Post-War Backstory
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Post-War Backstory
This is for any post-war backstory people would like to finish off (Scott might like a chance to say something, for example). My allies will probably also be interested in seeing this posted.
“And ... cut,†Andreas said. He was standing in an empty warehouse on Nelaga, one which officially belonged to the Archaeological Institute. He had teleported there as soon as he was sure the peace treaty was being signed. Only Frederick and Caspian were with him. “The war is officially over. You know what that means, boys?â€
“Magic?†Frederick allowed.
“Even better,†Andreas replied. “We can take those mercenaries down a peg now. Caspian ... do I even need to ask?â€
“Of course not, m’Lord,†Caspian replied. “As per your orders at the start, we have been tracking them on the astral plane via the Durium. After the ceasefire was struck we did a more thorough investigation – scrying via air, of course. We have located all the stolen technology and blueprints listed as missing. The Avatar has been waiting for my signal for days.â€
“You’re using the Avatar?†Andreas said, slightly taken aback.
“To shift objects instantly is a DC 10 spell. Those of us above that rank required the full use of our bodies ... I assume you’d prefer not to wait twenty minutes for a de and re-binding?â€
“Of course not,†Andreas said. “Let’s not delay any longer. But get it to leave this note in the place of the recovered items. Both of these notes, in fact.â€
Caspian took the two notes, glanced at them, and smiled. “Thankyou, m’Lord,†he said, nodding in Andreas’ direction, and then disappeared. Andreas and Frederick waited. An amount of time elapsed as would be sufficient for a sentence or two to be whispered, and then another seven seconds, and then all the missing Tokian technology began to appear out of mid air around them. Most of it appeared to have shifted fine and still be in working order. Caspian followed soon after.
“You didn’t have to bring it here,†Andreas said, laughing.
“Lord Nargoth can deal with its final removal from here,†Caspian explained. “I thought it best to bring proof to you as soon as possible, though. The war ended and all stolen technology recovered in under two minutes. That must be a new record for MANA.â€
“Let’s find North then,†Andreas said, putting a hand on the back of Caspian and Frederick, and leading them out. “And good work, my loyal followers. Good work indeed.â€
About a minute earlier.
On the mercenary ship lay the stolen technology. It had been left in a cargo hold – they had had other concerns as they journeyed down from Toketi, fleeing the legal uprising, and then the sub-attacks – and had largely been forgotten. If anyone was watching, they would have detected a tiny breeze, as if a puff of air had appeared inside the room. Before they’d even had time to think to themselves it odd there was a puff of air in a closed cargo hold, they would have had far more concerns. The technology began to disappear. It was like a clock hand was going around the room, and everything it touched disappeared. Within a second or two everything that had been stolen had disappeared. Then, in the centre of the room, two pieces of paper plopped gently onto the floor. If they hadn’t been seen appearing, they would be discovered soon enough.
The top was neatly printed with the letterhead of the Novatainian Department of Correction.It was unsigned.Code: Select all
To whom it may concern, Under section II.C of the Anunia Convention, any real assets lost or gained must be declared at the start of the conflict. Where the real asset losses are not defined at the start of the war, no assets can be lost based on the outcome of the war unless the losing nation agrees. No Tokish technology or blueprints were included in the declared list of real assets, and Toketi has made it clear they do not agree with your continued possession thereof. To assist you in this matter, a MANA operative has kindly removed the offending items for you. This has been done to save you the trouble of returning them, as your presence in Toketi or Novatainia may have caused complications for yourselves due to the arrest warrant placed on all of you. For your full understanding of the matter, some of the technology you stole included Durium, a metal of magical origin that exists on both the Material and Astral plane. This metal was easily located on the Astral plane by MANA operatives. By means of ‘Scry and Shift Air’ (90 seconds, DC 7) spells, these operatives have, over the past few weeks, gained a complete understanding of the location of all the offending articles. They did not pass the location of your ships onto orbatted Novatainian forces, as that would have been cheating. They were, however, ready to remove the offending articles the moment the war ended and any restrictions on the use of magic with regards to your units ceased. An Astral Spirit bound to a puff of air shifted to your location and used a ‘Shift Object’ (0 seconds, DC 10) spell. As such a spell is instantaneous, and the spirit in question was well aware of the location of all offending articles, they were removed almost instantaneously. Your assistance in this matter has been greatly appreciated. Please don’t consider Novatainia for all your quasi-legal looting needs in the future. Have a nice day.
