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Baxten wrote:Hey yall! Sorry ive been kinda off recently but Ill be busier than ever before in the next couple weeks (choir concerts and midterms)

Anyways I recently bought Stellaris and thought "Wouldnt it be cool to recreate that Space Opera RP ingame". For those of yall thay dont know we held a Space RP a long time ago and it was actually one of the more successful ones. It was the regions best one in my opinion

So I bought Stellaris on sale and even though I know nothing about the game or modding (yet) Ive got a long break up ahead so I can learn more

Now I wouldnt get your hopes up for anything because 1. Ill be pretty busy over the break and 2. My toaster can only handle so much. However I would really like to try. The reason I posted this here is because I wanted to see if I could get info from anyone about getting their nation in this pretty ambitious project.

Again please dont get your hopes up because I really cant promise how well I can do on this. However I hope I can make it something really good

Space RP Link (for those of yall that made nations in it or just to see what I'm talking about):

https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=361489

If anyone is interested in becoming a part of this Ill need this info from you. Consult the Stellaris Wiki for things with an * next to it:

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Ill repeat this again: Please dont get your hopes up. Ill try but I really cant promise anything

I was literally talking about doing this on Discord

Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica

Vista Major wrote:I was literally talking about doing this on Discord

I mean itd be great. I already found The Pinwheel Galaxy we used on the Steam Workshop so we already got a map

Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica

Baxten wrote:I mean itd be great. I already found The Pinwheel Galaxy we used on the Steam Workshop so we already got a map

I'll move galactic mountains and cosmic oceans to make it happen

Vista Major wrote:I'll move galactic mountains and cosmic oceans to make it happen

Like I said though: I have no experience and know very little about the actual game mechanics. Id have to learn over break which is surely possible but will be somewhat challenging

Penguania And Antarctica

Baxten wrote:Like I said though: I have no experience and know very little about the actual game mechanics. Id have to learn over break which is surely possible but will be somewhat challenging

#AskKal

Penguania And Antarctica

Vista Major wrote:#AskKal

I didnt realize he played. Ill make sure to ask him

Kalaron, Penguania And Antarctica

Baxten wrote:I didnt realize he played. Ill make sure to ask him

Kal doesn't, Kal plays CMANO.

If you're looking for Stellaris players, talk to Ald and Lex. I can offer consulting advice, however.

Penguania And Antarctica

Baxten wrote:Hey yall! Sorry ive been kinda off recently but Ill be busier than ever before in the next couple weeks (choir concerts and midterms)

Anyways I recently bought Stellaris and thought "Wouldnt it be cool to recreate that Space Opera RP ingame". For those of yall thay dont know we held a Space RP a long time ago and it was actually one of the more successful ones. It was the regions best one in my opinion

So I bought Stellaris on sale and even though I know nothing about the game or modding (yet) Ive got a long break up ahead so I can learn more

Now I wouldnt get your hopes up for anything because 1. Ill be pretty busy over the break and 2. My toaster can only handle so much. However I would really like to try. The reason I posted this here is because I wanted to see if I could get info from anyone about getting their nation in this pretty ambitious project.

Again please dont get your hopes up because I really cant promise how well I can do on this. However I hope I can make it something really good

Space RP Link (for those of yall that made nations in it or just to see what I'm talking about):

https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=361489

If anyone is interested in becoming a part of this Ill need this info from you. Consult the Stellaris Wiki for things with an * next to it:

[spoiler=Application]Name:

Flag(will try best replication):

Species Name:

Species Type*:

Species Traits*:

Homeworld Name:

Homeworld Type*:

City Appearence*:

Star Name:

Brief Backstory:

Starship Prefix (three letters):

Government Type*:

Leader Name:

Leader Title:

Ethics*:

Civics*:

Starting Weapons*:

FTL Method*:

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Ill repeat this again: Please dont get your hopes up. Ill try but I really cant promise anything

There even is a Penguin-like avian phenotype. :D

I play Stellaris too btw.

Baxten, Kalaron

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:There even is a Penguin-like avian phenotype. :D

I play Stellaris too btw.

I havent played it too much yet but it seems really cool. Ik you werent in the Space RP but I remember there being a penguin phenotype and thought of you

Penguania And Antarctica

Baxten wrote:Hey yall! Sorry ive been kinda off recently but Ill be busier than ever before in the next couple weeks (choir concerts and midterms)

Anyways I recently bought Stellaris and thought "Wouldnt it be cool to recreate that Space Opera RP ingame". For those of yall thay dont know we held a Space RP a long time ago and it was actually one of the more successful ones. It was the regions best one in my opinion

So I bought Stellaris on sale and even though I know nothing about the game or modding (yet) Ive got a long break up ahead so I can learn more

Now I wouldnt get your hopes up for anything because 1. Ill be pretty busy over the break and 2. My toaster can only handle so much. However I would really like to try. The reason I posted this here is because I wanted to see if I could get info from anyone about getting their nation in this pretty ambitious project.

