MODERATION: Considering we could have exited to slipstream with a little damage if Rama hadn't captured us without reaction time, i'm gonna have to accept Carno's timeline and revoke yours. It is much more possible that there could have been someone there to rescue us than it is that you captured us in seconds after we exited the atmosphere and we had no time at all to react.

CONTINUATION: The three ran for the docking bay and boarded the C.X.S. Pultaq. It lifted off the floor, and fired it's photon cannons at the bay door until it blew away enough for the ship to make it through. By now the Raman soldiers were entering the bay and firing at the ship. Their advanced rifles quickly damaged the containment grid around the slipdrive before the ship could make it out. Conduits were sparking all over the place. Buba: "We've lost primary injuction fields! We can't go to slipstream!" Raman ships were converging on them. Ziatsu ran to the back and held his hands over the crystal for several seconds. "Go!" Buba: "What?!" Rooster: "It doesn't matter, just do it!" Buba engaged the slipstream drive. The ship began to enter subspace and another blue craft entered slipstream alongside them. The proximity was so close that Rooster could see the other ship through the slipcorridor. The other ship was flashing his searchlights at the Pultaq in morse code. Buba saw too and typed the words as it flashed. It was telling them to lock signatures. They did so and navigation was linked. Both ships came out of slipstream where Carnotaur was still waiting for them....

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It is not fear that will destroy you, but the absence of it.

(This message has been edited by roostersw (edited 12-18-2000).)

Carnotaur quickly has both vessels dock in his arada bay and then Carnotaur goes back to Rizgarik. After Rooster fills him in on what happened, Carnotaur gives him some news. "We intercepted a coded transmission from that Raman vessel to Rama HQ. We were able to decode it, and this is what it said: 'We have searched the entire ship over and over again. But dispite numerous searches and phycic scans, we have been unable to relocate the mysterious alien. He has disappeared. Even Rama couldn't find him.' Thats what the message said. Apparently these aliens are highly advanced, and somehow evaded the Ramans."

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To Rama: These mysterious aliens can easily evade you and are unaffected by your phychic weapon stuff. But don't get angry yet, I still haven't exactly stated who their allies are, or whether or not their weapons are really that good.

Expect a scetch of what these aliens look like in a day or two.

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To Escape Velocity: Nova and Beyond!
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Millennium. Its coming, prepare for it.
Coming to the (url="http://"http://www.ambrosiaSW.com/games/ev/chronicles.html")EV Chronicles(/url).

(This message has been edited by Captain Carnotaur (edited 12-18-2000).)

Rooster had enough. He had still felt when he landed on Xanu that these people could be civil, but now he believed he was wrong. He sent a subspace transmission to Xanu and requested a representative of the Ramans to come for a conference on Azdgari. He then spoke with Ziatsu. Rooster: "I understand you've been very cooperative in giving your information about the Raman society. Now, would you like to go home?" Ziatsu: "I also spoke with our rescuer, Junda. He comes, like i do, from the many peoples oppressed by the "peace-seeking" Ramans. He also wishes to come to Ancar with me." Rooster: "I will give you an Arada and allow you escorted travel to the slipbarrier. From there you will take a slipstream into Ancara space. However, i am not without limits. You will only have enough slipcrystal in the drive for your trip...and another trip back will be in your pocket." Ziatsu: "You still do not trust my people. Neither do i, but perhaps they will learn from the Corocian database i take with me and from the errors of the Ramans. I bid you farewell, my friend." They both walked to the bay where Junda was waiting. Ziatsu and Junda boarded the arada and the bay opened to reveal two Corocian Clippers* waiting to escort the Arada. As the ships entered hyperspace Rooster went back to check for a trasmission back from Rama....

*Corocian Clipper- A midsize vessel for when a fighter squad isn't enough, and a warship is too much. Used for random tasks especially when warships are called to the front lines.

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It is not fear that will destroy you, but the absence of it.

(This message has been edited by roostersw (edited 12-18-2000).)

OK, here is a better quality map. For some reason its size was being shrunk so I switched programs. Should look good now. Look forward to the sketch Carno. Time for bed for me.

Map: (url="http://"http://homepage.mac.com/lifeonmars/rama/rama_map.GIF")http://homepage.mac....ma/rama_map.GIF(/url)
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Transmission to Corocians. The representative will arrive tomorrow. (literally).

Please don't do anything that involves me.

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Merry Christmas!

(This message has been edited by Rama (edited 12-18-2000).)

(This message has been edited by Rama (edited 12-18-2000).)

