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We are still recruiting for the Great Argus Wars :)
Specifically Argus but also Gael and Mesder nations.
The cup craze takes the Isles by storm every year. So why not add some lore and background to make the cup more meaningful ?
- Historic traditions, rivalries, triumphs, defeat, national bragging rights, and the creation of footballing legends.
I have created an OOC thread for now to invite all Map based nations who have participated in the cup/ would like to have future involvement to please collaborate in the IFAF Western Isles Cup History Thread :
viewtopic.php?f=7&t=449901&p=34627887#p34627887
Lets see that lore develop.
Dormill and Stiura, Athara magarat, Wellsia, Dragao do mar, and 4 othersSamudera, Taiouan, Ingalund, and San Montagna
DEX-80 Guided Anti-Tank Missile
Design:
Designed in 1980 by Halitron Defense Industries the DEX-80 was the first attempt by the Federation to develop a guided missile that can be controlled by a single soldier. Previous guided munitions were simple laser and radar guided bombs and missiles that were launched from aircraft, or from land stations. The DEX-80 is a man-portable, tube launched, SACLOS wire-guided anti-tank guided missile
In 1985 a review board found the original missile to be under powered against contemporary armored threats. The missile was subsequently upgraded to carry more fuel, and have a redesigned warhead, which extended the range and power of the missile. The original missile is still produced as a cheaper option to use against lightly armored targets. In 1997 an extended range version was developed, which extended the range out to 3km, but the missile loses its wired guided abilities after 2.5km. Current developments seek to extend the wire guided capabilities out to the full 3km.
Variants:
DEX-80/S (Short Range Variant)
DEX-80: Upgraded Missile, Standard variant
DEX-80/ER: Extended Range Version
Specifications:
Weight:
Missile in launch tube: 13.8 kg
Launcher: 10.2 kg
Thermal sight: 6.5 kg
Length: 980mm
Rate of Fire: Ready to launch in 30 seconds, 15 second reload
Effective Range: 1-3km
Sights: x5 Optical Zoom and Thermal Sight
Warhead: Tandem-Charge HEAT
Speed: 200m/s
Engine: Solid Fuel Rocket
Guidance System: SACLOS Wire-Guided
Operators:
Anyone need an ATGM launcher?
Overview | History | Geography | Culture | Politics | Law | Religion | Military | Economy | International | Trivia
The old that is strong does not wither.
Pre-modern period (pre-1786) | First Georgian Era (1786-1837) | Victorian Era (1837-1901) | Edwardian Era (1901-1910) | Second Georgian Era (1910-1952) | Elizabethan Era (1952-2022) | Caroline Era (2022-present)
Evidence of prehistoric human settlement in what is now Townside has been discovered. Human remains dating back to about 5,000 to 6,000 years ago have been found along with seashells, pottery, and hunting tools. These indicate that Townside had been inhabited by nomadic people from as early as the Neolithic (New Stone Age) era.
One of the first Englishmen to arrive on Townside island was the privateer Allen Warrick who commanded the Hervey Waterman. He landed in June 1592 and remained on the island until September 1592, pillaging every vessel he encountered.
Townside island was also mapped by Portuguese explorers in 1613.
First Georgian Era (1786-1837)
Founding of modern Townside by Sir Francis Light (1786)
Painting of Captain Sir Francis Light
The history of modern Townside only began in earnest in the late 18th century. In the 1770s, Captain Sir Francis Light was instructed by the British Western Isles Company to form trade relations in the Eterna Sea. Light subsequently landed in Najimam. Aware that the Caliphate was fresh out of a civil war and still under some internal threats at the time, Light promised British military protection to the then Caliph, Benzayt Al-Mouhab (Benzayt The Dreaded); in return, the Caliph offered the two islands which were then known as Ghouraban (lit. the Two Crows) to the British.