Again please dont get your hopes up because I really cant promise how well I can do on this. However I hope I can make it something really good

Space RP Link (for those of yall that made nations in it or just to see what I'm talking about):

https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=361489

If anyone is interested in becoming a part of this Ill need this info from you. Consult the Stellaris Wiki for things with an * next to it:

[spoiler=Application]Name:

Flag(will try best replication):

Species Name:

Species Type*:

Species Traits*:

Homeworld Name:

Homeworld Type*:

City Appearence*:

Star Name:

Brief Backstory:

Starship Prefix (three letters):

Government Type*:

Leader Name:

Leader Title:

Ethics*:

Civics*:

Starting Weapons*:

FTL Method*:

Ship Appearence*:[/spoiler]

Ill repeat this again: Please dont get your hopes up. Ill try but I really cant promise anything

That would be nice, yes

Kalaron, Penguania And Antarctica

Baxten wrote:Hey yall! Sorry ive been kinda off recently but Ill be busier than ever before in the next couple weeks (choir concerts and midterms)

Anyways I recently bought Stellaris and thought "Wouldnt it be cool to recreate that Space Opera RP ingame". For those of yall thay dont know we held a Space RP a long time ago and it was actually one of the more successful ones. It was the regions best one in my opinion

So I bought Stellaris on sale and even though I know nothing about the game or modding (yet) Ive got a long break up ahead so I can learn more

Now I wouldnt get your hopes up for anything because 1. Ill be pretty busy over the break and 2. My toaster can only handle so much. However I would really like to try. The reason I posted this here is because I wanted to see if I could get info from anyone about getting their nation in this pretty ambitious project.

Again please dont get your hopes up because I really cant promise how well I can do on this. However I hope I can make it something really good

Space RP Link (for those of yall that made nations in it or just to see what I'm talking about):

https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=361489

If anyone is interested in becoming a part of this Ill need this info from you. Consult the Stellaris Wiki for things with an * next to it:

[spoiler=Application]Name:

Flag(will try best replication):

Species Name:

Species Type*:

Species Traits*:

Homeworld Name:

Homeworld Type*:

City Appearence*:

Star Name:

Brief Backstory:

Starship Prefix (three letters):

Government Type*:

Leader Name:

Leader Title:

Ethics*:

Civics*:

Starting Weapons*:

FTL Method*:

Ship Appearence*:[/spoiler]

Ill repeat this again: Please dont get your hopes up. Ill try but I really cant promise anything

Interesting. Would they have railways in space?

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Baxten wrote:Hey yall! Sorry ive been kinda off recently but Ill be busier than ever before in the next couple weeks (choir concerts and midterms)

Anyways I recently bought Stellaris and thought "Wouldnt it be cool to recreate that Space Opera RP ingame". For those of yall thay dont know we held a Space RP a long time ago and it was actually one of the more successful ones. It was the regions best one in my opinion

So I bought Stellaris on sale and even though I know nothing about the game or modding (yet) Ive got a long break up ahead so I can learn more

Now I wouldnt get your hopes up for anything because 1. Ill be pretty busy over the break and 2. My toaster can only handle so much. However I would really like to try. The reason I posted this here is because I wanted to see if I could get info from anyone about getting their nation in this pretty ambitious project.

Again please dont get your hopes up because I really cant promise how well I can do on this. However I hope I can make it something really good

Space RP Link (for those of yall that made nations in it or just to see what I'm talking about):

https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=361489

If anyone is interested in becoming a part of this Ill need this info from you. Consult the Stellaris Wiki for things with an * next to it:

[spoiler=Application]Name:

Flag(will try best replication):

Species Name:

Species Type*:

Species Traits*:

Homeworld Name:

Homeworld Type*:

City Appearence*:

Star Name:

Brief Backstory:

Starship Prefix (three letters):

Government Type*:

Leader Name:

Leader Title:

Ethics*:

Civics*:

Starting Weapons*:

FTL Method*:

Ship Appearence*:[/spoiler]

Ill repeat this again: Please dont get your hopes up. Ill try but I really cant promise anything

Not a Stellaris player, but I did enjoy the two Space Opera RPs we did, and I think they both ended too soon. If the lore and mechanics aren't complex and involved, I might get involved in this.

Percyton wrote:Interesting. Would they have railways in space?

If you're Japanese, yes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_on_the_Galactic_Railroad

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxy_Express_999

Vista Major, Percyton

Percyton wrote:Interesting. Would they have railways in space?

I mean you can play sentient robots (with mods) :)

Jaslandia, Percyton

Jaslandia wrote:Not a Stellaris player, but I did enjoy the two Space Opera RPs we did, and I think they both ended too soon. If the lore and mechanics aren't complex and involved, I might get involved in this.

If you're Japanese, yes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_on_the_Galactic_Railroad

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxy_Express_999

That was a show by the same man who made Captain Harlock and SBY-2199/Starblazers!

Also, if people are very interested in this, I'll make articles for ships to sell.

Jaslandia, Percyton

Jaslandia wrote:Not a Stellaris player, but I did enjoy the two Space Opera RPs we did, and I think they both ended too soon. If the lore and mechanics aren't complex and involved, I might get involved in this.

If you're Japanese, yes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_on_the_Galactic_Railroad

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxy_Express_999

There's a Japanese engine on Sodor named Hiro, so I guess that he means he's the only one going to space. Congrats, Hiro! Sorry to everyone else.

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:I mean you can play sentient robots (with mods) :)

Interesting. And could I make those sentient robots locomotive-shaped?

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Kalaron wrote:That was a show by the same man who made Captain Harlock and SBY-2199/Starblazers!

I wouldn't know; I just read about it on Wikipedia. That said, it sounds like something you would like Percy, since it features a steam engine as the titular train, and sentient engines like you might relate to the whole theme of mechanized life vs. human life.

