Damian, Skandia Province, Free Republic of Rasalhague November 20, 3049 Black Omens in recent action against the so-called "Hi-Tech Bandits" Damian System Asteroid Belt An official protest was entered yesterday with ComStar's Mediation Board by Major Edwina Forest, CO of the Black Omen Battalion. "The Permitted Access Range of our unit's Reservation is only fifteen square blocks now!" she accused. "That includes flashy clothing stores, several bars, one vid theater, and enough gambling halls to separate a regiment from better pay than Rasalhague allows us. It includes no restaurants, no department or grocery stores, no hardware stores, no libraries, bookstores or vid sellers! Our people are forced into the Rasalhaguian stereotype of a mercenary as a drinking, wenching, slob who can't hold onto his money past Saturday night. We are forced into a tiny ghetto on the planet we defend with our lives!" Dr Kjel Lindstrom, Waldherre of Damian, authorized another three square blocks to the reservation after a closed mediation meeting under ComStar auspices. This now allow the unit a laundromat, two small cafes, and a children's playground. It remains to be seen if the children of Damian and the children of the Black Omen will continue their elders' feud on the swing sets and the parallel bars. BattleTechnology News Service ComStar Denies Street Crime Waco's Rangers in an Uproar Thugee Cult Repressed Wolf's Dragoons Buy Out Contract Merc Reservation Cited as Inhumane Briefly Noted Back to BattleTechnology 13 Table of Contents Back to BattleTechnology List of Issues Back to MagWeb Magazine List © Copyright 1990 by Pacific Rim Publishing. This article appears in MagWeb.com (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com