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

[Pitboss Russia]

From: Chairman Vasili Mikhailovich Blokhin, Council of Transition and Stability
To: Alexander II of Sparta
CC: Civilised Nations of the World

Many in Russia, including myself, had believed President Vladimirovich and his Ministers had exaggerated the claims of Spartan brutality and perversion. We were convinced that no human could commit the crimes claimed but having seen evidence of your ‘gentle’ means of extracting confessions from an innocent man even I am no longer sure.

You are a criminal Alexander! You demand Russia cede PIERCIAN Cities to a nation that you bullied into submission. These Cities were never Japanese but obtained by a corrupt, and Spartan backed, former Japanese regime without any justice or international arbitration. Sparta declared War on Russia, not the other way round, having already devoured over half the Mayan nation! Russia has honoured her Treaty obligations and not attacked Japan though she had the Army to do so. Spartan greed grows by the day and you will seek any excuse to try and turn Russia into another Japan. Russia is NOT Japan!

You produce fabricated evidence to justify your War. You produce forged documents to drive a wedge twixt Rome, Wyandot and Russia. You threaten to raze the Russian Capital. You demand an apology for insults against Sparta from the previous Government and yet when one is freely given you claim it insufficient. You brutalise an innocent man and claim him a murderer without any basis in fact. You claim that I ordered this act whilst still but a humble soldier. The lies are so transparent as to be laughable!

You know that Russia is a small nation. You know that Russia has no chance to defend itself against Sparta. You know that Russia has been, under my leadership, building Universities and Trading Houses not recruiting Soldiers. You know that Russia is a Democracy now so has no thought for War. What honour do you believe will be reflected upon you when you destroy all that Russia has built because you might throw Tanks against a nation that lies a generation behind you in Science and is a quarter of your size?

You are indeed a very brave man Alexander!
You follow the Spartan tradition of War when only the odds are 10/1 in your favour!
Korea, Maya and Japan have all felt Spartan generosity and it seems Russia will be next!
Russia is different. She will never give up her newly won freedoms and will fight so go ahead ‘Brave Alexander’ and raze Novgorad if you will but if you think that will end any War you are much mistaken!

Major-General Vasili Mikhailovich Blokhin
Chairman, Council of Transition and Stability

[Pitboss Russia]

OOC. Greece get the name right. Mikhailovich is my middle name NOT my surname. It's Blokhin, Major-General Blokhin to you, so concentrate!

[Pitboss Rome]

Alexander II,

Let us be frank.

Yes previous Russian leaders, who now lie dead, insulted Sparta. They were foolish to do so. They also insulted Rome.

I pointed out to the Russian leadership that they should change their diplomatic approach, at the same time as communicating my irritation at their tone to you and some other leaders. They did change their tone - indeed they publicly apologised. You seem to have edited this apology out of your version of events. And since then Russia has not insulted you, and indeed the Russian leadership has changed.

And, Alexander, we are not barbarians any more, this is not the middle ages. Nations do not go to war, with millions of civilians destined to die, over some insults given half a century ago by and to people now dead! You sound like a ruler from the dark ages.

There is a saying common in this part of the world "sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me". You are going to commit yourself to the death of millions because of some mere words? Please. Behave like the leader of one of the world's most civilised and powerful nations!

By declaring this war:
- you will break the treaty Sparta signed over the division of Piercia.
- you will break the bonds of friendship between our nations - who was it who came to your aid when the mayan and koreans invaded you? At that darkest time in your history who supplied machines guns to defend your cities? Rome did. And now you attack us.
- you will declare war on Spain who just a few years ago you declared you would defend.

Rome and Russia do not always see eye to eye. We have disagreed diplomaticly. I had reason to urge them to change their diplomatic policy which they did.

But you are launching an unprovoked attack on the Pax Romana, burning down a capital city! If you think that there is a single Roman alive who will accept this, you are very mistaken. Roman oaths mean something.

Remember the fate of the previous Oath Breakers.

Break your oaths of friendship to Rome, and launch a major attack on the mainland of the Pax Romana burning capital cities, and this will be a war against Oath Breakers which will conclude with the death of one of other of our nations.

The Roman military has been issued with orders to consider Sparta a hostile nation, launching imminent destruction on the Pax Romana.

I hope that you will give me reason to countermand this order.

Marcus of Rome

[Pitboss Greece]

[ooc: I know, I do that on purpose to anger you ic :P people still call my empire 'Greece'! Grrrrr ]

Mikhailovich,

You claim that Russia is a peaceful nation and did not build armies but universities.
Maybe Russia is a foolish nation! Don't build universities while you continue to insult one of the largest world powers. Either build soldiers and insult, or build universities and be humble.