Percyton

Jaslandia wrote:Not a Stellaris player, but I did enjoy the two Space Opera RPs we did, and I think they both ended too soon. If the lore and mechanics aren't complex and involved, I might get involved in this.

If you're Japanese, yes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_on_the_Galactic_Railroad

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxy_Express_999

A quick look at the Stellaris Wiki should get you familiar enough with the stuff I need to make your nation pretty easily

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Baxten wrote:A quick look at the Stellaris Wiki should get you familiar enough with the stuff I need to make your nation pretty easily

I see. I'll take a look at it later then.

Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Percyton wrote:Interesting. And could I make those sentient robots locomotive-shaped?

Not in the normal game. Tho it could be if someone makes a mod for it. :)

Jaslandia, Percyton

Baxten wrote:A quick look at the Stellaris Wiki should get you familiar enough with the stuff I need to make your nation pretty easily

I'm liking this whole beginner's guide thing the wiki has. Really insightful

Baxten, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Anyone wants to sell me tank parts

Russkov Soviet

Fuhrmania wrote:Anyone wants to sell me tank parts

#AskKal

Vista Major, Mercunova, Percyton

News from Penguania:

Like every year around Christmas the Penguanian Postal Service (PPS) opened its Christmas Mail Office commonly referred to as Santa Claus' Post Office today. From today on everyone who wants to send a Christmas letter to the Santa Claus Post office can do so. Free envelopes with the address printed on it and free Christmas stamps are available at every post office. You should calculate with a response time of 2 days after the arrival of your letter. Last year around 250,000 letters from various countries were processed and answered.

Jaslandia, Mercunova, Percyton

[spoiler=Today is December 2 and today are:]

Today is December 2 and today are:

- Armed Forces Day (Cuba)

- International Day for the Abolition of Slavery

- National Day (Laos)

- National Day (United Arab Emirates)

- National Fritters Day (United States)

- National Mutt Day (United States)

- National Rhubarb Vodka Day (United States)

- Skywarn Recognition Day

- Special Education Day

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[spoiler=This day in history:]

This day in history:

- 1244 – Pope Innocent IV arrives at Lyon for the First Council of Lyon

- 1409 – The University of Leipzig opens.

- 1697 – St Paul's Cathedral is consecrated in London.

- 1763 – Dedication of the Touro Synagogue, in Newport, Rhode Island, the first synagogue in what will become the United States.

- 1804 – At Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Napoleon Bonaparte crowns himself Emperor of the French.

- 1805 – War of the Third Coalition: Battle of Austerlitz: French troops under Napoleon Bonaparte decisively defeat a joint Russo-Austrian force.

- 1823 – Monroe Doctrine: In a State of the Union message, U.S. President James Monroe proclaims American neutrality in future European conflicts, and warns European powers not to interfere in the Americas.

- 1845 – Manifest destiny: In a State of the Union message, U.S. President James K. Polk proposes that the United States should aggressively expand into the West.

- 1848 – Franz Joseph I becomes Emperor of Austria.

- 1851 – French President Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte overthrows the Second Republic.

- 1852 – Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte becomes Emperor of the French as Napoleon III.

- 1859 – Militant abolitionist leader John Brown is hanged for his October 16 raid on Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.

- 1867 – At Tremont Temple in Boston, British author Charles Dickens gives his first public reading in the United States.

- 1899 – Philippine–American War: The Battle of Tirad Pass, termed "The Filipino Thermopylae", is fought.

- 1908 – Puyi becomes Emperor of China at the age of two.

- 1917 – World War I: Russia and the Central Powers sign an armistice at Brest-Litovsk, and peace talks leading to the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk begin.

- 1927 – Following 19 years of Ford Model T production, the Ford Motor Company unveils the Ford Model A as its new automobile.

- 1930 – Great Depression: In a State of the Union message, U.S. President Herbert Hoover proposes a $150 million (equivalent to $2,150,000,000 in 2016) public works program to help generate jobs and stimulate the economy.

- 1939 – New York City's LaGuardia Airport opens.

- 1942 – World War II: During the Manhattan Project, a team led by Enrico Fermi initiates the first artificial self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction.

- 1943 – World War II: A Luftwaffe bombing raid on the harbour of Bari, Italy, sinks numerous cargo and transport ships, including the American SS John Harvey, which is carrying a stockpile of World War I-era mustard gas.

- 1947 – Jerusalem Riots of 1947: Riots break out in Jerusalem in response to the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine.

- 1949 – Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others is adopted.

- 1950 – Korean War: Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River ended, with decisive Chinese victory, UN forces were completely expelled from North Korea.

- 1954 – Cold War: The United States Senate votes 65 to 22 to censure Joseph McCarthy for "conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute".

- 1954 – The Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty, between the United States and Taiwan, is signed in Washington, D.C.

- 1956 – The Granma reaches the shores of Cuba's Oriente Province. Fidel Castro, Che Guevara and 80 other members of the 26th of July Movement disembark to initiate the Cuban Revolution.

- 1957 – United Nations Security Council Resolution 126 relating to Kashmir conflict is adopted.

- 1961 – In a nationally broadcast speech, Cuban leader Fidel Castro declares that he is a Marxist–Leninist and that Cuba is going to adopt Communism.

- 1962 – Vietnam War: After a trip to Vietnam at the request of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield becomes the first American official to comment adversely on the war's progress.

- 1970 – The United States Environmental Protection Agency begins operations.

