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26-09-03, 03:41
NERD Editor

There's only 2 t's in Twisters Andy....
Alright folks, sorry for this but once again my Commercial Law classes hated me. Having now completed 10,000 words of Law bullcrap in 2 different essays, my time is my own again.
So, I'll be checking up on the progress of the song, but whether its done or not I hope to have the final part of Issue 50 out no later than Saturday evening, assuming no other suprises come out.

And please guys, wheel back on the spamination for just a little bit, or the mods will start the 3rd NERD thread prematurely.
01-10-03, 21:54
Gotterdammerung

This thread had expanded it's waistline to 63 pages and has been sticky since May. Upon conferring with some senior mods I deceided to pare it down a bit so I closed it to do some major cleanup surgery. There was so much spam in between nerd issues the thread was almost unreadable (only the insane like myself would sit through 63 pages). I have culled the post down to what is it's distilled topic, the NERD newsletter. All issues from 32 to 49 are now easily readable. I will continue to moderate the post and my most likely path will be to allow a period of discussion (not spam) after each nerd issue with a full sweep every now and then.

If the Nerd editor would care to co-ordinate any of his issues or postings with me, or if anyone has any questions about this threads cleaning please feel free to PM me.

G
05-10-03, 15:00
Morpheous

(PART OF NERD STORY DONT DELETE PLEASE MODS)

*Zone 38, gateway of the worlds*

Narrator: When Neocron was created, MJS made a man inside-he had the power to change things-to rebuild the world, and make it perfect. He died, and one day, the force that is MJS used his tool of BAN upon the genrep, so he could not respawn. "The One" was gone forever. However, the DEVs prophesised his return. So there are some people who spend their lives looking for him. One of them was a guy called Morpheous. He had spent years looking for him in a world called Saturn, and had found zone 38. He gathered his possesions and flipped to the other world, Pluto, where he now seeks The One.

*Morpheous appears in Pluto :eek:*

(Yeah, i know its a total rip off the Matrix, but hey ho :) if u dunno what that means, it means i'm coming to live on Pluto cos Saturn hates me (Damn FREs :lol: ) o_O )
08-10-03, 09:12
NERD Editor

Part 5: Apocalypse Now?

D minus 78 days

The Tokyo Military Waystation was in a flurry of panic as the news reached them. The 4 fleets had been decimated in the assault on the Southern Lands. Many of the Tokian Generals, unaware of how the fleets had been destroyed, were fearing an imminent counterattack and had given orders that Tokyo II go to full alert. The protective shields went to full power and the Air Force was preparing for an immediate scramble. So it was perhaps understandable that when 4 dirty and wet monks generepped into the station, they were able to slink out undetected.
�I can�t believe we just got out of that!� Eva exclaimed.
�Whatever, lets just get out of this base.� Diesel led them onwards. They snuck down a few darkened alleys till they came to a fairly well populated area. Fairly well was a mild understatement infact as the streets were bustling with people, all crashing into each other and scuttling along. The four monks looked out from the shadows into small, tightly spaced roads, covered with street vendors. The streets were packed with people hurrying, shopping, pushing and talking. It was a stark contrast from the wide walkways and sparse populace of Neocron. These roads made Plaza 1 on its busiest day look like Tech Haven after yet another bloodbath.
�These are the shops? Wonder what they�re sellin?� Eva drooled over the possibility of new merchandise.
�Doesn�t matter,� Zhut forced her natural given shopping tendencies down, �we don�t have their kind of money.� Eva started sulking. Diesel tried to ignore the girlish whimpers that followed, but when the crocodile tears started up he knew he was doomed. Irritably, he and McDanish grabbed four unsuspecting passers by as they walked by, beat them unconscious and then stole their clothes and money.
�Wow, instead of dropping quickbelts, these guys drop wallets.�
�I think I�m gonna like it here.� Zhut grinned. And with that, the four, now wearing Tokian overcoats and hats, ventured out into the crowd and went to check the shops. Now, had there not been so many people bustling around, someone might have noticed the four pedestrians getting mugged. Were everyone not so involved in what they were doing, maybe someone would have noticed the four guys that were noticably taller than everyone else walking around. But you would have thought at least one person would have been aggitated by the four people who were trying to shop without speaking a word of Japanese. But amazingly, they found a way. For though they could not speak the native tongue, it seems the shopkeepers of Tokyo II speak one language that most of Neocron does. 1337.
�Ur g33r r0xx0r5. H0vv mUch?� Zhut asked.
�4,000 cr3dz BiatcH.� Zhut pulled out the necessary credits and purchased a wide variety of local clothing. Diesel and McDanish found a store that sold tools for cutting through metals and Eva found a dominatrix store�.. ok I think nows a good time to discuss what the others were doing.

The others had landed on Tokyo II just before midnight the day before, during a time of heavy mist that had not let up. At roughly 2 in the morning, Warlock led them to the place he was talking about. It was a bar, not far from where the 4 monks were making a nuisance of themselves. The bar itself was always busy, being a place which had good alcohols and even better meals. But what was most important for the Texpedition was that this bar had reasonable accomodations on the upper floors. The owner took in those that could pay, or those that could bring him things he did not have. So, the weary boat travellers, hauling their cargo behind them finally reached the door to the bar.
�Ok, everyone keep a low profile. I�ll talk to the owner and get us somewhere to stay. Just mull around till I come get you.� Warlock stated. The others nodded. So as one Warlock, Reefsmoker, Trillian, Tricia, Zane, Download, Killer, Keyser, Crono, Vain and Lisa Davitt walked into the bar, hoping not to draw to much attention.
�YO FARTS!!!!� Binary Raptor screamed at them as they entered. Everyone fell over anime-style. Trillian leapt to her feet and grabbed him by the collar.
�Bin�. WHAT THE PANTS ARE YOU DOING HERE????�
�Having a drink. Want some?� Again with the falling over, crashing through tables and disrupting the customers.
�So much for low profile.� Warlock mumbled and went over to find the owner.
�How the hell did you get here?� Download yelled at Bin.
�I came here a few months ago for the sake festival. They really do have some kickass sake.�
�Sake? Whats sake?� Tricia asked. Bin handed her a saucer with a clear liquid in it. She downed it in one shot.
�Woah�. That�s good shafhghg�.� Tricia does not have a high alcohol resistance. Everyone else sat down with Bin to try out the clear liquid and were quickly getting into it. Amazingly this one act got the locals to stop looking at them suspiciously, as surely people who could appreciate good sake must be alright.
Warlock was able to acquire adequate accomodations for the price of a few Grim Chaser claws, a First Love (and the story of why its called a First Love) and 500 chitin, which apparently cannot be found in Tokyo II. Oddly enough it was the chitin that the owner was most excited about�. Go figure.

