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Welcome to the noon news. I'm Phil Smith, and this is todays top stories.

Earlier today Dr. Karl Reigh, a distinguished scientist and leader of the Astrophysics department in the University of Cotland, announced that UFOs exist, and that he have proof. He also claimed that the government knows, and have known, about this for a long time. He will show the evidence in a press conferance later today. We will broadcast live from the conferance when we get to know where it's to be held.

Yesterday, the Cotlandstad Rangers crushed the Syracuse Cavaliers in football...

The Minister of Intelligence recieved the news brief only an hour after it was made on Cottish news. His eyes widened and the sandwich he was eating fell out of his hands and onto his desk. Why is it my lunch is always spoiled? He thought to himself as he picked up the phone. "Get me the Emperor. Urgent. 67-A-429-BHX-292. Yes. I'll hold." He picked up his sandwich and tried to put it back together. It was about 4 minutes until he got through to the Emperor. "Sir. Yes. A Cottish news announcement. Existence of UFOs. Yes. I understand. I'd say 30 minutes. Very well." He hung up the phone and buzzed his secretary. "Janis, come in here please."

"Right away sir." She was inside the door in less than 3 minutes. "How may I help?"

"Janis. There is an emergency cabinet meeting in 30 minutes. I'll need to get there immediately. Also I need you to dig up File Number XRJ-5200."

"Yes sir."

"Thank you." She was back in less than 10 minutes, having notified the helicopter pilot on the roof of the situation. The helicopter on the roof was a UH-95A Huey II, a modification on the original Bell 212. The UH-95A was armed with a pair of HMP-400 gun pods, a pair of FIM-92F Stinger Block II missiles, and a single 7-round 2.75" Hydra pod. It was ready to go when the Minister of Intelligence stepped onto the roof with 10 minutes until the meeting. He arrived with 6 minutes to spare.

When the meeting began, the room was filled, buzzing with side conversations, the table littered with hundreds of sheets of paper. The Minister of Intelligence opened it, "As you are all aware, the Cottish news has put one Dr. Karl Reigh on the news saying that UFOs do in fact exist. We have worked our hardest to keep such knowledge hidden and secret." The room buzzed again with conversations, concerning the Doomsday ship floating somewhere in the worlds' waters and the dozens of secret programs from downed UFOs.

After six hours, the Emperor placed a phone call to Emperor Thomas. "Emperor. Yes. I heard the announcement today by Dr. Karl Reigh. I must ask you. How much weight does it hold? Is he well respected in that people will believe him?"

He had remembered the topic of conversation about two hours into the meeting. "What do we have at the embassy?" The General of the Air Force asked.

"We have a Force Spectre team. Eight men. Simple clerks." The General of the Special Forces said. "They could take that guy out inside of a day if the order were given."

"Black Operations." The Admiral of the Navy scoffed.

"Emperor, nice to hear your voice again. Yes, I heard it too. Doctor Reigh is a highly respective scientist in Cotland. In fact, he was one of the lead scientists in our space program before he resigned of his own free will to take a faculty position at the University of Cotland. It is very likely that he will be believed by a substantial portion of the population, not only the ET geeks. We're doing our best to find him as we speak. No luck so far, but we are close I'm told." The Emperor paused to let the info sink in before he continued. "Emperor, I need to know if you know something about this UFO thing that we don't. It is crucial for us to know." The Emperor didn't tell that the Cottish military had been secretly preparing for an upcoming alien invasion for a few years, and even engaged some of the UFOs. He also didn't tell that the personell out looking for dr. Reigh was Theta, Cotlands special forces. Their existense were classified, and they hadn't been operational for more then a year. still, they would get him.

OOC: Alien invasion as in the one I spoke about in Layartebian Chronicles?

"No sir I don't know anything about UFOs. It is most disturbing though and my cabinet and I have discussed what would happen should someone come out and announce such a thing. We all believe that the information is too shocking for the public to know and it must be kept classified. If you do locate him, could you please convey our concerns." He hung up the phone, his cabinet still present in the room. "Well there you have it."