- 1971 – Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Fujairah, Sharjah, Dubai, and Umm al-Quwain form the United Arab Emirates.

- 1975 – Laotian Civil War: The Pathet Lao seizes the Laotian capital of Vientiane, forces the abdication of King Sisavang Vatthana, and proclaims the Lao People's Democratic Republic.

- 1976 – Fidel Castro becomes President of Cuba, replacing Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado.

- 1980 – Salvadoran Civil War: Four American missionaries are raped and murdered by a death squad.

- 1982 – At the University of Utah, Barney Clark becomes the first person to receive a permanent artificial heart.

- 1988 – Benazir Bhutto is sworn in as Prime Minister of Pakistan, becoming the first woman to head the government of an Islam-dominated state.

- 1991 – Canada and Poland become the first nations to recognize the independence of Ukraine from the Soviet Union.

- 1993 – Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar is shot and killed in Medellín.

- 1993 – Space Shuttle program: STS-61: NASA launches the Space Shuttle Endeavour on a mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope.

- 1999 – The United Kingdom devolves political power in Northern Ireland to the Northern Ireland Executive following the Good Friday Agreement.

- 2001 – Enron files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

- 2015 – San Bernardino attack: Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik kill 14 people and wound 22 at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, California.

- 2016 – Thirty-six people die in a fire at a converted Oakland, California, warehouse serving as an artist collective.

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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]

Famous Birthdays:

- 1760 - John Breckinridge, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 5th United States Attorney General

- 1825 - Pedro II of Brazil

- 1891 - Otto Dix, German painter and illustrator

- 1906 - Peter Carl Goldmark, Hungarian-American engineer

- 1923 - Maria Callas, American-Greek soprano and actress

- 1925 - Julie Harris, American actress

- 1930 - Gary Becker, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1942 - Ulrich Wickert, German journalist

- 1946 - Gianni Versace, Italian fashion designer, founded Versace

- 1948 - T. Coraghessan Boyle, American novelist and short story writer

- 1973 - Jan Ullrich, German cyclist

- 1973 - Monica Seles, Serbian-American tennis player

- 1978 - Nelly Furtado, Canadian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress

- 1979 - Yvonne Catterfeld, German singer-songwriter and actress

- 1981 - Britney Spears, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress

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Quote of the day

Thinking is one thing no one has ever been able to tax.

- Charles Kettering -

Note: Penguania_And_Antarctica assumes no responsibility or guarantee for correctness of any given information. Any recourse to courts of law is excluded.

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Percyton

Fuhrmania wrote:Anyone wants to sell me tank parts

Depends on tank. We have Russian...captured German, French, British, Chinese, and Swedish parts. Only 3 Abrams in service.

Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Russkov Soviet wrote:Depends on tank. We have Russian...captured German, French, British, Chinese, and Swedish parts. Only 3 Abrams in service.

From what year? There is a rule from "All-Tanking".

Kalaron wrote:From what year? There is a rule from "All-Tanking".

Russian: 1940-Present

German: 1980-2003

French & British: 2005 only

Chinese: 1950-1990

Swedish: 2010-2013

Our stocks are low.

The 3 Abrams we have are from an old trade in the ESU. They are M1A2's I believe... circa 2013? I can't remember exactly.

Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Russkov Soviet wrote:Russian: 1940-Present

German: 1980-2003

French & British: 2005 only

Chinese: 1950-1990

Swedish: 2010-2013

The 3 Abrams we have are from an old trade in the ESU. They are M1A2's I believe... circa 2013? I can't remember exactly.

Esu i miss those days

Russkov Soviet, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Fuhrmania wrote:Esu i miss those days

I miss them too.

Rest in Peace ESU

Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Russkov Soviet wrote:Russian: 1940-Present

German: 1980-2003

French & British: 2005 only

Chinese: 1950-1990

Swedish: 2010-2013

Our stocks are low.

The 3 Abrams we have are from an old trade in the ESU. They are M1A2's I believe... circa 2013? I can't remember exactly.

Fraid that's not allowed. If they were last generation, it might be, but even then it's chancy.

Russkov Soviet, Penguania And Antarctica

Kalaron wrote:Fraid that's not allowed. If they were last generation, it might be, but even then it's chancy.

Eh.. More scrap for the bunkers.

Can I keep the Abrams tho?

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Russkov Soviet wrote:I miss them too.

Rest in Peace ESU

Want to forage a alliance

Russkov Soviet, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Russkov Soviet wrote:Eh.. More scrap for the bunkers.

Can I keep the Abrams tho?

I think that would be fine, yes.

Russkov Soviet, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Fuhrmania wrote:Want to forage a alliance

It would be an honor.

Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Kalaron wrote:I think that would be fine, yes.

Yay. Also... why did "junkers" autocorrect to "bunkers"? Huh... Oh well.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Russkov Soviet wrote:It would be an honor.

*Russkov and the Fuhrmanians aste now allies to death

Russkov Soviet, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Russkov Soviet wrote:I miss them too.

Rest in Peace ESU

Remember when my brother trolled me in the ESU

Russkov Soviet, Penguania And Antarctica

https://www.nationstates.net/region=eurasian_socialist_union

Percyton

Jaslandia wrote:I wouldn't know; I just read about it on Wikipedia. That said, it sounds like something you would like Percy, since it features a steam engine as the titular train, and sentient engines like you might relate to the whole theme of mechanized life vs. human life.

