Astyrian Commons

[Aquitayne]

Astyrian Commons
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The Commons >>

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The Commons are an area where the members of Astyria can chat with one another as well as track ongoing RP's and discuss new ones, where a consistent record can be maintained to ensure a foundation, as we all have pretty terrible memories. Sit back, relax, discuss some roleplay, and have fun! Anyone is welcome to join us in our little pub here, just please try not to interfere with roleplay planning unless it involves you.

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Newswire >>

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---Affairs of the Region is now published!---

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Current Roleplays >>

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• Caught In the Web: War and Intrigue in Astyria
  
  • War and Intrigue OOC Thread
• Stories from Astyria
  
  • Stories From Astyria OOC Thread
• Great Astyrian War
  
  • Great Astyrian War OOC Thread
  • 3rd Gaul Foreign Legion Squadron
• Astyrian News Network
• Astyrian Sports Wire
• International Court of Astyria
• In hoc signo vinces
  
  • In hoc signo vinces OOC
• E10 Summit—July 2015
• AstyCup
• Barentsburg IC

• Barentsburg (OOC)

• Astyrian Twitter
  
• The Embassy Besieged

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Other Important Links >>

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• OSF
  
• Astyrian GE&T Storefront Anthology
• E10 Economic Group
• Wright & Apollo
• Grustyez Nyei Aqvitanye [Aquitaynian Foreign Legion]
• NEDF Military Schools
• Wrath and Grandeur
• Astyria's IIWiki Page
• Category: Astyria on IIWiki
• [Map]Current Blocs in Astyria
• Aquitaynian Ministry of Public Records
• Astyrian Nation Code Registry (OSF)
• List of designated terrorist organizations in Astyria (IIWiki)
• Aquitaynian sanctions on Romberg
• EATA sanctions on Romberg

[Blackhelm Confederacy]

Just making sure we don't forget

[Ionicus]

My fellow Astyrians,

You should definitely vote for me because I'm the only one definitely running.

Sincerely,

Ionicus

[Neu Engollon]

(Image)

My fellow Astyrians,

You should definitely vote for me because I'm the only one definitely running.

Sincerely,

Ionicus

There's always a vote for re-open bids.

[Neu Engollon]

Let's hammer out our regional census: http://z13.invisionfree.invalid.com/Astyria/ind ... ry22241660

As well as our trade relations and econ stats: http://z13.invisionfree.invalid.com/Astyria/ind ... wtopic=223

[Aquitayne]

Let's hammer out our regional census: http://z13.invisionfree.invalid.com/Astyria/ind ... ry22241660

As well as our trade relations and econ stats: http://z13.invisionfree.invalid.com/Astyria/ind ... wtopic=223

Thanks for the reminders, Ngol!

Also, please don't forget about the Affairs of the Region journal. I'd still like to publish it, and a Spring 2016 issue is still feasible...if you're interested in writing for it, I'd really appreciate the input. It doesn't need to be anything crazy (1 or 2 pages is fine), and it can be about any aspect of international relations regarding your nation you want to write about. I'd really love input from nations all around the region geographically. Lots of interesting topics to put in there!

[Aquitayne]

Newswire updated!

[Aquitayne]

A conversation between BC and I regarding the future of IF. It's here for my notes, but also for everyone to get a general idea on where the island is heading!

