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Warheart525
Jun 22, 2008

Ab-so-lutely!
You're not in Kansas anymore. You're in Malatora, ladies and gentlemen. Respect that fact every second of every day. If there is a Hell, you might want to go there for some R&R after a tour in Malatora. Out there beyond those borders, every living thing that crawls, flies, or squats in the mud wants to kill you and eat your eyes for jujubes. We have an indigenous population of cyborgs called Cytrans; they're fond of napalm that can char your flesh in under one minute, and they have bones constructed from an artificial material called duratanium. They are very hard to kill. As a forums poster, it is my job to keep you entertained. I will not succeed...not with all of you. If you wish to find this funny, you need to cultivate a strong mental attitude. You've got to obey the rules: Malatora rules.

EDIT: Goons have been declared victorious against Malatora! See bottom of this colossal post

:siren:NOTE: This thread is rated "F" for furries.:siren:

Special thanks to Mizuti and Dark Archimedes, who brought us all this bounty.
This website was posted in the PYF Internet Trainwreck thread, specifically referring to the leader of this would-be nation, Robert Lord, a.k.a. Taygon. We'll get to him later on. I'm getting ahead of myself.

What is Malatora?

The Official FedCom Website posted:

The "Federated Commonwealth of Malatora" (often shortened to simply "FedCom") is, in short, the future. People should be free to live with as few laws as possible, and society should promote and support the common good of all. Our goals include uplifting humanity to the next social and evolutionary level. We believe that science can push the limits of what most people consider possible, and we do not fear pushing beyond the limits and weakness of the original human body.

Some may call FedCom a micronation — and as far as the fact that our society has a comparitively small population and limited resources, that is accurate. However, FedCom also stands notably distinct from any other micronation, with our revolutionary social policies, unique system of government, heavy integration with a major transhumanist project that will alter the course of history forever, and many other factors. The vast majority of micronations exist to stroke the ego of their creator/leader, but FedCom is a direct democracy, and lacks that issue entirely. Also, many micronations have little or no real interest in evolving into anything greater than a hobby, and even if they do, virtually none have a solid plan to achieve such wishes. In sharp contrast, FedCom is firmly on the path to establishing real de facto sovereignty, and has extensive planning and a roadmap for successfully reaching that goal.

Most accurately, FedCom is a "new-country project".

In short, the FedCom nation is an anarcho-communist state off the coast of Africa, and the Cytran Project will allow its citizens to place their brains in robotic dragon bodies. They are led by a gentleman who thinks that quoting wikipedia makes him a scientific authority, a year of JROTC makes him a brilliant tactician, and who will eventually assume the form of a hermaphroditic dragon that looks like this. Allow me to elaborate:

SECTION I: FEDCOM

Where is Malatora?
Malatora is an island off the western coast of Africa. The precise location is not available to outsiders/non-citizens due to security concerns.

How are they going to establish themselves? Why, they're going to become international squatters and use lethal force against anyone who tries to remove them. It's not unethical; they're exercising their right to "self defense." Furthermore, they are justified in claiming that land because it is their "spiritual homeland"...even though no FedCom citizen has so much as laid eyes on it. gently caress national sovereignty.


What sort of government runs Malatora?
There are two main bodies of government: the Council of Leaders and the People's Assembly.

The Council of Leaders is the executive body, and is chosen on a meritocratic basis by the council. The standards and qualifiers of merit are also decided by the council.

Taygon, Council Member posted:

There are no job application forms to become a Councilor. If a seat needs to be filled, the Council looks for the best person to fill it, and then extends an offer. That offer is all the justification the population needs.

But FedCom is a direct democracy, so they also have the People's Assembly, which votes on everything. Voting is non-compulsory, so it follows that only the educated will make decisions. For the ignorant, the beloved council is present to offer advice, as always.


What kind of laws does Malatora have?
As stated here, social norms and customs are to be more important than silly written laws. They do have a defining document called the Code of Malatora, which enshrines these customs and morals and will be the basis for written laws later.

THE CODE OF MALATORA posted:

Honor, Courage, Loyalty, Honesty, Respect, Benevolence, Rectitude

1) Always have a goal to strive for.
2) Patience: nothing great is created suddenly.
3) Adversity is a test: willpower is the answer.
4) Learn something new every day.
5) Keep the mind open: embrace the unknown and unfamiliar.
6) Know the past, lest it repeat.
7) One for all, and all for one.
8) From each according to ability, to each according to need.
9) Give more, take less.
10) Eat to live, don't live to eat.
11) Waste nothing.
12) All belongs to all.
13) One raindrop raises the sea.
14) Thought is indispensable.
15) Strength protects the weak.
16) Do not hesitate to confront evil; it will not hesitate to confront you.

This is to serve as the equivalent of a constitution for the small Utopia of FedCom. How many fortune cookies Taygon had to eat in order to compile this document is still classified, unfortunately.

The great thing is, while virtually no consideration has been given to trial code and proceedings, things like dragons' inalienable right to fly have been provided for. Taygon has stated that juries have been done away with in favor of a panel of experts. Common citizens are intelligent enough to vote on every political matter, but God forbid they decide the guilt or innocence of their peers based on the customs and mores they collectively share.


The Malatoran Economy
FedCom, if you haven't noticed, is an anarcho-communist nation. They claim that they will use a gift economy. There is no private property (with exceptions according to custom). All labor is voluntary (except as assigned punitively). Everybody works because they are encouraged by custom to do so, and because they are assigned work based on what they think is fun. So it's a revolutionary new economic model--except when the government is allocating resources and mandating labor, in which case, it will just be a command economy, but they don't really talk about that much.

Oh, and I almost forgot: there will be no scarcity of anything because of the brilliant technologies they're going to develop. They'll be totally self-sustaining, and it will be economically advantageous for them to be so. Trade is for suckers.


Malatoran Defense/Foreign Relations
There's a lot of this stuff on the visitors' forum, so I won't go into much detail. Basically, however, it would be suicidal for any nation or coalition to attack Malatora.

