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Fortification of the Canarys A report by the SNN Only minutes ago, the Emperor has announced that the Canary Islands, legally bought by Saboria only weeks before the nation of BlackKnight emerged, will be fortified, with an entire division of soldiers and 150 tanks being sent to the military base on the Canarys. Additionally, an airbase will be built, to allow fighters and bombers to land and operate from the islands. According to the Emperor, this is in response to the aggression of BlackKnight towards the Kaminoan Empire, as he fears that they may try to acquire the Canary Islands with force. The Emperor emphasized that these measures are merely for defensive purposes and that no African nation should feel threatened by this. Research-Complex Meanwhile, the research facility has hit another milestone, the latest one being a supercomputer which will be used to simulate, among other things, what will happen when two protons hit each other at the speeds that the LHC can produce. OOC: One Division = 10,000 soldiers.

Just fyi, Prussia too is in the REPO.

Military buildup A report by the SNN Today, the Emperor has given the order to build 2,000 Leopard 2A7 tanks and to buy 1,000 tanks each from the Uberstein Empire and Prussia. From the Uberstein Empire, Vessla urban tanks will be acquired, while Prussia will sell Tiger III tanks to the Saborian military. When asked for the reasons, the Emperor stated: "Do you really have to ask? Tanks are the most useful ground forces of the information age, especially if you have several types for different tasks. For example, Uberstein's Vessla is very useful for urban combat, the Prussian Tiger III is nigh invulnerable against common anti-tank rounds from infantry-carried weaponry. Meanwhile, our Leopard 2A7 tanks are a healthy mix of both, performing well in pretty much all scenarios." When the Emperor was asked about the rumors of tank-mounted railguns, he responded with, "Even if something like that was being planned, I wouldn't tell you. Such things generally are considered secret by most governments and are unveiled only once they're finished. So, have fun speculating about that." The ordered tanks will , at a cost of approximately 4.65 million per unit require a total investment of 18.6 billion $, one of the biggest single purchases in the nation's history. The 4,000 purchased tanks will quintuple the total amount of tanks, to 5,000.

OOC: Geez, page 5. O.o Gotta post more, seriously. IC: Research-Complex A report by the SNN Today, the last piece of the biggest particle accelerator ever built, the Large Hadron Collider, has been finished. While other parts of the research compley still are under construction and power plants have not been constructed as of now, the scientists already there celebrated because of this milestone. The rest will, according to schedule, be finished within the next two to three months. Meanwhile, the rumors about power supplied by a Naboo Technologies-designed fusion power plant have been confirmed yesterday, although the price at which it or they will be built has not been made public. Additionally, the internet-poll has been closed. The research facility will from now on be known as Black Mesa Research Facility, named after the facility in the famous game Half-Life. Copyright-issues have already been sorted out according to the director.

As noted in the other thread, I'm for a compromise between both, something between 400x and 600x.

