{"id":1346,"date":"2024-03-25T20:48:19","date_gmt":"2024-03-25T20:48:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ordcantrell.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/25\/new-taste-sensation-sweeps-western-reaches\/"},"modified":"2024-03-25T20:48:19","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T20:48:19","slug":"new-taste-sensation-sweeps-western-reaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ordcantrell.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/25\/new-taste-sensation-sweeps-western-reaches\/","title":{"rendered":"New Taste Sensation Sweeps Western Reaches"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Your Holoscreen bursts into life again and you are greeted by the friendly looking HK Protocol droid HK-42.\u00a0 \u201cToday we bring you news that has just reached us of a new craze captivating chefs in the Western Reaches of the galaxy, the Horned Melurun fruit.\u00a0 Hailed by the finest chefs across the galaxy as the greatest new taste sensation discovered in years. This unassuming oranged skinned, slightly spiky fruit can be used in a number of ways.\u00a0 It can be eaten raw and has a citrusy, sweet flavour.\u00a0 Chefs love it because you can use every part of the plant, the tubers can be boiled and eaten like any other root vegetable, the leaves can be consumed as part of a salad along with the seeds.\u00a0 You can scoop out the green, gel-like interior and serve it as a delicious dessert, speaking of the interior it can also be made into a thick tasty jam or jelly to be spread on bread. I am also told that it can be blended with your alcohol of choice to make a very pleasant cocktail.\u201c<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cThere are however a few minor issues plaguing the fruit.\u00a0 Firstly there are no major commercial growers, secondly it is quite a rare fruit and can only be found on three or four planets in any great numbers, thirdly and this may be its downfall, it is mildly addict..\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The droid pauses for a moment as a green skinned arm passes the droid a datapad and it began to read its contents.\u00a0 \u201cOh,\u201d the droid began, \u201cOh my.\u00a0 I have some very concerning news to bring you.\u201d\u00a0 \u00a0 The droid pauses for a second, checking the datapad again, \u201cIt seems that a little over two hours ago a large group of heavily armed vessels entered our asteroid field,\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>HM 278-226HW<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>.\u00a0 I also bring a request for aid from our leader, Bram Dupol. He asks you to help us, we need forces to repel these evil attackers and he calls on any friends to come to our help.\u00a0 We are outnumbered and he does not think we will last much longer.\u201c<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAt first our attackers seemed to be pirates, however they seem to be using a selection of ships, both fighters, gunboats and corvettes, which all seem to be of recent manufacture and be in a decent state of repair.\u00a0 Certainly if these are pirates, they are pretty well connected ones.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThey have overwhelmed our valiant defence squadrons and begun to land on our asteroid, <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>24-T-131 Theta<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 From the report, just handed to me it seems that a surgical strike by Y-wings armed with Ion Bombs has breached our city\u2019s shields and are now making strafing attacks on our landing pad and other infrastructure.\u201d\u00a0 The droid looked back at the datapad. If it could have looked worried or nervous, it would have.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cLatest reports show that troops now seem to be moving through the streets firing indiscriminately at both our defenders and civilians alike.\u00a0 The head of our organisation has ordered a complete evacuation and is currently leading the effort to get as many civilians as possible on shuttles and out of the asteroid field to our nearby staging area.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Your picture begins to shake and sporadically cut out.\u00a0 A handful of dust falls through your field of view and the droid seems to be looking around the room towards the ceiling.\u00a0 In the background you hear a loud explosion.\u00a0 The picture fades out and is replaced by advertising footage.\u00a0 After ten minutes the picture returns along with HK-42, the anchor droid.\u00a0 \u201cThe Whisperer\u2019s Network apologies for the break in transmission, it seems the Y-wings returned and taken out a good chunk of our power generators along with our landing facilities. Fortunately, this facility has it\u2019s own back up powergrid and we are able to continue this transmission. \u00a0 Right now our unknown enemy has breached the walls of both our HQ and this Holonet Communications Center.\u00a0 Things do not look so good right now for our forces who are heavily outnumbered.\u00a0 Our Chief Broadcasting officer, Bram Dupol, is currently\u00a0 leading the last of our troops in the defence of our Faction headquarters in the North of the city\u00a0 where the fighting is at it;s most intense. \u201c\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/center><\/p>\n

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Another datapad is passed to the droid just as you hear a large explosion that seemed to be very close to if not inside the building.\u00a0 \u201cI don\u2019t know what to tell you all, it seems that despite a very spirited defence of our Faction\u2019s HQ, it has fallen to the overwhelming strength of the aggressors, right now how many of our personnel have survived is uncertain, but we will continue to broadcast until the last moment to bring you the facts as we are presented with them.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/center><\/p>\n

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The droid looks around as if desperately trying to make some sense of the situation.\u00a0 Another loud explosion rocks the camera and the droid, this one however was followed by shouting and heavy blaster fire.\u00a0 A second explosion, this one fills the studio with smoke and debris as the door of the large open blew inwards accompanied by a large amount of blaster fire.\u00a0 The Rodian production assistant pulls an E-11 blaster from under his desk, upturned it and begins to return fire.\u00a0 The droid turns away from the door and begins to speak to the camera as if the situation was unchanged, \u201cOh my, it seems we have interlopers in our studio, please bear with us until we can return to our normal programming.\u201d More blaster fire pours through the door, two bolts hitting the Rodian, one in the head and the other in the shoulder, knocking him back onto the studio floor.\u00a0 \u201cOh my, poor master Trepling, he will be missed,\u201d the droid says forlornly\u00a0 to the camera.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/center><\/p>\n

The room begins to fill with white clad figures.\u00a0 \u201cSilence that droid,\u201d One of the figures, seemingly the leader, a figure wearing crimson armour wielding a red bladed saber, loudly calls out, \u201cthe rest of you, take out their equipment and stop this broadcast.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/center><\/p>\n

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One of the figures raised his Dlt-20 and shoots the droid in the chest immediately destroying it in a shower of sparking electronics.\u00a0 You watch in shock as others take vibro-axes to the various banks of equipment and computers until suddenly the picture bursts with light and then ceases to be replaced with static\u2026<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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