I've never been into anime/manga, but that does sound interesting. Maybe I'll look into it.

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Not in the normal game. Tho it could be if someone makes a mod for it. :)

I see. But we're talking about an RP based on the game, not the game itself? So I can just make something like that for the RP?

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:News from Penguania:

Like every year around Christmas the Penguanian Postal Service (PPS) opened its Christmas Mail Office commonly referred to as Santa Claus' Post Office today. From today on everyone who wants to send a Christmas letter to the Santa Claus Post office can do so. Free envelopes with the address printed on it and free Christmas stamps are available at every post office. You should calculate with a response time of 2 days after the arrival of your letter. Last year around 250,000 letters from various countries were processed and answered.

That's pretty neat! Would it be alright if some children from Percyton send their letters to Santa to you?

Russkov Soviet wrote:Eh.. More scrap for the bunkers.

Can I keep the Abrams tho?

Scrap. If I could shudder, I'd be doing that right now. I'm sure those tanks aren't alive or anything, but we engines can't help but be a little frightened when we hear that word. Especially engines who had close calls with scrap, like Douglas, Oliver, or Stepney (Stepney had two close calls, in fact: the first just before he was rescued by the Bluebell Railway on the Mainland, and the second when the diesels 'Arry and Bert tried to scrap Stepney before Sir Topham Hatt stopped them).

http://ttte.wikia.com/wiki/Donald_and_Douglas#The_Railway_Series

https://youtu.be/8vlBJJOG9_0

https://youtu.be/ngu9Q_913gE

Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Percyton wrote:Can I put in a good word for Sodor? Or, if we're only counting British territories, Cumbria (the English region closest to Sodor)?

Sounds like a bloody and chaotic situation all around. I hope the situation is resolved peacefully soon, and that the harm to civilians is minimal.

Agreed. He was a pretty cool guy, and I liked his Factbooks.

Happy birthday, Fuhrmania! I hope you had a good one!

We're assisting a rebel group in the North in order to counter the Lovackian invasion, since Lovackiais widely considered our greatest enemy.

Percyton

Percyton wrote:Scrap. If I could shudder, I'd be doing that right now. I'm sure those tanks aren't alive or anything, but we engines can't help but be a little frightened when we hear that word. Especially engines who had close calls with scrap, like Douglas, Oliver, or Stepney (Stepney had two close calls, in fact: the first just before he was rescued by the Bluebell Railway on the Mainland, and the second when the diesels 'Arry and Bert tried to scrap Stepney before Sir Topham Hatt stopped them).

http://ttte.wikia.com/wiki/Donald_and_Douglas#The_Railway_Series

https://youtu.be/8vlBJJOG9_0

https://youtu.be/ngu9Q_913gE

I'm sorry Percy, I didn't know that word was fearful.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Russkov Soviet wrote:I'm sorry Percy, I didn't know that word was fearful.

No need to apologize; you did nothing wrong. I don't want to call it a 'gut reaction', since we don't have literal guts, but it's something like that for us engines. And like I said, some engines are bothered by that words more than other; I imagine you'd get a different reaction if Douglas or Stepney were here, for example.

Onocarcass wrote:We're assisting a rebel group in the North in order to counter the Lovackian invasion, since Lovackiais widely considered our greatest enemy.

I see. Percyton is a neutral state and doesn't intervene in armed conflicts like this, but we'd be more than willing to offer humanitarian assistance to civilians on both sides of the conflict.

Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Percyton wrote:I see. But we're talking about an RP based on the game, not the game itself? So I can just make something like that for the RP?

Sorry, but I do not seem to understand.

Percyton wrote:That's pretty neat! Would it be alright if some children from Percyton send their letters to Santa to you

Of course they can. :D

Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Percyton

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Sorry, but I do not seem to understand.

Of course they can. :D

In other words, locomotive-shaped sentient robots may not exist in the real game (even with mods), but I can still use them in the RP, right?

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Percyton wrote:In other words, locomotive-shaped sentient robots may not exist in the real game (even with mods), but I can still use them in the RP, right?

Certainly.

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Percyton wrote:In other words, locomotive-shaped sentient robots may not exist in the real game (even with mods), but I can still use them in the RP, right?

Of course

Jaslandia, Percyton

Vetriutan 2 wrote:This is the problem with the New Left, which is that they are aware of social injustice, but are unaware of economic injustice. They will applaud a marriage between a rich white man and a rich black woman, ignoring the economic aspect of that marriage, which is that two people can put their already large assets to form what is essentially a corporation through marriage. Marriage today, especially for the wealthy, is largely economic, and not romantic. But the New Left seems to be blinded by the fact that this marriage is interracial, ignoring how such marriages have been legal for decades by now, while the negative economic aspect of marriage still holds.

This is a perfect example of why the New Left will lose to the Populist Right. The New Left seems to be okay with maligning the white working class, ignoring the fact that doing that will draw them to the Populist Right, even if bigoted racial views are coupled into their local movement. The Left needs to realize that economics is important too and that it does not exist in a vacuum, but that it also influences social conditions.

Indeed. There is an obsession with many on the left with identity politics. But the same could be said for the right who claim to be the champions of the white working class straight male.

Kalaron wrote:Certainly.

