The Apolyton Empire: Game

[Sheep]

Okay I hope this is better......

Some storythingy

Liam Sheep the founder of the Terrorist organisation the Social Republican Movment of Apolyton (SRA) in exile, has been quoted to saying that the whole Edko convention was a 'grand farce'.

However we will ask the rebel government in control of the Apolyton mainland to seriously consider a form of government where the people have their say, not the evil upsurper Moderator and her evil henchmen, the Chief of Staff.

If we do not see sufficent changes in the politics of Apolyton we will strike for the people.


Sheep's Diplomacy (all secret)

To Drako Chuko: (via Berlin from the SRA headquaters) We the true government of the people of Apolyton wish to see Apolyton given to the people who have long suffered from rule of an usurper. Your cousin the self-appointed Emperor Chuko was working towards this goal. I hope that a civil war hero such as yourself is willing to join with us. In this form of government the Moderator is elected by the people. I think personally you would be an ideal candidate.

Signed
Liam Sheep

To Colonel Giovanni Vodka (via agent in Occupied England) We know where the English hold your brother the illustrious Colonel Giovanni Cognac. He can be returned if Apolyton makes peace with the European Union, or you assist me in the overthrow of the military junta in control of the government in Apolyton. This is for the people. Are you with me or without.

Signed
Liam Sheep

To General Thunderfire: (via a secret letter from an anynomous agent) I have a propostion. If you would like to have complete control over the entire army under a democratic regime, We may have something to talk about. The rebel government of the usuper Moderator and her evil henchmen, the Chief of Staff, must be executed for their crimes against Apolyton.

Signed
Liam Sheep

To the Chief of Staff Melian: (via unknown means) Repent your sins against the gods of Apolyton. Withdraw yourself from the rebel goverment and you will be rewarded once the social democratic revolution begins

Signed
Unkown

[Sheep]

occ: how will you take York, why don't you just say we need to occupy England nw, and let it be done....

[Mellian]

OOC: IROQUOIS IS ON THE ENGLISH-AMERICAN FRONT, not in the English-French one. They are attacking from the north, along with Apolyton and America, not with the Aztec and Zulus. jeez Manchester is a coastal city near the English-French border.

Lets say George Washington was the first prez of america after leading the independence from england, but became a general again after loosing an election (which he doesn't mind). there a percentage of populace in the world that can live forever, as long they don't get themselves killed in battle or whatever.

Sheep, far better SRA could be the militant republic movement, where the Apolyton Republic Movement (which Mellian is secretly par of) is the more peaceful one. of course, be careful with this terrorist stuff in the late-medieval.
Also, it is for the story that they are stretching the battle. Pretty boring just to state that apolyton troops went to york, and after a long full of casualties battle, they took York.

September 1401

TO Military Advisor

Nice to hear that your working on creating a new Intelligence Service, thats what i have been doing myself since i became Foreign Advisor again. Maybe we should combine our efforts? Apparently, there is still some ASIO agents out there that are still loyal to apolyton and the government, despite sheep's treachery.

TO Domestic Advisor

Are you refering to the mad-goat disease? Yes, there rumours of its spread, but at the moment, it is very minimal and there wasn't much reports if did crossover to Apolyton from the alligator continent.

As to how that started, not hundred percent sure, but was told by some Ambassadors that it started because of some disgusting beastsexuality cult playing around with Goats in Rome (makes since, there is a lot of sexual freedom there, with their bathhouses and so on).

Why do you ask?

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When Mellian read the letter from Sheep, she was annoyed and relieved. Annoyed because Sheep thinks she is a Moderator suck-up, which she isn't, especially after being demoted. Yet, relieved that there isn't any spies in the Government or much of a spy network Apolyton anymore, else he would know that she isn't the Chief of Staff anymore., and that she is one of the main ARM organizers (that part no one knows, except the other organizers).

Anyway, she make sure the Military Advisor as look of the letter, as they are both working on organizing a new Intelligence Service.

[civman2000]

September 16th, 1401
MEMO TO ALL DEPARTMENTS: It has come to my attention that agents of the terrorist rebel Liam Sheep have been distributing propoganda. If anyone receives such a letter, report it immediately to me and the Department of Intelligence.
To the Department of Intelligence: With all of these messages we should be able to piece together some information and catch at least a few SRA agents.

[Giovanni Wine]

Bah.. I had wrote a very long post.. but because of a stupid error from the site everything got missed.

I will write it again later, editing this post

Just letting you know that

Cognac was sent to the London Royal Prison, were he was interrogated from an officer.

Cognac was severly beaten by the big guards, he even broke his nose, but he didn't give up any secret.

Vodka started attacking Converty.
He ordered 1/4 of the fleet to bombard the city of Converty, 1/4 to bombard the forest nearby, in order that if any English troops his hiding in there they'll be destroyed, and in order to create a good landing spot for his armies.
The other 1/2 was ordered to guard the backside of the fleet from any possible Enlglish attack.