Exhausted and in need of a good rest, the 11 Fallen Angels dragged their well travelled asses up to their 4 rooms and just crashed wherever they could find an adequate surface. Zane crashed down on top of a large double bed. Trillian crashed on Zane. Zane grinned. Trillian flinched and kneed Zane in the nuts. Zane went cross-eyed. Vain crashed on Trillian and Zane. Trillian and Zane sent Vain crashing to the floor below. Vain asked for a pillow. He got one. Reef, Lisa, Tricia and Killer ended up in the next room. They had to keep the window open all night thanks to Reef. Keyser, Crono, Download and Warlock were in the next room, with both the gentanks lying on the floor, Download sprawled over the big bed and Warlock in a chair by the door. And then they just crashed.

D minus 77 days

The Wastelands seemed eerily quiet this day. Life itself just didn�t seem to be functioning any longer. Twilight Guardians was nothing more than a pile of rocks, Dome of York was wrecked and the only thing in it still moving were the unnoticed Drillbots. All of the CityMercs were now feverishly trying to finish their dig. Tech Haven was still bolted up tight, and everyone inside was now working in the Phoenix shop on Syntax-Error�s master plan. NDA was still taking a rest after such a long all out fight and everyone else was tucked away behind the Phalanx wall of Neocron City. Thus the Wastelands were deathly still. Only two things roamed the cratered lands, under the ash filled sky. The first was The Killerbunneh, still scaveging for chocolate. The other was MJS. MJS walked southwards, endlessly anticipating the fruition of his plan, urging time to go faster. But time was one thing MJS could not control.

The bomb under Crahn had been placed and the members of the Sect had kindly been given temporary quarters in Pepper park until after the detonation. Morpheous had informed everyone that the bomb at Dome of York was in fact ready to go. The Mercs estimated another 7 days till they reached their target. That just left Regants Legacy and Tokyo II.

One person who had been unphased by any of the last few months was NERD Editor. The pale writer had finally finished renovating the top floor of his offices and as of this day moved into his new facilities. Yep, life was good for ol N�ed.

Meanwhile at the Legacy�

�Enough sitting on your asses. Lets finish this!!!� Centuri yelled to his troops. The second seige on The Cells began with full fury. At this point NDA was now able to reach out and touch the doorway of the Legacy. They poured poison through the entranceway into the ever persistent Cells, and slowly but surely the Cells turned to dust and were swept away with the morning breeze. Onwards they pushed in what was looking like a matter of time victory.

Back up north�

�Ok, can anyone tell me what these things are?� Eva held up two sticks that had been handed to her with her meal.
�Um�.. maybe you pick your teeth with them?� Zhut suggested.
�I�m not a Bunneh, these things are huge.�
�Well I don�t know what they�re for.�
�What�re they doing over there?� Diesel looked over at a couple who were being served some ramen.
�Preparing to eat.� Need you ask.
�Ehhh�. Look what they�re doing.� Eva leaned back to see the couple using the two sticks to lift the noodles out of the liquid and quickly whip it into their mouths before slurping it down.
�They�re some kind of eating utensils.� Again, need you ask.
�Well, here�s to it then.� Eva attempted to grab some ramen, but succeeded in flicking one stick right into Diesels eye and the other cracked the bowl.
�Geez, its so much easier eating with a claw and stilleto.� Diesel grumbled. Then he looked at McDanish who essentially was drinking out of the bowl, �or that. Yeah�. That works.� After an hour and a half they finally managed to eat their meals and miraculously did not annoy the patron�s with their fumbling around.

With food in their stomachs, they began touring the city. 9 hours later they had a pretty good sense of the city.

In terms of size, it was perhaps slightly larger than Neocron, but only because instead of everyone living in apartment towers, there were large areas where the rich had been able to purchase a section of land and build their own accomodations on them. It was a brilliant display of capitalism in action, rewarding the rich with the ability of show off in front of the nation. Some of the properties were truly incredible, obviously requiring the expenditure of large fortunes of cash and probably requiring the services of many dozens of constructors to build up. But the end result was a customised, unique living quarters that one could call their very own home. This section was on the northernmost part of the island and was surrounded by a huge laserfence providing security around the private villa�s. On the west side of the city were the markets and the military waypoint station, where the four monks had arrived and spent most of their time, and where the other 11 were currently sleeping. This was the commercial centre of the Tokian nation, and had everyone explored a little more closely, they would have located the Weapons Black Market just to the south of the bar they were staying at.

In the south were the docks and the naval yard, where the wooden raft had washed up, and was where the majority of the Tokian Military efforts had been launched from. To the east were the headquarters of the main corporations of Tokyo II. Similar to the main factions in Neocron, these corporations were the lifeblood of the city, just as the criminal factions in the west ward were the leeches of the city.

