The Chiron Chronicle 6: 2182

[DarkCloud]

OOC: I'll post in about 2 days, everyone please look at my post in Discussions.

[Guardian]

To: Chairman Yang of the Hive
From: General Braddock

Your proposal is acceptable. If you can supply us with enough missile rovers to equip six regiments within a year, we shall gladly share our files on advanced sub atomic theory. The basic design (6-1-2) is acceptable for now. If all goes well, we can discuss production orders for more advanced models at a later stage.

General Braddock


U.N. Missile Foil Crusader

The six foils were now slowing down and altering course to begin a slow, lazy patrol of the area. They were now about 650 nautical miles (a bit over 1000 km) away from the Hive's coast. At this distance they were harmless to the Hive, and the Hive was harmless to them. They were also out of range of deep radar or any other long range sensors, so they and the land based Hive forces could not see each other. In other words, they couldn't do much from this position, and they were indeed not doing much at the moment. However, the reason for their being here lay not in what they could do from here, but in where they could go from here; If things went sour again, they could re-enter the Planetneck theatre in a matter of hours. They would be staying in this area for some time, just in case...


At the defense line, west of U.N. Haven City

Commander Cooke had just finished an abbreviated inspection round and found himself smiling. The mood of the troops had changed in the light of recent developments. Their determination was still there, but the anger and hate that had in some cases been threatening to flare out of control was now being replaced by a cool, calculating confidence. The Spartans are isolated now. The Hive won't help them anymore, the Morgans won't help them anymore and the University is too busy being @ssholes on their own! And the damned Spartans have started fighting amongst themselves! We on the other hand are more united, better coordinated and more motivated than we have been for decades, we have more resources than they do and a strong alliance backing us. Damn it, we can do this! We can win! We can beat the Spartans! Yes, it will still be hard, but it can be done. And there is no need for us to reduce ourselves to their level. There is no need to become Spartans. We can fight this war as Peacekeepers and come out of it with our honor and integrity still intact. And then we will not only have beaten the Spartans. We will also have proven that they are wrong! The thought made him smile even wider.


[OOC: Am I to play out the "Clash of the Titans" on my own now that Cyber's gone or should I wait for someone else to tell me what the Spartans are going to do?
Oh, and I just realized that the war against the Spartans has been going on for a full year already! The Peacekeepers should have some reinforcements on the way by now... ]


U.N. News Network

*Broadcast begins with the image of the blue and white flag of Peacekeepers flying high and proud against a blue sky on a clear summer's day. A fanfare is playing in the background as a somewhat agitated, yet steady and confident voice announces that this is the U.N. News Network with today's headlines.*

Voice: In spite of the loss of Data Acquisition to the Spartans, things are looking better now than they have for some time. The Spartan Federation is now completely isolated, as the Hive has officially withdrawn from the Apex alliance and signed a peace treaty with the Peacekeeping Forces. Chairman Yang and the Central Committee have proven more reasonable than some of us would have thought.

*New scene: Planetneck, Peacekeeper side. Formers and groups of soldiers are busy cleaning up the area and repairing the bunkers. The soldiers are quite obviously kind of pissed off about something... The camera zooms in on a group of bodies that have not yet been removed, obviously nerve gas victims...*

Voice: However, the decision not to pursue the Hive's use of nerve gas in the conflict does not sit well with our people.

*New scene: U.N. Enforcement Base. Angry mobs being held at bay by riot police outside General Braddock's headquarters. Similar scenes from U.N. Headquarters...*

Voice: In spite of this, most of us do understand the reasoning behind the agreement and the need to focus our efforts on fending off the Spartan threat.

*New scene: U.N. Enforcement Base again. Three regiments of Data Angel rovers parading through the streets, heading out of the base to the north...*

Voice: The Data Angel rover units that have been receiving upgrades at U.N. Enforcement Base are now ready for action. They moved out earlier today, heading north towards the Spartan front.