It was only in 1786 when the British Western Isles Company finally ordered Light to obtain the island from Najimam. Light negotiated with the Caliph regarding the cession of the island to the British Western Isles Company in exchange for British military aid. After an agreement between Light and the Caliph was ratified, Light and his entourage ("the First Fleet") sailed on to Ghouraban, where they arrived on 17 July 1786 and took formal possession of the islands "in the name of His Britannic Majesty, King George III and the Honourable Western Isles Company". Ghouraban was renamed Deliverance, while the new settlement of the Town Beside the Sea was established on the island's southeast.
Unbeknownst to the Caliph, Light had been acting without the authority or the consent of his superiors in the British Western Isles Company. When Light reneged on his promise of military protection, Najimam launched an attempt to recapture the Deliverance Islands in 1791; the British Western Isles Company subsequently defeated the Najimamian forces. The Caliph sued for peace and the subsequent treaty confirmed the cession of the islands in return for a payment of 6,000 Spanish dollars to pay off the Caliphate's debts.
Despite this, subsequent Caliphs of Najimam have maintained that the islands were only leased to the British and not ceded, such that the islands should have been returned to Najimam when Townside gained "independence" in the early 1900s. Townside has rejected this interpretation of events and maintains that the agreement ceded rather than leased the territory of Townside. This misunderstanding has possibly arisen as a result of a mistranslation of the original 1786 and 1791 treaties involved. The sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Land of Townside remains in dispute to this day.
Subsequent timeline
1787 - the Second Fleet of 6 ships and 1,277 people arrive in Townside.
1789 - the Third Fleet of 11 ships and 2,067 people arrive in Townside.
1790 - the Fourth Fleet of 3 ships and more than 800 people arrive in Townside. The colony had 31 ships and a population of roughly 6,000 people.
2 April 1814 - the Supreme Court of Townside is established under Letters Patent, known as the Charter of Justice of Townside by King George III.
29 January 1820 - King George III dies. His son, George IV, becomes King of the United Kingdom.
1821
19 July - King George IV grants Royal Assent to the Townside Act 1821, passed by the Imperial Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Act established the Townside Legislative Council and the Supreme Court of Townside.
1822
25 August - A small, 5-member appointed Legislative Council began meeting on this date to advise the Governor on legislative matters.
26 June 1830 - King George IV dies. His brother, William IV, becomes King of the United Kingdom.
1833 - the Imperial Parliament of the United Kingdom passes the Slavery Abolition Act 1833, abolishing slavery and the international slave trade throughout the British Empire, including the Colony of Townside.
1834 - the Governor's Council passes the Church Act 1834 to confirm the establishment of Anglicanism as the colony's state religion.
20 June 1837 - King William IV dies, ending the Georgian Era. His niece, Victoria, becomes Queen of the United Kingdom, beginning the Victorian Era.
1838 - Women above the age of legal majority are given the right to vote.
1841 - Townside's first parliamentary elections were conducted for the Legislative Council.
1848 - the University of Townside is founded.
1853 - Townside achieves responsible self-government with the pasage of the Townside Constitution Act 1853 by the Imperial Parliament of the United Kingdom, creating a bicameral Parliament of Townside, with a lower house, the House of Assembly, consisting of 54 elected members. The right to vote is granted to all British subjects 21 years or over. The Legislative Council became the Island Council and was to consist of at least 21 members (but with no upper limit) appointed for life by the Governor and the Lieutenant Governor. Council members had to from an Anglican Church, Defence Force, or Supreme Court background.
1854 - Frederick Russell is appointed the first Premier of Townside.
1859
24 May - The National Gallery of Townside is established. It is Townside's first, and to date most visited, art museum.
1872 - the Townside Rugby Union is established. The very first club competition takes place in the same year.
1885 - the 1885 Townsider general election is held. It is the first election at which there were recognisable political parties: the Conservatives and the Liberals. At this stage these parties were still organisationally very different from modern Conservative Party and Liberal Party, and party affiliation was often fluid or non-existent, depending on the individual member. Nevertheless, the Conservative Party and Liberal Party are regarded as Townside's oldest political parties. They were modelled after the two political parties of the same name that were dominant in British politics at the time. The Conservatives are sometime known as "Tories" or "Cavaliers", while the Liberals are sometimes known as "Whigs" or "Roundheads".
