Vapourware AURORA: The Clash of Cultures - Year 13 over

[Hellraiser]

Oh man, all that Ares Arsenal Munitions stock is now skyrocketing as if built by fucking Kerbals. War is good for business, unless you are on the receiving end.

 

[Random Word]

 

[GarfunkeL]

Game will resume tonight at 20:00 GMT, once I get away from the National Archives where I'm pretending to be a good PhD-student and going through musty tomes. Good thing the tax payers money buys free and good Wi-Fi in here!

 

[Kalin]

Imperial Proclamation of Holy War

Following our swift Kamikaze Strike against Red Army positions all across Siberia, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, after suffering horrendous losses and having been pushed back as far as Trans-Baikal, Irkutsk and Yakutia, now recklessly persist in their delusional defiance of Divine Retribution. Following the complete rejection of our most fair and reasonable conditions for surrender delivered to the Soviet leadership through Former Soviet Ambassador Oleg Troyanovsky, the Celestial Empire has been forced to conclude that the Soviet Union cannot be swayed from its obstinate and fanatical pursuit of its own annihilation. With no prospect of a peaceful settlement in sight, the Kwantung Army shall thus continue its advance, and the Empire shall diligently carry on its war effort until the Soviet Union and Irkalla Collective have been completely destroyed. The Imperial Army and Navy shall not rest until our blessed species is thoroughly cleansed from the corrupting taint of socialist savagery and communist warp-thinkery.

Since our righteous holy war is now destined to be a protracted conflict, the Celestial Empire, in its infinite mercy and perpetual pursuit of harmonious peace and concord, hereby order all Soviet Navy ships in orbit belonging to the Yuri Gagarin class, or indeed any other exploration or survey vessel, to stand down and submit to Greater East Asian authority as prisoners of war, so as to safeguard ships and crews alike from destruction. Failure to comply with this request will result in the re-classification of said ships to military targets, as per the mutually signed and ratified Treaty on Lawful Usage of Trans-Newtonian Weapons. On a related note, all Uran-class vessels, though currently not in orbit, will be hunted down and neutralised lest they likewise submit to our glorious Empire. Finally, any new design launched in orbit by either the Soviet Union or Irkalla Collective will be summarily destroyed.

 

[GarfunkeL]

Game is running, will post an update once February has been done. Slow going with all the sensor checks and stuff. Plus I'm drinking whisky and watching Rambo 3, so there's that.

 

[GarfunkeL]

NOTABLE EVENTS FOR FEBRUARY YEAR 14:

Soviet ships leave Earth orbit. Some head to Venus, others out-system.

Celestial ground attack in Soviet Union continues:

• Total attack strength: 219.5704 Total defence strength: 129.3714 Combat ratio: 1.6972 Chance of attacker unit loss: 5.9% Chance of defender unit loss: 17%
• TIC Battalion Green suffered 30% losses.
• TIC Battalion Yellow suffered 20% losses.
• TIC Battalion Red suffered 40% losses.
• USSR LTA 'Don' suffered 31% losses.
• TIC Battalion Unity suffered 41% losses.
• Collateral damage in USSR: 0.075 million people 2 Construction factories

And on 11h February Y14, further ground combat happened:

• Celestial total attack strength: 219.786 Total Soviet defence strength: 120.1254 Combat ratio: 1.8296 Chance of attacker unit loss: 5.5% Chance of defender unit loss: 18.3%
• 40th Replacement Battalion suffered 40% losses.
• TIC Battalion Yellow suffered 34% losses.
• TIC Battalion Blue suffered 36% losses.
• TIC Battalion Proletariat suffered 9% losses.
• USSR Battalion Minsk suffered 18% losses.
• USSR 13th Replacement Battalion suffered 6% losses.

And on Venus, there is terrible struggle for survival as well:

• Celestial total attack strength: 6.8079 Total Soviet defence strength: 16.1 Combat ratio: 0.4229 Chance of attacker unit loss: 23.6% Chance of defender unit loss: 4.2%
• Collateral damage on Earth: 1 Mine, 1 Conventional industry

And back on Earth, on 17th February:

• Celestial total attack strength: 219.898 Sovet total defence strength: 115.4866 Combat ratio: 1.9041 Chance of attacker unit loss: 5.3% Chance of defender units loss: 19%
• Imperial Vietnamese Guard suffered 33% losses.
• 4º DV Força Expedicionária Brasileira suffered 27% losses.
  
• 2º DV Onças Conquistadoras suffered 3% losses.
  
• TIC Battalion Green suffered 11% losses.
• USSR Battalion Kiev suffered 47% losses.
• USSR 13th Replacement Battalion suffered 46% losses.
• USSR 15th Replacement Battalion suffered 19% losses.

And the attack at Venus continues:

• Total attack strength: 6.8489 Total defence strength: 16.1 Combat ratio: 0.4254 Chance of attacker unit loss: 23.5% Chance of defender unit loss: 4.3%

USSR suffered collateral damage: 1 construction factory, 2 conventional industry

Colonists in the PBC colony at Mars are happy now that overcrowding problems have been solved.