Below this neatly printed page was a handwritten letter, on several pieces of lined writing paper. Though the hand writing was messy, it was reasonably legible, and could be read as follows.
“Dear Mercenaries,
You may have noticed that the technology you stole has been removed magically. I have included a full report of the mechanics of this. While it probably doesn’t interest you, I include it so you are fully aware what you got yourself into by attacking Novatainia and Toketi. I want you to know exactly who you are dealing with. We are both nations that practise magic. We are also honourable nations, and in international wars, we stick strictly to the convention. As such, we would never use magic to interfere with the course of combat, or affect legally orbatted units. We also wouldn’t use the numerous other armies based around our lands that aren’t legally orbatted. We expect in return the simple decency of those we are fighting against to focus their attention on other orbatted units – this is, after all, a recwar. You have somewhat violated these simple decencies.
Your attacks on Novatainia and Toketi show a surprising level of research. I assume, in such research, you would then be well aware of our War Crimes Law. An arrest warrant was placed on all of your orbatted forces early on in the war, for your initial attacks. If that wasn’t enough, your further attempts to attack the Spire and other Novatainian towns, all of which possessed no strategic value for the conflict have confirmed the appropriateness of this warrant. This letter is, in part, to inform you that that warrant will remain in effect now, after the war, and continue indefinitely.
I am merciful. You are aware, by this letter’s presence, that we traced your exact location through the technology you foolishly stole. I am giving you one day from now to flee. I would suggest fleeing Micras, personally. We will not make any attempt to follow your ships or trace your location during those twenty four hours. You will not be given such an offer again.
After that day is up, the hunt is on. If any of you set foot within Novatainia, or, I expect, Toketi, you will be arrested on sight. If any of you seek refuge in our allies, we will request permission to apprehend you. Your status as ‘mercenaries’ has been officially downgraded in Novatainia to ‘terrorists,’ and you will be described as such to our allies. If we don’t already, we soon hope to have photos of each and every one of you, that can be forwarded to the forces of Justice around the world to assist in your apprehension. You will face trial, and you will be brought to justice for your actions. If you think that your war experiences of gallivanting around our lands is anything to go on, then you are sadly mistaken. There, you were protected by the Anunia Convention. We will not mistake the mistake of entering a war with you again. There is now no force on Micras that can stop us. Our full armed and police forces are at our disposal. And, more fearfully, the full range of magical weapons are at our beck and call. You have the two most magically advanced and powerful nations on Micras seeking you. That was who you messed with.
You need not fear for your lives. I, at least, have no interest in revenge, merely bringing you to justice. I cannot speak for the others, but any and all Novatainian forces who try to apprehend you will be under strict orders to take you alive. In this respect, magical methods are far more effective than mundane. Oh, and the Jokerdom Police Force are also after you, I believe. No one ever suspects them before they arrive – their chief weapon is surprise. If you wish to avoid facing up to your actions, you had best flee Micras, to Aura, perhaps, or another world entirely. Only there, or six feet under, will be sufficient to be sure of your escape. When you are eventually apprehended, be sure to ask to be taken directly to the Head Offices of the Department of Justice in Novatica. Appearances can be deceiving.
Finally, on a personal note, I must extend my congratulations. You have all made it to the position of ‘Novatainia’s Most Wanted Non-Magical,’ a position which was previously held (largely posthumously) by a certain Lord Montague. This is not to enlargen your actions – despite having cowardly chosen to avoid all legally orbatted forces, your rampages have, in Novatainia at least, done little more lasting damage than a few fishing boats. Your yellow streak and ineffectiveness in this regard is only matched by the fact you fled Toketi when orbatted forces rose up, and that you failed to make a single attack on other orbatted forces that hadn’t specifically moved into the area to target you. Apart, that is, from Nova Kajar, when you failed to notice they had moved out of the city. I was most amused to note that you showed your true colours at the end of the war – siding with the Micras-destroying mercenaries led by Nickleson, instead of with the pro-Maraguo side as you once claimed. Unfortunately for you, that might make life difficult for you, if you planned to seek shelter with them. If I ever need mercenaries, I shall be sure to contact you ... if I am fighting an army of straw dummies.
