Echoes (Almania)
Posts: 4195
  • Posted On: Apr 1 2003 10:06am
The planet was rather ordinary in its composition. There were deserts.. there were snowly plains... there were forests, jungles, mountains...


All the things that humans would find suitable for colonization.


In fact, they did find the planet suitable.


A long time ago...






The Present...


The Western Desert Plains spanned the horizon as the long figure followed a certain path.


A single Je'Har marched with grim determination.


The wind was dry.





The Past...


The figure slowly moved across the desert landscape, the perimeter of his travels being ever wider. He bent down to feel the sand for what seemed like the hundreth time, searching for something.

If one looked hard enough, they might usually find that the sand was the only thing there.

There were not many things to choose from.....mainly just memories....

The sun was bright this morning, he thought with a little black humor.

His hand opened and the sand went drifting in the wind.

Nothing...





The Present...


The Je'Har had finally come to the edge of the desert. Even in his hardened condition, the trek had taken alot out of him.

The soft sand was growing firm.


A cliff came into view..




The Past...


The day drove on as the ground became increasingly more firm. The sand had turned into rocks and the rocks had given way to small plant life. He came to the edge of a cliff and out of curiosity, removed a rock with his worn boot so that it fell the distance. It smashed against ground, breaking...





The Present...


The elements had pushed the Je'Har as far as they could. The momentary loss of sanity when his senses recognized a water source was understandable.

His alien tongue quickly whispered thanks to a deity as he acted to quench his thirst.




The Past...


The figure had reached the bottom of his climb and noted that the face of the dirt was changing. He kneeled down and picked some up. It felt softer to the touch, his eyes closed in concentration.

"Water.." he whispered through parching lips.




The Present...


The Je'Har came to a particular spot where he enjoyed the cool touch of the wetness from the stream glide across his skin.

And as he was refreshing himself, his eyes glanced down and noted an old instrument.

It had been left out in the elements for a long time. The Je'Har had no idea what it was exactly but he knew what it represented.

His nose went to the air and his senses became wary.

"human." his gutteral murmer burst out to no one in particular.





The Past...


The ground had given way to a small stream in which he bathed, shaved and washed his outer garments. He opened the pack he carried and out came a loosefitting dark and light blue jumpsuit.

The water he had built an earlier home close to had eventually dried forcing him to travel the dessert once again. Over the months he had salvaged several items from the abandoned Fitzgerald building and knew that the planet was occupied. At night he would hear the hum of engines as lights moved in the distant atmosphere.

Who was here now?

He looked at his surroundings and noted that the water disappeared into a growing forest in one direction. His garments dry, he grabbed his gear and started down towards the forest.









Capricia


"The Outer Rim??" came a voice. "That is pretty far from us."


"I need to go back." another voice, seemingly tired, responded with quiet conviction.


The person sighed in response.

"Very well. As Herridian Wye's reports indicated, we must find as much of... of.. the artifacts."


The man with white hair looked over the man who seemed tired. "Pren, raise the Tribune. Have them make ready for extended travel."

The man with short cropped white hair, dressed in the light blue and dark blue colors of his "Clan" eyed the other closely.

"What do you think we will find?"


The tired man managed a grim smile as old memories began to surface.


"My beginning.."


The soldier turned as communications with the vessel known as the Tribune responded to his call.


"Klain.." the tired man whispered and then shook his head.
Posts: 4195
  • Posted On: Apr 4 2003 1:51am
Capricia


Info-Tel Excerpt:




..brings the total body count of the invasion to an all new high of 2,003,856,214, spread out across the five continents.

Reconstruction crews are already stretched thin, leaving many areas still untouched. Residents from the sectors shown at the bottom of this transmission are directed to head to the nearest Renewal Camp.

Temporary shelters have been erected and medical treatment is available. Patrol zones of the devastated areas are still continuing and will continue until a more formal government presence returns to those areas.

Civil destruction and looting will be dealt with harshly by local military police. If caught, perpetrators will find themselves sent into space for incarceration on the colony planet of Providence. It has not been decided if such incarceration will be temporary or permanent.

In a suprising move, the Regent Leantre Vio has pushed for the restructuring of the Caprician Government following, he claims, a proposal the former Regent Gomorran Kay put forth to the clans. According to collaborating inside sources within the Clans, Kay’s proposal would have taken effect five years from now.

In an effort to avoid further alienation from the already fractured and volatile House Parliament and the Clans, the Regent has proposed to move the original proposal into law effective immediately (with some amendments proposed by some Parliament Members).

Put succinctly, the proposal’s aims will clearly identify the Clans as governmental branches each serving a specific function. Name changes will no longer be required to identify a person to a particular clan as before. It was brought out by several Minor and Noble House Parliament Members (and agreed to by the Regent) that such actions only served to distance House members from their families when joining to a clan. This new government initiative marks the end of the Caprician Regency as the clans turn total control of the governmental functions back to the Houses.. back to the people. With the subsequent discovery and developing relationship with the colonies during the war, a Commonwealth is forming around the Clannus Prime, the former Regent taking on the traditional title of the presiding voice in the newly formed Conclave which will serve as the voice of power within the new Caprician government….



The War Memorial Society left Capricia for Minos two days ago to survey the damage wrought by the invaders and engineers are to look at erecting an appropriate Memorial to those who died in the outlying colony world. The colony is not expected to be revived any time soon for the mining purposes it was first put there for.

…The Clannus Prime, Leantre Vio, is discussing with top military officials the viability of reinforcing the Outmarches.

..A new holiday is being formally recognized for the fighting Vinda Corporation carried out in behalf of Capricia. Remaning top industry leaders are expected to meet with Vinda Corporation Analysts on the redeveloping of Capricia’s industrial resources.

The Battleship Tribune was launched with work starting on another, the Ascoria. The orbital cleanup has continued without letup as debris from both invader and Caprician warships still hinder connection to the galactic holonet network.

Expeditions under the funding of Herridian Clan have been launched to Elrood where both the Jedi Temple once stood as well as a base belonging to the Marzullo.

Under protection of the Military Branch, Tyscio Clan, another expedition is being sent to Almania, the exact purpose for this still classified.


The Tactical Fighter Corps is recruiting! Come be a part of the legends that fought to preserve Capricia from certain destruction! See your local recruiting office for more details. Office locations shown below…