*New scene: Two U.N. Transport foils escorted by three missile foils, off the coast of PK Island. The transports are loaded with rovers and supplies headed for the Eastern Continent. The camera zooms in on a rack of missiles on the deck of one of the foils. The missiles themselves are full of "greetings" from the workers and crew who have handled them. One of these "greetings" stands out clearly and remains on the screen for a while; scrawled on the front section of the missile is the message "If you can read this, you're a lucky Spartan..."*

[[LordLMP]]

OOC: Guardian, i will be doing summaries of what the spartans are doing. And can build your rovers at the island and crew them on the continent. it is alowed and makes sence.
Nautilus have three units on the central continent :P and the most advance and powerful there to at the moment :P one north of Inspiration Point at the border, and the other two north-east of Garland Crater, between Epsilon Center and University Heights.
Darkcloud, sorry, but maybe better if you state your ideas at the discussion, no? :P and no nukes please. Pi Complex south of Manifold Nexus and east of Inspiration Point is vulnerable to University attacks from Outpost #1 and Zarya-Sunrise, while Inspiration Point is more concentrative of Ally military.

Hotzones on the continent: Data Angel/University Border, between Trojan Source and Cosmograd. Cyborg/University border between Epsilon Center and Research Heights and between Inspiration Point and Library of Planet.


Spartans...


The Main Army is waiting impatiently for the order to attack from the general, who is waiting for some response from the Junta in Sparta Command. Something is going there and the general is not sure. He knows that the general of the blockade guardians was ordered to Sparta Command for "processing", for defying orders to have his units equip with Nerve Gas and to attack the unknown Rovers in the Upland Wastes. He is also currently receiving reports that the "unknown" rovers have attacked and wipe out some of the Guardian units near Blast Rifle Crag. The unknown rovers (OOC: nautilus battle dragons) are currently sieging the base. The rest of the Blockade Guardians are being slow to respond, because they were waiting for their general and currently having sabotage problems. So by the time they get to Blast Rifle Crag, the Unknown rovers may of already taken Blast Rifle Crag. With that situation going up north, the combine army being cut off by the peacekeepers and now the Hive backed off from the alliance, the Junta is in disarray. Since the General of the Main Army is part of the Junta, he waits until some news or response from Sparta Command, who have been keeping quiet in past month.

the Cult of War units are taking a beating, losing a unit so far. Yet, they are still giving a lot of pressure to the Peacekeepers and its allies at the defence lines. the Cult of War units seem to be trying pierce through the defence lines.

As for the Combine Army, well, their supply and retreat route as benn cut off, but they are still in control of Data Acquisition. They are short in supplies, but they still start raiding/attacking the local surroundings and "acquiring slaves" from the farms, forests and mines. They are pretty much waiting for the peacekeepers to attack.

OOC: the clash of the titans will happen, just delayed a bit

[Guardian]

Planetneck

The three Cyborg regiments had arrived at the Planetneck the day before. There had been some confusion regarding their presence here, as the Cyborgs had already signed a Treaty of Friendship with the Hive. However, their orders had not been changed, so here they were. The Peacekeeping Special Forces who were already there seemed strangely ambivalent towards the newcomers...


From: General Braddock
To: Chairman Yang of the Hive

Chairman, I feel I should inform you that our forces at the Planetneck are being reinforced by three Cyborg regiments of Trained Silksteel Sentinels. These are defensive units and they're no threat to your forces unless you actually attack them, which we hope you will not do.
On a different subject, we would like to alter the specifications for some of the rovers we have ordered from your factories. If possible, I would like two of these units to be equipped with Deep Radar.

General Braddock


From: Commissioner Pravin Lal
To: Prime Function Aki Zeta-5

Yes, we have indeed tightened our security, and I am proud of the results we have achieved in such a relatively short time, although I deeply regret that these steps were necessary. Your data on Silksteel Alloys are safe with us now, and do not worry about your hesitation to share it with us. Even I can see that you did right under the circumstances.
Hopefully, we shall see better times than this.

