From: rtaylor@honors.uoregon.edu (Russ Taylor)
Newsgroups: rec.games.empire
Subject: Draconis/Cygnus: BPS update
Date: 25 Jul 92 20:46:08 GMT
Organization: University of Oregon Network Services

### BPS UPDATE ### Blackthorn Propaganda Services ### BPS UPDATE ###

"This just in.  The campaign against the BORG aggressors has met with great
success.  Brave Blackthorn warriors have captured the BORG munitions plant,
and the 1st National Bank of BORG.  A transript of this event follows:"

PFC Reynolds:  Looks like we got the last of them....hey, what's this under
               the tarps...Great Zog! Captain, you'd better have look....
Captain Igor:  I've never seen so much gold!  Reynolds, get on the horn and
               tell Lord Blackthorn he can start building those new 
               battleships now!

"In other news, several countries allied with Our Lord Blackthorn have
scored
decisive victories of their own.  The mighty navy of TOG has pounded the
upstart nations of Crunzz and Attica into the dust, leaving the Crunzz
without
a fleet, and Attica with but one.  Alexandria, after suffering major losses
at the hands of Shoka, has turned the battle around, major victories are 
predicted on that front, especially once the new Blackthorn ship foundry
is established on the BORG coastline.  Spitzberg, organizer of the
SplatsOutBerg alliance, has sent most of the might Wirikidor's fleet to the
bottom of the sea.  This alliance of three small islands (Spitzberg,
Outland,
and Splats_City) may well be the death of Wirikidor.  Aurel of Fyff, a new
ally of Lord Blackthorn, has had great success against the Nastrond
military,
despite a bad run-in with a mine field."

"The Blackthorn campaign against the island of Gotham has ended, due to
undisclosed negotiations between Lord Blackthorn and the rulers of Gotham.
It is rumored that arms may have beeen traded for the return of Blackthorn
POWs.  When asked, First Secretary Rigen responded 'We don't trade arms for
hostages. And even if we did, I wouldn't recall.'  FS Rigen has not been
heard from since."

"In an alarming change of fortune, the once-powerful nation of Bandalero
has
fallen to a devastating combined attacked from Shockwave, Tallon and
Kenaitze.
Bandalero's President-in-exile was not available for comment."

"On the Technological front, Lord Blackthorn's elite Eddarrin (craftsman
caste) has reported a major breakthrough: flying machines.  Lord Blackthorn
becomes the latest ruler to break the flight barrier.  More advances
expected
soon, as soon as the research staff recovers from three weeks without
sleep."

Here is the latest analysis of world power, courtesy of the SIN (Shadow
Information Net):