23rd February bring more combat:

• Celestial total attack strength: 216.2209 Soviet total defence strength: 110.2164 Combat ratio: 1.9618 Chance of attacker unit loss: 5.1% Chance of defender unit loss: 19.6%
• 1st Imperial Armour Division suffered 18% losses.
• 40th Replacement Battalion suffered 40% losses.
• 6º DV dos Sikhs de Goa suffered 6% losses.
  
• TIC Battalion Yellow suffered 33% losses.
• TIC Battalion Blue suffered 20% losses.
• USSR Armour Division 'Ural' suffered 5% losses.
• TIC Battalion Unity suffered 11% losses.
• USSR Infantry Battalion 'Leningrad' suffered 23% losses.
• USSR Infantry Battalion 'Minsk' is destroyed.
• TIC 15th Replacement battalion suffered 42% losses.
• USSR 15th Replacement battalion suffered 18% losses.
• Collateral damage: 2 construction factories, 1 conventional industry, 100.000 civilians

I hate sensor checks. Especially now that the world is at war, but the civilians happily keep running.

Even though the great powers are at war, the civilian ships continue to ply their trade. Thus, many Soviet citizens escape the fighting to Titan, like Omniventures citizens flee to Io, and so on. Indeed, overcrowding at Io is making colonists restless.

29th February brings more reports from the fighting in the USSR:

• Celestial total attack strength: 216.2108 Soviet total defence strength: 96.978 Combat ratio: 2.2295 Chance of attacker unit loss: 4.5% Chance of defender unit loss: 22.3%
• White Russian Elite Army suffered 42% losses.
• TIC Battalion Yellow suffered 24% losses.
• USSR Infantry Battalion 'Moscow' suffered 13% losses.
• USSR 13th Replacement Battalion suffered 3% losses.
• USSR 14th Replacement Battalion suffered 10% losses.
• TIC 17th Replacement Battalion suffered 10% losses.
• Collateral damage: 50.000 civilians, 1 construction factory, 1 conventional industry

Combat at Venus continues, though undecisive. Fighting in the super-dense atmosphere, with visibility near zero, inside and around the automated mining complexes, is extremely challenging, as the smallest breach in their powered armour means quick and torturous death. Troopers of both side are reluctant to commit heroics, like their brethren back on Earth routinely do.

And that's a wrap for February.

 

[GarfunkeL]

And one round of ground combat for March:

• Celestial total attack strength: 210.4324 Soviet total defence strength: 95.7189 Combat ratio: 2.1984 Chance of attacker unit loss: 4.5% Chance of defender unit loss: 22%
• Biochemical Assault Unit suffered 50% losses.
• 3rd Imperial Armour Division suffered 12% losses.
• USSR 13th Replacement Battalion suffered 11% losses.
• USSR 14th Replacement Battalion suffered 5% losses.
• Collateral damage: 25.000 civilians, 1 construction factory
• On Venus, combat continues, with Japanese Imperial Guard suffered 4% losses.

And now, for player actions. Game will continue later today, as I get back home from the archives.

 

[Hellraiser]

Imagining powah ahmah troopers fighting on Venus gave me a raging science fiction nerd boner.

 

[GarfunkeL]

NOTABLE EVENTS FOR MARCH, YEAR 14:

Omniventures launch two Clipper class ships.

Battles rage across Soviet Union:

• Celestial total attack strength: 202.8748 Soviet total defence strength: 97.8566 Combat ratio: 2.07322
• 40th Replacement Battalion suffered 40% losses.
• TIC Battalion Green suffered 15% losses.
• USSR Armour Division 'Don' suffered 36% losses.
• USSR Infantry Battalion 'Leningrad' suffered 24% losses.
• USSR Infantry Battalion 'Moscow' suffered 21% losses.
• TIC 17th Replacement Battalion suffered 19% losses.
• Collateral damage: 50.000 civilians, 1 construction factory, 1 mine.

At Venus, Japanese Imperial Guard walks into a clever ambush arranged by the Soviets, and suffers 44% casualties.

Combat continues on 21rd of March:

• Celestial total attack strength: 205.6052 Soviet total defence strength: 91.0129 Combat ratio: 2.2591
• 2nd Imperial Armour Division suffers 30% losses.
• Imperial Vietnamese Guard suffers 10% losses.
• White Russian Elite Army suffers 41% losses.
• USSR Armour Division 'Ural' suffers 25% losses.
• USSR Armour Division 'Amur' suffers 17% losses.
• TIC Battalion Proletariat suffers 32% losses.
• USSR Garrison Battalion 'Stalingrad' suffers 26% losses.
• USSR Infantry Battalion 'Moscow' suffers 27% losses.
• USSR 13th Replacement Battalion suffers 12% losses.
• Collateral damage: 100.000 civilians, 1 construction factory, 1 conventional industry.

At Venus, Celestials are licking their wounds for a moment, regrouping.

Celestials launch a new Akagi II class ship.

War, war never changes. Not even on 27th of March:

• Celestial total attack strength: 195.9379 Soviet total defence strength: 79.6776 Combat ratio: 2.4591
• 2º DV Onças Conquistadoras suffered 42% losses.
  
• USSR Armour Division 'Amur' suffered 38% losses.
• USSR 15th Replacement Battalion suffered 6% loses.
• Collateral damage: 25.000 civilians, 1 conventional industry.

