Alexandria
General Alexander announced today that his country was now accepting bids from all comers to run his nations mines. The bid process is a short one (one week from July 4th in the real world then it closes down.) The bids will be awarded to run individual mines and will be based on who can run the mine for the greatest benefit to the Alexandrian nation. A number of local startups made of veterans of the IRT mines have been formed to try and put their own bids in. Many analysts predict that the IRT will be able to recapture the rights to operate many of their old mines given their dominance of the global mining sector.
SD.Net World(RAR!) MK IV
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Imperial Chronicles
The Byzantine civil service advisers arrived at the Iron General's palace, together with the Byzantine Viceroy from the Diocese. They walked towards the palace and were granted entrance to the Iron General by the Guards. They had much to talk about with the Iron General, especially in light of the events in the Diocese.
The Byzantine civil service advisers arrived at the Iron General's palace, together with the Byzantine Viceroy from the Diocese. They walked towards the palace and were granted entrance to the Iron General by the Guards. They had much to talk about with the Iron General, especially in light of the events in the Diocese.
Your spirit, diseased as it is, refuses to allow you to give up, no matter what threats you face... and whatever wreckage you leave behind you.
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Subsea earthquakes detected 550 nm west of Saddamistan!
Sesmiologists are worried about a series of increasingly larger subsea earthquakes -- currently, there is little danger of a tidal wave; the energy released by the earthquakes is too little for that, but the duration of the quakes is highly unusual.
Sesmiologists are worried about a series of increasingly larger subsea earthquakes -- currently, there is little danger of a tidal wave; the energy released by the earthquakes is too little for that, but the duration of the quakes is highly unusual.
"If scientists and inventors who develop disease cures and useful technologies don't get lifetime royalties, I'd like to know what fucking rationale you have for some guy getting lifetime royalties for writing an episode of Full House." - Mike Wong
"The present air situation in the Pacific is entirely the result of fighting a fifth rate air power." - U.S. Navy Memo - 24 July 1944
"The present air situation in the Pacific is entirely the result of fighting a fifth rate air power." - U.S. Navy Memo - 24 July 1944
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Insane Asylum, Shroomania, FUN
"He's coming, I tell you, goddamn it, he's coming!" cackled the former university professor who had been a rising star in the Shroomanian educational system, as he studied the legends and mythology of Terra Nova....until his unforseen nervous breakdown and consignment to the nuthouse.
"Who's coming?" said one of the Asylum guards with a bored look on his face. Prophecies of doom were commonplace.
"SHROOMZILLA!"
"He's coming, I tell you, goddamn it, he's coming!" cackled the former university professor who had been a rising star in the Shroomanian educational system, as he studied the legends and mythology of Terra Nova....until his unforseen nervous breakdown and consignment to the nuthouse.
"Who's coming?" said one of the Asylum guards with a bored look on his face. Prophecies of doom were commonplace.
"SHROOMZILLA!"
"If scientists and inventors who develop disease cures and useful technologies don't get lifetime royalties, I'd like to know what fucking rationale you have for some guy getting lifetime royalties for writing an episode of Full House." - Mike Wong
"The present air situation in the Pacific is entirely the result of fighting a fifth rate air power." - U.S. Navy Memo - 24 July 1944
"The present air situation in the Pacific is entirely the result of fighting a fifth rate air power." - U.S. Navy Memo - 24 July 1944
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Aging Blackbeards to be replaced by Shepnukistan
As part of a unification policy to streamline the number of weapons systems that Shepnukistan fields, the nine specialized Blackbeard anti-ship and land attack battalions will be retired, and replaced on a 1 for 3 basis by the new NIKE air defense battalions.
This will reduce the overall force from 864 missiles to 288 missiles, simplifying logistics and operational planning.
The current missiles that will be deployed as part of the NIKE program are:
MIM-183 NIKE-Orion - Medium Air Defense Missile. Delivers a 40 kiloton warhead to a target 230 miles away. Top speed of Mach 5 at 100,000 feet. Missile takes four minutes from firing to reach maximum range. Secondary land/sea attack mode.
MIM-184 NIKE-Sky Scorcher -- Heavy Air Defense Missile. Can deliver a 1 megaton warhead to a target 460 miles away. Top speed of Mach 6 at 100,000 feet. Missile takes seven minutes from firing to reach maximum range. Secondary land/sea Attack Mode.
Approximately 40% of the Blackbeards will be expended as targets, while the remainder are to be turned over to Coilerburg's military as part of an intra-UAR arms transfer.
As part of a unification policy to streamline the number of weapons systems that Shepnukistan fields, the nine specialized Blackbeard anti-ship and land attack battalions will be retired, and replaced on a 1 for 3 basis by the new NIKE air defense battalions.
This will reduce the overall force from 864 missiles to 288 missiles, simplifying logistics and operational planning.
The current missiles that will be deployed as part of the NIKE program are:
MIM-183 NIKE-Orion - Medium Air Defense Missile. Delivers a 40 kiloton warhead to a target 230 miles away. Top speed of Mach 5 at 100,000 feet. Missile takes four minutes from firing to reach maximum range. Secondary land/sea attack mode.
MIM-184 NIKE-Sky Scorcher -- Heavy Air Defense Missile. Can deliver a 1 megaton warhead to a target 460 miles away. Top speed of Mach 6 at 100,000 feet. Missile takes seven minutes from firing to reach maximum range. Secondary land/sea Attack Mode.
Approximately 40% of the Blackbeards will be expended as targets, while the remainder are to be turned over to Coilerburg's military as part of an intra-UAR arms transfer.
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"The present air situation in the Pacific is entirely the result of fighting a fifth rate air power." - U.S. Navy Memo - 24 July 1944
"The present air situation in the Pacific is entirely the result of fighting a fifth rate air power." - U.S. Navy Memo - 24 July 1944
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Kosciuszko Avenue, Astoria
Agent Jack Easly was, for the meanwhile, serving as the SOFIA's liaison with the PeZookian RIS. Right now, he was looking over the files of the combat engineer from the Fedayeen Saddam Special Construction Brigades. The dossier even had a photograph.
"Sayid Jarrah?"
"Yeah," answered Lieutenant Colonel Kulinsky.
"Looks like the guy from Lost."
"Huh?"
"Erm... nevermind," Easly shrugged - not like the PeZookian operator could get obscure Earth That Was television references anyway. "So, what's his story?"
"We thought he was a combat engineer."
"Ahuh."
"Then he told us that he and his lover were in fact UAR agents themselves, working to deceive the PeZookian intellegence operatives that had been known to be working in Coilerburg for some time," said Kulinsky. "The meetings that had taken place, and the information handed over to us were completely and totally false."
"Oh... crap," Easly uttered. "How did you figure this all out? Did you... interrogate it out of him?"
"Nah," Kulinsky smiled. "He told us everything after a week in Astoria - when he was sure it was safe. Of course, this was after they enjoyed the local... cuisine."
Easly laughed - the image of Saddamistani double agents revealing the fact that they were in fact double agents after getting all the PeZookian booze and hookers they could handle was definitely hilarious.
"It certainly helped though," Kulinsky continued. "That in posing as a Fedayeen Saddam Special Construction Brigade engineer, he was actually able to procure genuine information to maintain a convincing cover."
"Totally awesome."
"Oh, and before his assignment in Coilerburg, he actually used to work in PeZookia, which means..."
