November 2008

SANDWALKER DEFEATS LONGVISION!

Posted By: Dice Article: NOV08-1 Reported To: INN Reported On: Demaria Reported At: Wed Nov 05 12:53:35 3008 New Alhira, Demaria: The results of New Alhira's first incumbent election have just been ratified by the electoral commission. Senator Twinstripes Sandwalker has defeated incumbent President Tuftcheek Longvision by a razor thin margin, 50.5 to 49.5 percent. His Demaria First Party has seized control of the Demaria Planetary Senate and is expected to ratify his election and appoint him President in the coming days.~Dapperfur Newschaser, INN

Rain of Frogs Terrifies Outbackers

Posted By: Dice Article: NOV08-2 Reported To: INN Reported On: Mars Reported At: Wed Nov 05 23:30:44 3008 A bizarre and seemingly inexplicable phenomenon rendered the inhabitants of a tiny Outbacker town on Mars horrified and speechless. Out of a perfectly clear sky today, at approximately 6 pm local time, a sudden rainfall surprised the residents of Liceum. Surprise turned to disbelief and terror when, upon closer examination, the sporadic rainfall was shown to consist of not only raindrops but frogs, tadpoles, tiny fish and miscellaneous other aquatic lifeforms."We're good folk here," local farmer Juliana Prospero insisted, while sweeping away some of the grisly precipitation from her front porch. "Don't know what this signifies, but I'm going to be praying to the gods that it don't end up literal cats and dogs next."As of this time, the phenomenon remains completely unsolved. Tornadoes have been known to produce similar results in very rare cases, but absolutely no weather disturbance has been reported within miles of Liceum.~Helena Aurelia Meto

Five Dead on Antimone In Tragic Accident

Posted By: Dice Article: NOV08-3 Reported To: INN Reported On: Antimone Reported At: Thu Nov 06 15:17:24 3008 New Valsho, Antimone: A small group of Timonese herders fell prey to the noted dangers of the lush but deadly Valley of Providence today. A distant onlooker saw the five individuals, roped together to move through the valley's uneven footing, tumble off the side of a cliff into a deep fissure below. They have since been identified as a grandfather, a father, a mother, a daughter and her lover- Toye Vexio, 107; Jahoro Ailan, 68; Pavora Fellez, 56; Hanara Fellez, 27; and Baire Kiven, 31. The family was well-known and loved among the close-knit farmers of the Valley of Providence. Rescue missions on the less settled areas of Valsho Peak are commonly considered too dangerous to attempt, as they have a reputation for loss of all hands. Due to the extremely inhospitable conditions of the Lerez Heights, the area in which the group was searching for a lost herd of ralix, the family has waived all search attempts. "No one else needs to die like my parents," a visibly overwrought Paho Ailan, Pavora and Jahoro's oldest son, told this reporter. A funeral in absentia will be held tomorrow at the Fellez farmhouse, 6 pm Valsho time.~Ilexar Kesei, INN

Timonese Family Reappears?

Posted By: Dice Article: NOV08-4 Reported To: INN Reported On: Antimone Reported At: Fri Nov 07 12:31:18 3008 Sorrow turned to joy when the five hikers reported missing and presumed dead yesterday reappeared today- at their own funeral. However, they were not immediately recognized by the majority of guests, due to one simple and yet inexplicable fact- they appeared twenty years younger.The five hikers were perplexed at their funeral, medical examination revealing them to be in perfect health. DNA tests taken as part of the examination confirmed that these lookalikes were indeed the five missing hikers. The last year any of them recall is 2987, and physically they're all the appropriate ages to match; Hanaza Fellez, originally 27, is now a mere child of 6.Family members are grateful but deeply confused by this turn of events. Paho Ailan, speaking on behalf of the larger family, commented, "We thought we had lost them. Who are we to question the ways of Lin?"At last notice, the funeral had turned into a spontaneous party, to which this reporter has been asked to invite everyone.~Ilexar Kesei, INN

Courthouse Disappears- Disgraced Holovangelist Saved?

Posted By: Dice Article: NOV08-5 Reported To: INN Reported On: Castor Reported At: Mon Nov 10 12:48:29 3008 Ursiniru, Castor: A holovangelist was seemingly delivered by divine forces from an arraignment for fraud and embezzlement today.Jenny Hollins has been in the news before; a well-known charismatic faith healer, she's been charged with stealing over two million credits' worth of assets from her church, the Church of the Anointed Redeemer. This splinter religion achieved only limited popularity- however, some of its few disciples were extremely rich, and so Jenny Hollins' holo-shows were distributed across multiple planets in the Orion Arm prior to her disgrace.At the time of the disturbance, Hollins was on her way to a courthouse in Castor- where she was discovered after a long flight from the law- to plead against her extradition to Sivad. She paused for a public prayer just outside the building, loudly and at great length, and at approximately the 13th minute of her speech the courthouse simply disappeared.Stunned Castori onlookers released the woman at once, in favor of attempting to locate the 47 employees within the courthouse at the time of its disappearance. So far, no sign of them has been found.Jenny Hollins stated only the following, while wiping away a tear: "God be praised, God be good. I'm sure She's cuddling those teddy bears to Her bountiful bosom right now. What a grand blessing for someone who has always done Her work."~Mithrin Kanchim, INN

Second Law of Thermodynamics Broken?

Posted By: Dice Article: NOV08-6 Reported To: INN Reported On: Deserata Reported At: Mon Nov 10 17:04:05 3008 A physicist visiting Deserata mysteriously went missing when the latest happening in the recent rash of inexplicable galactic occurrences interrupted his vacation.Simon Ainsworth of Hesperia University was inside a glass-framed House of Mirrors when a tremendous sonic boom directly overhead caused the building to shatter into pieces. Onlookers watched it crumple, only to rewind back to its original state. A gleeful shout concering entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics was heard from inside before the process repeated- this time, however, the fragments of glass continued to fall. The House of Mirrors is reportedly a near-complete loss, and no trace of Simon Ainsworth could be found in the rubble.This reporter notes that the Second Law of Thermodynamics explains the phenomenon of irreversibility in nature, a phenomenon seemingly violated in Dr. Ainsworth's strange disappearance.~Mira Torello, INN

Government detains terror suspects!

Posted By: Danger Article: NOV08-7 Reported To: INN Reported On: Demaria Reported At: Tue Nov 11 02:35:26 3008 New Alhira, Demaria: Officials in the Demarian Militia are reporting at this hour that a number of terrorists led by former Imperatrix Snowmist Shadowstalker have been apprehended in the act of smuggling weapons to the tribals on Demaria. The Militia has declined to release the personal information of the detainees, but images taken by ships in orbit report that the IND Raider and an unknown freighter were escorted to Moonstalker Station shortly after dropping out of FTL. A visibly shaken President Sandwalker, just hours after his inauguration as Demaria's second President, addressed the media with the following statement:"Justice always comes with a price. While at long last we have uncovered the source of our recent troubles and can lay them at the feet of our despots, incensed that the people have stood up for liberty, such a step did not come cheaply. I am now able to inform the people of Demaria that on their behalf I had ordered a special agent to track down the source of the weapons flowing into our world. Thundercrown Lighthunter gave his life, that the treasonous actions of the Imperatrix could be exposed. Because of his heroic sacrifice Demaria is now able to recognize fully the plot against her, a plot which if carried to fruition would have enslaved her people once again. In light of this ultimate sacrifice at tomorrow's session of the Senate I will recommend Lighthunter for our world's highest honor."The Senate is also expected to take up the issue of the Battleclaw in the coming days. Few analysts believe that current Battleclaw Silvereye Paintedheart would survive a vote in the Senate and expect his resignation as early as tomorrow. The frontrunner for the position is widely recognized to be Skyclaw Firegleam Starsoul, the current commanding officer of Moonstalker Station.- Dapperfur Newschaser, INN

Unusual Discoveries: The Waterfall That Isn't?

