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[b]Most Diplomatic Nation: [/b]California (I nearly forgot all the diplomagic I did on a large scale nearly 8 months ago)
[b]Friendliest Nation: [/b]Sweden (Come on, Swedes were buds with everyone... or built ships for everyone)
[b]Most Hostile Nation: [/b]Germany (Most consistent in picking a fight throughout the year)
[b]Most Honorable Nation:[/b] The Atlantic Confederacy (Yeah, another Shammy nod. I know)
[b]Least Honorable Nation: [/b]Cyrantia (yeah, that was a dick move)
[b]Most Active Nation:[/b] Persian Empire (Curristan is always posting something about his nation, even it's little news snippets)
Best Military*: Persian Empire (Military equipment seems to change daily there)
Best Nation Building RP*: Columbia
Best Economy Building RP*: None
Best Rookie Nation (First-time Player): None
Best SCIENCE!*: Lynneth related, enough said.
Most Powerful Nation: Military: Tianxia
Most Powerful Nation: Political Influence (IC): Tianxia
Most Powerful Bloc: Military: TSI
Most Powerful Bloc: Political Influence (IC): TSI
Bloc Most Likely to Succeed in 2013: TSI
Best National Leader (IC): Ignacio de Ardanza
Nicest Player: TheShammySocialist
Funniest Player: KaiserMelech Mikhail (Silly jews)
Player of the Year: TheShammySocialist
Best Upcoming Player: 2013: None
Best Declaration of War: No nomination
Best Wall of Text: I nominate myself during the First Conference of the Americas in New York
Biggest Controversy (IC): Northern Imperium War
Best Character Development, Arc: No nomination
Best Character Development, 2+ players: No nomination
Character RP you most enjoyed reading: No nomination -
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[b]To: Colombian Government [/b]
[b]From: Hudson Bay Federation Office of the Chancellor[/b]
[b]Subject: Aid Offer[/b]
President de Ardanza:
Hudson Bay hasn't forgotten the kindness of you and your people in light of the devastating attacks on Winnipeg some years ago. I offer to you our support in monetary funds, manpower and other supplies to help your country rebuild from a misguided war from a tyrant. We stand prepared to dig your nation from the ravages of war, just as your country did for us. Once again, thank you Mr. President and we look forward to continue our strong friendship between our countries.
Sincerest Regards,
Douglas Welks
Chancellor of the Hudson Bay Federation
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[quote name='Executive Minister' timestamp='1354998137' post='3061902']
Thank god someone understands. In any case, I, again, have no problem with Gloval giving away these standardization documents. I just don't want people getting things from them that they wouldn't otherwise if they knew what they were talking about.
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Yeah, no problem. Would rather set the record straight on such things from a military perspective rather than others speculating still. -
If STARS is what EM makes it out to be, it can be classified, but would have little value of really understanding AUP doctrine outside of industrial practices on military hardware on many things. However, full-access to AUP things to new AUP members is a key thing to RP out to ensure proper security and handling of sensitive technologies of a classified nature at least in the future to counter "copying"
I would consider STARS low-level classification breach of security, but the intelligence value of STARS is being overstated and is not worth much, in my opinion. At least with what I know about military technology.
And usually, copying of sensitive material is rarely allowed to ensure such documents don't fall into the wrong hands. I'm saying this for future consideration, since while the GMs are making their ruling. -
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[center][size=4][font=Palatino Linotype]Edition 8[/font][/size][/center]
[size=5][u][font=Palatino Linotype]Chancellor Welks Announces Western Canada Under Federation Dominion[/font][/u][/size]
BRANDON, MANITOBA - Chancellor Welks stated in another weekly televised address to the nation that the Federation was expanding it's sphere of influence to encompass all of Western Canadian region to assert it's control of a large swath of the continent. It would extend it's military and economic projection throughout the region to ensure to lessen the effect of foreign influence in the region. Welks said, "It's time for the Federation to take up the responsibility of this large region to ensure the security and prosperity of this area. I'm declaring today, Western Canada and the Federation itself is outside of any foreign doctrine that itself hasn't agreed to, including one's of nearby neighbors. Our nation looks forward in ensuring the peace in Northern North America from future internal and/or external tyranny. We continue to push to develop relations with other friendly North American nations, including Mexico, as well with Vaule in Vancouver, and Tianxia in Alaska."
