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Posted on the 09. June 2009 - 08:18:23 by King Jessy James
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| | Hapes Wide Meeting - IRC
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| Please make sure you visit the Kings Lounge on the Members Board regarding the upcoming hapan wide meeting on June 13th.
- KJJ |
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Posted on the 05. June 2009 - 15:26:57 by King Jessy James
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| | Here's To...Friendship
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| Line Captain Carrie Jade blinked slowly. Her slender hands were trembling. How long had she been taking the medication now? She blinked again. She could not remember. There were a lot of things that she could not remember, in fact. So she cleared her throat and reached for the crumpled note in her pocket. Her own handwriting reminded her of what she had been thinking an hour ago. Biting her lip, she swallowed back the frustration. Her memory would return. But now, there was a task to be done.
“My...” her voice faded away. Miss Jade's blue eyes blinked back tears as she looked up from her pathetic little note. She scrunched it up in her fist. Before her stood a crowd of people, among the first row the entire Fighter Command. Loyal officers looking at her, the leader, for commands. Unknowing they now stand there and watch her. Can they see her constant wavering doubt? She wonders.
“My people,” she started, her voice trembling at first. “People of Hapes!” she cried aloud, feeling the strength return to her clear voice. She smiled. The cameras zoomed in on her, flashes indicated images being taken. How much longer until they were published? She was already being broadcast across the Cluster.
“I stand here today to make an important announcement. It is an official announcement and yet personal, for it concerns a beloved friend of mine, who, over the years, has been a guiding hand and more like a sister, than a friend.
“I took on the burden of a new fleet, of Fighter Command, optimistic that I would see it grow and bloom. And grow and bloom it did indeed, but only with the help of my...friend. Now, after a small accident, my life has dragged me away from my duties. This has happened many times before, and every time I left Fighter Command in the care of Commander Lionola Ayun.”
Line Captain Jade stopped, letting the words sink into the silence that followed. Once more, a smile spread across her freckled face. Her chin rose a fraction, for not only was she growing in confidence but she was growing with joy, happy about what she was going to say.
“Fighter Command will not profit with me as its commanding officer any longer, not in my current state of health. But it will profit under the command of Miss Ayun. I have decided to move back into administrative position, remain with Fighter Command, but leave it in the caring hands of another.
With the King's blessing, Lionola, I herewith promote you to Line Captain and Commanding Officer of Fighter Command.”
Carrie moved up to her friend, gave her a brief hug and then pinned on a new badge onto the lady's uniform. “Line Captain Lionola Ayun. Congratulations.”
A huge round of applause erupt into the air. Anything Carrie would have said now would have been lost amids the noise. The officers of Fighter Command threw their caps into the air, whistles rang out through the hall and amidst the massive crowd, the two commanding officers of Fighter Command embraced tightly. |
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Posted on the 31. May 2009 - 19:12:40 by Line Captain Carrie Jade
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| | Promotion 146877-1
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| Actually, NO, not just another promotion.. this one is something that has been on the horizon for some time now. When I selected Tovakinpi Toshikhan to lead the military forces of Hapes I took a bold move. Some people did not agree, some did. Today, I am proud to look back with comfort in the choice I made. Tovakinpi Toshikhan has prooven his loyalty nad dedication to Hapes in many MANY late nights and behind the scenes work. I actually dare to say had he not been in the position he was in, we would be behind in so many projects. Ranging from tax planets, to defence projects, to personal management.
It is with GREAT pleasure that I promote Lt. General Tovakinpi Toshikhan into the next rank, in fact, into the last rank he will ever have.. General.
Today will go down in history, less than five men in Hapes have ever reached the top ranks of the military.
Congratulations my friend, congratulations GENERAL Tovakinpi Toshikhan!
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Posted on the 21. May 2009 - 22:26:40 by King Jessy James
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| | A Fond Farewell [Part III/III]
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| Whilst I am sure Alex would prefer this be an IC speech, I will keep in the same vein of KJJ and Zayth and make this OOC. This is good, as I want to make points about the community we have all built here that an IC oration would just not do justice.
