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Apr 12, 2010 15:22:10 GMT -5
Post by The Anean Star Empire on Apr 12, 2010 15:22:10 GMT -5
Duke Leck asked queitly "I haven't seen any of your media...Are they the kind to report personal relationships of unweb people?" The others smirked at the question, the tabloids had reported his relationship with his secutary so much that they had now lost intrest. The duke never read the gossip sections of the broadsheets he read, let alone looking at a tabloid. Him and his secutary had been front page news for about a week before the intrest waned. His secutary was the same. General IX"Unfortunately, they do. At least, the minor networks do. If you want real news, you'd watch GNN. The Galactic News Network. They love reporting on government, military, and other stuff along those lines. They try to stray away from personal lives unless it was something major. Like, for example, the emperor and empress divorcing. And I doubt that that would ever happen. "Oh, and if you are interested in watching our television, we have a boosted signal that is just barely reaching a relay station somewhere between the Milky Way and Andromeda. In other words, we actually can access the ASE's entertainment. Still, you can watch the news and get an idea of things going on throughout the Empire. "Any other questions?"
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Apr 12, 2010 15:33:47 GMT -5
Post by Kingdoms of Cal on Apr 12, 2010 15:33:47 GMT -5
The duke shook his head "I think that should be enough for now."
Then smiled "Oh yes, there is a tradition of the oldest people of the commonwealth, the teerie."
One of the honor guard handed him a wooden box and he opened it, it contained a curved blade about seven inches long with an elegantly carved hilt. "It is there tradition to give new friends a weapon...well it is not likely you would give it one to an enemy...it kind of makes sense when you think about it.
It is a gift to you personally."
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Apr 12, 2010 16:09:13 GMT -5
Post by The Anean Star Empire on Apr 12, 2010 16:09:13 GMT -5
"This is... very unexpected. Thank you. I wish I had something I could give you in return. This is a very nice blade. And yeah, giving a blade to an enemy would not be smart. But again, thank you for this gift.
"I will now leave you to the rest of your night."
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Apr 12, 2010 16:16:29 GMT -5
Post by Kingdoms of Cal on Apr 12, 2010 16:16:29 GMT -5
The duke smiled "Your forbearance is enough, i hope you have a good evening."
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Apr 12, 2010 17:06:08 GMT -5
Post by The Anean Star Empire on Apr 12, 2010 17:06:08 GMT -5
"You as well."
I headed back to my cabin with the box in hand. I will put it on display along with all my other weapons when I get back home. I have a Federation katana I took from one of their generals, Emperor Welhan's sword, the 16" blade I took out of an AGF soldier's armor, my .44 magnum, and now this blade. It should look good among all those.
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Apr 12, 2010 20:27:12 GMT -5
Post by Nova25 on Apr 12, 2010 20:27:12 GMT -5
Colonel Nakhi Welhan"Of course we would recognize your nation as independent. I see no reason not to. I find your people very interesting and I am sure the General will as well. As for the second, we are set for right now, but it might be possible in the future. The technology trading though may be a little... one sided. However that does depend on what you have to offer." Sipping slowly his seaweed wine, Nova looked at the Colonel from over the border of his glass of wine, with a half-smile... Nova-voice : '' Dear Colonel of the Anean Outsiders, we might not have many of your technologies, but I can assure you that we are more resourceful than we allow Outsiders to see...'' '' We have some unusual medical technologies, a crystal-based computer, a powerful miniature power source and... up to the approbation of your military superior, if you have one... some military and defense technologies.'' '' Those are the categories that are open for future exchanges, if you have any questions about one of those categories or if you wish to talk to your superior... You're free to do so.''