16:02 Aquitayne Hey, BC
16:02 Aquitayne Need to talk to you about IF
16:03 BC sup
16:03 Aquitayne k, well
16:03 Aquitayne Bones has given me a reason to get off my ass and get back into Intrigue
16:03 Aquitayne So, I'm planning a two-part post getting all of my storlines straight
16:03 Aquitayne But, I want the situation on IF to have progressed as it naturally would have in the time elapsed
16:04 Aquitayne So I want to work with you to decide how the situation is going there right now in lieu of DE being around
16:04 Aquitayne I would, honestly, like to wrap the situation up within a year or so ICly
16:06 BC Yea, I would ideally like all of these drag-on situations to end lol
16:06 Aquitayne Yeah really
16:06 BC So what do you have in mind for happenning?
16:07 Aquitayne Ideally, this is how I see the situation right now:
16:07 Aquitayne The north-western part of Pangus is controlled by DE and you, and the southeast part and Prudenesia is controlled by me and Symph, geographically.
16:07 Aquitayne The old capital city is jointly controlled by EATA/Aq forces, and elections are coming up soon
16:08 Aquitayne General order has been restored and we're beginning to train a new independent military force
16:08 Aquitayne The elections happen in August, where the people will vote for a new government. That government will take effect in September.
16:09 Aquitayne Aq/DE/EATA will maintain a military presence in non-combat roles afterward to ensure stability. After a while those troops will be sent home.
16:09 Aquitayne I like the idea of giving the land to a member in probation, if they're okay with taking up the history around it; otherwise we can make in an NPC nation
16:11 BC I think that sounds like a great idea
16:12 Aquitayne Great. Any other ideas you have for the area? Would you guys be okay expanding the land so they can get more natural resources? We can maybe increase the size of the new nation geographically and let them decide if they want to give incentives for Symph immigrants
16:12 Aquitayne So he doesn't have to go crazy about the colonization thing anymoer
16:12 Aquitayne lol
16:12 BC Lol well, we need to try and find a probie member comfortable with taking on the task
16:12 BC that might be tough
16:13 BC Once we find someone to fit that role, then we can discuss the geography, taking into account what they might want
16:13 Aquitayne Well, I'm saying if they want to, otherwise it'll be an NPC
16:13 Aquitayne I see what you're saying
16:13 Aquitayne If no one wants it, would that be something the EATA would be willing to work out
16:15 BC Yea, it is definitely something on the board for sure
16:16 Aquitayne Awesome
16:16 Aquitayne I'll post this up in the commons so I don't forget.

[Aquitayne]

Kudos to Mal for making a draft map of the different blocs enveloping Astyria!

https://i.imgur.com/s6Vu0iM.png

[Ionicus]

Kudos to Mal for making a draft map of the different blocs enveloping Astyria!

https://i.imgur.com/s6Vu0iM.png

Oh man, that is immensely helpful.

[Aquitayne]

Beautiful bloc map by Mal!

Also, please don't forget about the Affairs of the Region, if anyone's interested you're more than welcome to do a short piece!

[Aquitayne]

Added my Ministry of Public Records! You can check it periodically for new legislation and any PT canon-treaties that have been created with Aq. Something important to note there is the Aswickan Guarantee of 1961, this is the document that will allow Aquitayne to intervene in Aswick's oncoming civil war without violating the Reich Credenda, as Aswick is a member of ATO.

[Trellin]

Aq duder, please add the links to the IC and OOC of In hoc signo vinces, that'd be sweet.

[Astyrian Olympics Delegation]

Day 9 Results

Alpine Skiing — Women's Super-G

Bobsleigh — Two-Woman — Runs 1 and 2

[pre]—
12 Adrienne Kriez/Clarisse Merveille (NEG)                                                                                                                                                          53.27  53.65  1:46.92
13 Radomila Aarnussen/Brynhildur Majewski (GLS)                                                                                                                                                     53.50  53.47  1:46.97

Cross-Country Skiing — Men’s 15 km Freestyle

—1 Valerian Larashenko (FLK)                                        33:38.8
 2 Octavius Brightwine (BKC)                                        34:01.6
 3 Fr. Raphael the Curious (ARC)                                    34:03.8
 4 Darek Gwozdek (NIK)                                              34:21.8

Curling — Men's — Quarterfinals

Alphatheta (APT) 2–5 Neu Engollon (NEG)


Figure Skating — Men's Individual Free Skate

—                                      Short  Free      Total
 1 Steve Mendes (MAP)                  87.05  162.02    249.07
 2 Octavius Fletcher (BKC)             88.17  160.40    248.57
 3 Greg Gregson (ETM)                  91.52  156.61    248.13
 6 Julius Redcap (BKC)                 83.61  158.20    241.81
11 Pierre Duval (GUL)                  90.33  146.97    237.30

Snowboarding — Women's Big Air — Qualification (Demonstration)

Top 10 qualify for final
                                Run 1   Run 2   Run 3   Top 2
 1 Anna Iverssen (YSR)		77.75	90.25	87.25	177.50
 2 Maryanne duBois (ASW)	87.50	89.50	85.25	177.00
10 Ewa Jez (NIK)		76.75	85.50	57.75	162.25

