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(transcript of CNN report on 1994/Sept/12)

	In other news, King Serenity has intervened in Sarejevo, ordering a
cesation of hostilities.

	At the same time that a Dark Kingdom ambassador delivered a writen
ultimatum to the Serbian government, she manifested a larger-than-life image of
herself over Sarejevo, speaking in English with subtitles in all three of the
local major languages.

(the screen shifts to footage shot from the hills overlooking Sarejevo.  A
giant image appears, a somber expression on the face of the short-haired woman
in a grey uniform with black piping.)

	This,

(a hand reaches up into view, and waves towards the hills)

	Is unacceptable.  The hostilities will cease, or I will take action.

(behind the image thin trails of smoke appear)

	I would suggest putting a decent ammount of space between yourselves
and your ammunition dumps.  You have two minutes.

(the subtitles stay for two minutes, then another set of smoke trails appear,
each grounded in a fairly large explosion)

(the screen shifts back to the reporter)

	Our sources have no explanation for any part of the events around
Sarejevo, but speculate that the smoke trails may have been caused by some sort
of weapon system on some of the satelites the Dark Kingdom has placed into
orbit.

	Since their emergence late last year, the Dark Kingdom has launched
thousands of satelites, ranging from the multi-hundred tonne `Thor'
observatories to the twenty-gram `Small Cleaners.'

	The `Cleaners' have gathered over two thousand tracked objects from
orbit, and the Dark Kingdom reports having collected over a hundred thousand
smaller objects, ranging from paint chips to small bolt fragments.

	The Dark Kingdom has told CNN that the method used to destroy the gun
emplacements and ammunition dumps around Sarejevo will not be discussed at this
time, but that a public announcement will be made before the end of next year.

	The Serbian government has yet to respond.

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log:
this part plotted 2000/Sept
this part written 2000/Sept/19
ed 2001/Jan/19