Lynneth
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"To our knowledge, there are no international courts. In regards to 'touching Peruvian citizens', we do not have any intention of harming them - we made that clear more than once in previous messages. As for Chile and Paraguay, we technically are already 'touching' them, as Tikal has minimum garrisons in all so-called 'white land' throughout the Americas. We will also not withdraw these troops, regardless of what threats or insults you throw in our direction. We will send whatever messages to Bolivia we deem necessary.
"As for rules? We protect America from foreign aggression. We have never broken this rule. What other rule have we broken, pray tell?"
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"We're not happy that we have to do this, but we would like to remind you that Tikal's forces vastly outnumber the number of troops you have in Peru. If we wanted to, we could just take the entire region, including what you already have annexed, and there would be little you could do against it. So, let's avoid war, no? Better for both our nations."
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By then, Tikalian forces had moved into Lima, Huánuco and northern Ucayali by largely ignoring the other provinces and stationing merely 2,000 men in each. This led to a total of 18,000 men being in the other 9 provinces, while the three named ones had 92,000 Tikalians stationed within them - 36,000 in Lima, 28,000 each in Huánuco and Ucayali. Each of these [i]corps[/i] had enough men and modern enough equipment to stop the entire Bolivian army, were it to come to blows, according to initial estimates by Tikalian generals.
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"You said no, but we say yes. It appears we may be at an impasse. Unless you agree to splitting Ucayali, of course."
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Update and whatnot. Should be accurate.
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[Internal - Archipelago, Chocó and Antioquia, 7/7]
Finally, the integration was complete. The people in the various, newly created states had started to accept not only Tikalian government, but also its religion.
[Internal - Cordoba, Sucre and Bolivar, 7/7]
And slowly, the new culture, this amalgamation of Maya, Aztec and original thought began seeping into the people's thoughts, as well. After all, if they thought like Tikalians, were they anything but?
[Internal - Cauca and Valle del Cauca, 7/7]
Foremost was also the government's ability to enforce its claims. Military bases had been completed all throughout the states, allowing projection of power into the local region.
[Internal - Caldas, Risaralda, Quindío, Tolima, Huila, Caquetá, Amazonas, Putumayo and Narino, 7/7]
Chocó, Sucre, Cauca and Narino all could be considered properly part of Tikal by now. And Tikal did consider them such. The announcement of successful integration was short and to the point, informing those who deemed it necessary to listen to Tikal's relatively rare public announcements of the expansion.
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"I loved my chosen. How then to face the day when she left me? So I took from her body a single cell, perhaps to love her again."
Efforts to map the deeper caves were organised practically the moment the path was opened. Teams were doubled in number - from one to two active at any time - to explore them as quickly as possible. These efforts bore fruit when some weeks later, in a newly discovered cave reaching almost 600 metres beneath the surface, a new type of crystal was discovered - one never previously seen.
Discovered by the researcher Ernesto Alejandro Aléndra, it was named [i]Alenium[/i] in his honour despite not being one of the fundamental atomic elements. It was a translucent material, yellow in colour and generally resembling amber in appearance. Its unique appearance prompted immediate gathering of samples and subsequent analysis.
Detailed analysis of its molecular structure revealed an atomic arrangement of incredible density that was previously thought impossible in nature outside of stars or other environments with extreme pressures. Its unique structure also allowed the material to store energy in quantities far exceeding those of any known material. Despite this, it remained inert and its half-life turned out to be nearly 45 billion years, longer than the universe's age.
However, it could be cracked if enough mechanical force was applied, though this would not cause an energy discharge. This could be explained through the exceptionally stable arrangement of atomic chains, which interestingly also contain a clue as to how one may [i]unlock[/i] the energy trapped within the crystal: each chain regularly contains weaker bonds that can be broken through precise application of energy. By specifically targeting and breaking those bonds with for example a laser, a controlled energy release of virtually any size could be generated with incredible ease.
In essence, Alenium was no more than an incredibly powerful battery. One with a molecular structure thought unlikely to occur naturally nor contain any inherent energy of its own, but a perfect method to store the output from a far greater power source. Though currently there was no known way of 'recharging' the material, analysing it and the environment it came from thoroughly would surely yield an explanation for how it came to be and how more may be created.
