07-10-2000 09:56									#31
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Turn 109 ==> Mobius

Welsh scientists have taken back their previous estimate of global catastrophe, and now predict that 43 years seems about right before we are slide beneath the ocean.

The Welsh government also takes back her inciteful remarks about Roman efforts to clean herself up. Whilst the major polluting cities of rome have reduced their pollution, and we send our most gracious thanks for this, Roman pollution overall does not seem to be coming down to any respectable level.

It is noted that a plateau seems to have been reached by Roman pollution, and we hope that the only way is down from there.

In the meantime, rubbish and effluent still washes up on the Southern Welsh shores, with radiation in that area on the increase. We can only assume that it is due to the 7 or 8 confirmed Roman Submarines in that area, and henceforth call for a complete withdrawal from service and decommissioning of all Roman submarines. Afterall, now that we are at peace, surely there is no need to be acting in such an unfriednly manner.

	07-10-2000 06:59									#32
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Turn 110 ==> Demosthenes

Egypt congratulated Comrade Emperor Rick on the Assyrian invention. Several of the Pharaoh's staff have signed up with AOL and anxiously await thier handbags; and our more than slightly interested in what this XXX could mean.

Egypt also congratulated Comrade Demosthenes on the launch of the Welsh global satelite system, and hoped that with the information it provided would dispel any future covert attacks.

The Memphis Environmental Institute revised estimates down slightly to 32 years, but there was skepticism among their officials concerning the validity of the numbers. They did state that they were glad that the recent Welsh estimates had been a severe miscalculation.

Atthribis completed the building which would hold the soon to be established Roman embassy, The Pharaoh is said to be traveling up to Atthribis to greet the Roman Ambassador.

Egypt also asked Rome's permission to send the diplomatic party home as soon as the embassy was established, so that he does not impede transportation in the area.


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	07-10-2000 15:39									#33
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Turn 110 ==> Mobius

Wales congratulates the Assyrians on their most impressive achievement. The Internet will come to be the most useful tool known to the civilised world. However, the issue of spamming must be dealt with before it gets out of hand.

The advent of the Welsh Globesat, codenamed the Peaceful Environmental Reconnaissance Vehicle, or PERV for short, could prove to be a perfect match for the Assyrians Internet, especially with these XXX sites you talk of!

Communism goes from strength to strength!

	08-10-2000 13:26									#34
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Rome congratulates both the Welsh and Assyrian governments on their recent wonders!

Rome herself has been too busy combatting pollution to bother with wonders lately...

There was also great rejoicing in the streets and cities of the Roman Empire as it became news that diplomatic relations with our old friends the Egyptians had finally been restored...

The Imperator expressed regret over the whole 'Pariah Summit' affair which soured our cordial relations and hopes that this bleak episode of our history is now behind us...

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	08-10-2000 19:40									#35
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Turn 110--> Sophanthro

Assyria is unsure of whom we should congratulate, as both Wales and Rome seem to be in hot pursuit of the Globesat Wonder. Whoever should win the race, the women of Assyria request that the technology not be used to watch them as they bathe! Our women are quite demure, and would blush to think another nation was observing their most private moments.

	08-10-2000 20:06									#36
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NAKED ASSYRIAN COEDS SHOW IT ALL !!!

GO TO WWW.ASSYRIAN_CHICKS FOR THE FINEST IN XXX ENTERTAIMENT!!!

(You must be over 21, and not associated with the Inquisition)

	09-10-2000 17:53									#37
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While I have a moment to spare, I want to give you all advance notice.

I will be moving house after Friday October 20th. "Again? " I hear you all cry, yes, I'm afraid so. After moving from Newcastle back to my hometown of Birmingham, I'm now moving down to the Big Smoke, the Capital, London, where fortune and fame surely await me with baited breath

The details are a little sketchy at present, as this has all happened over the last 48 hours really, but in the last week of this month I shall be in London looking for a new home. "Looking? " I hear you cry, yes, I don't have a home or job sorted out as yet. My better half has got a transfer, and I will follow her wherever she goes, all else will fall into place at a later date.

I will update you on details as they are sorted, but I may well be unavailable for up to a week, and so subs may be required. All volunteers are welcome, I'm in the following games:

Swissy 2
Swissy 3
Deathmatch
Demos
Love conquers

Sorry to be a pain in the proverbial, but consider yourselves warned.

Cariad, Demosthenes.

	09-10-2000 18:24									#38
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	09-10-2000 18:27									#39
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Turn to Demos (yesterday)

The Roman diplomat was welcomed at the embassy, but another 'diplomatic' agent was not so welcome. It appears that he had infiltrated Egyptian soil and stolen a technology. His location had not been discovered as this went to press. Several top level Egyptian officials stated candidly that they know this perpetrator came from Rome, and asked that a technology be reciprocated back to Cairo. The Pharaoh has made no official statement concerning the matter.

The Pharaoh recieved the same conflicting messages as Assyria did, and find it very odd considering that Wales supposedly completed 'PERV' last year.

