the creature: give credits to Dadais's collection.
As a price for hiring the dragon: $1,000,000
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1. The Democratic People's Republic of Norrland-Sápmi adopts Marxism-Leninism-Thorvaldism as the state's official ideology to guide all factions of society towards socialism in our next five-year plan, implementing a Roll to Dodge the Bourgeouisie policy with provisions strengthening the people's control over the economy.
2. Enlist a Norwegian celebrity GM* to star in a series of Marxist-Leninist-Thorvaldist propaganda movies for the Ministry of Unification to broadcast on the other side of the northern border to further the process of unification of the Northern Sami Federation with Norrland-Sápmi.
*Gustavsson Maniac - a dedicated follower of President Gustav Gustavsson's political and ideological standpoints.
2. Enlist a Norwegian celebrity GM* to star in a series of Marxist-Leninist-Thorvaldist propaganda movies for the Ministry of Unification to broadcast on the other side of the northern border to further the process of unification of the Northern Sami Federation with Norrland-Sápmi.
*Gustavsson Maniac - a dedicated follower of President Gustav Gustavsson's political and ideological standpoints.
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1) The existence of time travel is as big of a threat to the future (and the past!) of Canberra as the Psi Corps. Seven of Nine from Star Trek Voyager will construct a gigantic temporal force-field, protecting us from unintended negative consequences of time travel. Make sure this happens before Reus cooks time as well as he cooks everything else, 'mkay?
2) The most important thing this turn is to survive the inevitable wave of Psi Corps soldiers that are going to inevitably attack this city from Sydney. Darth Alexis is not going to help in this regard as we're going to have to rely on human wave tactics as he trains his troops to be even worse than XCOM rookies. But then I realised that human wave tactics are impractical as the Psi Corps have advantages against infantry.
But then I realised there was something that was easy to produce and doesn't technically count as infantry! Biker Gangs! That's right, we're going full Mad Max here! Get Darth Alexis to recruit as many Biker Gangs as darn possible. Remember, quantity > quality. If they can ride a motorcycle then they are in. Give them guns and then get them ready to perform street warfare against the bloody Psi Corps.
3) Recruit Charles Xavier a.k.a Professor X (as portrayed by Patrick Stewart) to lead the defence of Canberra. He's a smart guy and he's been in fights so he should know what he's doing. Also he should be able to counter Yuri's psychic nonsense with his own psychic nonsense.
4) I, Prime Minister for Life NinjaCow64, will participate in the defence of Canberra by shooting my QBZ-95 at the first Saber-forsaken enemy that attacks Canberra.
2) The most important thing this turn is to survive the inevitable wave of Psi Corps soldiers that are going to inevitably attack this city from Sydney. Darth Alexis is not going to help in this regard as we're going to have to rely on human wave tactics as he trains his troops to be even worse than XCOM rookies. But then I realised that human wave tactics are impractical as the Psi Corps have advantages against infantry.
But then I realised there was something that was easy to produce and doesn't technically count as infantry! Biker Gangs! That's right, we're going full Mad Max here! Get Darth Alexis to recruit as many Biker Gangs as darn possible. Remember, quantity > quality. If they can ride a motorcycle then they are in. Give them guns and then get them ready to perform street warfare against the bloody Psi Corps.
3) Recruit Charles Xavier a.k.a Professor X (as portrayed by Patrick Stewart) to lead the defence of Canberra. He's a smart guy and he's been in fights so he should know what he's doing. Also he should be able to counter Yuri's psychic nonsense with his own psychic nonsense.
4) I, Prime Minister for Life NinjaCow64, will participate in the defence of Canberra by shooting my QBZ-95 at the first Saber-forsaken enemy that attacks Canberra.
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To: All Nations, Including NPCs.
Please help. Please. I'm begging you.
Yours Sincerely,
NinjaCow64, Prime Minister for Life of the Australian Capital Territory.
Please help. Please. I'm begging you.