Saluti

[Apep]

September 1401

Having finally arrived in Apolyton's seat of power Apep II decided to spend a night in a local inn, named 'The Flying Butcher's Knife'. It was a very dilapadated inn but Apep II was short of cash and it was cheap. It also sold large amounts of beer and Ostrich drumstick! Apep II had always been partial to foreign food and was tucking in when a large knife flew straight past his ear and inbedded itself in his shoulder. Wincing in pain, Apep II stood up and began to run even as a second knife wizzed past his ear.
Maybe he'd be going straight to the palace after all!

* * *
(About half an hour later)

Having run all the way through the inner city Apep II finally reached the palace only to be stopped by the guard,
"Sorry no entrance!"
"But I have an appointment, I'm the new advisor!"
"You're Apep II? Yeah ri--"
The guard fell to the ground a knife sticking into his heart. Apep II didn't need to be told twice, he ran right in and collapsed behind a desk.

* * *
(Meanwhile)
"How could you muck up like that," Apep I asked the assassin who was strung up on some sort of torture wheel.
"I missed master, I wont do it again, sir"
"No you wont," Apep I shouted raising a knife to the assassin's throat...

[civman2000]

OOC: Might Apep I be in the SRA? That would be a nice twist.
September 21st, 1401
The Moderator is alarmed at the assassination attempts on the new Minister of Trade and the Economy. He will be given 2 bodyguards and he will be given 20 soldiers to use as he wishes for his safety, especially while he sleeps. The Department of Intelligence is also requested to investigate theses attempts and any possible link to the SRA they might have.

[Apep]

Apep I was thinking, what was to be done, obviously his superiours would be informed, he had already sent a small coded letter to the council concealed inside a pound of butter. His son was probably quite safe now, that was unfortunate but it couldn't be traced to him. Indeed it would probably be traced to the renegade Liam Sheep.
He would have to find some way of contacting him too.

* * *

Apep II had decided that he was going to start his jobb quickly, he had already managed to talk the Moderator into renaming Porkton, but that hardly mattered now, this assassin must be thought about, he had been found in a pile of grain earlier this morning, dead. He wondered what would be done with the grain.
He looked at the knife which had been removed from his shoulder, it was bloodstained and he wasen't quite sure we he had kept it, it was rather ordinary, an iron blade with a brass hilt, it had something inscribed on it, he got out a piece of cloth, curious and cleaned it up a bit. Then he gasped, and read the inscription to himself just to check, "Long live the Council of Apolyton," Council of Apolyton? He ran straight down to the Moderator's office...

[civman2000]

September 23rd, 1401
"What is it Apep?"
"Look at this knife, look at this inscription!"
"Calm down. WHere did you find the knife?"
"A man, my assassin, it was in his back!"
"What?? Guards! Two of you go and find this assassin!"
"He was carrying some grain."
"Now that's odd."
"I know, but look at the knife."
"Council of Apolyton...very interesting. I'm sending this to the Department of Intelligence, this should be very useful. I wonder what the Council of Apolyton could be? Perhaps the council in charge of the SRA..."

[foolish_icarus]

Latentus hadn’t been working in the government long, and he was already thoroughly disgusted. At first he was only annoyed at the mix-up between him and Apep. Once he thought about it, however, he realized how indicative it was of the abysmal situation present in the administration. And this wasn’t the only thing, either. For months he had been witnessing similar kinds of screwups, only on a much larger scale, and the simple honest unimportant mistake of addressing a message to the wrong person had become the straw that broke the camels back. Even though the corruption and waste rampant in the Apolytonian bureaucracy certainly wasn’t anywhere near as bad as some, it wasn’t among the most efficient, either. Even with the new constitution, the aristocrats were almost uniformly interested in their own wealth. Latentus had been looking at reports from the few countries that ran under Republics and it was clear that wasn’t the answer either. The peasants just weren’t educated enough, they were too easily influenced by demagogues and always voted for welfare for themselves. No matter what government, it seemed that whoever was in charge only acted in their own short-term interest, which invariably didn’t help anyone, even themselves, in the long run. If only there was some way to teach the masses in a quick and effective way and encourage communication and discussion. Definitely something to talk to the science advisor about.

In the meantime, the domestic improvements were progressing slowly. Latentus and the culture advisor had worked out a scheme to promote science and building and art, as well as to get the individual aristocrats to help pay for it. One of the most promising people they were sponsoring was some guy named Michelangelo who was painting something or other, Latentus couldn’t remember what. Unfortunately, the war effort was taking so many resources that the budget had extremely little money to spare for cultural pursuits. At the rate it was going, Michelangelo wouldn’t finish until Latentus was and old man and that freak Copernicus, frustrated by his lack of funding, would probably be bought off by another country and finish his infernal machine somewhere else. No great loss, Latentus thought. Oh well. Maybe things would pick up again after the English were beaten and the war was ended.

