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Posted: **Fri Oct 30, 2020 6:30 am**

The music begins to play, from where? We are not completely certain... and neither are you!

The music plays in the presence of all the relevant people in the multiverse wherever they may be no matter the time, asleep, in the middle of a meeting, on the toilet, etc, etc, for Kings and Queens in their Palaces and Keeps, for the Ancient Lich's in their Ancient Castles, for the Space Overlords in their Space Castles, for the myriad of Politicians and Presidents and Generalisimos and Corporate CEO's and also for the collection of relevant Media Influencers, like Newspaperman... I guess? Talkshow Hosts, Internet Sensations, and Influencers.

The music plays for all of them and when it finishes it is replaced by static this time you can actually pinpoint the source of the noise... For those near one, it emanates from a TV or a Laptop that is now open, or from your Phone. For those out of the modern technological wheel or just haven't figured out the video yet, any flat surface from a pool of water to the sky if we have to will do.

The static image and sound upon your viewing device are soon replaced by an image of a symbol and more music.

The symbol disappears matching the rhythm of the song and a voice loudly announces...

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD MORNING OR NIGHT NATIONS OF THE MULTIVERSE! WE INTERUPT YOUR NORMAL DAY TO BRING THE EITHER TO EARLY OR TO LATE FOR THE DOMINION LATE NIGHT EARLY MORNING SHOW! STARRING...

As the symbol disappears it reveals your average talk show set up with a couch and a desk... sitting at the desk was:

ME YOUR HOST ANALOG DRONE #221097097...

A faceless humanoid drone in a polka dot business suit and sitting upon the couch across him...

AND MY CO-HOST THE ELDEST!

A woman in a suit of armor glowing a bright shade of yellow.

WE HERE AT THE DOMINION HAVE COME TO REALIZE THAT SOME OF THE SMALLER PEOPLE THINK WE WHO SIT AT THE TOP DON'T CARE ABOUT THEM! AND WHILE THEY ARE ALMOST ABSOLUTELY CORRECT THE DOMINION HAS DECIDED THAT WE AT LEAST CAN'T BE FOUND NOT TRYING TO RELATE TO LITTLE PEOPLE PROBLEMS!

AND TO START TRYING TO LOOK NICE! A BIT OF FUNDING HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO OPEN THIS PUBLIC NETWORK SO THAT EVERYBODY WHO HAS THE TIME TO WASTE CAN BOTHER OUR UPPER ECHELONS WITH DUMB QUESTIONS! SURPRISINGLY THAT IDEA ACTUALLY WORKED! REBELLIONS HAVE BEEN REDUCED BY AT LEAST 1% IN SOME AREAS APPARENTLY! SO MY DIVISION GOT MORE FUNDING AND WE DECIDED TO BOLSTER RATINGS BY OFFERING THESE SERVICES TO THE MULTIVERSE AT LARGE!

I WAS EVEN ABLE TO SOMEHOW CONVINCE THE ELDEST TO BE HERE... I THINK SHE'S SLEEPING THOUGH...

She is.

WE WILL RESPECTFULLY ALLOW HER TO CONTINUE TO DO SO... YOU MAY NOT REALIZE IT BUT SHE SCARES THE DICKENS OUT OF MOST OF US.

ANYWAY... DENIZENS OF THE MULTIVERSE DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION YOU WOULD LIKE TO ASK AND HAVE ANSWERED BY ONE OF OUR MANY STAFF OR BY AN IMPORTANT HEAD OF STATE? IS THERE SOMETHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE FURTHER EXPANDED UPON IN OUR CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FACTBOOKS? WELL, THIS IS THE PLACE WHERE YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE!

SIMPLY ASK YOUR QUESTION FRIEND! YES THAT'S RIGHT, GO AHEAD TALK TO HOWEVER WAY WE ARE CURRENTLY CONTACTING YOU, AND WE WILL ANSWER AS SOON AS WE CAN!

...

The Drone waits for your response patiently.

Posted: **Fri Oct 30, 2020 6:35 am**

"Do you like stuff?"
~ Le Patron

Posted: **Fri Oct 30, 2020 6:38 am**

Surrealist Patagonia wrote:"Do you like stuff?"
~ Le Patron

"We neither confirm nor deny our opinions on stuff."