Yours Sincerely,
NinjaCow64, Prime Minister for Life of the Australian Capital Territory.
Omega124
Challenging Fate
We feel for you. Honestly. We in Namibia strongly believe in internationalism. However, we're kind of in our own quagmire at the present moment. Tell you hwat; if your psychic problems persist beyond the end of this conflict, Namibia will help. And if you do any fundraising, we'll buy what you sell
To: United Kingdom, Ireland
From: Namibia
Normally I don't want to entangle myself in the affairs of other nations, but my Irish-American heritage is beating really hard right now.
If Ireland was cool joining the United Kingdom, the inner republican of mine would have screamed bloody murder but accept it as the will of the Irish. Now that Ireland (with all 32 counties!) has firmly and uneviquoably announced it remains to be free and independent, Namibia must say "Bro, listen to them". We're not going to tolerate any attempt to forcefully intergrate. Gentle Ireland shall no longer suffer from the English yoke.
You two sort it out between yourselves. I don't have a horse in that race. But Namibia will not stand idle if London makes a mess out of the Emerald Isle.
To: Egypt
From: Megan, Popess of the Church of Lucina
So it turns out Aswan was once a holy city for Lucina. As avowed believers of the Exalt, the one true goddess, we must humbly ask permission for, after the war ends, if you may allow Lucinaists to make a holy pilgrimage site to Lucina's city. I figure we'll have to "roll" for it, but I thought maybe some heads up diplomacy would establish good faith (ha!) between us beforehand.
To: Fauxmite, Majterre
From: Megan, Popess of the Church of Lucina
If war does break out between you and Egypt, attack Aswan at your own peril. The faith will not tolerate the destruction of a Holy Site.
Omega124
Challenging Fate
Namibia Orders
1. So it has come to our attention we have a sick +8 diplomacy bonus to giving the Volksreich rights of passage into our land. Since we want to give safe harbor for Gerwoman troops (no need for a D-Day styled invasion!), we're going to go ahead and give the Volksreich rights of passage for their expeditionary forces, so that they may link up to us and join the fight.
2.
THIS IS ABSOLUTELY UNACCEPTABLE
I am the Top Gun, IOT's resident expert on warbirds, the woman who literally derailed an AC just to complain to the moderator that he used bomber when he meant fighter. I will not accept Namibia having anything less than the world's greatest and largest Air Force. The Canadians will not be the ones to give us air support, or my name isn't Megan de la Megmeg!
Most of America's warplane factories are in the Northeast. Lockheed Martin has a factory in Syracuse for constructing warplanes; I pass it on the way to get to college. You know what Lockheed produces? The F-22, the greatest fighter ever produced.
The schematics must still be located in that factory. We are going to take them, and we are going to make more F-22s, so that we may take the skies back from the American regime.
1. So it has come to our attention we have a sick +8 diplomacy bonus to giving the Volksreich rights of passage into our land. Since we want to give safe harbor for Gerwoman troops (no need for a D-Day styled invasion!), we're going to go ahead and give the Volksreich rights of passage for their expeditionary forces, so that they may link up to us and join the fight.
2.
THIS IS ABSOLUTELY UNACCEPTABLE
I am the Top Gun, IOT's resident expert on warbirds, the woman who literally derailed an AC just to complain to the moderator that he used bomber when he meant fighter. I will not accept Namibia having anything less than the world's greatest and largest Air Force. The Canadians will not be the ones to give us air support, or my name isn't Megan de la Megmeg!
Most of America's warplane factories are in the Northeast. Lockheed Martin has a factory in Syracuse for constructing warplanes; I pass it on the way to get to college. You know what Lockheed produces? The F-22, the greatest fighter ever produced.
The schematics must still be located in that factory. We are going to take them, and we are going to make more F-22s, so that we may take the skies back from the American regime.
