The United Defenders League

[Lady Penelope]

Ravania Promoted to Lieutenant, retains Captains duties

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[B Wolf]

Is the sexy lion-man supposed to be Mahaj?

My, how you have grown since coming into command.

And I mean grown.

Call me baby

[Cromarty]

Ravania Promoted to Lieutenant, retains Captains duties

...

Called it months ago.

[Mahaj]

Is the sexy lion-man supposed to be Mahaj?

My, how you have grown since coming into command.

And I mean grown.

Call me baby

UDL Lieutenant and new First Baseman Sovreignry is hitting .388 with 19 home runs and 74 runs batted in.

[B Wolf]

oh well

[Corporation de Apple]

:meh: oh well

Sokay, sokay.

[Imperial House of Novawk]

...

Called it months ago.

Didn't we all?

[Astarial]

Called it months ago.

Didn't we all?

Maybe they thought nobody would notice if they announced it quietly it amid other Gameplay uproar?

[Imperial House of Novawk]

Didn't we all?

Maybe they thought nobody would notice if they announced it quietly it amid other Gameplay uproar?

Another UDL assumption gone wrong.

[UDL Parrot]

SQUAWK! All is well! SQUAWK! All is well! Raiding is immoral! SQUAWK!

[The Blaatschapen]

...

Called it months ago.

Considering the amount of effort Ravania puts in, this comes as no surprise.

[PrussianEmpire]

He certainly works harder than a lot of other UDLers.

[Karputsk]

Such as yourself, when you were a member of the UDL.

[The Blaatschapen]

Such as yourself, when you were a member of the UDL.

That's true. I'm usually only good for a +1 on a mission and inane chatter

[PrussianEmpire]

Such as yourself, when you were a member of the UDL.

I can agree with that. While Rav and I usually worked at different times, thus limiting my interaction with him, I can imagine that being an accurate statement.

[The United Defenders League]

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Recently Cormac Stark, Pharaoh of Osiris, has expressed that diplomatic relationships between Osiris and the UDL are to be terminated. The UDL is saddened by this, for our strong commitment to Osiris had not faded. Nevertheless, we must accept this request by the natives of Osiris. Therefore we would like to publish the information of what happened, before anyone leaps at this for some political fuel or any misinformation can cloud the truth.

This issue first started when Biyah joined the UDL's IRC channel. He was originally let in due to the presence of other key Osiran figures in the channel. Eventually those figures left, but Biyah stayed. It has come to light that Osiris viewed Biyah as the liaison to the UDL, despite Biyah not applying to be a liaison in the UDL, nor Osiris ever asking for a liaison.

When the UDL politely asked Biyah to leave the channel and not idle in it, the government of Osiris informed us that the UDL would only work with Osiris if Biyah was permitted in the channel, despite the myriad of problems between Biyah and the UDL. Biyah is a security risk to the UDL, and cannot be permitted in the channel any longer. Indeed, permitting him in our channel in the first place was a mistake. Biyah has a negative history with the UDL that must be taken into account. Biyah was originally removed from the UDL for harrassment and for trying to undermine the UDL. Biyah has leaked information from the UDL's channel and has used information from the channel to generate anti-UDL sentiment within our ranks. Biyah was also the man who worked to convince us to coup Osiris. He has proven time and time again why he cannot be trusted. For Osiris to demand that we accept a security risk simply because Osiris wants us to is outrageous, and a demand that the UDL cannot comply with. We politely asked them to assign another liaison, something that the Osiris government sadly balked at.

The UDL is also unclear as to why it is essential that Osiris has a liaison inside our channel. The liaison was not conducting any coordination efforts inside our channel: any of our soldiers who came online to help Osiris were directed to another channel which was controlled by the Osiran government. Osiris claims to have the support of a plethora of other regions and organizations, but there is no evidence that Osiris has a liaison in any of these regions. Yet in that case it is okay for Osiris to work with regions while not having a liaison implanted, but in only our case is it essential for Osiris to have a liaison. This double standard of action is mind-boggling and entirely unnecessary.

The Osiran government also has stated that they did not agree with the content of Glen-Rhodes's posts and are citing his comments as a cause for them terminating our relations. The UDL anticipates that Osiris will try to play up Glen-Rhodes's post of Advisor to the Chief of Foreign Affairs. However, Glen-Rhodes's advisory role solely consists of helping to ensure that the UDL's treaties are worded well, to avoid the pitfalls that numerous other treaties face. Additionally, Glen-Rhodes was explicit that his posts were his own views, and not the views of organizations he belongs to. The UDL is all the more unclear about why this is an issue because Glen-Rhodes was not the only one making these statements. Indeed, similar comments were also made by citizens of Osiris itself. The UDL does not see the Osiran attempting to punish its citizens for their comments, but has decided to punish the UDL for comments made by a member who's affiliation with the UDL was irrelevant to the issue. This double standard of action is once again troubling for us, and as a result, we believe that this should not be an issue. It is very unfortunate that the Osiran government views this as an issue.


The UDL would like to reiterate that we are not willingly withdrawing our help for Osiris. The Osiran government has compelled us to stop providing help because we would not accept Osiris placing a ticking time bomb inside the UDL. The UDL has exhausted every possible avenue to try to arrive at a situation that did not yield this result, to no avail. Despite this, the UDL has the highest hopes and desire for Osiris, and wishes Cormac Stark a quick return back to the delegacy. We will be willing to rejoin the fight against Gatesville in the event of a change of heart by the Osiran government.

No matter what, we will accept the wishes of the natives on Osiris. We are saddened by the fact that they have asked us to not assist them in their time of peril, but if at any minute, Osiris revokes this demand, we will come to their aid. But we cannot trade away the UDL's integrity. The UDL is foremost a group of defenders, and we will rally to Osiris's aid if they ever allow us to in the future. We are truly saddened that we cannot aid the Osirian natives now, but as defenders, we must respect their wishes.

[Cromarty]

>Unibot logs into irc
>suddenly udl wants rid of biyah

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[A mean old man]

I don't see the reason in spurning an ally in a time of need over such a thing.

[Durkadurkiranistan II]

lol... awesome.

[Karpathos]

Lets face it, Biyah is a shady character. He's not allowed in our IRC rooms either.

[The United Defenders League]

>Unibot logs into irc
>suddenly udl wants rid of biyah

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

While it is true that Unibot logged onto IRC earlier that day, the discussions about Biyah had taken place in the days before, and the approaching of Biyah occurred not at the prompting of Uni, but rather the prompting of the lieutenant corps.

[Glen-Rhodes]

The Osiran government also has stated that they did not agree with the content of Glen-Rhodes's posts and are citing his comments as a cause for them terminating our relations.

I would expect Osiris to shortly notify The South Pacific that Osiris-TSP relations are being downgraded, too, considering I'm the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for TSP. My position there is more meaningful than my position proofreading legal documents in the UDL.

[Darkesia]

It's obvious Glen-Rhodes is evil. Hide your children before they are consumed!!!!

[Karpathos]

It's obvious Glen-Rhodes is evil. Hide your children before they are consumed!!!!

I thought baby-eating was a Pacific thing...

[PrussianEmpire]

I don't see the reason in spurning an ally in a time of need over such a thing.

Yet another mistake by the Osiris government.