-ANALOG DRONE #221097097

Posted: **Fri Oct 30, 2020 11:27 am**

"Is there cat in the Dominion meow? I see Giant Space Wyrm but I see no cat."
Basik the Navigating Cat

"To whoever this may concern, I have a question that might... be a little irrelevant: from the scale of 1 to 10, how much do you rate the lethality of a banana peel in combat? Asking for a friend and totally not because I am trying to kill anything or anyone with it."
All yours, with goodwill -- Lt. Col. Dr. Pyotr Fyodorovich Miroslavsky
Military Superintendent of the Space Settlement - Alfrosky-Avsanovka Aerospacebase

Posted: **Fri Oct 30, 2020 12:56 pm**

SS-AAA wrote:"Is there cat in the Dominion meow? I see Giant Space Wyrm but I see no cat."
Basik the Navigating Cat

"There are indeed cats in the Dominion! Heck, theirs one in the Security Board now that I think about it..."

SS-AAA wrote:"To whoever this may concern, I have a question that might... be a little irrelevant: from the scale of 1 to 10, how much do you rate the lethality of a banana peel in combat? Asking for a friend and totally not because I am trying to kill anything or anyone with it."
All yours, with goodwill -- Lt. Col. Dr. Pyotr Fyodorovich Miroslavsky
Military Superintendent of the Space Settlement - Alfrosky-Avsanovka Aerospacebase

The Eldest chooses to wake up to answer this...

"I've lost literally way to many men to banana peels... think I even lost an uncle one time... I'd give it a 1-10/10 sometimes it's super effective, sometimes it doesn't do a thing because your enemy or ally's skull is way too thick. It is always a cause of headache when someone actually dies to one."

-Almira the Eldest I'mma go back to sleep now...

Posted: **Sat Oct 31, 2020 2:43 am**

Greetings, representatives of the Dominion. As a fellow religious leader, I would like to know how do you ensure that the population of the Dominion stays loyal to Almira the Eldest and the Wyrm. I would also like to inquire about how do you view the Cosmic Unity Church.> The Supreme Acolyte, de facto ruler of the Holy Church

Posted: **Sat Oct 31, 2020 3:29 am**

Cosmic Unity Church wrote: Greetings, representatives of the Dominion. As a fellow religious leader, I would like to know how do you ensure that the population of the Dominion stays loyal to Almira the Eldest and the Wyrm. I would also like to inquire about how do you view the Cosmic Unity Church.> The Supreme Acolyte, de facto ruler of the Holy Church

"A Long Long Long Time Ago before we even were the Dominion and before even Almira the Church was a big fan of eugenics! During the time the Dominion went by the name "The Greater Theocracy" and they ascertained loyalty to State and Church (the difference between the two obviously not existing) by quite literally writing it into your DNA, they even had Time Police that recorded every choice you could have possibly made from the moment you were conceived, if there existed a 1% chance that you might in the future lead some sort of rebellion the unborn fetus and the mother were posthumously executed on the spot. The child for being a traitor, the mother just in case.

Unfortunately, those kind of practices were becoming unsustainable, the Theocracy couldn't get all the would-be traitors, and every once in awhile a Prophecised Messiah would slip through the ranks and lead a Rebellion that often led to Rebellions that make our current day problems not as bad by comparison, still pretty bad though but that comes with the territory.

Nowadays we maintain control over our followers and non-followers in a way that assures slightly more consistent results. Greed ~~and overwhelming firepower.~~. The Giant Space Wyrm is a not exactly benevolent God, but a pretty good God altogether. There are plenty of benefits to worship that doesn't require dedication to even the church doctrine or otherwise. Simply asking it for power is enough reason for it to give such power away. So most are invested in keeping it happy which is pretty easy honestly.

Thank it every once in a while and it would consider you and its square. Of course do note not all blessings are equal the Eldest for example being a crash course in who the Wyrm considers the favorite."

Almira takes over from here lazily projecting her voice instead of just speaking up.

"As for our opinion on your church? Well, I personally don't condone your methods, but I don't actually speak for our government as a whole. Per the Company Line of the Dominion? You're a plausible trading partner considering the fact that you also occupy an empire expanding across the Multiverse... We would even offer you a platform to spread your religion across the Dominion as we have done for other religions that are practiced if you could tolerate the considerable amount of apostasy. Although worship of the Wyrm is preeminent in the Dominion so you'll find stiff competition for the people who don't worship it directly."

