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- Lord_Montague
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LOA
I will be on a Leave of Absence until Friday. During that time I do kindly request none of my vessels are attacked as its only polite.
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Re: LOA
So it's like you've been gone for three days and they don't exist anymore?
- Lord_Montague
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Re: LOA
Yes, your King did it himself.
It is allowed.
It is allowed.
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Re: LOA
I have fought under Anunia before...
But he said that he didn't want people to attack him like it wasn't implied by the LOA, so I thought it might be different for some reason. Never mind.
But he said that he didn't want people to attack him like it wasn't implied by the LOA, so I thought it might be different for some reason. Never mind.
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Re: LOA
It's not illegal to attack people under LOA. It's just good manners not to. If Montague's left his fleet somewhere it won't be caught in side blasts of attacks (I can't even remember where his fleet is) it's fine, we'll just ignore it. We're nice like that.
Andreas
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Re: LOA
As long as "somewhere secret" is not "somewhere my patrol would find you" or "right next to one of our cities that would notice you", that's fine
Andreas
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~Scott Alexander
"He showed up three or four years ago and accidentally took over the micronational world by being way more competent and enthusiastic than everyone else. Now he sort of rules us all, but it's a benevolent sort of thing, as far as we know."
~Scott Alexander
Re: LOA
I'd be considerably more inclined to accept this if he hadn't just launched a barrage of missiles at essentially everything within range before declaring immunity to relatiation. Are the people he attacked just suppoesed to forget an unknown enemy doing substantial damage?
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Re: LOA
If you really wanted to get mean, you could track him via the missiles, and sit, hovering over him, to attack when he returns ... but it's probably not worth it.
Andreas
"He showed up three or four years ago and accidentally took over the micronational world by being way more competent and enthusiastic than everyone else. Now he sort of rules us all, but it's a benevolent sort of thing, as far as we know."
~Scott Alexander
"He showed up three or four years ago and accidentally took over the micronational world by being way more competent and enthusiastic than everyone else. Now he sort of rules us all, but it's a benevolent sort of thing, as far as we know."
~Scott Alexander
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Re: LOA
well, hmmm. i was going to start a new thread for your questions in the main thread, but i suppose i'll just answer them here.
I am not sure where the Omen is exactly, nor at the moment aware of how big the Omen really is. But what I can tell you is that the missiles he fired (i think he fired Tomahawks) have a large range on them. For instance, a tomahawk fired from Geneva (Alexandria) might be able to hit a target in Ardy's Reach. If you are at Ardy's reach, then imagine a large circle with the radius being the distance between Ardy's reach and Geneva. He could have been anywhere in that region. Further, he only needed to be there for a few minutes (until he launched his 38 missiles), and then go anywhere else. For instance, say he is at Geneva. He comes closer to Ardy's reach to Edardia, fires his missiles, and goes back to Geneva and crosses it to keep moving to say Port Portela. You wouldn't have known that at all, and he would still have done this without making his presence known.
Also, for a fleet, its pretty easy to make a secret move. The Argentinians had a hard time finding the British fleet during the Falklands war i believe. Even the Japanese had to wait a long time to find the American fleet during the WWII. Finding a fleet in the open oceans is like finding a needle in the haystack. Even with satellites, you can't find them. You gotta literally sift through each square area. And that takes time. And during war, time for some strange reason runs very fast.
I am not sure where the Omen is exactly, nor at the moment aware of how big the Omen really is. But what I can tell you is that the missiles he fired (i think he fired Tomahawks) have a large range on them. For instance, a tomahawk fired from Geneva (Alexandria) might be able to hit a target in Ardy's Reach. If you are at Ardy's reach, then imagine a large circle with the radius being the distance between Ardy's reach and Geneva. He could have been anywhere in that region. Further, he only needed to be there for a few minutes (until he launched his 38 missiles), and then go anywhere else. For instance, say he is at Geneva. He comes closer to Ardy's reach to Edardia, fires his missiles, and goes back to Geneva and crosses it to keep moving to say Port Portela. You wouldn't have known that at all, and he would still have done this without making his presence known.
Also, for a fleet, its pretty easy to make a secret move. The Argentinians had a hard time finding the British fleet during the Falklands war i believe. Even the Japanese had to wait a long time to find the American fleet during the WWII. Finding a fleet in the open oceans is like finding a needle in the haystack. Even with satellites, you can't find them. You gotta literally sift through each square area. And that takes time. And during war, time for some strange reason runs very fast.
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Re: LOA
I've heard that modern spy satellites have sufficient resolution to ID a terrorist leader (or whatever other specific person you're looking for) by physical features. Are you seriously saying they can't find an entire fleet of huge ships shooting missiles?
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Re: LOA
sure. the satellites can spot a person and then you can run image analysis software on the captured image. but knowing where to look in the first place is a longer process.
if i tell you the fleet is on co-ordinate (x, y), then surely you can go ahead and identify whether Montague is winking with one eye or two.
if i tell the CIA that i saw Osama in the Sahara Desert, they are not going to take their satellites and start scanning every square meter to find him !
well, if they do, its gonna take an awfully long time, with very remote chance of success.
if i tell you the fleet is on co-ordinate (x, y), then surely you can go ahead and identify whether Montague is winking with one eye or two.
if i tell the CIA that i saw Osama in the Sahara Desert, they are not going to take their satellites and start scanning every square meter to find him !
well, if they do, its gonna take an awfully long time, with very remote chance of success.
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Re: LOA
A whole fleet is, however, rather bigger than a single person ...
Andreas
"He showed up three or four years ago and accidentally took over the micronational world by being way more competent and enthusiastic than everyone else. Now he sort of rules us all, but it's a benevolent sort of thing, as far as we know."
~Scott Alexander
"He showed up three or four years ago and accidentally took over the micronational world by being way more competent and enthusiastic than everyone else. Now he sort of rules us all, but it's a benevolent sort of thing, as far as we know."
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Re: LOA
yes. true. but generally fleets dont move with ships within sights of each other. at least the american carrier battle group does not, as far as i know. they are within range and distance to protect each other and provide cover, but its not soo close like Normandy, or the battle of Jaris (where commonwealth ships and shirerithian ships were engaged in action so close to each other that they could throw cutlery at each other).
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End of day, its your call, whether you want to use that or not. I personally wouldn't use such method to find a fleet. I might try to find a ship that is already at port. That's possible. You have one satellite looking at the ports every now and then to see if any ships have gone from the port or not. That way you can tell if a ship is getting ready for sail (it usually takes about hours to make a ship ready to leave port).
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End of day, its your call, whether you want to use that or not. I personally wouldn't use such method to find a fleet. I might try to find a ship that is already at port. That's possible. You have one satellite looking at the ports every now and then to see if any ships have gone from the port or not. That way you can tell if a ship is getting ready for sail (it usually takes about hours to make a ship ready to leave port).