The Chiron Chronicle II

[[LordLMP]]

NAUTILUS SAILOR NEWS

Captain Svensgaard appointed a new chief...

Captain Ulrik Svensgaard appointed General Branko as Chief of Intelligence of the newly founded Nautilus Intelligence. It has been decided that since we are in contact with one faction and others in the future, it better establish a Intelligence Agency base on the Planetary Networks tech.


TO: Merchant Laranov
FROM: Chief of Economy

Merchant Larionov, i have received reports of delays from our trading partners of some of your Merchant Foils. I would like a explanation. I don't tolerate disruptions along the trade routes.

Chief of Economy
[This message has been edited by [LordLMP] (edited October 28, 2000).]

[Argonaut]

***Private Message***
To: Comissoner Lal c/o Peacekeeping Forces
From: Datajack Roze c/o Data Angels


Comissoner,
I'm sad to hear that what I had hoped were isolated conflicts on this continent, have continued to spread on yours. I'm sorry to hear that your people have suffered and if there is anything I can do to assist you, please do not hesitate to ask.
As for Provost Zakharov, I have enclosed his commlink frequency with this message. However, do not feel you have to step in on my behalf. He has recently had a slight change of heart, and is willing to release his prisoners to my care. While he still plans to persecute the Cybernetic faction, he has chosen to release the prisoners and that is all I asked for. Hopefully I will be able to find a diplomatic solution to their conflict, and if you have any suggestions in this regard, they would be greatly appreciated.

Sincerely,
Roze

***Private Message***
To: Provost Zakharov c/o University of Planet
From: Datajack Roze c/o Data Angels

Provost,
I am glad to hear that you are at least willing to release your prisoners. While I still hope you will cease this cruel vendetta against Aki Zeta-Five's people, your respect for the UN charter can not go unnoticed. I am willing to call a truce and I assure you my forces will not move against you without provocation. As for the supporters, they will remain honoured guests here at Data DeCentral until a successful resolution to this conflict can be reached. Once again I implore you to sit down with Zeta-Five and talk this out. There is no good reason that our four factions cannot live together in peace.
Sincerely,
Roze

***Private Message***
To: Prime Function Aki Zeta-Five c/o Cybernetic Conciousness
From: Datajack Roze c/o Data Angels

Dear Aki Zeta-Five,
I am writing to inform you that I have negotiated the release of the Cybernetic sympathisers with Provost Zakharov. All of them will be released to me, and I assure they will recieve the best treatment imaginable while they are here as my guests. I'm still trying to convince Zakharov to see reason, and to sit down and talk things out, but I have guarenteed that my troops will not move against him. I implore you as well not to turn your back on a diplomatic solution to this problem. I have confidence that a peaceful resolution can be reached if the four of us could only sit down and talk.

Sincerely,
Roze

[Christantine The Great]

Dream to Commissoner Lal...

I hope your communications are going well with Earthroze. I also hope that the Earthpeacekeepers from the captured base have arrived well. I have a plan how to recapture the base and have enough time to relocate the population fast. I have found a transport in an Earthpod out at sea last Earthweek. I think that you can mount the transport onto a Earthcolonypod and transport the citizens fast. This is my plan. The dusturbance caused by the Spartans clearing Planetfungus causes an burst of growth, so the life can get away before they are killed. This has left me with a good sized army. If I had your Earthcopters I could load Planetworms onto them and you can drop thousands upon the city garrison. The transport would then load Earthpeacekeepers and get out of the area along with any who can get a ride with the Earthcopter. I will sacrifice my troops. They have agreed to die for our new ally. They will fight to the death. I have already stationed Planetisles around the Earthisle. I do not know how to run it. I do have a name for it though. PlanetUnity.

OOC: Remember the Unity Copter, Unity "Mining" Laser, and the two Landing Pod locations in the Unity wreakage (You should be there by now).

Dream to CEO Morgan...

I now control the Manifold. I would advise you to stop the mining, stop the fighting, and start talking.


Mindworm Tails: The Fire in the Sky.

A streaking, white flame descended on Planet. A mindworm looked up to see it. It was like a large fungal bloom, it thought. The burning blue front seems to be like a fungal flower and the rest is the stem. He watched it hit the coast of the continent, the golden petal flower crushing all in its path.
A mindworm halfway across the same continent saw a giant blue flame aproaching him. He was near the only place on Planet without fungus in the water. He watched as it came to him, burning hot but with a set of golden petals on it so beautiful he could not stop watching until he fell into a quickly dying fusion reactor.
A mindworm on the other end of the same continent heard a great rumbling. She looked up and saw a strange sight. She saw a giant, blue flower coming at her at a terrific speed. She felt no fear though for she felt that the flower would do her no harm. She watched it even as her hatchlings ran away from the light. The flower then made a huge jerk and hurled thousands of tons of soil upon the mindworm.
Planet gave a large shudder as Planet lost Planet's final viewer of the terrible thing that plunged itself into Planet's brain. The thing followed 7 bright stars as they came to Planet. Unlike the stars, the flower burnt like a torch. Planet was puzzled about this. Planet pondered on how a flower burnt but not a star for about one month, then gave up.

