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Empire Classic
| Deity: | Matt Deluca |
| Start Date: | July 1, 1991 |
| End Date: | August 5, 1991 (36 days) |
| Code used: | ? |
| Winner(s): | Kzin Lersing Resvon Revelstone TOG |
[Editor's note: Original game announcement appears to be lost in the fog of
history. The following is a later announcement for the game, after many
countries had already registered to play.]
Registration for the Empire Classic is still open, with 51 entries
on record as of this time. If your country name is not on the list
below, please contact me immediately with a new registration.
Leche Avalon Chu-Lan Kzin Whirlwind
Mexico Rung Bloop TOG Sparta
Ulfr Sodus Ilara Frobozz Resvon
Guzzer Azad Morinmoss Afrika Korps Finland
Himmel Witzerland BlackCompany deadlands Ironhills
KOW Mars Lost_Souls Taliensis AcheTown
Starland Califa Ghostlands trinsic PAFSPD
GardenParty Banzai DragonRealm Mandolin FaaKing
Kelewan Ilian Dhaulagiri Xanadu
Wirikidor The_Zep _
International participation in this game is strong, which is nice to see.
By nation, the players so far break down as follows:
United States: 39
Australia: 3
Sweden: 3
Finland: 2
Canada: 1
France: 1
Mexico: 1
Norway: 1
The game is still dominated by the U.S. contingent, but things are getting
better. Maybe we can all chip in and get those guys in Great Britain a
real Internet link so they can play in the real world...
Blue coloring on countries in the power charts indicates the eventual winners of the game.
First day of the game, July 1, 1991
[by Matt Deluca, deity]
The much-awaited Empire Classic has officially started, with 53 of the
69 registered countries getting underway within the first eight hours.
The first casualty of the game has occurred; the nation of Bloop, seeing
the nation of DreamLands on the same island, immediately threw in the towel.
The towel was promptly framed and placed in the very large and very empty
DreamLands War Trophy display case.
For his performance, Bloop has received the 'Golden Punchcard' award,
to be given if he is ever seen or heard from again.
The nations of BlackCompany and Epi have been ordered to jump into the
ocean by the nation of Resvon, who claimed that the entire landmass was his
based on historical evidence that Resvon always owns its home island in
entirety. Compliance is expected soon, voluntarily or not.
The first formally declared wars have been started, declared by TOG and
Ghostlands against the nation of Afrika Korps. For reasons not stated to the
public at large, the 'AAA' alliance was founded by TOG to counter a percieved
threat from Afrika Corps. The alliance was subsequently disbanded on rumors
that Afrika Korps was surrounded by Revelstone, only to have Afrika Korps
expand with no difficulty to over 80 sectors. The leader of TOG was not
available for comment.
- = [ Empire Power Report ] = -
as of Tue Jul 2 03:06:06 1991
sects eff civ mil shell gun pet iron dust food oil pln ship money
Sparta 145 1% 1.2K 43 0 0 0 0 0 1.1K 0 0 0 25K
Himmel 145 0% 1.2K 10 0 0 0 0 0 1.1K 0 0 0 25K
Lersing 35 5% 1.3K 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1K 0 0 0 45K
Pegasus 110 0% 1.3K 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2K 0 0 0 25K
Rung 95 2% 1.3K 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1K 0 0 0 25K
Zzowicyzx 85 2% 1.3K 30 0 0 0 0 0 1.1K 0 0 0 25K
Revelston 80 2% 1.3K 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1K 0 0 0 25K
Resvon 85 2% 1.2K 100 0 0 0 0 0 1.1K 0 0 0 25K
Chu-Lan 85 1% 1.2K 100 0 0 0 0 0 1.1K 0 0 0 25K
Azad 75 3% 1.2K 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1K 0 0 0 25K
~ 90 0% 1.3K 10 0 0 0 0 0 1.1K 0 0 0 25K
Finland 85 0% 1.3K 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.1K 0 0 0 25K
Actium 60 3% 1.2K 100 0 0 0 0 0 1.1K 0 0 0 25K
Afrika Ko 85 0% 1.3K 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1K 0 0 0 25K
Kzin 75 1% 1.2K 100 0 0 0 0 0 1.1K 0 0 0 25K
Leche 65 2% 1.2K 100 0 0 0 0 0 1.1K 0 0 0 25K
Nobody 75 0% 1.3K 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1K 0 0 0 25K
AUJ 45 6% 1.3K 10 0 0 0 0 0 1.1K 0 0 0 25K
GardenPar 65 2% 1.3K 10 0 0 0 0 0 1.1K 0 0 0 25K
Hackensac 60 2% 1.3K 11 0 0 0 0 0 1.1K 0 0 0 25K
Latveria 45 4% 1.1K 100 0 0 0 0 0 1.1K 0 0 0 25K
Califa 65 1% 1.3K 10 0 0 0 0 0 1.1K 0 0 0 25K
Epi 35 7% 1.2K 100 0 0 0 0 0 1.1K 0 0 0 25K
yac 50 3% 1.3K 10 0 0 0 0 0 1.1K 0 0 0 25K
Morinmoss 55 2% 1.3K 13 0 0 0 0 0 1.1K 0 0 0 25K
Avalon 60 1% 1.3K 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1K 0 0 0 25K
Brotherho 55 2% 1.2K 10 0 0 0 0 0 1.1K 0 0 0 25K
KOW 55 1% 1.2K 50 0 0 0 0 0 1.1K 0 0 0 25K
Mexico 35 6% 1.2K 100 0 0 0 0 0 1.1K 0 0 0 25K
Guzzer 40 5% 1.2K 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1K 0 0 0 25K
Taliensis 40 5% 1.2K 100 0 0 0 0 0 1.1K 0 0 0 25K
deadlands 55 1% 1.3K 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1K 0 0 0 25K
Banzai 60 0% 1.3K 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1K 0 0 0 25K
Okidokia 45 3% 1.3K 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1K 0 0 0 25K
Mandolin 40 4% 1.3K 10 0 0 0 0 0 1.1K 0 0 0 25K
PASFPD 30 7% 1.1K 100 0 0 0 0 0 1.1K 0 0 0 25K
Ulfr 40 4% 1.2K 45 0 0 0 0 0 1.1K 0 0 0 25K
Whirlwind 45 1% 1.3K 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1K 0 0 0 25K
Lost_Soul 45 1% 1.3K 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1K 0 0 0 25K
Ghostland 40 2% 1.2K 100 0 0 0 0 0 1.1K 0 0 0 25K
Witzerlan 35 4% 1.3K 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1K 0 0 0 25K
Urquas 35 3% 1.3K 10 0 0 0 0 0 1.1K 0 0 0 25K
AcheTown 25 8% 1.1K 100 0 0 0 0 0 1.1K 0 0 0 25K
Xanadu 45 1% 1.3K 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1K 0 0 0 25K
Wirikidor 40 2% 1.3K 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1K 0 0 0 25K
Bedford 35 1% 1.3K 10 0 0 0 0 0 1.1K 0 0 0 25K
TOG 40 1% 1.3K 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1K 0 0 0 25K
DreamLand 20 8% 1.2K 100 0 0 0 0 0 1.1K 0 0 0 25K
BlackComp 10 14% 1.2K 100 0 0 0 0 0 1.1K 0 0 0 25K
Hafturlan 3 65% 1.1K 100 0 0 0 0 0 1.1K 0 0 0 25K
Ilian 10 16% 1.2K 42 0 0 0 0 0 1.1K 0 0 0 25K
void 10 16% 1.1K 20 0 0 0 0 0 400 0 0 0 4.4K
---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
worldwide 2.9K 2% 65K 1.9K 0 0 0 0 0 58K 0 0 0 1.3M
Four days after start, July 5, 1991
[by Sean Eddy, aka Mirkwood]
The supplicant bows humbly before the stylishly cloaked figure and
reverently touches his bunny-slippers.
"Is it time?" begs the supplicant.
The figure tosses back his hood and points at the supplicant in a
wild-eyed, threatening, yet hiply languid manner. "Evil walks abroad
in the land," he cries. "Resvon stormtroopers roam the streets and
beat old ladies with sticks. Lersing techno-wizards invent vile
weapons in secret laboratories. Small fodder-countries cry out
in agony from beneath the boots of aggressors. Nations name themselves
after arcane punctuation marks. Thinkest thou that I should expose
my feeble self to this? Thinkest thou that I should return to a world
bereft of redeeming moral values or 49-cent burger sales?"
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Tech production is under way in Lersing and Afrika Korps, with several
nations struggling to join the race. Boat construction is under way in
many nations, despite the paucity of available wilderness; Revelstone
had the honor of building the feared Cargo Ship #0. Initial land wars
have mostly calmed down, with a few casualties; a notable exception
is a puzzling large-scale exchange of rock-throwing and clubbing between
ground forces of Sparta and Dhaulagiri. Also, Taliensis is reportedly taunting
Ghostlands with a great deal of French-accented invective from across
their front lines.
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- = [ Empire Power Report ] = -
as of Fri Jul 5 17:34:46 1991
sects eff civ mil shell gun pet iron dust food oil pln ship money
Leche 95 14% 4.5K 200 0 0 0 1.2K 400 2.0K 9 0 0 25K
~ 100 14% 3.5K 10 0 0 0 350 150 1.0K 0 0 0 45K
Resvon 260 3% 3.5K 150 0 0 0 0 0 4.0K 0 0 0 20K
Zzowicyzx 105 14% 3.8K 100 0 0 0 200 34 1.1K 100 0 0 25K
AUJ 80 16% 3.8K 50 0 0 0 250 50 1.6K 8 0 1 40K
yac 85 17% 3.7K 100 0 0 0 250 150 4.5K 15 0 0 25K
Banzai 60 27% 3.8K 33 0 0 0 100 100 1.4K 33 0 0 25K
Revelston 110 10% 3.8K 50 0 0 0 300 200 950 150 0 1 25K
Himmel 225 2% 2.9K 10 0 0 0 150 0 1.0K 0 0 2 25K
Avalon 63 21% 3.8K 0 0 0 0 371 92 774 11 0 2 24K
Rung 105 9% 3.8K 11 0 0 0 650 150 650 100 0 0 25K
Califa 100 11% 3.6K 17 0 0 0 400 10 1.0K 6 0 0 25K
[...]
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worldwide 4.3K 11% 170K 3.5K 0 0 0 16K 4.6K 82K 1.8K 0 10 1.4M
Nine days after start, July 10, 1991
[by Sean Eddy, aka Mirkwood]
A wizened old man limps and drags his way to a nondescript
storefront. He puts his cane under his arm, and checks the
name on the store -- "Lersing's Guns & Ammo 'R' Us" -- against
a scrawled note in his hand. He pulls the hood of his woolen
cloak over his head and walks in.
Inside, the store is in chaos. Caesar M. of TOG is chasing
Latveria's Imperial Princess through the aisles, firing random
shots from an automatic rifle; a worried clerk struggles to
catch up. Revelstone's young leader is tossing impatiently
through a cabinet marked "Warship Design Plans". Leche and
DreamLands are off in the High Explosives aisle lobbing vintage
potato-mashers at each other.
The old geezer approaches the front counter. Behind it, a tall man,
dressed entirely in black but for a gold-embroidered "Creight
Lersing: Sales Manager" over a breast-pocket, smiles solicitously.
"May I help you, old man?" he asks.
"Fifty Uzis," barks the old man in a startling yet subtly hip and
commanding tone. "Twenty 122mm howitzers. 500 discarding-sabot
armor-piercing 122mm rounds. 250 binary-design chemical rounds.
Three reinforced-superstructure gas-turbine destroyers."
Creight Lersing, a man to whom the Brady Bill is a naive and offensive
piece of free trade-infringing legislature, smiles even more broadly.
"Certainly, sir," he says; "just sign here..."
"EK," the old man initials on the invoice. He spins on his
bunny-slippered toes and quickly walks out of the store...
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In today's top stories:
Lersing declares his grasp on the tech lead with the first gun
and shell production. Not far behind, Revelstone and perhaps Finland
lay down the hulls of the first destroyers.
Brotherhood invades Mexico during siesta time, as part of a
radical new economic aid plan for the Third World.
TOG invades Latveria; Leche invades DreamLands; Nobody sneakily
invades Resvon and slowly creeps across the countryside as Resvon
apparently sleeps on, unawares, probably dreaming about the
succubus on Level 23 of Umoria...
