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Inactive AURORA: The Great Game - Gauging interest
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GarfunkeL
Racism Expert
Galactic News Network
Breaking News
22nd September 2019
EU SHIP HEADING AWAY FROM EARTH
The unknown European vessel has just recently left Luna orbit and is now heading towards Mercury or possibly Mars. Still no word from the European Press Office. GNN will keep you updated as new information trickles in. Our experts are divided on just why the ship spent four days at Luna but just testing systems sound somewhat implausible.
UPDATE 23/09/2019:
The European ship has bypassed Mercury and is definitely heading towards Mars. Its crew, if it is crewed - we do not even know that much! - are now making history each moment. Never before have humans been this far from our home planet. Will EU officials be the first humans on the surface of Mars?
The ship has also been lost on civilian telescopes as it passed Mercury. Mars is currently on the other side of the Sun from Earth and unfortunately our observatories are not large enough to spot a ship that small from that distance. Our experts have calculated that the European craft should be arriving at Mars orbit in less than 16 hours.
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Note to self: check other players screen more often to spot stuff like that. Also, Merkwürdigliebe your picture isn't showing.
Breaking News
22nd September 2019
EU SHIP HEADING AWAY FROM EARTH
The unknown European vessel has just recently left Luna orbit and is now heading towards Mercury or possibly Mars. Still no word from the European Press Office. GNN will keep you updated as new information trickles in. Our experts are divided on just why the ship spent four days at Luna but just testing systems sound somewhat implausible.
UPDATE 23/09/2019:
The European ship has bypassed Mercury and is definitely heading towards Mars. Its crew, if it is crewed - we do not even know that much! - are now making history each moment. Never before have humans been this far from our home planet. Will EU officials be the first humans on the surface of Mars?
The ship has also been lost on civilian telescopes as it passed Mercury. Mars is currently on the other side of the Sun from Earth and unfortunately our observatories are not large enough to spot a ship that small from that distance. Our experts have calculated that the European craft should be arriving at Mars orbit in less than 16 hours.
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Note to self: check other players screen more often to spot stuff like that. Also, Merkwürdigliebe your picture isn't showing.
GarfunkeL
Racism Expert
Galactic News Network
Tracking the EURO Ship
5th October 2019
EU SHIP RETURNED - AND LEFT!
Still without any official comment from the EU, other nations have grown restless. Apparently the European ship returned to low Earth orbit for refueling but quickly left again, on a trajectory towards either Mercury or Mars. We have received confirmation from anonymous but reliable sources that even the other powers are unable to track the movements of the European ship further than 120 million kilometres. Depending on orbital mechanics - the planets do not all orbit the Sun in a neat line - this sphere around the Earth can only reach Venus and Mars when they are very close to Earth. Currently Venus is 220 million kilometres away, at 295 degrees and Mars is about 370 million kilometres away, at 331 degrees. Mercury is 140 million kilometres away, at 344 degrees.
Tracking the EURO Ship
5th October 2019
EU SHIP RETURNED - AND LEFT!
Still without any official comment from the EU, other nations have grown restless. Apparently the European ship returned to low Earth orbit for refueling but quickly left again, on a trajectory towards either Mercury or Mars. We have received confirmation from anonymous but reliable sources that even the other powers are unable to track the movements of the European ship further than 120 million kilometres. Depending on orbital mechanics - the planets do not all orbit the Sun in a neat line - this sphere around the Earth can only reach Venus and Mars when they are very close to Earth. Currently Venus is 220 million kilometres away, at 295 degrees and Mars is about 370 million kilometres away, at 331 degrees. Mercury is 140 million kilometres away, at 344 degrees.
Cassidy
Arcane
From the blings-ridden purple desk of Alvaro Adorno, President of the Libertadores
The individual must not depend upon a central authority to achieve progress. The age of great inventions might seem gone, and under a shallow outlook it may indeed seem that all technological developments of any major relevance from now on will always depend upon a government providing funds for them to happen. Fortunately, that is far from being the truth, despite the unfortunate fact most "geniuses" and people capable of forwarding science without a government paycheck are the exception rather than the rule, the Libertadores is proud of the feat done by Mercedes Delagarza Delapaz, whose determination to register her name to the annals of history was unlimited, for she relied on certain means of funding redneck inbreds might judge demeaning and "slutty", while these means more than justify the end of progress and enlargement of our penetration over the great mysteries of the universe.