In the west ward was the Shinjitsu Yakusa Syndicate, or SYS. They ran protection rackets throughout the commercial area, but in exchange ensured no thefts or willful destruction came to their �clients�. The competing triad was the Shinomori Triad, which roughly translated meant the Forest of Death. They were the assassination guild of Tokyo II, specialising in human slaughter. The south ward was home to the JSDF (Japanese Special Defence Force) the military power of the city. To become a full citizen, all members of the city were required to serve for 4 years in the JSDF. After that they had the choice of where they wished to go. The East Ward, as previously mentioned, housed the corporations. SONY (Society of Origami, Nature & Yin/Yang) brought nature to the city, with their focus on hydroponic technology, they provided the city with the bulk of its food supplies. AKUMA (Assault, Killing Unbridled Massacres Associated) were the special task force unit. Loyal to the corporations only, they were the elite weapons against the Triads and the Yakuza. MISO (Marine Industries & Submersive Operations) were the equivalent of NEXT. They developed the immense naval power of Tokyo II, and developed things like underwater facilities, that allowed the city to expand beyond its limited land mass. WASHU (Wiring Automation Synthetics Homogeny Union) were the science geeks of the land. They developed the laser whips and the wrist mounted units of the Tokian Military, as well as upgrading the Shield surrounding the city.

And then there was CRAP (Citywide Responsibility Administration and Politics). CRAP was the city, and the city was CRAP. They enforced the law, they paid the corporations in order to run the city and the military, and they taxed the people. CRAP was at the very centre of the city, their main office right underneath the shield generators. For hundreds of years CRAP had governed, and governed well. Unlike Neocron, the Head CRAP was elected by the people, rather than the dictator Reza. And while some of the leaders had been weak, or incompetent, for the most part they had run their city well.

The four monks returned to the west ward and went looking for a place to stay. They were wondering where the others were as well, till Zhut spotted a huge plume of smoke raising from the window of a nearby bar. They decided to check it out.

And so it was that with virtually no drama�s, the Texpedition was reunited. The 15 crammed themselves into the 3 rooms as best they could and made the most of it. And they began to prepare for the placement of the bomb.
�So where do we need to place it?� Download asked.
�Well�. That�s kinda the problem.� Warlock winced, having not really wanted to answer this question.
�Why?� All 14 asked in unison.
�It needs to be placed directly under CRAP headquarters.�
�Wait� you mean we have to place a multi megaton warhead underneath the primary government building?�
�Essentially�. Yeah.�
�And you have a plan to achieve this near impossible feat of course.� Amazingly everyone said that in complete unison too.
�Erm� No.� Warlock got �the Look� from everyone and not for the last time thought about just flicking the switch on the bomb to end the suffering.
�So what do we do?�
�We look for an opportunity.� He replied.
08-10-03, 09:14
NERD Editor

D minus 70 days

�We�ve done it!!!� Huge cheers came from the Military Base as after a long and tiring struggle, they had completed their dig and the bomb was in place. At long last the Mercs were able to rest easy; their task finally completed. It was also a special day as the launcher devices that had been developed in the Storage halls began to be placed around the base.

A section of wall burst forth just to the left of NDA as they pushed The Cells back. Another giant blob had tried to flank them. Fortunately they were able to pull back in time but were once again pushed out of the Legacy by the Cells. Centuri had had enough. It was time to end this. NDA began to push forward but the Cells were bursting forth from everywhere, bringing all their reserves out of the Legacy to fight on the outside. Slowly NDA was being pushed back, but Centuri refused to move. His clanmates urged him to pull back, and he turned to yell at them when the ground beneath him tore as a giant fist of The Cells lunged out of the ground and consumed him. Horrified the rest of NDA looked on as The Cells absorbed Centuri in his final battle for Neocron. But there was something they could not absorb, something that Centuri had activated in his final act of spite. A toxin plague bomb. The bomb detonated and infected the entire mass of The Cells. Despite not having mouths, The Cells uttered a final horrifying scream before every last one of them turned to ash and blew away in the late afternoon wind. The Cells were no more. NDA, at the cost of their leader, had won. They sent word to Neocron and by the end of the day the bomb was in place. Victorious and defeated at the same time, NDA returned home.

D minus 68 days

After nearly nine days of meandering around Tokyo II, McDanish had hit upon an idea. It wasn�t a great idea, but it was an idea.
�McD, I would just like to point out how much I hate it when you get ideas,� Keyser moaned, �when we get home, no more ideas from you.� Keyser grumbled a bit more as he slushed around in the mire circling his feet.
�What? We need a way to get the bomb to a location. Since we can�t just go in, we can try going under. So lets check the sewers.�
�Yes, but look at this place. Its disgusting. Where the hell are the walking-ways?� Crono was pissed too.
�Maybe they don�t expect people to come down here?� Eva suggested.
�Pffft. Whats a sewer if you don�t go hunting in it?� Vain retorted. The Texpedition begain walking through the slimy filth following the map they had acquired. Amazingly Warlock had just walked into CRAP HQ and asked for some plans to the sewer network and they had given them to him! The city apparently provided all forms of information on request. This place was just so weird.
�EEEEEKKK!!!� Tricia screamed and leapt backwards.
�What?� Everyone swivelled round.
�What is that???� She pointed at a small furry creature that was munching on some unmentionable pile of stuff on the sewer pipes. Keyser reached over and picked it up by the tail.
�I think it�s a rat.� He stated.
�THAT is not a rat. That thing fits in the palm of your hand. Rats are supposed to be almost as big as us!� Crono picked up another furry creature and stared at it.
�And look, these ones have pupils, rather than those empty white eyes, and their intestines aren�t showing.�
�Only one way to know. Diesel, you do the honours.� Keyser threw the rat in the air and Diesel toasted it with a firelance. Keyser then bit off a massive chunk and munched on it.
�So, whats it taste like?�
�Tastes like chicken.�
�Huh? Whats a chicken?�
�Never mind, Ceres disc joke. It�s a rat alright.� Keyser said, spitting the tail back out.
�Oh think about it, these ones have been shielded from radiation. Maybe this is what rats used to be like?� Killer suggested.
�Can we move on please?� Warlock growled. They began walking on, but still whispering at the back.
�Dude, Keyser just bit its ass off right? But look what it was eating�. What goes in, must come out� at that end ya know��
�Ewww�..�
�Hehehe, Keyser munches ass��
�SHUT UP EVA.� Everyone yelled.

