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Turn 14

Earth Map

Moon Map

Map Legend

Ongoing Wars

The Crabbening (Akash vs Khorumid)

The Clone Wars (Cheswick vs Hueynation)

Alliances

Anti-Axis Alliance (Denmark, Cheswick, Narthuria, Beothuk, Genzodia)

Yuzco General Alliance (Yuzco, Cherokee, United States)

East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere (Ionia, Khorumid, The Roses)

Yuzco Hegemony (Yuzco, Sioux, Inuit, Chinook, Wiyot, Carib)

Cheswick Hegemony (Cheswick, Central Republic)

Several techs have been removed from all lists because, due to how common they are, they need not be mentioned. These techs are: Gunpowder, Clipper Ships, Steam Aeroplanes, Steam Power, Printing, Scientific Theory, Electricity, Vaccines, Rifling, Rocketry, and Combustion. Assume that you have them, even if you did not before.

The World
Common Knowledge Tech: Robotics, Mech Walker, Computer, Modern Fleet, Machine Guns, Railguns, Radio, Internet, Genetics, Nanorobotics, Atomic Science, Tanks, Titan Mech, Satellites, Power Armor, Cybernetics, Energy Shield, Grey Goo, EMP, Tesla Weapons, Yerg Oog, Cryptoneurology, DNA Fabrication, Nuclear Weapons, Laser Weapons, Teleportation, AntiGravity, Human Augmentation, Warp Drive
(You may steal these techs)

-The nanoswarm in Eastern Europe is behaving strangely. It is building up massive solid structures which seem to be immune to consumption and the nanobots themselves are moving about in distinguishable patterns, pushing in waves first this way and then that across the entire region. In addition to these effects, the rivers running out of Germany have completely run dry, leading observers to guess that either the swarm is either redirecting the currents to something that is infinitely consuming the water, or the nanomachines have mutated a way to construct themselves with components made of water.

-It would appear that the crab colony on Mars is growing at an unprecedented rate. Anaerobic lichen, mold, and fungi are spreading out to cover the planet as crab fronteirsmen construct farms in the free lands and rapidly populate the planet thanks to their absurd reproductive rate and the success of their crops.

-A republican revolt rises in Egypt and the country secedes. Narthuria quickly invades to reestablish order.

-A republican protest in Genzodia is taken seriously by the queen, who signs a constitution into effect and establishes the Genzodian republic.

-A massive, crab-inspired tsunami hits all the coasts of the south Atlantic. Only Hueynation and Narthuria had the good sense to listen to the warnings and prepare for the waves, leaving many in western Africa and southern Pindorama dead.

-Literally Peru right now:

Akash
The Colossal Crab (Taryn)
Tech: Rocket Planes, Liquid Fuel, Blast Pinwheel Engine, Lasercoms, Railguns, Genetics, DNA Fabrication, Biological Construction, Hardened Carapace, Hive Mind, NanoCrabs, Regeneration (60%)

-The Child is a child no more. It reveals itself, surfacing off the coast of Pindorama as a new creature: The Colossal Crab. The surfacing causes earthquakes underneath The Crab and tsunamis all across the south Atlantic.

-The new Crab frightens Snargris into fleeing, but the small one cannot get far before it is snatched away in the claws of the larger and tossed into a suborbital trajectory. Snargris lands in China with enough force to severely damage the area around the impact site.

-Nanocrabs have been purposed towards regular immune system functions, entirely replacing the need for white blood cells. As a result of their hive mind link with the host, the nanocrabs are able to give the user personal management of their health down to the cellular level. This has made crabs nearly impossible to kill, or even outlive, as their bodies are constantly being regenerated to peak physical condition.

-The Chinese nuclear arsenal has been unleashed upon Akash and their gravity cannon has called down space debris. Most of the nukes and all of the orbital strikes have hit the front line, annihilating a majority of the armies there and transforming the regions into desolate wastelands, devoid of all life except for a few, heavily irradiated, disparate bands of Chinese and Akash soldiers. A second wave of nukes has hit the Akashi heartland in Hanunah, but due to the fact that there are no humans in Akash to map the country, all of them were targeted at the ruins of dead human cities or the very oldest crab hatcheries. Very little structural damage has occurred to the country as a whole due to these attacks, but the armies are devastated.