"Very well. Emperor, sir. We should go with our previous plan." The Minister of Intelligence said.

"Abduct and kill a scientist of Cottish nationality?" The Emperor said to himself. "DO you know what kind of international hell that will cause?"

"Yes sir. But I don't feel we have any other choice. We can't possibly dissaude him from speaking nor can we invalidate his evidence."

"Very well. Authorize it."

Some twenty minutes later, inside the Layartebian embassy in Cotland, the eight men of Force Spectre quietly recieved phone calls on their cellular phones, which were beyond secure. They would start that night, after work. They knew where to start, the University of Cotland. All of them, in their mid-20s, would go to the local bars under the guise of "looking for a date."

Open RP, or closed? I might wanna play the UFO

ooc 1: The one and only. That's where I got the inspiration.
ooc 2: I haven't planned for the invasion to happen. At least not yet, because then Layarteb and I would have to coordinate events. Sorry.
ooc 3: ooc: Theta is a top classified entity. The members are dead to the world outside, much like Layartebs Force Falcon. Sorry, I stole the idea from you Lay. I hope you don't mind...

ic: The Emperor nodded to himself. "I understand. We feel it the same way, and we will convey your concerns. Good day to you too sir." The Emperor hung up on the Emperor of Layarteb, and called General "Smith", the leader of Theta to check on the progress. "General, any progress?" "No sir, not yet. But we're closing in on him sir. We really are." "Thank you General. Call me when you find him." "Yes sir. Will do." Across the city, in a command bunker 70 meters below ground level, General "Smith" sat over a desk filled with maps of Cotlandstad. The city wasn't more then 6 years old, so there were no places to hide that the government didn't know about. Right now, 3000 men of the 12 000 men strong Theta were out looking for doctor Reigh in those places, with orders to bring him back alive. They operated in teams of four, dressed civilian, and all were armed relatively lightly in contrast to what they normally wore on operations. Each member carried with him 1x SigSauer P-226 .40SW w/4 extra clips (60 rounds), 1x MP-5KA4 SMG with 4 triple (360 rounds) clips and enough anasthetic to knock out an elephant. They did not expect any interference from anyone, because they carried with them Federal Police ID (similar to the KGB, just more humane, can go anywhere and do just about anything they want).

Theta 031, the 31st Theta team, were on the track of the doctor. They had seen several people go in and out of an abandoned warehouse in the outskirts of Cotlandstad, and prepared to go in. They sneaked up to the building, got out their MP-5KA4s, and prepared to storm. However, looking in, they saw that the warehouse did not contain the good doctor, but an illegal drug distribution central. Instead of storming, they sabotaged the vehicles parked outside and called the real Federal Police, letting them take the drug dealers (ooc: Drug dealing and -smuggling is a capitol crime in Cotland. Zero-tolerance policy in effect). They headed off to check the next place on their list, the residence of Joseph Dahlgren, the Dean in the Astrophysics department of the University of Cotlandstad and a good friend of Reigh.

ooc 4: only declassified picture of a Theta operative
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Doctor Karl Reigh

Doctor Karl Reigh sat in the livingroom of his good friend Dean Joseph Dahlgrens house in Hardgrove, a suburb of Cotlandstad. He really didn't want to present the danger to his friend, but Dean Dahlgren didn't believe that there were no such danger. After all, the government had funded their research, hadn't it? True, they had tapped the money away from its original project, but it was for the better. Now, they could finally prove to the world that we're not alone out there. Dean Dahlgren was out in the garage, starting up the car for their rendevous with the journalists in the Astrophysics campus. Meanwhile, dr. Reigh prepared himself mentally for the presentation. He wasn't very good with people. At least non-scientists. His mind was still on the preperation level when he and the Dean left in the Dean's distinctive purple VW Golf with gold rims.