1891 - the 1891 Townsider general election is held. The election saw the emergence of the Labour Party of Townside, which won enough votes and seats from both the Conservatives and Liberals to become Townside's third major political party. The Labour Party was born as the political arm of the wider labour movement in Townside.
1894 - the first volunteer brigades that now make up the Townside Rural Fire Brigade is established.
1899 - the Dominion of Townside is established as a constitutional monarchy with a high level of self-government within the British Empire, thus abolishing the Colony of Townside.
22 January 1901 - Queen Victoria dies, ending the Victorian Era. Her son, Edward VII, becomes King, beginning the Edwardian Era.
Second Georgian Era (1910-1952)
6 May 1910 - King Edward VII dies, ending the Edwardian Era. His son, George V, becomes King, beginning the Second Georgian Era.
13 October 1925 - Alan Nightingale is born into the Nightingale judicial family.
15 May 1926 - the Royal Townside Flying Doctor Service is established.
20 January 1936 - King George V dies. His son, Edward VIII, becomes King.
11 December 1936 - King Edward VIII abdicates the throne. His brother, George VI, becomes King.
1939 - the Parliament of Townside passes the Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1939, adopting the Statute of Westerminter 1931. The statute limited the legislative authority of the British parliament over Townside, effectively giving the country legal autonomy as a self-governing Dominion, though the British Parliament retained the power to amend Townside's constitution at the request of Townside.
6 February 1952 - King George VI dies, ending the Second Georgian Era. His daughter, Elizabeth II, becomes Queen, beginning the Elizabethan Era.
1955 - Alan Nightingale, of the Nightingale judicial family, is appointed as a justice of the Supreme Court of Townside.
1972 - the Green Party of Townside, the country's fourth major political party, is founded. It is one of the first green political parties in the Western Isles.
Nightingale Period (1979 - 1990)
Alan Nightingale, c. 1980s
The Nightingale Period refers to the 11 years when Alan Nightingale, the second most senior justice of the Supreme Court of Townside, served as the autocratic Administrator of the Government of Townside, following the assassination of the then Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Townside. Due to the collapse of the democratically elected government following the concurrent assassination of the then Premier, Alan Nightingale was Townside’s most recent viceregal representative of the monarch to serve in an autocratic capacity.
1979
4 May - as the second most senior justice on the Supreme Court of Townside, Alan Nightingale, by convention, held a dormant commission from the Queen to act as Administrator of the Government of Townside in the event of the incapacity of the Governor and the Lieutenant Governor of Townside. Upon the assassination of the Governor and the Chief Justice and Lieutenant Governor (alongisde the Premier and various ministers of the government and members of both houses of Parliament), Alan Nightingale becomes Administrator of the Government of Townside, the de facto leader of Townside.
5 May - On or around this date, an elite covert Townsider military intelligence and counter-terrorism unit, known as Section 20, is formed.
1 July - Alan Nightingale abolishes the death duty, a tax on wealth, payable on the value of accumulated wealth at the time of death.
20 October – Alan Nightingale proclaims the vast majority of Lafonia as a national park, the vast majority of Townside's exclusive economic zone as a marine protected area, and both areas as a dark sky preserve. Alan Nightingale also announces the allocation of £300,000 to research projects to be set up in the region to increase Townside's knowledge of the land, seas, and skies of these areas.
1980
23 December - Townside decriminalises homosexual acts between consenting adults, with Alan Nightingle granting the Royal Assent of the Crimes (Sexual Offences) Act 1980.
1981
27 February - in return for Alan Nightingale negotiating for the release of three Townsider Christian missionaries held in Najimam, the Archbishop of Townside is forced as a concession to soften his stance on homosexuality, and advises the Church of Townside to see homosexuality as a handicap, not a sin.
7 May - Alan Nightingale imposes the 35-hour workweek (7-hour workday, 5 days per week) for most workers in Townside.
24 August – The Church of England in Townside is renamed the Anglican Church of Townside.
29 October – A patient dies of pneumocystis pneumonia at the Royal Townside Hospital. He is the first person (patient zero) in Townside to die of an AIDS related illness.
