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[center][color=khaki][h1]Skyguard[/h1][/color][/center]
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[center][i]Skyguard Strategy Meeting, Capital Ship Defender II[/i][/center]

[indent][color=khaki]The top brass of Skyguard including Admiral Vane Vonn had been analyzing the situation on Mars for several hours before Vonn threw his hands up in disgust.[/color][b]"This 'First Phase' has been a complete disaster. Terran Government Evacuees are fleeing to the FBM and who the hell ever else will take them. The Elysium Defense Contract has been reduced to almost nothing, with deserters joining whatever faction will pay them the most. In essence we have not only escalated the conflict, we've made damn sure that it will continue!"[/b][color=khaki]The other staffers shifted uneasily in there chairs and checked imaginary messages on there consoles avoiding the Admirals glare.[/color][/indent]

[indent][color=khaki]The Admiral straightened his tight starched collar and continued.[/color][b]"When I left Jupiter, I told those [i]bankers[/i] I would put Mars on a path to peace. Give them a landscape for profit. Well gentlemen I can't think of a better landscape for profit then  war. Maybe it's time to take a lesson from the corporations."[/b][/indent]
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[center][i]Skyguard Ground Control, Polar Caps, Mars...[/i][/center]

[indent][color=khaki]Supreme Minister Lawrence Gep slammed his fist into the metal table. Reports were streaming across his console. Hundreds of Terran Government officials and their personal bodyguards, Elysium Defense Contractors (and there armories) were deserting to other factions. The ranks of FBM would swell with trained killers. He couldn't blame the UTG officials-returning to Earth was as good as a death sentence, but they would certainly impede Skyguards work by joining other factions.[/color][/indent]

[indent][color=khaki]Composing himself, Gep swiped the reports clear from his console and pulled up the air force command prompt. Thousands of lines detailed the patrol routes of Skyguards most common drone- a simple orb shaped hover-sphere used for recon. Gep swiped these aside and pulled up the [b]Sabre[/b] class drones-an AI controlled unit capable of firing on a hostile target. A grid with less lines in more erratic patterns appeared. Gep tapped the screen and the lines began to glow. Using all five of his fingers he began to condense the lines, squeezing them around the oval shape on the map that was Elysium City.[/color][b]"Kill the UTG. Kill the EDC. Kill the terrorists. Kill them all."[/b] [color=khaki]he said icily pressing the 'Execute' key.[/color][/indent]