The Chiron Chronicle: 2181

[Christantine The Great]

OOC: Jets that "morph" into copters? What?

Dream to Foreman Domai...

I cannot stop those Planetworms. Your rampant pollution has triggered a self-defence system encoded deep into the Planetary Mind. Even I cannot touch that mind. Those Planetworms are no longer under my control and any that I send to stop them will be turned to the Planetary Mind's control. I cannot stop them. I fear for the death of innocent Earthdrones but it cannot be stopped...

Dream to Datajack Roze...

I hope you find the Planetogres useable. They are quite unique to the forces of the entire planet. Use them carefully and always bring them to the Nexus for repairs. They are the only known machines I can use on Planet. I do not intend to lose them.

OOC: Two real days since the IoD left from the PK island. It should be to the Spartan continent by now.

[Cyber]

The battle of Falling Walls, near UN Data Acquisition

The Spartans were coming. They were coming, and they were determined to brake through the Peacekeeper Defense lines. The screams of terror, coming from the peacekeeper prisoners glued to their rovers front armor, showed the how far this determination could go.

The Spartan Rover army came in fast. In two separate groups, they were making their way towards the Peacekeeper bunkers.
The plan was to attack two separate bunkers, leaving a third in the middle. This third bunker would then be conquered, and used to guard the new safeway for the Spartans into the Peacekeeper heartland.

Soon after the Spartans made into the view of the bunkers, a living hell began. Seemingly hundreds of artillery guns started bombarding the Spartan rovers. Explosions molded the earth among the Spartans, hitting rovers right and left. Most of them were able to stand the hit, but somewhere there was always some unlucky one. As the Spartans spread even more thin and divided into smaller groups, to lessen the damage done by furious bombardment, the situation of casualties could be seen. There were burning Spartan rovers everywhere, among the old carcasses of destroyed peacekeeper rovers.

The army continued forward, unshaken by the constant bombardment. As they got nearer, the the Comm. Jammers of the defenders were activated.
After an initial confusion, the failsafe was activated. All around the Spartan groups, lasers started flashing. This was a time taking and not very precise, but in this situation, a working method of communication. But much of their other helping and for some situations, lifesaving systems, like the radar, weren’t working.

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“Sir! Come here!” A peacekeeper soldier was obviously panicking, on top of the bunker. He was manning one of the heavy Gatling guns defending the fortress. One of this sections sergeants came running next to the tall gun platform.

“”What is it Soldier!? I don´t have time for this! “” he shouted back. The Spartans shouldn’t be in range, yet.

“Si-Sir, I think you should see this…” the monitor on the lower console next to the gun platform flashed to life. The monitor showed a live picture from one of the long-range cameras. I was a figure, hanging on a front armor of a Spartan rover, in crucifix position. On the suit the figure wore, was the emblem of the Peacekeepers. Another peacekeeper soldier, obviously alive and aware of his situation.

“”I know that guy, I was in the same class with him, in the academy! Sir, I can´t shoot at them! I mean, they are only Spartans, but… I´d probably kill one of our guys in the process… I…” the soldiers was now whining, almost in a shock of seeing his comrade and friend in that situation.

The Sergeant was still looking at the monitor, his face pale. He protruded a shaking hand towards the in-line comm.


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Minutes later, the whole bunker saw in what peril their comrades were. Soldiers from all Gatling sections were horrified by what they saw. They started hesitating, and when it was time to open fire, they didn´t.
The defenders lines were in confusion and horror. Some soldiers closed their eyes as they targeted the nearest Spartan rovers, some were in panic, crying when seeing their friends and comrades and imagining, without even wanting to, what might it be if they were in the same situation. This was the ultimate atrocity for them

Commander Weiss saw that his gambling had paid off. It was time for the Spartans to act.

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“They aren´t firing at us, though were now in range. Sir?”

Commander Weiss was satisfied. Their losses would still be tremendous, but not as much if those peacekeeper would have had the first shot.
Yet another artillery shell hit the ground nearby shaking the command rover.

The commander didn’t even blink, as didn’t anyone else in the rover.

“”Open fire and then charge in …and put the song on…”” Weiss was now smiling, as if the devil himself had possessed him.

“Yes Sir!”. Their comm. officer was up a ladder, and in a small window area, a window shaping around him like a dome. Next to him was a comm. laser and small keyboard. After he wrote the message on the keyboard, the laser started automatically sending the message in short bursts to the nearest rovers, into special mirror-like receivers, which in turn automatically sent the message forward, and so on.