"That he can tell us where all his buddies are over here?"
"Bingo," Kulinsky laughed and clinked his beer on Easly's. "Cheers. I'm glad to be finally out of that Third World Shithole."
"Goddamn Coilerburgs."
[Coiler was being an asshole. For that, they get DOUBLE penalties. So our UAR double agent ends up defecting - and it turns out, to be a convincing 'combat engineer', he had to get real engineering information. And in being a double agent, that means he can actually point out spies working in PeZookia!]
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Agent Jack Easly was, for the meanwhile, serving as the SOFIA's liaison with the PeZookian RIS. Right now, he was looking over the files of the combat engineer from the Fedayeen Saddam Special Construction Brigades. The dossier even had a photograph.
"Sayid Jarrah?"
"Yeah," answered Lieutenant Colonel Kulinsky.
"Looks like the guy from Lost."
"Huh?"
"Erm... nevermind," Easly shrugged - not like the PeZookian operator could get obscure Earth That Was television references anyway. "So, what's his story?"
"We thought he was a combat engineer."
"Ahuh."
"Then he told us that he and his lover were in fact UAR agents themselves, working to deceive the PeZookian intellegence operatives that had been known to be working in Coilerburg for some time," said Kulinsky. "The meetings that had taken place, and the information handed over to us were completely and totally false."
"Oh... crap," Easly uttered. "How did you figure this all out? Did you... interrogate it out of him?"
"Nah," Kulinsky smiled. "He told us everything after a week in Astoria - when he was sure it was safe. Of course, this was after they enjoyed the local... cuisine."
Easly laughed - the image of Saddamistani double agents revealing the fact that they were in fact double agents after getting all the PeZookian booze and hookers they could handle was definitely hilarious.
"It certainly helped though," Kulinsky continued. "That in posing as a Fedayeen Saddam Special Construction Brigade engineer, he was actually able to procure genuine information to maintain a convincing cover."
"Totally awesome."
"Oh, and before his assignment in Coilerburg, he actually used to work in PeZookia, which means..."
"That he can tell us where all his buddies are over here?"
"Bingo," Kulinsky laughed and clinked his beer on Easly's. "Cheers. I'm glad to be finally out of that Third World Shithole."
"Goddamn Coilerburgs."
[Coiler was being an asshole. For that, they get DOUBLE penalties. So our UAR double agent ends up defecting - and it turns out, to be a convincing 'combat engineer', he had to get real engineering information. And in being a double agent, that means he can actually point out spies working in PeZookia!]
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Shit! Man, I didn't think of that! It took Shroom to properly interpret the screams of dying people
- PeZookShroom, I read out the stuff you write about us. You are an endless supply of morale down here. :p - an OWS street medic
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530nm West of Saddamistan
Saddamistan Office of Ocean Research Ship Abujihaad
Abujihaad was a 3,000 ton Hydrographic Survey vessel converted from an old mine planter. For six weeks she had been steaming back and forth over an area of particually rugged sea bottom Saddamistani researchers had bee investigating for years, the Blackmaw Trench. It was as if the ocean bottom simply dropped away into a twisting abyss, the undersea canyon walls sloped in at the top, making the very bottom almost impossible to image at 41,000 feet. So difficult in fact had been the survey work that Abujihaad was now heading home to refuel, a second voyage with a sonar sled that could be lowered deeper would be required.
Sailors stood and walked about the deck, only a handful of the seventy man crew was required for operate the ship at cruising stations. Like all Saddamistan government vessels an armament was fitted, a single 57mm automatic forward of the bridge, an old weapon meant for law enforcement and fishery protection, not war. It didn’t matter that it wasn’t manned as a long forgotten geiger counter in the deep sea mineralogy lab began to go wild.
Without warning a bright light shone upward from the depths of the ocean, and the water boiled, hard radiation pulsed through the ship with the intensity one might find staring into a nuclear reactor. Abujihaad burst into flames as fuel lines ruptured and combustibles throughout the decks ignited, and the ship began to list as hull plates split seams.
Saddamistan Office of Ocean Research Ship Abujihaad
Abujihaad was a 3,000 ton Hydrographic Survey vessel converted from an old mine planter. For six weeks she had been steaming back and forth over an area of particually rugged sea bottom Saddamistani researchers had bee investigating for years, the Blackmaw Trench. It was as if the ocean bottom simply dropped away into a twisting abyss, the undersea canyon walls sloped in at the top, making the very bottom almost impossible to image at 41,000 feet. So difficult in fact had been the survey work that Abujihaad was now heading home to refuel, a second voyage with a sonar sled that could be lowered deeper would be required.
Sailors stood and walked about the deck, only a handful of the seventy man crew was required for operate the ship at cruising stations. Like all Saddamistan government vessels an armament was fitted, a single 57mm automatic forward of the bridge, an old weapon meant for law enforcement and fishery protection, not war. It didn’t matter that it wasn’t manned as a long forgotten geiger counter in the deep sea mineralogy lab began to go wild.
Without warning a bright light shone upward from the depths of the ocean, and the water boiled, hard radiation pulsed through the ship with the intensity one might find staring into a nuclear reactor. Abujihaad burst into flames as fuel lines ruptured and combustibles throughout the decks ignited, and the ship began to list as hull plates split seams.
"This cult of special forces is as sensible as to form a Royal Corps of Tree Climbers and say that no soldier who does not wear its green hat with a bunch of oak leaves stuck in it should be expected to climb a tree"
— Field Marshal William Slim 1956
— Field Marshal William Slim 1956
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TO TONKIN
An AEW Stratellite bound for the IRT.
Following Byzantium, Shroomania and the Shadow Empire, the Incorporated Republic of Tonkin has now begun purchasing Stratellites to bolster its national defense. The MacMillan Multicorporation has sent the IRT's first ordered Stratellite - designed for Advanced Early Warning purposes.
Upon entering IRT territory, the stratellite will begin a gauntlet of trial and evaluation tests before serving in the defense of Tonkin. The engineers and designers of MacMillan are hoping that their stratellite will be up to the strict standards of the Tonkins.
"We are hoping that our stratellite will be up to the strict standards of the Tonkins," says CEO Michelangelo MacMillan, a close friend of Prime Minister Shroom. "This purchase might not seem much, but it does show that we can still do business with one another - and while international relations might be a bit frosty, we can still benefit from trade and association."
TO TONKIN
An AEW Stratellite bound for the IRT.
Following Byzantium, Shroomania and the Shadow Empire, the Incorporated Republic of Tonkin has now begun purchasing Stratellites to bolster its national defense. The MacMillan Multicorporation has sent the IRT's first ordered Stratellite - designed for Advanced Early Warning purposes.
Upon entering IRT territory, the stratellite will begin a gauntlet of trial and evaluation tests before serving in the defense of Tonkin. The engineers and designers of MacMillan are hoping that their stratellite will be up to the strict standards of the Tonkins.
"We are hoping that our stratellite will be up to the strict standards of the Tonkins," says CEO Michelangelo MacMillan, a close friend of Prime Minister Shroom. "This purchase might not seem much, but it does show that we can still do business with one another - and while international relations might be a bit frosty, we can still benefit from trade and association."
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Shit! Man, I didn't think of that! It took Shroom to properly interpret the screams of dying people
- PeZookShroom, I read out the stuff you write about us. You are an endless supply of morale down here. :p - an OWS street medic
Pink Sugar Heart Attack!