Afrika Korps, up to his usual subtle and incomprehensible tricks,
quietly trains 3 ninja warriors to take over the world...
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Of 58 countries starting, 51 remain active. The top ($Lersing - 1)
(where currently $Lersing - 1 = 22) are:
- = [ Empire Power Report ] = -
as of Wed Jul 10 22:31:25 1991
sects eff civ mil shell gun pet iron dust food oil pln ship money Kzin 115 65% 17K 27 0 0 0 400 450 3.4K 100 0 0 10K Leche 150 33% 18K 450 0 0 0 1.9K 600 4.2K 250 0 3 25K Afrika Ko 115 54% 19K 3 0 0 0 1.0K 150 8.2K 300 0 3 10K yac 85 69% 18K 100 0 0 0 450 300 27K 150 0 0 35K TOG 80 61% 21K 450 0 0 0 900 450 13K 300 0 6 25K Banzai 90 65% 18K 150 0 0 0 1.1K 250 6.0K 200 0 4 15K Brotherho 100 57% 15K 400 0 0 0 750 500 6.0K 500 0 2 25K Califa 110 48% 17K 50 0 0 0 500 250 5.1K 50 0 1 20K AUJ 105 39% 19K 200 0 0 0 1.0K 400 5.2K 450 0 3 45K Avalon 209 20% 17K 452 0 0 0 840 131 5.7K 201 0 3 14K Wirikidor 65 63% 19K 300 0 0 0 1.6K 450 9.6K 650 0 4 25K Himmel 225 21% 13K 200 0 0 0 650 500 7.0K 40 0 5 20K Ulfr 40 95% 19K 50 0 0 0 2.2K 400 7.3K 400 0 3 35K Zzowicyzx 130 29% 17K 200 0 0 0 900 450 6.7K 200 0 2 30K Mandolin 70 60% 16K 100 0 0 0 1.1K 300 8.0K 400 0 4 45K Rung 135 28% 17K 250 0 0 0 1.1K 150 8.7K 400 0 2 20K Pegasus 115 33% 17K 100 0 0 0 1.1K 650 7.5K 650 0 3 30K Nobody 95 46% 16K 200 0 0 0 650 750 7.4K 450 0 4 20K Guzzer 50 84% 17K 100 0 0 0 200 1.1K 2.7K 500 0 2 30K KOW 90 43% 17K 100 0 0 0 2.0K 400 7.8K 500 0 1 30K DreamLand 140 33% 13K 200 0 0 0 500 300 4.2K 200 0 3 10K GardenPar 75 39% 15K 100 0 0 0 2.0K 850 6.0K 350 0 5 60K [...] ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- worldwide 4.5K 37% 629K 8.7K 75 10 0 45K 18K 294K 12K 0 90 1.3M
Three weeks after start, July 22, 1991
[by Matt Deluca, deity]
This is the second in an extremely occasional series of deity updates
to the net of the Empire Classic now underway.
At the moment, the world is relatively quiet. The burning issue on
the minds of many an emperor, however, is the status of the tech race.
The nation of Lersing, home of the tech wizards, has had heavy jet equipment
on the trade board for several days now, whereas most nations are still
trying to pilfer plans for the engines. Although the lead is known to be
large, it is not exactly known how large, leading to many a sleepless
night.
Current ongoing conflicts of note include the Afrika Korps - Wirikidor
war, the Resvon - Actium war, and the Revelstone - yac walkover. The first
war started when Wirikidor decided to annex an outlying island of the Korps.
Immediately thereafter, hordes of Afrika Korps troops, swearing in a manner
to make a sailor blush, swarmed over the island, completely eliminating the
opposition. Operations continue against Wirikidor, and the resistance is
considered to be fruitless.
The second conflict apparently started when Resvon launched an invasion
of Actium, only to have the network go out on him for an extended period
of time. When the game returned, the leader of Resvon was still on vacation
at the time of the Actium counterattack. Reports from behind the lines
indicate that Actium forces managed to disrupt distribution of food and other
vital commodities, resulting in severe famine in the Resvon heartland. At
this hour, Resvon troops have regained control of most sectors, and
reconstruction and repair updates are underway.
The final war was more of an annexation procedure than a war, as
Revelstone airborne forces captured most of the yac homeland in a matter
of hours, chanting 'Lebensraum! Lebensraum!' as they fell from the skies.
Also of note is the recent conclusion of a long war between Leche and
DreamLands, with the latter conceding defeat and hitting the 'eject' button.
It is of note that DreamLands is credited with the first kill of the game,
scaring Bloop to death.
- = [ Empire Power Report ] = -
as of Tue Jul 23 05:03:31 1991
sects eff civ mil shell gun pet iron dust food oil pln ship money
Mirkwood 375 89% 272K 5.3K 575 305 5.0K 19K 1.9K 106K 9.0K 60 20 75K
Himmel 280 88% 209K 4.3K 3.1K 250 5.9K 15K 4.0K 54K 3.9K 30 20 40K
Revelston 285 81% 176K 3.4K 1.2K 55 3.4K 16K 450 109K 4.5K 60 2 50K
Resvon 285 91% 179K 300 0 0 900 0 150 46K 0 8 0 220K
Banzai 250 74% 151K 3.0K 2.5K 300 1.6K 11K 1.9K 89K 2.9K 20 10 30K
Afrika Ko 235 81% 142K 14K 625 120 2.2K 6.0K 1.4K 152K 1.3K 40 20 60K
Ghostland 195 82% 132K 3.0K 1.5K 185 1.9K 11K 1.9K 91K 3.0K 20 10 35K
Leche 385 56% 91K 5.1K 2.6K 395 1.8K 14K 1.6K 48K 800 70 5 25K
Kzin 225 76% 130K 5.8K 550 35 1.8K 12K 350 146K 1.5K 60 5 15K
Brotherho 160 95% 135K 1.4K 550 155 1.0K 11K 300 63K 4.7K 8 7 25K
[...]
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worldwide 5.7K 79% 3.3M 102K 29K 3.9K 59K 271K 34K 1.7M 78K 860 310 1.6M
Three and a half weeks after start, July 24, 1991
[by Sean Eddy, aka Mirkwood]
Welcome one and all to Murk-o-Vision's sporadic Empire Classic
update.
The silent, mysterious leader of Avalon suddenly donned a pair
of mauve bunny slippers with wee sharp fangs last week, and revealed
himself shamelessly as the One True Elven-King. Shortly thereafter,
the coveted yellow jersey was delivered unto the Elven Palace.
The top human interest story continues to be the meteoric rise of
Lersing to dizzying heights of technology. Fueled by staggering
amounts of resource and money input from an array of allied feeders,
the Lersing military/industrial complex is more than 100 points ahead
of its nearest competitor. Lersing advisors have been seen setting up
small weapons boutiques in several countries, including Kzin and
perhaps TOG. This diversification move, which the Lersing CEO
described as "just in case", may have something to do with escalating
tensions in the Sea of Lersing, where Elven patrol boats are being
hurled to their deaths in increasing numbers against the ever-vigilant
Lersing Air Force.
In other news, poor Wirikidor had the audacity to attack two Afrika
Korps sectors, and was promptly and soundly spanked. April Glaspie,
special assistant to the Afrika Korps diplomatic service, promptly denied
rumours that she had told Wirikidor that AK had "no opinion" about
those two sectors.
- = [ Empire Power Report ] = -
as of Tue Jul 23 19:38:22 1991
sects eff civ mil shell gun pet iron dust food oil pln ship money
Mirkwood 407 91% 303K 6.2K 988 357 6.5K 24K 2.6K 149K 11K 69 18 89K
Himmel 280 93% 225K 5.6K 3.5K 270 7.6K 19K 1.7K 56K 2.4K 30 20 60K
Revelston 280 87% 192K 4.2K 1.4K 80 5.7K 17K 350 155K 5.4K 60 2 165K
Resvon 285 80% 225K 450 0 0 2.1K 1.1K 10K 57K 450 10 0 230K
Banzai 250 79% 157K 3.5K 2.8K 310 1.5K 13K 1.9K 95K 2.6K 40 20 30K
Afrika Ko 235 83% 142K 14K 875 170 2.2K 7.5K 1.6K 160K 1.4K 30 20 40K
Kzin 225 86% 149K 6.3K 900 35 2.4K 15K 250 161K 1.6K 60 7 15K
Ghostland 195 82% 143K 3.0K 1.8K 220 3.0K 13K 1.9K 107K 3.0K 20 10 55K
Leche 380 58% 97K 6.5K 3.3K 435 2.3K 15K 1.2K 49K 750 70 5 30K
Brotherho 165 96% 145K 1.4K 850 180 1.0K 11K 200 63K 5.0K 10 9 40K
AUJ 235 84% 119K 7.4K 1.1K 170 2.1K 5.9K 1.9K 55K 4.7K 40 8 15K
Sparta 195 81% 116K 2.6K 75 120 1.8K 20K 1.8K 41K 1.4K 20 8 175K
Finland 165 91% 137K 1.8K 375 70 650 8.5K 650 63K 5.6K 30 8 70K
Califa 155 89% 116K 1.8K 2.3K 100 1.4K 4.9K 1.2K 30K 2.0K 40 5 75K
Ilara 115 96% 104K 50 175 4 25 7.4K 1.1K 22K 4.4K 2 4 145K
Chu-Lan 150 78% 100K 4.8K 425 45 200 11K 300 91K 2.1K 30 4 15K
Nobody 120 93% 97K 4.1K 975 275 2.4K 2.8K 750 23K 1.0K 20 10 65K
TOG 220 62% 72K 2.2K 950 70 750 5.2K 1.3K 72K 2.0K 30 7 20K
GardenPar 100 76% 71K 1.6K 850 220 200 14K 650 38K 800 30 20 20K
Hackensac 105 73% 69K 1.6K 250 30 2.9K 16K 1.8K 11K 300 30 9 10K
Melinbour 115 67% 53K 50 200 70 3.9K 17K 1.1K 25K 1.1K 0 2 130K
Ilian 110 88% 67K 1.2K 650 60 2.5K 4.5K 200 21K 1.4K 20 10 25K
Whirlwind 100 96% 57K 2.5K 1.2K 120 1.5K 1.8K 750 30K 1.5K 40 7 40K
Lersing 75 77% 51K 3.5K 2.0K 310 3.1K 4.1K 850 59K 3.6K 30 4 25K
Morinmoss 125 60% 63K 3.0K 700 65 2.0K 2.8K 350 26K 1.4K 20 10 20K
[...]
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worldwide 5.7K 81% 3.5M 108K 35K 4.4K 69K 294K 43K 1.9M 82K 900 320 1.8M
Nearly four weeks after start, July 26, 1991
[by Sean Eddy, aka Mirkwood]
Welcome to the Empire Classic Update, brought to you by the
shock-journalists of Murk-o-Vision News. Later, we have a
special treat for you: the COMPLETE power chart. Why, you ask?
That's about the only way to see where Lersing is now... but
for more on that interesting development, let's switch
to our anchorman, Bob:
Today's top news. The techno-wizard, Lersing, is on the ropes and
being pummeled relentlessly, with no relief in sight. In a pre-dawn
assault, Himmel ground forces and the Mirkwood 82nd Screaming Elven
Airborne stormed the Lersing mainland. Allied prop aircraft flew into
the teeth of a lethal air defense composed of ultra high-tech jet
fighters and twenty flak guns per sector, with heavy losses that the
Elven-King described as "sustainable". Himmel armored divisions rolled
across hastily-constructed assault bridges and drove a solid front
into well-prepared Lersing ground defenses.
At this hour, coordinated strikes by Himmel assault teams and
Elven bombers and mobile artillery are sweeping through the
Lersing rear areas and have reported the destruction of all
airfields, tech centers, and banks.
Lersing tech is thought to have been arrested at something near 300,
still more than 100 points over Banzai and Finland, the nearest
competition. The Elven-King reportedly commented, "I guess it's
another example of 'live by the jet fighter, die by the Sopwith
Camel'," a remark which puzzled much of the usually unflappable press
corps.
In other sporting news, Revelstone tops Califa, Leche sweeps a
doubleheader with Urquas and Hackensack, TOG edges Ilian, and
another one of these damned punctuation-mark-countries &Kapadokya
is leading Wirikidor in the bottom of the fifth.
