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		<title>Mr. Eldritch at 05:49, 29 December 2018</title>
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				&lt;td colspan=&#039;2&#039; style=&quot;background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Revision as of 05:49, 29 December 2018&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l3&quot; &gt;Line 3:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;In The Face Of Absurdity&amp;#039;&amp;#039; was the original meeting place of the [[First Congressmoot on Succession]], back when hopes were high that this whole mess could be resolved &amp;#039;&amp;#039;that&amp;#039;&amp;#039; easily, and even as the talks deteriorated was viewed as &amp;#039;our last, best hope for peace&amp;#039;. The full story of the First &amp;#039;Moot is best told by someone else, but it got &amp;#039;&amp;#039;wild.&amp;#039;&amp;#039; We all know how it ended, of course, with the Voice For Iridium delivering the [[Mai&amp;#039;s Insult|now-immortal Insult]] and eir subsequent defenestration, but it was a mess of increasing desperation, tension, and enmity long before then. Bless them, they tried their hardest.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;In The Face Of Absurdity&amp;#039;&amp;#039; was the original meeting place of the [[First Congressmoot on Succession]], back when hopes were high that this whole mess could be resolved &amp;#039;&amp;#039;that&amp;#039;&amp;#039; easily, and even as the talks deteriorated was viewed as &amp;#039;our last, best hope for peace&amp;#039;. The full story of the First &amp;#039;Moot is best told by someone else, but it got &amp;#039;&amp;#039;wild.&amp;#039;&amp;#039; We all know how it ended, of course, with the Voice For Iridium delivering the [[Mai&amp;#039;s Insult|now-immortal Insult]] and eir subsequent defenestration, but it was a mess of increasing desperation, tension, and enmity long before then. Bless them, they tried their hardest.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Even after the crisis swung into full force, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;In The Face of Absurdity&amp;#039;&amp;#039; remained a semi-neutral and diplomat-infested area for years, and its already fairly-unique culture due to its history of trade, contact, and diversity relative to the rest of the more-isolated Outer Pentarchate would remain even as the Selfmade consensus began to drift in a more hostile direction; its position as a vital transport link for sailcraft made it economically and strategically important enough that it could maintain bargaining leverage against the rest of the Coalition. Friction between the station and its parent state continued to intensify; this would ultimately lead, famously, to its doomed breakaway from the Selfmade Consensus and declaration of independence. Alas, the would-be Free Port of Absurdity&amp;#039;s Laugh would shortly afterwards be retaken by Consensus forces, who purged &amp;#039;&amp;#039;In The Face Of Absurdity&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;s identity core,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;May it rest in peace.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and deep-froze the conspirators.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Rumor has it that the current government still has them in storage, backed up on &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;a tape &lt;/del&gt;somewhere in the depths of Borehole.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Even after the crisis swung into full force, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;In The Face of Absurdity&amp;#039;&amp;#039; remained a semi-neutral and diplomat-infested area for years, and its already fairly-unique culture due to its history of trade, contact, and diversity relative to the rest of the more-isolated Outer Pentarchate would remain even as the Selfmade consensus began to drift in a more hostile direction; its position as a vital transport link for sailcraft made it economically and strategically important enough that it could maintain bargaining leverage against the rest of the Coalition. Friction between the station and its parent state continued to intensify; this would ultimately lead, famously, to its doomed breakaway from the Selfmade Consensus and declaration of independence. Alas, the would-be Free Port of Absurdity&amp;#039;s Laugh would shortly afterwards be retaken by Consensus forces, who purged &amp;#039;&amp;#039;In The Face Of Absurdity&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;s identity core,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;May it rest in peace.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and deep-froze the conspirators.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Rumor has it that the current government still has them in storage, backed up on &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;polymer &lt;/ins&gt;somewhere in the depths of Borehole.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;references /&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;references /&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[User:Mr._Eldritch|Plumb Eldritch Depths]] ([[User talk:Mr_Eldritch|talk]]) 21:11, 28 December 2018 (CST)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[User:Mr._Eldritch|Plumb Eldritch Depths]] ([[User talk:Mr_Eldritch|talk]]) 21:11, 28 December 2018 (CST)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<author><name>Mr. Eldritch</name></author>	</entry>

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		<title>Mr. Eldritch at 05:48, 29 December 2018</title>
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				<updated>2018-12-29T05:48:51Z</updated>
		
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				&lt;td colspan=&#039;2&#039; style=&quot;background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Revision as of 05:48, 29 December 2018&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l3&quot; &gt;Line 3:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;In The Face Of Absurdity&amp;#039;&amp;#039; was the original meeting place of the [[First Congressmoot on Succession]], back when hopes were high that this whole mess could be resolved &amp;#039;&amp;#039;that&amp;#039;&amp;#039; easily, and even as the talks deteriorated was viewed as &amp;#039;our last, best hope for peace&amp;#039;. The full story of the First &amp;#039;Moot is best told by someone else, but it got &amp;#039;&amp;#039;wild.&amp;#039;&amp;#039; We all know how it ended, of course, with the Voice For Iridium delivering the [[Mai&amp;#039;s Insult|now-immortal Insult]] and eir subsequent defenestration, but it was a mess of increasing desperation, tension, and enmity long before then. Bless them, they tried their hardest.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;In The Face Of Absurdity&amp;#039;&amp;#039; was the original meeting place of the [[First Congressmoot on Succession]], back when hopes were high that this whole mess could be resolved &amp;#039;&amp;#039;that&amp;#039;&amp;#039; easily, and even as the talks deteriorated was viewed as &amp;#039;our last, best hope for peace&amp;#039;. The full story of the First &amp;#039;Moot is best told by someone else, but it got &amp;#039;&amp;#039;wild.&amp;#039;&amp;#039; We all know how it ended, of course, with the Voice For Iridium delivering the [[Mai&amp;#039;s Insult|now-immortal Insult]] and eir subsequent defenestration, but it was a mess of increasing desperation, tension, and enmity long before then. Bless them, they tried their hardest.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Even after the crisis swung into full force, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;In The Face of Absurdity&amp;#039;&amp;#039; remained a semi-neutral and diplomat-infested area for years, and its already fairly-unique culture due to its history of trade, contact, and diversity relative to the rest of the more-isolated Outer Pentarchate would remain even as the Selfmade consensus began to drift in a more hostile direction; its position as a vital transport link for sailcraft made it economically and strategically important enough that it could maintain bargaining leverage against the rest of the Coalition. Friction between the station and its parent state continued to intensify; this would ultimately lead, famously, to its doomed breakaway from the Selfmade &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Coalition &lt;/del&gt;and declaration of independence. Alas, the would-be Free Port of Absurdity&amp;#039;s Laugh would shortly afterwards be retaken by &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Coalition &lt;/del&gt;forces, who purged &amp;#039;&amp;#039;In The Face Of Absurdity&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;s identity core,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;May it rest in peace.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and deep-froze the conspirators.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Rumor has it that the current government still has them in storage, backed up on a tape somewhere in the depths of Borehole.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Even after the crisis swung into full force, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;In The Face of Absurdity&amp;#039;&amp;#039; remained a semi-neutral and diplomat-infested area for years, and its already fairly-unique culture due to its history of trade, contact, and diversity relative to the rest of the more-isolated Outer Pentarchate would remain even as the Selfmade consensus began to drift in a more hostile direction; its position as a vital transport link for sailcraft made it economically and strategically important enough that it could maintain bargaining leverage against the rest of the Coalition. Friction between the station and its parent state continued to intensify; this would ultimately lead, famously, to its doomed breakaway from the Selfmade &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Consensus &lt;/ins&gt;and declaration of independence. Alas, the would-be Free Port of Absurdity&amp;#039;s Laugh would shortly afterwards be retaken by &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Consensus &lt;/ins&gt;forces, who purged &amp;#039;&amp;#039;In The Face Of Absurdity&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;s identity core,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;May it rest in peace.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and deep-froze the conspirators.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Rumor has it that the current government still has them in storage, backed up on a tape somewhere in the depths of Borehole.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;references /&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;references /&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[User:Mr._Eldritch|Plumb Eldritch Depths]] ([[User talk:Mr_Eldritch|talk]]) 21:11, 28 December 2018 (CST)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[User:Mr._Eldritch|Plumb Eldritch Depths]] ([[User talk:Mr_Eldritch|talk]]) 21:11, 28 December 2018 (CST)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<author><name>Mr. Eldritch</name></author>	</entry>

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		<title>Mr. Eldritch at 05:46, 29 December 2018</title>
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				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l3&quot; &gt;Line 3:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;In The Face Of Absurdity&amp;#039;&amp;#039; was the original meeting place of the [[First Congressmoot on Succession]], back when hopes were high that this whole mess could be resolved &amp;#039;&amp;#039;that&amp;#039;&amp;#039; easily, and even as the talks deteriorated was viewed as &amp;#039;our last, best hope for peace&amp;#039;. The full story of the First &amp;#039;Moot is best told by someone else, but it got &amp;#039;&amp;#039;wild.&amp;#039;&amp;#039; We all know how it ended, of course, with the Voice For Iridium delivering the [[Mai&amp;#039;s Insult|now-immortal Insult]] and eir subsequent defenestration, but it was a mess of increasing desperation, tension, and enmity long before then. Bless them, they tried their hardest.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;In The Face Of Absurdity&amp;#039;&amp;#039; was the original meeting place of the [[First Congressmoot on Succession]], back when hopes were high that this whole mess could be resolved &amp;#039;&amp;#039;that&amp;#039;&amp;#039; easily, and even as the talks deteriorated was viewed as &amp;#039;our last, best hope for peace&amp;#039;. The full story of the First &amp;#039;Moot is best told by someone else, but it got &amp;#039;&amp;#039;wild.&amp;#039;&amp;#039; We all know how it ended, of course, with the Voice For Iridium delivering the [[Mai&amp;#039;s Insult|now-immortal Insult]] and eir subsequent defenestration, but it was a mess of increasing desperation, tension, and enmity long before then. Bless them, they tried their hardest.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Even after the crisis swung into full force, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Face of Absurdity&amp;#039;&amp;#039; remained a semi-neutral and diplomat-infested area for years, and its already fairly-unique culture due to its history of trade, contact, and diversity relative to the rest of the more-isolated Outer Pentarchate would remain even as the Selfmade consensus began to drift in a more hostile direction; its position as a vital transport link for sailcraft made it economically and strategically important enough that it could maintain bargaining leverage against the rest of the Coalition. Friction between the station and its parent state continued to intensify; this would ultimately lead, famously, to its doomed breakaway from the Selfmade Coalition and declaration of independence. Alas, the would-be Free Port of Absurdity&amp;#039;s Laugh would shortly afterwards be retaken by Coalition forces, who purged &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Face Of Absurdity&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;s identity core,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;May it rest in peace.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and deep-froze the conspirators.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Rumor has it that the current government still has them in storage, backed up on a tape somewhere in the depths of Borehole.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Even after the crisis swung into full force, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;In The &lt;/ins&gt;Face of Absurdity&amp;#039;&amp;#039; remained a semi-neutral and diplomat-infested area for years, and its already fairly-unique culture due to its history of trade, contact, and diversity relative to the rest of the more-isolated Outer Pentarchate would remain even as the Selfmade consensus began to drift in a more hostile direction; its position as a vital transport link for sailcraft made it economically and strategically important enough that it could maintain bargaining leverage against the rest of the Coalition. Friction between the station and its parent state continued to intensify; this would ultimately lead, famously, to its doomed breakaway from the Selfmade Coalition and declaration of independence. Alas, the would-be Free Port of Absurdity&amp;#039;s Laugh would shortly afterwards be retaken by Coalition forces, who purged &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;In The &lt;/ins&gt;Face Of Absurdity&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;s identity core,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;May it rest in peace.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and deep-froze the conspirators.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Rumor has it that the current government still has them in storage, backed up on a tape somewhere in the depths of Borehole.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;references /&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;references /&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[User:Mr._Eldritch|Plumb Eldritch Depths]] ([[User talk:Mr_Eldritch|talk]]) 21:11, 28 December 2018 (CST)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[User:Mr._Eldritch|Plumb Eldritch Depths]] ([[User talk:Mr_Eldritch|talk]]) 21:11, 28 December 2018 (CST)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td class='diff-context'><div>&#039;&#039;In The Face Of Absurdity&#039;&#039; was the original meeting place of the [[First Congressmoot on Succession]], back when hopes were high that this whole mess could be resolved &#039;&#039;that&#039;&#039; easily, and even as the talks deteriorated was viewed as &#039;our last, best hope for peace&#039;. The full story of the First &#039;Moot is best told by someone else, but it got &#039;&#039;wild.&#039;&#039; We all know how it ended, of course, with the Voice For Iridium delivering the [[Mai&#039;s Insult|now-immortal Insult]] and eir subsequent defenestration, but it was a mess of increasing desperation, tension, and enmity long before then. Bless them, they tried their hardest.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td class='diff-context'><div>&#039;&#039;In The Face Of Absurdity&#039;&#039; was the original meeting place of the [[First Congressmoot on Succession]], back when hopes were high that this whole mess could be resolved &#039;&#039;that&#039;&#039; easily, and even as the talks deteriorated was viewed as &#039;our last, best hope for peace&#039;. The full story of the First &#039;Moot is best told by someone else, but it got &#039;&#039;wild.&#039;&#039; We all know how it ended, of course, with the Voice For Iridium delivering the [[Mai&#039;s Insult|now-immortal Insult]] and eir subsequent defenestration, but it was a mess of increasing desperation, tension, and enmity long before then. Bless them, they tried their hardest.</div></td></tr>
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