It grieves my heart to see so noble a race as the children of Rasalhague brought low by petty bickering.
We live in grand times, the inheritors of the grandest experiment in self-determination seen since mankind first set his first tentative steps among the stars. We are benefactors of the largest republic ever seen in the Inner Sphere, the only nation where the common man has a say in who shall rule him, where the reign of the head of state comes with an expiration date and is not an office handed down by birth, but by merit. But our government is no old institution.
Once our nation was brought low and occupied, held in bond by the militant ambition of the so-called 'Great Houses'. Our cries were ignored by those who called themselves great and honorable: The Houses of Steiner and Davion, Liao and Marik. Worst of all, the House of Cameron, the self-proclaimed leading light of the hallowed Star League ignored our desire to represent our own people.
And yet we endured. For centuries, we chaffed at the yoke of Kurita, denied our autonomy, dreaming of our freedom. Suffering through the hope provided by our false friends in House Steiner, they promised us our freedom but delivered us from bondage to the dragon into slavery for the iron fist. But finally, we found our freedom, our chains smashed by the very people who sought to enslave us.
No sooner was our bond broken, our freedom attained, than it came under threat by petty warlords, fearful of their destiny and ours. Our nation was very nearly still-born, but for the courageous efforts of our KungsArmen, elements of our allies in the Draconis Combine and Lyran Commonwealth, and a few honorable mercenaries.
Of these mortal threats, passed into living history, I have told you. But there exists a third. This one resides among us and has already begun to rot away the core of our beloved Republic.
It is no secret that even now, the KungsArmen is in no shape to stand alone to defend our Republic from any possible aggression from our one-time enemies and one-time friends, from any threat to be found in or beyond the Periphery. Mercenary commands are spread throughout the Republic, aiding the KungsArmen in their duty, destroying pirates, defending from bandits, and even hunting down those few ronin to escape the wrath of their former masters.
Despite this, there are those who seek to sow division, to weaken the Republic, and destroy military discipline among the KungsArmen, the militia, and mercenary commands loyal to the promise of the Free Rasalhague Republic. I do not pretend to know what end to which these traitors play, whether their masters are within Loki or the ISF or some other organization altogether.
They claim to be patriots. They may even believe that they are patriots. Like the samurai, Lyrans, and ronin before them, they fear our future, our destiny. And they will do what they can to destroy it, to enslave our Republic once more to their insecurities.
Ominous clouds lay on the horizon and a chill wind blows. A house divided cannot stand. Should we give into the fear that our enemies want us to hold in our hearts, the Republic will be no more. But United, we shall endure the coming storm, and uphold the promise that government of the people, by the people, and for the people shall not perish from the Inner Sphere. United, we shall fulfill our destiny!
Our destiny awaits. Who shall stand with me?
(TL;DR: Quit b____ing about 'traitors' and prepare to defend the Republic, united as brothers- and sisters-in-arms.)
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Friends, Rasalhagians, countrymen....
Started by Haakon Valravn, Jun 24 2012 09:57 PM
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Posted 25 June 2012 - 06:20 AM
All was well and fine in the FRR until a certain, lets call them faction, started to openly declare their intent to defect and attack us.
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Posted 25 June 2012 - 06:32 AM
Well said brother! We at the Skjaldborg share your noble and honest sentiments. I look forward to fighting beside you, and our fellow brother and sister Mechwarriors of the Rasalhague against any of the Great Houses, mercenaries, or Ronin scum that threaten our Republic.
LONG LIVE THE REPUBLIC!!!! *Raises Mug of Mead*
LONG LIVE THE REPUBLIC!!!! *Raises Mug of Mead*
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Posted 25 June 2012 - 09:32 AM
Haakon Valravn, on 24 June 2012 - 09:57 PM, said:
It grieves my heart to see so noble a race as the children of Rasalhague brought low by petty bickering.
We live in grand times, the inheritors of the grandest experiment in self-determination seen since mankind first set his first tentative steps among the stars. We are benefactors of the largest republic ever seen in the Inner Sphere, the only nation where the common man has a say in who shall rule him, where the reign of the head of state comes with an expiration date and is not an office handed down by birth, but by merit. But our government is no old institution.
