Gaius Julius Caesar

Shout-out to all of the Ockeys I couldn't name/list because they would make the forum post stretch into eternity if I did. You all have a special place in my heart.

Caesar sat in his office in Nassau, drinking his whiskey and staring out the window at the darkness of night as he pondered the great questions of life, the questions that kept him up at night. What is the meaning of life? Are we alone in the universe? What happens after we die? When will Sisyphus come back from getting the milk? His pondering was disturbed however by the chime of his phone on his desk informing him he had an new notification, leading him to turn away from the window. Checking his phone Caesar saw he had received an email, and upon opening it he was greeted by the symbol of a griffon, and a request for a meeting underneath. After a moment's thought, Caesar dialed a number on his phone calling for a meeting of the Executive Board, followed by a second call requesting a meeting with his comrades in The Legion. It seemed that his pondering would have to wait for another night, there was business that needed to be handled. Within the week, a meeting was set to be held on neutral ground. The members of the Executive Board as well as Imperator Kiwiwilliam and Praetor David Ben-Gurion of The Legion entered the hall, greeted by the sight of a group of people entering the hall from the other side. Caesar recognized them, Memph, Synthesis, JtTeE, Vanek, and Johnkal from Guardian, as well as someone from Oblivion who definitely either was or was not Ockey. As all present took their seats at the table within the hall, the first to speak was JtTeE, "We may have found ourselves on the opposite sides of the battlefield a number of times over the past few years, but we have never held any ill will towards T$, nor Legion. We requested this meeting in the hopes of finding common ground, and shared interests, for the sake of finding a path to working together." Caesar nodded, "If peace, cooperation, and friendship is what you desire, then I've no reason to refuse. Let us have peace, and let our friendship and cooperation be fruitful and long lasting. Orbis asks for logs whenever drama happens, and people argue. If Orbis wants logs, then let us see how they feel about these LOG$." As handshakes were exchanged, documents were signed, and people posed for photos, Chief Operations Officer President Tom could be found looking wistfully towards the sky, and was later quoted saying, "I just wish Lucas were still here to see this. He would have loved to see things return to the old days." Executive Emeritus Lucas, who retired just over one year ago and has since relocated to Exegol, was known to have formerly been a member of the alliance Guardian, but sadly could not be reached to provide a statement about his thoughts on the signing of the treaty and the formation of the sphere. The Legion, Oblivion, Guardian, and The Syndicate, announce the formation of LOG$. Article I: Non-Aggression All signatories hereby agree to enter into a state of non-aggression with one another for the entire duration of these accords and agree to never conspire or commit acts of espionage against one another. All parties agree to not give any form of aid or assistance to any alliance or individual that a signatory of this treaty is militarily engaged with. Article II: Mutual Defense & Optional Aggression All signatories agree to work closely together in times of war. Should one signatory find itself at war with another alliance, the others are obligated to defend them. When any party is preparing to declare a state of war between themselves and another alliance, the other signatures are welcome to, but not obligated to assist them Article III: Aid Should any signatories come into need of aid of either political or financial aid, they may request such support as is necessary from the other signatories. It is recognized, however, that this request is in no way an obligation. Article IV: Intelligence If one signatory comes into possession of or is made aware of important information, be that military, economic, or political in nature, they are required to share said information with the other signatories. Article V: Cancellation Participation in these accords may be withdrawn from at any time. The cancelling party must give the other signatories a notice of their intent to withdraw from these accords at least 72 hours in advance. These accords shall remain in effect until this time period passes, at which point, the withdrawing party is not beholden to the terms of this treaty Signed For The Legion Imperator: kiwilliam Praetor: David Ben-Gurion Consul of Military Affairs: _Rob Signed for Oblivion Ockey00 Ockey1 Ockey3 Ockey5 Ockey 7 Ockey 08 Ockey 9 Ockey 0311 Signed For Guardian Memph Synthesis JtTeE Vanek26 Signed For The Syndicate Chief Global Strategist (FA): Tarroc Chief Operations Officer (IA): President Tom Chief Security Officer (Milcom): Flaredragon Chief Financial Officer (Econ): Shiho Nishizumi About SYNDICATE, Inc. SYNDICATE, Inc., based near Nassau, The Bahamas, is the world's leading gasoline, aluminum and munitions distributor for a wide variety of peacekeeping and humanitarian activities. Wholly-owned SYNDICATE, Inc. subsidiary brands include The Enterprise, which provides development and growth opportunities for multinational prodigies around the globe. For more information about SYNDICATE, Inc., and its activities, contact Tarroc, Chief Global Strategist.

