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Kassiopeia
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Jyväskylä, Finland
Jul 2001
time: 07:23
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The Phalanx
Special times require special actions, and so we bring you this fourth Special Edition of your one and only reliable news source on the Spartan Federation.
In Special Edition #4:
Why We Must Defend Ourselves (article)
Spartan Forces Invade, Take Morganite Capital (press release)
Why We Must Defend Ourselves
"Our strike will be swift, precise and deadly"
by Lieutenant Colonel Kassiopeia
I am writing this article to you, dear fellow citizens, in a state of great emotional upheaval and in a considerable hurry - therefore I ask you to excuse any errors or mistakes I might make in the following text, for it is imperative that it is delivered to you through the datalinks as soon as possible. You have the right to know of this matter as soon as possible.
I am sitting onboard a transport that has just set sail from Morganite territory. I come from an exhaustive several day marathon of negotiations that have left me fatigued and tired. For these sleepless days, I and my loyal team of assistants and attachés have done all in our and the Federation's power in an effort to end the vendetta between our factions. Up until yesterday, things seemed to go well. Despite some misgivings and distrust from both parties, we were all very optimistic that a peaceful resolution could be achieved soon.
Yesterday, however, that all collapsed like a house of cards. The Morganites started to stonewall our negotiations, refusing outright our rightful demands. The situation worsened hour by hour until last night the Morganites refused to see us at all, and declared that the negotiations had been closed and that all Spartan citizens, including diplomats, would be considered persona non grata on their soil. Feeling that our personal security was in jeopardy, we have evacuated all Spartan negotiatiors and have, thankfully, been allowed safe passage back to the homeland.
This complete change in attitude from the Morganite side implies, I believe, a shift of power in the intricate web of power that Morganite politics is. The ruling parties of the faction can be dethroned by the whimsical head of an investment bank or the crash of a company's value.
It is now obvious that the Morganites have no desire for peace. This comes as no surprise, of course, to those of us who have followed their actions with us carefully over the mission years we have been in contact with them. The Hunter Incident and the declaration of vendetta that accompanied it was but the tip of an iceberg of Morganite transgressions and mistreatments of interfactional relations.
To get us started on this long history of Morganite criminality, the very being of this faction reeks of a very questional and dangerous ideological stance - that of Wealth. These credit-grubbing landlords and robber barons have under the guise of free trade, progress and development extended their clutches to manipulate all of the different socioeconomies over planet in an effort to homogenize and monopolize them - destroying cultural diversity (Morgan Entertainment), the freedom of speech and expression (Morgansoft) and the environment (Morgan Industries).
The perfect example of this arrogance has been the 50 credits the faction saw fit to deduct as "recompensation" for a probe incident, the details of which are currently classified. This money was taken from trade payments that belonged to us. Even if the payment had been justified, Morganite executives saw it appropriate to dock the payment without even discussing the matter with Spartan dignitaries, seeding confusion and resentment all around. In a similar vein, the Morganites have on occasion thrown out of the window of their headquarters several treaties and agreements the Federation has made with them.
The most cruel of all Morganite crimes, I have to admit, and one that went unchecked and unanswered under unfortunate circumstances, was the campaign of terror and human rights violations carried out in University territory under the Morganite puppet regime of a mindcontrolled Prokhor Zakharov.
Now that the University people have been liberated from Morganite influences, they strive and prosper as our allies and with Zakharov, now rehabilitated, truly back as the leader of his people. The University of Planet is the true beacon of progress and development on Chiron, and the Federation will do anything in its power to protect them as it has protected itself.
This, of course, has not been an easy task at all. All the while the Morganites were conducting make-believe peace negotiations with us, they have carried out a wide military build-up to stamp the logo of a Morganite boot factory in the face of all those who have said or will say "No!" to their cruelties.
With their ill-gotten gains, they have even managed to seduce the otherwise ascetic communitarian Yang into a vendetta with us and the Gaians, using the Hiverian hordes as proxy of dominance. The Morganites have also snatched technology from the innocent and unprotected network nodes of our University allies, since money isn't enough to motivate their own researchers.
