United Blue Directorate Civil War

=UBD Civil War=

The United Blue Directorate was founded by Lyons in Summer 2007. Various Ministers were appointed at this time but after 1 month the alliance was disbanded due to pressures from larger alliances and most importantly upon Lyons himself. In an attempt to maintain stability 2 offshoots of the UBD were formed; United Blue Directorate and United Blue Nations.

Offshoot 1: United Blue Nations
The United Blue Nations was formed by 3 former members of the UBD Helghast Reich, Russell07 and GrimCity, Russell07 and GrimCity were both ex ministers in the UBD. This triumvirate ruled until the 3rd of August until it was unanimously decided to take an active role in reforming a United Blue Directorate under the leadership of Lyons. UBN thus merged back into the United Blue Directorate (AA was "UBD")

Offshoot 2: United Blue Directorate
This offshoot of the original UBD (AA used was "United Blue Directorate") was headed by Lao Tzu Tao backed up by jasonhobbs86. When Lyons decided to reform the UBD (3rd August 2007) diplomacy between the UBD and the new UBD were frail however the new UBD bowed to Lyons authority after some talks. Most notably jasonhobbs86 became an honored member in the reformed UBD and a dedicated graphics designer who was the creator of the alliance flag. Lao Tzu Tao, however, to this day insists that he is the rightful leader of the UBD despite the fact he was banned from the alliance and also from Cybernation's due to cheating.

The Civil War
Back under the rule of Lyons, an order was passed to declare war on the illegitimate UBD. No official DoW was posted on the OWF. Members of the offshoot UBD were given the chance to join the original UBD or to change their Alliance Affiliation to another alliance. Some nations chose to comply and were spared, others remained insistently stubborn and were ZI'd. Little is talked about the civil war from the old UBD members. Total number of nations partaking in the fighting was 23, with the exception of Lyons were all small nations.

Finalization
After the war the United Blue Directorate settled comfortable into its new role as an official CN alliance. The appointed government at the time was as follows.

– Lyons - Emperor - Russell07 - Minister of Internal Affairs - Helghast Reich - Minister of Foreign Affairs - Fenrisulfr - Minister of Trade - Beijo - Minister of Finance - GrimCity - Minister of Defense - Jack Hawk - Minister of Recruitment - Jasonhobbs86 - Adviser - mdnss69 - Adviser

With the exception of Fenrisulfr, Beijo (later Ragina Fellangie), Jack Hawk, and Jasonhobbs86, the other members are still playing and are still all members of the United Blue Directorate.

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