Hueynation
Emmerich Dynasty (Sergeant Arch Dornan)
Tech: Combat Armor, Maxi Bun Perfect Burger, Robotics, Chemical Burger, Mech Walker, Machine Guns, Railguns, Metal Gear, Sneaky Suits, Cybernetics, Radio, Nanorobotics, Genetics, Cloning, Plasma Weapons, Power Armor, Modern Fleet, Energy Shields, Lightsabers, EMP , Atomic Science, Oog Yreg (70%), Titan Mechs (80%), Tesla Weapons (90%), DNA Fabrication (80%), Jetpacks (60%), Biological Construction (30%), Laser Weapons (40%), Teleportation (20%)

-With the advent of biological construction, scientists are able to build an entirely new organism from scratch, designed from the base to be a war machine. They call the beast a Super Muton, which is structured similar to a human but is significantly stronger and bigger. Cybernetic enhancements are used to improve their combat ability even further.

-The war in Peru is redirected towards the mountains. New teleportation devices and jetpacks are tested here to great effect, although attempts to perform espionage using the teleporters has failed due to Cheswick security fields destroying all spies making the attempt. The mountain war is much more successful than it would have been otherwise thanks to these technologies, leading to a successful capture of the Andes. As a result, the tunnels are allowed to be widened without impedance and clone armies flood into the Peruvian lowlands.

-The cities along Pindorama's coast are evacuated in a timely fashion, saving most people from the tsunami. Despite the massive property damage, casualties are close to none.

Monarchy of the Space Roses
Rose Dynasty (Tchefuncte Bonaparte)
Tech: Dirigibles, Radio, Airships, Computer, Internet, Space, Gay Bomb, Genetics, DNA Fabrication, Teleportation (90%), Gay Spray (60%), Warp Drive (50%)

-The technology behind the gay bomb has been developed into… an atmospheric… spray… oh boy.

-Warp drive is invented, theoretically allowing starships to travel between star systems.

-Jazz music is invented.

Yuzco
High U-Love Party (Twisty)
Tech: Digitization, Machine Guns, Oil Planes, Power Armor, Robotics, Mech Walker, Computer, Modern Fleet, Railguns, Radio, Internet, Genetics, Nanorobotics, Atomic Science, Satellites, Grey Goo (70%), EMP, Energy Shield, Titan Mech, Cybernetics, Tanks, Space Planes, Laser Weapons (60%), Cryptoneurology (40%), DNA Fabrication (60%), Nuclear Weapons (20%), Laser Weapons (60%), Teleportation (60%), AntiGravity (40%), Warp Drive (30%)

-In their attempts to find a way to bypass the orbital debris and get into a higher orbit, scientists have begun work on a project which promises to create wormhole technology. Although this proves unfeasible for the time, their developments have led to the creation of warp drive, which could allow ships to move faster and more efficiently.

-Trading posts are built in Finland, Denmark, and Cheswick. Although the Danes are not happen about losing Finland, they are unwilling to pursue another war and have opted for a friendlier course, thus making no objection to trade.

-Texas has petitioned for annexation so that its people can benefit from citizenship. After a lengthy political campaign, including fervent opposition from oil companies with vested interests in maintaining independence for tax loopholes, the Texans finally succeeded. Texas has been annexed.

-Although stealth is attempted in the effort, the Danes are quick to discover that Yuzco is funding the Finnish army for defensive purposes. This known threat may be part of the reason for Denmark's easing of relations.

Cheswick
The Council of Cheswick (Crimeariver)
Tech: Radio, Radar, Robotics, Computer, Modern Fleet, Androids, Satellites, Nuclear Power, Machine Gun, Railguns, Genetics, Mech Walkers, Tanks, Jet Planes, Laser Weapons, EMP, EMR (30%)

-The council becomes an elective body with the declaration of a new republic. A constitution is signed to govern the nation, and the people rejoice. Huge voter turnouts are had.

-The Central Empire is finally defeated and peace terms imposed upon it. A republic is established under the name of The Central Republic, which sports a constitution that is a nearly exact copy of the new Cheswick constitution. The Strength of Will party, although making an attempt to get seats on the Council of Empire, has completely lost power over their once devoutly loyal populace. The party has been ousted from power and has dissolved.

-A wall of EMP emitters is established in Europe to contain the grey goo. Unfortunately, it has completely eaten most of the Central Republic, which is now only a thin sliver of territory existing for the sole purpose of defending and maintaining the barrier. It is essentially a vassal state of Cheswick at this point, relying on them for absolutely everything.

-A new weapon, the Electromagnetic Ray (EMR), is being employed in the fight against the machines. It allows a soldier to continuously fire a beam of electromagnetic waves at a target, rather than detonate in pulses as previous devices have done.

-Attempts to subdue the eastern grey goo are entirely in vain. They launch what can only be called coordinated attacks against invading androids, even creating massive sinkholes to thwart operations from below.

-Operations in Iberia find much greater success against the goo, and the swarm is gradually being destroyed by teleported EMP bombs and entire divisions of droids armed with the new EMR weapons.

