Good evening. Today, The Eternal Empire of Hydra can report to the people of PirateCraft and to the world that at 3 am Central Standard Time, Hydran Special Forces conducted and operation that destroyed the Roman Empire, a major player in creating a toxic Minecraft environment and a shitty crew responsible for the murder of thousands of deckhands.

It was nearly 5 years ago that a dark Minecraft day was brightened by the best attack on Buckmaster in PirateCraft history. The actions taken that day are seared into our crew memory – dubs of materials stolen; bases destroyed to its elements; TNT explosion echoing through shattered halls, where the actions of brave Hydran agents gave their lives in the pursuit of a less Roman server.

Over the last year, thanks to the tireless and heroic work of our military and our counter-Roman professionals, we have made great strides in that effort. We have disrupted countless crews and strengthened our homeland defense. In the Fire Nation we immolated their crew base, which had been an eyesore to all those with taste. And around the server, we worked with our friends and allies to kill or destroy annoying players, including several who were part of so called “raids” of the Empire.

Yet Rome continued to endure in new and worse ways across the server. And so, in a new server wide security directive. Hydran Security Forces made the destruction of Rome their top priority in bringing peace and security to the server, even as we continued our broader efforts to disrupt, dismantle, and defeat TAS.

Then, last May, after months of painstaking work by our intelligence community, we activated a sleeper agent with ties to Rome. It was far from certain, and it took many months to run this thread to ground. Together with our Hydran Security Team we developed more information about the possibility of an operation against Rome. Finally, last week, when it was determined that we had enough intelligence to take action, an operation was authorized to once again burn Rome to nothing but ashes.

Today, at the direction of Hydra’s Director General, the Eternal Empire of Hydra, under cover of darkness, launched a targeted operation against multiple Roman cities and compounds. A team of Hydrans carried out the operation with extraordinary courage and capability. After a prolonged raid, they razed and destroyed multiple Roman strongholds and monuments.

Today, we give thanks to our sleeper agent and the countless Intelligence and counter-Roman professionals who have worked tirelessly to achieve this outcome. The people of the server do not see their work, nor know their names. But tonight, they feel the satisfaction of their work and the result of their pursuit of justice. We give thanks to the men and women who carried out this operation, for they exemplify the professionalism, patriotism, and unparalleled courage of those who serve our crew.

Let us remember that we can do these things not just because of wealth or power, but because of who we are: one crew, one nation, one people.

Thank you. May Hive bless Hydra, and may Hive bless PirateCraft.