Research-Complex A report by the SNN News and opinions. Construction on the research complex is underway, having been begun several weeks ago. Currently, the first tunnel into which one of the particle acellerators will be built is being dug. Additionally, the main building is being constructed. Once it is completed, several super-computers as well as dozens of laboratories will be within it. The main functions of the research complex will be to provide the particle accelerators and other infrastructure needed for high-energy physics research. Numerous experiments will be constructed to make use of them. The main site also will receive a large computer centre containing very powerful data processing facilities primarily for experimental data analysis. The particle accelerators will have the following functions: # Two linear accelerators will generate low energy particles for injection into the Proton Synchrotron. One will have a power of 50 MeV and accelerate protons, while the other will have 4.2 MeV/u (atomic mass unit) and accelerate heavy ions. # The Proton Synchrotron Booster will increase the energy of particles generated by the proton linear accelerator before they are transferred to the other accelerators. # The Low Energy Ion Ring (LEIR) will accelerate the ions from the ion linear accelerator, before transferring them to the Proton Synchrotron (PS). # The 28 GeV Proton Synchrotron (PS) will be operating as a feeder to the more powerful SPS. # The Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS), a circular accelerator with a diameter of 2 kilometres will be designed to deliver an energy of 450 GeV. As well as having its own beamlines for fixed-target experiments, it will be operated as a proton-antiproton collider, and for accelerating high energy electrons and positrons which will be injected into the Large Electron-Positron Collider (LEP). Once the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) hass been finished, the LEP will also inject protons and heavy ions into the LHC. # The On-Line Isotope Mass Separator (ISOLDE) will be used to study unstable nuclei. Particles are initially accelerated in the PS Booster before entering ISOLDE. # The Antiproton Decelerator (AD) will reduces the velocity of antiprotons to about 10% the speed of light for research into antimatter. # The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will be the biggest of the accelerators, with a total of 36 kilometers diameter, 200 meters below the ground. The LHC will be used to test various predictions of high-energy physics, including the existence of the hypothesized Higgs boson, capable of accelerating particles to 99.99999991% of the speed of light. ((OOC: Cern/Accelerators <- Essentially all that stuff that I just described. )) Additionally to the research complex, new power plants are being constructed to actually power the complex. Rumors are that the Emperor has sent an envoy to Naboo Technologies to discuss the construction of Fusion power plants. Now, for some opinions: Most of these opinions would be a short video of the person saying this - sometimes in the middle of the street, sometimes in a studio. Especially the physicists would usually be in a studio, the background being something that is related to physics, such as a supercomputer or the like. Of note would be that most of the comments are on the particle accelerators, as those were the focus of the media. "I believe that this complex, especially the particle accelerators, will benefit not only our nation, but the entire world. I can't wait for them to finish it." "Let me tell you one thing beforehand: Some will say that the LHC will be capable of creating black holes. I won't deny that. But they'll say it'll destroy the earth, and that is just idiocy. No black hole created by the LHC could exist for a long enough time to actually suck something in." "Personally, I doubt very much that the LHC will make discoveries that will neatly fit into our present models for nature. I expect totally new discoveries and puzzles to come out of this instead." "I've heard that this thing makes black holes or something. I don't think we should try to control that kind of energy. I mean, what happens if one doesn't break down and eats us all? That'd be bad."

OOC: Man, I should post more often in here. But 4 days isn't really a gravedig, is it? lol. IC: Ubersteinianism A report by the SNN Today, the Emperor has announced that the Ubersteinian philosophy has been fully implemented in the entire country. The final reform was the dissolution of the Governmental Council, which existed to make sure everything was done properly. While there were protests against some of the reforms, the majority of the populace has approved of the changes. For more details about how the reforms changed our country, please visit our website at www.news-network-saboria.sb and go to 'Ubersteinian changes'. (OOC: For details, ask our dear Uberstein. I didn't write everything down he has in his country, lol) Particle-Accelerator Shortly before the Governmental Council was abolished, plans to build a great research-complex which will include a number of particle accelerators - three in total - were made public. The center will be built in an unsettled part in the north of the country. The biggest of the particle accelerators, a Large Hadron Collider - dubbed 'Halo' - will have a total circumference of 36 kilometers or 22.36 miles. A nationwide competition was announced to name the complex. You can submit your own suggestion and vote on www.sabresearch.sb. There already are several suggestions, the most popular of them 'Black Mesa', referring to a popular video game. Following is a picture of where exactly the complex will be built. OOC: You can make your own suggestions and you can vote. Just post here, lol. *wants more posts and comments in this thread*

I thus declare my nation to have 500 billion inhabitants. (35 to 40 million, actually. Sounds like a good number to me.)

Common sense is so rare these days... It's a goddamn superpower.

*1000 would get me roughly 87 million people instead of 8.7 million. Seems to be a lot more reasonable, although perhaps *500 would be better? Anyways, I'm all for raising the civilian-multiplier.

I'm a REPO-man, but aside from that, I think I have no definitive alliances. (Never wrote anything down, lol)

Space. A report by the SNN "Merely two hours ago, the first Saborians have entered space, their shuttle orbiting around earth as we speak. A livestream of what they see from their shuttle will be activated within the next minute..." The stream activated. "Saboria is now one of the nations capable of visiting space."

An artificial island...Interesting, indeed. I like your concept. Just a little note: I appeared basically out of nowhere, at first a weakened nation coming out of a revolution. Clicky I'm not much behind you, so blah. But I'm just throwing a bit info around. I'd like to see you execute your plan.

