Kurassier Posted October 19, 2010 Report Share Posted October 19, 2010 A simple story of birds and bees, Of humans and the folly of their ways, And the brave pilots from the UAE The naked beauty of dawn breaking over desert sands The nightlife of the desert flowing back to their hideouts Fleeing before the heat of the desert sun A lonely nomad with his beast of burden, making ready for an early start Smoking his pipe after breaking his fast Enjoying an unspoiled vista before the harsh reality of another day Thunder in the distance, will there be rain on this autumn day? Shrill sirens shout their dire warnings The peace of the desert ripped to pieces An anthill stirred to life, manmade buildings, layers and layers of concrete Running people left and right, looking up, quite surprised A flock of birds in the morning sun, thunder before them But no, not birds, it must be bees, their sting ripping through concrete Parts and pieces flying, slashing through the running dolls Even more beautiful, morning in the desert mountains Clean air, a mountain lion watching the rising sun, stretching, purring Dry valleys where no life can be seen Summers just over, the heat still in the air, but winter on its way No humans seen, as it should be, not here not now not ever Even in this oldest of lands, so near to the lifegiving Nile Thunder in the distance, will there be rain on this autumn day? Humming from yonder, over in that valley, angry mosquito's where none belong Rising up towards the thunder, ever higher and higher You have the honor as our allies, to go first, was said to them Those braves from the UAE, flying in new shiney dive bombers, for country, god and glory They were the first, the first to die, death is brutal in a flying coffin Still they came, more and more, their sting found targets in the valleys, not so silent as before But those brave, those fearless, they'll return no more Is this all you ask, in these autumn days No it's not, that's the folly of their ways But not all was fighting, war, death, hurt and pain Peaceful diplomats from overseas, to stop the fighting they stepped between Their treacherous deed done, an army gone, ripped apart by angry bees A general surprised, commanded a hasty defense, shall not ever repeat that command again Pincered to pieces he lost his career More live lost, a sortie of Tunisian tanks on Syrian lands Countered by the Royal Syrian Guard, now buried in that same land Enemies united in death, as they were not in life Two more armies gone, 18 divisions all, destroyed under the burning sun As for scouts, there have been lots, the faith of them is not much told By land, by air, they are destroyed, there grave unknown The story so far, with much untold, not finished yet, how will it unfold? Very nice. Spongecus is just mad you aren't writing about him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dageraad Posted October 23, 2010 Report Share Posted October 23, 2010 Newest map: Few spectacular changes, the red alliance still alive, green at war with gray, the front lines in Libya moving 1 pixel. And yes, the remains of the UAE are still there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty Posted October 23, 2010 Report Share Posted October 23, 2010 Is that a nice new colour for me in the middle? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dageraad Posted October 23, 2010 Report Share Posted October 23, 2010 Is that a nice new colour for me in the middle? That was what you wanted, wasn't it? How's the Alamo going? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty Posted October 24, 2010 Report Share Posted October 24, 2010 Is that a nice new colour for me in the middle? That was what you wanted, wasn't it? How's the Alamo going? With the Grey advancing into France I may have to put the Alamo on hold for a while and divert some Armour to the South of France, Maybe GB will come out from behind those defenses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dageraad Posted October 26, 2010 Report Share Posted October 26, 2010 Is that a nice new colour for me in the middle? That was what you wanted, wasn't it? How's the Alamo going? With the Grey advancing into France I may have to put the Alamo on hold for a while and divert some Armour to the South of France, Maybe GB will come out from behind those defenses. Good! The mighty Persian fleet is about to make a lasting impression on the coastal defences of the Grey Alliance. That will teach them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marklen X Posted October 28, 2010 Report Share Posted October 28, 2010 Is that a nice new colour for me in the middle? That was what you wanted, wasn't it? How's the Alamo going? With the Grey advancing into France I may have to put the Alamo on hold for a while and divert some Armour to the South of France, Maybe GB will come out from behind those defenses. I think the Italians are going to need all the help they can get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sven Drake Posted October 28, 2010 Report Share Posted October 28, 2010 Newest map: Few spectacular changes, the red alliance still alive, green at war with gray, the front lines in Libya moving 1 pixel. And yes, the remains of the UAE are still there. What's the blue in the middle of Rumania? What's left of them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dageraad Posted October 28, 2010 Report Share Posted October 28, 2010 What's the blue in the middle of Rumania? What's left of them? Can you confirm that Rumania is gone? The blue part over there is one major city that has not appeared on the world events yet and the rest is pure speculation. Feel free to correct the map. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earthling Posted October 28, 2010 Report Share Posted October 28, 2010 Newest map: You are getting awfully close to xFromanovo... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dageraad Posted October 28, 2010 Report Share Posted October 28, 2010 You are getting awfully close to xFromanovo... Hello there Fellow Iceland-Player. It is at least 6 SMR for my main army and not much farther for the Iraqi vanguard. Probably at least double that for you. One of us will probably make it there before you, unless it is undefended by Southern Russia and you have a huge stack of heavy transports. At the moment the first Veteran armored and mech divisions form the war with the UAE are nearing the frontline, so even if you could take it I can not see you holding on to it without lots of support from your allies. What is it with you and Fromanovo? You were born there? What will you do when we beat you to it? Hate us forever? While going to war in the vast expense of the Urals is not something we look out for we won't run away for it either. There are more fertile hunting grounds in this game. As we are predestined to clash in game #89 we do not have to do the same in #87. PS. We could always compare Icelands. At the moment yours is doing better than mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earthling Posted October 28, 2010 Report Share Posted October 28, 2010 What is it with you and Fromanovo? You were born there? What will you do when we beat you to it? Hate us forever? While going to war in the vast expense of the Urals is not something we look out for we won't run away for it either. There are more fertile hunting grounds in this game. As we are predestined to clash in game #89 we do not have to do the same in #87. PS. We could always compare Icelands. At the moment yours is doing better than mine. I will not hate you for claiming it before me, nor more than I could hate anyone who has gotten it in other games. Just once I wanted to control that city at the end of a game, always have, just an interesting quirk I guess. I thought this game might be my best chance before Victory! II arrives. Nothing is set in stone for this game. We do not HAVE to be enemies once we meet up somewhere in the Russia's, but we will have to wait and see what the political and economics hold for us all when that time does arrive. We BOTH may have bigger fish to fry than each other. As far as comparing Iceland's goes, I had a big head start. Let's compare your current turn to my turn 9 and see how it looks. You may be better off than you think. I was on my way to Spain on turn 9 of game 87 to help out my original TA who ended up dropping on that very tech period and I had to turn all my ships around and formulate a new plan. A huge wast of fuel and resources in general........just keep the APD's going and keep all those non-resource producing provinces at a 10 ADL and you will do fine. The AE will support the nation nicely and you will be able to conserve energy as long as you move all those ARM plants to the AE centers (which can get expensive). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dageraad Posted October 28, 2010 Report Share Posted October 28, 2010 What is it with you and Fromanovo? You were born there? What will you do when we beat you to it? Hate us forever? While going to war in the vast expense of the Urals is not something we look out for we won't run away for it either. There are more fertile hunting grounds in this game. As we are predestined to clash in game #89 we do not have to do the same in #87. PS. We could always compare Icelands. At the moment yours is doing better than mine. I will not hate you for claiming it before me, nor more than I could hate anyone who has gotten it in other games. Just once I wanted to control that city at the end of a game, always have, just an interesting quirk I guess. I thought this game might be my best chance before Victory! II arrives. Nothing is set in stone for this game. We do not HAVE to be enemies once we meet up somewhere in the Russia's, but we will have to wait and see what the political and economics hold for us all when that time does arrive. We BOTH may have bigger fish to fry than each other. As far as comparing Iceland's goes, I had a big head start. Let's compare your current turn to my turn 9 and see how it looks. You may be better off than you think. I was on my way to Spain on turn 9 of game 87 to help out my original TA who ended up dropping on that very tech period and I had to turn all my ships around and formulate a new plan. A huge wast of fuel and resources in general........just keep the APD's going and keep all those non-resource producing provinces at a 10 ADL and you will do fine. The AE will support the nation nicely and you will be able to conserve energy as long as you move all those ARM plants to the AE centers (which can get expensive). Iceland's turn 9 is still a few days away. I will edit the turn to delete all usefull tactical information, while leaving the economic and strategic information intact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sven Drake Posted October 29, 2010 Report Share Posted October 29, 2010 What's the blue in the middle of Rumania? What's left of them? Can you confirm that Rumania is gone? The blue part over there is one major city that has not appeared on the world events yet and the rest is pure speculation. Feel free to correct the map. So far, I believe xStrehaia is the only major city not controlled by my faction. Give me a few turns... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking pilot Posted November 5, 2010 Report Share Posted November 5, 2010 Newest map: Few spectacular changes, the red alliance still alive, green at war with gray, the front lines in Libya moving 1 pixel. And yes, the remains of the UAE are still there. It looks like you can officially color in C Russia as an active player (either that or Russ has inserted a significantly upgraded AI!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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