Commissioner Pravin Lal


From: Fleet Commander George Evans, U.N. Navy
To: Captain Svensgaard of the Nautilus Pirates

Any chance of learning how to build cruisers?

[Natan]

From: Chairman Shen-ji Yang
To: Ministry of Industry

You are to begin the construction of six 6-1-2 rover regiments, two of them to be equipped with advanced "deep radar" sensor systems. Do not, repeat, do not, train any additional soldiers to man these regiments. Construction must be completed within the year. However, you are to continue the upgrading of our gatling rovers to missile armaments. Use of military forces to complete this mission is authorized.

From: The central Committee
To: Ministries of Science, Industry

You are to begin construction of a second human genome project. Focus attention on the ability to produce new human beings while forgoing the natural reproductive process, on developing the ability to conduct advanced genetic engineering of humans and others predictably and efficiently. Aditionally, you are to research the effects of genetic engineering on our society, and determine, in conjunction with the Central Committee, how we can best make use of the fruits of your labors. For now, your work on this project, although highly important, is to be considered secondary to a certain important project currently being carried out by the ministry of industry. Your resources will be limited, but we expect you to make the most of it.

OOC: I think I can build the rovers and do some work on the Human Genome project at the same time since my forces are no longer on a war footing, I am not training troops to man the rovers, and I don't expect to do that much work on the human genome project this year. But no one answered my question about technological research in an earlier post.

[Guardian]

U.N. News Network

*Broadcast begins with the now familiar image of the blue and white flag of Peacekeepers flying high and proud against a blue sky on a clear summer's day. A fanfare is playing in the background as today's headlines are announced...*

Voice: It's a great day for the alliance! The Chiron Alliance in general and our alliance with our friend the Planetmind in particular. Finally, we have some good news to report that aren't about war! We have made a scientific breakthrough in the field of Ecological Engineering.

*New scene: A hill... covered in fungus... the camera "climbs" the hill - and there, sitting in the fungus on top of the hill, is Commissioner Lal...*

Lal: Lifeforms have always shown remarkable skill at innovation and ingenuity in the face of environmental hurdles. Unfortunately, in the case of our species, this "ingenuity" has often had an absolutely devastating impact on our environment. As a result, we destroyed the very world that we lived in. By all rights, we should have been extinct by now. However, we found this new Planet, and it has taken us in and given us a second chance... and we have a chance now to prove that we do learn from our mistakes. Are we worthy of this second chance, or should the Planetmind send the mindworms and locusts in to kill us all off while there is still time? That, my brothers and sisters, is up to us, and our ability to live in a world without destroying it.
Today, we have announced the completion of a new line of research, which we have called Ecological Engineering. This research leads to new ways of thriving within the existing ecosystem, rather than competing with it. This is just the kind of thing we need in order to prove ourselves worthy of a second chance.
As is customary, this new technology will be made available to our Chiron Alliance partners immediately.


[OOC: I know the Cult of Planet already has this tech, but I don't think anybody else does... you'd think the Gaians might be into this kind of research as well, but I haven't heard anything about it so I'm assuming the Peacekeepers are the first non-Cult faction to come up with this...]


Dream to Planetmind...

My dear friend...

General Braddock wanted to give you a medal for what you did at the Planetneck during the recent skirmishes with the forces of the Hive. However, I have a different idea...
Instead of a medal, I propose to turn our side of the Planetneck into a "Chiron Preserve" with fungal fields and forests for your children to sing and play in. Do you like this idea?


[This message has been edited by Guardian (edited April 10, 2001).]

[Christantine The Great]

OOC: To stur things up I think I'll give Planetmind a head cold...

Dream to Commissioner Lal

That would be very kind. I could use the land to make new troops to protect the island. I need new...neural pathways...Spartt.....Destruction.

New PLANETFUNGUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Guardian]

Dream to Planetmind...

