I want to know who's responsable for this... I will not stop till I find out....
{Turning red in the face as his anger swells up inside...)
How dare they.. is nothing sacred

(but in his mind blue steel is having a little chuckle.. as its something he would have done...)

( How did they do it... get past the guards and everything... to alter my family's tapestry...)

I get the security teem looking into it.. and the restorers get to work on fixing the damage done to the tapestry.

I also call a news conference. to explain that it was a joke played on my but I don't know who to congratulate on this great prank... there is a position available in the senete for who ever it was..

As for the young lad who kicked me.. when he comes of age he'll Become an officer in the ANZACS as He is the only one who had enough guts and gumption to do what the royal tapestrey had told him too...

{after the press conference .. in the metteing of the senete}
But Sir how can you reward such insolence....

Because we need men of that calabour in our ranks... i mean they broke through your top security.. altered and planted who knows what on board... and then slipped away.

Now. All security teams are to be severly repremanded and given extra training... the BUG squad is to search the ship thouroly from top to bottom.. bow to stern and port to aft.. do you hear me... AND IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN..... {blue steel bellowed} then its your head on the chopping board to be fed to the crocadiles {blue steel whispered for dramatic effect...)
Do you Understand me Commander

"Sir yes SIR" he said with such convition that BlueSteel knew that he would do EVERYTHING in his powers not to let ANYTHING like this happen EVER again..

As for the lad that kicked me... I would like to see him and his whole family.. for a talk about his entering the Acadamy...

Thats all... {Blue Steel wayes everyone out of the room}

{BlueSteel is wondering who the GROSS spie is thats infiltrated... racking his brains he can't think of anyone... he trusts his new senetors... could it be one of them...}

Blue steel goes to sleep... but it was not to be an easy sleep...

{To be contonued}

LOL, those games were just some spares I didn't submit before I left - I've still got some huge threads to read before I start posting again, let alone playing... and I suppose I'll have to catch up on a month of uni work sometime too

Blue Steel, I am just wondering, are you in fact the Pres. (MM77) ?

Quack: good to see you back!

The Evil Has Landed

Says Evil Steve who has a very pretty Good smile.

Did you ever notice you never see BlueSteel and MM77 at the same place at the same time?

I LIKE BlueSteel he has MOXIE!

OK, maybe BlueSteel isn't the Pres.

Still, I looked up 'moxie' in the dictionary and the closest word, and I guess, the word you meant, is 'moxa': "Down from dried leaves of a plant, used for burning on skin as counter-irritant for gout".

Yea, I agree, BlueSteel probably does have moxa.

lol ...
I don't suffer from gout...
back ache...
hair loss..
Migranes..
High blood preasuer...
Bad Temper..
yes.. these i have..

LOL

Blue's got a great sense of humor!

We need more like you around here, Blue!

LOL

Gerakken does his best BlueSteel, Emperor of Evil Goodness impression:

In order to increase morale, there will be a new decree: Subjects will laugh while they slave away for the glory of ANZAC and its magnificent, enlightened leader.

BlueSteel makes a note.... Build more starbases with Culture expansions to improve the metavers's understanding of the ANZACS...

Gerakken: your information is out of date... you must stop watching those old TV show frequencies of shows with slavery... Yes we used to have slaves i'm not proud of it... but the ANZACS helped wipe out the injustices placed upon the old earth on the 19th and 20th centuries.. true there were still small pockets of slavery around in the early 2100's but we've abolished slavery..

the Unions helped as well.. maybe we can aid other civilizations abollish slavery too..

thanks for reminding us of our history ..

We shall remember them "Lest we Forget"

This is ANUTS (anzac news under the source) All your news from the A.S.S. Though the official word is it was a prank, ANUTS headline news has learned that it actually was perpetrated by the mighty G.R.O.S.S. empire. We take you now to our reporter live at day two of the coronation ceremoney where hopefully it goes a bit better.

Meanwhile: Bluesteel, fresh off the spin from the day before and feeling confident again, sits on the throne appearing to look regal. Again, he sit's faces a large gallery as his repaired family crest is revealed. A young child walks up this time. Blue steel thinks Ahhh a chance to kiss the little ones and make big points. The debacle of yesterday will be only a memory. With kid on knee suddenly, the little girl says. "Can I be a pirate?" Snickers and laughter from the Gallery. "Well why would you wan't to be one of those little girl, they are banned around here."
"I wan't to be a South Seas pirate just like you."
What me. Why I'm not a pirate? "Lookie" Bluesteel turns around in horror as the gallery erupts in laughter. Behind the emporer this time is a big banner of the G.R.O.S.S. skull and crossbones with the caption "To all true Anzacs. Emporer Bluesteel and the South Seas Pirates want you. Sign up today!!! Bluesteel should have had the nick redsteel at that moment. His servants knew to get the heck out of dodge. Bluesteel looked so mad he could pop.

