The news reporters this issue were:
Tim Loud, JLOUD@GAMMA.IS.TCU.EDU
Mike Phillips, msphil@birds.wm.edu
Chris Mitchell, mchris@freenet.scri.fsu.edu
[The beleaguered editor takes his leave of this setting for this
month, as he has had no time to run any scenarios here, but a reader
submits the following.....]
Earth : United States : Detroit :
OCP LAB EXPLOSION REVEALS TOP-SECRET MILITARY PROJECTS
Last month, the OCP Research Laboratory was destroyed in the
WarZones becaue of the lawlessness caused in the NDPD strikes. After
the attack, the OCP began to clean up some of the wreckage caused in
the attack when investigators from both the SEL and Military arrived.
The investigators put the owners of OCP through a great deal of
interrogation. As to what the concerns of these questioning sessions
were, it is unknown at this moment in time. However, it was reported
to us in a military press release today that there were several top-
secret military projects that "escaped" from the laboratories. That
is the maximum amount of information we could get a hold of from the
Military in this case. However, OCP has revealed that the projects
were not a direct part under their company's control and that the
experiments are not a threat to Detroit citizens. The OCP has re-
assigned several Enforcement (209) droids into various areas where the
"projects" might be roaming.
PHINEAS GRUNCH SETTLES BANK DISPUTE; BUYS OUT WHOLE SYSTEM
Phineas Grunch, billionaire, and owner of First International Bank
of America, has finally settled the bank dispute as to whether or not
his banks will be allowed in Detroit. Today, he announced in a press
conference at the MidTown Mansion that he had bought out every other
bank in the city. The banks of Detroit have an agreement with the
government to not allow monopolous banks such as FIBA within city
limits after the Matriks Bank fiasco and "Bankgate." Phineas Grunch
promised today that his "organization will fight to the very last to
help restore order to New Detroit." Phineas Grunch and the owners of
OCP met today in a closed door luncheon in his Midtown Mansion to
discuss "Enforcement of crime." Phineas Grunch is rumoured to have
made a monetary promise to the OCP organization.
OCP DESIGNS NEW POLICE VEHICLE; POLICE UNION INVESTIGATING
OCP recently designed a new manned police vehicle with the MAXX
driving series computer software installed. The vehicle was prepared
as a possible "negotiations easer" or plea bargain for an end to
hostilities. The car has been in construction for over two years and
features such capabilities as Stealth covering, 200-D force shield
armor, A battering ram, ball-tracked wheels, and a wide assortment of
weaponry, essentially making it an "Urban Assault Tank." The vehicle
was built in cooperation with Math Industries, designers of MAXX, and
Grand Union International, designers of all the heavy weapons used
onboard. The military has also shown an interest, and will be here
next month for a previewing of the unnamed vehicle along with the
police union.
ACTOR RED GERO DISAPPEARS
In filming the movie The Crow Returns, actor Red Gero has
vanished. The actor was filming a sequence in a virtual reality
simulator when he simply vanished. The cause of the disappearance is
currently unknown. The disappearance of Gero raises a question as to
the history of the Crow movies. Already in filming this movie, a
stunt man was critically wounded earlier this year. In the original
Crow movie, filmed in the 1990's, actor Chris Lee was killed. Red Gero
was related to Lee. Anyone with information on his whereabouts should
call the police department. He vanished in the Redzones, at Corona
Studios.
MYSTERIOUS MURDERS PLAGUE CITY
Recently a wave of mysterious murders have plagued the city. Over
five people in the past forty eight hours have been killed and over
thirty more were seriously wounded, all in a gruesome fashion, and in
their sleep. All were lower- and middle- class income families, and
of little importance to gang warfare. All were marked with a violent
sign, clear evidence of a serial killer. Though serial slayings are
not uncommon in Detroit, the complexity of these murders of which NDPD
detectives have not given detailed descriptions show an alarming,
predictable movement in which the citizens of Detroit should be warned
about. Anyone living within the Neonuk section of town should have
recieved warnings from the police already. A squad of Enforcement
Droids have been put inplace to defend the neighborhoods tonight.
TWENTY KILLED IN MIDTOWN DISASTER
Yesterday at 3:00 PM something happened in MidTown. Over twenty
people were killed in a disastrous attack by an unidentified gang.
The Police Union has blamed the attack on runaway Enforcement droids,
with which some evidence seems to concur, but OCP has countered with
word that it was simply a "highly armed and technologically dangerous
band." Survivors of the attack are currently in the Detroit hospital,
but Sarai Tol, one of the store owners in the MidTown complex,
reported seeing four "monstrous super beings" similar to droids. The
attack sparked a demonstration by the National Organization of Mutant
and Clone Morality (NOMCM) near the state capitol complex this
morning. The Governor herself has asked for members of the national
guard to begin searching for the four "super-criminals." Biotechically
Altered humans (BANs) frequently raid normal settlements, but this is
the first case in a mid-northern state away from most of Biotechnical
activity. It is unknown where the ultra-fugitives are from.
United Terra : Acey-Two : New Dallas :
HORNET NESTS DISCOVERED!
The capitol city of Acey-Two, New Dallas, reeling from the loss of
the New Austin colony and a significant portion of its own defense
forces, was rocked by satellite intelligence which indicates that the
Hell's Hornet nest recently destroyed on the southern continent is
merely the tip of the iceberg.
Teams of UTRPF troops are being assembled to deal with the threat,
which is assessed by at least one official in the know as being
'grave'. The apparent number of new nests is more than a hundred, a
situation which poses a considerably greater threat to the nascent
colony than was previously expected.
At least two transports of additional troops are on the way, to
buttress the forces already gathered at the beleaguered colony.
Mike Phillips: msphil@birds.wm.edu
The planet is smaller than Earth, and has more gravity (2.1). The
people here realized that long term settlement is more likely in .75-
1.25 G's; otherwise they would suffer heath and reproduction problems.
They are genetically modified for this different G-tolerance.
The planet has 15 degrees Axial tilt and Major Seasonal Effects;
its length of day (in hours) is 36.
There is almost no Atmosphere except in the valleys and caves. The climate is warm, the terrain is mainly Forest/Jungle. There is one small moon.
A 6 limbed, warm blooded animal that live on land is the only
native species; it has the intelligence of a dog.
The civilization is kept around 100 million; manufactured items
are larger, heavier, costlier (+10%) and less user-friendly
The World Government is a slave state, but by a repressive Athenian Democracy. There is one very exceptional Class V starport for the day when the Srehcraeser Empire finds them again.
Other installations include a Colonial Office, Corporate Headquarters, Criminal Base, Espionage Facility (civilian), Government Research Station, Mercenary Base, Naval Base, Prison, Private Research Center.
Local Notes: The high gravity has resulted in pockets of forests, jungles at low altitudes, low pressure results in fast drop off in higher altitudes, caves of rich oxygen-nitrogen forest/jungle water ways.
Tim Loud: JLOUD@GAMMA.IS.TCU.EDU
[GM's Note. The near universal calendar system has a year consisting
of 400 days, broken down into 10 months, consisting of 40 days
apiece. So, on a header, it will appear with the year/month/day
usually followed by a city and then the planet. Note also that the
dates used do not corespond with either StarWars or Traveller
calenders. The date would be somewhere between 23,679 years P.I.D.
Starwars and 1495 Traveller]
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