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.:Orion Sector News Special Report:.

"Today, a message was received by the Emperor..."

If you think that we do not live in the Orion Nebula, then you have not explored your so-called territory as well as you think. There are Earth colonies in this sector of space as well as many planets containing those little grey aliens with the big friendly eyes.

The greys say they've never heard of you by the way.

"It is well known the the people of the Steel Empire have inhabited the Orion Sector uncontested for some time. The Nebula, being a place for major scientific experiments and studies, has been searched compeletely and flawlessly. The only explanation then, is that these people are invaders to our closed sector. There may come a day when our claim shall fall on deaf ears, but I assure you, that day is far from now. We will not let slip the dogs of war on these agressors...no...we will starve the said dogs for days and then let them feast on the invaders!"

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Sky Marshall Michael Zephyr
Commander of the Imperial Fleet and Marines

OOC: Many NationStates nations can vouch for me, The Orion Nebula. You do not live and/or own this space. I have had the Orion Sector since before your nation was founded...and as you can see...it has been some time. Proof is spread throughout every thread I post in, and my original claim is so old it was purged from the forums. Do not contest my claims. If you are still ignorant and think you live in the Orion Nebula then the bell tolls for you. Make your choice...

To: Steel Butterfly - Sky Marshall Michael Zephyr
From: Vrak Diplomatic Corps
Subject: Orion

We applaud the steps your Empire will take in order to keep its borders secure.

OOC: The Orion Nebula, why didn't you ask first to see if anyone did reside there? Steel's claim to the area is well established.

Their loss. We plead, however, that the innocents of the Orion Nebula are not harmed.

-Foreign Affairs-

We'd like to help, but we stuck on Earth.

The Corporate Republic will stand beside its ally, Steel Butterfly, in defense that those who may inhabit the Orion Nebula are invaders of sovereign territory, and will face vengeance if they remain. The entire Orion Sector has been uncontested for many years, and the Corporate Republic will not see its ally be contested unfairly. If the invaders shall remain, force will be used.

--Department of Foreign Affairs--
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OOC:

I have to agree with SB. He has inhabited the Orion Sector for a very, very long time without anyone contesting his claims, as far as I know. If TOB keeps insisting that it is indeed sovereign territory, I'll help SB eradicate any threat.

OOCly vouching for my claims (I'd be surprised if someone didn't know that the Orion Sector was mine - hint...look at my long inhabited region) would be acceptable posts here as well.

Double post deleted.

OOC: What exactly is "The Orion Sector?" If you mean ever star in the constellation Orion, then, well you can't possibly do that. Why? Because Orion is not a 2-dimensional constellation! Some stars are thousands of light years further away than others!

Are you speaking of something else perhaps?

Double post, sorry.

.:Orion Sector News Special Report:.

"Today, a message was received by the Emperor..."

If you think that we do not live in the Orion Nebula, then you have not explored your so-called territory as well as you think. There are Earth colonies in this sector of space as well as many planets containing those little grey aliens with the big friendly eyes.

The greys say they've never heard of you by the way.

"It is well known the the people of the Steel Empire have inhabited the Orion Sector uncontested for some time. The Nebula, being a place for major scientific experiments and studies, has been searched compeletely and flawlessly. The only explanation then, is that these people are invaders to our closed sector. There may come a day when our claim shall fall on deaf ears, but I assure you, that day is far from now. We will not let slip the dogs of war on these agressors...no...we will starve the said dogs for days and then let them feast on the invaders!"

OOC: Many NationStates nations can vouch for me, The Orion Nebula. You do not live and/or own this space. I have had the Orion Sector since before your nation was founded...and as you can see...it has been some time. Proof is spread throughout every thread I post in, and my original claim is so old it was purged from the forums. Do not contest my claims. If you are still ignorant and think you live in the Orion Nebula then the bell tolls for you. Make your choice...

Look, you can have your little Empire. I don't care. I'm simply not interested enough to interfere or even take the time to notice you. The fact that I've been here for several months and neither of us has noticed the other tells me that we can each go about our business without even having to interact. So let's just stay out of each other's way and everything will be fine.

Space, after all, is very big.

Offical Press Release from the Government of Tappee:

In regards to the currently desputed area of space know as "The Orion Nebula" According to our own intelligence reports on the sector, we can back the claims by Steel Butterfly that this area was occupied by them long ago.

OOC: What exactly is "The Orion Sector?" If you mean ever star in the constellation Orion, then, well you can't possibly do that. Why? Because Orion is not a 2-dimensional constellation! Some stars are thousands of light years further away than others!

Are you speaking of something else perhaps?

Obviously space is not 2-dimensional

however, if you assume that the stars are points of say...a cube for example...then I own whatever is within the "cube"

Look, you can have your little Empire. I don't care. I'm simply not interested enough to interfere or even take the time to notice you. The fact that I've been here for several months and neither of us has noticed the other tells me that we can each go about our business without even having to interact. So let's just stay out of each other's way and everything will be fine.

Space, after all, is very big.

"Unfortunately, all would not be fine. You see, my people depend on stability and their saftey. Such things would no go over well with them and I am afterall...the Emperor of the people."

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Emperor Alexander Nemerov
Star Empire of Steel Butterfly,
In the Orion Sector which includes:
Steel Isle, Steel Moon,
CTaNbHaR Eabo4Ka, XIII,
Aeisis, Bivens, Esthar VIII
Orion Sector Alliance Premier,
Order of the Seraphim,
(Un-named Trade Consortium)

OOC: You've posted what...30 some times? It's rather easy to pass over your existance. Space is big...go live somewhere else.

OOC: What exactly is "The Orion Sector?" If you mean ever star in the constellation Orion, then, well you can't possibly do that. Why? Because Orion is not a 2-dimensional constellation! Some stars are thousands of light years further away than others!

Are you speaking of something else perhaps?

Obviously space is not 2-dimensional

however, if you assume that the stars are points of say...a cube for example...then I own whatever is within the "cube"

This is vague to the point of being meaningless. We will not allow this issue to take up more of of our valuable time.

"So you contest our claims? Perhaps I should give you a reason to use you time on us. Remember these hours, invaders, for they shall be your last."

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Sky Marshall Michael Zephyr
Commander of the Imperial Fleet and Marines

OOC: What exactly is "The Orion Sector?" If you mean ever star in the constellation Orion, then, well you can't possibly do that. Why? Because Orion is not a 2-dimensional constellation! Some stars are thousands of light years further away than others!

Are you speaking of something else perhaps?

Obviously space is not 2-dimensional

however, if you assume that the stars are points of say...a cube for example...then I own whatever is within the "cube"you're talking an area of space that is about 5% of our galaxy... umm... yeah, that'd be pretty hard to do with a billion or 2 pop.

All in all, this is stupid. If the guy wants to live in the Orion nebula, let him... not like there's much use for an unborn fetus of a star system :P

"As much as I personally dislike the Sky Marshall... he is correct. Contest their claims and you will be destroyed. Even the strongest of nations rarely go against Steel fleets.

I would warn you that invading the sovierign territory of the Steel Empire and the Orion Sector alliances will not bode well for you."

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Admiral Henry Jameson
CSS Discord
Flagship of Task Force Renegade
Considered rogue and extremely dangerous.
Placed Bounty: 8,000,000 Crimmars

OOC: Raysia, you don't know about the resources a nebula has in it, dfo you? The scientific value. The ability to have hidden military installations...

