Update!

The Colony News has a recent update regarding the Liberty/Rheinland agreement!
Sisko replies! : President Sisko of Liberty has given an official reply to Chancellor Wilde of Rheinland. He has agreed to the terms, and has given intrest into a further alliance. Our question now is, what will Bretonia say about this? The King, if he does intend to attack Rheinland, which is still up in the air, will not be happy at all with this development.

House Hispania Formed : The Corsairs have decided to form a "House". They are going to step up military buildup, and they have stated that they are no longer allowing house incursions into their space. What they plan to do now is still up in the air, but our anylists are guessing that they will attempt to join with the Outcasts or other pirates, in addition to their new ally Samura, to attempt to create a third party in this war.

Btw, I am working on the battles. I really, really, hope to get a few done tonight, with the rest to follow tommorow afternoon. (I have a 11:15 dismissal tommorow, so I will have a lot of time. )

@ jacob: So you do plan to attack me, then?

Just so you know, this is an unprovoked and outrageous attack, and the Chancellor and all Rhineland officials are insulted and disgusted. If you do declare war, however, we will only move in self-defense to keep our systems and bases.

OOC: If there is an attack (good idea, jacob), a house vs. house thing is fair. It's two factions equally matched attacking each other. Please no one else get involved on my side or jacob's. (I really want to face him and just him alone).

Edited by - [ACWilde on 11/23/2004 5:24:36 PM

@ Sisko: We are conducting construction of our own yards, no longer of Kusari origin. Also we object to your move with the Samura, the Corsair Government has territory and an economy rivalling that of the House economies. We vouch for them. We have taken up the mantle of our ancestors and are House Hispania in all but name. We have proven ourselves in ending piracy, we moved quickly to ensure a ceasing of hostilities between Rheinland and Kusari and our forces have joined with all houses in stamping out criminal activity. Furthermore, we have openned up trade in the Sigma Systems to all and broken GMG strangleholds on the H-Fuel supply. We have proven ourselves, now allow us to acquire the necessary weapons to defend our space. The fact is, our bomber squadrons are more effective offensive weapons against cap ships, we only want defensive weapons, which is why we are acquiring battleships. I remind you, it is our intention of building a strong state that is a counter weight to major conflict by providing an X-factor. But if you continue to antagonize our right to self defense and soviergnty, we will be forced to look for allies, and it looks as if Rheinland is in the market.

Omega-11???
Lol, that's hillarious!
Have you been paying attention to my turns at all?
Go back, and look at the amount of forces that I have in that system.
You would die trying.
I'm gonna post a new turn soon, and you might want to pay a bit of attention...

maybe, but my force is pretty darn big. anyways, as I said I don't want a war. I don't know why you want one, so I can only assume this is a land grab. or system grab. whatever you call it.

Edit: ooh crap yeah that's a huge force. I mistook Omega 11 for Cortez (which is guarded by something like 20 LF wings so it would be pretty easy). However, my Dresden force is pretty big.

Edited by - [ACWilde on 11/23/2004 5:34:51 PM

LBN Breaking News:

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The Liberty Navy today has issued emergency redeployment orders to the Fleet. Battlegroups currently engaged with Bountry Hunter Guild forces are ordered to redeploy to the Kusari and Rhineland Borders as well as the Magellan system to protect against possible Hostilities against the corsairs.

At word of the formation of House Hispania which Liberty Officially does not recognize has ordered all Corsair craft from its space and has placed the Liberty Navy on an emergency war footing. Once considered a neutral force in the Sigma systems the Corsairs and Liberty Navy conducted peacekeeping missions together. These better times have recently fallen with the decision by the Corsairs to form their own House.

President Sisko today announced that should the Corsairs build a Capital shipyard and attempt to construct such ships they will be considered a rouge element and will target their instilations for dismantelment. Samura Industries is urged to remain neutral in this event and offers the Former Kusari and Rhineland Based Corperation sactuary in Liberty Space for the duration of the conflict should one breakout.

Liberty Forces are currently heavily engaged with the Bounty Hunters Guild and is preparing to redeploy its rapidly expanding fleet to defend Liberty Interiest.

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In response to this brewing war between Liberty and the Corsairs (or House Hispania), Rhineland will peacefully decline to not be involved (bribery, however, is still an option if anyone wants an ally ). We wish to stay friendly with both factions.

Also, I'm going to combine the Unioners into Rhineland, so now I can build revolutionary bombers. and a +10 on my per turn credits.

