The Everchanging Times: Ironbusta
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The Everchanging Times: Ironbusta
Ork Warlord Ironbusta launches Waagh on Amir-Ka!
Nemelix: "Tonight on The Everchanging Times, the Ork Warlord Ironbusta, having just united his domain, launched a Waagh upon us. Sub-Sector Utvah has been devastated by his attack, with Rochalle, Houstan among a dozen other planets bearing the brunt of his attack. Over to you, Karah."
Karah: "Here in the capital of Houstan, we're just barely holding off the mass of orks, thank Tzeenth Ironbusta's not here himself. The local council's been organizing mass sacrifices in the hundreds millions each to summon more daemons to hold back the wave. We desperately need more sorcerers to organize them, and we don't have anything like expertise or numbers here to summon anything like a Greater Daemon. We can't gather the near ten billion we need, and they've been jacking up prices for staying. If we don't get help here soon there won't be anyone left to save."
Nemelix: "Gruesome news from Houstan. Now in New Hulk, Azerath reports on the effects over Ironbusta's attack, which have sent the Share Exchange reeling."
Azerath: "The financial sector is in mass panic, with Goldman Sacrifices, Rotten Apple and many others sent crashing downwards over fears over the metal supply from Rochalle, Amir-Ka's largest supplier of metals. Billions of Thrones have been wiped out over the course the past few days, and show no signs of stopping. There are some hopes that the intervention by the President will ease fears and allow a recovery, although all predictions into the Futures Market, normally already difficult, has recently have had their difficulty increased to a new through particularly heavy occludation and the recent chaos. With all the uncertainty in the market, the other mining corporations have seen a large increase in value, in particular the Bloody Ore Union."
Nemelix: "We thank Azerath for his report on the everchanging state of the market. We proceed to Wa-Shi-Ton, where Rhytrax reports on the President president's responce."
Rhytrax: "It's just about expected around here. Pandemonium. Worlds are being invaded and we've got Senators wanting more pieces of the pie. The Liberals want more funding for their statues, Greens claiming this is why we should've prospected more and that we wouldn't have a stock crisis this way, all that nonsense.
But in a rare show of solidarity in this crisis between two unlikely groups, we've got Marilyn May Rowe, Progressive and Jeffiries Holmes, Conservative both coming together behind President Agnew Johnson, Nationalist to declare their unconditional support for his campaign against the Warlord Ironbusta. Agnew Johnson, formalizing the state of emergency is stated to be pleased that the two normally irreconcilable parties would stand together in times of crisis, as opposed to the Liberals and Greens.
In addition to the mobilization of the fleets armies against Ironbusta, Agnew Johnson has signed the Fourth Militarization Act into law. It empowers Mechanicus Forge Worlds to produce and tithe larger fleets for Amir-Ka's navy in addition to funding factories across Amir-Ka, increases army recruitment as well as mandating continuous troop training for conscripts, as well as further funding the various Telepathica organizations across Amir-Ka. In particular, it includes the extensive recruitment and training of Fateweavers so as to prevent such an event from occuring again.
You'd think we'd have noticed the need for them when the Eldar meddled around just a decade ago, but it seems that only with one and a half fleets gone and an ork waagh coming we can now take action. Still, better late than never."
Nemelix: "Quite true indeed. Now, in the wake of Ironbusta's Waagh, allegations and accusations has been flung in all directions as to Ironbusta's Waagh being deliberately led to our Amir-Ka. We go to our analysts for their insights."
Luvax: "There's the thought that someone from inside Amir-Ka led them here. It's usually followers of Nurgle accusing the Khornates, citing their subsequent ascendancy along with the damage to one of their most valuable worlds, Rochalle. Of course, this conveniently ignores the ascendancy of the Conservative party along with them, knowing how much disruptions their industrial worlds would suffer when Rochalle's metal supply to them was disrupted and the certain bad blood afterwards. Leaving aside that Khornates aren't exactly known for planning quite so far ahead. They'd just advocate for a full out war instead.