No, the position of “Most Wanted Non-Maigcal†is not to enlargen your activities, for your results hardly merit it. It merely represents how repulsed we are by the motives behind your actions, and how hopeful we are that there might still be a spark of decency inside you that may be grown if you are brought to face the consequences of your actions soon.
Yours sincerely,
King Andreas the Overtitled.â€
And that was that.
Back with Andreas and co
Andreas, Frederick and Caspian had subsequently moved outside, and were standing by the cliff that went around all the Jasonian isles. Mel’Kat walked up solemnly, bearing an envelope. “This is for you, my Baron,†he said. “It is my official resignation as your Admiral. When I first took the post, I dreamed of honour and glory. I thought that with all the conventions, war was honourable and controlled now, and that, with the obvious exception of Babkha, the world no longer had people who would aim to kill as many of the defenceless as they could. I see that I was wrong, and I can take it no longer. So I am resigning and becoming a pirate.†Mel’Kat drew a large tricorn out of his pocket and put it on.
Andreas looked up from reading the resignation and gasped. “A pirate? But that’s so out of character for you!â€
“I have read of honour and fair strategy in the history books. I see now that is all stories, and reality is quite different. I have read the history of pirates. They tended to be rogues and scoundrels. I intend to make reality quite different,†Mel’Kat replied. “I shall sail on The High Seas that girt the Flying Duchy of Glanurchy, stealing from the overly rich and from scoundrels, and giving my treasure to the poor, and those involved in historical research. Which is normally the same people. Anyway, I shall sail up there, away from the horrible world ... but if Novatainia ever needs me, my crew and I will be there to defend its coasts.â€
“You have made up your mind full on this?†Andreas asked.
“I have,†Mel’Kat said.
“Then I accept your resignation,†Andreas said. “You are now no longer serving in the Novatainian or Shirithian navy.†Then Andreas dropped the letter and gave Mel’Kat a huge hug. “Come here, you old scoundrel,†he said. “Stay in touch, ok?â€
“Of course,†Mel’Kat replied. Then he looked up into the sky. “I’d best be away, while the wind is still good. Farewell, my friends,†he said. Then he jumped backwards off the cliff ... onto a waiting Airship that sailed up into the clouds ... and was gone.
“Well, that was unexpected,†Frederick said. The three of them burst into laughter.
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Re: Post-War Backstory
Mighty Magical Mages
As the letter arrived, the communications officer handed it over to Him. He was still sitting in the darkened room, though now He was deeply in His home territory. He opened the letter and turned on the table light next to Him. It informed him of the sudden dissaperance of a few items from the X-1000 ship.
"Get me a list of items they stole from us."
"Yes sir. Here it is," said the officer and handed Him another document. "As you can see, it was nothing important really. I personally think that they were planning on retaking the Token weapons we stole earlier from them."
He looked at the document and then at the officer.
"You make sense, officer. I suppose they never realized that the Token weapon systems were removed from the warzone immediately and flown halfway around the world!"
"No sir."
"They probably also don't realize that their weapon systems were thoroughly analyzed and duplicated by the mad Karnalian scientists spread around our homeland and in other remote parts of the world!"
"Probably not sir. I don't think they also realize that these weapon systems were copied by non-participants of this war. And thus, Annunia didn't apply to them."
"Offcourse. The advantages of being a private organization in a war is that you can be hired by multiple parties for multiple tasks, and while only one of those parties is liable for what we do, the other is free to do what they want."
"Yes sir."
"Now, that being said, send the Token weapon systems back to the Tokens. I am told the reverse engineering work has been completed on all the projects."
"Yes sir. There is one more thing..."
The officer waited for some sign from the dark parts of the room. A sign of any kind to suggest He was ready to accept the next news. He waited a few seconds, but no saw no signs. Fearing that he might make Him wait too long and that He might send him to His infamous saltmines, he continued on.
