Announcement

**Argonaut** · November 14, 2000, 19:40

OOC: How can you hold an election without Ethical Calculus? That's what allows democracy.

Freedom's Banner
Volume I, Issue 16

Roze Declares Memorial Holiday

Datajack Roze announced today that buisnesses would be shut down for twenty-four hours in memory of all those killed Jakhobs-Howell bombing earlier this afternoon. The attack, which killed all but four members of the entourage. Six of the twenty-seven that were killed were Data Angel Datatechs, enroute to meet with Academician Zakharov in order to initiate peace talks. Fortunately, the Academician was spared harm. Roze joined with Zakharov in condemning the actions of Daniel Jakhobs-Howell and his terrorist group calling them "destroyers of peace for humankind". Roze also released a statement ensuring that Data Angel security would be fool proof, with ID checks at every base entrance and exit. As well, the Headquarters building will be off limits for to unauthorized personal for the duration of the trial, with offices currently being converted into suites for the delegations.

[This message has been edited by Argonaut (edited November 14, 2000).]

**[LordLMP]** · November 14, 2000, 23:32

OOC: Pirates don't have any ships moving towards the peackeeper island, since theres was no post agreeings to Lal's proposition. Also, all military ships are either patrolling, exploring or refitted/repaired/being built. As for civilian ships, bloody dangerous for them to be travelling long distances.

*****private to peacekeepers*****
TO: Commissioner Lal
FROM: Captain Ulrik Svensgaard

Base on the location of yours bases, that would be long way to travel by trading ships, unless there are bases along the way. I would happy to make our merchant fleets available and I like your proposition, but I don't like University and the Morganites. Rather that my faction keeps a low profile from those two. But has trade with the Data Angels and the Cyborgs is agreeable.

There is also the problem of planetmind, who have already threating my faction several times for expanding and so forth. And theres this Hive Faction aswell, who has establish themselves a naval fleet.

If your faction has good relations with planetmind, can you not ask them to back off? Also maybe help protect the merchant ships? I am interested, but there are things that needs to be address.

Captain Ulrik Svensgaard

*****private message to data angels*****
TO: Datatech Sinder Roze
FROM: Captain Ulrik Svensgaard

Hello Datatech, as you may of heard or not, i am in contact with the Peacekeepers. Lal proposes to establish a naval trade alliance. I was wondering if you are interested? If so, is it possible for your faction to establish a Sea Base? I can also provide your faction the specs to contruct a Sea Colony Pod.
Would help establish a trade route to the Peacekeepers and my fleets can also help defend the base aswell.
What do you think?

Captain Ulrik Svensgaard

TO: Captain Ulrik Svensgaard
FROM: Chief of Military

Sir, the Impact Foil prototype as been completed and has been named Privateer. I am proposing a program to start gradually upgrading our fleet to the latest technology. I suggest we start refiting Unity and the captured Hive ship. If I may remind you of the Hive threat, we would be able to effectively defend ourselves with an Advance fleet.

**XWaste** · November 15, 2000, 09:03

***Private to the Peacekeepers***

Message to Commissioner Pravin Lal
from Prime Function Aki Zeta-5

Greetings Commissioner Lal, it is good to hear of even more survivors from the unity. Our situation on this planet is not so secure that we can afford to dismiss the offer of friendship from any source, especially one as inviting as yours.

I would gladly like to offer the friendship of the Cybernetic Consciousness. We are a people dedicated to the peaceful pursuit of knowledge and enabling every individual to be able to reach the fullest potential of their desire. Many of my people have their cognitive functioning augmented by a cybernetic implant, do not let this alarm you though, there has been much fear and hatred directed to my kind out of ignorance. We are not inhuman monsters with plans to convert the world, we are happy with our little corner, the stereotypes of the 'borg are completely unfounded.

I hope in time, when our friendship grows as I know it will, you will trust us enough to reveal your location, and allow travel between our two peoples. We do know the value of secrecy though, we remained hidden from all factions for eight years after our flight from the oppression of the University. We also know the value of revealing yourself at the right time.