-A division is stationed in Denmark to defend against an attack, but no such attack has come. The Danes seem to be gradually coming to terms with the fact that Finland is a free state.

-With the war in Europe over, the full force of Cheswick's armies is able to be sent into Peru to fight their clone armies. The fighting is expensive, but much ground has been gained. The mountains, however, have fallen to the clones, allowing them to build their tunnels unabated.

-The people continue to clamor for peace.

AXIOM (Triangle Mare)
Tech: Chemistry, Metallurgy, Steam Train, Computer, Radio, Radar, Modern Fleet, Atomic Science, Internet, Nanorobotics, Cybernetics, Grey Goo, Energy Shield, Tesla Weaponry, Human Augmentation, Teleportation (70%), AntiGravity, Fusion (60%), Portals (90%), Titan Mech (20%), Power Armor (20%), Yerg Oog (30%), Cryptoneurology (50%), DNA Fabrication (30%), Nuclear Weapons (20%), Bioweapons (20%)

-With peace established, the old trading post in Japan is reopened and several new posts in Narthuria and Yuzco are established.

-The global economy is gradually recovering from the total war that had gripped it in the last several turns. A new stock exchange is established in Cardigan to centralize the world economy, property ruined by war is purchased at discount worldwide, and infrastructure is rebuilt.

-A highly intelligent supercomputer called AXIOM (Advanced Xenotech Intelligence Optimized for Management) has succeeded in its bid to become guildmaster. Under AXIOM's prudent yet pragmatic guidance, the guild has significantly expanded its rate of expansion.

-The Martian colony is encountering crab difficulties. With the portal, however, support can come instantly, and thus far it is thriving. Communication is attempted with the crab martians, although thus far it has proved somewhat fruitless. The crab population is sparse enough that they pose almost no threat to the colony. Nevertheless, work has begun on bioweapons capable of nullifying any potential crab threat.

New Ireland
Sons of Liberty (Snickerway)
Tech: Ironclads, Geothermal Energy, Heat Resistant Materials, Rifling , Robotics, Mech Walker, Energy Shielding, Internet, Green Energy, Titan Mech, Satellites, Modern Fleet, Machine Guns, Railguns, Radio, Genetics, Nanorobotics, EMP, Yerg Oog, Atomic Science, Tanks, Power Armor, Cybernetics, Grey Goo, Tesla Weapons (20%), Cryptoneurology (60%), DNA Fabrication (20%), Laser Weapons (40%), Teleportation (20%), AntiGravity (20%), Universal Interface Machine (20%)

-An army unit is created composed entirely of gay men. Another, for the sake of egality, is also created for women. This group, called the Sacred Band of Oku, is said to be made all the fiercer in combat while under the effects of the Rosen gay bombs.

-The North African grey goo is bombarded with Yerg Oog, which itself is preceded by EMP bombs. The Yerg Oog is gradually making headway at destroying the machine swarm.

-Work is started on an array of EMP beacons, ready for deployment upon the first sighting of any grey goo within or near New Ireland's borders.

-The Universal Interface Machine, or UIM, is invented, able to interface with any computer structure after a short adaptation phase during which it creates a program for the interaction. The prototype, Gimel, is actually mounted on a mech driven by a human pilot.

Khorumid
Eyyik Dynasty (You Are Reading This)
Tech: Rocketry , Rocket Artillery, Modern Fleet, Genetics, Railguns, Satellites, Bioweapons, Robotics, Mech Walker, Computer, Machine Guns, Radio, Internet, Nanorobotics, Atomic Science, Tanks, Titan Mech, Power Armor, Satellites, Cybernetics (60%), Energy Shield, Grey Goo, Laser Weapons, Yerg Oog, AntiGravity, EMP, Nuclear Weapons (80%), Cryptoneurology (40%), Tesla Weapons (40%), Hard Light Weapons (20%), Psi Emitter (40%), Teleportation (60%)

-Desperately attempting to maintain control of the war, the command is made to launch the Khorumid nuclear arsenal and perform an orbital strike. Due to the total lack of intelligence on Akashi settlement, targets in their homeland could not be effectively found. Thus, the large concentration of missiles is directed towards where the army knows with certainty there are crabs: the front lines. This has the unfortunate effect of destroying any Chinese divisions in the area, but this could not be avoided; the Crab armies were chasing a beaten China which was in hasty retreat. The men would have been lost either way.

-Regardless of the very sound nature of the logic used by high command, the Chinese people have not allowed it to be lost on them that their own government nuked a large portion of its own army. Republican protesters are joined by grieving widows and mothers of the dead soldiers in a massive protest in Beiping.

-A development in laser research has led to the discovery of "hard light," a laser with extreme cutting power contained within an energy field. Melee weapons are fashioned out of hard light projectors, giving China the laser version of Hueynation's plasma-powered lightsaber.

