Alex0827a

Deep within the confines of the largest desert on Planet Bob, a Sandstorm was brewing. It uncovered the ruins of what had once been The Biohazard Corporation's main office, which had been buried for quite some time. Once the Sandstorm began to strengthen, the once magnificent building disappeared into the midst of the Sandstorm. The walls began to disintegrate, making seem as if The Biohazard Corporation had become not just immersed in, but a part of the Sandstorm. This Sandstorm was unique, it seemed to never run out of energy. Throughout time it would just keep on going, regardless of anything that happened to be in the way. And so, here we are, a fresh start with some familiar faces and what should amount to a metric ton more activity. Forums can be found [url=http://www.cnsandstorm.forumotion.com]here[/url], where anyone and everyone is welcome to join us for some relaxation, sandsculpting contests, and the like. For those who care to read, here's our charter: Article I Membership Article II Governance Article III Members Article IV Policies Article V Treaties ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Article I Membership a) A nation wishing admission to Sandstorm must meet the following criteria: 1- The applicant must not be in any offensive wars. 2- The applicant must not be in Peace Mode. 3- The applicant must be willing to go through an interview by a member of the government. 4- The applicant must be prepared to disclose and settle any outstanding grievances with other Alliances prior to acceptance. b) Applicants who are being raided will make all attempts to make peace with their attackers. The government of Sandstorm will give all assistance within reason to end the raid. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Article II Governance The government of Sandstorm will consist of a Council composed of four Elders (who have indefinite terms) and one elected Tribal Elder. Elder Definitions Tribal Elder I. The Election Process The election process will consist of three days of nominations and two days of voting. The member receiving the most votes will be given the title of Tribal Elder. Elections will take place every three months. The Tribal Elder is expected to help run the alliance wherever needed, and provide input from the membership's viewpoint. I. Elder Of War This position requires the holder to be the leader of the Task Forces for every strength range. The EoW is also responsible for doing reports on possible enemies and current enemies. They will receive requests for reinforcements during a time of war and manage them accordingly. They will also ensure the readiness of all members for war at any time. He/she will determine the DEFCON level of the alliance. II. Elder Of Travel This position requires the holder to maintain cordial conditions with every alliance on our boards. The EoT will also open embassies at any other alliances’ forums, at his/her discretion. Also, this Minister will appoint apprentices as they see fit to share work, get coffee, or type reports on various diplomatic standings with other alliances. III. Elder Of the Treasury This position requires the holder to organize and conduct tech deals and build up the smaller nations of Sandstorm. He will appoint certain nations as banks (with their acceptance of the role) to provide free monetary aid to any deserving nation within Sandstorm. They will ensure overall economic growth for the alliance. IV. Elder Of Organization This position requires the holder to recruit as many nations as possible to Sandstorm, using any means required, with the exception of poaching. They will also be responsible for sending out any alliance announcements in the form of in-game private messages. This Elder will also appoint apprentices to recruit with/for them. Side Note: An Elder has the power to oversee activities dealing with their department as they see fit. If it is a matter that involves more than one department, they are expected to work together efficiently and effectively to achieve the desired result. Should any member of the Council disagree with how a Elder is doing their job, they may bring it up to the rest of the government (including said Elder) and the matter will be resolved in a way that denotes maturity and courtesy. [/left] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Article III Members Members of Sandstorm will go through two stages. Prospect and Member. a) Prospect - A Prospect is a nation that is in the application process to Sandstorm and has not yet been accepted. A Prospect will have the AA of Sandstorm Applicant. b) Member – A member is the backbone of Sandstorm, and therefore have the right to vote in some matters regarding policy within the alliance. All members must: • Be respectful to one another • Defend each other verbally, militarily, or in any other way conveniently possible. • Respect all government decisions and settle grievances regarding policy in private with the appropriate Elder. • Be prepared to defend Sandstorm at all times. • Respect all people with different views and beliefs or lack thereof, until they cease to show the same respect. It should be noted that members are encouraged to express their personal views in all situations, even if their views contrast with the alliance’s official position. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Article IV Policies a) Raid Policy- Members of Sandstorm are not allowed to raid other nations. b) Ghosting Policy- I. Any nation ghosting on the Sandstorm AA will be asked to either apply on the Sandstorm forums or switch off the AA. If neither is accomplished in 48 hours the violator will be punished, the extent of which will depend on their disposition toward the Member or Elder which asked them to cease. II. Ghosts may be exempted from the Ghosting Policy if ghosting Sandstorm to fight for it in a war. Ghosts under these circumstances may not declare war on another nation unless Sandstorm is at war, and then only a nation in the alliance Sandstorm is fighting. c) Internal Policy- I. Expulsion - All expulsions are final. These may only be served for intentional, detrimental actions against Sandstorm. II. Censorship – Sandstorm's members will not divulge information that is to be kept within the alliance, and are expected to have common courtesy when posting on forums. III. ZI - Sandstorm does endorse the use of ZI as a form of punishment to enemies. Sandstorm's form of ZI will have the victim reduced to zero infrastructure until the end of war with said nation. IV. PZI and EZI – These tactics are not to be used against any nation, for this ruins the experience of the game for the victim. We do not wish that on any player of Cyber Nations and so it will not be used at all. V. Raiding Sandstorm Member - Any person who raids a member of Sandstorm will either agree to pay reparations or be subject to retaliation. Immediately following the raid, the Sandstorm member may, at his or her discretion, attack back. Failure to pay reparations or allow punishment of the culprit will result in war. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [b] Article V Treaties All treaties must be signed by four of the five Elders, although the unanimous agreement among government members is preferred. Treaties will be followed and honored no matter what difficulty it causes Sandstorm, the only exception being if our ally actually asks us to stay out of a conflict. [b]Article VI Government Voting The majority of decisions made within Sandstorm will be a result of an internal Government vote. This Government vote comprises solely of the Council. Any member of the alliance who wishes to put up a motion that was not passed for reconsideration may do so at any time, at which time the government will debate it in a spot on the forums viewable to all alliance members, so that they may explain their reasoning as to the initial vote. Current gov is as follows: Elder of War: Vacant Elder of Organization: Satan1612 Elder of Travel: Alex0827a Elder of the Treasury: Fabricio Rodriguez Tribal Elder: Vacant Protection is granted by SNAFU, treaty to be posted shortly :) The Biohazard Corporation AA is protected by Sandstorm until we say otherwise. Edit: For one reason or another, half the stuff's bold and half of it isn't... But I'm not really bothered enough to do anything about it, so enjoy :)