I'm am sure that Duranium armor will therefore prove itself hard enough to provide the needs of mankind for the next decade, as much as I am sure this event has been a great contribution to equalizing the gaps between the old imperialists and the emancipated peoples of once underdeveloped countries. To debunk any wrongful accusations and lies that could be done about this event, I state this very clearly: the government of the Libertadores will not pursue any retaliation against her, for it is within her most essential freedoms to do what she has done, and to oppose individual liberty is the first step to try beating Stalin and Mao in the always genocidal game of failed socialism we have long left behind, despite what the bourgeois and lying whores of corporate mass media claim.
On the contrary, we are actually glad with this development, for it has saved us time, both by providing such development and by not forcing us to pursue it later should other nations begin solid research on such field. As for the accusations about corruption, I have not been informed of any reports until this statement, and I encourage Mercedes to give names to these "crooks" within our R&D department, as if proven true, measures will definitively be taken to put those responsible in their place and dissuade future tries of leeching the people. We will not let the leeches back!
As for the lack of priority on armor and defense technologies, it is simply a matter of two factors. First, we have greater priorities on research than to build armor for spaceships and second, the scum that fortunately was driven out before left education and R&D in all countries of the Libertadores in a terrible state, despite much we have already done to improve upon it, and thus we do not have the luxury of dedicating research to areas we consider of low priority given the fact space exploration already began, and better hulls will do nothing to help us joining it. Short-sightedness would be to dedicate research on defense systems in an Earth depleted of all these new TN minerals praying to not end curbstomped while all others are shipping their minerals from extraplanetary bodies.
The individual must not depend upon a central authority to achieve progress. The age of great inventions might seem gone, and under a shallow outlook it may indeed seem that all technological developments of any major relevance from now on will always depend upon a government providing funds for them to happen. Fortunately, that is far from being the truth, despite the unfortunate fact most "geniuses" and people capable of forwarding science without a government paycheck are the exception rather than the rule, the Libertadores is proud of the feat done by Mercedes Delagarza Delapaz, whose determination to register her name to the annals of history was unlimited, for she relied on certain means of funding redneck inbreds might judge demeaning and "slutty", while these means more than justify the end of progress and enlargement of our penetration over the great mysteries of the universe.
I'm am sure that Duranium armor will therefore prove itself hard enough to provide the needs of mankind for the next decade, as much as I am sure this event has been a great contribution to equalizing the gaps between the old imperialists and the emancipated peoples of once underdeveloped countries. To debunk any wrongful accusations and lies that could be done about this event, I state this very clearly: the government of the Libertadores will not pursue any retaliation against her, for it is within her most essential freedoms to do what she has done, and to oppose individual liberty is the first step to try beating Stalin and Mao in the always genocidal game of failed socialism we have long left behind, despite what the bourgeois and lying whores of corporate mass media claim.
On the contrary, we are actually glad with this development, for it has saved us time, both by providing such development and by not forcing us to pursue it later should other nations begin solid research on such field. As for the accusations about corruption, I have not been informed of any reports until this statement, and I encourage Mercedes to give names to these "crooks" within our R&D department, as if proven true, measures will definitively be taken to put those responsible in their place and dissuade future tries of leeching the people. We will not let the leeches back!
As for the lack of priority on armor and defense technologies, it is simply a matter of two factors. First, we have greater priorities on research than to build armor for spaceships and second, the scum that fortunately was driven out before left education and R&D in all countries of the Libertadores in a terrible state, despite much we have already done to improve upon it, and thus we do not have the luxury of dedicating research to areas we consider of low priority given the fact space exploration already began, and better hulls will do nothing to help us joining it. Short-sightedness would be to dedicate research on defense systems in an Earth depleted of all these new TN minerals praying to not end curbstomped while all others are shipping their minerals from extraplanetary bodies.
Merkwürdigliebe
Arcane
Merkwürdigliebe
Arcane
What awaits mankind in the dark reaches of space and on old worlds long forgotten?
