DISPATCHES FROM THE FRONT (MU 2024)

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VALIANT WARRIORS OF THE ALLIANCE, I WRITE TO YOU ON THE EVE OF AN AUSPICIOUS MOMENT. ONE YEAR AGO, THE TERRAN WAR MACHINE’S POWER IN THIS SECTOR WAS SHATTERED WITH THE GLORIOUS DESTRUCTION OF THEIR ALLEGEDLY INVINCIBLE FORTRESS, BATTLE STATION ARGO. DESPITE THE TERRANS’ INDUSTRIOUS ATTEMPTS TO SPIN AND CONTROL THE NARRATIVE OF THEIR OWN SELF-DESTRUCTIVE IN-FIGHTING, THE ONLY DEFINITIVE AND TRUTHFUL ACCOUNT REMAINS MY OWN EPIC, THE BALLAD OF MOSSAK KHART, A THOROUGHLY RESEARCHED AND SOURCED RECONSTRUCTION OF THE FINAL HOURS OF THAT WRETCHED PLACE AND THE ROLE OUR BRAVE PARTISANS PLAYED IN ITS DOWNFALL.

THE KLINGON-CARDASSIAN ALLIANCE HAS MADE GREAT STRIDES IN SECURING AND EXPANDING OUR STRATEGIC HOLDINGS IN THIS SECTOR SINCE THEN. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS, VICTORY IS WITHIN OUR GRASP! YET THERE IS GREAT PERIL IN SUCCUMBING TO OVERCONFIDENCE, FOR THE TERRANS REMAIN UNDAUNTED. EVEN NOW, THEY ARE PLANNING TO ASSERT THEIR WILL IN OUR RIGHTFUL TERRITORY ONCE MORE.

AS YOU MAY KNOW FROM MY PREVIOUS DISPATCHES, THESE TIRELESS VERMIN HAVE BEEN WORKING INDUSTRIOUSLY ON A NEW BATTLE STATION, THIS ONE UNIMAGINATIVELY LABELED SIMPLY “13”. BUT I HAVE JUST LEARNED VIA MY NETWORK OF INFORMANTS THAT CONSTRUCTION IS NEARLY COMPLETE! EVEN NOW, THE NEW OUTPOST IS STAFFING UP TO CAPACITY IN PREPARATION TO CONTINUE TO PROSECUTE THIS UNJUST WAR.

MY FRIENDS, I SHUDDER TO IMAGINE THE LOSSES OUR VALIANT WARRIORS WILL SUFFER IF THAT BATTLE STATION IS ALLOWED TO RETURN TO FULL STRENGTH. ITS PREDECESSOR WAS THE LYNCHPIN OF TERRAN POWER IN THE SECTOR, AND IT WAS ONLY BY SEIZING A ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY THAT WE WITNESSED ITS DESTRUCTION.

LET US NOT LOSE THE PROGRESS AND MOMENTUM WE HAVE GAINED THIS PAST YEAR TO COMPLACENCY. FOR THE SECOND TIME IN THIS LIFETIME, I SEE A WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY TO STRIKE WHILE THE ENEMY IS WEAK, TO SABOTAGE THEIR CONSTRUCTION, PARALYZE THEIR LOGISTICAL NETWORK, AND DECAPITATE THEIR COMMAND STRUCTURE IN ONE FELL SWOOP.

LET US BURN BATTLE STATION 13 TO THE GROUND, BROTHERS AND SISTERS! LET US TOPPLE THE TERRANS’ SEAT OF POWER AGAIN AND AGAIN, AS MANY TIMES AS IS NECESSARY TO SHOW THEM THE FUTILITY OF FIGHTING! ALDEBARAN BELONGS TO THE ALLIANCE, NOW AND ALWAYS! QAPLA’!

YOUR FAITHFUL CORRESPONDENT,
KLIN_ZHA_MASTER

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STALWART WARRIORS OF THE ALLIANCE, I BRING YOU INTERESTING NEWS! OFTEN HAVE I WRITTEN BEFORE OF THE INTERNECINE CONFLICTS OF THE TERRAN EMPIRE, WHERE BETRAYAL AND BACK-STABBING ARE SIMPLY A FACT OF LIFE APPARENTLY ACCEPTED BY ALL. MOST OF THESE PETTY SQUABBLES ARE MERE JOCKEYING FOR POSITION, AS PROMOTION THROUGH THE RANKS OF THE TERRAN WAR MACHINE INVARIABLY INVOLVES STEPPING OVER THE CORPSE OF YOUR PREDECESSOR. BUT ONCE IN A WHILE, WE BEAR WITNESS TO A TRUE SCHISM, A CROSSING OF THE POINT OF NO RETURN. PERIM’S REBELLION LAST YEAR WAS ONE SUCH BREAK, AND NOW I HAVE LEARNED OF ANOTHER WHICH HAS THE POTENTIAL TO GROW INTO A TRUE PROBLEM FOR THE EMPIRE.

