| From: | Vincent Esposito <VESPOSIT@****.SUNYSB.EDU> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | The Book of Omega |
| Date: | Tue, 20 Apr 1993 14:43:48 EDT |
Hello this is Rush Fielding again from the News Net's New York office brining
you the latest news from Omega Island. We are connecting once again with
Robert Kelton to hear the PLA's reaction to Roger Quention's latest statement.
Hello Rob, I understand that you've been cleared to send a video feed today as
well.
ROB: Yes that's true Rush, what you see now is the sight brought to you from
our cameraman in Tirandor Square in the heart of the capital city. As I'm sure
you can hear right now, the Seattle Omega Benefit concert is being broadcast
on every Tridset and audio system in the city. The square is packed with
cheering citizens, dancing and cheering to the music. Right now the crowd has
begun to chant "Free Omega" in time with the song of the same name written by
Morbid Curiosity especially for the concert. We also have the first video
interview with Jacob Marcus, leader of the PLA at an undisclosed location.
<shot of a living room, a man in fatigues sits in an easy chair wearing an
earplug phone. Another man carrying a shotgun and wearing a trenchcoat and
a cowboy hat stands behind him. The man sitting is identified as Jacob Marcus,
the other is apparently his bodyguard>
MARCUS: Hello again to the people of the world. I am here to bring you my
response to Roger Quentions continual accusations and outright lies. My
reaction is simply this...
<cut to shot of Tirandor Square, still crowded with cheering people>
...this is my response, a public outcry of support within our own borders.
Until now, the rebellion has been the handful of people willing to lay their
lives on the line for the thousands that were too afraid to speak up before.
You see before you an outcry by the native citizens of Omega. Citizens who
until recently feared to show their support for the PLA. Citizens who have
seen us call the world's attention to us! The broadcast of the concert has
shown them that the opressors are not all powerful, we can strike near their
home without firing a shot. It also represents the support of freedom loving
people everywhere. While this blow may do little to weaken the Omega Army's
military hold on the island, but it is perhaps the strongest blow they have yet
received. Quention accuses us of being self-serving, people who are pursuing
personal vendettas against the government. If he is true, then what you see
now in Tirandor Square are three thousand personal vendettas, plus millions
more overseas. Do several million personal opinions mean that change is in
order, I say YES. Yes Roger Quention, each and every person in the PLA, and
each and every person who supports our cause has a personal vendetta against
the government in power. In the annals of history, when a majority of people
have similar problems with the same person or persons, who has the problem?
The many who have been wronged, or the few who claim that it is not they at
fault but everyone else. Mr. Quention has deluded himself, and will also
try to delude you...
ROB: It would appear that there is some kind of disturbance in Tirandor Square
get a close up please.
<A black helicopter with the greek letter Omega printed on it descends on the
crowd, as it gets closer it's weapons come into focus, it has trained it's
minigun on the heart of the crowd. Troops can be seen advancing towards the
square armed with riot shields and assault rifles. A voice booms from the
speakers of the helicopter, bareley heard over the music and the crowd>
VOICE: This is an unlawful assembly, disperse now or you will be in violation
of national laws.
MARCUS: My god! They can't hear them!!! GET OUT OF THERE!!!!
< Marcus speaks hurridely into his earplug phone, faintly heard is the fragment
..can't take the chopper out without injuring the crowd...
...not much we can do, nobody knows what's going on...
...crowd shouting at the chopper...
...riot troops using teargas...
The bodyguard looks tense, gripping his weapon. >
VOICE: If you resist we will have to respond with force..
<shots ring out, a protester's shout of "Free Omega" is cut short by
automatic
fire, the man drops, more gunshots, protesters are falling as they charge
the troops who block the only way out of the killing ground.>
MARCUS(yelling into phone): MY GOD!!!! Clear them a path out of there before
the chopper starts opening fire, USE WHATEVER MEANS, STOP THEM FROM SLAUGHTERIN
G OUR PEOPLE!!!!!!
<The minigun roars as lead sprays from the helicopter down into the crowd,
hundreds lie dead as teams of rebels fire from nearby buildings, the surprised
riot troops are pushed back by the sudden resistance. The chopper begins firin
g on the buildings as well as the crowd.>
MARCUS(into phone): There's nothing more we can do Tommy, take out the
chopper, and god help those who get caught in the blast.
(to camera) I'm sorry Rob, I can't watch this anymore.
<Marcus is escorted out by the bodyguard with tears in his eyes.
The riot troops advance into the crowd, cutting a swath of death.
The chopper continues to fire into buildings, destroying offices and apartments
along with rebel troops. From a rooftop, we see a rebel soldier with a
rocket launcher with Tommy Harada, Harada nods solemnly to the soldier.
Wide shot, a burst of flame streaks from a rooftop and connects with the
chopper. With a huge explosion, the chopper is destroyed. Just moments after
the confrontation started, the square is strewn with wreckage and bodies.
survivors run and crawl for safety as a squad of rebels moves to intercept
the riot troops. It is an uncanny scene as the concert continues to play
despite the carnage below. A wounded Omega Soldier walks toward the camera,
shouting TURN THAT FRAGGING THING OFF...blank screen>
<cut back to Rob>
ROB: My God, this is one of the most horrible things I have ever seen. The
Omega Army has fired on civilians in an attempt to break up the demonstration
in Tirandor Square. The rebels have stopped the attack, but at such a cost.
If I had any doubts about the validity of the rebel cause, this has erased
them. Rob Kelton, signing off.
<Back at INN HQ> RUSH:
This is a tragedy as great as the incident in Tianamen Square in the previous
century. We can only pray that the struggle for Omega ends quickly. We can
only hope that these civilians have not died in vain.
Germany has continued to move it's forces towards Omega, and will enter the
struggle somtime in the next few days. When asked for comment, the German
embassy simply responded by quoting shakespeare :"'Fire answers Fire,' and so
we choose action rather than wasted words." Rush Fielding for News Net,
sigining off. ]<<<<<
---International News Net <15:57:49/04-20-54>
