My my my what a little scuffle we have here, hey Georgie why dont you just marry her? Why I love seeing all you Brits at each others throats, just thought id point out a minor flaw in your plan. By dividing the people and the armed forces, you have in fact cut the ability to defend Bretonia in half, making Kusari's job alot easier. Im only pointing this out due to the fact that Bretonian systems are sooo much easier to hack then Kusari's and I like it when my job is simple. Ohh well...
[i]Centurions and Titans pour out of the blue ice clouds, assaulting the BAF scrambled spacecraft. Their aims seemed to be unorganized until a single Titan drops a device on a Tradelane ring. The device connects and begins to flood Bretonian airwaves with a repeating message...
Displaying...
Hahahahahaha hahaha.
Hahaha
So who is it? Who leads the great Bretonian "empire?"
A queen who sits atop an empty throne, completely self-absorbed in being ruler of a wasteland?
Or a decrepit admiral who's known better days, trying greedily to take more power than he could ever need?
Oh, there is no better reason to laugh. Join us, people of Bretonia, and laugh at the greed and corruption of your petty power struggles.
Hahahah ahahaha
hahaha
//End Transmission
"The thirteen saloons that had lined the one street of Seney had not left a trace. The foundations of the Mansion House hotel stuck up above the ground. The stone was chipped and split by the fire. It was all that was left of the town of Seney. Even the surface had been burned off the ground.
Nick looked at the burned-over stretch of hillside, where he had expected to find the scattered houses of the town and then walked down the railroad track to the bridge over the river. The river was there."
From: Admiral Florence Haye Location: HMS Sovereign To: Bretonia Comm Network Re: Current State of Affairs
Recently, forces of His Majesty, King George, came under attack by rebel forces still loyal to Carina. Fortunately, we got a little warning when security personnel discovered a saboteur aboard the Essex. They were unable to actually prevent the sabotage, however. The discovery did allow us to begin an evacuation of all personnel from the HMS Essex. Fortunately, we were able to drive off the hostile forces, including the pride of Carina's fleet, the HMS Pendragon and completed our evacuation without incident. His Majesty was taken to safety just before the beginning of hostilities, so no harm came to him.
Up until this point, we have done our best to authenticate His Majesty's claim to the throne peacefully. However, in the face of such an obvious assassination attempt, we can not continue to remain on the defensive.
Effective immediately, any forces who have not sworn loyalty to His Majesty will be treated as enemies of the Crown. His Majesty desires a peaceful future for Bretonia, but we will not be defeated.
Captain Edmund Sumner set his Templar down on Arranmore with a twist of distaste set into his mouth. He didn't like the Mollies, or this alliance that had until-now been secret, but he didn't have much choice. Desperate times, desperate measures. Soon the ship was swarmed by technicians, some BAF and some Mollies.
Though it pained him to be right, Edmund had to admit he had seen it coming. Most wise of the King to make a deal with the Mollies to have a fall-back base that had held out against the BAF for all these years. A most prudent measure. He soon saw, however, that the IFF and transponder of his ship were being altered. Apparently they couldn't keep running BAF, the real traitors had rotated the codes and they were locked out. Now, they had to use Molly IFFs, and their Pirate transponders. More things he didn't like, more things he'd have to live with.
Donovan Markey stood on the bridge of the Hampton Roads. He was filled with pride as he looked out over the crew. His crew. He knew they would give their lives for him, and that thought saddened him as he realized that some had...
He nodded to the comms officer. She reached over and pressed a sequence of buttons to activate the shipwide comms, then gave a thumbs-up sign. Donovan cleared his throat and began.
This is General Donovan Markey. I wish to thank you, my crew, the courageous men and women of the Hampton Roads. By your bravery, the strike on the HMS Pendragon was successful, and the crew of the Sovereign were able to strike the shields of the Pendragon, forcing her to begin a hasty retreat. She fled, and we followed behind, never ceasing, never letting up. You, gunners, manned the Inferno cannons well, letting loose their blazing light on the Pendragon. The main gun stitched holes across the Dragon's hull, baring vital components to the void. The Dragon fled, back to New London, back to lick its wounds and try to think. She will have precious little time to do so, however. I have been informed that the KGL is moving. The King will rise to power! We will return to the crucible soon, but in the meanime, make yourselves comfortable. I grant shore leave to all for the duration of twelve hours. Enjoy Arranmore for that time. Donovan out.
Zealot Wrote:Just go play the game and have fun dammit.
