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Sindobook:
It is not me. She was referring to a character (with the same name). I am not in that photo.
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1) Alien system visit, 82nd day
2) Access.
3) Mind-machine Interface. Sync.
4) Modern history, central database, (Space Calendar) 1450-0000h[1]
5) (no translation)[2]
6) It was two years ago that we attempted to stop the civil war on Sans.
7) We never considered that it would end in the disaster.
8 ) I shouldn't be showing this to you.
9) There's too many enemy drones.
10) They've broken through our lines.
11) Retreat! Consolidate your forces!
12) repeat of 9, 10, 11
13) The armed forces, how pitiful.
14) We must act.
15) Four years ago, the civil war between the national front and the royalists on Sans spilled over to the nearby planet of Figh.
16) 30+ factions combined to form an alliance to free Figh.
17) This alliance offered to join the federation, in exchange for their support.
18) The federation's armed forces were deployed to Figh in an attempt to restore the peace.
19) Nation-building? Occupation? Division?
20) Both Figh and Sans in chaos.
21) Space Calendar 1452-4500h, both factions on Sans switch to full drone warfare.
22) Unlimited drone assault.
23) Armed forces attack drone facility on Sans.
24) Attacking Sans.
25) Attacking drone facility.
26) Antimatter bomb.
27) Ineffective[3].
28) Strategic withdrawl! Retreat!
29) All units - Each faction now has more than a billion drones!
30) We must pull back and consolidate our forces.
31) Captain, an asteroid base is approaching.
32) That asteroid isn't...
33) You cowards! What are you doing?!
34) That's classified. All civilians should evacuate the area.
35) No way! We won't be slaves of the Sans again!
36) That was 80 years ago! We're just trying to protect Federation citizens!
37) Even the antimatter bombs did nothing! You guys are useless!
38) No comment. Change course immediately!
39) You're doing nothing to stop the enemy drones! If they get into space, it's all over!
40) If you don't change course real soon, we're going to have to kill you!
41) Banzai! The federation shall never die!
42) Crazy bastard! Engage!
43) That asteroid has an abnormal mass!
44) This isn't good! All craft, open fire!
45) We've apprehended the suspect!
46) It's too late!
47) Roughly 30 million died in the asteroid strike.
48) It threw the warring factions on Sans into disarray, and temporarily disrupted their drones armies. The federation was able to pull back and blockade the planet.
49) SC1454, current time, the drones of the national front and the royalists are still fighting a civil war on the uninhabited Sans.
[1] Note - Year 1450 since the aliens started using the space calendar. The alien year is split into 10,000 hours. There is no concept of days, minutes, seconds, etc., only hours.
[2] The alien language uses little punctuation, instead different colors and colored outlines are used. But, I don't know what this says, no idea how to translate it.
[3] The alien drones already have full manufacturing capability. Taking out the plant did not stop them from producing more drones.
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Yes. It seems like Cat P can't not piss people off these days. But I don't think this changes things that much.
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Most of the small animals that heard about it found the story quite laughable, hopefully that's the end of those bozos.
From Mikey: "It's a very stilted[1] group, they are fading quickly. Hopefully this breaks the back of the whole thing... honestly always found those guys kinda creepy."
[1] unbalanced.
160,000 baby carrots is not a huge amount, but then their scale is different. To a bunch of hikikomori, this amount is unfathomable. Short of begging to another gang, they won't be able to fix it.
From Mr. Sparkles: "Good riddance. I certainly won't miss them."
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1) I know the team is being deployed. I don't know how many will actually show up.
People are kinda like 'meh' right now. But we will see.
Give it a chance, wait and see. Not much else to say.
2) No. I am not that narcissistic. Will not engage in self-aggrandizement.
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1) On the part of the gang, that is just a cover story. He was not removed for any reason -- other than that he is missing. His status is listed as 'missing in action' and he has not been seen by anyone (gang members or not) since he led his team into combat last July. In short, he might have perished in the action. He might have been captured. He might have escaped and gone underground. His last communication from his radio was an SOS. The Black Bunny Squad claims to have captured him, but this was likely just a ruse in an attempt to try to extort a ransom out of the gang.
2) He is one of Cat P's cronies. Take him seriously at your own risk.
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I've gotten a lot of questions on this. I think the best way to say it is that his (Cat P) has been absent from the gang's headquarters in the last month or so, due to his leadership of the expansion party to the south. He has taken most of his cronies with him, leaving him unable to control the gang's operations in their own territory. So a lot of the cats are starting to vie for power in the absence of their leader.
Does this mean the gang's headquarters would likely fall if they were seriously attacked? I don't think any more so than normal.
I also don't believe that Cat P has the ability to work with him, we would have heard something by now if they were working together. And we haven't heard anything.
From Samantha - "It was clear from the beginning. Neither their masters, nor themselves, want anything to do with the neighborhood cat gang. Once he discovered the true nature of the gang, the deal was off. It would be quite surprising if they announced anything along those lines."
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I cannot answer that. I honestly don't know -- I don't keep track of those things. Seriously people can read her posts and think based on that.
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It was failing miserably. Most of their cats had deserted and they had only four cats (the original expeditionary force was around 20 cats). Likely wouldn't have held it much longer if Cat P had not joined it.
With Cat P and all his supporters now reinforcing their position, they will more than likely hold out, at least for now. But his support is coming at great cost, not monetary, but in terms of his own power. In the headquarters, in his absence, different groups of cats are vying for power and it remains to see who will come out on top or if they will step down once (or if) he returns.
In the past week there have been several reported sightings of Cat K in the areas around the neighborhood cat gang's headquarters. No one knows if these are real or not, but if he is still around...
Sindobook:
1) It was an utter and complete failure.
Cat P insisted on leading the attack personally. He was having problems getting around, being so overweight, that he had to borrow a mini electric scooter and ride on it.
The cat split his followers into three groups and planned a 3-prong pincher attack on the target. Rather than brief all three groups individually, he told each each group to head to an individual rally point and await further orders.
The Cat then proceeded to brief each group separately. He got a bit confused and mixed up the times. The three attacks were supposed to be synchronized, but instead he told each group a separate time and then got ready to watch from the sidelines from his scooter with his trusted right hand cat, Cat T.
The first attack group, 8 cats in total, left an hour prematurely. This force alone was too small, and they suffered catastrophic losses at the hands of the defenders.
The second wave, 13 cats in total, left on time. The force was significant and the small animal defenders were to weak to hold out after the first battle, so they retreated before battle was joined. The 13 cats occupied the structure and claimed victory.
The third wave was launched two hours late, after the sun had gone down. They were 9 cats in total. The defenders assumed they were from a rival gang and in the confusion, battle was joined. After the battle was completed, all the attackers had perished, but there were only six defenders still standing, four of them injured.
Shortly after, the small animals launched a counterattack. The remaining cats perished.
Nonetheless, upon returning to the headquarters, Cat P reported that the attack was a huge success and that the gang had annexed a large swath of territory to the south.
2) I saw the "letter", but no, I don't know what to think of it.
The statement is just too ambiguous. It could mean any of several things.
I would just ignore it.
3) Mis-attribution, Bear-cat is not an animal, it refers to a vehicle.
"In the past, the gang used Cat P's mini countryman for transportation as well as causing havoc in areas where the owners refused to pay extortion costs. This was reasonably effective at making the other cats in the area pay up until a number of rival gangs pooled their money to purchase a bear-cat (costs roughly 1.2M baby carrots). After a narrow escape the first time this fearsome vehicle was encountered in the field, Cat P was forced to halt all extortion / protection type operations in those areas, causing a major source of income for the gang to dry up."
4) I heard he went bonkers and most of his gang since abandoned him.
"He started hiding behind a curtain like the wizard in wizard of oz. He began treating the bunnies very arbitrarily. He would order bunnies to be whipped or even rewarded based arbitrary things (sometimes both at the same time). Many quickly became frustrated or even started to fear talking to him. Shortly before a large meeting around [March] most abandoned the gang and only C, a bunny, and two hamsters showed up. After this, C is reported to have gotten up and leapt out the exit, and has not been sighted since. His gang is all but dissolved and it is highly unlikely that he will ever be a factor in the future."
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I really don't know how trustworthy [that bunny] is. I believe the stuff she says about the local happenings, but her perspective or her understanding of things has been flawed as of late. In other words, even though she was a reasonably good source in the past, I think she's recently been starting to come 'off her rocker'. She can be somewhat arrogant, unaccepting of the modern movements or trends and rambling on about things she in reality knows nothing about. Most of her points are still decently supported, but I would examine everything she says critically and not take it as absolute truth.
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My memory does not go back that far, but I think one can find most of the statements made with some simple research.
"This incident of (roughly 60 cat years ago) begin with a 'vote' in which one of its original founders, Cat T3 [1] and his supporters, lost the battle for succession. While it was the norm for most cats to perish in a failed vote, it was not always the case, like in the example of Snake Z (modern day). Instead Cat T3 and several of his followers fled west, where they reoccupied an old base the gang had used during its earlier years but had been abandoned for at least he last 30 cat years. The two fought an initial skirmish, which would be followed by many more over the years, but the battles would never be decisive and even to this day, the holdout remains a thorn (albeit a small one) in the side of the neighborhood cat gang. Cat T3 has not been able to grow or recruit any more followers in any significant way, but at the same time the gang has not managed to wipe out him or his followers and he is far more likely to die of old age than at the claws of the gang and their cohorts. These events were significant as they demonstrated the MO of the gang that is still in use today, their tendency to threaten, defame, and attack an enemy simultaneously and over the an extended period if the initial efforts were not successful in removing him." -- abbreviated from 'pre-history of the neighborhood cat gang'
[1] A different Cat T, this was roughly 3 (cat) generations before modern time.
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It's not that her information is wrong. But her outlook, and analysis, and philosophy in general is. She's nothing more than sour grapes, yet narcissistic enough to think people still take account of what she has to say. She is one of those [bunnies] who demands structure, order, framework where there is none. One who does not understand the chaos of nature or the gangs of cats interlocked in death and vying for power over each other.
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Technically I was there, but no, it's not the type of thing I pay attention to. Nor do I remember anything like that.
"Roughly 24 (cat) years ago. The gang was starting to decline then, but they were still near their peak. Their former leader (Cat T), she had either resigned or was on the way out. There was an ongoing hissing match between about twenty cats and a mob of about 30+ cats from some other gang. It had been going on for a few hours, and was creating quite a sensation."
"Cat P was just a young cat then, he was in better shape then he was now and one of the rising leaders within the gang. He showed up on the scene and stood in the center of the line. He started hissing his own insults at the rival gang and started to advance, the line was hesitant at first but as the other cats extended their claws, the line formed up on his side."
"At this point a few of the aggressors charged into the line and attacked. The attacks were disorganized and independent, most of the mob was just standing there with hair on end hissing and such. The line closed ranks and started to fight back -- a few cats acting independently weren't going to be much of a threat. But Cat P lost his temper as he saw them attacking the line. 'You keep your filthy paws off her! We'll kill you all! (Hiss) Charge!' "
"With that, battle was joined. The few cats that had attacked the line fell quickly. As the gang surged forward, some of the cats in the mob tried to flee, others surged forward, and a few were simply confused and didn't know what to do. The battle was intense but short-lived, the majority of the members of the mob perished, though several had fled and managed to escape in the heat of battle."
"This was in fact one of the incidents that helped Cat P rise through the ranks of the gang, helping him build his reputation of a ruthless and capable commander that you didn't want to cross."
