Lifeboat SM14

Lifeboat Survival Multiplayer 14 was a minigame on the Lifeboat server network. The server was completely vanilla survival Minecraft, with the exception of the ability to claim 30x30 plots of land. Unclaimed land would reset every day, and claimed plots would be reset if the owner did not join at least once per day. It was on this server that Spartan and multiple others would found the Alliance of Peace and the Alpha Republic of SM14 in 2017, the original predecessors of modern Marthia.

## History

### Pontiac and Romani

Spartan joined SM14 in mid November 2017. Over the first few days of playing, he would make friends, including ChloeTheCow, who would build her plot next to Spartan's. Soon after, Chloe would be attacked by another player on the server named Pontiac. Seeking revenge, Spartan and Chloe chase Pontiac back to his plot, where they are ambushed by Pontiac's associate, Romani. After dying several times to Pontiac and Romani, Spartan and Chloe decide to form an alliance to punish them for their actions. After Spartan makes a server-wide call for players to form an alliance to take down Pontiac and Romani, players MobGriefer and ALL DA BUBBLES answer the call. Chloe then seeks out fabled PvPer Bloodmau to ask for his assistance with the operation to take down Pontiac and Romani.

Bloodmau tentatively agrees to help the new alliance, despite initial hesitation. The group meets in Spartan's plot and takes off to attack Pontiac and Romani. Upon finding the two, the alliance successfully ambushes them and kills them multiple times, until Pontiac and Romani have both run out of diamond armor sets. The two surrender to the alliance and return Chloe's items, at which point the alliance also returned Pontiac and Romani's items.

### Formation of the Alliance

*For more information, see Alliance of Peace.*

Returning to Spartan's plot, the group decides to formally create the Alliance of Peace, to keep the peace on SM14 and protect new players from harassment. Spartan builds a conference room on his plot for the Alliance, and the next day, the Alliance meets to designate positions in the Alliance. Spartan and Chloe as Co-Presidents, Bloodmau as Vice President, MobGriefer as Secretary of Defense, and ALL DA BUBBLES as Secretary of State. Spartan then attempts to recruit online players to the Alliance, and player OmegaPikachu joins as Secretary of the Treasury, but does not log back in after that day.

### Expansion of the Alliance

From the start, membership in the Alliance was denoted by the addition of a oak wood sign placed in the Alliance conference room with the Alliance member's name on it. Originally, there were six slots for members of the Alliance, these being the six Executive Council members. Soon after, however, Spartan expands the member list from 6 to 20. The Alliance rapidly expands, and the original Alliance conference room is no longer large enough to accommodate the entire Alliance. Co-President Spartan thus excavates the Alliance Meeting Hall in the basement of the Alliance Palace, with a much larger capacity and more space for the entire Alliance to meet.

By early December, the Alliance has grown to one of the most influential factions on the server. During this time, the Alliance Palace is completed, along with a Meeting Hall, Armory and Storage Room. Players Sleekmila, CerealOak, Jaypdawg, CutieCupcake, BiggestGull, EliteForce, and xXKlingOfChaosXx join the Alliance during this time, with Kling becoming the new Alliance Secretary of the Treasury.

In another part of the server, Spartan discovers a palace decorated with valuable materials. Inside, he finds players QueenFyre and EggyWings, who are part of the Kingdom of Fyre. Fyre attempts to harm Spartan, believing him to have come to kill her. However, she quickly stops when Spartan explains that he comes in peace. Fyre, Spartan, and EggyWings speak for a few minutes about the state of the server, after which Spartan leads the two back to the Alliance Palace to give them food. There, the three speak at length and Spartan explains the Alliance of Peace. Fyre agrees to join the Alliance, making the Kingdom of Fyre the only "nation" to officially join the Alliance during its lifetime. Queen Fyre, EggyWings, and Wizard (another member of the Kingdom) are added to the Alliance membership boards, and Fyre moves her plot closer to the Alliance Palace. Fyre takes an active role in the Alliance and quickly becomes one of its most influential members and an expert recruiter, bringing in many new players into the Alliance.

Co-President Spartan also encounters the player brookemccool roaming near the Alliance, and invites her to shelter in the Alliance Palace during the night. After providing Brooke with some gear and supplies, she discovers the Alliance Meeting Hall, and asks about the Alliance. Spartan invites her to join it, and Brooke accepts. Soon after, she meets Fyre, and they quickly become friends. Brooke thanks Spartan for his help and goes to build her plot next to Fyre's.

On another occasion, Spartan encounters Jonathanman, a member of the United Legion (U.L). After introducing him to the Alliance, Jonathan decides to join it, and the United Legion becomes the second member faction of the Alliance.

As Spartan continued to explore the server, he would discover a large fortress that he couldn't enter. However, the builder of the fortress did discover him, and introduced himself as Moonknight. While having a conversation, Spartan's chat glitches and he can no longer talk with Moon, and so he leaves. At a later date, however, he would again encounter Moon, who would give him a tour of his fortress, and agreed to join the Alliance of Peace.

Around this time, Pontiac and Romani offer gifts as an apology to the Alliance, and Spartan and Chloe decide to offer them membership in the Alliance, which they accept. Spartan also decides to form the Alliance Army, consisting of 5 founding soldiers. At the same time, Chloe and MobGriefer get into an argument on an unknown topic, and Chloe leaves the server, and is never seen again.

