NationStates Jolt Archive

Scar Island (Somewhere in the Pacific)

Scar Island had originally started as a project during the 1970s to expand on a small, natural island by bringing in landfill to provide an artifical expansion to the landmass. For nearly five years massive ships came and went, each one dumping material until Scar Island was the size of Taiwan.

Due to the nature of the soil, Scar Island was ill-suited to farming. Local waters had abundant fish but there wasn't much of a demand for seafood in the world's various nations. A few oil platforms provided a healthy income and from that Scar Island began to build up its industrial capabilities until much like Taiwan, it was a powerhouse for its small size. There was only one small problem however.. the matter of governship.

The Takeover
He was referred to as 'The Man'. Very few members of the BYOB Arms Corporation had seen his face, and no one knew his name. It was only known that he had been the primary investor for Scar Island and that earned major respect. He had taken advantage of the 'Beyond international holdings' afforded by Scar Island's placement in the middle of seemingly nowhere.

The Man had spent years planning for this day, a vast fortune of billions invested into one strategic sweep to cut the legs out from under his opponents and gain complete control of Scar Island and its facilities.

It started on the far side of the island at the Wolverine Body Armor factory. A convoy of black, armored SUVs rolled into the parking lot of Wolverine Inc and stepping out came dozens of BOYB soldiers. Dressed in black level III dragonskin armor with padded joints, throat protection, tactical helmet and a gasmask that was part infrared goggles, ballistic protection and looked quite alien.

These black-clad soldiers carried HK G36 assault rifles and moved through the front doors of Wolverine Inc, neutralizing the security guard and heading upstairs to effectively snip the head from the snake.

This scene was repeated all over the island, as BYOB secured its future.

Join the CA.

Join the CA.

OOC: I don't recall asking you for your opinion on stupid, crappy organizations. Appreciate your unsolicited referall to a weakass "alliance". Really.

Bring Your Own Bombs, you are my hero. I wish to offer you an alliance between our nations. "Why?" you might ask, is a Communist Nation desiring an alliance with one such as yourself. Heres the answer: with the total dissing and owning you bestowed upon Blackhelm and the Corporate Alliance just then, you deserve even my respect.

If you refuse I respect this too of course. Just a friendly offer.


~Lord Governor Christoph Baker

OCC: Can I invade you? I'm up to some Imperialism . Lol @ Blackhelm.

OOC: Do you guys realize what OOC means? If you don't it would explain alot of things...

IC:

We Buy It Inc. Intelligence Vessel SCS 'Nosy'

All was calm in the waters around Scar Island, the name was fitting, it stood out like a scar in the vast emptyness. All remained calm until a converted Liberty Ship Type Vessel, Smith-class fuel and munitions transport vessel to be precise.

The decently large 242m ship chugged through the waves at a respectable 26 knots, decent cruise speed for a transport ship of it's size. It was however not unaccompanied, four 'Comberth'-Class Trimaran Heavy Destroyers acted as escorts, and two more Smith-Classes acted as supply vessels, and a General Marsden-class Troop Transport toted around two airborne brigades

They neared this rather new island, new being a relative term as far as islands go, it had been first seen in a satellite scan almost 4 1/2 years earlier, however, complications, disputes and costs had stopped an exploritory fleet from arriving for quite some time.

However, with a contract from the government, as well as two brigades of airborne troops from the government, We Buy It Inc. had finally dispatched the fleet.

A message was fired off.


To: Whomever it may concern, Scar Island
From: Captain Ernest Genhings, We Buy It Inc. Intelligence Fleet, under contract from The Silver Sky

Greetings from The Silver Sky and We Buy It Inc., it seems you are a new nation, we request to speak with your leader, whomever that maybe, about offers from my government and corporation.

Join the CA.

OOC: Too bad we can't use OOC in IC. Let me get an IC reason to invade eh? The rest of you should be ashamed for using OOC in IC. tsk tsk. :)

IC: Encrypted Message

The Corporate Alliance is the answer for you. Too many corporations and evil nations have fallen to do gooder's alliances. The CA is the perfect choice?

But why?

Lets look at the record: over 20 successful invasions and operations in places like:
Die Boerstaat
Sudafrika
Galation
Gamily
etc.

We've repelled 4 invasions from nations that outnumber us 2:1.

Join now!

[END]

A Borei-class Submarine, the IMS Patient Reward sat far from the coast. It was hundreds of kilometers in the open ocean, sitting under a 'fishing trawler.' They were waiting for a response, and orders on what to do.

