Life At The Blunt End : The Xmas Party

Knobhead here again. I must say i enjoyed the Xmas party, as its a chance to return to GHQ. When you are there its much easier to avoid Horsehead, and thus avoid death! At GHQ we have to attend a couple of conferences and team activities. But more importantly the Xmas Party!

This year it is said Windscorpion violently buggered Quarz at the xmas party, i haven't seen Quarz since! As for me i did try and get a secretary tipsy but Action Painting seems to excel at that and has a platoon of Hoods on hand to give any rivals a good kicking.

A few days ago we returned to Rathun's World. Rotarios has given us orders to prepare for an offensive against the Zones, and maybe even invade Zoneland if the piracy doesn't stop. Horsehead of course suggested nuking Zoneland into a lifeless atomic waste. As usual.

Von Kane promoted

Captain Kurt Von Kane has been rewarded for his recent sterling service in the DDS with a promotion to Commander, to go with his reassignment to command the SS Velocity, previously he had been in charge of an Isometric frigate. Action Painting hailed Von Kane as a "hero of professionalism" who "has done so much to deploy right-fit solutions to current DDS problems and has helped faciliate a raft of measures".

Von Kane will bring his assistants Otto and Dr Menglez over to his new ship and he will be charge of the 1st Fleet's Special Operations Detachment, which Von Kane has dubbed "der vulf pack!"

Unit in focus : The Oojok Death Squad

The Oojok Death Squad is Oojok's private army, which is why the HCS loathe them. They are recruited from criminals, thugs and people with nothing left to lose. They are under the direct control of Oojok and Sleeze and their loyalty is 100% to them. They are small in number, the DDS estimate the ODS number only 20-30 but they have all the best toys and equipment. Oojok uses them for both his personal bodyguard and for special operations in Oojok's interest. Megara was recruited to the ODS for a special mission to investigate and destroy the Rectoids.

It is thought that the ODS operate in small units known as Active Service Units. Loyalty to Oojok has be total and the punishment for not following this is immediate execution. They have the personal seal of Oojok, no doors are locked to them. Except the door to Oojok's personal comfort room in his private quarters.

Motto : We don't need no stinking motto

Lakes calls for Emperor election

Following the shooting of Emperor Jimmy Ronald postponed his retirement from the dual-crown to take up the newly combined Emperorship. SS Commander Lakes criticised this action in a speech to his political party VERITAS = TRUTH in Yavilanda. He said that Ronald taking the crown was undemocratic and against the new spirit of the state.

"He should stand for election if he wants to be Emperor, not assume the crown. That is nothing more than tyranny! What has he got to be afraid of?" Lakes told the crowd of 47 who was present.

Senator G-B-H told reporters later that Ronald's actions were out of necessity for swift action because of the attempted murder of Jimmy. "We did not know if this was the start of a number of attacks on the state, even a precursor to invasion by a foreign power. We needed to maintain the control at the top and Ronald stepped up to the plate."

Zone pirates seize spaceliner

Zone pirate activity in the region of space near Oscar has increased lately and has reached a new high with the hi-jacking of a spaceliner owned by TWA. The liner was enroute from Terra to Arit when it was attacked and boarded near New Jakarta. A DDS frigate was soon on hand and managed to defeat the pirates before they could act on their threat to execute their hostages unless they were paid billions in zarks by the UNP.

The DDS have promised to step up patrols in the area, meanwhile the UNP has advised spaceliners to avoid the region of space while the Zone threat exists.

Unit in focus : Black Dragon Martyrs Brigade

In a new series replacing the Character Of The Week series we look at some of the elite and (in)famous armed forces units in the DDS Universe.

The SS 2nd Armoured Brigade a.k.a. Black Dragon Martyrs Brigade is seldom out of the news. It is SS Commander Lakes' personal command and also is composed of murderers, thugs, scum and other undesirables. They were given a choice between a painful execution or being transferred to the Black Dragon Martyrs. But you know what the army is like, ask for one thing and get the other...

They cannot be described as an elite, though are fairly well-equipped with ex-HCS T-55Z MBTs and in theory are well-trained. Their expertise comes in enforcement and brutality. They excel at crushing civilian uprisings, their courage in the face of someone who can fight back is in question. The Black Dragon Martyrs Brigade is the fascist vanguard of the SS, a bestial unit for crushing Dino rights and dissent. They also smell.

Logo : Black Dragon
Motto : We Spit On Honour & Integrity