The MEI revised pollution estimates down to 30, noting that for every new year, the time to disaster drops by two years. They also asked that the other nations Enviromental agencies share thier estimates with them as to paint the clearest picture of our fragile earth.

	10-10-2000 01:48									#40
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Turn 111 ==> Mobius

Hurrah!! The people of the world appear to be gaining the upper hand in the battle against pollution. Welsh scientists estimate that the d-day for environmental armageddon has been pushed back to 40 years, and the most polluting cities in the world appear to be making a huge effort in their drive to clean up.

Although you thought you'd never hear me say it, hats off to the Romans, it seems that their pollution curbing policies are having good effect.

Welsh anti-pollution measures continue, with nuclear plants and even more recycling plants being completed. Many of these cities constructing recycling plants do not actually need to for themselves, as their pollution levels are so minimal, but as these construction aid mankind, it is our duty as Comrades of the world.

	12-10-2000 04:25									#41
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Turn 111--> Sophanthro

So, congratulations are in order to the plucky Welsh or being first to launch a PERV into orbit around the Earth. May it bring you much peace of mind.

And are the Romans really planing to put all their cities under bubbles? We wonder why would anyone wish to block out the blue skies that have only recently been restored? Also, rumour has it that the bubbles are extremely hard to keep clean, and are popular targets for graffitti from local youth.

King Rick

	12-10-2000 06:56									#42
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Turn 112 ==> Demosthenes

Not much to report out of Egypt.

	13-10-2000 02:06									#43
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Turn 112 ==> Mobius

With the hostilities now seeming like distant history, it appears that all nations are embarking on modernising their state and infrastruture.

Indeed, Welsh PERVing has noted a strange form of transportation being widely used in the Roman Empire. Civilians are apparently able to glide between cities, which must make travelling from one side of Cailgula's territory to the other a very short haul indeed.

	14-10-2000 05:32									#44
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Much as Rome congratulates our Welsh comrades on the completion of PERV, Caligula is somewhat concerned that Wales is able to PERV over Rome's assets so easily...

It has got to the point where no Roman maiden feeling that she can relax in her garden without wondering if the skies above her are full of Welshman PERVing at her...!

Indeed, with the advent of ASSYRIA ONLINE Rome wonders whether the voyeuristic tendencies of the Welsh have not found their way onto this newfangled 'Internet'...

	14-10-2000 16:23									#45
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	15-10-2000 00:53									#46
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Turn 112--> Sophanthro

Concern grows as the number of turns to catastrophe is now less than 30. This in spite of the completion today of nuclear plants in Assyria with 2 more scheduled to go online tomorrow.

Speaking of online, we wish to communicate to the Romans that Assyria Online is only holsum family fare, and contains NO adult content. We have no association with any PERV material. However, the Freedom of Expression laws in Assyria are very clear, and they say that our government cannot stop the Welsh should they wish to, for example, focus a real-time PERV camera on those maiden's sunbathing gardens in Rome, and put it on their own website.

Still, such matters will matter little if we wake up to find our cities undrwater. So, we call to all nations to intensify their efforts before it is too late!

King Rick

	16-10-2000 19:17									#47
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Turn 113--> Sophanthro


As the probability of worldwide flooding grows, we need to request advice from all the nations of the world.

Far back in the dim past, the first 5 cities of Assyria were settled by a leader who has since been forgotten by history. All of those cities still stand, but there is concern among our engineers that the city of Uruk might be standing on swamp.

That it is surrounded by swamp is clear to us. But we are unable to tell if it was actually built on a swamp square, due to the size of the city. If it were indeed built on swamp, and should flooding come to pass, we fear that Uruk would become submerged, and countless lives would be lost.

We know that all the great leaders of the world can see Uruk on their maps, and we ask if any of you can tell what kind of terrain it sits on. And is there any way to terraform the land upon which a city already sits? Many lives hang in the balance, so we hope there is an answer.

King Rick

	17-10-2000 03:33									#48
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Turn 114 ==> Mobius

Fear not from Welsh PERVing, the Peaceful Environmental Reconaissance Vehicle is up and running purely to aide Welsh scientists in identifying the causes of our global environmental problem. Unless your maidens are producing greenhouse gases, or perhaps too much methane, then you have nothing to fear.

	17-10-2000 23:41									#49
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Roman Anti Pollution Scientists claim that disaster is only FOUR turns away!!!

"We are doing everything we can!"

--Pollutious Obnoxious

Head of RAPS


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	18-10-2000 07:27									#50
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Turn 114--> Sophanthro

We hope that Pollutious is right in saying that Rome is doing all it can. The world depends on her efforts.

Bur Assyria is getting conflicting data telling us that the number ot turns before disaster is still in the 20s. We hope that this will be enough time for Rome to redouble her efforts.

King Rick

	19-10-2000 00:33									#51
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Turn 115 ==> Mobius

Fear not Caligula, for Scientists in Wales, using the latest methods of PERVing calculate at least 30 cycles before Mother Nature turns against us.

Of course, we have been known to be wrong before, once or twice

	19-10-2000 04:10									#52
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Ah well, that's OK then...

Roman scientists report now only 3 turns away... !!!

Someone's scientists are wrong...

