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[u][h3]The Esoteric Temple of Acerbus[/h3][/u]

[b]Short Straw:[/b] Your first representative through the opened Gateway was not a willing participant.
[b]Have You Heard The News?:[/b] For you, a missionary is a diplomat, and a diplomat is a missionary.
[b]Very International Outreach:[/b] Stationed a missionary outside the prayer rooms of the Meeting Place, prepared to intercept.
[b]Be Ye Angels?:[/b] Your diplomat was shocked by the angelic appearance of another nation's representative.

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[u][h3]The Khagnate of the Steppe and Sky[/h3][/u]

[b]It's Tea Time Somewhere:[/b] The first nation to offer others tea.
[b]Pick Your Poison:[/b] Also, the first nation to offer others alcohol.
[b]This Thing On?:[/b] The first nation to broadcast an introduction to themselves.
[b]Hat Trick:[/b] You earned three achievements in a single post. And now, four.
[b]Sol Remembers Us:[/b] The first nation to set foot on one of Sol's worlds (other than Earth.)
[b]Ah, Home At Last:[/b] Began building in Sol.
[b]Staring Contest:[/b] When you and another nation met another, neither could believe what they were seeing. (Look for the other person with this achievement.)
[b]Wall of Fire:[/b] Blockaded the settlement of another nation.
[b]You May Keep Your Honour:[/b] When forces from your nation clearly had control over a target, they promised fair and honorable treatment in exchange for a surrender.

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[u][h3]The Nameless[/h3][/u]

[b]Leap of Faith[/b]: You passed through the Gateway with a prayer
[b]Rough Passage[/b]: One of your people lost consciousness while passing through the Gateway
[b]Tolerance is Sin:[/b] Your fanatic hatred of humanity has forced others to hide truths about them from you.
[b]The Hannibal Maneuver:[/b] When one of your nation's people were held by the arms, they didn't hesitate to use their mouth.
[b]Two-Edged Sword:[/b] One of your race quoted scripture while preparing his weapons...
[b]Walk With Me In Hell:[/b] ...and then went down firing, taking as many of the enemy with him as he could.
[b]Hat Trick:[/b] You earned three achievements in a single post. And now, four.
[b]Be Ye Demons?:[/b] While another nation's representative was shocked at the angelic appearance of your AI, you were still deciding if they themselves were demonic.

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[u][h3]The Pillars of Avalon[/h3][/u]

[b]A Compelling Argument:[/b] One of your citizens went to another colony because a hallucination told them to.
[b]A Master Diplomat:[/b] Placed a hobot on the comms with an occupying force. That's got to be some kind of achievement.
[b]The Bull Gambit:[/b] Tried to hold off an enemy, even for a few moments, with as much sheer distraction and nonsense as you could come up with on-the-fly.
[b]Just Don't Feed Them After Midnight:[/b] Bridged the language gap in a most unusual way
[b]Caught In The Tides:[/b] Crash-landed on the lunar surface.
[b]S-O-S:[/b] A rather old-fashioned way to communicate, but understandable given the circumstances.
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[u][h3]The League of Visuary[/h3][/u]

[b]Gaia Remembers Us:[/b] You returned to Earth
[b]Touching Homebase:[/b] Built a sign of your presence on Earth, so others would know who touched ground first.
[b]Party Starter:[/b] The first nation to begin a true invasion.
[b]Just Don't Feed Them After Midnight:[/b] Bridged the language gap in a most unusual way

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[u][h3]The Khanate of the Apes[/h3][/u]

[b]Staring Contest:[/b] When you and another nation met another, neither could believe what they were seeing. (Look for the other person with this achievement.)
[b]That Cold Red Desert:[/b] Touched down on Mars. Viking 1 has nothing on this.
[b]Ah, Home At Last:[/b] Began building in Sol.
[b]On The Mount Of The Gods:[/b] Began building the Meeting Place! A great contribution.
[b]Hat Trick:[/b] You earned three achievements in a single post. And now, four.
[b]Come With Me If You Want To Live:[/b] Seriously? Schwarzenegger is so lame. Please kill this D-tier meme.
[b]Be Reasonable, Gentlemen:[/b] No matter how aggressive and unreasonable another nation was, one of your people kept attempting to get them to talk like civilized beings.
[b]Not Like Other Shoguns:[/b] Accusations of dishonor meant shockingly little to a shogun of your people.
[b]Because Of Him:[/b] Began to redirect the wrath of a fanatically xenocidal foe to your enemies.
[b]Hat Trick (2):[/b] For the second time, you have earned three achievements in a single post. And now, four.
[b]Kudos:[/b] An achievement given not for an IC action, but because your writing in a particular scene has impressed me. (In this case, it was the description of the Khan's throne and the dropping of the veil.)

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[u][h3]The Qinglong Accord[/h3][/u]

[b]One Small Step...[/b]: Touched down on the Moon.
[b]Sheep Dog[/b]: When an unrelated party accidentally got caught in a battle between your nation and hostile aliens, you let them take refuge under your point defense.
[b]S-O-S:[/b] A rather old-fashioned way to communicate, but understandable given the circumstances.
[b]South Pole Safety Challenge:[/b] Rescued the survivors of a crashed ship from the Moon.
[b]Direct Questioning:[/b] Asked someone from another nation if they were fully human. Probably better ways to phrase that one.

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[u][h3]The Kamenyan Defense Directorate[/h3][/u]

[b]Caught In The Flames[/b]: The first time you travelled to another nation, your ship appeared in an active warzone.

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[u][h3]The United Republic of Columbia[/h3][/u]

[b]Light Of The Cosmos[/b]: For some nations, the Gateway is distant enough that it's opening was mistaken for a star. For yours, the Gateway is so close to your homeworld that there is no mistaking it.

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