"Sir, the Novatainians sent this message a few minutes earlier."
"Let me see, " He began in his deep voice, "yada yada yada... blah blah.. blah.. 'Your attacks on Novatainia and Toketi show a surprising level of research.' Well, that's what one does before going to war. Maybe they'll learn from this lesson. Anyways, moving on... 'I assume, in such research, you would then be well aware of our War Crimes Law. An arrest warrant was placed on all of our orbatted forces early on in the war, for your initial attacks."
There a few minutes of silence in the room. Then a huge burst of laughter from the dark corners.
"I love these Novatainians. In an official letter to the enemy, they mention how their OWN fores have been arrested for OUR attacks on their lands. You gotta give these guys some credit! They are like Babkhans, but without the Babkhan part. They put their own men under arrest for failing to protect their own nation. That's bloody good. Would have made an excellent adversary if they actually fought against us rather than hiding in Jasonia!"
"Yes sir. You should keep reading. It gets hilarious!"
"Alright. I shall keep reading. Now let's continue... 'If that wasn’t enough, your further attempts to attack the Spire and other Novatainian towns, all of which possessed no strategic value for the conflict have confirmed the appropriateness of this warrant. This letter is, in part, to inform you that that warrant will remain in effect now, after the war, and continue indefinitely.' Strange. Do they even know who actually attacked their nation?"
"Sir, if I may, you should read the next line. That's top class!"
"Really? 'I am merciful. You are aware, by this letter’s presence, that we traced your exact location through the technology you foolishly stole. I am giving you one day from now to flee. I would suggest fleeing Micras, personally. We will not make any attempt to follow your ships or trace your location during those twenty four hours. You will not be given such an offer again.'"
A few seconds of silence passed in the room.
"That does indeed top it up. First, they dont know who attacked them. Second, they traced our location when infact we are no where near the weapon systems. Third, I am not even on the bloody ship anymore! Fourth... oh bollocks. I don't even want to continue on this. Throw this away."
"yes sir."
The officer picked up the documents he had provided Him and began to walk towards the exit.
"Wait. Send this communication to this King Andreas"
The officer waited for a few minutes for Him to write down a message on a piece of paper. It read:
Summary:
Several barrels of dump/sewage disappears from the X-1000 carrier, magically. It was assumed that the Toketians did this and thus, in response, the kind-hearted mercenaries are sending them the real stuff. The Toketian weapon systems had been removed from the war zone as soon as they were stolen (secret move). Obviously the "magical powers" and "tracking system" failed to identify the location. Nonetheless, the weapon systems are being returned. Or most are at least. The others are being returned in broken bits and pieces, mostly because they got destroyed during attempts to reverse engineer them and/or during the procedure where they were authorized to be tested to destruction.
The mercenaries are also glad that the Novatainians are putting their own armed forces under arrest for the attacks made by the mercenaries. Though not mentioned in the post above, the mercenaries are more than happy to be hired to hunt down any of the Novatainian armed force member and eliminate them in order to bring them to justice.
And a message sent to King Andreas. Read it above in the quote.
As the letter arrived, the communications officer handed it over to Him. He was still sitting in the darkened room, though now He was deeply in His home territory. He opened the letter and turned on the table light next to Him. It informed him of the sudden dissaperance of a few items from the X-1000 ship.
"Get me a list of items they stole from us."
"Yes sir. Here it is," said the officer and handed Him another document. "As you can see, it was nothing important really. I personally think that they were planning on retaking the Token weapons we stole earlier from them."
He looked at the document and then at the officer.
"You make sense, officer. I suppose they never realized that the Token weapon systems were removed from the warzone immediately and flown halfway around the world!"
"No sir."
"They probably also don't realize that their weapon systems were thoroughly analyzed and duplicated by the mad Karnalian scientists spread around our homeland and in other remote parts of the world!"
"Probably not sir. I don't think they also realize that these weapon systems were copied by non-participants of this war. And thus, Annunia didn't apply to them."
"Offcourse. The advantages of being a private organization in a war is that you can be hired by multiple parties for multiple tasks, and while only one of those parties is liable for what we do, the other is free to do what they want."