And yes, btw, because of his post count, you can call TON a n00b :)

Its butterflys

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Private Scoulder
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Corporel Balamb
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Admiral Galdabia
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Princess
Amanda Valtrec
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Damion Angelfire
President
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IC Response from CEO Jacen Sapphire:

"Although we are still greatly puzzled as to why anyone would want to colonize a frikkin nebula, we will stand by Steel Butterfly in saying 'They own that space.' Thank you"

And Orion Nebula, you lost your claim on your space once you stopped RPing... so with all due respect, would you like some cheese with your whine? :)

OOC: Indeed Steel Butterfly has been laying claim to the disputed area for a long time, and can defend it with his very mobile fleets, and probably will, to the teeth, if Orion Nebula doesn't recognize that claim. Just a heads up!

you're talking an area of space that is about 5% of our galaxy... umm... yeah, that'd be pretty hard to do with a billion or 2 pop.

Nah...not quite...

And besides...the Steel Empire has over 8 million people in it. (Check puppets in region. They can't be used for war purposes...but most definately for RP purposes.)

And Orion Nebula, you lost your claim on your space once you stopped RPing

Exactly. I'll leave this go for a day or so...but if you don't recognize the threat...consider yourself destroyed.

And Orion Nebula, you lost your claim on your space once you stopped RPing

Exactly. I'll leave this go for a day or so...but if you don't recognize the threat...consider yourself destroyed.

OOC: Orion, Since any threads you might have made in the past about laying claim to your region of space have been deleted, I am left with no other option but to laugh and point and say 'Tough Luck, kid."

Steel Butterfly has control of the Orion Sector, like the Zoir control The Doira sector and like various other nations have control over portions of the galaxy there still is plenty of room elsewhere in the Galaxy.

The orion nebula is what... 1200 light years away from earth? I think you can find something else within that distance to call your own :P

OCC: Thank you all for your support. I await the results of this...hoping I'll get an RP out of it...but not expecting one from TON

TON never ever tell someone you own their territory if they are A., bigger, B, have more posts, and C, have more friends. It is a recipe for death.

i.c. The Leader of celack was debating with his adivsor wheter or not to send aid to SB

"If we did we would have more territory and a powerful ally"

"However, if non-intervention is what the public wants. At the moment we also cannot afford to reduce our capabilities with the redd dragon threat."

I used to reside in the Orion Nebula....I can assure there was no-one there but us.I hereby pledge to use the full extent of my military to fend off these invaders of my former home.But I would need transportation im no longer future tech.

Since everyone else has already pretty much said what I was gonna say, I won't bother saying it. Therefore, a simple "I concur" will do. Find another place to hang out TON.

We acknowledge that the people of Steel Butterfly does indeed have every right to defend their home. If Our assistance is needed in said defence, We will readily give it.*
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First-of-Thirteen

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Exactly. I'll leave this go for a day or so...but if you don't recognize the threat...consider yourself destroyed.

There's an idea. You pretend that you destroy me, I pretend to destroy you and then we both go back to our lives and forget that the other ever existed. Anyhow, the following communication intercepted in the region of "The Orion Nebula" may shed some light on the subject:

Greetings everyone. We are one of the many indiginous species who live in the area of space known as the Orion Nebula. We are very friendly and will invite everyone over for Bar-b-que. We don't seem to have many neighbors at the moment. The Whimsical Republic of the Orion Nebula is around here somewhere. That's an Earth colony started by Americans. And like the Americans, who are arrogant enough to take the name of two entire continents for their country, the Orion Nebula has done the same, even though they control only a relatively small part of this sector of space. They're not bad people though if you don't mind opressive dictatorships.

Hey guys, have you noticed anyone around here called "the Iron Butterfly" or something?

Never heard of them. Maybe they're in the "Orion Sector"? That includes part of the Nebula.

Well, it's easy to miss people. As they say, space is very big.

That it is. We didn't notice you Earthlings for years.

It took us forever to find you too. Turns out our SETI project only scanned the electro-magnetic spectrum, while all of your technology is based on the electro-gravatic spectrum. Anyhow, I was just checking. I'll see you later.

That definitely made it difficult. I wonder what the Butterfly people have based their technology on if we've never noticed them.

Okay, the rest of this is "out of character".

