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[Urmanian]

MMh? This is tenth-eleventh century.

you said late byzantine, but you did not say how late :|

[Lubyak]

we also had firearms around those times

as I'd wager did pretty much everyone

MMh? This is tenth-eleventh century.

I thought you said late Byvzantine, which would be 13th-15th century....first mass use of arquebus's is mid-15th century.
Ofc, these are arquebus's. Low velocity and rate of fire. Plate armor should be able to stop most shots.

[Discordant Schism]

MMh? This is tenth-eleventh century.

I thought you said late Byvzantine, which would be 13th-15th century....first mass use of arquebus's is mid-15th century.
Ofc, these are arquebus's. Low velocity and rate of fire. Plate armor should be able to stop most shots.

Byzantine fell in 1453... My bad.

What about artillery? I'm worried about my phalanxes now. Though I might get lucky; most cannon of that time is really not very good.

[New Nassrau]

I thought you said late Byvzantine, which would be 13th-15th century....first mass use of arquebus's is mid-15th century.
Ofc, these are arquebus's. Low velocity and rate of fire. Plate armor should be able to stop most shots.

Byzantine fell in 1453... My bad.

What about artillery? I'm worried about my phalanxes now. Though I might get lucky; most cannon of that time is really not very good.

Well, artillery at that time ranges from Greek Fire to Great Bombards and everything in-between... so your phalanxes will have trouble

[Urmanian]

Well, artillery at that time ranges from Greek Fire to Great Bombards and everything in-between... so your phalanxes will have trouble

the last mentions of greek fire date the 12th century but otherwise yes

prepare

[New Nassrau]

Well, artillery at that time ranges from Greek Fire to Great Bombards and everything in-between... so your phalanxes will have trouble

the last mentions of greek fire date the 12th century but otherwise yes

prepare

Well, we will be hipsters and use Greek Fire
(Thats a great GIF)

[Discordant Schism]

the last mentions of greek fire date the 12th century but otherwise yes

prepare

Well, we will be hipsters and use Greek Fire
(Thats a great GIF)

Psh. I should be the one using Greek fire. I'm a Hellenistic civilization through and through.

[New Nassrau]

Well, we will be hipsters and use Greek Fire
(Thats a great GIF)

Psh. I should be the one using Greek fire. I'm a Hellenistic civilization through and through.

Actually, you should use Greek Fire, if I do this, I might just have a stranded fleet full of people on it with a few cannon

[Lubyak]

I thought you said late Byvzantine, which would be 13th-15th century....first mass use of arquebus's is mid-15th century.
Ofc, these are arquebus's. Low velocity and rate of fire. Plate armor should be able to stop most shots.

Byzantine fell in 1453... My bad.

What about artillery? I'm worried about my phalanxes now. Though I might get lucky; most cannon of that time is really not very good.

Don't worry. We'll be getting like one or two shots off an engagement if we're lucky.

It's just that I've based CEH on the HRE, and as such, the temptation to get some pike-and-shot with glorious General von Wallencolt and getting the CEH a Hapsburg reputation is too tempting.

[Tentaklia]

Tentaklia has existed for about thirty years. What is now Tentaklia used to be a part of the nation of Avalanchia. I don't think we've established much about Avalanchian history a thousand years back. Anyway, Avalanchia is located quite far from where all the action would be happening, so I think I'll pass on this one.

Hey Guys I thought of my own RP idea.

I (or if another nation will volunteer) will host an international high school where countries can volunteer a student. The student from your country could gradually reveal things about your nation as the ponies from around thw Pony Lands learn about the importance of harmony and friendship.

This, on the other hand, sounds very interesting. Assuming you let in students from outside the Pony Lands, I'm in.

[Saurisisia]

Well, the only way I'd be able to participate in the Discord RP would be if I RP'd a Saurian war galley washing ashore at the Pony Lands somehow after getting set adrift by a powerful storm (that doesn't sink it, of course). And, of course, the sailors and marines either being unable to return to their homeland and die off or do return but are deemed mad by their tales and thus shunned by the society they return to. Otherwise, there'd be no way for me to be able to participate in this.

Hey Guys I thought of my own RP idea.