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"Our most sincere apologies, but as Protector of the Americas, Tikal considers in its right to reinforce any forces in any non-sovereign region throughout the Americas. This includes Chile and Paraguay, if we deem that necessary. However, as gesture of goodwill, we will remove all forces from Bolivian Peru, excepting the northern substates of Ucayali, namely Padre Abad and Coronel Portillo.
"We're most curious what your plans for Chile and Paraguay are, however. Perhaps you could enlighten us?"
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"Very well, if it must be. Now, in theory, Ucayali could be split up, as well - it consists of the sub-divisions Padre Abad, Coronel Portillo, Atalaya and Purús. Could you agree to each of us administering half of it, Padre Abad and Coronel Portillo to us, Atalaya and Purús to you? This would make for smoother borders, at least."
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"That is not acceptable to us. Tikal has the ability to protect the northern 2/3rds of Peru. Bolivia does not have the resources to administer more than 1/3rd in our opinion, which is what our proposal would result in. Anything more and your nation would overextend itself in our opinion, leading to weakness that neighbours may feel they can exploit."
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[OOC: Argentina, Chile, Paraguay... Plenty of directions to go towards.]
"As said, just because you were there first does not make annexing those territories acceptable to us. We insist upon drawing a line with Tikal protecting Ucayali, Junín, Lima and everything north of them. Bolivia may do what it wishes with the provinces south-east of these. Those provinces alone have a large enough population to add over half of what Bolivia's own population is. If you truly wish to overextend your fledgling nation, you can always look south and south-east."
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"As said, our forces will do their utmost to prevent Bolivia from enforcing its will upon the Peruvian population. This includes attempting to annex territory in the regions we protect actively."
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[OOC: For the record, I consider this not a proper meeting, but a series of messages sent between each other.]
"Just as you will not leave, so will we not, either. Tikal is committed to protecting the three great native Civilisations and their lands. We will not allow a heavily militaristic state the chance to drive the native culture into the ground. Though our forces have been ordered not to fire unless fired upon, they will prevent Bolivian forces from trying to enforce your will upon the Peruvian and Inca people. 'First come, first serve' may apply in school, but it does not apply in the real world."
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"Your claims do not change that we haven't found any civilian who could tell us whether they were living in a region protected by Bolivia. And whether we have troops elsewhere in the Americas is irrelevant - those regions are excellently administered by local governments without an official declaration of protection from Tikal. The Monroe Doctrine is quite different from such an official declaration - like we have done for Ecuador, or parts of Peru. We do not 'control all unclaimed land' in the Americas, we help local governments administer them.
"There is quite a difference between the two. Another difference is that Tikalian laws do not apply in lands protected by the Monroe Doctrine, while they do apply to lands we protect specifically. In light of all this, we unfortunately cannot agree to removing our forces from the Peruvian provinces we have promised to protect." -
"Just how many troops do you have in 'every' region? We have not encountered Bolivian troops in major cities throughout the regions our troops are currently moving through to secure them, cities such as Tumbes, Iquitos or Trujillo. We have not seen evidence of any newly established parks or cities in these northern regions.
We would like to note that the Tikalian Protectorate Force allocated to Peru currently numbers 110,000 soldiers, 100 tanks, 60 specialised vehicles and various support vehicles. We expect being able to keep the peace in a region consisting of everything north Ucayali, Junín and Lima, including these three regions. That's a population of just over 20 million people - we're thus allocating a soldier for every 185 people. How many men has Bolivia allegedly dedicated to protect Peru's population? Because at the time, it appears that your government merely claimed a protectorate without truly enforcing it, instead neglecting the people living within."
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[Internal - Archipelago, Chocó and Antioquia, 6/7]
Soon enough, the various bases and defences were built throughout the region. The populace had been cooperative, allowing the project to be completed more quickly than projected.
[Internal - Cordoba, Sucre and Bolivar, 6/7]
Though there were some differences in how much the people worked with the Tikalians to integrate the four states, there was one constant. Missionaries spread the faith and public education the culture. Even if the people of today didn't like Tikal much, tomorrow their children would at least be alright with it.
[Internal - Cauca and Valle del Cauca, 6/7]
In time, they would come to live life as Tikalians did. Though projected to last just over a hundred years on average, life was short. Too short not to enjoy it, and so combined with how people are aided in specialising in things they truly excel at, leading to one of the happiest populations on the planet.