Cassidy
Arcane
Use it as you wish, Merk.
GarfunkeL
Racism Expert
http://aurorawiki.pentarch.org/index.php?title=Shipyards
I'd like all players to read that Wiki article, as more and more powers get their first shipyards. It's a good introduction and should clear few issues about them. Just remember that Commercial(Civilian) Shipyard starts at 10,000 tons whereas a Naval(Military) Shipyard starts at 1,000 tons.
Annual status reports are going out. As always, if your industrial/research queues are going to end during 2020, please let me know what you want to do next.
I'd like all players to read that Wiki article, as more and more powers get their first shipyards. It's a good introduction and should clear few issues about them. Just remember that Commercial(Civilian) Shipyard starts at 10,000 tons whereas a Naval(Military) Shipyard starts at 1,000 tons.
Annual status reports are going out. As always, if your industrial/research queues are going to end during 2020, please let me know what you want to do next.
GarfunkeL
Racism Expert
Global News Network
Industrial News
21st January 2020
CHINESE MASS DRIVER CONSTRUCTED IN RECORD-BREAKING TIME
The People's Republic of China unveiled its Mass Driver today, as officials congratulated the workers and management for the project, which was seen through in a astonishingly short time frame. Construction of a civilian spaceport has already begun.
Industrial News
21st January 2020
CHINESE MASS DRIVER CONSTRUCTED IN RECORD-BREAKING TIME
The People's Republic of China unveiled its Mass Driver today, as officials congratulated the workers and management for the project, which was seen through in a astonishingly short time frame. Construction of a civilian spaceport has already begun.
GarfunkeL
Racism Expert
Global News Network
Breaking News
26th January 2020
SMALLER NATIONS JOIN-UP WEEK
The world stage has been in a shock this week as several smaller nations have joined up with some of the Great Powers. First, Croatia joined the European Union, then Venezuela joined the Commonwealth, Colombia joined the Libertadores and finally Peru joined the East Asian Federation! Our experts and analysts are still reeling from all these changes.
Breaking News
26th January 2020
SMALLER NATIONS JOIN-UP WEEK
The world stage has been in a shock this week as several smaller nations have joined up with some of the Great Powers. First, Croatia joined the European Union, then Venezuela joined the Commonwealth, Colombia joined the Libertadores and finally Peru joined the East Asian Federation! Our experts and analysts are still reeling from all these changes.
GarfunkeL
Racism Expert
Global News Network
Industrial News
27th February 2020
INDIAN MASS DRIVER OPERATIONAL
Indian officials were overjoyed today at the opening ceremony of the sub-continents first Mass Driver. A ISO container was launched to low Earth orbit as a test procedure. Construction of a commercial spaceport was also confirmed to have started. India looks to be serious in her desire to join the Space Race.
Industrial News
27th February 2020
INDIAN MASS DRIVER OPERATIONAL
Indian officials were overjoyed today at the opening ceremony of the sub-continents first Mass Driver. A ISO container was launched to low Earth orbit as a test procedure. Construction of a commercial spaceport was also confirmed to have started. India looks to be serious in her desire to join the Space Race.
GarfunkeL
Racism Expert
Global News Network
Industrial News
11th March 2020
RUSSIA JOINS THE ORBITAL CLUB
The Russian Federation today officially opened both its first Mass Driver and its first Spaceport. Work crews have already been shuttled to orbit as work on a commercial shipyard is starting.
Industrial News
11th March 2020
RUSSIA JOINS THE ORBITAL CLUB
The Russian Federation today officially opened both its first Mass Driver and its first Spaceport. Work crews have already been shuttled to orbit as work on a commercial shipyard is starting.
GarfunkeL
Racism Expert
Global News Network
Industrial News
16th March 2020
EARTH RUNS OUT OF TRITANIUM
Tritanium became today the third TN-mineral to run dry. Experts have estimated that Uridium is the next one to go.
Industrial News
16th March 2020
EARTH RUNS OUT OF TRITANIUM
Tritanium became today the third TN-mineral to run dry. Experts have estimated that Uridium is the next one to go.
