The Gathering Storm [IC, MT, Open]

[Umayyad Hispania]

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This thread is open for more players, due to the fact that I mistakenly forgot to title it as Open. Please reference the last post of the previous thread. If you want to sign up, just post here. I will more than likely allow it so long as it doesn’t interfere with other players territorial claims. Reference map in previous thread.

[UniversalCommons]

Great Tent, Great Khanate, Khan Noonien Singh Private quarters.

Khan Noonien Singh liked looking at the map of the world. He had drawn a big circle around Asia and put the words Pan Asian Alliance on it. He imagined the great conquerors would once again rule Asia. The Mughals would have India and Pakistan, The Turks would have Turkey, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan. The Mongols would have all of China and the East. There would be no more lesser peoples. He would resurrect the Scythians and they would conquer Greece. He would eventually unite the Berber people and they would conquer Egypt. He dreamed of a new order, with the Great Khans at the top.

He had a large bookshelf filled with classics from history. He held the Book of Dede Korkut. He looked at the Book of Five Rings. He thought history needed to be corrected, the great wind would not prevent him from conquering the Constitutional Monarchy of Japan, his sworn enemy. There were many classics in his bookshelf. He had hand picked the Classics of the East. Confucius, Mencius, the Mahabharata and many other books. There was also a copy of the Republic by Plato. Plato had it right, an order with philosopher kings, people dedicated to creating a moral order.

Next to the list of classics was a list of banned books, the Tao Te Ching and many other books. Books that spoke of freedom and were not orderly were banned. There was no place in his new glorious and pure order for those things which did not show a persons proper place in his society. He wanted peace, harmony, and proper moral order. Order and beauty were important. None of the abstract, decadent art of the West or the immoral thinking of the Americans. His would be a new order dedicated to cleanliness, orderliness, manliness, and proper moral thinking. There was a place for lesser people as servants, even slaves, to the great Khanate, or if they were not fit for that in the re-education camps where they could learn to be proper human beings.

The world needed to be remade anew with blood, soil, and fire. When the world was renewed, they would reach for the stars. He would build a Khanate on the moon and they would land a man on Mars, preferably a war hero. He hoped to see this in his lifetime.

He had been keeping a journal. He had called the journal, the Story of My LIfe, the Great Khan of Khans, Khan Noonien Singh. He would publish it so the world could see his great vision. One day, the world would be his children's united under a single Khan.

[Umayyad Hispania]

Map Update.

[Umayyad Hispania]

As de Zaragoza arrives in Paris, the Caliph calls.

“My Caliph?” de Zaragoza asks.

“Yes. It is I, have you arrived in Paris yet?” The Caliph says.

“Yes, I just got off of the plane.” de Zaragoza says.

“Good. Make your country proud.” The Caliph says, with a click shortly afterwards.

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As Caliph of the Muslims, Enrique, over the past few days, has had many problems brought to him, mainly due to the Shiites in occupied Iran, which has yet to be liberated. He has made the decision to try and mend the schism between Sunnis and Shiites, with a decree acknowledging the official Caliph order, over the Shiites.

However, domestically, Enrique has been asked to unban the Hispanic Communist Party, but with the volatile beliefs of the Communists, especially in Hispania, the Caliph has said no to allowing them to function.

Privateers have been operating in the South and East China Seas, doing their best to harass Mongol shipping. Some ships were seized, as well as illegal oil flowing into the Khanate aboard an Maksikan tanker, the Captain has been arrested and found guilty of illegal oil trade with the Khanate...

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The Caliph sits in his office, sipping on Arabian Coffee...

The Caliph pondering, hoping, the Franco-Scandinavian Union will accept his proposal of alliance and trade with his country. His diplomat, de Zaragoza, has been dispatched to Paris with intent to meet with the Scandinavian president and the French King. He hopes this goes well, due to the threat of the colonies in the region. Macaw, Indochina, and the Horacian Islands (Phillipines), contain valuable resources to help with a unified effort against the Khanates aggression.

