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7 FEBRUARY 2015 Scotland Liberated! Revolutionary Forces Successful! LAST NIGHT, the West Pacific did something way more badass than taking Cascadia. The West Pacific Battle Division, for the first time in... I actually have no idea how long it's been since we participated in a liberation. What has it been like, a bajillion years? Eh, who cares. The important thing is that in conjunction with other forces, including the RRA and EPSA, we liberated Scotland! The credit for this must at least in part go to our allies. It was Guy of the RRA who successfully placed a trigger with such accuracy that we managed to land in the region only a few seconds before update, completely removing any possibility of response by the occupying forces. However, because this is the West Pacific Post, after all, I'd like to talk about what this means for our region and military. First, something that I need to note: We're doing more of this stuff! There's lots of reasons why I see liberations being an increasingly important part of the WPAF in the future. In case you guys didn't notice, liberating other regions is fun! The troops and I got a definite kick out of doing it. It promotes activity, and gives our men something nice to do. Plus, the working relations which we cemented with various other defender militaries will be crucial in the future should we ever need to cooperate. do note that this doesn't mean we'll now be adhering to a rigid doctrine of defenderism ourselves; I'm very proud to still consider myself to be an independent, and I look forward to the possibility of doing at least some raids in the future. (In fact, right after the liberation, I talked to the delegate we'd just deposed, Vac, and offered him the chance to participate in a tag raid. Unfortunately, we didn't have enough time to get it organized and done.) But ignoring an entire half of the R/D game, as we have in the past, just isn't a viable option for any military that wants to remain strong, active, and respected on the international stage for a long period of time. But wait, there's more! We gots experiences! This was the Battle Division's first operation with me as Warlord, and getting to know many of my troops better while teaching them more about how to participate was an enjoyable and educational experience for all of us. I look forward to doing this again in the future and building a stronger bond with this increasingly disciplined fighting force capable of more and more each day. Then there's another thing: The Revolutionary Party and TWP as a whole are getting some good publicity from it. Which, obviously, is working, because you're reading this! But seriously, the fact that we participated in the liberation of Scotland serves to note to the rest of the world that we're capable of doing things. We don't want to be that little baby army that hardly matters because it's inactive, and this signals to the entirety of NS that we are capable of doing just as much as any other GCR's military. Finally, I'd like to note that soon, our liberation of Scotland will be publicly filed on our forums using a new archives system. This will allow for us to learn from past operations to improve the military, and there's the added bonus of greater transparency that having these documents will create. Now any Citizen of TWP will be able to see what their army has done in the past by checking the forums, allowing them to make more informed decisions about how to vote and what they think about our current military policies. (However, some archives will have to be kept confidential for security purposes, unfortunately.) All in all, it's an exciting time for the WPAF. There's a lot of changes coming, and I see our military activity radically increasing in the near future. I'm sure you'll all expect more from the Battle Division in the future; after all, I'm expecting more of it myself.

1 JANUARY 2015 Pestarzt Begins March to the Endorsement Cap: Promising Trajectories Charted The Party's plan of legally pursuing high-influence described in a graph. The vertical dotted line marks the 6-month point at which influence roughly flatlines, assuming a consistent number of endorsements. Pestarzt is currently nearing the endorsement cap of 70, at which point he will cease to collect endorsements. The Revolutionary Party considers 140 SPDR to be the minimum amount of influence sufficient for a new delegate, and is pleased to see that the number is achievable within a six month span. It is observed that 90 endorsements reaches that number nearly two months faster than by clinging to the endorsement cap - whether or not the Party will request permission to pursue 90 as a cap for Pestarzt instead of 70 relies on political reasons and remains to be seen. The Revolution will be publishing more entertaining graphs (e.g. what would influence like if you held 500 endorsements for a decade and never used any? / what would influence look like if the Guardians took turns purging the region? / if influence didn't decay and Eli never banned anyone? ) next. Stay tuned.

30 DECEMBER 2014 The West Pacific Conquers Cascadia - First Territory with Over 100 Nations TONIGHT, The West Pacific conquered Cascadia in an update raid with the help of the Association of Imperialism. Cascadia, of course, is home to over one hundred nations, and its conquest marks the first TWP military operation during the "Revolutionary Era" began yesterday by Ally Pestarzt. At noon, Pestarzt decided that the Revolution's Fist would have to clench itself to showcase the blood pumping through the veins of the new West Pacific. The mission would have to be something other than a warzone op or a late-night tag session. General-Secretary Pestarzt immediately began contacting potential co-combatants. Two nations, Shadoke of the Association of Imperialism, and the esteemed Avakael of basically everywhere at some point, showed themselves to be able-bodied militiamen willing to plow the road to victory. And so, a young friendship was born between AoI and the Revolutionary Party of TWP -- the Revolutionary Party hopes to cooperate with AoI in the future, and to hopefully see the Imperium become closer to its leadership. The West Pacific Armed forces had already assembled four troops for the operation, but Shadoke tapped into his network of friends to bring in an additional four participants, securing victory in the face of uncertainty. The stakes were high, as this was the first night in the New West Pacific. The mission wasn't a typical one, however. It never is, characteristically. While the original plan was to jump into the region at update after posing as a Colombian player multiing vampire-themed WA nations in the flash jump point named "The Vampire Den", it was observed that a fresh batch of invading nations - Tsukune and Goyman - had entered the region and exchanged endorsements. Pestarzt was not pleased, and so he ordered the mock Colombian vampire nations to move into the region and endorse the delegate. The intent was to pose as a n00bish multiing defender force, or perhaps a personal friend to the delegate. When update came, they would pull their endorsements and endorse Pestarzt's nation, Truebloods, as a push for the delegacy. Matters became further complicated when Extremesy spotted the region and moved in. Having jumped through a number of Ravania-operated regions, the war party became concerned that their efforts would be foiled by defenders. Additional auxiliary troops were thus assembled and ordered to enter the region, cross-endorsing and endorsing the delegate. A fourth unidentified nation, Maya Ken, appeared to be associated with Tsukune and Goyman. This made the appearance of an invasion seem more likely, and allowed for the aforementioned tactic's viability as a deception - albeit it was unclear just how closely our forces were being watched under the Monday's night. Pestarzt contacted Extremesy and asked if he too was "defending Lorain's delegacy." When update came, last-minute allies assembled to jump into the region in case defenders had spotted the effort and were to attempt to jump. A guesstimated move-time was used in lieu of Pestarzt's computer woes and consequent unavailability as a trigger. It worked perfectly, and within seconds of the pull-endo/jump time, a new flag flew over the large region: the crimson and blue of The West Pacific. The Revolution's first update had ended. Party Spokesman on the Policy Implications of the Invasion of Cascadia wrote: "The West Pacific Armed Forces is going to follow the agenda outlined in the Party's formative announcement. The Revolution's Fist simply invaded Cascadia as a way to make a point clear: we're here, and we're going to be doing things. They can be big things and the more people who join, the bigger they will be. We only started yesterday. This is our first day in existence. What will you contribute to our next mission, and what can we do tomorrow? There's a place for everyone in the new West Pacific Order."

The Future of The West Pacific started today. I have called for the formation the Revolutionary Party of The West Pacific and intend to pave my way towards hopefully being the next WA Delegate of The West Pacific, while creating an infrastructure to give life to our government and broadcast the colors of the blood that flows through TWP to the world. The Revolution is not a revolution against the government, but rather a revolution against the cultural complacency and deference of proactivity towards the current leadership. The leadership is not at fault for our activity - we are, because we haven't been the change we want to see. The next generation of leaders for The West Pacific are all players of this game right now, and I'm hoping to find them. You can make yourself one of them if you join now. If you're bored of GP or the regular nonsense of your current, and are looking to do something different and historic, come with me, join the Party, and maybe you'll find yourself in the position of a feeder oligarch a couple months down the road. By the time I'm done, I'll have seen to it that I left The West Pacific differently from how I found it before the Revolution. I hope you'll consider joining us in TWP if you aren't currently a resident, and joining the Party if you are. It's time for now. Yours truly, Pestarzt the Traveller General-Secretary of The West Pacific Revolutionary Party Editor of The West Pacific Post