Braxis VI
23-10-2007, 11:01
Channel E88 Newscast
Galactic newscast frequency; 1057.9 XLW
It has been some seven months since the grand city of Braxis VI disappeared from existence, thick plumes of dust, sand and rubble spouting from the crater where the city once stood proud.
Three days ago, the same radio broadcast that was playing over the airwaves all those months ago began to beam out on a planet some 681.3 Million miles away from its original location. The national space fleet that were previously in geostationary orbit around Frulegur - Braxis' former home world, set off towards the signal at pace, to explore what had happened.
Allegedly, a group of physicists had been experimenting with the phenomenon of teleportation, and erroneously torn the entire city of Braxia from the very face of the planet. Four months later the city re-emerged with an earth-shaking thud, tall buildings and aircraft that were laying just outside of the teleportation sphere found themselves torn in half - their remaining parts still laying in wreckage back on Frulegur.
Office workers who found themselves working in sunlight moments previously, were dumped violently into the night cycle of the planet Mongo - the four months of travel having passed in the blink of an eye. The entire city was instantly plunged into darkness - the immense power of the teleportation experiment had knocked out all power, and the only light came from buildings powered by backup generators, and the fiery ditch in which the teleportation sphere once sat - now burning white hot after the failed experiment.
The city's central administration knew little of the project, and even less about the disaster that had begun to unravel, which would later come to be known as 'The Greenditch Incident', but nonetheless set to work trying to put things right. Marshal law was put into place - Braxian soldiers wearing distinctive tear-drop helmets emerged from troop carriers from nearby barracks positioned across the city, glowing charged-railguns giving away their position to startled members of the public. It took plenty of time to calm the populace, and explore what had happened.
For their grave accident, the Greenditch physicists were incarcerated and questioned by police. Power was slowly restored to the most important places during the following weeks, with government, military and and healthcare buildings receiving priority over less important structures. Emergency provisions designed to sustain the population in the event of a nuclear war where broken out and rationed while the city got back on its feet.
Some two months later the full extent of the accident had come to light; certain species of animal were killed outright by the resonating energy of the teleport - driving them to extinction in a matter of seconds, people with heart conditions suffered cardiac arrest, a number of historic buildings simply crumbled when the city slammed down in it's new position. However, the planet seemed far more habitable, and other smaller nations had already settled on the surrounding islands. Alliances were quickly forged, and a number of new cities were seeded across the piece of land ruled as 'Esher' - a throwback to the region that Braxis previously had command of.
Two months later, radio waves carrying the remaining two minutes of the song 'What are Birds?' by the popular thrash-metal group 'Look around you' reached the command ship Bloodraider from Braxia, which had been listening carefully to the signature frequency that the city's broadcasting company. The fleet turned 180 degrees, and set co-ordinates..
Khara Nightingale
Associated Press.
Galactic newscast frequency; 1057.9 XLW
It has been some seven months since the grand city of Braxis VI disappeared from existence, thick plumes of dust, sand and rubble spouting from the crater where the city once stood proud.
Three days ago, the same radio broadcast that was playing over the airwaves all those months ago began to beam out on a planet some 681.3 Million miles away from its original location. The national space fleet that were previously in geostationary orbit around Frulegur - Braxis' former home world, set off towards the signal at pace, to explore what had happened.
Allegedly, a group of physicists had been experimenting with the phenomenon of teleportation, and erroneously torn the entire city of Braxia from the very face of the planet. Four months later the city re-emerged with an earth-shaking thud, tall buildings and aircraft that were laying just outside of the teleportation sphere found themselves torn in half - their remaining parts still laying in wreckage back on Frulegur.
Office workers who found themselves working in sunlight moments previously, were dumped violently into the night cycle of the planet Mongo - the four months of travel having passed in the blink of an eye. The entire city was instantly plunged into darkness - the immense power of the teleportation experiment had knocked out all power, and the only light came from buildings powered by backup generators, and the fiery ditch in which the teleportation sphere once sat - now burning white hot after the failed experiment.
The city's central administration knew little of the project, and even less about the disaster that had begun to unravel, which would later come to be known as 'The Greenditch Incident', but nonetheless set to work trying to put things right. Marshal law was put into place - Braxian soldiers wearing distinctive tear-drop helmets emerged from troop carriers from nearby barracks positioned across the city, glowing charged-railguns giving away their position to startled members of the public. It took plenty of time to calm the populace, and explore what had happened.
For their grave accident, the Greenditch physicists were incarcerated and questioned by police. Power was slowly restored to the most important places during the following weeks, with government, military and and healthcare buildings receiving priority over less important structures. Emergency provisions designed to sustain the population in the event of a nuclear war where broken out and rationed while the city got back on its feet.
Some two months later the full extent of the accident had come to light; certain species of animal were killed outright by the resonating energy of the teleport - driving them to extinction in a matter of seconds, people with heart conditions suffered cardiac arrest, a number of historic buildings simply crumbled when the city slammed down in it's new position. However, the planet seemed far more habitable, and other smaller nations had already settled on the surrounding islands. Alliances were quickly forged, and a number of new cities were seeded across the piece of land ruled as 'Esher' - a throwback to the region that Braxis previously had command of.
Two months later, radio waves carrying the remaining two minutes of the song 'What are Birds?' by the popular thrash-metal group 'Look around you' reached the command ship Bloodraider from Braxia, which had been listening carefully to the signature frequency that the city's broadcasting company. The fleet turned 180 degrees, and set co-ordinates..
Khara Nightingale
Associated Press.