The song was an old earth classic, Blind Guardian: Ashes to ashes…

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The Spartans shot their missiles, beginning from the command rover and going like a wave through the Spartan ranks, the gunners shooting as soon as they got the command message.
In mere moments, the suns were covered behind a huge cloud of missiles, going towards the now seemingly small peacekeeper bunker fortification.
Just then did the peacekeepers understand what a mistake they had done, and opened fire. Beams of Gatling fire rippled through the air, hitting more than hard the first lines of Spartans.
Rovers exploded and tumbled, their front armors and human shields smashed to pieces by the deadly precision of the Gatling guns. The first waves of Spartan rovers were almost exclusively made out of Msl rovers, and the fact that they didn’t have much of a armor, made the defenders task seem easier.
But it was too late for the peacekeepers now. The huge swarms of missiles hit the bunker with a powerful punch, blowing in the bunkers “walls”, and destroying most of the guns immediately. Tons of rock and plasma steel flew as the rovers opened a hole into the bunker-fortress.

Most of the guns had been destroyed, but not all. Now the first rows of Spartan rovers or what was left of them, were blowing their way through the rubble, with the crew of the rovers behind the first waves readying itself for close combat.

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It was one hour after the initial charge into the bunker. The battle had been bogged down into a slugfest, between the remaining gatling-gun platforms and rovers. Although the first sections and even the whole “wall” had been completely destroyed by the swarm of missiles, the next smaller fortifications and the guns in them hadn’t been damaged so badly. Most of the first wave Msl rovers had been destroyed or damaged by now, and their crews are now fighting the battle on foot.



Sarge was screaming something to me. I couldn´t hear him, though he was right next to me. I just stared him.
Suddenly, he threw his missile launcher down from his shoulders, and hit me hard straight into the face.
I fell down onto the hard ground.
“…Thompson, you idiot! Get out of it and be ready to supply the launcher with rounds!” He took the missile launcher from the ground and threw me a belt of AT- missiles. They were small, as small as a mans palm, but extremely effective.

Damn weakling… I heard him muttering. We started running towards a large pile of rubble. Sounds of explosions and death were coming from everywhere, echoing from the remnants of buildings and walls.
From somewhere behind that pile of rubble we were heading towards, came the heavy sound of a gatling gun platform. A second later I heard the loud and obvious explosion of a rover. Probably one of ours.

Behind us, the remains of our quickly gathered squad were following. Three others, all of them carrying gatling rifles and moving with silent expertise. They were obviously at home on the battlefield.

I was running after the Sarge, carrying the AT belt and few more in a case I had picked up on the way. We climbed up the rubble pile, the Sarge leaning down on one knee and starting to aim at the target.
I automatically came next to him and punched the belt of missiles into the launcher.
I looked at the target.
For a moment, the gun platform amazed me. White, shining structure shooting gatling fire with a tremendous speed and precision high up on a tower, with nothing to defending it anymore. It had been hit twice already, judged by the ugly dents on it.

The serial fire coming from the missile launcher next to me finished the gatling gun. Dozens of small missiles went through its hull, and exploded in it, shredding to pieces the fragile humans in it.

Sarge sat down and took a deep breath. He was obviously tired, but a second later he got up and readied himself, listening to the loud booms coming behind that ruined wall.

“Okay, lets go. There should another one there.” He started to run towards that direction, the other team mates running after him, without even a hint of the tiredness.

I didn´t say anything, taking the case of belts with me and starting to run after the Sarge.

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After a bloody battle, the two armies took control of the bunkers, leaving one distressed bunker between them.
As they moved from both sides, and leaving the now completely ruined bunkers behind them, the now arrived artillery started bombarding the occupants of the next target bunker.
The two armies surrounded the bunker, and with a last desperate push, Weiss threw all he got against the lonely fortress.

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The atmosphere was exhilarating. Private John Kensel, a driver of in one of the rovers in the first wave was in ecstasy.
I front of him he saw the tall walls of the bunker and the gatling beams coming from there. Hitting the rover right next to his.

“*ssholes, here I am, shoot me!” he screamed to them. His co-driver was next to him, dead, killed by a shrapnel. And his gunner had gone lunatic, shooting missiles as fast as possible.

The charging rovers were being massacred. The beams sliced through their ranks. That it, until the first wave of missiles hit the walls, destroying in turn the most of the Gatling platforms.

A hammering beam hit Kensels front armor in the last possible moment. The rover screeched into a violent halt, throwing Kensel forward, stopped only by the seat belt.

John watched through the smoke coming out of the rovers burning forward part, as a new wave of rovers passed him and charged into the ruins.