Once our nation was brought low and occupied, held in bond by the militant ambition of the so-called 'Great Houses'. Our cries were ignored by those who called themselves great and honorable: The Houses of Steiner and Davion, Liao and Marik. Worst of all, the House of Cameron, the self-proclaimed leading light of the hallowed Star League ignored our desire to represent our own people.
And yet we endured. For centuries, we chaffed at the yoke of Kurita, denied our autonomy, dreaming of our freedom. Suffering through the hope provided by our false friends in House Steiner, they promised us our freedom but delivered us from bondage to the dragon into slavery for the iron fist. But finally, we found our freedom, our chains smashed by the very people who sought to enslave us.
No sooner was our bond broken, our freedom attained, than it came under threat by petty warlords, fearful of their destiny and ours. Our nation was very nearly still-born, but for the courageous efforts of our KungsArmen, elements of our allies in the Draconis Combine and Lyran Commonwealth, and a few honorable mercenaries.
Of these mortal threats, passed into living history, I have told you. But there exists a third. This one resides among us and has already begun to rot away the core of our beloved Republic.
It is no secret that even now, the KungsArmen is in no shape to stand alone to defend our Republic from any possible aggression from our one-time enemies and one-time friends, from any threat to be found in or beyond the Periphery. Mercenary commands are spread throughout the Republic, aiding the KungsArmen in their duty, destroying pirates, defending from bandits, and even hunting down those few ronin to escape the wrath of their former masters.
Despite this, there are those who seek to sow division, to weaken the Republic, and destroy military discipline among the KungsArmen, the militia, and mercenary commands loyal to the promise of the Free Rasalhague Republic. I do not pretend to know what end to which these traitors play, whether their masters are within Loki or the ISF or some other organization altogether.
They claim to be patriots. They may even believe that they are patriots. Like the samurai, Lyrans, and ronin before them, they fear our future, our destiny. And they will do what they can to destroy it, to enslave our Republic once more to their insecurities.
Ominous clouds lay on the horizon and a chill wind blows. A house divided cannot stand. Should we give into the fear that our enemies want us to hold in our hearts, the Republic will be no more. But United, we shall endure the coming storm, and uphold the promise that government of the people, by the people, and for the people shall not perish from the Inner Sphere. United, we shall fulfill our destiny!
Our destiny awaits. Who shall stand with me?
(TL;DR: Quit b____ing about 'traitors' and prepare to defend the Republic, united as brothers- and sisters-in-arms.)
We live in grand times, the inheritors of the grandest experiment in self-determination seen since mankind first set his first tentative steps among the stars. We are benefactors of the largest republic ever seen in the Inner Sphere, the only nation where the common man has a say in who shall rule him, where the reign of the head of state comes with an expiration date and is not an office handed down by birth, but by merit. But our government is no old institution.
Once our nation was brought low and occupied, held in bond by the militant ambition of the so-called 'Great Houses'. Our cries were ignored by those who called themselves great and honorable: The Houses of Steiner and Davion, Liao and Marik. Worst of all, the House of Cameron, the self-proclaimed leading light of the hallowed Star League ignored our desire to represent our own people.
And yet we endured. For centuries, we chaffed at the yoke of Kurita, denied our autonomy, dreaming of our freedom. Suffering through the hope provided by our false friends in House Steiner, they promised us our freedom but delivered us from bondage to the dragon into slavery for the iron fist. But finally, we found our freedom, our chains smashed by the very people who sought to enslave us.
No sooner was our bond broken, our freedom attained, than it came under threat by petty warlords, fearful of their destiny and ours. Our nation was very nearly still-born, but for the courageous efforts of our KungsArmen, elements of our allies in the Draconis Combine and Lyran Commonwealth, and a few honorable mercenaries.
Of these mortal threats, passed into living history, I have told you. But there exists a third. This one resides among us and has already begun to rot away the core of our beloved Republic.
