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Starship Troopers: Miner Disruption

Recap

FedNet Scripts

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Desk of Tucker Goebbels (editor)

3/09/2312

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WAR!

Extra 1: "War?"

Extra 2: War?"

Narrator: War! What is it good for? We're glad you asked.

War is what makes men out of boys, and women out of girls. War is what's keeping you – yes you – safe, as the citizens of the Federal Armed Services keep the Arachnid menace at bay.

Ed:I need some better footage from the front. John Does in the trenches, Jane Does in flight suits, y'know, the usual. And for God's sake, no wounded this time.

So why not sign up? Do your part! Live the adventure! Our war's going so well, and there's so many volunteers, we've even dropped the minimum age of enlistment to 17.

Still in school? No problem. Leave early! The Federation will give you valuable life lessons, such as how to kill Bugs. How to fly a starship. How to spot a peace terrorist. You may even be psychic!

Speak to a Federal recruiter today – there's one at every corner!

Remember: service guarantees citizenship!

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Fifteen years.

Fifteen long years.

Tonight, we commemorate the fifteenth anniversary of the destruction of Buenos Aires. Where the race of insects known as Pseudo-Arachnids launched an unprovoked attack on Earth, killing upward of 8 million people. A day that will forever live in infamy, as we learnt that the price of freedom is eternal vigilance, and only under the watchful eye of the United Citizen Federation can we ever aspire to prosperity in a harsh galaxy.

Alas, we learnt too late how high the price of victory is. Where, at the First Battle of Klendathu, we learnt that our enemy would not go down without a fight. That they would defend their homes with the same ferocity with which they would attack ours.

Ed: This needs a rewrite. Heck, maybe even scrub it. We all know First Klendathu was a FUBAR, we don't need to remind the plebs about it. Also, cut the mention of Bug homes. The scum don't have any.

But the sacrifices of our brave men and women were not in vain, because out of the ashes of Klendathu rose victory. On worlds such as Tango Urilla and Planet P, the Federal Armed Services marched to victory. Thanks to the efforts of war heroes like Johnny Rico and Carmen Ibanez, victory was achieved.

A P…for a V!

Ed: A P for a V? Seriously?

With one of their brains captured, the tide of the Bug War turned, and victory was assured, as our starship troopers began a second invasion of Klendathu.

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To our horror, we learnt from examination of the brain bug that the Arachnids had taken a number of our brave boys hostage on Klendathu. Deep in their subterranean caverns, the foul insects attempted to use our wounded soldiers as literal human shields. Knowing full well that the Federation leaves no citizen behind.

Who can imagine what horrors our boys went through? What heinous torture the Bugs inflicted upon them? What slave labour they had to endure?

Ed: Cut out the slave labour bit. Bugs don't need humans to work for them, they've got their own Worker Caste for that. I appreciate the effort, but we've got to make sure the plebs hate the Bugs in the right way, and don't ask too many questions.

For three years, we pounded Klendathu. We held our ground, and made the Bugs pay for every inch they tried to take. Our neodogs sniffed out the damn Bug holes, and our troopers descended intro them. Brought out our captured soldiers from Hell, and put them on a boat to Heaven.

Take a rest, hero. You've earnt it!

Ed: We don't have any better footage of survivours? Smiles, damn it! We can't let the plebs realize that Second K isn't the victory we've always portrayed it as.

With every one of our boys brought back, nothing could stop the wrath of the Federation. With our newly deployed power armour, Bug losses tallied in the millions. In glorious triumph, the Federal Armed Services pulled back from the planet, the homeworld of the Bugs shattered forever. The war wasn't over, but victory was in sight. All we had to do was walk down that road.

Commence a march to victory.

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In light of our successes on Klendathu, Operation March to Victory was launched four years after the Bugs' instigation of the war. The brave men and women of the Mobile Infantry deployed across a front dozens of light-years wide, as Sky Marshal Edwart Tippett's brilliant strategy of total war against the Arachnids drove Archie back into their holes. Where once we focused on one planet at a time, now, the Federation swept forth like an unstoppable tide. The heart of the Bugs' empire was broken. Now, their last strongholds had to be swept away.

Ed: Need some archival footage of a Bug hole here. Or use one of the plungers on Set 16. We've got these extras, might as well use them.

After months of fighting, total victory was achieved, as the systems outlying Klendathu were totally cleansed of the Arachnid menace. Thanks to the actions of brave heroes like Captain Victor Dax, we can all sleep well at night, knowing that thanks to the finest minds of the Federation, and the limitless dedication of our boys and girls in the field, the Eagle shall always fly high.