Sixth Frigate Redesignated; New Subs in the Works?
The SRS Basilisk (FFH 885) has been retired from service with the Shinra Republic Navy and transferred to the control of the Tongdijuana Naval Service. Like the Republic of Mangka, these transfers bring the TNS to a strength of one DDG and three patrol frigates.
In other naval news, rumors abound that the SRN is planning to build more of the conventional Pluto-class attack submarines. If so, they would increase the Republic's in-shore ASW capabilities.
The SRS Basilisk (FFH 885) has been retired from service with the Shinra Republic Navy and transferred to the control of the Tongdijuana Naval Service. Like the Republic of Mangka, these transfers bring the TNS to a strength of one DDG and three patrol frigates.
In other naval news, rumors abound that the SRN is planning to build more of the conventional Pluto-class attack submarines. If so, they would increase the Republic's in-shore ASW capabilities.
This is the price of war,
We rise with noble intentions,
And we risk all that is pure..." - Angela & Jeff van Dyck, Forever (Rome: Total War)
"On and on, through the years,
The war continues on..." - Angela & Jeff van Dyck, We Are All One (Medieval 2: Total War)
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear." - Ambrose Redmoon
"You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain." - Harvey Dent, The Dark Knight
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Imperial Chronicles
The decontamination teams were heading towards the Byzantine offices in Magalia. They were under orders to retrieve what data they could find, including surveillance data in the weeks before the nuclear explosion. Likely they will not be able to retrieve data on the events leading to the attack, but the surveillance data on Alexandria might prove useful to the Imperial Byzantine Intelligence Agency. Arriving at the offices, it was clear everyone was dead. Their bodies would be retrieved and returned to Byzantium for burial. The safe in the offices was another thing entirely. It had NBC protection and after the surfaces were decontaminated, it would be returned to the planes and brought back to Byzantium.
Meanwhile, the Byzantine Ambassador approached the Basilica of St. Peter in FreeTown to meet with the Patriarch Ramsley. He was again carrying a letter that bore the seal of the Emperor and he had a message to give to the Patriarch.
The decontamination teams were heading towards the Byzantine offices in Magalia. They were under orders to retrieve what data they could find, including surveillance data in the weeks before the nuclear explosion. Likely they will not be able to retrieve data on the events leading to the attack, but the surveillance data on Alexandria might prove useful to the Imperial Byzantine Intelligence Agency. Arriving at the offices, it was clear everyone was dead. Their bodies would be retrieved and returned to Byzantium for burial. The safe in the offices was another thing entirely. It had NBC protection and after the surfaces were decontaminated, it would be returned to the planes and brought back to Byzantium.
Meanwhile, the Byzantine Ambassador approached the Basilica of St. Peter in FreeTown to meet with the Patriarch Ramsley. He was again carrying a letter that bore the seal of the Emperor and he had a message to give to the Patriarch.
Your spirit, diseased as it is, refuses to allow you to give up, no matter what threats you face... and whatever wreckage you leave behind you.
Kreia
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Southern Vanaheim
The cleanup wasn't easy - but thankfully only coastal areas had been affected. Had it gone further inland, it would've been a whole different matter, but it hadn't - thank whoever was out there for that.
All they had to do so far was to spray the contaminated areas with street sweepers, while keeping the people indoors.
But a lot of people had been caught without warning, and the hospitals were getting crowded with sick people. Three more hospital ships from Shroomania had arrived though, and it was up to them to pick up the slack.
The Sea Surgery was filled up to capacity, but the Oceanographic Oncologist, Maritime Medical and the Beached Bronchologist were up to the task... only they couldn't take in patients by themselves. It was up to the transport aircraft of the carrier Flattop to play ambulance - but they had help, though. The FUN Force had airfields and airstrips everywhere to accommodate military aircraft all over the archipelago, from all of the FUN's airforces - and so choppers were being sent to Vanaheim to help with the relief efforts.
Lance Corporal Henriksen of the Baernish Air Force looked back to the passengers he was ferrying and sighed.
It was going to be a long day.
The cleanup wasn't easy - but thankfully only coastal areas had been affected. Had it gone further inland, it would've been a whole different matter, but it hadn't - thank whoever was out there for that.
All they had to do so far was to spray the contaminated areas with street sweepers, while keeping the people indoors.
But a lot of people had been caught without warning, and the hospitals were getting crowded with sick people. Three more hospital ships from Shroomania had arrived though, and it was up to them to pick up the slack.
The Sea Surgery was filled up to capacity, but the Oceanographic Oncologist, Maritime Medical and the Beached Bronchologist were up to the task... only they couldn't take in patients by themselves. It was up to the transport aircraft of the carrier Flattop to play ambulance - but they had help, though. The FUN Force had airfields and airstrips everywhere to accommodate military aircraft all over the archipelago, from all of the FUN's airforces - and so choppers were being sent to Vanaheim to help with the relief efforts.
Lance Corporal Henriksen of the Baernish Air Force looked back to the passengers he was ferrying and sighed.
It was going to be a long day.
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SOUTH SHEPNUKISTAN
In response to the recent international crises, the nuclear accident at Zablania that has contaminated the Central Sea, and the nuclear attack on Maglia - President Garner of Shepnukistan has formally announced the following:
"Goddamn Sheppard, that crazy ruthless genocidal warmonger, and goddamn SAC straight to hell. Goddamn Saddam Insane, and goddamn Saddamistan! Goddamn it all!" Garner began.
"They're all war whores! WHORES WHORES WHORES!"
"Their despicable actions have wounded yet another nation - right after they have wounded my country in a bloody civil war, and stabbed Shepnukistan in its heart! Made it's breasts bleed blood! Blood bleeding out of the milkbags!" he proclaimed. "Just like my mother, her breasts bled on me!"
"My mother was a whore! WHORES WHORES WHORES!"
Upon calming himself with an injection of horse steroids, he continued further:
"Thus we are divorcing ourselves from the actions of Sheppard and his madmen - divorcing them like how my mom divorced my dad after she found him in bed with a hooker, after he injected crystal meth into his cock!
"We are formally announcing the formal formation of South Shepnukistan! Goddamn North Nukistan! We're South Shepnukistan and we're an independent nation! Fuck those war whores!"
The new President of South Shepnukistan finished his statement with the following:
"WHORES WHORES WHORES!"
President Garner has been acclaimed for his efforts at reconstructing the land now called South Shepnukistan. While the Northern government has concentrated all its resources on creating new nuclear weaponry, their southern neighbors have rebuilt their territory and have returned civilian life to something resembling the pre-Civil War status. Because of this, there has been a massive influx of northerners to the south as the impoverished North Nukistanis seek a better life.
A tenuous cease fire exists between North and South Shepnukistan.
The Sovereign Shroomanian Sentinel
SOUTH SHEPNUKISTAN
In response to the recent international crises, the nuclear accident at Zablania that has contaminated the Central Sea, and the nuclear attack on Maglia - President Garner of Shepnukistan has formally announced the following:
"Goddamn Sheppard, that crazy ruthless genocidal warmonger, and goddamn SAC straight to hell. Goddamn Saddam Insane, and goddamn Saddamistan! Goddamn it all!" Garner began.
"They're all war whores! WHORES WHORES WHORES!"