And Orion Nebula, you lost your claim on your space once you stopped RPing

I don't role play and the only place where I think that the location of my nation matters is in my own mind and in that sense all of this is irrelevant bacause I will continue to believe that the Whimsical Republic of the Orion Nebula exists within the confines of the Constellation Orion.

I had never heard of most of you until I received the following telegram:

Are you kidding me?

Well...either way you do NOT live in the Orion Nebula. That is Steel Empire space. I have many thread to prove it.

~Emperor Nemerov

Which is a pretty abrupt introduction unless it's in character but it can't be because it refers to game mechanics. (The characters in the game don't know what a thread is, am I correct?) That's what prompted my original telegram. Anyhow, I guess I'm willing to give this RP stuff a shot if you guys are willing to explain the etiquite as we go along.

And yes, btw, because of his post count, you can call TON a n00b That's fair with respect to this Role Playing stuff but I've been around Nation States a good long time. "The Orion Nebula" is not my flagship nation.

OOC: Incidently, If you guys are interested in what I do enjoy doing in Nation States, check out (and please endorse) my UN Resolution "HIPPOS ARE REALLY QUITE LARGE."

Which is a pretty abrupt introduction unless it's in character but it can't be because it refers to game mechanics. (The characters in the game don't know what a thread is, am I correct?) That's what prompted my original telegram. Anyhow, I guess I'm willing to give this RP stuff a shot if you guys are willing to explain the etiquite as we go along.

The fact that I signed it "~Emperor Nemerov" makes it IC. Thread does not refer to a game thread but instead is a figure of speach. It was supposed to say "many a thread" as in something continuous or drawn out. A train of thought or a continuing element.

There's an idea. You pretend that you destroy me, I pretend to destroy you and then we both go back to our lives and forget that the other ever existed. Anyhow, the following communication intercepted in the region of "The Orion Nebula" may shed some light on the subject: I don't role play and the only place where I think that the location of my nation matters is in my own mind and in that sense all of this is irrelevant bacause I will continue to believe that the Whimsical Republic of the Orion Nebula exists within the confines of the Constellation Orion.

Well then...I guess this whole thread does not matter. I cannot and and if I could, would not force you to change your mind...if you don't RP. It's sad really...

Anyhow, I guess I'm willing to give this RP stuff a shot if you guys are willing to explain the etiquite as we go along.

Nah...just ignore it I guess...I don't want to RP with an RPing newbie in something as important as war. Besides, not knowing your tech levels...it might be quite unfair.

All in all, this is stupid. If the guy wants to live in the Orion nebula, let him... not like there's much use for an unborn fetus of a star system :P

That is what the Orion Nebula appears to be to those of you who view it across the span of years, but if you were not limited by the speed of light, you would see something quite different.

Many millennia ago, we appeared much as you earthlings do today. Our planet circled a supermassive red sun, our culture was ancient and our technology was powerful.

But not powerful enough. Before we were able to master faster than light travel, our sun died in the supernova that created The Orion Nebula.

We were only able to save a few score thousand of our people by sending mind-bogglingly large colony ships away from our home planet to escape the holocaust that destroyed our world. The ships then returned to the former location of our homeworld. This alone took hundreds of years.

The remnants of our race lived on these colony ships for thousands of years, while we conquered gravity, broke the light barrier and learned to accelerate the formation of solar systems. In the last fifteen hundred of your years we have created four small stars where our sun used to be, each of which is orbited by a planet capable of supporting life. Our race is currently living on one of these worlds. We make frequent trips to the Earth to harvest the genetic material necessary to build and maintain the ecosystems of these worlds and also for Bar-b-que. Before visiting the Earth, none of us had had a decent hamburger since our sun exploded.

As long as you never RP as being in my sector, Big Friendly Eyes, I'm fine with whatever you or TON thinks in your own minds. However, if you RP as living in my sector, I'll be forced to destroy you. It's the nature of my empire...I'm sure you understand.