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Dean Dahlgrens car

Just as the two scientists left in the car, Theta 031 saw the car carrying the doctor drive off. They had recognized the passenger because of the doctors hair (ooc: look at the picture, and you'll see why). Speeding off in pursuit in their black suburban, the operatives prepared themselves by loading their weapons and checking the anasthetic shots. They would take the two when they exited the car.

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Theta Suburban

OOC: Hey, I don't mind. I too never planned out the invasion either. And yes Force Falcon and just about everything with Force as the first word is secret IC for my military.

The bars revealed nothing for the operatives. One team of two had actually managed to break into the university directory, providing an address for the good doctor. Their cell phones rang again and they headed towards the good doctors house, some eighteen miles away.

ooc: What kind of car(s) do they drive?

ooc: What kind of car(s) do they drive?

Nothing spectacular.

The Suburban followed the purple Golf easily thru the traffic, which was surprisingly light. When they started to approach the campus, the operatives saw to their horror that tens of journalists were there, TV-cameras following the every move of the Golf that started to approach them. The team leader grabbed his phone and called General "Smith". "General, Theta 031. We have a situation. We've found the target, but he's on live TV. Repeat on live TV. Request instructions." The General, still in his underground bunker, cursed inside himself before issuing the orders. "Take the targets, ignore the cameras. Do you understand? Ignore the cameras. Use whatever force necessary to obtain target alive. Lethal force is authorized. Take out the cameras first. Assistance is on its way. Do you understand?" The teamleader gulped. They had been trained to keep well clear of the public spotlight, and now they were given orders telling them to do the completely opposite. Well, there were one thing to do. Obey. "Yes sir. Understand take targets no matter the cost. Understand lethal force authorized. Understand assistance is en route." He repeated the orders, part to let the team know what the orders were, part to get a confirmation. "That is correct. Good luck." the General replied before the phoneline went dead. The operatives checked their weapons one final time before going in. One of them would take the Doctor, one the Dean, while the other two would keep the journalists and any wannabe hero away.

ooc: If you want, we can have a small shoot-out in front of the journalists. I'll wait to let you post.

"Sir. What's that?" The man asked as the purple Golf whizzed by. "Sir. That's the doctor." A black suburban followed. "Bodyguards?"

"I'm not sure. Follow them." They were driving a 1993 Chevrolet Lumina, red. At the light, they turned around and followed closely but far enough away not to rouse suspicion. "We're going to see what's going on." At the college the four men investigating the whereabouts of the doctor saw the buzz outside, cameras and journalists.

"Team A to Team B. Report status over?"

"Team A. We're in pursuit of the doctor in a purple Golf and a black Suburban. Probably bodyguards. Over."

"I think you're coming back here. We've got TV journalists and everything."

"Very well. Consult higher up." The team commander immediately dialed his superior. "Sir. Yes. The doctor will be on TV very shortly. Understood."

"Team B to Team A. Orders are to observe over."

"Roger that." By the time the Lumina parked, the doctor was already speaking to journalists. The four men exited the man official building and joined the crowd.

The Suburban raced to the location of the Golf, where the four members of Theta 031 stormed out, weapons drawn, heading for the doctor and Dean, who were now exiting the vehicle. "HANDS UP! PUT YOUR HANDS UP OVER YOUR HEAD BEFORE WE SHOOT YOU!" one member of the team yelled, aiming his MP-5KA4 towards the doctor and Dean while operative #2 knocked them over. The two remaining operatives proceeded to knock down cameras and journalists while aiming their weapons at the crowd, keeping them at bay.

The eight men watched as the situation unfolded. The screaming were the first things that could be heard. "What the hell! All teams hold fast." They watched as what happened, happened. "S***. Get to your vehicles. We're following that Suburban." In the confusion, they ran to the Lumina and the Blazer and started them. They'd move as soon as the Suburban moved.