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“The martial law order, which has been in effect for Macaw for several days, has been extended to the Horacian Islands and Goa today as tensions rise between the Khanate and the Umayyad Caliphate. After the reconnaissance mission over the Khanate, photos of their illusive labor camps were recovered, leading to some speculation that the labor camps are used for a different, more dark purpose. However, this has yet to be proven, due to the now viral video of “The Model Prisoner”, a video of an unnamed prisoner said to be in one of the Khanate’s labor camps, which has been proven to have been edited in a way, a way that is still unclear to the public eye. However, one thing is certain for the Khanates labor camps, they are expansive colonies for slave labor which is “reformatory” according to the Khanate, but many spectators have noted that there are no official documents claiming the prisoners are released, according to the official Umayyad Civil Rights Activism Group, better known as “Cordis Die”. Yağmur Nasim Mancini, the head of Cordis Die, spoke out against the Khanate yesterday, saying “The Khanates tyranny will end, with its oppression of the people that it has conquered, and unjustly conquered, at that, we will use our full arsenal of tools to sabotage the Khanates unfair imprisonment of people and the conquered countries held captive by the Khanate.” Whether or not Cordis Die will act upon its threat only time will tell. This is Özgür Cantù, reporting in Manila, for the UNNS.”

[UniversalCommons]

Secret Labor Camp, Khiten Mountain, near the Russian Border, Great Khanate

Han had been relocated not to Beijing, but to a strange complex under a giant mountain. He was assigned as a cleaner. He had to wear a plastic suit, plastic boots, rubber gloves, face mask and goggles. Everything was sparkling clean. Every day, he would scrub everything carefully with his crew. They had been given special equipment to clean things along with several weeks of training. They would joke that at least where they worked was clean and the food was good.

Every day, they would be inspected to make sure that they did not take anything. There were cameras everywhere inside the complex. There were men in iron collars who wore lab coats escorted by turbaned, tattooed special services members constantly. They were carrying tablets, notepads and pens. Some looked haggard. There were also Khanate scientists who distinguished themselves by wearing light blue lab coats from the enslaved scientists who wore white coats.

Han caught glimpses of strange looking rockets and there were symbols on the doors for what he new to be radiation. The rockets were massive or had odd looking engines. He also passed a man with wild hair and a thick mustache who would rave at the collared men in lab coats and draw incomprehensible diagrams on black boards.

One of his colleagues, Urtu whispered to Han, that some of the men in the iron collars would give false answers. A few had even hanged themselves. The cleaning crew would take a special train system under the mountain to different locations to do their cleaning. If they behaved themselves, they could get things like candy bars, newspapers, and even paperbacks from the Classics of the Khanate library.

Han tried to read the Analects, but it was somehow different, more authoritarian, edited for content. It was frustrating, he could get at the original meanings, but had to concentrate to figure out what had been changed. The newspapers had been edited as well. They were in conflict with a strange place called Umayyad Hispania. The language was stilted, had double meanings, combinations of words like great men and great soldiers, may the Khanate rein for the thousand years were spread throughout the newspapers.

Oil and Counter Measures

Some of the tanker ships armed themselves against the privateers with RPGs, guns, bright lights, water cannons, and satellite tracking. It became harder to capture the ships as many tried alternative routes, or used lookouts. Some began flying false flags. Others bought smuggling ships designed to transfer oil to fast boats. In the skies another donut space station had been launched. They tracked the shipping from the Umayyid Hispania.

The Khanate upped domestic oil production, and began to process wheat into plastics, ethanol, paints, and animal feed. The first wheat based biorefineries were introduced. Several of the larger labor camps grew into waste to energy refineries taking in animal waste and biomass and turning it into biodiesel, fuel pellets, heat, steam, and fertilizer.

New factories in Iran were producing high temperature superconductor wind turbines and replacement parts to upgrade existing distributed hydroelectric power plants. Several more hybrid, battery turbine power plants were put into production in the Khanate, using forced labor in rotating shifts running night and day. There were reports of slaves dying on the construction sites. There were also reports of an experimental research facility for superconducting jet engines.

The Khanate reached out to the Russian Super Oligarchy, one of their few larger trading partners and offered bonded labor to make cheap products in exchange for the construction of a new breed of reactor, which used spent nuclear fuel.

OOC: You wanted a secret, look up Mittelwork, the secret nazi rocket facility built under a mountain and modernize it. Also Project Pluto (nuclear rocket engines).

[Umayyad Hispania]

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[UniversalCommons]

Turkey, Istanbul, Omar Soccer Stadium. Prelude to Civil War.

Babur, One of Kahn Noonien Singh's Generals takes the podium. There is a large crowd inside the stadium. Men and women are waving the flag of the Great Khanate. People walk around the stadium selling peanuts, soft drinks, and other snacks.

There are groups of men holding pictures of Khan Noonien Singh and Babur.