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Of course

Great! Once me and my friends do some research on what this robot species would be like, we might join the RP.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

New national anthem chosen:

https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=828947

Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Percyton wrote:No need to apologize; you did nothing wrong. I don't want to call it a 'gut reaction', since we don't have literal guts, but it's something like that for us engines. And like I said, some engines are bothered by that words more than other; I imagine you'd get a different reaction if Douglas or Stepney were here, for example.

I see. Percyton is a neutral state and doesn't intervene in armed conflicts like this, but we'd be more than willing to offer humanitarian assistance to civilians on both sides of the conflict.

We don't give much in the way of aid, especially not to the nations occupying our people's former home lands.

Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Onocarcass wrote:We don't give much in the way of aid, especially not to the nations occupying our people's former home lands.

I understand your reasoning, but Percyton simply doesn't take that into account. From our perspective, you can have a dispute with another nation's government and we won't stop you (although we'd recommend you resolve the situation soon and through peaceful means); however, civilians are civilians, no matter what side they're own, and we want to do what we can to help people whose only 'crime' is having been caught in the middle of a bloody conflict.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

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pls halp

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Baxten, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Percyton

Mercunova wrote:.-- .... . .-. .     .. ...     - .... .     -. ..- .-. .... .

pls halp

I don't speak libertarian

Jaslandia, Baxten, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Mercunova

Mercunova wrote:.-- .... . .-. . .. ... - .... . -. ..- .-. .... .

pls halp

Where is the Nurhe?

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Percyton

Nuremgard wrote:Indeed. There is an obsession with many on the left with identity politics. But the same could be said for the right who claim to be the champions of the white working class straight male.

I wasn't saying that the right does not engage in identity politics. All I was saying was that the New Left focuses too much on identity politics, which will harm the left in the long run.

Nuremgard

Vetriutan 2 wrote:I wasn't saying that the right does not engage in identity politics. All I was saying was that the New Left focuses too much on identity politics, which will harm the left in the long run.

This trend to the right we've been seeing recently scares me.

Nuremgard wrote:This trend to the right we've been seeing recently scares me.

This isn't recent. It has been happening slowly ever since the reign of Thatcher in the UK and Reagan in the US. Both moved their parties to the right, which lead to Labour Party in the UK and the Democrats in the US also moving to the right with Blair and Clinton, who were both third-way centrists that co-opted many right-wing policies to weaken the right in their respective countries. There is no left in mainstream politics. There are, for the most part in the mainstream, third-way centrist liberals and liberal conservatives.

Nuremgard, Lex Caledonia

Vetriutan 2 wrote:This isn't recent. It has been happening slowly ever since the reign of Thatcher in the UK and Reagan in the US. Both moved their parties to the right, which lead to Labour Party in the UK and the Democrats in the US also moving to the right with Blair and Clinton, who were both third-way centrists that co-opted many right-wing policies to weaken the right in their respective countries. There is no left in mainstream politics. There are, for the most part in the mainstream, third-way centrist liberals and liberal conservatives.

This is why moderate left wing parties are accused of extremism. Politics has shifted so far to the right that any sensible policies that are left of centre are seen as communist. Look at Corbyn. His policies are mainstream social democrat stuff that no one in Europe would blink an eye at. But in Tory Britain, he is seen and portrayed as some kind of evil, lunatic Marxist.

Axeldonia

Nuremgard wrote:This is why moderate left wing parties are accused of extremism. Politics has shifted so far to the right that any sensible policies that are left of centre are seen as communist. Look at Corbyn. His policies are mainstream social democrat stuff that no one in Europe would blink an eye at. But in Tory Britain, he is seen and portrayed as some kind of evil, lunatic Marxist.

That is all true, but I think that there is another aspect to this. Why were the US and UK influenced most by right-wing neoliberalism? What made it so that other countries in the West weren't as heavily affected? Why was there no French Thatcher and why was there no Canadian Reagan?

Nuremgard

Vetriutan 2 wrote:That is all true, but I think that there is another aspect to this. Why were the US and UK influenced most by right-wing neoliberalism? What made it so that other countries in the West weren't as heavily affected? Why was there no French Thatcher and why was there no Canadian Reagan?

Culture. Britain is not part a physical part of Europe (as in not attached to the continent) and it had an empire. So the Brits always had a sense of exceptionalism and uniqueness. And rather than integrate itself more with Europe, it pursued a closer relationship with the US.

Nuremgard wrote:Culture. Britain is not part a physical part of Europe (as in not attached to the continent) and it had an empire. So the Brits always had a sense of exceptionalism and uniqueness. And rather than integrate itself more with Europe, it pursued a closer relationship with the US.

I disagree. Until recently, the opposite was true. If the UK did not want to integrate itself with the continent, then why did it join the EU and then held a referendum where 70% of Brits wanted to stay in the EU? I think your observation is more accurate now than it was in the 70s and 80s. You have to remember that the UK came out of a massively destructive just a few decades ago then, which forced them to let go of their empire and forced them to cooperate with Europe to recover.

Vetriutan 2 wrote:I disagree. Until recently, the opposite was true. If the UK did not want to integrate itself with the continent, then why did it join the EU and then held a referendum where 70% of Brits wanted to stay in the EU? I think your observation is more accurate now than it was in the 70s and 80s. You have to remember that the UK came out of a massively destructive just a few decades ago then, which forced them to let go of their empire and forced them to cooperate with Europe to recover.

The logic behind my statement was because the UK's relationship with the EU has always been complex. Britain has always been the most resistant to integration (not joining the euro, not joining Schengen, always resisting giving more power to Brussels, always getting special deals, always complaining about something.)

