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Rise of the Earth Federation

Rise of the Earth Federation

yet annother Terran Alliance AAR

  "I've always hated bureaucrats, but now I have become one. Even If it means I'm the head of government that spans an entire planet, irony...sucks."
Edgar Ford, President of the Earth Federation to reporters, circa 2226.

Throughout the twenty-first century, humans wondered how, when, of if Earth would be united.
Some thought it would be out of pure and bare necessity after World War Three, others though it would a military coup' de tat, and some though it would never be united.
However, they were all wrong. It all began in 2016, when the Federated States of Micronesia, tired of being dependent on U.S. aid, held a summit with Tonga, Kiribati, and Fiji with the purpose of creating a political union of island nations that would pool money and resources to fund civil projects, provide disaster aid, and if needed, military support to each other. They called themselves the Oceanic Union. In 2020, a constitution was signed, and the Pacific Federation was born, consisting of all the Pacific island nations excluding Taiwan. While this was going on, dissent against China's communist government culminated in a popular revolution in 2031, which threw out the Communist Party and established the Republic of China. Although this was a turbulent event, the leaders of many countries quietly breathed a sigh of relief, because of them, especially the United States, had increasingly cool relations with Communist China. The most violent step toward the unification of Earth occurred in the Middle East, when Iran and Syria formed a coalition and invaded Lebanon in 2035. Saudi Arabia, Israel, and surprisingly the PF and China formed their own coalition and declared war on Iran and Syria that same year. World War Two-And-A-Half, as it was sometimes sarcastically referred to, went back and forth, with many soldiers dying on both sides, but following a missile bombardment of Damascus in 2042, Syria surrendered and Iran shortly followed suite. To avert another event such as this, Saudi Arabia and Egypt held a conference in Riyadh, and with much work, the United Arab Republic was formed. (Israel assumed protectorate status.) the final steps were more peaceful. As European countries gave more and more power to the European Union, many began to merge together until the fabled United States of Europe emerged in 2062. ,The United States, seeing where the world was going, signed a treaty with Canada, Mexico, and Cuba, which had recently renounced its communist government, creating the North American Republic.
Finally, South America followed suite and created the South American Conglomerate in 2070.
Aside from occasional skirmishes between the minor nations, things were quiet until 2092, when the infamous Thalan probe was discovered in Havana. In response, the nations of the world banded together and formed the Earth Federation in 2110.
With the discovery of cold fusion in 2210, and the subsequent discovery if Hyperdrive in 2220, the Earth Federation was ready to expand into the stars.


That's part one, part two is coming soon...and yes I'll tell you my game settings then.  


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Reply #226 Top

Nice updates General-things are hotting up!! :D

Reply #227 Top

sorry-double post guys 8C

Reply #228 Top

If you take no prisoners then how do you find out if this attack was planned or spur of the moment.

No prisoners were taken because if they were, they could find things out, like if the Allies are relocating their training grounds, and where.

Reply #229 Top

Quoting General, reply 3

If you take no prisoners then how do you find out if this attack was planned or spur of the moment.


No prisoners were taken because if they were, they could find things out, like if the Allies are relocating their training grounds, and where.

 

It still leaves you with a question as to if you have a mole or they just stumbled on it.

 

 

If you have a mole then you still have a problem.  I understand why they ordered no prisoners.

Reply #230 Top

That dosn't make it OK, but it was a great thematic device (which is proabably what it wad meant to be).

Reply #231 Top

[quote] BTW, I have an idea in the back of my head about making an Metaverse empire out of Earth Federation Starfleet. If I made it, would anyone join? [quote]

The Chaos Blades are with you

The Chaos Blades are a group of humans who split off form the rest of humanity using a generational colonization ship.  This ship, "Chaos Spawn" was built inside an asteroid and settled on the other side of the galaxy.  As we are just now coming into our own, we will be glad to ally with people as prestegious as the Earth Federation

Reply #232 Top

Jump on in.  We could use the extra help!:borg: :borg: :borg: :borg: :borg: :borg: :borg: :borg:

Reply #233 Top

Uh...  helo?  Is anyone here?

