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 **New Kaiser Emerged**\\
-(cw) As of October 1st, Secretary General P_P_A of Royaume du Kriegstein was additionally inaugurated as Kaiser of the Holy Danikan Commonwealth. As the Steward of Breshik, P_P_A was nominated by King Shakomatic of the Apostolic Kingdom of Breshik. The election by the citizens of the Commonwealth resulted in equal votes for Steward P_P_A and King Niller of Winterlyn. The position was therefore to be decided by a duel over three rounds in the arena of Breshik.\\
+(cw) As of October 1st, Secretary General P_P_A of Royaume de Kriegstein was additionally inaugurated as Kaiser of the Holy Danikan Commonwealth. As the Steward of Breshik, P_P_A was nominated by King Shakomatic of the Apostolic Kingdom of Breshik. The election by the citizens of the Commonwealth resulted in equal votes for Steward P_P_A and King Niller of Winterlyn. The position was therefore to be decided by a duel over three rounds in the arena of Breshik.\\
 As companions for the duel acted Kaiser Austrobernd of the Mandatory of New Badfacia and Duke June of the United Duchy of the Two Sorras, the latter standing in for King Niller's first choice Grand-Duke Carluga of the Grand Duchy of Orcaella who could not be contacted at the time. Moderator Koduck acted as umpire to ensure fair play.\\
 Both armor and swords were decreed to be made of unenchanted iron, granting equal strength among the duelists. The first and third round were won by Candidate P_P_A and Kaiser Austrobernd, thus deciding the new leader of the Commonwealth. To commemorate the event, Moderator Koduck provided some air-to-ground fireworks. Duke June offered photos of just before and after the battles which can be viewed at [[https://imgur.com/a/NKMgW#58]].\\
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 **NEAR Transports Network Extended**\\
-(ug) During the past week, //North-East Alpha Realm Transports// extended their network south, connecting Midgard to Skellie Farm's capital Skellsborough and Calisia's capital Snow Pines. The Snow Pines station was built in cooperation with Calisias' leader Resident Sweetwind, and two switch stations were added along the way for future connections. One of those is located directly next to the portal to Skellsborough, around which a proper station will be built by Skellie Farm's leaders. Midgard Administration has received permission to connect east toward the Beginners Cape also, and is considering adding a station for East Sorra once the villages gets more fleshed out.
+(ug) During the past week, //North-East Alpha's Realm Transports// extended their network south, connecting Midgard to Skellie Farm's capital Skellsborough and Calisia's capital Snow Pines. The Snow Pines station was built in cooperation with Calisias' leader Resident Sweetwind, and two switch stations were added along the way for future connections. One of those is located directly next to the portal to Skellsborough, around which a proper station will be built by Skellie Farm's leaders. Midgard Administration has received permission to connect east toward the Beginners Cape also, and is considering adding a station for East Sorra once the villages gets more fleshed out.
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 **Table War Memorial**\\
-(ns) On October 10th, High Commissioner Austrobernd of the Mandatory of New Badfacia created a structure on New Spawn that most passersby identify as 'something griefed' on first glance. A closer inspection reveals a sign declaring the Cobblestone/Lava-Conglomerate "the Enchantment Table War Memorial". Its creator and fans have been describing it as 'deep art' also known as 'Breshikan architecture', and Supreme Technocrat Tomoko of the Aresean Technocratic Republic offered the insight that "the lava represents the tears of the mothers of those soldiers who died." However, a lack of explanation regarding its historical reference (and its relevance in Alpha Realm) leaves most viewers with only their first impression.\\
+(ns) On October 10th, High Commissioner Austrobernd of the Mandatory of New Badfacia created a structure on New Spawn that most passersby identify as 'something griefed' on first glance. A closer inspection reveals a sign declaring the Cobblestone/Lava-Conglomerate "the Enchantment Table War Memorial". Its creator and fans have been describing it as 'deep art' also known as 'Breshikan architecture', and Supreme Technocrat Tomoko of the Aresean Technocratic Republic offered the insight that "the lava represents the tears of the mothers of those soldiers who died." However, a lack of explanation regarding its historical reference (and its relevance in Alpha's Realm) leaves most viewers with only their first impression.\\