The next party accused would be the Progressives. Who of course have the cachet to plan something like this. Ignoring the chronic under-funding of the sorcerors to actually do this whenever they aren't in power, you still need a raiding party going on what is essentially a suicide mission. None of us would go on such a thing. But looking past paranoid scopes of what we've known to do, no Tzeentch raiding party has been allowed in the Utvah subsector for decades now. It would be remarkably obvious if such an attempt was actually made.
We aren't going to consider that the Conservatives or Greens would try and shoot themselves in a foot with some convoluted plot over their primary strongholds. Then we have the Liberals. No major presence in the Utvah subsector, and the presence of dead Slaneeshi are suggestive, but it's possible it was an Undivided Raiding party, or even that whomever intended the attack simply left the appropriate corpses to be found to divert attention away from then. It could happen.
Finally of course, there is the standard 'The Eldar did it' refrain. But in this case it's quite plausible. We know that Turoq had been egging Ironbusta's domain to unite for awhile now. We've seen assassinations of ork warlords in the area for so long you would imagine that the area would never unite. But then they stopped. Then they united. Shortly after, Ironbusta attacked Amir-Ka, right after Atlas lost a fleet and Chrone lost good parts of one. It's disturbingly likely. The only issue is that a single Waagh of that size isn't possibly enough to topple us over, unless they were to follow up with more disruptions and acts.
Of course, ascribing everything to the Eldar, who as much as they appear to be grandmaster plotters, is not always wise. Oftentimes it's possible that there was no ulterior motive and the raiding party was simply a warband who thought too highly of themselves - Or that Ironbusta was always going to attack and that focusing our attention on the mysterious warband ignores the quite clear Waagh striking us this moment."
Nemelix: "Thank you, Luvax, I'm sure our viewers will agree that the Waagh on the horizon is not the time to accuse one another in hopes of political gains."
AN: The Everchanging Times, while reporting facts accurately, can be rather biased and misleading at times, as well as being rather prone to lies of omission.
Ork Warlord Ironbusta launches Waagh on Amir-Ka!
Nemelix: "Tonight on The Everchanging Times, the Ork Warlord Ironbusta, having just united his domain, launched a Waagh upon us. Sub-Sector Utvah has been devastated by his attack, with Rochalle, Houstan among a dozen other planets bearing the brunt of his attack. Over to you, Karah."
Karah: "Here in the capital of Houstan, we're just barely holding off the mass of orks, thank Tzeenth Ironbusta's not here himself. The local council's been organizing mass sacrifices in the hundreds millions each to summon more daemons to hold back the wave. We desperately need more sorcerers to organize them, and we don't have anything like expertise or numbers here to summon anything like a Greater Daemon. We can't gather the near ten billion we need, and they've been jacking up prices for staying. If we don't get help here soon there won't be anyone left to save."
Nemelix: "Gruesome news from Houstan. Now in New Hulk, Azerath reports on the effects over Ironbusta's attack, which have sent the Share Exchange reeling."
Azerath: "The financial sector is in mass panic, with Goldman Sacrifices, Rotten Apple and many others sent crashing downwards over fears over the metal supply from Rochalle, Amir-Ka's largest supplier of metals. Billions of Thrones have been wiped out over the course the past few days, and show no signs of stopping. There are some hopes that the intervention by the President will ease fears and allow a recovery, although all predictions into the Futures Market, normally already difficult, has recently have had their difficulty increased to a new through particularly heavy occludation and the recent chaos. With all the uncertainty in the market, the other mining corporations have seen a large increase in value, in particular the Bloody Ore Union."
Nemelix: "We thank Azerath for his report on the everchanging state of the market. We proceed to Wa-Shi-Ton, where Rhytrax reports on the President president's responce."
Rhytrax: "It's just about expected around here. Pandemonium. Worlds are being invaded and we've got Senators wanting more pieces of the pie. The Liberals want more funding for their statues, Greens claiming this is why we should've prospected more and that we wouldn't have a stock crisis this way, all that nonsense.
