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Oberon · 01-27-10, 10:30 AM

The First Day

1st September 1898

Following the repulse of the Martian leading elements during the battle of Woking, our astronomers have brought to our attention further cylinders heading for the north of the country. It is estimated that these will land one approximately every twenty-four hours for the next eight to ten days. One has already landed in Central Scotland and the Martian forces are in control of that region.
The government has called for reinforcements but the colonial guard forces are too far away to be able to respond in time to what will be rapid Martian movements. Our southern england forces have been called north to set up a defensive line.

It is estimated, by those who participated in the Battle of Woking, that the Martians will have to wait before pushing forward in order to build command and co-ordination facilities for their forces. This gives us a brief moment to set up our defensive line in the counties indicated in the above map. Sapper lorries are being brought up to build artillery emplacements in the sectors that contain command posts and a construction lorry is moving for the one sector that doesn't contain a command post to build one.
One concern is the Armoured cars of Captain Scotts Hussars which were operating from Edinburgh. It is likely that Edinburgh will experience a Martian attack within the next few days so it is imperative that Captain Scott retreat at full speed to the defense line.

Construction wise, our facilities are putting out two Construction vehicles, two Formidable class Ironclads (One in Liverpool, one in Portsmouth) and an Armoured Car unit.
Our researchers have been instructed to look into 6 inch medium gun emplacements to bolster our mediocre artillery ability.

Our first objective is to fortify and hold the defensive line, once we have proven we can do this, we can look to go on the attack. However it is a race against time, the Martians will not stay in Scotland forever, they will soon look to move south, and our technology is greatly inferior to theirs, but we outnumber them and we have more resources to hand than them, using this combination of numbers and artillery defenses, we should be able to repel the initial attacks.

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Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	The First Day 1st September 1898 Following the repulse of the Martian leading elements during the battle of Woking, our astronomers have brought to our attention further cylinders heading for the north of the country. It is estimated that these will land one approximately every twenty-four hours for the next eight to ten days. One has already landed in Central Scotland and the Martian forces are in control of that region. The government has called for reinforcements but the colonial guard forces are too far away to be able to respond in time to what will be rapid Martian movements. Our southern england forces have been called north to set up a defensive line. It is estimated, by those who participated in the Battle of Woking, that the Martians will have to wait before pushing forward in order to build command and co-ordination facilities for their forces. This gives us a brief moment to set up our defensive line in the counties indicated in the above map. Sapper lorries are being brought up to build artillery emplacements in the sectors that contain command posts and a construction lorry is moving for the one sector that doesn't contain a command post to build one. One concern is the Armoured cars of Captain Scotts Hussars which were operating from Edinburgh. It is likely that Edinburgh will experience a Martian attack within the next few days so it is imperative that Captain Scott retreat at full speed to the defense line. Construction wise, our facilities are putting out two Construction vehicles, two Formidable class Ironclads (One in Liverpool, one in Portsmouth) and an Armoured Car unit. Our researchers have been instructed to look into 6 inch medium gun emplacements to bolster our mediocre artillery ability. Our first objective is to fortify and hold the defensive line, once we have proven we can do this, we can look to go on the attack. However it is a race against time, the Martians will not stay in Scotland forever, they will soon look to move south, and our technology is greatly inferior to theirs, but we outnumber them and we have more resources to hand than them, using this combination of numbers and artillery defenses, we should be able to repel the initial attacks.