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Apr 12, 2010 20:56:44 GMT -5
Post by The Anean Star Empire on Apr 12, 2010 20:56:44 GMT -5
Sipping slowly his seaweed wine, Nova looked at the Colonel from over the border of his glass of wine, with a half-smile... Nova-voice : '' Dear Colonel of the Anean Outsiders, we might not have many of your technologies, but I can assure you that we are more resourceful than we allow Outsiders to see...'' '' We have some unusual medical technologies, a crystal-based computer, a powerful miniature power source and... up to the approbation of your military superior, if you have one... some military and defense technologies.'' '' Those are the categories that are open for future exchanges, if you have any questions about one of those categories or if you wish to talk to your superior... You're free to do so.'' Colonel Nakhi Welhan"He sent me up here to make decisions like that. I would like to see some of this technology first hand if you don't mind. Military and defense technologies though would be hard to trade for. We were a nation born of war and lived a life of war. Here's the reason for that: "Back when we entered space... uh... we were isolated and the people enjoyed that. That is normal of course. However, in the first few years, we met a civilization. They were the Galactic Federation and the most powerful nation in the galaxy at the time. "Emperor Welhan, knowing that war would be stupid, agreed to a non-aggression pact. So everyone went on living their lives, more and more ASP ships were built. The ASP was the Anean Space Program, the precursor to today's ASF or Anean Space Force. "Anyway, like fifty years later, the Federation launched a massive attack on our home world. They wiped out eighty percent of the fleet and sixty percent of our army. We obviously retreated from that planet hoping to make a stand and fight back. However, news came in that they captured Emperor Welhan. "A month later, we were on our last system. Five million soldiers and a handful of ships were all that was left of us. The Federation besieged the system for five years. We managed to grow enough food on the planet to feed everyone. "We won that war with assistance from the Remnoran Republic. They were what the Anean Empire would call anthros. Of course, the Empire had seen nothing like them before, but they offered to help us so we accepted. "Apparently, they were at war with the Federation too and there was a stalemate on the front. By using us, they diverted enough of the Federation from that front to spread them thin enough to make a counter attack. I let out a breath. "That was an amazing victory. K'an, today the emperor's wife, rescued the emperor from a POW camp in enemy territory. That was what helped the Anean Empire win the war. The Remnorans and the Anean Empire now were allies, but at a large cost. "We lost billons in that war. However, because of the damage, Emperor Welhan from that day forth devoted himself to defending this empire. Today, we are the most powerful nation in the galaxy and we owe it to the Remnoran leaders at that time. "Anyway, long story short, I think we might be masters of warfare. If you want to trade for some of our weaponry, I think I can do it with no questions asked."
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Apr 13, 2010 0:16:17 GMT -5
Post by The Union of Tinis on Apr 13, 2010 0:16:17 GMT -5
Some more banter between the Tinisians. "It is mostly because Cecil is thankful of your help and assuming he can get a better hang of the language, wouldn't mind offering you a drink or something else as a thank you." The Tinisians bid their leave and proceeded to get food. In short order they had staked out a bit of table near some soldiers and proceeded to figure out what it was they were eating.
[OOC: We can RP the meal if you like, but I'm ok with moving ahead to the main event if people wish]
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Apr 13, 2010 11:13:51 GMT -5
Post by The Anean Star Empire on Apr 13, 2010 11:13:51 GMT -5
OOC: Yeah, I think that once I get everyone aboard I will go ahead with bringing the emperor on.
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Apr 13, 2010 11:39:42 GMT -5
Post by The Anean Star Empire on Apr 13, 2010 11:39:42 GMT -5
[[[OOC: I had just assumed they were either enroute to the ship or had already arrived there]]] Major Luca RioI led the diplomats from Miokalia into the VIP deck. I said to them, "This is where you all will sleep for the night. Tomorrow there will be a meeting with our emperor. Go ahead and pick out your rooms. If you have any questions, feel free to ask one of the AGF soldiers at both ends of this hall or myself or the General. Do you have any questions?"
