At the age of 18 I was fortunate enough to be accepted as a reservist into what became my beloved Alpine Cadre. I still technically carry a commission within that Regiment and I do my best to keep up to date with the workings and functions of equipment at their disposal. While also being commander in chief of the East Moreland Armed Forces I like to think my knowledge of the systems utilised by the Cadre go above and beyond that expected of a normal commander in chief having had oppurtunities in Mavrosia and beyond to actually use them. While I am grateful to have equipment at the disposal of my forces that limit their exposure to danger I am also concerned that we, as humans, are allowing computers and in particular AI to make more and more decisions as to how we fight wars and ultimately how we strike targets. As a result we are making ourselves less accountable and I fear a time will come when nations will violate the Uppsala Convention due to actions outside human control. As such I am looking at putting together the Robotic and Autonomous Weapons Declaration. Just as we have committed ourselves to just measures in conventional warfare, outlawed chemical and biological weapons and thankfully scrapped nuclear ones we must now examine the next frontier of weapons that could potentially become a problem on Mundus. With this in mind I intend to invite delegations from all nations of Mundus to Chamwick to discuss the matter and review proposals to ensure we as humans retain our responsibilities.

May The Gods Watch Over You and Your Nations Know Peace

King David III of East Moreland.

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Chamwick was the newest city in East Moreland and was one that was less accustomed to foreign conferences. The Universities campus had several buildings that would be more than adequete for such a conference and hopefully the creation of a treaty or decree of some sort. The King had several ideas in mind but naturally it would be important to try and bring the global community together. As such the King had arranged for each nation to take over a suite of rooms within one of the many new hotels that the city had and he'd even encouraged people to come early. There had been various dinners, shows in the threate and the like to help people meet before the conference, pre meeting diplomacy so to speak. Now though it was time to get started and the King and his Minister of Defence, Sir Harry Samuelson stood ready to welcome the various delegations who arrived. Inside the venue, a large room within the Faculty of Engineering, was usually used to host conferences between various businesses that meet as part of the conditions of having economic breaks for being in Chamwick. Companies had to undertake joint collaborative projects and here many deals between the likes of EMAC, SmartWar, OsmanTech and various others had taken place. A large lounge sat just outside the room where Queen Stasya, Princess Freya and Admiral James Thompson, the nations most senior military officer, were ready to mingle before the business of the day took place.

Sign Ups closed - tournament will begin icly in the next few days

1 - Klaus Becker (SV Meergesellen) 1:04:09
2 - Givi Sopromadze (MKTkom) + 00:30
3 - Asketyll Omdahl (MKTkom) + 00:54
4 - Graham Donnelly (Tolsenn-Lark) + 01:04
5 - Yvan Traverse (AureaTerra) + 01:11
6 - Kang Young-chul (Jaeyal-Suchul) + 01:13
7 - Lars Aaltonen (AABL-Ujredi) + 01:21
8 - Luke Riley (Phoenix Cycling) + 01:33
9 - Stephen Ular (Tolsenn-Lark) + 01:33
10 - Abrus McGlathery (Tolsenn-Lark) + 01:50
11 - Paul Johnstone (Tolsenn-Lark) + 01:50
12 - Germund Strand (AABL-Ujredi) + 01:54
13 - Mainio Salminen (AABL-Ujredi) + 01:58
14 - Hakaru Akiyama (Hachinobu Suisei) + 02:02
15 - Snorr Gundalvsen (AABL-Ujredi) + 02:06
16 - Cho Ung (Jaeyal-Suchl) + 02:15
17 - Erek Harby (Tolsenn-Lark) + 02:16
18 - Otto Schulz (SV Meergesellen) + 02:16
19 - Eddie Chevere (Tolsenn-Lark) + 02:25
20 - Heinrich Müller (SV Meergesellen) + 02:29

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1 - Tsuneko Hijikata (Higanbana)
2 - Maria Cairns (Phoenix Cycling) + 00:00
3 - Tirelle Quaite (Westbay) + 00:00
4 - Sammy Lawson (Phoenix Cycling) + 00:00
5 - Ingrid Hügel (Gamsbärte 1890) + 00:00
6 - Aleksandrina Chaykovsky (Pelagiya-Semelberg) + 00:00
7 - Niamh Fernley (Phoenix Cycling) + 00:04
8 - Chihaya Lei (Phoenix Cycling) + 00:08
9 - Hadewynda Salonen (Kommuna Ladies) + 00:10
10 - Greta Reinhardt (AureaTerra) + 00:19
11 - Mzia Chikadze (MKTkom) + 00:21
12 - Nanami Esashika (Higanbana) + 00:22
13 - Emma Asserssen (MKTkom) + 00:27
14 - Tsiminda Adamia (MKTkom) + 00:28
15 - Thora Bjerkness (Kommuna Ladies) + 00:39
16 - Silamaze Kinkladze (MKTkom) + 00:41
17 - Isabelle Triefstein (Gamsbärte 1890) + 00:49
18 - Haida Toki (Higanbana) + 00:51
19 - Cecily Dynara (Westbay) + 00:54
20 - Fryda Andersen (Kommuna Ladies) + 00:55