In a mission control center on the planet G'st'ar'ryh'ht, home of the G'st'ar'ryh'htns:

"Sir," said a lowly mechanic "The device is almost online. We will be ready to test it in just a few minuts." "Excelent." Said an alien that looked like he was in charge. "We will soon meet our allies. It was hard to unify this race, but it happend and now we aspire to greater things. Bring me a glass of focefe. I wish to enjoy this moment." "Right away sir." Replyed the mechanic.

In orbit around G'st'ar'ryh'ht in the cockpit of a ship roughly the size of a Voinian Dreadnaught:
"Run preflight test." Said the Captin. "Are engines operationel?" "Engines are running at 100% of capacity." Came a voice over the intercom. "Good. Life suport?" "If it was down, wouldn't you have noticed it by now?" came the voice again. "Don't be sassy." he said pointedly to the person on the other side of the circut. "The Mesh device?" "I sure as heck hope so. It's new so I don't know what 100% of it is." "I hope it's 100% too. Activate engiens and move us away from the consturction yard." "Done." "Activate Vortex inputs one, three, five, seven and nine." "Activating... Done." "Transmit the get clear signel. "Transmitted." "Activate Mesh." "Done." In front of the ship a large, red, wall materialised. It started moving at the ship. "Here goes everything." said the captin.

The wall hit.

The ship was converted into tiny molicules wherever the wall hit. When it hit the captin a wave of pain that made having an arm cut off look like warm applesause and then... nothing.

Back on G'st'ar'ryh'ht:

"Sir, the ship is gone. It should be phasing back in 10 hours, but a message sent to us will take at least a day." "Very well. Start outfiting more ships with the Mesh device." "Yes sir."

fade out

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The Person who joins the United Earth Communism knows not true might and he knows not true wisdom.

My objective is to live forever. So far so good.
Books of the new millennia:Left Behind, Tribulaton Force, Nicolae, Soul Harvest, Apollyon, Assassins, The Indwelling, The Mark.

(This message has been edited by Lonevoinian (edited 12-19-2000).)

I'm not seeing Hinwar space in Gualon and gamur!! I'll be back later, when the Hinwar and the Miranu are going to create one very new league of ships...

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Very funny, now beam down my clothes. These ladies look rest-less..... uh-oh...
Alien's famous tongue...
"Vionions?? Voinioniommoins?? Viks? Veggies? Vegetables? Oh wait, that's a hewman plant...
SEARCH..... THEN...... ASK!!!!

The merchant 21 talked to suggesed he talk to he Hinwar, having been formerly conqured and enslaved be an alien race, some race called the "Voinians", before. With the Keninati's stolen technology, and the Hinwar's resources, they could beuld a formidable navy. 21, realizing he has unknowingly made some powerfull enemies, travels with the Merchant, so the Rama won't know where he is, in exchange for outfitting the Merchant's Miran Courior with some HID Aromr and a Protronic beam Turrent. Upon arriving iHinwar space, 21 hails alien and makes the pruposal to him.

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Cuz I'm a 21st Century Digital Boy
I don't know the Monty Python but I've got a lotta toys
My daddy is a Renegade, his name is Hellcat Helian
Wait a second...

1000 Kilometers above the planet in the Bonso system in the G'st'ar'ryh'htns ship:

"Open channel to the surface." Said the captin. "Done" Came the voice from the intercom. "Attention, dwellers of this planet. We are of the G'st'ar'ryh'htns. Are you of the race that has comunicated through our leaders? If you are then we would like to come down and meet you and discuss an alliance. We will, of course, be unarmed."

The commander of the planet responds:

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The Person who joins the United Earth Communism knows not true might and he knows not true wisdom.

My objective is to live forever. So far so good.
Books of the new millennia:Left Behind, Tribulaton Force, Nicolae, Soul Harvest, Apollyon, Assassins, The Indwelling, The Mark.

"Hello 21, we are the Hinwar. Currently our leader is away at the Miranu worlds. But we shall transport you there."

And a few days later on Mira..

Alien, standing very tall at 9ft with arms just as long, greets 21. "Hello there, friend, and may I ask the terms of the peace treaty, your enemies, your allies, ad the current state of your technology."

"Alien Stonewall?" Comes a miranu voice..

"Yes?"

"We have nearly completed grafting the new Molo armor that you brought using Voinian technology and the our new multi grid system shields into the old Voinian frigates, and soon we shall begin production.." Says the Miranu...

"Good, soon we shall meet with the Elmalgha. Now about your proposal 21..."

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Very funny, now beam down my clothes. These ladies look rest-less..... uh-oh...
Alien's famous tongue...
"Vionions?? Voinioniommoins?? Viks? Veggies? Vegetables? Oh wait, that's a hewman plant...
SEARCH..... THEN...... ASK!!!!

