Beyond the Pit [Pitboss Diplomacy Game] [Story Thread] . PART 10 (May 2009)

[Pitboss Portugal]

You are the invader Ozzy of the Metal people.

You are the one with already 3 Spanish settlements under your belt

You are the one begging for aid from other members of the Khmerian puppet club.

You are telling me know that i have no right to be here and try to stop this invasion against my allies Spain

You are mistaking very badly that i will leave you to continue taking what isn't yours.

Peace needs to happen as soon as possible.

I do not want war, but i will not have you gang up on an innocent nation like Spain.

[Pitboss Khmer]

A gradual peace...

You are the invader Ozzy of the Metal people.

You are the one with already 3 Spanish settlements under your belt

You are the one begging for aid from other members of the Khmerian puppet club.
You are telling me know that i have no right to be here and try to stop this invasion against my allies Spain

You are mistaking very badly that i will leave you to continue taking what isn't yours.

Peace needs to happen as soon as possible.

I do not want war, but i will not have you gang up on an innocent nation like Spain.

Yurya prefers to call it "Club Med"... and many are asking to join, even the Oldonians with their sharp axes!!

But I must confess Pantev, you do have a point. Despite your mistrust of Khmer, Yurya has made huge efforts to arrive at a peaceful resolution of this conflict but such diplomacy is in private.

You must understand that the Metals would not have Khmer tanks if it were not for your forces arriving - truely.

I wish we could engage Spain more fully in diplomacy and a dialog in this arena as it is lack of communication I fear that drives us further into chaos.

If you can as a token of good faith return just two of your Tanks as a sign of trust we will recieve an equivalent number of Tanks back from the Metals, if Lars agrees.

In addition, if you agree to perform no more espionage on the Khmer we will refrain from the same. We have conducted a minor mission against you in response to your mission but we are prepared to call it quits now.

Are we on a path here to resolving the issues?

Lars?

Pantev?

What are your thoughts here?

Yurya.

[Pitboss Rome]

Queen Penelope,

While others argue about this or that tank squadron being withdraw, my offer of support remains - support to return all Spanish territory to Spain.

Marcus of Rome

[Pitboss Greece]

Major-General Vasili Mikhailovich Blokhin of Russia,

three questions for you:
1. When will you apologize for the horrible insults your predecessors made to Sparta and my father?
2. Why did you kill my father?
3. When will you remove your gigantic army from Piercia?

Alexander

[Pitboss Greece]

Spartan guards in Satricum of Menelaus II arrested 3 men after the murdering of Menelaus.
All people that witnessed the murdering are asked to identify the assassin that ended the life of the great Emperor of Sparta.


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Sparta thanks everybody for their help.

[Pitboss Portugal]

If you can as a token of good faith return just two of your Tanks as a sign of trust

I will do what you ask, next cycle i will pull back two tanks.

[Pitboss Rome]

Lars Ulrich, Metalhead Foreign Minister,

The Spanish people have come under the protection of the Roman Empire.

We have no desire to see the Indian people destroyed.

You are to return to the Spanish people all the territory you have seized from them. Failure to comply will result in joint operations betweeen Spanish and Roman forces recapturing these cities and taking punative action against Indian territory.

Let us return to the status quo ante.

Marcus Custos of Rome, Leader of the Pax Romana, Protector of Spain.

[Pitboss Rome]

Alexander, Emperor of Sparta, Korea and Japan,

I recognise that this is a terrible time for you following the assassination of your father. However, I was perturbed to hear that you are accusing the Russians, my allies in the Pax Romana, of carrying this out. You may remember than the Russian head of state Rostislav was also killed at Satricum. My own investigations have suggested that the assassins came from Meduian - I would be most interested in seeing any evidence you have to the contrary.

One again Alexander, you have my greatest sympathies, and can continue to rely on Roman support.

Marcus

[Pitboss Russia]

From: Chairman Vasili Mikhailovich Blokhin, Council of Transition and Stability
To: Alexander II of Sparta

Thank you for your kind message and sympathies offerred to the Russian people for the loss of their President. It is a comfort to know that Russia has a true Friend and Ally in Sparta that can be entirely trusted.

