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diff --git a/doc/STORYLINE b/doc/STORYLINE index b95602b..bd33282 100644 --- a/doc/STORYLINE +++ b/doc/STORYLINE @@ -12,26 +12,7 @@ ------------------------------------------------------------------ - FACTIONS - - Outer Colonies - - - Colonial Militia - - Drifters - - Great Houses - - - House Lindblade - - House Praetoria - - Council Protectorate - - Tsu-Khan Empire - - Pirates - - - ------------------------------------------------------------------ - PLACES + FACTIONS and PLACES HOUSE LINDBLADE (protected by the Lindblade military) @@ -79,6 +60,20 @@ Buccaneer's Den pirate base planet Antwerp? + NEUTRAL SYSTEMS + + - Finnmark (Joint Miners Association headquarters) + planet Finnmark + + - East End + Ensor station + + CORPORATIONS + + - Micron Corporations + - AMTEL Tech Conglomerate + - Joint Miners Association + BORDERWORLDS (not claimed by any lawfull faction) Worlds destroyed during the war. @@ -98,11 +93,6 @@ Karelian nebula border station - NEUTRAL WORLDS (not claimed by any lawfull faction) - - - East End - Ensor station - TSU-KHAN EMPIRE - Kiana system @@ -262,9 +252,31 @@ Project Osirion was spared to gain even the slightest advantage. In less than 6 months a new ship was constructed and equiped with the experimental drive unit. - This ship was called the Osirion. + The ship was an impressive sight: several hundred meters of neutronium-enforced + carbosteel, thousands of metric tonnes of superconductors and optronics, + a monument to human ingenuity and an instrument to survival. + + This ship was christened 'Osirion'. + + The ship's first test flight was a major event. Most secret projects did not + generate a lot of attentention, but this flight was a higly anticipated by + the top brass from all parties involved, military, political and corporate alike. + The ship had left the construction yard as planned and had almost arrived at + departure point on the edge of the star system when suddenly all communication + was lost. Extensive investigations after the incident have never revealed the + source of the malfunction, and everything that happened after this point is the + result of long-range sensor telemetry. + The ship arrived at the departure point and the flight continued as planned. + A few moments later a massive energy discharge was registered, indicating + that the experimental jump drive was activated. Unfortunatly, the order + to return to the point of departure after the initial jump, seems to be a part of + the plan that never got executed. The ship had literally vanished into thin air. + + The top brass was very upset. + + The Karelian Incident |