As they marched, they came upon an open manhole, and looked up. Eva was still giggling at the back and the sound alerted the people above. Everyone gagged Eva and tried to slink past the manhole, but everyone was sweating as 2 Tokians above seemed to be yelling down the hole with a lot of anger. However, what the Texpedition did not know was that this is what Japanese can sound like. Roughly translated what they heard actually meant the following.
�My daughter has been accepted into Tokyo II University. I am a proud father.� The first said.
�Is that your daughter with the firm yet ample chest?� The second asked.
�Yes, that�s the one�. Wait, how do you know about my daughters firm yet ample chest?�
�How do YOU know about your daughter�s firm yet ample chest?�
�My wife told me.�
�Is that the one with the incredible ass?�
�Yes. Wait, how do you know about my wife�s incredible ass?�
�Everyone knows about your wife�s incredible ass.�
�Oh�. Hey, what is that supposed to mean?� On and on they went. Apparently in Tokyo II, even if you�re accusing someone of doing naughty things with every female in your family, you still have to do it politely. Go figure.

After what seemed like days but was in fact 38 minutes, they arrived underneath CRAP HQ. And they knew it was CRAP HQ because in the sewer below it was littered with shredded documents of a highly sensitive nature. Only a government facility goes through that much shredding
�Right we�re here, now what?� Reef asked.
�We don�t have enough time to dig deep enough to save the building above. Its going down no matter what. But if we dig a cone shaped ditch deep enough, we can focus the blast down and up so that the surrounding buildings don�t get wiped out.� Warlock showed everyone the designs for the dig.
�Then lets get started.� The two Gentanks laid into their work with gusto, tearing concrete and steel out of the way. The spy�s and private eyes used the laser cutters to assist them in disecting the underground network of pipes and supports. The four monks stood guard should anyone be coming or overhear them. For the next 30 days they would dig deep and dig hard to get the hole made.

D minus 67 days

Atop a lone cliff, MJS summoned to his side one of the DEVS.
�Codi, hold out your basket.� Codi gulped and did so. MJS proceeded to dump a large number of white oval things into the basket.
�Codi, these are my EGGS (Electronic & Genetic Graft Specimens) that will be used to create a new world once I have destroyed this one. Protect them.�
�You sure you want to put all your EGGS in my basket?� (Big Red Subtitles slam down �BLATANT METAPHOR�)
�Sure, I see no problem with that.� Codi just raised an eyebrow and sighed.

D minus 38 days

�Looks like we�re ready for the bomb. You guys go get it.� Trillian said as she dusted herself off. The 4 monks and Crono went down the tunnel to get the bomb from where it had been stashed.
�Think its deep enough?� Tricia asked.
�Should be. Not much time left to do anything else.� Zane pointed out.
�Yeah, nothing else�.� Lisa moped.
�Girl you gotta snap outta this. There�ll be other guys.� Trillian went over to comfort Lisa. Whether she would have got anywhere we�ll never know, for at that moment, a door above them opened as a couple of clerks began dumping shredded paper into the sewer.
�Nani? Oro? Nan desu ka?� they babbled on and on, essentially asking what was going on. Within an hour all 10 of them had been arrested and were being transported to the JSDF interrogation centre. So when the monks and Crono arrived, they were noticably concerned to find no one there.
�What do we do?� Eva asked.
�Plant the bomb of course.� Diesel flicked the timer on and they dumped the bomb, making sure to bury it in enough shredded paper so as to conceal it. Then they went back to the bar to locate their friends.

Now, it took them the rest of the day to determine what had happened. For only by accident, after hours of searching, when Zhut felt it was utterly hopeless, that he dropped down on the seat in their room. And as fortune had it, the remote control for the �television� was under him and the news came on. And there, clear as day were the other 10 being marched into the Detainment Centre behind AKUMA headquarters. Everyone felt sick as they realised they were now 5 against the entire of Tokyo II.

Just before midnight, as the 5 tried to get some rest and dream up a plan, they were rudely awoken by the sounds of powerful engines thundering away to the south. They turned the news on again to see that the Tokian Air Force had dispatched everything it had at the Southern Wastelands, in an effort to end Neocron once and for all. Their ETA was 17 days to the primary target.
D minus 37 days

The 5 awoke the next morning to the excited sound of McDanish jumping up and down.
�I know what we need to do!� he exclaimed.
�What?�
�We need to get them out.� Everything within reaching distance of the other four was sent sailing at McDanish�s head or nuts.
�I am in an extraordinarily large amount of pain.� McDanish fell to the floor.
�Wait�� Crono looked like he�d had a brilliant idea
�What?�
�I�ve had a brilliant idea.�
�Didn�t you just say that?�
�No, that was N�ed�s narrations getting too far ahead of themselves.�
�Oh�. So, whats the idea?�
�Oh, you�ll see, its perfect.�

Crono nearly lost the use of one testicle when the others found out his brilliant idea.
�THIS IS YOUR BIG PLAN???� Diesel yelled.
�Patience, watch and see.� And so they did.

For if you know anything of Japanese culture, you will know that they love novelties. Everything from Tamago�s and Pokemon to the 24 hour disposable popstars they churn out almost daily, from mini photo booths to karaoke, the Japanese people love something pointless and novel. So when the populace of Tokyo II learned that McDanish: Lord of the Obvious would be performing one time only in front of the AKUMA Detention Centre, they naturally showed up by the thousands.