I (or if another nation will volunteer) will host an international high school where countries can volunteer a student. The student from your country could gradually reveal things about your nation as the ponies from around thw Pony Lands learn about the importance of harmony and friendship.

This definitely seems interesting.

[Tentaklia]

Well, the only way I'd be able to participate in the Discord RP would be if I RP'd a Saurian war galley washing ashore at the Pony Lands somehow after getting set adrift by a powerful storm (that doesn't sink it, of course). And, of course, the sailors and marines either being unable to return to their homeland and die off or do return but are deemed mad by their tales and thus shunned by the society they return to. Otherwise, there'd be no way for me to be able to participate in this.

While something similar could solve the geographical problem, there's still the issue with the lack of known Avalanchian history.

[Blackwing Coast]

After a reign of two thousand years, Discord's empire was beginning to fracture. Not so much because of a divided house but rather of rebellion. The ponies were just another race subject to Discord's Hobbesian rule, but the alicorns were seen as mystical, but very hostile, people, in much the same way the Romans saw Druids. The alicorns rebelling leading a ponyist caused a massive collective scare among the Peers, the full citizens and free people under Discord. The ponies, they were not terribly afraid of; dragonequii were typically the most feared warriors on the battlefield, and the discipline instilled in human and gryphon soldiers certainly helped Discordian warriors.

When the ponies really started rebelling was when a small legion of gryphon were put to death, attempting to instill martial law on a pony-aligned rebelling city. Discord took note of the alicorns and decided to lead a group of eight hundred dragonequii to restore order, and ended up losing a pitched battle where many of his better soldiers were killed or captured.

The rebellion really started to kick off because of two things: The ponies' prodigious reproductive rates both allows them to replace losses far more quickly than dragonequii, and teaching people things from birth will obviously lead them to hold that belief very strongly. Secondly, as soon as ponies started rebelling, because ponies were not looked upon kindly by most, many leapt on the chance to take part in quelling the rebellion with extreme prejudice: in other words, all ponies, rebelling or not, were punished - i.e. killed or tortured. This only swelled the ranks of the ponies.

After a long, protracted campaign to quell the ponyists, plus the emergence of Celestia and Luna as decisive rulers, the empire started to fracture. Discord's capital, a castle called Doris, was seized by ponyists after a ten-year siege and renamed Canterlot, and Discord and his leadership, now a government-in-exile relying on hastily arranged contingency plans and the remains of a battered army, are getting desperate. This is where YellowApple historians go to and, thus, this is where we kick off.

Sounds very interesting.

At that time Blackwing Coast would be just a small budding pirate nation, free population would be 5% dragons, 70% dark elves, 20% dwarves and 5% ponies, numbers wise (dragons are smaller in number but have comparably higher power and consumption of resources, so it equals 5% total). Technology wise they have steel, crossbows, primitive spring- and clockwork and poison. Their strongest weapon would be their leader Shinra, a dragon demigoddess. Main weakness is their overall low numbers and reputation.

Hey Guys I thought of my own RP idea.

I (or if another nation will volunteer) will host an international high school where countries can volunteer a student. The student from your country could gradually reveal things about your nation as the ponies from around thw Pony Lands learn about the importance of harmony and friendship.

Sounds very interesting. My student would be from my alt nation - Colony of Xirius - and either a human psyker or unicorn.

[Malgrave]

Malgrave did not even exist then :c

[Lunar Republic Isands]

Nation Name: Lunar Republic Islands

Why do you want to RP with CoPS?: To interact with other Pony Nations and meet other bronies. Improve on NS RP stories

Please link us to Some RP Samples you have:
viewtopic.php?f=7&t=202608&hilit=U15+World+Cup
viewtopic.php?f=7&t=209289
viewtopic.php?f=7&t=204747
viewtopic.php?f=7&t=204898

Please link us to any factbook or NSwiki page about your nation: http://www.nationstates.net/nation=luna ... ok/id=main

If none exists, please tell us a little about your nation: (I'll add in other info)
Population: 70% Pony, 30% Human
Religion: Harmonism
Why Ponies moved in: Some ponies were either in a country with bad government, plummeting economies, or just wanting to start fresh (Mainly) and found the newly founded Country and settled a home there. Some humans that were also looking for a new home started to settle in, ponies grew concerned as humans wanted to make peace. The Prince, how is a human, came in and settled a Declaration where peace was created for good. By the day the country continues to grow with new cities being founded, like St. Vinyl and Cloud Heights. As the LRI continues to grow, they wish to make peace and make friends with other Pony Nations.

