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Region: The Confederacy of Free Nations
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The "S" would sta d for super, as it would be longer and more powerful.
Russian Fedration, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica
>allow people to sell their organs for money, allowing the free market, liberty and freedom of choice to prevail
>re-become a leaf leaning college state
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Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Penguania And Antarctica
Yuk no lie if you cut my arm and my legs off I may be slighlty p!ssy for a long long stretch of time
Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona
A young weapons dealer named Kalaron, who was a pupil of mine until he turned to evil, helped the Socialists hunt down and destroy the democracy supporters. He betrayed and murdered your father. Now the democracy supporters are all but extinct. Kalaron was seduced by the dark side of the RP.
Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Penguania And Antarctica
I'm going to let people hire out the EC for peacekeeping among other things this is how we will make money off yalls nations.
Russian Fedration
There's a line, you know. You did more than cross it- you've gone so far you've crossed it again.
Jaslandia, Yukona
Who's more foolish? The fool or the fool who follows him?
Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Penguania And Antarctica
So he went across the globe and crossed the line? Twice?
Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Yukona
Who's the weapons dealer?
https://youtu.be/WWaLxFIVX1s
That's one of the EC's more lucrative lines of work.
Russian Fedration
No, they were next to the line, crossed it, then went around the globe and crossed it again.
Read my lips: *mouth shapes approximating a "Fųck you"*
I ain't gonna say they can't (that's a domestic issue so I don't even want any say) but hopefully they'd use some MT alternatives.
>pupil
Child, nah.
I write highly detailed articles and then sell the aforementioned weapon design, so I am.
Russian Fedration
The EC is based off of EFEC from Tom Clancy's End War that game took place around 2020 they are withen the guidelines. But I will figure out a different suit for the spec ops and will mark the MCC as non canon.
Russian Fedration
Well smuggle them for you.
I've got a bad feeling about this
Jaslandia, Aghrabia
Alrighty
I may send you a TG once I'm confirmed
I mean, I'd argue "Katana launchers", armour that can stop everything up to an anti-materiel round, "Forge guns", "Noxcium", "Microfusion cells", advanced robotic muscular systems that can operate for extended periods of time, Railguns, Soldier HUDs, Shields, and most of your vehicles are beyond MT or the limit we set.
Lasers are banned, again, on account of upsetting RP sanity.
Yukona
Kalaron does not smuggle.
The only people to smuggle weapons to are unreputible and generally terrible people.
Aghrabia, Definitely Not Helghan, Yukona
Actually modern US and Russia have what are known as THEL (Tactical High Energy Lasers) systems they are used to target aircraft and missiles. Obama attempted to have ours dismantled but it was overturned by congress. As proof
http://www.northropgrumman.com/Capabilities/ChemicalHighEnergyLaser/TacticalHighEnergyLaser/Documents/pageDocuments/SPIE_Manuscript_Tactical_high-.pdf
Most of my vehicle armor can withstand small arms fire as is normal at the range limit. My more armored vehicles can withstand a couple of tank rounds. The lighter can withstand up to a 50 cal but under intense fire the armor can be pierced by standard rifle rounds such as a 7.62. A couple rifle rounds to the glass is enough to blap through it as it can't stop everything. Like I said I will act like they are in the set limit but I don't really want to change anything incase one of my friends join NS because then when they find a region they like I might pop in there. That and I'm not the only one who works on the RP for this nation and it was a 2-1 vote to leave the last region.
Russian Fedration
That's one of the contracts that can be discussed with the EC although it is incredibly expensive as they tend to charge extra so they can cover up the operation successfully.
Russian Fedration
I understand that Lasers are a thing, the problem is that, much as Graphene, they destroy the MT aspects.
We've already had this debate twice now, thrice if you count telegrams but the end result was a "no" on their inclusion.
Trust me, I look at articles on the "future of the military" too, but I agree with Unf (one of the mods for our RPs) that they simply ruin the MT aspect.
The problem with your vehicles is that they include ridiculous things like Railguns (and no, that damn glorified cargo-ship we have equipped with one is proof of concept, not proof of implementation) while missing what a railgun actually is.
Railguns fire small slugs, you literally have one that fires a 230mm shell...this (alongside it being a railgun) is a pretty big problem.
Furthermore, you have helicopters that can carry sixty full grown, fully armed and armoured men?
Again, a problem is here...that's discounting your numbers though since the US navy is literally ten times smaller.
You...you also have ships that travel over four times faster than the newest cruiser in the US navy? 120 knots? Really?