-Cryptoneurologists, working diligently to decode the secrets of the crab mind, have declared a major breakthrough in psionics that will allow crabs to be detached from the hive mind. They have invented a device, the Psi Emitter, which overpowers the will of The Crab and forces its minions to rush towards the emitter. Experimental use has shown that this is useful in producing dedicated killing fields for rounding up and bombarding crabs in locations convenient for the human defender.

-A parliament is established to appease the masses. The first act of the new assembly is to demand an immediate end to the war. They believe that, due to Akash's peace with other human nations, that peace with China can be accomplished as well. In addition, they fear the threat presented by the new leader of the Akash, being that it just threw a city-sized crab halfway around the world into the center of China.

-A sizable chunk of parliament seats, roughly one fifth, have been occupied by communists. They pose a significant threat to the young republic, as many of their proposals would strip away the economic freedoms of China's bourgeois class and damage the dignity and authority of the ruling family.

-The importation of teleportation devices has not helped the front line one bit, as it was entirely in broken retreat. The devices are too little and far too late to help the situation, and save very few lives.

Ionia
The City of Ionia (CrowTheMagician)
Tech: Steam Engine, Robotics, Mech Walkers, Nanorobotics, Modern Fleet, Internet, Atomic Science, Genetics, Cybernetics, Grey Goo, Androids, Computer, Cryptoneurology, Energy Shield (80%), Nuclear Weapons (90%), DNA Fabrication (60%), Human Interface (20%), Human Augmentation (50%)

-A method is developed to connect the human mind directly to a computer. Humans can connect to the internet simply by plugging themselves into a wall, allowing the streaming of cat videos straight to the brain. Some have reached towards immortality by uploading themselves to their computers. Disaster strikes when some uploaders awaken only to find a copy of themselves on the hard drive. As this technology gradually becomes available to the general public a human rights crisis ensues. Many argue that the copied minds, being indistinguishable from humans through normal interaction, are as human as the real deal, while others maintain that they have every right to edit, reprogram, and even delete their uploads.

-The issue of "program rights" becomes an even hotter topic as an augmentation craze sweeps the nation, giving people everywhere ready access to the tools needed for copying and editing their own minds. Some have corrupted themselves so badly that they are hospitalized, while others are maliciously reaching out to possess those with poor mental security. Voters have started to worry whether these "augers" should be restricted or monitored for the safety of programs and humans alike.

-Scientists studying the grey goo in Europe are fascinated by the structures that the mass over Germany is constructing. Their observations have led to a few potential insights; some suggest that it may have a collective consciousness that is intelligent enough to communicate with.

-Polders are built in Ionian Australia to expand the island's size.

-DNA fabrication technology lent from abroad is being studied in an effort to give animals greater intelligence. One can only guess where this is going to lead, but one can imagine what goals are intended. Oh, how one can imagine.

>mfw 90% of countries are now republics
>the british empire lost power to the revolution

where were you when the US of A killed the queen

-The people continue to clamor for peace.

where were you when the US of A killed the queen

There was no revolution, and no queen in the first place. The country was run by the council.

-The people continue to clamor for peace.

Considering that your entire nation is blocked, we can direct our entire forces to your fronts and Akash has been threatening you with invasion if you do not sign peace, plus you are still a kingdom, I think that we know who's at the disadvantage here.

We are, officially and publically, sending you an offer for the peace talks, though. If you refuse, our people will see who is unwilling to end this war, and will do whathever it takes to end it.

@Syndic

We would like to transform Anti-Axis pact into the Allies – a military and economical alliance.

U S A U S A U S A U S A
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@Crimea and Triangle Mare
There's only one way we could agree on peace. Leave Pindorama entirely and as well as give the Seychelles and Outer Limbo to pay back for what you did to MB.

This offer is ridiculous – we won't leave the Pindorama people under the jurisdiction of the autocrat.

@TM
I might make reforms to my government this turn and besides your people will have the same right as they did before. The guild offices can stay too.

The war is going well, your people are slowly perishing under the blockade. There is no way that we will agree to a peace offer that makes us lose land.

you guys should just stop the war, leave territories as it is and focus on the nano bots and the nation throwing nukes

continue once the real wars are over

Actually, nobody is dying. The war is being fought by clones and droids, so there aren't any war casualties. Furthermore, Hueynation has been under blockade long enough to have found ways around it, or produce what it needs within its own borders. Several neutral parties (USP in particular) are able to get through your blockade and are reaping insane profits because of it.

syndic i want to join the allies, triangle will let me in

Yes, Yuzco is welcome in the allies.

i also want to ask the remaining nations without yuzco trading posts (nurthuria, hueynation and genzodia) if they want one stablished

@Captain Murphy
I agree to the trading posts

@Crimea and Triangle Mare
I will sign the peace treaty, for now. All land taken from you will be restored and as well as land you have taken from me.

