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Fingolfin_Noldor wrote:BTW, regarding the F1, we should draw up a list of nations participating, and also a list of nations who want to host the race. How many races depends on how many nations want to host the race.
I'd be willing to host a race.
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Fingolfin_Noldor wrote:BTW, regarding the F1, we should draw up a list of nations participating, and also a list of nations who want to host the race. How many races depends on how many nations want to host the race.
Both participating and hosting. Is there multiple teams from a nation particpating, or just one?
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As you can see, I'm preoccupied with other matters, but I'd love to get involved in F1 racing, both as a participant and as a potential host.

I should have the Shroompeace terrorist plot over with by tomorrow at the latest.
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Sirnoth will not be entering the race, but Red Orchid Services will advertise on the Shroomanian vehicles.
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Shroom Man 777 wrote:Goddamn realpolitiks. You grind me on the basis of giving stuff to these guys, and now you end up selling them their first honking aircraft carrier. Bleh.
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Norseman wrote:And if Coilerburg would sell to pariah states then Astaria would buy every ship.
And if Coilerburg does so, it's good buddies in the FTO may reconsider that buddy status. No one likes slavery, not even on the F-ing Continent.
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Beowulf wrote:
Fingolfin_Noldor wrote:BTW, regarding the F1, we should draw up a list of nations participating, and also a list of nations who want to host the race. How many races depends on how many nations want to host the race.
Both participating and hosting. Is there multiple teams from a nation particpating, or just one?
Well, technically, there are 2 races to be held at each location, so I guess 2 teams per nation?
Master_Baerne wrote:The simple answer is, extremely bad. We tried to commission it right after we got it, but a slew of problems, mostly involving the catapult system, forced it back into dock.

The explanation is that I forgot there was such an offer OOC, and that a Subministry of Procurement flunky fucked up in character.
Well, I did offer that 2.5 billion, inclusive of carrier, plus a set of new turbines shafts, spare parts, and some machinery to make the parts.

It's hefty work maintaining a carrier. Not least the possibility of screws breaking....

So.. do you need help to maintain the thing... the offer still stands... 0.5billion though.
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Fingolfin_Noldor wrote:
Master_Baerne wrote:The simple answer is, extremely bad. We tried to commission it right after we got it, but a slew of problems, mostly involving the catapult system, forced it back into dock.

The explanation is that I forgot there was such an offer OOC, and that a Subministry of Procurement flunky fucked up in character.
Well, I did offer that 2.5 billion, inclusive of carrier, plus a set of new turbines shafts, spare parts, and some machinery to make the parts.

It's hefty work maintaining a carrier. Not least the possibility of screws breaking....

So.. do you need help to maintain the thing... the offer still stands... 0.5billion though.
Gleefully accepted. How are we going to get the parts from Byzantium to Baerne? Shall I send a cargo ship, or shall you?
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Master_Baerne wrote:Gleefully accepted. How are we going to get the parts from Byzantium to Baerne? Shall I send a cargo ship, or shall you?
Either you commission whatever local Baern company, or I will commission Constantinople Shipping to ship the parts. Give it 2-3 months to get the shipment ready.
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Fingolfin_Noldor wrote:
Master_Baerne wrote:Gleefully accepted. How are we going to get the parts from Byzantium to Baerne? Shall I send a cargo ship, or shall you?
Either you commission whatever local Baern company, or I will commission Constantinople Shipping to ship the parts. Give it 2-3 months to get the shipment ready.
Right, then. Baernish Ducal Shipping is on the job.
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RogueIce wrote:MESS is insular? What?

*Snip*

Now, if you're talking about the MESS as an alliance and our seeming lack of alliance-wide goals you'd have more of a point there. Aside from R&D stuff, space travel, and all that we're not doing much as an entire alliance, no. But individually we're out there and doing stuff, although we are tending to be a bit more regional as of late.
Heh, I know, the President however doesn't see as much of his neighbors as he'd expected. Hence why to San Dorado you seem pretty insular.
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Indeed.

Insofar as the F1 tournament is concerned, we're totally hosting a race - the La Palma Deathring usually hosts Destruction Derby and other ridiculously destructive motorsports, so vehicular carnage and spectacles are guaranteed!
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Shroomania can host a goddamn race, too! You can use one of the HUEG ASSCAR tracks!
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So a rough draft on the season schedule:

1. Byzantium
2. USSR
3. PeZookia
4. Shroomania
5. Tian Xia (Anyone else in Messmerica?)
6. Kingdom of Mangka
7. San Dorado
8. Kingdom of Vineyards
9. Zoria.

Did I miss out any one?
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Things coming soon:
1) Massive CSR post on events surrounding the last year. I want to tally up a bit :)

2) Maps, schemes and/or spreadsheet explanations of Old Continent radar installations, ABM and IADS systems.

3) Maps of MRBM arsenals of the CSR.

:) CSR is not playing in the races this year (our car industry is, eh... kinda lacking ;) ) but we will some time in the future
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You could still host a race, though. The Siberian Sojourn!
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We actually have Siberian Rally which is pretty brutal :) I'll do it
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An INSANE long endurance rally race, through the arctic tundra, where vehicles must be armed with harpoons in case of polar bears or walruses attacking them... and shit!

We can have the Shroomanian rally team get lost and degenerate to cannibalism in the Siberian wastes!

YES!

Do it, Stas! Just to see Shroomanians eat each other.


Oh, and how is COMMUNE-1 doing? I think Stephen Shroom-King would be, like, totally advertising his horror-physics novels to his newfound comrades.
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Shroom Man 777 wrote:An INSANE long endurance rally race, through the arctic tundra, where vehicles must be armed with harpoons in case of polar bears or walruses attacking them... and shit!

We can have the Shroomanian rally team get lost and degenerate to cannibalism in the Siberian wastes!

YES!

Do it, Stas! Just to see Shroomanians eat each other.


Oh, and how is COMMUNE-1 doing? I think Stephen Shroom-King would be, like, totally advertising his horror-physics novels to his newfound comrades.
Hmm.. Siberian rally requires a totally different car, optimized for different things....
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Fingolfin_Noldor wrote:Hmm.. Siberian rally requires a totally different car, optimized for different things....
The Universal Motors team will compete in this:

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The.. tire is flat. :lol:

But yeah, you will need heavily reinforced tires, a big fat fuel tank, a 4WD system, good suspension, along with a fairly high HP engine.
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Shroomania is part British. We have Shroom Rovers. Man Rovers? I need something that sounds sufficiently silly.

Those tires are flat since the less pressure in them means they'll handle easier on surfaces that are not optimal for fully inflated tires (i.e. softer surfaces, or not roads). For some off-road racing involving rather jagged rocks and obscene angles, the tires are decisively very un-inflated.

I don't know if tires are supposed to be flat on snow, though... :P
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Nicely written Paul, what do you say we start the main course. :D

And Fuck yes, Sarajevo will host a race.

And Stas I would like to send some scientists to Commune-1(If I haven't already. :) )
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Oh, guys, can I sell missiles and shit to San Dorado now? :)
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So it is about to begin :)
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By the way since I'm basically Borneo it seems that I have a considerable number of diamonds. So what is the diamond price like in SDNworld? Is there a de Beers that manipulates the prices, or have the diamond price crashed utterly at some point?
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