12 December – The first case of AIDS in Townside is diagnosed.
1982
1 January - Alan Nightingale grants Royal Assent to the Anti-Discrimination (Amendment) Act 1982, passed by the Parliament of Townside, which amends the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 to make it unlawful to discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived homosexuality.
25 February – The Supreme Court of Townside rules that schools in Townside cannot allow corporal punishment against the wishes of parents.
22 July - Alan Nightingale temporarily suspends the death penalty for all crimes.
1983
31 January – Seatbelt use for drivers and front seat passengers becomes mandatory.
13 July - Alan Nightingale permanently suspends the death penalty for all crimes, just under a year after its temporary suspension.
1984
6 July - Alan Nightingale forces the Archbishop of Townside to consecrate Earnest Cook as Bishop of St James, despite strong objections from conservative Christians, due to allegations that he held heterodox beliefs, particularly regarding the virgin birth and the bodily resurrection.
31 October – the Parliament of Townside passes the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, codifying police powers in investigating suspects.
15 November – The General Synod of the Church of Townside allows the ordination of women as priests.
undated - the Parliament of Townside passes the Townside Act 1984. The Act ended the power of the British Parliament to amend the constitution. The Act also formally ended the "request and consent" provisions of the Statute of Westminster 1931 in relation to Townside, whereby the British Parliament had a general power to pass laws extending to Townside at the request and consent of the Townsider Parliament. The Act also eliminated the remaining possibilities for the United Kingdom to legislate with effect in Townside, for the United Kingdom to be involved in Townsider government, and for an appeal from any Townsider court to a British court. This Act formally severed all legal ties between Townside and the United Kingdom, except the monarchy.
1985
11 April – An eighteen-month-old boy becomes the youngest person in Townside to die of HIV/AIDS.
1986
31 March - the Borough of Townside and Shire of Lafonia local government areas are abolished. Local government functions are consolidated into the central government.
25 July - the Parliament of Townside passes the Building Societies Act 1986 allowing building societies to offer the same personal finance services as banks.
26 July - the Parliament of Townside passes the Social Security Act 1986 introducing Family Credit, a tax credit for low-paid workers with children.
7 November - the Parliament of Townside passes the Education Act 1986, abolishing school corporal punishment and imposing on the University of Townside a duty to protect freedom of speech.
21 November – the Government launches a £20 million campaign to warn members of the public about the dangers of AIDS.
1987
1 April - Alan Nightingale formally abolishes the death penalty for all crimes, four years after it was permanently suspended.
15 May – the Parliament of Townside passes the Family Law Reform Act 1987, removing all legal distinctions between children born to married and unmarried parents.
24 July - Alan Nightingale undertakes a major reorganisation of the Public Service, reducing, by abolition and mergers, the number of departments from 27 into 7 "super" Ministries covering a range of areas.
22 September – Alan Nightingale bans automatic weapons in civilian use.
1 October - the Parliament of Townside passes the Territorial Sea Act 1987, extending Townsider territorial waters to 12 nautical miles, despite Najimamian protests.
1988
1 September -
Nelumbo nucifera proclaimed Townside's national floral emblem.15 November - the Parliament of Townside passes the Firearms Act 1988, prohibiting civilian ownership of all semi-automatic firearms.
1989
1 January - Alan Nightingale establishes the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC).
27 April - Alan Nightingale grants Royal Assent to the Security Service Act 1989, passed by the Parliament of Townside. The Act established a statutory basis of the Townside Security Service (TSS) for the first time. Prior to the Act, Alan Nightingale had denied the existence of a security service, despite having played a crucial role in setting up its operation since 1979. The Act begins: "There shall continue to be a Security Service ...".
4 May - Alan Nightingale completes 10 years in power as Administrator of the Government of Townisde.
25 July - Alan Nightingale opens the Townside Aids Centre, a day centre for people with AIDS, in Townside Borough.
16 November - Alan Nightingale grants the Royal Assent to the Children Act 1989, passed by the Parliament of Townside. In particular, it introduces the notion of parental responsibility in access and custody matters. Section 1 of the Act states that "When a court determines any question with respect to— (a)the upbringing of a child; or (b)the administration of a child’s property or the application of any income arising from it, the child’s welfare shall be the court’s paramount consideration".