"Their despicable actions have wounded yet another nation - right after they have wounded my country in a bloody civil war, and stabbed Shepnukistan in its heart! Made it's breasts bleed blood! Blood bleeding out of the milkbags!" he proclaimed. "Just like my mother, her breasts bled on me!"
"My mother was a whore! WHORES WHORES WHORES!"
Upon calming himself with an injection of horse steroids, he continued further:
"Thus we are divorcing ourselves from the actions of Sheppard and his madmen - divorcing them like how my mom divorced my dad after she found him in bed with a hooker, after he injected crystal meth into his cock!
"We are formally announcing the formal formation of South Shepnukistan! Goddamn North Nukistan! We're South Shepnukistan and we're an independent nation! Fuck those war whores!"
The new President of South Shepnukistan finished his statement with the following:
"WHORES WHORES WHORES!"
President Garner has been acclaimed for his efforts at reconstructing the land now called South Shepnukistan. While the Northern government has concentrated all its resources on creating new nuclear weaponry, their southern neighbors have rebuilt their territory and have returned civilian life to something resembling the pre-Civil War status. Because of this, there has been a massive influx of northerners to the south as the impoverished North Nukistanis seek a better life.
A tenuous cease fire exists between North and South Shepnukistan.
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FASTA bulletin
Selene 1B rolled out to launch pad
In an effort to minimize delays in the FASTA moon program, Korolev directors have decided to proceed with launch of the Selene 1B spacecraft during the next available launch window.
The controversial decision comes hot on the heels of an aborted Selene 1B launch, which was planned for February 10th.
"We simply couldn't wait anymore, and with the decrease in tenstions, we hope nobody will confuse the launch with a nuclear attack. It has been announced well in advance, and all orbital elements are well known to anyone who is willing to look", said Pavel Golovko, Korolev Chief Launch Controller.
The Selene 1B mission will practice rendezvous techniques and photograph the Almaz 1 space station in orbit.
LOR-1 continues orbits of Selene ; Strange anomalies in orbit plague mission
The unmanned probe of Canissian design, LOR-1, continues orbiting Selene on a polar orbit. However, strange anomalies in its orbit may cut the mission time short. Dr. Gruff Bissom explains:
"We have discovered an interesting thing about our satellite: its mass is not uniformly distribued. There are several significant mass concentrations - mascons for short - which disrupt the orbit of the LOR satellite. This means we have to expend more fuel to maintain the orbit, thus cutting short the mission."
This problem will not impact the mission results, however - LOR-1 will be able to accomplish its mission of bringing the world a very detailed map of Selene's surface. The probe was scheduled to take secondary measurements after it was done with photography, however, and these will not be performed due to a lack of time.
It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn't feel like a giant. I felt very, very small.
- NEIL ARMSTRONG, MISSION COMMANDER, APOLLO 11
Signature dedicated to the greatest achievement of mankind.
MILDLY DERANGED PHYSICIST does not mind BREAKING the SOUND BARRIER, because it is INSURED. - Simon_Jester considering the problems of hypersonic flight for Team L.A.M.E.
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"Woe!" wept the Jenovan. "Woe is unto us!"
"The world is coming to a close," cried another. "The end is nigh!"
"THE END IS EXTREMELY FUCKING NIGH!" someone screamed out in the night.
"Our Mother has left us!"
"Where is the One-Winged Angel?!"
"I'm covered in bees!"
"Mommy... I'm scared," a little girl huddled her adoptive mother. Her real parents had been killed last year.
"Me too," her adoptive mother held her tight.
Somewhere in the background, someone was screaming: "ARGH! SHROOMZILLA!"
The little girl sobbed.
"Hush little one... don't cry," her mom consoled her. "Hey, look! What are those!"
Two strange women had appeared, seemingly out of nowhere.
"Greetings fellow children of the earth," they greeted.
"Who the hell are you?!" cried a haggard hobo.
"Don't be alarmed," the twins said in unison. "We bring tidings of peace... we bring tidings of a new beginning."
"What do you want?" asked the mother, who was closest to these two... apparitions.
"We bring a message of hope," the twins answered.
"Woe!" wept the Jenovan. "Woe is unto us!"
"The world is coming to a close," cried another. "The end is nigh!"
"THE END IS EXTREMELY FUCKING NIGH!" someone screamed out in the night.
"Our Mother has left us!"
"Where is the One-Winged Angel?!"
"I'm covered in bees!"
"Mommy... I'm scared," a little girl huddled her adoptive mother. Her real parents had been killed last year.
"Me too," her adoptive mother held her tight.
Somewhere in the background, someone was screaming: "ARGH! SHROOMZILLA!"
The little girl sobbed.
"Hush little one... don't cry," her mom consoled her. "Hey, look! What are those!"
Two strange women had appeared, seemingly out of nowhere.
"Greetings fellow children of the earth," they greeted.
"Who the hell are you?!" cried a haggard hobo.
"Don't be alarmed," the twins said in unison. "We bring tidings of peace... we bring tidings of a new beginning."
"What do you want?" asked the mother, who was closest to these two... apparitions.
"We bring a message of hope," the twins answered.
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Shit! Man, I didn't think of that! It took Shroom to properly interpret the screams of dying people
- PeZookShroom, I read out the stuff you write about us. You are an endless supply of morale down here. :p - an OWS street medic
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News from The Shadow Empire
Giant Rock Discovered
A strange discovery was made today by Shadow fishermen, just of the North Coast of the Empire. It appears that there is a rather large rock lying on the bottom of the sea. The rock appears to be spherical and quite large. Scientists are confused as to the origin of this rock, but they believe that it has been there for quite some time.
The rock apparently has a strange influence on the local sea creatures. Imperial scientists have begun studying the rock...
*click*
"My lord, Elena is demanding that she be allowed to speak with you."- the assistant said, "Please my Lord show her some mercy, she has been locked up in that room for a week now."
"Tell her, I will come to speak with her tonight."-Shady said.
Giant Rock Discovered
A strange discovery was made today by Shadow fishermen, just of the North Coast of the Empire. It appears that there is a rather large rock lying on the bottom of the sea. The rock appears to be spherical and quite large. Scientists are confused as to the origin of this rock, but they believe that it has been there for quite some time.
The rock apparently has a strange influence on the local sea creatures. Imperial scientists have begun studying the rock...
*click*
"My lord, Elena is demanding that she be allowed to speak with you."- the assistant said, "Please my Lord show her some mercy, she has been locked up in that room for a week now."
"Tell her, I will come to speak with her tonight."-Shady said.
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Imperial Chronicles
The rocket platform arrived in Red Technocracy for the last refitting. It was towed to Red Technocracy by two heavy high endurance tugboats. When the refit was done, the platform will be towed the Central sea near FUN nations where it can then commence its intended purpose. The platform was accompanied by one other platform which had a nuclear reactor on board to power the radar which will monitor the rockets launched, and it will house the command and control facility for the rocket launch. A container vessel specially modified to support the operation accompanied the small fleet as well. The fleet had silent and stealthy escorts under the sea, on the look out for any trouble.
