Addicks Refugees to Return Home 04/05/3133
INN - Interstellar News Network
PORT HOWARD--With the fighting for their homeworld finally over--replaced by a
stable peace that has held for months now--many of the Addicks refugees, huddled in
their DropShips on the tarmac of the Prince John Spaceport since mid-November of
last year, say they are ready to return home. The announcement, made this morning
on behalf of over one thousand of the refugees on-board the DropShip Tarawa, has
met with mixed opinions among the local population, and indeed among the refugees
themselves.
“A lot of us were growing used to DropShip rations and the hospitality of our Towne
hosts, to be sure,” said Millicent Lao-shu, one of the refugees on the Tarawa, who
claims she is eager to return to her office job in Neo Carthagia. “It’s almost been like
an extended vacation, but none of this can ever be just like home.”
“I’m not so sure about going back,” said Lucius DeMarko, who claimed that he
would stay a bit longer with the refugees aboard the other two DropShips, Terrestria
and New Hope. “I saw the [Dragon’s Fury] invasion force when they came in, armed
to the teeth and ready to put up the fight of their lives. Sure, the Highlanders may have
won, but as long as there’s oil on Addicks and The Republic’s still out of control,
anywhere has to be safer than that place.”
“It’s just not fair,” exclaimed Veronica Hastings, originally of Hesperus, a suburb of
the Addicks city of Neo Carthagia. “I mean, it’s hard enough when you change
schools as a kid, but I met a very nice guy here on Towne, and we were even talking
about marriage. Now my folks want to go home!”
Local business owners say they will definitely feel the pinch when the Addicks
refugees finally depart. Since their arrival, Port Howard retailers, restaurant operators,
and hotel managers have seen a boom in sales, mostly from refugees eager for a
change from DropShip provisions and amenities. The economic impact of the looming
departure of a third of Towne’s guests from Addicks, however, will be felt in more
than just the loss of a new customer base, according to some local merchants.
“I have three Addicks natives on my payroll now, one hired as far back as
December,” said Michael Green, owner/manager of Green Hovermotive, a Port
Howard hovercraft repair and sales dealership. “Today, two of them handed in their
resignations. It’s such a shame, too; they were here only a short time, but I’d come
to think of them as two of my best employees.”
Not all opinions about the imminent departure, however, have been so sad. Nicholas
Aikashi, a Port Howard resident and self-proclaimed member of the Dragon’s Hope
Youth Club, told INN he was glad to see the refugees leave.
“Towne is not some dumping ground for the unfortunate, ungrateful masses who run
at the first hint of trouble,” Aikashi said of the Addicks refugees. “I, for one, say,
‘good riddance!’”
The Addicks refugees, and others who soon followed as war gripped the oil-rich
planet shortly after the breakdown of interstellar communications, have been a source
of tension between Towne residents both for and against the factions fighting on
Addicks. These tensions escalated sharply soon after the first arrivals landed,
culminating in a riot at the spaceport when pro - Dragon’s Fury activists
demonstrated near the refugee DropShips. Sympathy riots and smaller incidents of
violence have since dogged both pro-Dragon activists and Addicks refugees since
then.
Only one third of the original refugees have so far decided to return to their
homeworld at this time, with the rest opting to wait a bit longer after holding a
referendum among their membership. The DropShip Tarawa, designated to carry
these people home, is expected to launch later this week, once those refugees electing
to stay and those choosing to depart finish transferring between the remaining vessels.
Sources close to Port Howard Mayor Antonio Joshua have indicated that the city will
hold farewell ceremonies to be held in honor of the departing refugees is tentatively
set for Wednesday.
Towne Log
+ About damn time! I thought these people would never go! :- FMLurder
+ You know, Lurder, you really should be a bit more patient with those less fortunate
than you. You’ll never know when the tables will be turned. :- Hippee
+ Damn, if I had a Stone for every one of you liberal types I hear whine that we
should open our wallets for every bleeding-heart case that lands on our soil, I’d be
Jacob Bannson by now! I mean, Addicks wasn’t nuked or anything, and the
Highlanders won the day, but still these refugees sat on the launch pad, soaking up
our charity and barely even contributing at all to our own needs. :- FMLurder
+ Needs? Buddy, did you READ the article? Some of those guys were employed here.
