[Passed] Condemn The Black Hawks

[The Stalker]

The time has come. To talk of many things; of shoes and ships, and sealing-wax, of cabbages and kings, and why the sea is boiling hot, and whether pigs have wings.

It's time the dastardly villains known as The Black Hawks receive the mark of the beast!

Security Council,

Appreciating that The Black Hawks have previously been condemned by resolution SC#52, but believing the condemnation failed to fully warn NationStates of the nature and severity of The Black Hawks' invasions, thus finds a need for a second condemnation detailing that and the many crimes perpetrated since the passage of SC#52;

Trumpeting the need to highlight their most destructive actions and detail the techniques used in the hopes that nations can be better prepared to detect and stop future harm;

Acknowledging much to the shock and dismay of this Security Council, that The Black Hawks have a history spanning more than a decade, are ranked among the oldest raider regions in the world, and are among the very few raider regions that have remained in near-continuous operation for such a long period of time;

Noting the following reprehensible offenses against interregional peace and goodwill The Black Hawks have committed over the course of their long history:

• Invasions and long-term occupations that are disruptive and frequently destructive in intent and execution, and which are often accomplished by gaining the trust of native nations and evading the detection of defender nations through deception and stealth, including the following invasions and many others: Asia, Atheist Empire, ITALIA, Yorkshire, Capitalist Paradise, Hippiedom, Hell, Furry Federation, Canada, Equestria, Portugal, Middle Earth, St Abbaddon, and Illuminati;
• Toppling many of the longest sitting WA Delegate records including: Texas 10+ years, Antarctica 10+ years, United States 9+ years, Forest 8+ years, Lemuria 7+ years;
• The Black Hawks have provoked liberation resolutions to end border closures in Hippiedom SC#99 & South Pacific SC#108;
• Support for the 2013 coup d'etat perpetrated against The South Pacific by the rogue Delegate Milograd, including in-depth assistance by Mallorea and Riva in the purging of thousands of native nations from the region;
• Successful infiltration of Osiris from 2011-2013 by Lemon Love, a nation administered by a puppet regime under the control of Jakker, for the purpose of committing acts of espionage and subversion against Osiris;
• Commemoration of the tenth anniversary of The Black Hawks in 2015 via the creation of RaiderCon - an annual event to unite the raider world in celebration of wanton invasion acts against innocent regions and their native nations, which inducts infamous raider nations into a so-called Raider Hall of Fame to celebrate their acts of aggression and subversion against other regions' self-determination;
• Operation Blackout in 2016 where 121 regions were invaded in a single merciless night;
• Harboring, at one time or another, more nations condemned by this Security Council than any other region in the world, including the nations, or nations controlled by puppet regimes, of Milograd SC#77 & #97, Jakker SC#112, Mallorea and Riva SC#121, Gest SC#122, and General Halcones SC#165;

Asserting that the resilient nature of The Black Hawks and their repeated, flagrant defiance of the Security Council's mission to promote interregional peace and goodwill - making nations associated with The Black Hawks and their acts of invasion the subject of more Security Council resolutions than any other raider region - require a firm, decisive, and comprehensive stamp of disapproval from this esteemed body;

Hereby Condemns The Black Hawks.
Co-authored by, [nation=short]Cormactopia II[/nation]

Security Council,

Appreciating that The Black Hawks have previously been condemned by resolution SC#52, but believing the condemnation failed to fully warn NationStates of the nature and severity of The Black Hawks' invasions, thus finds a need for a second condemnation detailing that and the many crimes perpetrated since the passage of SC#52;

Trumpeting the need to highlight their most destructive actions and detail the techniques used in the hopes that nations can be better prepared to detect and stop future harm;

Acknowledging much to the shock and dismay of this Security Council, that The Black Hawks have a history spanning more than a decade, are ranked among the oldest raider regions in the world, and are among the very few raider regions that have remained in near-continuous operation for such a long period of time;

Noting the following reprehensible offenses against interregional peace and goodwill The Black Hawks have committed over the course of their long history:

• Invasions and long-term occupations that are disruptive and frequently destructive in intent and execution, and which are often accomplished by gaining the trust of native nations and evading the detection of defender nations through deception and stealth, including the following invasions and many others: Asia, Atheist Empire, ITALIA, Yorkshire, Capitalist Paradise, Eastern Islands of Dharma, Hippiedom, Hell, Furry Federation, Canada, Equestria, Portugal, Middle Earth, Latinoamerica, and St Abbaddon;
• Toppling many of the longest sitting WA Delegate records including: Texas 10+ years, Antarctica 10+ years, United States 9+ years, Forest 8+ years, Lemuria 7+ years;
• Support for the 2013 coup d'etat perpetrated against The South Pacific by the rogue Delegate Milograd, including in-depth assistance by Mallorea and Riva in the purging of thousands of native nations from the region;
• Successful infiltration of Osiris from 2011-2013 by Lemon Love, a nation administered by a puppet regime under the control of Jakker, for the purpose of committing acts of espionage and subversion against Osiris;
• Commemoration of the tenth anniversary of The Black Hawks in 2015 via the creation of RaiderCon - an annual event to unite the raider world in celebration of wanton invasion acts against innocent regions and their native nations, which inducts infamous raider nations into a so-called Raider Hall of Fame to celebrate their acts of aggression and subversion against other regions' self-determination;
• Operation Blackout in 2016 where 121 regions were invaded in a single merciless night;
• Harboring, at one time or another, more nations condemned by this Security Council than any other region in the world, including the nations, or nations controlled by puppet regimes, of Milograd SC#77 & #97, Jakker SC#112, Mallorea and Riva SC#121, Gest SC#122, and General Halcones SC#165, which controlled the puppet regime of the nation that originally founded The Black Hawks; and

Asserting that the resilient nature of The Black Hawks and their repeated, flagrant defiance of the Security Council's mission to promote interregional peace and goodwill - making nations associated with The Black Hawks and their acts of invasion the subject of more Security Council resolutions than any other raider region - require a firm, decisive, and comprehensive stamp of disapproval from this esteemed body;

Hereby Condemns The Black Hawks.
Co-authored by, [nation=short]Cormactopia II[/nation]

Security Council,

Appreciating that The Black Hawks have previously been condemned through resolution SC#52, but believing SC#52 failed to fully describe the nature and severity of The Black Hawks' invasions, thus a need for a second condemnation detailing that and the many crimes perpetrated since the passage of SC#52;

Terrifying how resilient The Black Hawks have proven themselves over the course of the region's history due to a higher caliber leadership, technique, and coming up with new and inventive ways to torment their prey;

Acknowledging much to the shock and dismay of this Security Council, that The Black Hawks have a history spanning more than a decade, are ranked among the oldest raider regions in the world, and are among the very few raider regions that have remained in near-continuous operation for such a long period of time;

Noting the following reprehensible offenses against interregional peace and goodwill The Black Hawks have committed over the course of their long history:

• Invasions and long-term occupations that are always disruptive and frequently destructive in intent and execution, and which are often accomplished by gaining the trust of native nations and evading the detection of defender nations through deception and stealth, including the following invasions and many others: Asia, Atheist Empire, ITALIA, Yorkshire, Capitalist Paradise, Eastern Islands of Dharma, Hippiedom, Hell, Furry Federation, Canada, Equestria, Portugal, Middle Earth, Latinoamerica, and St Abbaddon;
• Toppling many of the longest sitting WA Delegate records including: Texas 10+ years, Antarctica 10+ years, United States 9+ years, Forest 8+ years, Lemuria 7+ years;
• Support for the 2013 coup d'etat perpetrated against The South Pacific by the rogue Delegate Milograd, including in-depth assistance by Mallorea and Riva in the purging of thousands of native nations from the region;
• Successful infiltration of Osiris from 2011-2013 by Lemon Love, a nation administered by a puppet regime under the control of Jakker, for the purpose of committing acts of espionage and subversion against Osiris;
• Commemoration of the tenth anniversary of The Black Hawks in 2015 via the creation of RaiderCon - an annual event to unite the raider world in celebration of wanton invasion acts against innocent regions and their native nations, which inducts infamous raider nations into a so-called Raider Hall of Fame to celebrate their acts of aggression and subversion against other regions' self-determination;
• Operation Blackout in 2016 where 121 regions were invaded in a single merciless night;
• Harboring, at one time or another, more nations condemned by this Security Council than any other region in the world, including the nations, or nations controlled by puppet regimes, of Milograd SC#77 & #97, Jakker SC#112, Mallorea and Riva SC#121, Gest SC#122, and General Halcones SC#165, which controlled the puppet regime of the nation that originally founded The Black Hawks; and

Asserting that the resilient nature of The Black Hawks and their repeated, flagrant defiance of the Security Council's mission to promote interregional peace and goodwill - making nations associated with The Black Hawks and their acts of invasion the subject of more Security Council resolutions than any other raider region - require a firm, decisive, and comprehensive stamp of disapproval from this esteemed body;

