Atlantis Times, Volume 1, Issue 11 From: rwallace@cs.tcd.ie (Russell Wallace) Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1993 08:26:43 +0000 Atlantis Times, Volume 1, Issue 11 ---------------------------------- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= OYEZ! OYEZ! OYEZ! Let it be known by all through the land that the Peoples of the Lintan Peninsula, seeing the rising tide of barbarism threatening to engulf benighted Atlantis, do establish the Lintan Buendnis and claim the provinces of Lintan, Sines, and Tabuk as their domain. We, the Peoples of Lintan, act only in defence of our homes and seek to threaten no one. In particular, those who live already in Lintan or Sines, yet have not wished to join the Buendnis should feel welcome to remain in our civilised realm. Our offer of membership shall remain open for so long as you wish to consider it. We shall continue to welcome all peaceful traders, explorers, travel- lers, and friends of all description. However, we shall be forced to turn away groups of more than thirty men, and will regard outsiders recruiting in our territories without prior arrangement as hostile to our governance. Awaiting the day when civilisation will return across our once-proud land, dated at Lintan, this 1st of November, Year 1, by representatives of the Lintan Buendnis (lintan@heffalump.mmwb.ucsf.edu). =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= O======================================================================O | O==O==O * C O M P A N H I A A T L A N T I D A * O==O==O | | \___/ * * \___/ | | ||| * THE BEST LITTLE ARMY IN DUNCANSBY * ||| | | ||| * & * ||| | | /---\ * THE VALGA CAMPAIGN * /---\ | O======================================================================O Sitting here in Valga not knowing what your plans are is chilling our Cauten bones. Will we die in November? This question can be heard all around our campfires. Did you get my note via Creight Lersing? We have no money, we must work two turns. The mineros must mine for iron. They will never be men if they do not! We wish you no harm and will un-ally from all during our stay in Valga. No one can or ever will accuse a Cauten of the Companhia Atlantida of lying! General Pablo, commander of units 1006, 711, 439, 709, 775, and 908. Companhia Atlantida (118) WILL IT BE PEACE, OR WILL RAYEN'S LIGHTNING BOLTS FLY? ps: We are rather fond of Rumplepeazer (718) also. --o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o- One night out from the (still under construction) building gracing the entrances to the mines of Valga comes a large party of men (and barbarians) all armed with swords and bearing flaming torches. They march up to the tents that you have set up in the hills under the mines. One of the more flashily dressed ones steps to the fore. "I am Dweezil. You say you come in peace, seeking only to mine in our hard won lands. You say you are ready to die for the privledge of mining. I have talked with my fellow warlords..." "You say you have a mage who goes by the name of Rayen. She says she has mastered the Lightning bolt spell." "If she is willing to teach said spell to my compatriots, we will let your units work and mine in Valga until you have enough money to afford to leave. You may not convert any iron to swords while you are in Valga. If you attempt to put any people on GUARD, we will know and you will be summarily executed." "You have 2 hours to decide." --o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o- Rayen appears from her ruca with a solemn face and addresses the huincas from the Iconia, Garden, Horde, and Darkness. "November is a good month to die!" "Though my will for life is sizable, my loyalty to my friends is superior. I could no longer live with myself if the huincas turned my hard learned skills on my friends." "Your offer is reasonable, but the Cauten are an old fashioned people" "Peukalal pu pen~i!" Rayen, noble Machi of the Compan~ia (118) O======================================================================O | : | | /\ | | 0 | | Reported by | / \ /\ | | /|\/| | Mauricio, the half-huinca | / V \ | | \A | | |/ \ | | | | | | -Un devoto de Atlantida, de Valga, | Valga | | ' ' | del alcohol y las mujeres- | | O======================================================================O =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 'A medida que o tempo passa, cada vez ha' mais portugueses a jogarem Atlantis. Gostava de saber o que e' que os estrangeiros (para nos) pensam deste assunto. E' obvio que estou a escrever isto so' para gerar polemica, e ver como e' que o pessoal reage a uma mensagem que nao esteja escrita em ingles. Afinal de contas, ha' mais portugueses a jogar do que espanhois, franceses, italianos e alemaes juntos. :-) -- O Reporter da Extinta Uniao Lusa =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Are you tired of having your orders spoiled by a stupid missing END? Studied entertainement instead of entertainment last month? Never figured out how to spell horse training? Introducing.... THE ULTIMATE ATLANTIS TURN CHECKER!! It checks, it parses, it pops nice error messages. And it's completely FREE! Pets love it too. So don't wait and order now! Delivery is FREE all around atlantis. Just send a mail to our charming hostess at gaja@clipper.ens.fr (Creight Lersing, don't even think about it!) Your satisfaction is guaranteed, or your money back! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= The man in the Grey Cloak sat down against the tree, which grew on the only dry piece of ground for miles. He closed his eyes and concentrated, the sounds of the marsh gradually fading. In his mind he pictured the form he would use to travel on the etheric plane and transferred his mind to it. He headed up and south, towards a glowing point of light in the distance. As he neared, below him he could make out the mass of auras that was the citizens of kursk, and floating above the etheric bodies of the other members of his order. They took their places around a simulacrum of a table, and the conference began. There was discussion of funding, especially since some members had starved to death, what each should be studying, and eventually to future directions. At the end of the dicussions they rose, and faced the direction of the new moon, and reaffirmed their vow to the goddess of the moon, to serve her and restore order in the land, by encouraging stability and friendship, and opposing the forces of anarchy and chaos. When this was done they dispersed in groups, heading back to their bodies. Upon reaching his body, he transferred his mind back and dismissed his etheric double in a shower of energy. He woke and rose. He had to find a man in this festering swamp before the month was out..... ============================================================================= The Grey Watch welcome all in friendship, if they serve the light ============================================================================= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= [The Hidalgo camp in Alghero. Two men standing outside a tent.] "You tell him." "No, you tell him." "I'm not gonna tell him. You do it." "That man is crazy as a Luna-tic and poked his own damn eyes out right in front of us. And now you want me to tell him that his middle daughter Ravenia has been spotted in Sarab?" "And consorting with the Avatar of the Red Mood Goddess -- don't forget that." "I don't even want to think about which body parts he'll be missing next." "Tongue, ears, maybe the nose. Or maybe he'll even chop off his own d--" "ANYWAY, cousin Alejandro, if you tell him about the girl -- who is also our cousin, might I remind you -- then I'll tell him about the smiths that starved last month." "Damn right you're going to tell him. That was your fault." "'TRANSFER NEW 1 1' is a very complicated command. I think it's a very understandable mistake to make." "Yeah, except you didn't even get close. 'TRANSFER 1' indeed. Now all those smiths are gone, AND since there were no more Hidalgo units in Skokholm, the CROSSBOWS are gone as well. It's a fine mess you've gotten us into, cousin Antonio." "Not my fault." "Is." "Isn't. You tell him." "Is. You tell him." "Is not. And I'm not gonna tell him. You do it." [fade to black] =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= We have been betrayed once more. The Covenant is once again invading our land during peace negotiations. There can now no longer be peace between us. This second act of violence during peace has made the possibilities for peace almost nonexistent. We will only begin negotiations again if the Covenant presents us with a large repayment and a public apology. Kragoz, son of Merrygrin and warlord of the silver lizards. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= -- "To summarize the summary of the summary: people are a problem" Russell Wallace, Trinity College, Dublin rwallace@cs.tcd.ie Up