Mehrunes Taygon, Prince of Destruction posted:

For any nation or alliance of nations, the bloody cost of capturing or destroying the Citadel would be absolutely staggering, and the bodycount could easily rise to tens of millions... and that's not counting the Navy's support and retaliation on the surface.
The citadel is too deep underground for even nuclear warheads with subterranean delivery systems. They have submarines that are too stealthy to detect. Their fortress is equipped with state-of-the-art weapons systems, and with its self-sustaining biosphere, it could hold out forever. It's defended by super-powerful weapons using magic technology.

They may be untrained civilians, but their pluck, luck, and guerrilla tactics will give them the advantage they'd need to hold out against the entire human race, if they had to. That, and their magic technology makes it possible. This is a recurring theme. Taygon, their chief of defense, has read a lot on Wikipedia, and he's good at paintball. He knows how to lead an army (in spite of his Asperger's).

A common past-time on their forum is masturbating to how good their cyborg dragon bodies would be at killing infantry equipped with small arms.


FedCom and the environment
FedCom has designed habitations that have zero negative impact on the environment. Excavation of an enormous structure hundreds of meters beneath the earth is pretty much like minecraft. As mentioned before, the arcologies are totally self-sufficient. Nosy outsiders aren't allowed to see these brilliant schematics, though.


Malatoran Culture
Given that this is the driving force behind both legal action and the economy, it's worth saying a few words about it. Basically, the "culture" is whatever vague values/concepts Taygon spouts on the webpage and people agree to before joining. Social mores are definitely best when imposed from the top down. Anyway, most of this stuff is standard leftish, feel-good lines about tolerance, understanding, and patience, with a few important additions. Namely, Malatora claims to be non-species-ist. They use the mirror test for self-awareness, and anything that passes it gets "respect." They claim they will intervene militarily to prevent the killing of such animals (to a limited degree). Alternately, they will teach animals like elephants to fight back against/evade poachers. I'm not making that up.


SECTION II: THE CYTRAN PROJECT

Here it is: the moment you've all been waiting for: the key separating factor between The Federated Commonwealth of Malatora and every other communist utopia dreamt up by people who didn't pay attention in ECON 101.

Best you hear it straight from the horse's dragon's mouth:

Website: posted:

The Cytran Project is a transhumanist research and development program, with the ultimate goal of creating cybernetic total-body prosthetics for people who desire or need them. This will not only restore full function to an extremely wide selection of disabled people, but also provides a means for individuals to customize their physical appearance, and make their external appearance match their inner self-image — the body can, at last, match the soul.

This is the stuff of science fiction, but I suppose it's possible within the next century or so. They believe that a small group of people, with virtually no capital, and no advanced degrees in the sciences can, while simultaneously founding, running, and quite possibly defending a small country, produce a working product within the next 20-45 years.

Multiple model classes exist including the ever-popular Dragon, the Humanoid, the Taur, and the Non-humanoid types.

Your dream of becoming a Na'vi can finally be realized! Or perhaps you'd like to become your fursona? Indeed, behold their sample image for what a "therian" humanoid could be:

Yifftastic.

No, you'd like to be a Chakat. What the gently caress is Chakat? Well, apparently it's a taur-class possibility monstrosity that looks like this:
:nws: http://i.imgur.com/Y90H6.jpg :nws:

Living as a dragon/gryphon/velociraptor/dragonoid (NWS: dragon tits)/centaur/furry-whatever comes with additional benefits! Not only does yiffing become more convenient, you become a veritable superhero:

WEBSITE posted:

Compared to humans, cytrans will have superior durability, flexibility, stamina, environmental adaptability, strength, senses, and longevity. Cytran technology is a permanent cure for an extremely wide range of diseases and conditions that would be terminal for humans.

Cytrans cannot naturally self-repair (heal), nor are they capable of traditional reproduction. There are proposals for filling these holes, but current technology is inadequate...

In a few centuries, it is likely that cytrans will be able to at least match (if not exceed) all the abilities of their organic contemporaries.
They ramble at length about it more often on the forums. Essentially, you're an immortal being immune to disease and chemicals who can sustain incredible shocks and abuse compared to those puny humans blah blah blah. Details about exactly how large they can make your penis are also restricted to citizens. Sorry, guys.


But Warheart, how are they gonna get the tech to make these things?
Well, it's easy! See, most of this technology exists in some form or another; they'll just put it together. If it's proprietary, well, they'll just acquire it by "whatever means necessary." Reverse-engineering can't be that hard! It's not like interfacing/adapting these discoveries will be difficult; it's pretty much like LEGO. See also: pluck, luck, and hard work.


But I thought you said nobody had an advanced science degree!
Yeah, but that doesn't matter. What matters is your ability to get results; they don't need any slips of paper. They'll just use pluck, luck, and hard work.


But even for highly-trained, extremely intelligent, motivated researchers, major breakthroughs take a long time and a lot of money!
They don't need money! They have a gift economy, and they have front companies to interface with the capitalist world! They've already made major breakthroughs and could start producing Cytran parts right now if they had a machine shop. They just can't tell you about it because you're not a citizen


SECTION III: GLORIOUS LEADER
Robert Lord is a self-declared "Aspergian."
He claims in-depth knowledge about how to assemble weapons of mass destruction.
He has a pseudonym (for when he writes fine literature about dragons): Ryan Ashkoort.
He has a dragon name: Taygon.
He will one day assume the form of a hermaphroditic dragon.
He claims to be very good at paintball, Aikido, and computer games, giving him the valuable skills necessary to run the Malatoran military.
According to Lord, he was involved in a year of JROTC, during which he managed to piss off everyone who interacted with him. He is, of course, still an invaluable leader on any battlefield due to the tactics he learned.
He is certified to operate a CAD program, and can legally append "CD" to the end of his name, which is pretty much as good as any other sort of degree.
He serves on the Malatoran Council of Leaders as both the Defense Councilor and the acting Immigration Councilor.
He was apparently the one who thought this whole thing up in the first place.
He is 27 years old.

He wrote his own wiki entry.
He has a deviantart page (surprise, surprise).
Here is his youtube account, in case you need more videos about dragons.