�Crono, your stupidity is scarily effective.�
�I know, sometimes, I even scare myself. Let�s go.� And with that they entered the sewer system under the Detention Centre.

Meanwhile up above, using a Translation device.

�McDanish-sama, how can I pick up women?� a young man asked, with chuckles from the crowd.
�By lifting them with your arms.� McDanish replied. The crowd was in awe.
�My husband is cheating on me with all 5 of my sisters, what can I do to make him stop?�
�Make sure your parents don�t have a 6th.� Again the awe.
�What is an oxymoron?�
�Calling the high end weapons that everyone has �rares��
�What is the meaning of life?�
�To figure out the answer to that question.� The crowd was blown away and were hurling money and firstborns upon him.

In the Detention Centre Communal Toilet�.

A toilet exploded as the 4 dirty individuals crawled out.
�Ok, which way?�
�I have no idea.�
�Well how�re we gonna find them?�
�Wait guys,� Eva took a sniff.
�Eva�. That�s just wrong.� Zhut looked at her funny.
�No, the smoke.� Sure enough, Reef had decided to smoke out the whole Centre. Thus under toe cover of smog they moved quickly to their cells and freed the other 10.
�WE�RE FREE!!!!� Killer jumped for joy.
�Say that when we�re outside the prison.�
�Oh, right.� They quickly fled back to the toilets and into the sewers. They emerged almost an hour after they had begun the mission to see McDanish still going.

�Who am I?�
�A person.�
�What am I doing here?�
�Asking questions.�
�How long is a piece of string?�
�Twice the distance from the centre to either end.�
�Hey McD, we gotta go.� The others called. Relucantly McDanish freed himself from his captivated audience and the novelty ended. The prison guards returned to their duty only to find empty cells, and decided not to mention it to their superiors.

Dirty and tired they returned to the bar and this time locked themselves inside for the duration.
�Now we just wait till the bomb goes off and we can go home.� Trillian stated.

D minus 22 days

Lisa, having finally started to cheer up a little, decided to put in a call back to Neocron. When they delivered the news that the bomb was planted, Neocron took 5 minutes to jump for joy, for now all 5 bombs were in place. But then they received new information.
�So where are you all now?� Morpheous asked.
�We�re still in Tokyo II. We�ll wait for the bomb to go off and then come home.�
�That�s no longer a possibility. You need to get out of there today.�
�Why?� Lisa asked.
�Lisa,� Kramer came on the line, �the Tokians have launched another offensive, it will get here tomorrow. Before that happens we�re sending them a little bit of retribution. Don�t be there when it arrives.� Lisa had to give up the line to someone who wasn�t teary.
�Understood,� Keyser replied, �we�ll be out of here tomorrow. Fight the good fight, we�ll see you when we get back.�
�Count on it.�

That night the Tokian army was given a very rude awakening as the Monks reigned lightning and fire down upon the docks, torching them completely. The spy�s laid down cover fire while Download hotwired a Skimmer Jetboat. As everyone piled onboard, Keyser and Crono blew seven shades of shampoo out of the docking bay with Moonstrikers and then all 15 of them got out of there.

Until�.

�Oh crap, Binary Raptor�s still at the bar.�

After 11 hours of fighting their way back to the bar, Trillian hauled Bin out of his chair, along with a few bottles of sake and again they fought back to the boat and got out of there, this time pursued by what was left of the Tokian navy.
�Next time we leave him behind ok?� Killer suggested.
08-10-03, 09:15
NERD Editor

D minus 21 days

At 0730 the Tokian Air force began airdropping troops into the wastelands. Payloaders and Banshee�s screamed towards Neocron, bypassing the MB entirely. It was time for the final battle between Tokyo II and Neocron.

Morpheous sent the signal to the City Mercs, giving them the go ahead. 10 minutes later, 3 cold fusion missiles rocketed from their launchers heading towards Tokyo II itself. This danger was disregarded by the airfleet as the Tokyo II shields had repelled such an attack many centuries ago.

The fleet dropped over 500 Raijuta�s down into the Crest Crater and they marched on the city while the aircraft lunged forward to bomb the city. The ground troops up north were all hell-bent on destroying Tech Haven. But this time, everyone was ready.

Neocron launched the FireWreathes, the Hovertanks, and close to 50 TekHammers, Neocron�s answer to the Raijuta�s. Since the Mercs had captured an intact one some time ago, NEXT and Tangent had worked hard to replicate it. All runners able to bear weapons raced outwards and took position outside the city.
�Stand fast everyone, our target is the mechs, leave the aircraft.� Kramer yelled.
�Why not the aircraft? Aren�t they the bigger threat?� Carinth called over.
�Not today.�

The Mechs came up over the ridge and immediately everyone opened fire. The gully in front of Outzone station was a blinding mass of energy fire. In the first few moments, 3 TekHammers and 8 Raijuta�s were down. And just as the second barrage was about to start, the airfleet loomed up.
�Take Cover!!!� everyone ducked, preparing for the inbound fire, but it came from somewhere else. The Phalanx Wall opened its ports to show its true face. The entire outer wall of Neocron bristled with weapons. Every square inch was a long range offensive weapon, capable of annihilating airborne targets as far as 2 zones away. With more than a little amount of glee, NDA pushed the button and the wall opened fire. 487 aircraft were shot out of the sky in the opening salvo.

