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Baltocarpathia wrote:RP Possible Buisness
Seeing the troubles in Dacia, Baltocarpathia would offer to sell some equipment in order to both supply Dacia and to raise extra money for the war effort in Amberleaf

RP Tread Carefully

Dacia has no interest in Foreign Weapons. However it requires help to build it's new weapons, and is looking to share the blueprints with other nations who are interested. We are however grateful to Baltocarpathia, for trying to help our nation.

Proto Dacia wrote:RP Tread Carefully

Dacia has no interest in Foreign Weapons. However it requires help to build it's new weapons, and is looking to share the blueprints with other nations who are interested. We are however grateful to Baltocarpathia, for trying to help our nation.

RP Interesting
With a large but recovering industrial base, Baltocarpathia would accept a contract to produce Dacian equipment for a premium. The money would be invested into rebuilding the rest of our industry

RP: Dacia declares anti-communist/anti-terrorist campaign in its territories
SOLDIERS,

I promised you from the first day of the new Lordship and of my national struggle to lead you to victory;
To erase the stain of dishonor from the book of the Nation and the shadow of humiliation from your forehead and epaulettes.
Today has come the hour of the holiest struggle, the struggle for ancestral rights and the church, the struggle for Dacian hearths and altars forever.

SOLDIERS,

I order you:
Cross the Mountains!
Crush the enemies in the west and north.
Free our co-opted brothers from the red yoke of communism.

SOLDIERS,

Set out today on the path of Stephen the Great's victories to include with your sacrifice what our ancestors submitted to with their struggle.
Before.
Be proud that the ages have left us here the guard of justice and the wall of a Christian city.
Be worthy of the Dacian past.

SOLDIERS,

You will fight side by side, soul to soul, in the most powerful and glorious army of the world.
Dare to measure your valor and prove your pride to our allies.
Communists attacked the Dacian land,
Be worthy of the honor that history has given you.

SOLDIERS,

Before.
To fight for the glory of the Nation;
Die for the hearth of your parents and your children;
To honor with your bravery the memory of Mihai Vodă and Ștefan-cel-Mare, the martyrs and heroes who fell in the land of our eternity with the target thought of God;
To fight for the emancipation of our brothers, of life and homes mocked by trampling pagans;
To fight to avenge our humiliation and injustice.
Your Nation, King and People ask for it.

SOLDIERS,

Victory will be ours.
At fight.
With God ahead!

-Speech of King Urs Alexandru, targeting the Socialist Liberation Brigades in the anti-communist/anti-terrorist campaign.

<RP>

2017 Eclipse Games Signups

Just as the 2013 Eclipse Games in Aquitinia had finished, the Sports Department of the Culture Ministry was quick to release the application forms for the 2017 Games in Framdahen.

Equestrian Sports (Vaulting, Racing) Application Form:

Name of Athlete:
Species of Athlete:
Name of Mount:
Species of Mount:
Background of Athlete:

Swimming Relay Race Application Form:

Names of (4) Athletes:
Species of Athletes:
Background of Athletes:

General Application Form:

Name of Athlete:
Species of Athlete:
Background of Athlete/Performance:

The Sports Department invites any and all nations to participate in the 2017 Eclipse Games, especially the ones who had already taken part in the previous Games.

<OOC>

Check out the link below for more details:


The Eclipse Games are an international sports event held every 4 years with a different nation hosting it each time around. Over the last years it has become widely covered in both national and international media, with the scale of the Games increasing each time.

In 2017 Midribbonia is going to take the mantle of the host, inviting sportspeople from around the globe to its city of Framdahen, a historic capital bound to become renewed through the ritual of peaceful competition. Any and all nations and their teams are welcome to participate.*

*Nations in a state of war or severe political conflict will be evaluated for participation separately.


Sport disciplines

Each nation may send one competitor.

The competitors are tasked with traversing an asphalted track with sharp turns, ups and downs, using special ski rollers. Each competitor is to start within a time distance of 20 seconds from the previous starter. The competitor with the quickest time of crossing the distance is declared the winner.

Each nation may send one competitor.

Each competitor will fire independently, and their ranking will be based on the accuracy of their shot from 350 metres away. Each competitor may use ranged weaponry that follows these restrictions: crossbows must be smaller than a Scorpion Ballista; bows must be smaller than a Welsh Longbow or be the same size; guns cannot be over .5 caliber, nor can rounds be considered explosive. Additionally, all weapons must fire a single projectile, so scattering munitions are also prohibited. The last condition is for weapons to lack any computerised systems, along with optical scopes. The only scope allowed is a simple crossguard.

Each nation may send one competitor along with any 4-legged mount of their choice.

The Horse Mass Start is a mid-range race between the riders. The winner is determined by the time it took for them to reach the finish line. All competitors start at the same time from an equal distance of 5 kilometres to the finish line. The track goes around a flat terrain, in a circle, with the start line doubling as the finish line. All competitors must stay on their mount for the entirety of the race.

Each nation may send one competitor along with any 4-legged mount of their choice.

The competitors are tasked with creating a vaulting program for their mount, showing their prowess and control of the situation. The jury of 5 vaulting experts from across different backgrounds shall evaluate each rider on their and their mount's ability to perform tricks and pass obstacles. Each juror will then give a score from 1 to 20, amounting to the total score of 100.

Each nation may send a team of 4, 1 per each part of the track.

The competitors are tasked with swimming a distance against the current and relaying a signal stick, which has to be held in one of their hands. Losing the stick leads to immediate disqualification. The entire distance is 1 kilometre, divided into 4 parts 250 metres each. Whenever the stick is relayed to the next team member, said member starts crossing their part of the track. Whichever team brings the stick to the finish line first wins.

Each nation may send either one person, or a team of multiple. No more than 8 participants may be sent.

The jury of 10 judges is comprised of various dancing professionals, coming from different backgrounds. While subjective, their collective decision was determined to be the most rational one. Each judge gives out a score from 1 to 10, adding up to 100 points total.

Each nation may send one person to compete.

The jury of 5 judges is comprised of various dancing/skating professionals, coming from different backgrounds. Their collective decision determines the score in three categories: technical difficulty, aesthetic value and deductions. The judges may give up to 100 points total in two categories without any deductions.

Each nation may send one competitor. The equipment for tournament will be provided on the spot.

The competitors shall duel with thin dull rapiers, wearing basic protection. The winner is determined by the jury on basis of putting the other competitor at the tip of their blade at their neck or at their head. the competition is formed as a tournament, with winners moving forward onto next duel.

Each nation may send one competitor. The equipment for tournament will be provided on the spot, depending on the physical parametres of the competitors.

The Bicycle Mass Start is a short-range race between the riders. The winner is determined by the time it took for them to reach the finish line. All competitors start at the same time from an equal distance of 2 kilometres to the finish line. The track goes around a flat terrain, in a circle, with the start line doubling as the finish line. All competitors must stay on their bicycles and with their feet off the ground for the entirety of the race, lest they be disqualified.

Each nation may send one competitor. The equipment for tournament will be provided on the spot, depending on the physical parametres of the competitors.

The Speedskating Sprint is a short-range race between the skaters. The winner is determined by the time it took for them to reach the finish line. All competitors start separately and go one after the other from an equal distance of 500 metres to the finish line. The track goes through a flat terrain, in a straight line. The entire length is covered in smooth and uninterrupted layer of ice. All competitors must stay on their skates and not fall over, lest they be disqualified.


Motto

The Eclipse Games of 2017 are the first ones to feature a motto - an idea proposed by the hosting side. It reads as "Shivinim inter plavekami", which can be translated from Ribbonian as "Friendship between people". Such a slogan signifies the role peaceful competitions like the Eclipse Games have come to play in the establishment of closer ties worldwide. The logo of the 2017 Games also features the motto as its background, along with a stylised contraction "SIP", forming the logo itself. Symbolically, the logo also features a rider on a mount, the sillhouette of which can be distinguished in the aforementioned letters, showing a newly formed tradition of equestrian sports in the Eclipse Games, as well as existing reverance towards horses in Midribbonia. In the central part of the contraction a subtle number 4 has been placed, signifying that these are the 4th Eclipse Games.


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Hayya Ruhka

Aquitinia

Lamia - Female.
Native to Grille, a returning competitor from the 2009 and 2013 games. Armed with a Jezzail.

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Phironipodes

Aquitinia

Centaur - Male.
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Kheyvra

Aquitinia

Centaur - Female.
She is her own mount.
Bronze Prize Winner in Equestrian Vaulting during the 2009 games, was allowed to compete once more despite awful performance during the 2013 Games.

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Selvino Sisters: Samanssa, Salannia, Soriano, and Sistria

Aquitinia

Dogfish Mermaids.
The natural aquatic nature of dogfish mermaids is balanced out by their smaller size, evening out the odds for other species.

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Aquitinia

Vampire - Female (both).
Dance Info: Courte Fan Dance. The (1) stands for the number of dancers, as how the dances are performed generally depends on the number present. (2) is popular due to the close synergy which the graceful actions of the dancers have to possess, and will be performed in the Games.
The performer(s) wear silken robes of midnight blue, with small silver ornaments that are meant to look like stars in the night sky. Humans and some other races have to use fans for the dance. However, vampires simply drape the robes over their wings, as would harpies, and thus can forgo fans.

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Cleombrotos Apisaon

Aquitinia

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Aquitinia

Human - Male.
Descendant of a Baltoprussian immigrant and a Mako shark mermaid. Never got to own a car, so learned how to use a bike so that he could get around whenever he couldn’t commandeer a centaur.

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OOC Scoring

10km Cross-Country Skirolling - 1d20

Markspersonship - 1d20

5km Horse Mass Start - 1d20

Equestrian Vaulting - 1d100-1d20

1km Swimming Relay Race - 4d10

Dancing - 1d100-1d20

Figure Skating - 1d100-1d20

Fencing - 1d20 (Tournament format)

2km Bicycle Mass Start - 1d20

500m Speedskating Sprint - 1d20

Read factbook

Midribbonia wrote:<RP>

2017 Eclipse Games Signups

( - s n i p - )

Markspersonship:
Name of Athlete: Hayya Ruhka

Species of Athlete: Lamia - Female

Background of Athlete: Native to Grille, she is a returning competitor from the 2009 and 2013 games. She is armed with a Jezzail.

Fencing:
Name of Athlete: Cleombrotos Apisaon

Species of Athlete: Human - Male

Background of Athlete: Cleombrotos is not only a fencer, but a former Eclipse Games Competitor. However, he was part of roughly half the competitors that were eliminated by Ashtoreth. Now he seeks to try once more.

Dancing:
Name of Athlete: Leodice and Sharlise

Species of Athlete:Vampires - Females

Background of Dance: 1) Courte Fan Dance. The (1) stands for the number of dancers, as how the dances are performed generally depends on the number present, with 1 being the minimum, but no maximum being established. (2) is popular due to the close synergy with which the graceful actions of the dances have to possess, with (3) also being popular, but focusing more on group action. Due to (2) being performed at the previous game, the floor was chosen. The performer(s) wear silken robes of midnight blue, with small silver ornaments that are meant to look like stars in the night sky. Humans and some other races have to use fans for the dance. However, vampires simply drape the robes over their wings, as would harpies, and thus can forgo fans.

2k Bike
Name of Athlete: Schnitzel Kowalski

Species of Athlete: Human - Male

Background of Athlete: Descended from Baltoprussian immigrant Aleksander Kowalski and Melsie, a Mako shark mermaid. He never got to own a car, so learned how to use a bike so that he could get around whenever he couldn’t commandeer a centaur.

1k Aquatic Relay

Names of (4) Athletes: Samanssa, Salannia, Soriano, and Sistria Selvino(last name)

Species of Athletes: Dogfish Mermaids

Background of Athletes: All mermaids are fairly quick. However, many, such as Mako mermaids, are far TOO quick for fair competitions. In the case of dogfish mermaids, the natural aquatic nature of mermaids is balanced out by their smaller size, allowing humans and other such species to have a fair competition. These four happen to be sisters, which isn’t exactly rare since most of their families are quite large.

5k Horse Race
Name of Athlete: Phironipodes

Species of Athlete: Centaur - Male

(He is his own mount)

Equestrian Vaulting:
Name of Athlete: Kheyvra

Species of Athlete: Centaur - Female

(She is her own mount)

Background of Athlete: Having won the bronze in Vaulting during the 2009 games, with it seemingly being the only thing she isn’t awful at, she was spared the glue factory due to her last performance and allowed to compete once more.

RP ~ [i]Conclusion to the 3013 Aquitinian Eclipse Games[/b]

(Gold = 4 points, Silver 2 points, Bronze 1 point, Comp 0 points. Ties broken by higher value medal)

Overall Ranking

1st: 12 Score(3 gold) Nonadia

2nd: 11 Score(2 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze) The Distanic Confederacy

3rd: 8 Score (1 gold, 2 silver) Seibalath

4th: 8 Score (4 silver) Greater Confederation of Switzerland

5th: 6 Score (1 gold, 1 silver) Midribbonia

6th: 4 Score (1 gold, 1 Comp) Aquitinia

7th: 2 Score (2 bronze) Kemonomica

7th: 2 Score (2 bronze) Sodor and Seljaryssk

8th: 1 score (1 bronze) Dze Tribes

8th: 1 score (1 bronze) Brennus

8th: 1 score (1 bronze) Candain

9th: 0 score (no medals) The Outer Union Scouting Squadron

Glory to Nonadia for winning the 2013 Aquitinian Eclipse Games with an astonishing 3 gold medals, won without even having to attend all of the events to boot. In honor of their victory they will be given a golden koi mermaid. This is similar to how Candain and the Dze previously each received one as well, except Nonadia has received theirs for achievement, and the Sprites and Dze for their service in hosting games. Overally, the games were very successful, with record numbers of attending nations, 12 overall, a high number for a world as divided as Kalrania is. Additionally, only the Outer Union failed to achieve a medal, and only 2 people died, so the nations all did decently overall.

RP: Troubles in a Not so Paradise

Proto Dacia, the Port town of Nasaud. Earlier today, near the outskirts of Nasaud, the Dacian National Army, has been attacked by socialist extremists, part of the SLB. The 4 gunmen, arrived at the scene in a Dacia Solenza, before firing an RPG-7 at an MLI-2009 Infantry Fighting Vehicle. The vehicle, although damaged, survived the impact. Dacian forces, opened fire at the terrorists, taking down 2 of them. the other 2 retreated into the town's warehouse, where fighting continued for 2 hours, until a Dacia TR-20 tank, came to the scene, firing an HE round at the building, killing the last 2 gunmen. The Minister of Defense, has yet to release a statement.

