I’d like to take a moment, as did General Souls to respond to some of the points listed in the proscription of Admiral McMannia Whitehall, HYDRA and the Ragerian Imperium by the South Pacific. This will be done in excruciating detail, because I believe Legislators of the South Pacific, as well as Gameplay members at large deserve to have an accurate analysis of what is happening. It will also probably be apparent that I am frankly disgusted, not with the proscription (which I consider an honor to our Armada and its intelligence work), but with the way the Prime Minister and his government have handled this situation, which suggests sheer incompetence in the leadership of a Game-Created Region. I want to make it clear that the views expressed in this post are my own, and do not reflect the specific view of any region or organization I may be a part of, unless that is specifically mentioned on a point.
I’m going to be carefully reviewing both the proscription of McMannia Whitehall and the proscription of The Ragerian Imperium in general. Let’s start by reviewing the proscription of Admiral McMannia Whitehall.
Founder of HYDRA and TRI
This is a prime example of the sheer incompetence and lack of research on display in the Proscription statement by the Prime Minister and Cabinet. That statement is an utter lie. I recognize that some of the evidence used against the individuals and organizations in the proscription is at least half-true (often twisted for the Prime Minister's benefit), but nothing could be further from the truth than that sentence of Farengeto's post.
Allow me to make something abundantly clear for those in The South Pacific's leadership who couldn't be bothered to find this out for themselves: Admiral McMannia does not have access to the Founder nation of the Ragerian Imperium. If you bothered to learn your shit before making this statement, you'd realize that I, Vulturret, am the Emperor of the Ragerian Imperium. This can be found in a variety of means including, but not limited to: my forum signatures across various NS forums and the one this post is on, the Imperium's World Factbook Entry, or the forum header of the Imperium's off-site forums. Thusly, because I am Emperor I am the founder of the Imperium. The Constitution of Rageria could not be clearer: "The Emperor must be the Founder of the on-site region." This on-site region is legally defined in the Appendix, as "http://www.nationstates.net/region-the_ragerian_imperium/." As if it couldn't be clearer, McMannia isn't the founder. If he was, he would be in clear violation of Ragerian law.
The above explanation isn't a point in itself, but coupled with various other points later in the post demonstrates a clear lack of willingness by TSP's cabinet to research an action before they take it. If I was Legislator, I would be very concerned about that.
Mastermind of all hostilities towards TSP emanating from HYDRA and TRI, and does not fear using any and all resources of those regions for such purposes.
This is another complete fabrication of the truth. I may be willing to cut you some slack on this one because you don't have the same limitless access to HYDRA and TRI command forums and chats that I enjoy, but I assume that from actions you claim occurred, you'd be able to figure out that McMannia doesn't lead everything or force our troops to do anything. Admiral McMannia has done limitless incredible work for both HYDRA and TRI, and has come up with numerous awesome ideas for our intelligence and counter-intelligence missions pertaining to the South Pacific and other regions, but to suggest that he is the "mastermind of all hostilities" is laughable.
The Ragerian Armada and HYDRA (at the time it existed) were never run unilaterally, nor are currently run in that manner. There has never (to my knowledge, which includes significant research of HYDRA command chats dating back several years) a single mastermind of anything. Any and all actions, whether they be a simple banjection or these grand-scale intelligence operations are (and were) never made without first consulting the rest (or at least another member of) the Imperial War Command (or the Directorate, at the time, Heads in the case of the DoT). The choice of the word "mastermind" was undoubtedly poor and false. Now, not going to lie, Admiral McMannia has come up with a fair portion of the ideas of our intelligence operations, but to suggest that "all" of them were his idea or on his orders is, again, extremely false. Again, orders are given with bilateral consensus. As for ideas, many members of the Directorate and the Imperial War Command have had brilliant ideas related to intelligence missions and in general. Who knows? Maybe even I have a good idea once or twice in a blue moon.
Moving on, we should address your claims that [he/us] "does not [/do not] fear using any and all resources of those regions for such purposes." This part, unlike the first two I addressed is half-true. HYDRA no longer has resources, as all of them have been transferred to The Ragerian Armada. McMannia doesn't have un-restricted access to all resources of the Imperium, such as our founder nation (as I mentioned), server, admin panel, etc. You're not recognizing the diferrence between the main region and the Armada. I will say McMannia, in his capacity as a member of The Imperial War Command, does have un-restricted access to military resources, including but not limited to: piling orders, telegram stamps, sleeper lists, intelligence info and the like.
To address the second part of your point, not only is McMannia and the entire War Command not afraid to use our resources on The South Pacific should it be necessary, we are prepared to use our resources on any hostile region for any reason. This isn't something I speak about lightly, we don't wish to have to unleash fury on any region or organization. Provocation, however, does (and in the case of the South Pacific has) occur, and that is one reason why missions against an enemy could occur. Said missions could also occur to defend our security, support and defend our allies, and the like. However, such offensive actions are utilized with caution, we're not stupid and recognize the chances of retaliation for specific actions we may be considering taking. To sum it up, we only take offensive actions against enemies, people, regions, or organizations who engage in unwarranted provocation, to defend our own security, or to protect our allies.