My people uphold the priciples of the UN charter that directed the Unity mission. It is my believe that new charters should be written that incorporates the unique and unplanned for circumstances that this planet presents. This is not excuse for wanton dismissal of the charter though, but rather a topic of debate between friends in peacetime.

I look forward to hearing back from you, as well as a future that is prosperous for us both.

**XWaste** · November 15, 2000, 09:30

***Private to the Data Angels***

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

This news of a trial is glorious, your efforts have been unparalleled. With your permision, I would like to make my way Data DeCentral with some of my aides to be able to present the evidence in person. This also gives us an opportunity to finally meet, something I have been looking forward to since we started communicating.

I fear Zhakarov may soon resent his choice though, when he see's that the trial is going to last some time, and especially when it shows that it will not all go his way. Perhaps he thinks he can just turn up, be declared innocent and go home in the one the day. We should prepare for mischief. We should also prepare for what will happen when he is found guilty, for despite his submitting to the trial, I doubt he will go quietly.

As I will be traveling through potentially unsafe territory I will come escorted. I doubt there will be any real threat (though there is always the wildlife), but once I do arrive I can turn over my forces to your control, allowing you to have a much stronger garrison during the trial and the capacity to respond to any more terrorist attacks or Zhakarovs tricks.

On another note, I am begining a road project, that will for the moment end at my border. Once things have quieted down somewhat and the borders can be examined and negotiated we can then together finish the linking project.

**XWaste** · November 15, 2000, 10:03

Consciousness Posts

Patients disappear

The 65 patients from The Quiet Refuge has disappeared, with no suspects as yet. The night staff also are missing, and the body of a security gaurd suggests that there was some sort of struggle. It is not suspected that the patients have escaped, as no one has seen any of them since, it appears that they have been spirited away by some unknown group for equally unkown purposes.

The Quiet Refuge is a hospital for biologicals with mental illness and for Consciousness members that have somehow 'rejected' the implant or have some corruption of the software leading to irratic behaviour.

Probe Team Lost

Our probe team which has slowly but surely been gathering information on the people across the ocean who claim to be the Cult of Planet, has been captured.

To date, we have been receiving reports from the team sporadically and this is what we have learnt. They call themselves the Cult of the Planet and are lead by a six year old biological who they call Prophet Cha Dawn. They worship Planet as an entity and their life revolves around this worship.

They seem to have been originally made up of two different factions which call that continent home. To the north is a faction called the Gaians who have similar green leanings though they do not worship the planet like the cult. To the south is a faction of fundamentalist Christians who claim this planet as their new eden, they seem like they may be trouble.

This is the last report from the probe team which we have received:

Thought Log
Imran Iota-9
Start 1-10-2121 15:32:05.03284

We have been captured. Our operatives in the cult camp where the first to be captured, they had attempted to join a trade caravan travelling between two of the cult bases, as new converts from the Gaian faction though it seems they are not very trustful towards anyone, and captured them thinking they where gaian spys. They tracked back to our camp and with a bit of a fight overpowered and captured those of us they did not kill.
They keep looking at my augmentation, I do not expect to survive the night. I send this message knowing that it may be my last. If they take me through their base I may be...

end log.

We wait to here from this 'Cult' of the Planet, as we believe they have surely deciphered our commink frequencies from the camp equipment by now. Everyone should be assured that everything will be done to recover those operatives still alive.

**XWaste** · November 15, 2000, 10:12

***private to the University***

message to Zak
from Prime Function Aki Zeta-5

I will be travelling through University territory on my way to Data DeCentral. I will be escorted to protect me from the wilds of this planet, please do not confuse my action as some sort of hostile act, I assure you that we will strictly be moving through with no detours or stops.

Glad to hear you have relented to the trial, this sort of rational act reminds me of the old Prokhor, who used to think before he spoke...and held my youthful attention so.

**TheDiplomat** · November 15, 2000, 11:39

Dream to planetmind

Do not worry...my friend...They are here to help...I ask of you to not attacking the Nautilus Pirate ships...we have formed a trade alliance... it will bring peace and stability...but as the pirates are the prime factor in this alliance...you should not attack them...furthermore, if you could protect the trade ships that belong in this alliance...besides if trade increases between factions...then we won´t need so much new areas for resources... and that would preserve the native lifeforms...