[TheDiplomat]

*Dream to Planetmind*

A good plan...once again you prove to be a loyal friend… even sacrifising you own people for us…thank you…I´m afraid what is left the copter unit is…only one copter with heavy damage…Maybe we can find more copters where you say the Unity wreckage is… I have prepared a recovery team in U.N. Headquarters… they are waiting for an Isle of deep there…and the 1000 rescued have arrived safely to the island…I also have two Synthmetal rover units ready…I can load them too into the transport… to have escorts for the colony pod…

UN Free Press

1000 people rescued from the claws of the Spartans

Today, the people in U.N. headquarters rejoiced as 1000 tired and shaken, but happy peacekeepers arrived on an Isle of deep.They were from the base the Spartans had captured.Later that day, Comissioner Pravin Lal went to see the survivors and to welcome them to their new home. Once again thank you goes to Planetmind, who sacrifised much to get these people out.
The survivors from High Comission told everything about how the Spartans massacring the inhabitants of the base, about the 7000 people ”Un-able” people who were rounded up in camps to be executed and about the 2000 people who were killed and their bodies thrown in the fungus fields, just for revenge.
They had used our people and are still using them as human shields.We must help them.

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[Cyber]

Urgent Message
From:Commander Von Halzburg, Special Unit
To:Colonel Santiago

Sir, this is very disturbing… the U.N. Headquarters… is empty.Completely.
We didn´t go to investigate inside the base because we found tracks left by mindworms.
As if boil after boil has gone in.However, no scars of battle can be found anywhere, better yet, the base has been completely cleared.No equipment or valuables left.Seems that the peacekeepers have done here the same trick as in U.N. temple of Sol.
Where they´ve gone is another mystery.
We are going to stay and invetigate this area for a while and then leave for War Outpost.

[TheDiplomat]

The remnants of 1st Laser rovers.
Location:100km east from U.N. Headquarters

Commander Herman was watching the calm sea in the cockpit of his damaged rover while his assistants in the back were trying to find what still was left of the unit and its supplies.They had chased the Spartans for 100km until they were far enough.The Spartans had fled towards north, and Commander Herman had realised that nobody knew about his units faith.In the peacekeepers new home, they probably thought everyone from this unit had died fighting against the Spartans.

A knock on the door woke him form his thoughts, ”Come in”.One of the assistants came in and saluted to the Commander, ”Sir, Count is like this.One lightly damaged rover, 3 moderately damaged and 2 badly damaged rovers.Three rovers had to be abandoned,
and one of the badly damaged rovers has to be abandoned as it life support systems are starting to fail, and communications rover it still beyond repair… Sir, we have supplies for about 1 month, then we´re dead.”his voice started to quiver at the last sentence.
”Yes Leutenant, thank you, I know that.” angrily answered the Commander and turned away from the assistant Leutenant.

”You can go now, Leutenant.”
”Yes, Sir.”
the assistant turned, opened the door and was about to leave, when Commander Herman said, ”Leutenant, don´t worry, we´ll get back home safe and sound.”
The Leutenant didn´t answer and left the cockpit silently.

Back in humanity base, where Commander Herman and his unit came from, a while ago the comm antennaes had picked some very faint transmissions.The experts couldn´t was it human made, but it wasn’t from the Spartans because it came from North-West.
But the administration didn´t send an expedition to investigate as the Spartans were marching towards U.N. Headquarters and every unit was needed.

”Well, now we are going to investigate it.”
The Commander opened a comm channel with the rest of the rovers,
”All rovers, be ready to leave tomorrow morning back towards humanity base.”





[This message has been edited by TheDiplomat (edited October 29, 2000).]

[DarkCloud]

University Sun-Governor
7-26-2118
Volume 17, Issue 145

Peace With Roze!

Our fine leader has met with Head Datajack Sinder Roze of the Data Angels and crafted a fine peace treaty agreement. The conditions of the peace are the release of all Cyborg prisoners to Roze, and the withdrawl of our units from their territory.

They, in turn will withdraw their units from our territory and make peace with us. This is a turning day in the war.

-Reporter Alexandra Whiskey-Quarks

[Rural Ranger]

OoC: OK... I'm starting here as the Gaians... my username used to be LightEning. I'll post faction stats later, after I've got a few things made sure.