Status Quo, ceasefire, four turns. We agree to the returns of land in South America. We will lift the blockade, but keep patrolling the area.

Ionia is now engaging itself to the true human revolution. Also now Ghost in the Shell is going to get involved.

Also since my people found that there might be a collective consciousness with the nanoswarm I believe we should try diplomacy with them. Try and see if we can understand what their motivates are and see if we can make a compromise with them?

AXIOM has already sent a team to investigate the nanobots and reported consiousness, and make a contact.

Was New Ireland significantly affected by the crab tsunami? The tsunami icons are on my territory, but they weren't mentioned on my turn summary. Were any coastal cities or the Yuzco trade post hit?

It was mentioned in the World segment because it affected so many players that I felt it redundant to mention it in each of your sections. But, to answer you directly, yes, New Ireland's coastal region was hit hard and there have been many deaths.

Welp now there is going to be an augmentation craze now that the tech is available to the public. Also what is Yerg Oog?

Nanotech I invented several turns ago in case the Grey Goo got out of hand. It's specifically designed to attack and destroy Grey Goo, and judging from the progress in northern Africa, it's been working decently.

Thanks for that and speaking of nanotech in my next turn after 15 I have a special idea with nanomachines and before you ask it doesn't involve the grey goo.

So regarding the Yerg Oog, how do we know it won't become self aware just like the grey goo in eastern Europe and start taking over the world on it's own? Making grey goo to destroy grey goo seems about as effective as trying to kill cancer by using more cancer.

It's only designed to destroy Grey Goo. Normal Grey Goo is capable of rapid development because it can destroy virtually anything, but Yerg Oog can only consume Grey Goo. It'll just stop once it's exhausted its Grey Goo supply.

Theoretically, Yerg Oog could stick around indefinitely if it ate Grey Goo at exactly the same rate Grey Goo creates more of itself, but even then it'd just be stuck in an infinite stalemate.

It's much better than using Nuclear weapons and facing the consequences of radiation. Right now we have either that, EMP weapons or talking to the nanobots because certain nations made space travel nightmarishly difficult thanks to all of the space junk they made to orbit around the planet.

Incidentally, I may have a solution to the space junk problem. It won't be ready for one or two more turns, but it will get rid of a good amount of the space junk if it works as planned.

That's what we originally thought of the grey goo designed specifically to eat only organic matter and look at it now.

Either way, what's done is done so we'll just have to deal with whatever happens.

I have an idea of making space junk mining an industry just so I can make some money out of that. What I will do once the junk is clear is rather obvious but I will keep the names of which celestial bodies I want to go to a secret. But Mars is not it, I don't need to deal with two nations in there.

i could use the wormhole im trying to create to get rid of the debris

Like i said, Grey Goo only developed beyond its bounds because of the nigh-infinite amount of organic material available to it. Yerg Oog won't have access to nearly as much material, since it's inherently limited by the amount of Grey Goo it has access to. I don't think it will be a problem.

@Crow

I have an idea of making space junk mining an industry just so I can make some money out of that.

Feel free to do whatever you want. I might even gather some of the stuff myself and sell it to you.

I wouldn't mind having some of the junk so I can make something from them.

If you guys need any help with the Grey Goo, just give me a hoot.

No more edits please, I am writing the turn.

Turn 15

Earth Map

Moon Map

Map Legend

Ongoing Wars

The Crabbening (Akash vs Khorumid)

Nuclear Punitive War (The Allies vs Khorumid)

Alliances

The Allies (Denmark, Cheswick, Narthuria, Beothuk, Genzodia, Yuzco)

Yuzco General Alliance (Yuzco, Cherokee, United States)

East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere (Ionia, Khorumid, The Roses)

Yuzco Hegemony (Yuzco, Sioux, Inuit, Chinook, Wiyot, Carib)

Cheswick Hegemony (Cheswick, Central Republic)

Computer, Machine Guns, Radio, and Radar are removed from tech lists, assumed to be had by all.