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Apr 13, 2010 17:08:12 GMT -5
Post by Nova25 on Apr 13, 2010 17:08:12 GMT -5
OOC: Yeah, I think that once I get everyone aboard I will go ahead with bringing the emperor on. OOC : Am I supposed to go to the Anean ship too ?? -------------------- Nova-voice : '' Yes, we understand that the technological exchanges will be limited, since you have a higher level of technology... in general... but we might both have taken a different development path, like... Excuse me for a second, the other Great Minds have thoughts for me.'' Zio-Mind : *The informations he gave are already being added to their Intelligence folder, in the Archive Vault. Historical data isn't much, but it will help us at understanding their acts and more easily predict future actions.* Blade-Mind : *This isn't good... From what they are saying, they are at peace now, but they have the potential to destroy us and this planet... We should ask them why they are here, why they are so far from their home-planet and why they have an outpost on OUR planet !* Zio-Mind : *We can hardly speculate on the reasons of their actions, right now, but Blade-Mind has a point... If they only want peaceful relations with the people of this planet, why are they building an outpost directly on the ground of our planet, if they could have just stayed in orbit ? We might have to communicate those informations to other Nations...* Nina-Mind : *This is a occasion that we must not let go away, because of some ancient fear of outsiders... They have so much to offer... They might hold the final key for the next stage of our expansion...* Ryu-Mind : *But at what cost ? If we take too much from them, we might lose our identity... If we don't open ourselves to the outside world, we will stagnate or we will be crushed by an enemy that we didn't see coming... Nova-Mind : *Like every times before, the people of the Hive-Mind have spoken... ... ... We must adapt.* After a minute or so, of a silence deep of meaning, Nova finished his glass of wine and looked in the eyes of the Outsider Colonel. Nova-voice : '' Colonel of the Anean Outsiders... We are willing to trade some of our most advanced technologies, some that I will personally show you in a short moment, in exchange for 1 or 2 very specific technologies, but before that... Ambassador... Have you the authorization to explain us why do you have an Outpost on our planet, if you wish peace, since you already control entire solar systems ?''
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Apr 13, 2010 17:32:31 GMT -5
Post by The Anean Star Empire on Apr 13, 2010 17:32:31 GMT -5
OOC : Am I supposed to go to the Anean ship too ?? -------------------- Nova-voice : '' Yes, we understand that the technological exchanges will be limited, since you have a higher level of technology... in general... but we might both have taken a different development path, like... Excuse me for a second, the other Great Minds have thoughts for me.'' Zio-Mind : *The informations he gave are already being added to their Intelligence folder, in the Archive Vault. Historical data isn't much, but it will help us at understanding their acts and more easily predict future actions.* Blade-Mind : *This isn't good... From what they are saying, they are at peace now, but they have the potential to destroy us and this planet... We should ask them why they are here, why they are so far from their home-planet and why they have an outpost on OUR planet !* Zio-Mind : *We can hardly speculate on the reasons of their actions, right now, but Blade-Mind has a point... If they only want peaceful relations with the people of this planet, why are they building an outpost directly on the ground of our planet, if they could have just stayed in orbit ? We might have to communicate those informations to other Nations...* Nina-Mind : *This is a occasion that we must not let go away, because of some ancient fear of outsiders... They have so much to offer... They might hold the final key for the next stage of our expansion...* Ryu-Mind : *But at what cost ? If we take too much from them, we might lose our identity... If we don't open ourselves to the outside world, we will stagnate or we will be crushed by an enemy that we didn't see coming... Nova-Mind : *Like every times before, the people of the Hive-Mind have spoken... ... ... We must adapt.* After a minute or so, of a silence deep of meaning, Nova finished his glass of wine and looked in the eyes of the Outsider Colonel. Nova-voice : '' Colonel of the Anean Outsiders... We are willing to trade some of our most advanced technologies, some that I will personally show you in a short moment, in exchange for 1 or 2 very specific technologies, but before that... Ambassador... Have you the authorization to explain us why do you have an Outpost on our planet, if you wish peace, since you already control entire solar systems ?'' OOC: No, you don't have to. --- Colonel Nakhi Welhan"Yes I do. It's no big secret. It's not an outpost as much as a colony. When we sent this ship out, we targeted a planet that we thought was uninhabited. Clearly, we were wrong, so we want to make peace with the people that are here. "To be honest, while a war would be a quick one to take this planet over, neither I, the General, the Emperor, or any of the Senate want that. We just want to live here as well. If that comes to be a problem for anyone on the planet, then we can leave with no traces we were ever here. At least, not a physical trace."
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Apr 14, 2010 19:02:15 GMT -5
Post by The Anean Star Empire on Apr 14, 2010 19:02:15 GMT -5
OOC: For those on the ship. More OOC: I am aware of the name clash with Jerimia, however, that was outright plagarism on his part. I believe he read my story and used those characters. I called him out on it and he is now gone from what I understand.
General IX
"Sir, five Annihilator Battleships, 4 A II's and a B II, and a galleon have arrived. They are definitely the Emperor's task force."
