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[InnerSphereNews]

Thur. Mar 01, 3049: One Star Faith petitions FedCom aid to contact the pirate kingdom Oberon Confederation, to begin migration to Ellissa.

[Ghost]

A few things right off the bat before I start doing some research: The Federated Commonweath (né Federated Suns) is rather famous for its rather diverse range of religious faiths inside its borders. Two, unless I miss my guess, the Oberon Confederation is right in the path of the Clans...

Alright, now I can give you the full scoop, newshounds:

First off, the Oberon Confederation hasn't been heard from since 3045 after a HPG blackout that was written off as an equipment failure or the result of a coup in the politically unstable region. Now ordinarily that wouldn't be much of a problem, but the Lyran-derived One Star Faith wants to find out more about Elissa, and that makes things a little more complicated. You see, the One Star Faith, founded in 2801 on Graceland by a wealthy Lyran merchant named Simon Kroeger, believes that a paradise planet can be found orbiting the mythical One Star, surrounded by Kerensky's lost ships. Every three decades the religion's followers conduct a search in a new sector of space for this fabled star, which appeared to Kroeger in a vision. In recent years, the faith has been led by Egan Telosa, a childhood friend of Melissa Steiner-Davion, who joined the religion in 3031 with the belief that the world of Elissa, out in the Periphery, was home to "the blue lights of Kerensky's ships."

He isn't that far off the mark, in light of later events.

[Garth Erlam]

What the hell is a clan?

[Dihm]

I believe he meant Clams, the interstellar space clams that ravage worlds in the holovid horror series, Boston Clam Chowdown.

[Nakir]

Pirate kingdom.....It has a certain charm

[Naughtyboy]

nice intel, pirates..i so much love a good pirate hunt..

[Strum Wealh]

Hmmm...
It seems that the Oberon Confederation was founded and ruled by one Hendrick Grimm and his descendants.
And they were pirates... brigands... marauders.

Could one of our very own mods be Pirate Royalty?!

[Adridos]

Every sane person knows Kerenesky got mad or something and wrecks of his ships are already lost forever.

But no, Lyrans have enough money to use it instead of WC paper, but they still want to find some "paradise".
They'll just find their doom, I tell 'ya.

Edited by Adridos, 01 March 2012 - 11:48 AM.

[Kenyon Burguess]

you mean the entire Oberon Confederation wasnt bonded into the clans and allowed to live peaceful happy contented lives? clans sure have some honorable genocide.

[GDL Rahsan]

Adridos, on 01 March 2012 - 11:48 AM, said:

Every sane person knows Kerenesky got mad or something and wrecks of his ships are already lost forever.

But no, Lyrans have enough money to use it instead of WC paper, but they still want to find some "paradise".
They'll just find their doom, I tell 'ya.

Yeah, it's not like that Kerenesky followers are still alive and they want to invade Terra because it belongs to them. That's just being crazy.


PS: And I have officially overused this joke.

[verybad]

So, will this be regarded as a big "Oops!" in the future? Hindsight is 20/20 of course...

I can see some beleaguered mid level bureaucrat reading the petition and saying to himself...

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"Maybe this will get rid of one of these damned bloodsuckering nutcase groups...well we've got that extra money left over from the Tallin colony thing that didn't go so well, let's give it to them and maybe it'll be one less thing off my back."

Edited by verybad, 01 March 2012 - 12:41 PM.

[Larry Headrick]

Garth Erlam, on 01 March 2012 - 09:04 AM, said:

What the hell is a clan?

(Literal mode on)
It is usually a group of people made up of a extended family, at times going back centuries.
(Literal mode off)

Sorry could'nt resist.

Edited by Larry Headrick, 01 March 2012 - 12:51 PM.