### The Sleek Alliance

*For more information, see Sleek Alliance.*

After Chloe's departure, Spartan promotes MobGriefer to Co-President. Alliance member Sleekmila is angered by this decision, believing that she should become Co-President instead. Spartan defends his decision, explaining that he has known MobGriefer for longer. Sleek then attempts to kill Spartan, but cannot as Spartan is protected from pvp in his own plot. Instead, Sleek leaves the Alliance and declares that she is making her own alliance.

The next day, Spartan discovers many signs around the Alliance area threatening war if Spartan does not apologize to Sleek and make her the Co-President. After Spartan refuses, Sleek forms the Sleek Alliance, and multiple Alliance of Peace members defect to her side, including CerealOak. The Sleek Alliance then starts attacking members of the Alliance of Peace throughout the server, escalating the situation into a war.

### Sleek Alliance War

As the war rages, the Alliance of Peace decides to deploy the Alliance Army. While strategizing, the Alliance Palace is attacked, and all present members are killed except Spartan. After fighting off the Sleek Alliance troops, Spartan blocks off the entrances to the Palace, and multiple Alliance members hide in the Palace. Spartan administers gear and supplies to the members in the Palace, and they prepare to fight the Sleek Alliance troops. After being weakened, the Sleek Alliance troops retreat to their headquarters.

Returning to the Alliance Palace, Spartan reinforces it and makes it easier to defend in the event of future invasions. The other Alliance members log off the server, and Fyre soon joins Spartan in the Palace. Speaking through signs, Fyre informs Spartan that she intends to leave the Alliance as part of an elaborate scheme to trick Sleekmila and win the war. She also tells him that Moonknight has gifted her his castle, and that she will be taking up residence in it. Moon's Castle is located near the Sleek Alliance's headquarters, making it a good location to spy on them. Fyre then publicly announces the formation of a peaceful convent known as the Moonfyre Convent, and dissolves the Kingdom of Fyre.

Several days later, after various other battles with the Sleek Alliance, Spartan visits Fyre in Moonfyre Castle to plan out the end of the war and the destruction of the Sleek Alliance. Meeting in the Castle's large dining hall, the two leaders converse and Fyre informs him that Sleekmila is close to giving up, and that a final attack would force her into surrender. Spartan tells Fyre that he will organize the raid on the Sleek Alliance headquarters, but that the Alliance will need to launch their attack from within Moonfyre Castle in order to keep the element of surprise, thus revealing Fyre's true loyalties. Fyre tells Spartan that she has hated being a nun, and that she would much rather jump back into the fighting. Spartan and Fyre finish planning out the details of the attack and log off for the day.

The next day, Spartan logs on at the agreed time and finds Fyre preparing the weapons and armor that they need for the attack. Spartan rallies several Alliance troops and they suit up in Moonfyre Castle, waiting for Sleekmila to log on. A few minutes later, Sleekmila and most of the Sleek Alliance join the server, and the Alliance Army begins its attack. After killing the members of the Sleek Alliance several times and taking all of their diamond armor sets, Sleekmila surrenders to the Alliance of Peace and hands over her sword. As peace negotiations begin, Spartan is forced to log off, but appoints Fyre as the new Alliance Secretary of State due to ALL DA BUBBLES's weekslong absence from the server.

Secretary of State Fyre leads the negotiations on the Alliance side, with Sleekmila and CerealOak representing the Sleek Alliance. Both sides come to the agreement that a server wide peace alliance is not feasible due to the nature of SM14, and that the Alliance should instead reform itself to give the average member a larger role in its governance. The Alliance should also focus on protecting its own, instead of preventing war. Fyre states that she will confer with Co-Presidents Spartan and MobGriefer and that further actions towards a lasting peace between the two factions will come.

### End of the Alliance

The next day, Fyre informs Spartan of the terms agreed to at the peace negotiations the previous day. She suggests reforming the Alliance to meet the terms of the agreement, but Spartan instead suggests that the foundation of the Alliance is weak and it must be dissolved and replaced with something stronger. Fyre agrees, and MobGriefer logs on soon after. Spartan and Fyre explain the plan to MobGriefer, and she agrees: the Alliance will be dissolved and replaced with a sovereign Republic.

Spartan, however, claims that they lack the power to dissolve the Alliance on their own, and that he must declare himself the Supreme Leader of the Alliance to dissolve it. With Fyre and MobGriefer's agreement, Spartan declares himself the Supreme Leader of the Alliance of Peace, and promptly dissolves the Alliance in the Declaration of a New Order. As Spartan utters the final words of the Declaration, "The Alliance is dead. Long live the Republic!", the Alliance is officially dissolved, and the Alpha Republic of SM14 is formed in its place. Spartan states that all members of the Alliance will automatically become citizens of the Republic, and renames the Alliance Palace to the Republic Palace. He also appoints former Sleek Alliance co-leader CerealOak as the Transitional President of the Republic for a few days while Spartan, Fyre, and MobGriefer finish setting up the foundations of the Republic.

### Alpha Republic

*For more information, see Alpha Republic of SM14.*

After the formation of the Republic, the former Alliance leaders, Spartan, MobGriefer and Fyre renovated the Republic Palace. On December 22, Spartan and Fyre were sworn in as President and Vice President, respectively.

A few days later, Spartan would meet with the citizens of the Republic to explain the new government, explaining that the new system would be democratic. Spartan hoped to establish political parties, but after some confusion during the creation of the parties, the idea was scrapped.

Spartan would then form a new cabinet, and players ScottGirl and Wizard121L were unanimously voted into Secretary of State and Treasury, respectively.

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