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CMA Debate - Seleucid Bubonic Plague Situation
« on: March 21, 2018, 08:53:48 PM »
OOC-1 Open to all members of the Cross Mundus Agency. HQ can be found here

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Royal Seleucid occupied the territory of the modern day Commonwealth of the Unified Iwi from the 17th Century until 1983, however the final RS troops did not lay down their arms and leave until 2001. During the occupation the Seleucid forces enforced a brutal regime against the Maori natives of the Iwi, including the establishment of prison camps, forced labour, extra-judicial killings and using Maori as guinea pigs for biological and chemical weapons research. A week ago a strain of modified Bubonic plague reached The Iwi via AK City (still to be discovered). The strain of the disease is identicial to that developed in one of the tests undertaken in the Iwi during the occupation. So far The Iwi, AK City, East Moreland and Quintelia have confirmed cases.



To:- Members of the CMA

As you will no doubt be aware we have begun to experience an outbreak of the bubonic plague. Tests carried out by our medical services have confirmed that this strain of the disease is identical to that developed by members of the Seleucid Armed Forces during their occupation of our Commonwealth some 30 years or so ago.

This has lead us to believe that the outbreak is of Seleucid origin and therefore could potentially be a terror attack of sort aimed at us. We have the hopes that the international community will support us in ensuring that this potential use of biological weapons is investigated and if neccessary action taken.

We therefore call on the CMA to support the following actions.

1. An independent sample of the virus be taken and the strain confirmed by at least two CMA members unaligned to ourselves.

2. The CMA pass a resolution demanding that Royal Seleucid permit inspectors to explore military facilities for such weapons and traces or precursores of them.

3. That CMA nations restrict imports from Royal Seleucid in order to ensure the virus has no further outlets.

We welcome other suggested routes forward.

Thank you

King Piripi not of the Ngāpuhi but of The Iwi

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Re: CMA Debate - Seleucid Bubonic Plague Situation
« Reply #1 on: March 21, 2018, 09:47:49 PM »
Cheryl Holmes, the Achkaerinese Minister for Cross Mundus Affairs and therefore the lead representative to the CMA (much as she had been the lead rep to the CTO) read the letter from the Iwi King and checked it against what other sources she had on it, a recent incident among them. It did throw up a few issues however.

"The suggestion that the strain is identical to a developed strain used against the Iwi during the Seleucid occupation will if proven be of great concern and would then raise serious questions as to how this outbreak happened and who is behind it. A full investigation would in such circumstances be warranted in addition if proven then the restriction of imports would also be a safe precautionary measure. However first it must be proven that the strain is identical. I would therefore suggest that any such resolution detailed in point two, and any action such as that outlined in point three should only occur once the conditions of point one are satisfied. I'll be clear we cannot act without reasonable proof, so first let's analyse the strain - as Achkaerin has no formal treaty with the Iwi I believe we would be a suitable candidate for one of the two nations to analyse the strain.

If the tests confirm it is the same strain then Achkaerin will have no issue with fully supporting a subsequent resolution and any other action in this regard."

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Re: CMA Debate - Seleucid Bubonic Plague Situation
« Reply #2 on: March 25, 2018, 08:36:33 PM »

The Bretonnian Republic

To:- Members of the CMA

Bretonnia may still be one of the countless of nation which have been spared so far from this disease that once ravaged Mundus in the 13th century, however that doesn't mean that the Bretonnians don't care about what's happening to friends and allies alike. 4 decades of progress and prosperity were lost when the communists had their chance to rule, a mistake that shall never be repeated once more, which is why we are offering do some biological testing of these buponic strains and whatever aid necessary to solve this sickly mess once and for all.

Sincerely,

President Marc-Antoine Lavaud of the Bretonnian Republic

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Re: CMA Debate - Seleucid Bubonic Plague Situation
« Reply #3 on: March 25, 2018, 09:51:10 PM »

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To our fellow CMA members,

The Republic of Solonia is more than willing to do testing on these strains of the bubonic plague to provide an unbiased source on whether or not it was indeed the Seleucids who caused the spread of this horrendous disease.

Yours Sincerely,
Więcesław Bilski
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Re: CMA Debate - Seleucid Bubonic Plague Situation
« Reply #4 on: March 27, 2018, 06:44:22 PM »

To CMA Members,

As representative of the government of Quintelia, we would also like to offer the third test sample of the bacteria as an unbiased test and possibly a control test, as this sample came from the Patient Zero for Quintelia, fresh from the fleas from AK City. We shall provide the test results as soon as a sample of the strain from Royal Seleucid has been provided. We hope and pray for a quick end to this crisis and to have the lives of those affected back to normal.

