Andromeda Net-7 News
Primus Planet Staging area for Counter-Attack Against Vrix
Reporter: Swafa
Submission Date: 2003-12-08 18:20:26.0


I report to you live from the surface of the wasteland that was once Primus. This planet which was the site of the V'rix's first victory in it's war against the Progen Race, was also the beginning of a war which has now engulfed the entire galaxy. Today I fight, tonight I write. While the Allied Forces took significant losses, their resolve was strong. This attack, which was much needed by the Progen Battle Fleet to avenge the death of Amah and the defeat at Primus, came at the hands of free pilots. These pilots which have a loose affiliation with many factions and are known to battle only for money, or the scrap of destroyed ships united in their cause to take back Primus.

This attack, which was organized as a group effort between The Brotherhood and Order of Chivalry guilds, was soon joined by pilots all across the galaxy. Guilds like XtremeForce, Galatic Order, Battleships of Andromeda, Merchant Marines, Red Fusion, Mithril, Epiphany and The Seekers joined in the attack. Within three hours after the attack started, allied forces had pushed the V'rix back and held the station for a matter of hours.

This sudden attack came at such a suprise and with so much power, the V'rix Leader, who had retreated deep within the station for fear of his own life, dispatched all remaining fighters at his command to defend the station. Losses were significant on both sides of the attack, but with group leaders like Squib, Tentr, Seinar, Deadaim, Sinku and others at the helm, the allies held strong. We drove the V'rix back and after clearing out the few remaining forces, we surrounded the wayward station and laughed as we drank cheap wine and salvaged the smoldering hulks of the V'rix Ships.

Special Awards for Valor from the Jenquai, Progen and Terran Leadership were given to Mividia, Deadaim, Seinar, Biggcat, Papatuff, Haljr, Sinku, Arcadia, Darkagent, myself and others for staying the course and lasting out the attack. When asked to comment, several warriors credited their success to the Terran Traders who kept their Shields Strong and their Hulls True. Players Like Tenya, Redspawn were among a few Terran Traders who were instrumental in the V'rix defeat. "This is just the start of what is to come.", said one warrior as he raised a V'rix Mondara Medal above his head.

The original Call to Arms from Grandmaster Seinar and the Order of Chivalry is as follows (posted one week before the attack)

:::replay of transmission::

I call apon the guild to make the first step in fighting against the V'rix and enlist in the war efforts. Let me remind you that as being the #1 guild in this galaxy, we are expected to fight against these invaders. I hope to have at least a good handful of pilots in this fight.

We all must make sure that we make the poor V'rix DIE FOR THEIR COUNTRY. We must work together as a team, and must fight as a team. Let me point out somthing for ya. There are four hundred neatly marked graves somewhere in Aragoth. All because one man went to sleep on the job. But they are V'rix graves, because we caught the dummies asleep before they did. An Army is a team. It lives, sleeps, eats, and fights as a team. This individual heroic stuff is pure bull. All that stuff you've heard about individuality is a bunch of crap! The people who wrote that at Net-7 dont know nothing more about fighting in a battle than they do about horseplay.

There is one great thing that you men will all be able to say after this war is over and you are home once again. You may be thankful that twenty years from now, when you are sitting by the fireplace with your grandson on your knee, and he asks you what you did in the great V'rix War, you WON'T have to cough, shift him to the other knee and say, "Well, your Granddaddy shoveled scuttlebug dung in Luna." No, Sir, you can look him straight in the eye and say, "Son, your Granddaddy rode with the Great Warriors' Chapter Army and one hell of a crazy fool named Seinie Dragmire!.

::end of replay::


I'm not sure what will happen next, however I think the V'rix are now realizing that they are not indestructable, and if they are to win this war, they will have to put up a serious fight. Reporting Live in high Orbit above Primus Planet, this is Admiral Swafa.