Edited by - [ACWilde on 11/23/2004 5:41:16 PM

Bretonia Turn 20

Lefover Money: 368
New Money: 728

Placement:
None

Purchases:
100 LF wings
6 Tech Researches (+2 LF CA, +2 CS CA, +2 HF FA)

Movements:

Attacks:
Glasgow Outpost in Leeds (Bowex)
Nago Station in Tau-29 (Kishiro)
Tau-31 Gate Construction Site in Tau-23 (BMM)
Brisen Mining Station in Omega-7 (Daumann)
then
Elbrich Mining Station in Omega-7 (Kruger)

Forces:
New London: 1 Planet, 10 HF
Cambridge: 1 Planet, 1 Capital Shipyard, 1 Small Station, 1 Dreadnought, 10 LF
Dublin: 2 Large Stations, 2 Small Stations, 20 HF, 10 LF
Edinburgh: 1 Large Station, 10 LF, 10 HF
Leeds: 1 Planet, 3 Large Stations, 1 Fighter Shipyard, 1 Dreadnought, 2 Cruisers, 5 HF
Manchester: 1 Large Station, 2 Small Stations, 5 HF
Tau-31: 2 Small Stations, Capital Shipyard, 20 LF
Tau-23: 1 Small Station, 1 Battleship, 1 Gunboat, 25 HF, 30 LF
Tau-29: 2 Small Stations, 1 Battleship, 1 Cruiser, 30 HF, 20 LF
Tau-37: 1 Small Station, 1 Battleship, 1 Gunboat, 20 LF
Omega-3: 1 Small Station, 10 LF
Omega 5: 1 Large Station, 1 Small Station, 1 Battleship, 10 HF, 20 LF
Omega-7: 2 Small Stations, 1 Battleship, 20 HF, 20 LF
Omega-11: 2 Large Stations, 3 Small Stations, 2 Battleships, 4 Cruisers, 3 Gunboats, 50 LF, 10 HF
Cortez: 1 Planet, 1 Large Station, 1 Small Station, 1 Cruiser, 16 LF
Arizona:

Systems Controlled:
New London (Capital)
Leeds
Cambridge
Dublin
Edinburgh
Manchester
Tau-31
Tau-23
Tau-29
Tau-37
Omega-3
Omega-5
Omega-7
Omega-11
Cortez
Arizona

Trade:
We are offering to sell ANY RESOURCE to any faction.
3 Credits per item.
IMG- Can you give the terms of the agreement between my predecessor and yourself?

Alliances:
Liberty- Alliance
Kusari- Alliance
BHG- Alliance
IMG- Alliance
Gaians- Alliance, Protectoral Promise
Corsairs- Protectoral Promise, Non-Agression Pact

Ship Stats:
LF- 5,4,5,2
HF- 4,2,4,2
VHF- 4,3,5,3
GB- 5,2,7,2
CS- 6,6,5,5
DN- 7,6,7,7
BS- 9,7,9,8


Remaining Income:
78 Credits, 65 Food, 22 H-Fuel, -29 Metals, 35 Oxygen, and 78 Water

Total Amounts of Surplus:
78 Credits, 572 Food, 602 H-Fuel, 655 Metals, 463 Oxygen, and 825 Water.

TO RHEINLAND:
I was about to call a meeting among my commanders to discuss how to take over Rheinland. However, in light of recent events, I have decided to cancel my meeting, as well as delay my plans to attack Rheinland, until further notice. I wish to take your previous offer into consideration. Reconsider your offer, and then present it to me. Hopefully, we can discuss the terms peacefully, and we can put aside our differences and move on.

TO LIBERTY:
I have purchased the Arizona system, and I sent the resources to you last turn. Please give me the location of my new system, and I will move into it next turn.


Edited by - ww2jacob on 11/23/2004 6:01:10 PM

Triyun's Battle-
Vogtland:
Success
-1 LF

My Techs-
2x LF CA- 1,2: 2 Success
2x CS CA- 8,5: 1 Success, 1 Failure
2x HF FA- 4,7: 1 Success, 1 Failure

More to come...

@ Rheinland:

So long as the House Hispania maintains its friendship with Liberty, which is our sincerest wish. We will forcibly block any attempt by Kusari to take advantage of the Rheinlands weakness.

@ Sisko: You don't have a border with the Corsairs Liberty. The Blood Dragons, Samura, and the Corsairs are committed to maintaining peace. The development of the Battleships by us is not a threat to you. We are obviously not going to attack Rheinland or Kusari, were not strong enough. The only possible logic, is long term you have imperialist ambitions in our space, perhaps after Rheinland is conquered by you and your Bretonian allies. Your governments supposed peaceful intentions are exposed for what they are, a farce. Our bombers have far more effective offensive capabilities and these have never been a problem, its obvious what your forces want is a vunerable underbelly for after your conquest of Rheinland to push straight through and take Kusari. WE WILL DEFEND THE NEUTRAL ZONE AND ALL CORPORATIONS IN IT TO OUR DEATH BEDS!

Edited by - Triyun on 11/23/2004 6:23:16 PM

My Battle Results:
Leeds @ Glasgow:
Victory
-2 HF
Tau-29 @ Nago:
Victory
No Losses
Tau-23 @ Tau-31 GCS
Victory
No Losses
Omega-7 @ Brisen:
Victory
No Losses
Omega-7 @ Elbrich
Victory
No Losses

I'll try to do GB's before I stop.

Edited by - ww2jacob on 11/23/2004 6:25:27 PM

Gunblader-

New York @ Rochester:
Victory
No Losses

To Bretonia:
Whatever side of any war you take, the Gaians are ready to help. If you want to contact me without posting it on the forum, my e-mail address is [email protected]. Althogh we do not have a big navy, we would like to help in any way we can.

Roc, Commander of the Gaians