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History Guy
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Reads too many books...
Oct 2001
time: 23:24
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I have heard that Genghis Farb Khan also pretends bravery by walking in the open wearing no armor (though surrounded by guards) and wears a thin toga only, so as to show that he is not afraid of assassins, though underneath the toga he wears a dwarven coat of mail, against which all knives would bend, and thus he is dishonorable. I do not think that in war he would be any more honorable, nor in diplomacy, as he has shown. He is not at all to be trusted, and I think that his title 'Hammerhand' is the wrong one. Perhaps he should be Genghis Farb Khan Glibtongue instead.
I think that Lux Invicta has no less the dreams of martial domination than the Warmongers themselves, but I think that they are hoping to achieve it in the future, by one day taming the horse to fight along with them in armor as a Sipahi, or so the seer says. They say that they have no clear plans for victory, but I think they do, relying upon the power they know they will have with Military Tradition.
I stand by for further orders as to what to write to Neu Demogyptica.
Hernan de History Guy Calamari the Younger
Ambassador to the Arabs
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Thud
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Proud to be an American
Jul 2002
time: 00:24
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Alright here is the message I intend to send Nimitz tonight, provided there are no objections:
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The government of Spain and its illustrious leader, Togas, would like to make a request of you. But first, some background on the state of affairs, that you may or may not be aware of at this point, leading to our request:
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GhengisFarb of China claimed that you have proposed to forge a trio alliance against us, the nation of Neu Demogyptica. They told us you would think ND has to be weakened as we are the leaders in technology. Furthermore, he claimed that the Chinese rejected this proposal!
Sincerly yours,
Picahulu, Ambassador of Neu Demogyptica |
Of course, this is simply a blatant and insulting lie told by Ghengis Farb. Our government has denied these allegations with great vigour; however, current delicate negociations with ND seem to be stalled due to this situation.
Because of our alliance and the general goodwill between our nations, it has come to our attention that you have been approached by GoW, attempting to villify ND.
It is thus the request of our government that you inform ND about the nature of GoWs strategy of villification and slander of peace-loving nations. If possible, this would be accomplished by the fowarding your messages to ND, of course, you may wish to simply paraphrase these and give ND the general meaning that GoW is not to be trusted.
In all sincerity and friendship,
Thud- Ambassador for Togas, Sumpreme Leader of Spain
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EDIT: Note that this message was sent at 9:53 EST, all Spelling mistakes stand corrected.
Last edited by Thud on 08-01-2003 at 07:48
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Thrumble
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All of this political Roleplay and Conspiracy discussion and plotting is fun but we should be careful not to over analyze and misread correspondence and end up cutting our own throat.
From the Diary of Lord Gonsolo of Thrumble
I had a dream last night in which I was in this large metal bird flying through the air and was thinking about some of the issues we have been seeing recently and it hit me these may not be as wild as we have been thinking.
Suppose the alert from ND is a slight exaggeration of what GoW sent them? After the misunderstanding with them our Glorious Leader was dropping comments about working with Lux and Trip in the chat room (is this something of a pub?) while a GoW member was present. Suppose this caused the Gow to seek a potential back up alliance with ND to hold what they perceived to be our alliance with Lux in check? I'm sure Genghis would have worded it to make it sound as dire as possible and scare ND into agreeing to it.
Also, of all the teams so far, Lux appears to be the least trustworthy, and most opportunistic. Yet this least trustworthy team is the one we seem to be rushing to embrace. I have seen nothing of cooperation proposed by Lux or ND, but I have seen overtures of peaceful and constructive cooperation proposed by us and GoW.
If GoW and us are the two teams most willing to work with others it would be in both Lux and ND's best interests to keep us antagonized at each other as they would always be able to reap the benefits from the two of us individually and set themselves up as the middlemen between us and GoW.
I am not saying that GoW isn't plotting against us. They are Warmongers and they will most certainly fight someone. However, we should work at making ourselves too valuable to them to be destroyed and not the obvious target of their forces.
