[PASSED] Commend Texas

[Onderkelkia]

Basically, you pre-emptively admitted defeat and withdrew so you could claim a sort of win before you were forcibly removed.

A defeat is when you fail to win a battle or a contest. TNI never fought to hold TRR. You cannot be defeated in something you never try to do.

It was legitimate for TNI to set invading TRR as its final victory objective for the Belgium mission. Invading a region is not "a sort of win". It's simply a win.

I never said it was insignificant so not sure why you're ranting to me about that.

If you accept that invading The Rejected Realms is significant on its own, then why are you claiming that invading TRR is just "a sort of win"? Staying longer was unnecessary. TNI could have aimed to stay for longer against the odds, when our piling strength using military units was already maximised and the Defender world had scope to add all their military pilers to TRR native endorsements to create an a larger total. We wisely never aimed for that. There are many things that any region could try and do that are practically unobtainable. There is no shame in rationally rejecting unobtainable targets.

My point is that the existence of greater impossible feats does not detract from the difficult things that regions actually manage to accomplish.

[Consular]

Losses can be significant too my dude.

You "wisely" never aimed for that because it wasn't possible. You voluntarily withdrew because you had no choice in the matter. That is equivalent to being forced out.

[Onderkelkia]

TNI deciding in advance of an invasion not to seek a multi-update occupation, and announcing this as part of its plan, is not equivalent to Texas contributing to a 'liberation' effort which forcibly removed TNI from the region. TNI set itself the task of invading The Rejected Realms by ejecting military units for the first time as the conclusion to the Belgium mission. It accomplished that objective and Texas's troop movements had no impact on TNI's subsequent actions.

If TNI had tried to stay, then in all a probability a 'liberation' would have occurred, simply because we had already maximised our piler deployment in order to take The Rejected Realms in the first place, while the Defender world could add all its military units to the natives present in The Rejected Realms. However, TNI never attempted to stay, announced that it never intended to stay on the WFE and it is therefore wrong to credit Texas with a 'liberation'. TNI was content with invading The Rejected Realms and this victory continues to be recognised as a significant event for the reasons discussed earlier.

A 'liberation' occurs when defending forces seize a region's Delegacy back from an invading party's Delegate. The in-game history confirms that this did not happen. The nation Collector of Souls was elected as Delegate but did not seize the position from the nation Oud-Heverlee Leuven. The invading party never sought to retain the delegate seat and there was never any possibility of a 'liberation' for that reason. The resolution is accordingly inaccurate.

[Lenlyvit]

Before this goes too far, ill just say one thing. I'll be revising that part to say that TDF deployed to stabilize TRR during the TNI raid instead of saying liberation. I hope that'll be more accurate? Thank you Onder for the insight I previously did not have. It was very helpful.

[Consular]

At least we've got Onder using the word "liberation" again, instead of that ridiculous "counter-invasion" term.

[Frisbeeteria]

Enough with the "he said, she said" rehashing of history. If you can't stay on the topic of the Commendation, take it to Gameplay.

[Onderkelkia]

Before this goes too far, ill just say one thing. I'll be revising that part to say that TDF deployed to stabilize TRR during the TNI raid instead of saying liberation. I hope that'll be more accurate? Thank you Onder for the insight I previously did not have. It was very helpful.

Yes, it is more accurate relative to falsely claiming it was a 'liberation' (although supporting the security of FRA-era TRR is not especially commendable).

[Lenlyvit]

I've added Draft 3 after searching awhile to find information, eventually having to ask Frattastan for help with information in The Rejected Realms and Unibot for help with information on Lazarus. If anything is wrong, please don't hesitate to say so.

[Vulturret]

I've added Draft 3 after searching awhile to find information, eventually having to ask Frattastan for help with information in The Rejected Realms and Unibot for help with information on Lazarus. If anything is wrong, please don't hesitate to say so.

Looks good to me!

[Unibot III]

This still needs some work. So hold off before you submit.

Out of curosity, I'm wondering if Texas might have deployed in Lazarus against United Luckians (2007.) I found a record of that coup recently. I don't know.

You may want to consider using commas and semi-colons rather than periods for your clauses, but at the moment you're being consistent which is better than not being consistent.

