SPSF Service Reports

SPSF Year-End Report: 2022

The South Pacific Special Forces (SPSF) maintains a commitment to resolute, principled military excellence in service of the Coalition. Throughout the course of this past year, the Special Forces have maintained that commitment in standing firm against raider aggression across NationStates and staying true to its motto chosen by South Pacificans in 2017, lux, veritas, virtus — light, truth, virtue. In the course of its operations, the Special Forces have brought light to regions blackened by the marks of occupying forces, stayed true to the democratic principles of the Coalition, and brought those virtues to their determination on the battlefield.

This year, the Special Forces fielded 94 unique updaters across 478 updates. In the course of these operations, Special Forces personnel conducted 3,844 defenses, 4,423 detags, 38 liberations, and 46 sieges.

As the year comes to a close, it also comes time to recognize those members of the military who achieved particular heights.

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Congratulations to the SPSF, and especially those who received a medal (or two)!

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Congrats @Pronoun, @flowerpetal, and @Klysevia!

Hello South Pacificans!

The month of July was intense for the South Pacific Special Forces, and I’m reporting live out of Hasunosora for this one! Now, let’s get started with our review!


Kaho Hinoshita, whom helped me crunch the numbers for this report!

Monthly Statistics

Statistic This Month Trend Monthly Change Percentage Change
Updaters 23 + 14 +64%
Updates 59 +1 +1.72%
Defences 338 -82 -19.5%
Detags 765 +355 +86.6%

Notable Operations

Wow! 765 detags! 765 Production representation let’s go! That joke aside, how did this happen? Well, it was also raidercon, which meant they were really hyperactive especially in that week alone! They even had deathstack runs! But don’t worry though, we made up for that by cleaning lots of it up, as you can tell! They can’t hide from us forever, and no matter what happens, they will be cleaned up at every oppertunity, so let’s keep at it everyone!!

July also saw the South Pacific being taken! Nooo, Tepertopia!! Wait no sorry, not us, the other South Pacific! In one update alone (and only that one), 16 SPSF peeps managed to show up in the fight to liberate South Pacific! With our friends, we managed to free them all in one night, and brought Densaner back in power! Congrats to all who showed!

We also had joint detags with our friends, the Europeian Republican Navy, which was a lot of fun jumping out of Crystal Falls! Then we had our own special ops later on where we spedrun 10 detags, jumping from Fort Chisato Arashi; be sure to thank Kanon Shibuya (no, not me) for leasing the area to us!

Several peeps were also promoted in July! Konsa, Canadian Dominion, and Lirozonia advanced to Soldier, Kotoha Tanaka (not the Idolmaster Million Live idol) to Officer, and Purple Hyacinth advanced to Commander! I’m excited for their dedication and am looking forward to all of them achieving new heights!

Moving on…

New Members!

Hello one and all! Please give a warm welcome to Albasian, Kinomanda, The Age of Utopia, Schoul, and Prudentia to the South Pacific Special Forces! Also, be sure to welcome back Maluhia and Nikto/Somurias! I’ll look forward to seeing you all sometime on the field!

Service Awards

Updates Attended

Rank Ribbon Awarded To
1 most updates Shibuya-Kanon
2 second-most updates Pronoun
3 third-most updates Banexet

Detags

Rank Ribbon Awarded To
1 most detags Shibuya-Kanon
2 second-most detags Pronoun
3 third-most detags Banexet

Defenses

Rank Ribbon Awarded To
1 most defenses Shibuya-Kanon
2 second-most defenses Banexet
3 third-most defenses Pronoun


Rina Tennoji’s reaction here is pretty accurate.

Wow! …It’s lonely up here. More than twice the updates attended than second place, and… This just means you all have work to do so come update more often!!

I also want to send congratulations to Pronoun for making second place in both updates attended and detags, and congrats to Banexet for taking second place in defences! Also, honourable mentions to HumanSanity and Purple Hyacinth, whom had fourth place in updates and detags (HS), and fourth place in defences (Hya)!!

Contact and Conclusion

The stats above really shows how dedicated we are, especially when it comes to detags (did I mention they’re my favourite?)! Contributions are welcome, no matter how small, so thank you! I hope to see you all again on the field! Let’s keep up our performance, shall we!?

Questions? Concerns? Complaints!? Just let me know! Send your mail to 765 Production in Tokyo! I’ll recieve them when I see them, or when someone hands it to me (haha)!

If what the SPSF does looks interesting to you, we’re always welcoming new members! You can apply here.

See you all in the next monthly report!


Lux, Veritas, Virtus.

Welcome to Bokura no Sekai! From the Minister of Defence,

Shibuya Kanon/Kotoha Tanaka

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It was a wonderous night. The city shone bright with the vibrant though dark colours. In the shadows far outside the city however some assassins, legionary, and magical peeps await to make their moves, while the allied forces back at the Lunar base were ready to strike against them.

This is not that story however.

Back in the bright bustling heart of downtown, the streets were alive and was filled with activity. V-Tuber streams were up on every big screen you can think of. Not just any V-tubers, all of them were from one company:

Nijisanji.

It was almost like it was a takeover. No, it was a takeover. Places formerly home to Love Live and Idolmaster idols and a few others (such as Chika Fujiwara, Nakano sisters, and most notably Junko) were cleared out. The Headquarters of Love Live and Gensokyo had been taken over with Nijisanji content everywhere, while the 765 Production building had been downsized, with only idols present from 2005 being there with no Million Live idols.

Except for one…

Meanwhile, the Idol stood just outside Fort Chisato Arashi. Seeing all the vast changes happening in the span of a few hours, they sought to restore order to the city in which they resided in, as well as their idol friends. However, they couldn’t do it alone.

With the likes of Zero Two (Code002) and the Cerasus from the South Pacific Special Forces (Esfalsa), and the King’s Guard Division coming from the Union of Democratic States (Glaciosia) joining the fray, the crew were ready.

The Idol and Zero Two then headed off into their first destination: Nijigasaki.

Not a moment too soon (heh), they arrived, and it was like a totally different world. Livestreaming was in progress. Or rather, the Idol and friends found themselves in some kind of game, a massive multiplayer crossover role-playing game. Upon entering, the words “World 1-1” was displayed up above, and the Nijigasaki High sign was edited to say Nijisanji instead. The Idol called out for their idol friends.

But they didn’t come.

Rather, Honma Himawari and Akane Kotonoha (the latter ironically the star of this show despite being a Voiceroid, not from Nijisanji) had appeared, whom laughed before disappearing. The area then transformed into the classic World 1-1 from the 1985 game, Super Mario Bros. Both the Idol and Zero Two both went on to not play the game it was meant to be played and flew over all the enemies in sight. Before long, Zero Two managed to reach the flagpole at the end, thus securing the location.

This was quite a game. The Idol and Zero Two went forth and stopped by the former residency of several idols (except for Akane Kotonoha a copy of her was there instead) before making it to World 2-1: Initial D.

The Kings Guard had managed to arrive by this point, and the crew ended spending some time drifting through corners chasing after the Nijisanji crew. The 14th division ended up winning after passing through the final checkpoint.

After this point, they went further down the huge city, before taking a detour through a portal that led to Junko’s former location, followed by a visit to Gensokyo. Fitting enough, Shizuha Aki whom formerly resided here before departing elsewhere months ago, came back to take care of fighting off the Nijisanji crew while bringing the joys of Autumn and the Idol brining along the ever-famous Pumpkin Spice flavoured coffees and lattes! Even in a sea of Eggnog lovers in the South Pacific, I know that we’ll be safe and sound.

Safe and sound
Safe and sound
Hold your ground
Safe and sound

After the Idol sung the rest of that song, they moved on and soon made their way to the 765 Production building. It was a trip, and despite seemingly having travelled back in 2005, Nijisanji remained omnipresent. However, remember when I said there was one idol from Million Live remaining?

She was there.

Despite the year now being 2005, Kotoha Tanaka, stood strong against the reversal of time and against the summoned Regi trio and Deoxys that the Nijisanji crew sent out. The Crazy Backup Dancers, Zero Two’s crew, and the King’s Guard had arrived on scene, though weren’t really a match against the Pokémon. Luckily the Idol brought along two of their own, and sent out Dialga and Palkia! While the fight was on, Zero Two took her chance to sneak around, and managed to enter the building. She entered the main office, and after a fight with 2005 Kotori Otonashi, took control of the building.

The rest of the time was spent stopping by more former residences before finally making it all the way to the centre of downtown: Love Live. The place where Megumi Fujishima and Kinako Sakurakoji stood proud, with Okina Matara acting as the guardian and Kanon Shibuya as the supreme goddess of this section of the city.

Or was.

Nijisanji, after having proved that taking down Nijigasaki wasn’t good enough, the crew managed to take control of the heart of downtown despite great efforts and resistance from the residents. Nijigasaki was hereby disbanded, and the guardians seemingly stuck in their own dream worlds (aside from Kinako Sakurakoji whom was elsewhere for a while now). When the forces arrived, they had to fight Amagase Muyu in a one-on-one battle. It was an intense fight, and despite Muyu’s attempts to eat their dreams, she was defeated, and the flag from the castle at the end was torn down. World 6-1 was cleared.

It was smooth sailing for the remaining amount of time, though the worlds were cut short by the time the Idol, Zero Two, and the King’s Guard got to Itsuki Nakano’s former residence. The final World ended up being 7-3, but nevertheless it ended up being an easy fight there as it turned out to be a normal Mario level despite Nijisanji’s presence.

With the clock striking 12am at Fort Chisato Arashi, it was time to bid farewell. Zero Two ran off along with the rest of the Cerasus crew back to the South Pacific, while the King’s Guard headed back to their home the Union of Democratic States. Nijisanji had been nearly defeated, but remnants of their influence still remain. That said, many places have been restored to normal at this point, including the home base of Love Live.

The Idol went to rest in their home and was able to rest easy.

Simulation end.

AC Alex / Chimore (UDSAF) (President of the UDS)
Glaciosia (UDSAF) (Leader of the King’s Guard)
General Pronoun (SPSF) (Ice Cream fan!)
Idol Kotoha Tanaka (SPSF) (Not one to sing karaoke!)

Wargames: 25
https://www.nationstates.net/region=nijigasaki https://www.nationstates.net/region=rurino_osawa https://www.nationstates.net/region=sonoda_chiyoko https://www.nationstates.net/region=akane_kotonoha https://www.nationstates.net/region=initial_d https://www.nationstates.net/region=cerise_bouquet https://www.nationstates.net/region=ayumu_uehara https://www.nationstates.net/region=junko https://www.nationstates.net/region=gensokyo https://www.nationstates.net/region=catchu https://www.nationstates.net/region=765_production https://www.nationstates.net/region=bokura_no_sekai https://www.nationstates.net/region=sayaka_murano https://www.nationstates.net/region=miku_nakano https://www.nationstates.net/region=mamimi_tanaka https://www.nationstates.net/region=tenka_osaki https://www.nationstates.net/region=kanon_shibuya https://www.nationstates.net/region=rina_tennoji https://www.nationstates.net/region=ai_miyashita https://www.nationstates.net/region=mayuzumi_fuyuko https://www.nationstates.net/region=love_live https://www.nationstates.net/region=tanaka_mamimi https://www.nationstates.net/region=chika_fujiwara https://www.nationstates.net/region=seyana https://www.nationstates.net/region=itsuki_nakano

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(Title ref: Song by Cerise Bouquet )

The Idol was chilling along in their own house. After having taken care of some unfinished business in the bustling downtown of their own world, helping Kanon Shibuya and Mamimi Tanaka reclaim their residency while Westinor managed to save the Love Live headquarters from Nijisanji, the Idol went back to helping out other fellow allies outside of their metropolitan area.

Be it averting coups and takeovers such as The Region of Warsaw or freeing other locations such as the Nova Historiae, it was quite a small adventure! But with not much to really do afterwards, the Idol went back home.

The city shone bright as ever, and the Idol walked through several locations, and had intervened to prevent the closure of the roads between their home and the areas of CatChu Boulevard, the roads that led to Mount Akagi (Initial D), and Cerise Bouquet Road. With nothing else, the Idol went back home and rested while just finishing writing their last story and drinking some Pumpkin Spice latte. Otherwise, it was a slow day, and the Idol went through a bunch of handpicked songs they had enjoyed listening to the most at that moment.

They later ate some Neapolitan ice cream along with a bit of assorted snacks before going back to playing games. Then time progressed, so the Idol decided to leave for a bit from their home to take a stroll. However, along the way, the Idol then saw something moving in the distance.

Could it be?

The legend?

You see…

It was around the time back in April. The Idol then was still new to the scene at large. Around April 16th, a sleepy slumber had awoken, and the Idol along with allies went to chase after them. All the Idol remembered from that day was the sleepy group managing to take Interstate 878, a region that was already in the hands of Eggnog, a beloved drink of the South Pacific. Well except the Idol anyway, but no one asked them for their opinion. (Hey!!)

Anyway, the Idol picked up some broken glass off the ground. “I could use this…” they thought. And so, after having gathered some resources the Idol went off to create something new to help combat against the glass.

A few days later some brand-new experimental idols had emerged, but in the form of a crystalline base with some glass mixed in. On April 25th, several crystal idols arrived on the scene such as Crystalised Kinako (Liella), Crystalised Megumi (Hasunosora), and Crystalised Setsuna (Nijigasaki). Later on other crystal idols had rolled out to the scene such as Crystalised Chiyoko, Crystalised Kanon, and even CRYSTALISED QU4RTZ.

Then sometime later, around July 2nd, the Idol came across a very old remnant of the sleepy group’s presence, down at Velritera. A friend of the Idol, Tsujino Akari, had managed to clean up the area and collected some loose change, while throwing away a dagger left behind by an assassin, whom was part of a different group.

Since then, the Idol kept watch, awaiting their return to bring out the good fight against them once more. Now with a decent sized crystal idol group of their own, the Idol was prepared for anything at that point. But although the far edges of the northern reach have been quiet for a time, they never turned their eye off it.

Forward back to that night.

The Idol spotted something. After looking through the telescope that was there, they saw reflections. Indeed, it was a sight to behold.

Glass!

From Glass Houses to Stained Glass, and to dangerous ones such as Uranium Glass, they all were heading back home to the far lands of the northern reach. The land which was home to the legendary group known as…

Blanket Fort Legion!

The Idol was dazed for a second. Was this the day? They wondered. With no time to lose, the Idol rushed back to Fort Chisato Arashi and had called upon the crystal idol forces to roll out. Crystalised Kinako was called forth, and whom was now upgraded to 5.0 with finally the ability to fly. She flew to Hasunosora and to Love Live before heading towards the Lunar base. However, her movements did not go unrecognised. Indeed, Quartz Glass had moved for a moment into a part of the metropolitan downtown at QU4RTZ Music Arena before moving back, though not before leaving a five star review on TripAdvisor!

The Idol was excited. The stars had aligned once more for an adventurous night. The crystal idols were ready too, of course!

The Snakes on Skates started rolling back towards the northern reach, truly setting this night in motion. Meanwhile more allies had arrived to help turn the tide of the battle for the ever excited Idol. The fight was on, and then…

Crystal Kinako missed. A few times.

To be fair, flying takes some time getting used to! And of course, she managed to arrive on time to a place called Noxus. Though having missed a few times, she wasn’t able to be on the centre stage to fight off the glass there.

Crystalised Megumi was up next, and she had better practice than Kinako did! She was easily able to take centre stage at checks notes The Proxian of The Free Land of New East, and had fought off the fibre-glass and the snakes on skates from being the stars there.

In the ever intense fight of crystals vs glass, sometimes other allied stars decided to steal the spotlight much to the Idol’s disappointment (and slowness). Unless it was Honoka from µ’s (Crystalised Honoka), then it’s okay. µ’s are popular enough as is, give the newer groups the time to shine!!

Crystalised Chisato was up this time going after Soda-Lime Glass to one of the popular tourist destinations: Walsingford! She took the stage, and gave off a performance and denied them the spotlight.

Then after almost two days with all the Interstate regions reopened for business, to no one’s surprise, one of the Interstates had an attempted invasion. This time, Crystalised Shizuku was up against the Rocks Glass and both collided at Interstate 296. After an intense fight, and despite the toughness that was the Rock, Shizuku won and saved the highway!.. And then promptly left due to the presence of eggnog.

Crystal Emma was up next and, along with several others, failed to fight off the laboratory glass and the snakes on skates at Trebuchet Storage. Only Walrus and Aura made it, but lost in the chance game.

After that, the towels, or rather, blankets were threw in by both sides. Everyone went home for the night.

The Idol returned back home, and went to bed. Of course, while they’re sleeping soundly little did they know they were going to be brought to a kangaroo court for their distaste of eggnog. Let’s hope they escape in time!


Sayaka Murano, friend of the Idol, stopping the BFL Paper Planes in their tracks

the South Pacificans performing into the Night
Idol Kotoha Tanaka (The Star who took the Spotlight)
General HumanSanity (Enjoying a good eggnog beverage)

Fellow Musicians on Stage
New Makasta (LDF)
El Fiji Grande (NPA)
Minskiev (RRA)
AurAKlimaX (TGW)
Haku (TGW)
Westinor (TGW)

Locations defended by our musical performance (8):
https://www.nationstates.net/region=interstate_296 https://www.nationstates.net/region=walsingford https://www.nationstates.net/region=varash https://www.nationstates.net/region=magna_regio https://www.nationstates.net/region=the_proxian_of_the_free_land_of_new_east

https://www.nationstates.net/region=noxus https://www.nationstates.net/region=real https://www.nationstates.net/region=xarakuz

Later on, Crystal Emma had been elected to become the new delegate of the Artificial Solar System! Of course, the true way to end the night was an ultimate poll question:

Crystals or Glass?

  • Crystal
  • Glass
0 voters

(Title ref: Hoshikuzu Cruising by Tang Keke )

The Idol was taking a stroll through Government Island and stopped by their favourite coffee place! The smell of Pumpkin flavour was in full swing, and they bought a bunch of it for themself! Coffees, rolls, pies, you name it! It’s Autumn, and no better way to set the mood and vibe then for pumpkin flavoured food and drinks! As for the rest of the South Pacific though, they’re enjoying eggnog year round of course!

Afterwards later, the Idol returned working with others on more serious matters! Or would’ve, but, as it turns out, all that went out the frosted glass window…

…as the legendary Blanket Fort Legion had awoken yet again for another wonderous adventure!


Of course, the Idol and their friends, such as Hanamaru (pictured here), couldn’t pass up the chance to stop BFL yet again!

The Idol was super excited and had quickly recruited the crystal idols for action! Except for new arrivals Crystal Amana and Tenka, they were on a training run! Along with Concrete Slab and Walrus being conscripted to the cause, both of them followed the crystal idols chasing after the glass from the far lands of the northern reach, and to collect more resources!

Crystalised Chika was the first up, and had chased the Cut Glass to Principes Mundi! But, in a surprise turn of events, Crystal Chika ended up badly scratched! The Cut Glass had achieved victory, making this a milestone in the crystal-glass fight!

This would be the only time though, as Concrete Slab had entered the fray, and the three musicians gave off a performance that shook the night!

Crystal Ayumu and Hanamaru were next in succession, and had let Walrus and Concrete Slab take the centre stage! After all, we’re all music performers, and this was our spotlight to shine, even if the Idol’s the one leading the concert!

Crystalised Kanon was next, and having the powers and abilities of Okina Matara as well, she flew across the Land of the Back Door to chase after the glass! The Weather Glass and Flint Glass had arrived late to their locations, which led to Kanon being late as well! Crown Glass arrived alone to Interstate 394, but the toll gate operator of that Interstate managed to throw the glass into the realm of the rejected! All while sipping on a good eggnog beverage, of course.

Crystal Kanon followed the Mirror Glass all the way to Prima Victoria! Despite everyone but Kanon flying back and forth between this location and the Lunar base down at the Artificial Solar System, Kanon was confident in her abilities and stayed behind! She ended up taking centre stage into the spotlight, then performed a guitar solo!

Then when the Stained Glass arrived to the Artificial Solar System, Crystal Chiyoko had managed to grab hold of the glass! Though she was confused at what to do as there were other things happening, she let the glass go quickly after realising that it was a trick! Despite this, she and Concrete Slab were able to stop the two down at Mushadakaq! Crystal Chiyoko being super friendly decided to give everyone chocolate though! Wait, no, don’t eat that chocolate!!!

Crystal Fuyuko was up next, and had spotted the Quartz Glass travelling far into the deep sea! Luckily, despite Crystal Fuyuko arriving just a few seconds later but still on time, Concrete Slab was able to protect the wildlife of the sea floor! Fortunately we brought a submarine though, it was easy to get lost around here…

Crystal Akari followed, armed with apples of a crystal gemstone, pearl! The pearl Apple held a special power, which fired rounds of Spacial Rend, the signature move of Palkia! The Glass Spun (pun intended) back and forth to dodge the attacks, but Akari managed to win the battle down at New Ancapistan!

Crystal Kanata with the powers and abilities of Doremy Sweet had arrived from the Dream World! Having flew her way towards Y16, she had managed to stop the charged lightning glass from striking! She managed to shatter dreams, and went to sing a lullaby, before trapping the glass into her dream world.

Float Glass was the last one up, and noted scientist Crystal Shiki Wakana of Liella took to the scene and brought along her experiments from the lab! Having also brought along a jetpack, both the float glass and Crystal Shiki flew up high for the final fight of the night! It was one to behold, as various forms of float glass had launched some good attacks, but fighting against some dangerous experiments proved to be futile! Crystal Shiki won, and after having dismissed someone who forgot to resign months ago, she left!

With the lights shutting off down at the northern reach, it was time to leave too. The group had parted ways for the night, and the Idol returned home. They went to sleep almost right away, lost in thought from all the other chaos that happened too.

Before they left, the Idol did leave behind some tasty treats. Cake, pie, ice cream, doughnuts, pumpkin flavoured coffees and even eggnog drinks, there was something for everyone!

The Galactic Band
Idol Kotoha Tanaka (Avid Pumpkin Spice fan that took the spotlight)
Officer Concrete Slab (Oshi no Ko fan!)
[RRA] Minskiev (Guitarist)
[TGW] Westinor (Pianist)

Defences: 8

https://www.nationstates.net/region=alma_mater https://www.nationstates.net/region=honeymoon_farm https://www.nationstates.net/region=prima_victoria https://www.nationstates.net/region=mushadakaq https://www.nationstates.net/region=deep_sea_2 https://www.nationstates.net/region=new_ancapistan https://www.nationstates.net/region=y16 https://www.nationstates.net/region=specter

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Hello South Pacificans!

The month of August was somewhat quiet for the South Pacific Special Forces save for a few eventful updates! I’m reporting alongside with Chiyoko Sonoda and Megumi Fujishima out of our very own blanket fort today! Want to know how we got our hands on one? Let’s get started with our review then!


Chiyoko Sonoda in one of the blanket forts, one of the Idol’s recent acquisitions after we seized one of them!

Monthly Statistics

Statistic This Month Trend Monthly Change Percentage Change
Updaters 17 - 6 -26.087%
Updates 61 +2 +3.39%
Defences 153 -185 -54.73%
Detags 246 -519 -67.84%

Notable Operations

As you can tell the month has been largly uneventful, with not much activity happening across the board. So much so, we hit a high of 61 Wargames total (not listed)! That isn’t to say there was none, as we had a few liberations including a big one. The International UN was the major one for August, and we along with many friends after three updates, managed to successfully liberate it! Eight SPSF members were involved in the final liberation, so congratulations to all those who showed up overall!

We also had the joint UDSAF-SPSF joint ops, where we jumped out of Fort Chisato Arashi, and fought against the Nijisanji expansion across 25 regions! Though don’t ask how Akane Kotonoha was involved with Nijisanji, something about a collab, I guess? Doesn’t matter, we managed to restore the locations across the Idol’s metropolitan downtown area back to normal!

And finally, the moment everyone has been waiting for. You could say you saw this coming, and you’d be right! I saved the best for last! The most eventful thing that happened was…

The return of Blanket Fort Legion! Twice! Between the span of a few days!

Wasting no time, I, along with the crystal idols and other friends, we managed to stop them! Aside from two instances, but I detagged them both at the next update! Just rememeber, I lurk in every corner, and this Idol is always watching, from the dream world… there is no escape…

Shizuku Osaka capturing one of the BFL paper planes that was on the run! More resources to harvest…

New Members!

Hello one and all! Please give a warm welcome to @kjr51 and @minibuilder to the South Pacific Special Forces! I’ll look forward to seeing you all sometime on the field!

Service Awards

Updates Attended

Rank Ribbon Awarded To
1 most updates Shibuya-Kanon
2 second-most updates Of_the_Ages
3 third-most updates Banexet

Detags

Rank Ribbon Awarded To
1 most detags Shibuya-Kanon
2 second-most detags Of_the_Ages
3 third-most detags Banexet

Defenses

Rank Ribbon Awarded To
1 most defenses Shibuya-Kanon
2 second-most defenses Of_the_Ages
3 third-most defenses Banexet

Sayaka Murano says hi. She, just like me, wants YOU to come update more often. Thank you!

Big congratulations to The Age of Utopia for taking second place across the board, and to Drew for making it third place across the board!! Also special shoutouts to Concrete Slab, Pronoun, and HumanSanity as well for being tied in update presence! Notably, Pronoun was second and Concrete Slab was third place for wargames specifically (again not listed here)!

Contact and Conclusion

The stats above still shows how dedicated we are! Contributions are welcome, no matter how small, so thank you! I hope to see you all again on the field! Let’s keep up our performance, shall we!?

Questions? Concerns? Complaints!? Just let me know! Send your mail to 765 Production in Tokyo! I’ll get back to you later, I’m feeling quite sleepy… a nap is in order…

If what the SPSF does looks interesting to you, we’re always welcoming new members! You can apply here.

See you all in the next monthly report!


Lux, Veritas, Virtus.

The one to take a Dazzling Night Travel! From the Minister of Defence,

Shibuya Kanon/Kotoha Tanaka

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Hello South Pacificans!

The month of September was somewhat more quiet than August for the South Pacific Special Forces. There is a reason for this, and you all already know what the major event was, so let’s get right to it. But first here’s a captcha to prove that you’re a human reading this!

It’s okay, me and Megumi are doing enough captchas for all of you.

Monthly Statistics

Statistic This Month Trend Monthly Change Percentage Change
Updaters 21 +4 +23.53%
Updates 51 -10 -16.39%
Defences 63 -90 -58.82%
Detags 138 -108 -43.90%

Notable Operations

Magna Aurea was the talk of the month of September, for good reason. Around 34 updates, with the second half being underground stealth mode, it took to liberate the region. 19 SPSF peeps across all those participated, so congrats to all who showed (and you can see the ribbon for it here).

Also, see all those detags and defences? Not a lot huh? That said, particularly during the entire stealth mode, I took it upon myself, and with one or two other peeps elsewhere, we managed to sweep the floor of them. Special shoutouts to Sonoda Chiyoko for winning the one defence despite being outnumbered on one update! We also kicked out the intruding wolves in the prison complex of Alcatraz of which I led with my powerful Blanket Fort! Despite the wolves reinforcements, our side got more and we managed to free Alcatraz!

After the stealth mode was over, more people were freed to come right back with me to do other things afterwards! We faced the battlefields with a surge of defences, and cleaned up more detags that appeared!

One more thing! At the beginning of the month, the major of the 1st of September, we had our very own SPSF run, which was chasing practice! We visited locations and travelled down through interstates, even stopped by a Burger King!. …Wait, why are the bridges back, haven’t I solved enough captchas already?

New Members!

Hello one and all! Please give a warm welcome to Sir Zanny, Decoy, The Rob, and Benese to the South Pacific Special Forces! I’ll look forward to seeing you all sometime on the field!

Service Awards

Updates Attended

Rank Ribbon Awarded To
1 most updates Shibuya-Kanon
2 second-most updates Banexet, Of_the_Ages, Pronoun
3 third-most updates Concrete Slab

Detags

Rank Ribbon Awarded To
1 most detags Shibuya-Kanon
2 second-most detags Banexet
3 third-most detags USoVietnam

Defenses

Rank Ribbon Awarded To
1 most defenses Shibuya-Kanon
2 second-most defenses USoVietnam
3 third-most defenses Banexet, Pronoun

This is a very interesting outcome…

While everyone else was busy with Magna Aurea for stealth mode, I dominated the number one positions with no one else coming close. Granted going through the haunted areas was pretty scary, and just wasn’t the same without more friends, but I did it! That said, come back to updating as normal please. Liberations and seiges are not the only things to do you know!!

Also, interesting ties in the top three this time. That said, a special shoutout to USoVietnam for making a comeback!! Nice to see some old peeps coming back into the spotlight again.

Contact and Conclusion

The stats above shows how dedicated we are. Contributions are welcome, no matter how small, so thank you! I hope to see you all again on the field! Let’s keep up our performance, shall we.

Questions? Concerns? Complaints!? Just let me know! That said, it’ll take a while for me to get to, I need to pass another 7 or so captchas every time…

If what the SPSF does looks interesting to you, we’re always welcoming new members! You can apply here.


Lux, Veritas, Virtus.

From the Minister of Defence who is not a bot (really!),

Shibuya Kanon/Kotoha Tanaka

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On the morning of the 22nd, the Idol quickly got out of bed to get to work, but stubbed their toe against a cabinet. Unable to make it, the Idol decided to call on Hana Macchia to help out. She did, and had brought along an old corporation that was recently brought back under Love Live control. Or was, until it was sold off to Nijisanji! With this resurrected company under new management, Hana aided other friends including the South Pacific in taking down a bunch of large cabinets. She sent her prototype, a mechanical phoenix with starry skies and Nijisanji livery on it, after them. Letting out a fiery galactic breath, the cabinets were destroyed in an… explosion?? Well thanks, Michael Bay.

While this was going on, a distant land had been taken under control by a swarm of birds. Not just any birds, but hawks. The skies turned red in the distance, with thunderstorms forming. But hey, at least the cabinets are no longer a concern.

Minor Update, 2023/10/22

Idol Kotoha Tanaka
Officer Concrete Slab
Trainee Ecclesia Victoris
Trainee Silvae

[ERN/EPSA/THA] Vor
[ERN] Charoskania
[ERN] Maowi
[LDF] Anjan Kloss
[LDF] Mediternia
[NPA] Polgaria
[RRA] giang
[RRA] Minskiev
[RRA] Tate-rtot
[TGW/AE] Sir Merlin
[TGW] AurAKlimaX
[TGW] crescendoll
[TGW] Grea Kriopia
[TGW] Haku
[TGW] New-Lamp Dynasty
[TGW] Takkaviita
[TGW] Westinor
[TSR] Bran Astor
Hulldom
Rom

Liberations: 1

https://www.nationstates.net/region=stubby_toe

Into the night of the 23rd, many orgs had begun messages and mobilisation for another major battle. The South Pacific was also in full mobilisation, with Drew promoting a card giveaway, including a free PS2 (not to be confused with PlayStation 2) and Concrete Slab offering to sing in Voice Chat. Many calls were had and a huge force had gathered closer to the night.

Meanwhile the Idol was away, focused on finishing up a Pokemon playthrough. Despite calls from other Idols, Nijisanji, and South Pacificans, the Idol was too distracted and focused on beating the Elite Four and Endgame, which always tends to have the hype music.

That said, TSP was able to mobilise a decent sized force on their own, with a total of 13 showing up, and along with other allies, sailed across the ocean to launch a counterattack. While unsuccessful, the allied forces were able to have a strong foothold. The storm of course wouldn’t let up just yet however…

The morning of the 23rd was a tad different. This time, the Idol joined early, but having not been fully awake despite drinking an iced coffee, they called on Hana Macchia once more. Hana once again mobilised her own celestial armada having sent out another mechanical phoenix with a Nijisanji design on it. Slab once again led the calls in gathering people he could, with making another offer to sing again later. With other friends, another large force was mobilised that was comparable to last night. Despite the thunderstorm being fierce, the allies launched another counterattack to reclaim the lost land once and for all.

Despite Hana Macchia’s mechanical phoenix being shot down at the end, the land was freed and returned under the control of Awesomeness. The storm dissipated and the skies were clear and blue again. This time, 15 South Pacificans showed up, with some people that weren’t here on the night before. Including the Idol, of course. With this done, the Idol promptly went back in their blanket fort, while Hana was off to have the phoenix repaired.

All in all, a total of 20 SPSF showed up across the night and morning of the 23rd for this large counterattack, an excellent turnout for the South Pacific.

Major/Minor 2023/10/23

Soldier Eshialand
Trainee Castle Crashers Boi
Officer Concrete Slab
Officer Drew Durrnil
Trainee Gordon Freeman
Soldier Konsa
Commander Purple Hyacinth
Commander USoVietnam

Major only:
Soldier Canadian Dominion
Trainee Fornax
Soldier Lirozonia
General Pronoun
Trainee Trivalve

Minor only:
General HumanSanity
Soldier Not an austrian
Trainee Philly Macaroni
Trainee Silvae
Soldier The Age of Utopia
Trainee Vrigny

Idol Kotohana Tanamacchia

Siege and Liberation:
https://www.nationstates.net/region=far_east_oriental_federation

Shoutouts to:
TGW, LDF, XKI, TWPAF, RRA, NPA, TBO, Carcassonne, Community, ERN, UDSAF, DEC, EPSA, mercenaries, and more!

…But while that was going on, a bunch of spiders had crept up and made a huge web out in another area, over at Bozarkia. Some of these spiders were huge, even larger than a tarantula. They were joined with some wolf spiders, and a bunch of pirates whom played spider solitaire. There was no spider Pokemon to be seen, such as Ariados, Galvantula, and Araquanid however.

Nevertheless, now with a bug infestation upon us, it was time to ride into battle with bug sprays made by… Raid. Yes, the irony isn’t lost on us, just like my favourite sponsor for this part, Raid: Shadow Legends!!

The Idol wasn’t going to be dealing with the bugs, especially not large ones like some spiders, so they ran away. However, Hana Macchia was here once again, with her other mechanical phoenix (the one with the starry sky decal), and was determined to take care of this pest problem, without the use of bug spray. With round four of gathering enough people it was time to settle the score once more.

Hana’s mechanical phoenix started to fly towards the spiders burning a bunch of them down before getting caught in a web. Despite this setback the other allies arrived with bug sprays and the spiders retreated. The pirates, whom were on the side of the spiders, were tied up in a web and thrown out of the area.

Now with Bozarkia behind them, it was time to move on. Hana’s mechanical phoenix was freed, and had went on to Europe Temporaire along with some other friends. It was finally time to take care of other business.

It was then time for a mini marathon of phoenixes and blanket forts being sent out to aid in the clearing of several areas. Then came the Liella idols from the Hidden Star in Four Seasons universe, followed by Natsumi and Setsuna from Unconnected Marketeers universe. We even stopped by at Danganronpa, of which Monokuma wasn’t a threat due to his disappearance. That said, wouldn’t want to stick around for too long otherwise the despair will kick in.

Afterwards everyone went home once more having had quite the adventure. Hana went back to LizeCorp (named after Lize Helesta of Nijisanji) while the Idol headed home. Or was, but something was amiss.

A glitched phoenix flew high in the air, having faint shades of green. The sky got messed up for a bit before leaving into the night. The Idol wonders what that was about…

Major 2023-10-24

Soldier Eshialand
Soldier Canadian Dominion
Trainee Castle Crashers Boi
Officer Concrete Slab
Trainee Cool Bro
Officer Drew Durrnil
Soldier Not an austrian
Trainee Philly Macaroni
General Pronoun
Commander USoVietnam

Idol Kotohana Macchia

[ERN] Charoskania
[LDF/TGW/FORGE] Quebecshire
[LDF/WZSB] Raziel
[LDF] Avigilon
[LDF] Ecalpa
[LDF] Gagium
[LDF] Kanjuura
[LDF] Karmand
[LDF] New Cayfarrier Kiesistan
[LDF] New Makasta
[LDF] The Eltran
[LDF] Zloveshchiy
[NPA/TBO] NutmegTheSquirrel
[NPA] Caius
[PAL] Haganham
[RRA] Minskiev
[RRA] Salem
[TGW/UDSAF] Ostrovskiy
[TGW] AurAKlimaX
[TGW] crescendoll
[TGW] giftedhands01
[TGW] Haku
[TGW] Igualla
[TGW] Luca
[TGW] New-Lamp Dynasty
[TGW] Wandering Mercenary
oceandolphin
Rom
+TITO

Liberation: 1

https://www.nationstates.net/region=bozarkia

Detags: 15

https://www.nationstates.net/region=europe_temporaire
https://www.nationstates.net/region=communist_nations
https://www.nationstates.net/region=greatest_empire_of_slivinsko
https://www.nationstates.net/region=nazhemlyan_pact
https://www.nationstates.net/region=muchas_gracias
https://www.nationstates.net/region=triad_archipelago
https://www.nationstates.net/region=imperial_empire_association
https://www.nationstates.net/region=torussia
https://www.nationstates.net/region=lausania
https://www.nationstates.net/region=the_union_of_soviets
https://www.nationstates.net/region=sacro_imperio_de_rathaus
https://www.nationstates.net/region=the_danish_realm
https://www.nationstates.net/region=the_akua_isles
https://www.nationstates.net/region=danganronpa
https://www.nationstates.net/region=the_imperial_city

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9th October, 2023…

It was a good evening. The Idol had just arrived back home, and decided to play a game. Joining alongside the Idol was Hana Macchia. The Idol had set up the computer and booted it up. But not everything was as it seems as-

crash

9th October, 2005…

Windows XP booted up slowly. Once booted, the Idol started up the MMORPG game World of NationCraft. Once started up, other allies in the game had already managed to free Nevoeiro. That said, many seemed to drop the game afterwards but the Idol started sending some units towards other locations to fight off some enemies. One of the locations visited was the Strand Palace Hotel, which was in disrepair. After gathering some materials and fighting off the enemy guards, the hotel was looking like new again.

However, noticeably, the game was lagging. Could it be the bloatware? The game’s servers? Who knows, the OS also meets the bare minimum requirements to run the game.

After another one minute load of getting into the next location, Rejected Cards! Seems like this region is the place where junked cards go? Granted we didn’t find anything, aside from a feather or two. Nothing out of the ordinary aside from another sweep.

As we cleared out locations and fought off enemies, we took a stroll down Interstate 45. We dodged big rigs that were flying fast in reverse. Wait, how’d a game like Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing got into the mix? Anyway, it turns out this level is bugged, though this wasn’t the only Interstate we stopped by at that was like this. At least the road wasn’t slippery from eggnog this time! By the end of this location, it was reverted back to its original state, free of beverages.

Time went on, lag was ever prevalent, and load times were quite long. Okay, next location… 1984 World. Yeah, the location speaks for itself, it’s literally 198Fortnite!!! Wait, Fortnite? The game didn’t exist in 2005. Nevertheless, the world was restored, and Oceania is back at war with Eurasia. Or was it Eastasia?

Moving on from the nightmare, we drove down Interstate 464 and eventually made our way to Jeju island. For a game like this, it sure has a huge world, even larger than GTA San Andreas!! Shame the load times have been awful. Later we went back on one more interstate, Interstate 66. No relation to the famous Route 66, this one’s different. The traffic was horrendous, but we managed to clear it up. Well, the roads anyway, you can’t fix traffic.

After playing for two hours, it was time to log off and turn off the computer. Oh, Windows Updates. Maybe if the Idol ignores them it’ll go away…

With that, the Idol soon retreated into their blanket fort and slept for the rest of the night.

Major 2023-10-09

Solider Eshialand
Trainee Castle Crashers Boi
Officer Concrete Slab
Officer Drew Durrnil
Solider Konsa
Solider Lirozonia
Commander Purple Hyacinth
Trainee Silvae
Soldier The Age of Utopia
Idol Kotoha Tanaka

[ERN/TGW] Josi
[FDF/PAL] Yolyra
[FNDA] Burgermond
[LDF/TGW/FORGE] Quebecshire
[LDF/TGW] jammy
[LDF/WZSB] Raziel
[LDF] Anjan Kloss
[LDF] Gagium
[LDF] Karmand
[LDF] Zjaum
[PAL] Haganham
[RRA] Bowzin
[RRA] giang
[RRA] Minskiev
[RRA] Salem
[TGW/AE] Sir Merlin
[TGW/EU] Vincent Drake
[TGW/UDSAF] Ostrovskiy
[TGW] AurAKlimaX
[TGW] crescendoll
[TGW] Dada Sasa
[TGW] Grea Kriopia
[TGW] Igualla
[TGW] Luca
[TGW] New-Lamp Dynasty
[TGW] Takkaviita
[TGW] Wandering Mercenary
[TGW] yayuh
[TMG/TGW] Wolflandil
oceandolphin
+TITO

Liberations: 1

https://www.nationstates.net/region=nevoeiro

Detags: 31

https://www.nationstates.net/region=assembly_of_communist_asia
https://www.nationstates.net/region=beljiotena
https://www.nationstates.net/region=strand
https://www.nationstates.net/region=fromania
https://www.nationstates.net/region=what_on_earth_is_this2
https://www.nationstates.net/region=rejected_cards
https://www.nationstates.net/region=the_socialist_countries
https://www.nationstates.net/region=the_ohio_state
https://www.nationstates.net/region=all_the_other_countries_are_run_by_girls
https://www.nationstates.net/region=the_fudician_alliance
https://www.nationstates.net/region=terrafirma
https://www.nationstates.net/region=interstate_45
https://www.nationstates.net/region=the_western_black_sea
https://www.nationstates.net/region=the_continent_of_tocanoe
https://www.nationstates.net/region=jakewastaken_armed_forces
https://www.nationstates.net/region=prydain
https://www.nationstates.net/region=1984_world
https://www.nationstates.net/region=holy_continent_of_non_religious_nations
https://www.nationstates.net/region=scandiaholm
https://www.nationstates.net/region=alvaria
https://www.nationstates.net/region=interstate_464
https://www.nationstates.net/region=stokingland
https://www.nationstates.net/region=the_land_of_empires
https://www.nationstates.net/region=the_regional_security_pact
https://www.nationstates.net/region=embassy_of_antigua_and_barbuda
https://www.nationstates.net/region=jeju
https://www.nationstates.net/region=the_black_hole_of_socorro
https://www.nationstates.net/region=the_defenders_union_of_nationstates
https://www.nationstates.net/region=vinnytsia_raion
https://www.nationstates.net/region=kuhlbach
https://www.nationstates.net/region=interstate_66

October 10th, 1999…

After the very bizarre summer of 1999, it was time for a break. The Idol booted up Windows 98, ready to play a new game. After several minutes of loading thanks to dial-up internet, the game NationQuest started up and was ready to go. Joined initially by other players mainly from the South Pacific, as well as a Armamentalist from Weaver’s Peak (The Grey Wardens did not exist in 1999), and a player from Concord.

With everyone ready to go, the Idol created their character and set off towards the Kingdom of Mathematics. However, the level took a while to load, and once it did, it was very buggy. Trying to progress was hard, with invisible blocks, roadways that seemingly stopped, and cars that go much faster in reverse than forwards. After only 20 minutes of wandering around, the level was cleared.

“Well that’s strange, what’s happening on their end I wonder?” Anyway, the Idol was in for a treat. The third level, Isla de Bussy was the worst of them all. The level didn’t load initially, and when it did, it was very slowly. Several people just decided to drop the game then and there as the load times was so long. But the Idol was determined to get through this.

Say, you noticed something strange? Well, a combination of glitches in the matrix and the breaking of the time-space continuum led to unusual errors. Might explain why the night was so slow, and why the setting went backwards from present day, to 2005, and now to 1999.

The level loading felt like being stuck in traffic. That said, it was faster than being stuck on the 405, in that it took only one hour. That said, Aqua Hoshino (played by Concrete Slab) managed to be the first one to clear the level.

But wait, there’s more! As the levels went on, it was apparent that something went terribly wrong. While some levels were slightly faster and had less issues, like Mount Zion, others, like Honeymoon Farm took 20 minutes. The best of all had yet to come.

No, it wasn’t clearing up Interstate 475 from spilled beverages. Nor was it getting lost in The Ruin. It was the Idol’s panicking after hearing the bug was fixed and hearing the game going fast again that they decided to go straight to the Evelen support level.

But fast is relative. The game was still going slowly. Until it happened. The lag persisted and it was already 1:00 in the morning. The Idol started the game at 21:00. You know what that means. That means it took Four! Four Hours!! And it’s still going!

Afterwards the last three levels were cleared with The Mighty Death Eaters being the final one. The game’s story mode was beaten at 4 hours, 48 minutes in. That’s right, less than five hours, but more than Four Hours!!

The Idol was amused by this. That said, it was time to go, and-

October 10th, 2023…

With everything seemingly back to normal, the computer, which is running Windows 10, was turned off. Well, Windows Updates decided to strike again, so that was delayed. Anyway, the Idol went back to sleep in their blanket fort once more, safe and sound. The fact that the game took over four hours, almost five, was pretty impressive. Though there have been stories of the game lasting longer than that? Who knows, it was an entertaining night for the Idol.

The TV meanwhile was playing a recording of the latest Hana Macchia’s stream. Or seemed to be, until it stopped, and Hana was facing the room. The screen glitched out for two minutes, and when the TV static stopped, she had disappeared…

Major 2023-10-10

Trainee Castle Crashers Boi
Officer Concrete Slab
Officer Drew Durrnil
Solider The Age of Utopia
Trainee Trivalve

Idol Kotoha Tanaka V-tuber Hana Macchia

[LDF] The Eltran
[TGW] Takkaviita

Detags: 25

https://www.nationstates.net/region=kingdom_of_mathematics
https://www.nationstates.net/region=shizei
https://www.nationstates.net/region=isla_de_bussy
https://www.nationstates.net/region=natville
https://www.nationstates.net/region=the_outpost_of_the_capitalists
https://www.nationstates.net/region=mount_zion
https://www.nationstates.net/region=snigistan
https://www.nationstates.net/region=world_stage
https://www.nationstates.net/region=the_place
https://www.nationstates.net/region=honeymoon_farm
https://www.nationstates.net/region=abandoned_accounts
https://www.nationstates.net/region=house_archelius
https://www.nationstates.net/region=penguin_union
https://www.nationstates.net/region=north_atlantic_peace_keeping_countries
https://www.nationstates.net/region=a_new_region
https://www.nationstates.net/region=banned_europe
https://www.nationstates.net/region=interstate_475
https://www.nationstates.net/region=communist_alliance_of_nog
https://www.nationstates.net/region=the_dausu_region
https://www.nationstates.net/region=the_ruin
https://www.nationstates.net/region=aborted
https://www.nationstates.net/region=u_n_z_a
https://www.nationstates.net/region=nusantara_archipelago
https://www.nationstates.net/region=lionsroar
https://www.nationstates.net/region=the_mighty_death_eaters

Supports: 1

https://www.nationstates.net/region=evelen

October 11th-November 1st

Sometime between all this, more glitches and unusual happenings had occurred. From the glitchy green mechanical phoenix flying high in the sky sometime after leaving Danganronpa, to many Idol-owned locations left in the dust during the zombie apocalypse, and the strange disappearance of the Idol. LizeCorp’s newest establishment such as Blanket Fort Macchia as well as the newest crystal idol/V-tuber Crystalised Macchia were safe however from the zombies, showing the might of the company’s innovations…

November 2nd, 2023

Meanwhile, the night of November 2nd had rolled around, and the streets were deserted. Meanwhile, one determined individual, Drew, was working to set up the roads to Bozarkia which had been taken by spiders again. Hana Macchia was called in for the lead, in which she accepted. However, things were not meant to be, and only a few others showed up. Despite this, everyone charged at the time of the call but were pushed off into the realms.

An unusual aura filled the air. The skies started to flicker, and the clouds turned to static. Hana pushed on as she and a few others made their way towards Minneapolis–Saint Paul. Having travelled down I-94, she eventually took the exit to go down on Interstate 494. Of course, what would be an interstate without… eggnog? Now that October was over, Pumpkin Spice was no longer being sold, and drinks like eggnog were rolled out.

There’s no one else around that likes Pumpkin Spice more than-

Suddenly, static fills the air and surroundings, and after what seemed like a while, the area re-emerged. The Idol was back and was here to deal with the issue at hand. However, the ghost of eggnog wasn’t going down without a fight. The Idol had the surprise backing of LizeCorp, who sent them a special item. It was the Pumpkin Sword! Calling upon the remaining Pumpkin spirits, the Idol charged their sword towards the ghost of eggnog, finishing them off.

Interstate 494 was cleared, with the road reopened for safe travels. The Pumpkin Sword had dissipated afterwards, though the skies and surroundings have returned to normal.

After flying out of Minneapolis–Saint Paul, the Idol returned home in their blanket fort. The final cup of Pumpkin Spice coffee was on the table, which the Idol cherished. They enjoyed every sip of it, until the cup was empty. Despite the sadness, the Idol looks forward to Pumpkin Spice’s return. In the meantime, they went back to their usual coffee flavours, such as Coconut Mocha.

Major 2023-11-02

Nijisanji Idol Kotoha Tanaka
Officer Drew Durrnil
Trainee Liebestraum

[NPA] New Westmore
[PAL] Haganham
[RRA] Minskiev
[TBO] Zelly
[TGW/EU] Vincent Drake
[TGW] Cassie
[TGW] Igualla
Peacock

Sieges: 1

https://www.nationstates.net/region=bozarkia

Wargames: 1

https://www.nationstates.net/region=interstate_494

Over a few days, HelestaCorp (now renamed to prevent confusion with an old corporation from long past), now leading the production faculties, have rolled out the newest 6th gen crystal idols/V-tubers such as Rosemi, Kogane, and Nikaido, with the last one using some new latest tech from the z-day virus. However, resources were running a bit low, so HelestaCorp sent out the Idol along with their friends on a journey to collect more while clearing out locations.

Along with Kakastania from The Grey Wardens, the Idol and friends set out. Upon arriving at Confederation Of Great Nations, traces of blanket fabric was discovered among the feathers and knives. This meant one thing: someone that’s also associated with the legendary sleepy group was here! The material was promptly collected to be used for future creations. That said, feathers were stuck to the blanket, but luckily that can be cleaned up.

There were also a few old tech scattered in places such as United Federal Nations. Among them included an old computer which ran Windows 95, used to power an old missile system. That was also collected, along with other old tech left behind, to be recycled and used to build new and better tech.

The Idol then ventured all the way to New Antarctica, to Kurman and finally the Empire of the Blade to collect all the blanket fabrics they could find. Satisfied for now, the Idol and friends went back after clearing out several areas. All gathered resources were dropped off to HelestaCorp, and the Idol went home. While the streets were as quiet as ever, all was well once more.

Minor 2023-11-06

Idol Kotoha Tanaka
[TGW] The Crackerish Legion

Detags: 20

https://www.nationstates.net/region=united_libertarian_naitions
https://www.nationstates.net/region=united_federal_nations
https://www.nationstates.net/region=dorito_juice
https://www.nationstates.net/region=the_islands_of_uspiasia
https://www.nationstates.net/region=confederation_of_great_nations
https://www.nationstates.net/region=the_greater_england
https://www.nationstates.net/region=what_on_earth_is_this2
https://www.nationstates.net/region=the_southern_alliance
https://www.nationstates.net/region=forestonia
https://www.nationstates.net/region=the_fudician_alliance
https://www.nationstates.net/region=the_western_black_sea
https://www.nationstates.net/region=the_adorable
https://www.nationstates.net/region=imperial_empire_association
https://www.nationstates.net/region=lausania
https://www.nationstates.net/region=the_union_of_soviets
https://www.nationstates.net/region=new_antarctica
https://www.nationstates.net/region=kurman
https://www.nationstates.net/region=eternus
https://www.nationstates.net/region=empire_of_the_blade
https://www.nationstates.net/region=greater_concordia

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Hey TSP!

October was a relatively quiet month for the South Pacific Special Forces-though we had one of the largest liberations in NationStates history.

Monthly Statistics

Statistic This Month Trend Monthly Change Percentage Change
Updaters 27 +6 +28.57%
Updates 50 -1 -1.96%
Defenses 123 +60 +95.24%
Detags 240 +102 +73.91%

Notable Operations

Though Defenses and Detags were up big from September, they were still below the monthly average. However, we had several liberations this month, including one of the largest liberations ever. Between two updates, 20 SPSFers showed up to defend Far East Oriental Federation from invaders.

The update after, 11 SPSFers liberated Bozarkia from spiders (you can read more about Far East Oriental Federation and Bozarkia here). We also liberated the region Nevoeiro from ethically questionable wolves, and detagged through some very slow-updates while @ConcreteSlab sang (more on that here.

We also had some promotions in October, with @Utopia being promoted to Soldier and @Banexet being promoted to Officer! Congrats to them on their promotions!

New SPSF Members

Please welcome @Legend, @KpFavrisko, @Silva, and @kjr51 to the South Pacific Special Forces! We’re looking forward to working with you all on the battlefield.

Service Awards

Updates Attended

Rank Ribbon Awarded To
1 most updates150x45 Shibuya-Kanon
2 second-most updates150x45 Banexet
3 third-most updates150x45 ConcreteSlab

Detags

Rank Ribbon Awarded To
1 most detags150x45 Shibuya-Kanon
2 second-most detags150x45 Banexet
3 third-most detags150x45 ConcreteSlab

Defenses

Rank Ribbon Awarded To
1 most defenses150x45 Banexet
2 second-most defenses150x45 Shibuya-Kanon
3 third-most defenses150x45 Pronoun

Congrats to @Shibuya-Kanon for once again taking the lead in most updates attended and detags, though it was the first month without them sweeping the leaderboards for a while. I also want to shout out Concrete Slab for taking third in most updates attended and detags and @Pronoun for having the third most defenses!

Contact and Conclusion

You guys all did great this month, and showed up when needed the most. Any and all contributions are welcome, and we need as many people as we can get. Thanks to everyone who joined the fight to defend this month! All of you are a part of why we are one of the premier defender organizations in NationStates.

If anyone has any questions, comments, or concerns, just let me know! We’re open to any suggestions to make the SPSF a better defender force.

If what the SPSF does looks interesting to you, we’re always welcoming new members! You can apply here.

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HelestaCorp Regional HQ, Kanazawa, Hasunosora

The Nijisanji Recordings, Volume 9

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The next few days have been fairly quiet. More traces of blanket fabric were collected when found, and the Idol’s friends have also taken to mess with sasquatch when spotted. Otherwise the Planet bases have been fairly quiet with little to no movement.

On the other hand, Fort Hana Macchia has been bustling and became the new active base of operations for the Love Live Star Idol Forces for a while now, which has since expanded to include Nijisanji under their umbrella. Fort Chisato Arashi has seen better days, though remains well maintained.

The Idol had built a more vibrant blanket fort in their new location with coffee-themed blankets, including one of pumpkin spice. HelestaCorp had unveiled more crystal idols and v-tubers, including an dusk crystal-powered AI Izumo Kasumi, a dezombiefied Kureiji Ollie (from Hololive!), and Madoka Higuchi who’s cold and dead serious. You know who else was dead serious? The old La-

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Muyu: Sorry everyone, we had technical difficulties, but we’re back!

the recording turns back on and proceeds as normal

Also at Fort Hana Macchia, there was a tall lighthouse that stood near the edge, and the waves were strong during this time of year. The coffee cup, which is the top of the lighthouse, serves as the vantage point. Inside, it also includes a powerful telescope, which can see stars from thousands of light years away. However, it can also see through universes, including the far lands of the northern reach.

Indeed, the Idol was there late-afternoon watching as the waves crash to shore and looking through the telescope. Activity was thriving down at the northern reach, with Operatic Rats singing duets. The Idol could easily hear their songs, which was soothing to listen to.

After an hour, the Idol returned from the lighthouse to bring the news. Preparations had begun, and HelestaCorp had went through upgrading all the crystal idols and v-tubers, with Crystal Macchia no longer having the horror theming. They also rolled out a new crystal v-tuber later that evening, based on Akabane Youko. The majority of the crystal idols/v-tubers were moved out of Fort Hana Macchia afterwards, down at the Planet bases of the Artificial Solar System.

Megumi, whom was watching the lighthouse that evening, reported of more movements: snakes rolling on in with skates and Cinoci. The dreams had once again came true, though haunted with memories of things we’ll never see-

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Reports of reflections have been spotted piercing through the fog. Avoid the reflected lights. They have been reported to contain dangerous amounts of lead and uranium, owing to the glowing greens emerging from the lights. The ocean is contaminated and waves batter the shore. There’s a shadow-

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Crystalised Youko gathered things together, and had brought along a mysterious book. With the snakes on skates on the other end all ready to go, so was she.

Several minutes of silence followed. The long halls were eerily quiet, and faint chimes of bells were heard, and noises were heard from the vents as the AC was kicked on. Or was it? It was quite cool outside…

After a while, Cinoci was here to backup the snakes on skates. Meanwhile, Youko’s frightening aura had seemingly paralyzed her own allies, freezing them in place. No movements were made for another three minutes, until…

They moved, and Youko followed along. The snakes on skates had managed to roll their way into victory, taking The Pacific northsouth with them. Youko looked around and indeed, her allies did not move.

Her radiating aura persisted a bit longer. Crystalised Madoka walked out into the halls, ready to follow. More snakes on skates rolled out and…

Missed? She followed through the open door to Great Archipelago United Nations GAUN though alone. She backtracked a bit, while the snakes were staying behind. They didn’t move back to their home base, instead, they rolled towards New Atlantica. Madoka arrived as well. Just her. Though she expected this would happen, she turned around and left.

Luckily, Youko managed to find a spell in her book and casted one to wake the allies back up. Crystalised Kureiji had arrived, more alive than ever, and with a clone of Hitori Gotoh backing her (Bocchi104), both were ready. The snakes once again made their move as they slid down the halls a bit, and entered the door to Calex

The snakes were too good. So was HelestaCorp’s tech, though hilariously, was way too good it backfired for them so far.

However, things started to turn around as Vor brought in more powerful backup. Crystalised Kogane had entered the fray, feeling as confident as ever. The halls were as unsettling as ever, however noticeably its begun to die down as a result of Youko’s spell from earlier.

This time, the snakes rolled through three doors in succession, with their first stop being Xarakuz. Kogane followed them though backtracked each time. After going through another door, the snakes went through one more towards WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWMW-

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This window has encountered an error and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

Muyu: Hmm… okay.

restarts recording

…Kogane managed to successfully surprise them with her cover song, singing back Fireflies by Owl City-

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Crystalised Takamiya flew out, blasting down a wall with a crystalised lazer. It was showtime. Curiously, the hallways were no longer having that haunted feeling. The lights dimmed for a bit and then became colourful. The festival had begun, and the lights were moving like as if it was a dance floor.

The snakes rolled out, this time, towards… Junta!? Takamiya fired another crystalised lazer, having demolished a part of the building denying them the entrance; while Vor was able to shut them down. For a region that’s plans to coup the South Pacific, they sure let their defences down-

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Welcome to the South Pacific LLC!

The official governing regime of the South Pacific is TSPCorp! We’ve lasted over 20 years, and after rebranding in 2030, have transitioned into a corporation!

Come tour our lobby today, and consider becoming a shareholder!

the tape cuts out for a few minutes. After a moment of silence, it starts again

AI Crystalised Izumo started up, and went through the door towards KLYTH tracking down the snakes. The lights dimmed again, and when returning to normal, she and her ally was able to secure the room. The radiating dusk crystals lent power towards her ally whom was able to send them on a slide down all the way to the realms below.

After grabbing a glass vase, with glass roses, Crystalised Rosemi had arrived on scene. The lights across the hallways were now rotating slowly through pastel colours. Rosemi followed Cinoci to NatCons Crew, though all left after a few seconds. She then clipped through the edges of the walls landing temporarily in the 765 Production universe, though she returned after cutting down the walls around her. The snakes then made their next move, entering through a door towards the vast expanse of space, and skated their way to The Mars planet. However, they arrived late, so they then rolled through a large TV on the planet and into the world of films, shifting towards Disney Movies. Rosemi clipped out of bounds again, and fell into Chiyoko Sonoda’s house. After the choco idol gave her a piece of chocolate, Rosemi returned back to base ready to follow.

The snakes then travelled out from TV land and into Eee. Just e-

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We’re gonna talk about e. The big, famous constant, e. Okay it’s one of the famous mathematical constants, one of the most important, goes along with pi, and I don’t know, golden ratio, and square root of two-

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-arrived at FadhlRegainn. They walked right into a crystal rose garden which Rosemi summoned, and after handing her ally one of Koishi’s spell cards, had sent them off through the door towards the underground world.

Crystalised Muyu had departed from the Dream World, ready to eat people’s dreams. The hallway lights were glowing purple now, and Muyu flew after the snakes rolling on by. After several twists and turns, the snakes went through several doors towards ISRO. Muyu and her ally followed, having successfully ate their dreams in claiming the room for themselves.

Shortly after, sunflowers started to emerge from another door. Crystalised Himawari walked out, having travelled through the Garden of the Sun. Yuuka’s spellcards in hand, she followed after the snakes through another door. She pursued them across interdimensional space, making a long trek towards The Ares 6 Mission. Once more a visit to Mars was paid, and after having used the spellcard, Fantasy “The Beauties of Nature”, she and her ally were able to guard the base from the encroaching snakes. Afterwards, she left through space again and back into the hallways.

Meanwhile, the hallway lights changed again, shifting through the lights seen during an aurora borealis. Crystalised Lize made her grand entrance, exiting from the blue-coloured door. The surroundings started to change, with first the lights being turned off, then with the ceilings disappearing, revealing the night sky and a powerful aurora dominating the night sky, along with the stars ever shining so brightly.

The snakes rolled on, down the long winding halls, before making their way towards the Coast of Love. Lize followed along, and once there the walls had also disappeared, with only the floors remaining. But those too changed into natural paths. The ocean waves were gently crashing the shorelines. Both the snakes and Lize stayed there for a bit, at opposite sides, ready to fight. The snakes made their final move once more, rolling along the coastline to Ocalawaha. Lize’s ally followed first, then herself. The snakes were sent off on a one way ticket to the realms; while their friend was unable to make it in time.

More snakes were at first ready to go, but decided to call it off for the night. The lights shut off at their place, seemingly going back to sleep.

That said, the night just wasn’t over yet, with more things to take care of. Crystalised Nikaido rode her motorbike down to The Grand Imperial Regime of Nantuvia, where she and her ally swept away remaining feathers. Two more places followed for unfinished business, with HelestaCorp also collecting abandoned items the pirates left behind.

After an adventurous night, it was time to head back. The idol returned to Fort Hana Macchia, coffee in hand, and went home. The night sky was as bright as ever, with only the shining stars dominating the skies, and a faint sighting of Mars.

Major 2023-11-14

Idol Kotoha Tanaka (Super-Express: Dream Express)
[ERN] Vor

Defences: 7

https://www.nationstates.net/region=wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwmw
https://www.nationstates.net/region=junta
https://www.nationstates.net/region=klyth
https://www.nationstates.net/region=fadhlregainn
https://www.nationstates.net/region=isro
https://www.nationstates.net/region=the_ares_6_mission
https://www.nationstates.net/region=ocalawaha

Detags: 3

https://www.nationstates.net/region=the_grand_imperial_regime_of_nantuvia
https://www.nationstates.net/region=the_weastern_block
https://www.nationstates.net/region=the_united_power_of_stuvia

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283 Public Library, Higashikurume, Chihaya

Muyu’s Reports, Volume 6

The next morning, the Idol had already taken off. Having bought a coffee along the way, they then went straight towards Confederation Of Great Nations along with another ally. It was a quiet morning, and with many people away somewhere else, the streets were deserted as normal.

HelestaCorp had deployed Crystalised Minamoto and Crystalised Macchia, both whom hadn’t seen action yet, towards New Atlantica and Calex respectively. Snakes on skates were discovered, and we have high bets they’re the ones the posters from Blanket Fort Legion was talking about. But, HelestaCorp’s not one to make assumptions, so a proper investigation is underway.

In the meantime, Hecatia Lapislazuli set off to Interuniverse Obezyaniya to take care of unfinished business, while Sonoda Chiyoko went to Union of Independent States in search of chocolates! She found cookies, but sadly, it had feathers on them. Unlike blankets, you can’t clean up a cookie, it’s contaminated forever.

As Chiyoko returned back afterwards, Hecatia shared some of the chocolates she bought, with her. The idol had also returned back home, having bought around 11/12 coffees. I couldn’t understand it myself, but are they really going to drink that much coffee??

Minor 2023-11-14

Idol Kotoha Tanaka Reporter Muyu Amagase
[TGW] The Crackerish Legion

Detags: 5

https://www.nationstates.net/region=confederation_of_great_nations
https://www.nationstates.net/region=new_atlantica
https://www.nationstates.net/region=calex
https://www.nationstates.net/region=interuniverse_obezyaniya
https://www.nationstates.net/region=union_of_independent_states

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The following night, the Idol wasn’t around. That said, Crystalised Youko returned, and joining her was Rex Zero 1 and Tareus. Before the latter two departed on their own paths, Youko gave them each different items: grappling hook for Rex, and a powerful flashlight for Tareus. Confused as to why, Youko assured to trust her, as they’ll need them later.

Youko left off to return to The Pacific northsouth. Luckily, the night was calm, and the stars remained as bright as ever. She managed to sneak around, was careful not to make a sound, and had quietly managed to take down the BFL flag. Of course, they were being collected for the Idol, owing to the fact they’re such a huge fan!

Rex Zero 1 traversed through the fields and into a large palace and had came across several large pits. Using the grappling hook Crystal Youko gave her, she jumped across several pits towards the normally unreachable rooftop. She changed the misprinted sign on top, and headed back down the same way. However, after exiting, she noticed the scenery around had changed, as if the palace had expanded somehow.

Tareus ran down another part of this expanded palace, dodging unidentifiable enemies. The lights had flickered, and a bit later, burnt out. She took the flashlight out and turned it on. The light emitted was super strong, at around 5000 lumens, though it had a bonus side effect of vaporising enemies along the path. Soon she and her ally made it to Supernus. After searching around for a while, and dusting off a bunch of doors, they discovered a few of them were set up by someone else. Furthermore, there was a smaller door discovered next to them, and after opening it, switches were found. Vor managed to shut down the ones that led to the hawks, one that led to the assassins, and one that led to a naval base.

Afterwards they turned to leave, and the palace started to show signs of evaporating. Indeed, the roof was disintegrating, soon revealing the night sky once more. The walls followed and faded away by the time they reached the exit. With the last thing on the list taken care of, both Youko’s group and their ally parted ways returning to their own homes…

After reading, Kotoha had put the report back in the binder and returned it to the shelf. Then as she left the library she felt the fresh breeze pass around her, and down the empty streets in the city. She started to walk down the road until she noticed something that wasn’t there previously. It was a a green glass door. As she walked towards the door, it opened, with Youko Akabane (not the crystal version) stepping out. She came from the Occult Research Club! After a moment of silence (and the door disappearing behind Youko) Kotoha asked “…So what brings you here?”

“I’m here as there’s been reports of idols and v-tuber clones, but made out of crystals! Have you seen any recently?”

Major 2023-11-15

V-tuber Kotoha Tanaka (Idol of Rumours and Speculation)
[ERN] Vor

Detags: 3

https://www.nationstates.net/region=the_pacific_northsouth
https://www.nationstates.net/region=emery
https://www.nationstates.net/region=supernus

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ENDING TRANSMISSION

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Hey TSP!

November was a quiet month for the South Pacific Special Forces, likely due to a long pause from sieging in Philippines. We did have two large liberations, however.

Monthly Statistics

Statistic This Month Trend Monthly Change Percentage Change
Updaters 23 -4 -14.81%
Updates 38 -12 -24.00%
Defenses 25 -98 -79.67%
Detags 228 -12 -5.00%

Notable Operations

November started off with a pause in sieging in Philippines, with many SPSFers there WA-locked. As a result, the number of detags and defenses this month went down drastically, with the number of updates, defenses, and detags going down by double digits. Finally, after a few weeks of waiting, we struck and Philippines was freed from invaders (you can read more about that here. When the Philippines occupation was finally ending, a new invasion started in The Crown Dependency of Hong Kong, but we liberated it in a few days.
At the end of the month, @ConcreteSlab led us and our Aegis allies on some detags, detagging 31 regions.

New SPSF Members

Please welcome @cool_34796 , @Fornax , @theorigionalmuffinma, and @waterguy2028 to the South Pacific Special Forces! We’re looking forward to working with you all on the battlefield.

Service Awards

Updates Attended

Rank Ribbon Awarded To
1 most updates150x45 Shibuya-Kanon
2 second-most updates150x45 Banexet
3 third-most updates150x45 Klysevia

Detags

Rank Ribbon Awarded To
1 most detags150x45 Shibuya-Kanon
2 second-most detags150x45 Banexet
3 third-most detags150x45 ConcreteSlab

Defenses

Rank Ribbon Awarded To
1 most defenses150x45 Shibuya-Kanon
2 second-most defenses150x45 Banexet
3 third-most defenses150x45 Fornax

Congrats to @Shibuya-Kanon for sweeping the leaderboards once again, finishing first in all of the categories. Shoutout to @klysevia for attending the third-most updates, @ConcreteSlab for having the third-highest number of detags, and newcomer @fornax for having the third-most defenses! It’s always good to see active updaters in the SPSF.

Tidal Force Recap

This month marked the revival of the Tidal Force, our off-update defender force. This force is for people who want to participate in the SPSF, but cannot attend update or don’t have Discord. In November, the Tidal Force detagged 5 regions (Andy Moog, The Boys LLC, Aqua Office, Accelerative and The Gunshine State) and had 1 support (The Crown Dependency of Hong Kong). If you are interested in the Tidal Force, then check out this dispatch!

Contact and Conclusion

Even though there wasn’t as much activity this much, you all helped us score big victories in Philippines and The Crown Dependency of Hong Kong this month. Thanks to everyone who joined the fight to defend this month! All of you are a part of why we are one of the premier defender organizations in NationStates.

If anyone has any questions, comments, or concerns, just let me know! We’re open to any suggestions to make the SPSF a better defender force.

If what the SPSF does looks interesting to you, we’re always welcoming new members! You can apply here.

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SPSF Year-End Report: 2023

Statistics

This year, the Special Forces fielded 69 unique updaters across 658 updates. In the course of these operations, Special Forces personnel conducted 2,991 defenses, 4,737 detags, 82 liberations, and 73 sieges.

Medals

As the year comes to a close, we take a moment to recognize some of the service members with particular achievements this year.

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Hey TSP!

Even though we spent most of the month in one of the longest liberation attempts in NS history, we still had a large uptick in defenses and detags, largely owed to a 123 defenses chasing run at the end of the year.

Monthly Statistics

Statistic This Month Trend Monthly Change Percentage Change
Updaters 21 -2 -08.70%
Updates 43 +5 +13.16%
Defenses 240 +215 +860.00%
Detags 298 +70 +30.70%

Notable Operations

Most of the month was spent trying to liberate Alcatraz from invaders, but unfortunately after 25 days of sieging and watching it was refounded by raiders on the 29th. However, the end of the month saw a resurgence in day-to-day activity, with a 123 defenses chase (the most in several months) and large detag runs of 38 and 32 detags.

New SPSF Members

Please welcome @LowerCapiquarklan , @njian0 , @kimaeus, @pribalticunion, @sodacan123, and @North to the South Pacific Special Forces! We’re looking forward to working with you all on the battlefield.

Service Awards

Updates Attended

Rank Ribbon Awarded To
1 most updates150x45 Shibuya-Kanon
2 second-most updates150x45 Banexet
3 third-most updates150x45 Kimaeus

Detags

Rank Ribbon Awarded To
1 most detags150x45 Shibuya-Kanon
2 second-most detags150x45 Banexet
3 third-most detags150x45 Kimaeus

Defenses

Rank Ribbon Awarded To
1 most defenses150x45 Kimaeus
2 second-most defenses150x45 Banexet
3 third-most defenses150x45 Shibuya-Kanon

Congrats to @Shibuya-Kanon for again having the most updates attended and detags! However, this month Kimaeus had the most defenses beating out @Banexet by 1 defense. Shibuya-Kanon got the third most defenses in December, and Kimaeus had the third most updates and detags.

Tidal Force Recap

This month marked the second month of the Tidal Force, our off-update defender force, since its revival. This force is for people who want to participate in the SPSF, but cannot attend update or don’t have Discord. In December, the Tidal Force detagged 8 regions (accepts, Yelloworth, Baltija, Lerodas, accepts again, Novus, Cryptia, and OuterOuterOuterOuterOuter Space) and had one support (The North Pacific). If you are interested in the Tidal Force, then check out this dispatch !

Contact and Conclusion

Though we lost in Alcatraz, we experienced an uptick in day-to-day activity at the end of the month. Thanks to everyone who joined the fight to defend this month! All of you are a part of why we are one of the premier defender organizations in NationStates.

If anyone has any questions, comments, or concerns, just let me know! We’re open to any suggestions to make the SPSF a better defender force.

If what the SPSF does looks interesting to you, we’re always welcoming new members! You can apply here.

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The Idol had been chilling at Hana Macchia’s coffee cafe for a few days due to a severe thunderstorm hitting the metropolis across several areas such as the downtown apartment complex, Love Live, 765 Production, and of course the cafe itself. Once the storm has been cleared by the morning of the 24th, the Idol along with friends went out to get some materials while supporting some local businesses along the way. Not much happened, and was quite peaceful.

As the day went on, the Idol was watching some funny video game videos when Hana Macchia approached them and tapped their shoulder. “Look!”

The Idol turned around, and saw a text message on Hana’s phone. It was the flag of the Blanket Fort Legion! The Idol in excitement got up to prepare. …Until they accidentally tripped. “It’s okay, I’ve got this” said Hana, whom already sent out the message to all crystal idols and v-tubers. Alongside them and having arrived from a different universe, Kanon Shibuya (whom led the Blanket Fort Love Live division), Tomari Onitsuka (whom led the Blanket Fort Liella division), and Umise Yotsuha (leading the Blanket Fort Nijisanji division) all were called in as well.

Various Idols and V-tubers; both crystals and non-crystals alike had arrived at the Artificial Solar System… but something was off.

Not a moment to lose, Kanon Shibuya (whom has Yukari Yakumo’s ability instead of Okina’s) used gaps to teleport her way towards Cryptia, chasing after the Cut Glass. However, she was alone facing both the glass and Cinoci, and with no one else showing up to support her, she lost the fight.


Kanon running away to save herself from the Glasses wrath

Umise Yotsuha was next, chasing after the Green Glass Doors. She made it to the Greater North Sea. Snow had started falling around here, and the winds started to kick up a bit. Despite her efforts, the green glass doors managed to close and secure the checkpoint.

Tomari followed. With snow arriving down at both the Artificial Solar System and Hana Macchia’s coffee cafe now, it was starting to get a bit difficult navigating through the dark winter night. She made her way towards the Freeland Republic pursuing the Glassware. All she could do was watch the glass take over another location with no way to stop them.

Crystalised Suzuhara stood proud, flying after the Fiberglass down to the New Alvarez Union. Sword in hand, she wanted the glass for herself, but the fiberglass had managed to slow her down and threw out her weapon. She lay in defeat as the glass had emerged victorious over an Eldritch God.

It was after this point the snow begun to fall faster and winds started howling as the winter storm grew in intensity. Some omnious energy started to flow out of Crystal Lulu Suzuhara… perhaps those Makai crystals… no, never mind that!

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After having missed Kadek, the Fibre-Glass had flew towards Tilly Tonka and the Broccoli Factory. Crystalised Macchia, coffee in hand, had arrived in pursuit. But the powerful aroma of coffee wasn’t enough against the BFL’s overwhelming hot chocolate, in which the latter had won out. Crystal Macchia retreated though at least keeping her coffee safe. But the real question is, do either drinks even go well with Broccoli?

Sometime after Crystalised Takamiya had lost to the Glass Wool nullifying her lazers down at Walsingford, the Love Live district of the metropolitan area had lowered their drawbridges connecting them with not just other parts of the city, but also the wider multiverse outside. Turns out, trucks had arrived to deliver various supplies and stocks to warehouses and stores. But most importantly out of them all: glass and crystals.

However, Crystalised Muyu, whom was at Hana Macchia’s place, took note and wanted to warn them, but was on borrowed time. She flew around a bit and followed the Flint Glass down to Novaris. The only dreams she ended up eating… was her own. In case you’re curious, her dreams had a blackberry and cherry taste.

Crystalised Lize also had made the move to Love Live, but her brief message despite shouting got lost in the winter storm. From there she followed Mirror Glass down to New Ohio and ended up losing herself in the reflection.

The harsh winter conditions, fueled by the leaked energy of the Makai crystals, proceeded to take care of Crystalised Himawari’s sunflower-based spell cards rendering them useless; froze Crystalised Nikaido’s motorcycle, and Crystalised Kotoha getting completely lost in the snowy forest down at Katzen.

Crystalised Tenka was up. She followed the Lightning Glass back and forth through the central part of downtown before both ended up at the Artificial Solar System. Having been confused a bit, she watched as more glass made their way towards Love Live, with Uranium Glass ultimately leading the way through with Cinoci arriving to back up. Crystal Tenka followed after them through the winter storm, though was easing up as she travelled further.

Down at Love Live, the skies were calm with only gentle snowfall. Most Idols were sleeping; while Lulu Suzuhara, Okina Matara, and Lunar Hecatia had left a while ago to deal with the Makai crystal incident. However, there was one Idol that wasn’t sleeping: Megumi Fujishima. She welcomed the Legion into the heart of downtown and had a chat with them, even offering to give them a tour. After several minutes and with no opposition besides Crystal Tenka, the Blanket Fort Legion were victorious, having managed to raise their flag right next to both LizeCorp HQ and Hasunosora Tower.


Megumi inviting BFL on a tour around downtown!

With the night over, all the Crystal Idols and V-tubers had managed to safely return to the Lunar Base despite the winter conditions, while Crystal Lulu in particular was taken back to LizeCorp under special containment. One poor soul had the misfortune of asking what happened, with non-crystal Lulu-heavy static

The skies got calmer everywhere else, though snow still fell for a bit longer before clearing. The Idol arrived back at Hana’s cafe, bought a coffee, and sat at the sofa. Despite the circumstances, they had quite the adventure! After finishing the coffee, they drifted off into sleep.

Around midnight, two V-tubers (Youko Akabane and Meruto Kuramochi) had done a little investigation exploring the locations, coming across notes that BFL left behind. Going back to Love Live, they noticed a good chunk of glass and crystals went missing, and was used to forage more puppets. Indeed, looking around further they managed to spot Glass Thorn and Starlit Glass (the latter being a notable Chacapoyan export). But they came across something horrifying. After all the time the Idol and LizeCorp had chased after BFL looking for materials to build more crystal idols/V-tubers; the glass had managed to build something that was as an answer to them. Over nine months since Crystalised Kinako and a few others arrived at the scene, the glass had enough resources to build something that would become their greatest opponent yet. This was the beginning…

The rise of…

The Glass Idols.

SPSF & Allies Present:
Idol Kotoha Tanaka (The only star in the night sky)

Defences: 0
It’s already time, it’s sunset glow
There’s a crescent moon pattern on the indigo-dyed curtain
Shall we go home? Even the crows cawed
May there be fine weather tomorrow

-Sugao no Pixel by Cerise Bouquet

Crystal (and non-crystal) Idols present (aka puppets that updated in regions)

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Hey TSP!

The first two-thirds of the month was relatively quiet due to fash-bashes in Brebina and elsewhere, but we spent the last third of the month sieging and waiting in UEPU.

Monthly Statistics

Statistic This Month Trend Monthly Change Percentage Change
Updaters 23 +2 +09.52%
Updates 49 +6 +13.95%
Defenses 66 -174 -72.50%
Detags 266 -32 -10.74%

Notable Operations

There was a noticeable downtick in defenses, probably largely due to the fash-bash raid in Brebina. The major raid this month was UEPU, which we spent the last 10 days of the month in and had a whopping 16 liberators show up for, the most SPSFers in an update for several months. We sieged UEPU for four updates and spent the rest of the month waiting and piling up influence.

New SPSF Members

Please welcome @ripperzeta, @dannymcglurk, and @Ranteron to the South Pacific Special Forces! We’re looking forward to working with you all on the battlefield.

Service Awards

Updates Attended

Rank Ribbon Awarded To
1 most updates150x45 Shibuya-Kanon
2 second-most updates150x45 Banexet
3 third-most updates150x45 Kimaeus

Detags

Rank Ribbon Awarded To
1 most detags150x45 Shibuya-Kanon
2 second-most detags150x45 Banexet
3 third-most detags150x45 Kimaeus

Defenses

Rank Ribbon Awarded To
1 most defenses150x45 Shibuya-Kanon
2 second-most defenses150x45 Banexet
3 third-most defenses150x45 Kimaeus

Congrats to @Shibuya-Kanon for yet again sweeping the leaderboard in updates attended, detags, and defenses! I’ll also shoutout @kimaeus for taking third in all categories.

Tidal Force Recap

This month was the third since the Tidal Force’s revival. The Tidal Force is TSP’s off-update force, for people who want to defend but aren’t available at update times or don’t have Discord. In January, the Tidal Force had the following 9 detags: Imperial Death Dead Banana Place, South Osea, Accelerated, The Reaches of the Darkest Depths, Vograterean Centre, The Governors Alliance of Virgil Twelve, Anti Raider Union, Fridgefield, and Moestuin. If you are interested in the Tidal Force, then check out this dispatch !

Contact and Conclusion

Even though we had reduced numbers of defenses this month (mostly due to less chasing opportunities), you guys showed up when it counted in UEPU. We had a whopping 16 liberators show up on the first update, the most since the liberation of South Pacific last July.

If anyone has any questions, comments, or concerns, just let me know! We’re open to any suggestions to make the SPSF a better defender force.

If what the SPSF does looks interesting to you, we’re always welcoming new members! You can apply here.

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Hey hey TSP peoples!

This month has been pretty unique indeed. NS was down for a record time: a total of 11 days! Madness! Clearly, this force majeure is to blame for the general trend down in SPSF activity last month. This is not all, though… Let’s dive into our monthly service report!

Monthly Statistics

Statistic This Month Trend Monthly Change Percentage Change
Updaters 14 -5 -26.32%
Updates 31 -21 -40.38%
Defenses 21 -416 -95.20%
Detags 153 -32 -14.04%

Notable Operations

While this isn’t tracked in the monthly statistics, the SPSF and defenders in general were busy with the refounding of Eclipsis. Raiders took hold of the region as a joke related to the real life April Eclipse. Sadly, the raiders were able to refound snipe it before than any defender, so the region is now under their firm hands, and its liberation is not possible now.

This situation of low activity due to the NS outage and Eclipsis-focus has caused a generalized low activity rate of defender armies from all of NS, including the SPSF. With our biggest achievement this past month being our 153 detags, and it being lower than March’s detags, it seems that we have to really intensify our efforts on May!

-95.20% Defenses compared to March! This percentage makes my heart cry! Everything has its reasoning, though. This month didn’t present as many opportunities for chasing, once again, especially considering the defender’s focus with Eclipsis. Oh well, at least it won’t be hard to beat this month’s defenses!

New SPSF Members

Even during the NS outage and the recent TSP Coalition Election, the SPSF has kept growing in members! Please welcome our new members that joined this last month: @megistos and @xshotss. (jay)! And welcome back, @Somyrion! I hope I can see you around often in many updates!

Service Awards

Updates Attended

Rank Ribbon Awarded To
1 most updates150x45 Vrigny
2 second-most updates150x45 BigBing, Banexet, Eshialand, Konsa
3 third-most updates150x45 Concrete Slab, jay, Pronoun

Detags

Rank Ribbon Awarded To
1 most detags150x45 Vrigny
2 second-most detags150x45 jay
3 third-most detags150x45 Silva

Defenses

Rank Ribbon Awarded To
1 most defenses150x45 Banexet
2 second-most defenses150x45 Pronoun
3 third-most defenses150x45 Vrigny

Good job, everyone! Seems like this crazy month regarding low activity gave me an advantage to snatch almost all of the rank 1 monthly ribbons! Not fair, I want you guys to get them instead! Due to the low number of updates this month, getting one of the update ribbons was pretty easy, but good work to you all, there were plenty of ties this month!

Some honorable mentions this month are: @xshotss (jay), which already managed to score some ribbons in his first week of SPSF service! Number two for detags, impressive! Also, congrats to @Banexet and @Pronoun for taking care of this month’s chasing!

Tidal Force Recap

The Tidal Force has casually been handling some detags this April. Thanks to the off-update force’s Coordinator, Eshialand, the Tidal Force did the following 8 detags: BJKB, Erruwon, Liberal RRL, Velvet Haven, Yusmoydal, Wercaw Pact, South East Aronin and Aethyrica. Pretty good job from the Tidal Force, considering how long NS was down for!
If you are interested in the Tidal Force, then check out this dispatch !

Contact and Conclusion

This April has seen a reduction in pretty much all defensive activity, be it chasing, detags… At least we have NS’s outage as an excuse for the month. The SPSF also participated in a total of 8 liberations, pretty much all that were presented this month. Hopefully this trend of low defender activity does not continue in May, especially considering that we’re… unfortunately done with Eclipsis now.

Please, if any of you have any questions, suggestions or concerns, message me over here or discord! I’m always around, and I’m always open to any suggestions in order to keep the SPSF just as awesome as it always has been.

If what the SPSF does looks interesting to you, we’re always welcoming new members! You can apply here.

Vrigny signing off, see you all on the next SPSF Service Report!


Lux, Veritas, Virtus.

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Greetings, TSP defenders!

Another month has gone by! Whew, time does move quite quickly indeed! Let’s see how well our regional navy did this month when it comes into defending, that’s our job! Thankfully, this month we weren’t sentenced to 11 days without NS, so let’s see if that made an impact regarding the stats!

Monthly Statistics

Statistic This Month Trend Monthly Change Percentage Change
Updaters 16 +2 +14.29%
Updates 46 +15 +48.39%
Defenses 35 +14 +66.67%
Detags 161 +8 +5.23%

Notable Operations

This month is characterized mainly by the amount of support missions the SPSF and defenders in general carried out, with a total of 268 supports in between all of SPSF’s defenders!

On another hand, the SPSF participated and successfully carried out a total of 9 liberations this month, coupled with 5 extra sieging updates! Despite most of the liberations being relatively small regions, the SPSF also participated in sieges in LOCN, before further attempts were suspended.

We can mention one of the LOCN sieges during minor update; the SPSF was able to rally a total of 11 defenders for that single update! Considering it was during minor, that was quite a high number of defenders present by our part, good job, guys!

This report has a happier tone compared to that of April! The SPSF was able to recover some all of its stats compared to the fourth month of the year, at least in a slight percentage! I’m wishing for this trend to continue on June, good job with defending, everybody!

New SPSF Members

The SPSF has continued to recieve applications, and we’ve been on it to get as many new defenders as we can! I’m glad to welcome @LowerCapiquarklan, @X-noir_city, @Jamangland, @Coltranius and @trippy to the SPSF! We’ve recently seen quite a good effort from some of our newest members!

Service Awards

Updates Attended

Rank Ribbon Awarded To
1 most updates150x45 Banexet
2 second-most updates150x45 Eshialand
3 third-most updates150x45 Vrigny

Detags

Rank Ribbon Awarded To
1 most detags150x45 Banexet
2 second-most detags150x45 Eshialand
3 third-most detags150x45 Vrigny

Defenses

Rank Ribbon Awarded To
1 most defenses150x45 Banexet
2 second-most defenses150x45 Eshialand
3 third-most defenses150x45 Vrigny

It might seem like I just copy-pasted the same awards, but no! It seems that between @Banexet, Eshialand and myself, we were able to snatch the same rank ribbons in all of the categories. Good job to you two!

Some other honorable mentions for other achievements are: @Banexet, Eshialand and @xshotss (jay), for their high participation regarding supports. You’ve all done quite a bit, I’m happy, but there’s always margin for more!

Tidal Force Recap

The Tidal Force has been inactive in May, due to RoTWW’s request to pile up on their region to support their delegate’s governor transition. Tidal Force missions have not been resumed yet, however, when they will, we’ll start pinging and giving out orders as usual!

Contact and Conclusion

May has been a month of recovery for the stats, at least considering the situation of our statistics in April. With the SPSF being present in the majority of this month’s updates, we can safely say that the SPSF continues being one of NS’s most active and influential defender armies. However, it is never time to stand idle and celebrate whichever achievements we have, since we can always keep putting work for much better ones!

Please, if any of you have any questions, suggestions or concerns, message me over here or discord! I’m always around, and I’m always open to any suggestions in order to keep the SPSF just as awesome as it always has been.

If what the SPSF does looks interesting to you, we’re always welcoming new members! You can apply here.

Vrigny signing off, see you all on the next SPSF Service Report!


Lux, Veritas, Virtus.

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