@Willy Vereb

The Black Tortoise was a near invincible tank that no one knows how the hell it could withstand things that'd level a fort. I originally made it as something famous like the 104th Airborne irl, something nice to put on propoganda. Although I am kinda tempted to make it the name of some elite tank group, I'm not really sure if I want to pursue an actual invincible tank since that seems a bit too OP for me and I already have the Chi-no-Sugoi SPG which is basically invincible from the front and top.

The wars part sound good to me, can we have it that the first one in the 1920's ended up with a slight victory for me and then the one in 1936 ended with me getting my ass handed to me on a shiny silver plate courtesy of the Yllendthyr Air Force?

@Willy Vereb

The Black Tortoise was a near invincible tank that no one knows how the hell it could withstand things that'd level a fort. I originally made it as something famous like the 104th Airborne irl, something nice to put on propoganda. Although I am kinda tempted to make it the name of some elite tank group, I'm not really sure if I want to pursue an actual invincible tank since that seems a bit too OP for me and I already have the Chi-no-Sugoi SPG which is basically invincible from the front and top.

The wars part sound good to me, can we have it that the first one in the 1920's ended up with a slight victory for me and then the one in 1936 ended with me getting my ass handed to me on a shiny silver plate courtesy of the Yllendthyr Air Force?

Well, it could've gone the other way around, I think.

In 1924 Yllenthyr introduced tanks they copied straight from Eisenkreis.

These combined with Yllendthyr's aircrafts allowed them to have an edge over you in the beginning.
Then the war came in 1935-36 where Yllendthyr was forced to acknowledge the need to up-arm their tanks because you already had medium tanks while I tried to hurt you with only 33mm autocannons.
Air power wise you also caught up in aspects so the idea of dive bombers supporting my rapid tank force often failed.

The only problem I have with this that then Yllendthyr would be aware of many of its tactical failings which I wish to portray.
Yllendthyr supports the Blitzkrieg strategy and focuses on light but fast vehicles and lots of motorized units in combat.
Or the above mentioned reliance on dive bombers.
So perhaps it'd be better if you pick a different nation to fight and force you to develop (or propagate the myth of the Black Tortoise).
Alternatively the Black Tortoise could be a WW1 styled tank which was ahead of its time and indeed did survive an 500lbs bomb (by it not being a direct hit).
Also I don't mind "super tanks" so long they are rare.
How about making the Black Tortoise from "depleted Sakuradite" which is dense, durable but also much heavier than steel while also being damn expensive?

BTW, do you sell Sakuradite as explosives?
I may use them for certain explosives. I figure they are stronger than RDX. If it has the same efficiency as in Code Geass, it may ridiculously so. Remember only a handful being enough to kill hundreds or even more.

@CycloneYllendthyr's prime minister might be also invited to that parade and I'm certain you wish to make comments on the "faithless elves".

@Willy Vereb

Yamatai's miltary right now is a direct result of the war from 1936, the nation modernized rapidly due to the fact the government poured everything into the military so at most I would have been shooting at you with an armored car with a 37mm cannon at that point, not an actual tank. The IYAC was also a joke at that point, it was more like your griffon knights but worse. It was basically a bunch of idiots strapped to a dinky biplane and given a gun and a bunch of ammo and many some hand grenades. Not exactly elite by any stretch of the imagination .-.

Also, I will repeat what I said last time: the Black Tortoise Tank is a propagated myth used to show the population the fruits of focusing so heavily on the military. In reality it was actually hit by a grenade but due to poor vision, the people who reported it said it was artillery that hit it (there was an artillery strike during at the time) and the people that where actually inside the tank were propped up as heroes and given money so they didn't say they weren't actually hit by something larger than a grenade.

As for Sakurite trade, the way Yamatai is set up, you will have a hell of time trying to find someone who will sell "Yamatai's precious natural resources to dirty gaijin". That's not to say that there are smugglers willing to do the dedd, but they do it a reasonably high costs since it is closely guarded. In theory, other places have trace deposits of Sakurite but Yamatai is the only place where people know how to dig it up without it blowing up in their face and how to refine it without it flattening a city block. Also:

SAKURITE IS A COMPLETELY ORIGINAL CONCEPT THAT DEFINITELY DOES NOT ORIGINATE, COME FROM OR WAS INSPIRED BY CODE GEASS.

@CycloneYllendthyr's prime minister might be also invited to that parade and I'm certain you wish to make comments on the "faithless elves".

That might be just the final straw for Tin. Literally three of their least favorite people all gathered in one convenient spot that could easily become the target of a terror attack

Tin might see it as too tempting of an opportunity to pass up on. If you guys want I could make this happen to further escalate the Zanjir conflict, but otherwise I won't ruin whatever you have planned.

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That might be just the final straw for Tin. Literally three of their least favorite people all gathered in one convenient spot that could easily become the target of a terror attack

Tin might see it as too tempting of an opportunity to pass up on. If you guys want I could make this happen to further escalate the Zanjir conflict, but otherwise I won't ruin whatever you have planned.

