[CP] Operation Blackout - DEFCON 2
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by Acacia Mason
Good Afternoon eCanada,
Rumours of my demise are wildly exaggerated.
Late this week I met with my Cabinet team in an emergency meeting. I advised my team that real and credible threats to myself and the nation had been received. It was decided at that meeting that emergency action measures should be taken to protect not only the safety of the government but the nation. This series of defensive decisions was code named, “Operation Blackout”
Several steps were immediately decided upon. All Prime Ministerial articles were deemed Top Secret and removed from public access points. It was also decided that an immediate media blackout would be launched as the administration moved into a cone of silence.
Your regularly scheduled program has been cancelled...move along...nothing to see here
Next, it was determined that the safety of the Administration and Congress was paramount. Deputy Prime Minister, Andrew McKenzie Caine, boarded one plane and I boarded another. Half of Congress went with him and the other half with me. MoF, George Beeman and MoFA, Dierios also joined Mr. Caine. MoIA 00AngryMobMan00, and MoW Eric Last came with me. Both teams were dispatched to their emergency VIVOS underground bunkers.
Home sweet home for the time being
Once we had landed in the secured VIVOS facility, my team and I began to assess the current Rebel threat to our border. A splinter cell ground known as EPC had begun hostile maneuvers. Our attention is now being focused on them as we move towards neutralizing them.
eCanada, last night in a meeting with Senior cabinet members, and Congress, the use of nuclear weapons was authorized. Both sets of keys have been delivered. One to dPM Caine and one to me.
You don’t want to mess with these guys
Once the keys were delivered, the case was opened and one key was given to MoW, Eric Last, one to MoIA, 00AngryMobMan00 and the remaining two, to myself and dPM Caine.
Launch Keys are pretty cool looking don’t ya think?
At this time I have moved all MU’s to Defcon 2 - FAST PACE. We are prepared and are working towards ending this rebellion swiftly and efficiently. I can assure you that the government is in a high state of readiness and we continue to be monitoring the situation closely.
We have also activated our centralized command centre. From here, both MoW Eric Last and myself have the ability to engage nuclear devices as well as co-ordinate military efforts both domestically and abroad.
eCanada, threats have been made to the very fabric of our loyalist principles. We (the government) do not take these threats lightly. I am prepared to move us to DEFCON 1 - COCKED PISTOL at a moments notice. The rebellion will be stopped and good order will be restored. The full weight of the nation will be leveraged.
That is all.
Yours In National Unity,
Prime Minister - eCanada
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So when am I going to be reimbursed for that stolen pudding?
The nuclear apocalypse is near. Run for your live! : D
For Peace, Order, and Good Government!
James...I'm afraid the pudding....well...it's not coming home son. May the Great Architect of the Universe hold the pudding for you.
I will approach congress about calling March 16th "eNational Pudding Day" in commemoration of your loss. o7
It will be difficult to hear you raise the alert to DEFCON 1 from inside that cone of silence. Perhaps if you poke some air holes in the cone first ....
http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/the-stats1-1988571/1/20
Please commetn it covers some of this
That's not what is inside the briefcase.
Can you answer why you have proposed an embargo with Bulgaria, and EDEN ally?
I don't know about you, but I see a number of Bulgarians fighting on the EPC side. We need to send eBulgaria a message that they need to stay out of internal eCanadian affairs.
😁😁 THIS
I don't know about you, but I see a number of Americans fighting on the EPC side. We need to send the USA a message: Embargo the USA next?
Wouldn't a trade embargo transform canadian internal affairs into a domestic Bulgarian/American issue?? Isn't that the whole purpose of the RW strategy pursued by EPC? Oh well, political calculations are always imprecise.
Rofl... sure.
Oh look who it is! SaraD!
Feeling forced to run yet Sara? Maybe try running away instead lol
"threats have been made to the very fabric of our loyalist principles"
Right on. Let's crush this rebellion.
To be advised, EPC Congressmen currently in eCanada are voting "Yes" to the Bulgaria embargo to advance the RW strategy.
However, if they want to protect the long-term interests of eCanada vis. TEDEN, they should probably be voting "No" to block it.
Good to see AM up and at it again and playing the game.
Glad to have you back AM!
Operation Blackout=Success!
eCanada=Success!
@Plugson
Do you have any proof of that? Certainly goes against their whole image of being a crusade for morals and values, doesn't it, since they're publicly denouncing the embargo while voting for it just to make eCan look bad.