[size=5][u][font=Palatino Linotype]Winnipeg Recovery Continues, Initial Reconstruction in Outlying Areas Underway[/font][/u][/size]
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WINNIPEG, MANITOBA - Nearing the third year of the anniversary of the attacks, much progress has been done to clean up Winnipeg and begin the long process of reconstruction. Outlying suburbs all around Winnipeg have long been cleaned up with contractors and construction crews rebuilding areas outside of the city. Various pickup trucks and men in hard hats populated hundreds of new housing units, along with utilities crews getting initial services restored as private contractors move in to rebuild sections of the city. The sounds of jackhammers, nail guns, saws, and backhoes echoed throughout western Winnipeg as one of the areas cleaned up first.
Much of Downtown Winnipeg remains off-limits as debris removal crews continue to move debris from destroyed skyscrapers and other structures blocking many streets in the area. The legislature has agreed that two city blocks in Downtown Winnipeg would remain untouched for a memorial to the attacks on the city. -
Hudson Bay extends an invitation to your President to visit our nation when he has an opening in his scheduled tour.
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[b]Part III - The Recovery[/b]
Recovery teams continued to remove rubble throughout the affected region to various dump sites to the north, filling many lakes in the central Manitoba region as authorized by the Federation government. Major throughfares in the region were cleared to make way to increase the pace of the recovery work. Military and civilian agencies of all types and nationalities that involved themselves in Winnipeg recovery efforts were given utmost care and attention by Interim Chancellor Everett for their work. A new medal, the 'Spirit of Winnipeg Recovery' would be awarded to all personnel involved in the efforts.
FECA continued to assess the dead, dying and the missing. Assessors figured that over 800,000 were confirmed as dead with another 600,000 unaccounted for still and were being presumed dead. Field hospitals that dotted the outer ring of the affected region began to see the first wave of radiation sickness induced death claim thousands. So far, they estimated another 1.3 million people had some form of radiation sickness, but official numbers would take over a decade to actually figure out.
Meanwhile, Chancellor Logan died by his injuries sustained in the helicopter accident. The nation mourned as Vice Chancellor Dale Everett took charge and announced special elections. He vowed that justice would be served to all the victims of the attack and urged the Justice Department to spearhead legal avenues against the Imperium. In Alaska and the Yukon, Federation Nuclear, Radiological, Biological and Chemical Weapons Rapid Incident Response personnel and Justice Department liaisons gathered at what was left of Imperium nuclear silos to build a case against anyone who was left representing the Imperium. It later proved fruitless and whatever legal charges that were pending were dropped. -
The Federation is going to annex the disputed Yukon region into the nation.
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[center][size=4][font=Palatino Linotype]Edition 8[/font][/size][/center]
[size=5][u][font=Palatino Linotype]New Chancellor Douglas Welks Ushers in New Era for Federation[/font][/u][/size]
BRANDON, MANITOBA - Amongst the cheers of supports at the City Hall, Douglas Welks addressed the beleaguered nation still reeling in the aftermath of the destruction of Winnipeg. Welks' New Populist League Party beat out the Federation Conservative Party headed by Dale Everett soundly with 56% of the vote. Welks told the nation earlier in the day, "People of the Federation, we have faced rough times unlike we've ever seen in the history of North America. Millions perished by a great force of tyranny nearby, innocent lives caught up in a conflict some hundreds of miles away. While they are gone, we must forge on, we've given them justice and we will continue to honor the fallen in our ability to rebuild from these ashes! Much progress has been done, but work remains, and I'll ready to get to work for this nation!"
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[size=5][u][font=Palatino Linotype]Legislature Moves to Annex Yukon Territory into Federation[/font][/u][/size]
BRANDON, MANITOBA - The outgoing legislature has voted on a bill to allow the annexation of the Yukon region into the fold of the Federation. In a 70 to 35 vote in the Upper House, members argued on the long process to vet out the application of the area to be part of the Federation. Senator Emily Blankenship said, "The Yukon application was not a top priority for us for much of the last couple years as the rebuilding of Winnipeg and the economy wasn't doing so well that we just couldn't consider it."
