Anthill
| Anthill | |
| |
| General | |
|---|---|
| Location | Ionian Rise North |
| Demonym | Ant? |
| Government | |
• Consul
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Consue |
• Consul
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nungal |
| Formation | |
| Foundation date | As Ionia (Renamed Amcar): 18 April 2022
Post-Purge as Amcar: 3 November 2022 Consue Handover: 17 December 2023 |
| Disbanded | 25 April 2025 |
| Culture | |
| Links | |
The Anthill is a Trade City located in the Ionian Rise North on the planet Aret. It is owned and run by Consue, who moved the settlement between the nations of Amcar, New Amcar, Necrozoa, Vega, CDM, and Stardust. It is presently owned by Vega.
Anthill was once the settlement Amcar (more formerly Ionia) and served as the capital of the Amcaran Social Republic and New Amcar until their dissolutions.
Etymology
The original name for the settlement was Ionia, based on the name of the territory Ionian Rise North. However, Vortexion suggested NoContextGiven change the name to avoid unwanted confusion and attention. The name was thus changed to Amcar based on Aret Mining Corporation rooted in the settlement's founding lore. Under the Amcaran Social Republic, and especially under New Amcar, it became increasingly necessary to distinguish the various settlements from the nation and the capital proper. The nickname Anthill was adopted due to the base's location on a prominent mountain, the increasing complex rooms, shafts and corridors, and its socialist, hard-working populace. When Amcar was deemed dead and buried at the end of New Amcar, Consue ratified the name Anthill to maintain its history.
i got 2 ppl and my base is a glorified anthill
-NoContextGiven, 15, January, 2023
History
Amcaran Social Republic
Ionian Rise North was claimed on 18th of April 2022. The base developed into a modest mining outpost consisting of a landing pad, a plaza, the Troika tower and a mess of tunnels including a bombing panic room and the old consul room where the UN meeting was hosted. A starfigher hanger was later added as a response to frequent bombing runs from Vulnere. The base had the bare minimum of industry, including a haphazard array of power furnaces that players would have to gingerly walk over the bare rock mountain to get to and smaller planet miners. Around this time the beginnings of the Trench was dug out which served as a semi underground hangar and entrance for planet miners, the underside would be continued to be carved out that by spring 2024 over a third under the Anthill was an empty pit. During this time the settlement also experienced a purge on 3 November 2022. In the intervening hours the base was sacked and much of its technology stolen. The settlement also had limited fleet capacity with only 1 or 2 corvettes serving as flagships in the latter months and members mostly fielding shuttles to light freighters.
Near the end of January, 2023, Consue joined the settlement and started to make steady changes. She starting to work on a completely overhauled design for the base; this is when the Anthill's overall philosophy started to shift into technological efficiency, involving engineering married with visual elegance to the point of vanity. The first of these stages was an overhauled round trip auto-sorted storage, an omni-ship printer, new hangars for Gunships and Corvettes, and ramped-up resource gathering. This was done in tandem with designing newer and larger trade ships, forming a signature Anthill style for the fleet as well as developing plans for a fortress.
-how expensive is coper?
-uh, im not sure. you can check the bazaar and see what its selling for at carthage. they usually keep their prices attuned to the market
-ie is it cheap enouugh to build bases with it?
-no not at all...unless you are very rich
- Consue talking to NoContextGiven about drafting up base designs. 27 Jan 2023
While drafting up these plans, the political situation at the Anthill evolved. The ASR was dissolved, on paper, into Orovika to take advantage of the larger nation's stations and resources, while Amcar remained a solid social community block. Tensions also rose about conflicting plans and commitments, which lead to the leave and foundation of Arion. By the end of May 2023, the plans for the central fortress were finalized and ready to be built in survival. In the process of construction, Consue became frustrated with the Orovikan material policies and assistance. In the Anthillian perspective, Orovika was nothing more than a loose collation of settlements sharing station benefits and piracy protection pacts, as little direct aid came into Anthill from the bloc. The fact that the nation had a non-existent presence in Regulus (it was considered the "viper's pit," after all) also lent to the feeling of isolation.
This led to Consue to turn to the Orlandia, a neighboring city on Aret managed by Imperial Nova, for aid whom responded with many boons, including new warship designs for the settlement (a 4k and the Kraken) and steady supply of natural resources. However, the Novans' shaky neutrality policy meant that the Anthill was soon thrust into the Alliance of Regulus-Vega War. The central fortress of the Anthill was fully built by mid of July 2023, but the constant sieges from Vega as a result from the war caused the settlement to enter into a 5-mouth period of dormancy.
Necrozoa
At the death of New Amcar, due to a lack of activity, Consue appealed to all nations on the server in a group message asking who would like to take the project into her care, during this time, nungal (Residing in the nation of Necrozoa during this time) was already assisting with the project, but since no other nations took up Consue's offer, she ended up joining nungal in Necrozoa. Necrozoa was a small—but active—micronation at this time, with notable players such as nungal and AssassinXX. It had the most allies on the server during its peak, being well-known for neutrality and pacifism.
Vega
The Anthill joined the nation of Vega on July 20, 2024, and left on November 16, 2024. They joined because nungal was forced to disband Necrozoa as a result of Consue and AssassinXX wanting to leave Necrozoa for other nations (Consue for CDM, assassin for Vega), which resulted in nungal convincing Consue to give Vega a try first. Around the time she joined Vega, although the nation soon entered dormancy, causing Consue to rethink her choice.
Cortesia Del Mar
On November 16, 2024, Anthill joined the nation of Cortesia Del Mar.
On April 6, 2025, Juuliett—a member of Radiance at the time—killed Consue for her bounty, prompting an attack from Cortesia. This led to a negotiation wherein Juuliett would return Consue's items and head, but after this negotiation had concluded, Consue continued to attack, prompting Cortesian security forces to interfere with Consue and let Juuliett get away. Shortly afterward, Consue left Cortesia Del Mar, citing long-held grievances between her and Yodabird19, the military leader of Cortesia, and the one to prevent her from pursuing Juuliett.
Stardust
On April 6, 2025, Anthill joined the nation of Stardust.
Disbandment
The settlement was disbanded on 25 April 2025. It went into a Stardust nation claim for a short period, until Consue decided to give it to nungal.
New Ownership
nungal, at this point, was upset with Consue for not giving anything in return for the effort he had put into the Anthill and decided to leave her. With Consue wanting to remain friends and Anthill being the only thing she could offer to nungal to make amends, she extended an invitation to become the owner of Anthill. nungal accepted this, and they continued their friendship. A few days afterwards, Consue recovered from her feelings of disbandment and wanted to continue with the project, so she rejoined the settlement as co-consul. From this moment on—and until June of 2026—nungal owned Anthill as a settlement under Vega.
Trade City status
On the 23rd of June, 2026, the Anthill finally became an official server Trade City. It is on this day that nungal—for no public reason—decided to give Consue ownership of Anthill once again.