RE: Spheres of Influence: Alliance
07-26-2019, 04:09 AM
Right, Postmaster did a whole lot more scribbling as she listened, and finally stopped and cleared her throat. "The Post votes Aye. We can fix terminology when we have had more time to study and confer, and fiddle with the complexities on the next summit. This is a good start. I suppose everyone is aware of the borehole in Dentienne, but that has been sealed for the time being, and any attempt to excavate will be prefaced with an alert regardless of this proposition. Middle of the continental Alliance is a terrible place to foolhardily go charging back in. We are not keen on willful acts of hubris, and will not be doing so until we are fully prepared."
"That said, it seems we are entering uncertain times. For a good ninety years our convened-upon problems have stemmed largely from an infested border kept in check. Now, the reason for our connection has spread under our floor boards, and is not so easily or predictably handled. This is a troublesome situation, so recently discovered. We do not have permanent solutions yet. We struggle to find options with which we might balance central control, inconvenience of members, and the unease of less militarily inclined allies, all to an agreeable point. But we need something. So for now, the Post has a proposition of our own."
1) In times of exceeding duress with international risk, an emergency convening of the Alliance may be called by any member nation.
1i) Exceeding duress and international risk is to be loosely defined but encompass all events whose follow-through may compromise the security of the Alliance or cause immediate catastrophic loss of life such that it cannot be held off until the following Convention.
1ii) This call cannot be ignored and must be attended by a representative of each member nation.
1iii) The ways in which the emergency conventions differ from routine conventions will be as follows:
- There will be no council standing, any member nation may propose temporary articles.
- Any Articles passed and solutions less officially offered on the convention floor will be temporary, and dissolved upon either 1) the end of the crisis that necessitated the convention or 2) the next routine Alliance Convention, whichever comes first. For permanent passing, Articles will need to be re-introduced in the normally accepted manner.
1iv) The caller of the emergency meeting will be responsible for immediate and complete intelligence briefing.
1v) In the event the caller has invoked this (proposed) Article for any reason other than the accepted genuine concern of international well-being, they will be punished within reason in a manner decided at the next routine convention.
"That said, it seems we are entering uncertain times. For a good ninety years our convened-upon problems have stemmed largely from an infested border kept in check. Now, the reason for our connection has spread under our floor boards, and is not so easily or predictably handled. This is a troublesome situation, so recently discovered. We do not have permanent solutions yet. We struggle to find options with which we might balance central control, inconvenience of members, and the unease of less militarily inclined allies, all to an agreeable point. But we need something. So for now, the Post has a proposition of our own."
1) In times of exceeding duress with international risk, an emergency convening of the Alliance may be called by any member nation.
1i) Exceeding duress and international risk is to be loosely defined but encompass all events whose follow-through may compromise the security of the Alliance or cause immediate catastrophic loss of life such that it cannot be held off until the following Convention.
1ii) This call cannot be ignored and must be attended by a representative of each member nation.
1iii) The ways in which the emergency conventions differ from routine conventions will be as follows:
- There will be no council standing, any member nation may propose temporary articles.
- Any Articles passed and solutions less officially offered on the convention floor will be temporary, and dissolved upon either 1) the end of the crisis that necessitated the convention or 2) the next routine Alliance Convention, whichever comes first. For permanent passing, Articles will need to be re-introduced in the normally accepted manner.
1iv) The caller of the emergency meeting will be responsible for immediate and complete intelligence briefing.
1v) In the event the caller has invoked this (proposed) Article for any reason other than the accepted genuine concern of international well-being, they will be punished within reason in a manner decided at the next routine convention.