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Issue 72: To Arms! Omega-41 Under Attack!
01-18-2010 14:52
Welcome to this late-breaking issue of your Procyon Herald, where there’s only 1 rule regarding liquor: You brought her, you liquor.
So there I was, minding my own business on Freeport 5, nursing my fourth or fifth beer regen and flicking spit wads at the asteroids outside the Observation Deck window when my sexy administrative assistant, Busty Buffy, came in with a message marked “urgent”.
“Ravenwood, darling,” she purred, “you have an urgent message.”
“Can’t it wait?” I sighed. “I’m just starting to get the hang of this spit wad thing, and I don’t want to lose my momentum. Remember how long it took me to master feathering my thruster?”
Busty Buffy flashed an alluring grin.
“Okay, so that’s a bad example,” I conceded. Putting the straw down, I grabbed the message…
Message From: NOGG
Message Type: Attacking Your System
Disputed System: Omega-41
“Bloody hell, Buffy! I think they mean to attack us!”
By now, Busty Buffy had seated herself on my knee. “Perhaps we should practice feathering your thruster again,” she cooed.
“Damn it, Buffy, this is no time to panic! I’ve got to come up with some sort of defense!” Scratching my head – “Where did we leave those natterturns I scavenged?”
“I believe we traded them in for beer regens.”
“Damn it! Okay, what’s my bar tab looking like?”
“We actually settled up a short while ago. Subscription monies have been dwindling though.”
“Okay, that’s at least something, then. Buffy, it’s time to go to war!”
An Open Call for Mercenaries…
Now hear this!
Omega-41 is under attack. The sacred home of the Procyon Herald has come under fire from the evil and nefarious NOGG clan.
The Herald will pay 1 million credits to any and all mercenaries who come out to fight for the Herald on the day of the Battle. (Time and date still to be determined.)
Herald publisher Ravenwood had this to say:
"I have, myself, full confidence that if all do their duty, if nothing is neglected, and if the best arrangements are made, as they are being made, we shall prove ourselves once again able to defend our Freeport home, to ride out the storm of war, and to outlive the menace of tyranny, if necessary for years, if necessary alone.
We shall go on to the end.
We shall fight at Leon, and Freeport 5.
We shall fight in the mine fields and radiation.
We shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the vacuum of space.
We shall defend our system, whatever the cost may be.
We shall fight on the beaches,
we shall fight on the landing grounds,
we shall fight in the fields and in the streets,
we shall fight in the hills;
we shall never surrender!”
All interested mercenaries are requested to make their intentions known in this issue’s forum thread.
Keep the faith, valued readers! And remember the Alamo!
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| ={MG}=November on 01-19-2010 21:23:38 | | |
Oh crap, I still have that Alamo rental! Thanks Raven, yer the man! | | | | |
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