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[evictedSaint]

The United Nations Peace Negotiations

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Toskesh Thread
Nogrania Thread
Discord Channel

Spoiler: Backstory (click to show/hide)

The date is January 1st, 1951. 

Twelve years ago, the world was plunged into the most violent, bloody war known to man; a war that superseded the bloodshed of what was once called The Great War, The War of the Nations, and The War to End All Wars.

Six years ago, that war ended with the loss of more than 60 million people; more than twice the death of the previous war that had so recently ravaged the world.  Two months later the United Nations was chartered to help ensure such a war will not once again be seen by the likes of men.

Two years ago, the nations of the world convened in Geneva, Switzerland for the adoption of additional articles to the Geneva Conventions. 

Initially conceived as addendums to the existing articles covering the treatment of the wounded and prisoners during conflicts, the attending nations soon found themselves fleshing out more restrictions to warfare than they’d originally intended.  The horrors of war still fresh in their minds, these articles went on to ban some of the most significant advancements in warfare developed in the past several decades.  Furthermore, the conventions went on to include the pledges of the worlds existing super powers to support and empower the United Nations to enforce these articles.

Chief among the conventions is the banning of treaded or wheeled vehicles for the transportation of military equipment and personnel, the banning of fixed-wing aircraft, and the banning of automatic weaponry.  Civilians around the world celebrated what was branded as the End to All War – after all, what military was willing to return to the brutal, stagnant trench warfare of the first World War?

The two small nations of Nogrania and Toskesh from the island-continent of Serouda are among those who’ve signed.  Situated on a large island off the eastern coast of Japan, the two have fought on and off for centuries.  For as long as anyone can remember, the two nations have fought one another with varying levels of intensity that ultimately failed to produce a victor.  Though technically participants in the second World War, no one can quite agree which sides they fought for or when they joined, as the entirety of the fighting between the two never spilled past the borders of their island.  Despite this ambiguity, they were ultimately declared participants of the Second World War, and with a great deal of heavy coercion from the United States, Britain, and Russia, both were coaxed into signing the new Geneva Conventions.

For a time, the conventions worked.  With compliance enforced by the newly-empowered United Nations, both Nogrania and Toskesh were forced to abandon their tanks, their machine guns, and aircraft in favor of artillery, bolt-action rifles, and static trench warfare.  With technology forcibly set back two decades, neither side was willing to press the conflict and an armistice held the peace.  The world started to rebuild and nations started to heal.

Today, that has all changed.

Shaky black-and-white footage has been released of a heavily modified Soviet T-34.  The tank, true to the Geneva Conventions, has forgone its treads in favor of something truly outlandish.  Four thick mechanical legs sprout from the sides of the tank, moving one-by-one and propelling the vehicle forward.

The USSR has denied the authenticity of the footage and claimed it to be a hoax, but the world is abuzz with rumors of other such developments.  Speculations of M4 Sherman tanks propped up on two legs walking about like men have capture the imagination of every American child.  British pub-goers swear to their mothers about how they’d seen a Churchill Mk VII crawl through their village on six legs like a giant ant.  Rumors across the Pacific tell of giant Japanese suits of mechanical armor, each carrying an entire aircraft engine on the back to power the limbs.  Politicians decry the lunacy of such impractical designs yet accuse rival nations of attempting to circumvent the Geneva Conventions, all in the same breath.

The End to All Wars suddenly didn’t look so certain.

With the possibility of war on the horizon once again, the nations of Nogrania and Toskesh have quickly re-intensified their military spending. 

This is the United Nations Peace Council, where the nations of the world meet to discuss matters of peace.  As the most violent nations at war (for the time being), the island of Serouda tends to dominate the majority of the discussion.  Here you can work together to achieve a peaceful resolution to the war, discuss grievances, hurl insults at one another, and blame each other for being slow.  Please try to keep the salt to a minimum.

Rules:
1. Keep the fighting in-character, please.
2. Stay out of each others threads.
3. Try to keep the salt levels low.  Is just game, why you have to be mad?