“Damn it! Not now, not when we are winning…Noo!” He quickly tried to take of the seat belt and run, but it was too late for him. The rover exploded into a furious ball of fire, one of dozens of others on the battlefield.


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The battle was over. The third bunker had been conquered, and the battle-weary Spartan forces had paid a bloody price for this victory.
It was now time to plan the attack on UN Data Acquisition, and wait for arriving supplies and reinforcement. Most of the forces that had suffered damage were stuffed into the now conquered bunker, while the still able ones were to patrol around the newly conquered area, ready to greet any incoming enemy forces with a warm missile.

(OOC: Whoa, this post is long! Just noticed… anyways, three Spartan Msl units and one War rover unit were completely destroyed, with two rover units having more than 60% procent damage. These two units were joined, making one unit with 20% damage. The rest have from 10-40% dam.
I´ll write the attack post on the bunkers near UN haven city later.
BTW, guardian, where are the reserve units right now?

[[LordLMP]]

OOC: Are the glued PKs wearing air masks?

U.N. Humanity Base

General Kane and the rest of his Loyal troops arrived at U.N. Humanity Base. He was already setting up his command in the area lent by the Peacekeepers there. The Gatling Squad will stay help defend the Planetneck against anything may send after him, but he doubts it. Yang will not waste his Security Forces like that, suicide practicly to fight in a chokepoint.

Kane quickly received reports from the Five Gatling Rovers that has now arrived at Data Acquisition. He also received reports from the Peacekeepers that the Spartans as succeeded in breaking through the defence lines north of Data Acquisition. The Spartans has taking over some bunker and are now resting. Kane sends orders to the Major Kurita...

U.N. Data Acquisition

Major Kurita have received orders from General Kane to move towards the Defence Lines to do some hit and runs on the spartans, currently weakened after pushing through the PKs Defence Lines. Avoid the captured bunkers.

All of the Five Hive Gatling Rovers moves north and spread out.


Note: one unit is Elite, rest are Commandos. They are the Hive and are more into combat, and they are efficient aswell. Psychological Warfare doesn't work on them.

OOC: Supplies/reinforcements does not instantly come within a day, may take a week or two. Hive Rovers will start their Hit and runs before those supplies/reinforcements arrive.

[[LordLMP]]

OOC: Christine, the planets mind is Planetmind. Admin doesn't say anything about the Hive population be considerably loyal. Anyway, the Hive use ta be slaves and good many of them are Drones. Free Drone propaganda will work Riots are always easy to start and there always this thing called mind control. Just that, the Probe Team is not attempting a Total Mind Control attempt of the base.


Upland Wastes

Six Elite Msl Battle Dragon units spread across the Upland Wastes. They have already taken several Sensor Arrays belonging to the Spartans. Some units are now moving towards the Spartan Air Base they found to take it out.


Janissary Rock

The Probe Team as already succeeded in starting up the Riots using Free Drone Propaganda and the Spartans mistreatment of Drones and so on. The Probe Team amplified the riot by starting setting up random bombs at Spartan Barracks and Police Stations.


OOC: Should I assumed that the Pirates and Data Angels traded techs?

[Cyber]

OOC: How the hell can the Hivers move so fast to UN Data acquisition?´In a few days several thousand kilometers?

From: Terry Volister, Governor of Janissary Rock.
To: Colonel Santiago

Colonel, there are riots brewing up here. It´s mostly ex-Hive population getting nostalgical with their old roots. I don´t know who has put that sh*t into their heads, but they themselves haven´t started this. Just mere days ago they were ready to throw their lives for the good of all Spartans, including themselves, but now something has taken control over them. Should we use nerve stapling, or should I just leave the Voluntary units to do their job. Also another rioting causer, was bombs exploding in some of our police stations and and garrisons. Two dead, 13 wounded. Some of the damn bombs were in completely odd locations, like in the garrison dumpster.
By the way, we have apprehended a suspect behind these riots. He claimed to the rioters to be a messenger from the Hive, bringing news about the Hives new good fortune with democracy, and how they didn’t treat badly their followers anymore. Plainly, bullsh*t.
Our security troops quickly captured him and calmed down this group of rioters by showing the real situation in the Hive. But this was just the tip of the iceberg, different propaganda shows have been going on around the base the whole day. Everytime a sec.teams comes to the site, the inciters are gone and a angry mob awaits answers.
We have already sent him to be interrogated there in Sparta Command. Our preliminary questioning indicates that this is a member of some probe team. But from what faction, that remains a mystery.


