SDN Worlds 4 Commentary Thread V

[Shroom Man 777]

I have been busy trying to get this whole pirate thing finished. I should perhaps focus on the more recent things though. Send me a PM if you need me to respond to something please, otherwise I have kinda fallen behind on SDNW4, or have only skimmed stuff once and probably missed something.

The Inhumanist League beckons!

[doom3607]

You're right, this could be crazier. It could have Team L.A.M.E. in it.

JOINS the INSANE HISTORIAN

"QUICK! THEY NEED MORE MATERIAL FOR THE REPAIR!"

URGES the INSANE HISTORIAN to JOIN IN DEFECATION

"IF WE MAKE TOO MUCH, WE CAN ALWAYS USE IT AS FOOD WHEN WE LAND IN THE WILDERNESS!"

I'll let this madness speak for itself.

[Force Lord]

Fool! Now you'll give Shroom more crazy ideas!

[Zor]

Out of context and out of universe Fin, i have twenty ships of the wall at this event. Try anything stupid the Lance of Damocles will be swiftly melted down and its metal used to build a monument to the Tau Refugees who made their way to the commonwealth to escape the evil genocidal clutches of the Byzatines and a thousand museums dedicated to denouncing the idiocy of Bigotry and the fundamental folly of any connection between church and state.

Zor

[PeZook]

Out of context and out of universe Fin, i have twenty ships of the wall at this event. Try anything stupid the Lance of Damocles will be swiftly melted down and its metal used to build a monument to the Tau Refugees who made their way to the commonwealth to escape the evil genocidal clutches of the Byzatines and a thousand museums dedicated to denouncing the idiocy of Bigotry and the fundamental folly of any connection between church and state.

Zor

Oh...man!

That's like...the ULTIMATE INSULT!

[Fingolfin_Noldor]

Out of context and out of universe Fin, i have twenty ships of the wall at this event. Try anything stupid the Lance of Damocles will be swiftly melted down and its metal used to build a monument to the Tau Refugees who made their way to the commonwealth to escape the evil genocidal clutches of the Byzatines and a thousand museums dedicated to denouncing the idiocy of Bigotry and the fundamental folly of any connection between church and state.

Zor

Oh...man!

That's like...the ULTIMATE INSULT!

Nah. We have something bigger. If by anything, both Shroom and I have long decided that this was a one way trip in the worst case scenario. Mind, I have no intention of claiming all credit for this stunt.

[Steve]

I wonder, does Nova Atlantis also harbor any Dilgrud "refugees" fleeing from the evil Anglians that subjugated their race and brought them to the brink of extinction?

[Simon_Jester]

Out of context and out of universe Fin, i have twenty ships of the wall at this event. Try anything stupid the Lance of Damocles will be swiftly melted down and its metal used to build a monument to the Tau Refugees who made their way to the commonwealth to escape the evil genocidal clutches of the Byzatines and a thousand museums dedicated to denouncing the idiocy of Bigotry and the fundamental folly of any connection between church and state.

What makes you think the Byzantines and Bragulans are so unsubtle as to pick an actual fight with a fleet that outguns them that drastically even before their hosts' fleet is factored in?

[Zor]

I wonder, does Nova Atlantis also harbor any Dilgrud "refugees" fleeing from the evil Anglians that subjugated their race and brought them to the brink of extinction?

No, the Anglians were not genocidal in their activities and Dilgrud did much of the damage to themselves.

Zor

[Darkevilme]

So yeah is this event near the end of January? Cause if so i can maybe rush the Carnivore's through trials and have something to participate in the fleet review with seen as all my heavier capships are busy preparing for mehstomp.

[Siege]

If you record the voices of the leaders of the Order of the Black Star and play them backwards, you hear the Beatles.

[Shroom Man 777]

If you record the voices of the leaders of the Order of the Black Star and play them backwards, you hear the Beatles.

Out of context and out of universe Fin, i have twenty ships of the wall at this event. Try anything stupid the Lance of Damocles will be swiftly melted down and its metal used to build a monument to the Tau Refugees who made their way to the commonwealth to escape the evil genocidal clutches of the Byzatines and a thousand museums dedicated to denouncing the idiocy of Bigotry and the fundamental folly of any connection between church and state.