I joined Hapes in October 2000 with a bunch of my high school friends. At this stage Hapes was still one of the “non-faction” groups (NFGs) and sported 4 Nova-class Battlecruisers, 1 Dreadnaught, 12 R-41s and 24 Z-95s. These in turn protected a hidden system (called X-232 or something), with a little temperate world called Hapes and a couple of other random planets. It also had a brand new King who had taken over from the man who had founded Hapes only a couple of months earlier. Little did I know that I would still be serving this man more than 8 ½ years down the road…
At this stage up to 6 people would routinely be assigned into a single fighter squadron (although typically only 2 would have actually ever have reported in before) and my friends and I were terribly excited just to have 2 or 3 snubfighters assigned in our inventories on ICIS (of course, back then, there were no suns to plough them into ;) ). The King proudly micromanaged Hapes from the bottom up, because he could, all he really had to worry about was members and assigning them ships.
Back then what would be insignificant changes now were great moments of progress for Hapes. At one stage KJJ asked for the members of Hapes to donate their CPs so they could be pooled in order to acquire new ships for the group (not that I remember exactly what he spent them on…). Then Veynom agreed to give us a datacard for the Miytil fighter. Suddenly Hapes was more than just its few Nova Cruisers and some underpowered blasters. Our existing fighters were converted to Miytils and we were given additional squadrons to make up a total of 6. Hapes also erupted into celebration when we were awarded one (yes, ONE, only ONE) Nova cruiser for being the faction/NFG with by far the best website, largely all thanks to KJJ’s know-how. What followed was a sense that this meant Hapes was going places, and even though this perhaps did not justify it, I guess we were proven right in the long run.
Fortune struck again (perhaps in the most significant way for Hapes) when the swcombine casino was released. This casino allowed you to gamble with the server itself to generate credits (i.e. it had no relation to the number of credits already in the game). At some point KJJ (again!) recognised there must be a bug in the roulette wheel script, as entering the same number time and time again eventually resulted in that number coming up. KJJ managed to gamble his way up from what were probably just a few thousand credits to over 1.2 billion before the admins shut down the script. This was at a time where only a very few savvy traders would have had more than a few million credits in their pockets, and made Hapes by far the wealthiest group in the game.
This wealth is the backbone of everything we have today. The original developments in the Lorell system to make tax income, as well as our first real tax planet, Terephon. The money was plowed into space stations, especially R&D 4’s for storage of large amounts of raw materials in space, something that many of the most powerful groups even today lack. The first Hapan Outpost Project that allowed us to secure the majority of the worlds within the Hapes Cluster without fuss would not have been possible without this vast store of credits. We initiated factory developments on Nakatay and storage facilities on Vergill in anticipation of a productive future for the Consortium. And of course, the construction of Gormoth, which ate up the last tens of millions of credits from that win, but when finished allowed us to build Haradan, which has in turn allowed us to invest in the vast infrastructure and assets we have today.
What is my point? Well, first of all, just look how far Hapes has come, and think how far it could potentially go in the future. Some of you may wonder what is the point of being an isolationist government in this game, and yet for much of our history we have punched above our weight; a third, but stable power in a chaotic galaxy torn by civil war. That’s a long way to come for a group that started by looking somewhat like what your typical upstart paramilitary group does today.
Secondly, these, among with many other fondly remembered, poignant and significant events, all occurred in my ‘formative year’ in Hapes. These events, ancient history to most of you, are some of those that I remember most from my time in Hapes (as you might have guessed from the previous statement…). My point is, each of us most likely has a similar batch of memories of their earliest time in Hapes, perhaps magnified by the awe and wonderment that at the very least I, but I hope most of you, experienced when we initially joined Hapes. What we must remember is that these events happen all the time, even though we might perhaps be immune (or are becoming immune) to them and that we always have new members who will have those initial experiences we once had. We should all keep it in our minds that that special part of Hapes that made us stay hasn’t been lost and we should do our best to make sure that those who join us as time goes on get to have the same experiences.
Lastly I wanted to emphasise the importance of luck in everything Hapes is today. We have been lucky to have made the most of our ability to act decisively, we have been lucky to be awarded with bonuses and gifts over the years and we have been lucky to have benefited from chance itself. In all this Hapes has been extremely lucky not to face all that much bad luck. But we would be wise to pay heed to good old karma (or ‘The Balance’ for you Alema Rar fans). I am not saying that Hapes is destined for bad luck, only that we have had more than a fair share of good. Most of all we can never predict the future and we must always been prepared to salvage the most of bad times, make the most of the good and always be vigilant when the rollercoaster of time gets boring, both to prepare for opportunities and disasters, as well as to seek to improve what we can when things are all calm.