At the same time as the Raman commander was about to respond to the G'st'ar'ryh'htn ship, meanwhile, in Xanu, as Rama was looking at some tactical plans, an Azdgari warship hyperspaced in, but its weapon systems were unarmed. The vessel said it was on a diplomatic mission and then requests to see Rama. Rama goes on board the Azdgari vessel, and there he meets Captain Scorcher, Carnotaur's cousin and trusted friend. "Hello Rama," Scorcher says. "I have been sent by Carnotaur. As you know, you sent him a message asking for an alliance. Well, Carnotaur says that he may join you, but on one condition: 1-That the Ramans would not kill off massvie swaths of alien population, and 2-That the Ramans would not take over the entire galaxy, just a part of it. Carnotaur dislikes the total destruction of an alien race. We wishes that he and the Ramans would just bring the Corocians to their knees, but not wipe them out entirely. If you agree, Rama, the Azdgari and Izgari will join you, but the Zidagar will not. Do you agree?"

Rama responds.

P.S. I may have more conditions, but these are the only ones I thought of right now.

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To Escape Velocity: Nova and Beyond!
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Millennium. Its coming, prepare for it.
Coming to the (url="http://"http://www.ambrosiaSW.com/games/ev/chronicles.html")EV Chronicles(/url).

Rama, you forgot that there is a Corocian colony in the Yandros system. It should be orange.

CONTINUATION: A fleet of 400 Corocian Cruisers, let by the CWS Caracas , arrive on the Azgadri border and meets up with Rooster and Carnotuar.

Aboard the CWS Caracas :

Ensign: "Sir, news from Mirava!"

UE Patriot: "What is it?"

Ensign: "Seems that the Miranu, Hinwar and Keninati are going to form an alliance.

The words Miranu and Hinwar warm Patriot's heart. "That shall be interesting."

Ensign: "And one other thing."

UE Patriot: "Yes?"

Ensign: "Corocian scoutships have detected a strange new ship... materializing somewhere far from here. The ship is connected with someone called 'Lonevoinian.' "

UE Patriot: " 'Lonevoinian?" Hmm... that name seems familiar."

After recalling the countless barfights he had with someone of that name, UE Patriot decides to go to the CWS Caracas ' chapel to pray, muttering to himself "as we forgive those who trespass against us..."

God bless,

UE Patriot

Meanwhile the Azdgari are gearing up for a war, depending on whether or not Rama accepts Carnotaur's terms.

Within a few days 150 Aradas are on the Azdgari border, along with 90 other Azdgari warships. Ship production has been put into high gear. The Azdgari have requested 20 Igazras and 15 Zidaras from the Zidagar and Igadzra. After recieving them, Azdgari scientists copy the technology and install it on their own vessels. Soon, the Azdgari Empire, though widely disperses, is heavily fortified, and capable of withstanding any major attack by 3 races at one time. Within another few days, 60 more Azdgari warships will have been completed, and sent throughout Azdgari territory. The Azdgari are also starting to produce their own Igazras and Zidaras. The Azdgari Empire is ready for war.

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To Escape Velocity: Nova and Beyond!
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Millennium. Its coming, prepare for it.
Coming to the (url="http://"http://www.ambrosiaSW.com/games/ev/chronicles.html")EV Chronicles(/url).

Quote

Originally posted by Alien 5672:
**"Hello 21, we are the Hinwar. Currently our leader is away at the Miranu worlds. But we shall transport you there."

And a few days later on Mira..

Alien, standing very tall at 9ft with arms just as long, greets 21. "Hello there, friend, and may I ask the terms of the peace treaty, your enemies, your allies, ad the current state of your technology."

"Alien Stonewall?" Comes a miranu voice..

"Yes?"

"We have nearly completed grafting the new Molo armor that you brought using Voinian technology and the our new multi grid system shields into the old Voinian frigates, and soon we shall begin production.." Says the Miranu...

"Good, soon we shall meet with the Elmalgha. Now about your proposal 21..."
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We have relativly advanced technology captured from soem aliens that enslaved all of our race excpt me and about 50 others. The only technologies we've been able to decode so far are the Protronic Beam, a deadly primary weapon that doesn't drain you're fuel tanks and has long range, but is otherwise similar to the Phased Disruptor beam. Our other main technoogy is HID Armor, settl put through a compression process that triples the density and cuts the weight in half. While it is inferior to you're Molo armor, the Molo armor could theretically be put through the same process, trippleing the stregh and cutting the weight in half.

