Enkon Awakens (CLOSED. Please start new thread for UCON.)

[Athretvari]

(Continuing The First Day of School..)

It had been an uneventful first week since Cmdr Amanda Szarinko, her seven-man crew of trainers and inspectors, and the Eggmanlandian Ai known as Iona-6 had boarded the new Hrast-PB14 for the ship’s Ai Battle Ship School training.

Most of the time had been taken up with “crew initialization evolutions,” which mainly involved manual confirmations of the ship’s diagnostics of its own systems. “Best to check that the meter’s reading true before trusting the reading on the meter.” Who had said that to her? An instructor at the battle academy. She couldn’t remember her name. It was a rather inelegant saying, but one she never forgot to heed.

The ship’s systems had all checked out. There were a few minor inter-AI protocol issues, but nothing out of the ordinary and nothing that, Amanda thought, a good set of combat simulations wouldn’t fix by forcing the ship’s AIs to work out the most efficient protocols between themselves.

“Just so happens today’s that day, little lady,” the commander said as she caressed the soft crimson-red whale leather of the captain’s chair. She looked over the utter blackness of a single block of pitchwood that made up the captain’s command panel. It was difficult to make out where the panel’s surface actually was. She reached out to touch the wood. Smooth, so incredibly smooth. It had been cut by shiga-wire.

Fine lines and sensor readings danced across the black surface projected from a source even Amanda hadn’t found after two years of leading new Hrast class ship-prep operations.

She looked at the projection. Some how the Captain’s Interface AI was able to follow Amanda’s gaze and focus the projection to where she looked. It sharpened the image at the point she looked, and blurred the sections around. It moved the projection as she moved her head, all giving her a faux 3-D image on the pitchwood’s flat surface.

The projection was a three-dimensional map of the Small Goose-Egg Nebula, a thick planetary nebula twenty-two light-years from Enkon in the direction of Silva. She ran a finger across the pitchwood. The nebula rotated and several “points of interest” appearred in the cloud. She touched one and read a quick summary.

Ah! Now she remembered. She studied the nebula at flight academy. It was a favorite hide-away for space pirates during the nuclear exodus. News that many of the exodus ships from Silva found out much too late to save them. She wondered, “How many innocent people had that rogue Ajerri pirate, what was his name? Captain Aloha-This! How many did he kill on that drunken bet with a member of his crew? He rammed his raiding ship into the Ar Saint Dominic, a Wickoan hyber-sleep transporter, initiating the detonation of its twelve reactors in a spectacular explosion that destroyed fourteen near-by escort vessels as well. Two-hundred thousand, it was two-hundred thousand lost.”

She smiled, recalling that after his trial the Hikuptan fleet commander that had captured him, sealed him in a hollow torpedo and then launched it deep into the sparking belly of the young white dwarf at the cloud’s core.

“They do spend a fortune on the creature comforts in these things,” Amanda said to Lt Karlo Thirra, and then nodded, “Begin simulation.”

Lt Thirra smiled and then initiated the Hrast’s first official combat training simulation.

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The Hrast-PB14 awoke to find herself in a thick dense nebula. She gently raised her shields and waited as weak magnetic waves cleared a void in the cloud around her hull.

She began to creep forward, her sensors probing as deeply and passively as they could into the dark nebula.

A large black swirl twisted in the gas ahead of of the Hrast. Something was there.

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Iona-6 turned to the commander, “Weapons should instinctively activate.”

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“What’s out there?” Central AI asked Sensors, but Sensors AI reported the it couldn’t penetrate the nebula deeper than a few kilometers.

Central commanded Sensors to test different probing tactics and continue full 360 visual observation. She drafted 20 otherwise idle classroom AIs that had been occupying themselves in what one of them would later describe as "a mad serious game of EVE 3660-Battle for DarkHaven," to analyze the disturbance in the nebula and determine the possible position of its source.

The cloud swirled around the Hrast again, she felt a chill race across her hull as Weapons felt compelled to raise the cannons like goose-hairs and light their arc-spark triggers.

She inched through the cloud, guns hot and ready.

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Cmdr Szarinko laughed at the sight of the Hrast in the holograph. “She looks like a porcupine.”

The Hrast’s image sat in the center of the commander center in a large amber holograph, swirls of particles twisted behind the ship as the Hrast switched to magnetic pulse drive, allowing it to “grab and pull” against the cloud’s particles to propell itself forward. It was a slower method of propulsion, but had proven invaluable to conserving precious power, and preventing electromagnetic injury, when navigating through dense nebula like the Small Goose-Egg.

Amanda turned to Iona-6, “Unleash the DreadNeds.”

The Eggmanlandian Ai raised a metallic hand and touched the holograph. Three “possible future adversary assets” (PFAS) appeared around the Hrast and began moving aggressively toward her. The DreadNeds, a new set of PFASs, were theoretical dreadnaught-sized Nedean battleships imagined up by “geek” AI’s back on Enkon’s surface. Dedicated geek AI’s located within the UTR’s Advanced Computer Operations Agency are tasked with imagining possible future adversary assets based on known current technology, history and current “political leanings”. Without any particular logic, the Geek AIs continued to choose Nedea as their favorite adversary.

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The Hrast edged forward when Sensors detected a huge object directly ahead!

Propulsion AI had taken a lashing since training began for weak inter-AI protocols. He had been keen to not fail the commander and particularly Iona-6, today. Taking an initiative new to him, he had negotiated several new data-routes using a number of relatively low-traffic life-support system data-transfer pathways between the command center and the engine room. Central allowed Propulsion to tap directly into Sensors and Weapons alert systems. So when a great metallic skull burst throw the cloud directly in front of the Hrast, he instinctively fired the ship’s forward and then port bow thrusters.

The Hrast lurched to the right at break-neck speedas the DreadNed raced past like a rabid bull. Weapons fired a barrage of plutonium dagger torpedoes. All but one hit nothing except the DreadNed’s ion trail. A single torpedo nipped a small antenna on the adversary’s underbelly.

The giant enemy ship dived into the nebula behind the Hrast, disappearing from Sensors.

Suddenly a second giant skull came charging out of the cloud toward the Hrast’s top-side. Propulsion twisted the Hrast onto her side. Weapons AI added the ship’s additional angular momentum to its calculations and then fired her portside cannons. Twelve thick streams of ionized gas and radioactive particles cut the cloud as the DreadNed zipped past, this time firing its own torpedoes at the Hrast.

Propulsion felt a surge of energy, he pushed as much of it into the ship’s aft starboard-side thrusters. The Hrast’s tail swept away from the torpedoes and gave Defense AI enough time to charge and launch a cloud of shrapnel-countermeasures.

Half of the DreadNed’s torpedoes exploded in the cloud of shrapnel. Four others struck the Hrast’s tail in succession.