It is no secret that even now, the KungsArmen is in no shape to stand alone to defend our Republic from any possible aggression from our one-time enemies and one-time friends, from any threat to be found in or beyond the Periphery. Mercenary commands are spread throughout the Republic, aiding the KungsArmen in their duty, destroying pirates, defending from bandits, and even hunting down those few ronin to escape the wrath of their former masters.
Despite this, there are those who seek to sow division, to weaken the Republic, and destroy military discipline among the KungsArmen, the militia, and mercenary commands loyal to the promise of the Free Rasalhague Republic. I do not pretend to know what end to which these traitors play, whether their masters are within Loki or the ISF or some other organization altogether.
They claim to be patriots. They may even believe that they are patriots. Like the samurai, Lyrans, and ronin before them, they fear our future, our destiny. And they will do what they can to destroy it, to enslave our Republic once more to their insecurities.
Ominous clouds lay on the horizon and a chill wind blows. A house divided cannot stand. Should we give into the fear that our enemies want us to hold in our hearts, the Republic will be no more. But United, we shall endure the coming storm, and uphold the promise that government of the people, by the people, and for the people shall not perish from the Inner Sphere. United, we shall fulfill our destiny!
Our destiny awaits. Who shall stand with me?
(TL;DR: Quit b____ing about 'traitors' and prepare to defend the Republic, united as brothers- and sisters-in-arms.)
OVER 9000!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FRR FOR LIFE!!!!
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Posted 25 June 2012 - 09:55 AM
Nice try, Clanner Scum!
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Posted 25 June 2012 - 10:27 AM
Haakon Valravn, on 24 June 2012 - 09:57 PM, said:
It grieves my heart to see so noble a race as the children of Rasalhague brought low by petty bickering.
We live in grand times, the inheritors of the grandest experiment in self-determination seen since mankind first set his first tentative steps among the stars. We are benefactors of the largest republic ever seen in the Inner Sphere, the only nation where the common man has a say in who shall rule him, where the reign of the head of state comes with an expiration date and is not an office handed down by birth, but by merit. But our government is no old institution.
Once our nation was brought low and occupied, held in bond by the militant ambition of the so-called 'Great Houses'. Our cries were ignored by those who called themselves great and honorable: The Houses of Steiner and Davion, Liao and Marik. Worst of all, the House of Cameron, the self-proclaimed leading light of the hallowed Star League ignored our desire to represent our own people.
And yet we endured. For centuries, we chaffed at the yoke of Kurita, denied our autonomy, dreaming of our freedom. Suffering through the hope provided by our false friends in House Steiner, they promised us our freedom but delivered us from bondage to the dragon into slavery for the iron fist. But finally, we found our freedom, our chains smashed by the very people who sought to enslave us.
No sooner was our bond broken, our freedom attained, than it came under threat by petty warlords, fearful of their destiny and ours. Our nation was very nearly still-born, but for the courageous efforts of our KungsArmen, elements of our allies in the Draconis Combine and Lyran Commonwealth, and a few honorable mercenaries.
Of these mortal threats, passed into living history, I have told you. But there exists a third. This one resides among us and has already begun to rot away the core of our beloved Republic.
It is no secret that even now, the KungsArmen is in no shape to stand alone to defend our Republic from any possible aggression from our one-time enemies and one-time friends, from any threat to be found in or beyond the Periphery. Mercenary commands are spread throughout the Republic, aiding the KungsArmen in their duty, destroying pirates, defending from bandits, and even hunting down those few ronin to escape the wrath of their former masters.
Despite this, there are those who seek to sow division, to weaken the Republic, and destroy military discipline among the KungsArmen, the militia, and mercenary commands loyal to the promise of the Free Rasalhague Republic. I do not pretend to know what end to which these traitors play, whether their masters are within Loki or the ISF or some other organization altogether.
They claim to be patriots. They may even believe that they are patriots. Like the samurai, Lyrans, and ronin before them, they fear our future, our destiny. And they will do what they can to destroy it, to enslave our Republic once more to their insecurities.
Ominous clouds lay on the horizon and a chill wind blows. A house divided cannot stand. Should we give into the fear that our enemies want us to hold in our hearts, the Republic will be no more. But United, we shall endure the coming storm, and uphold the promise that government of the people, by the people, and for the people shall not perish from the Inner Sphere. United, we shall fulfill our destiny!
