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Yeah, it's fine. I probably would have forgot a few countries too. As for drawing in colonies, I'd be fairly clueless for any colonies other than mine.

I'm fairly sure japan and Australia are still in. And that doesn't include colonies/border extensions obviously. I think argentina is in too, but not active.

Just remember, to get us to the point we're at, it took us, in total, 15 years, and over a trillion dollars. Also, to any prospective members of the space program, I'll have to talk with indy500fan (norway). Well it isn't like we're starting from scratch, either. In my opinion you drew yours out a bit, at the current rate technology is going I think you could've had that done in 10-12 years with a little more funding. I estimate our first manned mission to space will be in the next 3 years, first lunar landing in 8 years, from there? I have no idea. We had research and develop working suspended animation modules, a near-light speed propulsion system, materials that could withstand the massive amount of strain put on them while traveling at that speed, and the most advanced navigation system in the history of the world. If anything, the 15 years we spent was almost too little. Oh, and you're back lent? I think turkey's open. Or you could probably take one of the countries people abandoned, even though there's kind of rules against that, I think it's sort of stupid to just have china, taiwan, the US, etc. disappear.

You know what? [bleep] it. Here's my plan. Throw a huge end of the world party. Invite hundreds of people, book a few bands, whatever. If the world ends, we'll go out having fun. If it doesn't, then we'll have had an awesome party. Do I honestly, think the worlds gonna end? Nope, but why not have fun with it.

Just remember, to get us to the point we're at, it took us, in total, 15 years, and over a trillion dollars. Also, to any prospective members of the space program, I'll have to talk with indy500fan (norway).

A month after being launched, our prototype returned successfully from Neptune. Most of that month was spent studying Neptune's moons and running tests, and so on. While our propulsion technology cannot take us to the speed of light, it can take us to a good percentage of that speed. We are now going to unveil the specifics of the space program, and it's purpose. We originally stated that the space program would be used for travel within our system, so we could get to other planets faster. This was not actually our intention. 14 years ago, a planet that was previously concealed by solar disruptions from the star Rigel kentaurus was discovered. We believe it may have a similar atmosphere to earth from our observations, and thus may be habitable. So, we approached Norway, who had made similar observations about the recently discovered planet, and so we combined our budgets and started working together to make a spacecraft that could reach the planet within our lifetime. We originally planned on using conventional means to house and feed the astronauts, but that would be very cost, and space ineffective, and would require a much bigger spacecraft. So, Norway began heavy research into cryogenic sleep. 8 years into the project, they completed their research. From there on out it was just building the modules for Norway. Meanwhile, my country, Brazil, was working on the means to get us to the planet. We settled on using a nuclear fusion based rocket. We finished it 5 years ago, and since then we have been working on getting a space station up to assemble the spacecraft, and serve as a launch point. We are now proud to announce, that after 14 years, the project is complete. The space craft is in space, and fully assembled. The colonization/exploration crew is around 1000 people strong, 1050 to be exact. Since Japan was the only major donor to the space program other than Norway and Brazil, some astronauts that we received from them for training will be going on the trip. The breakdown is this: 500 Brazilians, 500 Norwegians, and 50 Japanese crew members. The trip is expected to take about 7 years, depending on the effectiveness of the engine. During the trip, 1000 crew members will be kept in cryogenic sleep, and 50 will remain awake in order to do necessary tasks, and to insure that there are no robotic errors. Here is my crappy drawing of the ship. The modules are separated into several rings, which will spin around the main body of the ship, in order to simulate gravity. The frontmost point of the ship is where the conscious crew members will spend most of their time. Once the spacecraft arrives on the planet, it will land, and will serve as the hub for colonization/exploration efforts. The area on top/front of the ship will serve as a small biosphere upon landing. We will launch the spacecraft midway through next year, barring anything going wrong. I probably forgot something in that post, if so I'll edit it in later.

I'm still confused about how the hell plasma weaponry works. And how it was researched, and put into action in like two years.

Run or walk around for a bit, and don't eat food, use potions if you need to heal. Also, maxed out physical attributes make you quite hefty. Ooooor go to a grocer and buy out all their celery. 20 pieces will lower you to the thinnest possible if you're the fattest possible. That's only about 8 years. I imagine it's something like this. "We'll put out 3 at [specific date], then work on 4, and 5, and the deadline for 5 is 2017."

Does that really creep people out? You guys are weak. Seriously. I want someone to post something that will scare the crap out of me. I dare you. Someone post this: Gauper's full name, address, IP address, and birthday. Then a picture of his room, and him sitting at his computer.

Been hitting the red alert series pretty hard? Could we get a blank character form maybe? Or do we just have to say "I want to be the russian Chrononaut" for example?

Combine it? After the whole city is depressed because they lost so many defenders, we unveil that the city-saving robot is also an amusement park?

Whatever, no one would ever know the secret anyway unless they attacked me. I was gonna build a giant statue a la the statue of liberty in one of my major cities, and put the mech inside it. Then if the city was ever attacked, and all the defenders were overwhelmed the mech would smash through the statue letting out a giant roar and destroy all the invaders. Imagining that scene made me laugh.