Posted By: Dice Article: NOV08-8 Reported To: INN Reported On: Demaria Reported At: Fri Nov 14 17:47:41 3008 Continuing the trend of abnormalities dominating the news media lately, a waterfall deep in the remote jungles of Demaria has been found that flows simultaneously up and down.Baffled planetary scientist Patchpelt Truthseeker consulted with this reporter to explain the phenomenon. "It is," she remarked, "a very curious thing. The water tumbles over the cliff and into what seems to be nothing less than a hole in mid-air. One can stand directly under this without feeling a drop of wet. Approximately twenty feet to the left of this first hole, a second hole reverses the water's flow smoothly back up into the stream."Citizens are advised to avoid this location if they happen to stumble across it, or any similar sort of irregularity. Local farmers have already reported a noticeable drop in the levels of the river the waterfall once fed.~Blackwhisker Steelmind, INN

Sandwalker Announces Militia Deployments

Posted By: Dice Article: NOV08-9 Reported To: INN Reported On: Demaria Reported At: Thu Nov 20 13:39:02 3008

New Alhira, Demaria: Days after naming Skyclaw Firegleam Starsoul as the new Battleclaw, President Twinstripes Sandwalker has announced a new strategy in what he calls New Alhira's war with the tribals. His orders instruct the Battleclaw to begin identifying Militia elements to be deployed on prolonged combat missions to the Sand Mother desert. This will mark the first time that New Alhiran forces have positioned themselves in the desert, and the first time since the disastrous raid on Old Alhira that the Demarian Militia has gone on the offensive. Said Sandwalker:"We take the fight to the enemy so that the pall of fear that has settled over our city will disappear. We take the fight to the enemy to ensure that our kits sleep soundly at night. Though there are dangers involved I am confident that the fighting individuals of our Militia will rise to every challenge. We can no longer tolerate that this enemy, this Redmask Lightspear and his band of barbarians, be allowed to move freely. What he has done to us will seem as a pinprick compared to the justice that we deliver to his sands. We do not come to this choice lightly, but as a people driven to the very brink of annihilation."Included in the order was a directive to be given to the commander of the nascent Allied Fleet, ordering that all Demarian elements be returned home immediately. Deployments are expected to begin within the month.INN Wire Service

Black hole effect engulfs city

Posted By: Brody Article: NOV08-10 Reported To: SBS Reported On: Sivad Reported At: Thu Nov 20 17:39:14 3008 YNOS, SIVAD - The island city of Grand Enaj on Sivad has been consumed by a black hole that first opened a few weeks ago after the death of author Charles Walliston Harkness in Independence Dome.Gone are the royal palace and the renowned University of Enaj, as well as the shoreside resorts along Regreb Bay.Scientists observing the phenomenon from orbit are urging all inhabitants remaining on the planet to evacuate without further delay.

A Message From Demaria

Posted By: Dice Article: NOV08-11 Reported To: INN Reported On: Demaria Reported At: Fri Nov 21 23:30:31 3008 At approximately 1:26 am New Alhiran Standard Time, Saturday, November 22nd, the following message was broadcast across all of Demaria without explanation or clear source:"In order to seize power Twinstripes Sandwalker has embarked on a long campaign of lies, misdirection and outright treason.The story begins with the New Alhira Development Corporation. Sandwalker appointed a flunky named Mooncollar Stealthfoot to head this corporation. Stealthfoot signed multiple faux loans that were used to launder money- the records of this embezzlement are attached, with the problematic transactions indicated. This embezzled money was used by Thundercrown Lighthunter to buy the rifles that armed the tribals- the same Thundercrown Lighthunter the President has not only said was under his employ, but gave him a medal.Snowmist Shadowstalker heard about this situation and would not stand for it. It was her investigation that uncovered the records of the NADC. Further work with them allowed her to trace the funds to an asteroid on Ungstir. She hired the IND Raider as escorts and journeyed to this asteroid, where she found the remaining guns and a cabal of arms smugglers, as well as Thundercrown. A battle ensued, which ended in the smugglers and Thundercrown being restrained. We put the guns onto the smugglers' freighter and travelled to TK, their end destination, where we spoke with an arms dealer named Babcock. This Babcock stated that these were the leftover guns that he could not sell to the Demarians, and fingered Thundercrown as the purchaser. We took him into our custody as well.With the guns and the witnesses, the Raider and the smuggler's freighter returned to Demaria. En route, Snowmist went to question Thundercrown, who activated a combination poison tooth and transmitter hidden in his mouth. He sent along a false message implicating her as the one who armed the tribals and killed himself so he could not be questioned.A full video of Snowmist's investigations aboard the Raider is included. She is currently in custody, along with the crew of the Raider and all of these witnesses, at Moonstalker Station."The files mentioned in this broadcast were beamed out as well- financial records of the NADC and a lengthy video that corroborates the story told.