Posted: **Sat Oct 31, 2020 12:20 pm**

"You.

Almira.

I have two questions to ask of you. Neither of them you may wish to answer. But- you do not have a choice, now do you? So:

Firstly, how do you know that your god is a god, and not simply some massive creature you people have taken to worshiping? I can prove my god's divinity, can you?

Secondly, how much can you lift? Quite a bit, I guess. And how is it that you weigh 500 kilograms even without that armor? Are you just... incredibly dense under there, or something? I mean, I'm quite well-built, I think, and I barely break 60. It's really quite impressive.

I-I'm not jealous, or anything, I'm just asking."
-No matter Almira's answer, Ari can console herself with the fact that at first glance she is the stronker of the two.

Posted: **Sat Oct 31, 2020 1:00 pm**

Kiu Ghesik wrote:
"You.

Almira.

I have two questions to ask of you. Neither of them you may wish to answer. But- you do not have a choice, now do you? So:

Firstly, how do you know that your god is a god, and not simply some massive creature you people have taken to worshiping? I can prove my god's divinity, can you?

Secondly, how much can you lift? Quite a bit, I guess. And how is it that you weigh 500 kilograms even without that armor? Are you just... incredibly dense under there, or something? I mean, I'm quite well-built, I think, and I barely break 60. It's really quite impressive.

I-I'm not jealous, or anything, I'm just asking."
-No matter Almira's answer, Ari can console herself with the fact that at first glance she is the stronker of the two.

Almira internally (and really there's no way for you to perceive her externally) sighs...

"I miss the Republic sometimes... It really depends on what you consider a God. Sure a Giant Space Wyrm doesn't sound much like a God, but when you consider the fact that it is so far beyond massive that it stretches beyond the Multiverse, that it tunnels through every Dimension known and unknown, every plain of reality known and unknown, every timeline that was and was not, that it can carve life by imagining the tools necessary to do so functioning the way it wants them to and not the way they were meant to, do you have any other word for it besides a God?

I mean we have plenty of entities in other religions that can't even imagine doing a single thing I have spoken about and we still consider them Gods. Why not a Giant Space Wyrm?"

Almira is silent for a moment...

"As for how much I can lift? Well the last time I checked gimme a sec... was a skirmish in TR-345-9919, an enemy ship was attempting to jump out of the battle and I wasn't really going to waste my time using my own equipment to kill it, so I grabbed a nearby rock and threw it at it, I put the rock at about maybe... 1.899 × 10^29 kg? Yeah, that's about right I think. Not my personal best honestly, I'm a little out of shape.

As for why I weigh this much? Honestly, it's pretty much due to the material that makes up my current physical body. Most of its made up of a collection of material that is pretty heavy, but its the price to be paid for being able to interact with the physical plains."

Posted: **Sat Oct 31, 2020 1:03 pm**

What is your opinion on the massive rollback of Swiss Neutrality?

Posted: **Sat Oct 31, 2020 1:07 pm**

Empirical Switzerland wrote:What is your opinion on the massive rollback of Swiss Neutrality?

"I'm not a fan of neutrality at the best of times. So I personally approve, and even the nerds in the government would probably agree, so ya get a Gold Star from me and the Dominion."

"Do note that the Gold Star is a figure of speech and the Dominion is not liable to provide one!"

"Shut up Nerd."

Posted: **Sat Oct 31, 2020 1:12 pm**

"Why did you steal my timeslot?" says Chris King, host of the Night Show with Chris King on IBTVNC.

To learn about IBTVNC, broadcast IBTVNC in your nation, or pitch TV Shows, go here:https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?ns=1&f=6&t=493633&p=37855772#p37855772

Posted: **Sat Oct 31, 2020 1:18 pm**

Silvedania wrote:"Why did you steal my timeslot?" says Chris King, host of the Night Show with Chris King on IBTVNC.

To learn about IBTVNC, broadcast IBTVNC in your nation, or pitch TV Shows, go here:https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?ns=1&f=6&t=493633&p=37855772#p37855772

"Something something Holy Mandate. Something something we will nuke yer House or something. Something something we can take it to the courts I guess I don't really care were technically taking all time slots everywhere."

