Cigarette!
Sorry, I meant Xigarete!

Grave Chemistry-Alliance Navy III Admiral.

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I’m in the Alliance Navy, until recently an Admiral, and now just an all around troubleshooter, logistics guy, and commander… and I have to say, this article is poorly written. I don’t mean to be rude, but though I’m all about good propoganda for the AN, this is just a bit of a cheer piece, with no research, and not even interviews with all the leaders of the AN.

And a single visit to a sandbox does *not* constitute checking out the situation. I’m sorry, but this piece should never have passed the editor. It’s poorly written, terribly researched, and just a piece of tripe. Even if it doesn’t make us look as good, I would far prefer a piece that actually involved some modicum of effort, as opposed to just two interviews.”

That’s Harlequin Salome, at the beginning of the article, notice that teency-weency bit of arrogance in his speaking? *chuckles* And look at him now, he’s all gwown up! Insulting like a true champion!

That’s not all, folks, lookie here :
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the alliance navy will, within a years time, be in a war with the most powerful military group on SL: Sparta. with our armada of ships and highly-advanced scripted war technology, we will stop the alliance navy from attempting to police those who do not want to be policed. once the alliance navy is defeated, we will continue to other groups who continue to bother others, such as the W-Hats. there be no mercy shown to those who grief others. banning us from our accounts will do Linden Labs no good, as we have other people to take their places, and our membership grows every day. already our members number over 100, and we even have people in the W-hats and the alliance navy.

Ares Overlord, Supreme Admiral of the Spartan High Guard Fleet
May Sparta destroy her enemies!”

First, notice the first grade grammatical errors, take a long shower, and then take note that Sparta is now the Alliance Navy’s biggest fan. Compliments of Mikael Khalmov for confirming my suspicions, but then again, it was pretty obvious.

Sparta, I constantly stood up for you, and your blatant lies about being the most powerful military in SL, but after you fire on me for my training regiment being “too harsh”, and then banned me from your 512 “Air Bace” after considering me your largest threat, you became a new specimen of fail.

I tried to enter their base in Tethys in a helocopter.

I was shot

I tried on foot

Shot

Again

Shot

Without elaborate details, I was shot about 6 times without firing back, or drawing my weapons. Even griefers dont do that!!!!

First, Thomaz’s comment:

“Im not saying the AN ARE the best im saying theyre one of the best”

Hum…a little error in here. In all honesty, we are the best. If we were not, some other group would be higher than us (while still being able to back it up). No-one is, so I guess that makes us the best.

Second, the ATF:

Yes, we did help the ATF for a little while. And yes, we did attack them not long afterwards. The reason? They refused to play by our rules. Our rules being the ones that followed the LL ToS. The ATF thought that they should be able to orbit people all they liked, something they demonstrated on us on a number of occasions. This is why we attacked them. Fair game.

Third, our ‘allies’:

As I am sure they will tell you, the only official allies of the Alliance Navy are the Merczateers. As for controlling them, not a chance. If we really had been controlling them, maybe they would have given us a hand on a few occasions. Many rumours persist of other allied groups, but I can assure you that this is not true. Inside one Apone Moller’s head there exists an alliance between the ZI and the AN, but this is not manifested in any way in the real world.

Fourth, a few quotes made my Mr Overlord:

“the alliance navy will, within a years time, be in a war with the most powerful military group on SL: Sparta.”

“The Alliance Navy is not as powerful as they appear to be. They have grown soft in their old age and will be eventually destroyed by Sparta”

I would like to disprove these claims on the grounds that…
A: We are as powerful as we appear to be. And More.
B: We are the most powerful military group on SL. Period.
C: ‘Old Age’ hardly consents to a year, which will technically be the age that SPARTA reaches when it’s ‘war’ reaches us.

Fifth (I could go on for ages…), TrannyPet’s claim that we ‘thought we were above the law’:

Surely, the law in SL equates to the Linden ToS. Ergo, those who follow this (and subsequently the SLSALT – a treaty that further placed restrictions on the use of weapons/shields in SL) are abiding by the law in the most rigourous sense. Now, the reputation of the AN as a ‘greifing group’ was founded upon the claims of those who were…removed from the sandboxes due to their misbehaviour. They themselves orbitted innocent workers, and yet they have the audacity to condemn us? There have been precious few occasions of innocents being harmed, all of which have been fully apologised for and regretted.

Sixth, Santonus’ calims of the AN being a greifing during mid-October:

The Alliance Navy moved out of the sandboxes in early October. For a period of many months, not a single AN soldier was to arrive in the Sandboxes with hostile intent, barring the AN II. The ‘greifing’ that you accuse us of either never existed, or is represented in an overblown way. Get your facts right.

Yes, it’s a bit long. Yes, I enjoy a good rant. However, a few things do need to be cleaned up, lest our group garner an unfair reputation spread by these over-pompous militaries that don’t back up their claims. All in all: GG.