Yours Truly,

Dr. Francisco del Mundo
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Re: CMA Debate - Seleucid Bubonic Plague Situation
« Reply #5 on: April 05, 2018, 06:03:09 PM »
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Having attempted a progression of essential tests looking at the examples given by the Commonwealth of the Iwi which were taken from records compiled amidst the Imperial Seleucid occupation and analyzing those close by late examples taken from the present episode the accompanying conclusion can be drawn.

1. The ongoing episode of the illness has been hereditarily changed to make it more deadly, more infectious and longer living.

2. The proteins of the two outbreaks are indistinguishably adjusted.

3. The main distinction between the two being contained inside the Cytoplasm persuading that the disease has been developed in an alternate domain to that developed in the Iwi in the 1980's.

4. The hereditary make up of the illness is 98.8% indistinguishable in DNA terms to that utilized by Seleucid in the Iwi. This is past the domains of fortuitous event, accordingly the malady must share a typical source.

5. Blood tests taken from a few tainted nations affirm this mutual a typical source. However unidentified.

It is the finale of this report the present flare-up isn't a normally occuring adaptation of the Bubonic Torment and positively started from hereditary modification attempted by the administration of the Seleucid in the 1980's. The correct idea of the present flare-ups cause can not be affirmed but rather such an episode after such a long stretch without any diseases shows that the flare-up is likely from a planned flare-up.

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Re: CMA Debate - Seleucid Bubonic Plague Situation
« Reply #6 on: April 14, 2018, 02:20:44 PM »
Military Defence Initiative Official Report on The Bubonic Plague Outbreak

To the Cross Mundus Agency

The Military Defence Initiative is an organisation with responsibility for analysing and reacting to international events and situations. Part of this work involves considering worst case scenario's such as being on the receiving end of Chemical or biological warfare as such we were asked to undertake analysis of the current outbreak in respect of the allegations made by the Iwi. The analysis was carried out by Elodie Gliss a First Lieutenant in the Achkaerinese Military who is a specialist in the fields of Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Weapons. The analysis consisted of obtaining samples from ten patients in each of the affected nations (in the cases where fewer than ten patients existed samples were taken from all patients) and then comparing those samples to the sample of the strain used by Royal Seleucid in the 1980's. The following are the conclusions of Lieutenant Gliss:

1. The current outbreak of the disease has been genetically altered to make it more lethal, more contagious and longer living - this would mean as it is a manufactured strain for military purposes that it falls under the definition of weapons contained within article 1.7 of the Uppsala Convention and must not be used by any nations armed forces or militia.

2. The proteins of the two outbreaks are identically altered.

3. The only difference between the two being contained within the Cytoplasm leading us to believe that the infection has been grown in a different environment to that grown in the Iwi in the 1980's - this is not an unexpected finding as the change in circumstances in respect of the occupation are no longer a factor. As the occupation is no longer occurring it is the case that any strain developed by Royal Seleucid today would show this difference.

4. The genetic make up of the disease is 98.8% identical in DNA terms to that used by Seleucid in the Iwi. This is beyond the realms of reasonable coincidence, therefore applying a reasonable man tests leads us to the belief that the diseases share a common source.

5. Blood tests taken from several infected countries confirm that this outbreak shared a common point of origin. The source is as yet unidentified and discovering the point of origin or 'Ground Zero' should be prioritized.

It is the conclusion of this report that the current outbreak is not a naturally occurring version of the Bubonic Plague. Samples taken in relation to the current outbreak and the 98.8% similarity to the historic sample suggest that the strain used originates from Royal Seleucid genetic alteration undertaken in the 1980's. However none of this proves in legal terms that there is direct culpability on the part of Royal Seleucid in terms of the current outbreak as a) suggestion is not proof and b) the exact nature of the current outbreaks origin can not be confirmed at this time. However such an outbreak after such a long period with no infections reported indicates that the current outbreak is likely an intentional event. Of great help at this time to furthering of this investigation would be the identification of a 'Ground Zero.'

However it is the opinion of legal experts consulted that the findings of this report while not amounting to proof do meet the evidential threshold to recommend an inspection of the stockpiles of this weapon, limited not only to Royal Seleucid but any other nation known to possess it.

Signed

Deputy Sky Marshall Sophie Wall
Director Military Defence Initiative
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