Yes, my friend. We now have the ability to plant new fungus!
And we shall get to work on it immediately!
Will this help your current... illness? Or is there anything else we can do?


Planetneck

The soldiers would have to finish repairing the bunkers on their own.
The formers were moving out...


U.N. Enforcement Base

The crews of two new regiments eagerly awaited the arrival of their rovers...


Defense line, west of Haven City

Commander Cooke was getting restless. The Spartans still hadn't made their move. What the hell was going on?? Why haven't they moved? They must know this waiting game isn't exactly making us weaker...


South of Data Acquisition

The three regiments of Data Angel rovers were moving north at best speed...


[This message has been edited by Guardian (edited April 16, 2001).]

[Natan]

OOC:Will someone please tell me what the time scale is for the tech advance formula and how to use it? I hate to whine, but I need to know.

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

The first two 6-1-2 rovers should be on the way to planetneck within two weeks.

Location: The Hive-Free Drone border, between Laborer's Throng and the fungal patch. Laborers are building a defensive line all along the border.
Time: 5:30, planet time.

The Private, First Class, was guarding the laborers. It was a hot day, as usual on this part of planet. The laborers were working on a bunker complex. Some were pouring cement for pilboxes, others were laying landmines. Still others were digging tunnels and foxholes. One group was making an observation tower. They were, for the most part, working diligently.
He watched as one laborer pulled his head out of the tunnel he was digging and called over his work supervisor, a young member of the Yang Security Forces, to take a look at the tunnel. As the other laborers on that tunnel watched, the two men crawled into it together, but only the laborer came back out. A look of terror was on his face as he started running towards thte private screaming "Mindworms! Mindworms! They're in the tunnel! They killed the supervisor!" The Private, a little suspicious, shouted back "Plug the tunnel!," but the laborer kept running. By know the entire camp was readying whatever weapons it had. The guards were readying their flame guns. The Private came running to the tunnel to look himself, and the laborer hit him on the head with his shovel and pryed the Private's semi-automatic carbine out of his cold dead hands. He had struck the private with the edge of the shovel, and the blow was so hard that the private was unconscious and bleeding from his head. The laborer flicked off the gun's safety and turned it on the other guards, who were all running towards him with their flame guns. They stopped, then ran for cover, but it was too late. Seven or eight of them were dead. The laborer was a good shot. The other laborers were fleeing now, except for a few who had struck their own guards and taken their weapons in a similar manner, and were engaged in the same kind of maniacal shooting. Most on the scene assumed that they had been driven mad by the mindworms, but there were no mindworms to be seen. Soon, the worksite was abandoned, except for a few brave souls. One of them turned to the man who had just gunned down a dozen guards and declared "Good shooting Sam. Let's go home now." The gunmen turned to him and spoke firmly, but with love, as he said "No. We must liberate the others first."

... to be continued

[DarkCloud]

OOC: Natan Use either of these:

Every 40 (Game Month Days)-
60% to tech- 4 tech pts.
50% to tech- 3 tech pts.
40% to tech- 2 tech pts.

and the original-

7+ [(tech%+#tech)*2]-fac
7+[(50%+9)*2]-5
7+[9.5 *2]-5
7+ 19 -5=21

The original is 7 points times your tech% plus your number of techs
times two minus your faction bonus.

If I remember correctly, (well, LMP XWaste and myself drafted this 4 months ago! ) you were to receive 6 tech points a game month if you had 60% to tech, 5 if you had 50% and so on.

Probe Leader Anastasius Koph-Powell Transmitting to Head Academican Prokhor Zakharov

Sir... Zak... we have been ambushed... Cyborgs everywhere... Device disabled-
Deny all involvement... I... suicide... wish... luck... ... ... ... ...