And then there is the Modo Doctrine, established to safeguard the waters and coasts of Sparta and her allies. The Morganite navy, if one can call it that, has disregarded this Doctrine on several occasions. The gall of hiding our own ship, the Hunter, which they cunningly mindcontrolled, into a fungus patch within artillery range of our coast demonstrates clearly the Morganite attitude towards other factions. The University has received the same devious treatment from the Morganites, but the brave seamen of Commander Modo have luckily risen to save the day.
All these things considered, it is maybe for the best that the Morganites themselves are not interested in peace. This leaves us no choice but to intervene on this matter; to protect all of us others on Planet from their conniving schemes, aloof diplomats and their obnoxious economical practices, never mind the hideous colour yellow that trademarks their factories and supermarkets.
Therefore, the Spartan Federation has decided to call its people to arms. The behaviour of the Morganites has forced us to an incredibly difficult situation. I speak as an officer of the Junta, and for the officers of the Junta, as I want to make it clear that using military force has not been an option to us so far. Spartans must not die in unknown lands for unjust causes.
Now, however, as the Morganites themselves push their vendetta on us, we have decided to act. Our strike will be swift, precise and deadly. Spartan blood will be spilled on foreign soil in the following days, but it is our firm belief that the coming sacrifices will not be made in vain. Our attack will be overwhelming, and it will be called an atrocity by others, but it will spare an immeasurable number of human lives on the long run.
Spartan soldiers - have courage! Spartan mothers - have strength! Spartan leaders - have wisdom!
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Spartan Forces Invade, Take Morganite Capital
by Colonel Googlie
Just before dawn, amphibious elements and Marines of the 1st Army conducted a daring raid into the Corporation’s heartland.
Although surprised at being expected, our brave troops fought overwhelming odds and reached their objective – Morgan Industries itself.
The Base was captured, then the Planetary Transit System – that hated symbol of Morgan’s degeneracy and quest for untrammelled growth and of their shameless pursuit of wealth at all costs – was rigged with explosives and destroyed, unfortunately taking the base with it. We regret the loss of so many civilians, but in the context of the greater good of Chiron’s masses, the stellar sacrifice of those few will not go unremembered.
Their mission accomplished, our stalwart troops withdrew, suffering minor inconsequential losses to materiel and equipment, but the elite Spartan officers and crewmen reached the safety of our waiting navy offshore.
The Junta remains at all times willing to discuss peace terms with the Directors of the Corporation. After their senseless mind-controlling of the SCC Hunter we said that our memories - and our reach - were long. How long, they have just found out.
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arginine
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Odd that the Phalanx would have such a change in tone over a period of 1 turn. It seemed like the hostile buyout was but a rift which would get healed, until the Morgan navy acted provacatively. I suppose important information has been left out, or distorted?
What were the terms of the Spartan Federation for Peace? Was the Corporation being overly aggressive and dismissive of past teatries? Was the Federation's application of the Modo Doctrine for University a hollow propoganda sham? Who bribed the good chairman, or is he acting on his own accord to quash a rising military power? There must be so much that is going on that none of us readers are aware of. It is intriguing to image what is really going on that us outsiders can't see.
As the Corporation struggles against the Spartan War Machine, the great communial power to the Federation's south begins a mighty offensive against Sparta. In the south the defenders of Planet struggle against the continuous waves of the Chairman. Will the Yang's second front mean much needed relief for the Gaians?
Will the Peacekeepers use the calm to grab more land from the university while Zak's protectors are occupied? Will the loss of the PTS mean that the Morganites will have finally use have to use buses again until the discovery of Doctrine: AP? What have Angel probe teams been doing in the meantime?
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arginine
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Sure, the Hunter was taken over about 5 years ago, but the 3rd Special Edition of the 'Phalanx' was posted 1 year ago. It would be odd for a paper suggesting a desire for peace to be released 1 turn before a major victory...
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Flubber
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With a view of the Rockies
Aug 2000
time: 22:23
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quote:
Originally posted by arginine
Sure, the Hunter was taken over about 5 years ago, but the 3rd Special Edition of the 'Phalanx' was posted 1 year ago. It would be odd for a paper suggesting a desire for peace to be released 1 turn before a major victory... |
Perhaps the junta were not yet telling the reporters everything and the "embedded " reporters had to wait until the attack was over to be allowed to transmit.
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21-02-2005 08:28
Nice. 
... Oh, we're not accused of anything yet. 
Hmm, would perhaps make a great teaser newsarticle in the SMAC section to create interest for the ACDG.
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