ACACIA THE KEYS!
lol
Maybe Americans should stay out of our internal affairs including offering comments that were neither solicited or required. Especially those Americans who left this Nation to fend for itself. They aren't losing resources over this or contributing resources to us. We don't need their hot air nor, do we need or appreciate self serving and self-righteous opinions.
Stay on your high horse - it helps you talk down to us.
😁^ Maybe Canadians should get more involved in their own affairs.
Roger careful there my friend...one could say the same thing to you. You left remember? Preaching for others to get more involved at a time when you have chosen to not get involved at all can be viewed as hypocritical.
Pot/Kettle
Cheers. I hear your doing good things in eAlbania though so good on you.
So basically, your covering stuff up because your paranoid about a spy/terrorist ring in your country? just do what you did, except saying all the bullshit that you think would be "Dangerous" to the country. Maybe Canada needs a PTO, I can see that your trying to fix the mess of politics but it is going to take longer then 1 term. Just do a mix of fixing the sinkhole, while improving elsewhere.
@Roger -- These Terrorists were in many instances the ones running eCanada all these months.
@Acacia -- I support the embargo. The Terrorists have only themselves to blame if other countries are affected by this. If they didn't start RWs and fight against us, then there would be no RW for mercenaries to join. And the effect of the mercs would be manageable. Their merc buddies should pay as much as the terrorists, even if it means they are ostracized by their own countries for causing a consequence. No country should harbour terrorists.
That is why these terrorists left - they wanted to quit being alleged of treason. It is still the same thing though for attacking your own country. By confronting their country you are confronting the mercenaries. It seems the only recourse we have. To not do it would cause eCanada to be seen as ineffective and powerless.
+1 Acacia
What about the real terrorists, Rolo, Wally, and the useless that continually work to steer the country wrong like Muglack. Oh right you kiss their asses, your choice.
Eric,
How can an expat vote on an eCanadian proposal? That would be impossible by game-mechanic rules.
However, I did vote "yes" to the embargo, then realized that maybe I should be voting no for TEDEN, but then thought "no" would help the EPC, but then realized they want to help eCanada in the long-run, so I was uncertain if my "yes" would be supporting or undermining the Govt/eCanada/EPC.
In the end, I just felt really confused until I realized that "publicly denouncing the embargo while voting for it just to make eCan look bad" explains it best. Thanks for clarifying, Eric.
"We are prepared and are working towards ending this rebellion swiftly and efficiently."
Now that is good news. I am happy to hear that you decided to veto the pardon.
Plugson. Grow up.
Sure thing, Dierios.
Still confused about the embargo.
Care to explain how you would have voted and why?
I lol'd. Good troll. We're Canadian, nuclear weapons? Please...
The most dangerous things we have are trans fat laden breakfasts, high fructose corn syrup and life insurance.
"What about the real terrorists, Rolo, Wally, and the useless that continually work to steer the country wrong like Muglack. Oh right you kiss their asses, your choice."
In fairness to Acacia the line of people that line up to kiss my ass is only outdone by the line of people who line up to kiss my ring. You can't hold that against him.
Also, in case anyone was wondering I'm in the bunker with the stripper pole. Sadly, due to the limited supply of strippers we've had to put Beeman to work on it instead. But you know what they say, any port in a storm 😛
"but then realized they want to help eCanada in the long-run"
http://i46.servimg.com/u/f46/15/06/82/50/fritza11.png
Doesn't look that way to me
Many accusations may be levelled against the Exiles.
Not being involved is not one of them.
When people like myself left, we were making a conscious decision to no longer be involved.
Those who are RWing Canada are VERY involved, and in the great "makes things interesting" tradition, have got a lot of other players involved as well. They have also demonstrated to the nation the cost of apathy in elections as well.
Admittedly the nation's publications aren't exactly getting huge levels of votes, but the comments threads have been buzzing quite a bit.
As always, you're welcome, eCanada.
So the complaint is not fairly "these people are not involved" but "they are involved in the wrong way".
So now comes the question: what effort is being made to make them involved in the "right" way?
This conflict will come to a natural cease-fire as the election approaches, as the EPC will not want to risk eUK not being wiped at the time of the elections. Will anyone take advantage of that opportunity?
Rigour I say now as I said then. The best way to get involved is to beat the guy you dislike the most at his own game. Rolo accomplished what he did inside the mechanics of the game. Mass PM's, highly organized, talking to people, and the biggest one of all...not being complacent about things. Our political system became complacent and Rolo leveraged that. Maybe you self exiting players should do the same.
Maybe if you put the same effort into organizing and winning congress as you have into finding people to fight against us and organizing this rebellion, you would have what you want.
Just saying...
