Cease Fire (Golden Rainbow)

On this date and time both AF(def, myself, saber, sam houston) and UC(priest, cross and JF) have agreed, in spirit, to a cease fire. All other combatants, on both sides, will be brought up to speed in the next 1-2 days.

As each member learns of this cease fire, they will agree to initiate no further declarations.

There are currently numerous small active wars ongoing. Given the fog of war, neither party should consider it an overt act of disregard for this cease fire if shot are fired. Time is simply needed for this to filter down through the ranks.

More to come.

As a show of good faith I will be un-protecting fire bastion and preparing it for return to John Fire.

This is my own personal act and is not meant to indicate that others should follow suit. Its just the way I play.

I will be dereging over the next week down to a leader nation only.

Barney Rubble.

I have read and accepted the ceasefire brought forth to the UC. The rest of the members will be informed but on my behalf there will be no attacks unless the agreement is called off or broken. As far as i know most of the AF players have accepted this and are willing to comply. I will follow up more once this goes through this chain of the United Confederation and get better insight.

Chris Crossdale.

I agree even thou it may not aply for my fed but the same thing mister cross sayed i will attack none unless a agreement with my fed and the uc is given Revan X

I also am in agreement with this ceasefire. I will not fire a shot unless/until a shot is fired upon the fed mates or myself, after all parties have been well informed.
I am not at liberty to condem fed mates who do not follow suit, however I hereby publicly state that I neither condone such behavior.
As chairman of the Antilia Major Branch of the United Confederation, I will duly inform all members in my branch of my sentiment regarding the above.

Tattooed Priest

Well well well, a treaty finally! Crossdale, Awesome, Nute, Austia, David, and myself along with other fedmates had some conditions drawn up last week when David Walker first asked for peace.

Thanks to the hard work of Crossdale and David. that was very time consuming and the fed thanks you.

I agree to a ceasfire with the AF if certain agreements are met. These will be very fair and wont belittle you guys at all. The offworlders are a differant subject tho. They came for war only. They talked lots of smack and damaged a few UC brothers empires. This will not just go away, but will be dealt with.

I'll continue as the details emerge.

Thanks for your time folks,
General Dirt

Be it known that I also will adhere to the direction the UC has chosen regarding the war between UC and certain members of the AF.

Commandant Wood

Ladies and Gentlemen

Boys and Girls

Aliens and Humans

Based on the foregoing statement from Barney Rubble, and the fact that I see he has indeed deregistered 2 countries on Lynx Minor in the Fornax Musica Region on Golden Rainbow I will stand in agreement with this ceasefire.

I see that many of the United Confederation members have now posted as the message was sent out through the proper channels. However, I do not know that Barney Rubble has full authorization to speak for all of the members of the Allied Forces Federation, thus I would like to see the members of the Allied Forces post here, especially the members of the Allied Forces HQ. Namely Chairman DEFCON, voting member Her Majesty Daconia, voting member His Majesty Unitedfolls.RyanB, and voting member John L., before I will consider talking about any terms of peace.



Finlay I do reserve the right to continue this war should the members of Allied Forces decide to harass, bother, disrespect, dominate, bully, or provoke, any of the United Confederation members or myself.

Dated this 31st day of January Golden Rainbow year 2557

Nute Gunray The Viceroy

What they said.

Also, I would like for the OW and AF to dereg their c3's that boarder Gerard and Robert. (robert owns homeland). Since there is no UC branch on Draca Yet.... I consider it my jurisdiction.

Austia

I agree to the cease fire as represented in the first post and will not issue any further declarations.

I have 1 more request and I'm sorry it slipped my mind as it is of paramount importance.

In the first attempt of a peace agreement Zypher AKA A.D.Z. was to leave GR all together. He agreed to this and left ( he has other countries on other planets.) When the battle started he came back under a new name ADZ. For this peace treaty to be successful he must leave GR as stated before. He was the spy that sparked this war and it would be best, to insure lasting peace, if he left for good this time. If he chooses not to there isn't alot we can do militarily because he only has 1 settlement. We can however boycott the holy hell outta him.