So, what are you all supposed to get out of the senile ramblings of this member of the old guard? Well, I guess that the Hapes of today was built on the Hapes of way back when thanks to the efforts and ideas of times past. Today we must build the Hapes of tomorrow with those same tools, hard work and good ideas. For ideas, well, we’re always looking for those, even if we don’t advertise the fact. The problem I’m sure many of you face is that those of us in authority almost always knock back any idea we see. Why? Because, as I’ve told some of those who have come to me with ideas in the past, for a great idea to be greatly influential or constructive, the poor, mediocre and even some of the above average ideas must fail. By weeding them out, Hapes can act on its best prospects, while the creativity that went into generating the rejected ideas can go into new one’s or reinventing those deemed unworthy. So, the buzzline is, don’t be afraid to come up with new ideas, but don’t be disappointed to see them torn up in front of you, as it is all part of the bigger picture.
And hard work? Well, this is where my “retirement” comes in. Contributing is always important, however people are not always in the best place to do it. Whether you’re in the military or the government, make sure you are doing a job that you enjoy (or benefit from) doing and you have the time to give to. The worst any of us can do is compromise our real lives for the sake of this group and I hope very few of you ever make that mistake, intentionally or not. But you should also pay heed to carrying more work from Hapes than your time allows. By taking on more responsibilities than you can handle, you suffer in every way, from having to sacrifice time here and there from more important matters, to doing a less than half-decent job on your tasks rather than a good one on a smaller number of them. From having your role in Hapes feel like a chore, to letting down those who invested in, relied upon or trusted you. And worst of all, you would have denied that work to another eager member of Hapes who wants the community to succeed just as much as you do. Someone who, given the opportunity, would have completed the task readily and without fuss, while you would’ve been far more contented handling what you could, actually enjoying the time you were investing into Hapes.
And this is the crux of why I am stepping down. I no longer have the time to perform this role in a manner that Hapes would still benefit from having me in it. I barely have enough time as it is to cover the general responsibilities I do have, thanks in part due to the easy time we have had over the last few months. However, I clearly lack the time to come up with new ideas, stimulate debate and discussion or even react to a crises, if need be. If I am still to contribute to Hapes I need to dramatically scale back the responsibilities I have and the position of Prime Minister needs to be filled by someone with the capacity to handle and hopefully reenergise it.
Thus, Zayth, you are the little newbie who will eagerly take this burden off my shoulders. I wish you the best of luck in this oft-demanding position and I am certain you will rise to the challenge. To all of you, from our newest recruit all the way up to our new Prime Minister himself, if you’ve bothered to read this far I hope you’ve gleaned this pearl of wisdom. First, do what is best for yourself (I mean in real life), and then do what is best for Hapes. If you follow this simple rule you should never find yourself overwhelmed, overworked or resentful of time lost, as most of all you should be getting some sort of fulfillment out of being a part of the Hapan community we have created for you and you now have the opportunity to put a little part of yourself into.
For now, thanks for all the good times and long live King James! |
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Posted on the 01. May 2009 - 07:57:13 by Prime Minister Gane Lant
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| | Addressing the nation [Part II/III]
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| Dry musing of the Eye
I would like to begin by extending a hand in gratitude to you Gane for your work as Prime Minister. You have with your predecessors made it a matter of great pride to be chosen to for this position – I remain curious as to what King James and Lord Regent Tylger were thinking – and was most saddened to hear that it was your turn to pass on the torch. I hope to see you still plenty about, even after, and specifically because of the lifting of the burden of responsibility. Besides, I need to more or less meticulously interview you for your historique, and just between us, that might take a while.
To my colleagues, I look forward to further working with you all on our shared challenges in this new role - one that I recognize will require from my part a modest shift of perspective, and the gaining of an unambiguous understanding of the matters that have and still do occupy you.
Oh, and a word on myself as introductions might be in order for a lot of people I don’t interact with often; When stripped of the cacophony of concerns and ambitions, Zayth’s in the end an opportunistic and driven dark force user with a prowling temper who swears on centralized power and the general concept of distributed well-being as the most efficient approach to creating and sustaining strength. I’ll leave it for you to determine how different the player is on the underlying values, the end result tends to be deliberately the same as with much of the community that treats RPing as an additional spicing.