From: Colonel Santiago
To: Terry Volister, Governor of Janissary Rock

If the situation gets bad enough, meaning the industry there is paralyzed or the overall security of the base is jeopardized, use Nerve Stapling. Otherwise, let the voluntary citizen units to do their jobs.

From: Chief of Security, of the Secret airbase in Northern wastes.
To: Colonel Santiago

Colonel, there is an emergency situation here. Multiple Sensor arrays have been attacked here, some even converted. The arrays have clearly shown, before captured or destroyed, that these are not natives but human rover units. They don’t show any emblems or something from which to be identified from.
I am evacuating this base now, and destroying anything valuable.


From: Colonel Santiago
To: Alexandro Demeneras

Alexandro, from reports heard from different sources, I suspect there is a large-scale covert operation in Janissary Rocks, as a staging for an attack, coming probably from the Wastes.
Now, what I want you to do, is to send all possible operatives from Sparta Command to Janissary Rock. I want that enemy probe team eliminated, possibly captured and interrogated.
I am sending the Blockade Guardians near Janissary Rock, as they are no longer needed on the new blockade.
Meanwhile, you will have someone new to torture, as one suspected member of a probe team is being hauled here, as we speak.

The Blockade Guardians

Ten battle expert rovers and one artillery. Their task of building a second blockade was interrupted by a high priority order. They were to go to Janissary Rock, secure completely the base, and wait there for further orders. Alert order for them was, ready to be attacked in a moments notice. This was a routine Spartan Alert situation.
After a moment of wondering of why the in the name of Hell they were supposed to go to Janissary Rock, the commander ordered the Guardians to pack up and towards the nearest highway. As the Guardians traveled, the normally busy highways were cleared in the name of national security, so the army had a clear way to Janissary Rocks.

(OOC: Highways, meaning roads The Spartan area, and a little further, is literally covered with Sensor arrays, so approaching armies would be detected early enough for appropriate actions to be taken… )


From: Colonel Santiago
To: Chairman Yang

So, we have a deal then, my friend. The technology has been sent to you. Now is time for your part of the deal.
Also, its time for your troops to come into the war. Use the new technology given to you, and together we will crush the peacekeepers.
To sweeten the pot, lets divide the Pro-War peacekeeper area. All western territories, except UN Data Acquisition are yours, while we take the eastern part.
Agreed?

(OOC: Natan, make up yourself a big army, following the guide lines LordLMP gave.)

Happenings, Post-Falling Walls

The Rover units not in the bunkers, altogether six units plus the two Artilleries stationed nearby, circled all around the area capturing or destroying Sensor arrays and scattered defenders. Two rovers, one of them the Ultra elite command unit of Weiss, attacked the three now retreating artillery units, damaging badly two and scattering one.

It was these two units that found a large abandoned sensor array, which after being converted, showed the nearby area. And the fast approaching unidentified(Hive) units.
No initial confusion or panic occurred, as the unidentified units obviously hadn´t noticed them or just thought thy hadn´t been detected, but with the help of the converted sensor arrays the Spartans could see them.

Commander Weiss quickly readied an ambush plan, and warned the rest of the mobile Spartan units. The other four were to continue on, as if they didn’t know about the Hive units, while the two units were to go behind hive forces and charge them.
Right then would the four other Spartan units turn and greet the Hivers with a warm missile.
A plan worth trying, after all they had endured.
(OOC: Hey, weren´t the bunkers after all surrounded by sensor arrays )


From: Colonel Santiago
To: Foreman Domai

Foreman, although you didn´t answer my last proposal, I took the risk. Now you have a peace treaty with the Hive, as long as you don´t continue using your converting propaganda or any other action seen as hostile. Neither the Hive nor the Spartans will attack you, for that you have my word. There is no need for you to be a part of this Great War.
But I paid a considerable price for this peace treaty. The only thing I ask of you in return is to be our friends, without us fearing that you will put a dagger in our backs or giving the right for enemy probe teams to go through your territory. That, and information about the doings of the Chiron Alliance in the Northern Wastes and in our territory. I know they have sent units to help you, but we have sent whole armies to your rescue, and now this peace treaty.
Also, I offer a place for you in our new alliance. I understand, if you don´t wan´t join, but atleast stay neutral in the War.

[Natan]

From: Chairman Yang of the Hive
To: Foreman Domai

I have ordered my forces to terminate hostilities. You have 36 hours to do likewise, or else I shall consider our treaty null and void. You have 72 hours to terminate all propaganda activities within Hive territory. Additionally, by the terms of our treaty, you must immediately terminate all probe team activities within Hive territory. Naturally, I will do likewise.