[foolish_icarus]

To: Foreign Advisor Mellian
From: Domestic Advisor Latentus

I was merely concerned about the possible spread of disease to Apolyton. And I have already heard about the goat problem (typical for those romans) and the one I was talking about was different, from what I’ve heard it affects people often fatally and almost everyone catches it. The traders think it could be a repeat of that terrible 14th century bubonic plague that we were so thankfully spared from. (Good old Mathersprake and his isolation policy). What can you tell me about THAT diseases spread? It is of paramount concern that if it gets out of those countries we keep it out of our population and preferably away from our allies, though that is unlikely since they are on the mainland. Hey, maybe we could even find some way to use it against the English.

[Easthaven I]

September 1401

General Easthaven was beginning to role up his maps when a soldier came rushing in.

"Sire...General Jack has sent word." He handed Easthaven a note.

Easthaven read it, not showing any reaction whatsoever.

"Very well...we have our orders." He walked outside where his 2nd in command was waiting for him.

"What is it, my lord, the message?" The Colonel asked.

"It was from General Jack, he wishes for us to stay and take York, no matter the costs."

"But sire, this has probably been the biggest battle of the war so far, we were already outnumbered 3 to 1 and yes we were victorious but we did suffer casualties and my men report english reinforcements arriving into the city. Surely the Chief will understand if we..."

"No, Colonel, we have our orders and we will obey. We are getting reinforcements from America, General Washington is sending them. We are Apolytonians, Colonel, act like it. Spread the word, our morale is still very high and I'm sure they won't reject fighting either in York or Warwick, they are brave men. We will take that city. You're Dismissed Colonel."

"Yes my lord."

The armies were still inside the outerwall, they were beginning to pack up but now they will refortify their positions. They began to get ready once more for an attack into York. They will definitely take the city, Easthaven had no doubt, he just hoped he wouldn't suffer heavy casualties, he also hoped the Americans would arrive as fast as they could.

Easthaven gave the order for the continued bombardment of the city. Cannon balls will fall nonstop onto the innerwall and into the city itself. Hell itself is coming to York, and Field Marshall Easthaven is in front as usual.

[Easthaven I]

September 1401

To Field Marshall Thunderfire (secret):
I've gotten your request. I set up Fox Rider training camps in America before the offensive, we had a rush of 5,000 new troops when we started the offensive, Cognac took 3,000 I believe. Another 20 regiments should have been created by now if my calculations are correct, that's 20,000 riders, if the training hasn't been interrupted. Take however many you need. As for retreating, I got orders from General Jack to push forward into the meat grinder. Don't worry, I'm sure we will succeed, just get here when you can so that we may establish a firm defensive line between York and Warwick, right now all their is are the Cognac raiders in the forest now creating a fort. If you can spare men try to send some to reinforce the forest and help build the fort.

-Field Marshall Easthaven I

[Apep]

September 1401
News soon got to Apep I of what had become of the assasin. He couldn't believe he had given the assassin his knife, much less that the assassin had used it, this must be blamed on the assassin somehow... Maybe he could get out of it somehow, the council would have his guts for garters (Only he didn't think they used garters, actually he wasen't even sure if garters had been invented).
Of course they wouldn't locate the council itself, it wasen't even in Apolyton. His spy had however managed to contact Sheep, and he began writing a letter,
To Sheep,
The Council of Apolyton requires your help. We know you have the best assassins in the world and we have control of several major institutions in Apolyton
Anon.
It was all true of course. Sheep also apparently had control of huge amounts of gunpowder.

* * *
Apep II had been amazed at how quickly the Moderator set everything into reaction to find out exactly who this assassin was working for. The barbaric practice of the post-mortem had been used though it was thorougly unnessesary.
A message had been found in his pocket however, it read,
The Forgotten Government in Exile Apolyton.
There were also some knives in one pocket.

(OOC: I need to clarify, the knife was the one from Apep II's shoulder, then assassin the one who chased him last night who was found dead in a pile of grain.)

[Mellian]

OOC: Giovanni. bombarbed COventry without trouble from the English navy, who should be defending their coast?

foolish_icarus, sorry about that, lol. just keep in mind that we are not a republic yet, and the constitution hasn't been declared yet either.... will be so after the war ends.

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TO Domestic Advisor

Oh! the skin-eating disease, quite a nasty one that one is. I only read a few reports on it in the past decade or so. It is believed to have started in the Alligator continent somewhere, and the first real report of it is is when one of our navy detected a drifting babylonian merchant cavavel, and found the crew dead, with their bodies rapidly rotting away by previously unknown disease, which later infected the sailors that investigated the ship. The Sailors skin were slowly being eating away, which became noticable the following day. The crew, being paranoid, killed the sailors and threw them off the ship to preventing it from spreading. They soon later sunk the diseased vessel and they stayed juts outside of port for week, to make sure no one else was infected.

Luckily, it is not very contagious mainly because it painfully kills the host within a day, and only spreads once their dead.