CAPTAIN IANA VEL OF THE I.S.S. FORRESTAL HAS TRANSMITTED A CALL TO ARMS WHICH PLACES HER AND HER CREW FIRMLY AND STRIDENTLY IN OPPOSITION TO THE TERRAN REGIME. THIS AFFRONT, COMING AS IT DOES FROM WITHIN THE IMPERIAL STARFLEET, CANNOT GO UNANSWERED BY THEIR AUTHORITIES. SOON, ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, RED BLOOD WILL FLOW AND THE TERRANS WILL BE WEAKENED BY THEIR INFIGHTING.

THIS OPPORTUNITY IS A GIFT TO THE ALLIANCE, BROTHERS AND SISTERS. THE LAST CONFLICT OF THIS KIND BROUGHT DOWN THE TERRAN BASTION; WHAT MIGHT WE ACHIEVE THIS TIME IF WE STRIKE AT THE PRECISELY OPPORTUNE MOMENT?

I CALL ON ALL LOYAL WARRIORS OF THE ALLIANCE AND OUR PARTISAN ALLIES BEHIND ENEMY LINES TO WATCH THIS UNFOLDING SITUATION CAREFULLY. OUR FOES WILL EXPOSE THEIR WEAK POINTS IF WE ARE PATIENT AND DECISIVE. IN THE MEAN TIME, GIVE WHAT AID AND SUPPORT YOU CAN TO THE I.S.S. FORRESTAL, SO LONG AS IT DOES NOT IMPERIL YOUR OWN MISSIONS UNDULY, FOR THE LONGER THIS CLASH PERSISTS, THE GREATER THE CHANCE OF US FINDING THE PRECISE OPENING WE NEED. QAPLA’!

YOUR FAITHFUL CORRESPONDENT,
KLIN_ZHA_MASTER

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NOBLE WARRIORS OF THE ALLIANCE, IT IS WITH PROFOUND REGRET THAT I CONFESS TO YOU THAT MY PLANNED DISPATCH FOR TODAY WILL BE DELAYED. WHILE I WAS HARD AT WORK ON AN INCISIVE AND EDIFYING REPORT ON THE INJUSTICES OF THE TERRAN EMPIRE, SOURCED FROM DEEP WITHIN THEIR WAR MACHINE, I WAS SUDDENLY ATTACKED BY MALICIOUS SOFTWARE WHICH SEIZED CONTROL OF MY TERMINAL. IN ORDER TO PREVENT THE LEAK OF ANY SENSITIVE SECRETS OF THE ALLIANCE INTO ENEMY HANDS, I SWIFTLY AND DECISIVELY SMASHED THE MACHINE TO PIECES.

DO NOT MOURN THE LOST DISPATCH, BROTHERS AND SISTERS; I HAVE ACQUIRED A NEW COMPUTER, CHANGED ALL MY ACCESS KEYS AND TOKENS, AND WILL START AGAIN ON A NEW DRAFT. IF YOU FEEL ROBBED OF A PROPER DISPATCH TODAY, I SHARE YOUR OUTRAGE AND ENCOURAGE YOU TO CHANNEL YOUR DISPLEASURE INTO WIDESPREAD AND INDISCRIMINATE SABOTAGE OF ANY AND ALL VULNERABLE TERRAN ACTIVITIES. LET THEM KNOW THAT WHENEVER THEY STRIKE AT US, THEY CAN EXPECT TO HAVE THEIR AGGRESSION RETURNED ONE HUNDRED FOLD. UNTIL TOMORROW, QAPLA’!