Hellraiser
Arcane
Zee EUtopia is paving zee way for the future of mankind I see. 
CHINA PROPOSES HALT ON MINERAL DEVELOPMENT
CHINA TODAY
16th March 2020
Chinese officials have drawn up a plan to extend the life of Earth's mineral resources - until offworld sources of Corundium, Corbomite, Tritanium and Uridium can be found, all nations and alliances will cease the construction of additional mines. Chinese environmental groups applaud this move to preserve our planet's resources, hailing Chinese administrator Hou Lin Xue for her progressive policies.
(Artists impression of modern cities under the minestop treaty)
(Treaty offered to all nations, conditional on all nations signing - construction of mines banned until resources discovered on asteroids, moons or other planets)
CHINA TODAY
16th March 2020
Chinese officials have drawn up a plan to extend the life of Earth's mineral resources - until offworld sources of Corundium, Corbomite, Tritanium and Uridium can be found, all nations and alliances will cease the construction of additional mines. Chinese environmental groups applaud this move to preserve our planet's resources, hailing Chinese administrator Hou Lin Xue for her progressive policies.
(Artists impression of modern cities under the minestop treaty)
(Treaty offered to all nations, conditional on all nations signing - construction of mines banned until resources discovered on asteroids, moons or other planets)
Merkwürdigliebe
Arcane
I've already discovered extraterrestrial deposits of TN minerals, some in the size of several dozens of million tons, problem? 
Cassidy
Arcane
The Worker's Daily
Unions organizing a full general strike on Peru and Venezuela to start on May 1st in protest against the betrayal of their rulers to neo-colonialists
After the recent events over South America, many workers organizations and also public employees unions are riling up over the recently recolonized nations of Peru and Venezuela. In two acts that were seen by significant parts of their inhabitants as pure treason, the two countries were given to the British Commonwealth and to the Japanese Empire in exchange for likely significant bribes given to their former presidents. Although the Libertadores has not yet done anything to make justice to their words and guarantee of independence for the two countries, it is clear they are strongly supporting this coming mass strike, and will not back down on that. This Labor Day may perhaps be one of the most important Labor Days in all of the history of South America, as the events that will unfold during these two coordinate protests against renewed imperialism and the reaction of the imperialists to them may define the future of the continent.
To add to the tensions after such disrespect against South-American sovereignty by the same ones responsible for slaughtering countless Chinese and Asian peoples, for the Rape of Nanjing, for Unit 731 and for countless other atrocities and for the not so humanitarian either British Empire, the young guerilla known as Fuerzas Armadas Libertarias de COloMbia(FALCOM) has been rumored to be breaching over both Peruvian and Venezuelan borders and to have clashed with local authorities, in engagements that caused deaths, as their leader, Antonio Fuentes, have recently stated they "will fight the good fight against imperialism, with our guns and voices, with or without the support of the Libertadores".
Let us hope the coming 1st of May will serve as a warning to those who try to do the same the Spanish and Portuguese Empire once did to this land: they will never be welcome again, and by insisting on this, they are digging their own graves. The Libertadores, in the meanwhile, still gave no statements on the FALCOM and union declarations, but their silence is not going to last much longer.
A Dilemma: Libertadores must choose between humiliating inaction in face of neo-colonialism in South America or risking Mutually Assured Destruction in a nuclear rearmageddon that will make Hiroshima looks like a firecracker.
The application of TN technology to the military led to a result not so different to that of the application and refinement of firearms during the Great War: at this point, military-wise, the only situation where offense beats defense is in nuclear weapons, for even the United States Mobile Infantry is naturally defensive and less than optimal for offensives, while the not so advanced garrissons employed by most of the world are exclusively defensive in their strategical utility. The old armored divisions of late 20th century and early 21st century technology are as ineffective against these new mobile infantry and garrison units as cavalry was against machineguns and WW1 technology.
The world is simply in a state where it is better for a war to not happen right now, and on the grey nature of the Libertadores on nuclear arsenal, the worst must be assumed: that they possess them and are willing to use them, if necessary. A conflict over such "small" countries like Peru and Venezuela could thus put the lives of hundreds of millions at stake.