From: Chairman Shen-ji Yang
To: General Kane

I am greatly dissapointed in you today, General Kane. You were my disciple, a great warrior, and a pillar of the Hive. And now, you have deserted us and turned your back on all that we stand for. Make no mistake, you cannot remain loyal to any of the our principles while fighting for our enemies. I am greatly saddened that you have sunk so low, especially through something as foolish as an emotional relationship, particularly such an ill advised one, with a man who hates all that we stand for and is pledged to destroy us. However, because you have been a loyal soldier, I am giving you one last chance. You may switch sides, attacking the peacekeeper forces around you, or you may be a traitor, shunned forever. Remember, a traitor's fate is death.

From: Chairman Yang
To: Commander of military forces, Northern sector

Terminate all hostile engagements with Drone forces within the next 36 hours. Tighten security on the border with the Drones, making special use of rover patrols and land mines. Establish a defensive network of bunkers along the border. The first of these objectives shall be given high priority, the next medium, and the last low.

From: Chairman Yang
To: Minister of Industry

Commence the upgrading of our military forces. Gatling and impact units are to be replaced by missile ones, with the now obsolete weaponry to be delivered to regional security (militia) forces. Retrofit garrisons with anti aircraft capabilities. Construct a series of bunkers near the border, particularly at planetneck. Lastly, begin construction of defensive structures, particularly naval bases, in coastal cities in case of Pirate or other foriegn invasion. You are authorized to take workers off of their regular duties to achieve this goal as rapidly as possible, and to make use of garrison and internal security forces, if necessary. Give high priority to southern command.

From: Chairman Shen-ji Yang
To: An-ji Tsao, minister of education

All education refreshment and re-education activities are to be coordinated with the ministry of industry and be subordinate to the needs of the ministry of industry until further notice.

From: An-ji Tsao, minister of education
To: Chairman Shen-ji Yang

Results of latest survey of the adult population:

¥ ~85 percent of the population meets minimum ideological purity standard of loyalty to the Hive, its leaders, and ideals.
¥ ~70 percent of the population is considered highly loyal
¥ ~40 percent of the population meets higher ideological purity standards of immunity to emotional entreaties.


OOC: My, this game is fun. But I wish I had a map
[This message has been edited by Natan (edited March 18, 2001).]

[Christantine The Great]

Broken PK defense lines, Spartan Camp...

A lone locust crept into the Spartan camp. It quietly probed all of the commander's minds until it found the perfect horror to project...

One commander of a rover group was resting after a long day. He was one of the only people outside of the Junta to get gene bath to keep him alive. He closed his eyes and pictured a vision of his Kansas home, a vision that would unwind his tense muscles after a long day. He started to relax deeper then he ever did. "Am I falling asleep already?" he asked himself.

The locust landed behind his head...

""The vision started to get darker. "This is strange," he told himself. The sky was filled with clouds and it started to rain. A nice, cool rain. A suprising well done vision of rain.""

The locust probed further into his mind...

""The clouds started to spin around and around. They got darker and darker. The spinning got so fast a tornado funnel appeared! He screamed as chains wrapped around his body. Then he didn't make anymore sounds. He tried to scream but couldn't make a single sound.""

The locust latched onto his spinal column...

""The tornado made its way to his house in Kansas, ripping it to shreads. He saw his personal rover next to him. He took out his old laser pistol and shot at the chains. They withdrew and he got into his rover.""

Meanwhile several Spartans had been sucessful in holding down their crazed commander. Suddenly the commander ripped his personal laser pistol from his belt and shot several of the men holding him down. He ran for his rover.

""The tornado came closer to him. Its spinning put him into a trance. All he could do was drive in circles. Whenever walls of rovers would appear, he would shoot them down with his missles. He broke free from the circle and started to drive away.""

The Spartans were completely caught by suprise. Somehow a single Planet creature had gotten into their camp and did this to one of their own. They started to shoot at the rover with their personal weapons, but the Spartan's inability to massproduce anything had taken its toll. Most of the regulars just had refurbished shreadder pistols and laser pistols. Some of the top brass had gatling pistols but that was it. The rover's armor didn't make the job much easier. When the rover would encounter another rover it would blow it up. The rover stopped going in circles and started to head for the "parking lot", what the Spartans called the perfectly lined up rovers of the commanders.

""The tornado disappeared, along with Kansas. The rover was spinning through space. He looked back at Earth to see it start to glow. The oceans dried up and then the planet exploded. Chunks of earth flew away from the place where Earth had been. Some hit the Moon, spewing more chunks of rock out into space. He noticed the Unity, speeding away from Earth at a startling speed. The ship rocketed toward the stars, to reach Alpha Centauri in about 40 years. All across the ship where Peacekeeper emblems. And he saw a small shuttle fly out of the Unity's hanger. The shuttle sped away from the Unity and exploded. A piece of metal from the shuttle flew past him. It had the Spartan symbol on it.""