For once the Imperator hopes that they are his...


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	19-10-2000 06:21									#53
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Turn 115--> Sophanthro

Assyrian scientists have crunched the numbers, massaged the figures, and counted the beans, and they still get 21 turns to Noah's Ark-time.

However, we note with pleasure the decline in Roman pollution, and continue our own fight, with more nuclear plants going online tomorrow.

Even in the face of such grave news, Assyrians are still optimistic about the future, and citizens have formed an ad hoc organization to battle the blight of land darkened by ozone depletion. Already successful in Ninevah, the Assyrian Beautification Committee (ABC) has turned their eye to Uruk, where they are not only trying to reclaim blighted land, but have also begun an ambitious swamp-draining project. This was much-needed, as the mosquitos had become so bad that the women of Uruk had taken to covering themselves from head to foot at dusk. Hopefully this will soon change.

	19-10-2000 08:18									#54
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Turn 116 ==> Demosthenes

The MEI estimates agree with the Assyrian estimates of 21 turns to disaster.

However as I've stated before I believe the lowest estimate is correct, unless it becomes suddenly revised upward as was the case of the faulty Welsh estimate. Egypt thinks that lowest estimate is correct because we believe that it is on the eve of the players turn which will cause calamity, but it may take two to tango.

Regardless of which estimate is correct, estimates around the world are becoming more grevious and yet Roman pollution has remained constant in fact risen, with the exception of last turn. As is such we beg Rome to not only build improvement which will reduce pollution, but to limit her production until she can complete all of the necessary improvements.

	19-10-2000 23:16									#55
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Turn 116 ==> Mobius

The fluctuation of Roman pollution leave the Welsh baffled. One minute it is on the increase, and another it seems to be under control. Here in Wales we estimate that the time until Doomsday has remained static, and is still an estimated 30 cycles from now.

While we note that the amount of pollution and debris washing up on the Welsh shores has reduced considerably from the nearest Roman cities, we cannot help but see that it is now the interior production centre of the Roman Empire that is fouling it's nest.

Perhaps these more modern cities should take heed from those bordering Wales, who have been so proficient in cleaning up their act.

	20-10-2000 03:40									#56
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Roman Scientists now estimate only two turns before environmental disaster!!!

As to Wales' veiled references to Rome's pollution 'problem', the Imperator wishes to advise the rest of the World that every step is being taken to reduce pollution...

In line with Egyptian suggestions, production nationwide has been reduced - however not by much as a reduction in production has the knock on effect of lengthening the time that more anti pollution developments take to come online.

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	20-10-2000 06:19									#57
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Turn 116--> Sophanthro

Well, the warnings from Egyptian scientists coupled with dire timetables predicted by Roman scientists are in fact quite disturbing. Assyrian readings give another 21 turns, but the future is apparantly unsure.

Whenever the disaster happens, even if Uruk is safe,at least one other Assyrian city on our northern coast was built on swamp, and is in grave danger. We call upon the Romans to use their considerable resources to build Ecotransit with all due haste, as this improvement is available to them according to our calculations. It may still not be too late to avert a disaster.

King Rick

	20-10-2000 07:16									#58
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Turn 117 ==> Demosthenes

MEI report -- time to disaster remains constant at 21 turns, they hope that this will signal Roman estimates remaining constant as well.

Egypt is also glad to see that Roman pollution has continued to fall; and hopes that further steps will be taken in this direction.

	21-10-2000 02:24									#59
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Turn 117 ==> Mobius

Good news to all and sundry It appears that our efforts against pollution are having an effect. Wales now estimates 31 turns until global catastrophe. This is greater than the previous results that had shown 30 turns, and has been the cause for much beer drinking and singing across Wales.

We feel must congratulate the Romans on bringing their pollution under control, but until the danger is past please do not resume your previous levels of output.

On another note, we discreetly asked the Romans to stop tresspassing on Welsh territory. We did not want to make an issue of it, and so did not inform anyone but the Romans. But still they continue to circle above Welsh cities in their stealth planes

Caligula, I demand that you withdraw your troops, we do not want trouble to flare up between us again, but if you pesist in this course then we shall have to take steps that we do not really want to take.

__________
I shall be away from Monday until Friday of this coming week. I'm in the process of getting a sub, and I'll let you know by Sunday evening who that will be and where to send the turn.

	23-10-2000 02:20									#60
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We wish to advise our friends the Welsh that our reconaissance plane was merely acting like a smaller mobile version of the Welsh PERV system...

Indeed, given the tremendous intelligence gathering capabilities of PERV, we regard it as almost hypocritical that you wish to prevent us from viewing a small fraction of what you see as a matter of course - Rome wishes to remind Wales of what happened the last time you decided to take things into your own hands...

Rome apologises for the slight rise in pollution this turn, more and more security monitors, recycling plants, nuclear plants, fusion reactors and eco transits are being built - production has been cut. Unfortunately we cannot legislate for our burgeoning population and the attendance pollution problems that brings...

Unfortunately, you cannot just stop the huge momentum of the Roman Production Juggernaut overnight - Rome thanks the rest of the World for it's patience!

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