Private message
To:Captain Ulrik Svensgaard
From:Comissioner Pravin Lal

Captain,

I have communicated with planetmind, but I don´t know her/his answer.But I do think that planetmind will agree.
About this Hive factions fleet, I´m sorry, I cannot help.Maybe you could make peace with them, or atleast somekind agreement.
About the long route to here, I have good news.We have modified one of our Colony pods, and have turned it into a Sea Colony pod.That pod is already on its way towards its destination(OOC:coordinates 88,114), which is where the two continents, one east of you and the other south, almost connect.
Our Skimmer crew named it Cape Storm.The Colonys name will be UN Midpoint

I truly hope that this alliance will become true.I will talk to the Cybernetic Consciousness about this, but not to the University and the Morganitess, though I urge you to reconsider taking them into this alliance.

-Comissioner Pravin Lal

Private message
To:Prime function Aki Zeta-5
From:Comissioner Pravin Lal

Greetings,

You do not need to explain that you are human, as I already consider you and your people.You have all the rights and freedoms as humans from the other factions.

We gladly accept your offer of friendship, and extend our own.We invite you into a trade alliance, for now consisting of my people, the Nautilus pirates and maybe later, the Data Angels.The pirates recommended your faction as candidate.

I agree that the UN Charter should be changed, to suit the new requirements given by this planet.But absolutely nothing more.

I hope your faction will accept the membership of the trade alliance, and join in the process of making peace and prosper.

I am sorry, but at this point I cannot reveal the location of our lands.Not that I do not trust you, but many of my people are still paranoid because of the Spartans.

-Comissioner Pravin Lal

UN Free Press

Sea Colony pod launched

A week ago, straight from refitment arrived, the new prototype of the Colony pod, has left for its far away destination.
The destination is be Cape Storm and the base will be fuctioning as a trade post between our people and the newly discovered factions residing on the central continent.
The colony pod took 10000 volunteers from UN Headquarters, helping greatly the city population problem.Two groups 30000 volunteers have been sent from UN Headquarters to both Planetary Trust and Amnesty town, in the name of making UN Headquarters livable again.The citys population has now fallen from 180,000 to 110,000.

**TheDiplomat** · November 15, 2000, 12:28

Double post.
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**Cyber** · November 15, 2000, 12:29

Spartan Newswagon
volume 55, Issue 104

All units being upgraded

All military units are to be upgraded, as the threat posed by the mindworms has ceased for now, giving our troops some time to breath.
The old Laser rover units, will turn into Impact Units(4-1-2) and the synth.Rover are to be upgraded into state-of-the-art power rovers.This, if nothing will make our army the most powerful in the world.

Orders
From:Colonel Santiago
To:Commanders of all rover units.

After your units have been upgraded, you will proceed to Centurion Cave.After a while there, you will start moving South-West.I warn you, do not attack the Free Drone, they are not your objective.
Your objective is the faction called the Hive.We don´t know much of it or its bases whereabouts, but the people here in Sparat Command want blood, and you will be the ones who will give them blood.
Commander Von Halzburg will now be know as a General, and will have the command and responsibility of this taskforce.Do not dissapoint me, General.

Private Message
From:Colonel Santiago
To:Foreman Domai

Foreman,

I feel obligated to tell you, that in couple of weeks, a sizeable Spartan army will cross through your territory.We have decided to announce war on the Hive.
Our people want blood, pillage and conquest, and as there are two factions on this continent, your faction and the Hive, and you are our friends, the only logical choice is The Hive.
Please trust me, we will NOT attack you.If you, however try to stop us, that will unfortunately mean war.

Yours sincerely,
Colonel Santiago

**[LordLMP]** · November 15, 2000, 16:42

*****private message to spartans*****
TO: Colonel Sandiego
FROM: Foreman Domai

Thank you for telling me. If you like, i can provide you coordinates of their bases known to us and I also would like to send three units of Laser Rovers(OOC: Laser/no armor) to company your task force. There many oppressed Drones there I would like to rescue.