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Cmdr Szarinko, the trainers, and Iona-6 watch as the holograph of the Hrast exploded in a series of fireballs. The third DreadNed raced in for the final blow, not even raising its weapons it rammed into the Hrast’s mid-section breaking it in two. Amanda waved a hand to Lt Thirra.

Lt Thirra stopped the simulation.

Amanda looked at Iona, “She hit an antenna. Gotta be worth a few points.”

The android shrugged, “I’ll begin debriefing the AIs immediately.”

[Mare Solis]

The Road to Annexation Part II

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Valencia del Sol, Mare Solis, Enkon - After reading a political report on Arnold Zimmer, President Bruno Ibarra has a difficult dilemma upon him. Annexing Xanai will expand Solisia's territorial borders and could give Solisia the diverse natural resources Xanai holds. Drawbacks of annexing Xanai, would include inheriting the current problems of Xanai, which would include full integration to the Solisian republic & various domestic problems. After consulting his foreign affairs team, President Bruno Ibarra then pulls the trigger on funding & supporting Arnold Zimmer's presidential campaign.

Twenty-four hours later, a representative of Presidential candidate Arnold Zimmer arrives in Valencia del Sol to officialize documents stating that if Arnold Zimmer is to win the election, Xanai is to become a territory of Mare Solis. In addition, Arnold Zimmer is to become the governor of Xanai, once the nation is fully absorbed into Solisian hands. After a couple of hours of documentation review, the representative who has the authorization to sign under Zimmer's name, signs the document.

So far, it is unknown of the exact amount of MS₱s donated to Zimmer's presidential efforts. It has been estimated in the millions of Solisian pesos so far. In New Avalon, Arnold Zimmer most significant competitor, James Klein, has been fiercely competing against Arnold Zimmer. But despite Klein's fierce opposition towards Zimmer, Klein is not able to withstand Zimmer's funding & his 51% approval rate of Xanai being absorbed into Solisia. Time will tell if President Bruno Ibarra funding will bring Xanai under the Solisian flag. But at the way this whole situation is pointing, it looks as if Ibarra's efforts could be fruitful.

[Ajerrin]

Garbage has been piling up outside the mansions of West Egg for weeks after the West Egg House was abandoned by its Landlord last month. Residents have been flying out in droves on their private jets on a daily basis after the stench became too nauseating for the rich & famous.

The sole runway for the island has been a chaotic scene as the control tower was manned by a retired pilot who was promised the servant-hosue of his neighbors’ multi-million Kredit property if he stayed to command the runways. Since last week the runways have been free and clear of garbage, as well as traffic.

Tongoni President Molani Fumugla, who also happened to own a huge estate on the main island, called in a cargo plane filled with garbage trucks to clean the streets of West Egg last night. As the planes hit the runway, hundreds of maids and butlers cheered with joy as the garbage started to leave the streets.

As the sun set and the moon rose the population of West Egg declared Fumugla to be the resident landlord and President of West Egg, provided he maintains the spectacular beaches and streets clean of garbage and middle-class people.

[Onza]

At the Khalifa al-Makhal, outside of Aqqak, Onza

André Lamar had been rather impressed with the grandiose manner that Andrea Korros had presented herself in. He was left unsure of how to respond to her bow, though he offered a hearty smile as an attempt to remedy his lack of knowledge on the etiquette. However, his standard of what he defined as being impressed was multiplied times a thousand whenever he witnessed her interact seamlessly with a computer interface using only her hand. It was truly magnificent to him, and he turned to Yasin Khaleel, whom he knew had a fascination with technology that would likely be gauged even further by being able to witness such a scientifically extravagant and marvelous gesture.

The small group listened closely as she explained the composition of the outer hulls being a special alloy, one that would be utterly useless to the Onzaians unless it was properly structured. Truly, to Lamar, it sounded as though it would be better to sell or donate than it would to keep.

"Thank you, Ms. Korros, for your detailed explanation insofar," Lamar began. "I am very thankful that the Commonwealth would extend such an offer, but I must ask: with it being necessary for this material to be appropriately structured in space or in a zero-gravity facility in order for it to function properly, what potential gain is there if we were to invest the time into salvaging the debris' secrets?"

He didn't mean to sound doubtful, but he knew he did. He turned to Khaleel, who seemed unshaped by said doubt.

Before another moment could pass, Lamar clarified on his question. "I suppose what I'm meaning to ask is, is there anything other than the Orichalcum that can be withdrawn from this fallen spacecraft?"

[Unibearia]

The NVA has been organising their forces the last couple of weeks in the North East. Visual contact from ground recon and scout planes confirmed this. An estimated 8 million NVA soldiers are going up against 3 million UWK forces. Since the Arcadian Commonwealth has taken defensive positions in the south, Commander Felix ordered a strategic redeployment for Army group south to merge with army group North. Combined they number 3 million.

The first NVA attacks were mostly Cavalry charges that ended in complete failure for the NVA (North Vvardeni army). about 250,000 and NVA soldiers died in the first 2 days of fighting. With artillery and regular ground attack aircraft attacking their positions, the total number would be an estimated 750,000 casualties.

Then came their second wave, human waves of NVA all attacked simultaneously along the Northern Front. UWK soldiers were in shock and they were ill prepared for this kind of attack but they held their ground with the help of heavy and medium armour. The NVA ran across the field firing their guns and ditching them when they ran out of ammunition and grabbed their swords. Most never made it to the UWK lines of defence, those who did got caught in barbed wire. The NVA has taken over an estimated 3 million casualties (Dead/ wounded/missing) and the UWK has taken a confirmed 89,000 and many more are yet to be confirmed

These Human wave attacks have been going on for 1 week now. almost one every day. If this keeps going, the UWK lines will break. The logistics keep getting worse, the men need more and more ammo and more and more supplies. Airdrops aren't cutting it. The UWK is requesting emergency supplies from nations involved in the liberation of North Vvarden to help support and keep the UWK in the fight.

[St Saratoga]

Rogerbei, st Saratoga, United Coalition -

The government of the UWK here by condemns the United Coalition for threatening the Stability of the South and Unibearia through military action. There is always diplomacy.

Chamberlain laughs. "Threatening the stability of the south? Coming from those wolf people? The Irony is killing me. The saber-rattling nation of Unibearia accuses me of destabilizing the southern nations. After taking "Volunteers" to have their DNA replaced by Wolf DNA, threatening war on our ally New Toola, and finally selling their soul to Nedea for literally a week. I think they have their math wrong on who is actually destabilizing that region."

Vice Chancellor Galloway laughs, takes a drink of Athretvarian rum. "King Yuri could be talked into doing something by a butterfly for crying out loud, its ridiculous. As Will, according to our intelligence service. It looks like King Yuri thinks we declared war on him."

Chamberlain sets down his glass, "Well, thats a problem... send a message to King Yuri clearly and in most simple terms that we are not at war with him and we wish for him to not act on a Suspicion."