If we start building a plan to take out one of the teams now, they will get the idea. It would be very difficult to plan a assault among three civs without slipping a hint here and there of what we are up to. If GoW gets the idea that we are coming after them they will drop everything and wage war out of self survival.
They are also the only civ currently researching Horseback Riding giving them a fast and versitile troop. I don't relish the idea of fighting hordes of Horsemen with spearmen and swordsmen.
Just my thoughts on the matter.
-Thrumble the Quiet
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Aidun
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The Hague, the capital of the civilized world
Nov 2002
time: 06:24
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Señor El Ruby_maser, there will come no WWI: one of the origins of WWI were the alliances, thats true, but you forget that my plan provides also cross-alliances: in my plan there are no rival blocks, because we are the peaceful connection beween rival blocks. If nations of the rival blocks want to engage in war with each other, they have to get an ageement with us, or we'll have the power to force them sooner or later to stop the war. This is a very powerful position.
I agree with those who reply that it is also a position that is not without danger: the other nations could become envious to our position and sign treatments with the other nations to destroy us, but it is still a powerful position. It was the kind of role that the US had taken upon them in the Israel-conflict during Clintons presidency.
Know that we will be known and famous in the whole world for our peaceful attitude, that is something to be proud of, isn't it?
Like the US we will need a good military before we can realy use the power of forcing nations to make peace, but the basis is in having alliances with all other nations.
Aidun Cian the Older
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History Guy
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Reads too many books...
Oct 2001
time: 23:24
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In response to Senor Dejon, Grand Marshall, and Chancellor of the Left:
Dwarven, sir, as made by dwarves. The dwarves, as you know, are the most industrious of all the creatures that inhabit the earth, which is a place full of wonderous and mysterious animals as it is. Though rarely seen these days, some claim to have dealings with isolated dwarven miners, who mine the coats of mail known as methril, an almost unbreakable materiel, worth a king's ransom. Indeed, our ballads of old tell of our ancient king Togas, the smiter of Alaric, the slayer of Visigoths, flattener of Vandals, as having removed one from the corpse of Alaric after Santiago, for it was the head and not the body that he was wise enough to strike out at. This coat is now in the Royal Palace Armory, to be worn by the king in battle, though since Santiago it has not been needed.
As for the name Wormtongue, perhaps it would be best. For after all, a snake is very much like a worm, and indeed there is no difference, for they both crawl upon the earth and eat dust.
I await further orders on what to write to Neu Demogyptica.
Hernan de History Guy Calamari the Younger
Squid Baron
Ambassador to the Arabs
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Thud
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Proud to be an American
Jul 2002
time: 00:24
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quote:
Originally posted by Arnelos
Glad to see that my idea is being followed up on...
Thud, perhaps your message is a bit too explicit, but it might still work (if Legoland appreciates the sincerity). |
Yes, it is quite frank, isn't it? If it was anyone other than Legoland, I would've been much more vague, and more like, "we beleive it will be in your best interests", but as it is, I think we can trust them to be faithful. Particularly since they probably won't find us, GoW, or ND until after all this is forgotten.
I also want them to open up, and have a free flow of information with us. If I have to start that process off I will.
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Arnelos
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of the Free World
Sep 2002
time: 00:24
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quote:
Originally posted by Thud
Yes, it is quite frank, isn't it? If it was anyone other than Legoland, I would've been much more vague, and more like, "we beleive it will be in your best interests", but as it is, I think we can trust them to be faithful. Particularly since they probably won't find us, GoW, or ND until after all this is forgotten.
I also want them to open up, and have a free flow of information with us. If I have to start that process off I will. |
Fair enough. I think it's too frank, but I'm willing to agree that Nimitz and folk are a trustworthy bunch and the trust issue needs to be built somehow. Perhaps, without being obnoxious about it, we can point out that we are indeed being very open and honest with giving them this much information about our reasons behind the request... Not being obnoxious about that will take some tinkering with the language, but it can be done.
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08-01-2003 02:25
I'm not sure if I agree with that, btw), our credibility would probably be shot with everyone.
But how can it be posible? These foreigners are more difficult to understand day after day!
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