Gaia's Landing
News of the Planet

Deirdre Skye proclaimed as Colony Leader

After the 10 years of Arthur White's rule as a temporary colony leader, a democratic vote was kept to find a new leader. Mrs. Skye won with 85% support. Skye is known in the whole colony as an environmentalist democrat. Her original occupation in the Unity was that of a botanist, and because of that she has decided to coordinate a foresting project. Birch and pine seeds are already being planted near the colony Lily of the Valley. Our Colony Leader has also decided to start expanding the colony and exploring new areas as quickly as possible because she says she has evidence of other possible survivors from the Unity, who must be contacted as soon as possible.

Mind worm, what it is?

Eoin Dornan, an ex-irishman and the captain of Unity Colony's exploration group has announced the finding of a strange new life-form from the fungus around Gaia's Landing. The mindworms seem to be primitively intelligent, but the strange thing with them is that one of the soldiers reported a "connection" with one of them. This soldier, who wants to not reveal her identity for now, has told that she can "speak" with the mindworms by just thinking. There has been speak of mind links on Earth, too, as many of the readers may remember, but a link with an animal was never mentioned. Stay tuned for further information. The worms might be quite an important ally on the Planet.

[Argonaut]

OCC-Darkcloud, I only pledged truce. Just making sure that's clear, cause your post suggested a permanent peace treaty.

Freedom's Banner
Volume I, Issue 14

Cyborgs Arrive at Data DeCentral

The cybernetic smympathisers, perviously being held by Provost Zakharov, arrived today in Data DeCentral to a warm welcome. Some of the citizens seemed malnourished, but for the most part all were in good health and happy to being on the road to freedom. As part of the agreement, they are required to stay in Data Angel territory until a resolution to the conflict can be reached, and many Data Angels have opened their homes to our honoured guests. Plans are underway for a celebration to welcome our new friends at the Headquarters building in Data DeCentral. All are invited to attend.

[Christantine The Great]

Dream to Lady Skye...

Greetings. I would like to introduce myself. I am Planetmind. I control all native lifeforms on Planet. I hope we will have a good relationship. I respect the way you treat me. Your Earthtree and Earthwheat are welcomed among my Planetfungus and Planetworms. One of your people has communicated with one of my Planetworms. This suprises me.

OOC:I thought that the Peacekeepers were already at the wreakage.

Dream to Commissoner Lal...

I hope my plan will work. Maybe you could attempt to copy the Earthcopter. I managed to tow the PlanetUnity to your island. I have covered it with Planetworms to hide it from the Spartans. My Planetisles have also found a EarthUnitySkimmer. It was in another Earthpod. I hope you are getting along with EarthRoze well.

OOC: Where's Morgan? Darkcloud!

Dream to Datajack Roze...

I have not contacted you for a while. I was wondering, since you are friends with my ally, if you needed any military help? I don't want to lose my friends.

Dream to Capt. Svensgaard...

Not contacting me in a while? I wonder if you and I could make an aggreement to help us share my ocean.

[Argonaut]

[i]Dream to Planetmind,

It is good to hear from you again, and do not fear you are frequently in my thoughts. Every time I gaze out upon the territory surrounding Data DeCentral I am reminded of your friendship.

I thank you for your kind offering, but my people are not currently at risk. However Provost Zakharov continues to assault my friend Aki Zeta-Five, simply because of her difference in beliefs. I only wish I could make the others see reason and make peace. Sadly I fear this is beyond me. I thank you for your kind offer though, and will keep it in mind in future. I hope similarly, that if you find yourself at risk you will contact me.

I do have a question for you though. My former units are currently at work around my bases, building farms to sustain our growing population. Is this disruptive to you? Is there a better medium? How do you respond to Earth flora? Would it be less disruptive if we were to plant forests? Like you, I would hate to do anything to harm our friendship.

[XWaste]

Consciousness Post

Insipration Point Captured!

Whilst there have been some anomalies which have implications for our intelligence service, the military units performed as expected and easily overwhelmed the meagre, hasty defences of the university city.

As the city was surrounded, our rover units quickly determined that the other scout rover was long gone, apparantly escorting a colony pod to the south east. Once security has been established in Inspiration Point the rover units will be able to track them down and capture them.

The rover derivitaves returned to the city which marked the beinning of the attack. Though there where actually three synthmetal defenders, rather than two as inteligence had informed, there seemed to be among the defenders many new recruits who seemed only to be wearing their armoured suits for the first time. Their lack of experience proved to be a telling point.

