Space Empires 101 - Galactic Council

[AMF]

OOC: I have now set the turn to run on Jul 17, 2004 2:21:55 PM EDT. It is a "timed turn only" so you all can switch your turns up until that point,at which point the turn will run. Sorry for the delay/hassle/etc...

EDITS: I'll put the game back on autoturns after this turn.

Thanks,
Alarik

[ July 15, 2004, 20:19: Message edited by: alarikf ]

[Joachim]

Originally posted by Wardad:

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Originally posted by Joachim:
...The Dei after exhausting diplomatic options were in no postion to survive - evil talisman (but thats a different whinge ).

OOC:

Odd, you did not negotiate with the Cybers, or offer them systems.
Unless you consider your offer to conquer the galaxy together a cease fire negotiation.

...evil talisman... bwahahahahaha... sure go a head and blame it.
blame it for 3 major battle loses where:
1. you were defender, had the first firing round advantage, and missed.
2. your ships orders caused them to fire at range 4 ships instead of range 0 or 1 ships.
3. you had superior numbers and tonnage.
4. you had the wave motion gun.

I suspect your ships and fleets were not fully trained. I was surpised by the lopsided victories.


The talisman is a nice touch, but I also had a few tricks in my ships that helped a bit. Also, the Cybers do have a great defense rating, and are fully trained. [/QB]

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Nope, you are wrong in nearly all your wild allegations.
But I'll leave it there and not hichjack the thread anymore.

[Thermodyne]

IC:
Thermolia brings distressing news to the council today. We had planed to make an announcement of realignment and repatriation, but this is not possible under the current conditions. Thermolia and it’s newly joined peoples are under attack by the Cyber Collective. This is a most heinous act and was not preceded by any declaration of war. This war is a blatant act of aggression with the sole goal being the prevention of the realignment that Thermolia was planning to negotiate. Instead of gracefully receiving their fair share and just rewards, the CC has used its massive fleets to take what it is not lawfully entitled to. To allow them success in this endeavor will doom the galaxy to enslavement, and bring an end to civilization as we enjoy it today. We will all be doomed to be ruled by a race of ankle grabbers.

Thermolia now calls on its allies. We ask that they come to our aid during this time of need. We ask that they drive the barbarian ankle grabbers back to their dens. And restore peace to the galaxy. Only then can an equitable realignment take place. Only then can these worlds be returned to their rightful owners.


OOC: Ok here is the short Version. Any allies that show up for the fight will be well compensated. As it stands now, the CC will get it all. And we all know that this will not be the end of it, how will you stand against him then?

[Wardad]

Well, of course. NOW you act reasonable.
NOW you talk about negotiations and sharing.
There was no mention of that before, you know, back when I objected to RCC gifting an empire to you. That would have been the time to message.

The Cyber Empire has a long standing history of generousity, and will continue to do so.

It is sad that our former friends were double dealing us, and treating us as unpaid servants.

[Aiken]

1. About 50 years ago when Eysk was one of the weakest empires, leaders of the small nations (Eysk, Arteria and Vorlon) decided to form Lesser Union in order to protect each other and work together to achive economical and military success. We asked Thermolian Expanse to join us and be our leader. They refused, they told us that trade is the only kind of relations they want. I have no right to condemn their decision. But now we have opposite situation.

2. During Great Wars against Electrum and Dei-O, Eysk and Cyber Collective fought together hand by hand. Cybers are not most pleasant beings in the known universe, some of their actions are outrageous, but they never backstabbed us, so we won't do it too.

3. Cybersol started a dirty war. Where was no public war declaration. Cybersol draw in Citizen Federation to this war, although it was a conflict between 2 empires only. Previous demands of Cyber Collective are scandalous, and I think that the real reason of this war is greed.

We can't decide which side to choose, so we will stay neutral. Please don't use our systems for military routes and don't open warps into our space.

Eysk promised to not make any hostility against galactic races, but since all the treaties are broken and laws are crushed, I'm, Admiral Shekk, proud to declare Big Hunt for Wendigo Pride. Treat this as war declaration if you want.

[TerranC]

We of the Wendigo are saddened to hear of the news of late, news of shattered alliances and news of newlymade threats of war, but we must say that we are not surprised, and have been expecting such a cataclysm, seeing how the childish yet dangerous colonial ambitions of the Citizen Federation and the desperate need to be vindicated for innumerable losses of the Cyber Collective coupled with naivete of the RCC and their hopes of a galactic order with them being at its forefront, and their happy-go-lucky allies of once grand, once proud Thermolia, add the ambitions of the smaller races were bound to collide.

We of the Wendigo had hoped that our disengagement from the council with our ill-found gains and whatnot would actually save it from such a fate, and had hoped that other smaller races would also disengage, creating a non-aligned movement; but after returning from a deep slumber, we see that we could have been the catalyst for this pandemonium. Nevertheless, we shall stick by our decision made in the yesterwake, albeit with a slight change; we now renounce our former territorial revendications and consider all our previous attempts at brinksmanship void. I, on behalf of my pride, would also express my sincerest apologies to the RCC and particularily to His Majesty King Bio, for the covert actions undertaken against your empire by the awakened, who were supposed safeguard the Voyagers of the Dreams, instead of trying to carve out a small piece of the galaxy for themselves.

As a show of my regrets, we shall give your empire some of Electrum's ships garnered in the surrender, as much as we can spare, as soon as we get the chance.

But as all things turn in our little corner of the universe, we wish to reestablish our diplomatic links at their zenith before this sorrowful try at treason came to pass.

We shall await your responce.

And as for you dear marshall; it is true, I shall forfeit; my actions were of cowardice, one could say. But they were more of concern for the well being of my people, as you would have done, you also must concede to that. My people would have fought to the death, as I have repeatedly said, if that is what needs to be done; but a valiant warrior is valiant when he fights a fair battle and wins; only fools expect to fight against insurmountable odds and expect to survive.

I hope my answer finds itself well within you, but before I end with my volition of words, I have this to say; I would watch my vocabulary wisely, lest you find yourself a mockery of the galaxy.

And as for you, my dear admiral, the pride shall very much enjoying releasing your pitiful souls unto the unknown. I look forward to meeting your hunters, for they are now the hunted.

OoC: I'm back after three weeks of inactivity... sorry it took so long; there were some issues concerning my cable internet service, so I had to switch to sympatico, a DSL service, which took almost one week of waiting. Boy, it's good to be back into all this roleplaying I tell you.

[Wardad]

A prelude to war, after Alarik (RCC) sugested he would gift his systems to Thermodyne.:

Alarik,

This gives me serious heartburn.
I rescued both of you from a war Thermolia started.
I recieved nothing for it. You recieved all of Dei-Os territory.

Give Thermolia your native systems.
Give Cyber, Eysk, and Trooper the Dei-O systems.

I will not tolerate Thermolia recieving such resources.
Not after this message from them:
Message from the Thermolian Expanse:
"We offer this gift with the hope that you will bend over and grab them ankles."

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RCC rushed the gifting of systems, causing a rush to war on the Cybers part. The Cybers stand by the statement "I will not tolerate Thermolia recieving such resources." as a declaration of a war condition.