Also, I wish to share my disposition on where we stand at. Looking at Hapes as someone who has spent his time gazing outwards, when – whenever that really is – combat finally arrives, Hapes will surely be relatively well off. We cannot complain about our condensed territory, the potential for Transitory Mist to be implemented, the technology we possess, and the amounts of it. At the dawn of combine time, Hapes was commended and awarded for its activity as a non-faction-group. When much later and closer to the present date tax planets became the foundation for a successful government, we were the forerunners in acquiring them through arduous effort. Thus we held the Galactic Government for ourselves for a time too. With capitol ship production available, we swooped to take the lead in capacity and production numbers by a wide margin. And for that to occur we had to have our logistics and the raw materials taken well care of.
It is not that we would have slumped there that has seen some overtake us in these areas, rather, that we felt satisfied with what we had accomplished, and did not need to push the boundaries further aggressively. What needs to be taking care of on this front; more entities in varying parts of the blessed inventory 2.0 placed where we need them, are simple enough to handle, even if hardly effortless. We have every reason to be proud of our collective accomplishments for this true Age of Engineering. Science and War will follow, and then we will again have the chance and means to display our exemplary fruits of labour in the new environment.
There’s one area which I haven’t mentioned that has been crucial to us before and will be so in the coming years. You know what I’m talking about. Right?
You. Us.
Really, I was very much for the scrapping of the house system with the way it was going, from the government’s point of view. Too bad as an afterthought we haven’t seem to have succeeded in implementing all of the good parts of it on the faction wide scale, since our numbers have in fact decreased in not a meagre amount over a period of time during which the Combine community has swelled. I’ll be completely honest, and this is very much merely my own opinion; we are doing well, I doubt we’ll ever not be a strong, respected government if the years I have experienced Hapes is any indication. We could and perhaps should do more back patting, and even be more arrogant and extravagant without it causing our fall…
But when measuring the bottom line power, I think we deserve to belong to the Top 3 of the Big Boys Club. Definitely, we should make sure we are with a wide margin in the Top Five. We can, and should want to, if only to keep us going and feeling the expectation of momentum on us. If we would allow for the present trend – for myriad of anything but simplistic reasons – to continue, we’ll be probably well off in the Cluster when our children (NPCs or actual) are fighting with full combat features, but we shouldn’t expect to be anything like the Great Balancer of times past, we’ll be happy to be uncontested in our homes. So to put this short: we could use and should want to have more hands and heads around to command our fleets and armies.
As the shrewd reader has noticed - if you haven’t dozed off yet, that’s exactly what I want to pull more attention to and tackle in this new position – and fortunately for myself, I can persist leaving the part about being a nice people person to others.
But, now I’d like to call for Gane to take the stage. *Bows lightly* Cheers. |
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Posted on the 21. April 2009 - 21:33:24 by Minister Zayth Kadrim
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| | A speech from the King [Part I/III]
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| Members of Hapes, with great sadness I have to announce that Prime Minister Gane Lant is retiring from his position. Through my many years as King, I have watched Gane Lant work his way up from the military into the Government. I remember seeing Gane transform from the young energetic man who knew no limits to the older wiser and talented man he is today. Gane always displays great loyalty and commitment to Hapes, a fine example in Hapan leadership. For those of you that did not see him on a daily basis, I can assure you that without his in depth work behind the scenes we would not be where we are today.