If you fear the Spartan army, then don't be stubborn and give in to our demands and live!
I do not ask you to give up anything Russian. All you have to give up is that what you conquered by war. Remember that Piercia voluntarily asked Japan to take over their cities. Russia then decided to invade Japan and break Piercia into two parts.
This Status Quo would have endured if you would not have chosen to provoke this war.

You call me 'brave' for starting this 10/1 war.
You are brave for provoking the beast while you are a lamb. Yes Russia, you are foolish, but brave. Perhaps 'reckless' is a better description though.
But no, Sparta is not a weasel by attacking a small nation. We are very aware that Rome backs you up. Sparta/Japan is much weaker then Rome/Russia. We do not launch this war to gain any win, we did so because you insulted us and murdered our Emperor.

None of the messages I publiced were forged.
They are all true and public for everyone, except for the hidden Roman letter, but the Khmer, Portuguese and Japanese can testify their true origin. And of course the Romans can.

First I hoped that rome would contain your foolishness, like they have promised.
But Rome refused to. And apparantly Rome is stupid enough to defend you, even when you were provoking war from the day we signed the Pierced Hill Treaty on.

Once again, Mikhailovich, I call upon you to burry your pride and accept your lose.
Hand over all of Piercia to Japan, and live.
So far you fail to negotiate. We did not even receive a counter proposal from you.
I get the idea that you want this war. You do nothing to prevent it.

And for the sake of history, Sparta did not harm the Maya, we liberated the Koreans. And we we only attacked Japan when Japan was in anarchy. As soon as a new Japanese administration took charge, we returned Alcetas to them, and offered them our protection against you. It is laughable that you now call upon me to fight against Japan, while it was Russia who took half of Japan.
The only war in which Sparta gained land was the Mayan/Korean vs Sparta war, which was launched by Maya/Korea in the worst backstabbing way possible.

Yes, Sparta is a strong nation and we will counter every attack.
But we are honourable. Our words are true and we will never lie.
Yes, we have beated Viktor from Novograd! Why would we not? He killed our beloved Emperor! But first he confessed, then we beated him. Not even too hard, as your video proofs. We have evidence that he was the murderer of Menelaus.
He was captured, still being masked, minutes after Menelaus was murdered close to the place of delict. Many people have witnessed this act and said he was the murder. Then he also confessed. He received your order 1 day before, weeks after your former president had been murdered. Murdering is clearly your way to the top.

I wonder what Marcus Pax Romana says about Russians murdering Russian Presidents.
If I am correct Marcus should fight against you, not against me.
As far as I am aware did your administration never try to solve the murdering of your predecessor. Most probably because you know who did it. Murderer.

Now either give in and save your people, or be stubborn and show the world that you prefer the dead of the citizen of Novograd above giving up a city far from home that was conquered by force not that long ago.

Alexander

[Pitboss Greece]

Marcus,

Yes, the insults were made in the past. But they were made by the president who lived only a few years ago.
And the insults are not the casus belly for this war. The murdering of Menelaus II is! It's the combination of insults, continuing treats of Russia to Japan and the murdering of Menelaus that shows me that Russia is not a good neighbour.

Attacking Novograd means no breaking of any pact!
If you think different, show me.

I do not have the intention to declare war on either Rome or Spain.
I hope that Spain nor Rome will declare war on Sparta. We will declare war on Russia if Russia is foolish enough to not give in to our reasonable demands. What you do in return is your decision.

Remember that Rome never gave Sparta machine gunners or anything.
You loaned us money, which we returned to you within 5 periods with interest.
We are thankful for your loaning, but it was no charity.

Rome, if you insist to back Russia up here, then I will not speak ill of that. You are honourable for standing up for your barbaric neighbour. But do not say that I break any bounds with you, or any pact or any oath.

You talk about the Middle Ages. Yes, Sparta has advanced away from the Middle Ages. Russia clearly has not. For long we have accepted their barbary, but now time has come to pay them back in the language they understand: war.

Alexander

[Pitboss Russia]

OOC. My Name is Major-General Blokhin not Mikhailovich!

[Pitboss Greece]

[ooc: I know, I do that on purpose to anger you ic :P people still call my empire 'Greece'! Grrrrr ]
[ok, if it angers you ooc as well I'll stop it :P]

[Pitboss Japan]

Coup d'état in Japan?!

Breaking news!

The military which were directed into the mayor cities to ensure order seems to be sided with the demonstrating crowd. We got report that a militia led by the former supreme commander, Sato Eisaku, surrounded the Japanese parliament and witnesses say that even a few shots were heard.
We have no details what happened there exatly. As soon as we can tell more we will report back.

[Pitboss Rome]

Alexander,

The Pax Romana is public and well known. You have declared war on Rome.