Andromitus, Tserra, Yukona
Not with you, mind you, but with some others who've been over the boundery before like TCADS and Perland.
Andromitus
Most of what that was for was for the last RP. I'll keep speeds modern but I don't wanna change my FB's
Russian Fedration
^This. In RL I can build a railgun. I can build coilguns. They are not hard, just need to run the hardware store for materials. So believe me folks, I absolutely understand the science, and engineering behind "railguns", as they all seem to be commonly conflated. You cannot have "railguns" as a viable weapon system in MT. There are too many problems with it. Any "railgun" large and powerful enough to be used as a viable weapon are going to eat electricity like you would not believe, and with each shot, the amount of heat generated would be staggering. Among other problems.
Usually when we say a weapon that we technically have is PMT or not MT at all, its because it would require God-Mod levels to actually get it to work as a viable weapon system for RP purposes.
Russian Fedration
elite dangerous tells me that even in the far future railguns are heat generating monsters that cause me to overheat and get killed
Andromitus, Tserra, Definitely Not Helghan
lol you would think the cold vacuum of space would help with that overheating problem.
Mate, the problems go further than just the speeds.
Just copy the code, edit out the FT and replace them with a different, MT alternative (You would have to do so anyway for the RPs as they require an MT military factbook) in a new factbook so you don't change anything.
I might only take place in the PMT and Early FT stuff if that ever happens. In the meantime I'll work with the other two on this project and we'll make an MT factbook but it's kinda hard to find modern elf people.
Russian Fedration
that and to make another military factbook when you have maybe only 1 Open Factbook
most of my Stuff is MT-PMT anyways
Well alrighty.
To be honest, you can be ridiculous if it doesn't affect the RP too bad (Percy, again, is a goddamned sentient tank outta Thomas the Tank engine) and it's just a "unique" thing.
Tse uses old-fashioned armour, for example, but doesn't...you know...make it insanely effective?
If you ever need help or advice on that MT factbook, I'm more than willing to give my advice.
Jaslandia, Tserra, Percyton
Your elf people will be fine as long as they don't interfere with the RP (like Kal said). However, as head RP guy (alongside Unf), your stuff is too PMT/FT. Just make a separate factbook, and you'll be fine.
Jaslandia
I'm sorry, I'm vehemently against nations that use WP or chemical weapons.
Also, excluding some realism problems or standardization problems, they aren't terrible.
Russian Fedration
What about quicklime? I love me some quicklime.
Penguania And Antarctica
Standardization?
YAYAY! happy to hear
but im also sad to hear , WP and Chems are essential *Sad Face* :(
You know what kind of houses I love? The old plantation mansions in the deep south of America. Yes, I know they have a horrible legacy with slavery but I think they're beautiful, romantic looking buildings.
Russian Fedration, Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Penguania And Antarctica
Frankly, Kalaron is of the perspective that reducing casulties and unnecessary suffering is good. As such, we refuse to deal in chemical weapons and actively refuse to even trade with such nations.
Ew QL.
Russian Fedration, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Yes they are. So, what do y'all think of my new flag? I wanted to add the white borders because the black on black looked odd, but I wanted it to be more gritty like this flag
http://cdn01.wallconvert.com/_media/wallpapers_1280x800/1/1/coat-of-arms-of-germany-flag-4975.jpg
I even decided to show some ripple, but I'm willing to cover up those ripples if it doesn't look good (I really do want y'all's opinion on the ripples)
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
I would do without the white stroke on the emblem. Also, maybe lighten up the edges? It seems too...edgy. Other than that, I'd say it looks pretty rad.
Penguania And Antarctica
I like the eagle but the previous flag's colours were brighter which I thought was nice. It was more striking when the colours were more pronounced.
Penguania And Antarctica
It doesn't look terrible.
Trust me when I say the white strokes are necessary. I have a picture with lightened edges and no white stroke (was trying to darken the entire flag, but I couldn't find out how).
http://i.imgur.com/jvwD7xQ.png
Thank you for that compliment Kal
So general consensus is that it needs to be brighter. I'm fine with that
NP
So 'bout that SLHC, you want in when I write it up?
Of course
Your motto is Gott Mit Uns but how religious is your nation?
Penguania And Antarctica
Slight majority is either Lutheran or Catholic. I've been trying to decide which the Kaiser should be (probably Lutheran, saying the Royal family is from Northern Germany).