IT'S BACK UP, WE SO BACK

Aw I was enjoying my little break

OOC

Sup all

Marovoay wrote:RP: Marovoanise Civil War: Beginnings

Marovoanise Ministry of Internal Information, 3:00 AM

It was a slow job, but it did pay well at the least. After all, the Ministry needed year-round security, and if they had to hire more guards it'd be a lower pay. So, for the moment, Léonie Randriamampianina was content to do her job, sitting at the front desk with her taser and making sure nobody came in. It was a relatively peaceful job, and being on the outside of Toliara it wasn't like much would come. They were archives, just records, and while a night guard did exist that was a precaution, nothing more.

And it was a good life by Marovoanise standards. Leonie had her children and grandchildren, she'd come straight from visiting her first grandson after six granddaughters. Jean, 8 months old and happy. Wearing the clothes she'd brought for him, because she knew she had to be the best grandmother she could be. The thought that, for better or for worse, she had a family now and she had to keep that family, no matter what it took. It was why she'd taken bonus shifts, worked for years in the same position, and now neared a pension that was almost half minimum wage somewhere like Sodor.

Meanwhile, in an unknown location on the outskirts of the city, some 2 kilometres from the archives, Lettnant Falimery Rabetsitonta was getting into his Isti I, the Tank destroyer among the most modern of systems operated by the Marovoanise Self-Defence Forces. Even if it wasn't his time to drive this month, it wasn't like the government would complain that in the absence of the scheduled driver he was taking over. The absence being a permanent one was none of their concern, as it hadn't been since he'd disappeared. So Fali, as he was known to his friends, got into the vehicle, and his crew loaded up.

Headed out on a routine drive test, just to keep skills sharp. Maybe shoot a blank, after all it was why they'd loaded the vehicle up beforehand, why else would they want to do that?

It was a sedate drive down the M-1, the Tank Destroyer following a preassigned route, until it took a sharp turn to the right, heading towards a squat building, four stories, with a pretty foyer. The turret swung, even as the vehicle slowed, the snap of artillery loading echoing inside the vehicle. An echoing blast, and the shell discharged, Rabetsitonta and his crew, all members of the National Red Army newspaper, firing.

Leonie Randriamampianina barely had time to stand.

Foyer ablaze, the vehicle fired again, a well-aimed shot through the doorway and into the archives beyond. That was their mission, and they weren't going to leave it to chance. A third snap, and a blast ripped through the archives room, crippling the already weakened beams beyond repair, and then the vehicle was off.

President Razafimahaleo was woken at 4:32 AM with the news, reaction one of fury. The base commander had been executed at 4:48 AM, and by 5:06 AM a full investigation was taking place.

At 6:32 AM, news came on the airwaves. The Marovoanise Revolutionary Popular Front declared their actions in this, and announced a war of secession against the Marovoanise government. By 12:00 PM, seven other groups had filed their own secessions, by 12:00 AM this had ballooned to 22, clear proof of issues.

At that time, 12:00 PM, the President went on air, promising swift reprisals, and the MRPF promised that the people would soon be free of he tyranny of the Razafimahaleo government.

Mission Ridge Air Base, 2200 hours

The sky was dark, even as the SAM radar watched the skies. It had been 19 hours since the incident, and the Marovoanise were on edge. Mission Ridge was under control, and the radar spun, taking frequent checks of the sky and watching for enemy aircraft. After all, it had been a long day, and since the base was secured there was no reason to put it under threat again. Which was why, as CA-137 came over on the daily flight between Topago (Nonadia) and Hermanburg (Midribbonia), it was viewed as some kind of threat.

The 298 individuals on board, 283 passengers and 15 crew, weren't to know this. What they did know, at 22:23 PM, was the impact, as a single missile slammed into the fuselage. The aircraft went down at 22:37, with no survivors, even as every group denied responsibility. After all, it was a mistake, and the shootdown was an event none of them wanted.

(DM me before involvement posts thanks, feel free to support a side/sides)

Factions in Marovoanise Revolution (Contact for Information). Groups known, specific equipment not

Far-Right

Planters League
VK-19 x 33
ISA-8-2 x 1

Co-Doi
VK-19 x 8

Government of National Accord
IK-1 x 2
K-8 x 3
VK-80 x 2
HI-3 x 1

Right-Wing

Marovoanise Christian Unity
Corvette 'Moronnana'

Nusara Brigades
ISA-8-2 x 1
VK-19 x 6

Mitsaka'a Front
VK-19 x 3
IK-1 x 1

Mitsaka'a Restoration Front
ISA-7-1 x 3

Center-Right

Marovoanise Razafimahaleo Government
- Frigate 'Marovoay'
- Corvette 'Ambanhina' (In repairs)
- Gunboats 'Amorikeny', 'Bemahia'
- Patrol Boat 'Tsifota'
ISA-8-2 x 4 (RM-70)
ISA-7-1 x 11 (BM-21)
S-13 x 2 (Su-25)
HI-3 x 1 (Mi-4)
Hi-12 x 1 (Mi-17)
I-10 x 2 (AN-26)
VK-80 x 11 (Type 59 Durjoy)
IKA-A x 17 (2S1 Gvozdika)
Isti I x 4 (B1 Centauro)
VK-19 x 14 (T-34-85)
K-8 x 16 (Type 63 Light Tank)
IA-3 x 8 (ZSU-23-4)
IK-1 x 11 (ZPU)
IK-2 x 18 (37 mm automatic air defense gun M1939 (61-K))
IS-1 x 9 (Type 63 APC)
IS-7 x 8 (CM-31 APC)
KK-11 x 7 (BMP-1)
KK-19 x 2 (Marder)
SAMBAT Fossa x 2
Aligned Factions
- Park Rangers
- Transitional Council of Bandabe

Kuttak'a Liberation Army
ISA-7-1 x 1
VK-19 x 7
IK-2 x 3

Amvala League
Patrol Boat 'Ifaty'
VK-19 x 17
IK-2 x 1

Center

Bandabese Revolutionary Front
ISA-7-1 x 2
VK-80 x 3
KK-19 x 4

Marovoanise National Army
HI-3 x 1
S-11 x 1
VK-19 x 11
IK-2 x 2

Northern Union
S-11 x 1
Missile Boat 'Tranolavao'
IK-1 x 2

Marovoanise Salvation Army
Gunboat 'Salary'
VK-19 x 11
IKA-A x 7
IS-1 x 4

Center-Left

Marovoanise Revolutionary Popular Front
SAMBAT Fossa x 1
LCU Pres. 'Mandresy Jaomanoro'
VK-19 x 3
Isti I x 3
IS-1 x 11
KK-11 x 11
KK-19 x 2

Anti-Razafimahaleo
HI-14 x 1
I-11 x 2
VK-19 x 58

National Support Forces
I-10 x 1
Isti I x 6

Left-Wing

Marovoanise Popular League

Antonibe League
Isti I x 5

Mahi-Mahi Groups (Highland Tribe)

Far-Left

Red Right Hand of Marovoay
SAMBAT Fossa x 1
Gunboat 'Ankotrabe'
KK-11 x 4

Marovoanise People's Liberation Army
HI-14 x 1
Missile Boat 'Tranolavao'
KK-11 x 2

Unaligned

Ti'ika Groups
Frigate 'Bandabe'

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REPUBLIC OF NONADIA

    ~ [ NONADIAN FLIGHT SHOT DOWN OVER MAROVOAY ] ~
    The Armed Republic of Marovoay
    The Commonwealth of Neuerstaat

    As Nonadia entangled itself in another foreign conflict abroad, the shoot-down and subsequent crash of CA-137 over Marovoay did not fail to complicate matters further. Nonadia called upon the Marovoanise to bring whichever persons gave the command to fire the missile that struck CA-137 to be brought to trial for the deaths of 293. No other public comment would be made, although it was clear something else was being figured out.

    - [ [ [ [ SECRET ] ] ] ] -

    President Furman and the Nonadian International Intelligence and Research Agency, behind the backs of Parliament, have secured $5 billion in aid for the Razafimahaleo government in Marovoay. The cited reason for this missing money was road infrastructure, but no road work would really be done. The NIIRA has reached out to Neuerstaater intelligence about a joint effort to stabilize Marovoay under Razafimahaleo.

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    ㅤ Commonwealth von Neuerstaat

    Nachrichten für das Aurora Netzwerk

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    RP - WORSENING SITUATION
    Though Neuerstaat didn't tend to be politically involved internationally, recent trends have definitely pushed the nation to renew it's old plans for international significance, a result of increasing calls internally for greater involvement abroad from representatives, a worsening global political landscape and calls for contracts by the defense sector.
    The sudden cascade of civil unrest Marovoay fell into was certainly unexpected, though it did not urge for any form of intervention, as the majority of the nation's politicians and generals were focused on the situation occurring Prolekult instead. It's safe to say the shootdown of CA-137 over Marovoanise airspace certainly raised interests in the nation's top ranks, both a extremely tragic loss of civilian life at the hands of some unknown terrorist group, as well as a strategic reason to interfere in Marovoanise business.
    It goes without a doubt that Neuerstaat sincerely expresses it's condolences to those family members tragically effected by this merciless killing to both the nations of Midribbonia (They wont be tagged cus not much relates to them in this post) and Nonadia.

    [Following section is classified, Obviously]

    Though intervention does not come without preparation, as the complex landscape of a nation in collapse is rather difficult to understand, the main motive for an intervention would need to be established, as well as figuring out a side to fight for and aid. Such preparations would begin commencing soon, as the AES would be tasked with investigating the political beliefs, motives, actions, control and leadership of the various parties in this civil war, thankfully, this will be also done in coordination with Nonadia's Nonadian International Intelligence and Research Agency or NIIRA, helping speed along the process, though until further information can be gathered, Neuerstaat shall observe the situation from afar.

    May the Marovoanise soon be freed from the brutal reality of war.

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RP: The Nosy Finda campaign; Beginnings

Finda Archipelago

The conflict began with the fire of an Isti. The only fire for a few months, the jungles a bloody mess as people struggled to get what they had, when they could, to their chosen side. The first stage of the war began not near Toliara, but on Nosy Finda, an island over a hundred kilometres from the mainland and home of the Fort Collins military garrison on the Missei Peninsula.

The opening shots of the Nosy Finda campaign, which would grow to encompass the archipelago, were fired by the gunboat Ifaty, the 25 mm gun firing 11 shots at the wall of the fortress, forming a crack and then widening the damage as each round slams home, the tenth breaking through the wall and into the barracks, right as the soldiers were out on patrol.

Five cleaners were inside, one dropping immediately as a shard of metal entered his head. In the long run, though, the attack on Fort Collins was only the opening shots of the Nosy Finda Campaign, as opposed to the main kickoff event.

RP: The Nosy Finda Campaign

Nosy Finda Island, Population 22,170, was the centre of the archipelago. The outlying islands had some 1,100 people, a bit more or less depending on who you asked, but Nosy Finda was the heartland of the Western Isles, hence why it was a vital campaigning ground. The Amvala League, Government of National Accord and the Razafimahaleo Government all had a presence in the islands, and the conflict beginning was fuelled by the relatively large proportional amount of equipment on the islands.

All in all, it was a mess, and the full conflict began at 3:00 AM, near the settlement of Belobaka in the Jura Valley, the GNA forces marshalled from the far settlement of Soarano, some 13 km away, and the Razafimahaleo forces moving from Belobaka itself.

The valley, wide and lush, usually hosted rice farms at this time of year, and this year was no exception. Still, as the tanks, all four of them, three to one in favour of Sergeant Fetra Ravaonirina and his 8th Platoon of loyalists. The blocking at Belobaka was crucial, the hamlet sitting at the gap between the floodplain of the Jura River and the relatively flat course upland to the Skoka river, and the wide coastal plain where the capital lived.

And, after all, Ravaonirina's VK-19s may have been old, but there was 3 of them, and they were well drilled as Marovoanise front line forces went, so he had no concerns about his tanks.

Until VK-19-1, the designated point tank for the mission, blew up. It was a clean strike, and the missile had been loosed from a position on one of the hills overlooking the gap, suggesting additional support to the enemy tank. 2:1 now, still doable with 2 1st generation tanks against a modernized 2nd, but not ideal. And, for the moment, the world was a blur of noise, all 3 tanks crushing fencing, knocking over trees and other general issue causing. VK-19-2 returned fire at the hill position, stopping for a moment to do so, and while they did hit something, the secondary blast spoke to that, it was enough time for the enemy VK-80 to take aim, and fire.

A single 125 mm round was fired, slamming into 19-2 like a rock into butter, and the Sgt gestured, a pair of his soldiers sprinting up, each carrying a UATSC-2. A clumsy weapon, but if either of them got a lock on the enemy VK-80, they had to fire. This was where they were going to make their stand, and a rampaging enemy tank wasn't exactly a positive on that end. So, as they looked through the bush, the last thing they expected to hear was a radio, first rays of the dawn lapping over the valley even as VK-19-3 radioed in, voice more than a little concerned.

"Sergeant, what are our orders? These rebels are ripping us to shreds, and we..."

A gout of flame from a thicket nearby, and radio contact was abruptly silenced. What took out VK-19-3 wasn't obvious, whether missile, tank or something else. What was obvious was that the platoon was now alone, and that wasn't good for any of them. No. Hand going up, he motioned his AT teams forward, even as the sound of the tank in the distance began to move closer, even if it didn't seem to have noticed them yet.

It fired, though, a well aimed shot of high explosive that was aimed directly for the small grouping in the clearing, and the aim was true. There was fire, and heat, and white. Sergeant Ravaonirina's last thought, before he succumbed to the blast, was of his family.

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With the platoon, the planned blocking force standing between the GNA and Belobaka, decimated, the doorway was open, and GNA forces flooded into the gap. Attempts for a fighting retreat, at Ankisatra, Bevandra and elsewhere, were for the large part doomed, small groups of soldiers from the loyalist forces sacrificed to preserve the main body, which retreated into the hill country of the Finda Inland, where it was harder for the forces of the GNA to follow.

In the meantime, Amvala League forces, supported by the Ifaty and ground personnel, had been moving north, seizing smaller islands in the Nosy Finda chain, even as Ti’ika groups seized the Jackson chain in the far north, and the Allessian-owned plantation of Jacksonton was seized by the few forces the groups could deploy to the frigate, with casualties of 2 injured, 1 dead and 3 dead planter families.

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Missala Mining

Meanwhile, on the island of Marovoay, with almost all groups having a hand in the region, the Marovoanise would be in anarchy, Fort Missala no exception. Located on the expansive Missa valley, and valued as much for a strategic position overlooking the Allessian straits as for the floodplain it commanded, the once fort had blossomed into a settlement, and the host of one of Marovoay’s few rail networks. The 11 mile Pink Line, constructed by Union Miniere du Haut Marovoa back in the 1910s, was a link between the port facilities at Fort Missala, and the mining complex of Witklip, home to some of the largest copper and gold reserves found anywhere in Kalrania, and formerly a major source of Marovoanise Income.

