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This thread will serve as a continuous outlet for all news related to the newest and now second-largest leading corporation in the galaxy.

THIS JUST IN...
SPQNR has completed production of it's first three SOS ships, two factory ships, and one warship. This fleet will serve as a strong foundation for the Senate in the long road ahead to reach the "Top 5".

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The New Roman Senate will be holding it's first vote for co-leader throughout the weekend. The official elected will be publicly announced after all votes are tallied.

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Development of New Rome at the Solar planet Caelus is on schedule and ongoing, with the first corporate fuel depot's grand opening scheduled for sometime next week.

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This has been your SPQNR news bulletin. Tune-in next time for exclusive coverage over the results of the upcoming election.

BREAKING NEWS...

The Senate and People of New Rome have concluded elections for their second Consul position today. The election took off to a close start, but ended with a sweeping victory by Virgil in the popular vote by the senate.

In New Roman politics, the two Consuls are the highest elected officials and serve as leaders for the corp. The two Consuls for New Rome are now Consul Rostinius Maximus, and Consul Virgil.

This concludes our coverage for today.

Vivat Novae Romae!

BROADCAST 23 OCTOBER 2014
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The Senate and People of New Rome have ratified a Constitution and set of Codified Laws for provisional use in the Senate. The documents were drafted by First Consul Rostinius Maximus and can be expected to change frequently over the next few months.

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New Rome launched a prototype of its first corporate COM ship today. "PROTOTYPE RR" can now be seen flying through space and is being test-piloted by Dux CaptainB of the New Roman Senate.

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The "Caelus Pantheon" has been erected in orbit around Caelus and is now serving all New Roman Senators with discount fuel and diamonds as well as 50 mk C Marine Assault Units for added defense from would-be trouble makers.

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That's all we have here tonight. Join us next time for more exciting updates on what is quickly becoming "the most interesting corp in the history of the galaxy."
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TODAY'S HEADLINES...

Tensions surrounding the self-imposed exile of IMG's second-in-command, Jake, have cooled after days of heated debate and verbal exchanges between corporation leaders.

Consul Rostinius Maximus had a few choice words on the subject:
"I believe that through continued efforts and collaboration between United Corporation members we will be able to resolve this issue in a diplomatic way without unnecessary bloodshed. So far the Caelus Peace Conference has gone very well and there are good signs that we will be able to close this matter all together in the near future."

Tempers rose after Consul Rostinius Maximus accepted the declared "war-criminal" into New Roman ranks prior to awaiting the responses of other corporation leaders.

"New Rome stands united and we are willing to do everything within our power to ensure that peace is preserved throughout the galaxy"
-Consul Rostinius Maximus

YOUR NEWS DELIVERED

The New Roman Senate has just completed its third corporate COM ship. Weighing in at a whopping 12,261,748 power, this titan will work along side the other two COM ships and three SOS ships to provide income support for most members of SPQNR.

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FINANCE TODAY

In a close 6-4 vote of participating senators this previous weekend the New Roman Senate voted against the institution of a flat corp tax. Corporate funds will continue to be raised via senatorial donations.

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The EoS does not now, nor will ever, levee a tax!


(edit -spelling)

Today, Senator sparhawk became the first SPQNR member to win the monthly 600 QP draw!

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v192/sargas37/congratulations.gif)

It is with great pride that I announce Senatus Populusque Novae Romae has surpassed the Way of Progress in total corp power.

Our activities continue to expand and escalate as we have just finished a 15 million power "Harvester" ship which will provide funding for future corporate projects to resist the need for any taxation.

...and it took 25 of you to surpass wayup (WOP)...


...it has only taken 1 Imperial citizen...






(edit - no offense is meant to my friend)

I think you'll find in reality it takes many less than 25 New Romans to surpass our friend wayup, as many of our members are still relatively new and growing at their own pace :)

 :)

Then again Sargas, that one person is Mata and he makes up 82.44% of your entire corps power (as of right now anyway), without him your corp is a bit over half as powerful as wayup. Just saying, the power of the EoS is very concentrated and should anything happen to Mata it would be a deceiving number.

Rostin's corp seems to be somewhat more balanced in that regard, of course adding noobs all the time does concentrate the power quite a bit, as many members as he has I would be curious to know how many of them are over 1 mil power without corp assets.

Anywho congrats to sparhawk and to your recent rank up on the corporate ladder. You seem to be doing quite well for yourselves xD.

Haha thank you :)
You can always do a tag search in the friends list for our members. We have three com ships lent out to our members and they are of varying power but probably 15 are more than 1 million power currently

Congratulations to all that are growing faster than weed lol

As for my power, remember that my ships are powered down about 50% to accelerate their missions. Maybe in the future, I will ask my captains to lights up the lights to show their true power.