Now the rover was speeding toward the parked rovers. Some of the rovers were being brought away but there wouldn't be enough time to bring them all. Taking an educated guess on where the rover would go, they started to make a path between the rovers. It didn't look like they could do it in time...

""The rover was spinning toward the Unity, overtaking it. He decided to blow his nuclear reactor as soon as he hit the hull. He was going to take out every last Peacekeeper in that ship.""

The rover hit another parked rover...

""The rover hit the hull...""

"Um...sir I'm picking up an energy spike from that..."

""The last thing he saw was the great, proud, doomed Unity rip itself apart as the fusion reactor exploded.""

A mushroom cloud...

2 Minutes later...

"What the **** happened out there?"

"We don't know sir. Just that a rover hit a group of parked rovers, then its reactor went critical. Sir...I'm picking up a huge shape on radar. Locusts!"

OOC: Scratch one Spartan rover group, I would say it was an important one with a man who had gene therapy. Cyber, be my guest in the Locust fight.

[[LordLMP]]

OOC: Do remember Cyber, the Nautilus Pirates Probe Teams do have Data Angel training. They are good at what they do, no matter their morale. Interogation will be hard, no matter how torturous it is. 10 Blockade Guardian units??? they seem to have mysteriously grown in size. And Kane's Units are using roads you know. almost been a week they were travelling to! Oh and the Spartan units has no way of know of Kane's units are rogue. Since Hive hasn't told the Spartans yet Natan, will get a gif pic of Hive territory, but there is also the list of coordinates in the Admin which you can make your own map from.


Upland Wastes

The Battle Dragons found the Airbase in ruins. The Spartans have recently abandon it and destroyed anything useful. It shows that they knows of their presence. They also received encrypt messages from the probe team in Free Drone territory that the Blockade Guardians have withdrawn from the borders. There is chances that they are rerouting to Janissary Rock. The Battle Dragons will continue to completly secure the Upland Wastes and being keeping a watch for any of Spartan units.

Janissary Rock

After the lost of a Probe, the rest of the team became more careful, but continue to startup riots. Their random bombings continued by including the various industrial complexes. When the Volunter Militia started to stop riots using non-lethal means, the Probe Team got the hive rioters to fight the militia using lethal means. Since the whole population practicly had their own weapons (God-willing right to bear arm ), various firefights started. The Probes also started revolution cells under the Free Drone banner and appointed various leaders. That way, will be harder to tract them down. Some infiltrators at Centurion Cave sent a message that the Blockade Guardians are moving to Janissary Rock. The Probe Team doesn't seem to have much time left...

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OOC: Cyber, the reasons why the negociations with the Hive for a peace treaty is taking so long is because Free Drones will not stop their propaganda and even if Domai told them to stop, doesn't mean all the operatives in Hive territory will stop. many of them are Hive drones, citizens and so on that are spreading it! Hive wouldn't sign the treaty because of what the Free Drones want from Hive, like stop the mistreatment of Drones, follow the human rights, give the Drone freedom and so on. And Natan, Free Drones and Hive currently have a Blood Truce, so there is no hostilities at the moment, especially when the northern hive forces were preparing for stage 1 of the original plan until the Chairman changed his mind. Oh and the Spartans don't know of the pirates helping the Free Drones, except only knowing that the Chiron Alliance somehow helped the free drones with something, but doesn't know whom.

To: Colonel Santiego
From: Foreman Domai

I thank you for your help Colonel, but we still have no agreement with the Hive has they are not willing to do what we ask if we are to cease our propaganda in Hive territory and so on.

The Free Drones are not letting any foreign probe teams to traverse our territory. If they are, we sure do not know of it.

The only the Free Drones will consider joining your alliance if the Spartans and Hive agree to follow the U.N. Charter to the letter.

Foreman Domai

OOC: Domai sort of knows that Pirates may of used Free Drone territory has a base of operations into the Spartans and Hive, but Domai doesn't what they are doing, where they are and what they are up to. Like, he doesn't yet that Janissary Rock's Drones are revolting And blake, maybe being very poor is sufficient reason to riot and the way Spartans are pushing their crappy industry so hard may make people unhappy, being overworked and all. And since their Spartan Drones, doubt they are afraid to fight aswell

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To: Chairman Yang
From: General Kane

We will still follow the Hive code no matter where we are. Chairman, we are simply honoring our deal with Braddock which you haved agreed yourself and we have no intentions to dishonor it. If you choose to consider us traitors for keeping our Honor, so be it. We are Hive and always will be.