A few other officers enter the room. The Chancellor stands up and salutes, "Generals."

"Sir." They all salute back.

"What is happening in Oneripol?" As the interactive map adjusts to Oneripol.

"Well sir, our airstrikes have opened up the LZ to be peaceful when we land and we also have destroyed all major naval and artillery so this conflict should be short. My only worry is 46566. That nation does show a vested interest in the region."

The Chancellor looks at the battle maps, "We will handle that when that or if it arise. I give you permission to land in all the LZ and I want you to move as fast as possible to secure those cities and militaries."


Troops on the LZ being briefed on their mission.

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A few hours later at El Presidente's office,

"We are being invaded from every angle, our troops do not have the training or equipment to fight against the invaders. El Presidente, we have 3 men per rifle in the army right now and I can't get ahold of the navy at all. I'm thinking they have destroyed our only working ships. We need to give up, we are going to be royally destroyed if we don't give up know!" The Vice Presidente paces.

"I will not give up our workers paradise. Those protestors are just corrupted swine that need to be put down and the Saratogan pest came to help them win this battle between the workers and the pests. I WILL NO-"

The room blows open as El Presidente is flung into a wall. The Vice El Presidente gets up and checks the pulse of El Presidente. "He has no pulse." He says to himself as he takes out his phone.

"General Phabio, stand down your troops. We can not win this fight. El Presidente has been killed."

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Office of the Chancellor, Rogerbei, St. Saratoga, United Coalition -

"They surrendered?" Chancellor Chamberlain enters the room looking like he just woke up.

"Yes sir. El Presidente was killed by a bombing raid that missed its target"

"Well then, tell Director Oppenhiemer that he is governor of Oneripol until I reach Oneripol to help set up and actual government."

[Unibearia]

King Yuri has finally made the decision to found a Counter-Intelligence agency to keep state secrets and the entirety of the UWK safe from sabotage and foreign spies. It is formally known as the CIA of the United Wolfish Kingdoms.

Billions and billions of Kredits are being poured into the CIA of the UWK. It's main focus is to locate, capture, interrogate and neutralise any foreign spies. Whether they be an allied nation spy or an enemy nations spy, they will be tortured and neutralised. The safety of the state is a number one priority.

[Promethius Prime]

At the Khalifa al-Makhal, outside of Aqqak, Onza
"Certainly, I simply wished to begin with the largest piece of debris and the one which would be most immediately of use to yourselves. You see Arcadian Orichalcum does not require zero gravity conditions for its production. It can be and is produced terrestrially in significant quantities; it is only the Promethian Orichalcum which poses a difficulty in production. Now the potential gain in salvaging Arcadian Orichalcum is that you immediately have a reasonable quantity available for testing and recycling as well as a sample against which you may compare any Orichalcum you produce yourselves in the future; in this sense it provides an ideal control sample for future technologies of this type." Korros reached forward and changed the focus of the display, now bringing up s complete scan and visual breakdown of a section attached to the Hull debris previously being scrutinised. "That said the hull is hardly the most exciting piece that can be salvaged and utilised by yourselves; this is an intact power supply circuit section and being able to understand how this technology works is vital in understanding how most of the advanced computing and mechanical technologies which have been recovered function. The energy requirements for a ship as large as this and the technology on board are huge, but finding a source of energy is not difficult, finding a system capable of transporting that energy throughout the system safely is."

"This is a K-Type power supply unit; as you can see here the structure of the cables used as well as their positioning in relation to parallel pipes are quite unlike anything you'll see in say a car or locomotive. This K-Type unit facilitates the transfer of vast quantities of energy and deuterium rich fuel to the systems which require them; most Arcadian systems you see operate using microreactors to provide low voltage power to highly sensitive circuitry while higher voltage energy is provided by the core power grid for the rest of the machine - hence the parallel pipes and cables. Now the structure of this cable alone is new technology from your point of view as it provides a means of transferring energy safely and reliably in vast quantities... it is the super highway of energy conductors if you will. In practical terms the cabling alone could allow you to upgrade and improve the efficiency of your power grid by around 34% and facilitate the provision of energy to areas vast distances from its point of origin with relative ease. You would of course need an ample power supply to make that worth while but the Commonwealth is prepared to assist in this regard, if you were to allow us to send technical teams into your existing power facilities we would be able to advise on how best to improve output and efficiency using this new technology."

"The use of this power supply unit in its entirety is, unfortunately, an unreachable goal at this time; the cabling is certainly of extreme value as I laid out, however the rest simply isn't applicable to existing Onzan technology since it relates to deuterium micro and macro reactors. The macroreactors at the core of the ships had, as anticipated, overloaded and broken up leaving nothing but a secure containment core full of highly irradiated slag; as per our agreement this dangerous material has been removed to be properly and cleanly disposed of. The microreactora likewise have burned out." She drew their attention to a small stout cylindrical object made from metal with Arcadian symbols and a strange sort of barcode on the side; it appeared to be heavily corroded in places and at the top the external coating had bubbled and burned away; "This is the least damaged microreactor we could locate; it is about the size of my fist, unfortunately most of its internals have melted or carbonised making the device unusable; fortunately the containment layer remained intact so no radioative material escaped. However our recovery of this microreactor is not a complete dead loss; the containment layer is made from an extremely durable material, it has no name in your language but in Arcadian it is called Bharzalburz. This material can be replicated using materials and technologies that are available to some business interests in your country. Its practical use is as a durable material ideal for the fabrication of external casings for small devices such as cellphones and the like; it also makes an excellent radiation shield - unfortunately it can't be created in large quantities. In the Commonwealth we use it mainly in the transportation of radioactive materials and for storage purposes."

"Before I proceed to the next set of items have you any questions?"

Situation Report, South Vvarden

WITH RELATION TO UNIBEARIAN FORCES - Our analysis of the situation is that Uniberian forces alone will be insufficient to continue an advance from the north; their overall numbers are too few and their equipment insufficient to the task at hand, they also lack the resources to properly support and fund a campaign on this scale. It has become evident through their requests for aid and what we view as mismanagement of their finances that they are no longer capable of prosecuting the northern theatre of the campaign. If Unibearian forces do not receive adequate support and supplies soon it is likely that they will reach breaking point and thus disintegrate. Our analysis on the subject could be incorrect, however under the circumstances it seems unlikely that this is the case. We recommend the immediately deployment of marine and air forces to the Northern Theatre to provide direct support and facilitate the opening of supply routes from the Commonwealth; ideally we would be able to directly supply Unibearian forces with military equipment, however do to existing government foreign policy we must restrict this to the provision of food and medical supplies and the prosecution of an extensive campaign of long range bombardment, air support and special forces operations.