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Men's Mundus Cycling Cup - Individual classification

1 - Andrew Mason (Phoenix Cycling) - 96 points
2 - Abrus McGlathery (Tolsenn-Lark) - 68 points
3 - Kazushi Eto (Hachinobu Suisei) - 67 points
4 - Eddie Chevere (Tolsenn-Lark) - 45 points
5 - Heinrich Müller (SV Meersegellen) - 40 points
6 - Paul Johnstone (Tolsenn-Lark) - 38 points
7 - Hakaru Akiyama (Hachinobu Suisei) - 37 points
8 - Klaus Becker (SV Meergesellen) - 33 points
9 - Germund Strand (AABL-Ujredi) - 25 points
10 - Shalva Kvachantiradze (MKTkom) - 23 points


Men's Mundus Cycling Cup - Team classification

1 - Tolsenn-Lark - 166 points
2 - Phoenix Cycling - 132 points
3 - Hachinobu Seisei - 124 points
4 - SV Meergesellen - 121 points
5 - MKTkom - 109 points


Women's Mundus Cycling Cup - Individual classification

1 - Katerina Shvets (Pelagiya-Semelberg) - 104 points
2 - Misato Futagawa (Higanbana) - 86 points
3 - Tsuneko Hijikata (Higanbana) - 83 points
4 - Tirelle Quaite (Westbay) - 71 points
5 - Sammy Lawson (Phoenix Cycling) - 41 points
6 - Maria Cairns (Phoenix Cycling) - 33 points
7 - Hadewynda Salonen (Kommuna Ladies) - 33 points
8 - Fryda Andersen (Kommuna Ladies) - 28 points
9 - Ragna Knudsen (Kommuna Ladies) - 28 points
10 - Natela Iludidze (MKTkom) - 25 points

                                     
Women's Mundus Cycling Cup - Team classification

1 - Higanbana - 194 points
2 - Pelagiya-Semelberg - 138 points
3 - Kommuna Ladies - 120 points
4 - Phoenix Cycling - 96 points
5 - Westbay - 86 points

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"Perhaps a solution to Seaforthian concerns of a stacked referendum could be solved via a cut-off date; those who entered Troyes after a mutually agreed upon date would be ineligible to take part in the referendum. It's clear that there are many concerns that have to be taken into consideration to ensure a fair path forward for all involved parties, and this is one measure that may be employed to ensure that, say on the day of the referendum Troyes suddenly has 1,000 new residents who sway the results in a manner which would not have transpired otherwise."

"I am of course understanding of priorities," Evanthe continued, "and as things presently stand the Rokkenjiman stance was made clear with our ADSN partners; "While Rokkenjima will continue to support the path toward a reunification between Troyes and Marseilles we will not turn our back on our treaty partners, nor will we set aside international norms and standards to reach the end of that path....Rokkenjima holds ties to Seaforth above and beyond the ADSN and, where we've given our word to defend those we've shed blood alongside, we will uphold that commitment if it is requested upon us by the Seaforthians." It is the hope of the First Empire that we won't see foolish actions lead to unfortunate consequences. That being stated, we should develop a path toward a workable referendum which addresses the concerns presented and ensures that the voice of Troyes is not hijacked to further the aims of those outside the city."

"I am confident that this is well within our means to accomplish."

Andrew had very clearly outlined the two decisions he was willing to accept, he was though not surprised by Serenity trying to present other ideas but ultimately it was as though neither of them had truly listened to him, rather it seemed they both had their list of talking points they'd pre-prepared and that was that. He sat himself down and took a deep breath. "I'm afraid I'm not willing to allow Seaforth to come out of this empty handed. This is not, as I explained, about keeping the city, if I get concessions such as keeping the base access and the trade arrangement then they can have the city. Its clear that a referendum is stacked against us, as we opened the city to freely allow anyone in then of course its filled to the gills from citizens of Marseille. In your scenario's we're coming away with nothing and thats 100% certain. My way we can still potentially come away with something. Both your nations have claimed that you're our ally therefore I would hope that I can count on your support regarding our nations interests. Now we've got aircraft preparing to go in, members of the Bracorina Regiment will be onboard to reinforce the garrison, meanwhile we'll begin evacuating families. I expect that you will be supportive of this measure?" He asked before turning to Evanthe.

"We can speak of family matters once I've more time on my plate. At the moment you'll understand my priorities are focused on this matter in Troyes."