NationStates Jolt Archive

OOC: This is the official news outlet for the nation, if it is in the wrong forum, let me know

IC
In the Manifest Zone today, the APN Theodore Roosevelt reported an encounter with a Class 5 Gorgon Sphere from Universe-135. The battle lasted fifteen minutes, and twelve persons died in the fighting.

One scientist, noted Multi-Verse Astrophysicist Dr. Samson Moralles, has theorized that the natural barriers in the Manifest Zone may be weakening. As such, the Systems-Governor of the Tortuga System has announced that Aldebaran Scarab Crickets are to be distributed to all homes, as they are able to detect Hive Resonance out to three light-years.

No, Zakan Moths are not needed, so long as you have a Scarab in your house, you should be fine. If something goes wrong, just make your way to the shelters or lock and bar your doors if you are in the Capital. Rescue ships using older, Hive Resistant systems will be available in all towns to provide evac in the case of a full Hive Infestation.

Sales of personal Zakan Moth canisters, and associated feeding and care supplies, have increased non-the-less as persons across the capital grow wary of the event, as it was the largest incursion in known history of Universe-N.

In other news, gunsmith Atchison Action has announced the creation of a new flatspace shotgun that will allow the Government to store large quantities of ammunition int he weapons system and allow the user to choose the type of weapon thus fired with each pull of the trigger. The New Tortuga Police Division has put in an order for fifty of the new systems.

Protests today in Port San Lucas, New Shiloh, against federal government refusal to determine one way or another the legality of homosexual unions.

President St. James stated in a press confrence on the matter that she thought it was not the province of the Republic to determine the legality of the action, and that it was up to the individual Systems, Planets, and States to determine the legality of the action, and that the Federal Government would recognize the decisions of the various levels of local governance.

She refused to take questions, and returned to Spaceship One shortly afterward, traveling to Na Nex Sa to take part in the national Harvest Festival.

In other news, members of the University of New Tortuga Xenological Studies Department has reported that they have discovered an animal that may or may not resonate on the Hive Harmonic. Sargasson scientists are currently investigating the discovery.

Code White today began protests across the nation against the Military Actions against the Hive. They claim that as a sentient being, they should be allowed to continue to live, and we should try to seek a peaceful resolution.

In related news, one person, insulted by the Code White Protesters, pulled out his blastsword and challenged them all too a duel, promptly scattering them from around the recruitment center in New Shiloh's Beverly District.

Don Cordillera, visiting from Universe-135's Terra Rica, called the protesters misguided, and explained to them why it was necessary to do so, his wife's ring clutched in his hands, and anger leaking out his eyes. Don Cordillera's wife was one of the first human victims of the Hive when the Roman world of Telecore was devoured by the Hive.

UPDATE: The Shogun today requested permission to station a contingent of forty samurai, and their attendent Ashiganu warriors, aboard the APN Theodore Roosevelt. The President accepted their offer of assistance with open arms, calling it a welcome surprise as Marquesas is rarely heard from unless they are called upon for whatever reason.

A probe sent to the other side of the Manifest Zone made successful contact with the USS Merrimack near Fort Theodore Roosevelt. According to reports from Commodore Farragut, the Hive Spheres currently on route for Earth and Palatine have shifted and accelerated towards the Manifest Zone. He believes that the five hundred spheres, twenty of which have been confirmed to be Gluies, and 100 of which have been confirmed to be Soldiers, should reach the Manifest Zone in three days [OOC: that is RL time] and that due to renewed hostilities between Palatine and the United States, the United States Navy will not be able to assist us in the upcoming battles.

In response, the First and Second fleets have been re-positioned to join the Third Fleet in forming the picket line around the Manifest Zone, as the rest of the Naval Assets undergo re-fitting to prepare for war against the Gorgons.

All persons are advised to keep their swords on them at all times, as sales of Zakan Moths and Ant Colonies skyrocket across the nation.

The President cut short her participation in the Harvest Festival to return to New Tortuga, to help man the guns of the dwarf planet and rally it's defenders.

All across The American Privateer, people are getting ready for the Hive invasion of the Republic, buying insects of all kinds of Hive Detection ranges as early warning systems.

Sword and shotgun sales are up all across the country, as are sales for larger systems. Military Bases are bringing persons from all across the nation into military bases and placing electronic defense drones and resonator systems in un-populated areas with Dark Matter warheads and Neutron Weaponry near them to gain the Hive's attention and thus destroy large numbers of them.

The Hive gorgons are expected to arrive late in the day, and too arrive in force.

New Tortuga is being evacuated today, as the massive asteroid prepares to jump towards the Manifest Zone and take on the Hive presence there.

In the Manifest Zone, a single Gorgon sphere was sited, and destroyed by combined fire from six Sovereign Class Super Star Destroyers.

All foreign nationals living within The Republic are urged to leave, for their own safety.