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WITH RELATION TO THE COMMONWEALTH ADVANCE - At this time the Divide is considered to be an extremely dangerous route of advance into North Vvarden by ground, however it is the opinion of this analytics committee that swift, pinpoint aerial insertions would be sufficient to break NVA defences in the south of the country. Our forces are deployed and poised for a large scale bombardment of enemy military positions along the Divide and it is recommended that we begin full saturation bombing of these positions effective immediately. In the long run it is predicted that our current numbers will be sufficient to defeat the NVA forces; in relation to an advance from the south however it is deemed strategically vital and advantageous to ensure that Unibearian forces in the north remain a prime source of concern for our enemy.

Summary of Military Activity in Vvarden

1. The Commonwealth will begin the supply of food and medicine to Unibearian military forces operating in North Vvarden.
2. The Commonwealth will begin an aggressive campaign of coordinated aerial assaults and bombardment of NVA forces in support of Unibearian forces.
3. The Commonwealth will begin an aggressive and protracted campaign of saturation bombardment of NVA positions north of the Divide.
4. The Commonwealth will begin a campaign of aerial insertion assaults to capture enemy positions north of the Divide in preparation for a wider invasion.

[Unibearia]

With the large abundance of oil off the shores of Unibearia and some in land, the UWK starts the construction of 10 offshore oil rigs and 550 pumpjacks to extract oil that can then be used to support and remove the demand of foreign oil. X.D. Mining will be responsible for the operation. ( X.D. INC and all it's branches are government owned) The estimated time for completion of the oil rigs is set at 2 years from start to finish. The pumpjacks will take 7 months to construct all of them.

This will create hundreds of jobs and another form of self-sufficiency and autonomy. It will also help support and sustain the already blooming economy!

With the subject of oil, 10 coal liquefaction facilities will be built all over the UWK to produce diesel fuels. This has become an option because of the grand demand of oil and the very small demand of coal. With the great quantity of coal the UWK has, it seems logical to start the production of coal liquefaction facilities.

[46566]

Formation of Federation of Allied Nations proposed
Midgar,46566-The USS has officially asked the following countries to form a defensive military alliance with the USS.The countries involved currently are:
Onza
St Saratoga
Promethius Prime
The military alliance will be called the Federation of Allied Nations.The alliance will be purely defensive based and each nation would have to help the other countries if they or any country considered part of their territory is attacked.

Federation of Allied Nations Treaty
Preamble: a defensive alliance of the signing nations.The treaty is to help protect each other from foreign invasion.

Part A Limits of the treaty
1) Each nation agrees to protect each nations territory in the case of invasion
2) Protectorates are not considered part of national territory
3) Each nation is allowed to sign other alliances outside of this treaty
4)Each nation will not interfere in the internal politics of each member nation

Part BTraining and joint operations
1) Each national military will participate in periodic joint military training operations
2) Each nation will have a junior officer exchange program to help each nation understand each others military
3) Each nation will try to maintain a set training level for their militaries

Part C Membership
1)Each nation is allowed to leave without any backlash from any other members
2)With a majority vote the alliance has the ability to expand itself
3) The Treaty can be changed by a simple majority vote
4) New nations can apply on their own or be brought up to vote by any nation

[Athretvari]

UTR Dispatches Naval Force to Open Arctic Base

APEKSPOLI, Anthropolia — The UTR on Saturday sent six ships carrying personnel and equipment to the Arctic to open a defense research base in an effort to bolster its presence in the region, defense news agencies reported.

President Junigka ordered the military to establish a base on the Northern Polar Ice.

On Saturday, a fleet of six ships including two large landing ships set off from the port of Kryn Naval Base in northern Areko, a spokesman for the Northern military district, Vladi Szergga, told Jeihdpfohin news agency.

The ships will be accompanied by four icebreakers.

"The main task of the expedition by a number of Northern Fleet ships to the Arctic is to deliver the first equipment and supplies to build the base, along with staff, as well as equipment and supplies for a taskforce that from this year will serve protect UTR Arctic interests on a permanent basis," said the northern fleet's commander, Admiral Demetra Korolo.

[Unibearia]

Detailed report of the Spaceship crashes:

Journal of Kara Mokar, Entry 4


Earlier today, the second ship crashed in the east. Luckily no one was hurt. Here at Crash site Bravo, I'm responsible for extracting and preserving the ships systems, hardware and weapons systems. My team of 25,000 Wolfen, work day and night to put out fires and analyse samples. The ships weapon systems is mostly intact and can be reversed engineered but that could take 25 years. The Ships armour is of a unique alloy, I have been trying to analyse it but my test results are always "UNKNOWN SUSTENANCE". It's really frustrating when the King himself is expecting results. The perimeter of the crash site is patrolled and is on lock down. 250 have already been prosecuted for trespassing.

The main problem is the reactor, we can't go near it. It spews out radiation and radioactive fluids. I have taken measures to have some Arcadian Commonwealth specialists to retrieve the Core and depose of it. I can't risk any lives.

We have already started retrieving and scrapping pieces of the armour and loading them onto trucks. I don't know where those trucks go but I bet they will be used in a way that I don't want to know.

The ship's warp drive is severely damaged but we can still learn from it and reverse engineer it. The engines are somewhat intact.

Gods, I am sooo tired! I can't even write correctly! I guess I will call it night. I am just soo exited to find out what else is intact and if there are any survivors! They probably died by now but what if the Armoury is still intact! We could salvage the weapons and armour! There is so much possibility! I will send a team to enter the main part of the ship to map out and see if it is safe to enter.

[46566]

USS signs trade Treaty with Caisus
Midgar,46566- The USS has recently signed a treaty with Caisus The trade treaty is as follows:


Acknowledging trade is the life blood of nations,
Realizing that modern nation’s economies are intertwined with each other in many cases,
Stating that where resources are needed are not always where those resources may be found,
Hoping that trade between two nations is always beneficial to both,
Hereby validates this treaty between the United Socialist States and the United Commonwealths of Caisus and Galgistan(hereby called “Caisus”)
Article I:
The 46566 National Oil Company shall be allowed to extract and refine oil, natural gas, and coal within the boundaries of Caisus and Galgistan so long as the rights to which have been legally attained, that all laborers and employees of said company are given their full rights under Caisan law, that these companies extract, process, and ship the oil, natural gas, and coal in a manner befitting Caisan law, that said company never owns more than 15% of all oil, natural gas, and coal rights within Caisus and Galgistan, and that said company is beholden to any and all Caisan taxes and tariffs associated with these industries.
Article II:
The United Commonwealths of Caisus and Galgistan and companies present within these two nations may purchase or trade for resources or other goods with the United Socialist Republics, beholden to any and all tariffs associated with the purchase of these goods.
Article III: Caisus will hereby be open to tourists and travelers from the United Socialist Republics. Any crimes committed by citizens of the United Socialist Republics are beholden to Caisan laws and may be punished according to the Caisan legal system and are afforded the same rights as any Caisan within such a situation.
Article IV Any Caisus citizen caught breaking the law within the USS will be tried under the USS laws. Caisus citizens will have the same rights as other USS citizens.

