As the news may be making it's way through the back channels, we believe it is time to push the issue to the public. I will attempt an objective display of the facts, but take that for as you will, as I am a Foreign Representative of one of the involved parties.

Within the last 48 hours, the number of basic pylons within the shard of Volans stood at one, went up to two, fell back to one, and now stands at two, after another was built by NDZ. The collective nations that call Volans home, which includes Nova Danzilona, Endeavor, Cascade, Whisper, Glenroe, RoseVale and First Hearth, had obtained one pylon within the shard and were on the fast track to make another before a second, unknown pylon, popped up within shard. We did not authorize this pylon's construction, and nobody within our sphere that we questioned knew of it. It was a pylon from someone who did not have any legitimate claims in Volans, as far as we were concerned. Whoever constructed it had no right to do so, and did not clear it be any of the residents of the shard. The distinct nations of Volans also have further plans to construct pylons within the shard, and will have additional ones compete within the week.

One of our Volantians discovered an obby vault along one of the many one tile wide pathways that litter our home, and it was suspect immediately. It had most certainly not existed previously, within the past few days. Upon closer studies, the sounds of a furnace could be heard emanating from within the 1-2 block thin walls that concealed the items within. The furnace roared for significantly longer than 30 minutes, so members of NDZ decided that we would crack open the vault because we suspected the pylon was inside.

This vault is currently located at X:631, Z: -176, Y: 105. You will find the remnants of the vault, which is at the thickest a two block wide basic-reinforced obby structure that at one point contained an unreinforced Basic Pylon, as well as two furnaces and a crafting bench to boot. There were two iron doors and two pressure plates, also basic reinforced that are now gone. No snitch at the location to monitor for activity, at least that we have found. This pylon was located approximately 300 blocks from the center of NDZ, within publicly announced claims for the shard. The factory itself unreinforced, the Aether free for the taking for anybody who could break a few obsidian blocks.

The materials were collected by residents of NDZ and transported away for safe keeping. Not too long after, an individual by the name of xXL33tSn1p3r69Xx came to town and asked for a leader of NDZ to discuss. TheTrackball filled in the position as a private citizen for the time. Skora claimed the pylon was theirs, and Track initially offered the pylon repair costs in full, but discussion did not go beyond that.

This morning, I sent this to Skeps100, AKA /u/SuperPartyer64

Greetings from Nova Danzilona and the greater Volantian region! I am /u/grenadeninja , or as you may know me as grenadeninja21, and I am the official Foreign Representative for NDZ, alongside my fellow representative /u/Orage38

I approach you today because of the events of yesterday, September 11, and what they mean for our relations moving forward.

The Events

On the morning of the day in question, the nations of Volans in their communiques were surprised to find that a second pylon had popped up within the shard that we were unaware of. This was in rapid succession after we had just found the owner of the 1st pylon and as such, tempers were flared. Ultimately, we looked from within our own ranks and groups and found that we did not know the owner of this second pylon. Concern was inevitable.

One Volans resident remarked that on his travels, he happened upon a one or two layer basic reinforced vault. The coordinates were found to be located within the claimed territory of Nova Danzilona. With no Danzilonan having given their confirmation of ownership, we concluded that the vault, with the sound of a furnace coming from within, must be a foreign pylon located within our territory.

After deliberating, several Danzilonans decided to take it upon themselves to crack open the vault to check on the factory inside. The factory inside was found to be unreinforced. It was destroyed, and the materials recovered by the vault assailants.

Aftermath

Several hours later, it was a Skoran, (IGN) xXL33tSn1p3r69Xx who asked some Volantians to get in contact with the leader of NDZ. With our city being mostly democratic by nature and the closest thing to a leader, myself as Foreign Rep, being unavailable, Danzilonan citizen (IGN) TheTrackball took it upon himself to negotiate as a private citizen. With my limited knowledge of the situation, Skora claimed that the pylon destroyed belonged to them, and TheTrackball offered to repay the costs of the pylon in full as a gesture of good faith.

Since then, NDZ has met to produce a more systematic way of handling the situation so that we do not have private citizens with no official title of power negotiating on the behalf of a city with dozens of residents. All further diplomatic official communication should be handled by myself or /u/Orage38 so that we may have known points of contact.

Proof of Ownership

Nova Danzilona destroyed a pylon yesterday that Skora claims belonged to them. I tend to believe your claim, but I also am aware that you, (IGN) skeps100 had access to the United Provinces NameLayer group for most of the incident and could listen in to what we may have assumed were non-publicized discussion. Skora could theoretically take advantage of the situation to say the pylon was broken was theirs when in reality it was not, and receive some sort of refund for something they may not have built. The last thing I want is for there to be several groups saying they owned the same pylon, so I ask that we verify your ownership through these means:

1. You tell us the approximate coordinates of the vault in containing the pylon in question, and

   1. The owner of or somebody with access to the group it is reinforced to demonstrates that they can bypass the reinforcements. Alternatively:
   2. We receive snitch evidence of the individuals breaking into the vault in question.

So Skora would do either 1 and 2, or just 3 of the enumerated list above so they can prove ownership and enable us to proceed with a legitimate discussion of what we should do about the situation.

Questions?

Again, I ask that all official communications, questions or concerns be directed towards myself or /u/Orage38 via reddit PM or in game as need be. This may be a long process, but I want to assure you and Skorans that we want to amend the situation and secure a standing relationship between NDZ and her allies with Skora and her allies. This is just the first step to make sure nothing goes awry in our diplomatic talks.

grenade

At approximately 7:00PM EST, Skeps and L33t got on and successfully demonstrated their ownership of the vault. We can confidently state that the vault and the pylon within was theirs. From there, this conversation occurred.

It is apparent that Skora does not believe they did anything wrong, and deserve full compensation for a horribly placed, terribly managed, and wrongfully laid pylon. At around 7 EST on the 13th, I would expect them to try and seek out their "payment."

We have published this information now because we would rather the server at large know of the events in Volans and decide for themselves if Skora is truly right in their presumptions of deserving full payment.

Questions? Concerns? Feel free to ask below, and I'll try to get back to you.

EDIT 1: "a" to "an objective"

EDIT 2: Corrected username, better grammar.