Yet, the Syndicalist Confederation of the Libertadores has a reputation to defend. If they back down to this recent development, this will hurt their prestige and lead many radicals to denounce them as lacking in true revolutionary fervor to stand against the enemies of the workers of South America and of the world. Both decisions could be catastrophic, specially now that the space is the new frontier, and thus, risking a global war out of Venezuela and Peru may be the ideologically right thing to do, but not really help the cause of the workers in the long term.
The Workers' Daily thus believes that for now, the Libertadores should back down and prepare itself to, sooner or later, liberate the two countries and make the imperialists pay such a high price they would never dare again, than to risk waging a war that would be bloodier than the Great War.
The people have the governments they deserve. If the majority of the populations of those two countries did nothing to stop this, why should hundreds of millions be risked for dozens of millions of conformed sheeple that just drooled and mouthbreathed while their countries were sold out?
Unions organizing a full general strike on Peru and Venezuela to start on May 1st in protest against the betrayal of their rulers to neo-colonialists
After the recent events over South America, many workers organizations and also public employees unions are riling up over the recently recolonized nations of Peru and Venezuela. In two acts that were seen by significant parts of their inhabitants as pure treason, the two countries were given to the British Commonwealth and to the Japanese Empire in exchange for likely significant bribes given to their former presidents. Although the Libertadores has not yet done anything to make justice to their words and guarantee of independence for the two countries, it is clear they are strongly supporting this coming mass strike, and will not back down on that. This Labor Day may perhaps be one of the most important Labor Days in all of the history of South America, as the events that will unfold during these two coordinate protests against renewed imperialism and the reaction of the imperialists to them may define the future of the continent.
To add to the tensions after such disrespect against South-American sovereignty by the same ones responsible for slaughtering countless Chinese and Asian peoples, for the Rape of Nanjing, for Unit 731 and for countless other atrocities and for the not so humanitarian either British Empire, the young guerilla known as Fuerzas Armadas Libertarias de COloMbia(FALCOM) has been rumored to be breaching over both Peruvian and Venezuelan borders and to have clashed with local authorities, in engagements that caused deaths, as their leader, Antonio Fuentes, have recently stated they "will fight the good fight against imperialism, with our guns and voices, with or without the support of the Libertadores".
Let us hope the coming 1st of May will serve as a warning to those who try to do the same the Spanish and Portuguese Empire once did to this land: they will never be welcome again, and by insisting on this, they are digging their own graves. The Libertadores, in the meanwhile, still gave no statements on the FALCOM and union declarations, but their silence is not going to last much longer.
A Dilemma: Libertadores must choose between humiliating inaction in face of neo-colonialism in South America or risking Mutually Assured Destruction in a nuclear rearmageddon that will make Hiroshima looks like a firecracker.
The application of TN technology to the military led to a result not so different to that of the application and refinement of firearms during the Great War: at this point, military-wise, the only situation where offense beats defense is in nuclear weapons, for even the United States Mobile Infantry is naturally defensive and less than optimal for offensives, while the not so advanced garrissons employed by most of the world are exclusively defensive in their strategical utility. The old armored divisions of late 20th century and early 21st century technology are as ineffective against these new mobile infantry and garrison units as cavalry was against machineguns and WW1 technology.
The world is simply in a state where it is better for a war to not happen right now, and on the grey nature of the Libertadores on nuclear arsenal, the worst must be assumed: that they possess them and are willing to use them, if necessary. A conflict over such "small" countries like Peru and Venezuela could thus put the lives of hundreds of millions at stake.
Yet, the Syndicalist Confederation of the Libertadores has a reputation to defend. If they back down to this recent development, this will hurt their prestige and lead many radicals to denounce them as lacking in true revolutionary fervor to stand against the enemies of the workers of South America and of the world. Both decisions could be catastrophic, specially now that the space is the new frontier, and thus, risking a global war out of Venezuela and Peru may be the ideologically right thing to do, but not really help the cause of the workers in the long term.
The Workers' Daily thus believes that for now, the Libertadores should back down and prepare itself to, sooner or later, liberate the two countries and make the imperialists pay such a high price they would never dare again, than to risk waging a war that would be bloodier than the Great War.