It is expected for the bill to arrive on Interim Chancellor Everett's desk by the end of the week for final approval for the process to get going. Full integration is expected within a year. -
We applaud the efforts of the American Commonwealth to restore order a critical region of North America.
- Official Press Release from the Hudson Bay Foreign Relations Office -
Reconnaissance flights by RSC-240C and 240D will begin bi-monthly flights over Hudson Bay between Churchill and Baffin Island to begin collect signals intelligence and radar emissions from various neighboring nations as the first test of the capabilities of both aircraft.
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FSIA has gotten the approval of the Defense Ministry of the new Baffin Island SIGINT facility. The $400 million facility is expected to begin construction in a couple months with a completion in three years. It will be FSIA's largest intelligence facility overlooking the Eastern North America for the collection of all communication mediums, besides fiber-optic. FSIA has concluded the roll out of CSIB facilities at all major military and other sensitive installations involved in any intelligence role to protect the Federation's highly classified information.
FSIA will begin a rollout of new requirements for security clearances and a system-wide review of all current personnel with clearances. This is effective immediately and will conclude at a pre-determined time. Violators of Top Secret information handling will be purged and will strictly enforce the two-man handling teams.
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The Defense Ministry is rolling out a new smart ID for all Defense Ministry personnel to ensure improved security and authentication of Defense Ministry personnel. The program is slanted to begin next year.
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Talon Systems, Yellowknife Avionics, and Brandon Aerospace Corporation have developed the first part of the ground based portion of the Northern Shield Anti-Ballistic Missile System through the development of the Tundra Watch Anti-Ballistic Missile. Tests are expected very soon on it's capabilities. The three companies continue to work with Revelation Communications for the accompanying radar tracking systems. -
Gavin Schillinger would represent Hudson Bay for the upcoming meeting with Mexico. A government jet took off from the temporary capital at Brandon to land at Mexico City. Mr. Schillinger would await for his Mexican counterparts at the airport before going to the meeting.
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Well, it's like a principal of stealth. The focus of hiding from something is from the front, not from the rear, like how the F-15SE is designed. The back of the aircraft is still unstealthy; however, the front of the aircraft has a cross-section of an F-35. The thermal camo is give that slight edge of surprise to enemy forces that are being approached in a particular direction without being detected.
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Isolate affected systems and bring cold spares online to restore the network. It would probably take a week or more to restore nominal service to affected systems if the necessary backups were in place and how many client devices were affected.
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[b]To: Mexican Secretary of External Relations[/b]
[b]From: Hudson Bay Office of Foreign Affairs[/b]
[b]Subject: Relations and Lease Inquiry[/b]
[i]Dear Esteemed Official:[/i]
[i]The nation of the Hudson Bay Federation wishes to send a representative to your nation to meet with you in establishing relations with your nations and inquiry in making inroads on a continuation of a lease we had with former Greenland on the use of the Cape Canaveral Air Force Base for [/i][i]space launch capabilities for our nation.[/i]
[i]We await your reply at the earliest convenience. [/i]
[i]Regards,[/i]
[i]Gregory Rolan[/i]
Hudson Bay Minister of Foreign Affairs
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You're all silly...
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Lol, London burns...
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The Hudson Bay Federation will also withhold official recognition of a new government in New York City. We hope that the many regional powers resist a huge of force as we await word from the Vinsalian government. In sake of maintaining good intentions, the Federation will be sending one Medical ship, the [i]FNS Great Hope[/i] to the southern coast of Long Island to assist in possible humanitarian relief efforts.
