Round 1 Gossip
The court is ablaze with rumors…
“A Gem Mine on Relicon Sapphire Plateau was raided, I heard thousands of workers died during the attack”
“…One of those minor lordlings was killed I heard”
“Oh, where was that?”
“Not sure, Ecaz… maybe Buzzell or that wretched desert Melange comes from, no survivors though, the invaders butchered everyone and took over”
“The Brigands of Bendar were crushed during an attempted raid, I heard their leader is furious”
“Same things with the Pirates of Carib Ion Sea, a failed raid.”
“No… no… it wasn’t a raid, they tried to capture the place.”
“That was somewhere else, they tried both.”
“These pirates are getting far too aggressive… something should be done!”
“The fool noble who bought the Soostones on Buzzell's Western Coast has left them completely unguarded!”
“Sivria’s responsible for this! You mark my words, it would be like them to fund pirates considering what they did to the crops.”
“Not Sivria, the Emperor’s responsible for this piracy, and it’s the Bene Tleilax who engineered the crop damage.”
“Ridicolous… rumor has it that Zum Gaorn himself was seen leading one of these raids.”
“Rumors and lies about our monarch. Besides the Tleilaxu’s face dancers could easily impersonate the Bashar.”
The Chancellor suggests another Grand Ball
Vote Available: [Hold Grand Ball: Each player receives (1d6+Diplomacy Score)x200 MS in contributions, funds dispersed when an Adjutant General informs the Chancellor of a majority] to vote this a message on the board must be titled "Vote: Hold Grand Ball"
In the long months since announcing their candidacy the nominees have sought to lay the groundwork for their rise to power. Now they are summoned to the Chancellor’s offices and find themselves in the company of the Chancellor, a high ranking Imperial Officer, and a cowled figure in black sporting the emblem of the Spacing Guild.
“Ah, greetings… I shall get right to the point. In all the recent turmoil I’ve barely been able to keep up on my duties, and now a new problem has emerged. The Guild has reported numerous pirate attacks and something must be done about it, but the Emperor’s own forces are otherwise occupied and frankly I do not have the time. I think that if you deal with this problem it can only boost your statures in the eyes of the Landsdraad, and as these matters normally are the responsibility of the Chancellor I can offer hefty rewards for success.”
Pursing his lips he regards the Guild representative. “Three pirate bands in particular have come to our attention as extremely aggressive, but I do not know who they are. The Guild knows but their neutrality prevents them from disclosing details, as these pirates have not attacked them. I have been able to determine that these pirates are known to you, or some of you. I want their names, I want their locations, and I want them destroyed. The Landsdraad will dispense one billion solaris to each of you for each pirate faction named, for each one of their bases you locate, and for each base that is captured. Complete all of these tasks and you will each receive an additional four billion solaris. Should you accept this challenge, I will immediately authorize you two billion solaris to cover your initial expenses. Lords and ladies, good hunting.” And with that he waves a hand in dismissal.
The officer exits with you. “I’m afraid I can task no forces or spies to assist you, on the Chancellor’s orders, only to confirm for him the validity of anything you uncover. For now I will refer to these pirates as Pirate Alpha, Pirate Beta, and Pirate Gamma. According to the Guild you already know their names. I will investigate and confirm anything the majority of you tell the chancellor and if true you’ll receive your compensation, same with any location you give, we’ll obviously know when you capture a base.
"Reports are trickling in of militia uprisings in certain Sapho Juice refineries."
"Anything to do with these pirates maybe?"
"I heard about the Chancellor's Challenge to the Nominees, personally I think I'd demand more than a billion solaris if it were my spies or legions that turned up a pirate base and rooted it out. I couldn't even launch a meaningful assault for a billion solaris"
"No, no, I hear he gives them each that, so they could just all agree to pay the nominee who turned up the location or destroyed a base some of their funds. Like maybe a quarter of a billion solaris each, that would cover troop transport."
"And my losses in such an encounter? Well, you are right, no matter how you cut it finding and destroying a trio of pirate groups is less costly than the hundred billion solaris the chancellor's doling out... from our dues I might add."
"Cheaper than the raids continuing, trillions lost in damages, escort fees, disrupted trade, people glutting the market with their assets out of fear."
"True, I hear the planet of Nuar has a new ruler! The prior Siridar Ruler sold it"
The court is ablaze with rumors…
“A Gem Mine on Relicon Sapphire Plateau was raided, I heard thousands of workers died during the attack”
“…One of those minor lordlings was killed I heard”
“Oh, where was that?”
“Not sure, Ecaz… maybe Buzzell or that wretched desert Melange comes from, no survivors though, the invaders butchered everyone and took over”
“The Brigands of Bendar were crushed during an attempted raid, I heard their leader is furious”
“Same things with the Pirates of Carib Ion Sea, a failed raid.”
“No… no… it wasn’t a raid, they tried to capture the place.”
“That was somewhere else, they tried both.”
“These pirates are getting far too aggressive… something should be done!”