lol I'd thought about joining AI at one point, but I don't like being in massive alliances

Looking for someone with plenty of experience in Finance (tech deals, trades, and aid programs). Shoot me an in-game pm for details. Also pre-recruiting members

I got to know Frank from about the time he started playing CN... Great guy, invited me to join The Borg about a month before it was created, hung around Bio's forums even when he knew they were dead just talking to Satan and myself and playing our little counting game... Imma miss that guy

I, Alex0827a of Arcean Empire, surrender to Non Grata. Mostly because I was just ghosting App, but I've also come to like a couple of them (cheers Spearo, thanks for the casualties ). And all I really wanted was to get nuked And cheers to NG as a whole for having reasonable conditions for exiting the war. Yay ghosting

Always seen Val, BAPS, and Olympus as good people, so good luck to y'all

Walsh I love you

[quote name='Viluin' timestamp='1340865746' post='2999204'] Your top two nations are very lucky that I'm pre-occupied. Know what you're getting yourself into when you attack nuclear rogues. It's not like we surrender. [/quote] Oh, lookie here... You've got a defensive slot opening up tonight, maybe NpO will let BlackWolfe have some fun and you can show him how lucky he's been so far

[quote name='Sardonic' timestamp='1341032174' post='3000419'] sounds like this treaty *puts on sunglasses* just ran out of steam [/quote] I love you for this

I know my alliance (Bio) is just a micro fighting another micro, but here's how I see it - Peacemoding is a legitimate strategy if you don't do it too excessively (though I'd laugh if an alliance went 100% peace mode to prevent anyone from attacking them). That's been fairly established in this topic. But I've always thought that to gain and maintain a reputation as good allies and someone that other's hesitate to war with, you have to go balls-to-the-wall in war. Granted, the alliance we're attacking doesn't have anyone in my range or the 32k guy I'd work with. But the only member of our alliance in peace mode is in peace mode because he's making about a 2,000 mile move and can't be active during that time. That's as close as anyone can come to saying, essentially, "Come at me, bro" when at war. And the nation in peace mode? Yeah, he's about 7k NS. If their top nation would clear his slots, our top two would be on him and maybe send him down to my level (which would make me extraordinarily happy by upping my casualty count). But I guess the whole point of this rant/ramble/whatever you want to call it is that when war comes your way, don't run and hide, or that'll give you a reputation that won't wear off anytime soon. Face it like you mean it.

[quote name='Conred' timestamp='1340979131' post='2999979'] Oh hi! LeerJet sent peace requests: make him beg? [/quote] lmao make the peace terms that he has to post a video of himself crying on youtube and leave it up for the next year lulz @ Walsh for the flag insertion and o/ BM - sup Vandelsand?