Zor

Oh...man!

That's like...the ULTIMATE INSULT!

Nah. We have something bigger. If by anything, both Shroom and I have long decided that this was a one way trip in the worst case scenario. Mind, I have no intention of claiming all credit for this stunt.

They are all fools. All of them. Foolish fools!

*CACKLES*

[doom3607]

... This makes me feel it may be a very good thing indeed no Locrian ships are at this naval event.

[PeZook]

Oh, it's not that bad.

I mean, we could've crashed it, too.

[Simon_Jester]

When the Collectors crash a party, it stays crashed.

[PeZook]

When the Collectors crash a party, it stays crashed.

[Simon_Jester]

[salutes the Third Protocol]

Shiny.

I have this sudden image of a covert-ops FREEDOM PRIME going up against the Third Protocol bots!

"FREEDOMIZING is the right of all sentient beings!"

"So is not being blown to bits."

We'd finally find out what happens when the irresistible farce meets the immovable objective.

[Force Lord]

Hmm, I feel something is missing from the whole Outlands chaos...

Ah! Now I remember! Where are the goddamn commies?!

[doom3607]

[salutes the Third Protocol]

Shiny.

I have this sudden image of a covert-ops FREEDOM PRIME going up against the Third Protocol bots!

"FREEDOMIZING is the right of all sentient beings!"

"So is not being blown to bits."

We'd finally find out what happens when the irresistible farce meets the immovable objective.

OH DEAR GOD, RUN FOR YOUR LIVES! IT'S THE WORLD'S MOST TERRIBLE PUN!

[Akhlut]

I'm going to try to get up a NSAS Turtles story in tonight, as I foresee me being unable to do much for about a week, as I'm going to have to pay my internet late in order to afford more important things like "rent." I'll still have a work computer to access stuff from, but only for a little bit of time a day and I don't feel comfortable trying to write a story from my work desk. Just a bit of a heads up.

[Tanasinn]

Hmm, I feel something is missing from the whole Outlands chaos...

Ah! Now I remember! Where are the goddamn commies?!

We, at least, are avoiding sticking our fingers into the blender.

The Humanist Union funds and arms socialist revolutionaries abroad - probably some of those easy arms have reached the Outlands - but with the Union's current recession and the strategic unimportance of the Outlands to the Union, the government is wary to get too involved.

I had been considering a humanitarian intervention before the UN beat me to the punch - fly a subfleet out, establish a base of operations for refugees, kill any rabble-rousers with extreme prejudice, and ultimately arm and indoctrinate the interested.

For us, the Feelipeenis are somewhat more interesting; fewer well-armed parties vying for control, closer to home, and sliiiightlu less sticky re: relations with the Centrality. There are the Umerians (as a neighbor) and the Shepistanis (as an enemy) to consider there, not to mention the Centrality, but it's still an area of interest for my government.

[Steve]

I wonder, does Nova Atlantis also harbor any Dilgrud "refugees" fleeing from the evil Anglians that subjugated their race and brought them to the brink of extinction?

No, the Anglians were not genocidal in their activities and Dilgrud did much of the damage to themselves.

Zor

At the time there were probably quite a few elements of Anglian government and society talking about doing to the Dilgrud what the Imperium did to the Tau and the Dominion and Shepistan to the Amplitur, especially as the casualties from planetary invasions kept going up. And if not for Tugaliar surrendering, stating "there is no honor in extinction", the Dilgrud would be extinct. So I'm not sure how anyone would consider the two things different until after the fact, when the Anglians held back instead of finishing the Dilgrud off. And I'd suspect things like Atlantean statements and offers of refugee settlement would have been made already.

[Simon_Jester]

Plus, the Dilgrud were sheer raving gibbering xenophobes; they would most likely prefer to strike off into the interstellar wilderness on their own than accept a home in a decadent human state such as the Atlantean Commonwealth.

And of course there's the fear that they'll wind up known as the Dligurd or some such...

[TimothyC]

Semi fluff history post posted. Thanks to Simon_Jester for help.

[Simon_Jester]

[looks at Bragulans, then at Byzantines]

See? I knew you guys could agree on things you have in common! Like shamelessly abusing innocent victims with your tyrannical apparatuses of state oppression.