This stuff is listed pretty publicly. Please don't do any stupid, creepy Internet-detective stuff to him. He seems mostly harmless.:ssh:


SECTION IV: Miscellany

Are you sure this isn't a troll?
No. I've wondered quite a bit about it, but the amount of work Taygon et al. has put into this crap is colossal. The time he spent writing his scifi story about Malatora, creating the (still unfinished) website, the time he put into his forum responses, etc. This would be on the scale of Chris Chan's collective trolling, all to create a honeypot. I'm inclined to think that at least some "Malatorans" are sincere. Delusional, but sincere.


What does it take to join Malatora?
There's material on the website/forums about joining and getting access to the juicy content. If someone wanted to try getting in, that could be amusing. I don't think it's that hard if you really wanted to.


What about just posting on the forum?
You have to make an account to post on the visitor's forum, but you can read it without one. If you do browse the forum, look forward to spectacular arrogance from the insiders. They seem to think that they're already dragons, and will frequently refer to the barbarism of those primates or the flimsiness of humans. That's not to say that humans aren't brutal or flimsy, but these clowns think that they're above it all. They do claim to be the next evolutionary stage...


I want more profound dragon wisdom!
Okie Dokie!

THE DRAGON'S MANTRA posted:

The Dragon is wise, a sage among the ignorant.
  He knows: not all that glitters is gold.

The Dragon is as agile as he is strong.
  Before the wings comes the feline leap.

The Dragon is perceptive, his eyes alert as his mind.
  Only he discerns a difference in a mirror.

The Dragon is moral, his purpose just.
  When he sees wrong, he acts to correct it.

The Dragon is a hunter, patient and focused.
  His prey cannot match his prowess.

The Dragon soars unbound, the freest of all beings.
  None can choose his path for him.

Relevant

Show me the sources!
But of course.

FedCom website: http://fedcom-online.webs.com/index.htm
FedCom wiki page: http://micronations.eu/wiki/index.php?title=Malatora
FedCom Forums: http://s11.zetaboards.com/FedCom/index/
Taygon's Personal Page: http://taygon.webs.com/index.htm
Ryan Ashkoort's Malatora Novel: http://taygon.webs.com/books/Reborn.htm

Sundry forum threads I used for info:
http://s11.zetaboards.com/FedCom/topic/7422399/1/
http://s11.zetaboards.com/FedCom/topic/7421757/1/
http://s11.zetaboards.com/FedCom/topic/7378744/1/



TL;DR A group of social rejects led by a sperglord will take over an island off the coast of Africa, transplant their brains into robotic dragon/furry bodies, and live forever in a self-sustaining fortress capable of withstanding the entire human world's military might indefinitely. This is possible thanks to the gift economy(TM), dragon magic wishful thinking technology assimilated by luck, pluck, and hard work, and the brilliance of their glorious, Aspergian leader.


:siren::siren: UPDATE::siren::siren:


We're sixty pages in, and quite a bit has happened.
Mutant Headcrab infiltrated the forums, gaining "new arrival" status.
'Crab is able to post some excellent content from inside a restricted area of the forums.
The Malatorans got suspicious about the multiple-fold increase in traffic, and flipped out.
Due to goons just looking at their forum and a handful of people asking questions, a national emergency is declared.

Eventually, the glorious dragon empire was linked to this thread, which resulted in a brief conversation before their forums were locked down, denying access to anyone who hasn't been a member for a long time.
If you try to visit the forums now, you'll find that it's not available, even if you're signed in. Only the old guard of proven loyalty still have access.

Esteemed Malatoran Tanya Sapien makes an appearance on SomethingAwful after BulletRiddled buys "hir" an account
Tanya shows up and announces that she thinks the entire FedCom/Cytran project is too fantastic to ever come to fruition, but that it was a pleasant fantasy for her. She claims to have infiltrated the community herself in order to make its members realize how ludicrous the whole thing is. She receives an outpouring of support from goons, and the thread becomes a veritable hugbox due to Tanya's general amiability and her sexual orientation.

There's trouble in paradise, though: Tanya is very fond of image macros, unfunny memes, and non-bbcode anime smilies. She's warned that these will not be well received on this forum, but dismisses such warnings, saying essentially, "I do what I want, and if you can't accept that, then I don't care about what you think." She also likes to talk about her fursona/Cytran form at length. Her fursona is a wolf with purple tentacles growing out of its back, and using those tentacles to rape people is a frequent and hilarious joke for her. Thanks to some joker, she heads off to FYAD, where she starts running her big furry mouth and is promptly banned.

On her deviantart page she posts a rant about how she was just playing us fools, how she extracted valuable information about us and how we think, and how this information will only make FedCom and the Dong Menace stronger. She claims it was all an undercover op:

lulz the cake was a lie posted:

Haters gonna hate.


Well, I got banned from SomethingAwful.

Reason for ban? Being a furry.
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I'm not sure if I should laugh or cry, but now I can go back to my normal life. In Fedcom.

That's right guys, I was working for them the whole time, umad? I'm seriously laughing my rear end off right now because anyone who has an SA account can go look at my post history and see I was kind and friendly, and answered any questions that were put to me. I was simply banned by a prejudiced admin.

No skin off my back anyways, I did my job, I got the truth about fedcom out there. Oh, and Hrothgar, do you seriously think we didn't know you're "DancingDongs"?

Now on to the serious portion. My emotional breakdown? That was real. My leaving Fedcom? A cover that Taygon and I put together so that the people on SA would actually ask serious questions instead of using mockery. To my semi-friends I formed while posting on SA in the GBS forum, I have this to say, no hard feelings. I went there to speak for FedCom and to gather information about where we should go from impartial observers.

All the negative things you had to say about the various techs that Hrothgar leaked into the thread I'm currently compiling into a large volume of constructive criticism. Through what you've done, I've managed to weed out much of what made FedCom weak and reinforce what makes it strong. Fire has tested gold.

We'll be reopening the doors of Fedcom sometime down the line, and the new incarnation of it will be much more resilient to the punishings of reckless curiosity. We will have answers for questions, we will have systems to handle people with aggression, and we will have threads for constructive criticism.

