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Morgenroete: Tropical State (Semi-Closed)

Morgenroete
08-01-2005, 09:09
(OCC)If you want to add an IC responce etc. Telegram me with an outline and I will aprove on a case by case basis(/OCC)

Will Jansen, the leader of the Republic of Morgenroete looked out at the skyline of the capitol city of Onogoro. Morgenroete was a small Pacific Nation that specialized in cutting edge technology. The funding for the vast research came from the sizable natural deposits of Uranium. Onogoro was a bustling metropolis with a tall glass skyline, and a thriving business district.

Outside of the city was the Onogoro Military Base, this base housed a high-tech weapon development facility, as well as a mass driver for launching ships into space that was still under construction. Morgenroete had a small but mobile army that specialized in Mobile Suits, humanoid weapon systems running on nuclear generators, and Mobile Armors, non-humanoid mobile weapons. Although Morgenroete had a more traditional army as well most of its power was concentrated on Mobile Weapons.

As President Jansen thought about all of the problems that faced Morgenroete it saddened him. An epidemic of crime was spreading throughout the country. The lack of funding the police had been receiving as of late was due to a temporary budget crisis. Scientists had just discovered an alternate armor system that in the long run would revolutionize how the MMF (Morgenroete Mobile Forces) would operate. Phase Shift armor was unaffected by conventional weapons, but still vulnerable to energy weapons. The problem was it consumed power at an incredible rate and it was rather expensive to create and maintain.

Other problems had been pressing in on President Jansen’s mind. He had been experiencing attacks from both the Left and the far Right. Some Super Leftist representative tried to sneak in a mandatory voting proposal in the new research funding bill. Luckily, several representatives who supported Will noticed this addition and informed him. Will found it hard to image the political backlash he would have suffered had that passed. Next, some super strict religious fundamentalist tried to have a children book series cancelled because he disagreed with some content. He created a media circus surrounding the governments decision. Until it was “leaked” that the government would deny his request and let market forces decide whether the book would be on store shelves or not.

Will’s Secretary’s call over the intercom interrupted Will’s musings. “Mr. President, your 6 o’clock is here.”
“Alright, Send him in.” Will responded. Seconds later the scientist walked in the door…
Reploid Productions
08-01-2005, 09:39
((OOC: Like Gundam Seed a bit there, I'm hazarding to guess? =p Just a heads up, Gundamtech tends to be frowned on a fair bit, largely because of warmongers abusing it and because of its realistic impracticality. It can be played well, it's just difficult. I'm curious to see where this goes.))
Morgenroete
08-01-2005, 19:21
(OCC) You bet, I was actually trying to name my nation Orb or Aube at first. I don't really plan on being a warmonger, and I am emphasising the extreme cost of the development and construction of Mobile Weapons. Also, I am baseing my nation off of the Orb Federation, a small pacific nation that has a small but powerful army only for defence. Thanks for your interest(/OCC)
Morgenroete
09-01-2005, 02:28
(ooc) Yes I know I'm Double Posting, but I'm doing a story update (/ooc)

Will looked out at the skyline of Onogoro silhouetted against the sunset. The Onogoro Mass Driver located on the opposite side of Onogoro Island was hours away from completion. The cost of designing and constructing it had nearly bankrupt the small pacific nation, but now Morgenroete could use the Mass Driver to send cargo into space for pennies on the Kitanka compared to a traditional launch. Not only that but they could sell space on the launcher to other nations. With this extra money Morgenroete could begin construction of Will’s dream. Heliopolis a space colony not located on any planet, but rather on a LaGrange point in outer earth orbit. A place for the citizens of the Archipelago to expand to, and a manufacturing base for the future.

Other thoughts weighed heavy on Will’s mind even at the eve of his triumph. Several days ago Will had a meeting with the head scientist on the Phase Shift Armor Project. They had a working prototype, but the power consumption was so high that the Mobile Suit couldn’t operate. They had a stopgap solution of adding a battery to the MS to power the Phase Shift, but the problem was after that battery ran out the MS would be quite venerable because of a lack of the strong alloys normally used in armor. It would take even more money to lessen the power consumption of the amour. Will was beginning to wonder whether Phase Shift would ever be finished, but the prospect of having Mobile Weapons that were immune to traditional weapons was too good to give up.

More political issues had come up as well, Will wondered where some of the people came from. On the verge of Morgenroete’s great triumph some person had proposed a measure to cap the dolphin population by fishing them and then selling in restaurants. Will’s government quickly made it known that they would veto any such legislation. Why this man would propose the hunting of the nations beloved national animal was beyond Will.

As if all of that wasn’t enough, some girl was going to be tortured and executed for insulting parabolas is some country. Morgenroete being the good international citizen it is had to intercede on her behalf and request that the government commute her sentence, which was promptly denied. Then Will had to deal with the Pushkans launching a new network of satellites which have suspicious undisclosed functions.

Another day another Problem, Will thought. He then wondered what would come up tomorrow.

(ooc)Feel free to comment, and If you have any story ideas tg me. (/ooc)
Morgenroete
10-01-2005, 01:17
bump
Morgenroete
11-01-2005, 04:57
Will eagerly watched from the control room. The Onogoro Mass Driver was about to do it first official launch. Will had waited so long for this moment, at first no one was interested in the Mass Driver, but then several prominent nations came to support it, and even donated money to help Morgenroete to recoup the debt it had accrued in building the Mass Driver.

“Five…..”

“Four….”

“Three…..”

“Two…..”

“One…..”

“The Mass driver is active.”
“Everything’s working”
“The ship is nearing the end of the driver.”
“The ship is clear.”
“They have achieved escape velocity,”
“The Ship is in orbit, I repeat the ship is in orbit.”

After several tense minutes Will let out a sigh of relief. The launch had gone without a hitch. The transport ship had traveled down the length of the driver at incredible speeds, and then suddenly it’s boosters activated. It flew off of the end of the rail, and disappeared into the sky.

Will then prepared to inform the representative of the Democratic Republic of Nowhere Place, that the first launch was a complete success, and that the rest of his cargo would be in orbit by the end of the week.

(OOC: Thanks to all of the nation that supported my Mass Driver.)