Snowboarding — Women's Snowboard Cross — Final

Heats

Top 2 advance to quarterfinals

  Heat 5
1 Claudia Klopp (MTJ)             1
2 Ewa Jez (NIK)                   2
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3 Rosmelranel Yraudhen (VAL)      3
4 Naomi Brittan (KSK)             4

Quarterfinals

Top 2 advance to semifinals

  Quarterfinal 4
1 Claudia Klopp (MTJ)         1
2 Ewa Jez (NIK)               2
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3 Gina Puppis (EST)           3
4 Annemarie König (TRA)       4

Semifinals

Semifinal 1
1 Ewa Jez (NIK)               1
2 Clarice Herrema (QMB)       2
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3 Claudia Klopp (MTJ)         3
4 Alexandra Wormen (TAE)      4

Final

1 Ewa Jez (NIK)               1
2 Lara Crawford (QMB)         2
3 Beriassë Yrauvir (VAL)      3

Medal Tally

Medal tally after Day 9		TRI	G	S	B	T
Electrum			ETM	6	4	3	13
Nikolia				NIK	4	1	0	5
Falkasia			FLK	3	0	1	4
Neu Engollon			NEG	1	0	1	2
Aswick				ASW	1	0	0	1
Glisandia			GLS	0	2	0	2
Blackhelm Confederacy		BKC	0	2	0	2
Yellow Star Republic		YSR	0	0	1	1

We had some other Astyrians place pretty high, but still not make the cut off to move on, so I didn't bother pasting that up. 17 medals total, still the leader overall, if you group us as the Astyrian Unified Team, which we technically are. Still not totally sure why our nations are listed individually when it comes to the Medal Tally, but that's fun too.
Go Astyria!!

[Aquitayne]

Go team!!!

[Astyrian Olympics Delegation]

We got gold in hockey! I will edit in a bunch more in this post later, when I have time. For now, you can check the results here: viewtopic.php?p=28083720#p28083720

29 medals for the region. Second highest total for a team next to the host, Electrum. Pretty good stuff people. Thanks again to those that RP'd.

[Aquitayne]

The Naval battle GH and I did for an upcoming post in relation to ViZion's war. Just for reference.