To show the great work Gane has provided of the years, I would like to take a glance at his service records:
Service Records:
Nobility:
Lord of Alsace
Military Career:
Former:
Admiral - Royal Hapan Navy
Naval Advisor - Royal Hapan Navy
Quartermaster of the Navy - Royal Hapan Navy
Fleet Commanding Officer - Royal Hapan 1st Fleet
Fleet Academy Trainer - Royal Hapan Navy
Naval Commanding Officer - Royal Hapan Navy
Naval Executive Officer - Royal Hapan Navy
Fleet Executive Officer - Royal Hapan 17th Fleet
Fleet Executive Officer - Royal Hapan 7th Fleet
Commander in Chief - Royal Hapan Navy
Chief of Staff - Royal Hapan Navy
Director of Training Operations - Royal Hapan Navy
Director of Starfighter Operations - Royal Hapan Navy
Director of Logistical Operations - Royal Hapan Navy
Wing Commander/Executive Officer - 45th Nova Squadron
Wing Commander/Executive Officer - 12th Task Force
Wing Commander/Executive Officer - 41st Fleet
Government Career:
Current:
Prime Minister - Hapes Consortium
Governor - Alsace System
Archon - Capital Region
Former:
Deputy Prime Minister - Hapes Consortium
Archon - Interior Region
Phoenix Guardian - Phoenix
2000:
October-December: 1st Command Fleet (later renamed to 17th Fleet)
2001:
January-March: 41st Fleet (later dissolved)
April-June: 12th Task Force (Later turned into a Nova Squadron that was a part of the 17th Fleet)
July-September: 17th Fleet
October-December: Naval Command as Director of Logistics and Training Operations
2002:
January-March: Naval Command as Director of Starfighter Operations
April-June: Naval Command as Chief of Staff
July-September: Naval Command as Chief of Staff
October-December: Naval Command as Chief of Staff
2003:
January-March: Naval Command as Commander in Chief (Resigned late January, but remained in Navy for a couple of months)
2004:
January-March: 7th Fleet as FXO
April-June: 17th Fleet as FXO
July-September: Naval Command as NCO
October-December: Naval Command as NCO
2005:
January: Naval Command as NCO
February-April: 17th Fleet/Naval Quartermaster
May-September: 1st Fleet as FCO/Naval Quartermaster
2005 November
Became Archon of the Interior Region
2006 June 01
Promotion to full Admiral
2006 July 30
Became Deputy Prime Minister of the Consortium
2006 September 16
Became Prime Minister of the Consortium & Archon of the Capital Region
Gane came to me several weeks ago asking for his well earned retirement. During this time I have discussed with Lord Regent Alex Tylger who will be the successor and without hesitation we both selected the same individual. Since then, Gane has been assisting and teaching the ways of the Prime Minister position. Gane will take up a deputy Prime Minister position as of today, however his work load will be limited while he prepares for his full retirement. Gane, I would like to thank you on behalf of the Royal Family, the Lord Regent, the Government, the Military and the Citizens of Hapes for your hard work and dedication over the years. I hope you will find the time to remain in your deputy prime minister position and should that not be the case, I wish you all the best for your final retirement down the road.
In honor of Gane Lant’s service, a picture of him with notes of his time as Prime Minister will be in the main hallways of all palaces and military academies (In addition a long overdue hapan library (wiki) page will be created).
I am sure you are all wondering who will be replacing Gane in his position. Well, with great pleasure I announce that only the best can attempt to fill the shoe size Gane created. That individual will be no other than Lord Zayth Kardim aka “the all knowing and all seeing eye”.
Prime Minister Kadrim will continue to run the Ministry of Intelligence in addition to the Prime Minister duties. Lord Kadrim has been running intelligence since (Combine Date: Year 7 Day 171/Hapan Date: Year 11 Day 86) and has put other major factions intelligence to shame. I have often found myself reading breaking news three or four days before it was posted on the GNS. Sometimes I would read about the news of the news that the news was going to be posted before anyone even knew…
Both the Lord Regent and myself are honored to see Lord Kadrim accept the position and look forward to working with him. I spoke briefly to Lord Kadrim earlier today as he was trying to find the exit of his office in all the paperwork. I was assured he will be addressing the nation within the next 48 hours. I can only wish him the best of luck in the new position, and may his paperwork droids not fail him!
Thank you all for your time and may you show your support to Lord Kadrim, and your gratitude to Lord Lant.
From the Hapan Palace,
His Majesty,
King Jessy James |
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Posted on the 19. April 2009 - 16:14:09 by King Jessy James
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Posted on the 03. April 2009 - 23:50:22 by King Jessy James
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 | | HNN - Lord Regent Holiday Address
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The emblem of the Hapan News Network appears on screen along with the familiar tune associated with the evening news before being replaced by the image of the lovely Anacia Chalcedon. She is elegantly dressed, sitting in front of the live image of the Castle of Per’Agthra frozen by the winter winds and snow descending upon the Hapan capital of Chume’Dan. She smiles before she begins to speak.