Now, for the moment, the port, and the mine, along with a substantial hinterland, were almost a neutral zone, groups cooperating to keep themselves out of the area. As much as tearing it all down was a desire, threatening a major income source, well. Without foreign pressure, the mine was safe, as were similar regions elsewhere. The airport in the region was similarly free of intervention, even if the floodplains and forests of the north and south were more contested, and the massif on which the mine stood, commanding the surrounding region, was gradually being worn down by accidents.

However, it wasn’t going to stay like this permanently, and with over RyM 50 billion ($80 bn) worth of copper in the mines, well. It was a prize worth having, and so with various fronts in the area, each of them could likely, if supported, be influenced into making moves towards the mines.

Nearby;

Government Proper
Mitsaka’a Front
Planters League
MRPF
MPLA

Every group would deny actions with regardings to the shooting down of CA-137, with the various groups accusing each other of it. With parts having dispersed in midair, however, it is unlikely investigations may take place for some times. Every group offers their own condolences to the Nonadians, and an investigation will be undertaken post-war

Finally, various groups would reach out internationally, vying for armament to tip the scales in their favour from various foreign backers, submitting request after request to groups in their ideological wheelhouse

All prices in Sodorhvtisi'i Rysksmarks and Dollars

(Barbe Class Landing Ship) x 4: Est RyM 8 million ($12.8 Million)
(Marder 1A1 W/Milan) x 24: Est RyM 48 Million ($76.8 Million)
(H&K G3) x 20,000: Est RyM 8 Million ($12.8 Million)

(Mi-24) x 1: Est RyM 3.75 Million ($6 million)
(Assault Rifle) x 20,000: Est RyM 11.25 Million ($18,000,000)

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No Purchases, Can be influenced

No Purchases, Can be influenced

Otyken:
(JF-17) x 4: Est RyM 10-20 million ($16-32 million) per unit
(Type 59G(BD) Durjoy) x 24: Est RyM 1-2 million ($1.6-3.2 million) per unit
(Type 77 APC) x 48: Est RyM 0.5 million ($0.8 million) per unit
(WMA301 Assault Gun) x 8: Est RyM 1 million ($1.6 million) per unit

Total: Est RyM 96-160 Million ($153.6-256 Million)

Neuerstaat:

IK3 x 16: RyM 20 Million ($32 Million)
Sinct28 x 32: RyM 48 Million ($76.8 Million)
Third Marovoay Class Frigate: RyM 200 million ($320 million)

Nonadia:
(M132 Armoured Flamethrower) x 8: est RyM 16 million ($25.6 million)
(M48A3) x 6: Est RyM 6 million ($9.6 million)
(M109A1B) x 8: Est RyM 12 million ($19.2 million)
(M4A1) x 200,000: Est RyM 200.625 million ($321 million)
(M113 SPAAG) x 8: Est RyM 24 million ($38.4 million)
(M113 x 120): Est RyM 240 million ($384 million)
(M577 x 24): Est RyM 96 million ($153.6 million)

Baltocarpathia:

(Mi-24) x 8: Est RyM 30 million ($48 million) total

Sodor:

SAMBAT Tigercat (Battery) x 4: Est RyM 40 million ($64 million) (Deferred)
ASBAT Pelican (Battery) x 8: Est RyM 480 million ($768 million) (Half paid now, half deferred)
A-SART Ranger (Coastal Artillery) x 6: Est RyM 48 million ($76.8 million)

No Purchases, can be influences

(AMX-13 T75) x 12: Est RyM 0.6 million ($0.96 Million) per unit
(BATRAL Class) x 1: Est RyM 19 million ($30.4 Million)

(Pansarbandvagn 302) x 8: Est RyM 20 million ($32 million)
(Strv74) x 24: Est RyM 24 million ($38.4 million)

(Guys, if you want to get involved anything welcome, inform me though beforehand pls)

—[ Grand Duchies of Vorov & Aydarovich, Federation of Solingarch ]—

    RP: Revolution!

    Rapid distribution of the communist March Onwards! communiqué has ruptured what little stability remained in Solingarch. The worst fears of the aristocracy have been suddenly and catastrophically realized; Mansk has fallen, lines have been drawn, and a persuasive call to arms has been issued by a dozen revolutionary parties who aim their bayonets squarely at the ruling class’s power. Where previously it was expected that a proud citizenry would rally to the flag when called upon, the popular revolt in the South’s largest industrial center has thrust the nation into a world where the symbols of monarchical authority mean nothing, and are consequently unable to inspire neither patriotism nor loyalty in the working masses and mutinying military.

    Answering the call, the next city to rise up against the empire was Darjatt, a major Vorovian port city representing the beating heart of the South’s international trade. When sailors aboard the INV Longarnes received news of the mutiny and insurrection in Mansk, they became incensed, stomping with guns drawn through the ship’s decks demanding to know if their officers would come to the support of the revolution. Those who hesitated or agreed were left alone, while all those who decried their treasonous insubordination and threatened harsh disciplinary action were murdered without ceremony. The vessel’s ranking captain, Lord-Commodore Edser Lem-Mor, attempted to organize an ill-fated counterpush against the mutineers but could not motivate the faltering, terrified officers of his bridge before being overwhelmed. Once his body was thrown overboard with all the rest, a Sailor’s Council was formed and the Longarnes abandoned its patrol route, barreling toward Darjatt’s port against the repeated radioed orders of naval authorities. Upon arriving, over the course of ten or so minutes the ship turned its guns toward the city’s central government district and unleashed a fury of blank shots in raging indignation. The revolutionizing effect this display had on already demonstrating crowds was electric, driving near one hundred thousand people to surge over major government strongpoints and police barriers in a new push towards the city’s center. The agitated protestors, gaining mass and momentum as they moved, quickly found support in armed groups of factory Green Guards who remembered the massacre of the Crab Carnival Riots vividly and had already sworn themselves against the aristocracy. Police forces for a time had no choice but to melt away, receiving orders to wherever possible regroup around bridges and their control centers. Violently securing them, all but one bridge to the city’s heart was raised, giving authorities a bulwark from which to launch concentrated movements to disperse and suppress rioters before Darjatt became the next insurrectionary domino in the empire’s collapse. Chief of Police Albrecht Lem-Rethel, barking into his radio from the impromptu command center erected in the courtyard of Archduke Joris Lem-Selja’s personal estate, issued the following order: “The crown is under attack! The ultimate means must be applied. If the crowd is small, without banners or sign of communist agitators, and not aggressive, disperse with the march of combat suits. If the crowd is aggressive and chants enemy rhetoric, then act according to regulations, that is, signal three times and open fire. Similarly deny all passage across the Kymi rivers into the center.” Albrecht went on to request reinforcements from First Lands’ Army units stationed in the city, working with their commanding officers to requisition soldiers some two hundred bullets each with which to shoot the rioters.

    This command proved fatal. Both the Chief of Police and the Archduke greatly overestimated the loyalty of the troops at their disposal, who, once given the order to massacre crowds of their own mostly unarmed countrymen, decided instead that it was time to turn their rifles on the police. One after another Army barracks in the city revolted when called upon, arresting or killing commanding officers who protested and streaming out into the streets. Training companies and Landsknechte units who were mobilized to pacify the mutineers refused orders to open fire, adding their own voices to the cheers of the crowds. The soldiers at first marched themselves to naval installations, holdout garrisons, and police and train stations, quickly securing them (entirely peacefully, in the case of naval installations), but over the course of the day broke up into aimless groups with splintered objectives. Some lent themselves to spontaneous revolutionary action under the leadership of students, workers, liberated prisoners, or socialist intellectuals, such as arresting imperial government officials and nobility, clearing out real or imagined machine-gun nests on rooftops, and searching apartments for weapons and fugitive policemen. Other units disintegrated into crowds, wandered around drunkenly, or aimed their rifles skyward and fired through highrise windows where “the bourgeoisie were known to live”, whether the enemy was visible or not. As the uprising unfolded, a number of officers came to grief trying to remind their subordinates of the oaths they swore to the imperial throne– most notably an anonymous colonel who climbed a horseback statue of Emperor Palo II to tearfully orate before being knocked off by gunfire, an incident which reporters caught on camera.

    The most intense fighting centered around the bridges, which were eventually captured following sporadic attacks from both Green Guard militias and Army cells organized under revolutionary officers. The opposition of the imperial loyalists was over just hours later– the Chief of Police was killed, the Archduke was captured, and the remaining military high command, which could muster only some 500 infantrymen with a dozen armored vehicles between them, was forced to stand down before being arrested. It would take days to clear the remaining rooftop police encampments, which still terrorized crowds with bursts of machine-gun fire, but Solingarchi imperial authority in Darjatt had been decisively overthrown.

    Immediately work was set upon to build a new revolutionary government and join with Mansk as a unified state which could absorb into itself the entirety of Solingarch. Toward the formation and assembly of local councils, workers were encouraged to return to their factories and apartment blocks, soldiers to their garrisons, and sailors to their ships to elect delegates which would form the body of a city-wide Executive Committee. These elections were proverbial battlegrounds between various socialist and communist tendencies whose ideologues, each seeing victory on the horizon, passionately fought– wielding oration, polemics, and agitprop as their weapons– over defining the necessary course of the revolution. The First Revolutionary Congress of the Darjatt Executive Committee convened the next day, finding the majority of seats to be held by Vanguardists, with the remaining minority being split between ultra-leftists, syndicalists, social democrats, and non-aligned military and labor organizers. Sparing no time for pageantry, Darjatt declared itself in line with Mansk and coordinated with their Executive Committee to form the National Solingarchi People’s Committee, the first organ of the sovereign and legitimate government of the so-called “Federation of Solingarch’s” internationally recognized territory. This new government would set about drafting a constitution as soon as was viable; pressing military concerns northward were their primary priority for the time being.

    The Vikan agents venturing into Solingarch easily slipped under the radar of imperial border authorities, who along the Southern reaches were found to be either entirely absent or so overwhelmed by ongoing insurrectionary chaos that their duties had become impossible to carry out. Simple probing directed them towards Mansk, regarded by many as the seat of the fledgling revolutionary government, where many of the National Solingarchi People’s Committee’s members could be found. Arriving outside of the city a small, disorganized group of Green Guard militiamen— clearly stepping into the role of the smashed police force— would stop them at random and demand to know their names, purpose, and whether or not they were “counterrevolutionary dogs.” Eventually they were directed to the grounds of the Fralessa Palace, where the government was temporarily being hosted. Winding down Manskan streets, wherever the agents looked a yet-to-settle state of upheaval was apparent; police stations were found burnt, Solingarchi imperial banners were being actively torn down and replaced with green flags, Army units idled on street corners or marched, often without officers, to this or that unknown objective, impromptu congresses gathered by the hundreds in public spaces to passionately argue over the reorganization of their lives, and sporadic bursts of gunfire distant and near elicited little reaction from people.

    Upon their arrival, Executive Committee leaders quickly convened a session to discuss the proposed aid from Rykensvik, which was near unanimously accepted with a chorus of fraternal cheers from many of the delegates in attendance. When agents moved the discussion to whether or not the movement would be democratic, building a republic and continuing to hold elections, the committee’s tone shifted. “The revolution can be nothing but democratic,” it was explained by Abram Van-Melikov in a deathly serious tone, “but it will not be a bourgeoisie democracy, the kind you are perhaps hoping for, which exists for the vested interests of the owners. It will instead be a democracy of the poor, of the 90%, the dictatorship of the bourgeoisie and the aristocrats swept away all at once to establish a dictatorship of the proletariat. Political power must belong to the mass of laboring peoples in order to build socialism.” The vast majority of the committee stood firm by this line, seeing no need to make concessions to “reactionary parties” globally to attract their aid when the Federation was already crumbling. “The first death knell of any movement is counterrevolutionary compromise”, one delegate said to much agreement. When a social democrat took issue with Van-Melikov’s ideas and pressed the necessity of an international united front which collaborated with capitalist progressive elements for the revolution’s survival, their protests were drowned out by an uproar of objections from the majority Vanguardist body.

    Amberleaf — A diplomatic correspondence, drafted by Verá Lan-Antonova in Mansk, has been approved by an international relations subcommittee of the National Solingarchi People’s Committee and sent for the Amberlevian parliament.

    The message opens with heartfelt greetings with full honors for “the Revolution’s dearest comrades” in Amberleaf, before offering condolences for the lives lost in the war against Gartentor. “Once reaction is purged and the crown is abolished across all of Solingarch, we too will be forced to confront the living ghosts of a colonial past, navigating the immensely difficult questions of national liberation in the greater context of Revolution. We here have no doubts that in these efforts we will be able to learn from one another.” It transitions into a request for further military aid (arms, munitions, rations, air & ground vehicles, artillery pieces, etc.) to be delivered through Darjatt, where the ports are fully in their control and much of the Navy has defected to their side. “Whatever the state of Amberleaf is willing and able to spare, we graciously accept, in the spirit of camaraderie and for the terms previously established. Regarding matters of manpower we tell you there is no shortage, and so there is no present need for Amberlevian volunteers in the case that any would be willing to fight on behalf of our struggle.”

    The correspondence concludes that, “the Solingarchi crown has utterly lost legitimacy among its own subjects. It must now lose legitimacy among the states of Kalrania. We ask that you revoke recognition of the Federation of Solingarch, if indeed you do recognize it, and urge your allies to do the same. The old government has revealed itself as a vicious pariah state so accustomed to merciless violence that massacres are casual habit! Allow it to find no refuge internationally as it dies under the boot of a people in revolt.”

    “We wish Amberleaf all possible success. Loving farewells, Verá Lan-Antonova of the National Solingarchi People’s Committee.”

    Fully aware of one another, the anarchists of the IPA and the communists and socialists of the NSPC have agreed to a temporary military alliance to combat Federation control across the Golden Hills and the government armies attempting to swoop southward through Arthemery. Samo Dragan, one of the IPA’s leading military leaders, has cited their shared objectives of collectivizing land and opposing reactionary elements, but stresses that it is not a political alliance and that any of the liberated territories falling under the control of a centralized state will be considered unacceptable.

    This alliance was reached around the same time skirmishes began to break out between Advróth nationalist secessionists and anarchist-aligned towns. The latter group seeks to build an independent democratic nationstate which Samo Dragan, himself an Advróth who still speaks his own native language, has decried as a false attempt at liberation which must be negated.

[Apologies for redundancy, reupping to keep everything on the website]

Post self-deleted by Brennus.

