Your reaction to AN's news II

[Italia Romanum]

Plunder Fleet from the Sidor Horde detected breaching into Commonwealth Space through the Deneb-Uhgrone lane.

"Ah, I see that these people are having problems with pirates, I fear that the peace in our sea will subside one day, we we too will be stricken with the plague of these brigands of the seas."
~ Junius Constantinus

"Here is to hoping that they are fortunate in defending their homes against such... vile low lives."
~ Gratian Commodus

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April 6th, 648 AD: The younger brother of Exarch Junius Appius, Crispinus Nerva has fallen in battle in the ongoing Arab war, all of Rome is to be in mourning for the loss of the Exarch's kin. The Exarch has taken to keeping to himself within the Conditorum Palatium to mourn the loss of his brother.

[Terre Bretagne]

"I have no love for Romers^[1], but their fight against the hellborn sandapes is indeed an ethel^[2] one, besunderly^[3] in a time like this where they are a true threat and not just goatfuckers sitting on some oily sand. A dead prince is a bad blow, but this 'Exarch' must behave like a man and fight on."
- Ethelhilda Maude of Lancashire, Heretogine of Lancashire

[1] Romans
[2] noble
[3] especially

[Nacrad]

"I know little about that Second Lieutenant, but based on what I know, I would concur that this is a noble act. Congratulations to the 82 soldiers who were awarded, I suppose."

[Gemeanwealth of Man]

"Might be just me, but I thought expanding transportation infrastructure would take a lot more than just two days back in the 21st century. Are you sure it's expansion and not maintenance?"

Hrothric Magnhildson, Citizen in Merchant, Grinstead [Meredith IIIa, Meredith]

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[Nacrad]

"Might be just me, but I thought expanding transportation infrastructure would take a lot more than just two days back in the 21st century. Are you sure it's expansion and not maintenance?"

Hrothric Magnhildson, Citizen in Merchant, Grinstead [Meredith IIIa, Meredith]

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It's to be done in stages, the part where it has to be shut down is installing a set of new railway points, and more weekends may go without service when the task at hand requires it /skip

[Alternate Gallifrey]

Plunder Fleet from the Sidor Horde detected breaching into Commonwealth Space through the Deneb-Uhgrone lane. Battlefleet Beauclair and Battlefleet Armageddon have been mobilized for the defense of our nation!

"I take it these Sidor Plunder Fleet aren't your typical vagabonds judging by the fact you've deployed two whole Battlefleets against them. I've dealt with various Pirate factions myself over the centuries and I must say they aren't to be overestimated. So I suppose it is a wise decision to deploy two Battlefleets." - Lord President Phoenix

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The Phoenix, Renegade Time Lord of the Prydonian Chapter and Hero of the War in Heaven has deposed the tyrannical Rassilon the Resurrected in a bloodless coup when he turned the Lord President's own elite Company against him. Following the Coup the High Council unanimously elected the Phoenix as the 416th President of the Time Lords.

The Phoenix is set to be inaugurated in the Halls of the Panoptican soon and is currently facing pressure to return to using his birthname of ++REDACTED++. So far, the Phoenix has refused all calls to drop his epithet (some sources claim that the Phoenix may seek to adopt the regnal name of 'Pandak V' though these rumors are unconfirmed.

Following the Phoenix's inauguration he will be the second Lord President in history to be considered a Renegade before taking office (the first being a Time Lord known as the Doctor).

[Baizou]

Meskeban Auction "will be held as scheduled", local authorities say, despite the discovery of a new Continental World in the system after further surveying.

Councilor Akitamoto Fujio "Now hold on a minute—they've no intention to postpone the auction for surveying and appraisal despite discovering an entire additional planet? I had to oversee a property surverying team once, and the discovery of even a single brook or cluster of trees was enough to get them to revise their surveys and appraisals! I should think your buyers would like to know a little more about this planet before they place their bids, don't you think? Why, there might be people on that planet who object to your claim to sell their planet!"

Ninja'd.

The Phoenix, Renegade Time Lord of the Prydonian Chapter and Hero of the War in Heaven has deposed the tyrannical Rassilon the Resurrected in a bloodless coup when he turned the Lord President's own elite Company against him. Following the Coup the High Council unanimously elected the Phoenix as the 416th President of the Time Lords.

The Phoenix is set to be inaugurated in the Halls of the Panoptican soon and is currently facing pressure to return to using his birthname of ++REDACTED++. So far, the Phoenix has refused all calls to drop his epithet (some sources claim that the Phoenix may seek to adopt the regnal name of 'Pandak V' though these rumors are unconfirmed.

Following the Phoenix's inauguration he will be the second Lord President in history to be considered a Renegade before taking office (the first being a Time Lord known as the Doctor).

Rep. Meikawa Tomoko "Deposed a tyrant, you say? Long live the revolution! And yet, in saying that I can't help but see that it really is more a coup than a revolution. Confirmed by the ruling class? Inauguration in their institution? And even a regnal name? Alas, Gallifrey's revolution has not yet come, it seems! While I'm glad to see a tyrant overthrown, it's a shame when people don't look beyond the tyrant to also critically examine the systems he used. Ah, well."

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BN: See signature for news.

[Nacrad]

"I can't help myself but to find the fact that the Parliamentary Streamlining Committee is finding itself bloated. Perhaps you should look into why there even needs to be such a committee in the first place?"