There is no doubt. The whole world knows it.

Rome stood by you in your time of peril. Roman money bought machine guns which defeated the Mayan and Korean invasion. That is the truth.

Sparta signed the treaty fixing the boundaries in Piercia. You have broken that Oath.

Your justification is a murder which no other nation in the world has connected with Russia, and old words. On the basis of this you commit the murder of millions of your own cities, of the nations of Japan, Russia, Spain, the Wynadot and indeed of Rome.

Your ancestors weap that in one short year you destroy the reputation of Sparta nurtured over millenia.

There is no need for this war. We are at peace. There is no threat to Sparta or Japan. But it appears you have chosen.

Marcus

[Pitboss Rome]

Report from Spain

Imperator Belesarius to Custos Marcus Aurelius,

Custos,

As you know I was in Spain leading the Roman expeditionary force negotiating the peaceful conclusion of this war with the Metalheads.

Two crucial events have taken place:

1. Penelope has been assassinated by her generals. The high command of the Spanish people finally lost patience with Penelope's inaction. A coup was launched which was not opposed an almost bloodless. Penelope was found in her chamber, high on drugs, seeing the oblivion which the generals delivered for her. The Spanish High Command has accepted my leadership. Thus, for the time being, while this war lasts, I have effective control of the Spanish nation.

2. There has been a massive coordinated invasion of Spain by every nation in Meduia. There aims are unclear - it is hard to see how measured this is. The Spanish people could defend themselves effectively against the Meduian nations, except for the fact that the Khmer have now entered the war.

Our airforce has taken many photographs showing modern tanks attacking Spain flying Celtic flags, despite the fact that the celtic people cannot themselves even build a car. On the border you will see Khmer troops - next year these will either invade openly or will be 'rebadged' HRE and then invade. Thus Khmer has declared war. This is contrary to the diplomatic indications we had had from the Khmer and I am sure will be of great interest to the Portuguese.

I will continue to work with the Spanish High Command to defend the Spanish nation, and will try to establish what measure end to the war the Meduian nations wish for.

Belesarius

[Pitboss Rome]

Durya of the Khmer,

I have clear and certain proof that you are supplying the most modern technology to those nations which are attacking Rome and Spain.

I am shocked at this - it appears duplicitous - while you maintain a peaceful and diplomatic tone towards Rome, you send your army to war with us, hiding under false flags.

I hope that this is not true, and that there is some explanation.

Marcus Custos of Rome.

[Pitboss Japan]

Announcement:


I'm Sato Eisaku, chief in command and by the will of the Japanese people I'm in charge for the time being.
I was forced to take action against Yukawa illegitime cabinet to prevent any further harm that they had already caused to our country. Yukawa and many cabinet members are under arrest and they will answer for their crimes very soon, most importantly for the treachery they did. They betrayed their people by ignoring all the insults and abuse from Russia and abadoned those citizens who live these days under russian oppression.
We were forced then to accept that humiliating peace treaty and what happened after? we were still insulted, threatened and cheated.... Yukawa was too soft. He allowed the Russians to take even more land from us instead to use our cultural power and get rid of the invaders. But what we got in return? You can see in the picture: the russians spent huge money to steal more and more land from us- even those land they had no use just to cause us harm-and what did we do?-nothing..



This is no more.. I-and i can speak on behalf every true japanese citizen-we will not tolerate this any longer.

With the help of our Spartan friends our dream can become true: our people will be liberated and our former glory will be restored.

We have little hope that this conflict can be solved peacefully. Russia should accept that they have nothing to do in this land as it is ours rightfully, but they are too stubborn. This stubborness will be the cause of all suffering and so it will be Russia's responsibility.

I have heard that the so called "protector" of peace, Rome is about to enter the war, and just like last time on the wrong side, supporting the invaders.. I've told this Marcus: this conflict is his failure as protector. He should had act like a true peacekeeper and hadnt allow the Russian army to invade us through their territory. When we got help from sparta He openly sided with the Russians which forced that uneasy peace treaty.

All we want is to set things right and get back those cities which are rightfully ours. We pray that Russia comes to his senses and liberate our cites so we can avoid the bloodbath.



Sato

[OzzyKP]

2 AM. A Forest Grove Near New Iron Maiden. A Secret Meeting.

Defense Minister Ian Hill - Hello? Are you there?

He takes a few more steps through the woods.

Hill - Hello? Answer me. Agent S...

He was interrupted by a gravely voice from an out of sight figure.

"I am here."

Hill - Ah, you startled me.

He turns in the direction of the voice, trying to seek it out.

"Stop right there. No man alive has seen my face and I'd like to keep it that way. Just look straight ahead, don't turn around."

Hill - How do I know I can trust you?