Council Meeting in University Base

Zakharov> We must figure some way to avoid losing face in this failed nuclear detonation;
if it had worked we would be in a position to bully the Cyborgs into peace- but now...
VonClant-Reynolds> Sir- how about we apologize, halt all forward motion against the Cyborgs
and give them Daniel Jakhobs-Howell as a prisoner.
Zakharov> That sounds like a capital idea.
VonClant-Reynolds> Thank you sir.

Zakharov> If that works we will then move into Plan Beta.
VonClant-Reynolds> Plan Beta?
Zakharov> Show it to them Cryzal.
Cryzal Cold-Quezan> Thank you- now as you can see from this map we have several layers of
bedrock under University Base. Drilling through them will cost us development for war
materials, but should allow our research to continue at full speed. What drilling through them
will give us is a large amount of tunnels under Chiron where we can conduct our experiments
safely and out of the way of other factions quarrels.

This project may take up to twenty years just to relocate University Base itself, but Rocky
Crag and Memorial Caverns already have large amounts of tunnels dug out. It would only take
at most a year for them to seal themselves off under 50 tons of rock, and with the new agricultural
tools, they should be able to survive.

After that the engineers in Rocky Crag will begin to dig tunnels towards University Base
and within a period of 50 to a hundred years the University will be completly underground,
supplied by the suns' nutritious rays with 'sun crystals' which are in development as we
speak.

These 'sun crystals' will be carried by mindworms to light the way and nurish our people.
And thus, we shall become fully independent of the overworld.

*clapping*

Daniel Jakhobs-Howell on radio to Anastasius Koph-Powell

Anastasius- can you read me- can you read me Anastasius, I didnt see a mushroom cloud yet-
what is keeping your mission- Anastasius!

[[LordLMP]]

OOC: Natan - I say percentage of resources would depend on what your faction is currently doing. will allow your faction being half or two/third way into some new tech, but would be a bit slow with the upgrading of military, second human genome, re-education and so on going on.
Darkcloud - tunnels from Rocky Crag to University Base, or did i get it wrong? if so, that would take a long long long time. over 10 000 kilometres from each other! and can't exactly completly turn University Base underground. Further expansion underground wise yes, but not tear down the base and make it underground, especially with large population. the top parts of the base already built should mostly still be there, mostly abandoned or whatever. for the people that rather stay above-ground :P to connect all of University with caverns could take centuries and wouldn't seriously be healthy for the planet, and would almost be impossible to properly maintain too, with tectonic shifts,, planetmind, and so on. not giving heck, just trying show and make sence of the idea Also, if the military from Rocky Crag, which should be small and hidden, decide to attack, would reveal the base and then Cyborgs will be the area and will soon find the base and Memorial Caverns. at the moment, the Cyborgs don't seriously know of them and could go around in building a new cyborg base on top of them too :P
Guardian - the clash of the titans will happen, but will not be as much of a big thing as Cyber would of made i was wondering, what are you going to with the survivors of U.N. SeaQuest?
SMAC Fanatic - sent the map of the continent to ya, gif form. anyone else want it? the points would be per month for the new one, the old, every 5 months? I know factions been getting new techs, but some already had them, just not mentioned until now and there is a big activity of exchanging techs sence the War and before it.
Argonaut - what is the coordinates of The Sprawl please?


To: Aki Zeta-Five, Cyborgs
From: Captain Svensgaard

Dear Svensgaard,
After much deliberation on our part, we have decided to allow your researchers into our city. However, this will only happen on three conditions - they are not to leave the environs of Alpha Prime, they are to have all their movements carefully documented by our observations teams, and any and all advances are to be shared with us immediately.
Yours in friendship and co-operation,
Aki Zeta-5

I accept those conditions. A Nautilus Science Team will be sent and should be at Alpha Prime in about a month.

Captain Svensgaard

To: Datatech Sinder Roze
From: Captain Svensgaard

Then don't return Morgan Bank, wasn't asking your faction to do so. Just told Morgan that you people COULD, nothing about your people will. I don't like Morgan either, but taking advantage of him and his faction would indeed be profitable. Also allows us to keep tabs on the Morganites.

