TerraOps
Terran Civilian
Chief, Terran Operations
Terra-beautiful, mysterious, but not what you think.
Posts: 403
Registered: Oct 30, 2010 21:41:12 GMT -6
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Post by TerraOps on Mar 25, 2014 19:01:19 GMT -6
From the studios of SkyNews 6 in beautiful downtown Eresea City."Breaking News! This is SkyNews 6, reporting live from the Colonial Marine base north of Corinth City. There, on the scene, is Chief Reporter Trisha Takanaka. We now go to the press conference called by the commander of the Colonial Marines here on Terra." "Thank you Ron Magenta, I'm here at the Colonial Marine base just north of the Capital, waiting for General Jasmine Yolander, Commander of Colonial Marine forces here on Terra. She has called for a press conference to we assume, dispel rumors of a pending Colonial military incursion on the planet. Wait, here she comes now." General Yolnader approaches the podium and begins her press conference. "Ladies and Gentlemen of the press, guests and everyone watching this broadcast, thank you for your time. I'll make this as brief as possible as there are still urgent actions still needing tending to. First off, I want to state that for the immediate and foreseable future, the Cylon threat is over. Military forces, both Terran, Gondawan and Colonial have been rounding up enemy combat teams all over the planet. Thanks to the expert maneuvering of Colonial Centurion units, we have been able to convince ninety percent of the enemy groups to lay down their arms and surrender peacefully. There are still at least three enemy groups that have embedded themselves into fortified positions and refuse to surrender. We have confirmed, through Terran Intelligence, that these groups are controlled by Cylon humanoids of the Number One and Four Models, and most likely Five Models as well. The centurions who have surrendered also contained cylon human hybrids among their numbers." General Yolander picks up a glass of water and takes a few sips before continuing. "At this moment, we are transferring those enemy personnel to staging areas where they will be transported off of Terra and taken to the planet Ares. Also at this time, Colonial wounded and dead are being removed and taken back to their ships of origin or to the Colonial Marine Base on Ares. This will explain all of the military and civilian ship traffic on the planet. We are mvoing our forces to the major cities as those cities contain sufficient airfields and infrastructure. I want to make it perfectly clear that this IS NOT an occupation of Terran cities. We have been planning on recalling our wounded and dead for some time now, this just happens to be our opportunity to do so." General Yolnader scanned the crowd before continuing. "I know there are rumors swirling about that Colonial Marines are standing ready to take control of the government and military. I want to make it perfectly clear that the Colonial Marines and Fleet have no involvement in terran politics or the military affairs of this planet. We are here in order to keep our promise to terra, that we will defend this planet and that we will not abandon her people. Now, if you will excuse me, I have important matters to attend to. Thank you all, and good day." The crowd of reporters begin yelling questions as general Yolander leaves the podium and exits the room. "Well Ron, there you have it. Answers and more questions. Is what the general is telling us the truth, or is it merely a cover up to the Colonial military taking control of our planet? This is Trisha Takanaka reporting live at the Colonial Marine base north of the Capital, for SkyNews 6. Back to you in the studio."
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Post by fleetops on Sept 8, 2015 18:48:45 GMT -6
From the Office of the Chief of the Bureau of Fleet Personnel, RADM Megan Knight
Subject: Transfer of personnel from Battlestar Acheron to Battlestar Independence
Effective this date, the following personnel are to be transferred from the Battlestar Acheron to the Battlestar Independence upon the docking of the Battlestar Acheron at the Auxilliary Shipyard:
Combat Information Center Personnel
Commander, Battlestar Acheron:
Commander Frank Admiral to assume position as Executive Officer Battlestar Independence
Operations Officer/Executive Officer, Battlestar Acheron:
Major Mark Landau to assume position of Operations Officer, Battlestar Independence
Tactical Officers, Battlestar Acheron: to assume same positions on Battlestar Independence
Lieutenant Demetria Richardson Lieutenant Francis S Key (NPC)
Navigational/DRADIS Officers, Battlestar Acheron: to assume same positions on Battlestar Independence
Specialist Jenna Kaun Lieutenant Mikel Vandy (NPC)
Landing Signal Officers, Battlestar Acheron: to assume same positions on Battlestar Independence Lieutenant Paula Cantore (NPC) Lieutenant Lacy Montaag (NPC)
Communications Officers, Battlestar Acheron: to assume same positions on Battlestar Independence Ensign Bonnie Castor Ensign Fran Jor (NPC)
Duty Officers, Battlestar Acheron: to assume same positions on Battlestar Independence Captain Raul Ortega Lieutenant Kate Omar (NPC) Lieutenant Dave Tundrum (NPC) Captain Moses Eram (NPC)
Acheron Air Wing
Commander, Air Group Battlestar Acheron: Major K Castorious (CF) to Assume position as Assistant CAG, Battlestar Independence
The following Acheron Squadrons are to be transferred to the control of the Battlestar Independence:
11th Phantoms Viper Squadron: Squadron Leader: Lt Rilee Patrick Pilot: LtJG Jon "Renegade" Little pilot: Lt. Mackenzie "Juggler" Kinder pilot: Ensign Whiskey08 pilot Ensign Rayzilla pilot: Ensign Pieter Darius pilot: Ens. Aurora Carlisle pilot: Ensign Maarek
103rd Talon Viper Squadron: Squadron Leader: Lt Patrick O'Toole (npc) Pilot: LtJG Maggie "Magpie" Jetson (npc) pilot: Lt. Mike "Dutch" Cooper (npc) pilot: Ensign Jo "JoJo" Hinker (npc) pilot Ensign Darcy "Duck" Duckworth (npc) pilot: Ensign Peter "X-Ray" Darden (npc) pilot: Ens. Allison "Vixen" West (npc) pilot: Ensign Glenda "Frenzy" Firenza (npc)
33rd Warhawk Viper Squadron: Squadron Leader: Lt Kelly "Lucky" Larson (npc) Pilot: LtJG Darlene "Hotpants" Greene (npc) pilot: Lt. Leonard "Spock" Hansen (npc) pilot: Ensign Betty "Wacky" Nardheim(npc) pilot Ensign Frieda "No-name" Smythe (npc) pilot: Ensign Samantha "Pixy" Westerhoven (npc) pilot: Ens. Alisha "Heartbreaker" Kidd (npc) pilot: Ensign Robert "Butcher" Morgan (npc)
Plus five additional Viper Squadrons
187TH Hellfire Raptor Squadron: Squadron Leader: Captain Feridun Ozer pilot Ensign Faceman pilot Ensign Konx pilot Ensign Meatstick pilot Ensign Hellshot ECO Ensign Mike Skyler ECO Ensign Palacios ECO Ensign Eldered ECO Ensign Deadeyes
Plus three additional Raptor Squadrons
Acheron Marine Detachment: To be transferred to the control of the Battlestar Independence
275 Marine Enlisted/Officers
Marine Commanding Officer: Major Alicia Grover, CMC (Ret) to assume position of Marine XO, Battlestar Independence
Marine Executive Officer: Captain Semper. CMC to assume position of Marine Duty Officer, Battlestar Independence
Detachment SNCO: CMC Sergeant Timmy Centurion
1/32 Ground Pounders:
Company Officer: 2nd Lieutenant Jeffrey "Huggies" Hughes, Company Commander Squad Leader: GySgt Roger Moore (NPC) Marine: Marine: Sgt Stacie Lyons Marine: Corporal Smurfie Marine: Private First Class Hinderess
Plus an additional 75 enlisted Marines