Investor Contact: Shiho Nishizumi Media Contact: Tarroc NASSAU, Bahamas, 2024-11-21 As the Media Contact of SYNDICATE, Inc., (NYSE:SCC), it is my great pleasure to announce today marks 10 years of our existence. We offer our thanks to all who have stood with us over the past ten years, both those who still find themselves playing this game and to those who have moved on to green pastures beyond the screen. I would like to give a particular nod of acknowledgement and thanks to our Founding Generation of leaders, those being Partisan, Roy Mustang and Manthrax, as well as to government figures over the years whose impact was instrumental in making T$ what it is now, such as Jessica Rabbit, Zed, Lucas, Sisyphus (Wilhelm), Leopold von Habsburg, WANA, Chaunce, and Tim. Similarly, I offer thanks to our friends and allies in The Legion, and to all of our former allies over the years, for being by our side at whatever point in our history we might have been allies. Each of you has left your mark upon us and helped shape us into the alliance we are today, we would not be where we are today without your friendships. I welcome any and all of you to stop by the T$ Discord server for festivities, and socializing. https://discord.gg/RFR6Rnq73j About SYNDICATE, Inc. About SYNDICATE, Inc. SYNDICATE, Inc., based near Nassau, The Bahamas, is the world's leading gasoline, aluminum and munitions distributor for a wide variety of peacekeeping and humanitarian activities. Wholly-owned SYNDICATE, Inc. subsidiary brands include The Enterprise, which provides development and growth opportunities for multinational prodigies around the globe. For more information about SYNDICATE, Inc., and its activities, contact Tarroc, Chief Global Strategist

A well fought war to everyone involved.

My conversation with TFP happened weeks into the war. As I lack the ability to time travel, despite my attempts to achieve such technology so I can go back and prevent myself from ever playing PnW and getting sucked into the madhouse, my conversation with them could not have swayed my leanings on whether or not to worry over intervention. As for TFP not being known to hold devious intentions, Eclipse, who had been an ally to TFP at the time that war was beginning, publicly stated that TFP had been plotting against SAIL with third parties, which was the sort of thing I was looking to avoid being the victim of.