Treewyrm Wrote:all in all the conclusion is that disco doesn't need antagonist factions, it doesn't need phantoms, it doesn't need nomads, it doesn't need coalition and it doesn't need many other things, no AIs, the game is hijacked by morons to confuse the game with their dickwaving generic competition games mixed up with troll-of-the-day.
Source: Ainu Depot, Hokkaido system
Traffic Routing: Hokkaido Comm Arrays
Hack In Progress..... ..... .....
***TRANSMISSION INCOMING***
Konnichiwa George, falsely-proclaimed king of bretonia!
We had to borrow Lane Hacker technicians for this transmission, at no small cost! Therefore, listen to what we have to say, and carefully. We will suffer no attempts to remove the Queen of Bretonia, the rightful heir and also a staunch supporter of our women's rights movement in Kusari! The Sisterhood will extend an offer of mutual alliance to Queen Carina in this difficult time. Always you males seek to usurp any position of power you can get your hands on, and always it is to the detriment of women everywhere! Carina is a good Queen, and loyal to the mighty nation that is Bretonia!
Again, the Sisterhood extends its hand in friendship to the true and rightful heir of Bretonia, that of Queen Carina I. You will not take what is not yours to have! We are out of time, I am told we must shut the link down. You know how to contact us in response, Queen Carina, and the Sisterhood is honoured to support you against this male upstar...
From: Admiral Florence Haye Location: HMS Sovereign To: Bretonia Comm Network Re: Borderworld Exports
During our recent investigations into Carina's rebel forces, it has come to our attention that Borderworld Exports, commonly referred to as Bowex, has remained one of her primary suppliers of arms, equipment, and materiel. We cannot continue to ignore these activities. Effective immediately, all Bowex ships are subject to search and siezure of cargo and/or assets. This will continue Borderworld Exports can prove to our satisfaction that they have ceased supplying Carina's rebellion against His Majesty.
Please be assured that this order in no way affects any shippers besides Bowex. All other Bretonian and foreign corporations, as well as civilian traders will not be harrassed in any way. It is not our intention to disrupt free trade in any way.
Also, though it barely merits our notice, I wish to respond to the Golden Chrysanthemums. Have you considered that Bretonia is currently at war with Kusari? I assure you that Carina's 'alliance' with you is strictly a matter of convenience, that she will drop the moment it becomes politically expedient to do so. Please keep in mind that we have no quarrel with your people, so long as you remain out of our affairs. Besides, it seems to me that you have enough problems in your own backyard, without getting involved with someone else's internal politics.
People of Bretonia. In recent days, I have made a claim to the throne, accusing Her Majesty of spreading lies about our families' origins. People have died, and the entire Empire has been thrown into chaos because of this. For this, I apologize to all of you. New information has come to me, exposing the lie that I've told unknowingly.
I have recently opened my father's personal journals, which were heavily encrypted to prevent access to them. In these journals, my father details his plans to make a claim to the throne, including crafting a fake genealogy, and tampering with Cambridge records that contradict the genealogy. I am prepared to turn over an unencrypted copy of the journals for inspection.
After this information came to light, I am left with only one choice. As of right now, I am officially relinquishing my claim to the Throne. I would like to reaffirm my loyalty to Her Majesty Queen Carina.
The people who have followed my claim are blameless in this matter, and like myself they believed that they were serving Bretonia. I beg that Her Majesty not blame them for my actions.
I will return to New London within the week to face the consequences for my actions against Her Majesty. The only excuse I can offer for my actions is that I felt that I was serving Bretonia's best interests.
New London - 817 A.S. - Recently, in the wake of Lord Mountbatten abandoning his claim to the throne, Bretonia has been in an uproar. Many have viewed Lord Mountbatten's statement with great relief, while others are disappointed in his decision to back away from his claims. Still others have assumed that his surrender was a lie intended to get Queen Carina's Royal Forces to relax their defenses in preparation for a major offensive. Everyone was praying for a restoration of peace, no matter which side they followed.
It now seems likely that peace will prevail, now that Lord Mountbatten has returned to New London along with former-Admiral Florence Haye and the surrender of the HMS Sovereign to Her Majesty's Fleet. After their arrival in the New London spaceport, Lord Mountbatten and Admiral Haye were apprehended by the Royal Guard and placed aboard a maximum security transport for transfer to the Royal Detention Facility at Marborough Pile on Planet Leeds where they will await trial and, most likely, execution for their actions against the Crown.
We will follow this story as it continues to develop.