- = [ Empire Power Report ] = -
as of Fri Jul 26 13:41:39 1991
sects eff civ mil shell gun pet iron dust food oil pln ship money
Mirkwood 442 93% 336K 8.6K 2.2K 561 13K 31K 4.7K 294K 15K 122 21 49K
Revelston 385 93% 299K 8.8K 2.1K 180 9.9K 19K 1.4K 209K 6.0K 60 2 225K
Himmel 295 95% 260K 13K 6.6K 620 14K 40K 42 78K 1.2K 40 20 10K
Resvon 290 91% 259K 4.2K 2.8K 100 12K 22K 21K 95K 3.5K 90 0 130K
Leche 435 69% 173K 6.2K 2.1K 545 5.2K 31K 500 83K 1.4K 80 6 45K
Afrika Ko 240 97% 206K 17K 1.1K 150 3.5K 13K 2.5K 204K 800 30 20 45K
Banzai 255 90% 187K 3.5K 5.4K 435 3.2K 20K 2.5K 197K 3.0K 40 20 70K
Kzin 275 83% 203K 5.5K 2.2K 45 1.6K 13K 300 244K 6.7K 80 9 115K
Ghostland 220 92% 183K 4.5K 2.9K 370 5.2K 13K 2.0K 149K 3.3K 20 20 100K
AUJ 235 89% 138K 7.8K 1.7K 295 3.9K 8.2K 2.6K 75K 5.5K 50 7 60K
Sparta 200 83% 126K 4.5K 650 170 3.9K 24K 1.8K 44K 1.4K 30 8 300K
Brotherho 180 89% 156K 1.9K 2.0K 270 2.5K 13K 1.2K 65K 4.3K 50 10 35K
Finland 170 96% 152K 2.4K 775 125 850 7.5K 1.1K 80K 6.5K 30 6 25K
Melinbour 115 98% 93K 550 4.8K 140 4.8K 38K 3.5K 112K 6.7K 20 2 35K
TOG 235 71% 111K 2.7K 1.2K 85 2.8K 2.5K 300 85K 3.3K 60 6 85K
Chu-Lan 155 81% 112K 6.7K 700 95 600 14K 100 107K 2.4K 30 4 685
Nobody 145 96% 110K 4.8K 1.5K 360 3.2K 5.5K 1.5K 34K 600 20 10 60K
Ilara 125 98% 110K 250 250 35 25 7.2K 1.0K 35K 5.0K 10 4 90K
Ilian 110 94% 99K 1.6K 1.0K 110 850 9.4K 350 30K 900 20 10 25K
GardenPar 100 83% 75K 2.1K 1.8K 255 250 12K 500 29K 500 30 20 20K
Wirikidor 95 89% 60K 2.0K 2.8K 95 2.8K 6.0K 500 41K 3.1K 50 10 3.9K
Whirlwind 105 99% 66K 2.6K 1.8K 220 1.5K 2.5K 650 35K 1.6K 40 10 15K
Morinmoss 125 63% 70K 3.3K 1.1K 160 2.9K 2.2K 550 28K 1.3K 20 10 30K
Actium 130 81% 57K 2.5K 525 130 1.1K 2.7K 1.6K 15K 600 30 0 15K
~ 105 93% 54K 1.3K 1.6K 80 1.1K 8.4K 650 70K 450 10 2 70K
Mandolin 120 71% 63K 2.3K 375 135 3.8K 2.4K 700 34K 2.1K 20 10 25K
Hackensac 105 56% 64K 2.5K 250 15 350 4.7K 1.1K 7.5K 23 5 9 45K
Califa 85 90% 60K 1.0K 1.2K 50 1.9K 1.7K 50 25K 250 20 6 30K
Guzzer 50 96% 49K 1.4K 900 75 2.5K 2.5K 1.0K 19K 1.4K 30 10 25K
&Kapadoky 65 96% 43K 1.5K 350 65 350 1.5K 400 21K 800 0 5 10K
Urquas 75 71% 36K 650 375 20 500 700 550 4.7K 100 9 3 5.0K
Lersing 60 62% 31K 1.7K 975 200 350 800 200 41K 850 5 4 -7
Taliensis 25 83% 17K 250 525 65 0 1.4K 250 5.8K 2.5K 0 1 2.9K
PASFPD 15 99% 6.5K 700 150 20 0 2.4K 200 1.2K 1.5K 0 4 1.1K
Witzerlan 10 71% 7.3K 600 9 4 0 2.5K 0 2.6K 150 0 1 -1.3K
Pegasus 15 55% 2.8K 300 75 10 0 2.4K 23 1.1K 0 2 9 15K
yac 15 98% 7.5K 3.6K 0 0 0 1 0 48K 1 0 10 -91K
KOW 25 24% 1.3K 100 0 0 39 100 100 1.8K 0 0 0 5.0K
Rung 4 31% 150 32 25 1 0 0 0 150 0 0 1 1.8K
---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
worldwide 5.8K 86% 4.1M 135K 57K 6.3K 110K 387K 58K 2.6M 95K 1.1K 330 1.7M
Four weeks after start, July 29, 1991
[by Sean Eddy, aka Mirkwood]
"Hell hath no fury like a techmonger wounded."
The Lersing mainland is nearly fully taken by Himmel occupation
forces, following an extermination campaign by Mirkwood B-52's and
mobile artillery. But, aided by Revelstone, Kzin, TOG, and Resvon, the
Lersing technological machine lurches forward once again. Secret
Lersing laboratories have been squirreled away, far from the reach of
the Elven Airborne. Warplane production is back on-line, feeding the
growing war machines of the Gang of Five.
TOG ruthlessly invaded the peaceful nation of Ilara yesterday, in an
attempt to remove one of the rebel alliance's financial backers.
Princess Ilara escaped with a few top aides and the Ilaran treasury
in a small rowboat, and was picked up by Elven SAR choppers in
the Sea of Voles.
Resvon commando forces air-dropped onto Nobody targets, and teleported
massive amounts of valuable commodities out of the country using
the market. Nobody security troops have recaptured the taken sectors, and
are reportedly "somewhat miffed".
Elven Insecurity Service operatives have been widely deployed abroad,
searching for clues leading to the whereabouts of Lersing's secret
labs. Time is short, and the Elves are desperate; Lersing is expected
to produce imaging satellites within the next two days. The rebel
alliance, still short of nuclear weapons technology, will be powerless
to knock the sats down. Revelstone and Resvon, both lethally rich, are
rumoured to be slavering over the prospect of obtaining targeting data
for Lersing-made thermonuclear warheads.
- = [ Empire Power Report ] = -
as of Sun Jul 28 17:27:31 1991
sects eff civ mil shell gun pet iron dust food oil pln ship money
Mirkwood 462 95% 349K 9.2K 4.0K 716 16K 40K 2.5K 347K 17K 117 23 181K
Revelston 410 92% 324K 8.2K 3.0K 240 14K 23K 650 235K 5.7K 70 2 215K
Himmel 310 94% 266K 12K 8.8K 780 12K 36K 50 103K 1.3K 40 20 30K
Leche 470 72% 214K 5.1K 4.0K 575 4.7K 53K 1.0K 116K 2.8K 80 5 50K
Resvon 285 91% 258K 4.5K 4.0K 195 24K 24K 12K 95K 1.2K 120 0 115K
Banzai 255 93% 206K 5.8K 7.6K 595 5.0K 29K 2.9K 223K 5.6K 60 20 75K
Kzin 260 89% 226K 9.2K 3.9K 35 4.2K 15K 250 238K 8.9K 90 4 85K
Ghostland 250 96% 215K 5.2K 4.0K 475 7.8K 9.6K 1.6K 161K 3.6K 30 20 70K
Afrika Ko 245 97% 214K 17K 1.5K 235 2.9K 12K 2.1K 233K 3.1K 60 20 35K
AUJ 235 92% 166K 8.2K 2.2K 400 6.0K 12K 1.8K 100K 6.8K 70 7 75K
Sparta 200 85% 139K 4.7K 1.3K 210 4.0K 25K 1.8K 46K 1.6K 40 6 325K
Melinbour 140 100% 127K 650 5.2K 255 5.3K 47K 1.6K 161K 7.8K 20 2 45K
Finland 170 99% 158K 2.8K 1.2K 160 1.1K 9.8K 1.1K 91K 5.0K 50 9 30K
Brotherho 185 93% 156K 1.9K 2.6K 355 3.0K 17K 1.4K 75K 5.2K 60 10 50K
TOG 270 84% 144K 3.2K 450 110 5.0K 4.0K 900 82K 3.2K 70 5 60K
Chu-Lan 155 83% 117K 6.8K 1.1K 135 1.2K 18K 50 122K 2.5K 30 4 10K
Nobody 145 96% 110K 4.7K 900 355 450 5.2K 1.2K 21K 400 20 7 60K
Ilian 115 93% 103K 2.7K 1.6K 165 1.1K 9.8K 250 38K 2.0K 30 20 25K
GardenPar 100 87% 75K 2.1K 2.5K 255 200 13K 800 33K 400 30 20 35K
Wirikidor 95 93% 65K 2.2K 3.1K 85 2.5K 18K 500 38K 3.0K 40 10 10K
Whirlwind 105 98% 74K 3.2K 2.1K 435 1.5K 3.5K 450 41K 1.6K 40 10 10K
Mandolin 135 71% 72K 1.8K 300 140 4.8K 5.0K 750 30K 2.0K 30 20 5.0K
metzada 130 80% 65K 3.6K 675 135 1.1K 2.9K 1.6K 17K 500 50 0 -5.2K
~ 100 93% 58K 2.6K 2.0K 120 1.1K 12K 650 118K 200 10 3 75K
Morinmoss 125 68% 68K 3.2K 1.3K 165 3.0K 3.8K 650 46K 1.3K 20 20 20K
Hackensac 90 81% 66K 2.8K 225 20 700 3.8K 1.9K 6.5K 300 4 9 2.3K
Ilara 85 97% 71K 2.2K 50 4 1 1.0K 31 15K 2.4K 0 3 5.0K
Califa 75 92% 48K 650 1.6K 50 2.9K 2.9K 150 21K 450 20 6 50K
Guzzer 50 100% 49K 850 1.6K 110 2.5K 3.2K 1.0K 25K 1.4K 30 10 40K
&Kapadoky 70 97% 51K 1.8K 550 100 400 1.4K 400 24K 850 5 4 5.0K
Lersing 70 50% 22K 1.9K 300 20 900 0 450 42K 2.6K 40 8 10K
Urquas 65 80% 12K 400 150 10 200 2.3K 550 3.0K 50 2 3 20K
Taliensis 25 87% 18K 100 900 65 0 1.6K 40 4.9K 2.5K 0 1 10K
KOW 25 34% 1.7K 100 0 0 0 1 0 1.8K 0 0 0 2.8K
Witzerlan 2 49% 1.0K 50 0 0 0 400 0 1.4K 0 0 0 -1.6K
Pegasus 10 34% 1.4K 200 50 10 100 0 0 900 0 2 6 -25K
---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
worldwide 5.9K 88% 4.3M 142K 75K 7.7K 140K 462K 43K 3.0M 103K 1.4K 310 1.8M
After one month and five days of play, the Empire Classic has ended,
in a classic fasion.
On August 5, the Kzin/Lersing/Resvon/Revelstone/TOG tech alliance
declared nuclear hegemony, stating that anyone contesting their declaration
of a win would be reduced to slag. Nobody objected, and the game was declared
over.
The 'win' was given to the above-named countries, who had banded
together to fuel a tech machine run by Lersing, giving them a technological
edge that allowed them to all vanquish their opponents. No member of the
alliance, save Lersing himself, was successfully invaded.
A few honorable mentions:
The highest power ranking in the game was achieved by Mirkwood, who
broke the 70,000 point mark. Due to unavoidable extenuating circumstances,
he was forced to leave the game.
In the deity's opinion, the best invasion of the game was carried out
by Mirkwood and Himmel, against Lersing. In an early-morning attack, the
two nations got together and beat the stuffing out of Lersing, completely
occupying his home island. Thanks to massive aid from allies, Lersing was
able to establish several Zenith-style enclaves in his allies' territory
and resume tech production. This attack was enough to signifigantly cut
his lead, but not enough to save the world from nuclear destruction.
The best nuclear attack of the game was undoubtedly the Resvon attack
on Finland, later known as Iraq. Using several 5mt-tipped ICBM's and
targeting information provided by Lersing worldwide landsat coverage, Resvon
was able to nuke Finland from a top-10 position to a spot on the power
chart previously inhabited only by abandoned countries. Like Lersing, he
was able to resume tech production with the aid of allies, but never to his
former lever, and never enough to overcome Lersing's lead.