[Caisus]

United Commonwealths Sign Treaty with New Toola

Speaker Bright Warns King Yuri on Northward Expansion

Today the United Commonwealths of Caisus and Galgistan have signed several treaties with the Conservative Oligarchy of New Toola. A non-aggression pact and a trade agreement have been signed, complete with the opening of embassies between the two nations.

In other news, Speaker Bright held a press conference this morning on the northward expansion of the United Wolfish Kingdoms. In short, Speaker Bright said "Don't." The transcript of the speech is below:
"It has recently come to my attention that the United Wolfish Kingdoms has begun a northward expansion to the coast of Unibearia. For this I have a message to King Yuri. King Yuri, your rapid expansion with no need for the land threatens the stability of the south. Any further expansion north will bring the United Commonwealths and the UWK into conflict. I cannot say what form this conflict will take place, but I promise you King Yuri, Caisus will respond and we will defend the interest of Caisus and her allies to the farthest extent necessary to preserve them.”

[New Toola]

New Toolan soldiers ordered to begin invasion of Wachan Islands

Elder Beverly Mitchell of the Department of Defense speaks to the New Toolan public of the invasion.

Ithaqua, New Toola - Earlier today, Newly appointed Elder Beverly Mitchell announced to the public that New Toola will begin its invasion of the nation formally known as the Wacha. It is a joint invasion with New Toola invading the Wachan Islands and Nedea invading the mainland. Elder Mitchell announced the New Toolan operation will be named, Operation Tropic Takeover. New Toolan special ops, infantry divisions, and tank divisions are being dispatched from Serenissima as of right now to the nearest islands.

Nedea has supplied New Toola information on the Wacha, weaponry, and technology to help fight off the resistance that reside on some of the islands. New Toola has also stated that it will help Nedea if help is needed in its invasion.

Elder Mitchell spoke today on national television and this is what she said...

"My fellow New Toolan's, I am here to announce that today, New Toola has declared war on the Wacha. After some talks with our neighbor Nedea, we have agreed to take the nation. The Wacha do not have much of a military presence on their islands as well as no major city. While our invasion has a high success rate, some information has shown that their is some resistance on a few of the islands. We will support Nedea in any way we can if the nation needs us. This is a new day for New Toola and the positives out way the negatives in this invasion. We will be able to spread conservatism and capitalism to these people. Thank you all for your support in the New Toolan Military and we will make sure the public knows what is going on."

Some images were sent by the Department of Defense of our soldiers moving across the nearest island.

A New Toolan squad fighting off some resistance in a small town

[Wragnar]

Hotel Aricon - Canagan, Wragnar.
0450 Hours
2323, 1160

The CEO of Aerospace Unlimited, Aron Rogers, the Moarfallian Conglomerate Council representative of foreign affairs, Jason Herm, and 2 security details walked into room 457A of the largest hotel in Wragnar. Pleasantries were exchanged before the officials sat down at a meeting table with the Wragnarians. As soon as they sat down, both men lost all expression and had cold, mechanical stares. The Wragnarians looked at the 2 men then to the 2 security details. "This is merely a business deal, why would you require security?"

Jason Herm spoke, "For our protection, we are both wealthy men who are very important. It would be both unwise and counter-productive. Now, here is the version of the contract we were given that we have for you."

-Wragnar sets up a mining facility on the moon with assistance from the MSC and AU.

-New Babylon's official trade port is the established trade route from space and/or orbit to and from Wragnar, and will be the sole used trade route.

-Protection for said trade route as well as the faucility will be provided by the MSC and AU.

-For payment, Moarfall receives 30% of all of profits as well as discounts on resources mined on the colony, while AU receives 20% of all profits. All Companies in the Corporate Conglomerate of Atlas-Corporation will receive the same discounts.

-Wragnar will have to provide transportation of all persons and materials to and from the colony.

-Termination of this contract will result in immediate seizure of all funds, resources, components, and technologies related to the contract at termination date and a bill of no less than 1.75 trillion Kredits due in no longer than one year from termination.

-Terms are indefinite and enforced by the full power of the Corporate Conglomerate and the United Space Command.

Jason Herm continued; "Do you agree?"

Before the Wragnarians could answer, Aron Rogers' watch began to ring. "Excuse me" he said as he stood up and passed by one of the security guards.

"Yes, we're finishing up the deal now. I have not gotten a response. Yes, according to plan. Bring the car around front." He ended the call and walked back to the table. "Now, where were we?"

AU Intervention - Enkon Orbit
0453 Hours
234, 1414

//Bring the car around front//

"That's our cue, boys." said the captain.

"Bring us to the predetermined coordinates."

The "small" modified Fujik-class frigate designed for stealth. It was a special AU only design. It was one of 21 produced and in use currently. They were very secretive ships, not even the other ships knew of their existence. They were used for all of the Conglomerate's Special Forces needs. Soon the AU Intervention hovered over a small nation in Northern Enkon.

Present at the meeting were Domnall MacCormac, an ambassador for Orbital foreign affair, and Padraig Vadir, the elected leader of the would-be colony. The meeting room had six security guards inside: two at the door behind the Wragnarian officials, two at the door behind the Moarfallians, and one on either side of the table. A panic button was located underneath the table at Vadir's seat. Should it be pressed, armed soldier would be in the room in seconds.

"Not quite," Ambassador MacCormac commented, in reply to Herm's question, "The original terms discussed were 40% of profits going to the Moarfall government. The Atlas-Corporation was never mentioned. We are open to discussing how the profits are split but 50% of all total profit is too much."

Vadir eyed the Rogers on the phone, but didn't pay much mind.

[Caisus]