Control of the perimeter came easily, The naval derivative bombarded key entry points around the port quarter to confuse the defence and allow this area to be take quickly as well. The main force of the garrison seemed to concentrate around the governmental buildings. Control of the rest of the city was established with minimum loss, and for some time there was a standoff around their municipal hall and governmental research facilities. These facilities, and hence the whole city, where gained, but not without loss. Derivative 2.5 of the augmented patrol units where destroyed, and the 2.1 and 2.7 derivatives both took heavy casualties, and have been amalgamated into the one derivitave (2.17)

Civilian casualties where low, as most of the fighting occured in the government quarter. Many of the governmental officials are now being round up, and official databanks are being searched for evidence of their crimes against the consciousness. Preliminary investigations have shown that some sympathisers where indeed 'exterminated' though we are going to gather all the evidence before we make formal charges.

Order is now being established, with the civilian population in many cases being very helpful. One group of Zhakarov supporters have since barricaded themselves inside a factory. Their numbers are small, and they are not well armed, so we expect them to surrender once they run out of food. We have the factory safely contained, and are negotiating with their leader now. Force has not been given as an option to the army negotiators unless the dissidents indicate any sort of threat to the other civilians.

[XWaste]

***Private to the Nautilus Pirates***

Message to Captain Ulrik Svensgaard
From Prime Function Aki Zeta-5

Inspiration point has been captured. The help from your troops was invaluable and we thank you.

I have some information yu may not like though. In the attack we discovered that the equipment for a whole extra regiment of defenders had been rush built. Having investigated the official databanks of the city it seems that these units where built with extra minerals donated from university sympathisers among YOUR faction. The University knows about you through rogue members of your faction who have been diverting stolen minerals to the university, helping them build military units which will be used against your own

Let me assure our friendship is still strong, I would not for the slightest second theorise that you would support the university whilst allowing your troops to attack them. I will aid all the resources I can to help you find these rebels - should you so need.

I think we can now trade the techs safely. I believe it was Information Networks and planetary networks for Doctrine:Flexibility. I am transmitting the data now.

A side note - that city in the fungus across the ocean. Perhaps they are the ones tranmitting the dreams and controlling the mindworms with technology we have not yet discovered. I think we need to make (discreet) contact with them. I have a unit trained for intelligence work that could perhaps procure information without alerting them that we know about them. If you could transport this probe team across the ocean we could learn if they are the real manipulators of our nighttime repose or if this planet really does have a voice as it claims.
[This message has been edited by XWaste (edited October 30, 2000).]

[XWaste]

***Private to the Data Angels***

message to Head Datajack Sinder Roze
from Prime Function Aki Zeta-5

With our military campaign against Inspiration Point complete we can now resume normal commuications once again.

I see, after being mired in reports from my army, that now you have brokered a truce with the university. Though I see they still do not recognise my factions independance. I would be willing to negotiate diplomatically, but not with Prokhor Zhakarov. If the University surrenders him, and his chief administrative and military staff to answer for crimes against humanity, then I would gladly enter talks with his successor.

In fact, should you agree, then I would like to the trials to be conducted in Data DeCentral. You have proven yourself to have the neutral stance and even temper that would most easily facilitate valid trials. Should I conduct them I fear that university(Zhakarov) supporters could too easily call 'prejudice'. It is important that the trials be seen to be fair.

Should you agree, then I would be willing to donate energy credits to help build the facilities necessary. I also believe that the development of a continental committee, to develop a new charter on the rights of all people on this continent and diplomatic conventions would be a positive step to ensuring we all live in harmony for generations to come. Whilst in general we would be adopting the UN charters, this would ensure that those that believe it is not valid for a new planet to have the rules of the old would not have such room for argument.

[TheDiplomat]

*Dream to planetmind*

Thank you for giving us the remains of Unity…and for the skimmer…
the one colony pod and the two Synth.Rovers are ready... they are waiting in UN Headquarters for a Isle of deep...and one full copter unit is travelling towards the Spartan continent...
I have found Datajack Roze a valuable ally and a friend...I hope that there are more faction leaders like her...

UN Free Press

The Unity wreakage has been found

Or rather, not found but towed to the island.A huge collection of isles of deep brought the remains of Unity to our shores.Recovery teams have started excavating the wreakage, and until now they´ve found intact parts for building copters worth a unit in a damaged pod ,and also the Unity Mining laser.Also, two more pods have been intact, but the recoverers haven´t opened them yet.
Scientist have been working quite a while trying to build copters , so the parts found from the Unity wreckage will help greatly their task.
Instead of using the wreakage as a source for industrial materials, the administration plans to move it to the inland, repair it and make it a monument for future generations to wonder.
Also, our Faction received today another gift from Planetmind as a Skimmer arrived to U.N. Headquarters.
This will be invaluable for the purposes of exploring the planet and contacting other factions.

OOC:Are the moderators supposed to say what is to be found from pods?
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