Revelstone gets points for having the most bridges, well over 100 at
the last count. This gives him the distinction of having a third of his
population engaged in nothing but fishing, in true WPA style.
Special thanks to Frederic Chaveau, who provided the machine for this
game, and who was thoughtful enough to keep the game in mind when performing
his duties as a sysadmin, notifying the players (via his country in the
game) of impending downtime, and keeping an eye on system performance. With
the exception of a 24-hour system modem failure, system performance for this
game was perfect.
The complete power report, as seen by the deity, is included below,
as is the last count of world tech, research, and happiness levels.
Blue coloring on countries in the power chart indicates the winners of the game.
- = [ Empire Power Report ] = -
as of Mon Aug 5 00:37:10 1991
sects eff civ mil shell gun pet iron dust food oil pln ship money Revelston 433 98% 351K 4.0K 5.7K 333 18K 31K 481 265K 5.3K 73 2 35K 63354.88 Ghostland 391 94% 307K 9.7K 8.5K 1.4K 6.8K 32K 1.4K 251K 2.8K 72 15 101K 63300.16 Resvon 335 92% 279K 9.3K 4.5K 273 26K 26K 481 150K 359 134 1 483K 58901.91 Kzin 318 93% 267K 8.3K 4.0K 52 8.7K 14K 393 286K 11K 46 9 196K 54002.09 Afrika Ko 269 98% 242K 19K 2.3K 728 8.9K 27K 356 335K 1.2K 123 26 58K 47711.72 Himmel 264 97% 184K 4.4K 13K 512 8.0K 48K 261 94K 521 32 29 70K 44294.75 Brotherho 244 96% 205K 4.5K 5.3K 1.0K 6.9K 33K 512 132K 4.1K 78 14 48K 43141.83 Melinbour 140 97% 134K 2.1K 6.5K 753 9.4K 54K 367 177K 7.3K 99 2 387K 38467.10 TOG 277 89% 196K 6.2K 3.0K 484 11K 16K 563 122K 1.9K 103 8 57K 37817.00 Sparta 202 91% 166K 6.7K 3.0K 353 3.6K 24K 2.6K 62K 1.6K 64 6 254K 34560.51 Leche 376 74% 97K 3.1K 2.0K 222 2.4K 19K 98 78K 900 28 4 136K 28597.16 GardenPar 115 94% 102K 2.7K 5.0K 282 847 30K 753 48K 2.2K 52 27 32K 26198.40 Nobody 160 95% 137K 5.6K 1.6K 419 1.7K 6.7K 108 50K 1.2K 32 5 21K 25108.91 Banzai 166 88% 114K 1.4K 3.6K 368 6.7K 8.2K 540 136K 8.2K 39 7 95K 23725.38 Ilian 130 94% 109K 2.7K 4.4K 249 2.4K 7.3K 470 78K 2.4K 38 21 26K 21797.96 Ilara 126 99% 112K 601 149 24 196 7.3K 76 47K 2.8K 29 7 211K 21399.74 Mandolin 140 74% 81K 1.4K 1.5K 147 5.7K 9.4K 776 47K 5.1K 68 14 2.3K 17238.78 Chu-Lan 123 84% 97K 5.2K 1.4K 290 141 8.6K 22 124K 402 1 3 8.4K 16831.83 ~ 99 98% 63K 414 2.4K 139 1.7K 19K 665 103K 2.3K 22 4 9.8K 16040.66 Wirikidor 63 98% 48K 577 2.7K 122 1.1K 7.3K 703 20K 3.4K 20 16 154K 13322.06 Lersing 66 67% 25K 1.2K 342 36 198 0 1.2K 65K 4.8K 83 2 116K 12995.28 AUJ 109 96% 40K 1.5K 397 128 644 4.3K 158 51K 1.8K 2 6 145K 11904.69 Guzzer 49 100% 48K 685 3.7K 343 2.2K 5.8K 1.0K 9.7K 1.1K 44 10 17K 10104.83 Califa 63 98% 35K 957 2.2K 52 4.9K 1.8K 194 14K 55 14 6 131K 9016.40 &Kapadoky 58 98% 44K 906 235 46 42 3.6K 3 16K 455 0 1 37K 8408.67 Hackensac 90 87% 31K 1.6K 366 33 680 3.2K 2.0K 8.4K 477 1 8 5.4K 8312.75 Taliensis 27 100% 23K 242 1.7K 132 802 6.3K 118 22K 3.0K 21 2 17K 5305.73 Whirlwind 23 100% 23K 1.2K 739 117 238 1 448 5.6K 1.2K 6 12 36K 4448.32 Iraq 46 48% 8.5K 253 140 14 190 506 197 5.8K 683 0 4 6.1K 2420.10 metzada 47 55% 6.9K 332 65 22 10 292 131 4.4K 6 0 0 3.5K 2165.12 Pegasus 29 83% 4.0K 187 79 15 107 2.2K 199 601 15 0 4 -50K 1374.99 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Worldwide 5.0K 91% 3.6M 107K 90K 9.1K 141K 455K 17K 2.8M 79K 1.3K 280 2.8M
Blue coloring on countries in the report indicates the winners of the game.
# name tech research education happiness cap-location
0 Dorsai 74.64 5.66 8.29 0.56 -10,0
1 Leche 160.16 6.46 2.29 0.37 116,-2
2 Mirkwood 218.42 5.61 13.88 5.91 -41,-37
4 Chu-Lan 86.96 5.25 2.33 0.31 16,58
5 Kzin 60.98 5.69 0.00 0.00 69,47
6 Whirlwind 130.55 5.67 8.20 1.17 -89,-33
8 Rung 61.95 5.14 0.53 0.00 35,27
9 Bloop 63.50 5.76 0.00 0.00 -119,5
10 TOG 67.85 5.61 0.19 4.16 100,-54
11 Sparta 53.51 5.48 3.23 0.00 -34,60
14 Ilara 67.15 5.37 0.19 0.00 66,-46
15 Resvon 73.63 5.20 0.00 0.00 -123,39
16 Guzzer 67.19 5.42 0.23 0.00 -82,-52
18 Morinmoss 109.89 5.67 12.84 2.36 -52,-2
19 Afrika Korps 254.13 5.61 7.66 0.00 -49,17
20 Iraq 308.89 28.76 11.94 15.66 -35,-53
21 Himmel 68.85 5.52 5.52 15.83 -21,1
23 BlackCompany 71.31 5.14 0.00 0.00 125,45
24 ~ 76.45 5.32 2.52 0.00 -18,46
27 Melinbourne 65.35 5.47 0.08 0.00 -60,-40
28 Lost_Souls 59.93 5.55 0.00 0.00 125,-1
29 Taliensis 73.44 4.98 7.09 6.31 117,-25
30 metzada 81.39 5.74 0.86 0.17 -121,57
34 Califa 118.17 5.03 0.85 0.16 38,20
35 Ghostlands 186.46 5.26 9.87 5.09 125,-33
36 &Kapadokya 118.11 7.35 6.61 6.73 -76,40
37 GardenParty 167.63 21.33 14.90 6.22 34,-32
38 Banzai 277.91 5.46 7.41 5.13 60,-34
40 Mandolin 64.59 5.22 2.16 0.00 -5,29
42 Kelewan 68.93 4.89 0.00 0.00 6,-38
43 Ilian 149.46 5.28 12.66 6.20 67,63
44 Dhaulagiri 67.93 5.77 0.00 0.00 -37,59
45 Xanadu 70.53 5.74 0.00 0.00 -25,35
47 Wirikidor 138.12 5.41 3.52 0.18 -46,46
48 Hafturland 67.01 5.57 6.04 6.51 -93,19
50 Bedford 64.81 5.63 2.09 3.18 -118,-14
51 Brotherhood 223.88 29.11 11.59 9.98 0,-44
53 Ys 70.61 5.54 0.02 0.00 87,55
55 Urquas 77.35 5.32 2.11 0.00 -86,6
56 Hackensack 69.64 15.70 0.46 0.00 -111,29
58 Latveria 67.30 5.71 1.54 0.00 98,-40
59 Nobody 170.12 24.41 3.83 0.24 -81,59
61 Pegasus 66.76 5.66 0.05 0.00 -92,-22
63 AUJ 132.05 5.25 1.19 0.00 97,29
64 DreamLands 65.45 5.48 2.92 0.02 -102,12
65 Revelstone 71.56 5.32 0.02 1.50 71,-9
67 Epi 61.47 5.64 0.00 0.00 127,49
68 Lersing 390.21 5.72 12.12 4.39 82,42
69 Visitor 69.33 5.67 0.00 0.00 0,0
By player acclaim, the 'Most Annoying Announcer' award was given to
Wirikidor, who infuriated many people with his requests for commodity
purchases. Several bounties were offered to the person who could take him
out, but he survived to the end.
The 'Bigmouth' award goes to none other than Ghostlands, who awed the
world with his 93 announcements, passing Wirikidor in the last days of the
game in pursuit of this award. Ghostlands also gets credit for being the
largest surviving power to have no affiliation with any major power bloc,
achieving his standing through the skillful use of force and diplomacy.
And, as reported at the start of the game, the 'Golden Punchcard'
award goes to Bloop, who took one look at the country he shared an island
with (DreamLands) and punched out. As fate would have it, DreamLands himself
was later taken out of the game, primarily by Leche.
[Editor's note: It is rare that deities make the final map of the game
available for the whole world to see. While .gif and .mpeg forms of the
world are seen, a text version of the map is a rare sight.]
This is the map as seen by the deity after the end of the Classic
empire game. It's well over 80 characters wide, so it's going to be a
mess, but those who are really interested in it should be able to get it
into a displayable format with relatively little difficulty.
Enjoy!