OOC: To be perfectly honest, Blackhelm's message wasn't marked OOC, and I missed the fact that Bring Your Own Bombs' was. Message deleting now.

BYOB Corporate HQ

In a skyscraper, the top three floors were occupied by a luxury office and living area. A sort of home away from home. Currently, the 'Corporation Thinktank' sat at a long, polished granite table. At the head of the table sat The Man, leaning back casually in his oversized leather executive power chair and puffing on a cigar as the Thinktank debated.

To the right, one younger member of the Thinktank was having his say, "According to them, they've fought off invasions of twice their numbers. They've also provided a list of conquered nations."

And to the left, "So what?" this man lacked some of the couth. His hair was buzzcut short in military fashion and he had the build of a Corporate Soldier. "When attacking any fortified nation, you have to do so with at least a three-to-one advantage, least you can expect such failure. Further.. Die Boerstaat, Sudafrika, Galation and Gamily. Who the hell are these countries? I've never even heard of them before. That's like bragging that we invaded Madagascar, with their whole army of ten thousand conscripts."

A man down the table tapped his chin, "I seem to recall an episode of some show on Discovery Channel, where the young boys of Madagascar are expected to jump over a donkey to prove their manhood."

Everyone else at the table paused, looking at him. He glanced up from his musing, "Sorry." And then the debate continued from the right side of the table again, "I still don't see what the harm of at least saying we're in a "Corporate Alliance" is. We don't have to commit any of our soldiers, and they may give us money."

Finally it was the turn of The Man, who leaned forward finally and spoke, "We're not joining them. Being in such an over-done, lame duck, unoriginal organization would cost us in the long run. The embarassment alone outweighs any money they might be willing to offer. We risk being attacked if we refuse, but that's why we have our Corporate Army. I want these factions answered to today. This Wanderjar on the otherhand seems to have some potential. A simple nation-on-nation alliance can do no harm."

Replies,
Wanderjar
We are open to a simple and basic alliance. We would like first of all, tariff-free, open trade between our island and your nation. Secondly, we would appreciate it if you considered our Corporate Army if in the future you were looking for ... additional help in a war.

The Silver Sky
Go ahead and make your offers.

Leafanistan
Gets the PR department
Who says that we are an 'evil' corporation? Unlike your lackey Blackhelm, the BYOB Corporation believes in doing good for our community and the world. We are currently leading the eco-friendly standards. Our emissions have been cut down by 95% due to patented, trade-secret filters and carbon reducing methods.

If you would like a brochure on how you too can be eco-friendly and cut back on your carbon footprint, please call 1-800-555-CORP or visit our website at www(dot)BYOBEcoFriendly(dot)org.

BYOB Corporate HQ

In a skyscraper, the top three floors were occupied by a luxury office and living area. A sort of home away from home. Currently, the 'Corporation Thinktank' sat at a long, polished granite table. At the head of the table sat The Man, leaning back casually in his oversized leather executive power chair and puffing on a cigar as the Thinktank debated.

To the right, one younger member of the Thinktank was having his say, "According to them, they've fought off invasions of twice their numbers. They've also provided a list of conquered nations."

And to the left, "So what?" this man lacked some of the couth. His hair was buzzcut short in military fashion and he had the build of a Corporate Soldier. "When attacking any fortified nation, you have to do so with at least a three-to-one advantage, least you can expect such failure. Further.. Die Boerstaat, Sudafrika, Galation and Gamily. Who the hell are these countries? I've never even heard of them before. That's like bragging that we invaded Madagascar, with their whole army of ten thousand conscripts."

A man down the table tapped his chin, "I seem to recall an episode of some show on Discovery Channel, where the young boys of Madagascar are expected to jump over a donkey to prove their manhood."

Everyone else at the table paused, looking at him. He glanced up from his musing, "Sorry." And then the debate continued from the right side of the table again, "I still don't see what the harm of at least saying we're in a "Corporate Alliance" is. We don't have to commit any of our soldiers, and they may give us money."

Finally it was the turn of The Man, who leaned forward finally and spoke, "We're not joining them. Being in such an over-done, lame duck, unoriginal organization would cost us in the long run. The embarassment alone outweighs any money they might be willing to offer. We risk being attacked if we refuse, but that's why we have our Corporate Army. I want these factions answered to today. This Wanderjar on the otherhand seems to have some potential. A simple nation-on-nation alliance can do no harm."