I would love to see that someday! :D
Make sure Viracocha knows how much further he has to go ;) hahaha

lol, 38 of my ships are warships with a power between 30 and 35 millions with brand new MK MMM shields just completed. The 2 others are scouts without any power.

As for passing me, I intend to make it harder than it was for Ralph, so Viracocha should expect a fight. And I have no intention of quitting the game so EOS should stay close to the top in the near future lol.

Mark 3000  0o

I better make more SLBs....

You gotta remember though, those are basic shields. Not AES :)

Sure, a measly 375k shield power per module  :12:

About equivalent to AES 596. I find that suitably impressive!

Haha! I wasn't saying it's not impressive! Just that it's not crazy :)

We had that coming  :lol_sign: :schater: :clapping:

Thinly veiled threat?  :nunu:

And it was the tech level I was 6 months ago because it is the time it takes to build MK MMM. What is the tech level of the shields I am building now? I hope you do not believe I will stay still  :)

I am sure that will be almost impossible to pass Matamaure001 with power this year but if you want to play you must have some goal :)
Still i think that i advance fine, i play this game less then year  :19:
Science i think that i will never have like Matamaure and TOAA but hey, it's only game :)

That's a great way to look at it Vira :)

Lol, well you don't know me very well I suppose. I was just saying that there are any number of things that can happen in the game and outside of it that can either make it undesirable for him or any of us to play or just make it very difficult/impossible to play. Life is an unpredictable thing.

@ Rostin, I wasn't expecting you to answer that really lol. I suppose I could have looked them up with your corp tag if I really wanted to know, it was just a thought really more than anything else. I know some people have become powerful relatively quickly by accepting the aid and handouts of others. Personally I pride myself on having grown to where I am now (which taking the corp COM ship I'm using out of the picture is around 3 mil ship power) almost entirely on my own up to this point. I think of all the modules I have only three of them weren't built by me and only one of those is a combat module. Ship's aren't the only corp assets that can help a person grow after all.

This is why I did not answer your challenge when you said you plan to pass me. WHO does not want to be first. It is OK that you want to pass me. It is even helpful to me. You are pushing me. I appreciate the challenge. Good luck to you and you are right  it's only game :)

thx,
i am aware that you also want to be first and lots of other players, it's hard to find motivation between find COM, start COM and finish COM  :)) i hope that we will have some new interesting concept of regular income ..

You mean like changing auto unload from every 6 hours to whenever the module is full thus making mining a viable source of income? *cough* SirEmi get on that *cough* I mean that should take like... 5 minutes to change.

Personaly I don't care about being number one, all I actually care about is increasing my income and continuing to grow. That and trying to make the game better by giving SirEmi ideas, though it seems like ideas aren't the problem but rather him actually doing something with them is. I assume he is a busy person outside of his games otherwise this game would be much further along in it's development I would think.

Even I will start mining if that cap is removed. :)

***BREAKING NEWS***

In a recent session of the New Roman Senate, SPQNR has adopted a new domestic policy which will create four organized Legions in the local cluster. Each Legion will have duties such as defense of bases, mentoring of new recruits, and the reconnaissance of their region. The official policy adoption in the SPQNR Constitution can be read here https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5iflR5DnCJbaG5tbVNGaEFlYm8/view (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5iflR5DnCJbaG5tbVNGaEFlYm8/view)

*Fireworks and joyous anthems can be heard through throughout the SPQNR embassy at Earth*

*An excited Newscaster appears on the displays in ships around Sol*

"This just in... An unidentified star ship has emerged from the Caelus ship docks. It seems the Senate and People of New Rome have just completed a new corporate flag ship to defend its assets in Sol."

*A massive hull appears; concealed by shadows projected from the moons of Uranus*

"This ship is larger than anything we have ever seen before here in SOL space. Whether I should be in awe or terror remains to be seen"

*Sunlight is cast upon the reinforced plating of a gleaming new Titan. 'SPQNR - CAELUS IMPERIUM' is printed in bold on both the port and starboard sides*

*A news bulletin appears in front of the anxious anchor*

"Recent reports from our scanners show this single ship coming in at over 100 million power... Holding over 16.5 million trained soldiers New Roman command has permanently solidified its presence in Sol."

*Stock counters start updating at a rate surprising to the most seasoned brokers*

"SPQNR is now the THIRD strongest corporation in the entire galaxy! Their seat is saved by a new entry into the coveted 'Top - 5' circle; Mythiclord!"

Polling booths across New Rome are 1.5 hours from closing, as the weekend of the Ides of March sees SPQNR elect a new Consul to fill the rather large boots of Virgil. The current Second Consul and Rector of New Rome's Vega Estate is on a mission far beyond the boundaries of the Republic.