Alright so I have a few points of response here. Firstly, there's a variety of issues with your claims around TFP. Yes, one of the reasons TFP was hit was because they were intending on signing with you, because it was clear they were a hostile enemy party with ill intentions. We hit them because it made no reason to allow an enemy who had made it clear they intended to fight us in the future to sit out and just watch a war that involved the people they intended to ally. There were claims made at the time that "hitting TFP is just creating a self-perpetuating prophecy" when that's just clearly and blatantly untrue. We knew TFP had been talking to alliances like Rose about revenge wars. We knew at the time that TFP had wanted to intervene in Dodge This. We knew that TFP was not some neutral party that had some lily white persona, despite their in game colour. Was TFP hit solely because they intended on allying you? No. If TFP had been an absolute neutral before that point and was a total unknown as to what their desires and agenda would be and they expressed an interest in wanting to sign Sing, would they have been hit? No. If TFP had been a formerly friendly party who had no hostile history or clear ill will towards us who said they wanted to sign Sing, would they have been hit? No. As for the matter of me gloating about stealing prots, I have no clue what you're talking about. I told TSC when I offered them a treaty, "Hey this is not a treaty dependent upon you staying with us for the long term, I just want to offer protection because I feel bad about the situation I'm putting you in." When TSC told us after the war "Hey thank you for the treaty and the protection during the war, but we aren't looking to keep this treaty going forward" I was not angry with them. I did not demand they reconsider. I did not threaten them. I simply wished them nothing but the best and hoped they would have success going forward, and I am happy to see they have. I did not pull any prots away from you. As for the claims around Florida, I had this conversation with Tart the other day in RON. It had nothing to do with it being Sing in Florida. I intervened in Dodge This because Florida made me uncomfortable as a sphere. It was a gamble either way, I either did nothing and ran the risk of Florida not disbanding and ODOO being crushed in an extremely lopsided war, or I get involved and ran the risk of being wrong and angering Sing and Rose for rolling them in a war when my personal driving motivating factor was wrong. I chose one option and went with it, and we are where we are. I do not have ill will towards Singularity. If Singularity had formed and split with Rose at the same time, I wouldn't have attacked. If during and after Dodge This, Singularity had not repeatedly and constantly made it clear it intended on attacking for revenge and was looking for blood, I would not have fought you in Blue Balled. I have at no point in my tenure as Exec fought a war because I disliked someone or just felt like fighting someone. Has every gamble I made paid off? Have I made the right decision every time? No, I certainly imagine not. I live with that though. As for KT and CTO, if fighting a war alongside people means you're in a sphere with them, Singularity certainly does have itself an extremely large sphere. Yes, CTO was an alliance that we felt was needed for a war with Sing. We knew there was a distinct possibility that if the war was up in the air, a party who we knew hated us and wanted to see us lose could decide to get involved and try to sway the sides, such as possibly..... TFP. Seeing how that war did end up concluding, I think being suspicious of intervention and wanting insurance and some extra security was well justified. Was CTO an absolute necessity to win the war? No. Did we feel having CTO involved was a nice insurance policy to dissuade others from getting involved? Yes. KT getting involved was a nice bonus insurance, born out of Sing trying to roll KT. If Sing had not attempted to attack and roll KT and been made to back down by SAIL, I don't imagine KT would have gotten involved. That was born out of your own decisions. KT and CTO were not parts of SAIL. CTO was insurance in case anyone else tried to get involved in the war due to a grudge. KT was a bonus party who didn't like you and wanted to get involved and we had no reason to say no. Those factors do not, never have, and never will, result in alliances being part of a sphere. This entire argument is based around things that are wrong. "T$ hated us and tried to isolate us" Untrue. "SAIL was the largest sphere because it had KT and CTO" untrue. "SAIL was trying to drag out the war and didn't want peace and was looking to throw harsh terms onto us" Untrue. You don't need to be the victim to have an argument, Sketchy. You didn't like us, and you wanted revenge, and so you hit us. That's perfectly understandable, but no one's believing this narrative that somehow you're a victim who has been treated unfairly and unjustly.

Shiho explained the matter of SAIL defending CTO and KT the other day in RON. To quote him "t$ intervened because t$ was well aware that Singularity was gunning for revenge on t$ (and Aurora as well), and t$ wasn't going to just sit there and let KT, and by extension Carthago, get rolled and lose them when it was expecting to fight a revenge war by Singularity either way, and when KT and Carthago were going to be significant help for such a war. In short, rather fight together and win than fight separately and lose." It was well known that Sing was pursuing revenge. It attacked, or tried to attack, allies of members of SAIL for "Fun' and "For The sake of burning pixels" which struck us at the time as attempting to bait members of SAIL into fighting wars they could not win individually, and failing baiting members of SAIL, you would compress your score, something that would aid you in a war where you're fighting someone with a superior upper tier, such as SAIL. SAIL did not have an interest in letting you pick people off one by one, something you did in this war here, attacking T$ and Legion and establishing control of the war against those two parties and only then attacking Event Horizon, which would pull in KT and LoD. You claim that shows CTO and KT were parts of SAIL, but all it shows is that people understood then the same strategy you are using now and weren't going to let it happen. As for us not being interested in negotiating peace with you before you settled with WTF and USN and others, because you had attacked them first, and those wars had been going on longer. Again, as we said in the post, you approached us for peace roughly two weeks into the conflict, when your nukes ended. We had no interest in discussing peace with you at that time, expecting us to start peace talks as soon as you achieve your desires in the war is foolish. We were not willing to tell you terms, even though they would have merely been a surrender, an admission of defeat, and a NAP, as we knew if we told you that, it would have led to Sing and its allies going out and saying "SAIL gave us terms for peace, SAIL won't accept peace though, they're dragging out this war just to punish us and try to kill our alliance!"