“Good evening! With billions of Hapans enjoying their break from the daily stress of work, duties and chores, the festive mood and good spirits is on the rise. The end of 4035 is rapidly approaching and the northern hemisphere of Hapes Prime is enjoying the most prominent winter weather in nearly a century. Not since the last decade of the reign of Queen-Mother Pal’durath VII has so much snow fallen on the capital. Most local residents say it only adds to their enjoyment of the holidays.
The Hapan News Network will now go live to the office of the Lord Regent inside Lorell Hall for Lord Regent Alexander Tylger’s first holiday address to the peoples of the Consortium!”
The image fades and is soon replaced by that of the Lord Regent sitting in a large leather chair in front of an enormous fireplace inside a lavishly decorated office within the government halls of Hapes. The noble is dressed in full white and silver Royal Court uniform with golden epaulettes, a purple sash and an assortment of medals and aristocratic ornaments. In his artificial right hand he holds a cigar while a glass of cognac rests on a small table next to him.
“My fellow Hapans, citizens of the Consortium, subjects of the Throne. On behalf of His Majesty King James, myself and the Royal Council, I wish you all a pleasant holiday season and a happy new year. As the end of the year approaches and you all enjoy a much deserved hiatus from your daily chores, we hope you take this opportunity to spend some quality time with friends, family and members of your local community; Exchange gifts, enjoy good home cooked meals and savour local brews and drinks. This is a time for us to reflect upon the prosperity of our state, the welfare of our citizens, and the stability in our region of the Galaxy while also considering what lies ahead for the Consortium in the coming months and years. As this is my first address of this sort, I will start by reflecting back a bit further than this past year.
Around this time of the year, ninety years ago, the entire Hapes Cluster held its breath as Queen-Mother Pal’durath VII lay in a coma, her condition worsening with every passing day. As winter storms descended on Ta’a Chume’Dan, the Fountain Palace and Lorell Hall became ever more heated with anger and hate as her two daughters rallied officials, nobles, worlds and starsystems to their side in the coming struggle for control of the Throne. The two young girls plunged the Consortium in to a brutal civil war which would last for half a century resulting in the loss of billion of lives, leaving countless homeless and struck with poverty. Our generation and coming generations are fortunate. Thanks to the hard work and sacrifice of many good men and women, the Hapes Cluster has enjoyed peace, stability, prosperity and unparalleled wealth over the last three and a half decades. We can sleep soundly in our beds every night knowing no harm will come to our families, that we can put food on the table every day and that we can care for those we love the most.”
The Lord Regent puffs his cigar a few times, sending rings of smoke floating through the air and in to the fireplace. He takes a small sip of his drink before continuing.
“The last thirty-five years we have seen the stable reigns of two competent and benevolent monarchs who have always kept the best interests of the people in mind while driving the Consortium forward. The occasional crisis never deterred them from doing what is right and ensuring Hapan sovereignty. We have seen the rebuilding of the Royal Hapan Armed Forces, the establishment of a firmer and more productive government structure, the appointment of regional governors, and a massive effort in the rebuilding of our star cluster’s infrastructure was undertaken.
Seven Prime Ministers have come and gone, each leaving their distinctive mark on the customs and procedures of government, from my own conservative term on the job, to the jovial Lord Choibacco Antaria, on to the innovative Lord Zell Jaak and then finally the administrating Lord Gane Lant. Precious friends and co-workers have come and gone, some seeking a new life outside the Cluster, some enjoying well deserved retirements on Hapan worlds, some unfortunately disappearing without trace. In these times we fondly remember these individuals who helped make the Consortium a remarkable place to serve and work, such as Lord Antaria, Lord Smith, Lord Rainey, Lord Jaak, Mors Baynos, Lord Amethius, Aviana Badara, Ariath Windcloud, Celestin Abriel, Tony Lake and many more.
In the last year we have seen a changing of the guard in many branches and divisions of the Consortium, with many new or returning additions to the Royal Council and military command. We saw the retirement of Lord Regent Jaak, the fiftieth return of Lord Tyrridon and the rise of many prominent and civil servants in to the most esteemed chambers of government, not to mention another – seemingly successful – restructuring of the armed forces. We have embarked upon prosperous projects in co-operation with our friends within the Imperial Union, including the creation of a Union capital on Scylla, and welcomed the Trade Federation into the fold.”