I will not die
I will return
I am the phoenix
Watch me burn

Oh, and while I'm at it, I should mention that Tanya believes that dragons actually existed:

Master inflitrator posted:

I Believe that dragons, or a reasonable facsimile there of must have existed at one point in time, the evidence to support it is just too overwhelming.

Deep undercover, poster DancingDongs continues to bring us the best content in spite of the Malatoran embargo.
He brought us a bounty too great for this meager post to contain, but his greatest contribution has been Taygon's personal erotic fan fic...about himself:
Part 1, stolen from Avatar
Part 2, in which Taygon's sick fetishes are enumerated
Goon recording of Part 2, chapter 1

Here have some excerpts from Taygon's literary mastercraft

King DoDONGo posted:

“Doctor,” I exaggerated wrinkling my nose, “you could vent this room all day, and as long as you humans are in here, it will still smell like you.”
“Do we really smell that strongly to you?”
Staliph and I answered at almost the same time. “Yes.” “Yep.”
“Is it a bad smell?”
“Umm… in all honesty, it’s not very pleasant, no.”
Staliph wrinkled his nose and snorted. I knew he had to have noticed the smell the moment he woke up, and he was just hiding it.
“Sorry. No offense intended,” I added.
“I guess that’s to be expected,” said Mark. “Your noses are ten times as powerful as any human, and your sense of smell is keyed to pick up on human sweat at very low concentrations… so low, that you can probably smell us as well as most dogs can.”
“Oh, it’s not that detailed. I can’t really tell you apart by scent, but I can definitely tell when a human is nearby, or has been in the room recently.”
“What does it smell like?” asked the doctor.
“Body odor, mostly,” grumbled Staliph.
“A bit salty, but yeah, what he said,” I added. I was suddenly struck by curiosity: what did humans taste like? What did any meat taste like? I knew what those test plates tasted like, and had sampled just about every plant in the Arboretum, but had yet to try any meat.
“Uh, doctor… this might sound a bit strange, but can I lick your arm?”
“Huh? Why?”
I stepped toward him. “Curiosity. I know humans by their unmistakable smell, but I can only imagine what you taste like.”
“What I taste like?!” He took a couple of steps back.
“I’m only curious. I’m not going to bite or eat you…” I held a palm up to my chest. “…promise.” I stepped close enough to reach him. “Just a harmless lick. Please?”
He held out a bare arm, and I dipped my head, gave it a quick sniff (ugh!), and ran the tip of my tongue from wrist to elbow. I backed off and curled my tongue around in my mouth, spreading the sample to hit as many different taste buds as possible. It was surprisingly quite tasty. A little salty, but also quite savory, like that plate of MSG. A hint of bacon, I think.
“Well?” he asked.
“I think we may have a problem…” I looked back at Staliph. “Can I get a second opinion here?” I looked back at the doctor as Staliph started walking. “If that’s okay with you, of course.”
“Uh… I suppose.” He offered Staliph his other arm. Staliph drooled a little more than I did. “Yuck. Staliph!” the doctor scolded him.
Staliph ignored him, rolling his tongue around and licking his lips. “Yum.”
“Yeah, that’s what I thought too. It seems that you humans are surprisingly tasty.”
“Uh oh,” said the doctor.
“Crap,” muttered Mark from the computer terminal.
“Really?” wondered Gina.
I looked up at her, and answered “Really” with a sharp little nod.
“Promise not to eat anyone, okay?”
The doctor’s tone made it sound like a command to me, and that didn’t sit right with me. I dipped my head to his eye level again. “I really don’t think you should be telling a dragon what he or she—” I glanced at Staliph “—or shi, can or can’t do. I can’t think of any reason to eat any member of our society… but I can’t promise that I’ll never eat any human. I’m a dragon now, and not a human anymore. If and when a good opportunity presents itself, and the act is properly justifiable, I probably would eat human flesh.” I raised my head back to my normal neutral position, looking down on the humans from three meters above the ground. “Humans are not dragon prey, but neither are you inedible. I won’t harm any allied human… but that’s the best I can promise.”
“Ditto,” said Staliph.
Humans: smell horrible, taste delicious, AND THEY'D BETTER NOT TELL ME WHAT TO loving DO BECAUSE I WILL gently caress YOUR PUNY poo poo UP AND EAT YOU 'CAUSE I'M A loving DRAGON.

Taygon posted:

“No, of course not. It just makes you a little different from humans.”
“A little?!?” I visibly bristled, and felt the thick row of plates that ran down my spine automatically lift up, in response to my sudden emotional flare.
“Sorry, I meant in terms of such small reflexes, not in nature.” He stared at my eyes for a moment. “Well, you’ll be happy to know that those color-changing eyes of yours are working. They’re red right now.”
“Because you made me angry. Are they going back to amber now?” I could feel my spinal plates falling as I relaxed again. That feature was not under my conscious control.
“Yes, they’re lightening. Forgive me; I meant no offense.”
“I have… just don’t call me human anymore. Let’s continue.”
Dragons apparently don't understand context or understatement. They're also very peevish, despite having presumably thick skin.

In which Taygon rapes his best friend:

Lord of the Dongs posted:

I wriggled my spine to try and disrupt his grip on me, but he held firm. Resistance was futile against his strength. “Taygon, what’s wrong with you! Stop means STOP! I know you understand that!” Underwater, all I could do was mouth the words at him. Damnit Taygon, I know you’re an honorable dragon! What’s wrong with you? Why won’t you stop? Why are you hurting me? God-drat, it felt like my vagina was on fire now. Don’t do this! I’m your best friend! Let me go!

Taygon, on his brand new hermaphrodite sexuality:

NotGay posted:

Why oh why didn’t I decide to be a herm from the very beginning? If I could do this all over again, I would have picked this gender. It felt so insanely good, and my conscience was still clear: nothing at all wrong with a herm mating with another herm (that’s what they were designed to do, after all). For that matter, nothing at all wrong with a herm mating with either a female or a male, either: I was totally free to have intimate relationships with anybody, regardless of their gender. It was extremely liberating…
Now I can have sex with men and it's not wrong! Did I mention earlier how accepting I am of homosexuality?


