NationStates Jolt Archive

OoC: This has been agreed upon by me and Feminany. If anyone has the guts to even TRY and post here I'll have his genitales in a blender faster then it takes me to push the button for an all out nuclear strike, capish? Good.

IC:

Feminany, Port of Flaun.

One might expect this civilian port to be quiet and peacefull at 6 in the morning, but not today. The port is crawling with activity as huge transports unload their cargo unto the dockside, Rhino Armoured Personal Carriers and Relas Main Battle Tanks with over 15.000 DAF personal. The much feared Steel Legion mechanised division has landed under a banner of peace on Feminany soil and it is even reported that the Emperor is with the fleet.

Rift prepared to walk down the ramp to the dockside, the darkness inside the frigate allowed him to see two ladies waiting for him. He looked back once more to his bodyguards(well bodyguards would be out of the question, he was about 4 foot bigger then them all) and nodded in aproval. "Lets move boys." He signaled and walked down the ramp, his massive size being enhanced by the blue powerarmour he was wearing. Eleven aides filed out behind him, ten naval stormtroopers all clad in ultramarines blue and one scuttering being wich was once a man. As he stopped infront of the women he bowed. "I assume you are Eve Dworkings?" He looked into her eyes and then looked to the other person "And her minister of defence?"

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The women stepped out of the darkness and extended her hand. Rift could now see that she was little older than a girl, though her eyes belied the truth. Larger than average and with an intense stare, she radiated an impression of higher intelligance. When she spoke, it was with an echoing, ghostly voice that made most mens hairs standing on end.

My mother was unable to make it. I am Asha Jaya, her daughter. I welcome you to Feminany.

Behind her, huge numbers of human beings could be seen, all holding huge ammounts of luggage. There were both men and women amognst them.

There are half a million men and one hundred thousand women who are accompanying them. They thank you for their hospitality.

"I apolagize for the mistake milady, it shall not happen again." He made a note on his HUD to run a background check on her and carry on his way.
The little critter at the Lords feet crawled over to Asha Jaya and reached up to give her a datapad with information, "My lords transporttssss can carries overs fffivtythousand of yours peopls backz to Dumpsssterdamsss." He added as he crawled back to his Lord and latched onto his feet.

Rift paced past Asha and towards the people standing behind her, talking with a few and smiling generously at the younger children. As he was busy his bodyguard removed their helmets, now it could be clearly seen that there where five males and 5 females carrying the same weapons and armour. One of them was Major General Aras Ulas, head of the Dumpsterdanian special forces, a young man with brown hair and blue eyes like his father and a fairly deep voice. He greeted Asha in somewhat the same way as Rift had and bowed respectfully. "I am Major General Ulas, head of the DSS division, I am in charge of protecting our Lord in foreign countries. Although he needs very little protection as you can see." Ulas pointed at the huge sword hanging at Rift's side and a doublebarreled machinegun clipped to his leg.
"I have been notified that there are several threats made to your country and more directly at your mother, should you wish for a bodyguard to be assigned to her we could arrange that." Ulas smiled and looked Asha in the eyes. "Don't worry, our soldiers think with their heads first, guns second and there is never a third option."

Asha gave Ulas a soft smile.

I can assure you that the Queen is under the highest level of protection available. If you wish, I can arange a meeting between her and your Lord.

Ulas smiled back.

I am sure he would be very interested to meet her, just tell us where and when and we will be there.

Asha gestured to the huge mountain that dominated the landscape.

This is known as the Jaya mountain. Long ago it was a volcano that exploded taking half of the island with it. It was at that moment that the Blessing came amongst us.

Asha climbed into a jeep, leaving Ulas and Rift to wonder what 'the Blessing' was.

Come she said, extending a hand, the Queen awaits

Ulas called for his soldiers over the intercom, "Prepare to move out, keep your eyes open for anything strange." He nodded to Asha and boarded a Rhino APC where he found his spot near one of the top hatches, allowing him to look outside. Ulas's squad filled up the other nine seats in the armoured troop compartment as Rift took his place on top of the vehicle, the only place he would fit.