Babur, 'Friends of the Great Khanate, welcome, you are welcome. Once again your country is a great country. A country who remembers the greatness of its nomadic heritage. We stand with your young people the wolves. We also support the nationalist party. The nationalist party is the great hope for your country. They represent strength, dignity, honor, belief in ones country. They will bring greatness.
You are not decadent like the westerner, but true people, a people who should stand for themselves.

Turn not towards the west in its weakness. We will bring you strength, honor, wealth, and greatness. You are a great people, not like the people of the west. A people of faith. If you join us, the world will be yours. Turn away and you will became decadent and weak, take on values that will make you impure, becomes a lesser people only fit to be slaves and servants.

But you are not slaves nor are you servants. You are nomads related to the great mongol tribes. You have the heritage of Timur in your veins, you are great conquerors, great men and women who will once again set the world afire. You should drive the westerners out and send them away. Your way is closer to the way of the Great Khanate. Join us in once again making Asia for Asians. Become part of the Pan Asian Alliance." Babur raises his fist. The crowd cheers and holds the pictures and waves the Turkish flag and the flag of the Great Khanate.

Outside the Soccer Stadium

Outside men in black shirts and pants are fighting the police. They are armed and organized. Clouds of tear gas and water cannons are used against the black clad men, but they manage to circle around overwhelm some of the police. The police fire rubber bullets. Among them are small groups of men wearing hats with the white oval masks of the unnamed.

On the streets several blocks away.

Several men in black outfits with torch emblems signal to each other. They are not part of the men in the streets. They light several stores on fire. Almost all of the stores sell foreign products or are from immigrant backgrounds. Then a small group of them ambush a pair of policemen killing them. They leave Black Flag and Unnamed literature on top of the pair of bodies.

[Polish Prussian Commonwealth]

Tag. Reserving Poland and Kaliningrad.

[Cairene Arabia]

Map of the Abbasid Caliphate and Cairene Sultanate of Arabia

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The Abbasid Caliphate and Cairene Sultanate of Arabia commonly called Arabia, is a joint Caliphate and Sultanate located in the MENA region. Arabia is home to the Abbasid Caliph, the ultimate political and religious leader of the Islamic world; and claims to being the Abbasid Caliphate, encompassing all the Islamic nations under its command. Beyond its influence over the Islamic World, Arabia also maintains a monopoly on several valuable trade nodes such as in Qistantinia, Iskandaria, Aleppo, Basra, Ethiopia, and the Gulf of Aden. And with its ownership of the Suez Canal, and influence over Bruneian Malaya which itself monopolizes all Indian-Pacific Ocean Trade; Arabia effectively controls more than half the world's trade.

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Saladin's Citadel, Al-Qahira
National Capital Region, Arabia

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The capital of the Abbasid Caliphate and Cairene Sultanate of Arabia, Al-Qahira is the heart of the Islamic world in terms of geopolitics. Founded in 969 AD by the Fatimid Caliphate, it would become the seat of power for the Ayyubid Sultanate under Salahuddin, and later the seat of power for the Abbasid Caliphate and Mamluk Sultanate, and its successor, Arabia. Beyond being the geopolitical center of the Islamic World and the administrative and economic capital of Arabia, it is also the 6th largest city in the world and the largest city in the Arab and Islamic worlds, as well as Africa; further heightening its importance to one of the most important cities in the world.

At the heart of the city, was Saladin's Citadel. Constructed in 1176 AD by Saladin as the seat of government for the Ayyubid Sultanate, it would later become the seat of power for the Abbasid Caliph, the Cairene Sultan, and the Grand Mufti of Arabia; the three most important political figures in the entire Islamic World. As of now, the Abbasid Caliph was Fatin Al-Nasser Abbasi, the Cairene Sultan was Amir Faiz, and the Grand Mufti was Alim Al-Amin; all three of which held office in the very citadel.

All three of these men sat in an office together, alongside some other important figures such as the Wazir Al-Harb, Abdul Lateef el-Assad; and the Chief of Staff, Mohammed Abdul Maalik el-Ayoob.

"My caliph, its been a concern among us that the Umayyads' continuous existence will be detrimental to the legitimacy of our Abbasid Caliphate. It is imperative that they are taken care of." Sultan Amir Faiz mentions.

"They are leaning towards the side of the munafiqun, I must say. Secularism is not the sign of an Islamic state, and especially not a caliphate." The Grand Mufti comments.

"Their military might is something to be considered. Their military is ten times larger than ours, so we will have to be smarter than them." the Chief of Staff mentions.

