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Act 4: Sweet Revenge
After the early demise of Celine Franconian, Paradoxot was in uproar – the people demanded satisfaction. So Premu ordered Admiral Yvanoff to send out the 1st Fleet to deal with the space amoebas once and for all. Yvanoff happily obliged.
Premu also ordered to build a new science ship, this time lead by the promising young scientist Sizwe Barsoom. Barsoom also did research on the remains of the space amoebas, and had some surprising results.
“The remains of the amoebas show mostly one thing: They really look shifty – just like our neighbouring nation, the Kenjodans. I don't think this is a coincidence! The Kenjodans are surely behind these Space Amoebas!”
Premu was not completely convinced by this theory. “That's the most stupid thing I have ever heard! That sounds like an obvious way to fabricate a flimsy Casus Belli!”
Prime minister Stuckenschmidt did not care much about that, though. “According to the 'Verordnung für an den Haaren herbeigezogenen Casus Belli' it doesn't matter if they are flimsy. Actually, any Casus Belli has to be taken seriously and lead to the appropriate response. I'll immediately prepare the necessary paperwork, so that Admiral Yvanoff can venture out against these shifty Kenjodans.”
While preparing these papers, Stuckenschmidt discovered that a file has not been properly classified. This shock was too much for his already elderly heart, so that happened to be his last act of paperwork.
Still Admiral Yvanoff perpared everything for the attack on the Kenjodans. He studied the map:
The Kenjodans controlled only two planets and had a rather weak fleet. Their strongest point were their space ports, though – these had plenty of firepower and could lead to severe damages to the attacking fleet. Behind the Kenjodans there was the large empire of the Gorothi Union and their protectorate. They were also not very friendly with Paradoxot, but fortunately they were fantical Pacifists, so they would probably not intervene.
The war itself went rather swiftly at the beginning. The corvettes of the Cherokee Class and the destroyers of the Liberalism Class destroyed the first space port and started a bombardment. This bombardment caused not only millions of deaths for the Kenjodans, but lead also to a regrettable loss. Admiral Yvanoff personally tried to fix a nuke which was stuck in his flagship. He ended up sitting on that bomb when it finally dropped down to the planet, with Yvanoff riding on top of it. So he had to be replaced by a new Admiral, Theodor N. Nine.
After the first planet Kradoneth has been assaulted by ground troops, Admiral Nine took the fleet and attacked the main planet, Kenjor Prime. While the attack was mostly successful and the bombardment of Kenjor Prime lead to the surrender of the Kenjodans, it lead to the loss of many ships.
Premu now had to not only deal with two liberated planets full of rather hostile inhabitants, but also increase the fleet again to prevent any opportunistic neighbour to use the chance to attack Paradoxot. Also, in the meantime some well meaning scientist apparently have “enlightened” a race into the space age, which meant that now Paradoxot had a protectorate of their own in the middle of their territory. This obviously didn't please anyone who preferred clean borders.
After the early demise of Celine Franconian, Paradoxot was in uproar – the people demanded satisfaction. So Premu ordered Admiral Yvanoff to send out the 1st Fleet to deal with the space amoebas once and for all. Yvanoff happily obliged.
Premu also ordered to build a new science ship, this time lead by the promising young scientist Sizwe Barsoom. Barsoom also did research on the remains of the space amoebas, and had some surprising results.
“The remains of the amoebas show mostly one thing: They really look shifty – just like our neighbouring nation, the Kenjodans. I don't think this is a coincidence! The Kenjodans are surely behind these Space Amoebas!”
Premu was not completely convinced by this theory. “That's the most stupid thing I have ever heard! That sounds like an obvious way to fabricate a flimsy Casus Belli!”
Prime minister Stuckenschmidt did not care much about that, though. “According to the 'Verordnung für an den Haaren herbeigezogenen Casus Belli' it doesn't matter if they are flimsy. Actually, any Casus Belli has to be taken seriously and lead to the appropriate response. I'll immediately prepare the necessary paperwork, so that Admiral Yvanoff can venture out against these shifty Kenjodans.”