Now, moving onto TRI's proscription.
Last summer, HYDRA launched a direct attack on TSP in order to distract the South Pacific from its efforts in fighting against the HYDRA-backed coup of Lazarus
I wasn't present on the operation in question (nor was I on NS at the time), but the operation was merely defensive, obviously. The logic for this is pretty basic: Prior to the time of the operation in question, then Prime Minister Roavin had announced the region's supports for
La Resistance, an informal military/political organization trying to push the Celestial Union's government (which was deemed illegal by Funkadelia at the time, [which was a view shared by HYDRA's leadership] following the establishment of the Undead Dominion) back into power. The South Pacific Special Forces routinely engaged in attrition runs that sought to unnecessarily diminish the influence of the rightful delegate and the Border Control officers.
Due to the fact that HYDRA and Lazarus were informal allies (as mentioned, HYDRA was assisting Funkadelia's government with endorsement count), HYDRA's leadership viewed TSP's statement in support of (as well as the mentioned attrition operations) as a direct hostility against a region that HYDRA was friendly with at the time. Thusly, in an effort to support a friendly partner, HYDRA engaged in a military operation designed solely for the purpose of protecting what was (at the time) the legitimate government of Lazarus. The operation was not meant to undermine TSP, specifically, nor was it a direct attack, it was actually used as a scapegoat for a bigger problem. So, yes, maybe you do have reason to proscribe us. But your facts still aren't entirely correct...
Intel suggests that hatred of the South Pacific is deliberately fostered within HYDRA and TRI amongst new members.
Again, any of these allegations would be pertinent to our military, the Armada, and not the region at large, which has yet to take a specific stance on this issue. I wouldn't say "hatred" is fostered, I think that's going a bit too far. I despise the South Pacific Special Forces because it does attempt to undermine our military operations on a fairly regular basis, as well as some of the other regional elements of the South Pacific. Those would include some of its laws, court cases, corruption, foreign policy, and the like. Our two regions are seperated ideologically in so many ways that it would be impossible for there to not be some in-character disdain for the other from one region. However, personally, I wouldn't say that I hate TSP, and I believe to say that such a feeling is "fostered" would be inaccurate.
I have a lot of respect for TSP's community. There is a lot of positive energy and general willingness to improve NS's tolerance and respect. Those are values I agree with and appreciate, and commend them for their out-of-character behavior.
Sensitive Intel suggests that HYDRA/TRI had a legislator planted in TSP for the purpose of stealing internal logs and information.
I can honestly say without a tug at my conscience that I was not privy to the origins or information acquired from this so-called "operation" that allegedly happened and cannot confirm its existence. I also will not speculate on the chances that this happened under HYDRA leadership prior to my introduction to the directorate. I can confirm that none of this happened during my tenure as Commander-in-Chief of the Ragerian Armada. Regardless of whether or not this did occur, I can confirm that Cabinet level leadership of the South Pacific has planted sleeper agents in the Ragerian Armada before. With this in mind, if the actions did occur, they were most certainly warranted.
Now that I have addressed all of Farengeto’s points, I’d love to make some of my own. Firstly, TSP legislators should be ashamed of their executive government. Farengeto has realized that it is futile to attack the Land of Kings and Emperors and Balder and moved his campaign onto Lone Wolves United, The Black Hawks, and The Ragerian Imperium. Secondly, TSP’s executive government fails to complete the most basic research tasks.
Thirdly, I feel the need to address the bans McMannia and I have received from TSP’s Discord server. Under the Proscription Act, this is debatably illegal. Section 3.3 states “(3) Upon proscription of a region or organization, any members of the South Pacific affected by that proscription will have 7 days to demonstrably renounce their association to the satisfaction of the issuing authority before the proscription is enforced.” The law is plain, what is debatable is whether or not McMannia and I are members of the South Pacific, solely be residency, but regardless the move was petty. Just because the administration of the Discord is in line with Farengeto’s policies, doesn’t mean that TSP’s other Legislators don’t have a right to know the other side of the issue. It shows TSP’s cowardliness extends far beyond their attacks on TRI, TBH, Balder, and the LKE. He is pushing defender politics into TSP, and its Legislators do not deserve for this to happen.
What’s more, as General Souls has pointed out these proscriptions are based on false pretenses, especially in EWS’ case. I can only ask that TSP’s legislators consider this when the next Cabinet elections take place. I’d also like to re-iterate that, unless mentioned, these comments are my personal views and not views of any region or organization I may be in. And finally, on behalf of TRI, we stand firmly behind our allies during these times.