Nuremgard wrote:The logic behind my statement was because the UK's relationship with the EU has always been complex. Britain has always been the most resistant to integration (not joining the euro, not joining Schengen, always resisting giving more power to Brussels, always getting special deals, always complaining about something.)

But again, those issues would appear later in the 90s with the signing of the Maastricht Treaty. I am not talking about the country's relationship to the EU in its whole, but am focusing on the 70s and 80s in particular. It was supposed to connect to our other conversation about the rise of neoliberalism during those two decades.

Vetriutan 2 wrote:But again, those issues would appear later in the 90s with the signing of the Maastricht Treaty. I am not talking about the country's relationship to the EU in its whole, but am focusing on the 70s and 80s in particular. It was supposed to connect to our other conversation about the rise of neoliberalism during those two decades.

I really don't have an answer as to why neolibralism took such a strong hold in the UK and US. Perhaps our politicians are more ruthless and selfish? Perhaps our electorates are stupider and more in thrall to the right-wing media?

Nuremgard wrote:I really don't have an answer as to why neolibralism took such a strong hold in the UK and US. Perhaps our politicians are more ruthless and selfish? Perhaps our electorates are stupider and more in thrall to the right-wing media?

In the U.S., at least to my knowledge, saw a rise in neoliberalism because of factionalism in the Republican Party that began as far back as the 60s with the Goldwater campaign. Barry Goldwater, who would probably be seen as a normal Republican today, was criticized by his fellow Republicans for being too hawkish and right-wing both socially and politically. His opposition to the Civil Rights Act was most controversial at the time.

Vetriutan 2 wrote:In the U.S., at least to my knowledge, saw a rise in neoliberalism because of factionalism in the Republican Party that began as far back as the 60s with the Goldwater campaign. Barry Goldwater, who would probably be seen as a normal Republican today, was criticized by his fellow Republicans for being too hawkish and right-wing both socially and politically. His opposition to the Civil Rights Act was most controversial at the time.

Interesting. Shame we cant reverse the trend.

Got two factbooks done today <3

https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=828962

https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=831016

I'm also finally sitting down to write a full constitution

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Baxten wrote:-snippy-

Name: The Turea Collective

Flag(will try best replication):

Species Name: Tura

Species Type*: Humanoid

Species Traits*: Deviants, Solitary, Natural Physicists, Intelligent, Conservationist

Homeworld Name: Turea

Homeworld Type*: Continental

City Appearence*: Humanoid

Star Name: Myra

Brief Backstory: A mysterious and reclusive species, the Tura are the remnants of once greater empire that soon fell in on itself to a long and forgotten civil war. Today, they are galactic recluses, remaining to themselves, and are known for their conservative ideas and their belief that they themselves are the only responsible ones to hold technological power.

Starship Prefix (three letters): TCS

Government Type*: Oligarchic

Leader Name: Sylva Drakos

Leader Title: Visar (Unisex)

Ethics*: Xenophobic, Authoritarian, Materialistic

Civics*: Efficient Bureaucracy, Meritocracy

Starting Weapons*: Laser

FTL Method*: Warmhole

Ship Appearence*: Humanoid

Jaslandia, Baxten, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

It's snowing!!! :D

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Mercunova, Pirate Kingdoms, Yukona, Percyton, Confederal States

Baxten wrote:Like I said though: I have no experience and know very little about the actual game mechanics. Id have to learn over break which is surely possible but will be somewhat challenging

I play

Penguania And Antarctica

Your Minister for Foreign Affairs, Melissa Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff

Woah.

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Cesorion

Nuremgard wrote:Your Minister for Foreign Affairs, Melissa Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff

Woah.

German heritage?

Nuremgard, Vista Major, Percyton, Cesorion

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:German heritage?

I think it's Serbian.

Nuremgard, Cesorion

The Empire Of Handland wrote:I think it's Serbian.

Nah

Nuremgard, Vetriutan 2

The Issue

A Spanelskoan drone strike in the hinterlands of Tasmania has successfully killed an infamous terrorist, Mad Max, notorious for assassinating your predecessor. However, collateral damage butchered dozens of innocent bystanders, outraging the international community.

(meanwhile in UFIR capital)

FU*K! we killed mad max! now we wont have any more mad max films! this is the worst day for UFIR!

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

The Talking Point

Attempted suicide is punishable by public hanging.

In UFIR you are not allowed to kill yourself but you are allowed to get executed for trying!

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Czeko Russika

Everyone of my family asks me for my Christmas wishlist. The problem is that I can never come up with whishes or just one or two. :(

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Percyton

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Everyone of my family asks me for my Christmas wishlist. The problem is that I can never come up with whishes or just one or two. :(

Christmas isnt until July 12

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Everyone of my family asks me for my Christmas wishlist. The problem is that I can never come up with whishes or just one or two. :(

That could be a good thing; you're grateful for what you have, and don't need much else. And, if your family really need gift ideas, just ask for gift cards or money.

Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

ooops... I just accidentally pressed the wrong response to an issue and ended up removing democratic debates from government... and now Czeko Russika's political freedoms have fallen from Very Good to Below Average :'(

Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Spanelsko

Jaslandia wrote:That could be a good thing; you're grateful for what you have, and don't need much else. And, if your family really need gift ideas, just ask for gift cards or money.

True, but gift cards and money seem too impersonal to me.