Rift nodded to Asha "Milady, if you would be so kind to lead the way?" He looked down the top hatch to Ulas. "Any idea what the "blessing" might be?" Ulas pulled up his shoulders. "I have no idea Lord, I am sure we will find out soon." Ulas banged twice on the plate of steel separating the crew compartment from the driver position, an indication that everyone in the back was secure and the driver could follow the jeep. The engine roared into life as the driver did her best to follow the jeep.

ooc: Shall we assume that this took place before the conferance?

ic: The two veichles speed silently along the road, flanked on both sides by the opressive mountains. From the crags, snipers trained their guns on the convoy. The conferance was approaching, no chances could be taken. At last, they came to a stop outside the silent shell of the volcano itself. Vast caves, dug out by long forgotten civilisation, yawned at them. Asha, having got off the jeep, spoke to Rift.

This is one of the great catacombs dug by our distant ancestors. Today, it hides even more secrets. Shall we see?

Without waiting for Rift, she strode into the darkness.

OoC: Sure.

IC: Rift looked back to his bodyguards. Stay here with the APC. He spotted Asha in the darkness and stepped up his pace to catch up with her.
His visor projected an IF beam, showing a bit more then his already enhanced eyes could see; a dark damp cave.
Where are we going milady? Rift had instinctively placed his left hand on the hilt of his sword without noticing it himself.

To see the Queen.

She would say no more. She reached behind a great bolder, and there was an almost silent click. The floor itself sank, and as the seemingly solid stone fell away, Asha turned to Rift.

You may have heard of the Catacombs of Paris. I can assure you that this will take your breath away.

The lift stopped. Asha beckoned as Rift peered into the darkness. In front of him, towers of bone rose majestically from the ground. Skulls leared from the darkness, empty eye sockets staring as the intruders. As far as the eye could see, this great hall of death streched into the darkness. Asha raised her arm dramatically, and spoke with passion to the shadows.

Behold, she said, The wives of Jaya!

God's mercy....I think I understand how you got to his law... Rift stuttered as Smith glared at the skulls and clamped himself tighter to the large boot of his master.

Rift's IF beam sputtered repeatedly and then cut out entirely. He sighed. They just don't make things as they used to do. As they walked across the cavern floor towards watever Asha had in mind.

Asha had recovered from her moment of passion. Instantly she was cool and objective again, and explained to her guest. A bone was crushed under her foot.

You must understand that Feminany has had a tragic history. For almost one thousand years, we were dominated by the powerfull Amoni class. They held their common man in contempt, and females were little better than animals

She carefully stepped over some pools of water, rats red eyes flashing in the darkness,

I would avoid those if I were you. She gestured You will fall for a thousand meters before finding a resting place. The Amoni held women in basic captivity, they were married off and when the Amoni grew tired of one they moved onto the next. The old one was, a flicker of a cruel grin played on her face, purified.

Rift carefully stepped over pools, he had no intent to die here and carefully picked his way around praying that the floor would support his weight.
He muttered to himself as he watched the ceiling. It is not the horrors of war that shock me, it is the unspeakable horrors of peace. Something he had been learned by his father, over 700 years ago on his homeworld.

I can tell you Asha, in my entire livespan I have never made any difference between a man and a women. There is no need to treat one less then the other is there? He jumped over an exceptionaly large pool with his aide sitting on his shoulder, rampaging around in the wiring for the IF beamer.

Her voice came back, barely a whisper.

I am a citizen of Feminany, not Feminany itself.

There was a pause.

I voted against that law.

Feminay is a democracy, the power lies with the people and not with the actual leaders. Rift also paused for a second. Just as Dumpsterdam is an Empire and the rule of it has been in my hands for all known time. He smiled at Asha, who had his back to him. Diversity is what makes this world interesting Asha.He picked up his pace and when he finaly walked besides he halted her for a second.

Is there someone you love leaving for Dumpsterdam? He cocked his head on one side. If so I can make some arrangements if you wish.

Her answer was instant.

No. There are those that cannot sing, those that cannot lie. I cannot love. Now if you would follow me, the Queen awaits.

The monstrous cavern had reached its end. Asha keyed in a complicated series of codes and countermeasures, before the heavy blast door opened. Beyond it, Rift could see a single figure, siloetted against the darkness.

Lord Rift, what a pleasure it is to be meeting you at last.

As you wish.... Rift muttered before the blast door opened and he stepped inside. A powerful electrical current passed through his veins and he cursed out loud. Damnit! As he reached back onto his suit he pulled his aide from his back. Do not fiddle around with the power flow, only the IF beamer. Smith nodded in obedience and went back to work as soon as Rift released his grasp on him.