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 **Ender Election**\\
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 **Suicide Sid**\\
-(ks) The eve of October 5th witnessed King Sidmarcus01 of Royaume du Kriegstein enacting "some staged drama which ended in him falling off a place and dying," as Secretary General P_P_A reported shortly afterwards, "and thus, with Sid dead, I inherited Kriegstein."\\
+(ks) The eve of October 5th witnessed King Sidmarcus01 of Royaume de Kriegstein enacting "some staged drama which ended in him falling off a place and dying," as Secretary General P_P_A reported shortly afterwards, "and thus, with Sid dead, I inherited Kriegstein."\\
 The act resulted from a "brief incursion" of High Commissioner Austrobernd of the Mandatory of New Badfacia into Kriegstein territory, were a short skirmish "in full diamond armor" occurred between both leaders upon discovering the lack of active citizens. In the face of choosing integration into the Commonwealth or death, King Sidmarcus01 ended his life in order to avoid affiliations with King Shakomatic of the Apostolic Kingdom of Breshik.\\
 Despite being at the scene, H.C. Austrobernd admitted to being too mesmerized to either stop him or take photos. He could relay the King's last words, namely, "Shall I die for my freedom." The conversation was also overheard in the ether and published on the page [[https://dev-urandom.eu/talk:people:sidmarcus01]] in the Autism Almanac. King Sidmarcus01 has been noted 'dead and buried' on his page in the Almanac by his relatives, who also declined the throne and appointed Secretary General P_P_A as the new leader of the House of Kriegstein. In their history books, they adapted circumstances to tell that P_P_A is the "4th king of the lineage" and "took the power by force over Sidmarcus."\\
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 **Mapping Feat**\\
-(mm) On October 9th, Explorer Jinx of the Midgard Municipality set out to map the existing rail system in the Nether of Alpha Realm. Properly armed with a bow and potions, he only perished once during the adventure and completed the map within three days. The temporary result has been published on the page [[geography:transit:start | https://dev-urandom.eu/transit:start]]((The actual page link was changed in an Almanac Update.)) in the Autism Almanac.\\
+(mm) On October 9th, Explorer Jinx of the Midgard Municipality set out to map the existing rail system in the Nether of Alpha's Realm. Properly armed with a bow and potions, he only perished once during the adventure and completed the map within three days. The temporary result has been published on the page [[geography:transit:start | https://dev-urandom.eu/transit:start]]((The actual page link was changed in an Almanac Update.)) in the Autism Almanac.\\
 Discussion of that map upon publishing revealed that lines had been altered from their intended route without the knowledge of their creators, internal lines have not been included, incorrect line designations and missing information.\\
-Due to that, as well as future changes and additions, the map will be subject to irregular updates. Residents of Alpha Realm are asked to inform about discovered or created additions on the discussion page connected to the Transit page, and are welcome to add information //relevant to a station// on the Transit page themselves.\\
+Due to that, as well as future changes and additions, the map will be subject to irregular updates. Residents of Alpha's Realm are asked to inform about discovered or created additions on the discussion page connected to the Transit page, and are welcome to add information //relevant to a station// on the Transit page themselves.\\
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 **Dragon Returned**\\
-(et) With the memorable greeting, "Sorry for being dead! Life got kinda in the way," Dragon Ralxtew rejoined Alpha Realm at the beginning of last week, during a most troubled time for the area his home is located in. He immediately took charge of former duchy Nova Etruria again, intending the finish the Etrurian Palace that had been left untended since he had left.
+(et) With the memorable greeting, "Sorry for being dead! Life got kinda in the way," Dragon Ralxtew rejoined Alpha's Realm at the beginning of last week, during a most troubled time for the area his home is located in. He immediately took charge of former duchy Nova Etruria again, intending the finish the Etrurian Palace that had been left untended since he had left.