Sensors reveal that the Akagi II class is capable of 520 km/sec.

and that's a wrap for March.

 

[Cassidy]

† GREAT CRUSADE AGAINST THE SATANIC IRKALLA PUPPETMASTERS†

For centuries the morally upstanding peoples of Europe were subjugated by the enemies of all Western Civilization either directly or indirectly: the Satanic Khazarians who rule Omniventures, the Soviet Union and the snake god worshipers of the Irkalla Collective while playing their power games with now almost clear losers among the vulgarly called "melonheads". Fraudsters self-congratulating each other over Nobel prizes and other means, exploiting their victim complex to subjugate us and infuse the people of Europe with an irrational a suicidal sense of "white guilt", desecrating the image of Jesus, corrupting our churches, these scum of the Earth have conspired and played their chess games long enough without opposition, and now, their end must begin.

The people of the Eternal League are not foolish enough to mistake this enormous World War for anything but a grand orchestra whose maestro is none other than Sathanas. Simply puppets of Satan who "outlived their usefulness" being replaced while the world free of such daemonic influence remains unchanged. Demons laugh and cajoule as millions die in the name of Bolshevism, an ideology invented in the deepest pits of the Sheol by devils under the guidance of Satan. The deaths of the Soviet soldiers and the casualties of this war are the greatest human sacrifice ever offered to the Deceiver, for Omniventures, the Irkalla and the Soviet Union all serve the same master.

Yet, we believe prophecies are not writ in stone, and the League will do everything in its reach to prevent the ascension of the Antichrist's Fascist World Government. The theologians of the Eternal League have recently reached a near consensus that the Irkalla worship demons after years of cautious study of the little information they could muster from such reclusive occultists, and it seems they have outlived their usefulness to the demons they worship as they move other pawns in the game.

The only eternal, completely loyal and unchanging ally of the League is our Lord and savior Jesus Christ, and it is in His name that the Knights Templar, the Teutonic Knights of Jerusalem and the Knights of Saint John call forth all men and women of faith with courage and means to fight, including our Heterodox brothers of the Luso-Brazilian Royal Order of the Knights of Christ and all those of Christian faith who believe in the holiness of this Crusade in spite of theological differences, to go forward and finally, after centuries of Satanic occupation, bring back holiness to the tainted lands of Babylon the Great and Persia, as one small first step that we, brothers in faith, will together take to save the human race from the horrors of the Antichrist and their servants sacrificing each other in his unholy name.

Centuries ago all of the Irkalla Collective was part of the Imperium of Jerusalem, before the same fell to Satan worship Heresy and equally Satanic Islamic terrorism, but now the time has come to reclaim our rightful lands and achieve a sacred victory in this most Sacred War, denying the agents of Satan any further progress in their OMNI-agenda and restoring the lost and holiest and greatest glory of the Imperium. It is no coincidence that the Irkalla was born from the former lands of the Imperium where the ultimate HERESY! of Satanism was most common.

In the name of our Lord, the Imperium of Jerusalem will be reborn, to fight for mankind's spiritual salvation and to stop the Apocalypse from happening to the last, and defend Western Civilization from the spiritual and material forces that struggle to destroy it and build a Satanic and Fascist world government from its moral and physical ruins, assaulting the peoples of Europe through both physical violence and brainwashing by manipulating political movements to have puppets like the Bolsheviks, Cultural Marxists, Social "Justice" Warriors, Feminists, Nihilists, Fedora-wearing Atheists, Multiculturalists and the worst of them all: liberals

Against the NWO and their puppets, we shall win, and even if there was a chance for it to not happen, we will ascend to Heaven while the soulless will be brought to the Final Doom and the Lord will judge all of them.

As our knights march forth to purify the taint that covers most of this Earth, Angels of the Lord who once were the innocent souls of aborted babies being burned as fuel for public hospitals in the liberal and immoral ethically and morally bankrupt Polish-British Commonwealth will protect them, the spirits of the martyrs whose flesh was served in the dinner tables of the subhuman and soulless cannibals of Omniventures will stand by their side to fight the demons that march with the material armies of Gog and Magog, and never those who fight for the cause of the Lord will be alone.

However, do not underestimate the enemies of God, brothers, and remember:

"He shall defend thee under his wings, and thou shalt be safe under his feathers;
his faithfulness and truth shall be thy shield and buckler.

Thou shalt not be afraid for any terror by night,
nor for the arrow that flieth by day;

For the pestilence that walketh in darkness,
nor for the sickness that destroyeth in the noon-day.

A thousand shall fall beside thee,
and ten thousand at thy right hand;
but it shall not come nigh thee.

Yea, with thine eyes shalt thou behold,
and see the reward of the ungodly.

For thou, LORD, art my hope;
thou hast set thine house of defence very high.

There shall no evil happen unto thee,
neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.

For he shall give his angels charge over thee,
to keep thee in all thy ways.

They shall bear thee in their hands,
that thou hurt not thy foot against a stone.

Thou shalt go upon the lion and adder:
the young lion and the dragon shalt thou tread under thy feet.

Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him;
I will set him up, because he hath known my Name.

He shall call upon me, and I will hear him;
yea, I am with him in trouble;
I will deliver him, and bring him to honour.

With long life will I satisfy him,
and show him my salvation."
PSALM 91

Be confident and stand tall, for no matter what comes ahead, the Lord shall stand with us!

† DEUS VULT †

​

 

[Hellraiser]

Oh man, ITZ coming. Better prep up all my Shoah IPBMs (the P is for planetary).

 

[Kalin]

... Angels of the Lord who once were the innocent souls of aborted babies being burned as fuel for public hospitals in the liberal and immoral ethically and morally bankrupt Polish-British Commonwealth ...

 

[GarfunkeL]

NOTABLE EVENTS FOR APRIL, YEAR 14:

The last Essex-class Kwanstanian survey vessels is, after over two years, returning to Earth, apparently oblivious to recent events.

On 2nd April, Aeternum Foedus Dei attacks Irkalla Collective!

• AFD total attack strength: 118.44 Irkalla total defence strength: 45.3 Combat ratio: 2.6146
• 1st h.k. Páncélozott zászlóalj suffers 18% losses.
  
• Legio II Theutonicorii suffers 6% losses.
  
• TIC Battalion Shield suffers 9% losses.
• No collateral damage.

Celestials continue attack upon the USSR:

• Celestial total attack strength: 197.1599 Soviet total defence strength: 80.3072 Combat ratio: 2.4551
• 2nd Imperial Armour Division suffers 31% losses.
• TIC Battalion Green suffers 2% losses.
• TIC Battalion Yellow is destroyed.
• USSR Armour Division 'Don' suffers 49% losses.
• TIC Battalion Proletariat suffers 20% losses.
• USSR Infantry Battalion 'Leningrad' suffers 42% losses.
• USSR Garrison Battalion 'Stalingrad' suffers 40% losses.
• USSR Infantry Battalion 'Moscow' suffers 9% losses.
• USSR 13th Replacement Battalion is destroyed.
• TIC 17th Replacement Battalion suffers 29% losses.
• Collateral damage: 150.000 civilians, 1 DSTS, 5 conventional industry

Environmentalists world over are glad that no side is using nuclear weapons.

On 4th April, the Kwanzanian ship arrived and settled in Earth orbit. Exactly 20 seconds later, it transformed into a wreckage. This time, the Commonwealths ships rescued the lifepods of the fourteen survivors.

On 7th April, gound combats continue:

• AFD total attack strength: 118.0566 Irkalla total defence strength: 44.247 Combat ratio: 2.6681
• Nothing to report.
• Celestial total attack strength: 197.1732 Soviet total defence strength: 63.275 Combat ratio: 3.1161
• TIC Battalion Blue suffered 8% losses.
• USSR Infantry Battalion 'Kiev' suffered 13% losses.
• USSR Armour Division 'Amur' suffered 19% losses.
• TIC 17th Replacement Battalion suffered 25% losses.
• Collateral damage: 25.000 civilians, 1 conventional industry.

And on 12th April:

• AFD total attack strength: 118.529 Irkalla total defence strength: 44.346 Combat ratio: 2.6728
• TIC Battalion Armour suffers 5% losses.
• TIC Battalion Shield suffers 49% losses.
• 22nd Mobile Infantry Battalion suffers 49% losses.
• Collateral damage: 50.000 civilians, 1 construction factory, 1 mine
• Celestial attack: 198.9149 Soviet defence: 62.3735 Combat ratio: 3.1891
• USSR Armour division 'Volga' suffers 26% losses.
• USSR Armour division 'Ural' suffers 12% losses.
• USSR Garrison battalion 'Stalingrad' suffers 1% losses.
• USSR Infantry battalion 'Moscow' suffers 29% losses.
• USSR 14th Replacement battalion suffers 27% losses.
• Collateral damage: 25.000 civilians, 1 conventional industry.

There is unrest on Luna, Titan, Mars and Io, due to overcrowding.

Battles rage on 20th April:

• AFD attack: 119.0617 Irkalla defence: 31.5696 Combat ratio: 3.7714
• AFD 16th REP suffered 6% losses.
• 5th h.k Schützenbataillon "Venetia" suffered 15% losses.
  
• Legio II Theutonicorii suffered 45% losses.
• Collateral damage: 25.000 civilians, 1 construction factory.
• Celestial attack: 206.2529 Soviet defence: 59.4439 combat ratio: 3.4697
• Mengjian National Army suffered 41% losses.
• TIC Battalion Green suffered 28% losses.
• USSR Infantry battalion 'Kiev' suffered 9% losses.
• TIC Battalion Proletariat suffered 6% losses.
• USSR 15th Replacement battalion suffered 37% losses.
• Collateral damage: 50.000 civilians, 1 construction factory, 1 conventional industry.

As they do on 25th April:

• AFD attack: 115.5695 Irkalla defence: 31.77 Ratio: 3.6377
• 22nd Mobile Infantry Battalion suffers 31% losses.
• No collateral.
• Celestial attack: 204.7405 Soviet defence: 58.7248 Ratio: 3.4864
• TIC Battalion Green 31% losses.
• TIC Battalion Blue 12% losses.
• USSR Armour 'Don' destroyed.
• USSR Armour 'Volga' 21% losses.
• USSR Armour 'Ural' 9% losses.
• TIC Battalion Unity 46% losses.
• USSR Infantry 'Moscow' destroyed.
• Collateral: 75.000 civilians, 1 construction factory, 1 mine.