"You have read my file. I have a long career with Metalhead intelligence. Just do as I say and you'll get the information you seek."

Hill - Alright, I still don't understand why we have to do all this cloak and dagger ****.

"I'm a spy, it is what you pay me for."

Hill - Fine, fine. What do you hear?

"The Spanish Queen has been killed. A military coup has deposed her."

Hill - Is this your doing?

"No, her ineptitude was to our advantage. The Spanish military turned over executive power to the Romans. Imperator Belesarius is now calling the shots. You should expect the enemy's preparations to be far better coordinated and executed from now on."

Hill - This is unfortunate. What else?

"The Romans have been burning up diplomatic channels around the world complaining about a lack of balance in this war. They are pretending to be a victim, dog-piled by the powers of Meduian."

Hill - The world's foremost super-power is whining about being outnumbered? By the likes of the Celts, Metalheads and Holy Romans? Not too long ago we faced Portugal, Rome and Spain alone. They are decades more advanced than we, yet they teamed up against us, and now Rome cries foul-play? Absurd, absolutely absurd. Is anyone believing this shiite?

"Too soon to tell. The Romans have a golden tongue, many may fall under their spell."

Hill - What can you do?

"I shall try to make the truth known, but there are larger forces at work, we are bit players in a larger conflict for supremacy."

Hill - Go on.

"As you have no doubt heard, Sparta rattles sabers at Russia, Rome has stepped in to aid them and now faces likely war with Japan and Sparta. Portugal has attacked the Khmer. All corners of this world are descending into war and conflict. Our fight against Spain is a distraction from the main event.

Hill - Will they let Meduian settle our own affairs?

"Difficult to say. Some of our enemies may refocus their attention elsewhere giving us a freer hand, but the world is in flux. Many nations are playing others. There is much deception, much confusion, much betrayal. Many secret meetings and many non-secret meetings meant to look secret."

Hill - So do you have any more definite information for me?

"The Romans are an intensely proud nation. They have never lost a war. Yet they have fought few truly determined enemies. They will sacrifice much for victory. The civilian population of Spain is being drained by a strict draft. Their cities are emptied of young men, all drafted for the war. The Roman rulers are intensely unpopular with the Spanish people, their people strike in opposition."

Hill - Can we take advantage of this? Turn the Spanish people against their foreign masters?

"They hate their masters, but they also fear their masters. The people will be little use to us, but the massive conscripts should be your first concern. The lack of concern the Roman generals have for the Spanish society and nation they leave behind is a dangerous threat. It seems they will go to any lengths to win.

Hill - What is our answer then?

"They need to be made to realize that they can't win. This time their foes are too great and too many. Show your strength but offer an honorable peace. That is all I have for you. I must now return to my work.

Hill - I may never know your real name, but Agent Slash, you are truly an asset. Good luck.

[Pitboss Khmer]

Durya of the Khmer,

I have clear and certain proof that you are supplying the most modern technology to those nations which are attacking Rome and Spain.

I am shocked at this - it appears duplicitous - while you maintain a peaceful and diplomatic tone towards Rome, you send your army to war with us, hiding under false flags.

I hope that this is not true, and that there is some explanation.

Marcus Custos of Rome.

Tidings Marcus.

See your diplomatic bag please.

Khmer has supported its neighbours in various deals for eons. Some of these deals involved an obligation to support them with units. Khmer does not seek war with Spain despite Spain's indifference and lack of cooperation with Meduian nations. But if the two great super powers suddenly jump in and upset an even war between the Metals and Spain things become completely destabilised.

This is not Khmer's doing. The Metals had only their own military at the start of the war and HRE and Celts were not involved. And Khmer military was certainly NOT involved then.

Dyrya

[Pitboss Greece]

Spartan armies conquer Novograd

The ultimatum of Alexander II, Emperor of the Spartan Empire, has passed and Russia failed to given to our demands. Russia did not even try to negotiate peace.
Spartan armies have invaded Novograd and captured the Russian capital.

Sparta did not raze the city, nobody was killed during this invasion.
Spartans are not barbarians.

To: Major-General Blokhin of Russia,

Novograd is occupied by Sparta, as we speak.
We did not raze the city, like we said before. This treat was only a tool to put you under pressure. We are not barbarians.
No civilians have been killed during the conquering of Novograd.

We offer you peace, these are the terms:
- Sparta returns Novograd to Russia
- Russia returns Pierced hill to Japan
- Peace treaty for 50 periods
- We pay 1000 gold for the buildings that were destroyed during the occupation of Novograd
- Russia disbands half it's army in Piercia or retreats it to Russia
- Major-General Blokhin resigns all his duties and hands these over to a legal civilian government

This is your last chance for peace.

Alexander II
Emperor of Sparta, Japan and Korea