While preparing these papers, Stuckenschmidt discovered that a file has not been properly classified. This shock was too much for his already elderly heart, so that happened to be his last act of paperwork.
Still Admiral Yvanoff perpared everything for the attack on the Kenjodans. He studied the map:
The Kenjodans controlled only two planets and had a rather weak fleet. Their strongest point were their space ports, though – these had plenty of firepower and could lead to severe damages to the attacking fleet. Behind the Kenjodans there was the large empire of the Gorothi Union and their protectorate. They were also not very friendly with Paradoxot, but fortunately they were fantical Pacifists, so they would probably not intervene.
The war itself went rather swiftly at the beginning. The corvettes of the Cherokee Class and the destroyers of the Liberalism Class destroyed the first space port and started a bombardment. This bombardment caused not only millions of deaths for the Kenjodans, but lead also to a regrettable loss. Admiral Yvanoff personally tried to fix a nuke which was stuck in his flagship. He ended up sitting on that bomb when it finally dropped down to the planet, with Yvanoff riding on top of it. So he had to be replaced by a new Admiral, Theodor N. Nine.
After the first planet Kradoneth has been assaulted by ground troops, Admiral Nine took the fleet and attacked the main planet, Kenjor Prime. While the attack was mostly successful and the bombardment of Kenjor Prime lead to the surrender of the Kenjodans, it lead to the loss of many ships.
Premu now had to not only deal with two liberated planets full of rather hostile inhabitants, but also increase the fleet again to prevent any opportunistic neighbour to use the chance to attack Paradoxot. Also, in the meantime some well meaning scientist apparently have “enlightened” a race into the space age, which meant that now Paradoxot had a protectorate of their own in the middle of their territory. This obviously didn't please anyone who preferred clean borders.
I'm dead ! 
But I approve of this reference so it's ok. Good to see the legacy of Admiral Yvanoff will not be forgotten - don't stop until all of the galaxy is human !
But I approve of this reference so it's ok. Good to see the legacy of Admiral Yvanoff will not be forgotten - don't stop until all of the galaxy is human !
I died, as all Germans should, at work. The Gods are pleased. May some else honorable Teuton take the lead.
Doesn't take much to kill a german then
Lack of Ordnung can be hazardous for your health.
Act 5: Age is no Jest
While Paradoxot has grown significantly with the victory in the war, the internal problems grew, too. To better control the newlyconquered liberated planet of Kenjor Prime, Premu appointed a governor, John Teep. “Make sure to brainwash, I mean to educate the people of Kenjor Prime properly!” Premu ordered Teep.
Teeps first idea was to prove that the language of Kenjor is basically derived from human languages, and invited the most gifted linguists over to Kenjor Prime. For some reason that didn't convince the natives there, though.
Meanwhile, Roy Health was experimenting with ideas how to remove mountains. He successfully proved that with a large enough nuke placed in a tunnel directly under the mountain, the mountain could be removed permanently. Only his proposed safety distance of 10 meter towards the nuke proved to be slightly too near for a safe detonation.
His work was continued by Tricia Tailor, who preferred to be as far away as possible from any nuke in the middle of a mountain.
In 2241, Premu did again run for the office as President. Although some people thought that he would be too old to continue to rule, he still won. At the election party he gave a speech:
“Some people claim 40 years are enough, and that I'm too old to rule. That is nonsense – I'm healthy as ever, and I'm fully able to rule for further...”
At this point, he got an heart attack, and the medics couldn't save him. So a new election was necessary directly afterwards.
Leonid Sorokin managed to win the election and became the new president. Will he fare better than Premu did?
While Paradoxot has grown significantly with the victory in the war, the internal problems grew, too. To better control the newly
Teeps first idea was to prove that the language of Kenjor is basically derived from human languages, and invited the most gifted linguists over to Kenjor Prime. For some reason that didn't convince the natives there, though.