Oh, and another thing which has recurred throughout the thread: Taygon despises human drugs, but when he gets his Cytran body, he'll get his brain wired so that he gets feline effects from catnip. loving catnip. :catdrugs:

CAT DRUGS posted:

“The pheromones?”
“Bingo. Which would you like to test first?”
“Hmm… Surprise me.” There were only two possibilities.
“Okay, here goes.” He pulled out a small perfume bottle with a spray nozzle, and squirted a couple of times into a small towel. Then he held the towel up to my nose.
Oh, good gods, the effect was fast! It felt like I was inhaling pure joy. I knew immediately which one he picked: nepetalacetone, the active ingredient in catnip. The chemical tripped special sensors in my nose, and triggered a chain reaction that altered my brain chemistry. I tried to resist the effect, but the concentration in the cloth was just overpowering, and my willpower broke down. I caught the edge of the cloth with pinched lips, and yanked it out of his hand. I took a step and a half back, and flopped down on my side, flipping the cloth over my nose. Oh, it was so GOOD! The far edges of my peripheral vision swam with swirling colors, and I felt all warm and cozy inside… as if I had wrapped myself up inside a warm blanket made of pure happiness and energy. All the lingering drowsiness from the anesthesia I was still fighting just melted away. I rolled on the floor, snuffling at the cloth and playing with it, like a kitten playing with a toy.


“He’s high, Doc,” said Staliph, as Doctor Myers rejoined the rest of the onlookers.

Here, have some priceless nonfiction Taygon quotes

On a revolutionary leftist forum, Taygon talks down to others as being impractical dreamers :irony:

FedCommie posted:

Speak for your own species then. Leave mine out of your petty human politics. It is of little relevance to my kin.
Your global communist insurrection will never happen. Capitalism is too strong. Like a military invasion, your revolution needs a foothold to gain momentum. FedCom is that foothold. The world can then follow our example, but the foothold must be established first. A scattered uprising will easily be crushed, but an uprising with a centralized point of stability and coordination has a solid chance of success.
Don't criticize us for striving to transform our little corner of the world into the socialist bastion you wish existed. Patience: the rest of the world will soon see our success and be motivated to make their own changes. That's a far better strategy than blindly groping around in the dark with a small group of friends on a global scale. Do that, and the glorious communist revolution might as well be a fly on an elephant's rear end.
It's not our fault that those in chains do not choose to free themselves. They can do so simply by joining our struggle for freedom. Or they can remain sceptical, and stay in the chains of wage-slavery. It's their choice, and if they don't want that future enough to stand up and take action, then they don't deserve to reap the benefits.
Great as a global revolution would be, we realize it's a pipe dream. We aren't going to waste our energy overthrowing all the governments of the world at the same time. That's not going to happen. In contrast, we can focus our efforts in a small location, make our changes there, and show the world that it works. They we can support revolutions in neighboring countries, and help the world transition region by region. It's not the instantaneous results that most socialists dream about, but it's far more likely to actually work.
Dream away. We're doing this the smart way, and we're in it for the long run.

Taygon despises civilians:

Defense Councilor posted:

I think you are a self-absorbed civilian brat with a massive chip on his shoulder that deserves a good solid clock to the face. Who do you think I am? I am a ristar military commander. I am used to giving the commands and taking action, and no civvie brat in his daddy's home office gives ME orders. Where I come from, my word is the last word, and I make the rules. You get me yet? I hope so, for your sake...

Defense Councilor posted:

I am not in the slightest bit afraid of American law enforcement, and I do not apologize for anything I say. ... And I am in a military force (I never said it was the retarded US military), just not one that has made itself public......yet.
The retarded US military. I would love to see him to go off like this in front of US service personnel. I don't even think there'd be a fight: a man 150% of Taygon's mass in muscle would just sit there laughing at him while Taygon gets puffs himself up and whines, "No seriously!"

Then again, I guess you get to be cocky when you can shrug off nuclear weapons and have WMD's more powerful/nasty than any the world has ever seen.

Der Furrer posted:

Nukes are overrated, and easily survivable (depending on the distance one is from ground zero).
They are even less effective against Cytrans: they're highly resistant to radiation, don't burn, resistant to extreme temperatures, can take a massive physical beating, and are quickly repairable. While humans have to worry about fallout, flash-blindness, 3rd-degree burns, and everything else a nuke brings, Cytrans have less to fear. They can take the scorching thermal radiation in stride, they can't be blinded by the flash, the fallout (being primarily beta emitters) won't hurt them, and they could survive the overpressure shock front in one piece. The only nuke effects Cytrans would worry about is being too close to ground zero (in which case the overpressure could crush them like a beer can; but even then, they could live to be rebuilt and have their revenge) the prompt radiation from the blast (gamma rays are the only type that can reliably penetrate their bodies; luckily, neural tissue is resistant to ionizing radiation), and the resulting firestorm (which is dangerous to everything and equally unstoppable).
In addition, assuming anyone was stupid/desperate enough to Nuke Em, they would quickly find themselves on the receiving end of Mutually-Assured Destruction. Congrats, kids, you just started a global thermonuclear war. (cue music: “It’s the end of the world as we know it…”)
Yes, by the time Cytrans make an appearance, FedCom would certainly have the capability to deploy its own WMDs (we have the expertise to make them now, lacking only the infrastructure and delivery systems). We've also designed some God-awful nasty ones, so please: don't back us into a corner, or we'll make drat sure you only do it once

Here's some pictures
Dear Leader:


Humanity's only hope:


Taygon's mate on the honor of glorious Nippon:


:nws:Goon depiction of Taygon as a chakat.

Taygon, in his erotic self-fan fiction posted:

I gave myself a head that was shaped similar to a wizard’s hat, a long tapering shaft that grew as big as a typical roll of toilet paper at the widest point, and a series of thickened ridges the crossed over the urethra, giving the profile on that edge something like a saw. The base narrowed down to a diameter like that of a soup can, creating a bulge reminiscent of the pseudo-knot that the dildo Staliph had used earlier had.
...and it looked just like this.