Voice Clip: Shed no tears for me. My glory is forever.

Ed: Probably goes without saying, but make sure the recording is foolproof. We don't need people digging up the truth about Dax.

The conflict ended with the Bugs in full retreat, unable to contend against the Mobile Infantry's firepower, or the tactical precision of the Federal Fleet. In desperation, the Bugs launched a counterattack against Federal colonies, only to be met by Morita and mortar, rifle and ship, from Hesperus to Sirius III. But for Archie, it was not to be. With our string of uninterrupted victories, the Bug had no choice but to retreat. Down into their holes, quivering in fear that at any moment, we would do to them what they did to us.

But the Federation is merciful. On New Year's Day, 2302, the Federal Council declared an end to hostilities.

For a time, we dared to imagine peace. Our boys and girls dared to hope that through their rite of Federal service, they had earned their franchise, and could now commit to the greater good in peace as much as they had in war.

But remember, citizen: imagination and hope are dangerous thing. And less than a year later, we discovered why.

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After less than a year of peace, the Bugs launched a new offensive. Egg spores, propelled by Bug plasma, made eggfall on dozens of Federation worlds, outside the Arachnid Quarantine Zone. Able to co-exist with no other species, the Arachnid menace resumed their campaign of genocide, against the sons and daughters of Terra. The human race, which never sought to antagonize the Arachnids, once again became the target of their heinous designs.

New Bugs. New breeds. And a new war. A Bug War. Bug War Two!

Ed: Maybe we need to tone this down. Bugs caught us off-guard, but get some uplifting shots as well. Use it from Bug War One if you have to, civilians are too stupid to spot the difference.

Who can forget those dark years? Who can forget the separatists of Mars, or the appeasement movement? Who dares utter the name of Elmo Goniff, vile peace terrorist and assassin? Who can forget those who would turn against the Federation in our darkest hour, to dared to claim that peace was worth any price? Who suggested co-existence with the Arachnids?

But with every darkness, there is a dawn.

New weapons! New ships! Who can forget the mighty Marauder, or the quakifying quantum bomb? Who now dares to doubt the magnificence of the Morita Mk. III, or the loveliness of laser turrets? Who can forget that, in our hour of need, Federation truthologists discovered that God existed, was a citizen too, and wanted us to win? God may have made all creatures great and small, but it was us, sons and daughters of Terra, who were his favoured children?

Ed: Great footage here guys, but maybe drop the God angle. It worked for a bit, but there's people asking why, if God's a citizen, He created the Arachnids as well. Maybe we need to talk to Archcitizen Little?

Yes, the Bugs caught us off our guard, but we ere back, stronger than ever! Everyone from citizens to willing civilian volunteers, have put their backs into the war effort! Our war is still ongoing, and has been for many years, but victory is just around the corner. So desperate are the Bugs, that they even launched a desperate offensive against Earth itself!

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Three years ago, the Bugs commandeered the mothballed ship, John A. Warden, in a desperate, ill-conceived attack on Terra itself. A sign that our enemy, while no less dangerous, was all the more in despair, as the tides of victory washed over their insect shores! Once, they had launched asteroids from the Klendathu system, and when that failed to break our will, they now sought to defile paradise through more insidious means.

With minimal casualties, the brave men and women of the Federal Fleet were able to shoot the Warden down before it even hit atmosphere. The crashed ship was then boarded by Mobile Infantry, who were able to destroy the Bugs down to the last insect. Utilizing the latest advances in power armour (soon to be available to every MI), our brave troopers nipped the Bugs in the bud – a sad end to a sad attack, to which none of us will shed tears.

Ed: Have someone run this by FedInt. If people find out what really happened with the Warden, heads are going to roll.

Now on the offensive, Federal experts agree that victory is imminent. That the Bugs' final defeat is nigh! That before you know it, this war will end, with every damn Bug squashed.

Do you want to miss out on the action?

Extra: No!

Do you want to miss your chance to be a hero?

Extra: No!

Ed: We need more extras for the background shots. Get them young if you can.

Then sign up now! Join the adventure! Earn your franchise through Federal service, and join in the war for humanity's future, to ensure that human civilization, not insect, dominates this galaxy now, and always!

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A/N

This began as a oneshot based on Starship Troopers: Terran Command. As the story goes on, you can probably see the influences. However, as the oneshot got longer and longer, I ended up making it a multi-chapter. Stuff like the prologue was a way of synthesizing the many strains of film canon, including the first four films, the comics, and the games.