 One of the first news Dragon Ralxtew heard was the tale of his old friend King Sidmarcus01's suicide, to which he commented, "Let me tell you a secret. Sid was all bitchy and mad and salty to the extreme because he's secretly gay and I broke up with him. [...] I've heard [his death] was memorable. I feel depressed to know I never witnessed it." On the spur of the moment, he decided, "I'm gonna grab the relics at old Kriegstein and put up a museum at Etruria, mainly because there's so much fucking space to use."\\
-Shortly thereafter Dragon Ralxtew was informed by King P_P_A of Royaume du Kriegstein about the current political situation, leaving the County of Nova Etruria as an independent settlement the choice to join the Republic of Ender or remain neutral.\\
+Shortly thereafter Dragon Ralxtew was informed by King P_P_A of Royaume de Kriegstein about the current political situation, leaving the County of Nova Etruria as an independent settlement the choice to join the Republic of Ender or remain neutral.\\
 Together with President Hinoarashi of the Republic of Ender, Dragon Ralxtew toured the Enderian capital Hinoarashington, and upon returning home he started laying the groundwork for a village in front of the palace.\\
 When questioned about his history and future plans, Dragon Ralxtew provided an amiable account. "I created Kriegstein back in 2012. It lasted to about the end of 2014, when I left," he recounted. "Growth was slow but steady. It was built to last, not to landrun." As for the present, the Dragon declared, "I thought of annexing BellTower so I could have enough citizens and create a nation, but I decided not to create another nation. Nova Etruria is the spiritual successor to Kriegstein, but I don't think it will become a superpower of any kind. Most likely a neutral standing ground for nations. [...] NE is literally between Old Spawn and New Spawn," he mused, "a phantom of a long gone era - old feels."\\
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 **Nerd's Art**\\
 (ns) "My latest statue is shit," Resident TheNerd96 proclaimed on October 14th with a regards to his 3D project northwest of New Spawn. The two statues depict Sam & Max, the Freelance Police, who exist in an entirely different universe.\\
-Resident TheNerd96 did not explain why he invited the giant duo to Alpha Realm; however considering their profession, they might have come here in search for the equally huge cat that recently strayed around the New Spawn area.\\
+Resident TheNerd96 did not explain why he invited the giant duo to Alpha's Realm; however considering their profession, they might have come here in search for the equally huge cat that recently strayed around the New Spawn area.\\
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 **Al-Mushmis Emirate**\\
-(me/at) Resident Moorglade, who had settled in Alpha Realm in this year's first week of April and fallen into an unexplained coma sometime in May while living in Eyjan Hvíta, awoke last week and decided to reunite with his old friend Tomoko Kuroki.\\
+(me/at) Resident Moorglade, who had settled in Alpha's Realm in this year's first week of April and fallen into an unexplained coma sometime in May while living in Eyjan Hvíta, awoke last week and decided to reunite with his old friend Tomoko Kuroki.\\
 The two former Breshikans first got acquainted during their joint settlement of Salve Plantations, Calisia, and just as jointly left the land to its decline.\\
 Apparently having had enough of the eternal winter climate, Resident Moorglade quickly agreed to Cleric Tomo's invitation to join the Aresean Technocratic Republic as well as the Techno-Grammaton's Board of Clerics, and chose the desert known as Old Sidonia for his new settlement.\\
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-===== Newer =====
+===== MARNIE 26.10.15 =====
-**Newer issues are not yet archived but can still be bought at the New Spawn Newspaper Stall.**
+**Midgard's Alpha Realm News**\\
+//International Edition//\\
+October 26th, 2015\\
+\\
+//Editor's Note://\\
+The sole link can NOT be clicked in this volume either.\\
+\\
+//In Worldwide News://\\
+**Mysterious Attack on Endermen Farm**, page 20\\
+\\
+//In Regional News://\\
+**Weekend Spon**, page 39\\
+\\
+//In Local News://\\
+**Stabilizing Midgard**, page 44\\
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+**__Worldwide News__**\\
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+**Pizza Place**\\
+(ko) In his area in the far south, temporarily termed 'Koden Outpost' on the Nether Station List due to a lack of proper naming, Resident Koduck finished his pizza plaza last week. Further foodstuff will be added around it at a later time, and meanwhile Resident Koduck has decided to build a stadium leaning against the hill east of the pizza. At [[https://map.dev-urandom.eu/#/999/64/6461/-1/0/0]], progress can be followed.\\
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+**Duke Status**\\
+(ds/cw) After King Shakomatic of the Apostolic Kingdom of Breshik attempted to demote the Duchy of the Two Sorras to a mandate and Duke June to High Commissioner, Kaiser P_P_A noted (after consulting with his advisors) that the King has no right for such an action.\\
+"In recognition of his efforts for the good of the realm, the care with which he has administered his fief, and loyalty for the nation, I hereby proclaim June Duke of Sorra & Sorra," he affirmed the current status.\\
+\\
+**Symbolic Ban**\\