The Greater Ardenaraian Sphere | Mayegna Ardenarai Imperya

Ahn Reinpeura! | Praise the Purest!
October 25, 2015 | Fifth year of King Clardai's Reign

    RP | Incident Report : █████████ Vow

Viewer Discretion : Violence

In the city of ████ █████████, a man spent the remainder of his days with his family. Time has long passed since the reign of Kahrethaya Augier, where the Seibalathian-Ardenaraian war had concluded in the former’s defeat, turned into a slave-state to fuel the Sacred Kingdom’s decadence. He was one of the rare few that turned away from it all, in the dusk of Ardenarai’s victory, he deserted to the countryside, never to be found by his own family. The man sealed away his own legacy, the root of all evils.

Though the town had come under regular Ardenaraian slave-inspections, he was fairly dismissed as one of the local Serren. His identity wasn’t found out, and with it, he managed to woo one of the locals and built a second life to make-up for all the mistakes he committed.

Before his eyes, the man's wife was ignorant, spending its last moments of life strolling across the street. He heard a wet snap, followed by exasperated screeching in the distance. A flare overhead lit the sky in hues of scarlet, none other than the eye of ██████. It looked to all except him, passing down judgment for a crime of..

Thorny vines came out of the ground in thousands, biting into his child’s flesh. Before it could send out screams, their lungs were crushed from the inside. Soon, its body curled, and its limbs twisted beyond recognition, pulled apart like tissue, and came the distinguishing *SNAP*. The vines retreated as to ponder their amalgamated creation. In a matter of seconds, his wife was transformed into a drooling animal bereft of proper form, a mangled corpse not allowed its rest. Those around him shared the same demented fate, all but him.

He knew it had something with his lineage, the man was an Aldrnalfar, and the rest were but mere beastmen, as were the woman he loved. Though, even this level of cruelty was unusual in the kingdom. The man wasn’t sure what was to be gained from such wanton, senseless slaughter. It cannot be █████████, for he is a just person looked up to by everyone. For such atrocity to be committed to innocents, it was but a mere act of blind rage. There’s no use to killing them.

“Hgai…Lugdd..yhu…” His beloved spake garbled words to him. It had a familiar face of warmth. Like a puppy, that corpse-thing nuzzled against his leg. Wet drool coated the man’s shoes “Lhud…Lhud… lhyud…. Lugg… Liuhhd… Luhhvd.. Lahhb…. Luba….. Lubbh”

The man trembled, placing his palm upon his beloved. Through his rudimentary carnomancy, he attempted to reshape her with the best of his memories. Like water with no container, the thing was bereft of an identity to hold itself in one piece. It was certainly alive, this thing was alive.

In frustration against futility, the man accidentally clenched hand over her head, crushing it like playdough. Its innards splattered into the man’s face and onto the ground, much to his horror.

“No… No… I… It’s an accident… No.. fh.. NO” He panickedly tried gathering the brains. The man’s certain he can simply piece it together, magic breaches the realms of impossibility after all. Other of those things, six, began closing their positions. The man tried shoving them away.

A particularly agile corpse-thing lurched into them, and snatched away the leg of his beloved. Out of arm's reach, it tenderly bit into its melted flesh, peeling away its skin with elegant butchery. Not wanting to see his beloved’s memories be further defiled, he unholstered a pistol from his waist, and fired upon his beloved, emptying the gun’s six-bullet magazine on it. Soon, it was all set ablaze by the triggered spell-bullets, incinerating the only one that would remember him. The corpse-things moved on with clear apathy towards both him and the flames, one even accidentally setting itself on fire, perishing the same pointless death.

In the remains of a forgotten city, A man cried in despair.

Marovoay wrote:~snip~

RP: Forever are the Free and Brave
Brennus was more than happy to give handouts to freedom fighters world wide, and would take any opportunity if it meant even a chance of getting ahead of the Technate in their little game. The Northern Union was no exception, and they weren’t asking for much, some would say they weren’t asking for enough. AMX-13s were old light tanks, with the most antique versions being wholly inadequate for the kind of foes they were likely to face. So the decision was made to give them modernized variants of the tested old machine in order to keep the NU competitive in the long run, with more sales always being open to them with almost any type of equipment available, though anything cutting edge would be decidedly too expensive. It was a win for every side involved, getting rid of old equipment meant less taxpayer dollars spent on maintaining it, and plucky rebels would always take whatever they could get. As an added bonus, a contingent of advisors and trainers would be sent to the NU in order to assist with their war effort. All in all the order will cost a total of 20 million Brancs which includes adequate ammunition and spare parts for ground equipment.

An old machine, the AMX-13 was the tried and tested choice for Brennian light armor formations until they were eventually replaced with more modern and capable wheeled light tank platforms. This change wasn’t an instantaneous thing, and a stopgap measure would be required to prevent serious deficit in capability for the BAF. Thus, the Light Tank Service Extension Package (LTSEP, Lit-Sep) was introduced. While it was still seen as old and outdated by regular Brennian army officials this revitalized piece of equipment may find its niche in service with the Northern Union.

Most of its parts are base AMX-13 hull components, which will allow for the cannibalization of older models in order to keep these modernized variants in service. Its engine is an upgraded diesel, affording the tank 300 hp and a top speed of 40 mph. It features a revised hull front, an added thermal sleeve and upgraded turret, along with a modernized fire control system featuring a Laser Rangefinder and Thermals, though they are not the newest generation of these systems. Its main gun is surprisingly a 105mm cannon, though its size makes its stabilizer less… stable, so fire on the move capability is slightly hampered though far from impossible. Its main APFSDS round is capable of punching through a whopping 420mm of RHA, making it more than capable against older generation tanks. It carries 32 rounds total and 3,000 rounds of 7.62x51mm for its GPMG coaxial.

An old class of small landing ships the BATRAL is capable of carrying over 400 tons of material, or a Company sized unit of infantry or armor. It has landing decos suitable for light helicopters or temporarily for heavy lift helicopters in order to ferry supplies. Its armament is predictably light, but its late service life refits have afforded in a new sensor suite capable of guiding the new 40mm “Fast Forty” CIWS guns mounted in place of the old manually operated AA mounts. It has three twin .50 caliber mounts to further protect in close in.

RP | War

When first Amberleaf had modernized its military many decades ago, it had adopted much of the conventional doctrine of war it had observed around the world. With navy and airforce and tanks and all the equipment it had tried to mirror the style of war of contemporary nations. Amberleaf had proven itself in war once or twice, like the civil war of Baltocarpathia, but always with some difficulties. Although Andegat eyes were proficient in the dark, their overall quality of vision from their eyes was behind that of the common other species, giving Amberleaf a distinct disadvantage in medium to long-range combat.

The war in Gartentor has been going on for a while now. After the first few months of Amberleaf's directionless response, and Gartentor's attack on Insiga, the tone had changed. Amberleaf had long thought it needed to take on the modern Kalranian conventional style of warfare to be a proper military internationally. But Amberleaf's conventional attempts at mechanized assaults and air superiority had proven rather ineffective in the dense close-quarter combat of the Deepwoods. And so, a change had been sparked in the style of the Amberlevian military. The military doctrine started going back to its old roots.

Amberlevian warfare was going through its renaissance. Digging out its old war culture and fitting it with modern tools. Trench and underground warfare, Amberlevians style, for combat that is close and personal, using modern tech to serve this style. Large drills had been repurposed for military application and dig tunnels beneath enemy territory, and force them into spontaneous combat or fierce and dark underground battles, where Amberleaf excelled at. Close combat reintroduced again more melee approaches. Battle Shamans saw a resurgence in functionality as support units. Against the primitive image they might conjure, Amberlevian Battle Shamans were naturally proficient in integrating themselves with the time. They smelled of gunpowder in sinister black military uniforms; their talismans were chains of cartridges; their instruments were decorated bolt-action rifles. A Battle Shamans were in tune with spirit of warfare and could call upon it, seemingly anomalously accelerating offensive momentum. Allowing bullets to pierce, explosives to shatter more devastating, and soldiers to sense the enemy in the crosshair, somewhat mitigating longer range combat.

Under the new parliamentary leadership, the Amberlevian military had been pushing into Gartentor rather ruthlessly. Especially from the south, from Greenside, where the attack on Insiga took place, the Amberlevian offensive was unrestrained. Gartentor itself unleashed all its equipment gained from Otyken, resulting in rather brutal encounters. Mines and pesticides and incendiary weapons. But Gartentor was slowly being pierced and crushed by the Amberlevian military. They didn't much bother with the prospect of occupation, and moreso were intent to drive away the citizens of local settlements. The target was to first break the overall command structure of Gartentor, and crippling them by destroying or conquering any strategic locations, before dealing with the cleanup.

A storm had been razing for some time now, making the Amberlevian waters difficult to travers, and blocking much of Amberlevian trade. Simultaneously there had been a blight wreaking havoc on Amberlevian agriculture. Having troubles with food imports, this would bring severe problems in the long-term. For both, the storm and blight, the Mythics and Militarists blamed Gartentor for. More specifically, Gartentor Druidism. Feats like these would require great Druidic infrastructure to perform, and it was hypothesized Gartentor had somewhere built a large construct or system of constructs which acted as its main Druidic warfare machine. How much Gartentor really was behind all of it wasn't really relevant. There was great readiness for believing it in Amberleaf regardless.

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RP | Politics

Coalitions in the parliament were always somewhat of a controversy. The parliament was supposed to be the opinion machine that forced a common consensus. Majority-coalitions may cheat the system by making concessions with only a subset of the parliament beforehand, where parties may occasionally vote against their interests with the coalition for more overall parliamentary control. Previous coalitions were often softer ones, only loosely stating party cooperation and beforehand-planning. Many had been minority-coalitions, meaning they'd still need to involve the rest of the parliament in issues. The current coalition of Mythics, Militarists, and Conservatives was likely the hardest coalition ever. Ever since their landslide gain in influence after the Insiga attack they had almost completely sidelined the rest of the parliament in most issues. The Centrist party Honey Circlet which usually had always been dominating the parliament was for once not part of the establishment. With the moderates sidelined, the coalition had become somewhat unhinged in their ambitions.

The Militarists and Mythics had followed a clever strategy to subdue some of the Pacifist voices. First they blamed the Insiga attack on the inaction of Pacifist, which had had major influence in the previous parliament. With that they opened all other parties a path to distance themselves from blame by joining the Militarists and Mythics in fully blaming the Pacifists. This heavily stifled any open Pacifist sentiment, by having them singled-out in the public mindset. Furthermore did the Mythics remind everyone that the Pacifist party was originally formed by military saboteurs. Such acts of sabotage might have been less harmful in peaceful times, but in war on Amberlevian territory against a terror state, this might mean another case of Insiga. A law was passed with 82% Parliamentary approval and 77% popular approval, banning anyone of Pacifist affiliation from the military. While some called out the law's ideological and political nature, there was a clear overwhelming support for it.

One of the first actions of the Coalition was to grant the Amberlevian military more power for self-initiative, with the reasoning that in a dire time like this, the military needs to be able to act quickly and independently and not have to take orders from a dozen different administrators. As ceremonial head of state, the Vilight had always been given the right to attend the parliamentary discussions; this privilege was now also to be given to the Warlordess, official head of the military. It was the hope that this would help enshrine Amberleaf's military culture. Military duty was made mandatory again, for similar reasons. To also give more direction in the ever-more splintered parliament, a new position was created, the Chancelor, head of parliament, to be elected by the parliament itself as speaker.

The Mythics had major plans to refashion Amberleaf, bringing back old Amberlevian glory, promised all in mythological style. Old Amberlevian war holidays were given renewed importance, together with bringing back Amberlevian symbols of conquest. The Mythics had always been obsessed with fashion, and so they designed official uniforms more reminiscent of Amberleaf's militaristic past, and organized fashionable parades in celebration of the revitalization of Amberleaf. The Mythics had dragged the Amberlevian public from a state of directionlesness in a state of feverous intoxication. They had a natural talent for flashiness and emotional fervor, so that one wouldn't be able to comprehend their more sinister messages.

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RP | Prolekult

Amberleaf would mark itself ecstatic to hear of the successes of the revolution in Prolekult. It would continue to send shipments of supplies and arms to further aid their quest. The new and younger Vilight, Veilchen, had himself to prove importance in his role, and thus was sent along on one of the military vessels sent to safeguard the deliveries. Vilight Veilchen had a more militaristic and sharp look than his predecessor, Vilight Feylar, being installed by the Amberlevian Mythics himself. Officially he was to come and see the revolution-liberated cities himself, and make congratulations in person.

Arrived, he announced full Amberlevian support for the Democrats and Socialists, and stated that the Monarchic land of Solingarch will not be a legitimate state in the eyes of Amberleaf. Veilchen then gifted the National Solingarchi People’s Committee with a symbolic weapon. Mythics loved their symbols. The weapon was a variation of the Amberlevian Nailtik, a type of bolt-action rifle crafted with importance for aesthetics. It was partially made of jade, in the colors of black and green, to complement the Vanguard's iconic revolutionary color, and it carried with it the symbol of what would be the new nation to form.

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Kemonomica wrote:~snip~

Extreme right wing elements gained notoriety and power from the depths of hell, hidden away to rest until the time was right. Evil prowls from the caverns below, and one must always keep up the fight to send the monsters away. That proved the same with the security and wellbeing of nations. The radical and dangerous ideology began to take its shape amidst the nation, where it resides with its technate member, Otyken. But history, once again, proved unkind to the great powers, as the co-founders of the technate finally succumbed to the natural cycle of slow degradation. Honalulu (Kemonomica) now faced possible insurgencies from far right groups, threatening the unstable peace between the GCS and the Honulite government. But the crossroads soon met with the Swiss delegations, upon which course of action they should take next. Innocent Swiss citizens, studying abroad in the technate, nearly met their end from the jaws of death. Soon, their Swiss scientists (SWISS HUMANS, MUSPELS, STANDARDS, JARU MOTHIANS, AND SWEIZZER FAERIES) faced similar egregious threats as the nation’s ultranationalists and conservatives gripped their hands tightly on the seat of power.

Orders from the Federal Assembly and the Foreign Affairs Ministry blasted through the radio waves, ordering their citizens studying and researching abroad to return home. Embassy and consulates prepared for the mass migration of their people. The Swiss Air force stepped up their efforts to land and transport their citizens using long-range cargo planes, and medium-sized civilian cruise ships were commissioned, by the government, to haul more people and their items. However, the Swiss embassy were to remain within the country, and its upcoming, new regime, to continue their diplomatic operations. These were the only things they could do for now… But the Swiss government cannot and would not risk their scientist’s and student’s lives during the process.

