Hello all,

It is with a heavy heart I announce that B&E sees out it's final week on Rustralasia.

A considerable number of members including it's leadership have decided it was time to strike out and form a new group to form thier own identity on the server, a fresh start.

This means for some of the casual/inactive members of the group may find themselves without a home next wipe, for this we are sorry. For those not moving on with us I wish you well in the game and hope to see you on the battlefield or by our side in the future.

Relations for the round starting 31/7/15 with TGB have changed.

After dicussions with [TGB] General we would both like to trial a week of raid truce. It is obvious this round we spent the majority of our time farming in preperation to raid or be raided by TGB. This has left us with a round where we have done less raiding than usual.

While I enjoy the rivalry with TGB I personally would like to see us hit a variety or targets this coming week. This should include the Russians, AUS1, Captain Goofy's crew, Mimby (as usual) and the new ♥♥♥♥ talking clan RCC.

The raid truce agreement means;

- We don't raid each others bases.
- Gunfights in the field are fair game.
- Quarries and Pump jack facilities are off limits (don't steal from them if you are aware they belong to TGB)
- Each groups allies are fair game, neither group will assist thier allies in this situation (so if they hit RC we are to stay out of the action, and vice versa)

I want to see how this works and hopefully it will lead to more fun raiding rather than saving up 60-70 rockets to destory each other every day/second day.

This is for this round only at this stage as a trial.

Roster and Ranks are live, please see them in the dicussion section. Please note these are a work in progress and may very well change.

I was hoping to get the day off work to concentrate on building Friday. However this is not possible. I am still happy to build, as no-one else has shown interest but I will not be on until the evening. As a reminder if you are interesting in building at some point in a future round please let me know.

I would like players starting Friday morning to build a low profile shack (3x3) in the north of the map near or in the snow. We will be building in the snow again this wipe so a ♥♥♥♥ shack in the north will limit the travel time to transfer to the main base. Should BP's wipe next to a rad town would be a great location.

It's worth mentioning that I am making some changes to the group so a leadership structure is formed. Some players have expressed concerns that they are not sure who to address concerns and have little direction.

Clear changes to the leadership structure should address some of these concerns and should you be interested in taking a more active role in the management of the group please let me know, otherwise I will be having discussion with members who show leadership potential.

Having said that there will still be times that these players are not online and some members may find themselves the only person around at odd times. It is expected that members should show some initiative in these situations.

The priority if you are online and seeking something to do is;

- Farming
- Securing the area around the base
- Crafting needed items
- Scouting for targets/threats