The Security Council,

Noting that Texas was formed barely one month after the world NationStates was created by the gods above, making it one of the oldest extant regions places in existence and among the first 100 regions.

Applauding that despite its age, Texas, which has existed since late 2002, has been able to keep maintain an active community through the use of its forum and weekly chats and a community forum.

Acknowledging that shortly after its founding Texas formed an alliance, known as the Triumvirate, with two other communities, The Homeland and Wysteria, also known as the Triumvirate, that still exists to this day, making it the longest lasting alliance in the world.

Thanking Texas for its dedication to the protection of others through its military, the Texas Defense Force, which is one of the oldest extant militaries dedicated to that goal in the history of the world, having protected other communities for over 14 years.

Praising Texas’s military, the Texas Defense Force, for completing over 250 successful missions that freed native communities from outside oppression including:

The "gods above" rhetoric is always used my newcomers to the SC, but it's unnecessary and it confuses readers from the get-go - I recommend getting rid of it. You also mention Texas' creation date in two clauses back to back. With the way you've written it, it's confusing whether the Triumvirate is another name for Wysteria or the name of the alliance.

- The defense of 10000 Islands in November 2003, where they helped the native community beat the outside forces of overthrow Empire of Power to secure the Delegate position by one vote endorsement. This allowed 10000 Islands to live on and eventually form TITO, the Ten Thousand Islands Treaty Organization, which was also recognized by SC#30 for its substantial contributions to NationStates. ,which still defends others to this day alongside their allies the Texas Defense Force and has performed over 2700 missions to defend others from oppression.

- The liberations of Hell, Philippines, India, and Italia from oppressing invader forces numbering no less than 40 enemies each between 2003 and 2007.

- The three deployments of their forces to Lazarus, including the liberation against Raider Unity forces in 2005 orchestrated by Killer Kitty (A.K.A. Evil Wolf); The reinforcement of Lazarus in 2013 when the nation Harmoneia left departed the World Assembly accidentally after an internal coup in the nation,then returning to the sacred halls, allowing Harmoneia to retake the Delegate position quickly and without regional strife; The counter-coup in 2015 against the New Lazarene Order, which was widely seen as a detrimental government to the wishes of the native population helped by members of The Pacific’s New Pacific Order, which has since apologized for its transgression. an occupation led by the New Pacific Order which was condemned in SC#174, SC#175, SC#176, and SC#177.

- The deployment of their forces four times to the aid of The Rejected Realms, which included including the single day occupations of Red Kagran, delegate of Taijitu (2007), and Emperor Matthuis, delegate of The North Pacific (2007), in 2007; The single day occupation of Aegara, delegate of Grand Central (2010), in 2010; The single day occupation of and, Oud-Heverlee Leuven (Onderkelkia), the lead of the occupation of Belgium by crown prince of the New Inquisition (2012), in 2012. In each of these instances, times the TDF deployed to help the native delegate regain power and to keep the region stable.

- The deployment of their forces to Osiris after the creation of the sinker region in October 2011by the gods above, allowing the community to choose their own government without the threat of outside pressure and the possible destruction of the community before it could decide its fate.

- The assistance of the TDF in the liberation of Philippines on December 23, 2017 in a joint operation of thirteen organizations to beat the occupying forces of The Black Hawks, which put natives back in control of the region just in time for them to celebrate Christmas in peace.

There's just a lot of unnecessary verbiage which you do well to shed in these points. A lot of "oppressing forces" and "oppressors" and stuff which is unnecessary. People don't need to be told occupations and invasions are led by oppressors, that's basically an assumption they'll make on their own. I also don't think mentioning NPO's apology is relevant.

Admiring the Delegation of Texas for voting in 1277 consecutive votes in the World Assembly and its predecessor the UN , a record unrivaled by any other region, and only interrupted by an international catastrophe in 2004 which made many nations withdraw their endorsements from one another after a political fallout.

You could link the vague R4-compliant rhetoric to the actual story to help clarify things for readers. Like,

....only interrupted by an international catastrophe in 2004...

Hereby,
Commends Texas.

Always end on a period.

[Fauxia]

Instead of
“Hereby,
Commends Texas”

Combine the two. It’s the SC, not the GA

[Marilyn Manson Freaks]

Put some more work in and I'll vote "For".