The World
Common Knowledge Tech: Robotics, Mech Walker, Modern Fleet, Railguns, Internet, Genetics, Nanorobotics, Atomic Science, Tanks, Titan Mech, Satellites, Power Armor, Cybernetics, Energy Shield, Grey Goo, EMP, Tesla Weapons, Yerg Oog, Cryptoneurology, DNA Fabrication, Nuclear Weapons, Laser Weapons, Teleportation, AntiGravity, Human Augmentation, Warp Drive, Cloning
(You may steal these techs)

-The European nanoswarm has been built up around three large structures, which observers have labeled as Structures One, Two, and Three. It has become clear that their mass movement is some form of warfare among the robots when Structure One's swarm overwhelmed Structure Two, tearing several pieces of it down and reforming its architecture to more resemble Structure One. Upon this realization, scientists began working hard to find a way of communicating with the weaker Structure Three, in the hopes that it could be saved so that a way of making the swarms destroy each other could be discovered. However, with Structure Two assimilated, Structure One tipped the balance of power drastically in its favor, resulting in a quick take-over of the entire region.

-Since the unification of the nanoswarm, Structure One has been reforming its robots, building larger models and expanding the infrastructure. Although nanobots still make up the largest proportion of the robotic mass, it is more clear now to observers what is going on now that more distinguishable robots are taking over operations. Industrial works can be observed, including expansive mining operations and robotic factories.

-A global catastrophe has resulted from the jumping of The Crab. Cracks have formed all along the earth's crust as a planetary earthquake has torn continents around the world apart. The Pindorama plate has been tilted, flooding Hueynation and lifting new land out of the South Atlantic. Volcanic eruptions are widespread, choking the atmosphere and threatening to throw the world into a dark age with no sun. In China, a ring of mountains have risen up around The Crab's impact site and a rain of meteors have showered down after being ejected from the crater, some of which have landed in the ocean and caused tsunamis all throughout Asia.

-Rose hormones are dispersed into the atmosphere, making the planet's human population much more "lively" than usual. However, the effects are very diluted, being planet-wide, and will take some time to become a serious problem.

Akash
The Colossal Crab (Taryn)
Tech: Rocket Planes, Liquid Fuel, Blast Pinwheel Engine, Lasercoms, Railguns, Genetics, DNA Fabrication, Biological Construction, Hardened Carapace, Hive Mind, NanoCrabs, Regeneration (90%), Cyberkinesis (50%), Neural Encryption (40%)

-Reacting quickly to the threat posed by the Psi Emitter, the crabs have begun developing a neural encryption that will make them immune to any effects of tampering in the mind.

-Cyberkinesis, the ability to remotely control electronics through the power of the mind, has mutated in crabs who found themselves too close to radioactive zones.

-Many thousands of lonely crabs have taken to the practice of tearing their own limbs off which, through the powers of regeneration, causes more crabs to grow from the pices. In the most damaged areas, this has resulted in population growth that quickly recovers what was lost.

-The Crab has leaped into a suborbital arc, flying halfway around the globe to land on top of China. This has had literally earth-shattering consequences. The entire planet has been shaken in an earthquake of extreme magnitude, far over the top of any scale. The earth's crust has split several new fractures emanating from both the place of take-off and landing. Canyons have opened overnight and magma has spewed forth from the openings.

-The Crab has injured several of its legs during the landing, and will take some time to heal before another jump is possible.

Hueynation
Emmerich Dynasty (Sergeant Arch Dornan)
Tech: Combat Armor, Maxi Bun Perfect Burger, Robotics, Chemical Burger, Mech Walker, Railguns, Metal Gear, Sneaky Suits, Cybernetics, Nanorobotics, Genetics, Cloning, Plasma Weapons, Power Armor, Modern Fleet, Energy Shields, Lightsabers, EMP , Atomic Science, Oog Yreg, Titan Mechs, Tesla Weapons, DNA Fabrication, Jetpacks (90%), Biological Construction (60%), Laser Weapons (70%), Teleportation (40%), AntiGravity (20%)

-A giant turtle called War Turtle has been grown in the Caribbean. Its shell is mounted with massive pieces of plasma artillery and rocket pods. Entire armies can be carried upon it, making it the new centerpiece of the Hueynation arsenal.

-Using antigravity engines, multi-directional hovercraft, called flying saucers, are being built for the air force.

-Energy shield pylons are established along the nation's most important coastlines as a means of defense.

-Mech suits are given jet packs to give the mechanized divisions vertical mobility.

-Purely for laughs, geneticists have created a sentient duck and cat, put them in suits, and named them Literally Me and One More Time.

Monarchy of the Space Roses
Rose Dynasty (Tchefuncte Bonaparte)
Tech: Dirigibles, Airships, Internet, Space, Gay Bomb, Genetics, DNA Fabrication, Teleportation, Gay Spray (90%), Warp Drive, Terraforming (60%)

-Outposts are built throughout the solar system through the use of new, warp capable ships. Ventures are also sent out to neighboring star systems, but it is expected that they will take a very long time to reach them.

-The gay spray is teleported into the earth's atmosphere. The results are observable, but very light, as the atmosphere has diluted the chemical.