22 December - Alan Nightingale outlaws the advertising of tobacco products in the print media.
1990
11 March - Alan Nightingle introduces new heritage laws to protect heritage buildings from demolition by developers.
16 June - Alan Nightingale announces that the Forest of Trees will be protected under a historic agreement between conservationists and the timber industry.
16 November – Alan Nightingale announces £11 million funding to manage the Forest of Trees.
28 November - Alan Nightingale resigns as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Townside after 35 years of service. He is the longest serving justice in the history of the Supreme Court. His resignation also terminates his 11-year commission as the Administrator of the Government of Townside, and ends the period of Townside history known as the Nightingale Administration.
Post-Nightigale Period (1991 - 1997)
1991 - Paula Roberts is appointed the first woman Premier of Townside.
30 June 1992 - Alan Nightingale is appointed to the Island Council.
Carlisle Period (1997 - 2007)
2001
1 April - Zackery and Noah Carlisle grants the royal assent and signs into law one of the first same-sex marriage and same-sex adoption rights bills in the Western Isles. The bill previously cleared the country's Island Council on 19 March in a 23-12 vote and the House of Assembly on 12 March in a 50-15 vote. The law came into effect upon royal assent. Four same-sex couples are married shortly after the announcement of the royal assent.
December - Baetylus 2000VC04 Impact Event. In Townside a stray piece that orbited the planet came down and struck land, creating Fei Hua Lake with minimal casualties.
Post-Carlisle Period (2007 - 2022)
2013
8 April - Alan Nightingale dies of skin cancer, aged 87.
2016
8 April - the Townside Cancer Cancer is renamed in the Alan Nightingale Cancer Center in memorary of Alan Nightingale, who died three years prior.
8 September 2022 - Queen Elizabeth II dies, ending the Elizabethan Era. Her son becomes the current King, beginning the Present Era.
Finally completed a large chunk of my history (after putting it off for months)
Thanks to Athara magarat, Torom, and 
Thromsa for the help. If you guys need me to change anything, if something is off or not to your liking, leteth me know.
Time to transfer that war to here with more tactical and strategic information :)
Yes please. Would welcome that very much. I'll be extremely free between 22/9 - 1/10 where we can flesh out the beautiful military things. In the mean time, feel free to write up any preliminary things that tickle your fancies :D
Can you please go to ze G4 thread please. Many thanks in advance.
Founded: 31 March 1974
Hubs:
Townside Hillingdon International Airport (HIA)
Flemington Crawley Airport (FCA)
Alliance: Skyles
Fleet size: 137
Headquarters: Town Beside the Sea, Townside
Key people:
Lorin Cole (Chairman and CEO)
Briar Haynes (CFO and Director)
Revenue: ks1.14 billion
Net income: ks147 million
Townside Airways (TA) is the flag carrier and largest airlines in Townside based on fleet size and number of passengers carried. The airline is based in the Town Beside the Sea.
Townside Airways was created in 1974 after a Townside Airways Board was established by the Townside government to manage the four regional airline corporations: Fleming Overseas Airways Corporation, Jenner Gael Airways, Nightingale Airways, and Faraday Airlines. On 31 March 1974, all four companies were merged to form Townside Airways and subsequently privatised. The carrier expanded with the acquisition of three other smaller Townside airlines.
Townside Airways is a long time customer of Atlas Aerospace, Alteran Aerospace, and Fortitude-Prospect Aviation, which are aerospace companies from Norstham, the Alteran Republics and Ainslie, respectively.
Destinations
Local destinations
Townside Airways serves four domestic locations, flying from its domestic hub of Townside Hillingdon International Airport and Flemington Crawley Airport.