Thanks for your time,
General Dirt

zip was not a condition...i accept the cease fire in its original form...zip will not leave gr

oh and btw david walker had nothing to do with this cease fire...

and no other allied forces members will be commenting but myself...i believe privacy was also a term of this cease fire...judging by these posts some disagree

@Defcon, I could really care less if you only you are commenting, but if none of your affiliates comment or express their view than how can we be sure they do even agree in the first place? David Walker may not of had anything to do with this agreement but he has been a major factor in trying to maintain the peace and we at UC will give him his credit where he deserves it. There is still 48hours left for this to get going so i suggest AF as a whole start speaking up and letting us know the situation in thier view, even if they dont agree atleast we know where everyone stands.

Crossdale.

I am speaking for my fed, I have reached everyone and gotten agreement from them all. No need to carry this on further.

that's very democratic of you Dcon....NOT!

anyway, I believe that all negotiations should be held in open chat so ALL can give their 2 cents and neutrals can listen in.

Also, Dcon- quote from Wet coat the war dude

"Now the question becomes what was Zip attempting to do. Obviously to any casual bystander it was a self concerted effort to infiltrate UC"

Zyp goes.

the conditions were set and agreed upon by all. Zip was not one of them....so are we breaking this already or is it me?

Zyp was not part of this agreement yes, but it was a ceasefire and we agreed to talk to the other members to get thier input. Austia feels a certain way about Zyp and so does UC so therefore that is input correct? I dont know, but if i were you Defcon i would really consider Austia's request very hastly. Ceasefires are only temporary its not an actual truce, so until we get things figured out please let me know if you plan on changing your mind.

the conditions were set and agreed upon by all. Zip was not one of them....so are we breaking this already or is it me?

Crossdale: "i suggest AF as a whole start speaking up and letting us know the situation in thier view, even if they dont agree atleast we know where everyone stands."

Could this be a difference in the way UC and AF are governed? The UC is a Confederation, each member have a considerable say in the policy of the whole (somewhat like the European Union, a de facto confederation - mucho disagreement regarding the war in Iraq: UK, Spain, Italy joined the coalition, much of the rest of Europe refused).

Is the AF more of a federation with foreign policy placed in the hands of a representative for foreign affairs? In that case Dcon should be understood to be speaking for every member of his fed.

Austia: "all negotiations should be held in open chat [...] and neutrals can listen in".

As a neutral with previous connections to the UC (I withdrew as this war began) I would certainly wish to be kept informed of how it turns out. Not sure whether I or any other neutral could commit to a Chat Peace Summit if that is what you are suggesting, Austia, but I would certainly like to see some agreed outcome of any discussions that do go on posted in the forum. (Agreed outcome: none of this "I never said that..." stuff, a statement agreed upon by both sides).

Re: Zip/Zyp/ADZ. I make no comment on whether he is/was guilty of spying. However, regarding his leaving GR, I think that is an issue for a Peace Treaty, rather than a condition for cease fire.

That's my two cents (or tuppence as I am UK-based).

Zet

I agree to this cease fire.

Another ha'penny to add to my tuppence (we used to have strange currency here!)

Should have mentioned that IMHO any AF member who does not agree to the cease fire should be dealt with as an internal disciplinary matter, rather than escalation of hostilities with UC. I assume there is provision for this in the AF constitution.

Also, to clarify my point re:Zyp, this is an issue to be haggled over with a final agreement to form a peace treaty formally ending hostilities. A cease fire may, and should, be declared while peace is discussed.

Zet

If Zip agrees to leave GR...then I agree with the terms as stated. I will support my Fedmates decision . During a time of war, only one voice should be heard from a Fed...you notice the only post I made during this conflict was when personally accused of starting this. This is a game..and a lot of people enjoy teasing each other...especially during a conflict..but to suggest that all parties should be in on negotiations is ridiculous. They just need to acknowledge that they accept the agreed upon terms. How a Fed handles its internal politics is their own business.

Daconia

Ok, i will respect the cease-fire.

Leen

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You had your chance multi. All you did was hide in WP like a bitch. I hold you personally responsible for this clusterfu*k. I will respect the ceasefire. However I will remain on GR as long as I please. I will clarify this for all concerned. I do not belong to Allied Forces. Thus they are not responsible for my actions, and as such I reserve the right to depop Dirt/Austia/SeaBiscuit at will. Now that little matter is settled let peace reign on GR.