Within 45 seconds, the doctor and the Dean were unconcious and ready for departure, with one operative on each man, one grabbing the documents, and one holding the journalists and arriving local police at bay. The two scientists were dumped into the back of the Suburban, with two operatives aiming their P-226s on the unconcious men. The police hadn't been informed of the operation, so they drew they guns and shot two shots towards the operative before they were both killed by two 3-round bursts from the fourth operatives MP-5KA4 before the Suburban drove off making 90 kph (approx. 56 mph).

"There they go. Did you throw on the tracking beacon?"

"No sir. Didn't have time."

"Very well." The two cars took off, following the Suburban, keeping significant spacing and distance between them. They both had GPS units and could see a detailed layout of the city. They often vanished from following the van as it turned down streets and picked it up again on other streets.

The Suburban raced thru the streets of Cotlandstad, taking every little shortcut the driver knew of. "Looks like we're being followed. A red Chevrolet Lumina, it looks like. Can't get the plates though." one of the operatives said. "OK, let'em follow us then. We're there soon." the team leader said before he got on the secure tactical radio. "Sigma, this is Theta 031. We're coming in hot. Have a discreet welcoming party meet us at the gate." The Suburban raced down an empty street before heading towards the industrial district. There were no known base there.

OOC: Is this night or day?

The men in the Lumina saw the Suburban turn and passed by. They moved down another six blocks before they parked and all got out. The Blazer parked off on a side street and out they poured. They would creep up close, for reconnaissance.

OOC: Is this night or day?

The men in the Lumina saw the Suburban turn and passed by. They moved down another six blocks before they parked and all got out. The Blazer parked off on a side street and out they poured. They would creep up close, for reconnaissance.

ooc: Day. Early afternoon.

ic: The Suburban came to a halt outside one of the warehouses, waiting for the doors to open. When it drove inside, the doors closed themselves, and the operatives waited.

OOC: Are there buildings around the industrial area with a view of the warehouse?

OOC: Are there buildings around the industrial area with a view of the warehouse?

ooc: Yes, but the buildings are all secretly owned by the government. Some are occupied by Theta operatives, and all have cleverly concealed quiet alarms. You could enter the buildings, but you wouldn't get very far inside before youre sourrounded and have a few MP-5s or M4s aimed towards your head.

EDIT: All buildings with a view to the warehouse are within two blocks of the warehouse.

ooc: Yes, but the buildings are all secretly owned by the government. Some are occupied by Theta operatives, and all have cleverly concealed quiet alarms. You could enter the buildings, but you wouldn't get very far inside before youre sourrounded and have a few MP-5s or M4s aimed towards your head.

EDIT: All buildings with a view to the warehouse are within two blocks of the warehouse.

Hmmm, no way to really get in there then...Intersting..

NOTE: 5,000th post !!!!!

Hmmm, no way to really get in there then...Intersting..

NOTE: 5,000th post !!!!!

Congratulations.

No, not really. 'Cause when/if you do, there fellas will come for you.
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Sir, it's doubtful that this place is unsecure. We can't really get much." One of the men said to the commander.

"Very well. I too realize. We have to remain secret. Plot the position and let's get out of here. Those guys didn't look like anything less than government agents. Report the situation to command."

"Roger that." They made note of the location and flooded into their two vehicles and drove off, frustrated on a failed mission.

"The stalkers have left. We're clear." the leader of Theta 031 said. "Let's get'em out of here. Move out." The four men took the two unconcious scientists and carried them to a small door. The door lead to a high-security elevator that led 30 meters down to the first sub-level. The interrogation level, fondly known as the torture chamber. Here, the two poor souls would be interrogated till Theta knew everything they wanted to know. Riding the elevator down, the men secured their weapons and gear. They had expended six rounds and killed two police officers. There were going to be some reports that needed to be filled out. Delivering the two men, now starting to wake up, to the interrogators, the team went down a further three levels untill they were inside the massive subterranian complex which housed Theta. It was linked to underground facilities thruout Cotlandstad via dedicated electrical subways and roads. After all, only the official stuff in the Cottish government, meetings and such, took place above ground.