Meanwhile, Roy Health was experimenting with ideas how to remove mountains. He successfully proved that with a large enough nuke placed in a tunnel directly under the mountain, the mountain could be removed permanently. Only his proposed safety distance of 10 meter towards the nuke proved to be slightly too near for a safe detonation.
His work was continued by Tricia Tailor, who preferred to be as far away as possible from any nuke in the middle of a mountain.
In 2241, Premu did again run for the office as President. Although some people thought that he would be too old to continue to rule, he still won. At the election party he gave a speech:
“Some people claim 40 years are enough, and that I'm too old to rule. That is nonsense – I'm healthy as ever, and I'm fully able to rule for further...”
At this point, he got an heart attack, and the medics couldn't save him. So a new election was necessary directly afterwards.
Leonid Sorokin managed to win the election and became the new president. Will he fare better than Premu did?
Unfortunately I still haven't research the tech which increases the life expectancy of leaders (which seems to be lower in 2240 than it is today.) So there's still quite a large turn around.
Will be more than happy to organize some defence forces when the so-called "pacifists" eventually show their true colours.
It's probably all the waiting for a chance to get to a post until some other old fool blows himself up.
Well, now it's too late.
These filthy pacifists will learn their place sooner or later!
Of course - what would we do without our experts of the Frank Onian-Institute for linguistics in the university of New Constantinople?I'm happy to see our linguists are doing what is expected of them
Act 6: Rebuilding and Dealing with Rebel Scum
One of his first projects the new President Sorokin started was his initiative to collect several alien animals. He asked Sizwe Barsoom to do the necessary steps to gain several species.
Barsoom was not sure in which form these should be returned, though. “Should we send them stuffed, or is it sufficient to bring the meat?”
“No, Mr. Barsoom. We want them alive, so that we can put them in some kind of zoo. So please don't bring your hunting rifle for your search.”
It didn't take long before a major crisis occurred. Governor Teep has fled from Kenjor Prime as his attempts to pacify the locals were not successful. They rose up and even managed to create a small combat fleet out of nowhere.
Sorokin didn't hesistate – he called in Admiral Nine.
“Admiral, you will lead our fleet to Kenjor Prime and prepare to retake the planet.”
“Yes sir! I'll anhilate everything on the planet which we will find!”
Sorotkin sighted. He wondered how Premu has managed to deal with such subordinates for years...
“Look, you should not destroy the whole planet, we want something to gain from once we reconquered it!”
In the end the rebellion was crushed even without completely glassing the planet, and Sorotkin could take care of more recent problems. The fleet needed to be modernized, and many planets were not well managed.
At least no other major crises happened the next years, so that the economy could grow and the planets could be developed further. And Barsoom even managed to return with all requested alien animals.
Even the planets conquered by the Kenjondans were now rather peaceful. Also, Paradoxot made contact with new neighbours. One of them was actually friendly, and they even agreed on a non-agression pact.
But how should Paradoxot continue on its voyage into the future? There were still plenty of unfriendly, shifty neighbours around, and a lot of space was not in control of Paradoxot.
One of his first projects the new President Sorokin started was his initiative to collect several alien animals. He asked Sizwe Barsoom to do the necessary steps to gain several species.
Barsoom was not sure in which form these should be returned, though. “Should we send them stuffed, or is it sufficient to bring the meat?”
“No, Mr. Barsoom. We want them alive, so that we can put them in some kind of zoo. So please don't bring your hunting rifle for your search.”
It didn't take long before a major crisis occurred. Governor Teep has fled from Kenjor Prime as his attempts to pacify the locals were not successful. They rose up and even managed to create a small combat fleet out of nowhere.
Sorokin didn't hesistate – he called in Admiral Nine.
“Admiral, you will lead our fleet to Kenjor Prime and prepare to retake the planet.”
“Yes sir! I'll anhilate everything on the planet which we will find!”
Sorotkin sighted. He wondered how Premu has managed to deal with such subordinates for years...
“Look, you should not destroy the whole planet, we want something to gain from once we reconquered it!”
In the end the rebellion was crushed even without completely glassing the planet, and Sorotkin could take care of more recent problems. The fleet needed to be modernized, and many planets were not well managed.