As long as you never RP as being in my sector, Big Friendly Eyes, I'm fine with whatever you or TON thinks in your own minds. However, if you RP as living in my sector, I'll be forced to destroy you. It's the nature of my empire...I'm sure you understand.

And here I was just starting to enjoy myself. Oh well, I suspect we'll never cross paths on this forum again. I guess we'll just assume that "The Orion Nebula" and "Orion Sector" exist in parallel Universes or something.

But, if it comes to that, I have many friends. I may not be as easy to vanquish as you think...
:wink:

And here I was just starting to enjoy myself. Oh well, I suspect we'll never cross paths on this forum again. I guess we'll just assume that "The Orion Nebula" and "Orion Sector" exist in parallel Universes or something.

Strange when that explanation is the most realistic...

And I doubt we'll cross...and hope for your sake we don't...so good luck :P

But, if it comes to that, I have many friends. I may not be as easy to vanquish as you think...
:wink:

I never thought you easy to begin with. You are 2/3 of my population. Still...I have way too many allies to ever be defenseless.

But, if it comes to that, I have many friends. I may not be as easy to vanquish as you think...
:wink:

Blu snickers softly to herself.

Maybe easier...

But, if it comes to that, I have many friends. I may not be as easy to vanquish as you think...
:wink:

OOC: Just don't forget that Steel too has friends. I am among them :D
Besides, my own TSC-1 is inside of the OS, so any war in it would... uhm... concern me...

Anyway, I acknowledge Steel's claim for the Orion Sector.
*waves little SB flags in the general direction of TON*

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Imperial News Service

The Orion Nebula has unlawfully invaded a peaceful and calm sector of space. The Imperial 3rd Battlegroup is avaliable to help if this turns to conflict.

We advise that TON back's away or otherwise TIN will smash TON. ( :lol: )

OOC: TON, He owned that system before you even existed. I saw the thread with my own eyes. now get lost, or I will destroy you IC.

But, if it comes to that, I have many friends. I may not be as easy to vanquish as you think...
:wink:

OOC: Just don't forget that Steel too has friends. I am among them :D
Besides, my own TSC-1 is inside of the OS, so any war in it would... uhm... concern me...

Anyway, I acknowledge Steel's claim for the Orion Sector.
*waves little SB flags in the general direction of TON*

And an ally of my main ally might also be my ally...

OOC: Damn, STILL Leda Colony...Oh well, at least it's useful this time...
IC:
We of the Ledan Colony, and those back home in The Silver Turtle can confirm that the Steel Empire has been the only resident of the Orion sector for some time now.
We would like to be able to aid our allies with military force, but all our space forces are currently engaged above the homeland. However, Dropship carriers, Mecha carriers and Atmospheric Attack Craft carriers are available with full complements. All such carriers are currently en route to the Steel Empire, to aid with any possible threats to their nation.
TON, any Steel-claimed planets you reside on or stations of yours in Steel-claimed space will be invaded with utter mercilessness, both because you threaten an ally, and because my pilots havn't had a chance to use their plasma swords yet.

General Fergus McGraw, Ruler of The Ledan Colony and servant of The Great Ineffable Bob.

Who is this imposter claiming to rule The Orion Sector?

Who is this imposter claiming to rule The Orion Sector?*laughs in the face of the n00b**watches him get several IGNORES fired at him*

ooc:

You silly people. I am Steel's ally, have been for a while, and I should be for a while.

Read my post, don't scan it. I was laughing at TON (The Orion Nebula), not SB (Steel Butterfly).

ooc:

You silly people. I am Steel's ally, have been for a while, and I should be for a while.

Read my post, don't scan it. I was laughing at TON (The Orion Nebula), not SB (Steel Butterfly).
OOC:

*gives Omi some SB flags to wave into the general direction of TON*

*waves little SB flags into the general direction of TON with even more zeal*

ooc:

*waves with ardent zeal*

Who is this imposter claiming to rule The Orion Sector?

Very Funny :roll: