GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENT
December 15, 2007
On 0930 GMT today, our forces have launched an all out attack in the Sardonyx Sector in locale gaming locale 983-0083-0038. This is a broadcast;
” Dear Sardons,
As you all know we have been fighting for nearly 6 months with hardly any resolution. Today our interspacing forces along with 18 of the ‘Internationale’ have broken through the salient, east of the Arullian plains in a surprise lightning attack. There are almost 170 divisions in the order of battle.
It gives me no pleasure to say that we have tried every possible avenue to explore peace, but failed, because of the corrupt leadership of the Sardonyx Senate who are intent on prolonging this mischief at the greater detriment of the Mining Federation.
Great people of Sardonyx, I Darkness have no quarrel with you. I give you my word, our troops will abide by the order of Kanly and we come in the name of peace.
Please welcome our liberation force with open arms – as we are here to free you.
Kind people of Sardonyx, you have nothing to lose but your chains.
Darkness”
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THIS IS YOUR FRIENDLY BROTHERHOOD CONTROLLER – KOHO.
NOTE ALL SPACE GEO-STATIC TRAFFIC WILL NOW BE DIVERTED TO THE SPACE STATION DIMITRI – AN EXCLUSION ZONE OF EXTENDING BEYOND THE ANDROMEDA SYSTEM HAS BEEN DECLARED 900 PARSEC NORTH NORTH EAST OF THE CORDON AREA – ALL VESSELS ENTERING THIS AREA WILL BE SHOT ON SIGHT.
A CURFEW HAS BEEN IMPOSED ON THE PLANET DNI, ALL TRADE FEDERATION VESSELS ARE TO HOLD IN SECTOR 9945-008 AND MAINTAIN HOLD PATTERN TO AWAIT FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS.
ALL VESSELS FAILING TO ABIDE BY THIS WILL BE SHOT ON SIGHT.
WE HAVE NO WAY TO ESTABLISHING COM-SAT WITH ANYONE, THIS WILL BE CHANNEL LINK / ALL PROTEST CONCERNING THE ACTIONS OF THE BROTHERHOOD SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE COMMITTEE 057 HEADED BY VOLLARIANE / IN THE INTERSPACING GUILD / AN EMERGENCY MEETING WILL BE HELD ON 009-945 PRIMUS TIME TO DISCUSS THIS MATTER.
KOHO
We general order, 988 division has been destroyed – mobile units progressing now to Proyonkha – sector 056 / cut – transmission from Kdj totenkopft Germania Div.
There are holding.
Fuel: low
Ord: low
Damage Rep: 70% com-sat out relying on hand signals and flares / out com-sat / Kdj
We are no match for the professional and seasoned troops of the seige machine – we wish to surrender – however, we have been unable to establish a diplomatic link to the invasionary forces – will darkness extend his hand of friendship to save us? We await his reply.
[Intercepted for the Grobonaksy – time: 9903/008 – Source: Sardo-Khan 37th Listening Post]
Source: believed to be from Princess Arullian, we have confirmed codex transmission / verification is 80%.
[This is a com-sat from the Dimitri / Transmission: 009/56 / Source: KOHO]
Greetings your Royal Highness Arullian,
We regret to inform you all our divisions are under strict orders to maintain radio silence / They are under strict orders not to respond / we have received confirmation of your SOS message / we have sent a elite guard unit under the order of purple to extract you from the palace ; they have already parachuted into the palace grounds and my recent com with them states, the sector has been secured / the shuttle “Lyceum,” will take you and your entourage to berth on board the space station Dimitri where our diplomats await your arrival / darkness sends his salutations and expresses his deepest concerns for the welfare of the Royal Creche, he offers you the lodgings on board our flagship ‘les enfants du paradis.’ He says, ‘rest first, the rest is not important as only your safety concerns me for the moment.’
KOHO
[This is a com-sat from the 130th / South East of Proyonkha / Locale: 9983/05 – Nacramanga.
“KOHO,
Inform the Council, our armor division have eliminated all resistance in the Steppes North of Pyranka,
The following divisions are now situated at locale 0098/9 North of Proyonkha.
(1) Totenkopft (Germania Units) – Motorized / Armor.
(2) Immortals – Turkish / Spanish Div / 30 infantry.
(3) Leibstandarte – 899th Death heads – Armor.
Their supply lines have been cut off / encirclement is 100% – we await further orders / KOHO note, we are relying on hand signals and flares / radio silence is still the order of the day /
The resistance movement is requesting for an armistice.
Long live the Brotherhood!
Nacramanga.
[LP 704 / NNW – sector blue]
KOHO /
SENDING ROBOT PROBE INTO HOT SEC / REQUEST FEED TO ESTABLISH A VID LINK / WE NEED TO SEE WHAT WE ARE FACING IN P-Y-K / ALL UNITS CURRENTLY AT 84 / CL – DEFENSIVE HORSESHOE SET UP / LOW OF FUEL / REQUEST RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF GROUND COM – CAN NO LONGER SEE RELY ON HAND SIGNALS! THE LIGHT IS LOW! REQUEST FOR EST OF GROUND COM! END
T SEC / CAP
[Dimitri – com-sat general broadcast to DZ 5]
Advised to keep low electronic signature / com-link will not be established – repeat; keep low electronic signature.
We need time to consult with EPAC.
How do you expect them to co-ordinate without radio??????????? Visibility is near zero, what flag signals are you talking abt KOHO????????
We have a satellite visual. Be advised to pull back to defensive horse shoe a DZZ Sector 692/09/445 / No radio.
Do not enter Proyonkha / Proceed to form up along the horse shoe at sector 930 / we need time to get a report from the robot probe.
[This is a general broadcast – com-sat]
“Listen to me. Proyonkha has 4 subterranean levels, of which we know of. What abt the ones we do not know of? – we know it has a combined labyrinth network close to 13,000 km, I have every reason to believe our intelligence is wrong, the figure is 10 times this! – Never forget these ppl are miners, so it is perhaps the most complex underground system in this whole universe. On the surface every building and bridge is dust so what? From the first day, all their planners know there is only one recourse a defensive war with attrition being the main phalanx of the strategy – so what if our pincers have encircled 40 divisions, from what I am able to see these are the lowest quality troops, so where may I ask are their first divisions? So what if we reduce every street, block and alley into rubble and burn it till it become glass? Have we forgotten there are beneath it all? We must not allow our initial successes to buoy us to the point where we become so detached and drunk that we are completely unhinged from reality – that’s a good as throwing the cusp to the wind. I know most of you who are less experienced are expecting all this to be over bfr Xmass, you may leave our ranks. I do not need amatuers, I need men who know what is expected from them – so it is best, if you go now. As that has alway remained an illusion. Bear in mind, we are up against General Chuiko and his planners. I fought against him in the Ascension Wars and I can think of no other more brilliant strategist who is more eminently qualified to fashion a defensive plan / sending our heavy armor into Proyonkha will be certain death akin to this. So lets get real:
I want you to watch it again and again and again, till you can memorize every single clip and narrate it even when you are all asleep backwards and forwards all 12 episodes of it – this is why, we cannot move into Proyonkha .We need take up a perimeter defensive position on the high ground SSW at sector 9430/098 and prepare for the onset of an approaching winter – I have discussed this matter with all the section commanders in the Arrulian front and they will brief the unit commanders – priority would be to establish a logistical chain along the two pincers that we have closed and to maintain linkages with our supply chain. If we do not manage this linkage well, we dont stand a chance for the prosecution of a long battle.
Now you all know this is just the beginning of a very long battle, but what did you really expect? A walk in the park?”
Darkness 2007
[Official Comminique From Darkness]
“Give me what I want and I will go away – I ask only that the original terms and conditions of our mining concession be honored – give me this and I promise you, we will leave your planet within 24 hours.”
Darkness 2007
[From The Interspacing Legation / Message received at 472.92 / Transmitted somewhere 200 parsec from the declared exclusion zone at the out skirts of Planet D’ni.
[First sentence lost] protest under the strongest terms, the declaration of an exclusion zone is clearly in breach of the Marramollian Treaty.
We have sent our diplomats to make a case in the Legation to protest your unwarranted provocation.
We demand that you, the brotherhood provide us an escort and guarantee the passage of our vessels – the ‘Nostromo’ and ‘Liberati’ are at location 602/85. The Legation is demanding that you allow independent observers to oversee the invasion of the D’ni theatre of operations.]
END
[From The Space Station Dimitri – command center 16 / EPAC]
[At 72.98 / two medium sized ion vessels were destroyed after straying into the exclusion zone / despite repeated attempts to turn them back, these warnings were ignored / @ 920.82
Sard-Khan divisions were ordered to torpedo the Scientific vessel “Nostromo” and the hospital vessel, “The Liberati.”
Nearly 8 attempts were made to hail these vessels to no avail / @ 920.88, they were destroyed – there are no survivors END]
KOHO who was the idiot that gave the order to shot down a hospital vessel? I cannot believe the continental team that took over the Pacific shift fucked up so badly! Do you have any idea what sort of explaining I will have to do with the Legation???????????????? I want the full transcript of the com – pls send it to me now!
Calm down. I have reviewed the vid-sat / 8 attempts were made to hail the ‘Liberati.’ On at least 4 occasions, tracers were fired broad side as warning shots to advise them to turn back: THESE WARNINGS WERE NOT HEEDED! THEIR NAVIGATION LIGHTS WERE OFF / IF THEY WERE REALLY CIVILIAN VESSELS WHY WERE DID THEY ASSUME COMBAT MODE?
@ 89.09, Both the Dimitri and the Sentinel, registered that the vessel claimed to be the “Liberati” had powered up their shields and prepared for full weaponization of Plasma canons.
What did you really expect us all to do?
OK lets not waste time trying to deal with spilled milk issues – what’s done is done and cannot be undone. No matter how right we are to take out a hospital space vessel, that will not cut one molecule of ice with the Legation and Federation. It just goes a long way to confirm their opinion that we are a bunch of thugs.
Ask Vollariane and his Memphisto to send a diplomatic team to the Legation / they will know what to do – it is only a matter of time bfr the Legation and confederation will impose sanctions on our Trade Guilds.
Gentlemen we have lost the PR war today. I fear this means while we may win every battle, we will still lose the war – Bc the real war is in the hearts and minds.
Darkness 2007
Listen carefully to me. This was all pre-planned, no one in their right mind will order a hospital space vessel into an exclusion zone – they gambled that we will overeact and they gambled right, we lose, they win. It was brilliantly planned executed with precision and design to put pressure on us on the diplomatic front. We were just too dumb to see it.
This puts us in an untenable position, many of our European Allies don’t want beef with the Legation / sanctions will come along with the cancellation of landing rights / ask Vollariane to send a diplomatic team to the Legation stall for time.
This changes everything, we can no longer use time as a weapon – prepare for war.
Darkness 2007
Darkness,
We should at least try to make an effort to inform the Legation that it was an innocent mistake. I believe we have a chance of convincing some of them.
I really don’t understand how such a series of coincidences could have happened. Why didn’t weren’t their lights on? How did they manage to get so deep in without being detected? There was a 15 min delay in the vid-com, I believe it could be a new type of warping tech that was used to insert the craft within the ex zone.
Listen here, I do not have time to negotiate with any of you – this is not a matter who is right or wrong, that counts for squat. All I know is this time tmr, everyone in the gaming network is just to have one thing in their heads, the brotherhood downed a hospital vessel, that is all they are going to remember. This is a case of a man caught with his pants down, the rest is just academic – do you understand me?
So if you talking abt the truth, I say fuck it, the truth is what they think and I rather rule in hell than be ruled in heaven.
Gentlemen we are in the shit hole, so you can all stand there and play 20 questions with me or you can help with bury the stiff in our living room – listen carefully to me, I want you AB and SB to go with Atomic Chimp get the rest of scholars to calculate how long I have to do my thing here in D’ni – I need the whole line up fuel projections, logistics right down to how long I can fight it out here without running out of bullets, get 3 teams to work round the clock on this, I need it tmr – get Vollariane to go down to the Legation and stall those mothers, promise them anything, tell them anything they want to hear, just buy me 48 hrs- we are going in this is the real one, there are no turnings after this point, we bite, suck it in and just go with the flow, thats as good as it gets.
Do you understand me?
Good.
This is a general alert all troops have been mobilized, we are attacking in 2 hours – the interspacing guild will be folding space to D’ni pls report to your stations.
The Chronicler
This is a general alert all troops to report to your stations – we will be attacking D’ni on the New Year / prepare for war
The Chronicler