Rift shook his head and apologised. Sorry for that milady, my armour needs some emergency repairs and Smith is not really the qualified person for that. He smiled. And yes, it is a pleasure to meet you I am sure we can get on quite well seeing as we are both mature individuals. He paused for a second. I do not know if you had any subjects we should discuss before I present you with mine.

She shook her head.

This meeting is for your conveniance Lord Rift.

He nodded. To the issues at hand then, several questions that have sprung to mind during the trip here. Rift opened his hand and put it palm up next to his face as Smith put a data slate in it, he carefully looked over the numbers and presented facts before he moved on.

First; about the refugees. We are capable of taking the first 55.000 with the transports the Steel Legion used. However, we will need another month to complete the whole transfer of people willing to leave. Furthermore, I am very curious about the ability of the people leaving to visit family and relatives on regular basis. What will be allowed for these people?

Second; the location for the base has already decided but I must ask how much mobility you wish to grant my forces within your country, as you might understand I can't keep them inside the base twenty-four hours a day.

He pressed a rune on the slate which caused a holographic image of a military aircraft to be projected from a small crystal in the corner of the slate.
Third; you mentioned something about your lack of an air force. We can royally compensate for your lack of an air force by providing training aircraft, instructors, manuals and of course our main interceptor aircraft. At no charge of course.

Rift clicked the hologram away and continued.
Fourth, in case you grant our forces a mobility, or limited mobility we wish to know what your legal system will do with our male soldiers violating your laws seeing as being male is in a sense illegal and does not stand for a fair trial for any of my male troopers. I do not expect these things to frequently happen but I am obliged to ask in face of the wellbeing of the ones risking their lives for your country.

The IF beamer sputtered once more, allowing Rift to see more of his surrounding for a second as it cut out again.

The Queen remained silent for a whole minute, clearly wieghing every word.

Of course you may take as long as you require. This will be done with our full co-operation.

The refugees themselves will be allowed the visit Feminany as tourists whenever they please. As we are aware of the difficulties that this may pose, the state will finance all such visits.

As too your soldiers.....they will be free to visit the capital and other cities as they please, however I would feel more comfortable if the base imposed a curfew of some discription. I think you understand the various intrests I am having to juggle here.

Again we thank you fully for your most generous provision of aircraft. I know that you seek no reward, but we feel that the least we can do is arrange for your citizens to be provided with free holdiays to our land. We have some most spectaculour beaches.

As to the question of legality, well I am no lawyer but I will give you my interpretation. The law states that no citizen of Feminany may be of the male gender. Your soldiers will be here at our discretion but shall remain your subjects and so answerable to your law. I hope this is satisfactory.

However, I have one issue I wish to square with you. I accept that with the presence of your nationals there may be...illegal actions. This is not a reflection of your men and women, crime is a problem that plagues all societys, but I would be intrested to know whoose law they would be tried under.

Rift listened carefully and thought for a few minutes before answering back.

Excellent, tomorrow afternoon we will have forty liners ready to take back the majority. Some trips back and forth and we should have cleared the entire backlog.

On the curfew for my soldiers, I leave Major General Talas too that. He is a very capable commander in both war and peace. But I can assure you that troopers won't be allowed to leave the base without a leave-card which will be issued by the commanding officer; Erik Talas.

Rift activated the data slate once more, pressing another rune causing the live image feed of an aircraft carrier to appear.
This is the Relas, one of our southern fleet's aircraft carriers. The ship and its aircraft are yours, think of it as a gift. And as for those holidays, I am sure we can put up a few state funded projects with free trips to your country as a prize. I think our educational board would be highly interested in this.

He gave the data slate to Smith who was still busy, resorting to prying the IF beamer with a screwdriver. Rift looked concerned, the last subject was touchy, it always was.
If you have no objections, I put forward the request for my citizens to be tried under our laws. I can assure you that there will be no "friend politics" or bribing of officers to escape punishment in any shape or form.

As a side note: the Steel Legion is one of my bodyguard divisions, all members are highly trained in the art of war and peace. If there would be any violations it would be from the support staff and not from the actual soldiers. All offending Dumpsterdanian citizens should be handed over to the base military police for further investigation and punishment should it be found fitting to apply it.