Reply #234 Top

Admiral William Evans sat in a chair that seemed to be two sizes to small, waiting for Admiral George Healy to call him into his office. He held a data-pad in one hand, and a stylus in the other; the almost-pen was slashing across the small computer's screen.

We were attacked three days ago, he wrote, and were caught completely off-guard.  Admiral Healy ordered no prisoners to be taken, which strikes me as unwise. The Korx can trumpet it as an atrocity, and can start reprisals on the prisoners they hold.  Not to mention, we won't be able to find out how these training grounds were discovered, or if we have a mole. Everyone seems to be amazed that we were attacked in Federation territory. What everyone seems to have forgotten is that this only recently became Federation territory after an invasion, and that we're close to the Korxian border. Why we would have training grounds for an important operation here is beyond me. I plan to take this up with Healy.

As he turned off the data-pad, Evans's grin somehow managed to be smug and bitter at the same time. If anyone read this, they wouldn't notice the anger he had put into it. He recorded his thoughts far more pungently on his personal console on the Barbados, but he needed this to blow off some of his frustration. He probably would have punched someone square in the jaw if he didn't.

Of course, if Starfleet Command, in its infinite wisdom, hadn't put one of the Allies' training grounds for the upcoming invasion--he was sure that was what they had been training for--so close to Korxian space, he wouldn't have had much anger to vent.

"If this doesn't wake the blackshirts up, nothing will," Evans muttered, then chuckled, even though it wasn't funny. Blackshirts used to be how enlisted men referred to officers they didn't like when the latter party couldn't hear, and they usually strengthened the slur with a variety of profane adjectives. Nowadays, both officers and enlistees referred to Starfleet Command by that scornful word.

A door at a far wall opened, and a sullen-looking ensign walked out, mumbling things hot enough to set his uniform on fire.

A junior lieutenant leaned over his desk so Evans could see him. "Admiral Healy will see you now," he said.

Evans stood up and walked through the doorway, wondering what Healy had to tell him.

After a short walk down the hall, Evans came to a metal door with ADMIRAL GEORGE HEALY painted on it in black letters. Evans pressed a button on the door, and it opened with a soft hiss. The man whom the door advertised sat at his desk, a cigar hanging from his mouth.

Healy was a dour-looking man in his late sixties, with the coldest grey eyes Evans had ever seen, and crow's-feet and frown lines that seemed more severe behind cigar smoke. After taking a long drag, Healy said, "So, you're Evans?" in a grim rasp, then blew an absurdly perfect smoke ring.

Coughing as he entered Healy's office,--he hated cigars--Evans replied, "Yes, sir. Reporting as ordered," and saluted. After taking a seat in front of Healy's desk he asked, "What did you call me here for--to your office, I mean?"

Healy made a small production of taking another drag from the cigar before replying, "You have alien crew members on your ship.”

It wasn’t a question. "Yes, sir," Evans replied cautiously, and then, even more cautiously, he added, "Why are you asking? As far as I can tell, they're as good at their jobs as humans."

Healy grunted, then rasped, "I may disagree with you there, but that's not my point. My point is, one of them is a Greyskin."

Evans winced. "Sir, I know you don't trust him, but I don't think he would have gotten on my ship--let alone in Starfleet--if there was a chance in hell he would turn on us."

Healy blew a cloud of fragrant tobacco smoke out his nose, then growled, "I seem to remember a human turning Judas for the Greyskins....and that you discovered him."

"He was actually press-ganged, and the prisoners we took from that ship all told us he was just a medic," Evans answered evenly.

This time, it was Healy who winced. The older man went back to safe ground: "How do you know that Greyskin is trustworthy?"

With absolutely no expression in his voice, Evans said, "Because Kralax ordered him killed, and he got pretty damn close to getting his wish."

"I know that," Healy said impatiently as he smashed his cigar into an ashtray, "But he joined Starfleet to kill Kralax; I've read your logs. But now, Kralax is dead; that admiral assassinated him. And so, how do you know he won't go rogue?"

"Tendath wants to be in at the death," Evans said simply. "He wants to see what's left of Kralax's Dominion---or perhaps the Dominion itself--wiped off the map. And," he added hastily, "I've been monitering his computer entries (covertly, of course), and had some of the crew spy on him; I won't mince words." Evans paused to let that sink in, then, in a low and deadly voice, added, "And I'll shoot him out an airlock if he ever turns on me."

Healy leaned back in his chair, working his jaw as if he was literaly chewing on Evans's words. "You're a bit more...thorough than most captains I've met," he said after a long pause. "Most of them would just monitor a suspicious crew member's computer or use informants. You're one of the few who's done both...but then again, you're the first one who has a Greyskin on his ship, let alone one who's an officer. Keep watching him, too; we both know with Greyskins, there's always an ulterior motive."

"I'll keep watching him, sir; don't worry about that," Evans said with finality. "I'll know right away if he does anything out of the ordinary...and if we were right for bebing suspicious."

Helay was silent as he lighted another cigar. "Good,"  he growled.

"One last thing, sir," Evans said as he stood up. At Healy's raised eyebrow he asked, "Why were we ordered not to take prisoners after the attack three days ago?"

Healy muttered something, then growled, "Orders from Starfleet Command: 'No prisoners taken when training facilities are attacked, no acceptions.' He couldn't have sounded more disgusted if he tried for a week.

"Starfleet Command. Of course." Evans's voice came out as a growl not that different from Healy's. He slauted the older admiral and stomped out of his office, shaking his head. "'War never changes'", he quoted to himself, which was very true: the higher-ups still made stupid mistakes, even in 2233.

Reply #235 Top

What just happened? I tried to update, and all I got was an empty reply box. I'll file a bug report.

Reply #236 Top

Actually the text is there, it's just black for some reason. You can read it fine if you highlight it with the mouse. 

Good story by the way as well.

Reply #237 Top

You can edit it and change the color of the font and it will show up.

Kzinti empire2.JPG Sentient species taste better...

Reply #238 Top

Lovely General-good to see you posting once again-been too long Mr :thumbsup:

Reply #239 Top

Good story general glad to see you listen to some input.

Reply #240 Top

Quoting mambaman, reply 13
Lovely General-good to see you posting once again-been too long Mr

School's been crazy....thank God for Thanksgiving break!

BTW, is imageshack working? I have some new ships I'd like to show off, espeicaly my new Richmond class dreadnought....}:)

Reply #241 Top

Yeah Imageshack was working last time I uploaded a pic fella B)

Reply #242 Top

you have to get the location from "image details"

Reply #243 Top

I have an annoucement:

My schoolwork is becoming more and more intense, I must make-up for missed work due to being sick, and, to be perfectly honest, it has become difficlult to get motivated about updating this story. Therefore, it is with regret that I must decalre this AAR to be discontinued.

I will, however, start a new one (perhaps even a redux of this story) as soon as the opportunity arrises.

I thank you all for the encouragement, compliments, and constructive criticism you have given. <Salutes>

 

Reply #244 Top

no   no   no  no  no  no  no  NO

Reply #245 Top

What a shame General as this was a cracking AAR but totally understand

Good luck with the coursework mr :zoomba:

Reply #246 Top

Well, this a great (and very long) AAR. Good job with it.

Etrius

Reply #248 Top

Today we mourn the passing of annother AAR.  In hindsight let us not remember the untimely death, but the great times it had in life.

 

I do sympathize with you.  I have been sick for the past few weeks and now I have a ton of crud to make up >:(