Update:
:siren:A CHALLENGE HAS BEEN ISSUED::siren:
:toxx:If the defense councilor of Malatora will face a goon champion in a match of Supreme Commander, and if he should best our champion, I will close this thread.
:toxx:

:hist101:Dirt5o8 has volunteered to command the Awful Legions if no one else can/will.
:hist101:Giggily has also volunteered to command the Awful Legions.

VICTORY!

Micronations Wiki posted:

As of 18 August 2011, Taygon has stepped down from the helm of FedCom, and wants nothing to do with micronationalism anymore.

He has given everything over to the FedCom community. They will decide what to do about cytrans and FedCom. It's now a leaderless group project, as it was meant to be.


Taygon asks the trolls to stop these attacks, and move on. They won, and he's changing. He doesn't want any more trouble. He merely wants his privacy to be respected, like any normal person.

There's no need to do any of this. This wiki is a micronational site, not Encyclopedia Dramatica. Stop the cyberbullying; stop the slander; stop hating.

If Taygon can change, surely you can be nice and give him this final respite, and stop this pointless wiki edit-war.


Put yourself in his position: would you want to victimized like this?

Just leave him in peace, please. Life is hard enough, and doesn't need to be made worse.
Of course, it could all be a cunning dragon ruse...

Update, continued
Goons have continued to work tirelessly to find new ways to mock and deride the noble denizens of Malatora. Hence, we have:

Aluminum Sky, a collection of accounts witnessing/referencing the rise and fall of the Federated Commonwealth of Malatora during the middle-twenty-first century.


Also, Bulletriddled has released the Malatora Tower Defense game. Can you take on the prestigious duty of Defense Councilor and stave off humanity? HINT:it's not as easy as Taygon would have you think.

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abraham linksys
Sep 6, 2010

:darksouls:
You should have led with that TL;DR. Holy poo poo :stare:

ChickenMedium
Sep 2, 2001
Forum Veteran And Professor Emeritus of Condiment Studies
Truly, the internet is for crazy people what a van without windows is for a sex offender.

Bad Bromance
May 20, 2010

Sorry, guys, I actually do still suck dick! :blush: Also my mom only lets me spend five bucks a month to get my cool gaga avatars back so I guess I'm stuck with this one for a while. :(
I cast a spell that kills all dragons. The End

the_steve
Nov 9, 2005

We're always hiring!

Bad Bromance posted:

I cast a spell that kills all dragons. The End

Nuh uh!
They have magic-proof vests that reflect your spell and kill you.

Thoughtless
Feb 1, 2007


Doesn't think, just types.
I can't entirely tell if you believe they believe the whole thing will be real one day. It seems like a roleplay setting to me. As in, they don't actually think this'll happen, they just playing a furry variant of D&D or something, or maybe they use it as a world to base their stories in.

It's just the usual furry crap, and not worthy of the effort you put into the topic. Seriously. :smith:

Bad Bromance
May 20, 2010

Sorry, guys, I actually do still suck dick! :blush: Also my mom only lets me spend five bucks a month to get my cool gaga avatars back so I guess I'm stuck with this one for a while. :(

the_steve posted:

Nuh uh!
They have magic-proof vests that reflect your spell and kill you.

drat, not again.. :negative:

Warheart525
Jun 22, 2008

Ab-so-lutely!

Thoughtless posted:

I can't entirely tell if you believe they believe the whole thing will be real one day. It seems like a roleplay setting to me. As in, they don't actually think this'll happen, they just playing a furry variant of D&D or something, or maybe they use it as a world to base their stories in.

It's just the usual furry crap, and not worthy of the effort you put into the topic. Seriously. :smith:


Taygon posted:

FedCom is a nation, a close community, and a family.

FedCom is NOT a joke, role-playing game, or anything of that sort. This is real, and we do take it seriously.

Yeah, they really do take it seriously, though I imagine there are some trolls in the mix.

SpazmasterX
Jul 13, 2006

Wrong about everything XIV related
~fartz~

ChickenMedium posted:

Truly, the internet is for crazy people what a van without windows is for a sex offender.

This is a good analogy.

Thoughtless
Feb 1, 2007


Doesn't think, just types.

Warheart525 posted:

Yeah, they really do take it seriously, though I imagine there are some trolls in the mix.

:arghfist::catstare:

Every time I think something is too ridiculous for someone to believe in. Every single time.

Well, carry on fighting the good fight.

Roy
Sep 24, 2007
I think it's pretty funny how some crazy people with no idea how a state actually works think that they can just sit down and think their way what it takes to create a utopia.

It's like if I sat down to make my very own organic anarcho-communist television set only to be surprised when my sticks, wires, hemp-seeds and communal spirit isn't enough to receive HBO.

Funkygenome
Nov 24, 2007
We need to attack them before they get to powerful. We cannot let them get through the planning stages!

Deep Winter
Mar 26, 2010
You guys are just jealous that Goon Island never happened, and this guy's Yiff Island did. Let's set up Goon Island down the road from them, and see how long before they move out.

Ranccor
Mar 14, 2009

Queen of the net.
Jesus. This would be a good plot for a book if it was not so yiffy.

Revener
Aug 25, 2007

by angerbeet

Ranccor posted:

Jesus. This would be a good plot for a book if it was not so yiffy.

It's essentially the plot to Metal Gear if Big Boss was a furry dragon poet.

t a s t e
Sep 6, 2010

I want to laugh, but I pity the people that honestly believe this with all their heart :smith:.

Mofeta
Sep 25, 2007

Warheart525 posted:

He wrote his own wiki entry.

Every word of this is gold.

quote:

Robert scores in the 130–140 range on nearly all standardized IQ tests. He often has difficulty finding the right word, will pause often when speaking, and may repeat portions of sentences just said if he made an error (especially while reading out loud). This can undermine the way others perceive his intelligence. Robert attributes his minor speech problems to "thinking too fast" for his mouth to keep up, and there are occasional bottlenecks between translating his mental images into words for speaking (he thinks in pure images: say "apple", and he sees the fruit in his head, instead of the word). He relates to older adults and highly intelligent individual best, who are closer to his mental level. Those who know him well (such as family) have described him as "very mature" and "wise beyond his years".

quote:

He has grown quite adept at hiding that he's an Aspie. If you hadn't read this section, you'd probably never know otherwise.

Agnostic watermelon
Jul 1, 2009

I'm a lil' Brony!
I wish they would somehow get their magic space tech, just to see how bad they gently caress up themselves/ the environment.



[e] No wait, I hope they pool their money together and go to some island off of Africa like that Somalia pirate episode of south park.



Musical_Daredevil
Dec 23, 2008

Need some backup NOW!
Never mind the dragons, I'm more concerned how they're going to create reinforced concrete buildings, massive underground structures, and flying cyborgs using only the resources on a tiny island with no outside trade. I seriously hope they have some highly experienced engineers to prevent people from getting killed by this guy's ideas (if they actually try to go through with this).

Stultus Maximus
Dec 21, 2009

USPOL May

Thoughtless posted:

I can't entirely tell if you believe they believe the whole thing will be real one day. It seems like a roleplay setting to me. As in, they don't actually think this'll happen, they just playing a furry variant of D&D or something, or maybe they use it as a world to base their stories in.

It's just the usual furry crap, and not worthy of the effort you put into the topic. Seriously. :smith:

I recommend you read through that "micronations wiki" for a while before you think that this is just a roleplay setting. There are more wackos.
And they even have Very Serious Arguments.

quote:

The "George vs. Robert" conflict was a conflict primarily involving two members of the MNeu message board: George Cruickshank (of Atlantium) and Robert Lord (of FedCom).

On 4th January 2009, George demanded that Robert remove a reference to Atlantium[1] (which was listed as 'hostile' on FedCom's government website), for the reason that the Empire of Atlantium doesn't have an "official bilateral relationship" with the Federated Commonwealth, and that the "unauthorized" reference constituted a "copyright violation" of Atlantium's name. Robert refused, countering that the reference to Atlantium constituted no such copyright violation under the "fair use" clause of US law (where FedCom's website is hosted), that FedCom doesn't like Atlantium or George's hostile attitude[12], that FedCom had the right to unilaterally list any entity it wished on its website, and that no such recognition was implied[1].

George refused to take no for an answer, and Robert refused blah blah blah tl;dr sperg warfare

Also for fun read his entire micronations wiki entry. It's amazing.

quote:

Robert is a proficient strategist and computer gamer. During his time at Howe, where the FPS game "Quake II" was widely played in massive LAN network battles (of 40+ people in a single map), he showed an innate talent for the game, and quickly rose to the legendary status of "Frag God" on these servers, dominating them.
...
Robert spent his freshman year of high school at Howe Military Academy (the name has since changed slightly), where he experienced formal U.S. Army JROTC training and LET (Leadership Education Training). He rose to the rank of "Cadet Private First Class" and held the position of squad leader, but interpersonal friction and politics with the cadet officers hindered further advancement. ... Robert would soon apply what he learned from this military experience in the reconstruction of his old club into the micronation of FedCom. This is the direct source of FedCom's historical militarism.
...
Robert has a very mild form of Asperger's Syndrome. He is annoyed when others think of it as a disease or disability, and will vehemently argue against those who want to find a cure or treatment. In his words, "I won't accept any treatment or cure, because there is absolutely nothing wrong with me. This is a gift, and it's a part of who and what I am. My brain is just wired up a little differently, and there's nothing wrong with that. I have no interest in being a mediocre 'normal' sheep." ... Interpersonal relationships, especially the romantic kind, are an enigma for him, and has long since consigned himself to the role of a confirmed old bachelor.
...
Robert has the ability to look at any mechanical object, disassemble it in his head, and reverse-engineer how it was made.
...
He's not particularly strong or physically powerful, so Aikido suits him well, since physical strength and size are irrelevant in this art.

He has thankfully never needed to use these skills, but came dangerously close on two occasions.

He owns a bokken (a wooden training sword in the shape of a katana), and uses it to practice his swordsmanship (but it could also be used as a lethal improvised weapon). He plans to get a real blade in the near future.
...
Robert has used his Aspergian ability to absorb information to great effect, and continues to do so. His knowledge ranges from building a biomass digester for electricity, to the assembly and effects of WMDs. It would take several years and thousands of pages to list everything he has learned in his private studies, but most of it focuses on scientific information and similar practical knowledge.

Atypical all his life, he does not care about celebrities, sports, or music, and hasn't bothered to learn anything about such "worthless drivel". He has never "fit in" with his peers, and doesn't care to. Since he doesn't care what others think about him, Robert is effectively immune to peer pressure.

Hedrigall
Mar 27, 2008

by vyelkin
The Island of Dr Moreau.

I bet they're as fat as Marlon Brando too.

Desperado Bones
Aug 29, 2009

Cute, adorable, and creepy at the same time!


quote:

Atypical all his life, he does not care about celebrities, sports, or music, and hasn't bothered to learn anything about such "worthless drivel". He has never "fit in" with his peers, and doesn't care to. Since he doesn't care what others think about him, Robert is effectively immune to peer pressure.

This is cute.
Is he one of those guys that will cry when you make fun of their weight?
Anyways, this is not creepy but sad. Pathetic. They need real friends, poor guys.

text editor
Jan 8, 2007

quote:

Robert has used his Aspergian ability to absorb information to great effect, and continues to do so. His knowledge ranges from building a biomass digester for electricity, to the assembly and effects of WMDs. It would take several years and thousands of pages to list everything he has learned in his private studies, but most of it focuses on scientific information and similar practical knowledge.

I think everyone has those times where they waste a few hours on Wikipedia browsing articles, but no one refers to them as "studies" or "practical knowledge" of the subjects.


That said, I don't have Aspergian powers so maybe I'm missing something.

C-Euro
Mar 20, 2010

:science:
Soiled Meat
Don't lie to yourself, turning into a dragon would be sweet.
I would not gently caress other dragons though so I don't think I'm cut out for the New Age.