The wolf-headed humanoid brushes off his military jacket as he stands up from the bed. A low rumble is heard from deeper within the airship, a sign that it is descending. He is suddenly assailed by the reek of roses. A scent minor to normal humans, but to Yuri’s enhanced senses they are an overwhelming odor. He quickly located the culprit, a small ceramic bowl of rose petals. Opening the door to the balcony, he flings the bowl of rose petals out. Exiting the bedroom, he walks down the hall to a large lobby. Several tan couches surround a holographic table. A large television rests upon a wall with two more coaches facing it. A small vase of flowers sits on a table near the opposite door. They gave off no scent. “Silk”, Yuri explains to himself. The television shows a muted news channel in Dolara. It seems to be reporting about King Yuri’s visit to Caisus. The subtitles were in written Caisan, a script that Yuri cannot read. From watching the masked woman reporting, he gets the sense that it was speaking on the refugee situation in southern Caisus. A large camp of orderly tents is seen from a helicopter view, younger wolf-headed Unibearian wave to it. The image then changed to the front of the Imperial Palace, where an announcement is being made. Going over to the holographic table, he unmutes the television just as the Emperor and a slightly pregnant Empress come to the podium.
“Fellow citizens of the Commonwealths, I am pleased to announce that the baby is actually babies. Twins!” The crowd of reporters claps. One asks, “Do you know what their sexes are?”
“A boy and a girl.”
The crowd once more claps.
“I was just there”, he thinks to himself. “the palace was beautiful. Good for the Emperor”, he says with a smirk. His smile quickly turns to a frown as he thinks on his lack of family. Clicking through the menu on the side of the table, he brings up an Unibearian music radio channel. It is playing an instrumental piece of a famous Wolfish folk song. “It sounds better with words”, he mutters to himself. Looking to the closed door on the opposite side of the room, he starts to sing.
“And through the darkness night, and through the brightest day, the wolf will go. Back to its den, back to its family. The alpha will return.“ His deep, resounding voice hits every syllable perfectly, bringing life to the piece.
He continues for a few verses, before turning to the door. He stops mid syllable as he finds Speaker Bright smiling at him, leaning against the door frame. Under his golden fur, Yuri’s cheeks go red.
“How long have you been there, Speaker Bright?”
“Long enough. You do sing very well.”
“It is something I enjoy.”
“You know you promised to play a game with me.”
“It hardly seems time for that. We will be landing shortly in Fetair.”
“There is always time for a game. Come, we shall play Warp.”
“The horror game?”
Bright’s knowing, devious smile is seen on the revealed side of his face. “Yes.”
Shaking his head, Yuri thinks that this is no time for such things, but grudgingly agrees to the game.
Both walk to the holographic table. Bright
“How does this work?”, Yuri asks Bright.
“Place your hands on it. You shall see.”
As they place their hands on the table, their vision goes black.
As Yuri wakes, he finds himself in a dark hallway. The walls are steel, many are charred. Brown stains encrust the walls. Dried blood maybe?
He realizes he is on the ground. The cold steel of the floor reaches through his fur. Sitting up, Yuri rubs his head. He looks around in wonder.
“This is a game? It feels so real”, Yuri thinks as he takes in a deep breath. He promptly gags as the smell of the place hits him. The stench of offal and putrefied flesh permeates the area.
“Having fun?” Bright says as he walks up to the sitting Yuri. Yuri is up to Bright’s neck while sitting.
“Now we have a private place to speak”, Bright says as he extends his hand. Yuri takes it and gets to his feet, brushing his uniform off.
Clasping his hand together, Bright’s smile fades from his face. “We have much to discuss, and I don’t want you to interrupt until I am finished. Am I understood?” Yuri looks surprised, and then confused, and finally nods his head.
“Good. Duck.”
“What?” A large black mass shoots out from a went to the left of Yuri, rushing for his head. Yuri ducks as Bright brings his rapier around and stabs the area where Yuri’s head was, impaling the creature. The black mass of teeth and eyes slumps to the ground.
“That is how most people are killed during their first game. These vent crawlers are little horrors aren’t they? I would like to welcome you to the Warp map “Underground.” A cleverly designed realm with even more cleverly designed enemies. Best watch your step, King Yuri.”
“Enemies?”
“Monsters. Demons. Ghouls,ghasts,wraiths, and horrors from beyond the veil of space and time. Tell me King Yuri, do you think you can defeat them all?”
Frowning, Yuri replies to Bright, “I am confident in my strength.”
Smiling, Bright claps Yuri on his shoulder, “That’s the spirit! We must go down this hallway for some time. We both have our blades, and therefore we need not search for weapons.”
Bright inhales deeply with a frown, catching a whiff of something. “Yuri, are you drunk?”
“Yes. I am always drunk. That way I never get hangovers.”
“That is foolish.” Bright then mutters to himself, “No wonder Unibearia goes down the toilet…”
Yuri growls, “What was that?”
Bright turns and smiles at Yuri, “Nothing.” Bright’s smile quickly turns to an expression of shock and pain as a large blonde paw smashes him in the face. Bright crumbles to the ground, grasping the dented mask.
“Do not insult my country or my leadership! Unibearia would be nothing without me! I tire of your condescending attitude! I am not a child!”
The shocked Bright sits gaping at Yuri. His face a mix of confusion and sadness. Standing up, and brushing off his robes. Bright looks Yuri in the eyes, the look of disappointment obvious on his face. Yuri’s rage fizzled out as he looks at that face.
“Yuri, you ARE a child. You are a fool and a drunk that has nothing but harm your nation! You cast out my advisor, you cast out your senate. You deny yourself the wisdom of others and in that you are a child. If you are so stupid to think that you require no help in running Unibearia, then you obviously need no help in this game. Have fun”, Bright shouts back as he walks in the other direction.
Yuri stands still for several minutes, watching the now empty hallway that Bright walked down. His jaw is slightly open in a look of surprise. Looking down at the ground, he brings his fists up to the side of his face and growls. “Caisans. I will never understand them.”
Yuri looks down the hallway where Bright disappeared, and begins walking in the other direction. The hallway is dark. Darker than it should be with Yuri’s improved vision. He gasps and stops himself, realizing he was just about to walk into abyss. Looking towards the bottom, he could see shapes moving in the pit. They make his fur stand on end and send a shiver up his spine. Yuri doesn’t know what they are, but he knows he could never defeat them. Backing away from the shaft, Yuri goes to find another way. He makes it five steps away from the doorway when he hears a faint crack. He knows something is behind him, he reaches for his sword… and doesn’t find it. Turning around slowly, Yuri sees the shape in the doorway. Its black, shiny carapace silhouetted against the darkness. A light above flickers on for a moment, and in that moment Yuri sees his enemy. And a moment after, Yuri flees down the hallway. His ears flat against his head, his eyes wide, he wishes only to escape the monster behind him. He doesn’t know what it is all he knows is, in his primal instinct, that he should fear it. His breath uneven and his heart beating ever faster in his chest, Yuri knows the creature chases him though there is no sound. At the edge of his vision, he sees shadows coming closer, like vultures waiting for the predator to kill the prey. For some reason, Yuri finds a need to glance back, and in doing so fails to see the large piece of stone fallen from the ceiling. Yuri is sent reeling on the ground. His uniforms soiled from the stains and dirt. He is on his chest on the ground, and hears the creature as it draws closer. He closes his eyes, and whimpers, waiting for the end. It didn’t come. He hears a sound like wind rushing down the hallway. He no longer fears. Sitting up, he finds the hallway lit up. Before him stands Speaker Bright. His robes are ripped in several places, his dented mask duct-taped to his face, and his rapier stained black with aberrant blood. Yuri sits speechless.
Bright speaks in a tired tone, “Well King Yuri, good job. You’ve fled from a broodling, one of the weakest monsters of this place.” Turning in a dramatic fashion, Bright continues, “This place where nightmares are real. You know we Caisans use this game to help children get over certain fears. It is healthy, though some think cruel. But I think it is good, for it is always good to be frightened. It teaches humility.” Turning back to Yuri, he continues, “Humility, the idea that you are not above others. Humility, the idea that everyone has wisdom to share. Humility, the idea that even a 5’8’’ human who wears bright blue robes and wears a mask can know more than a seven foot something wolf-man in affairs of state. Yuri, you must learn that you cannot run a nation on your own. Better men than you have tried, and I mean that only in the most helpful way. Your people may love you and trust in you, but you cannot lead them alone. You need advisors, friends. You need people you can rely upon. You must NOT give into paranoia. I know about that personal army you have been trying to build. Why do you think we had those youths memories wiped? They need a second chance to live their own life, not the one you want them to live. This is something you also need to learn.” Bright stabs his rapier into the air over his left shoulder, skewering a small crab like creature that had jumped towards his head. “Your people are not your play things.” Yuri begins to interrupt but is cut off by Bright, “I know you don’t think of it that way, but doing such a thing to youths is what I am talking about. Next, you need to learn to rely on others. Get a cabinet, a group of advisors. Ill provide them if you wish. But you cannot ignore them like you did your senate. You must focus on domestic issues and foreign relations because right now you have so many targets painted on your head. Caisus will help Unibearia. But only if you listen.” Bright extends his hand to Yuri, which Yuri grasps. Bright helps Yuri up. Yuri, looking down at the ground, speaks, ”I will listen. I will not allow democracy though. It is a failed system.” Bright, with an annoyed look on his face says, “We’ll work on it. I’ll get you a group of advisors. You must listen to them on issues though. I will ask Cyrellican to send advisors as well. Maybe then we can fix the foreign relations mess you are in. Come Yuri, let’s finish the damn game.”