"8 or 9 (cat) years later, Cat L became the leader of the gang. But his 6 (cat) year reign was filled with vicious infighting, many cats perished while many others fled the gang, fearing for their own safety. Cat P sat in the background, plotting, observing, and listening; patiently waiting for his moment."
"In what was known as 'the surprise', Cat L's owner, without warning, decided to skip town. Being a loyal pet owner, he took Cat L with him. Cat P took advantage of the power vacuum, gathering his followers and asserting control."
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What she says cannot be trusted. Or, to say it better, it must be interpreted in its own light.
For instance, when she says "We will send our [local] team", the pretense includes 1) she has people locally, and 2) she can send them, and 3) they'll actually go because she sent them. But in reality, all these things are somewhat doubtful. She's only that kind of person in her own mind.
Also, she is 'in league' with Cat P.
From Mikey: "She is... for now. He just hasn't backstabbed her yet. But he will, he does it to everyone sooner or later."
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The recent purges have had some impact on the information-gathering operations run by the small animals, but it's not a huge impact.
"Disappearances" within the neighborhood cat gang have become increasingly common as of late. Take the example of Cat Y. He was in his office on the second floor when Cat P and two of his enforcers were last seen entering his office. Shortly after, he was thrown out his window, breaking the glass.
His body hit the ground -- he didn't have time to re-orient himself and land properly. Perhaps being thrown through the glass window knocked him unconscious, or perhaps the fall was just too short to give him time to re-orient himself. He might have escaped had he been able to land on his feet, instead his back was broken. His body writhed and spasmed for about a minute before he expired. Cat P gave the cover story of suicide, and shortly after, he was 'erased' from all gang literature and disappeared from several group photos.
For a disappearance within the cat gang, this is rather typical.
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Yes. It kinda sucks. I'm not even sure why they banned her (again). I was there when they banned her account and she was just being herself / doing her own thing. I don't think they understand that's how the majority of bunnies think/act. But she'll be back, you can be assured that she'll be back. Bunny L said she knows some of those bozos and will try to get her account re-instated, though I wouldn't count on that. Give it several days because she has something else to do and somewhere else to be right now. You know that bunny can't resist being in the spotlight.
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Recently, Cat N, a former insider, reported the following about the finances of the gang.
"In 2010, accounting was sloppy, but not malicious. Cat L managed accounting himself, his underlings simply made up most of the numbers with no bearing on reality. But numbers would still add up, more or less. Cat L wasn't trying to lie at this point, his underlings just didn't have the time or will to find the real numbers. It was easier and less time consuming to make up some fake ones and just make sure then end of year balances still worked out."
"2011 was a whole different story. The finances of the gang were in shambles, and this would be hard to hide because the yearly balances showed it. While Cat L was simply audacious, openly willing to admit his raiding of gang funds and the like, Cat P was more tricky and wanted to at least pretend to be ethical and disguise the fact that he was raiding what little cash the gang had left in its coffers. Still, that year Cat P only managed to acquire about half the funds that Cat L had taken a year before, due to the gang being severely short of cash."
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They are not all there, only the ones who need to be (ie. tag themselves in a photo or such). We honestly don't use it much for internal stuff.
"If you want to find her you know where to do that (4pm / 2013-Jul-06 / area #2) I'm not going to post the link here. If you get burned, it's not my fault, don't come running to me."
Sindobook:
As of a few days ago, she doesn't seem to care anymore. Don't ask me why. Is she being fickle? No, she's just being herself.
"Ever since 'the incident', she doesn't seem to care. Her official story now is just that she doesn't want to involve it in things where it doesn't matter. But she's perfectly okay with it, when it is relevant."
Even while insisting she hasn't changed, everyone knows that a change from how she used to operate. But this isn't really a big deal to me, I honestly don't care much either way.
Tsubasa:
Your timing is very interesting Sindo :P.
mamochan:
I think Sindo was kidnapped and probed by aliens again. Madoka did see the UFO :)
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