Foreman Domai

OOC: Free Drone not as advance as the Spartans, but they do support a large army of "cheap units", especially with their high industry bonus. As for the Hive, they have the most bases on planet(believers second) and also have a large military.

**Christantine The Great** · November 15, 2000, 17:00

Dream to Commissioner Lal...

I will agree to protect the trade ships. Please tell the Earthpirates for me. I don't believe that Captian Svensgaard will enjoy another visit.

Dream to Foreman Domini...

Your rampant pollution will be your own undoing! Prepare for Planetlocusts! I cannot stop them. (Swarms of Locusts are now flying around Drone territory.)

Three other mindworms guarding the Manifold Nexus slipped away from their boils and decended in the elevator that the other had used weeks ago. When they arrived they were hit by a burst of resonance waves and then were let in to a large room. 10 robots were at 10 computer consoles. They resembled Progentors but the mindworms didn't know that. The three mindworms were led by one of the robots into another room where on the top of a pillar was the mindworm. But it had changed. Its body had swelled 10 times and was now in a large, clear case. Many wires were connected to it. One wire went down to a speaker grill. It spoke, "I am the antiflower." The two mindworms somehow knew what the mindworm had said and were puzzled. Three robots emerged from a door and took the mindworms to a breeding chamber.
And in the middle of The Ruins a tower was raised from a ancient building.

**DarkCloud** · November 15, 2000, 19:53

OOC: "I personally thought that that was idiotic; the people would hold Argonaut (ie. ethical calculus= democracy) when they left Earth it was a democracy, so after a few foundation years they would once again be a democracy, no?

Private Message: From Cult to the (Cyborgs)

So you dare spy on us, us the right, us the correct, us the planetfriends; this is a bad omen; thus you may be destroyed; unless repirations...

Datafrequecy: 488($*8429029378.4870878778

**DarkCloud** · November 15, 2000, 19:59

University Sun-Governor
1-21-2121
Volume 19, Issue 21

Zakharov arrives at trial

After a rather uneventful journey the Academian entered his trial in Data Angel territory, however the trial will not begin for two more days, as CEO Morgan has yet to arrive.

Roze will be moderator for this trial whist Morgan will merely observe. Zakharov and Aki will be defendant and plantiff.

Reporter Nils Ricks-Sparr

**XWaste** · November 15, 2000, 21:31

***Private to the Nautilus Pirates***

message to Captain Ulrik Svensgaard
from Prime Function Aki Zeta-5

Hello Captain. I have been in contact with Commissioner Lal of the Peacekeeper forces. He has mentioned a trading alliance between the three of us and the Data Angels. I think this a splendid idea, the more interaction we have between our factions the more we secure a future of peace and cooperation. The groundwork we complete in these days will surely ensure that future generations will enjoy an era of peace that was unheard of on Old Earth.

It must be something to do with the new conditions we live in that are in such conflict with our heritage that leads to the strong idealism we all seem to feel. This planet makes me feel that anything is possible.

With the possibilites of the four factions to grow strong, our example could lead the Morganites and University to better themselves and join, combined the six of us could surely conter any threat from across the waters.

We have just built our first naval unit, a transport foil. At the moment it is only for coastal work but I was wondering, we do not have a formal protocol concerning travel through each others territories. I have shown that I am quite happy for your people to travel through my lands without restriction. What I have been thinking is that for all civilian/trade ships we have a joint registery, this allows you to know just how many ships are in your waters and gives me some degree of control over my ports. For militery units we keep each other notified of locations whenever it is suitable (to stop them running into each other or setting off alerts unnecessarily)

I think this new level of cooperation may call for a formal changing of our diplomatic relationship. Perhaps rather than a simple friendship we have moved to the level of a pact, where I may call you brother and you may call me sister. I think this will be of great benifit to our people, I wait eagerly to hear your response.

One other piece of advice, my resaercher have told me that their counterparts in your labs are researching the sciences of Social Psychology. We have already researched this extensively, why don't you perhaps explore the Polymorphic Software that is used in your ships artillery to enhance their potential. Once your scientists have finished that, we can trade the social psych for the polymorphic software and in essence you get two techs for the price of one.

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