19:27 GHawkins Okay, know what.
19:27 GHawkins You're Flotilla commander.
19:27 GHawkins Tell me what you'd do.
19:28 GHawkins I have already moved the frigate in a blocking position.
19:28 Aquitayne Tell me what I'm working with missile-wise, cuz I'm a bit confused.
19:28 Aquitayne Do I just have the 8 Perseus stealth cruise missiles on the Frigate?
19:29 GHawkins You have 32 RIM-162 missiles in one VLS and 16 RIM-66 SM-2's in the other on the frigate.
19:29 GHawkins You have 16 AGM-158's on the destroyer.
19:30 GHawkins And you have 36 SAMs left.
19:30 GHawkins Or anti missiles.
19:30 GHawkins All your ships are at battle stations.
19:30 Aquitayne So the Frigate only has surface-to-air missiles. Okay.
19:31 GHawkins The RIM-66 SM-2MR can target surface ships.
19:32 GHawkins Your Destroyer is still taking on water commander.
19:32 GHawkins New BOGEY at 79 Nautical Miles.
19:32 Aquitayne Right. Have we acquired surface contacts?
19:32 GHawkins Negative, BOGEY is moving away.
19:32 Aquitayne Seal flooding sections.
19:33 Aquitayne Start active RADAR if it hasn't yet.
19:33 GHawkins Damage control teams are working on it sir.
19:33 Aquitayne Fires?
19:33 GHawkins All radars that have not been hit are operation, including those on the other ships in the flotilla.
19:33 GHawkins We have no reports of any further fires. Damage control has put out all detected fires and is fighting the flooding now sir.
19:34 Aquitayne Load all torpedo tubes.
19:34 GHawkins (The attack was at 22:15, we're now at 22:36 game wise, I had to speed it up)
19:34 Aquitayne (okidoke)
19:34 GHawkins Torpedo tubes already loaded commander.
19:34 GHawkins Going to accelerate again.
19:34 GHawkins (Was supposed to be between brackets)
19:35 GHawkins 22:40 - Frigate has entered blocking position sir. Corvette is requesting to close the distance as she has no missile defences aside from her decoys.
19:36 Aquitayne Permission granted.
19:36 Aquitayne [What direction did the aircraft come from]
19:36 GHawkins Affirmative sir, corvette moving in between the destroyer and frigate.
19:37 GHawkins (Missiles came from approximately 090)
19:37 GHawkins 22:42 - Sir, BOGEY has disappeared from radar, no further pings have been acquired since 22:34.
19:38 Aquitayne All ships full flank starboard
19:39 GHawkins Sir, destroyer is still taking on water. Accelerating at this time could sink her.
19:39 Aquitayne Flooding status?
19:39 GHawkins Severe. Damage control teams are still working on it.
19:40 Aquitayne Fine, maintain heading and speed.
19:40 GHawkins (Damage is at 83.5% and flooding is at 50% severity)
19:40 Aquitayne (understood.)
19:41 GHawkins Sir, destroyer can make 3 knots.
19:41 GHawkins Frigate matching speed, corvette closing the distance at 20 knots.
19:41 GHawkins Correction, frigate accelerating to 5 knots to shield destroyer from likely avenue of attack.
19:42 GHawkins VAMPIRE VAMPIRE VAMPIRE, INCOMING MISSILES, BEARING, 062, 17 NM, CLOSING FAST
19:42 GHawkins I COUNT THREE... FOUR... SIX... SEVEN CONTACTS
19:43 Aquitayne All ships full flank starboard, initiate electronic countermeasures. Launch RIM-162 ESSM.
19:43 Aquitayne RADAR, contact?
19:44 Aquitayne All hands brace for impact.
19:44 GHawkins All ahead flank starboard, eye. Radar is clear.
19:45 GHawkins NEW CONTACT.
19:45 GHawkins Another vampire.
19:45 Aquitayne [Vampire = missile?]
19:45 GHawkins (Incoming missile, yes)
19:45 GHawkins Missiles away. Closing.
19:46 GHawkins Destroyer is launching .
19:46 GHawkins HIT!
19:46 GHawkins All contacts destroyed.
19:46 Aquitayne [Missiles finished, then?]
19:47 GHawkins (Your destroyer shot all of them down with its remaining stock)
19:47 GHawkins Sir, destroyer is capable of four knots.
19:47 Aquitayne Right. Flood report, RADAR, contact?
19:48 GHawkins Damage control is working on the flooding sir.
19:48 GHawkins Radar is clear.
19:48 Aquitayne Find these damn ships, Seaman!
19:48 Aquitayne []
19:48 GHawkins Yes sir.
19:48 GHawkins Sir, enemy must have launched anti ship missiles from outside our radar range.
19:49 GHawkins That means they are tracking our own emissions. Recommend going to passive radar and having the frigate turn towards the enemy.