Mathalamus
Emperor of Mathalia
Sultan of Istanbul resigns in disgrace
the sultan, after being investigated by Imperial police, has discovered that it was his actions and his actions alone that as caused the rise of the ISIS. twice. therefore, the Council of Istanbul decided that they will give him a choice: resign and be allowed to leave and start a new country somewhere, or be executed for treason against the known world.
the former sultan resigned his office, giving up his title, and giving up his right to ever rule Istanbul again.
Sultanate of Istanbul becomes an NPC.
the Former sultan took a greek name, Andreas Laskaris (he didnt bother choosing a more inconspicuous name) and headed for Cyprus.
action: Form the country of Cyprus, as a constitutional monarchy, uniting the turkish and greek halves in one nation.
the sultan, after being investigated by Imperial police, has discovered that it was his actions and his actions alone that as caused the rise of the ISIS. twice. therefore, the Council of Istanbul decided that they will give him a choice: resign and be allowed to leave and start a new country somewhere, or be executed for treason against the known world.
the former sultan resigned his office, giving up his title, and giving up his right to ever rule Istanbul again.
Sultanate of Istanbul becomes an NPC.
the Former sultan took a greek name, Andreas Laskaris (he didnt bother choosing a more inconspicuous name) and headed for Cyprus.
action: Form the country of Cyprus, as a constitutional monarchy, uniting the turkish and greek halves in one nation.
Tani Coyote
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To: Egypt
From: Faxumite Empire
The prospect of war hangs over our states. While our forces are gathering for a defense and we have consulted with allies, we have no interest in war. We are seeing an escalation, rather than the beginning of hostilities, and we would prefer to de-escalate. We respect the Egyptians' rejection of Faxumite rule, and so we will not contest Egypt's independence, and will likewise rescind our protectorate over the area.
Our only real source of tension, therefore, is over the lands north of the 22nd parallel, and the economic and militaristic tensions arising over it.
The Emperor wishes to offer a compromise to the Egyptian government and its people: the disputed territory can hold a referendum on whether to be part of Egypt or Faxum. We do not wish to rule over people who do not want us to rule over them, and so we are willing to hold such a referendum in good faith. While the people of the disputed territory were in support of Faxumite rule before, this may have changed in light of the resurgence of the Egyptian state.
The Emperor is hopeful our governments can move past initial enmity and move towards lasting peace and friendship. Let cold beer trump hot lead.
Faxum will conduct due diligence to avoid collateral damage to Aswan in the event of war with Egypt (as we would do for any city), but it is absurd to think we will allow the city to become a massive human shield. In the event of war, we must be able to eliminate targets.
All this said, however, we must point out that we would never attack first. We have no interest in occupying what land Egypt controls, as its people have spoken. We are only interested in defending the disputed territory, as we believe to have a democratic mandate over it.
The Emperor is more interested in expanding trade and throwing wild parties than fighting a war. But if we are attacked, we must respond in kind in order to deter such aggression from others.
From: Faxumite Empire
The prospect of war hangs over our states. While our forces are gathering for a defense and we have consulted with allies, we have no interest in war. We are seeing an escalation, rather than the beginning of hostilities, and we would prefer to de-escalate. We respect the Egyptians' rejection of Faxumite rule, and so we will not contest Egypt's independence, and will likewise rescind our protectorate over the area.
Our only real source of tension, therefore, is over the lands north of the 22nd parallel, and the economic and militaristic tensions arising over it.
The Emperor wishes to offer a compromise to the Egyptian government and its people: the disputed territory can hold a referendum on whether to be part of Egypt or Faxum. We do not wish to rule over people who do not want us to rule over them, and so we are willing to hold such a referendum in good faith. While the people of the disputed territory were in support of Faxumite rule before, this may have changed in light of the resurgence of the Egyptian state.
The Emperor is hopeful our governments can move past initial enmity and move towards lasting peace and friendship. Let cold beer trump hot lead.
Faxum will conduct due diligence to avoid collateral damage to Aswan in the event of war with Egypt (as we would do for any city), but it is absurd to think we will allow the city to become a massive human shield. In the event of war, we must be able to eliminate targets.