Jaslandia, Percyton

Czeko Russika wrote:ooops... I just accidentally pressed the wrong response to an issue and ended up removing democratic debates from government... and now Czeko Russika's political freedoms have fallen from Very Good to Below Average :'(

embrace dictatorship of the proletariat!

Jaslandia, Czeko Russika

Czeko Russika wrote:ooops... I just accidentally pressed the wrong response to an issue and ended up removing democratic debates from government... and now Czeko Russika's political freedoms have fallen from Very Good to Below Average :'(

Sorry to hear that, mate.

Jaslandia, Percyton, Czeko Russika

Czeko Russika wrote:ooops... I just accidentally pressed the wrong response to an issue and ended up removing democratic debates from government... and now Czeko Russika's political freedoms have fallen from Very Good to Below Average :'(
Happens to the best of them. Just practice more diligence in the future

Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Czeko Russika

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Sorry to hear that, mate.

Vista Major wrote:Happens to the best of them. Just practice more diligence in the future

Thank you, and yeah my mistake - now just need to work at raising those freedoms again, it could have been worse :)

Spanelsko wrote:embrace dictatorship of the proletariat!

Hmmm... perhaps this "mistake" was actually the beginning of a coup, interesting...

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Spanelsko

Czeko Russika wrote:

Hmmm... perhaps this "mistake" was actually the beginning of a coup, interesting...

United Federation of Iberian Republics doesnt know anything about a coup, and we totally are NOT involved with funding of any potential coup. (meanwhile in a dark room, everything goes as planned....)

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Czeko Russika

Spanelsko wrote:embrace dictatorship of the proletariat!

That is not what it means. A dictatorship of the proletariat is a state where the proletariat holds political power. It is not an actual dictatorship.

Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica

Vetriutan 2 wrote:That is not what it means. A dictatorship of the proletariat is a state where the proletariat holds political power. It is not an actual dictatorship.

There are people which would not agree with you my friend, for example father S. of USSR.

Spanelsko wrote:United Federation of Iberian Republics doesnt know anything about a coup, and we totally are NOT involved with funding of any potential coup. (meanwhile in a dark room, everything goes as planned....)

Haha, well this doesn't seem suspicious at all... *casually increases secret service budget*

Penguania And Antarctica, Spanelsko

Spanelsko wrote:There are people which would not agree with you my friend, for example father S. of USSR.

Where is your evidence that Stalin had a definition of the dictatorship of the proletariat that does not align with that of Marxism in general? Additionally, the USSR was not a dictatorship of the proletariat. It was a state capitalist one-party state that was dominated by bureaucrats and influential members of the nation's ruling party.

Axeldonia

Czeko Russika wrote:Haha, well this doesn't seem suspicious at all... *casually increases secret service budget*

yeah hahaha........ (increase our export of weapons to CR, we already have a large black market so getting weapons there should not be a problem, FOR STALIN!)

(No one will ever suspect us.)

Penguania And Antarctica, Czeko Russika

Vetriutan 2 wrote:Where is your evidence that Stalin had a definition of the dictatorship of the proletariat that does not align with that of Marxism in general? Additionally, the USSR was not a dictatorship of the proletariat. It was a state capitalist one-party state that was dominated by bureaucrats and influential members of the nation's ruling party.

I of course know that, you took my joke way too seriously.

BTW who are you again? Vista Major? (i actually forgot)

So I think I've finally created (in my head at least) the perfect blend of fascism and regionalism/states rights for my nation. I call it centralized decentralization. It centralizes state governments rather than the federal government, but the federal government still has a decent amount of power. It's a blend of Gaullism and the teachings of Salazar.

Russkov Soviet, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Spanelsko, Czeko Russika

Spanelsko wrote:I of course know that, you took my joke way too seriously.

BTW who are you again? Vista Major? (i actually forgot)

I am not Vista. I am Constidor.

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:True, but gift cards and money seem too impersonal to me.

Perhaps, but unless you can think of a gift you want, there's not much else you could do. And besides, it might not sound as bad if you're upfront about your situation; you can just tell your family "Hey, I really don't need anything this year, but if you guys have to get me something, just a gift card or something like that would be fine."

Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Ok... that's just horrible.

Issue #516: "Sex Education Too Sexy, Say Parents".

Selecting Option #3 (I dismissed it) grants your the following: Thomas the Spank Engine is the most popular and controversial children's show in the nation.

I'm so sorry Thomas and Percy... NS has lost it.

Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Fuhrmania, Percyton, Cesorion, Spanelsko, Czeko Russika

Russkov Soviet wrote:Ok... that's just horrible.

Issue #516: "Sex Education Too Sexy, Say Parents".

Selecting Option #3 (I dismissed it) grants your the following: Thomas the Spank Engine is the most popular and controversial children's show in the nation.

I'm so sorry Thomas and Percy... NS has lost it.

I actually had the same thing right now :p

Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Spanelsko wrote:I actually had the same thing right now :p

Yeah.... all 3 options were not my forte.

Either the kids still get told that the Storks bring them.. or Sex Ed becomes stick figures and complex metaphors...or the above Opt. 3.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Spanelsko

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Scjy-jQWTQU

Glory to the revolution! DOWN WITH IMPERIALISTS OF AXELDONIA!

Spanelsko wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Scjy-jQWTQU

Glory to the revolution! DOWN WITH IMPERIALISTS OF AXELDONIA!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wtMQmlAHMU

Spanelsko

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