"I will head down and greet them at the back of the ship."
Back of the ship
I watched Emperor Welhan, wearing a suit and tie with his long hair tied back in a ponytail, walk toward me. I could not help but laugh. He looks like some kid out of college trying to get a job. And he is human, so it makes it all the funnier.
He asked, "Does my hair look okay?"
I said, "You look like you are coming out of college."
"Oh. Is that good?"
"It works. Now you just have to get shorter."
"Why? I like being eight foot four. It lets me look down on people. Besides, I want to look large and imposing, but also laid back and a nice guy."
"Okay, I guess that works. Is the rest of the Legion here?"
"Yeah. Including Tammy."
I looked around and saw Rio with a bag over his back. "Damn it Nakhi, I told you not to call me Tammy. It's Tamarynn."
"Yeah, I know, but you are fun to irritate." He turned back to me, "Anyway, he is back in the Legion for now."
Rio set his bag down then ran over to give me a hug. "It is good to be back. I missed you."
We are just friends. I returned the hug and said, "Yeah, I missed you too. Now, we have a meeting to get underway. I already sent word ahead to them, so they should either be almost there now or they should be all ready."
Emperor Welhan said, "How are we running this?"
"More than likely, I will have you give a short introduction and then let you open up for questions, proposals, and the like. Do you have the reinforcements for the colony?"
"They will arrive in the hour and the troop transports are the variant that will break down to make a barracks. I figured that would make your life easier."
"You have no idea."
"Okay, well, let us move on. You lead the way General."
Conference Room
Emperor Welhan walked up to the tiny podium in front of him. All the delegations are here and I now see just how diverse of a planet, or region, this is.
Rio, using his ability to telepathically communicate, "said" to me, "I have forty dollars on Nakhi messing something up and pissing everyone off."
I thought back, "I will double that and say that he starts a war."
"You're on."
K'an Welhan, the Empress and the only other person I know of that is a telepath, thought, "I have five hundred on this all going well."
Rio and I thought back, "We'll go with that."
Nakhi said, "Well, I am almost positive that none of you know me, so let me start by saying that I am Emperor Nakhi Fhulsar Welhan of the Anean Star Empire. To my left is my wife, Empress K'an Welhan. To my immediate right is General IX, slightly farther is Tamarynn Rio.
"I have not done a conference like this for a long time, so I am not exactly sure how to proceed. Uh... I guess I can open for questions. I have as much time as is needed. I will entertain one question at a time from each delegation."
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Apr 15, 2010 0:27:05 GMT -5
Post by The Union of Tinis on Apr 15, 2010 0:27:05 GMT -5
The previous night the Tinisian delegation had figured out the optimal way to phrase a few questions should they get a chance. Zuvameretalis gave Cecil the thumbs up and he raised his paw to ask a question. Cecil had done his best to practice the pronunciations of the words himself but there were still other complications of translation.
"Greetings from the Union of Tinis. I am Cecil Mulkatis, Secretary of State of Tinis. Before I ask my question, it should be known that my ability with your language is very poor and my assistant here, Zuvameretalis will be helping communicate much of what you say to me and what I wish to express. My other two associates are Huro and Sergeant Ot.
"As Secretary of State of Tinis, it is also my job to act as chair of an association of nations on this world known as the Furry Federation. The foundation of the Furry Federation was to bring the nations of the neighboring continent together for peaceful understanding, mutual defense, and to provide a place for international law and agreements to be made. I suspect that my first question is one that several of those assembled here would like to ask."
Cecil was too busy trying to remember how to say it all correctly to be watching the Emperor's reactions, but his aids sure were. Thankfully Cecil was getting to the point.
"Now that we know of each others existence, what is the goal of your people now on this planet?"
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Apr 15, 2010 4:51:38 GMT -5
Post by The Anean Star Empire on Apr 15, 2010 4:51:38 GMT -5
"Now that we know of each others existence, what is the goal of your people now on this planet?" Emperor Welhan"Well, originally it was to take over the world and use it for our benefit. The problem with that is that we originally thought this planet was uninhabited. So, because this ship's engines are damaged beyond repair, we are now just going to have a colony, but live in peace with our neighbors here. "However, if you don't want us here, we can leave with no physical traces we were ever here."
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