The battle raged on in the south, while meanwhile, the Tokian troopers were burning through the gates into Tech Haven. They burst in through the gravlifts of TH1 and the stairwells of TH3 and poured in. But just as they opened the final pressure doors to enter TH2, they stopped dead in their tracks.
�We are become DEATH, the destroyers of YOU.� Every spare inch of space in TH2 was covered in DEATH bots. Phoenix had surpassed its previous standards by building over 2000 replica�s of DEATH since Syntax-Error had explained her plan. She was quite pleased with the upgrade of TH security. The DEATH bots armed all their buzzsaws and laser cutters and lunged at the Shinobi-Warriors, hacking limbs off and staining the blue corridors with red once again. More DEATH bots burst forth from the elevators in TH1 and from the Energy Cores and the Shopping Mall in TH3. The Tokian ground forces fought for their very lives, but against 3 metre tall robots with 8 arms, each one dishing out death, there�s only so much you can do.

Around about 6 hours into the battle, the Texpedition crashed their Skimmer into the rocks of the North shore and jumped out, having tried to outrace the ships behind them to get away. Now they were running from long range fire shooting after them.
�Hello Neocron, we�re back, whats going on?� Trillian called. She was only getting static.
�Well hello Fallen Angels, care to join the party?� Syntax-Error called. Gleefully they listened to Syn�s instructions on the defence of TH, and decided to hurry back.

By 2140 it was clear that Neocron was victorious. The Phalanx wall had annilated without exception the entire Tokian airforce, and only 2 Raijuta�s remained, and were currently trying to flee through a mountainpass of Y Replicants. All the Fallen Angels and Twilight Guardians had banded together to kill or imprison the troopers that had broken into Tech Haven. The DEATH bots had done their job, but were now all broken. All except the original. DEATH was saddened to see its children in pieces, but was glad its new home had survived. The greatest and most effective defence of TH was over and the Texpedition were finally home. There was some celebration, but no one wanted to celebrate too soon.

That night, no one slept. Tomorrow would decide the fate of the world.

D minus 20 days

The Prime Minister of Tokyo II went on TV, standing outside CRAP HQ to address the people about the troublesome 15 that had attacked and escaped their island. He described it as a desperate attempt to stop the Tokians from attacking Neocron and laughed at it. MJS stood on a balcony above, waiting for the explosion. He was sure the 5th bomb in Dome of York had not been planted and so he could enjoy the fireworks of the other futile ones.

0717 NST (Neocron Standard Time)

5 separate multi megaton warheads detonate throughout the known world. The 7th Circle of Regants Legacy is reduced to rubble. Dome of York shudders, but suffers no more damage. The Military Base endures a fracture up the southern walls but is otherwise fine. The Abbey of Crahn was not adequately protected and is blown to a charred scrap, leaving nothing usable. And as the Prime Minister finished his speech, CRAP HQ groaned, shuddered and then collapsed into the ground as a giant pile of rubble.

0722 NST, Tokyo II Forward Alert Post

3 missiles are detected on approach. Instructions are sent to boost power to the city shields.
0724 NST, CRAP HQ. Then the missiles cloaked and could not be tracked any longer.

The Shield Generator, that had been so carefully protected within the HQ of CRAP is destroyed, and the city shield fails.

0729 NST, Tokyo II

3 cold fusion missiles make impact with the city in the North Private Estates Ward, the West Commerce Ward and the South Docks ward. 87% of the city is destroyed in the explosions, only leaving the East Corporations Ward relatively intact. With the airforce destroyed, the navy all but wiped out and the city�s infrastructure annihilated, Tokyo II enters the same stage of history that the rest of the world experienced after World War III.

1000 NST, Plaza 1, Neocron

All had gathered for the results. If the blasts were unsuccessful, there would be a severe need to get the last cruiser loaded up fast with those that were escaping.
�Scans indicate all 5 did detonate�. Calculating effect.� Morpheous was manning thescanners and was feverishly trying to get an answer out of them. The entire populace of the Wastelands waited with breathless anticipation. Suddenly, Morpheous stood up slowly, quietly walked over to the Medicare balcony and addressed the people.
�It worked. The SWG effect has been stopped.� And then the cheering started. Finally the nightmare had ended. Finally they were not doomed. Finally they could celebrate, and celebrate they did. For the next 20 days they celebrated their survival and paid homage to the fallen heroes of the quest: Insidious Wolf and Centuri. Neocron partied like never before. And all was well.
08-10-03, 09:16
NERD Editor

D minus 0: The Day of Destruction

After so much partying, finally those that still had a home, decided to return to it. Those that didn�t got ready to start rebuilding theirs. The Fallen Angels got up and travelled home casually, walking and still in good spirits, arriving at Tech Haven just before noon. As they walked up the ramp, Warlock stopped and surveyed the world.
�Ah, its not too bad,� noting all the craters and damage, �a bit of gardening work and it�ll be good as new.� He smiled, just as a wreathe of black smoke burst up behind him.
�NO IT WON�T� MJS raged, grabbing Warlock by the neck and snapping it in one crushing move. He then blasted the body with his Demitron Cannon and vapourised it. Warlock�s body was unrecoverable by the generep system, and thus he felt perma-death. Everyone else looked on in abject horror.
�I WILL HAVE MY ARMAGGEDON. THIS IS THE DAY OF DESTRUCTION!!!!� And the battle against MJS began.

MJS let loose a horrible roar and a shockwave of destruction eminated from his being. Tech Haven was obliterated instantly and the largest crater on the face of the planet was formed for 40 miles in all directions around MJS. The Fallen Angels all generepped back to Neocron to prepare, although some had been just outside the blast radius and were now directly in front of the oncoming MJS.

Neocron scrambled everything. Every ship, tank and person charged towards the battle just outside their gates, as MJS assaulted the Fallen Angels on his way to Neocron. When he came into range the Phalanx Wall opened fire, but MJS would not be stopped so easily. His Armani powerarmour morphed and the cloth around his shoulders turned to metal, lifting off to form 2 giant black batlike wings, covered in razorsharp blades in the pattern of deadly feathers, revealing the armoured black torso of this worlds overlord. He opened fire with his Demitron Cannon and blew hole after hole out of Neocron�s walls. He charged up another shot and fired, blasting a chasm between Pepper Park and Plaza, destroying the subway system and cleaving the city nearly in two.