It'd be really cool if the CoFN RP universe had a united Christendom, but I know you and Lud have put in a lot with the Orthodox church. In this united Christianity, I envision that you could still have local patriarchs, but the five main ones are in Rome, Constantinople (but maybe Moscow since Constantinople is split), Antioch, Alexandria, and Jerusalem.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Ew religion ;P
Penguania And Antarctica
Exciting, isn't it?
Penguania And Antarctica
I'd go for Lutheran.
Before I made Nuremgard Orthodox, it was a Roman Catholic nation with special ties to the Vatican. They were so close in fact that tsars were crowned by the Pope. But as time wore on, I realised that Catholicism did not really sit well with the Russian culture of Nuremgard so I changed it. But I do like your idea of a united Christendom.
Penguania And Antarctica
Do you really? I should try to get others on board. I just need to figure out which nations follow Christianity?
Penguania And Antarctica
Well I have a nation sitting idle in this region that has a German name. I originally based it on Austria. I could perhaps bring it into the Reich as a Catholic power?
Penguania And Antarctica
Well, the Reich doesn't really have anymore available neighboring spots besides Denmark. Not to mention, if you want to do that thing we were talking about with Russia and all, that wouldn't really work
Penguania And Antarctica
I was going to suggest placing it at number 10 on the map but if you want to do the Russia thing then I wont bother. Just a suggestion.
Penguania And Antarctica
Well then lighten the black for the emblem to a dark gray.
Oh, number 10 is a direct vassal of Einsiev.
Penguania And Antarctica
Ah, okay. I read it as unclaimed on the map so assumed it was free.
Penguania And Antarctica
Ew, that's gross. The only thing I can really think of is either decreasing the size of the eagle or making a white circle in the middle of the flag and putting the eagle in that
What would be a better title for the head of government for my Saor Scotland? Chancellor or President?
Penguania And Antarctica
yea my concerns are as long as my causalities are low and "Unnecessary" Civilian Losses are at a low im all fine. However Parliament usally has to Approve such a Strike against a Purely Civilian Target
I mean, tbvh I only feel a sort of nebulous and general anxiety.
But yeah, a real riveting conversation on religions ;P
That...there wouldn't....
Why would you just bomb civilians?
Lots of Reasons .
Ranging from We Were struck First, we Need to Send a Message we need to Demoralize the Enemy Or we need to Tip the Balance in our favor . lots of reasons .
They can be checked in the Military Combat Code of Conduct
Striking civilians will neither end wars quicker, demoralize the enemy (provided they have good PR inside of their nations) or tip the odds in your favor on any way that couldn't be done by striking the military.
The US military at the least rejects the sole targeting of civilians, and I'm fairly certain the same is done for most civilised nations.
Publicly versus Actually is a Funny difference lol .
I use the Vietnam Mind set.
The North Was so stubborn so Operation Line Backer said Bomb them back to the stone age . everyone in the north got mad , The people were Discontent with the government and it forced them to the negotiating table because ever there people knew it was looking bad...but the north was shifty after that and still won ...
Lemme laugh at each of those reasons, *GLaDoS voice* You monster;
1. If you were struck first, why not aim for industrial-military-economic centers instead of civilian ones?
2. Tied into #3
3. Doing so would martyrize them, rally the enemy to their cause, pop-enemy nation into full gear, rally the international community behind them
4. Hitting civilians won't do that either, again, aiming for industrial centers, military bases, in almost every case, literally ANYWHERE ELSE would be better than a civilian center; hell, hitting civilians could actually demoralize YOUR troops as they kill innocents instead of the enemies troops and weapons centers.
Sorry baxxy got so invested in RF that I forgot about you :)
Make a flag with a white oval in the center, perhaps with a fancy gold rim to differentiate from your whiter layers; in theory (my head) I think it could work
Russian Fedration
Not unless your a Military Culture and military service is Glorified from the day your born and some kids are taken from birth to be Trained to be Soldiers .
i mean yea military targets first always , like i said theres certain cases that need to happen before we do that .
I'd go with Lutheran, because the Jaslandian Royal Family is Lutheran, and the official church is the Lutheran Church of Jaslandia (although it's like the Church of England in that no one is forced to be part of the Church), so we could form some sort of united Lutheran Church, or at least a Lutheran alliance.
Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Alright cool.
I'll work on one. It'll take time though since I have to get the group together in a call to see what we're going to do for it tech wise (most likely late MT or really early PMT) probably base it off of the JSOC from the ghost recon universe.