Canary Islands bought. A report by the SNN Recently, the Canary Islands have been bought from the african warlord who owned them and the african mainland nearby, just north of 'The Republic'. The exact reasons have not been named yet, but there are speculations about turning the islands into a tourist paradise. A scientist believes that one of the islands could even be turned into a spaceport, although that is unlikely, as no territory on mainland africa has been acquired. Currently, a campaign is running to encourage citizens to move there once the native population has either been brought to the mainland or learned to live with our system. Construction of a small military base for a garrison of approximately one to two hundred men with equipment will begin shortly, while additional civilian airports and harbors will be built once the islands are deemed ready for them.

Space Program announced! A report by the SNN Yesterday, the Governmental Council announced that soon, a space program will be launched, which includes the construction of a space port, a facility where both rockets and spaceshuttles can be built and launched into space. The Emperor has said, "Space is something interesting. For ages, it has inspired and fascinated people. This spaceport is our contribution for the exploration and better understanding of the universe around us." When he was asked if a manned mission to the moon would be undertaken, he answered, "Nothing is sure as of now. We will launch manned spaceshuttles, yes. But getting a man to the moon and back is something entirely different, although I for one do hope that we will achieve this goal within the next two or so decades." According to a Councilman's statement, construction of the spaceport will begin within the next two weeks. People in the entire country are eager to see it finished and hundreds of volunteers are travelling to where the spaceport will be built.

Interestingly, I've thought of doing exactly that in the REPO-treaty. lol. I'm one of the few in there with the ability to build nukes (aside from needing uranium which I'll get IC.)

Ah. D'oh. So hand-held laser weaponry would be possible...? Hm. Brb, Imperial Guardsmen (WH40k ftw)

afaik, the USA are already using laser weaponry (stationary) to defend themselves against rockets. And artillery shells. Seeing as they're pretty much the most modern country today, I'd see them somewhere near 2.3k tech or something. But that's only my estimate. Edit: I have no idea if the lasers are still prototypes.

[OOC] Thanks. But no comment on ze nukes?

A national broadcast Similar to the last time, the Saborian ruler stood on a podium, once again the flag of Saboria behind him. Ladies and Gentlemen, Friends and Comrades. Our national anthem, composed by Theodor Bach, has been finished. He put his right hand - clenched to a fist - onto his chest, approximately where the heart was. Then the Saborian anthem began playing, with subtitles. The text was not known to most people as of now, it was new, after all. The anthem [OOC] Replace 'Britannia' with 'Saboria' and you've pretty much got the anthem. [/OOC] Once the anthem was finished, he waited a few seconds, then resumed speaking. Glory to Saboria. But this is not all that I have to say, my friends. The first of our nuclear reactors will be finished within the next weeks and will soon afterwards go online, supplying the nation with energy. The second reactor has already been begun, but this one is slightly different - it will be capable of creating the material for nuclear weapons. I emphasise that, once we have built nuclear weapons, they will only be used for retaliation, that means if we are attacked first with nukes, we strike back. They will thus solely be used for defensive purposes. That is all for today. He walked to the right, out of the camera's field of sight. Then the regular programme resumed.

[OOC] The Vector it is, then. And don't forget your own OOCs, shadowsage. As for more news, I'll write that tomorrow. I think I'll get me some nukes and a new anthem. (All hail Britannia )

[Complete OOC] Original flag: Click Ranather's edit: Click The wonders of Microsoft paint #1: Click TwoMp #2: Click And as bonus, having someone who turns #1 into a vector: Click Yes, I did the two MS-paint things myself. But that wouldn't have been possible without Ran's edit. Which of the last two flags should I use? Vector-flag or MSpaint-flag 2?

Simply send your diplomat, and we shall send ours. A building in our capital Ferinh has already been prepared to serve as embassy. [OOC] Blarg? That wasn't me, that was Shadowsage, afaik. From Daorim to Imperium of America or something.

[OOC] Looks nice, thanks. I'd have preferred it a bit smoother, but this'll do just fine. 3M on ze way. Edit: 'Smooth' meaning the edges between dark red and red.

[OOC] In the first post of this page, the word 'flag'. Or this picture. It's not vectorised unfortunately, so resizing is kinda hard.