[quote name='porksaber' timestamp='1340908319' post='2999489'] Nuclear Fire is cooler. I hope Nuclear fire wins. Also, I don't like this announcement and I've never heard of you. [/quote] lol if I cared if you'd heard of Bio, I'd cry because you haven't. As it stands though... Nope, don't care, and can't forsee a time when I will <3 Bklein o/ Micro Rage

[quote name='Phaedron' timestamp='1340860435' post='2999129'] Our micro rage will beat your micro rage any day. Many thanks and well-wishes to Bio -- happy hunting! [/quote] I love this Micro rage ftw! Also, Viluin, clear out your slots so our boys can knock you down to my level (or just get a 35k-ish rogue, that works too if you want) :v Casualties > Infra

[quote name='Garion' timestamp='1339154530' post='2979316'] Congrats to our allies in Sparta and to their new allies [/quote] Wait... So now I'm indirectly allied with my clone in RnR? Yush! [img]http://www.seeirah.com/vb/images/smilies/yush.gif[/img] Also, congrats to App and Sparta

Grats Also, [quote name='Jacapo Saladin' timestamp='1338860534' post='2977186'] Unkajo represents the bottom 5% of intelligence in NG. Excuse his postings. [/quote] ^This explains SO MUCH. You should put a leash on that thing, it ruins your PR

o/ Thom (long time no chat, hit me up ) o/NAC

Congrats on the DoE

[quote name='Emperor Marx' timestamp='1338338416' post='2974241'] Anything to be relevant. [/quote] You think too highly of us - we know we're irrelevant, we just don't care lol

[quote name='VladimirLenin' timestamp='1338337731' post='2974233'] Lol ok. Why do I get the feeling this will go as follows: "We're just gonna do this thing ex post facto and then go ahead and enforce it as if it was there all along." [/quote] Something like that, except nobody's threatening PROIS atm so that first bit seems a tad irrelevant Also, I love your avatar too <3

[center][img]http://images.wikia.com/cybernations/images/3/34/BIOFlag.jpg[/img] [img]http://images.wikia.com/cybernations/images/1/14/Kaskus500x300.png[/img] [img]http://i1115.photobucket.com/albums/k552/Alex0827a/proisflag.jpg[/img][/center] [center][size="6"]It's A PROIS!!![/size][/center] Article I: Parenting Bio and Kaskus agree to provide protection and guidance as necessary to PROIS. Article II: Helping The Parents In the event that Bio or Kaskus is engaged in a defensive war, PROIS may, if requested, aid them in their war. Article III: All Grow'd Up Should PROIS become large enough to stand on its own without a protectorate (based on the agreement between Bio, Kaskus, and PROIS), this protectorate treaty may be upgraded at the discretion of the parties involved. Article IV: Run Away From Home/Kicked Out Of The House Should either the protectorate or the protectors decide that this arrangement isn't working well, approporiate measures may be taken, including the modification and/or cancellation of this treaty. Signed for The Biohazard Corporation, Alex0827a - Big Scary Boss Guy Ajax - Little Scary Boss Guy Osko1337 - Herping and Derping All Day Long President of UI - Blows Sh*t Up Signed for the Peoples Republic of Independent States, AKHAN Signed for Kaskus, Lord Caparo gantanX Sigelopisan Blackorchid Jeff123 Suryanto Tan Semutjoget o/ PROIS o/ Kaskus o/ Bio

lulz you caught me So I got online a bit between my shower after work and when I went to make dinner and couldn't find the motiviation to post Also: Can I come back in and annoy you some more? Pretty please?

For the record, The Biohazard Corporation is joining Kaskus in that protection of the Peoples Republic of Independent States. Partially because we're bored, partially because we're treatied to Kaskus. Okay, so we're mostly doing it because Tetris herped up a derp that, were we in the same situation as PROIS, we wouldn't like to see happen. But yeah, take it how you will. Sorry this came up so late, I just got back from dinner after work

[quote name='Sabcat' timestamp='1337776276' post='2971050'] There's no destruction going on anywhere, not as I understand the situation. There's an AA that doesn't function, one of the members of that AA has gone to war. The rest of the AA are being told go find somewhere else to live because their roof has fallen in. [/quote] Then check that alliance's war screen. Also, good show Kaskus, makes me proud to be treatied to you o/ Kaskus

The amount of disappointment I feel in Tetris is unmeasurable right now.

Thanks for putting what kind of treaty it was in the post.... I hate having to read each header to find out, unless it's an entertaining read. Anywho grats to both of you