Queen asks for evacuation aid and addresses subjects

Posted By: Chalice Article: NOV08-12 Reported To: SBS Reported On: Sivad Reported At: Sat Nov 22 05:21:51 3008 In an impassioned speech (bb 15/29), Queen Ashley Emilia Isherwood asked for the understanding and courage of the people of Sivad in the face of the disaster threatening their homeworld. She urged none to risk their lives on the capriciousness of chance, but to fully cooperate with evacuation efforts to the planet Deserata. Her Majesty also released the following statement to all governments and private owners of spacecraft:"Every minute that passes might be counted in lives, if the singularity should break what remaining bonds it has to engulf our world entirely. Even with the combined capacities of Sivadian-registered private and military vessels, it is not feasible for us to transport all of our citizens in any reasonable length of time. We ask for the help of any vessel that can be spared - no spaceworthy vessel that is willing to aid us will be turned away. So too will we need to transport as much materials as possible for the support of such a population upon Deserata. Please...for the sakes of billions of lives, we ask for whatever aid you can provide."

Sandwalker Ousted in Militia Coup!

Posted By: Dice Article: NOV08-13 Reported To: INN Reported On: Demaria Reported At: Sat Nov 22 19:36:00 3008 New Alhira, Demaria: Not more than two days after announced extended deployments to the desert for the Demarian Militia President Twinstripes Sandwalker has been forced to flee the city by Militia forces. The Militia move was in response to revelations now circulating through the infomatrix that Sandwalker diverted missing NADC funds in order to arm tribal forces to attack New Alhira. Sandwalker rode the discord created by these attacks to power. Militia marines stormed public buildings and the President's residence in New Alhira following orders issued by Skyclaw Crimsontail Quickthought to arrest the President. The coup was swift and largely bloodless, Militia spokesbeings claiming that the vast majority of Sandwalker's Demaria First Enforcers offered no resistance while the rest quickly surrendered to better equipped and trained Militia marines. Militia sources are also reporting that Battleclaw Firegleam Starsoul is also in custody.Initial reports indicate that Sandwalker briefly attempted to thwart the coup before his forces disintegrated. It was widely believed in the evening hours that after being put under house arrest by Enforcers, former President Tuftcheek Longvision had been executed, but Militia forces diverted to the former President's home report that he is safe. However, many observers believe that Sandwalker may have engineered the rumors in order to cover his own escape. By the time Militia forces reached the Sandwalker residence the President had fled the city. Militia spokesbeings have yet to comment on the President's location, but sources speaking on condition of anonymity believe that he and a core cadre of followers have relocated to Gleaming Star.At this time things are calm in the streets. All non-essential government functions have been suspended and all non-emergency traffic into and out of the city is subject to a Militia search. Militia forces are urging citizens to remain in their homes except for emergencies. The Medical Center remains open. In the coming days the Militia expects that the Senate will convene to decide on what course of action the government will take, but officers have made it clear that they will not tolerate any attempt to re-install Sandwalker, and demand that they open up a formal investigation against him.~Dapperfur Newschaser, INN

FLASH: UNGSTIR-TWO DEFIES DEATH

Posted By: Danger Article: NOV08-14 Reported To: INN Reported On: Ungstir Reported At: Thu Dec 04 22:13:36 3008 /PERSEVERANCE SYSTEM/ The appearance of a second singularity in the Perseverance Asteroid Belt has led to the mysterious reappearance of what eyewitnesses confirm as Ungstir-002, the City of Resilience.This is the most recent in a string of unusual events on various planets throughout the allied worlds. In a televised interview with Castor liason to OATO, Rumchin Bugby, Captain Ace of the IND Laughing Fox attributed these happenings to the activities of one Caspar'Kamir.(The camera cuts to a portion of the interview, wherein Bugby asks of Ace, ""You claim Mizzzter Harknezz waz pozzezzed by one Cazpar'Kamir, and that you were witnezz to theze events on Nocturn. You do not believe it will ztop?")Travel in the Perseverance System is currently limited to the outer belt and Avalon until the situation is determined to be safe. Authorities are actively requesting aid and assistance from freelance sources.

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