The History of the Vilani Empire - Part 2

The peaceful development of The Empire continued with little incident. There was a short conflict with the small empire 8472 following a series of attacks on Vilani worlds. The conflict lasted no more than 16 hours, but none the less the righteous vengeance of The Empire's military was swift and hit back at our attackers. Peace was later declared.

In this same time the Emperor and his new Imperial Council, still headed by the Prime Minister strengthened relations with the CABAL. The Vilani Prime Minister, Earthsphere Alliance was elected the first High Chancellor of the CABAL and continues to serve that duty along with his duties as Prime Minister. The federation of MAUI was also admitted into the CABAL at this same time.

Late one evening the Emperor’s sleep was disrupted with news from the edges of The Empire. Communications from outlining Vilani posts suggested BORG where moving. Within several hours similar communications where coming from other empires, namely Grey Swords (xGSx), Legion (LGN) and the Hungarian Alliance (HUN). Following a day of sporadic fighting an official communication arrived from BORG and their allies MORDOR. MORDOR had declared war on the guild of xGSx while BORG in an attempt to hold off support had declared war on any and all allies of xGSx’s.

There was great confusion in the senate. The Empire had once held an alliance with xGSx’s however it was cancelled decades before following their refusal to assist The Empire in the second war with BORG. Following further communications with BORG it became apparent that xGSx’s had not removed The Empire from their alliance listing.

While fighting continued on the edge of The Empire the final decision was taken to remove The Empire from the war as we should never have been involved in the first place, more over to protect those new systems still growing in the B3x galaxies. The decision was not met well by several of The Empire's allies, most particularly Crimson Mercenaries (CM) whom declared war on BORG soon after we left the conflict.

In the end this war was lost for the side of Vilani’s allies, BORG successfully dividing and conquering the guilds that had fought united in the last Beta war. To many this war is remembered as ‘Vilani’s dishonour’. Following the surrender of many of those whom fought along side The Travellers (=T=) in the second Beta war secret communications began to pass between empires. The galactic senate received such communications themselves including detailed plans for BORG and their allies’ next war, a conflict which was being dubbed as 'the final war'.

Of those guilds with the strength to oppose BORG only two offered sufficient power to truly challenge them… these guilds where 13th Wolf Guard (13th) and The Travelers. BORG and their allies Astroholics Anonymous (AA)  and MORDOR were planning an end-game to take these two guilds down in the same way they took down xGSx’s and their allies.

 
Further communications between the CABAL voted to enter the conflict if =T= or 13th were attacked in the way they was described. In preparation for the attack Vilani was placed on high alert and waited. At the 11th hour however the attack never came, AA breaking away from the plan and turning instead to attack the GOONtion (GOON) with the Brotherhood (BRO).

War was averted, or so it was believed. Later that evening the Emperor and his Council were called into an emergency session. Long range scanners of The Empire were picking up large scale battles between the forces of AA and 13th. The details where sketchy but it appeared that 13th were the initiators of the conflict launching a full scale invasion of AA space.

Continuous communications took place over the next few days confirming that the war had begun. With their fleets distracted with GOON 13th had decided to attack AA when they were distracted, something =T=’s leaders referred to as ‘Jumping the gun’. At this time the CABAL withdraw their support for the conflict unsure who were the real aggressors any longer. The leader of =T= requested a personal meeting with the CABAL council.

The meeting took place on Vland as the battle raged elsewhere in the galaxy. Before the meeting Poitin, high leader of =T= declared war from his room following BORG and multiple other alliances declaring war on 13th. The meeting was heated, representatives of The Hands of God (THoG) angered by what they saw as a betrayal by =T= and their allies. In this meeting clear evidence was offered proving =T=’s claims that BORG and AA were planning a full scale attack. Following Poitins audience with the council several days of discussions continued until it was decided to move none the less.

The reason for this decision was three fold. First, in the pervious war =T= refused to abandon CABAL when BORG threatened the peace over our inclusion in the treaty. Second, the evidence showed clear proof of the planned attack regardless of the way it actually started and third, if =T= and 13th fell, BORG would destroy CABAL.

The Emperor offered the CABAL’s formal declaration soon after that of our allies LGN. The Empire's fleets took flight scoring dozens of victories across the universe in a matter of weeks.

"To all Galactic Citizens and Sentient Beings,

Today, it is my sad duty to bring tidings of war to the Empire. Yesterday, the CABAL Council met for a three-hour long closed session, in which we spoke to Poitin of the Travellers [=T=]. During this discussion, it was decided that CABAL would join the current Galactic War on the side of the Travellers, the 13th Wolfguards, our allies the Legion, and other guilds against the menace of the AA/Borg/Zerg/Blood/[•Æon•]/RFC/Mordor coalition, referred henceforth as the Bloodpact.

There were many reasons for this decision. As many of you know, CABAL was originally formed to fight the Borg menace, which was responsible for widespread piracy and aggression against our allies and ourselves. We sought to show the Borg the foolishness of their ways, and get them to change their policies of aggression. Unfortunately, we were severely outnumbered and outgunned. We were unable to get the Borg to change their ways, and they have continued their acts of piracy and aggression up until this very day, against many small guilds and independents.

Their last war, against our former allies the Grey Swords, proved that the Bloodpact will attack and seek to destroy any guild or alliance of guilds which comes even close to threatening their dominance of the astropolitic in the Betaverse. They would surely seek to divide and conquer every guild in this game, which is why AA and BRO have attempted to destroy the GOON guilds. They also persistently farm and destroy many smaller guilds, who are below the 50th guild rank.

It has come to the attention of CABAL that, even while they were fighting 13th and =T=, the Bloodpact were plotting to have their allies, The Spartan Empire [Myrm], launch an attack against the CABAL. At the last minute, they decided to instead join the current war on the side of the Bloodpact, for they were not doing as well as they’d hoped. The plan to attack the CABAL was postponed to a later time, when they would be in a better position to receive support from their allies.

At this same time, a spy was discovered, isolated and removed from our allies, the Legion [LGN]. Mere hours after being discovered, this spy proved his loyalties by joining a Bloodpact member.

The final factor involved in the upcoming declaration of war was a debt owed to the Travellers and the 13th Wolfguards from our last great war against the Bloodpact. The Bloodpact had threatened to keep CABAL permanently KOS’d, never letting us have peace until we were destroyed. Thankfully, the Travellers and 13th Wolfguards chose not to abandon us to this fate, and pledged that they would not sign a peace treaty unless all guilds fighting at the time were included in it. Because of this, we were able to achieve a white peace with the Bloodpact, despite our heavy losses. If it weren’t for the help of 13th and =T=, the CABAL may not have survived.

So now the time has come for the CABAL to raise arms against the Bloodpact to stop their reign of terror over the Betaverse! As of Server Time: 17-04-2007 19:00:00, the CABAL hereby declares war against the Bloodpact members of Mordor, RFC, and [•Æon•]. [~VE~] The Vilani Empire and [ThoG] The Hand of God also declare war on Zerg, whom the other CABAL members have an NDP with. We fight so that chaos, piracy and terror shall NOT rule the Betaverse.

To honor, to glory, to victory!
Long live the CABAL!
Long live Ziru Sirka!