The end of the month sees Drozdz launch a new ship. And some combat:

• 22nd Mobile Infantry Battalion is destroyed, and TIC Battalions Armour and White suffer losses.
• 'Leningrad' is also destroyed, and Proletariat, Stalingrad and Amur suffer losses.

50.000 Russians and 25.000 Irkallans perish as some mines and conventional industry is levelled.

 

[Dayyālu]

 

[Kalin]

The Imperial Herald
Voice of Truth and Reason
Prosperity-Net, Commlink, RK-Jack and Loyalty-Chip Broadcast

Hundreds of thousands of savage communist soldiers, malicious terrorists, Irkalla zealots and vile KGB agents have been dispatched to the World of Darkness, and infinitely more are sure to follow, as our holy crusade against socialism continues deep into the Soviet heartland. In a manner most similar to the noble effort of the Neo-Austrian Hegemony and Eternal League of God in the west, Celestial, White Russian and Luso-Brazilian forces have not only pierced but in fact completely smashed the Iron Curtain, the infamous Soviet equivalent of the Irkallan Wall of Silence. As the power of the Soviet propaganda machinery has been shattered, a veritable flood of news detailing the most abhorrent of atrocities is now reaching media outlets around the world at record speed! Mandatory torture, massive genocide of unorthodox crime-thinkers, systematic abduction of children to Red Army indoctrination camps and heretical alien-worship at the Soviet stronghold on Titan only mark the beginning of the list of crimes against humanity masterminded and carried out by "comrade" Grigorovich and her clique of thugs and fanatics in the Kremlin.

In the Far East, millions of our Asiatic brothers and sisters now rejoice and praise both Heaven and the Pact of Two Emperors for finally being free from such a living nightmare. As the shackles of Soviet slavery have been broken, the Kuril Islands and Sakhalin have at long last been reintegrated with Imperial Japan, and Outer Manchuria, home to many of our Han Chinese brethren, is rapidly being merged with Imperial Manchukuo, putting an end to centuries of Russian Imperialism and menacing of East Asian sovereignty in the region. Surviving Han prisoners of the former Maritime Territory, Amur and Lower Khabarovsk, lured into Russian thralldom by Grigorovich's false promises of sanctuary during our liberation of China, are now being evacuated en masse from the former gulags, allowing them to be reunited with their families in the splendorous Celestial Empire. Further north, independent Pan-Asian governments under Co-Prosperity protection are being formed for many previously oppressed Soviet minorities such as Daurs and Buryat-Mongols, and even groups previously thought purged by the KGB, not least the Transbaikal Cossacks and underground Jews, have resurfaced to aid in the struggle against their former tormentors.

In the west, meanwhile, allied forces constantly advance deeper and deeper into the belly of the beast, launching at this very moment a massive offensive against Red Army positions in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, key to the entire Krasnoyarsk Krai region. Spearheading the assault are none other than our recently developed Kawasaki Ki-13 Sangai VTOL Aircraft, modified for service in the Imperial Army and working in close conjunction with the Hasegawa Gene-Warrior Legion and our allies in the Luso-Brazilian 15ª DV Bandeirantes Espaciais.

As the battles rage on, recently released public confessions of the captured commanders of the 'Kharkov' Red Terror Battalion further shock the civilised world as to the true depths of communist depravity, exposing not only the existence of nation-wide mind control programs and systematic non-tasteful rape of womyn, children and livestock as means of morale-building exercises among the Red Army, but also Kremlin-ordained ritual reenactments of the brutal slaying of Spot the cat, a holocaust of epic proportions which has nearly wiped out the entire feline population of the Soviet bloc. "Spot was the ultimate symbol of imperialist capitalist oppression, and the Commissars made it clear we could have none of that", one officer said. Another explained that the purge "further encouraged the growth of the much-vital rodent population", which, as it turns out, is the main staple of Soviet military rations, for as one might expect of a planned economy, the disastrous effects of the mass-starvation that swept Moscow and the rest of the Soviet Union nearly fourteen years ago have still not been mitigated. In a society where scraps of rodents, human corpses and vat-bred imitation potatoes are the very delicacies of the elite, one can only shudder at the horrible thought of what the average communist worker, who ranks far below the prioritised Red Army in the Soviet hierarchy, is fed for sustenance.

In regards to the Venus expedition, Imperial High Command strongly denied the misinformed notions of a Soviet victory, stressing that the operation, much like the initial Luso-Brazilian attack on Kwanztania, was purely a diversion aimed at detaining enemy forces, so as to allow for speedy and uninterrupted destruction of the Soviet homeland defence. "The plan worked flawlessly", Duke Hayashi commented, but refused to divulge further information for the sake of maintaining operational security.

In an act of typical communist brutality, the Soviet Union did however claim a single "victory" against the Empire, namely by storming a small Imperial outpost on Titan and savagely butchering its defenceless inhabitants. The victims, all members of a Celestial xenology team initially sent to the moon to explore its reputed alien ruins, had remained peacefully in their small base following the conclusion of the Olympus Conference, patiently awaiting transport home from the remote moon in full accordance with the Treaty on Mutual Recognition of Special Interests. Following the last emergency transmission reporting heavy fighting and subsequent termination of communications, all members of the xenology team are presumed dead or worse at the hands of the communist devils. The Akagi transport ship scheduled to collect the team within a mere week has been ordered back to the main Imperial fleet, which currently operates at an undisclosed location.