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The Byzantine Ambassador bowed and kissed the ring of the Patriarch. "You Holiness, Byzantium extends its deepest sympathies to the Diocese and outrage against this blazen attack. The Emperor has given his firm support and he will grant even more aid than before. The Emperor has a proposition: he proposes that the new Town in the east known as New Budapest be made your new capital as it is more defensible than FreeTown. New Budapest would indeed be a better capital. Red Technocracy and Byzantium will assist in the construction of the new capital, and an extension of new aid in the form of technology and weapons. We believe that in a few years, the Diocese will be a major producer of agricultural crops and fish enough to feed the population and for export, and also factories to make food for export and internal consumption. The textile factories constructed in the east is on schedule and we believe that in time, the Diocese will emerge stronger from this disaster." The ambassador handed the letter to the Patriarch who though said nothing, nodded solemnly and thanked the ambassador for his help.
The rocket platform arrived in Red Technocracy for the last refitting. It was towed to Red Technocracy by two heavy high endurance tugboats. When the refit was done, the platform will be towed the Central sea near FUN nations where it can then commence its intended purpose. The platform was accompanied by one other platform which had a nuclear reactor on board to power the radar which will monitor the rockets launched, and it will house the command and control facility for the rocket launch. A container vessel specially modified to support the operation accompanied the small fleet as well. The fleet had silent and stealthy escorts under the sea, on the look out for any trouble.
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The Byzantine Ambassador bowed and kissed the ring of the Patriarch. "You Holiness, Byzantium extends its deepest sympathies to the Diocese and outrage against this blazen attack. The Emperor has given his firm support and he will grant even more aid than before. The Emperor has a proposition: he proposes that the new Town in the east known as New Budapest be made your new capital as it is more defensible than FreeTown. New Budapest would indeed be a better capital. Red Technocracy and Byzantium will assist in the construction of the new capital, and an extension of new aid in the form of technology and weapons. We believe that in a few years, the Diocese will be a major producer of agricultural crops and fish enough to feed the population and for export, and also factories to make food for export and internal consumption. The textile factories constructed in the east is on schedule and we believe that in time, the Diocese will emerge stronger from this disaster." The ambassador handed the letter to the Patriarch who though said nothing, nodded solemnly and thanked the ambassador for his help.
Your spirit, diseased as it is, refuses to allow you to give up, no matter what threats you face... and whatever wreckage you leave behind you.
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New Military Journal
S-300 missiles to be produced in PeZookia
The National Missile Production facility has been retooled to produce S-300 missiles, in order to secure the needs of the FUN air defence programs. Modified to use the MALS tracked launcher, these weapons will serve as the means to intercept fighters and slow bombers, as well as having a limited ABM capability.
Proposals for high-performance Joint FUN Air Defence Missile filed
FUN engineers of various industry branches have proposed the deployment of a high-performance air defence missile system, capable of intercepting the new generation of nuclear bombers. Similar to the Shepnukistani NIKE system, the missiles should be capable of Mach 5+ speeds, carrying a conventional or nuclear warhead, launched from mobile carriers and able to operate as part of the JASD network. No information about planned deployments is available.
FUN nuclear program moving ahead?
The Journal has managed to acquire information that existing enrichment facilities are running close to capacity, and a new plutonium-producing reactor will begin construction shortly in Shroomania. Will we be seeing the first indigineous FUN nuclear device soon?
THEL system to be deployed as part of the FUN-wide JASD system
THEL batteries of Canissian design will be acquired for use in defence of FUN airspace.
S-300 missiles to be produced in PeZookia
The National Missile Production facility has been retooled to produce S-300 missiles, in order to secure the needs of the FUN air defence programs. Modified to use the MALS tracked launcher, these weapons will serve as the means to intercept fighters and slow bombers, as well as having a limited ABM capability.
Proposals for high-performance Joint FUN Air Defence Missile filed
FUN engineers of various industry branches have proposed the deployment of a high-performance air defence missile system, capable of intercepting the new generation of nuclear bombers. Similar to the Shepnukistani NIKE system, the missiles should be capable of Mach 5+ speeds, carrying a conventional or nuclear warhead, launched from mobile carriers and able to operate as part of the JASD network. No information about planned deployments is available.
FUN nuclear program moving ahead?
The Journal has managed to acquire information that existing enrichment facilities are running close to capacity, and a new plutonium-producing reactor will begin construction shortly in Shroomania. Will we be seeing the first indigineous FUN nuclear device soon?
THEL system to be deployed as part of the FUN-wide JASD system
THEL batteries of Canissian design will be acquired for use in defence of FUN airspace.
It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn't feel like a giant. I felt very, very small.
- NEIL ARMSTRONG, MISSION COMMANDER, APOLLO 11
Signature dedicated to the greatest achievement of mankind.
MILDLY DERANGED PHYSICIST does not mind BREAKING the SOUND BARRIER, because it is INSURED. - Simon_Jester considering the problems of hypersonic flight for Team L.A.M.E.
Above Nova Terra
The two man crew was riding a huge collumn of flame ; Stuck on top of thousands of tonnes of whatwas basically a high explosive, they rode into the sky, the mighty roar of the Soyuz-2 booster drowning out all other sounds.
Despite all that, they've managed to keep their senses, watching their instruments. Mission Control was talking to them all the time.
"Velocity...right on the line...pitch...right on the line...we're looking good!", said a man sitting in the left couch, with a heavy Greek accent.
"Roger that 1B, stand by for staging."
The huge rocket shook, as the second stage ignited 'hot' - while still attached to the first stage. They were in space now, with Terra quickly transforming into a lazure ball, the archipelago long since left behind them.
"Projected engine cut-off at 12 minutes 34 seconds!"
"Roger that...boost strenght nominal..."
The second stage was jettisoned and the last one ignited. The Soyuz vehicle, now rid of most of its launch weight, sped ahead...and soon, the final call came.
"MECO!", said the Red Technocracy woman in the rightmost couch.
"We got you Selene, stand by for orbit confirmation"
Silence fell inside the cramped cockpit. Nikolas Papanderou, a Byzantine Air Force colonel, looked at his Red Technocracy counterpart and smiled.
"Looks like we've done it!"
"Yes, comrade colonel...", she said, looking at the instruments absentmindedly. The Red Technocracy Space Forces did regular flights to orbit, but she never flew in space before. She couldn't wait to move to the orbital module and look out the windows.
The radio came on.
"1B, this is Comona Island, we have your orbital elements. We're right inside the mission parameters."
"Excellent Comona Island."
"You have 40 minutes untill the synch maneuver...let's go over the checklist one more time."
"Roger that, Comona Island"
This was shaping up to be a long day...but the excitement didn't seem to wear off as both FASTA astronauts went over hundred-point checklists. Boredom was, amazingly enough, not going to happen.
The two man crew was riding a huge collumn of flame ; Stuck on top of thousands of tonnes of whatwas basically a high explosive, they rode into the sky, the mighty roar of the Soyuz-2 booster drowning out all other sounds.
Despite all that, they've managed to keep their senses, watching their instruments. Mission Control was talking to them all the time.
"Velocity...right on the line...pitch...right on the line...we're looking good!", said a man sitting in the left couch, with a heavy Greek accent.
"Roger that 1B, stand by for staging."
The huge rocket shook, as the second stage ignited 'hot' - while still attached to the first stage. They were in space now, with Terra quickly transforming into a lazure ball, the archipelago long since left behind them.
"Projected engine cut-off at 12 minutes 34 seconds!"
"Roger that...boost strenght nominal..."
The second stage was jettisoned and the last one ignited. The Soyuz vehicle, now rid of most of its launch weight, sped ahead...and soon, the final call came.
