[b]New Drakran[/b]

Rather discreetly, orders were being sent down the chain of command of New Drakran's armed forces to those in charge of training and recruitment. The current crop of fresh recruits needed to be put through their paces and brought up to the standard of regular forces while a recruitment goal of a minimum of 5000 new men and women was set. Sooner or later armed conflict would threaten New Drakran and they had to be ready to fight back with Republican lead and steel as required.

Across the numerous newspapers that existed within New Drakran thanks to the right of free speech, a challenge from the pen of President Kiue was offered to his people; The speed and efficiency of transporting goods between the various cities of the Republic was far to slow. Despite keeping the roads in good condition and keeping the bandit populations either legally licensed or dead, the limits of the current system made itself felt in the transportation of goods with a shelf life. This inefficiency was felt the strongest in the transportation of seafood; despite the best efforts of those dealing with such markets and the usage of all the tricks in the book to keep the fish as fresh as possible for as long as they could, what seafood arrived in the capital was far overpriced and often the cause of illness for those who ate them.

Since the current way of doing things wasn't working to needed standards a faster, more efficient method of transporting goods between the cities of the Republic was required. Thus, President Kiue was offering the creative, inventive and industrial minds of New Drakran the chance to come up with a solution to such a vexing problem. While not required, those who are able to back their plan with a working prototype or a demonstration that proved that their idea had merit would have a leg up on those that didn't.

The person or persons with the best idea would be put in charge of implementing it along with government funding, support and depending on how successful their project is a place in the history books and plenty of other personal rewards to come with such an achievement.