Hell, it was a tourism boon for the PH industries, what with all the hotels, restaurants,
and shopping centers these guys stopped at. We’re not talking about a bunch of
deadbeats here. :- Kurious
+ Besides, FML. Hippee is right. All it takes is for somebody like Tormark or Radick
to stop by here, and it may be YOU who has to board the next DropShip out, pal. :-
Chungabunga
INN - Interstellar News Network
PORT HOWARD--With the fighting for their homeworld finally over--replaced by a
stable peace that has held for months now--many of the Addicks refugees, huddled in
their DropShips on the tarmac of the Prince John Spaceport since mid-November of
last year, say they are ready to return home. The announcement, made this morning
on behalf of over one thousand of the refugees on-board the DropShip Tarawa, has
met with mixed opinions among the local population, and indeed among the refugees
themselves.
“A lot of us were growing used to DropShip rations and the hospitality of our Towne
hosts, to be sure,” said Millicent Lao-shu, one of the refugees on the Tarawa, who
claims she is eager to return to her office job in Neo Carthagia. “It’s almost been like
an extended vacation, but none of this can ever be just like home.”
“I’m not so sure about going back,” said Lucius DeMarko, who claimed that he
would stay a bit longer with the refugees aboard the other two DropShips, Terrestria
and New Hope. “I saw the [Dragon’s Fury] invasion force when they came in, armed
to the teeth and ready to put up the fight of their lives. Sure, the Highlanders may have
won, but as long as there’s oil on Addicks and The Republic’s still out of control,
anywhere has to be safer than that place.”
“It’s just not fair,” exclaimed Veronica Hastings, originally of Hesperus, a suburb of
the Addicks city of Neo Carthagia. “I mean, it’s hard enough when you change
schools as a kid, but I met a very nice guy here on Towne, and we were even talking
about marriage. Now my folks want to go home!”
Local business owners say they will definitely feel the pinch when the Addicks
refugees finally depart. Since their arrival, Port Howard retailers, restaurant operators,
and hotel managers have seen a boom in sales, mostly from refugees eager for a
change from DropShip provisions and amenities. The economic impact of the looming
departure of a third of Towne’s guests from Addicks, however, will be felt in more
than just the loss of a new customer base, according to some local merchants.
“I have three Addicks natives on my payroll now, one hired as far back as
December,” said Michael Green, owner/manager of Green Hovermotive, a Port
Howard hovercraft repair and sales dealership. “Today, two of them handed in their
resignations. It’s such a shame, too; they were here only a short time, but I’d come
to think of them as two of my best employees.”
Not all opinions about the imminent departure, however, have been so sad. Nicholas
Aikashi, a Port Howard resident and self-proclaimed member of the Dragon’s Hope
Youth Club, told INN he was glad to see the refugees leave.
“Towne is not some dumping ground for the unfortunate, ungrateful masses who run
at the first hint of trouble,” Aikashi said of the Addicks refugees. “I, for one, say,
‘good riddance!’”
The Addicks refugees, and others who soon followed as war gripped the oil-rich
planet shortly after the breakdown of interstellar communications, have been a source
of tension between Towne residents both for and against the factions fighting on
Addicks. These tensions escalated sharply soon after the first arrivals landed,
culminating in a riot at the spaceport when pro - Dragon’s Fury activists
demonstrated near the refugee DropShips. Sympathy riots and smaller incidents of
violence have since dogged both pro-Dragon activists and Addicks refugees since
then.
Only one third of the original refugees have so far decided to return to their
homeworld at this time, with the rest opting to wait a bit longer after holding a
referendum among their membership. The DropShip Tarawa, designated to carry
these people home, is expected to launch later this week, once those refugees electing
to stay and those choosing to depart finish transferring between the remaining vessels.
Sources close to Port Howard Mayor Antonio Joshua have indicated that the city will
hold farewell ceremonies to be held in honor of the departing refugees is tentatively
set for Wednesday.
Towne Log
+ About damn time! I thought these people would never go! :- FMLurder
+ You know, Lurder, you really should be a bit more patient with those less fortunate
than you. You’ll never know when the tables will be turned. :- Hippee
+ Damn, if I had a Stone for every one of you liberal types I hear whine that we
should open our wallets for every bleeding-heart case that lands on our soil, I’d be
Jacob Bannson by now! I mean, Addicks wasn’t nuked or anything, and the
Highlanders won the day, but still these refugees sat on the launch pad, soaking up
our charity and barely even contributing at all to our own needs. :- FMLurder
+ Needs? Buddy, did you READ the article? Some of those guys were employed here.
Hell, it was a tourism boon for the PH industries, what with all the hotels, restaurants,
and shopping centers these guys stopped at. We’re not talking about a bunch of
deadbeats here. :- Kurious
+ Besides, FML. Hippee is right. All it takes is for somebody like Tormark or Radick
to stop by here, and it may be YOU who has to board the next DropShip out, pal. :-
Chungabunga
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