Today is a glorious day for the United Federation of Planets as once again the largest, purest Star Trek clan are triumphant against our enemy. Although we have been forced to take arms against a group of mentally-challenged kids who like to fight with poor spelling, groundless insults, and a bit of psychosis instead of discernible gaming skill, respect for others and professionalism. Imperial Order Clan believes that flaming is a key element in destroying a fleet, rather than standing tall and fighting fairly, they have orchestrated their own humiliation. We have indeed found I.O.C war plans to be identical to those of now dead and forgotten BC organizations. They have always fought wars the same way, trying to destroy a fleet by destroying its will to play the game and causing member attrition. This backed up by a propaganda effort to destroy the credibility of the fleet. We have seen the I.O.C leader order his troops to attack these forums hoping to be able to win a ‘flaming war’. Naturally, their officers have been repelled one-by-one from our holy forums by our blessed officers and distinguished veteran visitors.
To add insult to injury, I.O.C then created fabricated chat logs in an attempt to comfort their despondent troops and bolster activity. This obviously did not have the desired effect; rather the opposite as some I.O.C officers began to leave the clan. All while the United Federation of Planets were racking up victories and organizing the final steps of the UFDF-[UFP] merger, a fleet around since 1998 that recognized that we needed to unite in order to defend what this community truly is about.
This war was merely an extended practice for our officers - it has been a disappointment. Nonetheless, the incursion has allowed our players to refine their skills and enjoy once more the infectious camaraderie of war. Our war goal was to get our Bridge Commander troops to once more experience the thrill of war and bring a little activity to a somewhat agonizing community; we can proudly say today that we have achieved our aims. The [UFP]-[SF] cooperation in this war has been exemplary and is in the finest traditions of the community.
The [UFP] Council of Admirals do not expect the Imperial Order Clan to acknowledge their defeat; their behavior has been predictable since this conflict’s inception. The I.O.C will claim that [UFP] is giving up and that they have won. They will say that we sought to defend the community from them and that we failed for they are still around and will not change their behavior.
However, a more salient point is this: I.O.C war activity is less than one third of what it originally was. In fact, we have not seen a single IOC officer in Bridge Commander in almost a week. As a clan that chooses to fight enemies with the ability to challenge our might, we cannot justify maintaining a general red alert status for such a mediocre war effort by our enemies.
IOCHAWKEYE wrote:We never said we would win the war on words. However we will win the war in game. Look that up in your spelling texts.
As we've seen time and again, IOC's leaders are detached from reality. Their own realm of perception even differs between themselves. What I find humorous, however, is their admission from their Fleet's second highest ranking officer that they cannot defeat us in game or otherwise.Cartman wrote: B - We can destroy your clan. It won't be in game, it won't be on the scoreboard, it won't be in the forums. Suffice to say however when this war is over UFP will no longer exist.
The Imperial Order Clan will be resigned to the lowest status, as casual prey for the carrion-fowl of [UFP] Third Fleet. Hawkeye, et al, will find themselves on the infamous "Hunt List". Our officers will now be free to engage at will while the rest of us resume normal fleet operations. Any kills on Hawkeye personally will be rewarded with the [UFP] Battle ribbon. Any other I.O.C. officer kills will be simply bragging rights, if there is nothing better to brag about.
With this campaign drawing to a close you can congratulate yourselves on a job well done. Our officers have managed to kill the enemy 256 times while being destroyed 147 times, all this often fighting against god ships while we ourselves used [UFP] war standard vessels, chiefly the Sovereign and Prometheus classes.
I want to personally congratulate all officers who were engaged in this victory. Firstly, I would like to thank Starfleet for inviting us to this conflict. Although it was much less of a conflict than UFP is used to, it put grease on the wheels. It's clear that [UFP] is a well oiled machine ready to carry out a wave of destruction on our enemies at a moment's notice.
Now I proudly present war awards:
Honour Medal
Carbonizer
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Elite Cross
Carbonizer, Naruto, Delta, Hightower
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Crimson Heart
Taylynn, Costello, TParis
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IOC War Ribbon
Fleet Admiral Founder Picard
Vice Admiral IceManHG
Rear Admiral Church
Rear Admiral Himble
Rear Admiral Costello
Division Vice Admiral Trip
Division Rear Admiral Carbonizer
Division Rear Admiral Delta
Division Rear Admiral Naruto
Commodore Kelbie
Commodore wienergobbler
Commodore Digi
Fleet Captain Silverado
Captain Evoxsnes
Captain Taylynn
Captain Pirate
Commander Threshold
Commander Hightower
Commander Spock
Lt. Commander Kieran
Lt. Commander Mr. D
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Appreciation Ribbon
[SF]Revveka
[SF]Smash