- Hudson Bay Office of Foreign Affairs -
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[center][size=4][font=Palatino Linotype]Edition 7[/font][/size][/center]
[size=5][u][font=Palatino Linotype]Chancellor Logan Dies, Emergency Elections Announced[/font][/u][/size]
[size=4][font=Palatino Linotype]BRANDON, MANITOBA - The Federation already reeling from the nuclear attack on Winnipeg, killing over an estimated 400,000 so far has claimed another victim, Chancellor Logan. Vice Chancellor Everett annouced to the nation today in a somber tone, "Chancellor Logan succumbed to the effects of the helicopter crash earlier in the year after numberous surgeries and efforts to regain life once again to lead. Logan was a dear friend of mine and the attacks that Winnipeg and this nation has suffered will never happen again! I call for emergency elections as soon as possible to choose a succesive government and restore the legislature."[/font][/size]
[size=4][font=Palatino Linotype]The passing of former Chancellor Logan comes at a critial junction on nuclear proliferation of the Federation and work on the new Northern Shield Anti-Ballistic Missile Shield. Massive protests erupted outside of the temporary leglislative building in Brandon over the last couple days on banning nuclear weapons in the Federatio[/font][/size][font=times new roman,times,serif][u]n. [/u][/font]
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[font=trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif][size=5][font=courier new,courier,monospace][font=lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif][u]Economic Recovery Slows in Q3[/u][/font][/font][/size][/font]
[font=trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif][size=5][font=courier new,courier,monospace][font=lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif][size=4]BRANDON, MANITOBA - Lastest news from the stock exchange in Brandon showed that with the recovery of Winnipeg pulling the most weight behind the economic revival in the Federation, the job field gap left by the destruction of Winnipeg plagues the nation still. Analysts believe that investment outside of the construction industry has been slower than ever as most people in Manitoba continue to deal with recovery work and banks, in cooporation of the government has poured a lot of money into the recovery effort and foregoing job seeking still.[/size][/font][/font][/size][/font] -
Space Command has suspensed further flights to Florida in light of the collapse of Greenland to launch more satellites at Cape Canaveral, the Chiefs of Staff have urged the Foreign Affairs Department to broker arrangements with the Mexican government on restoring space launch capabilities.
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The Federation miltiary continues to heavily invest in the recovery of Winnipeg; however, major cleanup efforts are nearly done, with a projected end date of the mission within the next month.
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Phase II of the Arctic Highway is complete. There is a full connection by road and rail to the Western Union port of Tuktut that can be left open year-round. Interest grows on a second Arctic Highway to Ellesmere Island from the mainland.
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FSIA has privately disclosed to select civilian contractors on the development of a SIGINT facility on Baffin Island to increase surveillance on Eastern North American nations. Construction is proposed to begin on the multimillion dollar facility in a couple months.
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An outpost on the Federation-Sleepy Hollow border has been selected for a nominal upgrade to support several new divisions to transform it into a new base for the region. Construction is slated to begin next year. -
[b]Part 2 - The Destruction: Rescue[/b]
[u]Classified Emergency Backup Executive Evacuation Airstrip 2[/u]
The small detactment of FAF and FDS personnel were very concerned that "Cowboy" didn't arrive on time and that meant the Gulfstream VI wasn't leaving. The leading FDS agent called in a medvac chopper from a nearby base while the an older UH-1 Huey helicopter stationed at the airstrip was fired up.
"Last position?" asked Agent Haller as he put on the headset in the Huey.
"Looks like it went down somewhere near Lake Manitoba..." replied the pliot.
"That's a pretty big search area..." muttered Haller.
"Yep, let's hope someone survived."
The UH-1 began it's flight path along the western shore of the lake while the accompanying UH-60 medvac helicopter was tasked to the eastern shore.
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Logan awoke to seeing the blue sky above him, slowly regaining his senses.
[i]Why am I here... smells like gas and freshly cut trees...[/i]
He tried to crank his head to his left, he only saw more forest... maybe a slight blue in the distance.
[i]A lake... maybe?[/i]
Then he turned right, seeing the wrecked hull of the presidential UH-60.
[i]Helicopter crashed... nuclear weapons... oh god![/i]
He let a scream he thought, but he couldn't hear it to the ringing in his ears. The UH-60 wasn't on fire, the pliots decision to regain control made him survive, but what about the others. Besides his head, Logan tried to regain motion, but he couldn't... his body wouldn't respond.
Meanwhile, President Bronson was regaining consiousness inside the helicopter, only suffering minor scratches. He would remember what Logan and Vol said about the CRBN equipment and emergency short-wave radios, donning the suit and grabbing a radio. His first sight; however, towards the cockpit was towards the slumping pliot and the groaining co-pliot.
"Mister... press this button." said the agonized co-pliot.
"What? What button?" inquired Bronson.
"The emergency beacon signal this aircraft has... press to let them find us..." the co-pliot said in a weakened voice.
Bronson would press the button to let the beacon become activated and would exit the aircraft. Mister Vol, Logan and the FDS agents were not found in the aircraft, but who soon figure out why...