[Lenlyvit]

I've added Draft 4 with some of Unibot's suggestions. I decided to leave the part about The Pacific apologizing for the NLO because I believe its necessary to acknowledge that they actually did. I also had to exchange part of Lazarus, as I found out from talking to Harmoneia, (A.K.A. Northern Harmoneia), that TDF did not deploy to Lazarus in 2013 but did deploy in the United Luckians coup of 2007.

[Montchevre]

Voting for it just because Texas.

[Lenlyvit]

Voting for it just because Texas.

I would hope that you would vote for it due to their considerable contribution to the NS verse, rather than who they are. Anywho, I'm ready to go as soon as its finally deemed worthy enough.

[Lenlyvit]

Nvm, this needs a major overhaul with TRR and Lazarus, I just heard back from Big Tex. This'll take a few days :/

[Unibot III]

Nvm, this needs a major overhaul with TRR and Lazarus, I just heard back from Big Tex. This'll take a few days :/

*nods* Sorry I wasn't able to tell you what missions they participated in. There's not much data on that. Lazarus' coups aren't all that well noted because they were frequent then.

[Lenlyvit]

Alright, Draft 5 has been added with major corrections made to Laz and TRR. I also added a part about Belgium in 2009, hopefully its not going to get any longer XD.

[Killer Kitty]

[*]The five deployments to Lazarus, including the liberation against Raider Unity forces in 2005 orchestrated by Killer Kitty (A.K.A. Evil Wolf)

Wrong.

First off, it was a defensive operations, not a liberation. Secondly, that operation failed as I was able to take over the delegacy and held it for nearly a month. When I finally did give it up, it was an agreed upon arrangement with the incoming elected native delegate (who later gave me a position in the government).

I can confirm that Texas was there, but it wasn't a liberation and it wasn't successful. Should have stuck with the Unibot edits. As for your other claims regarding Lazarus, I'll have to look into them, because I suspect you might be claiming one where I was delegate at the time and I know for a fact Texas did not deploy.

[Lenlyvit]

[*]The five deployments to Lazarus, including the liberation against Raider Unity forces in 2005 orchestrated by Killer Kitty (A.K.A. Evil Wolf)

Wrong.

First off, it was a defensive operations, not a liberation. Secondly, that operation failed as I was able to take over the delegacy and held it for nearly a month. When I finally did give it up, it was an agreed upon arrangement with the incoming elected native delegate (who later gave me a position in the government).

I can confirm that Texas was there, but it wasn't a liberation and it wasn't successful. Should have stuck with the Unibot edits. As for your other claims regarding Lazarus, I'll have to look into them, because I suspect you might be claiming one where I was delegate at the time and I know for a fact Texas did not deploy.

Thanks for noticing that EW, it was like the one thing I forgot to change . Its supposed to be a liberation against The Den about a week or two before you took Laz. 10/26/2005 to be exact.

[Killer Kitty]

Its supposed to be a liberation against The Den about a week or two before you took Laz. 10/26/2005 to be exact.

The October takeover was me. Before that Spector was the elected native delegate and he was a secret Invaders Army plant.

The DEN take over, which lasted one day, took place well before that. Either late 2004 or early 2005.

[Lenlyvit]

Its supposed to be a liberation against The Den about a week or two before you took Laz. 10/26/2005 to be exact.

The October takeover was me. Before that Spector was the elected native delegate and he was a secret Invaders Army plant.

The DEN take over, which lasted one day, took place well before that. Either late 2004 or early 2005.

Odd, I'm going with what NewTexas told me through telegram. What would you call the October takeover? What org was behind you when you did it??

[Lenlyvit]

I've edited Laz after speaking to EW to better reflect historical evidence. Thanks EW !

[Ever-Wandering Souls]

Watch the character limit. IIRC, it's 3500ish, and I know Commend Euro ended up being like 3300 after I had to trim b/c it was too long, so that sounds about right. Your proposal is currently over 4k right now.

[Lenlyvit]

Watch the character limit. IIRC, it's 3500ish, and I know Commend Euro ended up being like 3300 after I had to trim b/c it was too long, so that sounds about right. Your proposal is currently over 4k right now.

Ah shite, thanks for letting me know!

Edit: does that include spaces, or no?