Yes Ann, this is david brubeck reporting from the A.S.S. where again it seems like the Mighty G.R.O.S.S. has struck. As you can see from the picture (giggles heard off camera) There is no way blue steel hehe hahah bwahahahahahhahahaahhaha sorry Ann, couldn't help myself, Is gonna play this one off.

Laughter Thank you david. More Laughter. Ohhh boy, I've never seen anything this humorous in my 28 years as a bubbleheaded bleach blond at 5pm Now this brings up a more serious question. What are G.R.O.S.S. es plans and how can they seemingly strike at will? For that here's our expert on everything Mr. Noodles..............More laughter erupts. Cut to commercial....

Meanwhile on the back of the tapestry "Well we wouldn't want you to think us cheapskates by only giving you one gift would we?"

The servants and Gallery was empty. Emptied out fast. No one to hear bluesteel's screams of rage this time. They all knew better. Get the heck out of Dodge and fast.

Moxie;

1. The ability to face difficulty with spirit.

2. Energy or pep.

3. A trademark for a soft drink.

BlueSteel is all of the above including cool and refreshing.

Moxie! Moxie! Moxie!

Hi everyone! I think I found a glitch! A new tactic to avoid confrontation for those pacifists amongst us.

Just as a lark I offered all the races (2 of them) that wouldn't warm to me in a recent game a tribune of 1 bc per month for 50 months! I'm trying to get a grip on playing 'crippling' so I was ready to try anything!

Anyway at first nothing seemed to happen appart from the usual threats (i.e. give me a squillian bc or die! yada yada . . .) then albeit slowly I started getting a new message "Ok you may live for know!" WT?

I thought this strange so I raised the long tern payment to 2 bc per month and presto the evil Atari's (sp? hehe) are all buddie buddie!

Another thing I noticed recently (which I did accidentaly) was that if you have a suspicious/hostile neighbour sometimes you can give then ""1"" influence point and they chill-out and go pick on someone else!"

Has anybody noticed the above or have any diplomatic tactics they think might work on 'psyco' races!

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surely it is the nature of true evil to appear to be good?

It is all relative.

Now taht's an obscure reference!

It's a made up name, no reference (unlike most of my stories.

A small portion of the Spymaster's immense intelligence files about ANZAC have been leaked into the public domain on the Major Empires thread. In order to prevent further disclosure, I require ONE BILLION CREDITS (1 BC).

(Shortly after this demand was made, some nice man going into ASS headquarters flipped a one BC coin at the amateur blackmailer waiting outside.)

Interesting Dave Brubeck was a great jazz master, most known album was Take Five. (No I am not that old my Dad listened to it! )

ALSO his most famous song.

HEHE they always say when you make up a name it came from somewhere that you know. There's also a game show host by that name.

I like the more modern Jazz. Not so much into the early stuff unless it involves some of the blues artists.

The 12 days of G.R.O.S.S xmas, part 3.

"Today there would be no screw ups thought Bluesteel" I checked the tapestry personally. And today is my coronation day. Oh I'll look so Regal." He had picked out "The Great Gate at Kiev" as his coronation music. It would be played right as he was given the crown, an opulent piece of jewelry worth a fortune. Nothing would stand in his way. The gallery was packed with well to dos the press, and every other important dignitary. Still, the servants were a bit uneasy. They had felt and seen Bluesteel's tantrums over the past two days. Everything wen't smoothly. Bluesteel's crest had been unfurled without incedent. A marvelous piece of work. The Gallery gasped then roared in thunderous applause. Finally the time came for the coronation. The crown was brought in in its safety box. Nothing would stop this. The box was opened. Cue the music.
"HOLD THE PICKLES HOLD THE LETTUCE
SPECIAL ORDERS DON'T UPSET US ALL WE ASK IS THAT YOU LET US SERVE IT YOUR WAY. HAVE IT YOUR WAY, AT ARCEAN BURGER KING. HAVE IT YOUR WAY AT ARCEAN BURGER KING..." Then the crown came out and was placed on Bluesteel's head. Indeed it was a cardboard burger king crown. The real crown had been stolen. This time the gallery erupted in laughter. Now no one can honestly say what kind of fury was unleashed that day, or how many of the laughers were executed, but it was rumored the throne room actually shook due to the jumping up and down in disgust of bluesteel, the emporer with the cardboard crown.