“The fool noble who bought the Soostones on Buzzell's Western Coast has left them completely unguarded!”
“Sivria’s responsible for this! You mark my words, it would be like them to fund pirates considering what they did to the crops.”
“Not Sivria, the Emperor’s responsible for this piracy, and it’s the Bene Tleilax who engineered the crop damage.”
“Ridicolous… rumor has it that Zum Gaorn himself was seen leading one of these raids.”
“Rumors and lies about our monarch. Besides the Tleilaxu’s face dancers could easily impersonate the Bashar.”
The Chancellor suggests another Grand Ball
Vote Available: [Hold Grand Ball: Each player receives (1d6+Diplomacy Score)x200 MS in contributions, funds dispersed when an Adjutant General informs the Chancellor of a majority] to vote this a message on the board must be titled "Vote: Hold Grand Ball"
In the long months since announcing their candidacy the nominees have sought to lay the groundwork for their rise to power. Now they are summoned to the Chancellor’s offices and find themselves in the company of the Chancellor, a high ranking Imperial Officer, and a cowled figure in black sporting the emblem of the Spacing Guild.
“Ah, greetings… I shall get right to the point. In all the recent turmoil I’ve barely been able to keep up on my duties, and now a new problem has emerged. The Guild has reported numerous pirate attacks and something must be done about it, but the Emperor’s own forces are otherwise occupied and frankly I do not have the time. I think that if you deal with this problem it can only boost your statures in the eyes of the Landsdraad, and as these matters normally are the responsibility of the Chancellor I can offer hefty rewards for success.”
Pursing his lips he regards the Guild representative. “Three pirate bands in particular have come to our attention as extremely aggressive, but I do not know who they are. The Guild knows but their neutrality prevents them from disclosing details, as these pirates have not attacked them. I have been able to determine that these pirates are known to you, or some of you. I want their names, I want their locations, and I want them destroyed. The Landsdraad will dispense one billion solaris to each of you for each pirate faction named, for each one of their bases you locate, and for each base that is captured. Complete all of these tasks and you will each receive an additional four billion solaris. Should you accept this challenge, I will immediately authorize you two billion solaris to cover your initial expenses. Lords and ladies, good hunting.” And with that he waves a hand in dismissal.
The officer exits with you. “I’m afraid I can task no forces or spies to assist you, on the Chancellor’s orders, only to confirm for him the validity of anything you uncover. For now I will refer to these pirates as Pirate Alpha, Pirate Beta, and Pirate Gamma. According to the Guild you already know their names. I will investigate and confirm anything the majority of you tell the chancellor and if true you’ll receive your compensation, same with any location you give, we’ll obviously know when you capture a base.
"Reports are trickling in of militia uprisings in certain Sapho Juice refineries."
"Anything to do with these pirates maybe?"
"I heard about the Chancellor's Challenge to the Nominees, personally I think I'd demand more than a billion solaris if it were my spies or legions that turned up a pirate base and rooted it out. I couldn't even launch a meaningful assault for a billion solaris"
"No, no, I hear he gives them each that, so they could just all agree to pay the nominee who turned up the location or destroyed a base some of their funds. Like maybe a quarter of a billion solaris each, that would cover troop transport."
"And my losses in such an encounter? Well, you are right, no matter how you cut it finding and destroying a trio of pirate groups is less costly than the hundred billion solaris the chancellor's doling out... from our dues I might add."
"Cheaper than the raids continuing, trillions lost in damages, escort fees, disrupted trade, people glutting the market with their assets out of fear."
"True, I hear the planet of Nuar has a new ruler! The prior Siridar Ruler sold it"
The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.
- Albert Einstein
King of Cairhien 20-7-2
Chancellor of the Landsraad, Archduke of Is'Mod
- Albert Einstein
King of Cairhien 20-7-2
Chancellor of the Landsraad, Archduke of Is'Mod
This message last edited by Isaac on 13/01/2011 at 04:18:51 AM
Dune: Round 2
- 11/01/2011 03:33:07 AM
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Court Gossip Log
- 11/01/2011 03:35:11 AM
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CHOAM Auction Round 2 Phase 1
- 11/01/2011 03:35:53 AM
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E2B - Agricultural Fief - 1 Militia (Min Bid 2000 MS, Inc 50 MS)
- 11/01/2011 04:17:53 AM
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2000 MS - Edited because of mistype, read 200 MS originally. *NM*
- 11/01/2011 11:33:08 PM
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2050 MS *NM*
- 13/01/2011 01:58:12 AM
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2100 MS *NM*
- 13/01/2011 11:38:52 AM
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EDIT: 2100 MS - Invalid bid, my stupidity
- 13/01/2011 11:43:24 AM
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Incidentally you could just offer Beet a sum to buy it off of him
- 13/01/2011 12:20:31 PM
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Wait, what is 9 PM EST time in GMT +2? this one closed before my second bid, right? *NM*
- 13/01/2011 11:40:26 AM
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I checked it. thats 4 AM my time.