1st SQD: Squad Officer-2nd Lieutenant Jack Maura (NPC) Squad Leader-GySgt D. P. Brown (NPC) Rifle Man/Wireless-Cpl. Jim Nova (NPC) Rifle man-Cpl. Ben Taschel (NPC) Rifle man-L/Cpl Adam Waters (NPC) Grenadier-PFC Ned Franklin (NPC) Machine Gunner-PFC Susan Moore (NPC)
Plus an additional 60 Marine Privates and PFC's-riflemen
2nd SQD: Squad Officer-Lieutenant Gary Franz (NPC) Squad Leader-GySgt Michelle Fortuna (NPC) Rifle Man/Wireless-Sgt. Karen Moore (NPC) Rifle man-Cpl. Jen Hondo (NPC) Rifle man-Cpl. Steve Tate (NPC) Grenadier-L/Cpl Mike Sato (NPC) Machine Gunner-PFC Cal Zera (NPC) Mortar man-PFC Yid Imish (NPC) Mortar man-Pvt. Osa Bakul (NPC)
Plus an additional 62 Marine Privates and PFC's-riflemen
Assault Squad: Squad Officer-Lieutenant Hilda Morgan (NPC) Squad Leader-GySgt Joseph Braun (NPC) Demolition SPC-SSgt. Josie Monroe (NPC) Demolition SPC-Sgt. Bonnie Calepheus (NPC) Heavy Machine Gunner-Cpl. Nora Nadu (NPC) Heavy Machine Gunner-Cpl Devon Gray (NPC) Med Tech-Petty Officer 2nd Class Tre Vesuvia (NPC)
Plus an additional 57 Marine Privates and PFC's-riflemen
Marine Shock Trooper Detachment
Fire Team Alpha Squad Officer-Lieutenant Sharon Admire (NPC) Squad Leader-GySgt Harry Wells (NPC Rifle man-Sgt. Tim Aldron (NPC) Rifle man/ Wireless-Cpl Lonnie Davis (NPC) Sniper-Cpl Jimmy Donovan (NPC) Machine Gunner-PFC Donna Baker (NPC)
Plus an additional 30 Marine Privates and PFC's-riflemen
Fire Team Bravo Squad Officer-2nd Lieutenant Sal Mindrup (NPC) Squad Leader-GySgt James Goob (NPC) Rifle man/ Wireless-Sgt. Wes Stanley (NPC) Rifle man-Cpl Fred Delano (NPC) Sniper-L/Cpl Pieter Domingo (NPC) Machine Gunner-L/Cpl Lana Perry (NPC)
Plus an additional 28 Marine Privates and PFC's-riflemen
Medical Department: Chief Medical Officer: Dr. Michael Romanus Chief Surgeon: Dr. Elea Kaun-Castorious Chief of Internal Medicine: Dr. Kimberly Rutledge, M.D.
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Post by fleetops on Sept 24, 2015 16:38:29 GMT -6
From the Office of the Chief, Bureau of Fleet Personnel
Rear Admiral Megan Knight, CF Subject: Re-Assignment of Personnel Effective immediately, the following Colonial personnel are transferred as indicated Commander Frank Admiral, CF to be assigned to duty on board Battlestar Acheron indefinitely and while said vessel is at the Fleet Auxilliary Shipyards undergoing re-fit and repairs. Previous orders transferring said officer to Battlestar Independence are hereby revoked and rescinded. Colonel J Castorious, CMC to be transferred to the Retired Reserve List effective six months prior to the issuance of these orders. Subject named officer is hereby reverted to the highest grade satisfactorily held, Lieutenant General, Colonial Marine Corps and placed on the Retired Reserve List as such. So ordered this day, effective immediately. Signed, Megan Knight, CF Chief, Bureau of Fleet Personnel
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Post by fleetops on Jun 30, 2016 17:04:07 GMT -6
It's been several weeks now since the cylon attack on the Terran system has taken place. Although there are still pockets of resistance from the Cylons and hybrids who had landed on the surface, the majority of combat operations are over and the re-construction has begun in earnest, both on and off the planet. The Fleet Shipyard, to include the Auxilliary Shipyard, has also begun not only repairs to their facilities but to the Fleet ships that survived the attack. The two medium sized civilian shipyards did not fare so well but are able to accept very small craft for limited repairs. Drexl Industries, with their very large mobile shipyard have now returned to the Terran system, having taken up staion not far from the Fleet Station in orbit with Terra. The famed Drex Star however remains in a secret location, repairing damage to her propulsion and main weapons systems.