"Not too hard, I doubt these fools have competent operational doctrine, if at all." the Wazir al-Harb tells Mohammed Abdul Malik el-Ayoob.

The caliph sat there for a moment, silent; before finally contemplating what to do and speaking. "Sultan Amir Faiz, I give you the authority to take whatever action you see imperative. Grand Mufti Alim, commission the Council of Muftis to begin writing fatwas against the Umayyads. Chief of Staff and Wazir al-Harb, muster what strength you can and prepare for a possible conflict. I shall summon the Tada'i."

[Bruneian Malaya]

Map of the Kesultanan Besar Malaya Brunei

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The Kesultanan Besar Malaya Brunei commonly called KBMB, SBM, Brunei or Malaya, is a theocratic monarchy centered in the Malayan Archipelago. It is bordered on the north by China and Japan, on the south by Antarctica, by the east by the Pacific Ocean and on the west by Indochina. Malaya c has an estimated population of 411.6 Million and comprises of 26 states. It is a large Islamic nation and the primary nation of Malay culture. Due to its geographic location, Malaya monopolizes control over various important trade nodes; and is a major exporter of oil and rubber.

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The Istana, Kota Batu
Borneo, Malaya

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A great palace of white and gold, the heart of Malaya and seat of power for the Kesultanan Besar; it is a symbolic representation of the great wealth possessed by Malaya, and the prosperity in enjoys. The source of its prosperity? Power. Power that it has enjoyed and utilized for centuries, undominated by foreign powers and defeating all invaders; expanding its influence to well beyond its borders. A key member of Tahaluf Al-Duwal Al-'Iislamia, it would only make sense that it was the first to be summoned by the Abbasid Caliph in times of crisis; and the first to heed the call.

Malaya recognizes the Abbasids as the one true caliphate, and will join its struggle, wherever and whatever that may be.

[UniversalCommons]

Burmese Border

Ganbattar and Urtu crossed the border on their electric motorcycles. Behind them a charger truck followed them. Ahead of them was the silence of defeat. They had seen several waves of slave soldiers, and the regular army pass them at the border check point. It was like watching a swarm of ants. In many of the small villages there were more soldiers than villagers. The soldiers were inspecting the houses and doing house to house searches.

In one of the villages he passed through, he was ordered to execute a partisan they had found with an old rifle. They bound and gagged the man, then Ganbattar cut his head off with his sword. It was filmed live and the feed was shown in several languages warning against being a partisan against the Great Khanate. One of the special services men gave a speech about how it was honorable to be a soldier fighting against the Khanate, but guerrillas and terrorists were not honorable.

Captured soldiers were sent over the border to prison camps and questioned.

The Burmese soldiers fought hard against the Great Khanate soldiers, but there were simply too many of them and they were better armed. Many broke and fled before the wave of Great Khanate soldiers. They tried to buy time by booby trapping roads, blowing up bridges, using snipers, and sabotage, but it was not enough.

Near the border, the Burmese joined up with troops from India who had dug in with artillery, tanks, and planes.

[Umayyad Hispania]

Mecca, Abbasid Caliphate.

Caliph Enrique V formally lands back in Mecca to negotiate an alliance with the Abbasids, the Umayyads eternal enemies, in order to counteract the great Khanate menace.

[Cairene Arabia]

Makkah, Hejaz

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Fatin Al-Nasser sat on his chair in front of his desk, almost bewildered by the proposal of the Umayyad caliph. He laughed after a moment of silence, before continuing. "Only under the condition that you relinquish your caliphal title and swear fealty to me as the one true caliph of the Ummah. Furthermore, you are to enforce full Shariah and grant independence to your colonies; and legalize the Islamic Party. I will entertain no alliance where your false caliphate would be on equal ground with the true caliphate."

[Umayyad Hispania]

“I will agree to relinquish the Caliphate, but the colonies are of strategic importance to the alliance. I will give them independence once the war with Khanate is finished. How does that sound.” Padishah Enrique V says.

[Cairene Arabia]

"I see no threat from this khanate, and I do not understand why you are so desperate that you would relinquish your caliphal title. This alliance is of little interest to me, and you are pathetic. Get out of my sight."

The Caliph pressed a button on the desk, and in come a set of guards.

"Escort the man out."