All this said, however, we must point out that we would never attack first. We have no interest in occupying what land Egypt controls, as its people have spoken. We are only interested in defending the disputed territory, as we believe to have a democratic mandate over it.
The Emperor is more interested in expanding trade and throwing wild parties than fighting a war. But if we are attacked, we must respond in kind in order to deter such aggression from others.
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Ailedhoo
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The Empress of Majterre decrees that whatever status between we plus Faxum and Egypt that the site of Aswan will be treated with due respect but that has our charge is too great we will not hesitate in bringing forth the wroth of the heavens and hells upon those who would offend the majestic harmony that we warlocks strive to flourish for our empowerment. We will respect the site of Aswan but we will not allow the Egyptian military to use it as a human shield, if we are dictated into a violent confrontation with the realm of Egypt. Whether the Nile flows with blood will be the determination of the Egyptian authorities in their judgement with our allies and our dealings; if they continue to hinder our harmony then they will learn the price of their sins. We will not be slowed in our quest to bring forth justice to the enemy of the Magus Crown. Still should Egypt's military use Aswan as a place to hold out while harassing our ally we will ensure that any effort to throw out such disrespect against your faith will be punished with warrior priests and that our warlocks will be provided to burn the defilers on condition they control their flames for avoiding harm to the holiness of your Egyptian site of pilgrimage.
We envision Namibia as a needed shield against the evils of Bannondorf and the coming storm of the psionic magus you call Yuri. We will not strive for a relation of hostility; you are needed to fight the great struggle against evil. We hope that whatever happens there will be a peace as mighty as the mountains between us, just as the closeness between we and Faxum have grown to be as high as the heavens.
As for Egypt: war will come by your decision, for you can either respect Majterre or be punished for your ill decision to annoy a dragon.
We envision Namibia as a needed shield against the evils of Bannondorf and the coming storm of the psionic magus you call Yuri. We will not strive for a relation of hostility; you are needed to fight the great struggle against evil. We hope that whatever happens there will be a peace as mighty as the mountains between us, just as the closeness between we and Faxum have grown to be as high as the heavens.
As for Egypt: war will come by your decision, for you can either respect Majterre or be punished for your ill decision to annoy a dragon.
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We feel for you. Honestly. We in Namibia strongly believe in internationalism. However, we're kind of in our own quagmire at the present moment. Tell you hwat; if your psychic problems persist beyond the end of this conflict, Namibia will help. And if you do any fundraising, we'll buy what you sell
That's appreciated mate. It both we and the Psi Corps survive that long we will know who to call. And if we run out of money, same thing. You might be the Popess of the wrong religion, but you're still a good sort.
Ok time to-
[QUOTE="Mathalamus, post: 14814045, member: 174298"t]he Former sultan took a greek name, Andreas Laskaris[/QUOTE]
!!!BIG GUY INTERUPT!!
MEANWHILE, IN THE DEPTHS OF THE DICETOPIAN SEWERS
"Yes...YES!!!" A strange masked man with minimalist robes whom is also a pretty big guy says in a dark base "HE HAS FINALLY SHOWN HIMSELF! SOON, WITH THE IMPERIAL SIGIL, hehehehehhehehehehehhehehhehhahahahahhahahahahah! I will NOT be so disgraced, AND HEEHHEHAHHAHAHAHHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHHA! MINIMALISM SHALL RULE THE WORLD!!!?!??!?!?!?!!!!!!!!!! EKEKEKEKEKEKEEKEKKEKEKEKEKEKEKEKEKEKHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHHEHEHEHLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOOLOOLOLOLLMAO!"
With that, he picks up a bulky old cell-phone, and has a conversation we cannot hear, for it is 4TH-WALL PROOF!
END
*authors note: This is not THE PROPHET, for he is in mongolia converting new flock!
**note note this is rp.
[QUOTE="Mathalamus, post: 14814045, member: 174298"t]he Former sultan took a greek name, Andreas Laskaris[/QUOTE]
!!!BIG GUY INTERUPT!!
