Competition: [GJW XVII Phase II] Fiction - Multiprompt: Impact of War

Sitrep

War. War never changes.

Many lives are affected by the onslaught of war from the civilians in the wartorn areas, the soldiers in the field, and their families back home. There is no avoiding the cost war brings with it. Now here in the Cor’neria system, war is in full swing, and the those affects are felt fully by all it touches.

Objective

Write the transcript of a holorecording recovered from one of the two scenarios provided below during the invasion of the Cor’neria system. These recordings could be recovered from any source, whether from a Liberation Front soldier, a clanmate, your own character, or even a wayward civilian caught in the fray; however, a sheeted character of yours must make a prominent appearance during the transcripts.

Scenarios

• [Burn the Land] Much of the Nei’kapo is farmland; the few cities that exist are often agrarian communities where farmers congregate to trade goods, or are cities centered around spaceports to offload the excess produce, bolstering the planetary economy. Nei’joule City is one such city, and the sudden quiet of life here is disrupted as a Brotherhood invasion force targets the nearby Oligard Estate.

• [Boil the Sea] Deep in the recesses of Rath’s Estate, Brotherhood agents discovered a server bank storing the archived data that The Collective gathered on The Brotherhood over the previous decade. The path to access these servers and dismantle the network was hard fought.

• [You Can’t Take the Sky From Me] Far above the surface of Nei’kapo, the fleets of both The Brotherhood and The Collective are locked in a fierce struggle for superiority. The Isabella Ship Yard has been a point of contention since the outbreak of the conflict. A recovered holorecording details the moment a team of Brotherhood forces breached and commandeered one of two Oligard-class Collective Destroyers.

You are free to use this Audio Transcript Template.

Rules

• Entries must be submitted as a static file (e.g. .pdf, .txt, .docx) or using the submission box on the Brotherhood website. Google Docs links and other ‘live’ documents that can be edited after submission will be ineligible for placement.
  • If your entry is not PG-13, please make sure to hide your entry by unchecking the “Allow people to view your submission after the competition has been judged” box
• Entries must be a minimum of 500 words. Any entries that are under 500 words will be ineligible for placement.
• Your story must be centered on your active characters with a valid character sheet. Wikipedia NPCs, or other characters that you create or invent to tell your story, are encouraged. However, your narrative should focus on one of your primary characters.
• You must select and submit a snapshot of your main character or alternative character with your entry.
• This competition will award up to four (4) bonus Clusters of Ice at a rate of 1 per 500 words, in addition to the normal clusters awarded for fiction competitions

Grading

Submitted entries will be graded using the Voice Fiction Rubric.