[UniversalCommons]

A Call to Fatin Al Nasser from the Khiten Mountains

Babur sent a request to speak to Caliph Fatin El Nasser. First he sent him a video of the rally in Istanbul in Omar Stadium. There were many turkish people from the nationalist party, an ultraconservative far right party who were listening to Babur speak about how Asia should be for Asians, and that the Turkish people were not westerns, but a great tribe descendants of Tamerlane. They should drive the foreigners out of India and French Indochina returning the colonies back to their people. They were strong, morally upright and a great nation. People were cheering and clapping while he made strong gestures and talked about a great future for the people of Asia.

He also sent a video of a gun test in the Khiten Mountains.

A large mobile artillery piece fired several times. The shells had a back blast. It looked to be a form of rocket artillery.

After the artillery piece fired, the words, "We shall strike fear into the imperialists and liberate their colonies."

He also sent a letter:

To the Honorable Caliph Fatin Al Nasser
From: Babur, General of the East, Great Khanate, Descendant of the Mughals and Temujin

It is with great respect I contact you. You represent the greatness of the East. We stand prepared to drive the westerners from French Indochina and India. We seek to first claim Kashmir, then drive out the westerners. We also seek an ally against the Umayyids who have interfered with our internal affairs and entered our airspace without provocation.

We believe that there should be one Asia for Asians. There should also be a proper conservative leader of the faithful. Although, the three faiths should be respected, it should only be for those who remain pure in ideology, not like the christians who followed Luther, or the reformed sects of Jews. People should support true conservative christianity, Judaism, and Islam. There needed to be a purifying flame to bring people back to their roots. These people needed to be reeducated about family values and the proper place of sexuality in society.

We seek a strong ally who will bolster our strength in Asia as well as a trading partner for our goods and services including labor, farms, turbines, trucks, planes, and electronics.

We are prepared to make Asia and the East the center of the world and learning again. A place where people could be educated in the proper way to live as well as science in the Asian and Islamic tradition.

I wish to come and visit you so we may discuss an alliance to drive out the westerners and improve our trade.

May you be blessed.

Babur, General of the East, Great Khanate, Descendant of the Mughals and Temujin

[Cairene Arabia]

Khalifah wa Amir al-Mu'minin

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From : Caliph Fatin Al-Nasser Abbasi
To : Babur

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In the name of Allah, the most gracious and most merciful.

Peace be upon you, Khan Babur. The values and ideals you speak of respectable, and your goals seem noble. However, we here in Cairo have our doubts due to the unpleasant history between our nations. After all, it was historically, the nation of the Great Khan that had destroyed our Golden Age and sacked Baghdad. Were it not for this Temujin your nation hails as hero and you claim ancestry from, the Abbasid Caliphate would still have ruled over the world and continued to propagate Islam and the sciences throughout the ages.

Furthermore, we hold doubts over the feasibility of your goals; as well as the stability of your institutions and administration. We may not be prepared to disturb the geopolitical order in such gravity as what you seem to be planning, as it could have dire consequences for all of us.

Nevertheless, we will consider your offer. You will be granted the opportunity to stand before my court in Cairo. We will be anticipating your arrival.

[UniversalCommons]

To : Caliph Fatin Al-Nasser Abbasi
From : Babur Kahn

May you be well. We look forward to meeting with you. We understand your hesitation. As always, the beginnings of a journey are built on the first steps. We wish to discuss the first steps:

1) A pact of nonaggression between our two nations.
2) The beginnings of trade relations. We are in need of allies to trade for agricultural goods and textiles.
3) An open discussion about trading technical and scientific knowledge.
4) An intellectual property agreement for the purchase of machinery and other patents. This should include military technology.

As a sign of goodwill, we are sending you two sets of the Classics of the Khanate in Arabic. We hope you will find these conservative interpretations of the classics to the your liking.

While we may have some geopolitical disagreements, there is always a need for trade. We see you as part of Asia and because of this we seek good relations.

I look forward to meeting with you at the court in two days time.

Babur, General of the East

[Rapperland]

1 rapper parachute into hispania and started rapping in spanish

around a hundred spaniards followed him and started rapping

"Te deseo lo mejor, yo no te voy a maldecir
Porque todo lo que haces lo aprendiste de mí
Loco, yo no llegué ahí porque yo lo elegí
Yo estuve antes que tú, yo eso ya lo viví
Yo estaba robando en la calle en la que tú hacías freestyle
Loco, yo estaba en Marruecos y tú venías de Dubai
Por eso yo me conformo con comer y fumar
Déjame darte un consejo: El ego te va a matar
No eras chulo siendo un niño ¿y lo vas a ser de adulto?
La vida da muchas vueltas, loco, da muchos sustos"

more rappers followed him into madrid