At least no other major crises happened the next years, so that the economy could grow and the planets could be developed further. And Barsoom even managed to return with all requested alien animals.
Even the planets conquered by the Kenjondans were now rather peaceful. Also, Paradoxot made contact with new neighbours. One of them was actually friendly, and they even agreed on a non-agression pact.
But how should Paradoxot continue on its voyage into the future? There were still plenty of unfriendly, shifty neighbours around, and a lot of space was not in control of Paradoxot.
To fulfill our program of tidy borders, we should have many borders. Colonize and conquer.
That's the spirit!
I remind you at the battle for Kenjor Prime in which you lost almost all of Paradoxots ships.Looks like, I am the only victorious admiral of Paradoxot.
Act 7: New Planets and Preparation for War
President Sorotkin finally saw the chance to expand. Two new planets were colonized. Also, he increased the fleet further, adding the newly deceloped cruisers of the “Octagon”-class.
In the meantime, Barsoom explored further star systems. In the Gol system he found such an intersting planet, that he decided to leave the ship and have a closer look from outside. Unfortunately, he wasn't the youngest anymore, and so he forgot to put on his space suite before leaving. He was replaced by Bob R. Obman.
Governor Teep was finally successful in spreading the Paradoxian culture to the people in Kenjor Prime. He learned that after declaring that the 29th of May shouldn't be a public holiday to remember the fall of Constantinople anymore. The mob came to his office and defenestrated him. As Teep didn't have any dung piles beyond his window this ended badly for him.
As there were no war around, Admiral Nine ordered his fleet to do some manoeuvrers. In one of them, he inspected the torpedo tubes of the new Corvettes of the Appache Class. Just as he had a closer look, the captain of the ship did a test firing of his torpedoes, sending out Admiral Nine into space with very high velocity.
This was rather unlucky for the president, as he wished to prepare final steps to wage war again. So he promoted Alison Pithorr to the new Admiral of the combat fleet.
President Sorotkin studied his neighbours. The most disturbing empire close by was the Gorothi Union and their Vasall, which lead to unacceptable border gore. Unfortunately, they had a rather strong fleet, and Sorotkin was not sure if Paradoxot could beat those. With the Jhoolian Coalition in the North Paradoxot had a defensive alliance – there was no threat, and any attack would have a very serious impact on diplomatic relations. So he had to decide where to strike next.
President Sorotkin finally saw the chance to expand. Two new planets were colonized. Also, he increased the fleet further, adding the newly deceloped cruisers of the “Octagon”-class.
In the meantime, Barsoom explored further star systems. In the Gol system he found such an intersting planet, that he decided to leave the ship and have a closer look from outside. Unfortunately, he wasn't the youngest anymore, and so he forgot to put on his space suite before leaving. He was replaced by Bob R. Obman.
Governor Teep was finally successful in spreading the Paradoxian culture to the people in Kenjor Prime. He learned that after declaring that the 29th of May shouldn't be a public holiday to remember the fall of Constantinople anymore. The mob came to his office and defenestrated him. As Teep didn't have any dung piles beyond his window this ended badly for him.
As there were no war around, Admiral Nine ordered his fleet to do some manoeuvrers. In one of them, he inspected the torpedo tubes of the new Corvettes of the Appache Class. Just as he had a closer look, the captain of the ship did a test firing of his torpedoes, sending out Admiral Nine into space with very high velocity.
This was rather unlucky for the president, as he wished to prepare final steps to wage war again. So he promoted Alison Pithorr to the new Admiral of the combat fleet.
President Sorotkin studied his neighbours. The most disturbing empire close by was the Gorothi Union and their Vasall, which lead to unacceptable border gore. Unfortunately, they had a rather strong fleet, and Sorotkin was not sure if Paradoxot could beat those. With the Jhoolian Coalition in the North Paradoxot had a defensive alliance – there was no threat, and any attack would have a very serious impact on diplomatic relations. So he had to decide where to strike next.