Jurik: Centauri Lancers Coming to Towne 08/03/3133
INN - Interstellar News Network
PORT HOWARD – Planetary Legate Jonathan Jurik released a statement earlier today
to INN through a spokesperson in the Towne Militia command confirming the recent
hiring of an element of the famed 21st Centauri Lancers mercenary force to provide
additional security near the Port Howard region of Towne. Militia spokeswoman
Captain Annabelle Kemiko briefed reporters from the legate’s headquarters press room
earlier today, reading a statement from Jurik himself.
“In light of recent terrorist activities, such as the bombing of the Gherstwood Mall
four months ago, and the rise in military operations in the nearby prefectures,” said
Kemiko, “it was determined a prudent course of action, after consultations with
Knight-Errant [Kristoff] Erbe, to retain secondary defensive forces in the event of an
emergency.”
When asked to elaborate further, Kemiko said only that the mercenary forces
consisted of a single lance of BattleMechs with appropriate supporting vehicles and
infantry assets, a portion of the Lancer's total military strength, and that their role
would be strictly defensive. When asked for how long the current contract had been
purchased and an estimated time of arrival for the mercenary troops, the militia
representative declined to comment.
An anonymous source close to the militia command staff, however, informed INN
after the legate's statement, that the hiring of the Lancers' unit coincides with recent
communications traffic among nearby systems and reports from JumpShip
commanders that a possible new breakaway faction has entered Prefecture III with an
unknown agenda. The identity, strength, and motivations of this new faction remain
unclear at this time.
Towne Log
+ Oh, great! Another conquering army with delusions of grandeur in the
neighborhood! Who are they this time? Capellan wannabes? Oriente mercenaries?
Ooo! Maybe they're some new Jade Falcon goons, coming to even some score with
the Steel Wolves! Won't that be fun? :- FMLurder
+ Hey! What about Steiner loyalists? What if Archon Melissa's making a play for
power? :- Draco041
+ Bah! Back off on Steiner, Draco. Everyone knows the Commonwealth stood to
profit more from the free trade pact they had going on before the HPGs went dark.
It's just not cost-effective for them to invade. (But if they were, you can bet they'd
kick everyone's ass, though!) :- ElSi
+ Right, like any of THAT will ever happen! My bet's that its really some Great House
coming in to finally retake “their” worlds. Probably the Dracs. With all that's been
going on lately, I wouldn't be surprised if the big boys got involved right about now. :-
WetWillie
+ Remarkably insightful of you, Willie, but of course what worries me is how rapidly
we've built up this armed camp of ours here. I mean, it was bad enough before when
we raised the militia to its largest force size in, well, all of history. Then a small Triarii
Protectors detachment just happened to get arrive here as a “goodwill gesture”. Now,
we’re hiring mercs? The government knows something more than they’re telling.
Notice how even Erbe and Jurik were no-shows at that briefing? :- PeaceOut
+ I can't believe we're hiring mercs. Have we learned nothing? Stone must be sick to
his stomach…or more likely rolling over in his grave. :- Chomper42
+ What's so scary about wanting to hedge our bets, PO? The neutral pacifist line only
gets us so far, and then it gets us killed. Look around on the nets; Towne is one of the
few worlds in the region with a working HPG – that alone makes us a target. :- CMike
+ So, you suggest we nuke the HPG, and Towne loses all its value to an attacker,
perhaps? Maybe we should shut it down, then! :- GreasL
+ Right. A one-way ticket to the dark age is just what the doctor ordered! (rolls eyes) :
- ElSi
+ The dark age is upon us, infidels! But rest assured, the worthy shall be redeemed
when Devlin Stone returns to save us all! :- Hop4Evr
+ I see someone forgot his meds today again…. :- FMLurder
INN - Interstellar News Network
PORT HOWARD – Planetary Legate Jonathan Jurik released a statement earlier today
to INN through a spokesperson in the Towne Militia command confirming the recent
hiring of an element of the famed 21st Centauri Lancers mercenary force to provide
additional security near the Port Howard region of Towne. Militia spokeswoman
Captain Annabelle Kemiko briefed reporters from the legate’s headquarters press room
earlier today, reading a statement from Jurik himself.
“In light of recent terrorist activities, such as the bombing of the Gherstwood Mall
four months ago, and the rise in military operations in the nearby prefectures,” said
Kemiko, “it was determined a prudent course of action, after consultations with
Knight-Errant [Kristoff] Erbe, to retain secondary defensive forces in the event of an
emergency.”
When asked to elaborate further, Kemiko said only that the mercenary forces
consisted of a single lance of BattleMechs with appropriate supporting vehicles and
infantry assets, a portion of the Lancer's total military strength, and that their role
would be strictly defensive. When asked for how long the current contract had been
purchased and an estimated time of arrival for the mercenary troops, the militia
representative declined to comment.
An anonymous source close to the militia command staff, however, informed INN
after the legate's statement, that the hiring of the Lancers' unit coincides with recent
communications traffic among nearby systems and reports from JumpShip
commanders that a possible new breakaway faction has entered Prefecture III with an
unknown agenda. The identity, strength, and motivations of this new faction remain
unclear at this time.
Towne Log
+ Oh, great! Another conquering army with delusions of grandeur in the
neighborhood! Who are they this time? Capellan wannabes? Oriente mercenaries?
Ooo! Maybe they're some new Jade Falcon goons, coming to even some score with
the Steel Wolves! Won't that be fun? :- FMLurder
+ Hey! What about Steiner loyalists? What if Archon Melissa's making a play for
power? :- Draco041
+ Bah! Back off on Steiner, Draco. Everyone knows the Commonwealth stood to
profit more from the free trade pact they had going on before the HPGs went dark.
It's just not cost-effective for them to invade. (But if they were, you can bet they'd
kick everyone's ass, though!) :- ElSi
+ Right, like any of THAT will ever happen! My bet's that its really some Great House
coming in to finally retake “their” worlds. Probably the Dracs. With all that's been
going on lately, I wouldn't be surprised if the big boys got involved right about now. :-
WetWillie
+ Remarkably insightful of you, Willie, but of course what worries me is how rapidly
we've built up this armed camp of ours here. I mean, it was bad enough before when
we raised the militia to its largest force size in, well, all of history. Then a small Triarii
Protectors detachment just happened to get arrive here as a “goodwill gesture”. Now,
we’re hiring mercs? The government knows something more than they’re telling.
Notice how even Erbe and Jurik were no-shows at that briefing? :- PeaceOut
+ I can't believe we're hiring mercs. Have we learned nothing? Stone must be sick to
his stomach…or more likely rolling over in his grave. :- Chomper42
+ What's so scary about wanting to hedge our bets, PO? The neutral pacifist line only
gets us so far, and then it gets us killed. Look around on the nets; Towne is one of the
few worlds in the region with a working HPG – that alone makes us a target. :- CMike
+ So, you suggest we nuke the HPG, and Towne loses all its value to an attacker,
perhaps? Maybe we should shut it down, then! :- GreasL
+ Right. A one-way ticket to the dark age is just what the doctor ordered! (rolls eyes) :
- ElSi
+ The dark age is upon us, infidels! But rest assured, the worthy shall be redeemed
when Devlin Stone returns to save us all! :- Hop4Evr
+ I see someone forgot his meds today again…. :- FMLurder
| August 3, 3133 |