Nah, it's nothing bad. Just something that I thought would be awesome and made me laugh.

Yeah, I thought this was about secret recipes or special tools for cooking. Go figure.

Not really, the shock of the hit would probably be enough to plow the circuitry inside the thing... It doesn't necassarily have to have any advanced circuitry in the legs. If it has heavy armor, a recoilless won't do much. In any case, we'll be using ours for a secret purpose.

I have a few hundred artists atleast. Why? I have different moods. Sure, I have my favorite bands on there that I listen to a lot, but sometimes I just feel like listening to a specific band or genre. If I want to listen to death metal, I can, if I want to listen to grunge, I can, if I feel like listening to pretty much any genre, I can. I like that. I only have a few thousand songs though.

I doubt 5 would make the damage any different unless they each do a tiny bit of damage and each hit the same place exactly. In any case, a third of the modules for our space craft are now on the space station, ready to be put together.

I highly doubt a recoiless rifle would do very much. If this thing is friggin 350 feet tall, the legs are gonna have some mass, and would probably be the most heavily armored parts. I'd imagine a shell from a recoilless rifle would do very little. A tank might do some damage, and direct c4 charges would probably take it out.

I'll take one, no reason not to. Who knows, we might be able to improve upon it. Maybe give it treads instead of legs and make it into a really huge tank. Not very practical, but it would be pretty hard for your average soldier to fight against a 300 foot tall tank.

Brazil update: After close to 15 years in development part of the CAD project is now completed. I started it in one of my earliest posts on the thread. Space Update: We have received shipments of modules from Norway, and are launching them into space to be joined with our engine and propulsion system in the Brazilian-Norway Space station. Our prototype has successfully launched for it's trip to Neptune, and back. The crew of that module is comprised of only Brazilian and Norwegian astronauts, though the final launch of the full craft with all the modules will also have some Japanese crew members, as they donated to the project. If the prototype module/engine's mission is successful, we will launch the main craft for it's maiden voyage within a year of that, if possible. We have also launched or are in the process of launching two dozen large satellites for classified purposes. After about 5 years of internal combat, we have cleared the DRC of rebels and it is now a fairly decent place to live, as much of the previously unused space is used to grow next-gen crops. We now have control of the government, and it is now part of the Brazilian empire. Any military attempts to enter Brazilian territory (Brazil, Guyana, Suriname, Brazilian Guiana (formerly french Guiana), Zambia, Namibia, Botswana, Angola, or the Democratic Republic of the Congo) without expressed permission from government high command will be considered an act of war. As part of the CAD project we have completed a SISF (Supersonic Intercontinental Strike Fighter) plane. It uses some of the technology we created during our construction and research of the propulsion system for the space program. It can travel at speeds previously believed impossible for terrestrial aircraft. It can be equipped in two different ways. One way is for it to go at it's top speeds consistently. In this mode, most of the plane is filled with the fuel, and then one to three large bombs. In this mode, the plane is designed to do a "surgical strike" on 1-3 targets, then get out of the area before it can be shot down. The plane goes faster than almost all conventional weaponry, so shooting it down is almost impossible. The second mode it can be equipped for is a standard air superiority fighter. It is equipped with a standard load of smaller missiles and bombs. It uses conventional fuel in this setup, but it also has a tiny amount of the fuel used in the other mode to use for a quick burst, mostly used to get out of an area at high speeds. The plane's official name is the S-3 Blade. We have produced 12 of them at this point. The schematics for all these projects, along with the research notes are stored on various multi-password protected high security networks. It's not like we just leave some sheets of paper labeled "hurr schematics hurr" in our factories. The only way to actually get the schematics would be to find the government emergency headquarters which is completely classified, and no one knows the location other than trusted government officials. Even if you did find it, it's designed to withstand a direct nuclear attack, so good luck getting into the facility. Here's an update on the Brazilian Empires official population, GDP, and size. Total 2023: Population: 329,211,989 Land: 13,500,495 km2 GDP: 5,229B This makes us the 9th largest empire in the history of the earth. We will not be taking any sides in the Russian-Iranian conflict, as we have no interest in fighting someone else's war, and weakening our own military. If the war ends up stretching as far as the northernmost point of our African colonies, we may get involved, but that's it.

I'm writing up a big update for brazil now. And giant robots.. wow. 350+ feet tall. With a nuclear reactor. From Malaysia? I would be totally fine if it was from Japan, as that's normal for them :lol: Selling the plans for 2 trillion dollars. 2 trillion dollars is more money than every single person in your country combined makes in 10 years. Where the hell did you get the money to fund that?

He's Russia, I think. So he has the advantage of numbers, you have the advantage of advanced technology and allies. Most of Russias military tech is still from soviet era.

Just saying. :lol:

That would be gogol bordello. [bleep]ing awesome.

I just checked by the way, 35% of the gold reserves in the world is far more than everyone in your country makes in a decade. Also, good luck with that. Wales Population: 3 million Wales GDP: 85 billion UK population: 62 million UK GDP: 2.5 trillion You're a tad outnumbered.