SDW: ISC 12/159 - War in Ara-Jen continous From: Thomas Leitgeb <thomas.leitgeb@kfunigraz.ac.at> Date: Mon, 03 Jul 1995 00:00:00 +0000 INTERSTAR CHRONICLE VOLUME 11 12.159 NUMBER 12 WAR NEWS FROM ARA-JEN FI, UC Continue to Grapple UC/C Waal Teer (Ara-Jen System) - First Imperium and Urr Consulate forces remained locked in their struggle for Ara-Jen System last month. Here are the highlights: On day zero, the FI Wandering Witch attacked NA/C White Avenger, a former UN stargate city which recently appeared in the Orphaned Position Lottery. The Wandering Witch fired beams and missiles into the city, destroying it in a nuclear conflagration in the first round of the attack. White Avenger did not return fire. The FI Black Star was joined by FI/E 335th Arcanus to attack UC/E Schrike Torr on the surface of Toka- II. The FI forces used beams and missiles in the day zero attack and destroyed the UC expedition's 10 riders in the first round of the battle. Return fire from Schrike Torr was unable to penetrate the amidships shields of the Black Star. In the second round of the battle, the First Imperium weapons struck the surface elements of Schrike Torr and the expedition was destroyed by multiple nuclear detonations. Meanwhile, on the other side of the gas giant Toka- ard, UC/E Ice attacked and boarded the FI Pantheon. Nobody knows how the FI ship got itself locked at UC/C Waal Teer, but it was easy pickings for the UC ground forces. They shot up the aft section of the Pantheon for six full combat rounds and then boarded the ship, capturing it without a fight. Urr Consulate settlements on Toka-I reported heavy seismic shockwaves localized in two different sections. The shockwaves caused the collapse of numerous bunkers at several UC settlements, but there were no fatalities. FI vs. FI IN VITUS FI Bastard Son Targeted FI/C Jerusalem (Vitus System) - Although the First Imperium is "open" to new recruits, it it not necessarily "one big happy fleet"--something that the FI Bastard Son found out the hard way on day zero last month. The relatively new FI ship was attacked by the FI Final Judgement (930 times more massive) out in the Vitus System jump range. The Final Judgement poured beam fire into the amidships section of the Bastard Son for six combat rounds before departing. The Bastard Son did not return fire. SHINING PATH GETS CHARTER New Corporation Formed SP/C Deneva Station (Hrild System) - A new corporation got underway last month: Shining Path (SP). From the bridge of the SP Star of India, Shining Path President Sterg Reinhart made a statement to the press: "Today I announce the formation of a new corporation - Shining Path. SP will be the starting point of a new geopolitical awareness in space. That we all must live together or that we will all die together. Please join with me in giving this new group every opportunity to grow and provide leadership in a vastness of space that presently knows only war and destruction." According to its documents of incorporation, Shining Path has but one overiding goal: "to allow all beings to live together without fear of destruction. We shall put our efforts into reaching this goal by using all means at our disposal. We encourage trade among all groups and individuals and plan to be on the cutting edge of research. We plan to be a beacon for all. Space can be a dangerous and lonely place-- we will provide safety and comradeship." See the Registry Data report elsewhere in this issue for a complete listing of ships and cities which have joined Shining Path. HORROR By The Independent Eye I have read many books and articles in the past about interrogation techniques. Books such as "Dental Nerve Stimulation" by Zoval Fangore of the Urr, and "Cattle Prod Interrogation" by Storm McNeil. But I must admit, that in my wildest imagination I could never conceive of the horror that the First Imperium has developed. Through holigram and virtual reality technology, an Urr is forced to watch a large purple Urr named Barr-Naye. This purple Urr parades around with several human children singing songs such as "I wish I could be human" and "hug me, love me, exterminate me." Insiders inform me that several hours of this torture cause Urr test subjects to start screaming and vomiting. Tests conducted on humans result in the same. Bnorg subjects are immune and some begin to sing along. After repetitive treatments, Urr victims are reported to not only give up total interest in combat, but they tend to take up backgammon and listen to old 45s of "To Urr, With Love." Several Urr have died with brain disorders, especially during the final song "I love you, You genocide me!" I implore Kon Nor to stop such experimentation. There has to be a limit set on how far you can go to win a war. NEWSWATCH News In Brief Juno System - Indications are that NA expeditions have attacked and destroyed FI settlements on Molterain and Corenar. The settlements were apparently undefended and were torched by the raiders. Holliman System - A series of seismic shockwaves on Meridian has collapsed thousands of First Imperium bunkers and permanent domes. Millions have been left homeless by the catastrophe. Rispir System - All is apparently not well with BN/C Ibean Station in its new home around Bark-III. A shortage of life support at the city left 160 BN techs dead last month. Vitus System - An FI expedition on the system's second planet, Corbaton, has apparently been attacked and destroyed according to garbled battletalk picked up on commlink channels. The attackers could not be identified by press time. REGISTRY DATA New None Registration Changes NA Blue Dragon to SP NA Dragon Slayer to SP NA Dragonsword to SP NA Encounter to SP NA RedDragon to SP NA Star Of India to SP NA Susies Dreamer to SP NA Tomo Dachi to SP NA/C Addabat to SP NA/C Bishop to SP NA/C Black Road to SP NA/C Castle to SP NA/C Cinco to SP NA/C Cuatro to SP NA/C Denbli to SP NA/C Deneva Station to SP NA/C Dos to SP NA/C Eagles Nest to SP NA/C Flasher to SP NA/C Hotwire to SP NA/C Iron Bat to SP NA/C Low Road to SP NA/C Nue Hope to SP NA/C Path to SP NA/C Pawn to SP NA/C Plateau to SP NA/C Pressure to SP NA/C Rate to SP NA/C Rattle Trap to SP NA/C Reachout to SP NA/C Revax Outpost to SP NA/C Royal to SP NA/C Seis to SP NA/C Siete to SP NA/C Starbase 101A to SP NA/C Starbase 101B to SP NA/C Sustain to SP NA/C Trail to SP NA/C Veckta to SP NA/C Vent to SP NA/C Welbo to SP NA/C Wingz to SP NEW FACES In Dark Well Space Roland, Tekener FI/E Landungsgrupe Tekener is 35 years old and has a lot of scars in his face. He is the chief of the landing team of the FI Sauron. His motto is: "There is always an answer." Algra, Mar UC/E Schrike Alra Team 2-1-1, 3rd Taywan Special Operations has volunteered for a one way mission to Toka-II. Team leader Mar Algra has prayed for this day. To die in battle, with honor, against an enemy of the Urr Consulate, is all a UC Strike Warrior hopes for. "I make this sacrifice on behalf of my country! Death to the servants of the machine!" Up