But in a rare show of solidarity in this crisis between two unlikely groups, we've got Marilyn May Rowe, Progressive and Jeffiries Holmes, Conservative both coming together behind President Agnew Johnson, Nationalist to declare their unconditional support for his campaign against the Warlord Ironbusta. Agnew Johnson, formalizing the state of emergency is stated to be pleased that the two normally irreconcilable parties would stand together in times of crisis, as opposed to the Liberals and Greens.
In addition to the mobilization of the fleets armies against Ironbusta, Agnew Johnson has signed the Fourth Militarization Act into law. It empowers Mechanicus Forge Worlds to produce and tithe larger fleets for Amir-Ka's navy in addition to funding factories across Amir-Ka, increases army recruitment as well as mandating continuous troop training for conscripts, as well as further funding the various Telepathica organizations across Amir-Ka. In particular, it includes the extensive recruitment and training of Fateweavers so as to prevent such an event from occuring again.
You'd think we'd have noticed the need for them when the Eldar meddled around just a decade ago, but it seems that only with one and a half fleets gone and an ork waagh coming we can now take action. Still, better late than never."
Nemelix: "Quite true indeed. Now, in the wake of Ironbusta's Waagh, allegations and accusations has been flung in all directions as to Ironbusta's Waagh being deliberately led to our Amir-Ka. We go to our analysts for their insights."
Luvax: "There's the thought that someone from inside Amir-Ka led them here. It's usually followers of Nurgle accusing the Khornates, citing their subsequent ascendancy along with the damage to one of their most valuable worlds, Rochalle. Of course, this conveniently ignores the ascendancy of the Conservative party along with them, knowing how much disruptions their industrial worlds would suffer when Rochalle's metal supply to them was disrupted and the certain bad blood afterwards. Leaving aside that Khornates aren't exactly known for planning quite so far ahead. They'd just advocate for a full out war instead.
The next party accused would be the Progressives. Who of course have the cachet to plan something like this. Ignoring the chronic under-funding of the sorcerors to actually do this whenever they aren't in power, you still need a raiding party going on what is essentially a suicide mission. None of us would go on such a thing. But looking past paranoid scopes of what we've known to do, no Tzeentch raiding party has been allowed in the Utvah subsector for decades now. It would be remarkably obvious if such an attempt was actually made.
We aren't going to consider that the Conservatives or Greens would try and shoot themselves in a foot with some convoluted plot over their primary strongholds. Then we have the Liberals. No major presence in the Utvah subsector, and the presence of dead Slaneeshi are suggestive, but it's possible it was an Undivided Raiding party, or even that whomever intended the attack simply left the appropriate corpses to be found to divert attention away from then. It could happen.
Finally of course, there is the standard 'The Eldar did it' refrain. But in this case it's quite plausible. We know that Turoq had been egging Ironbusta's domain to unite for awhile now. We've seen assassinations of ork warlords in the area for so long you would imagine that the area would never unite. But then they stopped. Then they united. Shortly after, Ironbusta attacked Amir-Ka, right after Atlas lost a fleet and Chrone lost good parts of one. It's disturbingly likely. The only issue is that a single Waagh of that size isn't possibly enough to topple us over, unless they were to follow up with more disruptions and acts.
Of course, ascribing everything to the Eldar, who as much as they appear to be grandmaster plotters, is not always wise. Oftentimes it's possible that there was no ulterior motive and the raiding party was simply a warband who thought too highly of themselves - Or that Ironbusta was always going to attack and that focusing our attention on the mysterious warband ignores the quite clear Waagh striking us this moment."
Nemelix: "Thank you, Luvax, I'm sure our viewers will agree that the Waagh on the horizon is not the time to accuse one another in hopes of political gains."
AN: The Everchanging Times, while reporting facts accurately, can be rather biased and misleading at times, as well as being rather prone to lies of omission.