We are very new to the universe, so we have no enemies yet unless we've made some by alling with the Adzari. we allied with them because they were very genorus to us, and without them there's a good chance we wouldn't be here. Our only enemies are the Aliens that conqured and enslaved our race, which you, from what I've heard, should understand.

"Alien Stonewall, a large group of ships I've never seen before just jumped into the system, and started attacking everything in sight. They won't respond yo our hails."

"Let me see," says 21. 21 walks over to the observation deck and stopps in his tracks. "It's them!"

Then the ship hailed the planet. "21, we have found your colony and destroyed it, along with the rest of you're people here. You are to surrender yourself immeadiatly to the Artaina Empire, or you and you're hinwar friends will face prompt and utter destruction."
The ship closes it's comm channles.

21 turns to Alien. "You must help me. I am now the only free one of my people left. Although they will definatly send a much larger one if this one fails, this is only a small task force. And their weapons are extreemly ineffictive against heavy armor. If none of the ships excape this battle, we could keep that advantage, as they would never know f thier disadvantage."

I'll retain controle of the Artaina Empire, if no one minds.

And, Rama, I e-mailed you a map with the Kenientai Colonies and the Artaian Empire.

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Cuz I'm a 21st Century Digital Boy
I don't know the Monty Python but I've got a lotta toys
My daddy is a Renegade, his name is Hellcat Helian
Wait a second...

(This message has been edited by 21st Century Digital Boy (edited 12-19-2000).)

OK the map will be updated very soon. I am working on it right now.
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In response to Lonevoinian:
You are cleared to land.
The G'st'ar'ryh'htn (that is going to get hard to write) lands on Carrack and a representative steps off and enters a heavily guarded compound. Rama opens the discussion.
Rama: I would like to offer my terms for alliance. We have discovered a new Galaxy with many small races. They are obviously jealous about our and your technology. Here are my terms. You join our war as a separate government. Once we destroy most of the resistence we keep any systems that whichever fleet your or mine have conquered. We can then swap systems to make even borders.
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In response to Carnotaur:
After the first meeting Rama meets with the Agdzari representative.
Rama: I agree to your terms. Everything that I said to the G'st'ar'ryh'htn also goes for you. I will not entirely wipe out any race. Much can be learned from all of them. A few hundred thousand specimens of each will be kept in zoos to be studied.
In order to become an ally you must attack all of the numerous weaker races that have joined you and keep you borders open to my ships to pass through since you are on the front. My fleets will be arriving soon.
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Merry Christmas!

Here is the map. If you want changes made like added governments then email me either a map of the changes or a list of them. I will try to keep it updated from the post. (url="http://"http://homepage.mac.com/lifeonmars/rama/galaxy_map.gif")http://homepage.mac..../galaxy_map.gif(/url)

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Merry Christmas!

Woa, this map is getting huge! So many new planets. hehe...

Rooster: What are we currently doing and where are we? I've been following along but I'm a little lost as to how our story fits in with everything else that is going on.

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Usless Fact #2341:
Over 2500 left handed people a year are killed
from using products made for right handed people!

NOTE: Zidagar and Igadzra forces cannot be utilized by you for battle. You do not control them. The Artaian empire is currently revoked, there is no one to control it. Lonevoinian, as i have said may times, needs to become second in command of an existing nation. We have met our designated number of added races. Lonevoinian's race (i'm not attemting to type it) is also revoked.

BUBA: We are back from Xanu and are declaring war on Rama and the traitorious Azdgari. You are in command of the Corocian High Cruiser Venatoco and are in formation with the Zodiac

Rooster walked swiftly toward the strategic command room on the Zodiac after noticing the Azdgari forces moving to the Corocian/Azdgari borders. Buba entered shortly after him. He looked for the closest Corocian capitol ship to the border and contacted it, a Cruiser. He then spotted an Azdgari warship on the border and ordered the capitol ship to intercept it. Buba: "Why a capitol ship?" Rooster: "Slipstream and Ion."

Soon after, the immense Corocian High Cruiser pulled out of slipstream right to the rear starboard of the Azdgari Cruiser. It's ion cannon blasted through the middecks of the ship, releasing a blast of flame. The Azdgari ship was still in powersave and it's shields were not yet repowered. Survivors flew from the torn hull, some in pods. The High Cruiser picked up as many as possible and flew over the Azdgari getting into position for slipstream. The Azdgari charged weapons and fired on the slipdrive. The High Cruiser returned three photon bursts to the portside and ejected a messagepod. A corridor then opened pulling the pride of the Corocian military inside. The messagepod broadcasted to the disabled Azdgari: "Declaration of War, by the supreme command of the Corocian Alliance." The message would get to Carnotaur soon enough.