[Internal - Caldas, Risaralda, Quindío, Tolima, Huila, Caquetá, Amazonas, Putumayo and Narino, 6/7]
All this despite what outsiders might call a dystopian society were they allowed to take a closer look at it instead of fleeting glances. But then again, enough fleeting glances might allow for a reasonable picture to emerge.
But in the end, Tikalians are happy. And the people of the four new states would be happy, too.
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"The tragedy of the Cataclysm is not that so many died. Death is an inevitable part of life. The tragedy is that so many died as victims. When the crisis came, they were helpless, unable to use their deaths to buy anything of value. Millions of otherwise intelligent people had been tricked into ignoring a fundamental truth: that no man has any rights if he is unable to personally defend them."
The next expeditions into the depths of the Cave were largely to see if the maps gathered from decades-old archives were in any way still accurate. The caves were quite extensive after all, and it was believed that they went even deeper than currently known. So for the next days, several teams of scientists and researchers went down for just under one and a half hours at a time, trying to find the boundaries of the various known caves. It wasn't something that went by fast, but thanks to multiple teams, each group could take a break of several hours before going down again. Even during the night-hours, two to three teams were working almost tirelessly, later having to rest for a full day before being allowed to go into the caves again. Exhaustion was a tangible danger, and the greatest right after being cooked alive in your suit if it was faulty in any way.
Being cooked alive isn't a fun affair. Luckily, it hadn't happened yet to any of the participants in the exploratory missions.
Once the caves had been mapped more accurately than ever before, several experts in geology and related disciplines pored over those maps and sonic mapping records that had been made from the surface while the expeditions were ongoing. Their current duty was to find possible locations for caves underneath or near the known ones, be they submerged or not. Later, once the full extent of the caves was known, they would be needed to analyse crystal, rock and water samples in detail. But that time had not yet come.
Perhaps two weeks after the test run of the suits - a month after arrival - they were sure that there were at least three anomalies that could be reached without drilling or excessive damage to crystal structures. Some of the magnificent crystals would unfortunately have to be removed to permit humans to get into certain passages, but it was deemed a necessary sacrifice, and they weren't really of importance to any local ecosystem. They were beautiful, yes, but so were the hundreds and thousands of other crystals in the caves.
So the way was opened over the course of half a day, allowing the Tikalians to go deeper.
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Unrelated fun fact:
Tikal is my oldest nation at 16 months.Saboria/Canada lasted for ~9 months, Singapore under 2 weeks, Bavaria/Germany for 14 months, Sri Lanka for 15 months, Guyana/Lunar Republic for nearly exactly a year.
Good thing I keep a timeline. :V:
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"We question whether Bolivia is truly administering and protecting these regions. Our troops have not yet reported encountering any troops to inform them of a previously existing protectorate, and upon questioning, none of the people in Piura, Loreto or Tumbes regions have reported knowing about a protectorate other than Tikal's Monroe Doctrine. Our troops are currently moving into the regions Amazonas, Cajamarca, La Libertad, San Martín, Huánuco and Ucayali. They have as of yet not encountered any significant signs of these regions being under anyone's protection."
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Lower their force numbers by x% until they've made an arbitrary amount of posts with a minimum number of words or something of the sort.
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"Violets are Red
and Roses are Blue
when Metamaterials alter their Hue"With access to the Cave of the Crystals, the Principality once again had access to what had originally kick-started its entire culture and technology. the crystals within the cave were unique, and the mission of the team sent to the cave was to try and find other, new structures that might be useful in some way. Luckily, recent advanced in material technologies resulted in a suit that could keep its user at liveable temperatures for far longer than previous attempts, projected to be up to 90 minutes. This was an incredible improvement over the 30 to 35 minutes of previous arrangements. As the researchers explored the caves, they would also try to improve the suit in various ways.
Just how much it could be improved remained to be seen.
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[/center]Regardless, the first expedition was launched nearly 2 weeks after arrival, as the camp had to be set up first. The suit used was heavy duty, easily comparable in sturdiness to military exoskeletons. it had an integrated power supply and a cooling system capable of keeping the interior around 20 degrees Celsius for prolonged spans of time, though heavily dependent on the environment. The vacuum of space was of no issue for it, but atmospheric environments were quite more difficult. Extreme cold was easier to work with, however, as the internal generator could generate excess heat with which to keep the suit above 15 degrees Celsius, even if it took considerably more fuel.