+(ar) On October 16th, in the course of justifying their war declaration, President Hinoarashi of the Republic of Ender referred to, among other issues, griefing executed by King Shakomatic that was never punished even though it had been brought to moderators' awareness months ago when the crime happened.\\
+In a weak attempt at reconciliation and demonstration of 'justice', Moderator P_P_A finally took heed of the accusation. While it was way too late to gather evidence, he demonstrated faith in the various accounts of residents present at that time and "symbolically" banned King Shakomatic for a fortnight - during a time when the King is unable to attend his nation anyway.\\
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+**Schematica Mod**\\
+(ar) Recently, veteran residents discussed the advantages of the //Schematica Mod// some of them occasionally use for projects. Kaiser P_P_A of the Holy Danikan Commonwealth explained, "It's a mod that allows to save a schematics file of structures (for example in creative mode) and then you can load it as a template and auto-build it. You still need the resources, of course, but it places the blocks automatically if they're within your reach."\\
+After testing it out, Dragon Ralxtew of the County of Nova Etruria reported, "It even tracks materials needed and used."\\
+"It also still requires you to move around up and down," Kaiser P_P_A noted, "and turn around to place stairs facing the way you want them to face. It certainly makes life a lot easier but it doesn't give you superpowers, just makes construction much faster," President Hinoarashi of the Republic of Ender added, "There's also a ghost mode to see a hologram of the schematic you can place. So you can build within it."\\
+It is entirely legal to use this mod in our world of Autism, and residents are encouraged to make good use of it.\\
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+**Shield Testing**\\
+(ns) In the evening of October 2nd, Emir Moorglade of the Autonomous Emirate of Al-Mushmis reported that, "spawn was griebed." Within a minute, the culprit received a lifelong ban from Moderator P_P_A who arrived at the scene immediately and quickly repaired the damage.\\
+Following this, Kaiser P_P_A of the Holy Danikan Commonwealth decided to test various materials for damage resistance by exploding some bombs around New Spawn, and soon received support in the endeavor from Duke June of the United Duchy of the Two Sorras. Undoubtedly to their delight, the two of them discovered the shielding capabilities of furnaces and proceeded to test the exact perimeter of effectiveness before repairing most of New Spawn.\\
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+**Nerd Banned**\\
+(ar) On October 22nd, news came to light that Resident TheNerd96 received another permanent ban, this time for creating a child porn pixel art which was deemed illegal in many countries and not permitted in Alpha's Realm either.\\
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+**Mysterious Attack on Endermen Farm**\\
+(te) In the afternoon of October 22nd, Resident Vauthuhirimu reported extensive damage on the Endermen Farm, to the extent where the falling mobs in one corner no longer remained contained. According to his observation, it looked like explosion damage.\\
+Moderator P_P_A joined the group immediately in order to start the investigation and confirmed that the damage was wrought by TNT. However, since the actual deployment was carried out via TNT Minecart, no recording showing who placed that could be ascertained.\\
+Investigation at the scene revealed that the explosion occurred 2.5 hours prior to discovery, at 14:27:05 (CET). The closest recovered records, taken half an hour before the attack, stated that besides Moderator P_P_A himself only five residents were awake in Alpha's Realm around that time, namely crimer, Hinoarashi, m3ru, Moorglade and Rumach.\\
+A general check of 'chest accesses in the last 240 minutes in world' surprisingly showed that only 'Hinoarashi took 2x tnt from chest' at 14:22:42. Even more suspiciously, at '14:35:55 Hinoarashi put 1x tnt into chest'. Moreover, a check for placed TNT found none placed by Hinoarashi and could therefore not immediately clear the President of the Republic of Ender, as the whereabouts of that one block of TNT remained a mystery. Moderator P_P_A nonetheless expressed skepticism regarding the obvious inference, a reaction shared by most of the observers.\\
+When shortly thereafter President Hinoarashi was alerted about the investigation by Enderian Representative GlitchyBat and joined the communication network, Moderator P_P_A explained the situation and investigation to that point and concluded with, "I don't want to jump to any conclusions, so I'd like to ask what you did with that one TNT block."\\
+The President answered evasively that, "It may or may not be part of a system," and also repeated the general question among the observers of, "Why would I bomb the end farm?"\\
+During the following discussion, various possibilities to proof President Hinoarashi's lack of involvement in the case were suggested. None were of use as the President acknowledged that he did place the missing TNT into a minecart.\\
+Reasonably considering the timing, the President raised the question of, "Why are you guys checking where we place blocks, chest access, etc. prior to battle and demanding to know where we're installing weapons?" Despite that situation, President Hinoarashi agreed to allow a neutral moderator to have a look at the 'testing ground', and Moderator Chuck_Fiinley later reported that there was a TNT minecart placed in the location the President showed him.\\