"MECO!", said the Red Technocracy woman in the rightmost couch.
"We got you Selene, stand by for orbit confirmation"
Silence fell inside the cramped cockpit. Nikolas Papanderou, a Byzantine Air Force colonel, looked at his Red Technocracy counterpart and smiled.
"Looks like we've done it!"
"Yes, comrade colonel...", she said, looking at the instruments absentmindedly. The Red Technocracy Space Forces did regular flights to orbit, but she never flew in space before. She couldn't wait to move to the orbital module and look out the windows.
The radio came on.
"1B, this is Comona Island, we have your orbital elements. We're right inside the mission parameters."
"Excellent Comona Island."
"You have 40 minutes untill the synch maneuver...let's go over the checklist one more time."
"Roger that, Comona Island"
This was shaping up to be a long day...but the excitement didn't seem to wear off as both FASTA astronauts went over hundred-point checklists. Boredom was, amazingly enough, not going to happen.
It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn't feel like a giant. I felt very, very small.
- NEIL ARMSTRONG, MISSION COMMANDER, APOLLO 11
Signature dedicated to the greatest achievement of mankind.
MILDLY DERANGED PHYSICIST does not mind BREAKING the SOUND BARRIER, because it is INSURED. - Simon_Jester considering the problems of hypersonic flight for Team L.A.M.E.
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Constantinople Times
2 Halifax frigates sold to Shadow Empire.
2 Halifax frigates were sold to the Shadow Empire for 50million each.
Byzantine Heavy Industries bids for the Alexandrian mines
Byzantine Heavy Industries is heavily involved in mineral extraction in Byzantium. It is willing to negotiate a contract that is mutually beneficial for all parties.
2 Halifax frigates sold to Shadow Empire.
2 Halifax frigates were sold to the Shadow Empire for 50million each.
Byzantine Heavy Industries bids for the Alexandrian mines
Byzantine Heavy Industries is heavily involved in mineral extraction in Byzantium. It is willing to negotiate a contract that is mutually beneficial for all parties.
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THE MACMILLAN MULTICORPORATION WILL BID FOR THE MINES OF ALEXANDRIA
The MacMillan Multicorporation is a trusted Shroomanian company with stakes in everything from food and drugs, to heavy industries, consumer electronics, and defense systems. With an already sizable presence in the nations of the FUN, it is looking forward to extending its operations into Terra Libertia.
BILLIONAIRE PHILANTHROPIST CEO MICHELANGELO MACMILLAN DONATES MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO VARIOUS CAUSES
Knowing the precarious state of the Central Sea, particularly centered in Vanaheim and PeZookia, Michelangelo MacMillan has personally contributed to various charitable causes - including millions of dollars worth in advanced medical equipment to hospitals in PeZookia and Vanaheim, as well as medicines and salaries to humanitarian efforts in Terra Libertia.
Michelangelo MacMillan has urged his fellow elites in Shroomanian society, and his friends in other nations FUN and MESS, to contribute to the various humanitarian efforts of the New World.
The billionaire philanthropist is also donating to the combined military budget of the Fungal Union of Nations, the so-called FUN Fund, and his company is currently working with PeZookia to produce more weaponry - including an alleged FUN nuclear weapons program.
"DO YOU WORSHIP HOMOSEXUALS?" - Curtis Saxton (source)shroom is a lovely boy and i wont hear a bad word against him - LUSY-CHAN!
Shit! Man, I didn't think of that! It took Shroom to properly interpret the screams of dying people
- PeZookShroom, I read out the stuff you write about us. You are an endless supply of morale down here. :p - an OWS street medic
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Meyers-Trish School of Medicine announces new satellite research campus
As part of Wilkonia's continuing dominance in the field of international pharmaceuticals and medical technology the Meyers-Trish Schhol of Medicine, part of the University of Columbia, today anounced that it will be launhcing a new research campus in the Dioces, one of the component nations of what was once Terra Libertia. The campus will be a research hospital focusing on curing the host of tropical as well as radiological diseases now appearing, r expected to appear, insignificant numbers amongst the population.
"The infrastructure defeciencies amongst all the nations on the island was acute to beign with," Dr Jeremiah Hull, the new facility's annoucned Head of Oncology. "This lead to a large numebr of untreated diseases of both the trop0ical variety , hemorrhagic fever's and the like, as well as other diseaseswhich are treatable with modern surgery and chemotherapy techniques."
The University of Columbia, the parent to the Medical School, already has been investing with the private sector in working to solve a host of tropical and sub-tropical diseases. Board members have indicated that the opportunity to open the new hospital was a double bonus in that it would serve to help the under-served populaiton of the island while also providing an excellent training tool for helping new doctors diagnose and treat a host of diseases they will likely not encounter during routine work in Wilkonia itself.
"Any time we can help people and better trian the next generation of Doctors its a great deal," Sir Jeffry Times, a board member representing the Ministry of Health. "This case was virtually a slam dunk when the proposal was brought before the baord mostly as there are existing facilities which we will be able to quickly upgrade and with Wilkonia's gorwing relationshi with the Repubcli of Orestias it gives the University a prescence in the southern quarter of the wrld which we were sorely lacking."
Permitting and other details has not been worked out entirely however officials form the Ministry of Health have indicated that the overnment is committed to helping the University establish itself as quickly as possible to help branch medical services into the surrounding nations. Already PMG, the world's largest biomedical company, has anoucned that they will be setting up a satellite office either in Orestias or possible Alexandria if they can obtain permission, to synergize their research efforts into several vaccine programs.
As part of Wilkonia's continuing dominance in the field of international pharmaceuticals and medical technology the Meyers-Trish Schhol of Medicine, part of the University of Columbia, today anounced that it will be launhcing a new research campus in the Dioces, one of the component nations of what was once Terra Libertia. The campus will be a research hospital focusing on curing the host of tropical as well as radiological diseases now appearing, r expected to appear, insignificant numbers amongst the population.
"The infrastructure defeciencies amongst all the nations on the island was acute to beign with," Dr Jeremiah Hull, the new facility's annoucned Head of Oncology. "This lead to a large numebr of untreated diseases of both the trop0ical variety , hemorrhagic fever's and the like, as well as other diseaseswhich are treatable with modern surgery and chemotherapy techniques."
The University of Columbia, the parent to the Medical School, already has been investing with the private sector in working to solve a host of tropical and sub-tropical diseases. Board members have indicated that the opportunity to open the new hospital was a double bonus in that it would serve to help the under-served populaiton of the island while also providing an excellent training tool for helping new doctors diagnose and treat a host of diseases they will likely not encounter during routine work in Wilkonia itself.
"Any time we can help people and better trian the next generation of Doctors its a great deal," Sir Jeffry Times, a board member representing the Ministry of Health. "This case was virtually a slam dunk when the proposal was brought before the baord mostly as there are existing facilities which we will be able to quickly upgrade and with Wilkonia's gorwing relationshi with the Repubcli of Orestias it gives the University a prescence in the southern quarter of the wrld which we were sorely lacking."
Permitting and other details has not been worked out entirely however officials form the Ministry of Health have indicated that the overnment is committed to helping the University establish itself as quickly as possible to help branch medical services into the surrounding nations. Already PMG, the world's largest biomedical company, has anoucned that they will be setting up a satellite office either in Orestias or possible Alexandria if they can obtain permission, to synergize their research efforts into several vaccine programs.