[Blood_Librarian]

Joining The Tokesh.

Bow to the infinitely superior, you foul Nogranians.

[Thanatos Russ]

The Communists will rise

[Radio Controlled]

Here you can work together to achieve a peaceful resolution to the war

Wait, does this mean this game can actually go for a negotiated peace? What are the mechanics for this?

[Taricus]

Simple, Nogrania achieves a majority consensus to be annexed by Toskesh

[Maximum Spin]

Bow to the infinitely superior, foul Nogranians.

Yes, please do, the infinitely superior, foul Nogranians would appreciate it immensely.

[Blood_Librarian]

You*

[Chiefwaffles]

Shouldn't you be getting at least a single revision proposal done? We already have a large consensus on our revision.

[Blood_Librarian]

It is just like a Nogranian to rush genius, Shame on you.

[Thanatos Russ]

The great leap begins

[Mandemon]

I, for one, am more than interested in hearing Toskesh claims regarding Wictor. I shall enjoy tearing these claims apart.

[Shadowclaw777]

Oh it's so cute that you think you know what your doing, it's going to be a show for you trying to defend what you created ;-)

[frostgiant]

Oh it's so cute that you think you know what your doing, it's going to be a show for you trying to defend what you created ;-)

It's so cute that you think you can beat us at court. Hilarious really.
We prayed that you would be stupid enough to try and take us to Geneva on this.

[10ebbor10]

Oh it's so cute that you think you know what your doing, it's going to be a show for you trying to defend what you created ;-)

Mind telling us what you think is wrong with it? From our side, your complaints appear so utterly inane that they're not understandable.

[Mandemon]

Since Toskesh is taking their sweet time...


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Ladies and Gentlemen of the United Nations.

As has come to our attentions that our fair nation has been accused of violating the Geneva Conventions on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious, Have Indiscriminate Effects, or Greatly Enable and Encourage the Pursuant of Armed Conflicts Between Nations , Protocol VI.

Nogrania rejects these accusations strongly and categorically. Nogrania seeks not to violate international law, and instead seeks to work with and within its confines. Nogrania has, and will continue, to uphold the conventions.

The argument laid by our detractors is of nature of a weapon system nicknamed Wictor, that is used by Nogranian Armed Forces. Claim is that this weapon violates the Protocol VI, by the virtue of firing rapidly. Yet, I shall call attention to the fact that rate of fire of weapon system is not defined within Protocol VI. Instead, Protocol VI defines automatic weapon as that which “fires greater than one projectile per activation of the device” without requiring active manual input.

It does not define rate of fire. A trained marksman can operate a semi-automatic rifle at extreme rate of fire, yet would this council ban such weapon based on individual soldier? Is the users personal skill and ability factor in defining whenever or not weapon is to be considered automatic? I say no. Individual soldiers skills are far too varied to be categorized into illegal or legal framework.

And this brings us to main point of contention. Wictor is a semi-automatic weapon, with a trigger that requires input to start an activation. Each activation fires once projectile. No more, no less. One projectile. Combined with this legal trigger is the hand crank with four spokes, that strike the trigger as crank is turned. Each 90 degrees turn requires different action to be carried out. user is constantly required to change the movement of their hand to maintain fire.

Wictor requires more action from the user than a semi-automatic rifle. User is required to turn the crank 90 degrees in order to activate the weapon, each activation requiring further 90 degrees turns. It is up to the user to run the crank, to run the weapon, fast enough to provide suppressive fire. If a soldier were to, for example, be able to empty a semi-automatic pistols 30 round magazine in 2 seconds, that would mean fire rate of 15 rounds per second, total of 450 rounds per minute. Would this tribuna declare such weapon illegal? Does this tribunal declare a human being illegal?

The rate of fire of the hypothetical weapon, as well as very concrete Wictor, comes not from the weapon itself, but from the ability of user to carry out rapid activations. The weapon fires only a single projectile per action. It is up to user to run the device fast enough to reach desired fire rate.

As such, based on logic and letter of the law, Wictor does not violate Protocol VI.