Our destiny awaits. Who shall stand with me?
(TL;DR: Quit b____ing about 'traitors' and prepare to defend the Republic, united as brothers- and sisters-in-arms.)
We live in grand times, the inheritors of the grandest experiment in self-determination seen since mankind first set his first tentative steps among the stars. We are benefactors of the largest republic ever seen in the Inner Sphere, the only nation where the common man has a say in who shall rule him, where the reign of the head of state comes with an expiration date and is not an office handed down by birth, but by merit. But our government is no old institution.
Once our nation was brought low and occupied, held in bond by the militant ambition of the so-called 'Great Houses'. Our cries were ignored by those who called themselves great and honorable: The Houses of Steiner and Davion, Liao and Marik. Worst of all, the House of Cameron, the self-proclaimed leading light of the hallowed Star League ignored our desire to represent our own people.
And yet we endured. For centuries, we chaffed at the yoke of Kurita, denied our autonomy, dreaming of our freedom. Suffering through the hope provided by our false friends in House Steiner, they promised us our freedom but delivered us from bondage to the dragon into slavery for the iron fist. But finally, we found our freedom, our chains smashed by the very people who sought to enslave us.
No sooner was our bond broken, our freedom attained, than it came under threat by petty warlords, fearful of their destiny and ours. Our nation was very nearly still-born, but for the courageous efforts of our KungsArmen, elements of our allies in the Draconis Combine and Lyran Commonwealth, and a few honorable mercenaries.
Of these mortal threats, passed into living history, I have told you. But there exists a third. This one resides among us and has already begun to rot away the core of our beloved Republic.
It is no secret that even now, the KungsArmen is in no shape to stand alone to defend our Republic from any possible aggression from our one-time enemies and one-time friends, from any threat to be found in or beyond the Periphery. Mercenary commands are spread throughout the Republic, aiding the KungsArmen in their duty, destroying pirates, defending from bandits, and even hunting down those few ronin to escape the wrath of their former masters.
Despite this, there are those who seek to sow division, to weaken the Republic, and destroy military discipline among the KungsArmen, the militia, and mercenary commands loyal to the promise of the Free Rasalhague Republic. I do not pretend to know what end to which these traitors play, whether their masters are within Loki or the ISF or some other organization altogether.
They claim to be patriots. They may even believe that they are patriots. Like the samurai, Lyrans, and ronin before them, they fear our future, our destiny. And they will do what they can to destroy it, to enslave our Republic once more to their insecurities.
Ominous clouds lay on the horizon and a chill wind blows. A house divided cannot stand. Should we give into the fear that our enemies want us to hold in our hearts, the Republic will be no more. But United, we shall endure the coming storm, and uphold the promise that government of the people, by the people, and for the people shall not perish from the Inner Sphere. United, we shall fulfill our destiny!
Our destiny awaits. Who shall stand with me?
(TL;DR: Quit b____ing about 'traitors' and prepare to defend the Republic, united as brothers- and sisters-in-arms.)
You talk purty.
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Posted 25 June 2012 - 10:29 AM
JÄKLAR NU SKA VI SLÅSS !!
opps forgot translation
DAMN NOW WE GONNA FIGHT!!
opps forgot translation
DAMN NOW WE GONNA FIGHT!!
Edited by Naughtyboy, 25 June 2012 - 10:32 AM.
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Posted 25 June 2012 - 09:01 PM
Solis Obscuri, on 25 June 2012 - 10:27 AM, said:
You talk purty.
If I hear a banjo, here will be a brief demonstration on the superior capabilities of the Gauss rifle as compared to the bow-and-arrow.
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Posted 26 June 2012 - 05:54 AM
Haakon Valravn, on 25 June 2012 - 09:01 PM, said:
If I hear a banjo, here will be a brief demonstration on the superior capabilities of the Gauss rifle as compared to the bow-and-arrow.
Um..
The bow and arrow was wielded by the rescuer. Methinks you want to compare your Gauss to the shotgun.
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Posted 27 June 2012 - 05:04 PM
Javisst fan ska vi få våra fiender att fly innför oss!