General Kane

To: Major Kurita
From: General Kane

I am receiving reports that some PK Sensor Arrays has been captured by the Spartans. They may know that your units are coming, so be aware of any Spartan traps. You know how they fight, so show them their faults.

General Kane

Area North of U.N. Data Acquistion

Major Kurita has received General Kane's message. Some of the his units have detected PK artillery that are retreating from Defence Lines. Kurita ordered the units to intercept them while the rest continue towards the Spartans. After a moment of thought, he sends a message on all known spartan frequencies to the the spartans units at the Defence Lines.

"This is Major Kurita of Hive currently leading the Five Hive Units. We have been ordered to abandon the Peacekeepers and to join up with your forces. The Peacekeepers and my General do not know of this. We have no intentions to betray the Hive"

The whole message is true, just not the whole truth. His units have indeed been contacted by Hive Command few days ago, but he hasn't aknowledge them. That would of been unwise as the Peacekeepers may intercept it and become hostile towards his units. But the Units have no intention of betraying their superior officer, General Kane. He then waits for a response from the spartans while his units continue to move towards them.


[This message has been edited by [LordLMP] (edited March 18, 2001).]

[Christantine The Great]

OOC: LordLMP, the Planetary Mind is Planetmind's programming. Planetmind doesn't know that the Planetary Mind is actually her. But she still can't change the program, preserve and protect Planet. Does anyone want to pick up the AntiMind? I really don't think I am doing a good job with them.

[Christantine The Great]

OOC: LordLMP, the Planetary Mind is Planetmind's programming. Planetmind doesn't know that the Planetary Mind is actually her. But she still can't change the program, preserve and protect Planet. Does anyone want to pick up the AntiMind? I really don't think I am doing a good job with them.

[Guardian]

OOC: Where are the PK reserve units? Why, they're still sitting in their positions along the defense line near Haven City, waiting for the Spartan main army to seek them out. The following forces are present in this area... Reserve units: 5 elite assault rovers with soporific gas pods (2 with 10% damage), 5 veteran gas msl. artillery. Frontline survivors: 5 commando msl. rovers (10-30% damage), 2 veteran msl. artillery, (approx. 20% damage). Defensive units (in bunkers): 5 veteran/commando gatling squads, 2 veteran msl. artillery.
In others words, when the Spartan main army approaches the lines, it will be bombarded by 9 artillery units, then engaged by a total of 10 rover units and 5 gatling infantry units. The artillery units also have AA (SAM) capability, and air cover/support can be called in from Haven City.
Also in the area are the following Cult units: 2 spore launchers (great/mature boil) and 5 mindworm boils (2 demon boil, 3 great boil). Spore launchers will engage when Spartans are in range, whilst the mindworms will stay hidden amongst the bunkers, ready to pounce on any Spartans who try to engage in close combat on foot like in the Battle of Falling Walls...
Should be enough to hold the line, even against Spartan main army...

Also, the 5 intercepting rover units are coming out of the Dunes, moving towards the area just south of the hole the Spartans punched in the defense line in the west. They will not plunge head first into an attack, but try to join up with friendly forces in the area and watch for an opportunity, possibly do some hit & run style attacks on the weakened Spartan units if they can get there in time...

Oh, and just because the bunkers have been blasted to smithereens, that doesn't mean the ground there is perfectly flat and suitable for rovers to blow through at top speed! There would still be sh*tloads of obstacles, natural and man-made, not to mention all the debris left over from the fighting! It's gonna take a while to clear good paths through all this mess, or the rovers are gonna have to slow down and crawl their way through...
(end of OOC)


U.N. Enforcement Base

"Is it safe to enter now?"
Commander Grafton of the Special Forces was addressing the orderly at the door, who simply shrugged in response. When General Braddock received the report describing how the Spartans had assaulted the defense lines with prisoners glued to the front armor of their rovers, he had gone ballistic! Santiago might be decades ahead of him in terms of experience and military training, but if he could have gotten to her right there and then, Grafton thought his general would have had a pretty good chance of killing her with his bare hands. The thought was both somewhat comforting and a little unnerving...
Taking a deep breath, he knocked twice, then opened the door and slipped through, closing the door behind him. There were matters to discuss that just couldn't wait...