The people have the governments they deserve. If the majority of the populations of those two countries did nothing to stop this, why should hundreds of millions be risked for dozens of millions of conformed sheeple that just drooled and mouthbreathed while their countries were sold out?
I've already discovered extraterrestrial deposits of TN minerals, some in the size of several dozens of million tons, problem?
/orders another 100 mines
Kalin
Unwanted
East Asian-Peruvian friendship: a one-year retrospective
Since the independent South American summit in Taipei last year, diplomatic relations with Peru have reached truly historic levels. The first major step was taken by Peruvian President Keiko Fujimori, leader of the increasingly popular and now dominant Reformed Fuerza party, who successfully negotiated for entry into the free-trade sphere of Greater East Asia (now renamed Greater East Asia and America), resulting in a tremendous boost of productivity and goodwill. Immensely satisfied with the rapid industrial expansion and general increase in life quality, Peru soon applied for federal membership as well, so as to fully take part in Trans-Newtonian development, reap the rewards of East Asian-Peruvian cooperation and, above all, embrace the superior principles of the Imperial Way. Its application was unanimously accepted, and Peru thus became the very first, if not last, non-East Asian nation to join the East Asian Federation.
Since the independent South American summit in Taipei last year, diplomatic relations with Peru have reached truly historic levels. The first major step was taken by Peruvian President Keiko Fujimori, leader of the increasingly popular and now dominant Reformed Fuerza party, who successfully negotiated for entry into the free-trade sphere of Greater East Asia (now renamed Greater East Asia and America), resulting in a tremendous boost of productivity and goodwill. Immensely satisfied with the rapid industrial expansion and general increase in life quality, Peru soon applied for federal membership as well, so as to fully take part in Trans-Newtonian development, reap the rewards of East Asian-Peruvian cooperation and, above all, embrace the superior principles of the Imperial Way. Its application was unanimously accepted, and Peru thus became the very first, if not last, non-East Asian nation to join the East Asian Federation.
Kalin
Unwanted
SerratedBiz
Arcane
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The plot thickens. Keep it up bros!
GarfunkeL
Racism Expert
Global News Network
Industrial News
26th March 2020
INDIAN SPACE PORT OPENS - LAL COLONY CORPORATION FIRST CUSTOMER
And the Indians are not satisfied yet, but have already started work on their orbital shipyard. Officials from India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh were all present in the opening ceremony and many of them accompanied the first work group "up".
Industrial News
26th March 2020
INDIAN SPACE PORT OPENS - LAL COLONY CORPORATION FIRST CUSTOMER
And the Indians are not satisfied yet, but have already started work on their orbital shipyard. Officials from India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh were all present in the opening ceremony and many of them accompanied the first work group "up".
GarfunkeL
Racism Expert
Global News Network
Industrial News
11th April 2020
CHINESE SPACE PORT READY FOR JIA SHIPPING TO MOVE IN
Hot on the heels of the Indians, the People's Republic of China today announced the opening of their space port. Just like the Indians, the Chinese have also already started work on orbital shipyards. Unfortunately for our readers, neither China nor India are allowing GNN up and close to their orbital facilities under construction - following the example set by the EU. No reporter has managed to enter these constructs, so far.
Industrial News
11th April 2020
CHINESE SPACE PORT READY FOR JIA SHIPPING TO MOVE IN
Hot on the heels of the Indians, the People's Republic of China today announced the opening of their space port. Just like the Indians, the Chinese have also already started work on orbital shipyards. Unfortunately for our readers, neither China nor India are allowing GNN up and close to their orbital facilities under construction - following the example set by the EU. No reporter has managed to enter these constructs, so far.
Kalin
Unwanted
Current map of Earth and its ten leading factions.
Brown: African Union
Pink: Commonwealth
Purple: East Asian Federation
Yellow: European Union
Dark Green: Islamic Caliphate
Light Green: Libertadores
Red: People's Republic of China
Orange: Republic of India
Teal: Russian Federation
Light Yellow: South-East Asian Alliance
Blue: United States of America
Grey: Neutral states
Revised list of the neutral countries and rough estimates of their population:
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