19:50 Aquitayne Switch to passive RADAR, turn bearing 062, have the corvette break starboard bearing 185 on orders for shore, all others full speed ahead.
19:50 Aquitayne [Corvette /is/ the damaged one, yeah?]
19:50 GHawkins (No... destroyer)
19:50 GHawkins VAMPIRE VAMPIRE VAMPIRE
19:50 Aquitayne [damnit, alright, ignore the break all ships towards]
19:50 GHawkins FOUR VAMPIRES
19:51 GHawkins (This surprised even me)
19:51 Aquitayne Initiate ECM and launch RIM, full flank to port
19:51 GHawkins Destroyer launching anti missiles.
19:52 GHawkins Anti missiles closing
19:52 GHawkins Active search.
19:52 GHawkins Hit.
19:52 GHawkins Hit.
19:52 GHawkins Hit.
19:52 GHawkins All incoming vampires down sir.
19:53 Aquitayne Damage report?
19:53 Aquitayne Switch to passive radar.
19:53 GHawkins No further damage sustained, passive radar enabled.
19:53 Aquitayne Flood report?
19:53 GHawkins Damage control parties are still battling the floods.
19:53 GHawkins Sir, we may have to abandon her.
19:53 Aquitayne Casualty estimate?
19:54 GHawkins Unable at this time, areas have been sealed by damage control parties for flood control.
19:54 Aquitayne Understood.
19:54 GHawkins Sir.
19:54 GHawkins Destroyer has 4 anti missiles left.
19:55 Aquitayne Understood.
19:55 GHawkins Frigate still has its full complement.
19:55 GHawkins Frigate is coming about on course zero-six-two.
19:55 GHawkins (I have to admit, that last missile wave surprised me, lol)
19:56 Aquitayne [lol, great]
19:56 GHawkins (First attack was on 22:13, it's now 22:54)
19:56 Aquitayne jeesus
19:56 GHawkins (Accelerating again, see if the frigate can find those ships)
19:57 GHawkins Sir, damage control reports the flooding is almost under control on the destroyer.
19:57 GHawkins CONTACT
19:57 GHawkins SURFACE CONTACT, RIGHT ON US
19:57 Aquitayne Distance?!
19:58 GHawkins Frigate coming about.
19:58 GHawkins (Going to see if I can find a ruler to measure this shit)
19:59 Aquitayne [their frigate or mine?]
19:59 GHawkins (Yours)
19:59 GHawkins (hang on)
19:59 Aquitayne [rog]
20:00 GHawkins (I can't find the bloody ruler)
20:00 GHawkins (Got it)
20:01 GHawkins 2 Nautical miles! Surface combatants identified as Karel Doorman class frigate and Zeven Provincien class frigate.
20:01 GHawkins Requesting permission to engage.
20:01 Aquitayne Permission granted, engage
20:02 Aquitayne Engage 127 mm gun
20:02 GHawkins Frigate engaging target with the deck gun.
20:02 Aquitayne Two salvos, five rounds.
20:03 GHawkins Rounds away.
20:03 GHawkins Impact.
20:03 Aquitayne Two salvos, ten rounds.
20:03 GHawkins Recommend letting the frigate automatically engage the enemy as required.
20:03 Aquitayne [i just like saying it lol]
20:04 Aquitayne Aye.
20:04 GHawkins (It's less trouble for me to put them on auto)
20:04 Aquitayne no prob
20:04 Aquitayne (makes more sense anyway lol)
20:04 GHawkins Sir, frigate is engaging with SAMs.
20:04 GHawkins NEW CONTACT
20:04 GHawkins (holy shit)
20:05 Aquitayne [wat]
20:05 GHawkins Medium damage on the Doorman.
20:05 GHawkins Heavy damage on the Doorman
20:05 Aquitayne [yaaaaas]
20:05 Aquitayne Launch torpedos
20:07 GHawkins INCOMING
20:07 GHawkins We are being jammed sir.
20:08 GHawkins We're hit.
20:08 GHawkins Taking on water sir.
20:08 Aquitayne Seal flooding sections, take manual control on the 127mm and continue engaging the enemy.
20:09 Aquitayne [i dont know how to get myself unjammed]
20:09 Aquitayne [probably an issue]
20:09 GHawkins Aye sir.
20:09 Aquitayne [the torps aren't being jammed, are they?]
20:10 GHawkins (No, the ship)
20:10 GHawkins Sir, destroyer launching based on our intel.
20:10 GHawkins SIR! The Doorman just went up!
20:10 Aquitayne Good kill!
20:10 Aquitayne Reacquire and engage
20:11 GHawkins Multiple secondaries, her magazine must've gone.
20:11 Aquitayne [I assume RADAR is jammed?]
20:11 GHawkins Sir, heavy flooding reported in multiple sections.
20:11 GHawkins Fire reported in multiple sections on the frigate.
20:11 GHawkins Recommend disengaging.
20:11 GHawkins At best speed.
20:12 Aquitayne Status of the enemy vessel?