City | Realm | Airport |
Jenner | Jenner Mountfitchet Airport (JMA) | |
Nightingale | Nightingale Bedford Airport (NBA) | |
Faraday | Faraday Silvertown Airport (FSA) | |
Enmore | Enmore Rochford Airport (ERA) |
International destinations
Townside Airways serves several international locations, flying primarily from its hub of Townside Hillingdon International Airport.
City | Country | Route | Aircraft | Time |
Norðurhavn | 8,188 km (5,088 mi) | Atlas A-750 | 7 hr 54 min | |
Arnton | 1,870 km (1,162 mi) | Atlas A-250 | 2 hr 11 min | |
Kotapura | 1,415 km (879 mi) | Atlas A-250 | 1 hr 39 min | |
Gusatter | 1,739 km (1,081 mi) | Atlas A-250 | 2 hr 1 min | |
Negarakita | 1,658 km (1,030 mi) | Atlas A-250 | 1 hr 56 min | |
Kevera | 2,850 km (1,771 mi) | Atlas A-250 | 3 hr 19 min |
Townside Airways fleet
The Townside Airways fleet is currently composed of 137 aircrafts, including 6 suitable for long-haul flights, 73 suitable for medium-haul flights, and 58 suitable for short-haul flights.
Aircraft | In service | Passengers | Fleet |
1 | 90 | Short-haul fleet | |
22 | 160 | Short-haul fleet | |
35 | 180 | Short-haul fleet | |
24 | 200 | Medium-haul fleet | |
5 | 310 | Medium-haul fleet | |
5 | 310 | Meidum-haul fleet | |
39 | 257 | Medium-haul fleet | |
3 | 386 | Long-haul fleet | |
3 | 316 | Long-haul fleet |
TA aircraft livery
The following is an example of the livery employed by the aircraft of Townside Airways. Featured below is the Atlas A-250, 35 units of which serve in Townside Airways’ short-haul fleet.
Cabins and services
Availability of cabin sizes, seats and services depends on the flight length. Townside Airways defines three separate flight lengths: short-haul (shorter than 1,500 km), medium-haul (between 1,500 and 4,000 km) and long-haul (longer than 4,000 km).
Short-haul
In the short-haul fleet, Townside Airways aircraft are configured to have two cabin classes: economy class and business class.
Medium-haul
In the medium-haul fleet, Townside Airways aircraft are configured to have three cabin classes: economy class, business class, and first class.
Long-haul
In the long-haul fleet, Townside Airways aircraft are configured to have four classes: economy class, premium economy class, business class, and first class.
Finally completed Townside's flag carrier (after postponing it for months)
Thanks to Norstham, 
Alteran Republics, and 
Ainslie for offering up the soul of their planes for my use :D
If you guys need me to change anything, if something is off or not to your liking, leteth me know.
Athara magarat, Samudera, and Alteran Republics
Guten Tag.
Post by Taiouan suppressed by Thuzbekistan.
Warum sprechen jetzt alle deutsch? Na mir soll's recht sein, dann hab ich auch endlich mal was zu sagen.
I completely forgot there's an active german here now. I shall now hide in shame with my children garden level german.
Haha its allright!
Bury it before he arrives! Bury it!
...In what would later become 
Dormill and Stiura, the Magarati Colonial Realms was funding early forms of independence movements against Kingdom of France and the United Kingdom of the Netherlands...
And then the First Central Argus War happens centuries later :P
Same! I need to nation build that one :( hey could it have been sovereign AM territory until 1890 or so when the new Republic of Thuzbek buys it from you?
Otherwise it would have been a prominent battle ground in the nyssic-thuzbek war from 1882-85
Buying land is much cheaper than fighting for it.
By now; Thuzbekistan, Ainslie and Menna Shuli are among the few states that AM's past selves haven't went to war against.
I mean technically AM raiders annoyed turvinians until they fought back in the first couple centuries of the millennium
The Treasure Trove documents detailed at least 24 encounters between the foreign sailors, which the Ashluvians called Kirats (now known to be the Khas Kirati Empire from Athara Magarat), which resulted in the capture or death of the raiders. By 1210, though, the Raiders had disappeared.
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