Acacia, in some ways I do agree with you. We all let it happen and could have done different things along the way to prevent the mess. After such a lengthy marathon, it's had to separate causes from results. Was apathy, complacency, and declining meta-players the result of successive damage to eCanada or was it just the natural progression of the game, which Rolo then leveraged, as you say.
Can't fix the past, even if we do sort out the reasons why. What is true is that eRep allows for a variety of playing styles. Some do not match with others. If you play on the honour system, trusting other teammates not to use underhanded means to beat you, then you are bound to lose out to people who exploit the avenues you won't touch.
Wes Lewis proved that you can't play the game directly. We knew electing him was a bad idea. Yet, if we played with some trust and honesty, then he had the right to become CP and access all the funds he stole. In retrospect, it would have been wiser to do mass organizing against him. In the end, he was elected by those who wanted to give him a chance and by those who were expecting the disaster to follow.
Of course, the blame is on everyone for making Wes rage quit. We never gave him a chance to be a good CP. With no trust, no one gets a chance to prove their worth and help others out. But when that trust gets thrown back in your face, people don't want to invest the time towards building networks that support a cooperative goal.
It's way easier if you toss trust and partnership out the window in exchange for payment, some mean fun, and the knowledge that the other guy is going to screw you over so let's just have a good laugh about it.
In fact, I'm still laughing about CoI. Lost about 20 members and a Q5. Only half-trusted you on that one so got 1/2 lucky there.
Integrity holds stuff together. That's the basic game mechanic people forget.
Plug, I Voted no. in fact i wasn't even part of this disussion (as i was out of town Friday and yesterday till late)
"Integrity holds stuff together. That's the basic game mechanic people forget." And that is exactly why so many have left, they have decided that there is not enough left in this country for it. I left the government exactly to deny it my integrity in hopes there would be a deficit that would bring peoples attention to it. I also removed myself because I didn't want my name being caught up in a government that operates the way ours has this past month.
The EPC's who are fighting against this country (because they are not all fighting this country, just a few of them) biggest failure is everything they have done. Doing what they have done has allowed a re framing of the situation that focuses on them, and not the original problem which has now become secondary. I would also suggest that if you believe in responsible and honest presentation you not talk about the EPC's as a solid block of players who are all fighting against eCanada, since they are just as diverse as those who remained. It is only a few people who are fighting us.
The notion of PTO'ing the parties back and doing those kind of things is also wrongly thought. This all started because of a notion that some people had, you mr Prime Minister included, that they could organize and elect whoever they wanted to office. I will be damned if I am going to be involved in a systematic choosing of elected officials like that now just because I don't like who is in office to fight back against them. It is far better to fight through inaction and deny my efforts to this country and play fairly because then at the very least I can understand and know that I have done the right thing in this case. It is not as though anyone will die because of this, at the very worst my not being there will put someone untrustworthy in a position to steal, but it seems the majority of those in government are okay with that.
If you want to change your community and enhance your nation, you don't run away from the problem, ignore the real issues, and then proceed to fight against your former home in the name of "revolution"......
That's the cowards way out and I'm sad to see friends of mine whom I respect in game doing this........
You want to make a difference, come back, get active and fight the threat internally..... don't make the issue YOU see here into an international fiasco............
".... that if you believe in responsible and honest presentation you not talk about the EPC's as a solid block of players who are all fighting against eCanada......."
EPC is the name chosen by those who are fighting against eCan so yes, it is a solid block of players. I do understand though the point you are trying to make which is, not all players who left eCan in protest are fighting against us.
"EPC is the name chosen by those who are fighting against eCan so yes, it is a solid block of players."
- From the best of my observations, the above statement is not correct. I think there are a number of self-declared EPC members who have not fought against eCanada. Not yet, anyway.
@Plugson: you're very close to understanding a key piece of EPC reasoning in my observation.
Appeals to EPC members to get involved through traditional channels got choked off in no small part by the CPs positioning on a referendum on the pardon. Rather than come crawling back to a game with a stacked deck, the EPCs found their extra-territorial status opened up other levers of pressure. Personally, I doubt very much the EPC can win a battle, but they don't have to do that to still be a damage drain.
The really remarkable thing in the past few days is how much the nation's "leaders" are prepared to distort the nation's foreign policy to position themselves aggressively anti-EPC. Now eUK gets some territories back (pre-emptive attempt to make sure there is no effective eUK-EPC co-operation, even though there is no evidence there was such co-operation and much to suggest there wasn't). The Bulgarian embargo motion is, of course, just plain bizarre, and the supposed justification of it even more so.
I also have a key.