I can see why Tin would want to assassinate Velikaya but I can't see what he can gain by killing Avalia or Yllendthyr's leader aside from pissing them off.
Also how would he even do it?
If bombing people would be so easy there never would be any wars.
The best your sultan do is to grumble and maybe ask his spies to report what happened.
Or start overreacting by beginning wartime preparations because these 3 nations must be in cahoots now.
Seriously, I don't get what are you trying to do here.

As I said before Tin claims the Zanjir and thus they are pretty mad at Yllendthyr right now and probably contemplating war. Avalia is their mortal enemy (and vice-versa, Avalia and Tin hate each other) and the PRK isn't Tin's favorite place. So they hate all of you, and you all happen to be having a little party together. They would benefit from any damage done to these three nations.

If the leaders gave a speech or something there might be an assassination attempt, but I was thinking more along the lines of Tin being sour and wanting to ruin the festival. Rather than an assassination, I was thinking of a bombing or shooting that only killed civilians and disrupted the event. Of course, Tin would deny any involvement.

As in for whether Tin could do this, of course they could. Considering that Avalia is right next to Tin and the two have been enemies for centuries, it stands to reason that Tin would have at least one or two spies that successfully infiltrated Avalia. They would just have to go to the festival as citizens and then plant explosives or something.

The purpose IC from Tin's perspective would be a (probably unsuccessful) attempt to scare the three nations and disrupt any talks. Tin tries to bully other countries like that when all else fails or they don't have another way to get what they want.

The purpose OOC would be to escalate tensions with the Zanjir conflict. Tin's denial of having anything to do with the bombing means there probably wouldn't be a war, but everybody would suspect Tin and suddenly there would be a lot more paranoia that the PRK could exploit.

Once again, we don't have to do this unless the people involved want to.

@Cyclone

I need to do something with your nation. Remind me when you have something in mind.

As I said before Tin claims the Zanjir and thus they are pretty mad at Yllendthyr right now and probably contemplating war. Avalia is their mortal enemy (and vice-versa, Avalia and Tin hate each other) and the PRK isn't Tin's favorite place. So they hate all of you, and you all happen to be having a little party together. They would benefit from.....

Just shortened it as to not take up so much space. Anyway, I could maybe see a bombing of some sort, but nothing to huge would be really feasible. Just looking like a man from Tin in Avalia (which, mind you, is almost entirely populated by Valkyeria), would like planting an ISIS flag in your front lawn in America. Won't storm the building, but definitely under heavy monitoring. XD

This is just to show the challenges, I am all for having Tin somehow contact the one spy they have to chuck a grenade at the main event in the capital.

I'll create a PM thread on what will go down, but let me just get a post up to get the ball rollin before we proceed any further.

@Skepic

Considering how Sarah Palin thought that she could see Russia from her house and that Africa was a country, I think it's safe to say that planting an ISIS flag in your yard wouldn't do much here. I bet 99% of us don't even know what the ISIS flag looks like. 'Murica!

@Skepic

Considering how Sarah Palin thought that she could see Russia from her house and that Africa was a country, I think it's safe to say that planting an ISIS flag in your yard wouldn't do much here. I bet 99% of us don't even know what the ISIS flag looks like. 'Murica!

We once held a quick quiz with random Americans to see how much they know about our country.
The majority of the time they asked back if the questioner wants something to eat.

<Snipped quote by Cyclone>We once held a quick quiz with random Americans to see how much they know about our country.
The majority of the time they asked back if the questioner wants something to eat.

Want to quiz me? I promise not to use the Internet to look up the answers

<Snipped quote by Cyclone>We once held a quick quiz with random Americans to see how much they know about our country.
The majority of the time they asked back if the questioner wants something to eat.

I remember one time high school/college students were asked who was the president. About 4 of them out of like a hundred said something remotely close to Barrack Obama and only one kid actually got his name right.

One kid though Osama bin Ladden was the president o-o

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Want to quiz me? I promise not to use the Internet to look up the answers

Um, it was really just a question about what they know about my country.
My country's name just happens to be called Hungary in English.

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I remember one time high school/college students were asked who was the president. About 4 of them out of like a hundred said something remotely close to Barrack Obama and only one kid actually got his name right.

One kid though Osama bin Ladden was the president o-o

Kinda recently there was a quiz where some percentage of Americans answered they support ISIS.
So yeah, not surprised on that.

(Okay, that just shows how seriously some people took these quizzes but still, kinda also related to Cyclone's post prior)

*Looks at the map*
*Realizes he actually knows a good deal of the actual countries instead of the color blobs*
*Takes out sunglasses and feels special*

NARCISSISM MODE ENGAGED

@SkepicI'm shocked they knew the difference between Ireland and Scottland.
I mean Hollywood repeatedly hired Scottsmen for Irish roles and in reverse.

Anyways, after the FABULOUS EMPEROR I bet you are dying to know how the Prime Minister must look!

@Willy VerebTwo can play at this game

@Willy VerebTwo can play at this game

Presenting his FABULOUSNESS, Emperor Shitatsu Sho in armor [+]

You missed the irony of it.
We spent 2-3 pages at discussing the Emperor's unique and radically great fashion.
One word: Crotchskull

<Snipped quote by ClocktowerEchos>You missed the irony of it.
We spent 2-3 pages at discussing the Emperor's unique and radically great fashion.
One word: Crotchskull

... Kinky...