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Investor Contact: Shiho Nishizumi Media Contact: Tarroc NASSAU, Bahamas, 2024-08-21 Following the outbreak of a global war this past Saturday, SYNDICATE, Inc., (NYSE:SCC) is coming forth to make a number of statements and acknowledgements. Firstly, The Syndicate recognizes that a state of hostilities currently exist between itself and Singularity The Fighting Pacifists, Rose, Unforgiven Legion, The High Table, The Golden Horde, Guardian, Oblivion, Mayhem, Global Alliance & Treaty Organization, Name Withheld, Black Knights, United Purple Nations, Pokimans, 99942 Apophis, and Arkham Asylum. Secondly, The Syndicate recognizes that a number of alliances have revenge as a primary, if not sole, rationale for their involvement in this war. The Syndicate acknowledges this as a valid enough reason for participation by itself. Alongside that reason, several others were provided by Singularity and The Fighting Pacifists, via their Declaration of War threads. The Syndicate will break each of these down per alliance, each contained with spoiler sections for greater ease of reading due to the length at hand, as it wishes to provide its response to them: Singularity: The Fighting Pacifists: About SYNDICATE, Inc. SYNDICATE, Inc., based near Nassau, The Bahamas, is the world's leading gasoline, aluminum and munitions distributor for a wide variety of peacekeeping and humanitarian activities. Wholly-owned SYNDICATE, Inc. subsidiary brands include The Enterprise, which provides development and growth opportunities for multinational prodigies around the globe. For more information about SYNDICATE, Inc., and its activities, contact Tarroc, Chief Global Strategist

It was a pleasure to be allies with you all. Church Of Atom was founded a week before I joined the game, I grew up in this game aging alongside you folks. Seeing you go saddens me greatly, and I'll miss you all. Whenever I see the explosion of an Atomic Bomb, I'll think of you all and smile.

As of current, resurrection rituals have failed to yield successful results. As Pontifex Maximus however, I have yet to give up, and continue to make all possible efforts.

Investor Contact: Media Contact: President Tom Gaius Julius Caesar SYNDICATE, INC., ANNOUNCES STRUCTURAL AND LINEUP CHANGES NASSAU, Bahamas, 2024-04-30: SYNDICATE, Inc., (NYSE:SCC) has a number of updates to provide to the broader community of Orbis. Firstly, the Board is delighted to announce the appointment of Chaunce and Tim to the position of Chair of the Board. The Board of the Syndicate is composed of the Executive Officers, and a selection of highly sought after Advisory members, who have previously held executive positions and have been retained to provide guidance into the strategic direction of The Syndicate. The non-executive Chair(s), while having no impact on the day-to-day operations of The Syndicate, will ensure high governance standards, and act as trustees for key assets. This appointment is made possible due to the welcome expungement of a series of convictions against [redacted]. This move provides the Executive Officers with a strong board along with additional oversight in a goal to reduce the ongoing concerns regarding embezzlement and reduced shareholder returns. Tim was overheard asking: “Are we supposed to share the chair or can we get one each?”. Chief Global Strategist Gaius Julius Caesar responded: “I have helped bring some fossils semi-out of retirement.” Secondly, the Board would like to inform the shareholders of changes pertaining to the Chief Financial Officer. After serving as CFO for fourteen months, Keram decided that the time for retirement had come. Following his resignation, and boarding of a flying boat headed for an idyllic island where he could enjoy his retirement to its fullest, the Executives held consultations; the conclusions derived from these led to them deciding that Shiho Nishizumi would be the best candidate to replace the outgoing CFO. Shiho was promptly contacted, and after a brief telegram exchange, he accepted the offer. Within half a day of Shiho’s appointment, his White Swan could be seen making a landing on the company’s private airport. The Board would like to thank the outgoing CFO for his efforts and contributions, and congratulate the Chairs and new CFO on their appointments. Lucas, recently retired longest-serving member of The Executive and now a member of the advisory board, could not participate in the inauguration ceremony but offered his congratulations through a spokesperson. “Executive Emeritus Lucas expresses regret at not being able to leave Exegol for this ceremony but he is most pleased with the new Chairs,” hissed the figure, pressing bony fingers together and clad in a black and red cloak, its face hidden under a hood. “That the ones known as Tim and Chaunce have found their way back to the forefront is a most heartwarming feeling, to be sure. No one ever’s really gone.” As always, this press release was written and edited by an unbiased third party, and The Syndicate is not liable for any legal charges that arise as a result. About SYNDICATE, Inc. SYNDICATE, Inc., based near Nassau, The Bahamas, is the world's leading gasoline, aluminum and munitions distributor for a wide variety of peacekeeping and humanitarian activities. Wholly-owned SYNDICATE, Inc. subsidiary brands include The Enterprise, which provides development and growth opportunities for multinational prodigies around the globe, and Top Gear 2002, which continues to test the limits and boundaries of speed and motion. This sentence is here because we still couped Zed. For more information about SYNDICATE, Inc., and its activities, contact Gaius Julius Caesar, Chief Global Strategist