We shall rout our enemies!
We shall rout our enemies!
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Posted 27 June 2012 - 10:40 PM
Gott mit uns! Death to the clanners, etc.
I'm excited for the invasion kick-off.
I'm excited for the invasion kick-off.
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Posted 29 June 2012 - 04:19 PM
Bagheera, on 26 June 2012 - 05:54 AM, said:
Um..
The bow and arrow was wielded by the rescuer. Methinks you want to compare your Gauss to the shotgun.
You know, I really don't think there would be enough relative difference between a shotgun and a Gauss rifle or a bow and a Gauss rifle for it to make much of a difference.
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Posted 29 June 2012 - 10:19 PM
Lets just kill the clanners with ski-pole mounted bayonets, Winter War style
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Posted 30 June 2012 - 09:20 AM
Well, the soldiers of the Dragon can't wait to fight our former vassels in the FRR. We will soon rule our rightful space again.
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Posted 30 June 2012 - 05:00 PM
Lord Ikka, on 30 June 2012 - 09:20 AM, said:
Well, the soldiers of the Dragon can't wait to fight our former vassels in the FRR. We will soon rule our rightful space again.
That reminds me that you snakes still have some Rasalhague territory that you did not give back. Guess we will just have to help ourselves to it then.
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Posted 30 June 2012 - 08:14 PM
That's great and all and I have to admit, despite some of the vitriol hurled against me and my merc brethren, I'd prefer to work for you than many of the other powers in the inner sphere. However let's be realistic. If any of those powers really wanted to they could take your planets and subjugate you. I'm not saying you should roll over and not resist, but you really need to look into alternative strategies for planetary defense. Drop ship killer weapons for instance would go a long way to making your worlds seem like less tempting targets. you could try dummy satellites that are really just giant space mines that you could direct into oncoming drop ships.
Another thing you could try would be aero space fighters with solar sail cutting an capturing equipment. If you strand the jump ships you halt the invasion not only that you could also hold the sails hostage. Hell you could even try an spin on the old trojan horse trick. Make a token defense, surrender and then surprise the garrison forces with traps, night raids and such once the main invasion force has moved on. My point is that with the military forces you can now mobilize you should expect at least several defeats during an invasion by a numerically superior force and plan accordingly. Let them take planets, but make holding them a nightmare.
Another thing you could try would be aero space fighters with solar sail cutting an capturing equipment. If you strand the jump ships you halt the invasion not only that you could also hold the sails hostage. Hell you could even try an spin on the old trojan horse trick. Make a token defense, surrender and then surprise the garrison forces with traps, night raids and such once the main invasion force has moved on. My point is that with the military forces you can now mobilize you should expect at least several defeats during an invasion by a numerically superior force and plan accordingly. Let them take planets, but make holding them a nightmare.
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Posted 30 June 2012 - 08:20 PM
Or they could just come back to the warm embrace of House Kurita. All anger and slights will be forgiven when your rightful leaders are returned to you.
Anyway...good luck, I can't wait to see the FRR across the field!
Anyway...good luck, I can't wait to see the FRR across the field!
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Posted 30 June 2012 - 10:23 PM
Good day. In just over a month, mechs from here will join others from around the IS. And you will be launching the largest battle in the history of mankind. "Mankind." That word should have new meaning for all of us today. We can't be consumed by our petty differences anymore. We will be united in our common interests. Perhaps it's fate that today is the day of the birth of the FRR, and you will once again be fighting for our freedom... Not from tyranny, oppression, or persecution... but from annihilation. We are fighting for our right to live. To exist. And should we win the day, the this day will no longer be known as a FRR holiday, but as the day the IS declared in one voice: "We will not go quietly into the night!" We will not vanish without a fight! We're going to live on! We're going to survive! Today we celebrate our unity!!
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Posted 01 July 2012 - 06:29 AM
Lord Ikka, on 30 June 2012 - 08:20 PM, said:
Or they could just come back to the warm embrace of House Kurita.
You amuse me, snake.
I shall make a note to attempt to capture you rather than destroy your mech, so you may serve as my personal jester.
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