New Rome has elected Mythiclord (Captain ID #3196) as its Second Consul.

*sends invitations to inauguration party to friendly corp leaders*

I am stepping down as corp leader for New Rome and passing the torch onto my friend Marcus Cruoningus.

That was unexpected. Will you become the leader again when Sir Emi (hopefully) makes some changes to the game?

It's sad but was expected since the game has gotten really boring.

Won't SirEmi let you program updates with only you as developer, madden?

As his successor, I'm extremely pleased to announce that the Senate of New Rome has unanimously voted to bestow the newly created rank of Consul Emeritus upon our Founding Father, Rostinius Maximus.

Morgan (#5386) is the first captain to receive pirate status from the Senate and People of New Rome, for repeated attacks on our corp, and is now subject to KOS instructions for every citizen of our republic.

Has alot of the guys moved on? I found myself wanting to see how AG has progressed since I myself left for a good while.

I cannot speak for other corps, but the retention rate in New Rome is pretty high. We've 17 or 18 members who've been part of SPQNR for more than half a year (including half a dozen of the first hour) that are still active today.

I don't even know how to program any poop yet xD And I just came back from a two-week holiday in Singapore, in case anyone of you thought I quitted the game as well.


LSK has 4 members(including me) and only 2 of us are active, namely Madden and PhoenixHawk.

There were a few reasons for my stepping down. :)
1.) Raphael is correct, the game has gotten stale for me and I have other things to play
2.) I started my senior year of college and had two weeks of RA training before that. I also got a girlfriend so I lost a LOT of playtime for all my games
3.) Since I wasn't around as often I thought New Rome deserved a more capable leader and someone who I could trust with my prized creation :)
4.) It just seemed to make sense for the spirit of the democratic corporation that I step down at some point

It is with regret about the situation that has arisen, but total faith in my successor and the future, that after a four-week "reign", I pass First Consulship on to Consul Regnad Kcin.

Despite intensive communications between me and emperor sargas of the EOS, I must now concede defeat on the diplomatic front.


... that deadline has passed, and I feel that further talks are a waste of everyone's time. I wish to reiterate I do not hold anything against sargas personally, and that these developments do not change my respect for him and his desire to see hard evidence. I do not, however, see what more we can do to have EOS come to the same conclusion as the New Roman courts have, and will do what I consider right now. As stated, I do not wish this to be held against New Rome, and have therefore left my position as Consul and the corp in general.

That doesn't change the close bond Darrell and I have with New Rome, and a draft treaty has been agreed between the leadership of both corps. This is currently up for a vote in the New Roman Senate. I have no doubt my successor will announce the outcome of that vote to the galaxy in due course.


Former Consul Marcus Cruoningus out...

I’m happy to update all listeners of SPQNR News..

A lot is happened inside of SPQNR..

We have a “generation” chance in our corp top.

First consul is Regnad Kcin & second consul is NoBrain.

We are still member of UC, but is was close call.. SPQNR hope UC will prosper to what it could become....

We have try to ended our war with PVP.. but due to administrative misunderstanding, we are still formally at war with PVP… (we need to do the vote again and end the war.)
We will update then the vote is over.

We are keeping an eye on SITH.. and investigating the possibility of a SITH spy in our ranks..

Fly Well
2. consul NoBrain

1 year anniversary for SPQNR....

:cheers:

We will become a really old corporation with lots of senators, who will chose the path for future growth of SPQNR..

:cheer: Cheers  for SPQNR :cheer:

2. consul NoBrain

With long age comes corruption and downfall. Citizens of New Rome beware  :)

Sounds like a threat to me.

Perhaps, but it won't be the Sith causing it :P

Yes, if you have top controlled corp like you own..

But SPQNR is a democratic all senators have a vote, so I can't see how corruption and downfall can prosper..
The only thing we need to take care of is you SITH spy.. and that will soon be resolved..

Assuming there is one at all.  It would be just like a sith to say there is a spy just to cause discord among a group of people.

You may not realise that despite a huge majority of nations in the world today being democracies, corruption is still rife. Whether it's the 2.6 billion ringgit issue in Malaysia, or FIFA and Sepp Blatter, or whatever, there aren't many clean countries today, assuming there is even any.

If you think about it, the olden days were so much less corrupted. Other than a few occurrences where the king was weak and his subjects began to rebel, as long as there was a good leader, the country would prosper. Now, with the involvement of modern-day politics, even those so-called "good" leaders have many dark secrets of their own.  L:)


Looks like you haven't been reading my past posts  :)


Good that you know. It'll be your own selves.


A threat? I was just warning those citizens of New Rome about what could possibly happen.

lol, the medieval period was rife with corruption mate :D  With the Catholic Church playing the role of FIFA as the spider in the web.