"Yes sir."
"Now, that being said, send the Token weapon systems back to the Tokens. I am told the reverse engineering work has been completed on all the projects."
"Yes sir. There is one more thing..."
The officer waited for some sign from the dark parts of the room. A sign of any kind to suggest He was ready to accept the next news. He waited a few seconds, but no saw no signs. Fearing that he might make Him wait too long and that He might send him to His infamous saltmines, he continued on.
"Sir, the Novatainians sent this message a few minutes earlier."
"Let me see, " He began in his deep voice, "yada yada yada... blah blah.. blah.. 'Your attacks on Novatainia and Toketi show a surprising level of research.' Well, that's what one does before going to war. Maybe they'll learn from this lesson. Anyways, moving on... 'I assume, in such research, you would then be well aware of our War Crimes Law. An arrest warrant was placed on all of our orbatted forces early on in the war, for your initial attacks."
There a few minutes of silence in the room. Then a huge burst of laughter from the dark corners.
"I love these Novatainians. In an official letter to the enemy, they mention how their OWN fores have been arrested for OUR attacks on their lands. You gotta give these guys some credit! They are like Babkhans, but without the Babkhan part. They put their own men under arrest for failing to protect their own nation. That's bloody good. Would have made an excellent adversary if they actually fought against us rather than hiding in Jasonia!"
"Yes sir. You should keep reading. It gets hilarious!"
"Alright. I shall keep reading. Now let's continue... 'If that wasn’t enough, your further attempts to attack the Spire and other Novatainian towns, all of which possessed no strategic value for the conflict have confirmed the appropriateness of this warrant. This letter is, in part, to inform you that that warrant will remain in effect now, after the war, and continue indefinitely.' Strange. Do they even know who actually attacked their nation?"
"Sir, if I may, you should read the next line. That's top class!"
"Really? 'I am merciful. You are aware, by this letter’s presence, that we traced your exact location through the technology you foolishly stole. I am giving you one day from now to flee. I would suggest fleeing Micras, personally. We will not make any attempt to follow your ships or trace your location during those twenty four hours. You will not be given such an offer again.'"
A few seconds of silence passed in the room.
"That does indeed top it up. First, they dont know who attacked them. Second, they traced our location when infact we are no where near the weapon systems. Third, I am not even on the bloody ship anymore! Fourth... oh bollocks. I don't even want to continue on this. Throw this away."
"yes sir."
The officer picked up the documents he had provided Him and began to walk towards the exit.
"Wait. Send this communication to this King Andreas"
The officer waited for a few minutes for Him to write down a message on a piece of paper. It read:
"I always wanted to use that word, 'Capiche." He said.To King Andreas
You overtitled infidel. You don't even know the identity of your attacker. Nor do you know what really happened in this war. So, why don't you shut up and go play with your silly little magic toys in that silly little magic world of yours? Capiche?
Signed.
The one who attacked you,
The one whose name you do not know,
The one whose location you do not know.
The one who... well you get the idea.
Summary:
Several barrels of dump/sewage disappears from the X-1000 carrier, magically. It was assumed that the Toketians did this and thus, in response, the kind-hearted mercenaries are sending them the real stuff. The Toketian weapon systems had been removed from the war zone as soon as they were stolen (secret move). Obviously the "magical powers" and "tracking system" failed to identify the location. Nonetheless, the weapon systems are being returned. Or most are at least. The others are being returned in broken bits and pieces, mostly because they got destroyed during attempts to reverse engineer them and/or during the procedure where they were authorized to be tested to destruction.
The mercenaries are also glad that the Novatainians are putting their own armed forces under arrest for the attacks made by the mercenaries. Though not mentioned in the post above, the mercenaries are more than happy to be hired to hunt down any of the Novatainian armed force member and eliminate them in order to bring them to justice.
And a message sent to King Andreas. Read it above in the quote.