The lack of nuclear strikes so far has been fortunate, but in a recent communique, Imperial High Command stressed that socialist viciousness and disregard for human lives should never be underestimated. Kempeitai intelligence suggests that a nuclear weapon program could already be well underway, and that it remains to be seen whether the Soviet Union will be stopped before it manages to deploy weapons of mass destruction sophisticated enough to penetrate the SDI programs of the Great Powers. To counter such evil tactics, the Empire has been hard at work developing additional counter-measures.

Finally, Colonel Nakanishi Minoru of the Imperial Biochemical Assault Unit has been awarded the Order of the Golden Kite, Second Class, in recognition of his exemplary bravery and leadership during the destruction of USSR Terror Battalion 'Kharkov' and defeat of USSR Infantry Battalion 'Minsk' during the battles for Mongolia and Trans-Baikal. Aside from the immense honour of having served his Emperor, the Colonel is to receive the title of Baron, appropriate land holdings and an annual stipend of ¥10,000,000. In addition, all members of the battalion are to be awarded the Fifth Class of the Order, in person or posthumously, and receive annual stipends of ¥1,000,000 as per decree of His Imperial Majesty.

In further commemoration of Jimmu Tennō, the Romulus of Imperial Japan, the Seventh Class of the prestigious Order was bestowed upon all members of the Mengjiang National Army for their valiant defence of recently liberated Mongolian territory, the members of the Imperial Vietnamese Guard for their destruction of communist insurgents in Indochina and defence of Emperor Laclongquan, and the members of the White Russian Elite Army, for their unflinching courage during the Siberian campaign.

 

[Cassidy]

(OOC: The Warhammer over-the-top SPEESH MAHREEHNS Power Armorz is for lulz. The stuff from E.Y.E Divine Cybermancy is better in proportions/scale/style/etc and that is how the Jerusalem forces would roughly look like, except with more crosses and Pisces and less dubious symbolism, naturally)

 

[Hellraiser]

PROSPERIA HERALD
- the headlines

Duranium yields from Io above expectations, DSV's crack team of geologists laughs at inferior communist geologists who missed Io's massive Duranium deposits. Unofficial sources claim accessibility and duranium deposit size easily match that on Venus, while Io is a vastly more hospitable place for both men and mining hardware. DSV's mining division's profits are skyrocketing. The Omniventures New Houston colony on Io is experiencing a rapid economic and population boom.

Magma diving death toll reaches 320 in the first quarter of this year alone. Insurance companies raise prices on the standard "Io blue collar colonist" insurance package in response.

Ukrainian diaspora in Prosperia demands the establishment of a free Ukrainian state with a capital in Kiev, as Russians are chased away from Crimea by Ukrainian militias in the turmoil of the Celestial-Soviet war.

University of Kwazulu scientists claim to have developed a theoretical basis for FTL travel. The math behind it is said to be free from communist taint and optimally efficient thanks to being unburdened by a centrally planned economy. DSV officials have not confirmed nor denied if a ship equipped with a "jump drive" is already under construction, however analysts predict that one should be ready by next Thursday, wait and see.

Magnerapid introduces a fornication fee sparking outrage amongst fans of spontaneous orgies aboard Prosperia's maglev trains.

Where will your pet prehistoric reptile live now? Landlords are banning pet velociraptors en masse blaming the pets for chewed power cables, yorkshire terrier disappearances and spreading an obnoxious smell within apartments. Wealthy raptor enthusiasts vow to create a raptor-friendly residential area on Prosperia's outskirts.

Omnidefense military forces go on parade in Prosperia to commemorate the victory over communist saboteurs in Boerestaat and the restoration of democracy within the south african state. Amongst the forces on show during the parade were the newest Assault Infantry battalions, equipped with the powerful Ares Z-23 Turbolaser Handcannons capable of easily piercing through standard garrison battalion power armor. Also on show were the latest Shoah-3 Interplanetary Ballistic Missiles stationed on mobile platforms, each armed with 50+ megaton T-N warheads and with an effective range of 12 AU, effectively deterring communist aggression by ensuring utter obliteration of all life on Earth and beyond it should anyone dare to invade Omniventures Island. Meson tanks and mobile anti-orbital meson cannons were also on display, besieged by crowds of beam weapon enthusiasts eager to take holographic pictures of the futuristic weapons platforms.

 

[GarfunkeL]

NOTABLE EVENTS FOR MAY, YEAR 14:

Miyoshi launches a new ship.

Ground combats rage across the continent:

• AFD attack: 116.7031 Irkalla defence: 24.2748
• Pantices Templarioum II Kerak suffers 6% losses.
• 5th h.k Schützenbataillon "Venetia" suffers 23% losses.
  
• 6th h.k. Strafbattalion suffers 4% losses.
  