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-50 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . f j + + e % m m . . . \ \ \ \ + + \ \ \ \ \ ^ \ \ \ \ . . . . . . . . . . . ^ p i . + + + + + + h + j + + + + + . . . . . . . . . . . . o . . . . . ^ w + = = = # + + + . + + . . . . . . = # = j k . . . . . . . . . . . -50
-49 . . . . . . f ) . . . . . . . . . . . . j i + j k h * f . . . \ \ \ ^ m \ \ \ \ + a \ \ \ a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + ^ + + m m m i + l r . . . . . . . . . . . o m a o . ) = # ^ + # = = = m m + m m + a . . . . . = = f . . . . . . . . . . . . . -49
-48 . . . . . . o . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . f i ) . . . . . . . \ \ j + + . \ \ h . a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . o + m l m m ^ g ^ b + . a . . . . . . . . . o + + m + . . . a + + + . . . + + m w ^ k + . . . . = = = . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -48
-47 . . g w o o . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . f . . . . . . \ \ f ^ a # k d l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + k * ^ * m t u a + + t m . . f . . . . . . . j + + h . . . a * + + ) . . + ^ k + j + a . . . = # # = . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -47
-46 o . + + + + . . . . . # . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . h + j m e + + + j . . * + m . . . . . . . . . . t + m . . . . + + m + c a . h h + + + + ) . . . . e + f . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -46
-45 m + m ^ g o . . . . ) b ^ ^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i k e b m k ^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ^ + + + + # . . . . . o + ^ l = . . . . . . . o m + m . . . . + ^ + + + + + + . + ^ + + a . . . . e + + * h m f p h . . . . . . . . -45
-44 m + g g + o . . . . f w ^ f = + . a f f + . . . . . . . . ^ m + m + k + + = . . . . h o . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . o c m . . . . . . . # + + + # h . . . . . . . o h g . . . . . + + m w + * + a . . a . . . . . . . . j + ^ + j m + . . . . . . . . -44
-43 + + + + o . f . . . + * + = . + . + w f f c . . . . . . . k + m + m + b m ^ = . . . \ \ \ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . e ) . . . . . . + = = . j k ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + + m + + + . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + + + + ^ + d . . . . . . . -43
-42 h o + o . . . . . . a e + . . + . + . f f a c . . . . . . . . + + k + + + + + = . o \ \ \ \ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . # . + . o . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a + ^ + ^ + . . . . . . . . . # = . . . + m m b m + k . . o . . . . -42
-41 . . a . . . . . . . . . . . . + + + + f + c c . . . . . . k ^ * + + m + ^ + = . . \ \ \ \ \ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + + + h . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + + + a # . . . . . . . . . # = ^ + % h f w j + i . . . . . . . -41
-40 . . . . . = = . . . . . . . . . . + + f + a a c . . . k . m m m m + c ^ + + = . . d \ \ \ \ % k k ) . . f . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + ^ + ^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a . . a . = . . . . . . . . . . = # = . . . . + . . . . . . . . -40
-39 . . . . = f = . . . . . . . . . . a + f + . . . . . + * j m + + + + ^ k m m . . . . \ \ \ * f m k . . . . . . . . . . . . . o f ) . . = m ^ + + . . . . . . . . . . . . . ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ) . . . . . . . . . . = = . . . . o a . . . . . . . . -39
-38 . . . . = ) = . = = = = . . . . . . . . . . . . . g + ^ + + + w + m + k = = = . . ) m f + ^ + + j i . . . . . . . . . . . . k * . . . + o ^ ^ f + j o . . . . . . . . . . k w . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -38
-37 . . . . = * + + f = ) = . . . . . . . . . . . . . h + + * d m m k * + f = . . . . \ \ \ + + m t f . . . . . . . . . . . . . l . . . . + m ^ ^ m + m f a . f . k ^ h d k l + a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -37
-36 # . . . . k ^ + i = = = . . . . . . . . . . . . ) k * + c ^ ^ k = = = % = . . . . . \ \ . w k . h . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \ . \ k j + ^ ^ m + + m + . ) * + + m . m + + j . . . . * w * . . . . . . . . . . . . ) l o w . . . ) . . . . . . . . = = . . ^ ^ -36
-35 m k . . = + w + m . . . . . . . f f f . . . f . d + + + + g + e . . = = . . . . . . . \ \ + . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \ \ \ \ + + + * f = f k + h . e + ^ m j m * + f i . . . . f m o d . . . . . . . . . . . j + + + . ) . . . . . . . . . = ) f h + l m -35
-34 ^ j + = = k + m . . . . . . . . . f f f f f f f . + e e e + + = = = . . . . . . . . \ \ \ m + . . . . . . . . . . . . . ) l \ \ \ \ \ + f + = = . . . ) = # + ^ ^ m + ^ m h . . . . . j m + c l ) . . . . . . . . . j o c . + . . . . . . . . . . . = f k + * ^ -34
-33 ^ w + m + + d ^ . . . . . . . . . f . * f f f f = = = = = + + + j . . . . . + . . . . \ p m + . . . . . . . . . . . . . . j \ \ \ \ m + . . . . . . . . . a + ^ m + + b m k p . . . . f + + t . . . . . . a . . . . o o . . + . . . . . . . . . . . = k + m c ^ -33
-32 m + + = j m k . . . . . . . . . . . e f ^ f f f + l . . = f = = = = . . . . . . . . f . j + l + f . . . . . . . . . . . . k m \ \ \ + + p i . . . . . . . h i j m c j + + m k . . . . . j i + + . . . . . ) . . . h o g m m + t . . . . . . . . . . = j + + b m -32
-31 + m f = h . . . . . . . . . . . . . f f f f f f j . . . = = . . . . . . . . . . . . . k w m ^ + i = . . . . . . . . . . ^ c j + + m f ^ m d j f . . . . . . * ^ + + + + l . . . . . . . . . o + . . . . . . . . . o . + o ^ a . . . . . . . . . . . = = i + + t -31
-30 + = = = . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . f f f + + t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . o t + m j + = e . . . . . . . j m m ^ * + ^ + ^ ^ m + + j . . . . . . . . t ^ m + j g d . . . . . . . . a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ) . ) . . . . . . . ^ m + m + -30
-29 + j = . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . f f i * o ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . o c o = = = f + e . . . . . k . + + + + + . m + m ^ + ^ + j . . . . . . . . ) j + ^ m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ) * + t + -29
-28 j j = . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . f f a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . = = . . . = = . . . k = + + + m . . . . t l + + + f m * k . . . . . . . . h a i . . . . . . . ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p k . * ^ + j l -28
-27 = f = . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . f . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * f = m e + . . . . . . . . j + m k ^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . j i . . . . . . . . . . = l j . + b + = = = -27
-26 . = = . . . . ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \ \ j t + + . % . = . . . . . . . . + f l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . n = . . . . . f + + k . . . . . . . . = # w + + m + = . . -26
-25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ) + a o . . . h l j ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \ \ \ \ + + ^ h . . . = = . . . . . . = . ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * # . j + w = . . . . . m d + ^ j = ) . . . . . = + b m c + ^ . . . -25
-24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a + w + . . a e + + + . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ) . . . . . \ \ \ \ \ m f l . . . . k = . . . . . = . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i j u \ \ \ k = . . . f m b ^ + c + ^ . . . . . . i e ^ ^ ^ + l . . -24
-23 = = = . . . . . . . . . . . . . m + k b + g + + + m m + f . . . . . . . . . . . . f ^ ^ . . . f . \ \ \ m m k . . . . . f + k f * f + . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . w n g m \ \ \ \ i = . . . + + + + * + d . . . . . . . . . k + + + # . = -23
-22 d + h = = = . . = = . . . . . . l + m p + g m j + + + m + + . . . . . . . . . . . * m m m j k * + \ \ \ m p . . . . . . ) b + + + ^ + . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . # . \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ . . . . h w m . + # j . . . . . . . . . . ) h . w f e -22
-21 m j ^ e c = = = j p ) . # . = + + + m + + w m + ^ m + + b + e h . . . . . . . o = = + + + + + = . . o . . . . . . . . . % ^ + ^ + + . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . n + . . . . . . . l . \ \ \ \ \ \ \ . . . . . . . . . = . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . = = + -21
-20 + ^ ^ * e = = b j + k ^ + . . . + h + e j j g + ^ m m + d m + a . . . . . . . . . h f * m j . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . f m + . f + h . . . . . . . . . . . . . n \ \ \ n . + = = + + \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ h . . . . . . . . . t * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . k -20
-19 + + ^ + i = = + + m * + . . . ) . j . . . . h + + m m ^ * + ) . . . . . . i . . . ) ^ l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . m + j . . f . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \ \ \ w + ^ # = . f \ \ \ \ ^ n f . . . . . . . . . . . ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . l -19
-18 + = i e = . d + ^ ^ ^ + = . . . . . . . . . k j l + m + + + h . . . . . a + + . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . f * * . . . ) . . . ) n . ^ . w n . . \ \ \ \ . . . = = . . . \ \ . . # . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . = -18
-17 ) = = = . = + + m m + f = . . . . . . . . . . . t g g ^ + f . . + + i j * m + h . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ) . f . . . . . . . w ^ \ \ \ + + = # \ \ \ \ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + o . . . . . . . . . . . e k -17
-16 . . . . . = p w + + m = = . . . . . . . . . . . + p + + k ) . . j ^ + + + + + . . . . . . . a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . # m \ \ \ \ j . . . \ \ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . o m d e l . . e . . . . . . . . -16
-15 . . . . = = k + ^ h ) = . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + o . . . . . + m m m j + . . . . j + + + h . j . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \ \ \ \ \ # . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + m j e . e e e j . . . . . . . -15
-14 . . . . = ) k k + = = = . . . . . . . . . . . . . ) + . . . . . . j + ^ ^ ^ ^ + = = + + + m m + + + + . . . . . . . . . . . i k . . . . . . . . . n \ \ \ \ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . = = = = . # * + + e e e e m w + . . . . . . -14
-13 . . . . = = . = = . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * . . . . . . . . + m m + + ^ . . . p + w m m j m + . . . . . . . . j d + + + ^ l . . . . . . i \ \ \ \ k . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . = = = = a + + + . + ^ + m + m + m ^ + . . . . . . . -13
-12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . j m k m + m j . . . l + * m ^ ^ ^ + . . . . . . . . + m b \ \ \ + a . . . . n ^ \ \ \ \ p l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . = = = = = . = o = j a + + = + + + m + + k m + k + . . . . . . . -12
-11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i + + + + + k . . . . i + + m ^ m + . . . . . . . k . + m \ \ \ \ k . . . . . w \ \ \ \ \ . # = . . . . . . . . . . = = = . . = * f = ) = = # = = + + g * + ^ + m . . . . e ^ . . . . . . . . . -11
-10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . f . . i . . . . . . . . . k + m + d m + j . . . k . . . + + + \ \ \ \ \ . . . . . . . \ \ \ \ . = . . . . . . . . . . . = ) f = . = m + k * = = = = # + g b w + + + j . . . . e . . . . . . . . . . -10
-9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . h . . . . . f . . . . . . . . . . p + ^ m + + + p . . . i + m ^ + i m * \ \ \ \ ) . . . . . . . \ \ \ i n = . . . . . . . . . . . = * + = = j + ^ ^ c f = . = = e a = j + + j + . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -9
-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ) m + . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a + ^ ^ m b + % f . j . \ \ \ + m + + + \ \ \ o . . . . . . . . ) n . = = . . . . o . . . . . . . = = = k j + ^ ^ ^ e = = . . = = = = = ) + m = . . . . . . . . . . a + . . -8
-7 . . . + . + . . . . . . . + + h + + . . . . . . o + m m * . . . . . . . . . . . . . p + ^ j ^ + + + + + m \ \ \ \ + + m h + # # . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + + . . . . . . . . = i + + m ^ m * f = . . . . . . = = = f = . . . . . . . . . . + . . . -7
-6 . + + + + + ^ . . . . . . ^ + + + ^ + * . . . . . a + + + h . h . . . . . . . . . . . . l j + + * b k m + \ \ \ \ \ i + f . . = . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + g o . . . . . . . = * k b + + b k k * = = . . . . . . . = = . . . . . . . + + + + + . . -6
-5 . . + + ^ + + + + . . . . + ^ + + + ^ + . . . . . + ^ . # . . + h . . . . . . . . . . . . k j + c ^ ^ d i . \ \ \ k + f . . . . = . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * + + a . . . . . = k + + + k + m m ^ e f = . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + ^ + + + + + + . -5
-4 . + ^ + + + + + + . + + + + + + + + + + + . . . o + o . . . - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . k \ \ \ m j + \ \ \ + + . . . . = + # = . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . g + + . . . . . . = + k m m m + m m k # ) = . . . . . . . . . . . . . + + + + + . + . + -4
-3 . . + + + + + + . + . + + + + + + + + + . . . . o + o . . . . . . . . . . ) o . . . . . . . j \ \ \ \ m ^ + ^ . k k + a . . = j + j t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + . + + . . . = = j + m m i + + m m j = = . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + + + + + + + + . -3
-2 . . . . . h + + . . . + + * + ^ c a + . . . . . a + . . . . . . . . . . . i c + h . . . . . d \ \ \ \ \ * + j . . . . . . . . = m + w * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + + + . . . = o m + ^ + + + w + j = = . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + + c ^ j m . . -2