The Firewreathes spread out and came at him from all sides, but MJS launched himself at the closest, landing feet first on the canopy and pulling out a jagged Edged lasersword, with one slash killed the pilot. He then leapt to the next and did the same till he had destroyed them all. Then he landed in front of all the runners of the wasteland, all shuddering in terror at the behemoth of power before them.
�There shall be no more protection,� and he blew another hole in the Phalanx wall, �no more peace, and especially no more FUN.� And using the BETA psi module Psi Meteor, he summoned down a massive fireball that slammed into a well known office building inside Neocron, obliterating the occupant.

Everyone opened fire, but bullets were meaningless. Kramer tried to snipe MJS, but MJS leapt forward and cleaved Kramer in half with his sword. Lisa, enraged charged in and kicked MJS in the nuts, but he was too well armoured there. He backhanded Lisa flying into a pile of rocks, and they both had to use the generep recovery system. Trillian dived in to avenge her sister, but MJS kicked her down, with a foot across her throat and lunged his blade through her chest. Zane tried to save her by whipping MJS� hand, and he was successful in pulling the blade out, but he was too late. MJS grabbed the whip and hauled Zane to him.
�Foolish sentiment. Now Die�� And he slowly inserted the blade through Zane�s stomach, killing him in excrutiating pain. The others continued to fire, but still there was no effect. Then in an act of pure sadism, MJS ressurected Trillian and Zane.
�Now you can both endure dying as many times as I see fit!� and he killed them again, and then ressurected them. As he went for the third kill, he decided to be creative.
�Now you can all suffer their fate.� And MJS went for his most horrible weapon.
�Oh No� He�s pulling out his WALLET!!!� Yes, MJS�s WALLET (World Apocalypse Lanching Life Extinguisher Transmitter). This device would allow him to instakill everyone around him in the blink of an eye. And he grinned.

But all of a sudden, there were several flashes of light, as half a dozen EGOS, all wearing big footwear came flying out of the sky and in unison they yelled.
�REPEATED RES KILLING. TEMP KICK!!!!� And they kicked MJS sailing many zones to the north east with a special present to keep him company.

Though everyone had survived, there was little room for celebration now. The city was in ruins, Tech Haven was destroyed and there was one more tragedy awaiting them.

MJS dusted himself off, finding himself standing in a dusty field with virtually nothing around him. He looked around and saw he was in a fenced area. There were a few vehicles to his right and a buidling with a few technicians, and a generep tower. He realised the EGOS had temp kicked him to newbie MC5.
�I suppose this is meant to be funny, sending me to this place.� He reached for his consoles to warp out, but realised that they had been broken in the kick.
�So be it, I�ll just use the generep.� He walked over to the generep and tried to use it, but it would not work. Then he noticed the sign.
�This generep is out of order. I am currently busy keeping all the EGGS in one basket, so cannot fix this right now. I will attempt to get around to it at the earliest convenience. Signed. Codi.� And MJS found himself stuck in MC5 for a very long time.

That day a few runners stood around in shock as they entered Neocron. For they had lived through the SWG effect, the attacks by Tokyo II and MJS�s attempt to slay them all. But now a fate some considered worse than all that had befallen them.

For MJS�s fireball had destroyed NERD Inc, and the Editor along with it. They stood around shocked and realised. This had been Final NERD.

Late that night, McDanish sat down, and as a finale, decided to sing a song�.
(The Following Song �Dome of Y� is done to the tune of �American Pie� by Don Maclean)
Lyrics by Nerd Editor
Mp3 to come

"Not so long ago,
In a Wastezone far away,
neocron was under an attack.
And I thought me and Trilli-in,
Could talk the Japonation in,
to maybe cutting them a little slack.
But in response they tried to kill us,
Using loms they did deskill us.
We escaped from Vagnass,
Then toked up high on Reef's stash.
In a lifeboat we did flee
And we got lost, its plain to see.
We all wound up on Tokyo TV.
So when will we have DOY???

My, My this here Dome Of Y,
Now its sooner, now its later, now I just wanna cry.
And we left our homes and hoped that soon it was time
Saying Soon I'm gonna see Dome of Y,
Soon I'm gonna see Dome of Y,

Do you know this patching day, is coming soon or so they say,
But will it truly save the day?
Ahhh this new city could use a clean, some floor wax and Windowsheen,
Yeah we're prolly gonna clean it up some dayyyy.
Well I heard you can get great echo,
and Sid's lived there, so don'cha know
And when this dream comes tru...
We can all nag for Tokyo II WOOO
We're gonna party all over that new place,
And outpost wars will pick up pace,
And I know NC will now face,
The Big Threat... of our DOY.

And I was singin'

My, My come here Dome of Y,
I won't make it, I can't take it, give it now or I'll die.
Every night I rush home and scream 'MJS WHY?"
When will I see Dome of Y???
When will I see Dome of Y?

Now we finally get set for launch,
And the KK council we knew at once,
would want to get rid of CDV!!!
So they went out there and they told a tale,
of how Neocron was the next big sale,
And its true that NC > SWG!!!
Well the publishers were impressed of course,
Could this game truly beat The Force?
They made an opening bid,
as long as they got rid of Sid.
But players all still had much fear,
Could they still release some time this year?
Well MJS says Listen Here!
We Will Release this DOY!

And we were singin'

My, My This Year Dome of Y,
Not November, not December, but we've missed on July.
As time rolls on we've all gotta try
To Tell friends about Dome of Y,
Tell friends about Dome of Y.