- 13/01/2011 11:42:50 AM
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Ouch
- 13/01/2011 12:17:33 PM
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Too bad we don't have a chat room- that'd be perfect for outcry *NM*
- 13/01/2011 04:47:34 PM
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Rich Planet - Parmentier, Min Bid 3000 MS, 50 MS increment
- 11/01/2011 04:20:34 AM
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3000 MS *NM*
- 11/01/2011 02:26:00 PM
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3100 MS *NM*
- 11/01/2011 03:13:03 PM
421 Views
3300 MS *NM*
- 11/01/2011 04:00:49 PM
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3350 MS *NM*
- 11/01/2011 10:58:22 PM
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3400 MS *NM*
- 11/01/2011 11:30:49 PM
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3450 MS *NM*
- 12/01/2011 12:50:32 AM
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Pah, minimum bids. 3600 MS *NM*
- 12/01/2011 02:28:44 AM
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They're pretty abitrary for non-LiqVal items *NM*
- 12/01/2011 02:56:49 AM
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I think he was just Pahing the fact that we're bidding the minimum increments 
*NM*
- 12/01/2011 02:34:42 PM
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*NM*
- 12/01/2011 02:34:42 PM
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Quite probably - this seems a good point to mentioning Horizontal scroll in bidding wars
- 12/01/2011 02:59:56 PM
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3650 MS *NM*
- 12/01/2011 07:47:15 AM
499 Views
3700 MS *NM*
- 12/01/2011 02:33:41 PM
436 Views
3750 MS *NM*
- 12/01/2011 04:23:05 PM
457 Views
3850 MS *NM*
- 12/01/2011 07:04:46 PM
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3900 MS *NM*
- 13/01/2011 01:57:57 AM
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Cut that out! 4400 MS! *NM*
- 13/01/2011 06:17:52 AM
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I'm tempted to offer 4450... But not now.
- 13/01/2011 11:35:00 AM
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- 13/01/2011 11:35:00 AM
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Well, as for the Crisis- is everyone pretty firm in what they're voting for? Dunno if I am
- 12/01/2011 05:45:11 AM
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Well I wouldn't mind listening to some persuasive arguments, if anybody has some to offer.
- 12/01/2011 05:51:48 AM
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Court Gossip - Chancellor’s Challenge
- 12/01/2011 09:20:43 AM
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Vote: Accept Chancellor's Challenge. (Erm...?)
- 12/01/2011 05:46:38 PM
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I was attacked by the Bandits of Surewood Forest
- 12/01/2011 07:08:16 PM
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I think "pirates" just means "NPC raiders"
- 12/01/2011 07:35:04 PM
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Pirate Name: Pirates of Carib Ion Sea *NM*
- 12/01/2011 09:51:25 PM
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(Others should do this, too)
- 13/01/2011 07:31:09 AM
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I thought that as Adjutant General you could simply report our conclusions. *NM*
- 14/01/2011 06:02:38 AM
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4 players have to "confirm" the names HINT HINT
- 14/01/2011 08:21:23 AM
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Yeah, I did so below. I was explaining why I didn't do so earlier. *NM*
- 14/01/2011 07:15:00 PM
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"Pirate Name: Pirates of Carib Ion Sea" Yes, 4 of you have to do this for each pirate group *NM*
- 14/01/2011 04:05:29 AM
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Pirate Name: Pirates of Carib Ion Sea *NM*
- 14/01/2011 05:33:45 AM
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Pirate Name: Bandits of Surewood Forest *NM*
- 14/01/2011 05:34:11 AM
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Pirate Name: Pirates of Carib Ion Sea
- 14/01/2011 06:47:25 PM
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I think that makes 4 of us for every name.
- 15/01/2011 12:02:20 AM
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Oh, he already has. Nevermind then.
- 15/01/2011 12:03:30 AM
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Even when drunk, the magic of smartphones keeps message board games alive! *NM*
- 15/01/2011 06:50:33 AM
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Battle Plans
- 14/01/2011 02:44:01 PM
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As for the money... (and a couple other things)
- 14/01/2011 06:05:04 PM
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Weird. I thought I replied to this. Hm. Anyway, I could attack one of the pirate Strongholds. *NM*
- 14/01/2011 08:17:00 PM
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So yeah, we need 3 volunteers with decent Diplomacy/Intrigue stats
- 14/01/2011 09:43:58 PM
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As stated above, I will be one of them
- 15/01/2011 12:54:44 AM
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So is anyone else investigating pirates?
- 16/01/2011 02:28:06 AM
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I guess I could do one. *NM*
- 16/01/2011 02:43:05 AM
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Which group do you want?
- 16/01/2011 04:41:04 AM
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I'll deal with the Bandits of Surewood Forest, after all, they did make the mistake of attacking me.
- 16/01/2011 05:30:36 AM
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Some More Notes
- 15/01/2011 03:47:59 AM
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I'd be all for condensing it into one auction phase
- 15/01/2011 04:07:56 AM
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It'd be fairer for players like Bergioyn who aren't present near the deadline though.
- 15/01/2011 04:18:19 AM
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