[Danarian]

Application:
Nation Name: Third Federation of Danarian Clans
Why do you want to RP with CoPS?: OOC, I am an avid fan of the show and am interested in expanding my (NS) RP profile beyond just FT scenarios. It just seems like too much of the (NS) FT community want to fight all the time. Now, I am up for a good space battle once and a while, but what I really like is diplomacy and social RP's...

IC, Danarii are avid explorers and traders. I will readily admit that our history is darker than black at points, but it is something that we are not proud of...we constantly strive to make peaceful, beneficial relations with other races.

Please link us to Some RP Samples you have:
Flames of Rage, Flames of Hope (A Diplomatic/ War RP I hosted, but was unable to complete, due to extenuating circumstances. (The Jakial were an RP puppet I was using at the time.))
The Line of Polity (An in progress, first contact RP.)
International School (An in progress RP, that I joined up in recently (on Pg.40))

Hopefully that gives you a good smattering of what I am capable of? Suffice it to say, I write a lot...and not just in RP!

Please link us to any factbook or NSwiki page about your nation: (This Factbook is a WiP, designed mostly around helping FT'ers know what to expect...)
http://www.nswiki.net/index.php?title=Danarian

(While it is linked within said page, I think that I should make special reference to the page on the Danarii themselves (as a species) seeing as CoPS Rp'ers will likely only be seeing the individual, as the Federation's influence will be so distant.)
http://www.nswiki.net/index.php?title=Danarii

I sincerely hope that you will find the Danarian people a unique and acceptable addition to your coalition.
Safe travels to you.

[Tel]

I know that I'm the new guy and I don't have a ton of say yet, but I vote to give both of 'em membership. It couldn't hurt. Edit: Well, it could, but they don't look bad. You haven't seen bad 'till you've seen someone RPing Han Solo's father on SWTOR.

...This is a Democracy, right?

Hang on, guy in a suit at the door. Dressing fancy, he must want something.

[Equestrian States]

*snip*

There's room for improvement, but sure.

*snip*

Eeyup.

[Danarian]

I know that I'm the new guy and I don't have a ton of say yet, but I vote to give both of 'em membership. It couldn't hurt. Edit: Well, it could, but they don't look bad. You haven't seen bad 'till you've seen someone RPing Han Solo's father on SWTOR. [...]

I believe this is the appropriate response to that...

[Cevalo Nacio]

So guys I got my international high school RP ready!

viewtopic.php?f=4&t=210384

[The Azoni]

Nation Name: Ho'Tung Empire ("Golden Empire")
Why do you want to RP with CoPS?: Opening up new roleplaying opportunities. Also to get the Shimmering Isles involved more on a diplomatic level with Ponyist nations.
Please link us to Some RP Samples you have: FT Sample, only one I could dig up with minimal effort. If you need more, only ask and thou shall receive.
If none exist, please write a short story in order to demonstrate your writing abilities:
Please link us to any factbook or NSwiki page about your nation: http://nswiki.net/index.php?title=Shimmering_Isles Ist WIP (and will probably never get done because :lazy:.)
If none exists, please tell us a little about your nation:

Edit: This is Prem/Bangkoksan btw, forgot to log back in when I was digging up RP sample.

[Urmanian]

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approval

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approval

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needs a bit of improvement

[Danarian]

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approval

A thousand thanks.

Also, am I incorrect, or is the IC thread dead?

[Urmanian]

A thousand thanks.

Also, am I incorrect, or is the IC thread dead?

The IC thread is dead, yes. So is the Coalition as an in-character entity, too.

[The Republic of Lanos]

A thousand thanks.

Also, am I incorrect, or is the IC thread dead?

The IC thread is dead, yes. So is the Coalition as an in-character entity, too.

To add on to this, the CoPS remains as a RPing group and pretty strong as that.