The President has returned to the Capital and is in the process of re-forming his Cabinet. The reconstruction of the capital is underway but the industrial area to the north of the city has been deemed a complete loss. The planetary shipyards managed to survive but the workforce has been decimated. The Ministry of Labor has put out an emergency call for any and all qualified welders, plumbers, electricians, carpenters and all other skilled trades to report to the nearest repair facility or factory for assignment. The same order has also been issued throughout the civilian fleet as workers are needed to replace those killed or injured during the Cylon attack.
A complete listing of ships destroyed or damaged will be sent tot the Fleet shortly, as will those cities that were hit by nuclear devices by the Cylons.
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J Castorious, CMC (Ret)
Colonial Retired
Retired Marine
Once a Colonial Marine, Always a Colonial Marine
Posts: 4,212
Registered: Aug 1, 2009 22:35:13 GMT -6
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Post by J Castorious, CMC (Ret) on Oct 1, 2016 18:49:56 GMT -6
**THIS POST IS TO CATCH THINGS UP AND TO JUMP AHEAD OF THE TIMELINE TO BRING THE STORY ARC TO A CLOSE**
It had been several months since J began his tour of the war torn planet. The damage had been rather extensive. Corinth City, which had initially escaped major damage from the latest Cylon attack was not so lucky in the weeks afterwards. Cylon operatives, mainly hybrids, had infiltrated the city and managed to conceal several small nukes, the low-yield kind that the radiation dissipates rather quickly. Still, the damage from the blasts was rather severe, having destroyed most residences and smaller structures to include those outside of the immediate blast areas.
Cities such as Eresea City in the Southern Hemisphere had also been attacked but for Eresea City, the island nations defenses had managed to ward off the Cylon raiders. Still, the Basestars had been lucky enough in targeting the cities, destroying several smaller towns and killing hundreds of thousands of people. Elan, in the Southern Hemisphere, had the City of Trahoon attacked, practically wiping it from the surface. Almost the entire 1.5 million inhabitants were killed.
The Meliosk and Adelia Islands suffered very little damage in that only Cylon raiders had attacked and almost all of those had been destroyed. Still, a few had managed to make it through the defenses and a few smaller towns and villages were attacked. No reports on the death toll have been received from either Island Nation.
The major city of Loma Veron was unlucky enough to have been destroyed by a nuclear missile that got through the planetary defenses. Most of the 6 million plus inhabitants perished in the nuclear fireball that consumed the city.
The City of Sparta, which had been fire bombed a few years earlier by the Cylons had been attacked again. This time though, the new Gondawan weapons were in place, saving the City from being destroyed.
The area to be hit the hardest though was the Frondal Islands in the Southern Hemisphere. The larger half of the Islands, Frondal, had still been under Cylon occupation, as it had been for almost a year prior to the most recent Cylon attack. Because of this, Colonial and Terran forces had been reluctant to launch an all-out assault to take the are back from the Cylons. This had given the Cylons a major advantage in building up the defenses of their positions around the island. Frondal City, which had been attacked previously, was a virtual fortress. The City of Nilm had also been hit hard, as had almost every other small town, village or larger city on all of the islands. The death toll was already at a few hundred thousand but was expected to rise. The Cylons had managed to escape from the islands but not all of them. Those left behind were several thousand hybrids,a few hundred centurions and several humanoid Cylon models-2's, 4's 5's, 6's and 8's. As usual, no Cavils were present.
J knew there was a lot of work to do to get things re-built. Fortunately, that would no longer be his problem as he had finally decided who would succeed him. All he had to do was make the announcement and then he was finished.