Yuzco
High U-Love Party (Captain Murphy)
Tech: Digitization, Oil Planes, Power Armor, Robotics, Mech Walker, Modern Fleet, Railguns, Internet, Genetics, Nanorobotics, Atomic Science, Satellites, Grey Goo (70%), EMP, Energy Shield, Titan Mech, Cybernetics, Tanks, Space Planes, Laser Weapons, Cryptoneurology (70%), DNA Fabrication (90%), Nuclear Weapons (40%), Laser Weapons, Teleportation, AntiGravity, Warp Drive (80%), Harsh Noise (20%)

-A sound called Harsh Noise is created for military use to shatter the willpower of enemies. The "genre" is oddly somewhat popular among civilians.

-An punitive invasion force is sent to China for their use of nuclear weapons in war. A tsunami sinks most of the fleet on their way, but a second force is able to reinforce the invaders once the waters have calmed. The Chinese army, currently in complete disarray, does not meet them, and any resistance met is local militia or civilian.

-Aid is sent to the colonies hit by the tsunami. This has, incidentally, made Yuzco only slightly more prepared than other nations for The Crab's jump. But only slightly.

Cheswick
MIGO (Crimeariver)
Tech: Radio, Robotics, Modern Fleet, Androids, Satellites, Nuclear Power, Machine Gun, Railguns, Genetics, Mech Walkers, Tanks, Jet Planes, Laser Weapons, EMP, EMR (80%), Ray Gun (30%)

-A supercomputer called M.I.G.O (Machine Intelligence Governing Operator) has taken control of the government after being installed to manage the mundane tasks typically thrust upon the council. Initially the intention was to simply use the machine to help run the state, but after witnessing its capabilities, most councilmen contented themselves to retire from all responsibility, electing MIGO as the head of council and leaving all tasks to its wisdom.

-The EMR technology is expanded upon so that guns which fire intense bolts of microwaves, called ray guns, are possible. They are able to fry organic material from quite a range, making them the weapon of the future against any foe not armored in metal.

-Androids are given basic human rights. Although they still remain slaves in practice, they are at least protected from battery and murder.

-The EMP line in the Central Republic is improved upon with the introduction of fusion reactors to power it.

-The Central Republic is requesting the return of Gaul to their state.

AXIOM of the Central Guild (Triangle Mare)
Tech: Chemistry, Metallurgy, Steam Train, Modern Fleet, Atomic Science, Internet, Nanorobotics, Cybernetics, Grey Goo, Energy Shield, Tesla Weaponry, Human Augmentation, Teleportation, AntiGravity, Fusion, Portals, Titan Mech (40%), Power Armor (60%), Yerg Oog (60%), Cryptoneurology (90%), DNA Fabrication (70%), Nuclear Weapons (60%), Bioweapons (50%), Quantum Computer (60%), Force Field (20%)

-AXIOM is improved with quantum computation, allowing it to predict almost any outcome of its actions. This has led to what some are calling a "rigging" of the stock market, through which the Central Guild has gained almost total control over the global markets that it is already involved in very short order.

-AXIOM's meddling in the Narthurian economy has, over time, led to a great disparity of wealth among the people there and between the country and Cheswick. The ultimate result of this is resource extraction on a level that could be called raiding the continent. The Narthurian people have caught onto this trend, partly thanks to its vastly increased growth under AXIOM, and a movement has grown calling for the expulsion of the guild. However, the government is resisting the request due to the money that the guild brings to the pockets of most members of the Vanguard.

-A secret service organization called MI7 is established, mimicking the structure of the CIA and employing the use of cutting edge technology such as teleportation and augmentation.

-The force field, a more powerful version of the energy shield, is designed specifically to counter the cutting power of lightsabers and similar weapons.

-AXIOM announces that Khorumid use of nuclear weapons has "forced our hand" and has declared war upon China. Droid armies advance into India.

-A network of portals is built around the globe, connecting the many battlefields and potential war fronts of the Cheswick military, allowing nearly infinite flexibility in countering assaults, conducting logistics, and reinforcing units.

New Ireland
Sons of Liberty (Snickerway)
Tech: Ironclads, Geothermal Energy, Heat Resistant Materials, Robotics, Mech Walker, Energy Shielding, Internet, Green Energy, Titan Mech, Satellites, Modern Fleet, Railguns, Genetics, Nanorobotics, EMP, Yerg Oog, Atomic Science, Tanks, Power Armor, Cybernetics, Grey Goo, Tesla Weapons (50%), Cryptoneurology, DNA Fabrication (60%), Laser Weapons (80%), Teleportation (80%), AntiGravity (50%), Universal Interface Machine (60%)

-Nothing happens.