20:12 GHawkins Enemy combatants are still firing.
20:13 Aquitayne Reacquire with the 127mm
20:13 Aquitayne [can I engage with missiles at all?]
20:13 GHawkins (What do you think I have been doing since the Doorman went up? Haha)
20:13 GHawkins Missiles away.
20:13 Aquitayne Also, the corvette should be engaging with 76mm]
20:14 GHawkins Corvette is out of range.
20:14 Aquitayne [ok]
20:14 Aquitayne Launch torpedos
20:15 Aquitayne Have the destroyer launch surface-to-surface missiles if able.
20:15 GHawkins Can not launch torpedoes at our current vector.
20:16 GHawkins Destroyer's fire control systems have been damanged and she is unable to acquire target.
20:16 GHawkins Sir.
20:16 GHawkins Enemy ships turning.
20:16 GHawkins They are disengaging.
20:17 GHawkins Sir, heavy fires on the frigate and she's taking on water.
20:17 GHawkins Frigate is disengaging.
20:17 Aquitayne [me or him?]
20:17 GHawkins (yours)
20:18 Aquitayne [i want a last salvo.]
20:18 Aquitayne Engage with remaining RIM-162 SM-2.
20:18 GHawkins (Oh you're still firing away with the gun and missiles)
20:18 GHawkins (But they keep getting jammed, resulting in them losing guidance, which allows the Zeven to take them down)
20:18 GHawkins (Oh, no, not even)
20:19 GHawkins (It appears that SM-2's are programmed to self destruct when running blind to prevent friendly fire)
20:19 GHawkins (So, he jams their uplink, which causes them to go blind and self destruct)
20:19 Aquitayne [and the destroyer cant engage, awesome]
20:19 Aquitayne [has it been engaging with its 2 127mms?
20:19 GHawkins (Until the Zeven shot up its fire control... yes)
20:20 Aquitayne [not even manual will work?]
20:20 Aquitayne [alright.]
20:20 Aquitayne Deploy fire suppression teams and seal flooded hatches.
20:21 GHawkins (WTF)
20:21 Aquitayne ?
20:21 GHawkins (The zeven kept engaging far beyond normal range, but it stopped now)
20:22 Aquitayne [mmk]
20:22 GHawkins Sir. Destroyer is reporting flooding again.
20:23 Aquitayne How bad?
20:23 GHawkins Moderate.
20:23 Aquitayne Continue repairs.
20:23 GHawkins Oh ffs.
20:23 GHawkins My game quit on me.
20:23 Aquitayne jees
20:23 GHawkins It just went.
20:23 GHawkins Bye.
20:24 Aquitayne lol
20:24 GHawkins That was fun.
20:24 Aquitayne Indeed it was
20:24 GHawkins Time for bed, lol.
20:24 GHawkins It's 02:24 here.
20:24 Aquitayne Lol, now I've got 2 crippled ships
20:24 Aquitayne How damaged were his other ones?
20:24 GHawkins You sank one.
20:24 GHawkins And the other had moderate damage, about the same as your frigate.
20:25 Aquitayne mmk
20:25 GHawkins Your frigate would require some good repairs.
20:25 GHawkins But your destroyer can be scrapped. Won't sink, but I doubt it'll sail again.
20:26 Aquitayne yeah
20:26 Aquitayne alright, thanks duder
20:27 GHawkins No problem.
20:27 GHawkins I bet BC will have a laugh when he gets back.
20:28 Aquitayne haha oh yeah
20:28 GHawkins I still think it's funny.
20:28 GHawkins That the Doorman went up because of its magazines exploding.
20:29 GHawkins Anyway, take care.
20:29 Aquitayne lol, night duder
20:30 *** GHawkins quit (Quit: http://www.mibbit.com ajax IRC Client)

[Blackhelm Confederacy]

The first part of that, btw, the air portion, is below:

http://pastebin.com/eD2imNXE

[Yellow Star Republic]

The Naval battle GH and I did for an upcoming post in relation to ViZion's war. Just for reference.

Who are you fighting now?

[Aquitayne]

The Naval battle GH and I did for an upcoming post in relation to ViZion's war. Just for reference.

Who are you fighting now?

Well, if ViZ decides to, Bhormakaro will pull Aquitayne into their war and the naval battle was against Earent.

[Aquitayne]

Barentsburg IC and Astyrian Twitter added to the RP list.

[Aquitayne]

Affairs of the Region is live, folks! Some other links have also been updated into the OP.

[Blackhelm Confederacy]

Nice work on that Aq, and everyone who contributed. Fancy stuff!

[Blackhelm Confederacy]

don't forget to add in our fun filled embassy siege!

[Aquitayne]

Links to Aquitaynian sanctions on Romberg and EATA sanctions on Romberg have been added.