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Imperial Palace, Rome

Emperor Maximus I, supreme ruler of the new Roman Empire, sat upon his guilded throne, looking upon the men assembled before him. He wore gleaming ceremonial armor, with a gladius hanging at his side. He had a stiff, authoritive posture. Ten of his top generals lay kneeling in front of him, awaiting his word.

"So, the plans are in place?" he asked the men. The man closest to him spoke first,

"Indeed, my lord. They require only your command to move and it shall be done." he replied.

"Then they have my command. Order all six legions into Bruttium. Assemble a fleet to take them across the channel.

"It shall be done." he replied.

"Oh, and I want targets for artillery and air strikes given to me immediatly so that I may review them."

"Of course, my lord."

"Good. You are all dismissed."

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Imperial News Network

---SPECIAL REPORT---

Our glorious Caesar today announced the commencing of a large scale military excercise involving six whole legions. This is to be the largest mobilization of forces in over twenty years. Our forces shall be experimenting with new, high-tech weaponry. The High Command has not yet declassified where the excercises shall be held, but experts speculate they will be occuring near the rogue province of Sicily...

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Upon the command of the Emperor, six legions, nearly 35,000 men, were mobilized, and moved southward into the province of Bruttium to take up positions for what was to be the invasion of Sicily. Artillery was already in place, prepared to open fire across the channel and level any defenses already prepared.

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OOC: Wait, Sicily is independent?

OOC:Some other guy owns it.

OOC:
I belive it was part of a nation that was amde up of an alliance of msot of the mediterainian islands, ic an't remeber the name but they had a decent start but vanished shortly after...

IC: The Strathdonian Govenrment denounces the italian operations as nothing more than another perfect example of the Evil that Catholicsim seeks to bring to the world.

OOC: As you may have read, TBF is under new OOC and IC leadership. What has been your relationship with the British up until now? It might be in your interest to read the new thread about the UK election and post a response, to clarify how we feel about each other...Thanks.


http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=413802

OOC: Bendorel (sp?) had it if I remember......

As Strathdonia said though, they had about two threads in the space of a week and then never came back.

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In a world where the invasion of the Mediterranian Ocean by the "Igovian Demons" is a very real possibility, His Most Christian Majesty gives his full support to the operations of his friend and ally, Caesar Maximus. Speaking for His Most Christian Majesty, M. de Miromensil, Minister of the Kings Household stated:

"Caesar Maximus does nothing other than to support his natural tenure of the Island of Sicily. In this world where revolutionaries seek to destroy Christ and his light, His Most Christian Majesty Louis XX grants his unabashed support in this matter to Caesar Maximus. We expect it will simply be a bloodless absorbtion of Sicily to the crown which properly commands her. VIVAT REGIBUS!"

This comes as France courts Rome, as a member of the Holy Leauge, to consider supporting French efforts to destroy Igovian prowess in the Pacific, in the face of their threats.

Public Response:
The Italians have as much of a right to annex former Italian territories, including Sardinia and Sicily, as we do to unite the Iberian Peninsula, meaning, complete right. To that end we pledge our support, including aerial assets, to the re-unification of the Italian country, or the Roman Empire, whichever one Rome decides to call herself today.

Secret IC:

Our dear neighbors, we applaud your efforts to retake land that was once yours and, if needed, we will assist your armies in any way possible. I hope that through this gesture of good will, we can one day unite the Mediterranean sea under the banners of Italy and Greece.

Adrian Strepto
King of Greece

Official Imperial Response

We thank you all for your good will, and shall not forget your kindness. However, military assistance will not be needed at the moment.

Imperial News Network

---BREAKING NEWS---

The Emperor today issued an Imperial Edict, calling upon the government of Sicily to back down and allow our glorious Legions to occupy the territory that is rightfully ours. They were generous conditions, in return, including Imperial citizenship to all Sicilians.

OOC:OK, now what? Wait for him to come back and respond? Or count him as an NPC?

:D We support Italy's moblization and hope that any campaigns of Italy's making go extremely well.We in Roman Greece will even aid Italy's Armies too if needed.Good Luck! :D

:D We support Italy's moblization and hope that any campaigns of Italy's making go extremely well.We in Roman Greece will even aid Italy's Armies too if needed.Good Luck! :D

Nice of you to ignore the AMW only tag...

A good bit of advice is to assume that if you don't know what AMW or any other title means then it doesn't involve you.
However please feel free to read and enjoy soem of our stuff is actually rather good.

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Who is RPing Sicily?

OOC:Bendorel. He hasn't posted yet.

[OOC: I think he's just inactive. Which means that I think Sicily should just be allowed to be invaded :-P]

OOC:I'll wait for the approval of the others before I go do that.

OOC- Yah, I think Bendorel has been out for a while now. Did you try TGing him? Otherwise I think your good to go, perhaps find one of the libs to RP a resistance...but, barring serious objections, Sicily being historically both Roman and Italian in that order, I say you have a green light.

tagging this thread and watching it closely- if you guys need any help in southern arabia, just holler.

oh, and doomingsland and elkazor- TG the parthians. I've been attempting to forge close ties with them and I think they could be excellent partners for any middle eastern venture.

OOC- Will do. Besides, IRL, I always liked the Shah, nice fellow. Did you know his heir lives in Virginia? What a world, eh? Oh, Ahzad, did you see the post about the South Algerian mandates, its kinda mixed on both Salvador and Lilies. Yah, but Dooming, Id say start limited operations, and if squalors arise they can be dealt with as needed.

OOC:Parth got accepted in? Most excellent indeed.

OOC- Will do. Besides, IRL, I always liked the Shah, nice fellow. Did you know his heir lives in Virginia? What a world, eh? Oh, Ahzad, did you see the post about the South Algerian mandates, its kinda mixed on both Salvador and Lilies. Yah, but Dooming, Id say start limited operations, and if squalors arise they can be dealt with as needed.
OOC:I TGed Bendorel, looks like he was active within the last 20 or so hours.

OOC:OK, he hasn't responded to TGing, so I'm guessing he's inactive. If no one has a problem, I'll go ahead and kick off my invasion.

OOC:Erm, someone wanna RP the resistance, or should I just go ahead and take the place?

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OOC: Heh, there seems to be more events than players in AMW at the moment... a lot of semi-accepted players never really materialised (such as Bendorel), and now everyone else is caught up in other events such as the invasion of Eastern Europe by Russia and the Estenlands and the on-going North African imperialism. I don't know whether anyone's going to step forward and admit that they still have free time enough to take on another role!
Hm, on the one hand, you can just say that these territories never left Italy, but I know that doesn't give much scope for RP... I don't know [looks around]. If nobody's interested in resisting I'd say just go for it. Is there even going to be much resistance? I suppose it depends why it's independent... are we assuming that Sicily just didn't like the idea of restoring dictatorship and failed to recognise the new regime? I think the poor sods are screwed, anyway, the Med's a bit of a no-go zone for the civilised world ;)