Over 15K students and scientists were accounted for by the pre-existing embassy and consulates, which worked day and night to process and reprocess their visas. However, transportation came at a slow pace as the Swiss military butted heads with the Swiss and Honulite Governments. The fragility of their connection laid its hands bare, and they knew to act fast. With the go-ahead of the Honulite delegations, the Swiss President gave their approvals to commence the mission. By late December 2013, commissioned cruise ships and cargo planes made their way to pre-approved landing areas. The operation expected its end within one-two months, ending on February 14, 2014. 

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Kulkkistan wrote:~snip~

Those being the loudest garnered the most attention, whilst the silent schemes behind the scenes. Yet, none ever tried to do so within the fringes of Northwestern Ardentia, where the most recent violence occurred many years ago. The Baltocarpathian civil war was the last conflict the region tasted in a long while, but now came a new form of aggression. That came in the form of extremist ideologies and the destruction of the status quo, seemingly backed by the will of the holy divine. The Akhist nation of Kulkkistan voiced their loudest displeasure on the world stage, but at what cost? Relations between their neighbors grew wary by the month; yet, the worst may come to them. All eyes stared at their unstable and hostile neighbor, quietly observant and cautious. The Greater Swiss Confederacy was no exception. Such crisis comes and goes; no sapient being could ever avoid them, not even those who wield incredible power at their fingertips.

Malicious accusations were thrown against the free world, one that bore the serious undermining of their nation. From an ever-increasing global world, should nations not partake in its fruitful ventures? President Orlan thought. The Swiss had relatively enjoyed peaceful diplomatic relations for the past few years, but cracks started to form with two crises at once. The Minister of National Security and the Minister of Defense convened with the Swiss president and leading secretary generals of the Alpine CIDA and the Joint Alpine CSD, discussing the plan of action on the situation at hand. Their faces gave calm and silent, yet bleak, expressions. Although no serious military activities were required at the moment, they never hoped for this to happen. But, alas, they've prepared for the worst; the Kulkkistani threat was no exception. Secret Intelligence branches and anti-terrorist organizations were, thus, activated. Orders from the Chiefs of staff and the National Security Ministry (NSM) called forth their special forces, specializing in covert operations: The TASK FORCE SECURITY NINE, (nearly equivalent to the SAS). The TFS NINE consisted of interspecies teams (STANDARD SPRITES, HUMANS, MUSPEL SPRITES, JARU MOTHIANS, AND SWEIZZER FAERIES), rigorously trained in martial arts, marksmanship, and many others. Strict secrecy among the branches were absolute.  

The Greater Swiss Confederacy outlined their operations to somewhat counter the kulkkistani threat against the free world. The GCS will further reduce any pre-existing trade with Kulkkistan and bar visa travel from the wary nation; THE TASK FORCE SECURITY NINE (TSF 9), THE SWISS INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY (SSIC), AND THE FEDERAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE (FIS) were to conduct joint intelligence operations with the Baltocarpathian, Brennian (Brennus), Solingarchi, Amberlevian (Amberleaf), and Rykensvik intelligence agencies, once approvals from their governments were acquired. The three nations will observe Kulkkistan from within. TO COMPENSATE FOR THE ELIMINATION OF PRE-EXISTING TRADE, THE GCS STRENGTHENED THEIR TRADE WITH THE Sovereign States of Skylarvania, SHIPPING THEM SWISS PHARMACEUTICALS, HEAVY EQUIPMENT, MEDICAL TECH, BIOMEDICAL TECH, CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT, CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, SEMICONDUCTORS, HIGH-TECH PRODUCTS, LUXURY PRODUCTS, SWISS ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES, SWISS ENGINEERING SERVICES, SWISS BANKING SERVICES, AND MANY OTHERS. THE FLOW OF GOODS FLOWED INWARDS WITHIN THE ARDENTIAN INTERIOR, CREATING SECURED POCKETS OF TRADE IN PROXIMITY WITH THE CONFEDERATION.

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Brennus wrote:~snip~

The world once again faced calamitous turmoil, which grew closer and threatened the homeland. Their able-bodied soldiers, determined and ferocious, steeled themselves every year for thousands of centuries, but soon saw lacking more advanced weapons and other military equipment. Mass anti-air and bear trap stratagems proved capable with their current supply of weaponry. However, acquiring more modern technologies proved not only cheaper to build and sustain, but also enhanced the effectiveness of their military doctrines. Multi-billion dollar arms deals from the Technate (Otyken) remained on standby, but the response from the Brennian Republic proved more fruitful than the former. Military aids were placed forth by the Brennian military, offering cutting-edge missile batteries from SAMS TO ABMS. Military planners reveled at the sight of Brennian ingenuity and expertise in missile defense; although, they weren’t limited to just one field.

Brennian armor also proved their worth within testing grounds, both parties shared valuable information regarding their designs. The AMAPS Armor series and AMAPS ADS were by far the most advanced they’ve ever seen. New armor packages effectively pursued design doctrines of lightweight yet tough composite layering, demonstrating perfect alignment with Swiss military doctrines. Swiss MBTs demanded advanced composite armor technologies as their current packages, within the M190A8 versions, were becoming horribly obsolete. Brennian armor packages of light Aluminum-Titanium alloys, nano-ceramics, and nano-crystalline ceramics were subsequently bought by the Swiss, along with hundreds of missile battery procurements. Though a hefty price to pay for, —easily considered the biggest arms deal made by the GCS— it was a necessary cost they had to take to protect themselves from the world’s unceasing reigns of chaos. The nature of technological obsolescence scared the Chiefs of staff, as gaps in their defensive capabilities exposed themselves to the Confederacy’s potential foes. The deal was signed and brought over to Brennus. The GCS ordered 200 LR2000 ARTEMIS SPEARS BATTERIES (220 BILLION BRANCS), 200 LR5000 FIREFLIES BATTERIES (280 BILLION BRANCS), 1K MR600 ASAMS PIT VIPERS BATTERIES (200 BILLION BRANCS), THE RIGHTS TO MODIFY AND PRODUCE BRENNIAN ANTI-AIR MISSILES, AND THE RIGHTS TO MODIFY AND PRODUCE BRENNIAN THEIR AMAP ARMOR SERIES AND AMAP ADS. 30 BATTERIES OF EACH DESIGN WERE TO BE SHIPPED MONTHLY TO THE GCS.

The Swiss Army and Air force readily agreed to their partner’s proposals for joint weapons development programs to upgrade domestic Swiss weaponry and equipment. Both sides ratified their bilateral agreements, which the Swiss desperately needed to drastically improve their domestic arms manufacturing industries. Armed neutrality necessitated the ability and security of domestic arms production with their very own designs, made and provided by the Swiss factories and design firms. Pilatus, CONTRAVES-OERLIKON, and other Swiss arms firms secretly partnered with the Brennian Joint Weapons programs to initiate fast-paced growth of Swiss-designed and manufactured air defense and tank armor technologies. WITH THESE JOINT PROGRAMS ESTABLISHED, THE SWISS MISSILE DESIGN BUREAU AND THEIR AAMS, SAMS, ABMS, BMS, HSBMS, HSASBMS, AND ICBMS BRANCHES WERE, THUS, ESTABLISHED TO KEEP TRACK OF THEIR PROGRESS. THE SWISS HEARD THEIR WAKE-UP CALL; THUS, THE SWISS PROMPTLY —WITHOUT ANY FURTHER DELAY— WENT TO WORK. Laced with razor-sharp, steel bear traps all over the basin, the porcupines, sea urchins, and venomous snakes prowled for their injured preys.

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THE UPDATED SPRITE WEAPON STOCKPILES 2013.

POISON DART CARTRIDGES (WITHOUT THE POISON BULLET): 23 TRILLION

DAE BITE (BLACK MAMBA) POISON DARTS: 4 TRILLION

REAPER RIFLES: 265 BILLION

CRESCENT GUNBLADES: 200 BILLION

NEEDLE RAPIEREVOLVERS: 560 BILLION

GLAIVE SAW POLES: 500 BILLION

STANDARD SHIELDED HEIWA GAUSS SMOOTHBORE RIOT-LAUNCHERS: 100 BILLION

T-0.5 IRON MOTH TANKS: 20 BILLION
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JOINT WEAPONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS WITH THE BRENNIAN REPUBLIC AND THE SWISS NINE EXP RESEARCH DIVISIONS

JOINT PROGRAMS TO BUILD AND DEVELOP ADVANCED BALLISTIC MISSILE WARHEADS AND LAUNCH VEHICLES (DOMESTICALLY DESIGNED AND PRODUCED)

JOINT PROGRAMS TO BUILD AND DEVELOP ADVANCED HYPERSONIC ANTI0SHIP MISSILE WARHEADS AND LAUNCH VEHICLES (DOMESTICALLY DESIGNED AND PRODUCED)

JOINT PROGRAMS TO BUILD AND DEVELOP ADVANCED ANTI-AIR MISSILES (DOMESTICALLY DESIGNED AND PRODUCED)

JOINT PROGRAMS TO BUILD AND DEVELOP ADVANCED ANTI-GROUND MISSILES (DOMESTICALLY DESIGNED AND PRODUCED)

JOINT PROGRAMS TO BUILD AND DEVELOP ADVANCED ANTI-BALLISTIC MISSILE WARHEADS AND LAUNCH VEHICLES (DOMESTICALLY DESIGNED AND PRODUCED)

(((WITH THESE JOINT PROGRAMS ESTABLISHED, THE SWISS MISSILE DESIGN BUREAU AND THEIR AAMS, SAMS, ABMS, BMS, HSBMS, HSASBMS, AND ICBMS BRANCHES WERE, THUS, ESTABLISHED)))

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THE FIRST PROCUREMENT OF BRENNIAN MISSILES AND ARMOR PACKAGES

(200 BATTERIES) LR2000 ARTEMIS SPEARS: 220 BILLION BRANCS

(200 BATTERIES) LR5000 FIREFLIES: 280 BILLION BRANCS

(1K BATTERIES) MR600 ASAMS PIT VIPERS: 200 BILLION BRANCS

THE RIGHTS TO MODIFY AND PRODUCE BRENNIAN ANTI-AIR MISSILES

THE RIGHTS TO MODIFY AND PRODUCE BRENNIAN THEIR AMAP ARMOR SERIES AND AMAP ADS

(((30 BATTERIES OF EACH DESIGN WERE TO BE SHIPPED MONTHLY TO THE GCS)))

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THE OVERALL PRICE OF THE SWISS-BRENNIAN ARMS DEAL: 700 BILLION BRANCS (CONVERTED TO HOWEVER MUCH MONEY THAT IS IN US DOLLARS)

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The Candainian Gullblat Muspel and Standard Sprites were among the largest sprite populations within the GCS. AROUND 30 MILLION MUSPEL SPRITES LIVED AND CONTINUED TO LIVE IN THE GCS FOR THOUSANDS OF GENERATIONS AS SWISS CITIZENS. Thus, the GCS wields the highest population of Muspel Mothian Sprites, outside the enclaves. From their many thousand generations of coexistence, they truly immersed themselves between the Swiss and Sprite cultures, now intermeshed. They were renowned for their incredible intellect and prowess in genetic engineering and other fields, pertaining to genetics. But their contributions weren’t limited to genetic engineering alone; they were also the backbone of the architectural, horticultural, and semiconductor manufacturing industries, equivalent to today's standard sprites. Their larger sizes and longer lifespans gave them an edge over the standards, especially when warmer temperatures far exceeded their usual temperature range. Muspels often worked day and night like the rest of their human counterparts, and their unique, albeit weakened, abilities and talents were placed to good use within the tourism and Healthcare services, further boosting their renowned service industries in terms of economic and quality growth. Swiss Muspels and Standards transformed the country tenfold within five decades, with every Canton completely interconnected digitally. Steady improvements with their mothnet IP addresses, cable networks, bandwidths, and wireless 4G-5G networks had grown considerably with great credit to their unlimited expertise within the information technology industries.

As one Swiss non-fiction author described their fellow countrymen: “Though they may be different in skin, biology, and the presence of our divine deity, their resilience, mindset, and cultures over generations proved nothing more than the utmost reliable equality ever found than any other sapient beings. To us, we consider them the night guardians of the Confederacy and the Alpine region as a whole, while we, humans, are their guardians of the light. We have become incredibly buoyant, flexible, and heavily enduring in times of strife; vice versa, we have socially, economically, and intimately closer and closer as decades pass. We celebrate every passing year, paving the way for more chapters of coexistence to be written, and we celebrate every positive aspect that our deity above provides for us and what we work hard to achieve and provide for ourselves.”

Although biological differences remained vast and distinct with regular sapient humans, technologies, genetic engineering, and infrastructures greatly improved the overall quality of life for the sprites with Swiss and Candainian biomedical industries, having served and worked on various projects within the field. Anti-earthquake systems, early warning systems, cooling systems, hatching technologies, and strengthened cocooning structures were all but many innovations and designs developed by the Muspels. With the inventiveness, creativity, and imagination of the Jaru Mothian, Sweizzer Faeries, and Swiss humans alike, natural threats were highly mitigated with non-fatal symptoms and diseases. Quick responsiveness from medical services steadily advanced, alongside innovations made by interspecies teams, thus with that quick responsiveness and cutting-edge technologies, average lifespans, as the bearing fruit of their endeavors, surged upwards.

There were no doubts among the populace regarding the positive contributions the sprites gave to their country and her people. After the post-war depression, the Muspels and Standards raised their support for the investment motions with their human counterparts; with those investments, the modern GCS today never would have existed.

The concept of authority was somewhat controversial to the Muspel sprites, specifically, as they tended to obey those they deemed worthy with great leadership and charisma. However, that came to a fault. Recent improvements in the GCS education system, laws, and overall societal standards largely diminished their bad tendencies to follow evil figures and undemocratic, authoritative powers. THE SWISS EDUCATION AND MINDSET, TAUGHT ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, ENGAGED IN GREATER CRITICAL THINKING, ESPECIALLY TO THEIR SWISS MUSPEL POPULATION. FROM THEIR CHANGE OF EDUCATION STANDARDS IN 1910, GENERATIONS OF MUSPELS HAD EARNED THEIR PLACE AMONG THE PEOPLE. THEY WERE ENCOURAGED TO ANALYZE AND CRITICIZE THE POLITICAL GAMES (WHETHER IT BE FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE) OF POLITICIANS ALL OVER THE WORLD CONTINUE TO PLAY. Fruitful results then showed their true colors; as the education system continuously taught the Muspels to be free, perceptive, interpretive, and observant, those factors led to the innovative and entrepreneurial ways they conduct today.

Muspel village settlements all over the mountains, underground bunkers, highlands, and the plateau grew to become major towns, cities, metropolises, and even megacities, which contributed greatly to the country’s overall wealth of 6-7 TRILLION USD (2013-2014). Like any other sprites, they, too, experienced the rigors of mandatory military training. But as their 3–5 months were completed annually, they continued to go about their daily life, tending to their businesses, families, careers, etc. The Swiss Muspel Sprites were integral to the Confederation militarily, economically, and socially as they were the only ones capable of living alongside humans and reproducing hybrids. These generations of mixed interspecies families gave birth to the JURA MOTHIANS and the SWEIZZER FAERIES.

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One of the two Swiss Mothian Hybrids, the Swiss Jura Mothians were unique breeds between Muspel sprites and humans, originating within the GCS alone. Their subgroups were also pivotal to the overall development and modernization of the Swiss Confederacy, which paved the way for permanent peace between species and cantons. With their long-term stability, their political, economic, and social institutions flourished. Social services gained traction and offered their welfare to the less fortunate. The Jaru Mothians were the primary force that led to the intricate development of their social welfare system, especially their industrial and service-based economies.

Jaru politicians and urban planners even initiated the mass construction of underground sprite settlements that dotted underneath the Northern and Southern Alpine mountain ranges. Underground sprite boroughs, which housed both sprites and mothian hybrids alike, formed large districts. In the year 1934, approximately four underground cantons were founded. The 27th, 28th, 29th, and 30th Swiss cantons became self-governing like many other cantons on the surface; THESE NEW CANTONS WERE A SERIES OF BUNKER COMPLEXES, OBLISK CUBES, OBLISK BUNKER HUBS, AND MANY MORE, CONTRIBUTING GREATLY TO THE SWISS ECONOMY. THE SWISS MOTHIAN 34TH OBLISK CUBE (A SMALLER CUBE SETTLEMENT THAN THE 56TH OBLISK CUBE) WAS BUILT UNDERNEATH THE BERNER ALPINE RANGES, SANDWICHED IN BETWEEN THE CANTONS OF BERN AND RUBEZAHL. THAT CONCATENATION OF UNDERGROUND SETTLEMENTS, BUNKER COMPLEXES, AND OTHER OBLISK CUBE ARCHITECTURE, FORMED AROUND THE 34TH MOTHIAN OBLISK CUBE, EFFECTIVELY CREATED THE 28TH SWISS CANTON OF JARUUN (NAMED AFTER THE JARU MOTHIAN SUBSPECIES IN THEIR HONOR).

THE 34TH OBLISK CUBE AND THE JARUUN CANTON WERE LARGELY SELF-SUFFICIENT IN TERMS OF FOOD, AS THE SPRITE’S EXPERTISE IN HORTICULTURE SUSTAINED THEIR POPULACE—lush cave systems nestled around Jaruun, which provided fresh water for the large settlement. Underground networks of aquifers dotted the Jaruun Canton, where Jaru Mothians spearheaded advanced infrastructure projects to improve their honorably named group of subdivisions. The 28TH Canton, WITH ITS RESIDENTIAL, BUSINESS, INDUSTRIAL, ENTERTAINMENT, MILITARY SECTIONS, and its majority Muspel sprite and Jaru Mothian population, contributed over 1 TRILLION USD FROM 2007-2013, WHICH ECONOMISTS EXPECTED THEM TO ACHIEVE 3 TRILLION USD BY 2020. 

Although the Jaru Mothians lack the capabilities of flight, mana generation, jamming echolocation, and UV detection, they were compensated with improved physical prowess, an extra pair of arms, long life spans, and high endurance against cold and hot temperatures. These unique traits gave them the ability to do more intensive work than any other species within the GCS. But strength was not their limitation, they were also blessed with great intellect and sharp minds, just like their Gullblat brothers and sisters. Most muspels and Jaru mothians worked within the genetic engineering industries, co-founding and pioneering the Cell Technology Institute (CETI), the CETI VALLEY, and THE CETI BERN MODEL. AND IT WAS WITH THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN SWISS HUMANS, MUSPELS, SWEIZZER FAERIES, AND THE JARU MOTHIAN PROFESSORS AND INDUSTRIALISTS ALTOGETHER THAT CULMINATED IN THE VALLEY’S TECHNOLOGICAL PROSPERITY AND SUPERB RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. The entrepreneurial ways of the Jarus forged the nation’s current path and its standing on the world stage. It was the talented, young Jarus, who led the nation towards a peaceful and diplomatic approach. Many led fruitful international studies abroad, and others became Swiss ambassadors. Successive trade deals between nations never existed without the Jaru Mothians (and the Sweizzer Faeries, as well). 

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One of the two Swiss Mothian Hybrids, the Swiss Sweizzer Faeries were unique breeds between Muspel sprites and humans, originating within the GCS alone. The difference between the Sweizzer Faeries was their strong ability to fly like their smaller sprite equivalents. However, they neither possessed mana regeneration nor UV detection. But with their lackluster “magic” and senses, they compensated for longer lifespans, bigger bodies, bigger wings, and exceptional endurance to hot and cold temperatures. Their ability to fly was one of the most significant parts of their core identity. It was the concept of flight that took their imaginative minds to greater heights. THE SWISS SWEIZZER FAERIES, ALONG WITH THE MUSPEL, STANDARD SPRITES, AND SOME JARU MOTHIANS (TO SOME EXTENT), WERE PRIMARILY INVOLVED WITH THE IMPROVEMENTS AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF SWISS HOTELS AND TOURIST SPOTS. They even invented new sports within the wintry highlands, using skis and their wings to jump and glide off of cliffs (with safety gear and parachutes in case of emergencies). Essential mail services (for very important institutions, banks, and other social services) were done with the help of the muspels, standards, and sweizzer faeries. DELIVERIES OF MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND ORGANS TO OTHER SWISS HOSPITALS PROVED ANOTHER VITAL ROLE FOR THE FAERIES, AS THEIR FASTER SPEEDS IN-FLIGHT AND BIGGER BODIES GAVE THEM AN EDGE OVER OTHER SPRITE AND HYBRID SAPIENT SPECIES. Many came to work within the private healthcare industry as first responders, rapid deliverymen, and medical technicians. 

They played their role, and continued to do so, to the improvement of social welfare services and Swiss healthcare services. The majority of the Faeries trained as doctors, surgeons, army doctors, army surgeons, and other healthcare careers, where their much-needed mobility and intellect offered their services to remote villages in the GCS and other foreign countries. With their extensive cooperation with other Swiss human doctors, they established networks of hospital deliveries and transfer systems, which gave Faerie doctors the ability to immediately transfer to a hospital in need of more manpower and specialists. Rapid deployment and response consistently improved over the years, marking Swiss healthcare as one of the best in the world.

The Sweizzer Faeries were given equivalent training regimes and quality education as their Muspel and Jaru Mothian brethren. They were susceptible to manipulation and exploitation by charismatic figures, a trait inherited from the Muspel sprites. But quality education, from renowned Swiss academies and universities, trained their minds to be more receptive and critical of the substances they absorb and perceive. These teachings perfectly aligned with their medical practices and contributions to the Swiss code of law. With their training and education, the Faeries inevitably reshaped the political foundations of the country and thus facilitated the Confederacy’s efficient governance of their industrial might and economic growth. Flurries of good economic policies and investments were initiated and supported by the hybrid subspecies. Like the rest of their differing sapient brethren, the winged child, born from two cultures, became one of the most important pillars of Swiss society. They were to persevere on that notion for the next thousand generations in the long future ahead.

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Megaprojects of underground metropolises, cities, and towns began in earnest in the 1800s and 1900s, when some sprites and hybrids preferred to settle and live for thousands of generations. Underground boroughs sustained themselves through advanced infrastructure projects and filtration systems, diverting underwater streams of water directly to their sprawling urban centers. Those bunker complexes and major underground residential hubs, at the same time, garnered extraneous defense against foreign invaders, acting as military bases and command centers. The 27th Canton of Jaruun and the 30th underground cantons established construction projects for the 56th Oblisk Cube, one of the biggest architectural and infrastructure projects. Swiss civil engineering firms, architectural firms, structural engineering firms, and more culminated together over the surface and underneath the construction areas. THE PROJECTS WERE CLASSIFIED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE, PROVIDING ONLY THE BARE-BONES INFORMATION REGARDING THEIR ROUGH SIZE AND DIMENSIONS. However, some details about its features were open to the public. THOSE FEATURES WERE COMPOSED OF OVER 500K STRENGTHENED BANK BUNKER SYSTEMS WITHIN THE OVERALL ESTIMATED AREA.

THE OBLISK CUBES WERE TO HAVE CLASSIFIED TUNNEL SYSTEMS WITH STRENGTHENED REINFORCEMENTS AND SHOCK ABSORBERS. STRENGTHENED BLAST DOORS WITH THICK STEEL PLATING AND REINFORCED FRAMES DOTTED THE ENTIRE FACILITY, SEEMINGLY BECOMING ANOTHER FORTRESS. THREE MORE BLAST DOORS WERE ADDED WITH STRENGTHENED STRUCTURES TO MITIGATE SERIOUS SHOCKWAVES AND EXPLOSIVES, AS WELL, WHICH FURTHER IMPROVED THEIR PROTECTION.

THE PRIMARY PURPOSE WAS TO HOUSE OVER 200 MILLION MOTHIAN SPRITES, MOTHIAN HYBRIDS AMBERLEVIAN ANTS, AND HUMANS WITH RESIDENTIAL, BUSINESS, INDUSTRIAL, AND MILITARY SECTIONS. THEREFORE, THE OBLISK CUBES WERE TO FUNCTION AS BOTH A CITY AND CANTON.

THE 56TH OBLISK CUBE AND THE REST WERE GIVEN MULTI-PURPOSE AT THE SAME TIME. OBLISK FACILITIES, ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE BUSINESS AND INDUSTRIAL HUBS, TENDERED MASS STORAGE OF ARTWORKS, CULTURAL ARTIFACTS, CLIENT'S VALUABLES, FOREIGN CURRENCIES, AND EVERYTHING VALUABLE IN TIMES OF WAR. DURING PEACETIME, DESIGNATED ROOMS WITHIN THE CUBE COULD SERVE AS BACKUP MASS STORAGE FOR EVERYTHING VALUABLE, AND THEY WERE BUILT WITH THE CAPABILITIES OF BACKUP MASS STORAGE OF MILITARY ARMAMENTS. 

Origins of the Oblisk Architectural style date back to the 1900s, when emphasis on aesthetics and functionality merged to form their unique architectural style. The Swiss Oblisk style usually added reinforcements of structures; at the same time, those strengthened structures —often crudely built— were designed with elegant twists of shape and form. Those physical improvements and changes gave more space to build sprite and hybrid mothian homes or business hubs. Structures themselves were commonly built, both, within the underground bunker complex and without. And with their added reinforcements and additional areas for more infrastructures, they acted as anti-earthquake stiffeners with additional thousand million shock absorbers. ONE OF THE GREATEST FEATURES OF THE SWISS OBLISK ARCHITECTURAL STYLE WAS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF OTHER ARCHITECTURAL STYLES, CAPABLE OF BOASTING MULTIPLE SECTIONS WITH DIFFERING ARCHITECTURES. THEY WERE DUBBED, THE SWISS OBLISK GESAMTKUNSTWERK ARCHITECTURE STYLE, OR SIMPLY PUT, THE SWISS OBLISK GESAMTWER.  

The estimated costs of the mega project were approximately 34-56 billion USD, garnering both domestic and foreign investments from the GCS, the Gullblat Enclave, and the Owlet Enclave.

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THE 56TH SWISS OBLISK CUBE VMM (VERSION MEGASTRUCTURE MODEL)

THE PROJECT LAYOUT OF THE 56TH OBLISK SWISS CUBE VMM1
⇒OVER 500K STRENGTHENED BANK BUNKER SYSTEMS WITHIN THE OVERALL ESTIMATED AREA
⇒STRENGTHENED BLAST DOORS WITH THICK STEEL PLATING AND REINFORCED FRAMES
⇒THERE ARE THREE MORE BLAST DOORS WITH STRENGTHENED STRUCTURES TO MITIGATE SERIOUS SHOCKWAVES AND EXPLOSIVES
⇒THE PRIMARY PURPOSE WAS TO HOUSE OVER 200 MILLION MOTHIAN SPRITES, MOTHIAN HYBRIDS AMBERLEVIAN ANTS, AND HUMANS WITH RESIDENTIAL, BUSINESS, INDUSTRIAL, AND MILITARY SECTIONS
⇒THEREFORE, THE OBLISK CUBES WERE TO FUNCTION AS BOTH A CITY AND CANTON (POTENTIALLY)

THE ADDED MULTI-PURPOSE OF THE OBLISK CUBE
⇒THE STORAGE OF CLIENT'S VALUABLES AND FOREIGN CURRENCIES
⇒THE MASS STORAGE OF ARTWORKS AND CULTURAL ARTIFACTS
⇒MASS WARTIME STORAGE FOR EVERYTHING VALUABLE
⇒BACKUP MASS STORAGE FOR EVERYTHING VALUABLE
⇒THE PROTECTION OF ALL SWISS CITIZENS AND OTHERS AGAINST DISASTERS AND WAR
⇒BACKUP MASS STORAGE OF MILITARY ARMAMENTS 
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EARTHQUAKE RESISTANT STRUCTURES: SEISMIC RESISTANCE
⇒STRENGTHENED STEEL FRAMES WITH ADDITIONAL COLUMNS AND CRISSCROSS FRAMES.
⇒STEEL BOLTS AND JOINTS BETWEEN THE STRENGTHENED STEEL FRAMES AND CRISS CROSS FRAMES
⇒REINFORCED V-SHAPED PISTONS DAMPENERS
⇒STRENGTHENED LOAD-BEARING CONCRETE WALLS AND FLOORS WITH STEEL REBARS AND SHOCK ABSORBERS
⇒OVER 4K METRIC TONNES OF RUBBERIZED SHOCK ABSORBERS
⇒AND MANY OTHERS (((MORE WILL BE REVEALED IN LATER POSTS)))

ARCHITECTURAL STYLE:
⇒THE OBLISK ARCHITECTURE STYLE
⇒MIXED SWISS NOUVEAU AND JURA CRYSTALLINE ARCHITECTURE STYLES

ACCESSORIES: STRENGTHENED PROTECTIVE BUNKERS AND GARAGES. ADVANCED ELEVATOR SYSTEMS. SPECIALIZED KEYPAD SECURITY SYSTEMS. UNDERGROUND LAUNDRY ROOMS. AUTOMATED RADIATORS. SECURED AND CENTRALIZED WIFI ROOMS. DOUBLE-LAYERED DOOR LOCKS AND DOOR CHAINS FOR ADDED SAFETY MEASURES. 
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THE 56TH OBLISK CUBE DIMENSIONS
DEPTH: 4K-6K FEET DEEP
HEIGHT: 3K-5K FEET
LENGTH: 3K-5K FEET
WIDTH: 3K-5K FEET
ROUGH OVERALL AREA: 5-8 KM SQUARED
ROUGH OVERALL VOLUME: 9K CUBIC FEET TO 15K CUBIC FEET
THE OVERALL ROUGH NUMBER OF ROOMS: 400 MILLION TO 500 MILLION

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(((CLASSIFIED. THE DIMENSIONS OF EACH SECTION WILL BE REVEALED IN THE NEXT SWISS OBLISK CUBE POST)))

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    Commonwealth von Neuerstaat
    2015 | JULY | 22ND
    Nachrichten für das Aurora Netzwerk

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    RP - 2ND JOINT SDC EXERCISE
    It has been a while since the last joint exercise carried out by SDC members, not wishing for the degrading of our naval competence, another naval exercise would be organized this time in the northern regions of Vesperia.
    The exercise would of course be televised as a demonstration of unity within Vesperia, for Neuerstaat, the NM would decide to deploy 5 ships to join the exercise, as listed below :
    SK Kolostal, Kolostal Class
    SK Salmunster, Kolostal Class
    SK Kagamine, Auverns Class
    SK Pasliern, Palisern Class
    SK Haien, Everein Class

    The exercise would also be used as a testing experience for the nation's previous experiments with AI aboard ships, with the featuring of SK Pasliern (first to be fitted with the experimental AI) and SK Kagamine (First Auverns Class ship to be tested with the AI) being key to the test.
    (OOC : Beware, this was before the funny stuff nonadia did)

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    RP - Project Harzburgite
    In a major turn of events, one of the largest space related projects ever initiated in Neuerstaat, perhaps even the biggest, would be approved recently in a vote in the Volksparlament, with the passing of a bill that would green light Project Harzburgite.