[Nedea]

Cripton, Nedea

Captain Commander Logi looked at his mercs. Harmony mercs were the best in Nedea and could go toe to toe with most any conventional militaries. But these mercs had never actually done any ground force invasion yet except in VR Training. Oh well. The Wacha was in turmoil and this would be a good time to wet the mercs feet and get them familiar. Logi looked out at the squads deciding how to launch the attack when something caught his eye.

A female pony, dressed in Military Uniform. He approached the candy colored equine. "Who are you? What do you think you're doing here?" He asked as suddenly he saw more of them. A whole squad of them. He knew of the pony integration into society after the Friendship War subsided but he didn't know they had begun being hired into Harmony.

"Lieutenant Caramel Sir. I am in command of the equine launchsquad to test the military aptitude of intelligent ponies Sir. Here is a data tablet I was told to give you."

Logi was confused. He had to command not only humans, but a pony squad too? He looked at the Tablet. It read:

Captain Commander Logi, you are to utilize this equine squad in any way you can to test their aptitude in battle. For years now, some of the ponies here in Nedea have been demanding employment into Harmony Inc. The CEO finally caved at Chairman Ned's request to let him test their aptitude at least. That is all.

"Very well then. Your squad will be moving out with a few others to capture our first target. Liberty City. The other squads will be moving north to capture the shoreline to ensure our allies, New Toola, don't get flanked in their sea theater. Do you understand?" He asked the pony lieutenant.

"Yes, Sir!" She exclaimed.

"Good." He went back to the podium to speak to all the squads. "Today we invaded the nation known as The Wacha. With their crippled government they pose a threat to the security of the Syndicate. We will claim the mainland as our allies New Toola capture the islands. Our primary goals at this time are to secure the shoreline to ensure no further reinforcements can attack our allies. We are also going to capture Liberty City to act as our staging point for the remainder of the war. Everyone got that!?"

"YES SIR CAPTAIN COMMANDER LOGI!!"

"Good! Now move out!"

[Promethius Prime]

Top Headlines
Courtesy of

The ZetaResh News Corporation

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Commonwealth Forces Under General
Eikner to Occupy Vvarden and Expel
Foreign Military Forces

"President Tanaka has given her permission to
General Eikner for the occupation of Vvarden
and Expulsion of foreign military forces."

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CAF to Enter a State of Readiness for
Deployment to Vvarden

"A government spokesman has today announced
that the government is mobilising an additional
11.1 million military personnel for deployment
in Vvarden."

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Orari Mining Interests Buy Land Rights
on the Commonwealth Mainland
((ooc: Boosting Economy Index))

"Three major Orari mining corporations; Kasmec,
Uramoff Industrial and Iucacorp, have purchased
land rights in Nova Aramatherius on the mainland."

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National War Memorial is Unveiled in
Nova Arkades

"President Tanaka personally opened the National
War Memorial in Nova Arkades today. The memorial
is a large park filled with statues and engraved walls
holding the names of all who have fallen in combat
for the Commonwealth."

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Other Headlines

• Orbital Shipyards Return to Enkon
• Continued CAF supported cleanup in Ajerrin
  and Onza.
• Constitutional convention continues

Fort Saint James, Vvarden

To the combined armed forces of nations belonging to neither the Commonwealth nor Vvarden, including Moarfall and Unibearia.

You are hereby instructed to begin the process of withdrawal of all military forces from Vvardenese lands and waters. Failure to comply will result in a state of war existing between your nation and the Commonwealth.

This is the only warning you shall receive; you have 24 hours to begin withdrawal and a total of 2 weeks in which to complete the action. We will not be open for negotiation of this point.

Yours,
General Eikner
Commanding Officer
Commonwealth Response Force, Vvarden

[Unibearia]

From the Request of the Promethian government, our glorious leader, King Yuri, has ordered that all UWK troops in North Vvarden pull out immediately. Whether that means leaving defensive positions behind or the dead unburied, we will pull out. All supplies, weapons, ammunition, equipment and armour must be out of North Vvarden before the deadline ends. 79,000 men have already left and millions more to come.

All defensive positions will have the option to leave land mines and traps for the enemy. You must tell Promethian officials the exact positions of those traps and mines.

[46566]

Colonization continues
Port Haven, Silva- More colonialist have left Silva for the southern new Silva. The reason for the movement is to protect the USS interests in southern Enkon. Recently a big pool of Oil has been found near the new colony in Silva.With the colony so close to the Unibearia mainland the USS feels that a sudden expansion is needed before the UWK can take over control of the oil lake.The Hopes are that by expanding on the south side that the USS can claim a good chunk of the oil for themselves and can use it to further extend it's trade in oil. While not at war the UWK and the USS are not on friendly terms, there currently no diplomatic relations with them at this moment.While both have officially signed into the SCG accords there are no relations other then what is asked in the agreements.

Surrender of northern Citopia
New Citopia,New Citopia- The Northern New Citopia communists have surrendered to the USS forces.The reason for the surrendering to the USS is that they felt that they believe that they might be treated better with a country that has a communist party within it's territory. The rebels ran our of food awhile back and were forced to eat what they could find.Mostly they ate rats and any animal that was still alive within there territory. The USS forces have taken control of the northern part of the city and have began supplying the people with food.