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J Castorious, CMC (Ret)
Colonial Retired
Retired Marine
Once a Colonial Marine, Always a Colonial Marine
Posts: 4,212
Registered: Aug 1, 2009 22:35:13 GMT -6
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Post by J Castorious, CMC (Ret) on Dec 17, 2016 22:32:22 GMT -6
J had finally finished packing the last of his stuff and watched as several people began grabbing the boxes and taking them out of the office. All he had to do now was go in front of the cameras and the press and officially announce the new President or Chief Administrator as the office would now be known as. The five previous nominees had refused the position so he and his staff had been scrambling to find someone who would take the job. It had finally come down to one person, the one person he really didn't want to be in charge but when that person suggested a name change, he knew they would work just fine, at least until proper elections could be had. Walking out of his office, for hopefully the last time, J made his way to the room that had been set up for the press corps and myriad of government people who would be on hand to hear the announcement. Coming into the room, people began standing but J was quick to wave to them to stay seated. Stepping to the podium, he tapped the microphone.
"Is this thing on? Good, this is going to be my last press conference and trust me, it's going to be a fast one. I have hereby appointed to replace me as President the Honorable Miss Carlie McPherson. Her new title however will be know as Chief Administrator. Once new elections can be arranged, a President and Vice will be elected. I thank you all for allowing me the opportunity to serve all of Terra and hence humanity. May the Gods continue to bless us. So Say We All."
With that statement, J walked out of the room and to the waiting vehicle that would take him home, finally.
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Post by Rear Admiral Megan Knight on May 7, 2017 18:29:33 GMT -6
(( OOC:
Since I am returning, I would like for this thread to return to it's originally intended purpose- a way to role play something administratively with my character and provide a one-stop place to review requests. The "partner" thread has returned- "The Press Hall", where in character announcements of administrative actions will appear. This thread was meant to provide a sort of forum location (aka geographical location) for the office itself where my character spends her work day.
For those who don't know or became CMC veterans in my absence, this role was created after I designed a high volume of RP medals and Site Awards (and developed ID cards) for display in signatures- with a rank high enough to be able to plausibly authorize the highest value awards. It was an aspect of military culture that was missing. The medals have very specific purpose and are awarded based initially on contents of character profile sheets, and from that point forward based on recommendation for role play activities. They were also optional for display. This system is going on 6 years old, and with my new development as an artist, I feel it is overdue for a little bit of improvement. Related threads may over time see new activity, be dusted off, edited, or created brand new to make things easier to find. ))
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Post by Administrator on Apr 27, 2020 17:48:28 GMT -6
4/27/2020: Effective immediately, the following person is hereby promoted:
Commander Samantha Martin, Executive Officer of the Battlestar Independence is hereby promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral, with all the honors and privileges associated with that rank.
So Say We All
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TerraOps
Terran Civilian
Chief, Terran Operations
Terra-beautiful, mysterious, but not what you think.
Posts: 403
Registered: Oct 30, 2010 21:41:12 GMT -6
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Post by TerraOps on Sept 10, 2021 19:21:07 GMT -6
At approximately 1207 local standard time, a nuclear detonation destroyed Frondal City, Frondal Islands, Southern Hemisphere.
No communication has been established with the city or surrounding area at this time.
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Post by fleetops on Sept 22, 2021 17:41:49 GMT -6
:INCOMING PRIORITY MESSAGE KOBOL COMMAND HQ BUREAU OF PERSONNEL:
EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY UPON RECEIPT THIS MESSAGE REAR ADMIRAL HORATIO CORTEZ OS DETACHED FROM SERVICE COMMANDER BSG 76 INDEPENDENCE AND RECALLED TO KOBOL COMMAND HQ. COMMANDER MICHAEL MARTIN COLONIAL FLEET IS HEREBY PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF REAR ADMIRAL AND ASSIGNED AS COMMANDING OFFICER BSG 76 INDEPENDENCE. END MESSAGE
:END PRIORITY MESSAGE:
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