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by New Visayan Islands » Sat Mar 19, 2022 12:15 am
The Bohol Inquirer 03/18/2022 wrote:OP-ED: Thief of Fire, Titan of Power
Alex Pe
According to the first, he was clamped to a rock in the Caucasus for betraying the secrets of the gods to men, and the gods sent eagles to feed on his liver, which was perpetually renewed.
The above is an excerpt from Franz Kafka's Prometheus, which outlines his perspective on four aspects of the myth behind the Titan whose name is borne by the mobile reactors that restored power to areas hit hardest by Super Typhoon Rai in December of last year. The City of Ubay in this very province was one of those areas. Home to AFB Ubay, an airbase that was already running on Prometheus, within 36 hours the base's reactor was connected to the grid and providing emergency power to the city, with two more reactors moved to Panglao and here in Tagbilaran from other bases in the Confederation. With the solar farms off Jagna, Tubigon, and Talibon out of commission during the time, the reactors were crucial in maintaining power for critical infrastructure needs: hospitals were less dependent on generator power; communications were restored earlier than projected timeframes expecting a seven-day comms blackout; water was running again across the province within the next 24 hours; cities and major towns with piped gas had it again within the next 72 hours.
Up until the solar farms resumed operations in February, the three reactors were what Bohol survived on, and even Governor Chatto couldn't help but thank the Department of Defense for its efforts in helping clean up the province in the aftermath of Rai, which international weather agencies have classed as the equivalent of a Category 5 hurricane. Foreign aid from the Free Lands--aid that some would argue was quid pro quo, a favor returned for the Confederation's assistance to that country's COVID-19 response last year--also helped in speeding up the rebuilding of Bohol. While Boholano infrastructure has already bounced back completely from the devastation of three months ago, the lessons Rai taught this province are lessons learned in coin and blood, and the best we can do to honor the 282 Visayans who died across the Confederation as a result of the super typhoon's onslaught is to redouble our efforts in making the Province, and ultimately the Confederation, a veritable bastion against natural and man-made disasters alike.
On a parting note, it would not be fitting for any devout Boholano to be oblivious to the fact that tomorrow is the Solemnity of St. Joseph, Husband of Mary, Foster Father of Our Lord Jesus Christ, and Patron Saint of the Universal Church, who as San Jose Obrero is the patron saint of the Archdiocese of Tagbilaran. ¡Viva Señor San Jose!
Alexander Jefferson Pe is a junior partner of the Lauzon y Aniñon Law Office. Opinions presented are the author's own and do not reflect on either Lauzon y Aniñon or The Bohol Inquirer.
FOI Advisory wrote:This missive made public in compliance with the Freedom of Information Act of 1994.
Total cost of acquisition: 1.3 billion Universal Standard Dollars
Exchange rate of Peseta to Dollar as of print: NVP 1.0000 = USD 45.0000
Total cost in Pesetas: NVP 28888888.89
To: Allanean Defense Exports
From: The Confederation of the New Visayan Islands
Re: Prometheus-class
Greetings and Salutations!
It is in the interest of ensuring that the bases of the Armed Forces of the Visayan Confederation are less dependent on fossil fuel that we wish to place orders for the following:
- Prometheus-class mobile reactor x 20 (no quad units): USD 1.3 billion
We await your swift response.
Sincerely,
(Sgd. AVGFlores)
GEN Arnold Vincent Flores, VCA (Ret)
Secretary of Defense
Confederation of the New Visayan Islands
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