Avalon
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Headlines:
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Mother Earth Betrayed!
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Desperation at St. Michael's Star
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Rebels Hold Dagger to the Federation
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"Bad Andy" Continues Rampage
Space:
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The New Barbarians at the Gate
Sports:
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Health:
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Plague Watch: The Lesson of Alpha Centauri
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Mother Earth
Betrayed!
DEIMOS
– As the last emplacements of the Tech Infantry Training Center here on Deimos is being dismantled and ready to take through the
digital gate, many citizens are wondering what has led to the loss of the
Terran system to the scum of humanity, the self-styled "Resistance."
In a interview
with Admiral Kristen Vorheis, CNC, Earth Fleet, she
explained what had happened to cause the loss of the Terran system. "The
fortifications that we had on the moon and orbital stations around Earth proper
were manned by elements of the 8th Tech Infantry Legion. When Dunmeyer made her traitorous move against the rightful
government, many of those manning the outposts left their postings, and joined
up with her. This allowed the Resistance to seize those same fortifications and
turn them against incoming ships. After Vitek and his
band of criminals had managed to capture the EFS Destiny and Repulse, they
proceeded to seize several freighters, and use them to their advantage. With
the rebels forcing us to spread our resources, we had no choice to abandon our
Martian bases, and cede the system to the Resistance."
However, Marko Vitek has not stopped with just one system. Their vicious tyranny has spread, seizing the defenseless frontier worlds of Wolf and Elysia. Even now, though, brave remnants of the Light Infantry continue to battle them, to restore those systems back to the Earth Federation.
WITH
THE 2ND FLEET – While we are plagued by traitors from within, the enemies of
the Federation make their move to destroy us from the outside. A few days ago,
the Eastern Bloc joined the conspiracy of foreign governments, determined to
destroy our blissful union. Declaring war against Earth, they immediately moved
their fleet across the border, seizing the systems of
This dark time for our nation
started with the
The Frontier Worlds Territory, our
former brothers, although have not declared war against us, has done nothing to
stop their evil neighbors from using their systems as launching points for the K'Nes Tor and the Jurvain Commonality as they move to seize our border
colonies. Midgar fell first to those despicable cats,
the K'Nes, after destroying the orbital station, and
bombarding the inhabited planet until they surrendered. Once again, Auntie
Sarah holds her fleet far from the next system in danger, New Tokyo, in order
to allow her dark allies to penetrate further into the Federation.
Meanwhile, the only thing opposing
the darkness is the Second Fleet, currently stationed in St. Michael's Star, as
the Jurvain 2nd and 4th Fleets
seized Ashdown and
NEW
PARIS – "Aunt" Sarah Dunmeyer, former Marshal of the
Federation Armed Forces, continues her traitorous rebellion against the
Federation, despite the invasion of several nations against the cradle of
humanity. Her main fleet is here in Wilke's Star, but
it carefully pinned between our heroic forces in
Last month, the systems of New Madrid
and Hyperion, through the work of a fifth column, declared their allegiance to
Auntie Sarah's cause. Luckily, they are trapped between the loyal systems of Minos and New Paris. Grand Council Chairman Abdul Johnson
swears that "I will restore those systems to the law and order that all
citizens enjoy." A major operation is expected soon to liberate them, breaking
the will of the rebels, and hopefully bringing an end to this costly war.
Meanwhile, apart from Dunmeyer's willingness to fight our loyal forces, as
noticed in her spectacular failure at
However, Federation authorities are
confident that Bad Andy can be stopped. Colonel Rashid King, commander of
Internal Security, stated that "without a fleet to move his troops, his
‘Righteous Army' won't be going anywhere. Sure, they've seized some minor
systems, but now the 4th Fleet at
In the great expansion onto the former
Horadrim worlds that occurred after the 1st
Civil War and the bugs were virtually eliminated, settlers went far beyond the
limits of known space, and settled on the far southern reaches. Many of the
systems were named after former Roman emperors, such as Augustus, Diocletian,
and Hadrian. However, when the 2nd Civil War hit, these far reaching
colonies split off from the Federation, creating the
Soon after, the impossible happened.
The Bugs, believed to be dead, but in actuality had been hiding out on more
distant systems, began to swarm over the outer colonies. Within a year, most of
the settlers on the "Roman" systems were either evacuated or eviscerated. Even
the Chapman system, founded by the Eastern Bloc, was hit. However, unlike the
others, the Bloc has never had another bug attack.
Now the FWT and the Jurvain fight a ongoing battle against the Bugs in the
Zone, desperately holding onto these few infested systems, desperately trying
to repel these invaders, before the manage to destroy them.
AVALON
– The Galactic Soccer Association continues its investigation to the
allegations that the Exeter Eagles, winners of this year's EF Cup, had been
taking a mutated strain of the known combat drug FTS. The report comes from
their former team manager, Vic Romine, stating that he was fired for refusing
to administer the drug after several players began showing side effects.
The Eagles' owner, Reginald
Williamson, says the entire story is "preposterous," and denies the allegation
completely. "The GSA's drug testing program is one of the best in professional
sports. You would have to be a fool to believe that anyone could fake that."
Romine states that he assisted in fooling the drug sensors, insisting on good
portions of hornbuck leaf with their team meals,
known for its alkaline effects. When that wasn't enough, Vic reported switching
blood samples, and at one point, scrambling the testing computer.
In light of this investigation,
several
This scandal comes at a bad time for
professional soccer, right after last year's "false season," when Real New
Madrid decided to skip actual play and bought the championship for 1.3 billion
credits (the equivalent of the marketing rights). It is wondered if the GSA
will still get its strong following of fanatic fans after two seasons marked
with shame.
AVALON
– With uncertain political and economiic conditions coming up, one needs to be make sure to be regularly registered with the Disease
Control Board, in order to ensure proper inoculations against plague outbreaks.
The Federation's DCB is responsible for monitoring virulent diseases and
providing quarantine assistance as well as plague prevention. The Surgeon-General
of the Federation has released a report, recommending to the Grand Council
mandatory registration. The measure is expected to pass.
Why register? Alpha Centauri is a
perfect example of what can go wrong without centralized management of a health
crisis. When the Sakras Plague hit that system in
2227, the DCB didn't exist, and there was no genetic registering of citizens.
Without that information, scientists weren't able to discover the cause of the
disease, and the Plague ripped through that system's population like wildfire.
Quarantines were attempted but repeated broken. If it weren't for the
intervention of the Earth Fleet blockading the system, humanity itself may have
been wiped out. Instead, those Centaurians who didn't
escape, died.
So please, support the DCB, and get
you and your family registered today!
Player Ranks –
Designating which characters have the highest in any given statistic.
Warfare:
Frank D'Antuono (Master Sergeant Alastar
Dimiye)
Magic:
Chris Yarwood (Andrea Treschi)
Social:
Frank D'Antuono (Master Sergeant Alastar
Dimiye)
Intelligence:
Ed Stasheff (Lt. Cmdr. Xinjao
O'Reilly)
Merits
and Bonuses: Andy Wooden (Hex)
Important
Dates – The
deadline for turning in player orders is Thursday morning, July 13th,
at
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Text Copyright (C) 2000 by Marcus Johnston. All Rights Reserved. Do not try ANY of this at home, even if you DO have a prehensile tail.