Peacekeeper defense line, near Haven City

The troops were furious! They were still holding back... watching and waiting, but with gritty determination. Their time would come, and when it did, there would be hell to pay for any Spartan unfortunate enough to come near them. Nobody really knew for sure what the Spartans were up to, but they were ready for almost anything, including nerve gas. Commander Cooke looked around himself and cursed silently under his breath. The determination in the soldiers' faces was a good thing, but the anger and hate they could have done without... This wasn't just about fighting an enemy anymore. The Spartans could have called off the war right now and we wouldn't want to quit! We don't just want peace anymore, we hate the Spartans and we want to destroy them! This was just no good. Cooke couldn't blame the troops though. He felt the same way himself. But this wasn't the time to worry about that. The Spartans couldn't possibly wait much longer now... He didn't really know what would happen once the Spartans made their move, but he doubted that there would be any prisoners taken...

[This message has been edited by Guardian (edited March 19, 2001).]

[Christantine The Great]

Spartan camp...

The sky was full of locust screams. Thousands of them fell from the sky from missles and flame guns. Planetmind sent out a final message and the locusts formed themselves into a long, solid shaft of locusts. The flew high above the range of the missles and flame guns (which isn't that high, just about 600 feet considering that the missles arn't SAM and fire doesn't get too far on Chiron) and then darted toward the surface, ripping apart two rovers before flying through a solid wall of synthmetal, escaping.

Dream to Commissioner Lal...

I am sending forces to help you. They will arrive on the shore of the old continent now.

OOC: That is four great boil locusts, 8 demon boil mindworms, and two great boil spore launchers (they can destroy bunkers).

Somewhere near the Fossil Field Ridge...

The copters finally reached the old PK continent after almost three weeks of travel. They quickly unloaded onto the beach and took an old Unity pod shell coated with plasma steel. They brought that onto the beach and covered it in sand and fungus. The copters were dismantled except for one fast one. That was covered with fungus outside. They would wait until the time was right.

[Natan]

From: Chairman Shen-ji Yang of the Hive
To: Colonel Corazon Santiago

My forces are upgrading and preparing for the assault. I must warn you, however, that my former general, Kane, has defected to the Spartans. He may or may not return to my faction. If you sight Hive forces beyond their normal area of operations, take whatever precautions you deem fit.
-Yang


From: Chairman Shen-ji Yang
To: Major Kurita

Top Secret

You are ordered to lead all loyal forces in assassinating General Kane as soon as possible. Afterwards, you are to radio me the signal that you have completed the task, and begin attacking Peacekeeper forces in the area.

From: Chairman Shen-ji Yang
To: Minister of communications

Change all encryptions to new codes. (OOC: Have to make sure Kane can't intercept my messages. But it would be unlike the Hive to explain this when it is superflous to the orders given)

From: Minister of industry
To: Chairman Yang

We have completed the bunkers at planetneck, and the upgrading of our military force is proceeding well.

[Natan]

double post.
[This message has been edited by Natan (edited March 19, 2001).]

[Argonaut]

OOC: I wasn't sure what you exactly wanted to trade. Are we just doing whatever the other doesn't have?

Morgan Bank

The base's governor moved swiftly through the corridor. The sound of fighting in the streets could be heard clearly, even through the thick blast doors that covered the inner sanctum of the base's central command. His only hope left was to get to his escape pod and get the hell out as fast as he could.

It was as if it happened instantly, the base garrison suddenly defecting and civil disturbances breaking out all across the base. Even the majority of the impending assault fleet had turned. Ever since he had assumed the position of governor at Morgan Bank, he had to deal with the reprecutions of the retrival of the base from Data Angel control. Now it seemed that it was all worthless, and that the Data Angel supporters were winning.

As he turned around the corridor, shots were fired and he watched his escort fall to the ground around him. Right in front of him stood four people clad in the black armour of a probe operative.

"I believe Governor, that this brings a conclusion to the little game we've been playing. Consider yourself replaced." The probe operative who spoke this, gestured to two of his companions and the Governor was taken into custody.

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Angel's Herald

Morgan Bank Declares for the Data Angels

Word was recieved today that the people of Morgan Bank have revolted against CEO Morgan's unethical rule, and have declared for the Data Angels. The bases citizens, garrisons, and even elements of the Morgan Invasions force that was set to move against us have agreed to support our cause. Already, a new administration is being set-up, until the time that proper elections can be held. In an unrelated event, an energy crash has severely reduced Data Angel funds, and the Minister of Finances said that the Data Angels "must prepare for tough times ahead, but can rest assured that our economy is still strong and will recover."

OOC: Two Pulse-3 garrisons, a Gatling Infantry, Gatling Rover and an Air Transport were captured.