SDNet World Nation: Wilkonia
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MEMBER of the Anti-PETA Anti-Facist LEAGUE
ASVS Vet's Association (Class of 2000)
Former C.S. Strowbridge Gold Ego Award Winner
MEMBER of the Anti-PETA Anti-Facist LEAGUE
"I put no stock in religion. By the word religion I have seen the lunacy of fanatics of every denomination be called the will of god. I have seen too much religion in the eyes of too many murderers. Holiness is in right action, and courage on behalf of those who cannot defend themselves, and goodness. "
-Kingdom of Heaven
FASTA bulletin
Agena Target Vehicle unveiled
Designed to co-operate with Selene spacecraft, the Agena Target Vehicle - an unmanned spacecraft to be used for practicing orbital rendezvous and docking techniques - has been unveiled today at the Systems Development Center, Comona Island.
Agena Target Vehicle, CGI rendition
The device is a marvel of engineering, able to remain in orbit by itself for eight months ; It is a crucial part of the Selene program, which requires a well-practiced set of docking procedures to succeed.
All Nova Terra space agencies will benefit from the series of Selene test flights which will hammer out these procedures, and data gathered during those flights will be shared freely.
Selene 1B succesfully meets up with the ALMAZ-1 space station
Completing a series of orbits, the Selene 1B Soyuz capsule has managed to succesfully complete a rendezvous with the ALMAZ-1 space station.
Crew of the ship did not attempt docking - the Soyuz capsule they are flying is fitted with the Standardised Inter-Agency Docking Port, which is incompatible with the current station. They will, however, make a series of pictures of the station, which will assist engineers in determining the toll that long-term space exposure has on such large manned modules.
Furthermore, during their four-day stay in orbit, both FASTA astronauts have performed a series of zero-gravity experiments ranigng from biology to materials science.
Comona Island expansion nearing completion
Comona Island, Shroomania's only spaceport, is almost ready for a grand opening ceremony of more than twenty facilities. The complex, provisionally called "Spacecraft Support Complex C", consists of launch and mission control centers, tracking stations, residential areas, training and simulation sites, a towering Vertical Assembly Building, two launch pads rated for up to the Drake superheavy booster family, two Payload Preparation Facilities, a top-notch medical center, a power substation, water treatment plants and various other support and security facilities.
The VAB towers above Complex C, dwarfing all other buildings
The complex will be a permanent home to hundreds of workers, and will be the primary site handling the heavy-launch requirements of the Selene program - leaving the more secure Korolev Spaceport to act as the primary site for the FUNs military space program.
Opening of Complex C is planned for early May 2012, and the first launch (using a Soyuz booster) - for June 15th.
FASTA answers - the VAB
The Vertical Assembly Building, or VAB, is a special, towering hangar, where launch vehicles are assembled in the upright position - the same they will assume during launch.
There are two basic ways of readying the massive rockets necessary for spaceflight: one is in a classic hangar, with the rocket laying horizontally on the floor. Such a method is cheap, easy and quick, and also allows for better quality control, with all parts of the rocket accessible easily at all times. The rocket is then rolled out - usually on a train platform - and "stood up" using equipment on the launch platform itself.
However, this is only possible for relatively small, lightweight boosters. Monstrosities such as the Vulkan (more than 3000 tonnes!) are both too heavy and too cumbersome to assemble horizontally.
This is where the VAB comes in.
Cavernous inside of the Comona Island VAB
Sheltering the massive booster from the elements, and sporting huge cranes and other support equipment, the VAB allows a space agency to skip the "standing up" step at the launch platform - a risky proposal when playing with a rocket which weighs more than some ships! - and the booster is then rolled out using a massive, purpose-designed crawler vehicle.
Several VABs exist on Nova Terra, most notably in the UKB and the Lonestar Republic, and all are priceless when it comes to supporting heavy launches into space.
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Korolev Spaceport
The motorcade was cleared through various security checkpoints, escorted by a GAZ jeep clearly marked as an OMON vehicle. As it cleared security zone after security zone, its passengers could see the open areas to be crawling with security guards.
The final zone - zone E, to be exact - cosisted of a single unimposing building, surrounded by more than 500 meters of flat concrete. Machine gun nests were clearly visible on the roof, and every square meter of the concrete slab was closely monitored by sophisticated sensors. A railway line led away from the building, seemingly to nowhere - disappearing in the steppe.
As the FUN Force delegation disembarked from their cars, all of them were subject to personal searches. No recording equipment at all was allowed inside the building - which seemed to be a simple, rickety barrack made out of sheet steel.
"This way, comrades", said a KGB colonel, gesturing for the delegation to follow him. They entered the building, which turned out to be a seemingly ordinary railway yard.
Untill they boarded a cargo elevator, which brought them deep underground.
They had to negotiate two more security checkpoints, one of them equipped with a BMP turret for defence - against what, they couldn't imagine - untill they finally saw it.
"It is just a prototype, of course.", the KGB officer began, "Massing 55 tonnes, it can be lifted in sets of three on a single booster. Every one is armed with eight penetrators, capable of striking within six degrees inclination from their initial orbit.", the colonel was desribing a monstrously huge satellite, sitting inside the cleanroom. White-suited technicians crowded around it, running various tests and installing equipment.
"It has less sheer firepower than UKB ones, but the control system is more sophisticated, and the intelligence data we've gathered on tests they've conducted allowed us to shape the kill vehicles better. And, of course, the design needs enough space to house re-entry vehicles for cobalt coated nuclear devices in the future."
The assembled generals looked in silence at the prototype. They came here from all around the FUN just for this five minute presentation, but all of them started to slowly understand just why the UKB decided to shroud their system in so much secrecy.
"When will it be ready for initial deployment?", one of them asked
"We are estimating the first fully capable units to be ready early next year. Command infrastructure will be operational by November."
It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn't feel like a giant. I felt very, very small.
- NEIL ARMSTRONG, MISSION COMMANDER, APOLLO 11
Signature dedicated to the greatest achievement of mankind.
MILDLY DERANGED PHYSICIST does not mind BREAKING the SOUND BARRIER, because it is INSURED. - Simon_Jester considering the problems of hypersonic flight for Team L.A.M.E.
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Constantinople Times
The Byzantine Government announces more concrete plans to rebuild the Diocese as a whole
The Byzantine Government has announced that it will, together with the Red Technocracy, jointly rebuild the Diocese and reorganise the territory at a faster rate. The plan entails that:
1. The capital will be moved from FreeTown to New Budapest, a town that was constructed in the aftermath of the tsunami. While FreeTown will remain as a port and will serve as gateway for the Diocese products.
2. The pace of construction of Transport Infrastructure and Port Infrastructure will be sped up. Previously, the intention was to rely entirely on local manpower to build the infrastructure. This manpower was largely used to build the rapidly expanding town of New Budapest. This manpower will be now used to construct roads, highways and expand the port at FreeTown. More heavy construction equipment will be shipped from Red Technocracy and Byzantium and more locals will be trained and employed to operate this equipment.
3. A plan to improve education throughout the Diocese will be implemented. Schools will be constructed and teachers will be recruited from throughout the world. Universities will be built, and scholarships will be offered to bright students to enter Byzantine and Red Technocracy universities.
