Sons of Mars II

[Optical]

Same as usual, claims in lime, armies added.

Income split - half towards army tech, half towards Civics.

 

[Tani Coyote]

Will these border discussions involve treaties being signed with lead? Don't tease me; I expected a gigantic European war!

 

[Sonereal]

Will these border discussions involve treaties being signed with lead? Don't tease me; I expected a gigantic European war!

Hopefully not. We don't want a war with Austria and her allies and Austria doesn't want us to march on Vienna.

 

[Mathalamus]

Hopefully not. We don't want a war with Austria and her allies and Austria doesn't want us to march on Vienna.

then stick with what you have, like me. i dont plan to expand, unless i have to.

 

[Tani Coyote]

Hopefully not. We don't want a war with Austria and her allies and Austria doesn't want us to march on Vienna.

Well, Austria marching on Vienna would count as state oppression I'm sure...

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Never mind that Kalmar's taken the liberty of expanding into the Ural region by sea, so the Triple Alliance would be flanked.

 

[Sonereal]

then stick with what you have, like me. i dont plan to expand, unless i have to.

I am sticking with what I have. I don't want Finland for myself, I want Finland to be released as the Republic of Finland and for elections to take place.

As for any war, well, Albania would simply starve our Mediterranean enemies to death by locking down the Med before marching on Vienna. Neither side can win but the Triple Entente can lose.

 

[Mathalamus]

I am sticking with what I have. I don't want Finland for myself, I want Finland to be released as the Republic of Finland and for elections to take place.

As for any war, well, Albania would simply starve our Mediterranean enemies to death by locking down the Med before marching on Vienna. Neither side can win but the Triple Entente can lose.

Spain is displeased with your double standard.

 

[Sonereal]

Spain is displeased with your double standard.

King Salazar is only following the whim of the RNG God.

 

[Mathalamus]

King Salazar is only following the whim of the RNG God.

what.. oh. you managed to fabricate claims. well, spain wont interfere in the war, unless echinda is threatened.

 

[Sonereal]

what.. oh. you managed to fabricate claims. well, spain wont interfere in the war, unless echinda is threatened.

We have no qualm with thee Spaniard. We are at peace, always.

 

[Aiolos]

Quick! Before war is declared, Salt Guarantee's all of our trading partners!

 

[Tani Coyote]

So whoever attacks who will also have to face the Salt Empire's resources... oh isn't this fun. Enerjak approves!

Diary of Enerjak

Spoiler :

How many centuries have I been on this planet already? I have seen one generation of echidna rise only to wither and die, and be replaced by another. I used to be able to do whatever I wanted. I wouldn't have to rule over this state in such a bored fashion... I could just rip a hole in time and space and attack one world after another...

But no. I am stuck here, with limited capabilities.

Osiris, one of the first echidnas I fathered and who regularly takes up the identity of Enerjak with several others in my inner circle, came to me in the Avatar's Chambers. I refer to him as Enerjak and he to me as whatever identity I have assumed for the average lifespan's time. We do this to keep this charade going.

He said it was about high time he "died" and thus was off-duty for about one hundred years, until when no people would be left in the country who remembered his voice or personality. This "death" that my closest servants cycle through ensures that outsiders believe the idea that "Enerjak" is just a mantle assumed by some mortal, unaware the true Enerjak is right under their nose...

During our talks, I lamented on how much had changed since I brought order to Mobius' chaos. One friend after another betrayed me, but I ensured they all joined my side again... oh, how I relish the memories of Sonic, Shadow, Tails and countless others' faces as I extracted their very souls and forced them back into my ranks. Those were the days where Core extraction and Prelate formation weren't hard work; I could summon dozens or maybe even hundreds at once!

Changing from my Avatar garb into the Enerjak armor of note - him of course being rendered "naked" in the process, though being furry, what did he care? - I then pondered my downfall. I could defeat every hedgehog except one... a traveller from a time and place I knew not of, but my Prelates had discovered. He amused me with his ability to get back up one beating after another, but I was careless. I threw one blast of energy after another at him... and he wised up and began throwing them back at me.

Alas, my boasting of my powers had given him the hint he needed to humble me!

Just as I was about to finish him the old fashioned way... dear Lara intervened. She drained nearly all of my power, though I was smart enough to escape with what little I have... and here I am.

The thought two children managed to defeat me... it boiled my blood. I slammed my fist into the wall, cracking it in ways never seen before...

...and then it hit me.

I used to go by "Knuckles." I was named for the brute strength I possessed, and the tool I used to dish it out.

I had become too reliant on my supernatural capabilities as "Enerjak." That was why that traveller defeated me. If I had just taken him out physically, I wouldn't be in this mess. Hard to reflect a punch!

...I smiled. I had found my mistake. I wouldn't repeat it.

And the next time I see the traveller, I will overwhelm him with my brute force. And this planet... this world, it will provide the resources I need to march triumphantly back to the Old Nekronopolis. Hang tight, children. Your lord and master will add you to his collection shortly!

 

[ilduce349]

even though I am no longer in this, watching Albania and Spain argue is rather amusing, KEEP GOING!

 

[Mathalamus]

So whoever attacks who will also have to face the Salt Empire's resources... oh isn't this fun. Enerjak approves!

Diary of Enerjak
And the next time I see the traveller, I will overwhelm him with my brute force. And this planet... this world, it will provide the resources I need to march triumphantly back to the Old Nekronopolis. Hang tight, children. Your lord and master will add you to his collection shortly!

if knuckles or better known as enerjak wanted some resources to return to Old Nekronopolis, you can ask Spain.

 

[Arakhor]

Albania will of course be freeing Naples and Greece in return? Albania may control the Eastern Mediterranean, but they are non-existent in the Baltic.

 

[Sonereal]

Albania will of course be freeing Naples and Greece in return?

Certainly.

 

[Tani Coyote]

if knuckles or better known as enerjak wanted some resources to return to Old Nekronopolis, you can ask Spain.

OOC obviously, but:

"Resources" would mean the armed forces necessary to conquer his old world by storm, and given that he'd be fighting people with six of the seven emeralds, that'd be a loooot of force.

Never mind, resources to travel across time, space, and dimensions themselves, which I imagine wouldn't be until the 3000s CE/AD

Never mind, these entries are posted for plot, no diplomacy; you can't "see" them IC. Unless you somehow have access to Enerjak's chambers in which case it's already too late.

 

[Arakhor]

Somehow, I don't see Albania honouring that agreement, especially as they would be banking on Austria and Finland not sharing a common border. Finland isn't even in Eastern Europe, anyway.

 

[Sonereal]

Somehow, I don't see Albania honouring that agreement, especially as they would be banking on Austria and Finland not sharing a common border. Finland isn't even in Eastern Europe, anyway.

Again, I'm failing to see the issue. We are not averse to freeing the Italians and Greeks in exchange that you allow Finland independence under a democratic government.

 

[Arakhor]

Why on earth would we allow them to rule themselves? Even if we did release Finland under a separate Habsburg prince, we have no intentions of instituting this populist rubbish you call democracy.