Replies,
Wanderjar
We are open to a simple and basic alliance. We would like first of all, tariff-free, open trade between our island and your nation. Secondly, we would appreciate it if you considered our Corporate Army if in the future you were looking for ... additional help in a war.

The Silver Sky
Go ahead and make your offers.

Leafanistan
Gets the PR department
Who says that we are an 'evil' corporation? Unlike your lackey Blackhelm, the BYOB Corporation believes in doing good for our community and the world. We are currently leading the eco-friendly standards. Our emissions have been cut down by 95% due to patented, trade-secret filters and carbon reducing methods.

If you would like a brochure on how you too can be eco-friendly and cut back on your carbon footprint, please call 1-800-555-CORP or visit our website at www(dot)BYOBEcoFriendly(dot)org.

Gets the PR department
Who says that we are an 'evil' corporation? Unlike your lackey Blackhelm, the BYOB Corporation believes in doing good for our community and the world. We are currently leading the eco-friendly standards. Our emissions have been cut down by 95% due to patented, trade-secret filters and carbon reducing methods.

Internal Corporate Alliance Memo

We should probably cut ties at this point. Environmentally friendly nations ruin our oil business. Their diplomats also seem to be a group of rude, foul mouthed, poorly spoken yokels.

They probably won't appreciate our methods of fighting. Now I have to get back to our operation with Kraven in Yeltsmin, Groznyj. We have heard reports of a foreign fleet coming in and the godrod strike is still hurting us.

~Colonel Brock Samson, Republican Expeditionary Force
[END]

To: BYOB Leadership
From: The Government of the Errikan Empire

Greetings, fellow capitalist.

Your recent entry onto the international stage has attracted our attention, we in Errikland would like to extend a hand of friendship to your company.
Free and open access to Errikan markets would surely be economically benefitial to your organization, and expanded access into foreign markets and increased competition will be equally benefitial to us.

OOC:
Your comment to Blackhelm: :o
" " to Leaf: Blackhelm is not Leaf's lackey . . . at all . . . :cool:

We Buy It Inc. Intelligence Vessel SCS 'Nosy'

Captain Ernest looked over the response, 'Hmm, not much for small talk, but time is money I suppose', he had forwarded it to We Buy It Inc. Headquarters in North Point, The Silver Sky, and had received this message from them to forward to BYOB.

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To: Whomever It May Concern, BYOB Corporate Headquarters
From: Captain Ernest Genhings, We Buy It Inc. Intelligence Fleet, Under Contract From The Silver Sky

Right then, here are the offers from my government and We Buy It Inc.:


Leasing of Small Military Airfield, enough to station cargo planes at, ground forces would be kept to a minimum.
Leasing of a Small Naval Port for replenishment of Skyian Governmental and We Buy It Inc. Ships
Tariff and Tax-Free Trade for We Buy It Inc.


Obviously you will want something in return, besides the money for the land being leased and tariff/tax-free trade in Skyian Markets, the Skyian Government offers a 'defensive pact' focusing more on the defence of your corporation and nation then you assisting us. We offer you our full protection against any threat that may come your way.

Also, by letting We Buy It Inc. access your market you shall receive a 5% discount from Silver Sky National Armaments should you be looking for new weapons.

Also, We Buy It Inc. would like to extend an offer to sell your manufactured projects overseas to it's markets of billions upon billions of people.

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The little flotilla of ships chugged along, nuclear reactors powering steam turbines along side diesel engines in turn powering large pumpjets and screws pushing the ships through the water closer and closer to the island. However, not to far behind them was an entire expeditionary fleet, just to keep more pushy nations at bay.

To:The Leader Of Scar Island
From:Empress Kristina Schraepl II

We are glad to see a new and young nation bron in these turbulent times when many are destroyed. We shall offer our hands in friendship and mutual repect for the betterment of both our people.

During the dusk hours came a flotilla of ships, all bearing the corporate logo of the Dyparaxa Research Corporation. The fleet contained four light frigates of an unidentified class. In addition to these vessels came a light carrier, as well as an advanced infantry transport vessel.

They ceased their motion once they reached the edge of international waters, and the borders of Scar Island. While preparations were underway upon the vessels, within the signal office of the carrier a message was composed and sent.

To those it may concern:

This fleet represents the DRC and their interests in this region. Our sources have informed us of some recent developments upon this island, which may be of interest to us. In particular, we are concerned about some of your overly-developed filtering processes. We would be grateful if you were to meet with some of our officials concerning these technologies.

We thank you for your time.