The League of Australian Shitposters

The flag of the League of Australian Shitposters circa 2317

### Ideaology

"Who cares about politics, time spent giving a shit is time spent not shitposting"

### Major Enemies

The Fringe, Peashooter26, Trident Industries

### Alignment

True Neutral

**The League of Australian Shitposters** (also known as **Aussie Shitposters Inc, The LAS or simply LAS**) was small faction originally created between Calhoun and RedAlert\_007 as a joke. After some time, it became a fully fledged faction and is currently operating out of Calhoun's Bar and Grill in the LvD galaxies.

The League of Australian Shitposters flagship up until its disbanding after the events of January 20, 2318 was the Vindicator-class *9th Vindication* in the Freaks R Us cluster.

## Description

The League of Australian Shitposters culture was heavily inspired from 21st century Australia, an earthbound civilisation known for its inhabitants ability to shitpost much greater then any other intelligent species.

The memberbase of the faction is a mix of ancestors of the 21st century Australia as well as members of the Union of Intergalactic States who hold dual citizenship certificates.

The faction is seen as the "Only forumside faction who doesn't care about winning a war" because according to them "Time spent being salty over faction politics is time spent not shitposting"

## Fleet

*Main Article: Ships constructed by the League of Australian Shitposters*

The League of Australian Shitposters in its early beginnings operated on a "Bring your own ship" style to military operations, inspired by 21st century Australian "BYO Culture" While this gave a lot of variety to their fleet, it also caused issues due to the mix of ships being difficult to coordinate and even cases where ships flying together in a fleet could not realistically work together due to differences in design.

To remedy this issue, Calhoun had made use of the Vigilance Star Fleet resources and manpower under his control to remodel the Verdict-class Gunship into a variant designed for LAS, these vessels often operated in duos and engaged in quick lightning raids on unsuspecting targets. Another vessel that was drafted into service was the Phantom-class Corvette, brought in by RedAlert, who obtained the blueprint from Magitek Knights, which was not nearly used as much in comparison to the Verdict-class.

## Demographics

### Population

As of the most recent census, the population of the League of Australian Shitposters was measured at 4.1 billion, with 59% of the population being post-Australian species and the remaining 41% consisting of several species from UIS in addition to Vay and Vaygr slave races (who were freed during the events of the Red Uprising)

### Income

The average incoming for citizens is 87,321 Shiddbosts (the currency of the League of Australian Shitposters) with noticeable income inequality.

### Crime

The League of Australian Shitposters crime statistics show that on average 14% of the population have a criminal record. The most commonly committed crimes were drunken brawls, burnouts with motor vehicles and possession of booze under the legal drinking age.

## History

### 2317

In August 2317, The League of Australian Shitposters is formed between Calhoun and RedAlert, originally intended as a joke but then became an actual faction after numerous UIS members applied for dual citizenship, allowing them to serve with the Australian Shitpost Navy.

In the same month, Aussie Shitposters Inc (an alias for the League of Australian Shitposters) colonized the Distant Server galaxies, alongside several other faction such as Magitek Knights.

Soon after the Distant Server galaxies was colonized by the League of Australian Shitposters, it was suddenly rendered uninhabitable without warning. The timing of these two events is possibly a coincidence.

The League of Australian Shitposters would enter into a state of inactivity for a few months because "dedgaem"

After LAS members had made a complete "Land Down Under" lyrics chain in the Light vs Dark discord, Calhoun would announce this to be a "sign" that LAS was about to "do some shit"

A day after that, Calhoun and a newer LAS member, MachineCulture would open a pub on the LvD galaxies known as "Calhoun's Bar and Grill" several customers arrived on the day, including Peashooter26 of the faction Starfleet who had his ship boarded by Calhoun after an incident where one of the drink machines in the pub was nearly destroyed due to bad parking by Peashooter26.

Calhoun's Bar and Grill was endorsed by NaStral of the Light vs Dark galactic council, his review praising the establishment for "serving a solid assortment of refreshments and food for any appetite" and it being a "cozy establishment is open to all alignments"

The League of Australian Shitposters would engage In two raids on LvD, the first raid against Lightside aligned faction Phantomhive and the second against Dark aligned faction The Fringe, both attacks resulted in victory for The League of Australian Shitposters.

In early July 2318, LAS challenged Trident Industries to a 3 month wargame, the challenge was accepted by Jake\_Lancia, giving the League another new enemy to raid and shitpost towards.

A leak from an unknown LAS citizen on the 3rd of January 2318 had revealed the existence an LAS government initiative known as "Project Vera" at the time of its reveal, what the project was is completely unknown, with the only hint being given was by LAS leader Calhoun, stating a "triangle is involved"

LAS division 9th Strike Force expanded the "shitpost crusade" to FreaksRUs, within 3 days of expanding they would already achieve a victory with the capture of a 650k mass vessel and a short battle against Trinova Technologies.

The *9th Vinidcator* was later lost in a battle with Trinova Technologies leader FlyingDebris. Calhoun flew the *Vindicator* to the Trident Foundries home system after Jake Lancia accepted a halfhearted challenge. Despite anticipating a Trinovan ambush, Calhoun vastly misjudged the size of the vessel scrambled, and the *Vindicator* was lost in a short but heated engagement. The *9th Vindicator* would later be replaced by the *9th Vindication*.

An executive decision between Calhoun and RedAlert would see the disbanding of LAS during the events of January 20, 2318, they would relocate to another multiverse known as "Empyrion: Galactic Survival" and now lead a faction known as "The Expanse", LAS stated that the chances of them returning to StarMade are unlikely.

## References

1. ↑ https://starmadedock.net/threads/light-vs-dark-news.25053/page-7#post-357867
2. ↑ https://starmadedock.net/threads/the-league-of-australian-shitposters.29419/page-4#post-360256
3. ↑ https://starmadedock.net/threads/the-league-of-australian-shitposters.29419/page-4#post-360433
https://starmadedock.net/threads/the-league-of-australian-shitposters.29419/page-4#post-360436
4. ↑ https://starmadedock.net/threads/the-league-of-australian-shitposters.29419/page-7#post-361173 https://starmadedock.net/threads/the-league-of-australian-shitposters.29419/page-7#post-361176
5. ↑ https://starmadedock.net/threads/the-league-of-australian-shitposters.29419/page-12#post-362376