PRAVDA

[Vev]

Pravda Deadline

Issue #14 28th July 2003

Back Issues

PRAVDA - The Hive Newsletter of the Peoples' Advisory Council
PRAVDA SPECIAL #1 - 12th May 2003 - Election Results
PRAVDA SPECIAL #2 - 16th May 2003 - Landing News
PRAVDA SPECIAL #3 - 19th May 2003 - Tass Tells Tall Tales
PRAVDA SPECIAL #4 - 23rd May 2003 - A First Glorious Millitary Victory
PRAVDA SPECIAL #5 - 27th May 2003 - A Terrible National Tragedy
PRAVDA SPECIAL #6 - 3rd June 2003 - A NEW CONSTITIUTION!
PRAVDA SPECIAL #7 - 12th June 2003 - Glorious Democracy in Action!
PRAVDA SPECIAL #8 - 16th June 2003 - Or How I Learned To Love The Hive
PRAVDA SPECIAL #9 - 21st June 2003 - Comrade Claire Special Edition
PRAVDA SPECIAL #10 - 1st July 2003
PRAVDA SPECIAL #11 - 10th July 2003
PRAVDA SPECIAL #12 - 17th July 2003
PRAVDA SPECIAL #13 - 23rd July 2003 - The Lucky Pravda
PRAVDA SPECIAL #14 - A Glorious New Temporary Editor!
PRAVDE SPEICAL #14.5 - 4th August 2003 - Hive Diplomancy at Work
PRAVDA SPECIAL EDITION #14 3/4 - 7th August 2003 - The Collected Works of Hive Haikus
PRAVDA SPECIAL EDITION #15 - 14th August 2003 - Haiku Golden Age is Past At Last
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Do we post articles beforehand so the editor can choose and censor edit articles before sending it out to the weekly newsletter?

Here's a short article I'm working on, feel free to comment or add.


The First City

The Hive survivors of the ill-fated Unity ship touched down safetly on this new world and founded their first city 'The Hive'. The old world is a memory now, and the new world beckons for a glorious empire free from all of humanity's unwanted legacies. Already, diligent workers toiled day and night in this crucial moment to establish a thriving empire.

The people of the Hive have ingeniously constructed massive underground chambers to house all its people to protect from the harsh climate of this untamed world. Not only is it safer, it keeps the topside free from the unslightly blight of human handiwork that had plagued the old world.

[Jamski]

But you've only used "glorious" once and you could praise the workers some more...

I'm going to make a PRAVDA Landing Special Edition soon... More subs welcomed.

-Jam

[Micha]

Article: "Spirit of Yang"

It´s been a sunny day (both suns shining ) when the first group of environmental engineers left the landing site for their first mission on Chiron: Survey of the surroundings.

The glorious workers, currently producing a whole city out of thin air, gathered along the Communism Avenue to watch their brave brothers leave! Tenthousands of Colonists joined the "parade", most of them sitting on the top of the giant colony pods, waving to their comrades who stay to help tirelessly in building the capital.

Surrounded with the outstanding well trained and equipped troops of the first and second "People´s Army Scouts", acclaimed as heroes by the watching masses, the huge treck slowly approached the south-western city gates.

There, the guards had to hold back the ecstatic crowd for their own security. Unknown dangers may hide out there.

Climbing the mountains to the south, the env. engineers separated from the colonists in order to examine a strange looking structure. More than 40 meters high, it seemes to be a kind of monolith, although we don´t know who has built it or what purpose it serves.

All those, who unselfishly volunteered to touch and even climb the artefact for the good of their people, insistet that a great spirit flew through their bodies, making them drop all fears and sorrows. Encouraged by that, they are now building up a camp around the structure.

The monolith is being named "The spirit of Yang".

It is expected that that site holds great benefits to the Hive!

This article has not yet been revised by the Ministery of Information.

[Micha]

Vev:
Be sure to prolongen the part where the untired efforts of the working class to establish a base in that rough climate are praised!
And it would be fine if you could include the geographical locations (the river, the coast, the mountains...)

BTW: Are the landmarks being named by general consens or by whoever first does so? (Of course the Hive government is allowed to alter names afterwards...)

[Jamski]

The Hive government never alters the names... the old name was always the same as the new name, remember

-Jam

[Jamski]

Micha and Vev - I'll go to press sometime tonight (Eurotime) with the Landing Special Edition, so all revisons by then, or I'll have to play editor myself.

-Jam

[Vev]

Can you specify the time you need it? Also can you include the GMT modification of your time zone so that I can convert it to my time?

[Jamski]

Ummm.... whenever you're ready actually. The current special edition is still proving lots of entertainment for the usual Spam-Fairies Just get it done before you go to bed, which will be my lunchtime tommorrow?? I think

-Jam

[Vev]

Seems like both Pravda issues attract Spam-Fairies. Proves that Pravda is most read, and the newsletter of the people!

[Vev]

Work in progress, feel free to comment and edit unnecessary sections

The Landing

The successful landing of the Hive colony pod heralds a new era for the common people to work selflessly towards human progress. The old world is a memory now, and the new world beckons for a glorious nation free from humanity's decadent legacies and excesses. The people of the Hive was saddened that the survivors of the ill-fated Unity ship were divided and scatter across the world. Making conquest that much more difficult.

During the perilous, bone jarring descent to planet surface, the weak minded fools were nerve-stapled until unconscious people bravely weathered the journey admits the surrounding chaos. “I was scared especially after seeing through the window, Morgan’s pod skewed into Lal's pod and both exploded and then there was much rejoicing.” said one observer.

The First City

The glorious workers toiled tirelessly day and night in this crucial moment to construct their first city named “The Hive”. With the Hive’s guiding foresight, this city, along with all future cities built by the Hive, will entirely be underground. This engineering marvel ingeniously uses massive underground chambers to house its entire people to protect them from the harsh climate of this untamed world. Not only is the city a safer place to live, it also keeps the topside free from the unsightly blight of crude human handiwork that had plagued the old world.

Chairman Voltaire commemorated all the diligent workers who constructed the city with the grand opening at the great Unity Square. “With hard work, dedication and most of all, people willing to work a common cause, we can build ourselves a bloody and tyrannical great nation,” said Chairman Voltaire in front of a horde of cheering masses each waving a red flag.


People Power

The Chairman has declared that to strive forward in this new world, we need more people to claim and tamed this planet. This can only be achieve with lots of copulation by a horde of willing men and young nubile females a strong family devotion to nurture the next generation of Hive citizens.

[Micha]

Great!!!

Just kill the typos off ; then it´s perfect!

[Jamski]

I think PRAVDA should be telling the truth.... the typos must stay!

-Jam

[Vev]

Whoever the Pravda editor is feel free to cut and paste my stuff into the next article of Pravda. BTW when would the next article be available?

Woo Hoo! I'm a chieftain. Now time to rectify my really slow post/day rate.

[Jamski]

Soon....

/me looks at Vev's joining date and compares it with his post count.

/me blinks a lot and trys again.

-Jam

[Jamski]

OK, folks - thanks for the articles, the new special edition is up now. The next ones will probably be - first mindworms - second and third bases - first contact - landmarks found...

-Jam