Rooster had already called his fleets back from the Raman border, and he was now readying the subspace emitter for a transmission to his allies. Open channel to Yandros: "Patriot, the time has come for the destruction of the hateful Ramans and their Azdgari allies." Open channel to Voina: "Oasa, we must join together now to defend our lands from the Ramans and Azdgari. Do we have your help as we gave you ours so often before?" Open channel to Mira: "Alien, my people have been your friends for many years, we ask for you to help protect our entire galaxy from the Ramans and Azdgari." Rooster closed the final channel and powered down the transmitter. He left with not a sense of hatred, but of cautiousness, righteousness, and justification for protecting him, his country, and his galaxy....

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It is not fear that will destroy you, but the absence of it.

(This message has been edited by roostersw (edited 12-19-2000).)

You are all wrong Rooster. Here are a few things about the Azdgari that you were wrong about:

1-Azdgari ships do not go on powersave.
2-Azdgari shields are always at full power
3-Azdgari ships cannot be destroyed that easily, they are EXTREMELY dangerous and powerful

To Rama: You never showed the Izgari. I created them. Why aren't they in your map? Put them right above the new sector of space that I used.

About Daedalus: I am assuming Daedalus is with me. Am I right?

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Meanwhile, a mysterious message is recieved by Rama. It reads: "We have met before. You know who I look like. Ask the Ancara about us, they will know. We wish to bring us together, and unite our forces in victory. We shall crush your opponents, and bring order to the galaxy. If you join us, then send out a message towards one of the two black holes."

After hearing this, Rama opens up a comlink between them and the Ancarans. "Who are these guys?" Rama asks after reading them the message.

The Ancara commander looks at Rama uneasily. "They are the Agzarai, a race of exponentially violent aliens. They come from the Andromeda galaxy, and actually, so de we. We are distantly related. The Agzarai also have two other relatives; the Igzaerah and the Zigrigar. They are all technilogically advanced, and the Agzarai are extremely violent and conquerers."

Rama tells Carnotaur about this, and the two of them meet together to figure out whether or not they should join them.

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To Rooster: Please don't revoke this. The Igzaerah and the Zigrigar are just the same as the Ramans, and only the Agzarai are better. I won't bring them into the story TOO much.

P.S. If any of you were wondering, I did get those alien names from the strands. You see, I used to play this other game in which there were these three aliens (this was not in a game, just my own little personel one that I played with StarTrek toys) and I named them after the strands. I decided to use them in this story, so I had to modify their names a bit.

P.P.S. Expect the sketch of what they look like very soon.

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To Escape Velocity: Nova and Beyond!
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Millennium. Its coming, prepare for it.
Coming to the (url="http://"http://www.ambrosiaSW.com/games/ev/chronicles.html")EV Chronicles(/url).

CARNO: I'm afraid their use can be only historical and observational, Carno. If they do anything to affect the timeline they will be revoked. They may take only a minimal part of the map not to be altered. I think you'll see that's reasonable. Please remind me if the Izgari and the alternative strands are your only added nations. Daedalus has noted he will not be posting for a while, and that is the reason i didn't contact him. I believe the Silverfleet are allies of the Corocians.

MODERATION: Normalspace transmissions (as opposed to subspace) cannot be made through the slipbarrier. I'm afraid there were no transmissions to the Ancara. All ships (besides the Malcontent) have to power down some systems over tens of hours of patrol time. A continuous shield grid would eliminate even an Azdgari power reserve in about 3 hours. Even if you don't see the scientific reasoning of this, it is a rule (no undefeatable (or infinite) protections). The Azdgari ship's weapons were disabled and they suffered a single-deck hull breach. Within 15min. the vessel would be fully operable again. Nothing was destroyed. I am not removing Lonevoinian from the story, but i suggest he become someone's second-in-command before he controls a nation. The Zidagar and Igadzra are neutral and small. Their inclusion in the story would result of someone (like lonevoinian) doing well outside of full leadership and my promotion of them to command of these nations.

CONTINUATION: Rooster and Buba sit in the conference room waiting for a reverse transmission from their allies.

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It is not fear that will destroy you, but the absence of it.

(This message has been edited by roostersw (edited 12-19-2000).)

Roostersw, I don't think you should revoke Lonevoinians government. It will not hinder the story and his role is still like a second in command because we are close allies. It is not fair if you don't post for a while and then came back to revoke entire governments.
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A message arrives to Carno, I accept alliances with the Ancara (or whoever it was). I have heard about them and they seem powerful. I am not however interested in any weaker races. I ask that you declare war on anyone who is weaker than you.
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I will update the map soon Carno.

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Merry Christmas!