-1 . . . . . . . + . . + + ^ + + + + + + . . . . . . + a ) . . . . . . . . . m + ^ o a j ) . . . \ \ \ \ ^ + i . . . . . . . . . . + + + + h . . . . . . . ) . . . . . . . . . + + + . . = = + m m j j % = k = f = = = . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + + + + k h h # -1
0 . . + # . . . . = # + + . + + + . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . m + + + + . . . . h \ \ \ + + . . . . . . . . . . g + + + + m . . . . . . . o . . . . . . . . . . . + . . . = * = d e f = = = = = = + f = = = = = . . . . . . . . . . + + + + . . . 0
1 . + + = # + . . = . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + d k o . . . . . . . a . o c . . . . . . . . + + ^ + + ) ^ . . . . . . e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . = = = = = = . . . . = p + * = f f ) = . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
2 # . + . + * + . # + + . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ) + . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + + + ^ + . . . . . . . + . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . = w + + = f = = = . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
3 . . . . + + h \ \ \ + w . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + h . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + + m * . . . . . . . . o + + . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . = = + c + f f = . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
4 \ \ . . ^ m + \ \ \ \ k . . . . . . . . . . . . . ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . a . . . . . . . . . . ) f e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . o f l + . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . = ! f = = f = = . . . . . . . + ) . . . . . . . . \ 4
5 \ . . + + + \ \ \ \ \ j . . . . . . . . . . . c c . . . . . . . . f . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p + a f . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . j m m p o . . j o . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . = = = * = = . . . . . . . . m ^ e # = h j o . # . . 5
6 . \ . + m m + \ \ \ \ k j . i + . . . c c a + c c c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . o t + b . # . f . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . m + + * . + + m k * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . = f ) = = . . . . . . . ) w + + + + = + + + + + . \ 6
7 . \ . m o + m \ \ \ + + + + f + . . c c c g c c c k . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + + w + + m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * w . . . . . . + i f + . . d ^ m + . . . . . t . * * . . . . . . = = = . . . . . . . . . . + ^ e m + . . + m ^ + . \ 7
8 . . . . . . j ) * i ^ + m ^ + m ) . c ^ c c c m c c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . h . . . . . . . + + c m + ^ + f . . . . . . . . . . . . . + e + + . . . . + l . j o o + m m + o f . . . . * * t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + + . + + . + + m + ^ ^ + + 8
9 . . h . . . . . . . + m ^ + + + . . . c c c ^ m c c . . . . . . . . . . . * . . + k . . . . . ) a l h + m m n o . . . . . . . . . . . . + * + n . . . . # * . . . . . + + + j a o ) . . a w ^ + # . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . = * + . . . . . m + + + + + + * 9
10 . . . . . . . . . . * + + ^ ^ + + + . . c c c . c . . . . . . . . . . . h + + ) ^ + . . . . . . . . . k + j ^ e f . . . . . . . . . . + * * + + + . . o . . . . . . . o + u u w + o . . . o u w . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . # = + . . . . f m + m + ^ p . . 10
11 . . . . . . . . . . . ^ + + + ^ + + . # . . . . ) . . . . . . . . . . . % + m m + + . . . . . . . . . n + + + + ^ . . . . . . . . . . + + ^ + + ^ . . o . . . . . . . o ^ + + + u o o . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . j + . . . . . . m + j m + j . . . 11
12 . . . . . . . . . . . c + a + + c a . . = . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . m + m + m ) . . . . . . . . f + c * n o + ) . . . . . . . . + + + + . . . . . . . . . . . . . ^ * a u + u + o . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ) j k p + . . . . . . + w l t m + % . . 12
13 . . . . . . . . . + c ^ + a + + + + . # . . . . . . . . . . . . ) . . . . . + + j . . . . . . . . . . l + k i d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . j . f . + + o . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + + e e + a . . . . + . . . + + . . . . 13
14 . . . . . . . . . ) o + . c * ) . . . = . . . . . . . . . . k = = . . . t t + + i . . . . . . . . . . j + + m h . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . o + + + j . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . m m + + + m m . . . + . . . = # = . . . 14
15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ) c + c c ) . . . . . . . . . o . . . t + + m + + d . . . . . . . . . . o n f . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . o u u + u u . . . . . . . . . . . = ! % ^ m + t + + k . . . ) . . . = = . . . . 15
16 . . . . . . + . h + + . . . # a g f + * + c . . . . . ) + j m + . . . j + b m + ^ + + . . . . . . . . . ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . u ^ u + + u . . . . . ) . . . . ! . p + w + j \ \ \ k . . . . . . . + . . . . 16
17 . . . + . . . . + + . . . . . + a + b % c ^ o . . . . j + j + + + + = = j j + c b ^ + . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . o o . ) . . . . - . . . . . . . . + l i % ^ . . . o h + u u b . . . . . o . . . . . . + e m t \ \ \ \ j . . . . . m + + j . . . 17
18 . . . a + + + + + . . . . . . + + f + r u + + . . . . k m + + + . . . . . j + l w m . * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . o w o ^ . . . . . . . . . . . a + k j + + + . . . . . o m o . . . . . . o f . # . . . . \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ . . . + . ^ ^ m # . . . 18
19 . . . w + + . . . . . . . . ) + c c c c + ) . . . . . + + m e l . . . . k + m + + e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . o . o g + + + . o . . . . . . . + + + + m + h . . . . . . . . f . . . . + . f . . . a \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ . h . . . . + + + k . . . 19
20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . i + + p p l c c + . . . . . + h * . . . . . . j + m + m e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + g g g . o . . . . . . ) m + c * e d f . . . . . . . f . . . . . w + . . . ) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ j . . . . . d k * ) . . . 20
21 . . . . . c a . f t h ) . + + g * + m k . . . . . . = . . . . . . . . . k + + + m . . . . . . . . . . ) . . . . . . w . . . . . . . . . + g g + w g . . . . . . . g + m k . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . % * f . . . a \ \ \ \ d k t m ) . . . . . . i . . f . c 21
22 . . . w + + + + f w l h . . + + + + + + . . . . . . = . . . . . . . . e + + + k + + . . . . . . . . = = . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + w g + . . . . . . . . . o j . . . ) . . . . . . . . . . . . ^ + f . . . . p \ \ \ + * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
23 . . . + * f f w + + + ^ . ) f e + + ^ . . . . l + + . . . . . . . . . . . m + * . = . . . . . + + + + = . . . . . . ) . . . . . . . . . . h o + o o . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . o . . . . . . o + f + a . . . . l i . + . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
24 . . . j + ^ ^ ^ m ^ ^ + ^ . h . . . . . . . ) + + + + + . . . . . . . . . k + . . . + = + = + + + + + = . . . . . . . e * . k . . . . . . . . . + . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * + o u . . . . h . o . . . . . . . . . . f . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
25 . . . . f f + f g + + . . . . . . . . . . . + + ^ + + + + . . . . . . . . . h . . . . . . . + + w + + . . . . . . a j g b b + h . . . . . . . . . . f . . . . . . ^ + n . . . . . + + + + + . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * . 25
26 . . . f c + g ^ f m + . . . . . . . . . . . + + + + + + + . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ) + + + + + ) . . * . . . m + + + + . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . f . + + n n t * . . + ^ o ^ + o o . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + + + . . . . . . . . . . ) ^ + a 26
27 . . a + + w f ^ ^ b + . . . . . . . . . . + + + + + m m ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + + m . . . . . . . . + m t m + l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . w + g b + l . * + + + . . + o . . . o h f . . = . . . . . f . . + + + . . . . . . . . . . . j + w 27
28 g . ^ + o + + m ^ ^ + j . . . . . . . . . ) + ) m + m p j . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . = . . . . . . . . . . a g ^ ^ m g . ) . . . . . . . . . . . . t p + c + + . . + + + o . . . . . . . ) f m + + + # = = # + + + + f ^ + w . . . . . . . . . . + ^ + 28
29 ^ . h . . k + + c f * ) . . . . . . . . . . ) k ^ m ^ m f ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . = . . . . . . . . . . . . + w c + j d . . . . . . . . . . . . . + u + + n h + = . + + . . . . . . . . f + + * ^ . . . . h + + + + + + + + ) . . . . . . . . . + + * 29
30 + . . . . . m f + f h . . . . . . . . . . . . o + + + + j . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + . . . . . . . . . . . . + m ^ g i . . o o . . . . . . . . . . . ^ . . n . = . . . . . . . . . . . . f m + c k . . . . . . f + + + + + + . . . . . . . . . . + + + 30
31 h . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . o ^ * + # . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + + . + . . ^ . . . . . . k ) h . . . . g g b r . . . . . . . . . . . . . = . . . . . . . . . . . . . . j f f . . . . . . . . + + + f . . . f . . . . . . . * . . . 31
32 . . . . . ) . . j a . a j a . . . . . . . . . . . . . ) = = . . f . . . . . h h h . . . . . . + + + + m ^ m + ) . . . . . . . . . . . m + w j . . . . . . . . . . . . . + . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ) . . . . . . . + + f . . . . f . . . . . . . . o . . 32
33 . . . . . k k + + + + + + ^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . f . . . . . . . + + h . . . . . . . + + + ^ ^ ^ + . . . . . . . . . . . . m g ^ % . . . . . . . . . . . . + + h + + + + . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + + * . f f f f f f . . . . . e . . . 33
34 . . a a a . + + * m m + b m m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p . . . . . . . * + w . . . . . . . ) + + ^ ^ ^ + ^ . . . . . . . . . . . . * + + m . . . . . . . . . . . j + + + + . + = ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + + . . . . f f + f . . . . . . . . . 34
35 . . + + + m b + m c + m m w + ^ ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + + h . . . . . . . . + + + + + + m . . . . . . . . . . . . + . o . . . . . . . = = . j ^ + * + m + # . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . f + ^ f . . . . . . . . . 35
36 . ^ + j m + k ^ + + + m + m + * + . . . . . . . . . . . . . f . . . . . f + + + + . h o . . . . . ^ + + + + + . . . . . . ) . . . . . . ) . . . . . . . . . = + + + + + + + + + . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . f + m . . . . . . . j . 36
37 ^ * ^ k + m * k m + + + + + m m j e . . . . . . % j o k h . + . . . . . + h * h h . . . . . . . . * + + . . + ) . . . . a f . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . = = . + + ^ ^ + + + . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . f . + f j . . . . . . ) + m 37
38 ^ ^ ^ ^ k + + + + + j * b m + + m + e . . . . . d b + + ^ o t + . . . . h . . . . . . . . . . . . . + + . . . . . . . . . + . . . . . . . . . . . . . k k . . . . + + c b ^ w + = . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . l m f k . . . . . . ^ + ^ 38
39 ^ ^ c + + . . . k + k m m m b + + ^ a . . . . . l m m + * k ^ + . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + . . . . . . . . + # . . . . . . . . . . . . . + + + + # ^ + + + + + + + = = . . h . . . . . . . . . . . . * . . . . . . . . . f m + f . . . . . . + m ^ 39
40 m ^ + + k + . * . k + ^ + ^ k + k k + . . . . . . j c j f m * + . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ) . . . . . . . + + + . . . . . . . . . . . . + + + + m + * + = + + + + . . . + + j + + . . . . ) . . + . # = . . . . . . . . . . f h f . . . . . . j + m 40
41 m g m m k + + . . . + + + k . k . ) . . . . . . . ) h e + + + + ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . f e + + + + # . . . . . . . . . * + + + % c ^ + + + = . . . . . . = = + * m + . . . . + k + k + * w . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . j + + 41
42 m m * m + + ^ . . . + k k j . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i f f . f . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . h . o = f g m + m . . . . . . . . . . j + m * m ^ + + = = . . . . . . f ) j + c + . . . . . + + + + m c t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . e a m m + 42
43 + + + + m + b . j + . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . f . = # = # ^ c m m + + # . . . . . . . . . + + + + ^ + + . . . . . . . . . . + + ^ m + + . . . k + m c b * t l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . e + + + + + 43
44 m m m j j k + . . ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ) ^ t d i * k . . . . . . . . . m f t + = = + ^ ^ + + + . + . . . . . . . . . . + + + + + . . . . . . . . . a + m w m m + k . . . + m m m + h ) . . . . . . . ^ k h o . . . . a + * + + + 44
45 + ^ * c b k + m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * + + + w + m h . . . . . . . . j + * + i f d + ^ + w t + + o . . . . . . . . . . . a a f . . . . . . . . . . . + + c ^ b + ^ j k + + + + + k . . . . . . . . a + f + f t . . . . j k + m + 45
46 m + + + + + + + . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ^ g k + + + c = . . . . . . . . k + + o c m + + + ^ c * + . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . j m + + + + + + + + + j . ) ^ . . . . . . . a + + + f f + f . . . ) + + + b 46
47 b ^ m + m ^ m + . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . j b b + + j # . . . . . . . . . . l + + + + ^ + + + g + + . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . h - . . . . . . . ) j + * i + i i c + * . . . . . . . . . . . + + f f f c f a . . . j k a + + 47
48 . . . m + k * + . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i + + ^ + l . . . . . . . . . . h + ^ * f w . . f m + + . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * + m m + + + a a . . . . . . . . . . . . + + f + f + f + . . . . . . j m 48
