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Hail All,
“We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately.” Benjamin Franklin
“CBTF - I suggest they choose their allies very carefully.” the pink panther
“What is our aim? I can answer in one word: Victory. Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terrors, victory, however long and hard the road may be. For without victory, there is no survival.” Winston Churchill
I have the honour of announcing that CBTF is hereby declaring war on THE. We do this in support of our allies in EreVos, with whom we reached understanding after a long war. We also do this in support of our newest members – the best players from the former, unlamented Kraken, which we destroyed after its leadership du jour attempted to betray us. And of course, first and foremost we do this in the protection of our own interests. We expect that just as our size and strength increased throughout the two wars mentioned above, against tribes more central on W30 than ourselves, this upcoming war is the best path now for our growth and development.
The question of whether to go to war came down to one issue: is there reason to think that THE would enter into stable, long-term diplomacy with us on a fair footing? Or, would they keep us in a holding pattern until EreVos was gone, then attempt to destroy us also? The answer was not hard to arrive at. THE have never shown any particular interest in CBTF before the last few days. Nor have they had more than occasional interaction with us – though it must be said that those few interactions have usually been friendly enough. Twice, THE has flatly rejected our offers of diplomacy. After our war plans were set in motion, THE’s leadership finally dictated terms to us of a supposed NAP agreement. This, however, was only the trimming on the angry and self-pitying letter that JPohlman and AK_iceman have several times now alluded to in this forum as the pinnacle of friendly diplomacy. JP threatened to withdraw the offer, such as it was, publish our dastardly crimes on PnP - oh, the horror! - and oh yes by the way to take us out next unless we carried out a host of other conditions. These ranged from kicking our new members to telling THE who had sent the invitations so that they could spank him. (It was concrete, by the way, although RenegadeRecon also claims the honour of accepting the challenge as they made the decision together.)
THE, along with their ally and friend BD, want to conquer the world. Well, who doesn’t? It is clear to us that pretty words and promises aside, they plan to do this by first taking the western rim piece by piece, warring against less and less central tribes as they have in the past. They plan that this will happen not together with CBTF but over the top of us. We, for our part, do not intend to wait for that to happen. Therefore, we have made common cause with our former enemies from both Kraken and EreVos, who are also strong warriors. We are ready for war, and we intend to win. May the fighting be bloody!
Truly,
Vilthuril
for the CBTF High Council
p.s. On a personal note, I must extend my condolences to JPohlman for the terrible luck he has in picking times for declarations and offers. Kraken declared war on us, JPohlman has assured everyone, just as he was a few hours from declaring war on them and despite the armadas of THE troops crossing the Kraken border at that moment. Wonder how they missed seeing those? (Though considering the quality of the Kraken leadership, maybe they did!) Then, as he was mere moments from sending us his NAP terms, we broke his heart and ruined all his loving efforts by bringing our former enemies into our own tribe.
p.p.s. It is a little known fact but I am a prophet, and I forsee that someone is soon going to accuse us of being a family tribe. Know in advance, that doesn’t bother any of us! I for one started at the bottom of CBTF-D back in the day, and I’m not the only good thing that has come out of the academy. Further, the CBTF banner has always advanced primarily by war and conquest, but also by recruitment of the best members from other tribes around us, who realize a good thing when they see it.
And finally, since I have complained about others not including such in the past, a representative picture for your enjoyment and elucidation:
“We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately.” Benjamin Franklin
“CBTF - I suggest they choose their allies very carefully.” the pink panther
“What is our aim? I can answer in one word: Victory. Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terrors, victory, however long and hard the road may be. For without victory, there is no survival.” Winston Churchill
I have the honour of announcing that CBTF is hereby declaring war on THE. We do this in support of our allies in EreVos, with whom we reached understanding after a long war. We also do this in support of our newest members – the best players from the former, unlamented Kraken, which we destroyed after its leadership du jour attempted to betray us. And of course, first and foremost we do this in the protection of our own interests. We expect that just as our size and strength increased throughout the two wars mentioned above, against tribes more central on W30 than ourselves, this upcoming war is the best path now for our growth and development.
The question of whether to go to war came down to one issue: is there reason to think that THE would enter into stable, long-term diplomacy with us on a fair footing? Or, would they keep us in a holding pattern until EreVos was gone, then attempt to destroy us also? The answer was not hard to arrive at. THE have never shown any particular interest in CBTF before the last few days. Nor have they had more than occasional interaction with us – though it must be said that those few interactions have usually been friendly enough. Twice, THE has flatly rejected our offers of diplomacy. After our war plans were set in motion, THE’s leadership finally dictated terms to us of a supposed NAP agreement. This, however, was only the trimming on the angry and self-pitying letter that JPohlman and AK_iceman have several times now alluded to in this forum as the pinnacle of friendly diplomacy. JP threatened to withdraw the offer, such as it was, publish our dastardly crimes on PnP - oh, the horror! - and oh yes by the way to take us out next unless we carried out a host of other conditions. These ranged from kicking our new members to telling THE who had sent the invitations so that they could spank him. (It was concrete, by the way, although RenegadeRecon also claims the honour of accepting the challenge as they made the decision together.)
THE, along with their ally and friend BD, want to conquer the world. Well, who doesn’t? It is clear to us that pretty words and promises aside, they plan to do this by first taking the western rim piece by piece, warring against less and less central tribes as they have in the past. They plan that this will happen not together with CBTF but over the top of us. We, for our part, do not intend to wait for that to happen. Therefore, we have made common cause with our former enemies from both Kraken and EreVos, who are also strong warriors. We are ready for war, and we intend to win. May the fighting be bloody!
Truly,
Vilthuril
for the CBTF High Council
p.s. On a personal note, I must extend my condolences to JPohlman for the terrible luck he has in picking times for declarations and offers. Kraken declared war on us, JPohlman has assured everyone, just as he was a few hours from declaring war on them and despite the armadas of THE troops crossing the Kraken border at that moment. Wonder how they missed seeing those? (Though considering the quality of the Kraken leadership, maybe they did!) Then, as he was mere moments from sending us his NAP terms, we broke his heart and ruined all his loving efforts by bringing our former enemies into our own tribe.
p.p.s. It is a little known fact but I am a prophet, and I forsee that someone is soon going to accuse us of being a family tribe. Know in advance, that doesn’t bother any of us! I for one started at the bottom of CBTF-D back in the day, and I’m not the only good thing that has come out of the academy. Further, the CBTF banner has always advanced primarily by war and conquest, but also by recruitment of the best members from other tribes around us, who realize a good thing when they see it.
And finally, since I have complained about others not including such in the past, a representative picture for your enjoyment and elucidation: