[FEDNET] Dionysus, Salt Lake Siege Ends in Blast

[Orwell]

 

DIONYSUS - MOVING FORWARD

 

 

 

Neglected for twenty-one years, the wilds have been allowed to encroach onto the site of once-bustling urban centers.

 

CAMP FOXTROT, MESA VERDE - Most of Dionysus is covered in craters and scars from saturation bombings, but among the ruins of Mesa Verde, time has stood still for twenty-one years. It only took 36 hours for the city to fall, taking the lives of around 2 million, mostly being civilians. Having been dealt a devastating blow, the Mobile Infantry hastened to mobilize a counterattack, but were overwhelmed by the number of Arachnids. A planetary evacuation was ordered, and the Federation struggled to maintain stable routes for fleeing civilians. After cutting their losses, Sky Marshall Phid authorized the saturation bombing of the planet's surface to dislodge the entrenched Bugs. Despite the bombing, the Arachnids held their ground, and operations on Dionysus were ceased. For over two decades, the planet would serve as an agitating reminder of the destructive power of the Bugs, being just out of grasp for reclamation. Now, with Operation Dust Devil coming to a close, the Federation has managed to right old wrongs and re-establish a foothold on the planet's surface. Mobile Infantry and Fleet brass are currently convening to decide further course of action for the next phase of Dionysus' rehabilitation. We spoke with some of the troops stationed at Camp Foxtrot, in the old West Stadium in downtown, specifically one Sgt. Victor Mendelbaum.

 

"It's pretty wild, walking around the old streets of Mesa Verde, and Xiaogan. You'll be in the middle of a city and it'll be dead quiet. Everything's exactly the way it was twenty years ago. You can still find the New Years' decorations. It wasn't pretty, what happened here. I'm real glad that we're finally taking back what's ours."

 

 

 

SALT LAKE CITY SIEGE ENDS IN BLAST

 

 

OGDEN, UTAH, USA - The standoff between radical Mormon extremists and Mobile Infantry in the Utah-Nevada theater has come to an end. Lasting for nearly two months, the standoff began in late December after a firefight broke out between the extremists and a group of MI, leaving two troopers dead. Since then, the area has been on lockdown with the Mobile Infantry maintaining a tight vise on the compound in the ruins of Salt Lake City. Intelligence confirmed the existence of unarmed women and children within the compound, preventing troops from arresting and detaining the extremists. Lt. Ivan Sikorsky of the 9th Infantry brigade was in charge of defusing the situation, hoping to negotiate for the safe evacuation of the women and children from inside the camp. Throughout the course of the siege, only 4 of the 12 suspected women and children left the compound. Around 2:30 AM local time, smoke was spotted from the back of the compound. Around two minutes later, it is suspected that an ammunition cache nearby ignited, and set off a massive blast which destroyed most of the compound. Authorities are struggling to identify the bodies of the potential ringleader, Joshua Nedermeyer, who claimed to be on a religious crusade by refusing to leave what they saw as theirs granted by 'The Most High.' Mobile Infantry have apprehended around a dozen survivors, who appear to be in a state of shock. Lieutenant Sikorsky declined to make a comment on the situation.

 

 

 

[El Excellente]

// am i the only one who thought they were having a huge party in salt lake city