49 . . . + + ^ j + + k . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * . . . . . . . a . a . j + ^ + k . . . . . . . . . . . . f . . . . . . o + o . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a i . . . . . . . . . ^ k ) * a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + + f + o m g f . . . . . . . ) 49
50 . . . w e + c + j k . . . . . . . . . . . . a j + . . . . . . . ) + ^ . . p m i # . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . h . * * . . . ) l i . . + f * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + + + m . f . . . ) . . . . . . . 50
51 . . . . e + + * ^ ^ a . . . . . . . . . l + + + * . . f . a + + g + a . . . . . = . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . o o . . + o . . . . . . * ^ * * * . . . k h a . + f j + * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a . + . + . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
52 . . . . . . . + + + + . . . . . . . . . ^ + m m j . . . . . . ^ g + . . . . . . . ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . m + ^ # . g . . . . . . * ^ * * * # . f * + + w j + + d ^ f . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . f . + ^ + + + + + + . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
53 . . . . . . . . . + ^ a . . . . f = # g g + ^ ^ ) . . . . + + g c + a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . m g m ^ . h . . . . . . + + + + * * . . . k + + + ^ + m m f * . . . . . o . . . . . . . . . . a + + + + + + + . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
54 . \ . . . f . . . a + + + . . . . . o f g + + g . . . . a + ^ * + + + . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . k + + j . . . . . . . . w ^ ^ * + * . . - . i + ^ d d + f ^ + + . . . . . . . . . . . . . . f ^ + + ^ ^ + + + . . . . . . . . . . . t f . . 54
55 \ \ \ \ \ ^ f . . m + * k . . . . . . o p m + . . . . . . + ^ + + + + . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . h + m a . . . . . . . . . * i h w j * * . . . p + m ^ c a f f k + * . a . . . . . . . . . . . . + + + + ^ ^ + a . . . . . . . . . . w f f f f 55
56 \ \ \ \ \ f f . . . . a ) . . . . . . f * e + . . . . . . . ) . . a + + ) . . . . . . ) ^ h . . . . . . . . . . . . o . . . . . . . . . . . . . . c * * * * . . . + m ^ m ^ ^ ) . f + j . . . l t . . . . . . . . + + ^ ^ ^ ^ + . . . . . . . . . . f e + e k \ 56
57 \ \ \ \ b f ^ f . . . . . . . . ) . w + + + . . . . . . . . . . . . + + + + a . . a + + + + + + a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . # . . . . + + + + + + a . . . + + . . . + t . . . . . . . . ^ + + + ^ + . . . . . . . . . . ) a * e j \ \ 57
58 \ \ \ \ \ b * f f . . . . . . . f e . + ^ ^ i f . . . . . . . . . . + g b + + . . . a + m d j + + + . . . . . . . . . . . . h o . . . . . . . . c = . . . . . * + d c c j f . . . . b . + * * + + . . . . . . . . a m ^ + + + . . . . . . . . . . . . j ^ d \ \ 58
59 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ f . . . . . . . . + + + l o f c . . . . o . . . . + g ^ m + l e a . k + b a + * m m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . j + a . . . . . # * + . . . d + w ^ k . . f . . . . a + + + . + j a . . . . . . . . a . + a . . . . . . . . . . . ^ w t f \ \ 59
60 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ h . . . . . . f e + . + . . . . . . f = . . . e + * ^ ^ m + j + . i + m k + c k ^ ) . . . . . . . . . . . . # + f w * . . . . . ) f . + + + + + + + e . . . . . . . . * * + w ^ + + . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . f . . . . f + b ) m \ 60
61 m \ \ . . \ \ \ \ + ) a . . . . k + d + m % . . . . h ) # i f . ) + g ^ ^ e + j + + + + g + + + m d h . . . . . . a . . . . . k m ^ + h o . . . . . a + k + . % c k + l a . . . . . . . ^ + + * * + . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . o . . h a . + j i 61
62 f f . . . \ \ \ \ g * f . . . . . + r m + + = = = = # b g f m f + + * ^ ^ m m + + m a ^ + + a k + + a a . . . a . + a . . . . . + . . % . . . . . . . h f k . . f i m + + . . . . . . . k + m + h ^ # = . . . . . . k . . . . . . . . . . . o * h a . . . . . + 62
63 . . . . f \ \ \ g f + . . . . . j + b + m # = # = = + j * + f + f m + + + + + e j ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . + + a + ) a . . . o . . . . . . . . . . ^ . . . . i . + w + + ) . . . . . . j p . . c ^ = # * l i m j + a . . . . . . . . . . j + + e . . . . . . 63
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[Editor's note: Only limited announcements have been recovered.]
> Announcement from Kzin, (#5) dated Fri Aug 2 01:13:16 1991
O my. It was not over yet
sects eff civ mil shell gun pet iron dust food oil pln ship money
Finland 180 98% 173K 3.0K 3.0K 280 4.0K 28K 800 95K 2.6K 70 10 50K
Finland 125 62% 72K 1.6K 1.2K 50 2.2K 5.5K 350 40K 1.1K 40 8 25K
Finland 70 37% 23K 1.1K 775 40 2.1K 2.3K 300 18K 1.0K 20 7 25K
> Announcement from Nobody, (#59) dated Fri Aug 2 01:16:20 1991
Oh my 150K civ dead, all because I sold Revson a submarine
off Finland coast. Tell me it isn't so. How will
I live with my self.
Can I take some of his sectors? To feed the civs of coarse.
> Announcement from Dorsai, (#0) dated Fri Aug 2 01:18:47 1991
That's all she wrote, methinks.
> Announcement from Nobody, (#59) dated Fri Aug 2 01:20:10 1991
Oh my, all I see on radar is ////
with a few Isolated ?. Finland is really toast.
> Announcement from Dorsai, (#0) dated Fri Aug 2 01:23:23 1991
Wow.
Finland has exactly two productive sectors.
Ouch. :-)
The following is a description of the two-day war between Ilara and a few
other nations in the Empire Classic game, notably the TOG (Terran Overlord
Government). This war was not atypical for Empire, save in being shorter than
most and not ending in the absorption of one of the parties. The tactics of
the invaders are commonly used.
This post is intended to give the readers of this group a look into the
game, in somewhat more detail than is usual for game reports. This is a long
post, so if you aren't interested, hit <n> now.
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At 1:45 on Saturday afternoon, Ilaran time, a recon jet with TOG markings
made a high-altitude pass over much of the Ilaran heartland. The Air Guard was
automatically placed on alert. Minutes later, before any reaction could be
made, four jet fighter/bombers entered Ilara's airspace. The order was given
to scramble for intercept.
The first sortie was turned back, but not without cost. When the next one
came, the pilots of the battered Ilaran jet fighters were forced to break off.
What followed was an improbable scene, as five wood-and-cloth biplanes rose to
meet the jets - a brave but futile effort, as the bombers destroyed the runways
of the airfield. In their wake came the transports, to seize what remained of
the base.
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The princess Daydreamer is taking afternoon tea in her room when she hears
the screams. Quickly she rises and goes to the door, opening it on chaos: the
hallway of the Castle is filled with people rushing to and fro, many carrying
bundles and boxes.
She stops one, a corporal of the Ilaran Guard. "What's happening, what is
wrong?"
"TOG, Highness," he replies breathlessly. "Their planes rule our skies,
and their paratroops are swarming over the eastern province. There seems to be
no stopping them; they are many and we are few. We've been ordered to begin
evacuating the Castle."
"TOG?" The princess leans back against the doorway, stunned. "But...
why? Why would they invade?"
"I don't know, Highness. I have to go, but I'll get some people up here
to help you." The young corporal salutes and is gone.
The princess turns and walks back into her room, leaving the door open.
The tea service rests forgotten on the table as she looks out a window to the
east, imagining she can hear the TOG jets... but there is only the wind.
She asks the wind, "Why?"
--------------------
Over the next hour, an estimated two thousand troops were airlifted into
Ilara. Photographs from the first recon flight told them what they were
looking for - warehouses, industry, mines, farms. The mighty bridges of Ilara
crumbled as troops captured bridgeheads and mined the supports with satchel
charges.
As the assault continued, the leaders of TOG noted with contempt how
little resistance they were meeting. The Ilaran Guards were few in number, a
token force stationed in only a few places. Most of the countryside was un-
defended. Any sensible nation, by contrast, garrisoned every town and village
with soldiers ready to defend against any threat, even in peacetime. Such was
the way of the world. Surely, the generals and senators thought, the Ilarans
must be weak, or fools, or both ... and such countries were merely fodder for
those in a position to conquer them.
But in a few scattered locations, there was resistance. For a while.
--------------------
Somewhere in eastern Ilara, nervous but determined young men and women
crouch behind improvised barriers of sandbags. They are the cadets of the
Sun Tzu Academy, and today they have graduated a bit early. Some of them have
never carried live ammo or sharpened swords before. Now they fight along with
their former instructors to defend the Realm.
Ten minutes ago they fought off a company of TOG soldiers in a short
skirmish. The main attack will come soon. They wait in silence.
The cadets never see the face of their killer. He sits in the belly of a
jet f/b, watching a screen on which numbers and lines flash. The landscape
below passes by on the screen. Voices from far away speak softly in his ears.
The lines come together, and his thumb squeezes a button on his control stick.
The man, in turn, does not see the bombs land. He does not see the
bloody scraps of flesh and chunks of concrete blown into the air, or hear the
screams of the dying. His plane is turning for home before the TOG soldiers
arrive to mop up the few surivors.
Pushbutton war. Quick and clean. For the winners, at least.
--------------------
By 3:30, TOG had taken nearly all of the eastern third of Ilara and
dropped onto several important targets in the heartland. The armies dug in,
regrouped, and made plans for the next phase of the assault. In the meantime
they took steps to cripple Ilara's industrial base - burning buildings, sell-
ing the contents of warehouses, and so on.
It was at this point that the Brotherhood, which had already demonstrated
its policy of expansion by conquering and enslaving the Mexicans, acted to
claim a piece of the rich pie that was Ilara. Their paratroopers dropped on
the northwestern peninsula; their gains included a radar station, and they
gloated over the information that provided them. Brotherhood bombers also
decimated the only Ilaran fort, once intended to defend the now-collapsed
bridges.
And the soldiers of TOG gathered outside the capital city, and waited.
--------------------
"We must go, Highness." The Guard captain's voice echoes in the great
dining hall, hastily converted into a command post. He feels it too, hanging
over the almost-empty room: the weight of a broken dream.
The princess nods absently, still peering at the map of Ilara spread out
on the table. Pins in the map confirm the captain's statement - the advancing
armies will be here soon. The red pins far outnumber the blue.
"I still don't understand," she says, half to herself. "How could every-
thing change so fast? Ilara is a peaceful nation, no threat to them. We
asked only that they respect our claim to these waters, and never forced the
issue... Why? Why are we being invaded? Why has TOG come to kill and enslave
us, to take our land away?"
The captain knows the answer, as he suspects the princess does. Because
we were here, and because they could. He remains silent.
"Yesterday..." The princess clutches at a memory, almost lost in the last
frantic hours. "Yesterday I met with my advisors and the Admiral to plan a
voyage to Mirkwood, a court visit. I was going to meet the Elven King, present
him with gifts... greet him in friendship, in the name of Ilara..." Her
giggles become sobs, and for the first time today the princess Daydreamer
allows herself to weep for her Realm.
The captain moves to stand beside her. After a moment's hesitation, he
places a hand on her shoulder. "My lady, I am sorry. But there is no more
time. Come, the horses are waiting."
The princess nods and stands, sniffling. "I know. We must flee, leave
the Castle to the invaders. But perhaps... perhaps, if there is any mercy in
this troubled world, I will still go to Mirkwood someday."
--------------------
As afternoon faded into evening, TOG attempted to consolidate its power
and for the first time began to encounter difficulties. The vast majority of
Ilara's treasury had simply vanished, along with the Princess and most of her
ministers. Although the capital had been overrun, a temporary government had
been set up in the southwest. Worst of all, conquered lands in the East were
in widespread revolt, and the soldiers there were deserting to the Ilaran
cause!
Meanwhile, nearby Ilian took the opportunity to snatch a few scraps for
itself. Their soldiers captured land in the northwest and began building a
harbor for a fleet to land. Ilian also captured the vaults and caverns of
the gnomes of Ilara, and thus renegotiated the terms of the loan made to their
nation some days ago.
Standing in the ruins of the capital, Caesar M. declared the TOG's policy
towards captured civilians: they were to be rounded up and sold as slaves on
the open market. As there were too many Ilarans to process easily, most would
simply be allowed to starve with the collapse of their food network. "Let
them eat iron."
--------------------
The Processing Center resembles a cross between a tent city of amazing
size and a cattle stockyard. Scared people of all ages are herded along
fenced-off aisles, a great mass of tired and hungry humanity. TOG guards help
the slow along with shouts and blows from their rifle butts. A man falls, and
is trampled under before those near him even notice that he is gone.