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"Sir, we have a beacon activated," said the UH-1 pliot.
"Confirm it with the other chopper," firmly replied Haller.
"They confirm, sir."
"Let's go find them then!"
Both helicopters moved in quickly on the signal, confirming the wreck. The UH-60 medvac was landing first to pickup the survivors and mark the dead. Bronson, Logan, and Vol were recovered and moved to a secure military base to where Vice Chancellor Everett awaited them. Everett and Bronson would sign the treaty between the Federation and the American Commonwealth. The Federation Gulfstream would wisk President Bronson to any destination he wanted as the Commonwealth's aircraft were flown out of Winnipeg for safe keeping.
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Agent Haller and other members of the CRBN crew picked up the remains of the pliots and the FDS agents that died in the crash. While Quintin Vol, the National Security Advisor, was sent back on the UH-60, they found him claimed by the forest, a large stick impaled through his chest. Military doctors focused their efforts on Chancellor Logan's life as they went to work on him. -
[b]Part 2 - The Destruction: Military Response[/b]
Federation North American Command in north-central Manitoba got word of the strike confirmation via military outposts along the Mexican protectorate border along secure communication lines. The various Chiefs of Staff hammered the other services to restore communications around the capital and disconnected areas to the south as soon as possible.
The first response laid on the Air Force to deploy an WC-154 to collect samples on the blasts while other aircraft for transporting emergency equipment was assembled. Soon afterwards, a C-130 aircraft was sortied to drop radiation collection pods throughout the city to measure fallout effects to be activated once a makeshift command post was built.
All assets in Manitoba was called on to move supplies to Winnipeg with all due haste. It would take a couple weeks for that to be fully completed; however, the Army Corps of Engineers were brought on UH-60s and C-130s to build a temporary airport to the north of Winnipeg to deal with bringing more supplies on bigger aircraft. A more permanent concrete runway would be constructed at the same time, but wouldn't be open for a month and a half, while the temporary runway was assembled in a couple days of their arrival. The man tasked with organizing one of the largest emergency efforts in North American history would be on General Thomas Galvin. Tents and pre-fabicated buildings numbering the thousands popped up around the airport as Federation military and the word of international relief was inbound.
Air traffic controllers would be on hand for 24/7 coverage of the airport and other unaffected airports throughout the area to handle large volumes of air traffic destined for recovery efforts, seeing high volumes for over six months. International relief teams would be met by the military hand of CRBN RIR agent and a FECA coordinator. Greenland, Quebec, and Newfoundland relief teams would be assigned to the north and northeast part of the region, while Western Union teams would focus on the southeastern suburbs, along with other relief teams.
For all the manpower and equipment on hand, there was still shortages on recovery resources. Most initial efforts was from the west moving east towards downtown. Major roads were targeted for being cleared for allowing faster recovery work throughout the affected region. Initial assessments by engineers and recovery specialists combing through the wasteland expected recovery to be for a decade. -
I would expect such a discovery to have at least another decade of research work at the commercial level before any decent application for it could be used.
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What she is referring to is this current study by WSU researchers.
http://www.gizmag.com/high-pressure-energy-storage-material/15614/
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[b]Sometime later...[/b]
Federation Defense Ministry civilian contractors and several Army and Air Force communication squadrons were ordered to Brandon Air Force Base to gear up and prepare for another mission overseas to help their Colombian allies recover from the war. Orders were drawn up and convoy of trucks made Brandon AFB buzz for about three days while the men and equipment was rounded up. Nearly two dozen C-17 Globemaster III aircraft sat on the flight line as vital infrastructure and other heavy equipment was loaded aboard. The men would fly separately on several commercial chartered flights of an FL-800.
Chancellor Welks made sure the Colombians got what they requested and more. He proposed a $20 billion Colombian rebuilding aid package to the Legislature for voting, which would be decided later. Engineers from various fields would be brought along, as well as the necessary hardware to get things running again. In a more subtle manner, a small team of Federation Security Intelligence Agency agents would be on hand to COMSEC issues in repairing classified networks up to proper security standards, especially for vital commercial infrastructure. They would also be on hand to begin retraining their Colombian counterparts on improving their networks in various workshops that would be determined once in country.