MEANWHILE, IN THE DEPTHS OF THE DICETOPIAN SEWERS
"Yes...YES!!!" A strange masked man with minimalist robes whom is also a pretty big guy says in a dark base "HE HAS FINALLY SHOWN HIMSELF! SOON, WITH THE IMPERIAL SIGIL, hehehehehhehehehehehhehehhehhahahahahhahahahahah! I will NOT be so disgraced, AND HEEHHEHAHHAHAHAHHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHHA! MINIMALISM SHALL RULE THE WORLD!!!?!??!?!?!?!!!!!!!!!! EKEKEKEKEKEKEEKEKKEKEKEKEKEKEKEKEKEKHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHHEHEHEHLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOOLOOLOLOLLMAO!"
With that, he picks up a bulky old cell-phone, and has a conversation we cannot hear, for it is 4TH-WALL PROOF!
END
*authors note: This is not THE PROPHET, for he is in mongolia converting new flock!
**note note this is rp.
Thorvald of Lym
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It's funny because IdIOT.
(Although that sigil was the Basil-class...)
In the wake of discussions surrounding events this turn, I'm looking at revisiting how to handle diplomacy. Rolling for Treaty will still be a Thing, but I'm thinking of changing how I've been doling out Diplomacy modifiers. In the interest of not assuming player intent, I'd opted for unilateral 'opt-in' relations (Namibia gets a bonus to granting the Volksreich right-of-passage, Canada gives RoP but Namibia doesn't automatically reciprocate), under the logic that this would prevent players with a high diplomacy bonus being able to brute-force a treaty against another's will. (This is also why the default NPCs usually don't have diplo bonuses of their own.) In the interest of making politics less cumbersome, I'm willing to infer broader bilateral relations where logical (no sense Terra and 'Lec joining the war without guaranteed basing rights), provided the players agree.
Speaking of NPCs, having come from the R2D experience, I vastly underestimated how much interest players would have in detailed diplomacy vis-à-vis the non-player countries, and had been operating on the principle of "They'll mind their own until Acted upon". If people want an actual dialogue, I can post communiqués as necessary—the actual outcome will, of course, depend on the roll.
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Updated orders.
Thorvald of Lym
A Little Sketchy
TO: Prime Minister NinjaCow of the ACT
FROM: Egypt
TO: Popess Megan of the Church of Lucina
SUBJECT: Holy pilgrimage
Masr affirms the goodwill between nations and makes no imposition on such a pilgrimage of the faithful to their holy sites. Unlike the greedy and soulless squatters to our south, we do not appropriate cultural heritage for self-serving and degenerate aims.
FROM: Egypt
TO: Faxumite squatters
SUBJECT: Illegal occupation
Masr does not compromise with such two-faced and delinquent imperialists. Our constitutional mandate long predates your naked occupation, and the proposed referendum is nothing more than a populist ploy to undermine the very rule of law under which you claim to act. Faxum will return Masr's rightful territory, willingly or otherwise.
FROM: Egypt
TO: The so-called Empire of Majterre
SUBJECT: Empty threats
This 'dragon'... does it bleed?
Spoiler :
FROM: Egypt
TO: Popess Megan of the Church of Lucina
SUBJECT: Holy pilgrimage
Masr affirms the goodwill between nations and makes no imposition on such a pilgrimage of the faithful to their holy sites. Unlike the greedy and soulless squatters to our south, we do not appropriate cultural heritage for self-serving and degenerate aims.
FROM: Egypt
TO: Faxumite squatters
SUBJECT: Illegal occupation
Masr does not compromise with such two-faced and delinquent imperialists. Our constitutional mandate long predates your naked occupation, and the proposed referendum is nothing more than a populist ploy to undermine the very rule of law under which you claim to act. Faxum will return Masr's rightful territory, willingly or otherwise.
FROM: Egypt
TO: The so-called Empire of Majterre
SUBJECT: Empty threats
This 'dragon'... does it bleed?
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