Hmm. This guy knows his history well. Give him a cookie.  :))

But the medieval periods were much cleaner than the world of today  :yawn:

Spring cleaning, SPQNR style...

The Senate and the People of New Rome,

Considering that:

Upon creation of SPQNR, Rostin created the Rorarii under the "once a New Roman, always a New Roman" principle, which was always meant as a Roll of Honour, instead of an instrument to make SPQNR look like a graveyard;
Literally half of our page 1 ranking is occupied by people offline for over 1700 hours, with some gone for nearly a year or even almost two years. Instead of serving as an inspiration, it has become a source of sadness and frustration instead;
The two people that would be top of everyone's list when naming Rorarii, Rostinius Maximus and Darrell, are not even among their ranks;
An earlier Constitutional amendment already watered down the permanent status of the rank of Rorarius by taking a vote on the existing ones, twice a year;
Half the first page of SPQNR membership has been offline for 1,700 hours or more, which along with the saddening effect of making New Rome look a corp of inactives, also creates an almost physical division between the old core and the newer Senators;

Have unanimously voted to adopt a proposal that:

A Senator is allocated the rank of Rorarius upon 500 hours of inactivity.
Upon 1,000 hours of inactivity, the "mandatory retirement threshold", a Senator is removed from SPQNR by the First Consul.
An extension of an additional 1,000 hours to the above mandatory retirement threshold will be granted once in the event of explicit prior announcement of prolonged absence by the Senator in question.
An extension of an additional 1,000 hours to the above mandatory retirement threshold may be granted once by a majority decision of the two Consuls and the Censor in the event of implicit information regarding the absence of the Senator in question being of extended but temporary nature.
The creation of a full Roll of Honour featuring the names, period of membership, offices held and any noteable achievements/events by each and every Senator.
Honouring New Rome's greatest fallen Sons and Daughters by naming a Corp Ship after them, by a majority vote in the Senate upon a nomination and a seconding by any two Senators.


Consequently, our Dear Leader has issued the following executive order (PS: no courts in SPQNR)

Captain FOO (#4315) has been issued the rank of Rorarius by Consul Regnad Kcin (#4460)   06-Feb-2017 08:35
Captain waledhelmymhmd (#6048) has been issued the rank of Rorarius by Consul Regnad Kcin (#4460)   06-Feb-2017 08:35
Captain ExaltedTerminus (#8833) has been issued the rank of Rorarius by Consul Regnad Kcin (#4460)   06-Feb-2017 08:35
Captain gild4950 (#4111) has been issued the rank of Rorarius by Consul Regnad Kcin (#4460)   06-Feb-2017 08:35
Captain Alexia Paradisum (#8706) has been kicked out by Consul Regnad Kcin (#4460)   06-Feb-2017 08:35
Captain Marclonus (#274) has been kicked out by Consul Regnad Kcin (#4460)   06-Feb-2017 08:34
Captain Spartacus57 (#4492) has been kicked out by Consul Regnad Kcin (#4460)   06-Feb-2017 08:34
Captain Anatidae (#4337) has been kicked out by Consul Regnad Kcin (#4460)   06-Feb-2017 08:34
Captain garvillicus fortuna (#3723) has been kicked out by Consul Regnad Kcin (#4460)   06-Feb-2017 08:34
Captain IcyBlue (#4432) has been kicked out by Consul Regnad Kcin (#4460)   06-Feb-2017 08:34
Captain Tarkurious (#2609) has been kicked out by Consul Regnad Kcin (#4460)   06-Feb-2017 08:34
Captain AdamSmith (#8235) has been kicked out by Consul Regnad Kcin (#4460)   06-Feb-2017 08:34
Captain Virgil (#3950) has been kicked out by Consul Regnad Kcin (#4460)   06-Feb-2017 08:34
Captain jack1976 (#913) has been kicked out by Consul Regnad Kcin (#4460)   06-Feb-2017 08:33
Captain MERK (#5050) has been kicked out by Consul Regnad Kcin (#4460)   06-Feb-2017 08:33
Captain Mythiclord (#3196) has been kicked out by Consul Regnad Kcin (#4460)   06-Feb-2017 08:33


*fires 21 Deathray salutes in honour of our fallen comrades*

This new Rorarii law was in no small part inspired by the EOS policy on inactives. On a personal note, I believe it would be good if all corps had a similar policy, to get an accurate view on how many captains REALLY are active in this game, and to prevent misunderstandings in First Ring orbits especially.

This is a brave and bold move.

I wish to join my voice to salutes in honor your fallen comrades.

Thank you  :)

*rises to stand* ... much respect to our allies, in your time of remembrance.

Well done.