    Project Harzburgite will be a collaboratory effort with the well known international corporation of AshTech, it's main goal would be proudly announced by NAR (Nationale Agentur für Raumforschung) Administrator, Marins Siallen, at a press release later on in the day. Announcing it's goals to develop and engineer fully automated space station modules, with the help of a crucial player in the international cybernetics and robotics, AshTech.

    The project is estimated to receive roughly 60~ billion Ǥ (Glänzend) worth of funding currently by experts. With the NAR scientists and their laboratories coordinating with AshTech laboratories abroad. The scope of this project will also likely include further funds to allow for the construction of further laboratories in the nation itself to further scientific advancements.

    A current purposal pending for debate would see the Asursan Unterirdische Hydrokulturanlage near the city of Tirest be converted into a complex of research laboratories, testing grounds and more, providing a much needed boost of scientific jobs to the city. With many regional politicians on Berginsel expressesing their support for the purposal, only time will decide if this is carried out.

    Nevertheless, this project also seeks to establish further Neuerstaater connections abroad, in order to strengthen outside relations and improve the nation's technological standing.

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    RP - HOSTIS TERRITORIUM
    [A crew of 4 are within a rapidly descending AA-52, after failing to dodge a incoming missile from a makeshift launcher installed on the side of a hill. Local time is 21:43]
    [Crew : Seice Aneris | Pilot, Vesin Aerma | Co- Pilot, Raine Niueme | Scout and Eben Runas | Scout]

    Miraculously, despite the AA-52 being directly hit by a makeshift missile crafted by the CFC (Church of the Five Cardinals, or just the Cxurun cult) in the middle of the Teichor wilderness, the AA-52 would be able to avoid directly crashing into the valley, due to the rather medicore (at best, this thing was made out of scrap metal and whatever the cult could find nearby afterall, by pure luck it hit the helicopter, like insanely good luck) quality of the missile, it failed to blow up the helicopter or sever it's tail boom, allowing it to enter a semi controlled crash.

    Rapidly losing power, the frame of the helicopter would shake wildly, the 4 crew holding on for dear life, Seice and Vesin would desperately attempt to limit the helicopter's rapid descent, with the 2 scouts only able to sit silently, preparing for a near inevitable crash into the remote valley in Teichor.
    As the helicopter nears the ground, a distress message would thankfully be sent out, alerting nearby camp of the situation at hand.

    Rapidly meeting the ground, the efforts of the pilot and co pilot seems to have paid off, as the crew were not immediately shredded to pieces by the helicopter's blades. By sheer luck, the crew would only suffer non fatal injuries, though still fatal if not treated within a short period.
    As the dust from the helicopter's forceful crash into the earth (kalrania??) settles, Eben (Runas) would be able to climb out of the mangled mess of the helicopter, before helping in extracting the other three crew from the wreckage. Finding injuries on 3/4 of the personnel (Eben did not receive any major injuries, with only minor cuts and scratches, Raine has been knocked unconcious, with wounds to the limbs, certainly painful but can be patched up, Vesin and Seice both received cut and bruises across the body, though none appear to have cut too deep.).

    Rapidly patching up wounds by utilizing pieces of wraps, wires and torn pieces of fabric, the concern now has shifted to the situation at hand.
    Certainly a (godd*mn) rocket launcher was no work of nature, it is almost certain that a sort of secretive base must be nearby, with that, there is almost certainly 'troops' or atleast fighters somewhere in these woods. To simply set up camp around the (now burning) wreckage of the helicopter would be a near certain guarantee to be ambushed from the woods by whoever controlled that rocket launcher.
    Though of course, there were guns present in the helicopter, though it appears one has been lost in the mess of metal, with only one Blendendes Licht 16 (BL16, brought to you by Ansacht Feuerarme!) being recovered from the scene, the crew now would seek to find some form of shelter from the certainly incoming group of whatever that lurks in these forests.

    Wandering into the eeriely silent wilderness of the southern countryside, the group would soon reach a hillside and a cliff, finding a cave entrance to hide in, while nearby foliage was gathered to conceal the cave entrance, passing a tense night as one would constantly stay awake incase any unnatural sound was heard nearby.

    Now refocusing to the campsite established by the NV in Riensetch, the distress signal would thankfully be received before the helicopter vanished from trackers. Certainly sensing something wrong, another unit would be called in from nearby Fotsinsel to investigate the area where the signal was sent from, afterall, these woods should be completely uninhabited, nothing should be here except wildlife.

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    RP - PRAEMONITUM PASTORUM
    Early morning at 4:52am NST (Neuerstaat Time) on the 11th of July, 2015, 4km west of the city of Ainhen, a tectonic event would occur, with the epicenter of the earthquake being directly above the village of Perdita in the Astorin peninsula.

    Measuring at a magnitude of 5.1, though strong, especially for a region like Auverns, being quickly detected by sensors in the region, warnings would pop up suddenly on people's phones across the bay of Lascin (Where Ainhen faced into), including the major city of Isterin, suddenly waking people up from their sleep, followed by the shaking of their houses or apartments.

    Thankfully, the damage done to the area was minor, with Ainhen suffering only minor issues, the majority of it's older buildings being built to withstand stronger earthquakes due to a previous incident. Though without many issues or disruptions except some made later in the day to assess damage to infrastructure, life mostly returns to normal as the situation is merely brushed off as a simple rare occurrence.

    Now playing
    [FILE - AUFZEICHNEN-KAUER-VERDACHT]
    11/7/2015
    "We're getting something here."
    "What? I don't follow."
    "Something weird is happening in Ainhen, it seems like some sort of tectonic event."
    "But I thought Auverns wasn't-"
    "Yeah, that's why im saying it's weird."
    "Huh, I wonder what's happening there."
    "Eh, I doubt it's anything, just ignore it."
    [END OF RECORDING]

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    RP - 584 Lunara
    Unexpectedly, the engineering of the joint Laurentiean-Neuerstaater probe to explore the 584 Lunara system would finish before expectations, a rare incident in such a field. With the probe currently available meeting all requirements, and the procurement of a rocket complete, a earliest launch in 2015 would soon occur.

    The probe, nicknamed 'Dämmerung' or Dawn by the NAR workers would be launched from Neuerstaat's Kolostal Space Centre on 09:22 UTC on June 2nd, launching into orbit, the satellite would execute a gravity assist when flying by Luna, a flyby of Kalas (Kerutil) is expected to occur later on in the probe's journey towards the 584 Lunara system.
    With estimates believing that the probe should arrive at the system by 2023, only time will tell if the mission's objective will succeed.

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    RP - RAPID DEVOLVEMENT
    It doesn't take long for the AES to begin noticing something off happening in Nonadia. Though by no means is the AES some sort of all seeing authority, It surely does take the security and internal issues of the VU and SDC extremely seriously.
    Noticing the sudden rapid rise of incarceration rates in Nonadia, concerns would be raised internally as numbers would surpass previously seen amounts within weeks, with such a unexplained rise, a enquiry would be made by the AdA (Department of Foreign Relations) to obtain explanations and hopefully data and files behind such rapid rise in incarcerations.

    For now, Neuerstaat and the AES chooses to place it's trust in it's allies, no secretive investigation has been carried out by the AES, with many internal theories believing that this was a result of either the busting of a large previously untracked criminal group or simply a mistake in calculations. Surely, a logical explanation is behind this.

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    RP - FALL WINDS
    The situation on the mainland appears to continue to devolve. As unrest in Laurentiea mysteriously begins to grow, rallying behind some sort of nationalist with a military background, proclaiming that he will "Make Laurentiea great again", with more and more people appear to resonate with their beliefs, growing unrest in Laurentiea starts to concern Neuerstaat.

    Unexpectedly, Neuerstaat would soon receive a secret request from the Laurentiean government to position troops in close proximity to Laurentiea's major administrative hubs and population centers, as a security measure against further destabilization.
    Of course, Neuerstaat does not seek to put it's soldiers in the role of riot police within Laurentiea, though with the increasingly concerning sitation in Laurentiea, it feels as if only a spark would be needed to set off this burgeoning movement.

    So the decsion would be made to accept the offer from the Laurentieans, deciding to firstly establish temporary military encampments on the outskirts of the cities of Aarlecht, Konigsberg, Kalsterdam, Arnolle, Apehwvijk, Aarau, Winterthur and Kalmar. Within the larger cities of Kalogne and the capital of Klagenfurt, two encampments would be set up instead, within Kalogne, the NV would set up a temporary base of operations for the area in the west bank of the city, with another being set up in the north bank nearer to the city center. While in Klagenfurt, one would first be set up in the west near Calander Street, and another being set up temporarily in the Klagenfurt Stadium until a better location can be established.
    Being tipped off about significant insurgent activity in the southern regions of Laurentiea, the NV would be able to temporarily rent a small aerodrome in the Riverdam quarter of Kalogne, helping facilitiate supply shipments via air.
    For now, only 5,000 personnel would be stationed in Laurentiea as a whole, though should conditions worse, more would likely be deployed to quell unrest.
    In light of recent developments, two Vaalbereich class attack submarines would be assigned to patrol the waters surrounding Laurentiea as a security measure, as well as 2 Auverns Class Cruisers, 1 Palsliern Class Frigate and 2 Kolostal Class Air Defense Frigates being assigned to do similar roles.
    The nation's armed forces would too enter a stage of higher alert, in anticipation for events to worsen, or even enter a unstoppable cascade, air patrols and scouting operations done from the air would also occasionally be carried out to check for anything out of the ordinary.
    A unnerving tension would sweep over Neuerstaat's RA (Rat für Armeeaktivitäten), only wishing for conditions in Laurentiea to improve overtime, and nothing will light a brewing anger only kept at bay by a desire to remain normal civilian life.

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RP: Micro-Marketism
From: Naacal
2013 was absolutely crazy with the highest flare-up of modernization ever witnessed by the islanders. Assistance from Amberleaf and Brennus made those two nations mainstays in the discussions of foreign policy for the small islands. The year was marked with great achievements and challenges alike, but now they were rolling into 2014.

Tourism Open: A small resort area as far away from the military base as possible was made to avoid loud noises from the Jets. The resort is staffed by locals and blends themes of island culture with pristine beaches and plenty of liquor, it's signature is that the islands are the furthest from civilization you can be. Easy transit from the airport to the resort made possible by Brennian road systems. Tourism is speculated to be the most lucrative option the economy has and there is the ability to go see ancient ruins and other features of the Archipelago.

Digital Economy & Distance: Remote Work and E-commerce are becoming key, assistance has been granted to have more stable and long lasting connections and because of the remoteness of the region doing stuff across the web has proven exceptionally helpful for those that do have devices, even though they felt themselves under occupation of the Technate getting... Technology was easy and very cost effective.

Trade!: Still looking for market partnerships, our economy is still tiny, but we are capable of interacting with global economies now and have some ships for moving goods. Primarily offering marine resources from the deep sea.

Naacal Companies
Naacal Airways - Aerospace Company
Vaka Moana Logistics - Maritime Logistics
Mana Nui Energy - Energy
Aroa Kai Fisheries - Fisheries
Tech Atua Innovations - Technology R&D
Rangi Paradise Resorts - Resorts
Agro Tane Co-operative - Agriculture
Waiora Wellness - Healthcase & Wellness
Ariki Financial Group - Financial Services
Vaka Architects & Builders - Construction & Architecture
Pounamu Creative Arts - Arts & Crafts
Makai Tactical - The islands armed forces

The armed forces made themselves into a company because they figured that's what you're supposed to do, whether right or not who knows. The Naacal government is looking for assistance in drafting a new constitution and policy.

RP: No Name Brand - Final Form
The Technate has released two products of the utmost blandness for some purpose the items come in hermetically sealed packaging these MRE style foods are created from "sustainable sources" and the substances are extremely non-perishable with a near infinite shelf-life. These products are infused with a myriad of artificial vitamins, minerals, amino acids, proteins, and carbohydrates to keep a person alive, but the portions and flavor leave something to be desired and they supply the absolute bare minimum of nutrition across the spectrum.
Gelatinated Calorie Paste (Rice Flavor) (800g)
Desiccated Sustenance Bar (Water Flavored) (100g)
The release of this was preemptive as the state is suspecting or preparing for a disaster and had began manufacturing the products in large quantities dedicating many plants to the product and shipping them in huge crates to vast corners of the continent.

RP: Joss paper
The Continental Bank was founded in early 2014 and minted the Jeoul (J), which was a tongue-in-cheek reference to Joule, the energy credit measurement. Still, its etymological origins were for Weighing Scales. The banknotes typically featured great scientists, scientific developments like particle accelerators or rocket ships, space stations, satellites, and scientific implements. This was created in response to the outrage surrounding no longer distributing credits equally and has a price system approach but is still interlinked with Thermoeconomics for a mixed market approach in a relatively safe environment; this also will grant the nation the ability to participate in global statistics recording as it wouldn't be so unorthodox as to he unclassifiable. The board believes this would be a notably good development for Honolulu. Energy credits will remain active for the transition period.
Kemonomica

RP: Just in Time Really
Otyken is willing to cooperate and can ship to GSC with a stopping point at the midway (Naacal Islands) recently the Technate has been open to more market solutions as the absolute equality was becoming unsustainable in the current geopolitical landscape, and needed to be flexible and adapt. This adaptation came with a mixed-market currency that allowed a more widespread application of business and trade beyond what the defunct Tenge offered (Notes can be exchanged at the Continental Bank).