• TIC Battalion Armour suffers 45% losses.
• TIC Battalion White suffers 21% losses.
• Collateral damage: 25.000 civilians, 1 fuel refinery.
• Celestial attack: 208.1513 Soviet defence: 33.8434
• TIC Battalion Green destroyed.
• TIC Battalion Red suffered 9% losses.
• TIC Battalion Blue suffered 22% loses.
• USSR Infantry Battalion 'Kiev' 34% losses.
• USSR Armour 'Volga' suffers 1% losses.
• USSR Armour 'Amur' destroyed.
• TIC Battalion Proletariat destroyed.
• TIC Battalion Unity suffers 11% losses.
• Collateral: 75.000 civilians, 1 CF, 2 conventional industry.

Eisenstark launches a new ship.

And more ground combat:

• TIC Battalion Armour suffered 41% losses.
• TIC Battalion Red suffered 49% losses.
• TIC Battalion Blue suffered 27% losses.
• USSR Infantry battalion 'Kiev' destroyed.
• USSR Armour 'Volga' suffered 11% losses.
• USSR Armour 'Ural' destroyed.
• TIC Battalion Unity suffered 5% losses.
• USSR Garrison 'Stalingrad' destroyed.
• 75.000 Soviets and 2 CI lost.

And more ground combat:

• TIC Battalion Armour destroyed.
• TIC Battalion White 27% losses.
• TIC Battalion Black 2% losses.
• TIC Battalion Shield 25% losses.
• TIC Battalion Red 20% losses.
• TIC Battalion Blue destroyed.
• USSR Armour Volga 23% losses.
• TIC Battalion Unity destroyed.
• 25.000 Soviets and 25.000 Irkallans killed, 1 Soviet CI, 1 Irkalla CF, destroyed.

The Celestial civilian mining complex on Tempel-Tuttle has expanded.

More ground combat:

• TIC Battalion White 28% losses.
• TIC Battalion Black 36% losses.
• TIC Battalion Shield destroyed.
• TIC Battalion Red destroyed.
• USSR Armour Volga destroyed.
• 25.000 Soviets and 25.000 Irkallans killed, 1 Soviet CI destroyed.

And more:

• Venetia suffered 44% losses.
• TIC Battalion White destroyed.
• TIC Battalion Black destroyed.
• 50.000 Irkallans killed, 2 mines destroyed.

Organized defence of the USSR collapses as Red Army has been wiped out. However, partisan movements among the large population are utterly out of control, and the USSR thus refuses to surrender. The Celestial army appears to be too small to pacify the entire Soviet Union.

Organized defence of the Irkalla collapses as their army has been wiped out. However, the AFD armed forces are too small to efficiently control the restless population, and thus Irkalla does not surrender.

Irkalla publishes the execution of an Omniventures espionage team.

Miyoshi launches a new ship.

Partisans unrest is stronger among Irkallans than it is among Soviets, though it is strong in both. Neither country seems willing to surrender.

 

[GarfunkeL]

Whoops, that went to almost mid-June already.

I'll wrap up the rest of the year if nothing big comes up.

 

[Hellraiser]

Irkalla publishes the execution of an Omniventures espionage team.

Lies and slander, capitalism would never hire such piss poor spies. Must have been league agents masquerading as Omniventures ones

 

[GarfunkeL]

NOTABLE EVENTS FOR REST OF YEAR 14:

Miyoshi and Eisenstark and Yates launch new ships.

Luso-Brazilians launch two Parati-class ships. They immediately head towards Mercury. Their thermal signature is 200. The is capable of 1428 km/sec velocity.

Earth runs out of Corundium.

Red Army scrapes together a Garrison Battalion, but the Celestial forces promptly eliminate it.

Polish-British Commonwealth joines the war! British forces cross the border and march into Belarus and Ukraine.

On 13th August, the USSR populations on Earth are subdued. As Soviet Union surrenders, tactical nuclear charges ravage much of her industry and infrastructure. The clean-up will take years. 200 million citizens lose their lives in this nuclear holocaust, a scorched earth policy written monstrous.

The bodies of the Politbury are not found in Kreml, or anywhere else.

 

[GarfunkeL]

Okay, heading to bed soon, so I'll clean up the game file and sort out the details later. I'll be fairly busy tomorrow, but hopefully I'll have time on Monday to finish Year 14 and answer all your queries.

 

[Storyfag]

Polish-British Commonwealth joines the war! British forces cross the border and march into Belarus and Ukraine.

By Jove, it's all like 1854 again Do we get to besiege Sevastopol too?
Or like 1610 Dibs on the Red Square!

 

[Kalin]

The Imperial Herald
Voice of Truth and Reason
Prosperity-Net, Commlink, RK-Jack and Loyalty-Chip Broadcast

VICTORY IN EURASIA! COMMUNISTS SURRENDER TO ALLIED FORCES!

Following months of holy war, righteous purging of partisan cells and deprogramming of brainwashed victims of communism, the impoverished masses of the Soviet Union have finally put down their inferior weapons and surrendered unconditionally to the Celestial Empire, Luso-Brazilian Star Empire and Polish-British Commonwealth. This grand victory, which has not only dealt a decisive blow to the red menace but also put a definite end to their vile doctrine here on Earth, is now being commemorated at the annual Imperial Peace Ceremony.