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Summary: We got the stuff, believe me. Secret order to track it anywhere from when you stole it. You can't hide Durium, mate . If you're going to pull the "you described it wrong" line, you'd have to explain exactly how you hid your durium in a way to Bayen's satisfaction. I mean, I explained how I found it. It's not my fault Monty never replies to my pms. You're confusing IC knowledge with OOC again. OOC I don't care if you claim to have sent them to Tarsica (though that would be really pushing the limits of non-combat personnel), I just know we can track it from the moment it was stolen. IC, Andreas doesn't know everything but the Dark Watchers know exactly where it is. You're grasping at threads arguing from a description, and you know it. I can discuss magical theory till the cows come home. How did you intend to hide Durium on the Astral plane? Remember, I was being nice when I stopped the disputes and said 'We'll just track it magically and take it back at the end of the war'. You get to say you stole it. You don't get to use that knowledge beyond the three weeks of this war. It's win-win. Don't abuse my niceness or I'll think a lot less of you as a person than I already do."It appears you made a spelling mistake, my Lord," Frederick said, as he handed Andreas their response. "The mercenaries picked up on it."
Andreas laughed as he read it. "Nice to see they at least read the note," he replied, putting the response at his desk. "They seem to have missed the fact that that was a handwritten letter and that the official communique stated the matter clearly. Oh well, if they can't read my handwriting perfectly, that's their problem."
"They seem to believe that we don't know who they were," Frederick suggested. "A pile of garbage has also arrived in Toketi that they claim is the remains of the weaponry they stole."
"So they're not admitting that we got the real stuff?" Andreas asked. "Clearly they don't understand the first thing about the CAA technology they took. From the moment we were alerted to it being taken, the Dark Watchers were on them. On the Astral plane, it can be hard to tell exactly where you are materially, but it's dead easy to recognise Durium. We definitely got the real stuff. The proof is they found the note. So it wasn't on their orbatted warship - minor details. Important things is we got the stuff back."
"And the thought we don't know who they are?" Frederick prompted again. He hadn't been dealing with either the magical or non-magical side of this investigation, and so wanted to be sure things were going well.
"NISB does," Andreas replied. "Their style of attacks, the choice of targets, photos of faces from fleeing Tokians - that'd be all they need. But they seem to have forgotten they entered the Anunia Convention. I wrote that convention. Every force used in war must be orbatted. Every one. It's what stopped us using our army against them in the homeland. And it also means that in the archives of the Anunia Convention, an archives, ironically enough, held in the Novatainian War Museum and also in Apollo City, where MCS offices are (a city which is in my Duchy) that an exact list of all military personnel are there." He held the list up in his hand. "We have names and photos. They might be fake names, though cheating the Anunia Convention is a crime in itself that would get them blacklisted from any future war fought under it; but the photos are real. They have to be taken by licensed Anunia agents. I recall the agents making their way to Babkha for the duty when the mercenaries appeared out of the blue. The agents returned back unhindered - I made sure of that. We have their details. They may not have had to declare who was paying them, but they had to declare everything else. They will be found."
"And if they spent time reverse engineering in the process?" Frederick asked.
"Three things. One, I doubt they could. Have you seen the CAA stuff? Half of it uses magic in a small but crucial way to get it fully working. They don't have Durium. And the CAA computers are built to a standard to resist even Artificer Jarus hacking them. Reverse engineering in three weeks stuff that took up to six months to develop? Two, full blueprints, even if copied, would be a material gain in knowledge from the war, which is illegal under the Anunia Convention. Thus, we wouldn't have to face them. Sure, they might have some scientists who remember a bit of how to make them - experience can't be removed, obviously - but they won't be able to recreate everything from that. No, they'll have a reasonable idea how to fight them, and nothing more. Three, Toketi's gear, Toketi's problem. I've done my best."
"And a response?" Frederick asked.
"Tell them, politely, that they are fools. We have all the information they need, and if they miss their chance to flee, that's their problem. They're out of Anunia now. They have absolutely no protection from our magic, save our own decency. And tell them I don't presume to tell the Tokians how to handle their magic," Andreas finished. "And just in case - tell Caspian new job for those ex-Dark Watchers. Just in case they have managed to trick our intelligence somehow, the Dark watchers are to find and follow them and confirm all the information we have. It might take a while. But Dark Watchers work 24/7, can get into anywhere, and are entirely undetectable. They don't need to know this, and they don't need to know how. But they don't have mages to protect them, and their arrogant response suggests they never will. If they come to Novatainia, they will be found, and they will face justice.