Tempers flaring hot as a ball-of-fusion
People leaving Cron in full confusion
Server pops are fallin' fast.
"We improved the look of the grass"
"And these new mobs will attack in mass"
Yeah some folk are just talking out their ass.
Now the competition begins to loom,
And the impatient have begun to fume,
But KK must take a stance,
For Cron to stand a chance.
The new publisher will yield,
A better chance in this gaming field.
And NC's might will be revealed.
When we get Dome of Y

And we were singin'

My, My This is Dome of Y,
Its not clean, not pristine, but it suits us just fine
And in the halls as the guardbots roll by,
We'll feel home in our Dome of Y
Feel home in our Dome of Y.

So there they were all in one place,
The ship awaiting to go to space,
And no time left to start again.
So guys be nimble, guys be quick.
Drop those bombs or I'll be sick
Stop Armageddon before the end.
And MJS was in a rage
This story had another page.
And all of us could tell,
We were saved by the bell.
And the Firewreathes flew in the night
And set off a show so big and bright
But something still was just not right
We still need Dome of Y

And we were singing'

My, My This is Dome of Y,
Lots of floors, lots of doors, yeah this place is alright
And as the echoes roll on, I'm still gonna cry
About time we got Dome of Y,
About time we got Dome of Y.

We caught a ride back to TH2,
Cause Trillian wanted to.
I frankly would have liked to stay.
We all fought in that epic war,
and it wasn't long at all before
5 big bombs went off and saved the dayyy.
But in the end some runners fried,
Some ships were sunk and Precious died.
Some missiles were cloaking,
The DEATH bots all were broken.
And the Editor I admire most,
Got firebombed and now he's toast.
Now we're still here but he won't post.
I guess we'll wait for DOY.

And I was singin'

My, My This here Dome of Y,
Not November, not December, but we've missed on July.
As time rolls on we've all gotta try
To Tell friends about Dome of Y,
Tell friends about Dome of Y.

We were singin'

My, My, it must be a lie,
No more NERD's till the words "we've got Dome of Y"
And we'll sit and home and say KK oh My!
Please just give us all some Dome of Y."

Until Dome of Y...
13-10-03, 04:04
NERD Editor

*N'ed finds himself in an abyss of darkness, a dark and dirty feeling all around him*

Is this death? Did I die? Geez, not much to look forward to.

*All of a sudden a worker clearing away the debris of the NERD offices pulls up the rock that was pinning N'ed down*

Oh.... right, I forgot. I'm an EGOS, I can't die....

Ok, seems I can't just sit around and not write.

So.....
NERD Saga 1 is now over, at 50 Issues and about 200 pages I'd say it was a respectable story in itself.
Saga 2 won't start till after DoY. I want to get a feel for the Pluto environment after its out before I start the next one.

But, to fill in the void, I have started work on NERD Historical Chronicles # 01. Still making up some of the characters and finalising the story in my head, but should get the first part out in the not too distant future.

*dusts off half broken NERD typewriter*

Now lets see.....
14-10-03, 14:08
NERD Editor

Heh shhh Folsom, I was saving that story for when we actually get more clothes and skins

New designs for the Character creation screen and outfitter:

- Spy's with transforming hair capacity's
- Female Monks with anime size eyes that take up 60% of their face
- Ripped shirts for tanks
- Spandex
- Keanu Reeve's head for all male spy's to live out their Neo fantasy's
- Shorts for those hot walks through the desert
- 19 sock colours
- The special and infamous Nudeocron patch for his and her pleasure. The groin regions of all male avatars will be based along the 'tripod' theorem and all female avatars will defy the laws of gravity in their ability to stand up vertically
- Tails for the Saiyan based clans
- One in every hundred runners will receive the limited edition Jar Jar Binks skin and will be hunted for the rest of their days
- Catgirl avatars for the true otaku's
- Tube tops
- Hats

Anyway....
As for the Historical Chronicles, I think Ben and Zane have got the wrong idea as to what they're gonna be about, but that's ok, I'll educate y'all soon...
17-10-03, 12:23
NERD Editor

Otaku is a Japanese word for fanboys, generally used in reference to anime obsessed fans (you know, got posters on the walls and dolls and figurines of their favourite characters and sleep in pyjama's from their favourite show etc.... like Trekkies to Star Trek).

Anywho, I'm pretty much ready to start the Historical Chronicles this weekend so keep an eye out. It will be in a new thread, rather than this one.
19-10-03, 15:56
NERD Editor

NERD: Historical Chronicles

Right, the Chronicles have begun. Since they're not directly linked to any particular server, the post is in the RP: Global section.

So, on we go, I'm sure you'll all let me know if its a big pile of crap or not....
23-11-03, 09:55
NERD Editor

Well... I'm not a moderator, so I'll leave it up to them as to exactly what they do, but I'm pretty much done with this thread, and as this thread was 30% me telling a story and 70% everyone else commenting, and as the one who started it, I'll just make a request.

I'm done with this thread for all time. When I get round to NERD: Saga 2 it will be a fresh thread, so there's no more need for this one to be open, so at the request of the starter (of the original) could this thread be closed, and probably unstickied for tidiness. Also I don't know if its possible, but could something like what Gotterdammerung did before happen and have the first thread cleaned of commentary and have it merged with this one so all 50 issues can be just solidly read together? I know that a lot of people shy away from starting to read NERD's because the first thread is just so freakn huge still and since all the NERD sites are dead I'd really like the whole collection to be accessible in one place. As for the loyal fans who like to have their commentary in and around the place, don't worry, the new NERD story will start sooner than anticipated so you'll have somewhere else to rant on.

But at the very least I would like to request this thread be closed, there's no further need for it to be open any more.

Thanks to the mods for their patience in letting this monstrosity go as long and as far as it did and to all 60,000 readers of the two posts for their support and responses.

Here endeth NERD: Saga 1.
26-11-03, 13:59
Ulle

Closed, will sort it out later.

/edit - Sorted, well, as sorted as it will get, all the issues should be in this thread now.

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