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I know exactly what fencing is. I used to fence myself. Also, you do not have "bred for fencing" athletes, don't be stupid.

You can't compete with gigantic drones, sorry. No exosuits either. I hope you realize that training doesn't increase exponentially, there's a cap to how much a person (or in your case a "Jaffa") can lift without other modifications. - I have a feeling any of the strength (throwing, weightlifting) as well as the fencing are going to have the Federation for the winner. For fencing there are 3 different Praetorian guards that are competing, who have been trained with swords since birth (they use guns too! :P). Btw the stadium is gigantic, yes. Also, construction sites are off-limits to any foreign nationals, if they're found at one they will be shot without questions. The battlestations are also off-limits (obviously). There will be 20 Federation Battleships running space security, as well as Midgard's E2S Fighters. Route through the asteroid belt around Yggdrasil has been sent to participating governments, but the route changes every 5 years so don't think you now know it indefinitely.

edit: Oh maybe I shouldn't make decisions regarding my empire while I'm plastered.

We had a party. There was cake.

Oh no I learned that lesson a long time ago Arch hehe.

All are invited to bask in the glory of the Federation! :P It's from Beowulf, yes. I should probably purchase a programme such as Rosetta Stone and review some lessons every night. OT: Didn't realise that you were a Quebecer. :o OT2: By the way, what language is that phrase in your sig again? Heh, thought so. And you can get Rosetta Stone for free if you're willing to go the more seedy route. I lived in Quebec for 3 years, in Montreal (Verdun), I'm in Toronto now though. And my sig is Old Saxon, from Beowulf :P

Is that from Beowulf? Also, try download a french language program from the internet (hmm) if you just want to freshen up on your French. That or move to Quebec for a year. We have good beer.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_French_words_and_phrases_used_by_English_speakers#C I do not draw where the line between genius and madness lies, I only push those I suspect towards it. Eh, consider it. TFed police and military are more then adequate to keep in line the people, keep that in mind.

No. Soldiers for Britannia is a special case. I don't want any foreign soldiers on my land at all, this is just an extreme exception. How about in the general system restricted to transports (say 500 soldiers to keep your crazy people with umbrellas away from the athletes) Security is usually handled by the host country. + Crazy people get either shot or sent into the Steel Legion in Federation lands.

No. Soldiers for Britannia is a special case. I don't want any foreign soldiers on my land at all, this is just an extreme exception.

Yes well your citizens are a bunch of [kitties], so I'm not really surprised. But, regardless, TFed will allow 2000 Britannian soldiers to escort the Britannian empire's athletes through the duration of the game, as well as giving blind clearance to Britannian transport vessels that are being used for the athletes and the soldiers. - Btw it's not annual, it's every 4 years (depending on host). There are none. Ruling out genetic enhancements means I would have nobody to compete with. Rules will probably be hammered out within the next couple of games.

No subs, obviously. And Equestrian is staying. If you can't ride a horse then you can't compete in that event. I didn't choose your race, but I am hosting the games.

Precisely. You don't [bleep] with the space marines. I I'll do so tomorrow, when I am not so inebriated. Actually, yea: * Athletics * Basketball * Boxing * Canoeing * Cycling * Diving * Equestrian * Fencing * Football * Gymnastics * Handball * Hockey * Modern pentathlon * Polo * Rowing * Sailing * Shooting * Swimming * Water polo * Weightlifting * Wrestling -- Arch could probably do the rolls and whatnot for who would win (if you don't mind Arch). If not, I'll do them, it's no big deal.

4 years from now, then the hosting will pass to...let's say...Grim. So Malaysia will host next (if they have the facilities).

Ah no brainwashing is necessary, I'm sure once they come to TFed they'll never want to leave. We're much more militaristic then you hehe. Thanks though :)

They're inferior to my humans then. You say your humans are more physically fit than a people bred to be a living weapon, the perfect soldier, trained from the age of six in both hand-to-hand, ranged combat, whose bodies are under constant maintainance by a creature far genetically superior to us? Correct, that's exactly what I'm saying. Because: My humans have been genetically modified for that past 100 years to be the pen-ultimate humans weapons. Ridiculous resistance, incredible strength, amazing endurance, built in medical overlays to their clothing which function pretty much the exact same as your goaoulds or whatever they are, yes. + My people are trained from the age of sperm. Mather, there's no way your silly stargate Jaffa are better than my soldiers, who have been being improved with training and genetic/bio enhancements for the past 200 or some such years.

Nah, I wasn't looking for the picture, was just reading the information about the Olympic games of that year.

They're inferior to my humans then. Yep. I was just looking at the wiki page for that around 20 minutes ago :P All participants will be shown TFed's military strength, with a full military parades and airshows and whathaveyous. Maybe if I'm feeling particularily nasty I'll make them all sit through a German opera show. Or maybe I'll just show them Nation's Pride. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejF8LjohO-Y Heh.

They'd have to compete is a separate tier then.

Surface production on Midgard, Sol, and New Russia have started churning out Basilisk/Scorpion Artillery-Tanks, MAASs, Combat Mechs, Armoured APCs, Fighter-Interceptors, Tactical Bombers, and Rifles en masse. Going through upgrade/production phase for the military. -New Tank model being researched (Panzerkampfwagen VII Ausführung H) - Or you could just say Tiger Tank :P -New Fighter Plane model being researched (Messerschmitt Me 960) -Adding longer barrels and larger bores to the Basilisk mobile artillery -Working on a new line of weapons (TFed SAW II - TFed Standard Assault Weapons II), since these are improvements of the ones I had before. -Massive military training facilities being constructed on Tyr, New Russia III, and in France (Earth). Will include high-altitude training. TFed troops will also be rehearsing orbital bombardment/orbital dropship attacks on New Russia III. -Repairing and reinforcing Fortress Europa. -Building an industrial complex and two shipyards in Emazotran -Combat space station in the Bail system -Building of two Kent-Class space battlestations in Yggdrasil's system -Building 6 Regular space battlestations in Holmgard -Continuing placing the pylons all over TFed space (Project SW) -Creating an off-shoot division from the Steel Legion, Ghost Division (I think Rommel just chuckled in his grave). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSzKhkOHKMA -Building of the collosal stadium I had said on Midgard is complete, and the 1st annual intergalactic Olympics will be hosted by TFed in 4 years.

Good choise of name for a shipyard, Holmgard would mean something kinda like Portsville(Holm is the same as holme which means a place where it is common to have boats and gard is a old version of gård which means farm, but it is also used a lot in city-, mansion-, and last names). It was also the Varangian name for the city of Novgorod. :P -- Rocco if you want help with anything let me know. TFed fleet is returning to the Sol system ( :( ) Oh and TFed guarantees the independence of the Brazilian Empire and Kamino.

Can you guys announce these projects in the thread beforehand? This is the first I've heard of Merc and Wolf.

Kelp tastes like [cabbage] though. Anyways, infrastructure and massive industrial zones are being constructed on Midgard. The shipyards in Holmgard are complete, and are churning out battleships at a steady rate of 50 per year (BS are like...100PP :/)

I gotta stop being so nice to you guys.

Was that open tech? Can't remember. Anyways, Strength IV is complete, as well as Farm Spray III, meaning my troops can now lift tanks and my farms produce nearly 10x as much as a normal unaltered one.