Hereby Condemns The Black Hawks.
Co-authored by, [nation=short]Cormactopia II[/nation]

Security Council,

Appreciating that The Black Hawks have previously been condemned through resolution SC#52, but realizing that The Black Hawks have perpetrated many crimes since passage of SC#52;

Terrifying how resilient The Black Hawks have proven themselves over the course of the region's history due to a higher caliber leadership, technique, and coming up with new and inventive ways to torment those who fall as prey before them;

Acknowledging much to the shock and dismay of this Security Council, that The Black Hawks have a history spanning more than a decade, are ranked among the oldest raider regions in the world, and are among the even fewer number of raider regions that have remained in near-continuous operation for such a long period of time;

Noting the following reprehensible offenses against interregional peace and goodwill The Black Hawks have committed over the course of their long history:

• Invasions and long-term occupations that are always disruptive and frequently destructive in intent and execution, and which are often accomplished by gaining the trust of native nations and evading the detection of defender nations through deception and stealth, including the following invasions and many others: Asia, Atheist Empire, ITALIA, Yorkshire, Capitalist Paradise, Eastern Islands of Dharma, Hippiedom, Hell, Furry Federation, Canada, Equestria, Portugal, Middle Earth, Latinoamerica, and St Abbaddon;
• Toppling many of the longest sitting WA Delegate records including: Texas (10+ years), Antarctica (10+ years), United States (9+ years), Forest (8+ years), Lemuria (7+ years);
• Support for the 2013 coup d'etat perpetrated against The South Pacific by the rogue Delegate Milograd, including in-depth assistance by Mallorea and Riva in the purging of thousands of innocent native nations from the region;
• Successful infiltration of Osiris from 2011-2013 by Lemon Love, a nation administered by a puppet regime under the control of Jakker, for the purpose of committing acts of espionage and subversion against Osiris;
• Commemoration of the tenth anniversary of The Black Hawks in 2015 via the creation of RaiderCon - an annual event to unite the raider world in celebration of wanton invasion acts against innocent regions and their native nations, which inducts infamous raider nations into a so-called Raider Hall of Fame to celebrate their acts of aggression and subversion against other regions' self-determination;
• Operation Blackout in 2016 where 121 regions were invaded in a single merciless night;
• Harboring, at one time or another, more nations condemned by this Security Council than any other region in the world, including the nations, or nations controlled by puppet regimes, of Milograd (SC#77, #97), Jakker (SC#112), Mallorea and Riva (SC#121), Gest (SC#122), and General Halcones (SC#165), which controlled the puppet regime of the nation that originally founded The Black Hawks; and

Asserting that the resilient nature of The Black Hawks and their repeated, flagrant defiance of the Security Council's mission to promote interregional peace and goodwill -- making nations associated with The Black Hawks and their acts of invasion the subject of more Security Council resolutions than any other raider region -- require a firm, decisive, and comprehensive stamp of disapproval from this esteemed body;

Hereby Condemns The Black Hawks.
Co-authored by, [nation=short]Cormactopia II[/nation]

Security Council,

Appreciating that The Black Hawks have previously been condemned by this Security Council through resolution SC#52, but realizing that The Black Hawks have perpetrated many crimes against interregional peace and goodwill since passage of SC#52, and SC#52 does not comprehensively address the historical significance of The Black Hawks' offenses;

Terrorizing many, The Black Hawks are still considered by many regions and nations to be a respectable and classy raider region, due to being of a higher caliber in leadership and technique than many other notorious raider regions that have risen and fallen over the years, despite their long history of arbitrarily invading other regions and engaging in extreme and destructive tactics;

Acknowledging much to the shock and dismay of this Security Council, that The Black Hawks have a history spanning more than a decade, are ranked among the oldest raider regions in the world, and are among the even fewer number of raider regions that have remained in continuous operation for such a long period of time;

Noting the following reprehensible offenses against interregional peace and goodwill The Black Hawks have committed over the course of their long history:

• Invasions and long-term occupations that are always disruptive and frequently destructive in intent and execution, and which are often accomplished by gaining the trust of native nations and evading the detection of defender nations through deception and stealth, including the following invasions and many others: Vlaanderen, Asia, Atheist Empire, SPACE, ITALIA, Islam, Yorkshire, Capitalist Paradise, Catholic, Eastern Islands of Dharma, Hippiedom, Hell, South Pacific, Warhammer 40000, Furry Federation, Canada, Coalition of Catholic States, Equestria, Middle Earth, Latinoamerica, Shadow Proclamation, The North American Union, St Abbaddon, Global Federation;
• Toppling many of the longest sitting WA Delegate records including: Texas (10+ years), Antarctica (10+ years), United States (9+ years), Forest (8+ years), Lemuria (7+ years);
• Numerous invasions involving forcible border closure and exile of native nations, giving The Black Hawks an odious history of provoking liberation resolutions passed by this Security Council, including liberation resolutions passed to end border closure in the following regions: Catholic (SC#80), Hippiedom (SC#99), and South Pacific (SC#108);
• Support for the 2013 coup d'etat perpetrated against The South Pacific by the rogue Delegate Milograd, including in-depth assistance by Mallorea and Riva in the purging of thousands of innocent native nations from the region;
• Successful infiltration of Osiris from 2011-2013 by Lemon Love, a nation administered by a puppet regime under the control of Jakker, for the purpose of committing acts of espionage and subversion against Osiris and, in 2013, an unsuccessful attempt at perpetrating a coup d'etat against Osiris;
• Commemoration of the tenth anniversary of The Black Hawks in 2015 via the creation of RaiderCon - an annual event to unite the raider world in celebration of acts of wanton invasion against innocent regions and their native nations, which inducts infamous raider nations into a so-called Raider Hall of Fame to celebrate their acts of aggression and subversion against other regions' self-determination;
• Troublesome involvement in the Black Riders after the region collapsed and was overrun by angry raider victims who then ironically decided to make it their home only to have their attempt at creating a government corrupted and elections rigged;
• Operation Blackout in 2016 where 121 regions were invaded in a single merciless night;
• Recruitment of nations formerly known for defending regional self-determination to the insidious cause of invasion, including Mallorea and Riva, formerly represented among the Lieutenants of the United Defenders League (UDL), as well as Spartzerium, formerly administering the Arch-Chancellorship of the Founderless Regions Alliance (FRA) and the office of UDL Chief Lieutenant;
• Harboring, at one time or another, more nations condemned by this Security Council than any other region in the world, including the nations, or nations controlled by puppet regimes, of Milograd (SC#77, #97), Jakker (SC#112), Mallorea and Riva (SC#121), Gest (SC#122), and General Halcones (SC#165), which controlled the puppet regime of the nation that originally founded The Black Hawks;

Observing that The Black Hawks have proven remarkably resilient over the course of the region's history, defying the odds and surviving acts of regional forum destruction committed against them by the defender Red Liberty Alliance, as well as the absence of their regional founder nation and the perilous task of re-founding; and

Asserting that the resilient nature of The Black Hawks and their repeated, flagrant defiance of the Security Council's mission to promote interregional peace and goodwill -- making nations associated with The Black Hawks and their acts of invasion the subject of more Security Council resolutions than any other raider region -- require a firm, decisive, and comprehensive stamp of disapproval from this esteemed body;

Hereby Condemns The Black Hawks.
Co-authored by, [nation=short]Cormactopia II[/nation]

Input is welcome! It will likely be a little while before I submit. There are also a lot of resolutions already in queue anyhow.

[The Atlae Isles]

It's probably too long, and I don't think you can condemn a region twice.

[The Stalker]

It's probably too long, and I don't think you can condemn a region twice.

Is there a size requirement? I couldn't recall.

You can however Condemn a region twice, and I think The Black Hawks have earned a second one. Their current one focuses mostly on 2011 and prior, while mine / Cormacs focuses on everything since.

[Cormactopia II]

Just to confirm so there won't be any accusations of plagiarism, I did give The Stalker permission to adapt my original draft. That's probably clear with me listed as a co-author, but I just wanted to make sure it was confirmed.

[Cerian Quilor]

Assuming TBH is for this condemnation (which I imagine they would be) I am all for this condemnation. They deserve to have their successes noted, because, as The Stalker says, this one focuses on their more recent achievements.

[Indo-Malaysia]

It's probably too long, and I don't think you can condemn a region twice.

Regions can be Commended and Condemned multiple times. I am not too sure about Liberations though..

[Kaboomlandia]

It's probably too long, and I don't think you can condemn a region twice.

Regions can be Commended and Condemned multiple times. I am not too sure about Liberations though..

You can put as many C&C resolutions on one nominee as you want. Libs are one at a time.

[Drasnia]

Regions can be Commended and Condemned multiple times. I am not too sure about Liberations though..

You can put as many C&C resolutions on one nominee as you want. Libs are one at a time.

^This. Both TBR and NE have had 2 condemnations at the same time.