Captain Svensgaard

To: Fleet Commander George Evans, U.N. Navy
From: Captain Svensgaard

You people sure getting the habit of calling faction leaders without following the chain of command. If you want our technology in making cruisers, ask your Commissioner to ask me for it. Besides, i would think your faction have the research facilities and naval yards to figure out how to build a Cruiser, especially when our naval yards was supplying Merchant Cruisers to your merchants.

Captain Svensgaard

(OOC: the Apollo freighter that blew up SeaQuest was a Merchant Cruiser. they are not design for military use, but should help boost research on Doctrine: Iniciative. the contruction of Cruisers takes awhile to build, longer than a Foil)


Siege of Blast Rifle Crag

The six Battle Dragons have been sieging and blockading the base for couple of weeks now. They are not coming out of the base to fight them, but their Perimeter Defence is quite ready. Surprisingly, the bases garrisons have ECM Jammers, so will make it even harder to conquer the base. Sure they can do it, but they would suffer major losses doing so and won't have much left to keep the base very long. The rest of the Blockade Guardians are not coming after them it seems, but have regrouped at Janissary Rock. The Probe Team succeeded in distracting them, but they weren't even bothering coming. That is very strange. The Probe Team seem to have been lost, the spartan probes at the base must of got'em. Anyway, the Battle Dragons will continue to Siege Blast Rifle Crag until Gaian reinforcements arrive or whatever.

Library of Planet, University Territory

LMP's Probe Team were able to get across the border with the other two porbe teams with the help of the Battle Dragon unit. They were able to sneak into Library of Planet, despite the large military presence. The been there for almost a month now, contacting various Infiltrators and some of LMP's connections to find anything on Project Alpha. The only thing they found so far are rumours, nothing concrete. If this Project does exist, than it is very well kept secret, surprisingly for University. The only he can seriously find anything useful would be to get to the capital, University Base. So they went there...

Morgan Industries

The Probe Team sent to acquire Planetary Economics have succeeded for sure, but Morganites have giving the tech the Pirates after they pulled out. So since then, they shipped the files they acquired to "Nautilus of the Sea" anyhow, just incase that Morgan may pull a fast one on the Pirates. Sence then, they pretty much dulled around, acquiring recon information and checking on the status of some infiltrators, which one got killed during the bombarment. While they were snooping on the local network, they discovered that the Morganites are having a Secret Project going, known as the Planetary Energy Grid. The project has slowed down to almost an halt when they got into the war, but they are not focusing their attention on it now that they are at peace again. This project surely boost the Morgan economy considerably. In the rate it is currently going, the Project would be completed 1-2 years. They quickly sent this data on the Secret Project asap to Nautilus Intelligence.


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To: General Braddock
From: General Kane of Hive

Thank you and yes, would be nice to be able to get back to Hive territory, but that will not be possible. There is not much chances of me staying as General, even then, Hive "re-education" is technicly "brainwash", as you people put it. I will not return, but as for the rest of my units, it is their decision. I will not stop them. I will continue to help you peacekeepers in defeating the Spartans.

General Kane of Hive

To: General Kane
From: Major Kurita

I brought the remmants of our units to the Monolith, which is currently repairing and rebuilding our units, while also building some replacements. We were able to salvage some wrecked Spartan rovers and their missile launchers. Because of that, the Monolith upgraded our units with Missile Launchers, which was interesting. Of course, the biggest wonder is still the reviving and repairing of our dead soldiers, but not enough to properly crew all of the rovers. Our Hive knowledge of properly taking advantage of Monoliths is quite useful. We will stay here until our units are back in shape.