Doctor Reigh woke up lying naked face down on a cold concrete floor. He had been stripped of everything, and now he was freezing in the cold room. It was 3 meters x 3 meters x 3 meters, and there were nothing in the room. No toilet, no bed, only a hole in a corner, apparently where he were going to relieve himself when nature called. After ten hours, two men dressed in white came inside the cell. They carried with them something that looked like.. The two assistants stunned the doctor with their stun guns, and carried him into a interrogation cell. It was time to speak.

ooc: Needless to say, everything here is deemed top-secret.

ic:

"What do you know about UFOs?" The interrogator kept on asking the beat-up naked man lying in front of him on the floor. "I want to speak to a lawyer" the man replied. The interrogation wasn't going to be over for a few hours yet. "Answer me! What you you know about UFOs?" the interrogator continued. "Answer me, or I'll send Brutus back in. What do you know about the UFOs?" "You are in violation of the law. Let me speak to a lawy..." the man started when he had hit in the head by an army issue boot. "You just don't get it, do you? We are the law. You are nothing. You have no rights anymore. Now tell me. What do you know about UFOs?" the interrogator continued, scaringly calm. He had been doing this for the past 12 years, and had seen it all. This indiviual, a certain Reigh, had been inside there for the past 4 hours, and he still continued to resist. Amazing.. "This is your last chance. Tell me now, or else I'll send Brutus in." The man didn't say a word. "Very well, you had your chance." the man said before he pushed a button and left the room. Replacing him was a big bastard, most likely bred on stereoids and blood. This was Brutus. Brutus grabbed hold of the little man, and threw him to the other end of the room, before picking him up and throwing him back again. These airborne manouvers were followed closely by a good beating, before Brutus was finished. For now... The interrogator came back into the room and sat down again. "Now will you tell me?" The man, now bleeding from several open gashes, nodded. "I discovered while I worked on the Klarseth project that we were recieving several strange radio transmissions. I finally decrypted the transmissions, and it revieled the communications between a alien planet and spaceships in orbit. I left the project, and did some hefty research at the University, where I got a job. Eventually I managed to triangulate the signals, and found out where they eminate from. I also managed to get locations where UFOs had landed, and using the transmissions, I found out places where they were going to land. One evening I hid at one of those sites, and I saw a real UFO. It was triangular, with three white lights in each end and one pulsating light in the middle. They are real I tell you." The interrogator nodded, knowing that everything was being recorded on five different tape recorders and cameras. They had it. At last, they knew how to detect the alien bastards. The good doctor continued with his story for another hour or so, explaning in detail how the ship looked and how the inhabitants looked like. It was perfect intel. And they had the photos and videos too. Perfect. Now, they just had to
a) get the media off their back
b) convince the doctor that he should work for the government.
It shouldn't be too difficult.

Later that day, the police called a press conferance. They had been told that Aquatian terrorists were behind it, and that the Federal Police had taken over the investigation. "Earlier today, four armed Aquatian terrorists abducted doctor Karl Reigh from the press conferance that was to be held in the Astrophysics campus of the University of Cotlandstad. They also shot dead two police officers. The men are considered to be armed and extremely dangerous. Do no attempt to interfeer if you see any of the men on the streets. Instead, call the Federal Police. We are doing everything in our power to find the missing doctor, but we don't have too high hopes of finding him alive. That is all for now."

The Emperor watched the press conferance. The portrayal of the Theta team as Aquatian terrorists were a stroke of genius. Now, the population would surely support the upcoming war against Aquatio. Anyway, the good doctor had explained everything he knew to the interrogators, and he'd agreed to cooperate with the government after being made completely aware that for the outside world, he was dead, and that the only way of remaining alive were to assist the government. If he refused, he would get a bullet in the head and an unmarked grave somewhere in Cotland. Emperor Thomas decided that he wanted to hear what progress they had made, so he called the Air Force General in command of the Space Division.