Russian Fedration
ROE is a funny thing in a nation convinced you're out to slaughter them...only aided by you actually slaughtering them >.>
As for this "Public versus Actual" thing, that's a violation of the laws of war and could land the guy in jail for a long, long time? Like, following the order to kill clear civilians is just as illegal as doing it yourself, though the ME is different than most conflicts due to the extreme diffaculty of proving the soldier didn't shoot person A because he thought they were going to ram the traffic stop.
Right, you have Vietnam, here's an Afghanistan and a Iraq...you really still want to infuriate hundreds of thousands of people by murdering innocent civilians?
In WW2, it didn't "demoralize" Germany to destroy Dresdin, it put the people's back to the wall and let Hitler persuade the people that he was their best chance of not being ruthlessly killed by the Soviets.
TL;DR, it doesn't help anyone to kill civilians because they'll either demoralize your public or radicalize the enemy population, probably both, actually.
LADIES, GENTLEMEN, AND WORLD LEADERS, IT IS NOW TEA TIME!
OUR SNACKS: GRAPES, RAVIOLI, AND TOFU
OUR DRINKS: DIET DR PEPPER, APPLE JUICE, AND ICED TEA
OUR TOPICS: MYTHOLOGY, PUTIN'S RUSSIA, AND NATIONAL PARKS
BONUS TOPIC: SHOULD MARIJUANA BE LEGALIZED FOR RECREATIONAL USE?
BONUS PROGRAMS: OPEN LETTERS, RANDOM LINKS, AND NONSENSICAL SENTENCES
Russian Fedration, Aghrabia, Vista Major, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
I tried. It's gross
Bears!
Bears everywhere!
*Throws ice*
Penguania And Antarctica
AAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIYEAAAAAA! I DON'T HAVE A LEADER! ANARCHY WOOO!
TOFU
D. DR. PEPPER
Mythology: Zuez stop bangin'; Putin interrupted someone with flying dildo-drones; Trumps trying to destroy these!
Bonus Topic - Because it is less deadly than tobacco, is not actually a gateway drug, and was only made illegal during the prohibition and was never relegalized; I say lets goooo! Legal Marijuana also keeps the blood money out of the Black Market.
An Open letter to the Ghengis "The Great" Khan;
~ Hey Great Great Great Great Great Great Great Great Great Great Great Great Great Great Great Great Grandaddy :3
Random Link: http://heeeeeeeey.com/
Nonsensical Sentences:
The fly is a f***ing cosmopolitan, having a trained assassin's stay overnight, and letting heartbreaking lies roll over us like a summer breeze.
Jaslandia, Continental Commonwealths, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona
I suppose but i really dont mind.
Is there a UN like thing here?
Ravioli
Iced Tea (Id Say DR.Pepper but i dont like diet)
Bonus Topic : no
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
There isn't a UN, though more often than not most nations fly against war-crimes *glances at ITF, Old CFN Era*
Jaslandia, Vista Major
hmmm.... alright . Thats good to know
Jaslandia
Grapes and Ice Tea, make it sweet
Mythology is not myth; verily, it is truly the highest of facts short of science. And I'll be darned if there was nothing to learn from it all!
*shivers* I'd rather not
PROTECT THE LAND PENGUINS!!! And the parks. They're great parks. Amazing parks. They're absolutely terrific, believe me.
Yes. All the yes. I won't smoke it, but, hey, I know some people
The purple penguin of all out spectacle glory and hallelujah in the name of the Lord Hosana shall rise from the oranged ocean alive and well, as is in Donnerstag.
Russian Fedration, Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Continental Commonwealths, Penguania And Antarctica
Let's just hope you guys never figure out about half the stuff I did in TNI...
Russian Fedration, Jaslandia, The Vidnoye
Eliminates environmental regulations
>welfare, education increase dramatically
>mining and forestry suddenly become relevant
>deaths in wilderness fall from 40s to under 20%
>incomes fall slightly
>other good and bad things
Today was good day
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
I'll have grapes and Dr Pepper.
Mythology: I've been watching CrashCourse Mythology recently (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8dPuuaLjXtNCG9Vq7vdvJytS-F-xGi7_), and I'm finding it really interesting. What I'm finding interesting is not just the stories and deities themselves, but why these deities arose (e.g. Why do some cultures assign gods and goddesses to one set of things, while that same set of things doesn't have any gods or goddesses in another culture). I also thought the description of the Greek pantheon as the prototypical family if given absolute power was pretty interesting.