NASSAU, Bahamas, 2024-04-05: SYNDICATE, Inc., (NYSE:SCC) deems it necessary to inform the community at large about recent events surrounding the former servers The Syndicate utilized for its public operations. On the early hours of 04/04, the Board learned that the Discord account of the person who held ownership of both servers had been compromised via phishing. Efforts to back up the contents of both servers began immediately, and were completed midway through the day. Efforts to duplicate the servers' template likewise began immediately and were concluded by the next day, with the original owner of the account contacting Discord support to have the account frozen. On 04/05, the perpetrator transferred ownership of the servers from the compromised account to a new account (a presumed buyer, according to this account). With the servers effectively lost, t$' govt proceeded with eliminating the now backed up contents of both servers and kicking everyone who wasn't a t$/e$ member (who had already been notified about the situation) to minimize the harm the perpetrator could carry out and to render his ill-gotten gains void. After trying and failing to everyone ping in the now hollow server, and after a self-incriminating conversation which was screen capped to provide to Discord support, the perpetrator proceeded to delete both old servers. A link to the new main server will be provided below. For FA staff in need of joining the new FA discord, please contact our government so that a link to it may be provided. https://discord.gg/6A7SwbYc About SYNDICATE, Inc. SYNDICATE, Inc., based near Nassau, The Bahamas, is the world's leading gasoline, aluminum and munitions distributor for a wide variety of peacekeeping and humanitarian activities. Wholly-owned SYNDICATE, Inc. subsidiary brands include The Enterprise, which provides development and growth opportunities for multinational prodigies around the globe. For more information about SYNDICATE, Inc., and its activities, contact Tarroc, Chief Global Strategist.

Lucas, I can say without a doubt, I've never enjoyed a greater honour in this game than serving alongside you for these past nine months. Your unwavering dedication and determination have been an inspiration and a marvel to behold over my years in T$, from the moment you stepped into the office of Chief Operations Officer, to this moment now. I wish you a relaxing and fruitful retirement, no one in the history of T$ has more earned it than you. Thank you for your service.

Investor Contact: Keram Media Contact: Tarroc NASSAU, Bahamas, 2024-02-11: On February 10, Eriko of Dune, Facilitator of The Fighting Pacifists, paid Hatebi a sum of 86 million dollars at 1:08pm EST, and soon after Hatebi declared war upon two members of The $yndicate. Hiring pirates to attack members of The $yndicate is a hostile, aggressive action. Hostile actions towards us will be met with hostile responses, and so Eriko will bear the consequences. https://politicsandwar.com/nation/id=328624&display=trade https://politicsandwar.com/nation/id=109046&display=war About SYNDICATE, Inc. SYNDICATE, Inc., based near Nassau, The Bahamas, is the world's leading gasoline, aluminum and munitions distributor for a wide variety of peacekeeping and humanitarian activities. Wholly-owned SYNDICATE, Inc. subsidiary brands include The Enterprise, which provides development and growth opportunities for multinational prodigies around the globe. For more information about SYNDICATE, Inc., and its activities, contact Tarroc, Chief Global Strategist