And we know who you are. You fought under Anunia, we know the forces that fought. You can't change the basic details of Conventional War reality. Who cares who hired you? Its the soldiers we're after. Sorry if you can't read my handwriting, I did say it was a bit messy
And your reverse engineering lark is just laughable. Three weeks? North may have more to say in that area, but I doubt he'll be bothered. You don't have it, and never will. You thought Longbow's moves were a bit crazy? Claiming you can steal stuff that shouldn't by rights even exist and then expecting to reverse engineer it perfectly in three weeks off secret moves makes a mere infiltration of Hyperboreans look like a basic, "my bombers fly to bomb the next city," move.
Edited to make the summary clearer.
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"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: Post-War Backstory
(really this whole post is written in response to the gunship that was taken as that was i think the only thing that was mine...)
eh all i have to say with designs is da Vinci tank. that one thing which doesn't work in the designs in the case of da vinci's tank it had to do with the wheels going in opposite directions. but that was a simple design where as these things are cutting edge if not too far advanced. realize i dont use these weapons internationally.
i dont even remember what you got... tanks and a gunship, and body armor...
the only thing i care about is the gunship which i doubt would be able to be moved around the world anywhere without getting it to fly or by ship. as one of those things is probably the size of one of your ospreys. further the gunships key systems are tamper resistant, if you dont shut them down (need to have proper equipment) it will start an overload procedure which will destroy the key systems and maybe trigger an explosion... but maybe not.
so yay you have tanks and body armor.
not my stuff and not my problem
eh all i have to say with designs is da Vinci tank. that one thing which doesn't work in the designs in the case of da vinci's tank it had to do with the wheels going in opposite directions. but that was a simple design where as these things are cutting edge if not too far advanced. realize i dont use these weapons internationally.
i dont even remember what you got... tanks and a gunship, and body armor...
the only thing i care about is the gunship which i doubt would be able to be moved around the world anywhere without getting it to fly or by ship. as one of those things is probably the size of one of your ospreys. further the gunships key systems are tamper resistant, if you dont shut them down (need to have proper equipment) it will start an overload procedure which will destroy the key systems and maybe trigger an explosion... but maybe not.
so yay you have tanks and body armor.
not my stuff and not my problem
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Sorry Extreme ... forgot that you didn't get what you wanted (cause it wasn't in the place you attacked), you just got some body armour designed for people twice as tall as any human, a glorified gun (and a single one is going to be so useful without the attachments ) and some vague intel on some other stuff, which certainly wouldn't be anywhere near enough to make your own from, let alone in three weeks. I maintain that we could find the stuff via Durium no trouble, no matter where it was on Micras, but I won't bother discussing what intel you got from it in the three weeks you had it, save to say that three weeks is a darn short time to reverse engineer Chelkran body armour. You act as if your mad Karnali scientists (who aren't even on Micras since you don't have a nation, anything you did during war time was limited to participatory nations, and I can't imagine Shireroth's MoMA giving you permission to reverse engineer his own tech on Shirithian land ), can do anything you say they can. Of course, I act like that with the Dark Watchers, but the difference is that I'm working under very strict magical limitations which I'm quite aware of and could wax on about for thousands of words, and I think you're just saying "I have scientists who are awesome." Oh well. You made the Red List and I'm fully intending to never recwar with you again, so I shouldn't have to worry about this anymore. Just don't send your merecenaries near Novatainia again, in character or out, or we won't be nice enough to not use magic against you again.
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
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It all bollocks that I don't want a part of it. If the war's over, continue you're bickering elsewhere.
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This could induce psychosis in the vulnerable...
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Monty; then go and let people that want to try to sort things out so do. The war is over. You are released from your duties as judge.
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Sorting out via pm. This is just for the stuff that goes on the record at the end of the war.
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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Like I said, we got it during the war, and returned it to you (in pieces) at the end of the war.
If it helps, we lost some very good people (babkhan saltmine slaves) during the reverse engineering study. But other than that, there's not much loss. And that's it.