Held in the sacred homeland of the Yamato race, the glorious proceedings are attended by dignitaries from the entire civilised world, and as to be expected, a plethora of enlightened and cultured events have been arranged for the esteemed participants. Spectacular military parades, displays of marvellous new technology, awards for meritorious service and mass executions of Soviet war criminals merely mark the beginning of the exciting events planned for Victory Week, the new Imperial holiday implemented by our Heavenly Sovereign in honour of our triumph.

Aside from the joyous celebration, the ceremony also took on a sombre tone today, as His Imperial Majesty personally honoured the victims of the massive attack orchestrated by "comrade" Grigorovich, launched mere moments after the surrender. Contrary to what one would expect, this attack was not carried out against our own forces, but rather against the very countrymen of the General Secretary herself, directly violating the Treaty on Lawful Usage of Trans-Newtonian Weapons which the Soviet Union had made such a show of pursuing.

In what can only be described as the greatest atrocity in the history of mankind, the deranged dictator set off a series of nuclear detonations in the remaining strongholds of the Soviet regime, butchering hundreds of millions of USSR citizens and demonstrating once and for all the complete disregard for human lives which constitutes the very core of communist ideology. Although Imperial High Command had taken every precaution against the launch of nuclear weapons, our brilliant Hōshō Meson Cannons could not prevent a genocide in which no actual missiles were launched. As subsequent Kempeitai investigations have revealed, all of the nuclear weapons were in fact planted and detonated on ground by the few remaining fanatics in the KGB, the ever-loyal lapdogs of Grigorovich and her murderous accomplices.

Despite the massive scale of the scorched earth campaign, speedy humanitarian aid and relief work from Imperial, Luso-Brazilian and Commonwealth forces has allowed hundreds of millions of former Soviet citizens to survive the ordeal, all of whom have no doubt experienced a rude awakening as to the true nature of their former master. The Central Committee also severely underestimated the technological superiority of the Empire, for although much attention was given to assassinate Soviet scientists and wreck the research complexes of the regime, Kempeitai Special Forces have managed to penetrate several of the irradiated Soviet labs, fully shielded from radioactive contamination by their advanced suits of Mitsui Power Armour. Even now, they are busily securing data, salvaging equipment and uncovering endless shocking truths of Soviet cruelty and incompetence.

In addition to definite proof of the Soviet mind control experiment Project Communist-Consciousness, meant to "unite" all of humanity by means of intrusive communist brainwashing broadcasts, as well as large-scale fabrications, as in the case of the Setun-170-TN ternary optical computer, confirmed to be horribly inferior even to the outdated Hello Kitty Fun Station Mk2 for children of ages 2-5 released back in the Second Year of Imperial Restoration, allied forces have also secured detailed data on the much-lauded Soviet FTL research.

Unsurprisingly, these achievements of the Soviet intellectual elite, plagued as they were by totalitarian make-believe and socialist warp-thinkery, have been confirmed to be as much a bluff as the Setun-170-TN. The Soviet FTL engines, while sometimes capable of engaging in crude and unreliable inter-system travel, truly pale in comparison to the scientifically sound prototypes developed at the University of Kwazulu. Together with the amazing breakthroughs of UAC on Phobos and Deimos, our mastery of the field has thus already surpassed the pitiful efforts of the communists, proving once again the superiority of free market capitalism over socialist planned economy.

As the masses enjoy their final liberation from Soviet tyranny, the victorious Imperial Assault Infantry is now marching south to subdue the remaining partisans in the Irkalla Collective, tasked by His Imperial Majesty the Emperor to stamp out the last corrupting influence of the Cairo Pact in Eurasia. Given the timely intervention of both the League and Hegemony, it is only a matter of time before the Cult of the Sleeper is completely purged from existence. However, the true war is not yet won!

Possibly hundreds of thousands of Red Army officers, Soviet commissars and KGB agents have taken up refuge in outer space, and others still have been confirmed to hide among the fractured states of Kwanztania, carrying on their evil opposition to Imperial authority, dedicated solely to undoing the great work we have accomplished. In order to realise our goal of perpetual peace, these enemies of freedom and prosperity must all be exterminated.

Worst of all, the mass-murderer Grigorovich is still alive, and one can only imagine what the mastermind behind the thermonuclear genocide must look like, modified as she is beyond recognition, wired straight into the blasphemous datalinks of the abominable xenocreatures on Titan. Much unlike the optimistic image of the "comrade" published by Vox Dei, the Imperial Herald has secured a far more appropriate depiction of the monster:

Note: artistic rendition

More alien and machine than human, and with agendas no member of our holy species could ever comprehend, the murderous enemy is still out there, watching, waiting, plotting to destroy our way of life! We may have crushed its means of constructing weapons and raising armies on our doorstep, but as long as the beast lives, it will constantly devise new ways to disrupt our harmonious peace and concord. Rest assured, citizens: the Celestial Empire will not rest until the blasphemous freak known as General Secretary Grigorovich has been found, cornered and utterly destroyed!

Hail Greater EURASIA!

 

[Kurgis]

Massive respect to all players for these lovely updates - real quality, and really appreciate the time you take to craft them.

Hope when you (the remains of humanity) get out of sol properly, garfunkel can post some screenshots of how the chains of exploration are looking. Having played a lot of Aurora I won't comment further game mechanics wise obviously

Lets hope some of you have some infrastructure stockpiled on Earth for now ey?