Posted: **Sat Oct 31, 2020 1:20 pm**

The Giant Space Wyrm wrote:
Silvedania wrote:"Why did you steal my timeslot?" says Chris King, host of the Night Show with Chris King on IBTVNC.

To learn about IBTVNC, broadcast IBTVNC in your nation, or pitch TV Shows, go here:https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?ns=1&f=6&t=493633&p=37855772#p37855772

"Something something Holy Mandate. Something something we will nuke yer House or something. Something something we can take it to the courts I guess I don't really care were technically taking all time slots everywhere."

The man faints. When he gains consciousness, he says, "You can have it. Our show is on hiatus for the weekend anyways."

Posted: **Thu Nov 05, 2020 5:56 pm**

"Since when are we part of a Dominion? Not a single Dominian official set foot on our planet let alone our nation and this is the first we heard of you're existance. We're not sure why we are receiving this."
- Joint statement by the Grand Senate

Posted: **Thu Nov 05, 2020 6:02 pm**

The Reformed American Republic wrote:"Since when are we part of a Dominion? Not a single Dominion official set foot on our planet let alone our nation and this is the first we heard of you're existence. We're not sure why we are receiving this."
- Joint statement by the Grand Senate

"Must have gotten lost in the mail somewhere along the way but don't you worry our friends in the Republic! Joining the Dominion does not require your consent! It just sort of happens and when you disagree well your considered in rebellion and the boys upstairs start calling the nearest Legion..."

Posted: **Thu Nov 05, 2020 6:45 pm**

The Giant Space Wyrm wrote:
The Reformed American Republic wrote:"Since when are we part of a Dominion? Not a single Dominion official set foot on our planet let alone our nation and this is the first we heard of you're existence. We're not sure why we are receiving this."
- Joint statement by the Grand Senate

"Must have gotten lost in the mail somewhere along the way but don't you worry our friends in the Republic! Joining the Dominion does not require your consent! It just sort of happens and when you disagree well your considered in rebellion and the boys upstairs start calling the nearest Legion..."

"What regulations and laws will we have to abide by and how will our government structure be altered?"
- Question by consensus of the Grand Senate

Posted: **Thu Nov 05, 2020 6:54 pm**

The Reformed American Republic wrote:
The Giant Space Wyrm wrote:"Must have gotten lost in the mail somewhere along the way but don't you worry our friends in the Republic! Joining the Dominion does not require your consent! It just sort of happens and when you disagree well your considered in rebellion and the boys upstairs start calling the nearest Legion..."

"What regulations and laws will we have to abide by and how will our government structure be altered?"
- Question by consensus of the Grand Senate

"Generally speaking the Dominion doesn't really do enforcing "regulations" and "laws". If your government is working as is and we find no egregious acts of what you would consider "crimes against humanity" or "overt cruelty" and the like the Dominion is happy to let those in power remain where they are, and even offer opportunities to expand their influence further then the mudball they evolved from.

For most new entrants to the Dominions hold, the only thing that changes substantially are taxes, some social reforms that you would be surprised aren't Universal, and access to technology that you would consider rather futuristic, but that's something we leave to the actual government to go over.

The Dominion is very interested in utilizing its platform to uplift societies to fairly grand taxpayers."

Posted: **Tue Nov 10, 2020 7:14 pm**

/bump for the month

Posted: **Fri Nov 13, 2020 11:23 am**

"Is the show in the late night or the early morning? What's the difference, really?"
-And who the hell watches a show at 0300, anyways?

Posted: **Fri Nov 13, 2020 3:16 pm**

Kiu Ghesik wrote:
"Is the show in the late night or the early morning? What's the difference, really?"
-And who the hell watches a show at 0300, anyways?

"Yes! We are currently televising across multiple timelines and timezones, alternate dimensions, and different universes! So we are technically occupying every point in time."

Posted: **Sat Nov 14, 2020 7:39 pm**

Do you use stats?

Posted: **Sat Nov 14, 2020 7:46 pm**

Rwekazaland wrote:Do you use stats?

"No."

Posted: **Tue Dec 01, 2020 6:38 am**

/monthly bump

Posted: **Tue Dec 01, 2020 6:47 am**

"Are you willing to use WMDs to destroy your enemies?"
Chancellor Alexander Jones

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