Extreme heat, however, coupled with high humidity as found in the Cave of the Crystals, tested the suit's capabilities significantly. Even more so because, to preserve the crystals, the Cave had been allowed to be submerged in water once more. The first expedition thus was mostly a test to ascertain the suit's capabilities, as they'd never before been used for this sort of environment.
Luckily, it was a success. Further missions could be planned without issue.
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[Internal - Archipelago, Chocó and Antioquia, 5/7]
While bringing the various provinces and regions to be integrated up to par in regards to infrastructure and civilian technologies, as well as religious beliefs was going quite well, that wasn't enough to truly protect them. Military bases had to be built or repaired, radars and defence systems established. The region that would become the state of Chocó would have two major naval bases established, one bordering the Caribbean, the other the Pacific Ocean. Further, an airbase would be constructed as well, in the east of the region.
[Internal - Cordoba, Sucre and Bolivar, 5/7]
Sucre would find itself host to a combined naval/airbase near the northernmost border, though it would have to be built first. Radar stations and various AA and anti-ship defences were soon in the process of being built wherever deemed necessary. Sucre likely was somewhat more difficult to defend than the other states, due to its geography and position relative to the rest of Tikal.
[Internal - Cauca and Valle del Cauca, 5/7]
Cauca on the other hand would be quite easily defended - the Pacific Ocean was a Japanese and Tikalian lake, after all. Only a relatively minor naval base would be built, though it would host a reasonably-sized airforce. Standard radar and other installations as used in the rest of Tikal were in the works, as well.
[Internal - Caldas, Risaralda, Quindío, Tolima, Huila, Caquetá, Amazonas, Putumayo and Narino, 5/7]
Large but sparsely populated, Narino would mostly be dotted with small outposts and early warning equipment rather than any proper military base, other than one close to Cauca's southern border. Defences and detection systems would be built, yes, but the military presence would be relatively low, once everything was said and done.
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Only days after the announcement of protection over Ecuador and Peru, Tikalian forces were quite busy moving into the regions to secure them. Previously, there had been a combines 40,000 men in the two countries, and now Ecuador was being reinforced with 35,000 troops to 50,000 in total, while Peru's total numbers would be brought to 110,000 men. Neither number included armoured vehicles or walkers, though considering the terrain only relatively few were deployed. 50 tanks and 30 Walkers were moved into Ecuador, about twice that into Peru.
Tikal's 'point of entry' were Piura on the coast, and the massive province of Loreto, from them moving into the rest of the country until hopefully reaching Ucayali, Junín and Lima unopposed. As troops moved through cities and towns, they reassured the populace that Tikal was now here and that they didn't have to fear any warlords or militias that might in the past have attempted to raid or conquer them. They would be receiving better medical attention once Tikalian doctors had made their way southwards, infrastructure would receive maintenance. Tikal wanted to help local governors and government to keep the peace and help the people live, instead of survive.
Of course, someone somewhere had made a small mistake. Apparently, Bolivia had previously declared a protectorate over Peru, though the Tikalians had not yet been contacted by anyone.
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The Prince decided to humour the Europeans, agreeing to a meeting. Using the Principal Concorde, he travelled over the Atlantic to Saxony's capital for the meeting. As usual, he was accompanied by four personal Guard of the Ba'ate'xiib, and numerous servants, this time 72 in number.
Tikal hadn't had good experiences with Europeans in the past, and the Prince went into the meeting with an appropriate mindset.
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Update.
TBM, things get added only once you've done the 7 posts.
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I've 24k Infra, Yeru. :V:
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They are my protectorate as well, and when i protected there was no contest.
Might I see the post you did that? I sent 120,000 troops into those areas in my post.
Of Mountains and Llamas
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Bolivia's claims and posturing were dismissed as just that, posturing. Tikal was the foremost nation in the Americas, but also a nation with a great focus on the three great civilisations of the past: The Aztec, Maya and Inca. Protecting their lands from cultural damage or even eradication ranked even higher on the list of priorities than protecting the two continents.
Upstart Bolivia was deemed but a nuisance that could be ignored.