NationStates Jolt Archive

A man walks down the street of Skye, the Capital of the Empire and most advanced city in Western Europe. The clocktower said 4:30. The sky was still dark, or as dark as it could be with the glow of the city. The day was young, but he was not.

Most of the people around him were old, but none showed their true age. He himself was 260 years old. Most of the people around him were probably between 180 and 280 years old. They all looked to be in thier 20's though. Such is the gift of genetic engineering. he thinks as he boards a tram headed for the government districts.

He had a job to do and was late.

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The man gets off the tram at his stop and he wades his way through the crowds, brushin past a woman in a way that almost got him slapped, the poor guy behind her got it instead.

Finnally getting to the street he jogs down the sidewalk until he gets to the corner and a van pulls up.

The door opens and a woman looks out. "Where were you? Never mind that... Come on! We can't pull this off without you!"

He smiles and gets in, looking to the others. "Is everything ready? I want this to go off without a hitch. One thing goes wrong and we're history."

They nod, patting the equipment. "Don't worry. Everything is gonna work out great."

The van pulls up and he curses. It was nearly 7am and there were cameras everywhere.

He sighs and looks back. "Well, we'll have to make due."

They look unhappy but nod, getting out and pulling their equipment out. The woman stays behind and works the electronics.

They unload and set up. The camera man nods and the man smiles as he had hundreds of times before. "Hello, we're here live at the Palace, where Lord Tian is going to make a speech we believe concerns the satalite state of -Needles-. Ah! Here he comes!"

The camera moves to the podium where Lord Reil Tian steps up and looks over the crowd. "Greetings my fellow citizens of the Empire. As you no doubt know, there has been a conflict brewing with the Colony of -Needles- for a number of years. I am here today to announce that a peace has been mad and our two states will work as one!" The small crowd claps and cheers.

"Now there are many things that le-" A red bolt of energy shoots across the sky and strikes Riel in the chest. He stands there for a second, staring at the gaping hole in his chest where his heart an lungs were moments before and then looks out at the crowd before collapsing. Screams and shouts are heard, but seem distant.

The man looks shocked, then remembers they were live. "Cut the feed! Cut the feed!"

He looks on as the marines move out and secure the area. He watches as the doctors lean of Lord Tian and shake thier heads. A tear runs down his cheek.

The reporters were all released and a manhunt was started for the sniper.

The reporter took the tram home, the tram car was silent. News had spread like wildfire. The international community knew by now. Crimmond had lost Lord Riel Tian, ruler of Crimmond for almost 180 years.

He entered his apartment and turned on the TV. He watched in fascination as he saw the video his crew shot a few hours before, saw the bolt, but they cut the video before the bolt of energy hit Lord Tian. He knew why. Seeing it once was at least twelve too many times.

Within hours Lady Lara Tian made an announcement. Her brother was indeed dead. She would be taking over as Empress. The message was given by Ambassador Krall'c, head of Foriegn Relations, as Lara Tain was not going to be subjected to the media while her only brother's body was still warm.

The entire nation ground to a halt. The stock markets closed, the industries shut down, soon the streets were almost deserted, save for the trrops moving about in the capital.

We send our deepest regrets and condolences to you in this dark hour.

-Overlord Drakk

OOC: I'll contnue tomorrow. Must sleep now.

The Empress sends her thanks to Overlord Drakk.

A young staffer sat in the Foreign Affairs office, being bored on the late shift. As usual. He was watching tv, his usual entertainment for the job. It was tuned to a news channel, though the staffer wasn't really paying attention.

Then came the first announcement. The leader of Crimmond, Lord Reil Tian, had been killed. That got the staffer's attention, who duly took note of the event and relayed the news up the chain of command.

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The Preator, as well as the whole of the Isolationist Empire, wishes to extend it's condolences to Crimmond. We are appalled at this event, and hope that the killer is soon brought to justice.

~B. Matzn
First Preator, Isolationist Empire

Three days go by... the sniper was still on the loose and the military had shut down the city.

The reporter got out of his van and his crew set up. They were in downtown Skye and it seemed that there were military personel everywhere.

He didn't smile as he gave his looked at the camera. "The head of the military forces in Skye, a Colonel Smith, has said they have the weapon used to kill Lord Tian and are very close to capture..."

The colonel gets up to the small podium where he announced the other updates. "We've got the sniper!"

A cheer went up and lasted for a long time, he called for silence and continued. "About 3 hours ago, our Marines blasted into an apartment in the suburbs and were immediatly attacked with two rocket propelled gernades and heavy blaster fire. Five marines died, three more injured, but the rest returned fire with Shardguns and the attacker was killed. His DNA and fingerprints match the gun."

The reporter almost jumped into the air and grinned as he turned back to the camera and finishes his report.

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I'll continue more in a few days. RL things are keepeing me from sitting at a computer for too long and I want these to be quality.