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 * News Archive: OcUK News

Formation
The OcUK alliance was formed on March 1 2007 by 'Zip', known as 'Zipian' in the Cybernations (CN) world, who has since left the game. The name 'OcUK' comes from an external forum which a large threshold of the alliance, especially the 'founding fathers' regularly frequent. After rapid growth achieving valuable size, strength, and knowledge; the alliance opened its doors for all recruits that wish to join.

The OcUK Official Flag
The original OcUK flag was created to give a greater sense of unity within the alliance. The process began on March 24 2007, when many flags were submitted and opinions regarding these were given; further flags were submitted until a poll was created for the majority favourites. The poll closed on April 10 2007 and the winning flag became official and was adopted.

On December 18th 2007, OcUK unveiled two new flags, replacing the faithful original.

The Great War III
The OcUK alliance was formed during the Third Great War within CN and as such, decided to stay apathetic despite building numerous allies on opposing sides of the war. The alliances that were involved were understanding to OcUK's position on the matter and as a result allowed the alliance to grow larger and stronger.

Blue Leadership Ensuring Unity (BLEU) Treaty
On 12 June 2007 at 11:05 PM, OcUK were officially announced as one of the nine co-founding alliances of the BLEU treaty. The treaty is a MADP and aims to provide solidarity and unity throughout the Blue team.

Historical
The OcUK (Overclockers UK) alliance was originally governed by five seats of power, initially established to speed up the process of decision making. Each member of the alliance was given the ability to put themselves forward for election of any role on the OcUK external forums, and these members were then decided upon through a poll. The seats were each assigned specific duties and were considered permanent roles unless a new election is sanctioned by request or through necessity.

In the early hours of the morning of 3rd January in the the year two-thousand and eight a majority vote was passed to dissolve the existing OcUK Government and replace it with a new government infrastructure.

Past Cabinet
Positions were held by the following OcUK members (parenthesis denotes their ruler names):


 *  Minister of War 
 * Mr_White (Warzors), of Warzors.


 *  Shadow Minister 
 * Danger Phoenix, of Danger Phoenix Land.


 *  Minister of Aid 
 * Kronologic, of Kronoland.


 *  Minister of Recruitment 
 * DavidMarq (Undabaningi Rasticus), of Fenderbanjostan.


 *  Minister of Development 
 * NixxiN, of NixxiN.

Current

 * Lord Protector: Mr_White (Warzors), of Warzors.

Alliance leader with overall responsibility for all:

(1) External affairs, to include but not exclusive to: All declaration of war, final ratification of treaties, Ambassador to BLEU, absolute power of decision on matters with regard to BLEU treaty obligations, absolute power of decision with regards to external foreign aid, absolute power of decision with regards to all other unforeseen matters appertaining to external affairs.

(2) Internal affairs, to include but not exclusive to: Appointment of Chancellor, appointment of Proctor Prime, final approval of members of Proctor-ate, final approval of sanction in matters of internal discipline, veto on the acceptance of recruits into the alliance, veto on all other unforeseen issues appertaining to internal affairs.


 * Chancellor: DavidMarq (undabaningi Rasticus), of Fenderbanjostan.

Deputy Leader: Assumes all responsibilities of Lord Protector in times of unavoidable and unforeseen absence, nominates in consultation with Proctor Prime members of proctor-ate, has responsibility for management of recruiting, provides all necessary help and support as required by Lord Protector.


 * Proctor Prime: OcUKSmithy, of Smithland

Leader of the Proctor-ate, overseer of all internal affairs reporting directly to Lord Protector, possessor of the Proctor-are casting vote


 * Proctorate Council for Aug 08 - Oct 08:
 * Dis Domnu, of Sokmet
 * Escape, of Moresnet
 * Exentia, of Brizzleland
 * NixxiN, of NixxiN
 * NMS (Wayne), of Waynes_World


 * Proctorate Emeritus: Loopstah, of Fanservice

'' Unelected position given to those who have provided great service to the alliance. No voting rights.''

Proctor-ate joint responsibilities
Planning and facilitating all internal issues at the direction of Lord Protector, acting as court of law in matters of internal discipline, creation and amendment to internal law. The Proctor-ate will vote on domestic issues as necessary and pass all bills upstream via Proctor Prime for ratification by Lord Protector.

Signed for outgoing Government:

Minister of War:

Mr_White

Shadow Minister:

Danger Phoenix

Minister of Recruitment:

DavidMarq

Signed for new Government:

Lord Protector:

Mr_White

Equality
The OcUK alliance considers itself a completely open alliance of nations whereby all players are considered equal and all suggestions to the running and maintenance of the alliance are welcomed. However, the seats of power are the responsible players within the alliance and the Lord Protector is granted the ultimate power to make decisions at his own discretion, albeit within the best considerations of the rest of the alliance. All members have the opportunity to serve in the Government as Proctors and assist the Lord Protector and Chancellor. All nations have the opportunity to nominate future Proctors and vote for nominees.

Unity
Each member of the OcUK alliance will defend another member of the OcUK alliance (including PoWs and Recruits) from any attacks, and will continue to do so until peace is declared or the nation is destroyed. OcUK will not tolerate any inactivity or technology raids upon any member of the alliance and considers this an act of war. However, OcUK will always try to resolve these issues diplomatically before resorting to conflict.

Sanctioned Wars
The OcUK alliance will only go to war with another nation if the attack is sanctioned. If an OcuK nation comes under attack by an unalligned rogue, the sanction is considered automatic. In the event that an OcUK nation comes under attack by an alligned nation, OcUK favour trying to resolve the issue with the alliance's leadership before escalating the situation and causing damage on both sides. If this path yields no results, we will retaliate against said nation with our full might. Following this policy members of the OcUK alliance are forbidden from what is commonly known as "Tech Raiding" even against unaligned nations.

Expulsion
Any OcUK nation that plays against the wishes of the OcUK alliance, or disobeys the OcUK policies is subject to expulsion, whereby those in the seats of power will vote to expel the nation from the alliance with the ultimate sanction of expulsion being at the sole discretion of Lord Protector. If a nation within the alliance is randomly attacking other nations and the wars are not sanctioned; this nation is considered a rogue nation and will suffer the given consequences. OcUK will accept the responsibility for rogue nations within the alliance, and will maintain its best efforts to prevent and appease any such actions should they occur.

Overview
The OcUK alliance has a policy of non-aggression unless provoked. The alliance will only strike first if a war has been sanctioned by Lord Protector. The alliance takes a dim view on rogue nations and will often sanction the use of military action if deemed necessary. Sovereignty is respected within the alliance and nations are free to choose their own discourse within the confines of OcUK policy. The alliance achieved nuclear status on 21 April 2007, when NixxiN became the first nuclear capable nation with Danger_Phoenix achieving the same status as of 01 May 2007.

Leadership
Generals are appointed by request of the Proctors and are subject firstly to approval by the Proctor-ate and ultimately by Lord Protector. These positions are not absolute and are subject to change.

Shotgun_ned, of Meh-land.
 *  Current General(s) 


 *  Former Officers 
 * Deadstar, of Cydonia. (Deleted)
 * Nix (Nixon), of Nixopia.
 * ots3go, of Khazikstam.
 * Bcbooky, of No1UKR.
 * escape sanity (escape), of Moresnet.

(i) The War on Rogues (April - May 2007)
As of late April 2007, OcUK became increasingly concerned with combatting rogue activity and began discussions relating to the targeting of rogue alliances. On May 7 2007, OcUK sanctioned and declared war on the Protectorate of Common Rogues (PCR) alliance. The demands of OcUK were simple; dissolve the PCR alliance or be destroyed. The conclusion of the declaration saw PCR being dissolved almost overnight, valuable lessons were learnt and confidence within the alliance grew.

(ii) The Unjust War (September 2007)
OcUK has vastly grown since GW3 and felt they were ready for war. Whilst observing the growing hostilities and tensions between BLEU and The Unjust Path, OcUK took measures to prepare themselves. After much deliberation, OcUK decided to enter The Unjust War in support of our allies in BLEU. On September 12 OcUK declared war on EoTRS

(iii) BLEU-NADC War (January 2008 - Feburary 2008)
On 26 January 2008, the combined alliances of BLEU declared war on NADC for several infractions against their neighbours in the blue-sphere. NADC were accused of spying on the alliance NpO, destroying their nuclear arsenal and finally, failing to pay reparations. Post-declaration, over 200 NADC nations found themselves in anarchy and by early February that number had risen to 538, with NADC falling over three million in nation strength.

The conflict, known internally as 'The Big Payback' ended on 07 February 2008. 

(iv) BLEU-GUN War (June 2008 - July 2008)
Guns don't kill people, Lionfish do. On the 18 June 2008, the combined forces of BLEU declared war on GUN for out of character (OOC) attacks of vandalism, deception, and hacking surrounding the symbolism adopted on OcUK's flag.

The member 'Ching', part of GUN's Security Council (SC) voiced his concerns to OcUK government through private channels during the latter months of 2007. After heated discussion, and personal assurances that no offense was intended, Ching decided he would take matters into his own hands. OcUK however, thought nothing more of the issue.

In the following months, OcUK was again subject to more trolling; the extent of which manifested itself with the publication of the issue in a Singaporean online newspaper. Shortly after, GUN attempted to frame the OcUK Chancellor DavidMarq for spying: the straw broke the camel's back, and war was finally declared in a final bid to bring closure.

On 05 July 2008, GUN officially surrendered to the forces of BLEU.

International Relations
 Treaty Archive 

Recruitment
Initially formed as an invite-only alliance, after reaching a valuable size of nations, the OcUK alliance opened its doors to recruiting nations from the Cybernations world. All new nations are subject to a probatory period within the alliance which ends entirely upon the alliance's discretion; those within the probatory period, however, are to accept and adhere to the OcUK policies, and in return will be treated with equal rights to all other OcUK members. On graduating new members are awarded with $3M in funds and 50 Tech.

The recruitment process can take a number of routes; a nation can apply directly to the OcUK external forums, or a nation will be invited to join the OcUK alliance, either through the Cybernations game itself or through other means such as friendship outside of the game.

After trialing new recruitment forums and a probation system, The OcUK Chancellor is appointed with responsibility for recruitment and aims to extend the recruitment drive throughout CN.

Contact
Contact can be made via the alliance forums or real-time through the internet relay chat room at #ocuk (irc.coldfront.net).

Embassies can be requested here.

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