4. Foreign Investment will be encouraged. As a start, Byzantine Fisheries and Byzantine Food Industries will build factories and assist in the development of Diocese Farm and Fishing industries. The two companies are of course expected to pay sizable taxes to the Diocese government and to ensure that the farmers are paid according to the standards of demanded by Byzantine Law.
5. The new law code will be implemented throughout the Diocese and the judiciary will be reformed. This however is expected to take time as there are few who are educated in law.
6. New hospitals will be built, and doctors will be trained.
The process will take decades, but the Byzantine Government and the Red Technocracy Government will assist with the rebuilding of the Diocese. We welcome help from other sources as well. As a side note, the Byzantine Government is also involved in reconstruction efforts in the Sultanate as well.
The Byzantine Government announces more concrete plans to rebuild the Diocese as a whole
The Byzantine Government has announced that it will, together with the Red Technocracy, jointly rebuild the Diocese and reorganise the territory at a faster rate. The plan entails that:
1. The capital will be moved from FreeTown to New Budapest, a town that was constructed in the aftermath of the tsunami. While FreeTown will remain as a port and will serve as gateway for the Diocese products.
2. The pace of construction of Transport Infrastructure and Port Infrastructure will be sped up. Previously, the intention was to rely entirely on local manpower to build the infrastructure. This manpower was largely used to build the rapidly expanding town of New Budapest. This manpower will be now used to construct roads, highways and expand the port at FreeTown. More heavy construction equipment will be shipped from Red Technocracy and Byzantium and more locals will be trained and employed to operate this equipment.
3. A plan to improve education throughout the Diocese will be implemented. Schools will be constructed and teachers will be recruited from throughout the world. Universities will be built, and scholarships will be offered to bright students to enter Byzantine and Red Technocracy universities.
4. Foreign Investment will be encouraged. As a start, Byzantine Fisheries and Byzantine Food Industries will build factories and assist in the development of Diocese Farm and Fishing industries. The two companies are of course expected to pay sizable taxes to the Diocese government and to ensure that the farmers are paid according to the standards of demanded by Byzantine Law.
5. The new law code will be implemented throughout the Diocese and the judiciary will be reformed. This however is expected to take time as there are few who are educated in law.
6. New hospitals will be built, and doctors will be trained.
The process will take decades, but the Byzantine Government and the Red Technocracy Government will assist with the rebuilding of the Diocese. We welcome help from other sources as well. As a side note, the Byzantine Government is also involved in reconstruction efforts in the Sultanate as well.
Your spirit, diseased as it is, refuses to allow you to give up, no matter what threats you face... and whatever wreckage you leave behind you.
Kreia
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DarthShady
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The Sovereign Shroomanian Sentinel
SHADOW EMPIRE
After almost a year long reconstruction the new Imperial Palace is finally complete. As you all may remember the old Imperial Palace was destroyed during the Civil War, when the Rebel Scum attempted to assassinate the God Emperor. Their effort was in vain and now the New Palace stands as proof of the God Emperors magnificence. On the roof of the newly constructed palace is now a statue of the Emperor, it stands proud as a symbol of his power. It seems that the Emperor has decided to celebrate the completion of his new home with a HUEG party. Booze and naked babes for everyone, all FUN and MESS leaders invited. The Emperor has even sent invitations to the UAR leaders.
The New Imperial Palace named Temple Prime by the God Emperor
In a press conference today the Emperor named his new palace 'Temple Prime'. And now it appears that it has become the centre of worship for the Cult of the God Emperor.
In other News...There have been a number of unconfirmed rumours of the existence of a Harem within Temple Prime.
The Commissariat has refused to comment, and they claim that the women from the alleged pictures are merely the Shadow Soccer team preparing for the next Olympics.
The Sovereign Shroomanian Sentinel
SHADOW EMPIRE
After almost a year long reconstruction the new Imperial Palace is finally complete. As you all may remember the old Imperial Palace was destroyed during the Civil War, when the Rebel Scum attempted to assassinate the God Emperor. Their effort was in vain and now the New Palace stands as proof of the God Emperors magnificence. On the roof of the newly constructed palace is now a statue of the Emperor, it stands proud as a symbol of his power. It seems that the Emperor has decided to celebrate the completion of his new home with a HUEG party. Booze and naked babes for everyone, all FUN and MESS leaders invited. The Emperor has even sent invitations to the UAR leaders.
The New Imperial Palace named Temple Prime by the God Emperor
In a press conference today the Emperor named his new palace 'Temple Prime'. And now it appears that it has become the centre of worship for the Cult of the God Emperor.
In other News...There have been a number of unconfirmed rumours of the existence of a Harem within Temple Prime.
The Commissariat has refused to comment, and they claim that the women from the alleged pictures are merely the Shadow Soccer team preparing for the next Olympics.
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Vohu Manah
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News briefs from the Qudlivun Free State
Opposition parties accuse Ruling Coalition of Treason
The current Ruling Party of the Qudlivun Free State in the latest Parliamentary elections advertisements has been charged with High Treason by many opposition challengers. The claim is based on the nation's recent entry into the Fungal Union of Nations and the international obligations it creates. The opposition candidates are using the Grand Duke's outspoken opposition to said alliances as the basis of their claims and are calling for a return to isolationism. A spokesman for the Ruling Party responded that the Grand Duke approved the measure to join FUN but otherwise had no comment.
Astarte to dispatch teams to Zablania
The QFSS Astarte has been conducting oceanographic research off the coast of the Zablania for the past couple of weeks. Protected by the MSDF Outer Group the researchers have been forced to operate in full NBC gear thanks to the careless disregard of the environment by Saddamistan "clean-up" teams. Within the next couple of days researchers will now land Zablanian coast and move inland to establish long term storage facilities and research bases to study the effects of the UAR's callous actions.
First absentee ballots being collected
The first absentee ballots for the upcoming Parliamentary elections have reportedly been received by the government. The ballots will be secured until the official election and will then be tallied.
Opposition parties accuse Ruling Coalition of Treason
The current Ruling Party of the Qudlivun Free State in the latest Parliamentary elections advertisements has been charged with High Treason by many opposition challengers. The claim is based on the nation's recent entry into the Fungal Union of Nations and the international obligations it creates. The opposition candidates are using the Grand Duke's outspoken opposition to said alliances as the basis of their claims and are calling for a return to isolationism. A spokesman for the Ruling Party responded that the Grand Duke approved the measure to join FUN but otherwise had no comment.
Astarte to dispatch teams to Zablania
The QFSS Astarte has been conducting oceanographic research off the coast of the Zablania for the past couple of weeks. Protected by the MSDF Outer Group the researchers have been forced to operate in full NBC gear thanks to the careless disregard of the environment by Saddamistan "clean-up" teams. Within the next couple of days researchers will now land Zablanian coast and move inland to establish long term storage facilities and research bases to study the effects of the UAR's callous actions.
First absentee ballots being collected
The first absentee ballots for the upcoming Parliamentary elections have reportedly been received by the government. The ballots will be secured until the official election and will then be tallied.
“There are two kinds of people in the world: the kind who think it’s perfectly reasonable to strip-search a 13-year-old girl suspected of bringing ibuprofen to school, and the kind who think those people should be kept as far away from children as possible … Sometimes it’s hard to tell the difference between drug warriors and child molesters.” - Jacob Sullum[/size][/align]