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What is Inter-Regional Warfare?
The Crusaders is a defense and liberation military that originally hails from the U R N. We are a military force that protects and defends any region that needs it. The Crusaders is an alliance of several different regions that all make up the Crusaders in the military, as well as independent nations that decided to join the fight. We fight the invaders that wish to destroy the peaceful regions of NationStates.
We stand by the ideas of Honor, Pride, and Victory. We fight with Honor, pledging that we will act with dignity to the hostile raiders and not asking anything from any region we liberate. We have a deep Pride in being a Crusader, if you are lucky enough to join our ranks, you must uphold the Tenets and wear the badge of a Crusader with Pride, and not disgracing it by breaking the Tenets. We will fight for Victory with a fierce lust, with careful planning of operations and freeing raided regions from the shackles of invaders at any cost.
Our Motto is "Ad Victoriam" or "To Victory."
Our spirit animal is the Lion. The Lion is a fierce predator that will fight until it is incapable of fighting any longer, may that never occur.
The Crusaders were founded on 8/25/2011 by Shinetzelberg of the U R N. It was the military of the U R N for a short time before Ceasing to Exist shortly after. During the leadership of Shinetzelberg the main goal was fighting the raiders of NationStates, as it still is today.
This from the U R N History factbook on the Crusaders:
"We went around targeting regions raided by The Black Riders which were the big raiders at the time. We didn't accomplish much, the regions were pretty much dead already anyway, but it was fun. We eventually realized we were doing practically nothing to stop raiders, and the RP began to pick up, so the region CTEd."
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Throughout the years the Crusaders were re-founded multiple times from multiple nations that were not affiliated with the U R N.
After 5 years on 8/13/16, Kradland, also known as Xhiland, re-founded The Crusaders as the military of the U R N, in this short period of time The Crusaders successfully liberated Sweden from hostile invaders.
During this time The Crusaders used this flag:
(This flag was used because of being the military of the U R N, bringing in aspects of the U R N Flag into it.)
After a month after the re-founding of The Crusaders as the official military of the U R N, The Crusaders has become an independent region that has a few regions that make up it's ranks. We accept independent nations as well.
This is the history of The Crusaders, but now we write our future, and now I say for all the Crusaders of the past and those to come, Ad Victoriam!
The Trifecta are the 3 Leaders of The Crusaders, made up of the King, the Lord Commander, and the Intelligence Control. The King is the one who makes sure no elder is overstepping their bounds and that no one is disgracing the Tenets of the Crusader, and is following the rules of The Crusaders. The Lord Commander is the head of the military, planning operations and handing out orders to the elders for them to pass on to their respective divisions. The Intelligence Control is the head of The Circus, which is the intelligence branch of The Crusaders, providing solid intelligence for The Crusaders so that operations don't go awry.
Lord Commander | King | Intelligence Control |
Head of Military | Head of Internal Affairs | Head of The Circus |
Crusader Nation: |
A Crusader cannot become one of then Trifecta unless a current member of the Trifecta resigns or is impeached by the other members of the Trifecta and The Elder Council.
The Elder Council convenes to vote on new rules or tenets or really anything about this military whenever a topic is brought up. Their decision is passed up to the Trifecta who decide to either pass the change or veto it. If members have something they think should be implemented into The Crusaders, they present it to their Elder, who will bring it to vote in the Elder Council.
Elders are appointed by the Trifecta and can be impeached by members of their division, The Elder Council, or the Trifecta. All votes for impeachment in the Divisional level as well as the Elder Council must be approved by the Trifecta though.
Elder | Division | The Crusaders Nation: |
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The Crusaders strive to liberate and defend any and all nations they can, and with this in mind they give each operation a code name to distinguish operation from operation. These are the operations The Crusaders have participated in in the past.
Operation Region Involved Raider Group Outcome Operation Sweden Sweden was Successfully Liberated
To be one with the Crusaders, you must follow these tenets or be branded Outcast.
Name | Former Rank | Offense | Sentence |
No Outcasts, Yay! |
Inter-Regional Warfare is a lesser known occurrence in NationStates. Inter-Regional Warfare can destroy regions. All the work of building up your region, the countless hours of conversations in the RMB, the members who have supported you and your region, can all be gone in a day at the hands of raiders. We are here to stop this from happening. The Raiders of NationStates are many, and we stand to keep them from ruining the fun of NationStates from any region in this great game.
So how does Inter-Regional Warfare work?
Inter-Regional Warfare occurs when a foreign raider enters an unsuspecting region with his fellow raiders, and each of his buddies endorse him in the World Assembly. For those of you who don't know how the WA Delegate Position works, it is decided by whoever has the most WA Endorsements in a region. It updates near daily. This can be a problem for regions without a founder and an executive delegate, being executive basically mean you have the power of the founder and lead/rule over a region. A raider's mindset is to raid regions with an executive WA Delegate and no founder, they get that position, then they start banning natives from the region. This is where we step in, we covertly join the region and endorse our own pointman and attempt to restore the region to it's previous state.
Okay, so how do I protect my region from raiders?
If you have a founder, it is easy, make the WA Delegate position non-executive and only give it WA powers, then the only thing raiders can do is spam your RMB.
If you do not have an active founder, then you are very very vulnerable, you must watch your member's WA Endorsements daily and if you see a surge in one member's endorsments, alert a defense organization such as The Crusaders, the ARC, ORCA, or ITDA.
Here are some resource links for members of The Crusaders about Inter-Regional Combat:
Defense and Liberation Guide
Thou Shalt Not Retag: 10 Commandments of Detagging
Defender Organizations | Raider Organizations |
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