Putin's Russia: Stuff like the gay 'propaganda' laws and suppression of dissent (ex: P*ssy Riot, assassination of journalists) concerns me, and I think Russia needs leadership other than Putin. Though, I'm not sure who that alternative to Putin could be, which is also a problem.
National parks: I don't think I've ever been to a nature-type one (like Yellowstone or Yosemite), but I've been to some of the monuments and memorials in Washington DC, which are controlled by the National Park Service. In general, I support national parks, and think they should continue to exist.
Bonus: Yes. I don't like marijuana, and part of my is still biased against marijuana smokers, but the evidence shows it's less dangerous than alcohol, so I see no reason why we shouldn't regulate marijuana like alcohol: legal, but taxed and with legal restrictions.
Random links: https://youtu.be/dmDc02mwBuI
https://youtu.be/siZoMTn1WqE
https://youtu.be/XNCQ9w59I7M
Russian Fedration, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Welp, I just submitted my citizenship application!
Russian Fedration, Penguania And Antarctica
Post self-deleted by Baxten.
Also, what the hell is this
http://imgur.com/gallery/lPWGr
Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
The only thing I don't like is the singular flag in the top-left; it makes my OCD senses tingle :3
Russian Fedration, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
I didn't want to do that either, but that really made it look Reich-y. It also put too much emphasis on the eagle
https://qph.ec.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-c5c6d2f1d0da93ff1cc49e16b7d25c2a
Penguania And Antarctica
Do it in all of the corners. That would make it look wayyyyyyyy more Imperial German-ish.
Russian Fedration
I don't know
I'm not an expert, but it's messed up my dude.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
I can second that notion; heck, make the bottom ones mirror the top so it looks like a background instead of 4 repeating sub-flags, see how that looks.
But almost anything is better than the single corner
God, I hate flag problems
Aghrabia, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica
What the actual fµck;
[nation=short]percyton[/nation], I think you might have a problem with railway management? After reading through this I want to assure you that trains within Andromitus are, at least with the more urbanized portions there is still 14% of the nation that needs to be updated, electric and most of the time maglev, we don't scrap them for parts and instead opt to refitting them with new train cars and modular design so we don't have to waste time building an entire new train's evertime an update comes out; sure our trains aren't sentient but if you need refuge...
I swear to whatever train lord you believe in if you need to hide from railway management Andromitus is the place to go.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
You can use this flag that I made a couple years ago for inspiration, or just outright use it yourself. I'm not using it.
http://imgur.com/2tKSLwS
There's also this one, that has a bit of a modern twist to it:
http://imgur.com/Ph4LrrW
I think I've seen that before. Yeah, some of the stuff that happens on Sodor is pretty effed up, but it's generally portrayed as harsh justice that only happens to a small minority of engines: most engines realize the error of their ways, and go on to be really useful, with only the incorrigible ones being turned into generators and such.
Well, at least how that is on Sodor. On the Other Railway (British Railways in real life), steam engines were cut up and scrapped simply for being outdated compared to modern diesel engines, who were often portrayed negatively in the Sodor universe. That's why Sir Topham Hatt/the Fat Controller established Sodor as a sanctuary for steam engines, where they can work hard and not have to worry about being replaced by diesels (Well, except for when the diesels Pip and Emma replaced Gordon in pulling the express, but they still let Gordon pull a shorter express train).
Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Well, I went single color. No color was just weird
I've seen that idea before, and they have a point. Things used to be pretty bad on the Other Railway, and Sodor was really the only safe place in Britain for steam locomotives. That's why some of the Railway Series books (which are what the TV show is based off of) can be pretty grim, like that one scene in Stepney the Bluebell Engine that's in the picture. However, things have gotten better since, and Sodor has and always will be a steam sanctuary. Plus, Revered Awdry (the author of the Railway Series), Britt Allcroft (the creator of the TV show), and everyone else who's talked about Sodor always left out the fact that engines in control, which changes some things.
I appreciate that Andromitus, and I'd love to visit your country one time and see your railway. However, Sodor is a pretty good place for steam engines; it's the Other Railway where the managers are cruel and uncaring.
Jaslandia, Continental Commonwealths, Penguania And Antarctica
I suggest you read the novel 1984 -
"The Party [Management] told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command...And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposedif all records told the same talethen the lie passed into history and became truth. 'Who controls the past' ran the Party slogan, 'controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.' Because as they told you, and you believed; War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.
Big Brother is watching you."
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Does this flah hurt you on the inside, Andy. Is this flag the bane of your existence?
Penguania And Antarctica
Assembled with Dot's Region Saver.
Written by Refuge Isle.