Spratly Republic
27-09-2004, 23:22
The following was a documentary shown on Spratly TV last month.
“Off the coast of China, a people faced with annihilation have been given a new chance – thanks to a very special oil company.”
[The screen shows the Octaneye logo: a single human eye, with the pupil replaced by an oil drop]
Octaneye was founded by Daniel Milord in 1981. Starting with a total staff of seven, it specialized in resource exploration in ‘crisis zones.’ Milord and his geologists worked in Sudan, Nicaragua and the Congo. By 1994 he had expanded the business, with over 200 employees working on all five continents. But a stroke of luck would give Milord and Octaneye a chance grow much further.
[The image changes to a young Daniel Milord in cammo fatigues, surrounded by armed ‘geologists.’]
[A series of pictures of bleak islands]
In late 1994, an Octaneye team discovered massive oil reserves in a series of islands south of the disputed Spratly islands. The South Spratly reserves were estimated to be equal to those of Saudi Arabia, if they could be properly exploited.
Armed with funding from private investors, Octaneye signed a 200-year lease with Taylor Wen, who would become President of the Spratly Republic.
[Taylor Wen, waving to a crowd as he exits an Air Spratly jet, dressed in the vaguely military presidential uniform]
In exchange for exclusive access to the oil fields, Octaneye would create and fund an entire government for the 6,000 or so islanders. Construction workers moved in to construct homes, recreation sites and education centers.
[An Education Center. Six-year old children sit watching a TV set. On the screen, animated characters wearing the Octaneye logo dance around an oil well]
The South Spratly islands now have an international airport and port, as well as a Floating Reserve of over $500 million dollars. A few dynamic islanders are among the 30,000 staff who work for Octaneye in the islands, in a variety of roles.
[People in Octaneye uniforms (black, with red piping) stand in front of TV monitors, walk around carrying clipboards, and watch as piping is fitted together]
Octaneye’s corporate departments also provide a number of services free for the Republic. They operate a search and rescue, or SAR, service that covers the entire archipelago.
[A Model 234 Chinook painted red and marked with the Octaneye logo flies by the camera. As it turns away, a perceptive viewer can see that it is carrying a Penguin anti-ship missile]
Octaneye boats connect all the islands together, providing safe and easy transport for any islander.
[An obviously converted fast attack craft streaks across the waves. People in raincoats wave happily from the deck.]
All-in-all, Octaneye is a company that has lived up to its motto: the company that looks out for you.
Roll credits; this documentary paid for by the Octaneye Foundation for the Arts and the Octaneye-Spratly Republic Joint Film Board
OOC: An introduction post for my country. The Spratly Republic's population will stay fixed, so ignore whatever my country profile says.
“Off the coast of China, a people faced with annihilation have been given a new chance – thanks to a very special oil company.”
[The screen shows the Octaneye logo: a single human eye, with the pupil replaced by an oil drop]
Octaneye was founded by Daniel Milord in 1981. Starting with a total staff of seven, it specialized in resource exploration in ‘crisis zones.’ Milord and his geologists worked in Sudan, Nicaragua and the Congo. By 1994 he had expanded the business, with over 200 employees working on all five continents. But a stroke of luck would give Milord and Octaneye a chance grow much further.
[The image changes to a young Daniel Milord in cammo fatigues, surrounded by armed ‘geologists.’]
[A series of pictures of bleak islands]
In late 1994, an Octaneye team discovered massive oil reserves in a series of islands south of the disputed Spratly islands. The South Spratly reserves were estimated to be equal to those of Saudi Arabia, if they could be properly exploited.
Armed with funding from private investors, Octaneye signed a 200-year lease with Taylor Wen, who would become President of the Spratly Republic.
[Taylor Wen, waving to a crowd as he exits an Air Spratly jet, dressed in the vaguely military presidential uniform]
In exchange for exclusive access to the oil fields, Octaneye would create and fund an entire government for the 6,000 or so islanders. Construction workers moved in to construct homes, recreation sites and education centers.
[An Education Center. Six-year old children sit watching a TV set. On the screen, animated characters wearing the Octaneye logo dance around an oil well]
The South Spratly islands now have an international airport and port, as well as a Floating Reserve of over $500 million dollars. A few dynamic islanders are among the 30,000 staff who work for Octaneye in the islands, in a variety of roles.
[People in Octaneye uniforms (black, with red piping) stand in front of TV monitors, walk around carrying clipboards, and watch as piping is fitted together]
Octaneye’s corporate departments also provide a number of services free for the Republic. They operate a search and rescue, or SAR, service that covers the entire archipelago.
[A Model 234 Chinook painted red and marked with the Octaneye logo flies by the camera. As it turns away, a perceptive viewer can see that it is carrying a Penguin anti-ship missile]
Octaneye boats connect all the islands together, providing safe and easy transport for any islander.
[An obviously converted fast attack craft streaks across the waves. People in raincoats wave happily from the deck.]
All-in-all, Octaneye is a company that has lived up to its motto: the company that looks out for you.
Roll credits; this documentary paid for by the Octaneye Foundation for the Arts and the Octaneye-Spratly Republic Joint Film Board
OOC: An introduction post for my country. The Spratly Republic's population will stay fixed, so ignore whatever my country profile says.