Night is coming, and the few blankets in the camp offer little protection
against the cold. There is little water, and no food. In a few days there
will be sickness here. The squalling of babies almost drowns out the quiet
murmurs of the people, the sobbing of a little girl as she searches for the
mother she was separated from. The faces that watch the patrolling soldiers
are bleak, empty.
This was once one of Ilara's shipping centers, distributing goods to the
people of this province. Now it handles cargo of a different sort. Inside
a cavernous warehouse, people shuffle across a concrete floor. The unfit have
been weeded out by this point, sent away. Clerks tally numbers on their clip-
boards as the line goes by. The end of an iron rod glows with dull red heat;
there are screams and the sick-sweet smell of burnt flesh.
The new slaves are loaded into cage-like crates, boxcars without wheels.
Soon they will be flown back to TOG and sold. They are a weak people. They
do not deserve their land, or their freedom.
--------------------
While Ilaran militia units began to fight back against the invasion, TOG
continued low-level action throughout the night. Many spies were captured and
put to death by the partisans. Sometime after midnight Brotherhood and Ilian
finally made a formal declaration of war, and conducted a series of bombing
raids to soften up the northwest. These night missions ended at about 3 am
Sunday morning.
After dawn, TOG mounted a new offensive that was hampered by continuing
desertions among the Ilarans who had been impressed into their military. A
second recon flight was made at 8:25, to survey the new situation. In the
south, Ilarans had built up a line of trenches and embankments during the
night and dug in, while the east was in open revolt. By 10, the TOG had been
pushed back to the coastal range.
Ilian continued sporadic bombing and raids in the northwest, as the
Brotherhood found itself overextended. At 12:45 the last Ilaran bridge fell.
But the tide was already turning in Ilara's favor.
--------------------
A man sits on the edge of a crumbled bridge, looking out over the sea to
the northwest. He dangles his legs over the abrupt end of the wide roadway,
which extends out to sea from the small island like a strange dock. Indeed,
a small rowboat is tied to one of the supports below.
He is one of the men who watch the glowing screens of the radar station,
the main reason that this island is inhabited. Yesterday he watched the
streaks of TOG bombers and transports. Like the others, he ran out to watch
the bridge collapse into the clear blue waters, sabotaged from the other end.
He feels helpless. The screens tell him so little of what is going on
back on the mainland. Sometimes fragmentary messages come through on the
radio. There is nothing they can do to help... only wait, to see if they too
will be invaded. Even if they are ignored by the enemy, they will have to
turn off the radar soon and take up farming to feed themselves, now that the
food shipments have stopped.
In a few days, this tiny island may be all that remains of Ilara.
--------------------
As the militia irregulars and remaining Guard units moved east into areas
that had been held by TOG, they found scenes of chaos and destruction. Many
villages had been burnt to the ground, until nothing but the roads remained.
The grain from farms had been turned over, oddly, to making large amounts of
beer and other alcohol. Warehouses had been destroyed, and shipping records
along with them - the network would have to be rebuilt from scratch.
Fighting was fierce over much of the afternoon. Although their control
of the road system allowed Ilaran forces to move quickly and surround the
entrenched TOG and Ilian soldiers, it made the battles no less bloody. Often
the Guard was beaten back with heavy losses. Reinforcements were brought up,
and by evening the invaders had been pushed back to their beach-heads on the
coast.
The weary defenders rested and prepared. The loss to Ilara had already
been great, even though the war was little more than a day old, and some
dreaded that even if they won the next battles and forced TOG from their
Realm, at a cost of thousands of lives on both sides, it would not be the
end of the war. There might be more airdrops, more bombs, more starvation,
more death. Their victory might be only a temporary reversal in a long,
terrible conflict.
--------------------
The princess Daydreamer stands, wrapped in a blanket, on the deck of the
Elven PT boat #19. She looks towards the east, towards the coast of Ilara.
The setting sun is at her back, and her long chestnut-brown hair blows in the
sea breeze as she searches the horizon for some answer.
The Elven King leaves a crowd of aides and comes up behind her. "It
will be all right. The reports we've been getting from the resistance are
very promising; Ilian has sued for peace, and the Brotherhood have over-
extended themselves. We've... leaned on them a little, also." He grins for
a moment. "Most of your country has been freed."
The princess nods and tries to smile. It barely reaches the corners of
her lips. "It has been a bloody war, and I am sick of it already. But what
of TOG? Will we be forced to keep fighting with them to defend our lands?
Will we ever be safe again?"
A radioelf bursts out onto the deck from below, clipboard in hand.
"Dispatch from TOG, ma'am!" he says to the princess, waving the paper at her.
"They will agree to a cease-fire ... but only if Ilara agrees to stop support-
ing Mirkwood and Himmel financially in the war against TOG's ally Lersing."
The elf spits at the name, out of habit.
The Elven King looks at the princess for a long moment. "What will your
answer be?"
The princess looks back at him. Then she turns away, and nods faintly.
The King and the radio operator depart, leaving her standing by the rail, lost
in her own thoughts as she looks over at her land again.
She has bought peace today. But at what price?
--------------------
A treaty between Ilara and TOG was signed at 6 pm, and Ilian and TOG
soldiers were withdrawn from the Realm over the next hour. The wounds are
healing, slowly. Ilara will survive, and perhaps even return to the top
third of the power chart. But its people will always remember what they
have learned in this day and a half: that they live in a world where might
makes right, where conquest is a way of life, and where the strong are
expected and encouraged to devour the meek.
Not at all like the real world, of course. It's only a game.
---------------------------
Kelly St.Clair (Daydreamer)
kstclair@jacobs.cs.orst.edu
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Bloopian [Subliminal] Press Agency Release
Classic Empire News: Tue Jul 2 01:03 Bloop throws in the towel
The Bloopian [Subliminal] Press Agency would like to dispell
early rumors about the Classic Government's dissolution.
Specifically, it was not caused by a subliminal [dissolve y] command.
In order to end other rumormonging, the Bloopian Historical Agency
("That's how it happened. *Really*, would we lie to you?") has
released the history as seen from Bloopian Communications...
----------------------------------------
Brunner.cnam.fr, port 1618: 7/1/1991
Time: Break minus 15 minutes.
General Ooze, chief of Bloopian Communications, paced in his office,
awaiting his new test of skills. Only weeks ago the Bloop had
received a message telling of a new world--a new opportunity for
conquest. Ooze made one last check of his subdepartments: "Network,
aliases, visual, analysis, and propoganda departments: report!" He
was not surprised as each of them reported as ready. The General was
concerned, however, at the appearance of each department head--they
were obviously very tired, nearing exhaustion. If only the High Bloop
had allowed them some rest!
General Ooze suddenly realized that he must be getting tired
too--he had had an unloyal thought! This called for drastic action.
He switched the intercom to "all departments" and said:
"Attention all personnel. You are hereby ordered to obtain and
consume a beverage from a nearby vending machine. Choice of beverage
is optional, provided that it contains an elixir of 'sustain
awareness'. Report back to your stations by Break minus seven
minutes. Over and out!"
The General switched off the intercom and returned to his
drink--a particularly strong mixture of "coffee". His mind drifted
into thoughts of the legendary Hot Elven Babes...when the wallscreen
buzzed. Ooze lept to attention as the view resolved into His
Bloopness, the High Bloop. His Bloopness inquired: "Are We prepared?"
"Yes, SIR!", General Ooze yelled, "Break minus five minutes! All
stations ready for orders, SIR!" "Well done. Call me when we contact
the outpost." The wallscreen faded back to the usual information display.
Only a few minutes remained before before the break, but
instead of a final check the General considered his conversation with
His Bloopness. The High Bloop was obviously fatigued, even beginning
to droop a little. Palace rumors said that he had remained awake for
nearly a full cycle of the sun. On the viewscreen Ooze had seen a
pile of various potions to sustain awareness, and His Bloopness was
drinking one of the strongest--the famous "Mountain Dew" from Ironhills.
The break went well. The only thing of importance to
Communications was a brief incident on the first connection: a systems
error--"please notify the deity". A simple reconnection solved that
problem. General Ooze sat back and watched the action: the starbreak
away from the coastal capitol (using the alias section), and the first
contact with an enemy. Fortunately, the enemy had not broken yet, and
was quickly surrounded. The exploration continued, with a sigh of
relief that Bloop had been first to surround the other. The capitols
were only four sectors away, and the enemy had the better access to
the land.
After quite some time it seemed as if this enemy wasn't going to
break. Out of curiosity a couple Bloopian spies were sent to the
site. They reported a single name: Dreamlands. Hmmm... That name
somehow sounded familiar. The Chief Archivist was called to search
for the name. He returned with a reference, one from "Suboceana"
which described him as a "hall of fame" member. The Bloop has always
highly respected Suboceana's sayings--they were valued advisors in the
ways and means of constructing parklands. It was even from Suboceana
that our people learned of the Legend of the Hot Elven Babes--now
our ultimate goal. Anxiety began to return to the Bloopian
Communications staff.
Standard military doctrine was not yet set up to handle shared start
islands, especially with "hall of fame" members. A fateful decision
was made to tear down the outpost capitol and create a military camp
to train volunteers for war. All of the active military joined
together in the enlistment camp in order to train the eager draftees.
This decision was executed approximately fifteen minutes before First Update.
As the appointed First Update approached, spirits began to
rise. After all, there were recorded times in history when a Great
One would not break, or would "punch out" upon finding poor
conditions. Perhaps this would be one of those times. A mood of
celebration began to build as the final minutes approached.
Approximately three minutes before the update, multiple bulletins
appeared--DreamLands had broken and attacked all of the adjacent
sectors. An immediate call was sent to the High Bloop, who drooped
terribly from the lack of rest. We in Bloopian Communications could
only sit and watch, as no orders were given to repel the intruders.
The update occurred. Again, the quick attacks and no response. After
a moment the High Bloop seemed to recover, and called a High Council
meeting of all department heads. Since we were all present at our
wallscreens, the High Council convened immediately.
"What is our situation?", asked the High Bloop.
A relatively young Tactical commander spoke up: "Well, under standard
military evaluation doctrine, in circumst..."
"SHUT UP!", roared the High Bloop, "I want a summary, and I want it
*NOW*!" Fancy language won't save us."
"We're hosed.", replied the Strategic officer. "Sunk, finished,
doomed. We aren't trained for this kind of battle. Definitely not
against this caliber of opponent."
"What can we do now?", questioned His Bloopness.
"Well, we are going to get cut off from most of the mainland--we
might as well accept that. Perhaps we could eke out an existence on
our part of the land. We would probably be unable to really devote
attention to boat-building and would eventually be crushed. I accept
full responsibility as our military doctrine is obviously flawed with
respect to shared start islands. It is my recommendation that we
consider endgame procedures."
A moan arose from all present. The High Bloop suddenly looked
very old as he asked "And what procedures could we use?"
"Essentially, only delaying tactics.", said Strategy. We
could probably manage to keep the capitol for awhile. Essentially, a
ring of fortresses...." His voice trailed off as His Bloopness was no
longer listening.
The High Bloop then spoke, his words seemingly far away "...No, it
would not do to fight here. The Banjo war is already wearying. This
one is simply too much. It disrupts our rest cycles with its many
updates and the slow pace of ETUs. It taxes our staff with many new
details and strategies. Worst yet, it distracts us from the quest for
Hot Elven Babes!"
A hush fell, followed by a single word:
"Dissolve."
General Ooze looked at His Bloopness for a long moment, and in
a breaking voice cried "I will do it. None of my staff should have to
carry the burden." He typed the command, and a red light flashed.
"Your Bloopness, you must confirm--it is that safeguard feature..."
The High Bloop took a deep breath, then in a strong, clear
voice said "Watch and learn, for this is your first experience with
dissolution. Make certain it never happens again!". He pressed a
button, then another. The viewscreen faded...
...and resolved into a view of the outpost. We listened along with
the brave pioneers as the decision was broadcast. The scenes that
followed....................
................The buildings and roads were torn down. The new
capitol, demolished. All traces of civilization destroyed. When
there was nothing left to remind the outpost Bloopians of their
homeland, they walked out into the newly leveled fields, looked for
the Bloopian stars in the sky, and died.
**********
Some might say that we could have fought. Perhaps that is
true. Yet this account is in no way lessened by the facts. Read it
and learn how to avoid its recurrence.
By the hand of the Communications Historian, recorded this
Second day of July, of the year 1991.
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Thus it has occurred, and thus it is written. An ETU of
mourning has been decreed for Bloopian citizens in banjo.concert.net.
--His Bloopness.
--
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