Major Kurita

OOC: i know, i may be a bit exagerative. Monoliths is still a serious mystery, and just want to make it seem that the Hive have done lots of research on them and taking advantage of. with the presence of superior technology at the Monolith automaticly got it to upgrade all the rovers that it was repairing, rebuilding and building. The idea of bringing soldiers back life makes sence, how could the Hive units pilot rovers without replacement troops? as if Hive will send replacements to units that "betrayed" them, but the revived soldiers would have some mental and memory side effects, since their brains were dead and there would be neural damage, which was repaired/regenerated, but the memory no. Also, not all of the dead soldiers they brought got revived and they didn't brough dead soldiers, that lost their heads(or a hole in them), into pieces, completly burnt to the bones and so on. so they, only have about 3 msl rovers now, with no armour, and some not properly crewed.


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Sparta Command

When General Kell (OOC: Sparta Kell mentioned a few times in the Datalinks and some stories in AC Fiction ), the commander of Blockade Guardians, arrived to Sparta Command about a month ago, he found the base was in disarray. There were skirmishs throughout the base between the Spartan garrisons, some of populace and few Cult of War people. Colonel Santiego has declared the disbandement of the Junta after some big arguments about General Kell, Santiego's leadership and all sorts of other things. Technicly, there is a small civil war going, revolution or whatever going on between Santiego and the Junta. Santiego ordered the communication blockout of the whole base to prevent the Junta members in contacting anyone at the other bases. during the past month, Sparta Command was currently being purged of the Junta and their loyalists with the help of the Minister of Intelligence and General Kell. Some of the Junta was instantly killed at the start of the whole thing, rest ran into hiding or lead some of their loyalists from the garrisons and the population into trying to stop Santiego. One by one they were defeated and killed by the Santiego's followers, which is most of the base. Some Junta succeeded in escaping the base and to properly hiding in some hidden spots of the base. The Communication blackout as been lifted and Santiego is now reorganizing a new government and the Sparta Command. She established the new Spartan War Council, appointing new ministers, generals, governors and so on. General Kell has been giving command of the Spartan Military has the Minister of Military. The first session of the War Council was an important one. The Minister of Intelligence was to purge the entire faction of the Junta and its loyalists, or anyone else against Santiego and the newly reformed Government (which is still a Police State). General Kell was to reorginize the Military and to coordinate with Spartan Intelligence in purging the Junta. Sparta Command is secured, and still being even more secured, but there is the problem is that the Main Army isn't the vicinity, because they are all currently located at the PK front, under the command of Junta General Von Gelzburg. The Combine Army (what is left of the North,West and South armies) are at U.N. Data Acquisition behind enemy lines, under Commander Weiss, which the Council are not sure of his loyalties. The Blockade Guardians are at Janissary Rock and are loyal to General Kell specificly, which is ok, aslong they don't follow the Junta. As for the loyalties of the Cult of War is still unknown. The Spartan Navy is unknown aswell. They are not sure about the Governors and Garrisons. Unknown Rovers are sieging Blast Rifle Crag and the Hive pulled out of the Alliance, which doesn't surprise the Council. why would they bother dealing with the Spartans who are currently fighting among selves? For the time being, the Spartans will be isolated to the rest of the world until Sparta Command regains proper control of the whole faction and the Junta purged. The Military will run this faction like it always should have been, not by some greedy political corrupt facists Junta.

[OOC: Now Spray, you take charge of them now :P I made room for you to shape the Spartans and Santiego the way you want now, but not without its problems. Santiego/War Council will have to purge the faction of the Junta and its loyalists, regain some bases which the Junta may control and so on. leave the story to you. But makes sence for the Junta having control of Southern Bases, especially with the Main Army. Some other bases may not follow the Junta or Santiego to be independent on their own. But is for sure that Santiego has control of Sparta Command and Janissary Rock with the Blockade Guardians. I was thinking of getting Blast Rifle Crag's Governor to make a deal with the Battle Dragons sieging the base for a "cease-fire" and allow them in the base. Governor could be Junta loyalist, or simply was one and doesn't want to get "purged", so why not try to get unknown rovers to hir or whatever. But do have to watch out, since the population are hardcore spartans and believe in honor. they will not accept surrender or being giving control to another faction or whatever. Can send whats left of Blockade Guardians to stop the Unknown Rovers, but would get weakened and Santiego won't have much of a military left under her control to stop/get rid of the Junta army under their control. The Combine Army is an unknown and are stuck behind enemy lines, so won't be a factor unless they found a way to get out of peacekeeper terrtitory, but will be hard as the PKs, Kane's Hive units, and Data Angel reinforcements will be surrounding them and retake Data Acquisition. anyway, you have control of the Spartans. do remember, what is done is done.