Unsurprisingly Otyken offers the absolute cheapest manufacturing in the world with an extensive history of applied automation and zones eclipsing countries in size dedicated to this end. Furthermore the lake regions are highly fertile and believed by some to potentially be the motherland of humankind. Many of the Technates services are involved in the Technology sector, and a robust infrastructure for Financial services exist hosted by a people tempered at running huge numbers. Furthermore Free Schooling still exists if citizens want to partake in the world-class Polytechnic institutes that make the future now.
Greater Confederation of Switzerland

RP: Water-Treatment
After the killings in the capital city from the previous riots, the government has been making strides to bury this thing deep and throw away the key. The media was rapidly cleansed, and only words and stories of it carried the memory, and the government pushed the narrative of an earthquake causing the tragic loss of life. But the fires of dissent had been ignited, and the embers yet burned, so the think tank has devised a way to douse this with water. The chemical was developed primarily by Q-Computers in an unethical manner, a colourless, odourless chemical developed to cause memory loss; this chemical was put into the city's tap water in a concentration designed to shave off or blur a few months. Side effects likely include decreased concentration, complacency, and passivity, among a few other traits, but these were decided acceptable side effects to bury the hatchet. Those who were vocal about the event would have a visit paid to them by unmarked government vehicles for an extended forced disappearance operation with pre-made coverups. If the forgetfulness chemical proves successful, it may have wider use later.

Mind Weaver - Unlimited Truth
This program was dedicated to mental manipulation using a wide array of techniques. It was started many years ago, but as time passed, technology advanced, new tools became available, and developments were made chiefly a potentially highly effective 'truth serum' which is in the later testing phases and being used on criminals, the damage and agony it causes are considerable which limits its use. Still, the ability to extract confessions and answers has proved useful. The mind weaver program has become exceptionally mature in its abilities, both benevolent and malevolent, from assisting in curing mental disorders to ripping the mind apart.

RP: Ever Upwards
From: Naacal
To: Greater Confederation of Switzerland

The Naacali people were extremely grateful for the investments that the GCS has bestowed upon them, they had an extremely optimistic view of the world despite having seen the military side in their initial entrance into the modern world. But the contributions from GCS, Brennus, and Amberleaf totally and utterly revolutionized society surprisingly Otyken helped a bit but mostly with Archeology as that was their usual interest. The Swiss tourists at the resorts got special treatment and the ability for prolonged stays and special passes whenever they could be granted, there were some modern-ish towns now they liked to use Tiki architecture or Antediluvian Psyclopean masonry the modern tools they have now made this take months to build rather than decades. The fledgling economy was tiny compared to many states of the world, but the investments have sky rocket their productivity in some various sectors which increased the overall well-being of the people and some of the more avidly traditional islanders became more interested as those that were embracing the modern world looked far less destitute than what they often seen at the airport region or otykens town area.
Greater Confederation of Switzerland

RP: Happy to help
Somewhat rare instances of Otyken being willing to cooperate and letting people leave the country for long periods of time to assist in research programs; R&D would be and is a key driver in their industry; the adoption of their Currency and cooperation with GCS has resulted in a much-needed boost during the fledgling stage, the Director expressed an interest in maintaining this posture and increased logistical capacity specifically on the Naacal islands to move a large amount of product across the ocean to the GCS. The SI Special Warfare research department and other clandestine branches will keep their projects out of GCS borders for safety reasons and even international law, as they sometimes get shifty. Still, the details were as blurry as the operations of the Technate itself. The greatest boon was some research papers that were highly restricted that they shared with the most clandestine research teams, allegedly they were of Extraterrestrial origin; the state of Otyken has a reputation for being insane alien chasers; only Brennus knew the absolute truth about whether these were real or just fake documents.

RP: Expanding Rails
Otyken has moved funding from Honolulu projects back home to expand their domestic tram, light rail, rail and high-speed rail. The Technates national transit system was envisioned for people to have unlimited mobility across the continent, but they feel as though cars have become far too prominent and they are straying from the vision to an extent so will double down on expanding the rail system and providing refreshment to older systems. The nation itself has around half a million kilometers of freight rail which moves stuff primarily from the south to all corners of the Technate. The size of the Technate requires an insane domestic logistics system especially the fact they need to move stuff to the Honolulu archipelago and across thousands of kilometers of land. Their highly efficient, computer controlled, swift, and punctual systems aim to be a model of the topic for the world.

The super road system got some love in the form of Lidar drones which patrol the highway and can fill potholes with a special solution to patch them either temporary or permanent depending on the severity, these drones lidars can also give out tickets if vehicles are moving too fast within its sensor arc.

RP: Cell Casket
The Continental Constabulary has unveiled an innovative containment unit, reminiscent of a metallic sarcophagus, designed to integrate seamlessly onto specialized tracks. This device is engineered to confine an individual, inhibiting any form of movement, while also allowing for compact storage through a stacking mechanism. The ethical implications of such a device are highly contentious. Its design was influenced by the stasis chambers observed within an extraterrestrial storage facility. Key features borrowed from the alien technology include a cryogenic preservation system integration (under development) and life-support conduits/tubes, enabling the indefinite sustainment of a person within. This renders the unit a potent tool for either prolonged incarceration or intense interrogation. It has two components a straight jacket like metal container which can go into a larger sarcophagus like device.

To curb crime from becoming out of hand in the wake of a semi-integrated price system, old urbanates will be converted to prisons, and a far larger penal system will be established across the country in the wake of new crimes fueled by greed or poverty as a result of non-technocratic principles.

RP: Wearable Technology
Otyken has released a smart-watch line for the Technate, which includes health monitoring, steps-tracking, link to smartphones, GPS tracking,, and more. The design is sleek, and the battery life is exceptionally long. The release will include upgrades for software and hardware, along with swappable bands.

RP: Tweaking Output
Otyken has increased the work hours of its citizenry and was paying them in Jouel for their increased efforts to meet the requests of the GSC the Technate already had a colossal industrial base and its currency was strategically low valued for mass exportation. Cheap, just-in-time products would play a role in lowering Swiss cost of living from everything to electronics and even food products from the mega lake farmlands of Otyken. Though highly reliant on automation and machines the nation has also used its own capital to create some questionable 'sweat shop' environments to lower cost as much as possible because robots are expensive even with their vast experience in the field, but people are cheap and abundant. The praxis of the market was quick, scalable, and affordable the Technate had an insanely low cost of living to assist in meeting this goal.
Product Examples (Not Comprehensive)
Motor/Electric vehicles & Parts
High-technology Batteries
Computer Components, Parts & Peripherals
Agricultural Products
Consumer Goods (All types)

Key Industries: High-technology, steel, vehicles, aerospace, telecom, chemicals, electronics, agriculture/agribusiness, food processing, information technology, artificial intelligence, consumer goods, mining, renewable energy, quantum computing, space technology, defence, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, ships, machine tools
Growing Industries: Financial Services (Backed by existing Computer infrastructure and computer models.), Remote Internet services, E-commerce
(Most of these are from interaction with GSC)

If other nations are interested in getting in on this development, the Technate will remain open to export.

RP | Insiga

After a major squabblin' between Supreme Priestess Manderina and Second Commissar of Perks Veirindel they did eventually come to somewhat of an agreement. Veirindel demanded for more positions of authority for the Wasps, and Manderina reluctantly agreed, if only because the police strike was really starting to mess up the current order of the Confederacy. But instead of giving up power from her own faction, she plotted to let Veirindel take it from the Dragonflies instead.

General Executive Taskmaster Teigerland, Dragonfly in charge of the military and miscellaneous executive functions, was beeing given major trouble for the Insiga affair. It was one of his top women, Weiher, who had been found among the main instigators after a thorough investigation. A pack of guilty officials was rounded up, and Teigerland was forced to denounce the perpetrators and relinquish some of his powers. Weiher, the Drogonfly women mainly responsible for Insiga, was not under the impression of having done anything wrong. She claimed only after Insiga was it that suddenly everyone started recognizing and respecting the Confederacy of Gartentor.

Internationally the Supreme Priestess announced that the official Gartentor government was not standing behind the Insiga attacks, and that they had been performed by radicals of their own initiative, having wanted to defend themselves with the few things they had been provided with, by performing a pre-emtive strike that was expected to deter Amberleaf from just trying to deport all 10 million people of Gartentor; a plan which had officially been discussed in the Amberlevian Parliament before the Insiga attack. To show Gartentor's distancing from the act, they would be ready to deliver the 24 officials found responsible of the crime to a nation neutral to the conflict, as any delivery to Amberleaf or and Amber-allied nation would likely result in an political hanging or worse. Gartentor is awaits responses from neutral states.

The police strike had lead to a number of local uprisings from more working-class folk. A general demand for more representation for the common folk was called. After some negotiations, a few violent clashes, and a fencing duel on the roof of a government building, the Volksmund was established. From all the Gartentor Districts an individual was to be elected to become member of the Volksmund and council the government. The powers of the Volksmund were weak, but would hopefully take off the heat for a while, and make the common folk fight amongst themselves. Before establishment of the Volksmund, Veirindel had been meeting some of the leaders of the Bees. The local pluralistic elections of the Volksmund would give disproportionate power to the more populous species, like the Bees and Wasps. Having historically been rather hostile with each other, that was a rather unconventional alliance. But Veirindel had come to despise Manderina and her Mantis, and was setting up a more populistic approach to taking power. After all, she and the Bees did have similar goals of establishing a Queendom.

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RP | War

The war with Amberleaf had come to hit Gartentor hard. Amberleaf was slowly advancing from north and south, one brutal encounter after the other. The initial Gartentor successes now seemed to have been mostly luck. The Amberlevian military were very ruthless in their advance. Towns had to be evacuated when the Amber Terror from beneath emerged. Having to fight an armored and battle-ready Amberlevian in unlit close-quarters was a nightmare.

The few anti-tank mines had been laid in hopes to stop any mechanized Amberlevian advances. Anti-tunnel bombs were used to counter the underground advance. But this could often only be performed after the advance had already been made. In the trench warfare, fragmentation grenades, gas grenades, and incendiary grenades were used in excess, to suppress the enemy with explosive quantity, for lack of a better tactic. Pesticides and toxins had been tried, but this would now mean poisoning Gartentor territory. Gartentor had been provided with large amounts of napalm munition which it had used to strategically burn certain parts of the woods down, stalling the Amberlevian offensive.

Gartentor would need to go back on the offensive, use all its destructive potential. Some voices advocated for it. But the Gartentor government overall didn't want another Insiga happening, since the only way for them to actually force something called a win they'd need external support. Gartentor didn't have the population or the equipment to overwhelm Amberleaf by itself. At the current rate, it would also be running out of rifles and armor, although it possessed chemical weapons and explosives in excess, which was reflected in their fighting style.

Causulties:

90'000 Amberlevian soldiers
130'000 Gartentorian soldiers
45'000 Gartentorian civilians

Gartentor would request (Otyken) additional armor and standard assault rifles in addition to munition for it, to ensure its stock wouldn't run out in case shipments would be cut short later for some reasons. In addition does Gartentor request more long-range weaponry able to hit Amberlevian territory and equipment to scout out potential such targets deeper in Amberlevian land, to force Amber to take the fight back outside the Deepwoods. Tough Gartentor must warn, that deliveries might be shot down by Amberleaf, now that it is aware of them.

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RP | Ceasefire

With pressure mounting, and the Amberlevian military starting to overrun the first Gartentorian settlements, a renewed horror of the advancing violence started setting in. Having long been spoken confidence to, to stay resilient against the Amber Terror, and that Gartentor could prevail, people now instead started to become more open to the possibility of begging for mercy instead. The newly established Volksmund did express its desire to the Gartentor regime to ask for a ceasefire. And so it did, likely moreso out of formality and international pity points, rather than the expectation that Amberleaf would actually agree.

The task was given to the newly elected Volksmund Speaker, Leydia of the Bee-Folk. She announced on the international sphere Gartentor's readiness to establish a ceasefire, and called on Amberleaf to end its ruthlessly brutal advance. She called on everyone who had in the past involved itself in the affair to support a ceasefire, and stop Amberleaf's attempt at wiping out Gartentor, and just allow them to live on their historic land. Kulkkistan, Baltocarpathia, Brennus, Otyken, Rykensvik, Nonadia, Midribbonia, Greater Confederation of Switzerland, Midribbonia

As expected, the Amberlevian Vilight officially declined the request for a ceasefire; accusing Gartentor of just trying to gain breathing room to prepare anew wicked terrorist attack against Amberleaf, and to further blight its agriculture in an attempt to cause a famine; an event which Gartentor officially denies to have played any role in, attributing it to sheer Amberlevian misfortune.

RP: Secret Police
A branch of the Senzo Isan has been commissioned by [Redacted] to conduct operations in Nonadia to enforce an intensely clandestine racial policy. The SI was eager to participate in the project after checking the report briefly on who this was to target which was Laurentian immigrants. The large team responsible for this flew in on an unmarked airplane containing a large amount of equipment. However, they still needed vehicles and other items in Nonadia, including creating fake documents. Over the course of a month, the team meticulously prepared for the operation. They set up strategic locations, gathered crucial Intel, and plotted their approach. They aimed to keep the operation as low-profile as possible, ensuring that deportations and terminations would be inconspicuous. Various methodologies were planned, including planting nefarious evidence, setting up individuals for crimes, and relying on the justice system to play its part. Other methods included installing malware that would simulate cybercrimes and illegal traffic and then terminate itself. One poison that would appear in autopsies frequently was ethylene glycol, delicious and sweet smelling to canines and highly toxic, found in anti-freeze. This product can be bought at any gas station and easily given to children or sometimes planted in water supply. During assorted planting break-ins, the cold-hearted people would shoot the witnesses with suppressed pistols if any and vacate the area, uncaring of any arbitrary feature of the people. To accompany the more grassroots operations, a psy-op would be created to turn the general populace against the minority group through various allegations such as calling them disease-prone, dirty, unvaccinated, and criminal-like; this was further augmented by news reports of the crimes and arrests created by SI-planted evidence. They planned to keep this going until either they stopped getting paid or the last Laurentian immigrant was driven out of the country; one side effect, too, was that Sodor Immigrants were also painted in a similar light as dirty and of lesser breed because of their animalistic growths of highly questionable origin.

Relevant Pings
Nonadia
Laurentiea

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