     - = [   Empire Power Report   ] = -
      as of Sat Jul 25 15:35:50 1992

         sects eff  civ  mil shell gun  pet iron dust food oil  pln ship
money
      TOG 195  73%  97K 4.8K 1.1K 190  750   19K 5.3K  34K 8.4K  10   30 
155K
Shockwave 185  85%  94K 7.0K 1.2K 440  1.7K  14K 1.9K  21K 950   20   10  
10K
    Shoka 110  81%  59K 4.8K 775   85  1.2K 8.5K 1.7K  52K 2.5K  20   30 
110K
NOGS_Inc. 100  87%  60K 4.0K 775    0    2  7.1K 4.3K  24K 2.3K   0   10  
35K
     Fyff  80  95%  65K 1.8K 475   60  700  4.2K 1.1K  51K 2.4K  10   20  
70K
     HELL 105  80%  54K 1.3K 200   45    0  4.4K 1.5K  12K 2.5K   0    9  
95K
       Oz 115  82%  47K 2.0K 275   60    0  7.8K 3.2K  30K 4.5K   0   20  
40K
  Hadessa 105  75%  46K 1.9K 550  125  450  4.7K 700   16K 1.6K   1   20  
60K
Wirikidor  70  82%  50K 1.1K 750  165  1.0K 8.8K 1.2K  17K 2.6K   0   20  
65K
     beep  75  84%  48K 2.5K 750   90  1.3K 5.5K 1.0K  14K 2.4K  20   20  
35K
    Blerg  85  78%  42K 1.6K 250   55  900  4.9K 800  9.2K 900    6   10  
55K
   Hecate  65  84%  37K 1.6K 900   90  900  5.0K 800   16K 1.7K   0   20  
50K
Alexandri  50  88%  41K 2.1K 525   50  700  5.1K 1.1K 9.3K 1.4K   7   10  
20K
  Levante  40  87%  34K 1.3K 775  120    0  4.0K 900   12K 300    0   10  
65K
Blackthor  50  87%  40K 2.6K 400   65  900  2.7K 300  8.2K 1.2K   5   30  
25K
   Tallon  55  77%  36K 1.2K 200   60  900  5.2K 700  5.5K 1.8K   0   20  
60K
Spitzberg  40  89%  34K 1.2K 650  105    0  4.5K 900  5.7K 1.1K   0   20  
35K
   grainy  55  79%  29K 850  625  115  900  3.1K 650  6.1K 1.6K   6   20  
15K
     Cron  35  96%  35K 1.8K 225   80  900  3.2K 1.2K 3.5K 1.4K   3   20 
4.6K
Kazzad'ur  70  69%  26K 500    0    0    0  4.2K 1.6K  12K 1.6K   0    2  
45K
  Soxland  50  79%  30K 700  125   30  850  1.5K 1.9K  10K 550    5    8  
50K
DireStrai  30 100%  31K 1.6K 525   60    0  1.4K 3.3K 9.9K 1.9K   0   10  
45K
 Trinidad  40  96%  34K 1.0K  50   15    0  3.4K 750  3.7K 350    0    5  
20K
  Outland  30  95%  26K 550   25   10    1  3.9K 1.2K  15K 250    0   10  
90K
Wasteland  30  96%  28K 700  200   20   37  4.9K 350  3.6K 650    0   10  
45K
     BORG  35  91%  24K 1.2K 350   45    0  4.8K 550  8.4K 550    0    3  
65K
Ravensval  40  85%  27K 550  175   65    0  1.3K 750  4.0K 150    0   10  
45K
Chinalake  35  91%  15K 300    0    0    0  8.8K 600  5.7K 450    0    2  
70K
   Actium  30 100%  28K 2.5K 675   65  600  2.8K 300  4.7K 700    3    3  
10K
Splat_Cit  35  95%  27K 1.0K 100   15    0  4.5K 300  8.8K 350    0    6 
2.7K
   Gotham  40  90%  26K 750  125   20    0  1.4K 900  6.2K 750    0   10  
10K
BattleAxe  35  94%  14K 600   50   25    0  5.2K 1.4K 1.4K 500    0    9  
50K
   Lodger  35 100%  23K 800   25   10    0  1.5K 600  4.0K 900    0    0  
25K
 Kenaitze  20  75%  13K 950  225   80    0  3.0K 200  2.8K  42    0   10  
25K
 Nastrond  20  80% 7.4K 200    0    0    0  650   28  8.9K 150    0    0  
30K
   Paenne  20  79% 5.5K 700   15    0    0  150  300  2.2K   1    0    6  
15K
   Crunzz   3  93% 1.6K   0    0    0    0  150    0  200    0    0    0  
95K
 Micronet  10  91% 2.9K 200    0    0    0    0    2  100  100    0    0 
1.8K
    Thrax   5  22% 350   13   25    0    0    0   25  150    1    0    0  
70K
  Eclipse   5  98% 1.4K 100    0    0    0    1   50  1.0K 150    0    0  
30K
Bandalero  10  20% 150    5    0    0    0    0    0  100    0    0    6  
35K
   Attica   3  78% 1.1K 100    0    0    0  150    1  100    0    0    0  
15K
   Exeter   0   0%   0    5    0    0    0    0    0   38    0    0    1  
30K
  Angband   0   0%   0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0 
3.4K
          ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
worldwide 2.2K 84% 1.3M  60K  14K 2.5K  15K 176K  44K 457K  52K 110  480 
1.9M

As you can see, the nations of Draconis still rely heavily on naval power,
with most countries lying 10 or more sectors away, lt bombers just don't
cut it.  13 countries now have aircraft, with more expected as the game
goes on.  Shoka, TOG and Blackthorn currently rule the seas, with each
having 28-33 ships. 44 countries remain, out of the 56 that started. 

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