AKZ
Nov 5, 2009

I came here from the PYF trainwreck thread and needed something sane and grounded. This was not it. This was almost as bad as the Clive Barker book Coldheart Canyon. I kind of figured it was hosed up, but I picked it up anyhow and got tricked into reading furry snuff porn. Same thing with this thread, I kind of knew it was going to be weird...but seriously, all that?

Goddamn. From now on anytime I'm outside of Pet Island and see a thread title that includes any reference to animals or mythical creatures I'm just going to go ahead and assume it is about furries.

Stultus Maximus
Dec 21, 2009

USPOL May

Musical_Daredevil posted:

Never mind the dragons, I'm more concerned how they're going to create reinforced concrete buildings, massive underground structures, and flying cyborgs using only the resources on a tiny island with no outside trade. I seriously hope they have some highly experienced engineers to prevent people from getting killed by this guy's ideas (if they actually try to go through with this).

Dude can reverse engineer any mechanical device in his mind.

Young Freud
Nov 26, 2006

I don't see why this guy can't stay confined to NationStates or something.

Spaticus
Feb 26, 2007

Understanding what thread you're in is futile the monkey said as it double-clicked the report button.
This is going to end like Lord of the Flies

Dwayne Bensey
Jan 7, 2010

Hedrigall posted:

The Island of Dr Moreau.

I bet they're as fat as Marlon Brando too.

The Island of Dr Morbidly Obese

Bieeanshee
Aug 21, 2000

Not keen on keening.


Grimey Drawer
Whew, that was a relief. I read the first paragraph or so and thought this was going to be a particularly awful choose your own adventure thread. When I realized the crazy was coming from outside the house, things got much better.

Musical_Daredevil
Dec 23, 2008

Need some backup NOW!

Stultus Maximus posted:

Dude can reverse engineer any mechanical device in his mind.

Let's just hope that includes an electric arc furnace and cement mixer.

This reminds me a little bit of the guy who tried to build a toaster from scratch, except this guy is serious.

R. Mute
Jul 27, 2011

Spaticus posted:

This is going to end like Lord of the Flies
Except they're all the fat kid.

homerlaw
Sep 21, 2008

Plants are the best ergo Sylvari=Best
If they actually go through with this, how the hell are they supposed to get to the island? Whatever West African country these fuckups are going to settle in isn't going to be happy about it. So how do they plan to

A. Get there
B. Not get killed
C. (Incredibly Improbable) Get sovereignty

wit
Jul 26, 2011
Hundreds of years from now anthropologists are going to be baffled by the small group of caucasian remains found huddled together on an island off the coast of Africa.

"Ultimately what seems to have killed off this tribe were the elaborate ceremonial dresses made from synthetic fibers they wore, still fully intact and covering the remains. Heatstroke killed every last one of them within minutes of arrival, despite their obvious intricate design the only form of ventilation in each garb was a hole in the groin region. However, we can tell a lot from these artifacts, this all male tribe held a multitude of now extinct animals sacred: the half wolf-half fox, the half dog-half wolf, the half fox-half wolf-half dog, the half wolf..."

ChickenMedium
Sep 2, 2001
Forum Veteran And Professor Emeritus of Condiment Studies
I finally remembered where this sperger got the idea for this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhOitOWIQG4

"You're not the boss of Tigerbot Hesh!"

postscript
Oct 8, 2009

Atlas Telamon
Feb 20, 2009
Why has there not been a movement to create the Island of Goon yet? Can you imagine all of the bacon related monuments we could make? What about all of the money we could make off of creating XXXXXXL t-shirts of anime characters, and selling the ones the Goon High Council does not wish to wear?

Plus, kittens. Kittens everywhere.

Fluffy Bunnies
Jan 10, 2009

C-Euro posted:

Don't lie to yourself, turning into a dragon would be sweet.
I would not gently caress other dragons though so I don't think I'm cut out for the New Age.

Turning into a dragon would be outstanding because I could fly and stuff like that. I, too, would not gently caress other dragons and I would prefer to be human since humans would probably want to loving kill me for torching something (accidentally, because I sneezed).

I thought there was an Island of Goon project ages ago.

naptalan
Feb 18, 2009

homerlaw posted:

If they actually go through with this, how the hell are they supposed to get to the island? Whatever West African country these fuckups are going to settle in isn't going to be happy about it. So how do they plan to

A. Get there
B. Not get killed
C. (Incredibly Improbable) Get sovereignty

Heh, silly human. :smug: Taygon, in all his glorious draconic wisdom, has already figured that out.

Taygon posted:

There is also the possibility of purchasing the land. While some are in favor of this route, I oppose it, since it effectively surrenders sovereignty by legitimizing another authority as greater than our own, and that's not what we want.
[...]
And by purchasing land from another government, we legitimize their prior claim to own the land, and enter into a contract with land titles and such. Unless an allodial title can be established in the first place (and such things have grown extremely rare in the modern world), such a deal will always place another government above us in authority, and allow them to override and cancel our rights to the land.

By establishing ourselves as the first people to live on the land and call it home (by squatting, essentially), and by making it too difficult to forcibly remove us, it effectively becomes our land, without legitimizing any prior or outside claims to the contrary.

Once the government that previously claimed (but did not occupy) this land expresses an honest willingness to cede their claim, then we can talk about possible compensation.

Every question you have is answered in this thread, but I don't expect you to understand it. Taygon is far wiser than most humans, and we can't assume to grasp the complexities of his plans.


e:

quote:

Voting is not compulsory. If a citizen is unable to make an informed decision on a subject being voted upon, they simply abstain, and allow the ones who understand what the vote is about to make the best decision.

Nor is the voting body left ignorant about each motion. The Councilors will present their own informed opinions and recommendations, and help explain the expected consequences of each decision, so that the people can make an informed decision. The now-educated voting body can then choose to follow their expert advice, or make their own decision.

The purpose of this is to give back the voice of the people. Since it is they who are most affected by every government decision, they have the right to make those decisions.

What a masterful idea! This council of voting people needs a name worthy of its grandness. We shall call it... a jury. :eng101:

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De Nomolos
Jan 17, 2007

TV rots your brain like it's crack cocaine
Wanna organize a Meetup in Second Life with members of this. Kids still do that, right?