From:	Dark Elf <VESPOSIT@****.SUNYSB.EDU>
Subject:	In the news today...
Date:	Wed, 3 Mar 93 16:24:32 EST

>>>>>[ Frag. I just scanned the world news briefs. It seems that a convoy
of
smuggler's transport ships wandered into Omega waters. The Interpid led the
force that intercepted them. According to the report, the Intrepid was flying
a strange flag under their DDI corporate banner, must be Omega's new flag.
Well, the smugglers were given one warning and were immediately fired upon by
the Intrepid. Apparently a squad of helicopters boarded the ships and took
their cargo before they were sunk. Word also has it that Tirandor supervised
the attack from the air, wearing some kind of dragon-sized body armor.

No doubt that Tirandor brought his senior staff with him when he left for
Omega. That would include his Security Chief, who doubles as Captain of the
Intrepid, his Thamaturge, who is the leader of DDIs very own magical group,
and his Major Domo, who is Tirandor's chief administrator and head decker in
charge of electronic security. I get the feeling that I'm going to be meeting
the Major Domo very soon... ]<<<<<
---Dark Elf <16:35:15/03-03-54>

>>>>>[ By the fires of Hades! Did you say the Intrepid sunk a
CONVOY!!!!!!!!!!
A whole CONVOY! The DDI security division wasn't lying when they called the
Intrepid a floating fortress! FRAG, just think of how much firepower they must
be carrying to do that. ]<<<<<
---Napalm <16:38:32/03-03-54>

>>>>>[ Well, they do have a hell of a lot of air cover and those
autocannon
are nothing to laugh about! Now that they're not in the UCAS I'll bet they
have cruise missiles too! That fragging thing is probably the most secure
corporate HQ in the whole fragging world! If Tirandor and Co are really part
of the governing body, who knows what kind of hardware they'll be getting!
Hell, the dragon will probably have a squad of panzers aboard by tomorrow.
Forget about making runs on the Intrepid! It would be suicide! ]<<<<<
---OddBall <16:42:08/03-03-54>

>>>>>[ I heard that the UCAS is sending an ambassador down to Omega to
start a
UCAS embassy down there sometime this week. They didn't say who it would be
though, anyone care to guess? ]<<<<<
---Big Jake <16:43:41/03-03-54>