[Sea Lion]

Regions can be Commended and Condemned multiple times. I am not too sure about Liberations though..

You can put as many C&C resolutions on one nominee as you want. Libs are one at a time.

Multiple Liberations are legal as long as they are to be enacted for different reasons.

[Paleocacher]

What was Operation Blackout?

[Republic of Tacos]

What was Operation Blackout?

126 regions were invaded in one night apparently. o.O

[The Stalker]

What was Operation Blackout?

126 regions were invaded in one night apparently. o.O

Yea actually 121 were hit in one night. Here's TBH post about it; viewtopic.php?f=12&t=348110&start=602

[Cerian Quilor]

You can put as many C&C resolutions on one nominee as you want. Libs are one at a time.

Multiple Liberations are legal as long as they are to be enacted for different reasons.

You can't remove delegate passwords more than once at a time, since Lib takes the power from Delegates away immediately.

[Sea Lion]

Multiple Liberations are legal as long as they are to be enacted for different reasons.

You can't remove delegate passwords more than once at a time, since Lib takes the power from Delegates away immediately.

Yes, but take a look at this and this.

[Cerian Quilor]

I stand corrected. Seems to be the silliest mod ruling ever, but so be it.

[Valrifell]

You're just jealous that you're not as cool as The Black Hawks.

[Kitzerland]

You're just jealous that you're not as cool as The Black Hawks.

Nobody is as cool as the Black Hawks. Nobody.

That said, I support this. We are probably dastardly enough to deserve a second condemnation.

[Mallorea and Riva]

I don't like the second paragraph. It reads poorly. Additionally TBH was not technically continuous. Bug Crushing Our Enemies for the complete history or look at the TBH's thread in gameplay, pretty sure that outlines it.

Three name drops for me+mentioning fendas destroying forums=my support.

[Ever-Wandering Souls]

I don't like the second paragraph. It reads poorly. Additionally TBH was not technically continuous. Bug Crushing Our Enemies for the complete history or look at the TBH's thread in gameplay, pretty sure that outlines it.

Three name drops for me+mentioning fendas destroying forums=my support.

Jakker has made a nice dispatch summarizing the organizational history up through, well, about a year and a half ago. https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=461801

A few months, depending on how you look at it (when you consider it to have stopped, and when you consider it to have returned).

My suggestion? A simple "near-continuous." Would still serve to differentiate from groups that disappeared for a decade before being refounded, while being technically more accurate.

[Jakker]

Three name drops for me+mentioning fendas destroying forums=my support.

And here I am only getting two name drops

As far as I know TBH has continuously existed in one form or another since 2005, so I think the wording there is fine.

[Mallorea and Riva]

Three name drops for me+mentioning fendas destroying forums=my support.

And here I am only getting two name drops

As far as I know TBH has continuously existed in one form or another since 2005, so I think the wording there is fine.

I'm easier to condemn than you. You're a strategic mastermind, I'm a hammer. You figure out when to swing the hammer, and I break things. For some reason people tend to hate the hammer more than the person swinging it. It's not my fault! I can't change who I am. Well, I could. Oh well.

I don't like the second paragraph. It reads poorly. Additionally TBH was not technically continuous. Bug Crushing Our Enemies for the complete history or look at the TBH's thread in gameplay, pretty sure that outlines it.

Three name drops for me+mentioning fendas destroying forums=my support.

Jakker has made a nice dispatch summarizing the organizational history up through, well, about a year and a half ago. https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=461801

A few months, depending on how you look at it (when you consider it to have stopped, and when you consider it to have returned).

My suggestion? A simple "near-continuous." Would still serve to differentiate from groups that disappeared for a decade before being refounded, while being technically more accurate.

Agreed, that's how I'd phrase it.

[The Stalker]

Aight thanks for the input guys. I can change that to near-continuous, and yea that second paragraph isn't really where I want it either, i'll work on rewording that.

[Mallorea and Riva]

Aight thanks for the input guys. I can change that to near-continuous, and yea that second paragraph isn't really where I want it either, i'll work on rewording that.

The clause about TBR should be reworked, instead of saying "the region" when referring to TBR, say "that region". Otherwise it makes it sound like you could be referring to "the region" of The Black Hawks.

Additionally, regarding the last list item: is that actually true?

[Kaboomlandia]

Stalker, there is a 3,500 character limit to proposals, and while I haven't run it through a character counter this looks too long.

[Jakker]

Stalker, there is a 3,500 character limit to proposals, and while I haven't run it through a character counter this looks too long.

I call for two condemnations.