[Athretvari]

UTR Completes Psupanama Canal, Invites Cyrellican Government to Opening Ceremony

The Government of the United Technocratic Realms invites the Government of the Royal Kalliergimec Provinces of Cyrellican to the opening ceremony of the Psupanama Canal.

The official opening ceremony will be held in the city of Port Narrows, Wicko on 1 October 2660.

The Wicko Coast Guard Icebreaker AR SZAMMARA cuts a path for a supply vessel through the late winter ice in the Bay of Skeja. Wicko will devote a squadron of ice-breakers to keep the waters around and through the Psupanama Canal clear during the far southern winter, which spans from early May to late October.

In accordance with the Treaty of Mutual Non-Aggression, Peace, and Friendship Between the Royal Kalliergimec Provinces of Cyrellican and the United Technocratic Realms, all non-military Cyrellican commerce may traverse freely, without tariff, or other burden, through the Wicko territories of Vbyari, Onko, and Tsevthasuha; all commercial Cyrellican-registered vessels may berth without restriction, other than normal inspections for all vessels, in ports along the coast of the Wicko territories of Vbyari, Onko, and Tsevthasuha. The same vessels shall be free to traverse the interior seas of the UTR to and from foreign ports without interference, and therein afforded the same degree of defense afforded UTR vessels. The same vessels shall also be permitted to utilize without restriction or fee, the Psupanama Canal.

During the ceremony, the Cyrellican Government will also be invited to take administration of a Special Trade Zone that will encompass part of the harbor and city of Port Narrows, for the exclusive use of Cyrellican merchants and vessels to load and off-load cargo free of UTR customs or tariff, conditioned that the Government of Cyrellican provides its own customs controls in the Special Trade Zone.

The UTR will also propose both countries negotiate and construct a road and rail link between Cyrellican cities and cities in Wicko.

[Athretvari]

UTR Annexes North Santiago Islands

The Government of the United Technocratic Realms announced that the Anthropolian Navy and Special Forces have seized the un-administered North Santiago Islands in a swift dawn-time amphibious invasion on Wednesday.

The sparsely populated islands will be immediately transferred to Anthroplian sovereignty, and will constitute the state of Libre Santiago.

The new state, expected to compose about 0.4% of Anthropolia’s 4.3 billion population upon completion of its capital city of Paz, is being established as a UTR administered homeland for New Santiago refugees that emigrated to the UTR over the past several years due to draconian slavery laws and a series of major international conflicts.

Libre Santiago, whose official languages will be Spanish and Athretvar, will have an autonomous government allowing it extensive domestic sovereignty, while the UTR federal government will control the islands’ foreign, trade, and defense affairs.

[Ajerrin]

Federation Making Progress With Help From Commonwealth, FC Red Cross

Months after the Arcadian ships crashed into UFA territory and decimated Ghray, the city is starting to get back on its feet. The Commonwealth sent billions of Ajers in disaster relief, along with a small army of citizens to help support the people of Ajerrin in their time of need. Refugee camps around Ghray have grown quickly, with various levels of infrastructure being created by the strong willed Ajerri who wish to have some of the creature comforts back in their life.

Construction companies from across the Federation have sent workers and equipment to help alleviate the burden on the State, whose economic hub was destroyed by the Arcadian ships.

Various news reports confirm the ships, while greatly advanced, were destroyed after entering orbit and would be scrapped. President Ali’iloa said in an interview on Meet the Press that the material "would be added to a new a ship that will be designated the FSS Ghray.”

East Ajerrin's President Ulrict to Meet With Ali’iloa

The face of Ghray, East Ajerrin’s President Ulrict, will be returning back to New Hope to garner support for additional resources that could help his State come back from the economic catastrophe it currently faces.

Ulrict’s highly visible role after the Ghray catastrophe is winning him high praise in East Ajerrin and nationally, according to recent polls.

Federation President Ali’iloa opened the coffers for the people of East Ajerrin back in May but found problems gaining support from the Greens, who didn’t want to give a blank check away despite the seriousness of the situation.

Green Party Chairman France McWistaway said in an interview that, “Ulbricht's request demands we turn a blind eye to the environmental regulations our country holds dear so the revitalization of his city occurs sooner rather than later - and I’m sorry, our Party will not sign that check."

In addition to promoting relief funds to assist victims of the crisis, Ulbricht is in New Hope to support an appeal of the Starship Act of 2268, which prohibits the State from developing an interstellar navy.

Ulbricht visited a Darkwater Irons facility in New Hope and spoke about the need of a Starship Act repeal.

“The Federation needs to defend itself from all enemies, regardless of where they hide. The Starship Act is a direct cause of the destruction of Ghray. If the Federation had a naval force from state-of-the-art military equipment companies like Darkwater Irons we could have saved millions of Ajerri from a senseless death… The Starship Act must go,” Ulrict said.

Support has been growing for the repeal in various State governments as well as the Federal Assembly, but it currently faces significant problems in the Federal Council.

Tongoni Parliament Approves Former West Egg Islands To Be Incorporated Into State

Months after the people of the former West Egg islands overwhelmingly approved Tongoni President Molani Fumugla as their “governor landlord” the rich and famous have flocked back to their million dollar estates.

“The streets are spotless! And who doesn’t love Fumugla’s attention to detail with that new yacht club,” a millionaire shouted from his Marquis 720 Tri-Deck.

Mitongo Construction, which is owned by the Fumugla family, is in the process of completing multiple infrastructure projects throughout the island, including the development of a colossal yacht club on the eastern-most island, expanded wifi services for the chain, two new golf courses along with various Federal land upgrades.

After recent polls showed an 88% approval rating for the newly appointed "governor", the Tongoni Parliament approved the annexation of the former West Egg islands, part of the A’u island chain by a wide margin.

“The A’u island chain has great strategic value to the Tongoni people and the Federation,” President Fumugla said in a speech today.

President Fumugla has asked the billionaire Roland Alphonso, the former DJ, philanthropist, and State Minister, to be the face of the A’u islands.

[Vvarden]

The tribal figure walked forward to the clearing giving a massive view over the entire area. The tribal figure was wearing a striped loincloth and what appeared to be a painted horse skull strapped to his face as a makeshift helmet.
"Açei yupi u'linga, busha de rieriva, mi deo. Del lago de la luna."
The man in the plumed silver mask smiled.
"The lake of the moon. At last. Hopefully the legends are true and the gods have indeed blessed this water."
The masked figure, seeing that all the hard work was now over, uttered "Kill the native."
The native screamed and was then stabbed in the neck.
After descending the rocky slope, they came to the shores of the lake. The masked figure dropped to his knees and slowly, but surely took his mask off. "Let the legends be true, and let a new one be born." He muttered. The figure cupped his hands, collected some of the lake water and sipped it slowly. He felt no different, and the lake water tasted no different, but the figure knew now that he was unstoppable, truly immortal.