Cyc
Looking for the door...
Very well done, General. Marsden left his copy in the john, so I was able to scan it. Although I didn't really want to pick it up, I could tell you did some quality work. Bravo.
The RoundTable
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Cyc, you went in there after me? You're braver than I thought.
Dear letters to the editor,
Thank you. I enjoy the only newspaper the world has to offer. I plan on contuining my subscription, but I am still waiting for the toaster I was promised upon subscribing. Please have it delivered to my new beach resort c/o Mr Rourke.
Dear letters to the editor,
Thank you. I enjoy the only newspaper the world has to offer. I plan on contuining my subscription, but I am still waiting for the toaster I was promised upon subscribing. Please have it delivered to my new beach resort c/o Mr Rourke.
Cyc
Looking for the door...
It wasn't a matter of being brave, Marsden. I had had my fill of fruits and vegetables and when ya gotta go....
Paper boy?!? There seems to be news happening.
Empiremaker
Human Fish
Paul - Check out the newest thread in this forum. You'll see more when you open the turn.
EDIT: You've seen the other thread, since you posted there. Anyway, you setill se what happened when you open the turn.
EDIT: You've seen the other thread, since you posted there. Anyway, you setill se what happened when you open the turn.
General_W
Councilor & Merlot Noble
The council invites you into its war room – for a glimpse of behind the scenes conversation.
We join the conversation as Council military strategists are trying frantically to explain themselves to an outraged Civilian leadership…
We join the conversation as Council military strategists are trying frantically to explain themselves to an outraged Civilian leadership…
Chairman Paul the 42nd: "I demand answers! I wake up this morning to suddenly find out we're at war with FREE and there are robotic, fully automated machines in control of our entire airforce!?! How on Meleet's Blue Earth could this have happened?!?"
General_W: "Well, Mr. Chairman, what we've done is to take our new H-class fully automated and computerized bombers and program them with combat plan "Doomsday thorium G," - when they encounter any foreign transports – they will produce, in effect, a doomsday shield. A lethal cloud of Aerial bombardment which will encircle the Council waterways within a 6 tile range! This war with FREE was a bit of glitch in the system. A really minor bug that I assure you we've since corrected."
Chairman Paul the 42nd: "I'm afraid I don't understand something. Are you telling me that it was OUR military that started this war with FREE?!? And now you're talking about ordering the destruction of *any* foreign transports that get within range of our territory?"
General_W: "No sir. It is not a thing a sane man would order. The doomsday bombers are designed to launch themselves into action automatically if any foreign transports come in-range. They'll trigger automatically."
*stunned silence*
Niklas: "But surely we can disarm it somehow?"
General_W: "No. It is designed to go into attack mode if any attempt is ever made to un-trigger it."
Peter Grimes: "But this is absolute madness! Why would we *build* such a thing?"
Air Captain Donsig: "There were those of us who fought against it, but in the end we could not keep up with the expense involved in the island race, the space race, and the culture race. At the same time our people grumbled for more temples and Coliseums. Our doomsday scheme cost us just a small fraction of what we had been spending on defense in a single year. "
Chairman Paul the 42nd: "This is preposterous. I've never approved of anything like this."
General_W: "Not according to The Domestic RoundTable… they've already reported that this plan will be going into effect unless the Civilian Leadership directly contacted the military to stop it. The paper made it quite clear that if no response was received within one week – that this silence would be assumed as an approval of the project."
Chairman Paul the 42nd: "You know I don't read that rag of a newspaper! When was this published?"
Admiral Aigburth: "Two weeks ago. The system is now fully operational. We assumed that your silence was not only an approval – but was appreciated for the sake of 'plausible deniability'… you know."
Automated Teller: "Then you mean, we've already built such a thing?! We have the technology for that?"
General_W: "The technology required is easily within the means of our brilliant scientists. It required only the will to implement it."
Chairman Paul the 42nd: "But… how is it possible for this thing to be triggered automatically and at the same time impossible to untrigger?"
General_W: "Mr. Chairman, it is not only possible, it is essential. That is the whole idea of this plan, you know. Deterrence is the art of producing in the mind of the enemy... the FEAR to attack. And so, because of the automated and irrevocable decision-making process which rules out human meddling, the Doomsday Defense Network is terrifying and simple to understand... and completely credible and convincing."
Attention Foreign Powers:
You've been warned! The Doomsday Defense Network is now in place to guard all Council waterways.
You've been warned! The Doomsday Defense Network is now in place to guard all Council waterways.
Not shamelessly ripped off from here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BldWP-V2ve8
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CommandoBob
AbstractArt
Excellent!
Oh no! With all of that production diverted to war materiel, I don't think I'm going to get my toaster. 
PrinceMyshkin
King
Wonderful work as usual General_W.
Thought it was time I subscribed to your paper as I've stolen my copies long enough.
Thought it was time I subscribed to your paper as I've stolen my copies long enough.
It's been a long while since the paper has come. I do hope nothing has happened. 
AutomatedTeller
Frequent poster
why do you ask? is something going on in the world of meleet?
Butterball
Bear
I'm so confused and stuck in the industrial age...
Just get over it and beat Beam. OH ... that's a different game.
Just get over it and beat Beam.
OH ... that's a different game.
Well, that's exactly whyI ask. Without my paper, I lack the news that I need to get through my day informed. If something was going on, which there may or may not be, then how would I, a poor, newsless individual, know of it?
BTW, there's been a new sentiment that The Meleet doesn't actually exist and the world was just randomly generated. I'm not sure if I believe it myself but some do. I think it started with that Darwin guy that lives in Free.
General_W
Councilor & Merlot Noble
Glad to see I've been missed! Spoiler :
Maybe you news-hungry folks would like a peek at the work we've been busy with recently?
Here you go
The Ministry of Wartime Information
[Formerly: The RoundTable:]
Proudly Presents this mandatory viewing for all Council Citizens
Click HERE to watch!
(link to youtube)
[Formerly: The RoundTable:]
Proudly Presents this mandatory viewing for all Council Citizens
Click HERE to watch!
(link to youtube)
Hope you enjoy!
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