The aristocrat turns his head, gazing in to the fireplace for a few seconds before facing the camera again, his expression appearing more grave.
“In the coming year, the Consortium will face many challenges, both domestic and foreign. We have noticed all too often that the Galactic Civil War threatens to spill over our borders, despite our adherence to peaceful and diplomatic action. The rebellious forces that wreak havoc on the Outer Rim, promoting unstable government in the form of ‘democracy’ and anarchy, are all too eager to inflict damage and hurt upon the Consortium as punishment for our participation in the Imperial Union. We see that those flying high the banners of ‘freedom’ and ‘liberty’ have no restrictions in attempting to dictate who the Consortium may associate and do business with while they defy Hapan laws and infringe on our sovereign territory. It would seem they will not be satisfied until chaos reigns supreme across known space and all ideas of order and stability have been annihilated. In response to this, my office will be working in close co-operation with the Ministry of External Affairs in outlining a new foreign policy doctrine which will make clear the stance of the Hapes Consortium and the consequences of threatening the security of our space and citizens.
In the fields of economics and finance, our experts will work ever more closely with the Ministry of Finance in ensuring economic stability. Prices and wages have long been rising at a rapid rate as citizens across the Core and Mid-Rim enjoy ever higher standard of living. In order to prevent rapid inflation and a galactic economy out of control, we will do our part in stabilising the economy by regulating prices and wages, and also the market through middlemen backed by the Hapan state.
After the completion of such major projects as Haradan and Scylla, we will focus on smaller domestic projects that will increase prosperity and security in all corners of the Hapes Cluster. Long gone are the days of fringe worlds where Hapans live in relative poverty, struggling against the elements without access to basic facilities. Careful renovations and restorations of our historical cities will continue and new military citadels will be established in all regions of the Cluster. This will be our foremost priority in the coming year.”
Smiling, he puffs his cigar again before blowing away the smoke.
“We hope that this promise of further peace and stability will add to your enjoyment of the holidays and give strong hopes for the coming year where we will rely on the personal effort and devotion of all Hapan citizens to reach our goals.
From the chambers of Lorell Hall: Happy holidays and a happy new year!”
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Posted on the 22. December 2008 - 12:59:05 by HNN News Reporter
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| | Government Appointments
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| Announcement from the Office of the Lord Regent
This summer the Royal Council saw decreased activity from one our ministers, Lord Dortan Amethius. He filed for an extended leave of absence with no known return date. In the months that followed both Prime Minister Lant and Minister Alley Trepe took on the daunting task of filling his shoes until his return. Unfortunately, close to six months have passed with no news of Lord Amethius’s situation. The Throne as well as the Royal Council has come to the realization that the Office of the Minister of Industry is too vital a post to be left without a permanent leader any longer. The other ministers have duties of their own that need tending to with no time to spare in trying to manage Industry workload on the side. The Council has discussed potential successors for the position and thankfully we have a strong and active Civil Service and many rising stars to choose from.
Out of these loyal and hardworking subjects, one has been enduring and unrelenting in his efforts within the government. With His Majesty’s blessing, it is therefore my pleasure to announce Kell Archis’ appointment to the position of Minister of Industry. Minister Archis has already taken his place in the Royal Council and begun the task of managing the Consortium’s vast material reserves and construction projects. We congratulate him on his appointment and wish him luck in this endeavour.
Minister Archis managed His Majesty’s Civil Service superbly, instilling in our newer government workers the same excellence and pride in ones work we have seen from him. Now taking over this task of training and managing those stepping in to the ranks of the Consortium’s government is another rising star: Undersecretary Baldamar Dronos. The Throne and Royal Council congratulates him on his new position as head of the Civil Service and hopes to see more of the same good work in the time ahead.
As these advancements take place, power vacuum in the government’s lines are bound to occur. In the time ahead, there will likely be more appointments and adjustments, especially to fill various positions that have been neglected within the Ministry of Industry. When Lord Dortan Amethius returns to active duty we will undoubtedly find a new post for him to fill.
Congratulations to Minister Kell Archis and Undersecretary Baldamar Dronos! |
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Posted on the 08. December 2008 - 19:33:17 by Minister Alex Tylger
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