Eternal Empire of Hydra: Difference between revisions

=History=

The founding members of the first Hydra crew joined PirateCraft in middle to late-2015. These included names such as dpex81, macro26, trooper306, Spock1101, and RebornSparta. At this time, the crew tag ‘Hydra’ was claimed by a different group of inactive players. For this reason, the founding members took the name ‘Reich’ under the crew description ‘The Eternal Empire of Hydra’.  

The first Hydra base was constructed on the east of the map at x:4550, z:-2300. The base consisted of an open-air stone castle with 10-20 block high walls and two wet docks. At the time, this was near the world border, which was later expanded.

Nearing the end of this first season of success, the early Eternal Empire of Hydra abandoned Fortress II and moved all of its resources into a vault deep within Fortress III, known commonly as the Resurrection vault. Fortress II would later be unclaimed and detonated in a synchronized explosion.  

Hydra abandoned PirateCraft for a period of a few months, vowing to return. On March 25, 2016, an official forum request was submitted that Hydra’s crew tag ‘Reich’ be changed to ‘Hydra’ due to inactivity from the players who currently owned the tag. This request was accepted, and Hydra began its second empire.  

Hydra’s unrelenting strength is the result of its members being friends offline first and online second. At the height of their power in early 2018, this rule would be violated in the befriending of several players in the server community including Cysteen, Nahadoth, Smokeyriver and notably The_Network, who met with Hydra in person in Chicago during the summer of 2018. In Hydra’s only moment of weakness, some anticipated drama would occur between the aforementioned players resulting in Nahadoth and Mystictitan glitching into the Hydra box. This was done using knowledge illegally gained by downloading a schematic into singleplayer. After a series of rapid and unexpected events, and despite his best efforts to administer punishment, The_Network would go on to be banned from PirateCraft under questionable circumstances as a scapegoat for others’ crimes. Once again disgusted at the server’s community, Hydra would briefly abandon their position and vow to return again in full power never yet seen in PirateCraft history.

Hydra briefly abandoned the server in mid-2018, and did not contribute time to the server beyond restocking and re-renting the Eternal Shop of Hydra, located at shop3 in the server market. Several small raids were carried out over the course of 2019 that were not recorded for Youtube, where all of Hydra’s videos were unlisted temporarily. This was to fully ensure that the server’s community would forget the Eternal Empire of Hydra and forget the tactics it had previously developed.

[[File:Island of Hydra.PNG|350px|thumb|left|The Hydra Citadel]]

Did you ever hear the tragedy of Lap Dance the Dhow? I thought not. It's not a story the Asylum would tell you. It's a Hydra legend. Lap Dance was a Lapras, so powerful and so cute she could use the Force to influence the Cysteens to create distractions... She had such a knowledge of the cute side that she could even keep the U-boats she cared about from being stolen. The cute side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural. She became so adorable... the only thing she was afraid of was losing her double chest, which eventually, of course, she did. Unfortunately, she taught Cysteen everything of adorableness, then Cysteen took her in her sleep. It's ironic she could save others from theft, but not herself.

<span>Midway through the second coming of Hydra, a fool by the name of PorkIsAFruit came about harking to all who would listen that diamonds he did need. Generously acknowledging, in his time of need, P1ndr0p did answer, seek no further buddy, you have found me. Trading diamond for iron, more thought paid no mind, for P1ndr0p then scattered, being no longer bind. A moment a minute but barely a more, did PorkIsAFruit chatter, I've got diamonds galore. Baffled, befuddled, bewildered, and more, did P1ndr0p find an act to abhor. Hailing a vulcan, to aid in this chore, both doth hath plot<span></span></span><span>with,<span></span></span><span>on their next score. Hatching and scheming, did they with ease, for soon Spock had offered a trade if he please. Trading iron for diamond, a transpose I'm sure, then did Spock arise out to slash at the whore. Quick as a cricket, he bashed at the boy, late did he wise up, the trade was a ploy. Wiped out with diamond and poetic allure, done was the battle, the spoils a lure. Angry no livid, cried out the boy, enraged was he now that his killers so coy. A pickaxe, the diamonds, the iron did they amass, now it was time to continue the plan. A trade did they offer, for much had they spare, come to warp trade said P1ndr0p if doth you dare. More iron in ingots in blocks did they plead, and desperately Pork oh blindly agreed. Half did transfer and half more 'accord, and still not was present his pick or his ore. Indignant and irate did he ever grow, but slowly accepted his solemn woe. So ware be yon reader for Hydra still yearns, for to pilfer your treasures does their spirit still burn.</span>