[Terre Bretagne]

"Why would a board^[1] look into... itself? Sickerly^[2], someone would've thought this is... I don't know... pointless, given that said board can and will say 'fuck it, we're clean'."
- Ethelhilda Maude of Lancashire, Heretogine of Lancashire

[1] committee
[2] surely

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"Unless this 'Kongsi' is your little marionette^[1], I don't see the point in not just smashing and grabbing everything and leaving the damned filthy wildlings to rot."
- Ethelhilda Maude of Lancashire, Heretogine of Lancashire

[1] puppet (state)

[The Restored Danelaw]

"Come now, how worrying can trade between America and the Russ even be? Neither is truly what you'd call rich, and truthfully it's not like Russland can cross Europish waters like the Westsea or the Eastsea."

Eadgar Lothwigson, Burgher in Winchester

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Westsea: Atlantic Sea
Eastsea: Baltic Sea

[Langenia]

"Why are there so many Russian ships heading into the Atlantic? Do they have some equivalent of Putin in their world?"
-Nicolas Furia, President of Langenia

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[Trash fires]

Officials say Langenia did not shoot down Santa Claus on Christmas Eve

Conspiracy theorists: I'm gonna pretend I'd didn't see that.

[Kurso LR]

Recent alien landing at Starbucks ignored as many people considered it "typical".

"Assuming this is a serious country and not some joke to make a quick laugh, why isn't their government looking into this? Alien spacecraft landing can't simply be ignored, one day they could exterminate your entire population while you're not looking!" - Klaus von Memel, Kuršo Diena journalist

[Western Fardelshufflestein]

If the IRL US actually goes under martial law, I'm donning a tricorn hat.

[Montanity]

"King' Improving After Rash Clears"
"cool"
-Lukas Ouaia

News:
The government abolishes eminent domain

[Nation of Hanguk]

Ku Eun-jin (SPC) General Secretary, Socialist Party of Corea "Wait, what? "You just abolished eminent domain? How is the government going to build new infrastructure if you can't acquire property in the quickest way? Tell me, did 2020 set a low bar?"

[Sanghyeok]

"I cannot overstate the importance of mental health for citizens, especially those youngest members of our society. The people of Corea are right to have dismissed the incompetent, unempathetic minister from his position." -Acting Chairwoman of the Federation, Vice Leader of the Socialism and Peace Party Kaibara Kurumi -社会主義連邦政府臨時主席, 社会主義平和党副会長、 海原 久留美

News: The State Economic Planning Commission has begun construction of Chu'o Tokai Central Capital Region's largest mall, named "Sapphire Mall". With a total planned area of nearly 1 million square metres over 12 floors, nearly 1,000 restaurants and 5,000 stores (all state directed, worker owned cooperatives) will be operating inside.

[Nacrad]

"Oh my, a new mall? I hope that such a massive floor space can be sufficiently used, or else it'd just go to waste!"

[Gemeanwealth of Man]

"That's actually shocking to me. Does the House have that right in your world's FS? New England's House never had that power -that had to be unanimous between the two chambers if I recall right."

Magnus Frithricson Arnold, Grand Marshal of the Commonwealth

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[Terre Bretagne]

"Might I ask just how much a whole sunsystem would even cost? Would it even shift based on whether or not this... 'continentish' world had been seen?"
- Ethelhilda Maude of Lancashire, Heretogine of Lancashire

[Nacrad]

"I say don't blockade them, just let their civilian stuff like food and clothing through, but block anything that's military. We don't need a Cuban Missile Crisis 2.0."

[Gemeanwealth of Man]

"Might I ask just how much a whole sunsystem would even cost? Would it even shift based on whether or not this... 'continentish' world had been seen?"
- Ethelhilda Maude of Lancashire, Heretogine of Lancashire

"Well you see, it's not the system that's being put to auction -it is a rightful territory of the Commonwealth after all- but the right to its resources. A Continental World in the system -a planet not unlike our own Unity, or Mother Earth- would mean you could put the workers you'd hire for the exploitation of said resources on the new world, rather than build any number of orbital habitats to host them in, or bring up equipment to terraform some other planet in the system... which means the price for Meskeban goes up."

Magnus Frithricson Arnold, Grand Marshal of the Commonwealth

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[Nation of Hanguk]

Yeo Min-seok Researcher, Corean Institute of Political Reform "In my opinion, it isn't enough to just impeach him. I think that it the right decision to finally revoke his rights to be able to hold public office. "I understand that the Republicans might hesitate in barring him to elected positions. But if they want to have peace in their nation, they should go ahead and finally strip him the right to stand for an election. Just let him do the Wall Street business stuff in his tower."

[Gemeanwealth of Man]

"Why does some small, irrelevant Japanese colony even have enough naval power to secure its independence, much less move past Chinese and Japanese waters -not to mention Anglo-Danish waters in Dufthaven- to reach Macaw, much less keep it? Dalian I could accept, but Macaw? Maybe I need to review the old history books, Earth couldn't have changed that dramatically between 1970-2020s."

Hrothric Magnhildson, Citizen in Merchant, Grinstead [Meredith IIIa, Meredith]

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[Trash fires]

Meskeban Auction "will be held as scheduled", local authorities say, despite the discovery of a new Continental World in the system after further surveying.

An auction?




I'LL TAKE YOUR ENTIRE STOCK!