Liberate St Abbaddon
A resolution to strike down Delegate-imposed barriers to free entry in a region.
Category: Liberation | Nominee: St Abbaddon | Proposed by: Topid
Description: The World Assembly,
Noticing the ancient region of St Abbaddon was occupied weeks ago,
Conceding that St Abbaddon is not yet under a password,
Considering endorsement levels in the region to be far in excess of what occupiers would need to hold the region, and accumulating influence to do damage may be the purpose of these excess forces,
Further considering new regional officers to cause greater dangers to a native community such as this one,
Insisting a delay to act until a password is implemented could mean the opportunity to act in time has passed,
Noting very few historically founderless regions have survived other than the feeder and sinker regions,
Appreciating these few remaining relics for the valuable reminders they contain about the origins of NationStates,
Remembering St Abbaddon was originally inhabited by people who came to NationStates from other domains in the first few months,
Believing the story of St Abbaddon to be useful for understanding the cultures of early NationStates,
Observing St Abbaddon is presently home to many native nations who seek to preserve their region,
Hoping a World Assembly Liberation will hinder the efforts of the occupiers, and apply pressure to end the occupation without permanent consequences,
Knowing the natives of St Abbaddon will rise stronger than ever before if given the opportunity,
Hereby Liberates St Abbaddon.
A few things:
- I don't know what the invaders have planned for their occupation of St Abbaddon.
- I do know that the endorsement gap between Hawkswind (our former delegate) and the invader lead is over seventy endorsements, which is excessive. Unity also invaded Middle Earth and has considerably less endorsements in that region even though their region had more endorsements on the delegate prior to the invasion. Why is the St Abbaddon raid getting so much more support? Could they be gaining influence to do damage? We don't know. All I know is it is possible, and because of ROs once they have the influence to put the password on the region with the lead the combination of all their nations in the region could likely clear the region pretty quickly with Border Control powers. So we can't wait to see if that's what they're doing anymore, once they've shown their cards the hand will be over.
- I intend to rebuild St Abby. I'm going to begin recruiting for my "back up" region of St Abby soon. I dropped the ball and didn't notice Pse CTEd this year. I've been too inactive and I should have run a recruitment campaign months ago. But I graduated University with my graduate degree Saturday so I think I will have more time (no work at home, just work at work from now on). If I get this liberation and the raiders eventually withdraw from the region, and then nothing happens after, that will be a significant failure on my end.
- Hawkswind, the user who has been in the region since late 2003/early 2002 said he quit the game because of this raid, and has not logged into his nation for about 3 weeks. He'll CTE soon. Since he's not around, I've stepped up as a leader of St Abby even though I haven't been in that role for over 3 years.