Regarding the questions asked I will answer them here:~

1. When will you apologize for the horrible insults your predecessors made to Sparta and my father?

You have my unreserved apologies for any insults, direct or implied, made toward Sparta or her Monarchs.

2. Why did you kill my father?

This question is surely a jest? The tragic death of your Father occured but days after that of President Vladimirovich. Russia had no Government at all and I was struggling along with my fellow Democrats to stop a full scale Civil War from breaking out! You actually make the allegation personal and suggest that I, when not even in power, ordered the murder of your Father. How would you suggest this possible?

3. When will you remove your gigantic army from Piercia?

When there is no clear and current danger of attack.

Major-General Vasili Mikhailovich Blokhin,
For, and on behalf of, The Russian Republic

[Pitboss Greece]

Chairman Vasili Mikhailovich Blokhin,

We have received your apologizes and despite the fact that we consider them very minimal, we have accepted these. We are waiting for your public announcement in which you make clear that all Russians words about Spartan supposed barbaric actions in Korea were lies and false.

The question was why 'you', where 'you' addresses the Russian administration en general, killed my father.

3. There is no current danger of attack. Only a small amount of Japanese musketeers are present in Piercia. Do you fear them?

Alexander

[Pitboss Greece]

Marcus,

The reason that we suspect that Russia killed my father is threefold:
1. Russia is the only nation that expressed hate and negativity about Sparta and Menelaus, recently

2. Russia killed Vladimirovich to hide behind after Menelaus would be murdered

3. We have 3 suspects. 2 of them are from Russian origin.

What are your reasons to believe that the bullet came from meduian?
Can you help me out by pointing out which 3 of the suspects we have is the murderer of Menelaus?



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Alexander

[Pitboss Russia]

From: Chairman Vasili Mikhailovich Blokhin, Council of Transition and Stability
To: Alexander II of Sparta

I have read enough and here is my final response.

1. You have already had your full and unconditional apology as requested.
2. Russia did not murder anybody.
3. The clear and current danger is Sparta.

I have a nation to run and am far too busy to jump through hoops whilst you dream up a pretext for an invasion of Russia. You obviously intend to attack Russia so please forgive me for declining to dignify your bullying of a minor power with any further discourse on the matter.

Major-General Vasili Mikhailovich Blokhin,
For, and on behalf of, The Russian Republic

[Pitboss Japan]

From: Yukawa Hideki, Japan

I'm greatly worried seeing that violence and paranoia spreading in the world nowadays.. Unjustified wars, murders, accusations...this is madness. I urge everyone to find a peacefull solutions for these problems and stop the hate already.
I know very well that it's hard to forget the insults and harms of the past. Even in Japan there are many who doesn't belive in the same things as i do, but I'm sure in time they will see that hostility cannot be the right answer.

[OzzyKP]

To: Terra
From: Lars Ulrich, Metalhead Foreign Minister
Re: War.

What once was a war between two equal powers has now become a war where the two largest and most powerful nations on the planet have teamed up against the Metalheads. This is an unholy union we cannot begin to understand. Spain was never a part of the Pax Romana, yet they receive full protection of Rome. Persia on the other hand was a full member of the Pax Romana and were entirely destroyed by Japan and Russia with no response from Rome.

Rome's shifting loyalties are an unpredictable threat. Yet as unfair as we deem the current situation, we must accept the reality that the world's two largest powers have teamed up in defense of Spain.

We are prepared to discuss peace. We are prepared to return the three Spanish cities, but request Spain cede their southern New Sparta territory to us. Our cities are filled with people who require new lands.

Lars Ulrich
Metalhead Foreign Minister

[OzzyKP]

We have also pulled back two tanks in response to Portugal's similar move. Yet we still remain outnumbered by both Portugese tanks and Roman airforce. This is a good faith measure we hope will aid in peace negotiations.