Main Army

Junta General Von Helzburg received a Comm message from the Governor of War Outpost(Junta loyalist) about the situation at Sparta Command and that the remmants of the Junta are on the run. Also saying that Santiego has got the Intelligence to start purging the faction of the Junta. That is grave news to the Junta, never thought something like this could happen. The Main Army is currently under his command, so could go stop Santiego, but there is still the Peacekeepers to deal with. So he thens orders some units he knows that are Santiego followers to distract/attack the PKs while the rest of Main Army pulls back to War Outpost. Many of the commanders of the units were wondering whats going, but they were following orders anyhow.

3-4 Main Army units start moving towards the Defence Lines to attack while the rest start moving to War Outpost.

[DarkCloud]

OOC: I wouldnt move 'everything underground', just most- I did say it would take upwards of at least 50 years... anyways... estimates are never always correct

This just gives the University more of an excuse to be an group of isolationists which are a cramp in the side of everyone because of their complaints that others are trespassing on their territory

If the Cyborgs write towards peace then the war is over, Zak will sacrifice Jakhobs and a few other rovers...

Of course Daniel Jakhobs-Howell will escape... but thats another story...

[Guardian]

[OOC: Well, I didn't realize that the Peacekeepers had been receiving merchant cruisers and stuff... Guess Evans wouldn't have asked then, since - as you say - they could figure it out on their own, and quite possibly would have already done so by now... Anyway, I estimate the U.N. Navy will launch its' first cruiser some time in 2183 (not this year but the next), and possibly not until the last half of the year. They are currently busy building rovers and aircraft for use against the Spartans, and the continental bases have their hands full trying to train enough crews for these units and the ones the Hive is building rovers for...
As for the U.N. SeaQuest surivivors... well, a good little bunch of them have joined the military, and many of these have been shipped to the continent for training. Others have been sent various places were labor was needed for the war industry, and... well, that's about it for now. Eventually, some of them will head back out to sea to found another base, but probably not until after the war. For the time being, they're just doing their best to help fight the Spartans...]


U.N. Enforcement Base

The transports from the island had arrived and been unloaded. Two new regiments of Assault Rovers were forming up and getting ready to move out. Back at the training facilities, other crews were being pushed to the limit and then yet a little further... another two units were supposed to be ready in less than a month...


South of U.N. Data Acquisition...

The three Data Angel units had taken up position at the very edge of the base radius... They were waiting for orders...


At the defense line, west of U.N. Haven City...

Commander Cooke stared at the incoming sensor data in disbelief. A couple of hours ago, what looked like maybe 3 or 4 Spartan regiments had appeared at extreme detection range, approaching the lines... They were still coming, and there still weren't any more of them. Have the Spartans lost their minds? Or is this another diversion?? Well, they're hading almost straight for us... Just four regiments with no backup... if they try to attack us with that, they must be either insane or just plain suicidal...
He went to call in another aerial recon...

[Natan]

OOC: So how to I use that formula? How much tech do I get each month, since the month seems to be the scale you're using?

Rovers are now moving out towards the planetneck on large trucks, to be turned over to the peacekeepers secretly under cover of darkness in a few days.

[DarkCloud]

OOC: Perhaps LMP can explain better- I think I have explained it as best I can.

If you give 60% to tech you get 6 points with one plan

The other plan- I forgot how it works, sorry
oh well...