+For the moment, Moderator P_P_A decided, "No conclusive proofs either way, so assumption of innocence."\\
+Still trying to find at least definitive proof of innocence, he then tried to check activation buttons and plates leading to the access portals. Again, the only portal that did not come with logging security measures was the one in Hinoarashington, casting some more doubt on its residents. However, since the start of the tracks in the End did not log access either, in this instance too the evidence remained inconclusive. The only resident who could be cleared was crimer, since "at the time of the crime he was mining in the overworld."\\
+There were also several possibilities mentioned considering how the terrorist could have gone about bombing the Endermen Farm otherwise.\\
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+**Battle Outcome**\\
+(nb) On Saturday, October 24th 2015, the war between the Holy Danikan Commonweath and the Republic of Ender culminated in the first scheduled battle, which was termed the 'UFO Invasion of Nova Bydlograd'. Severely outnumbering the Enderians due to an alliance with Dobrobakanistan and support from mercenaries, the Commonwealth emerged victorious after more than two hours of ferocious fights.\\
+The events leading to this epic battle are summarized in the book 'Steering to War', released by Midgard's AMUN Publishing. It can be bought in the UBS shop on the lower level of the Marketplace. A second book titled 'Rearing to Fight' describing the actual battle, as detailed as possible for mere bystanders, will be released on Thursday.\\
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+**__Regional News__**\\
+\\
+**Swamp Highway**\\
+(pg) From Phiagrica, its founder Resident Santikaye recently paved a road leading to the modest swamp area northeast of the settlement. The 'highway', as it was named, was completed on October 1st and measures four blocks width plus a sidewalk, in aesthetic design. It is suitable for horse travel, and Resident Santikaye had established a small horse station at its start in Phiagrica even before starting the building project.\\
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+**Weekend Spon**\\
+(pg) The new settlement northwest of Phiagrica is showing slow but steady progress. After having marked his territory's boundaries and creating a watchtower and home around October 3rd, its founder Resident Spon2007 established a small manual farm on October 10th and has started on a bigger building on October 17th, adding the beginnings of a second story on October 24th. Considering the dates, the as yet unnamed settlement seems to be a regular weekend project.\\
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+**Commie Blocks**\\
+(bs) After abandoning their first proud project of building a 'commie block' on the south tip of their peninsula, the new residents in the area with the temporary station name 'Blahsper' created a second one in the settlement's center on October 4th. This tower too is mostly a dark cavern with a staircase in the middle, as if its builders are uncertain what to put inside the cube. Both have yet to return since that day.\\
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+**Sorra Foundations**\\
+(ds) In East Sorra, during recent weeks all roads have been paved on even level and the foundations for housings were laid by Duke June of the Duchy of the Two Sorras.\\
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+**__Local News__**\\
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+**Stabilizing Midgard**\\
+(mm) During the past month, various geological surveys were performed beneath the former archipelago that is now the island of Midgard. Their compiled results showed shocking instability due to vast cavities and long fissures as well as an abandoned mine and a network of natural tunnels.\\
+The condition has been worsened recently by the excavations started to establish the subterranean part of town called Niflheim. Therefore, geologists strongly warned to take stabilizing measures before continuing to hollow out the underground, or risk having the whole island cave in on itself at some point.\\
+Compelled by their own safety regulations, Midgard Administration thus ordered all building projects stopped until a satisfying solution can be implemented. A general design for a great pillar to support the surface has been drawn, which is to be erected in the geometrical center of the island at X4350/Z30. At the place calculated by crossing the two lines connecting the farthest points north-south and east-west, a small access shaft has been dug.\\
+Officials have been arguing at length about whether to stabilize top-down or bottom-up, with the latter receiving slightly more favorable reactions. In the depths of Midgard, a low space was scooped out. The base of the pillar is to be built in it as soon as the needed materials become available, and only then further hollowing above it will be permitted. However, working conditions there are dangerous and progress has been slow so far.\\
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+**This issue ends the October 2015 page of the MARNIE Archives. The next issue will be posted on the [[books:ma_15_11 | November 2015]] page.**