Disclosure
by Chaoseternus
The Truth Is Out At Last, Are You Ready For It?
Okay, is till ignoring any and all emails regarding ounctuation getting stripped... so I am officially annoyed, this and a few other incidents are really really starting to sour me on this archive. If you want to keep following what i write, it might be worth pulling up my profile and grabbing the urls for future reference, both archives and the updates group.
Stone Cold: The host is female... but maktenos himself thinks of himself as male, if he could switch hosts to male he would but thanks to events in Thundergate, he can no longer switch hosts without dying
greyangle: heh... if you pull up the archive link for this series, you will find a fic (not by me, but canon in this verse) which places Xander Harris (BTVS) in command of a minor warship...
mikieb: he has his reasons... they will become clear
dnic5: thank you
rankukon alpha: thank you
okay, a lot of this fic will be written as snippets from a reporters eye view... Ive heard elsewhere that people think it works and is appropriate for this fic, but I want to know your opinions too, so please review
NOTE: this is gonna get dark, just a warning
Chapter 4"The situation is bad"
"That is it" Thompson replied.
"What we want" Roslin continued, "is reassurances that the treaties and alliances we have will be kept even if the Government fall"
Thompson nodded grimly, and then looked directly into Roslin's eyes, "The treaties will be upheld. Authorised by the current government, we even have plans' should the Government fall and a hostile one take its place"
Roslin's eyes widened, but Thompson hadn't finished.
"That only protects us against a coup or similar however. I will not move against a duly elected government2
"So there is still a risk2
Thompson nodded, "there is always a risk but the situation is bad enough that right now the various parties are working together to try and bring Britain back out of the chaos and that level of cooperation hasn't been seen in decades"
"I see"
"A boast for World Security or more weapons in the race to dominate Earth from the sky? That is the question I everyone's minds today as the SGC confirms that more then 10 new minor warships of the MTB and MGB types are expected to launch this week.
Sources suggest this mass of new craft is intended to bring the existing squadrons up to full strength for the first time, however with losses recently suffered due to an alleged attempted invasion by the Aschen, they may fall just short..."
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"Tension fills the air as Ten-thousand protestors march on Washington, unusual, but not an unheard of event, what makes this time so different I hear you say?
Well, this time they are calling for war.
You heard it right folks, these protestors are calling on the government to seize the oil fields from the Arab nations to secure the supply for American usage. This comes as the Twenty Dollar Gallon hits the garage forecourts... or at least, those that are still open"
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"Ford stocks doubled almost overnight as mass-produced electric cars rolled off not just one or two minor factories, but off every single manufacturing plant in America and the EU. Ford has been first off the mark to adapt to the oil crisis with the shift to electric but they certainly wont be the last, with Citroen already converting its own plants and the rest expected to follow.
However, demand is high and if you want one of these, well the waiting list currently stands at six months and climbing fast..."
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"A pall of smoke rises in the North Sea as two drilling platforms burn, destroyed by radical extremists using fishing boats loaded with homemade fertilizer bombs. At this time, the Royal Navy is not commenting on rumours that three more of these fireships were put down by destroyers patrolling the region.
It is not yet determined how this will effect Britain's current self reliance on oil and gas supplies or on their small but essential pipeline of supplies to a beleaguered America..."
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"Shock, then a furore of nationalistic pride has hit China this week as the government announced the formation of the People's Liberation Army, Space with its first ship expected to launch within the month. How long they have been building the ship, or for that matter, its class are unknown but we do know just one thing for sure.
Its name, Jinaghu was officially announced just two hours ago"
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"Applauded by some, distrusted by most, the Babylon project is described as a Dream Given Form', a neutral place where beings of any race can gather for research, negotiations or just to build stronger links with others, and just ten minutes ago it became law with a margin of just two votes having already been ratified by Britain, Canada and France.
A controversial idea, many see it not as a beacon of peace and hope but of how we have been manipulated and controlled by several allied races in their search for Earth's far superior technologies.
Even more disturbingly, people are asking why are we even bothering with creating a neutral place for others when we should consider humanity first over all others, that if the allied races really want our help they should be willing to pay for it with more then a simple' space station "
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"Russia to commission a foreign military power to construct its space going warships? That's the rumour on the streets today as the new Marshall Of Space, Katya Popova meets with RSS representative Joan Williams in the Kremlin..."
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"What's happening now?"
"Well, not much on the ground, the guard detail has been heavily reinforced and there are now tanks patrolling the perimeter... that's a Abram's you can see behind me right now"
"But the alarms have been silenced and the fighters, identified as F-302's, the advanced starfighters Stargate command uses have scrambled and are now in the air... or for that matter, in space, we don't know for definite"
"For those of you, who have just joined us in the studio, our reporter is Richard Adams and he is currently standing outside Area 51 where just ten minutes ago, a full squadron of F-302's scrambled from. The base is now on full alert"
"Wait... something's happening here now... I see blast shields rising into place, crews are abandoning their tanks and running, just running for shelter... yes... yes, we are now being ordered into the base and into a blast shelter... I don't know what's going on, but I'm heading for cover, and..."
"My God"
"Okay, we caught a bright flash through the camera there Richard, what do you see, what caused it?"
"Richard, can you tell us what you see?"
"Richard?"
"Okay, okay, I can see a mushroom cloud rising in the distance, it's... I think its nuclear John and its looks to be rising over Las Vegas... I'm heading into shelter now and I just hope it's up to the job if we get hit... signing off... and running like BEEP"
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"Shit! It's confirmed, Vegas just got hit"
"For the record, I fucking hate the cylons... they jump in too fucking close, far closer then the Goa'uld ever did. Right, where's that training squadron?" Peters barked, harassed, shocked and angry.
"The 6 th SFW is in the belt Commodore, they aren't operational"
"They are now, order them to make best speed for Earth orbit and kill any Cylons they come across"
"Aye... Cobra squadron just hit orbit and is now engaging... I've got several satellites re-entering atmosphere, should I disengage the power shunts?"
"Negative! just track them; don't wont the cylons getting any groundside access, we'll just have to replace them later" Peters growled, "and where the hell is 194 Squadron?"
"Launching now, they have had problems with protestors inside the perimeter... shit, they say they lost three birds, protestors rammed them to stop them taking off"
Peters stood still, sheer shock then elemental anger crossing her face, "and we are fighting to keep them alive why?"
"I don't think the protestors are watching the news, they certainly aren't paying attention to base personnel except to disrupt their efforts"
Peters grimaced, "signal the base commander, weapons free"
"Sir?"
"They are disrupting a military base during a time of war... if we survive this we can slam then with treason charges but for now, every second they delay the fighters and MTBs launching is another nuke we have to intercept... or another city destroyed. Consider them hostile now"
"Aye Sir"