"General, how is Green Death going?" Project Green Death was the codename for the task of tracking and destroying alien vessels violating Cotlands airspace. Soon, they would attempt to make contact, while still tracking the enemy ships in orbit. A new row of satellites were in the progress of being created with the sole purpose of finding and tracking UFOs. The first satellite would be finished in ten months. "Good sir. We are making good progress. Already tracking two unknown objects in orbit." the General replied. "Excellent General. Please give the doctor my complements and tell him to keep up the good work. Or else..." The Emperor didn't need say any more. "Yes sir. I'll pass the message on." The Emperor hanged up, locked his computer and walked out to get some lunch. There were some reports about possible Layartebian interference in the Reigh-situation that needed looking into after lunch.

Welcome to the noon news. I'm Phil Smith, and this is todays top stories.

Earlier today Dr. Karl Reigh, a distinguished scientist and leader of the Astrophysics department in the University of Cotland, announced that UFOs exist, and that he have proof. He also claimed that the government knows, and have known, about this for a long time. He will show the evidence in a press conferance later today. We will broadcast live from the conferance when we get to know where it's to be held.

Yesterday, the Cotlandstad Rangers crushed the Syracuse Cavaliers in football...


Queen Lerathen chuckled a bit to herself as she heard this news blip. It's odd that this is considred amazing news. She though to herself about why such a big deal is being made of this situation. "He didn't even define what classifies as a UFO. I mean, anything that flies and cannot be identified could be considered an UFO."
"This is very true my Queen. We even have ships classifiable as UFOs. Never having registered or even mentioned our models such as the L920 and L950 no nations can identify them. Are those not UFOs?"
"Fortunately for the Cotland government, Dr. Karl Reigh thinks he find little green men. The Cotland airforce probably has some secret project that if someone tries bringing up, they will just be laughed off. Perhaps we should do something similar to help hide our secret projects..."
Queen Lerathen trailed off of this thought as she saw a commercial on the television for something that promised to make her look ten years younger.

Distinguished scientist still missing, possibly killed.

COTLANDSTAD (CFP): Doctor Karl Reigh, the distinguished astrophysicist that was kidnapped by Aquatian terrorists ten days ago is still missing. Official sources say that the government don't have much hope to recover him alive. Also missing is Dean Joseph Dahlgren, who was kidnapped along with doctor Reigh when he was kidnapped ten days ago.

Doctor Reigh was made famous when he announced that he had potential evidence that he had evidence that unidentified flying objects (UFOs) and extraterrestials existed. A former government employee, notably in the Cottish Space Agency (CSA), doctor Reigh left the government two years ago to attend a professorate at the Astrophysics division at the University of Cotlandstad, the best university in Cotland. He continued there untill he was kidnapped, and possibly killed.

The loss of Doctor Reigh is a loss not only to Cotland, but also to the world. We hope and pray for his swift and safe return to the land of the living.

"I guess the mission wasn't a success?" The commander asked his agents in the embassy. "No loss. It wasn't Aequatian terrorists though, that's for damn sure."

"But who?" One of the men asked.

"I don't know. They were trained, trained heavily. Paramilitary maybe. Maybe some of those UFO nutsos or god knows what. At least we have his apparent location."

"Yes sir. But now what. They definitely had to have seen us."

"Indeed. We can't really mount a full scale op here, we don't have any intel and this is a foreign country."

"What about a tactical strike?"

"You want to fly a bomber into Cotland territory to take out a whole industrial zone?"

"It's an option sir."

"No it isn't." The commander presented his status report to his higher ups. He included the option for a surgical military strike using a heavy bomber, but like he, command wasn't fond of the idea.

This done or just died or still active?

It's done for.