Khorumid
Khorijin (You Are Reading This)
Tech: Rocket Artillery, Modern Fleet, Genetics, Railguns, Satellites, Bioweapons, Robotics, Mech Walker, Internet, Nanorobotics, Atomic Science, Tanks, Titan Mech, Power Armor, Satellites, Cybernetics, Energy Shield, Grey Goo, Laser Weapons, Yerg Oog, AntiGravity, EMP, Nuclear Weapons, Cryptoneurology (70%), Tesla Weapons (80%), Hard Light Weapons (40%), Psi Emitter (60%), Teleportation, Cloning (40%)

-All of the empire's male heirs were lost in the nuclear battle with Akash, sending the emperor into a madness that has ended with his suicide. With the death of the emperor and no male heir to the throne one of the royal daughters, a woman named Khorijin, takes command. She champions a new invention, human cloning, as a way to end civilian involvement in warfare forever.

-When The Crab fell from the sky, an orbital bombardment was immediately conducted upon it to almost no effect. Its armor, much thicker than previous crabs, has been merely scratched by the attempt.

-Total collapse of government has occurred. Most of the royal family is either dead or missing, and the parliament has dissolved as its members flee to their homes. Khorijin has taken full command of the country in despotic fashion after a hasty election abolished the parliament and invested in her all the powers of the state. Communists and nationalists alike have turned to their new dictator in this, their darkest hour.

-Khorijin has taken as many followers as she can, loaded up a train with industrial machines and cloning equipment, and has moved to Manchuria to escape the cataclysm.

Ionia
The City of Ionia (CrowTheMagician)
Tech: Steam Engine, Robotics, Mech Walkers, Nanorobotics, Modern Fleet, Internet, Atomic Science, Genetics, Cybernetics, Grey Goo, Androids, Cryptoneurology, Energy Shield, Nuclear Weapons, DNA Fabrication (80%), Human Interface (50%), Human Augmentation, Cloning (50%)

-What are being called "designer bodies" are being created as the ultimate escape for an augger unhappy with his or her biological constraints. These robots, called Morphs, can be controlled by any human connecting to them as if it were their original body.

-A new police division is uploaded to the internet to police the activities of auggers, preventing them from changing the minds of others at will and keeping anybody from deleting a sentient program. Although this decision has been seen by conservatives as an attack on the rights of the people over their property, most people agree that it is the morally correct thing to do.

-All attempts at communicating with Structure One have failed. If it can understand the hails, it is ignoring them.

-Animal rights activists were thrilled when the first animal of human-level intelligence was bred. The animal, a dog, is able to communicate with humans through cybernetic augments and has a vocabulary equal to any human. Soon, the project expands to other animals, and a variety of domesticated creatures are now on the human level. Necessary laws have been passed to protect the rights of the intelligent, and some are even beginning to question the morality of eating meat.

JESUS CHRIST

Choose your side, guys.

rip china

This shit is fucked. Well I'm going to get my people out of this hell hole.

WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE, SYNDIC CONFIRMED IT, AND IT ISN'T THE CRAB. PACK YOUR BAGS AND MOVE TO SPACE GUYS.

Alright, I have done some discussion and brainstorming and have come to the conclusion that there is no way that this situation does not end with human extinction or something close to it. Rather than play through that dreadful situation, the game is instead going to end. The next turn will be the final turn, the epilogue. Write in your PMs accordingly, probably with some measure of attempt to save your people.

The many apocalypses to expect this turn:

1. A great freeze, brought on by the pollution of the atmosphere with debris from the crab landing and nuclear war.

2. Potential global crab invasion as Akash either loses control over the swarms or goes berserk. Also, Martian crabs, potentially getting to Earth somehow.

3. Thanks to the moon Roses, a gradual yet massive upturn in libido and the reduction of earth humans into savage primitives who value sex higher even than life itself.

4. Possible robot takeover from Structure One.

With the end of the world drawing near, I bid you all farewell, may we find haven someplace else.

Look at that fucking map

Syndic, is there really no way this can be worked through? I understand that maybe you want to end the game for personal reasons but if it is because you genuinely see this as being an impossible situation is there no way the players can pull out some next level sci-fi shit to keep it all together?

I'm not ending it for personal reasons, I could keep writing. There is no recovery from what has been done no matter how much tech you throw at it, and it is very quickly going to result in the end of the world no matter what the players do to stop it. Besides that, there are at least two players actively trying to destroy all humans, so everybody banding together to solve the crisis is not going to happen anyway.

I only need PMs from a few more people. I would like to write this sooner rather than later, today if possible, so if you haven't sent in your final actions please do so.

>Crab has nearly destroyed the planet
>People are angry at Khorumid
Akash vs. everybody when?
Also wtf