Oh, since the war is over.. i guess that's that. you got the weapon pieces back and i got my forces back who are on their rest period and a large group of scientists working on the data collected from the Toketian weapon systems.
Looking forward to the next war. Oh that's too bad that you wont be in it, Andreas. And about that threat of other Toketian and Novatainian citizens, yeah... see, now that's the kind of behavior that would classify your nations as taking recwars too seriously and would throw you out of any respectable recwar organization (Ben's MRWS namely).
Also, this is probably going to be the last of my posts here, since this war is over and I don't want to bother arguing over the details anymore. I stole the weapons (you agreed to me having all the weapons on that list) and returned them back to you (albeit damaged. if you dont want it, i'll gladly keep it). If you think one of the participating nations got the technical specs, then you are free to use YOUR "Annunia-powers" to get it back. But off course, I won't tell you who it is.
If it helps, we lost some very good people (babkhan saltmine slaves) during the reverse engineering study. But other than that, there's not much loss. And that's it.
Oh, since the war is over.. i guess that's that. you got the weapon pieces back and i got my forces back who are on their rest period and a large group of scientists working on the data collected from the Toketian weapon systems.
Looking forward to the next war. Oh that's too bad that you wont be in it, Andreas. And about that threat of other Toketian and Novatainian citizens, yeah... see, now that's the kind of behavior that would classify your nations as taking recwars too seriously and would throw you out of any respectable recwar organization (Ben's MRWS namely).
Also, this is probably going to be the last of my posts here, since this war is over and I don't want to bother arguing over the details anymore. I stole the weapons (you agreed to me having all the weapons on that list) and returned them back to you (albeit damaged. if you dont want it, i'll gladly keep it). If you think one of the participating nations got the technical specs, then you are free to use YOUR "Annunia-powers" to get it back. But off course, I won't tell you who it is.
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congrats dude you now know that ceramic plates can be used to stop some projectiles.
Brilliant!
and your recwar charter would kick a person out for acting in character for a national leader?
wow glad i dont participate under your charter.
oh and further congrats on now joining in on tokian culture. i can't say were glad to have you but hey in a way your one of us now.
Brilliant!
and your recwar charter would kick a person out for acting in character for a national leader?
wow glad i dont participate under your charter.
oh and further congrats on now joining in on tokian culture. i can't say were glad to have you but hey in a way your one of us now.
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No, never said that. Perhaps, you should read and find out stuff before actually opening your mouth and speaking (or posting in this case).and your recwar charter would kick a person out for acting in character for a national leader?
Whatever floats your boat man. But to be honest, I still think magic is stupid and thrown in the garbage section of the room. But hey, if that's what you guys fancy, then that's good for you. I am not going to judge. Just like gays, lesbians and platypus. As in I don't judge these groups either, but accept their presence amongst us.oh and further congrats on now joining in on tokian culture. i can't say were glad to have you but hey in a way your one of us now.
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A pity, I thought you were better than this, Extreme. Well, I've learnt my lesson. I participate in recwars primarily to have fun and improve literary skills. But some people have quite different definitions of fun than me, definitions which seem to make my life a misery, and its that sort of people I shall avoid recwarring with in the future . Internal recwars have always run a lot more smoothly anyway . Best of luck, and enjoy your future international recwars, Extreme. I hope you find other people to have 'fun' with next time. As for me, I'll stick to the Green List.
And sincere apologies to all the Tokians I talked into entering this war. Didn't expect at all it would turn out like this at all. Please don't attack me in CITRA just because of this
And sincere apologies to all the Tokians I talked into entering this war. Didn't expect at all it would turn out like this at all. Please don't attack me in CITRA just because of this
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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apology accepted Andreas. Though you do owe me one, a debt that I may cash in alarmingly soon...
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for once i thought i would have a good time and leave the MCS not feeling weird and wanting to hide oh well.
well all it was an interesting time.
i do think everyone did a good job with keeping things interesting and writing good backstories. they were atleast better than mine.
well all thanks for the time, cheers.
well all it was an interesting time.
i do think everyone did a good job with keeping things interesting and writing good backstories. they were atleast better than mine.
well all thanks for the time, cheers.