YOUR FAITHFUL CORRESPONDENT,
KLIN_ZHA_MASTER

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INDOMITABLE WARRIORS OF THE ALLIANCE, I BRING YOU NEWS TO STIR HOPE IN YOUR BATTLE-SCARRED HEARTS. THOUGH IT MAY FEEL AS THOUGH THIS LONG, GRINDING WAR AGAINST THE TERRAN EMPIRE WILL DRAG ON FOREVER WITHOUT END, THERE IS CAUSE TO LOOK TO THE NEAR FUTURE WITH OPTIMISM! THE TERRANS’ IMPLACABLE EDIFICE IS SHOWING CRACKS AT LONG LAST; SOON, IT WILL ALL CRUMBLE TO DUST.

WHY DO I SPECULATE THUSLY WITH SUCH CONFIDENCE? BECAUSE THE ABUSES AND INDIGNITIES OF TERRAN SOCIETY APPEAR TO BE DRIVING DISCONTENT WITHIN THE EMPIRE TO CRITICAL MASS. THE REBELLION OF THE I.S.S. FORRESTAL IS ONLY THE LATEST INCIDENT IN A STRING OF UPHEAVALS, FROM THE PREVIOUS EMPEROR’S DOOMED INVASION TO THE CHAOS AND INFIGHTING THAT DESTROYED BATTLE STATION ARGO LAST YEAR. I RECENTLY SPOKE WITH THE CAPTAIN OF THE FORRESTAL, IANA VEL, WHO TOLD ME THAT THE PEOPLE OF THE TERRAN EMPIRE HAVE REACHED A BREAKING POINT:

The Empire’s arrogance that we all cower before it allowed me to build this command right under their nose. … [THE CREW] have been forced into slavery, and other unspeakable services…all for the Empire. Enough was enough. … The Empire’s days are numbered … We may be a minority, those who rise up, but it won’t stay that way.

AND CAPTAIN VEL’S MESSAGE TO THOSE OTHERS UNDER THE THUMB OF THE EMPIRE WHO WOULD CAST OFF THEIR SHACKLES, IF ONLY THEY KNEW HOW?

Reach out to us. We can help you. We have quarters, food, medical supplies, and protection. And to any of those in the Alliance…Our fangs are sharp as is our will to fight our common enemy. We’re out here.

THE FULL TRANSCRIPT OF MY CONVERSATION WITH CAPTAIN VEL CAN BE FOUND HERE. THIS LINK WILL BE UPDATED EVERY HOUR ON THE HOUR TO POINT TO A NEW STATIC HOST LOCATION, TO ENSURE THAT NO EFFORT TO SUPPRESS THE BRAVE WORDS OF IANA VEL CAN SUCCEED. I ENCOURAGE ALL ALLIANCE PARTISANS WITHIN THE EMPIRE TO READ AND CIRCULATE THIS MATERIAL AS WIDELY AS POSSIBLE. THIS MESSAGE MUST PENETRATE EVERY CORNER OF THE EMPIRE, EVEN THOSE PLACES WHERE NOT THE FAINTEST GLIMMER OF HOPE COULD PREVIOUSLY REACH.

STAND STRONG, BROTHERS AND SISTERS. WE ARE UNITED IN OUR CAUSE TO BRING DOWN THIS EVIL INSTITUTION. OUR COMBINED STRENGTH WILL SHIFT ORBITS AND CRUSH STARS. NEVER GIVE UP ON THE DREAM OF A BETTER TOMORROW. UNTIL THEN, MY COMRADES, I SAY: QAPLA’!

YOUR FAITHFUL CORRESPONDENT,
KLIN_ZHA_MASTER

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INVINCIBLE WARRIORS OF THE ALLIANCE, DO NOT BELIEVE THE LIES BEING SPREAD ABOUT MY DEMISE. IT IS TRUE THAT THE TERRANS CAME CLOSE THIS TIME, BUT CLOSE IS NOT ENOUGH TO SILENCE ME. IF MAY BE SOME TIME BEFORE I AM ABLE TO RETURN TO MY REGULAR SCHEDULE OF DISPATCHES, FOR THERE IS MUCH WORK TO DO IN REBUILDING AND RE-SECURING THE DISTRIBUTED NETWORK THAT MAKES THIS RIGHTEOUS WORK POSSIBLE. BUT RETURN I WILL. TO OUR ENEMIES IN THE EMPIRE, WHO HANG ON MY EVERY WORD, I HAVE ONLY THIS TO SAY:

IF YOU WOULD DO INJURY TO A LEGEND, IT SHOULD BE SO SEVERE THAT HER VENGEANCE NEED NOT BE FEARED.

YOUR FAITHFUL CORRESPONDENT,
KLIN_ZHA_MASTER

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