(ooc: forward dated to tomorrow, 2PM)
Hello everyone! I hope you've all had a wonderful week. I certainly hope you appreciated the Venerarian Willow Tree. It was quite a task Shifting it into the Enclosure for all of you! It's the very same one I planted when I first arrived in this world, some time ago. I had some concerns some of you might try to harm it, but I'm pleased to see you've all shown such extraordinary restraint. Even you, Mr. Yuber. It is, after all, one of my only mementos from my native reality. I would have been truly disheartened to see it damaged. The fruit was incredible, no?
Ahem, but on to business. Although we averted disaster at the underwater facility, your 'Third Party' has been quite active since their so called 'victory'. Our sources have indicated they are preparing a massive assault on one of our major population centers within a matter of weeks. Our security forces are already preparing for the onslaught, but what we really need is a key victory. This is where you come in, though I'm certain you all expected no less, being such clever folks that you are! The enemy has seized the southern farmlands, a major source of food for this entire world - your enclosure included. It seems it is their intend to starve us all out. Our spies indicate they are already working to undo the protective Shifts that prevent the crops and livestock from being destroyed. Should this happen, everything would be lost in a matter of moments.
Your task shall be a simple one - exterminate them all! Our own forces will attempt to hold back any reinforcements, but it will be up to you to prevent their Shifters from destroying the farmlands. These Shifters are of the like none of you have yet encountered. They possess incredible natural Shifting abilities, able to effortlessly perform Shifts that our scientists have only recently been able to replicate. Naturally the most dangerous of these Shifts is the very same kind used inside your own enclosure. Their ability to 'cancel' special abilities and magic is a potent one. They are not to be underestimated, good people!
Now then, I have appended a list of names to this message. You must report in on the 26th of your calendar to the tunnels beneath the village, where a teleporter will bring you to the battlefield. After the results at the underwater facility, Malnosso Security is requiring all compatible individuals to be brought to the battlefield. I'm afraid it's not optional, at all. It's better that you cooperate! The droids sent for collection are so impersonal and their hands, so cold to the touch! Yes... I'm terribly sorry for those of you who do not wish to be involved. My hands are tied in this matter.
((included with this post is the names on the draft
seen here (if the mun has approved them for combat). Also included is a map of the farmlands, which will be included in a subsequent mod post. It shows the concentrations of Third Party soldiers. A rough estimate of one thousand warriors is noted on the map, with the possibility of Elites and Shifters being present in unknown numbers. The farmlands itself is not populated by sentients, although several structures are all around the map. The entire area is about fifty square miles.))