Letters From Pilanicos is Based In the Fictional City of Pilanicos. Here is a Brief History of this Fictional land. Pilanicos City was founded in the Mountians of Colorado in 2036 as a home city for the International Conglomerate called "Pilan Co." Pilan Co. is the company that has the exclusive copyrights and patents to the famous inventor Jaren Nolan who has invented such devices as the Teleporter, the Universal translator, the first practical forceshield. and a biologicly engineered Solar panel. Due to harsh legislation by the US government against the company, Pilan Co. was forced to close. Refusing to do so, Pilan Co. and The City of Pilanicos Secceded and became the City-State of Pilanicos in 2054, It's Philosophy is the progress of the Human race, tolerance among all people, and harmony with nature. Fortunatly for the new country, the US was occupied with the Chinese takeover in the Economy, and considered the Seccession as a minor incodent. Over the next 20 years Pilanicos became a fully self sustaining city with Hydoponic 50 story farms. Solar, wind and geothermal stations powered the nation. due to the Anti-gassoline Act the small nation had vitrually no emmissions. It built A permanent Settlement on the moon, and had 2 self sustainable Space stations, the "Legacy" and the "Promise". In 2069 on the 100th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing, The United States seperated into 12 soveriegn nations. Taking advantage of this The Nation of Pilanicos expanded to encompas the entire American Rockies. In August, 2079 The first noncorperate Government entity came to be in Pilanicos. A government called a Platoian Aristocracy, which is the form of government describes in Plato's "Republic" came to be. The first philospoher king was Flame Nolan, son of Jaren Nolan.In the "Platoian Senate" of philosophers there are 7 senators representing the 7 provinces in the nation. The Platoian senate also rules the dealings of Pilan co. the nations largest company. This story takes place in 2080 shortly after Flame's Accention to the throne. There is much turmoil in Old America that you must deal with, Civil discontent due to Flame's ascention, and Business issues that you must tend to. You are one of the 7 senators, one of the 3 generals, Flame, or someone else( if you are someone else please describe who you are.) I shall be Jaren Nolan, the old man who started it all, but is now more of just a figurehead. I am no longer Human, I am a cyborg that can not die, and still retain much of my inteligence , so don't consider me just some old man.

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One should not speak unless it improves upon the silence.

((ill be a general not sure what im supposed to do though.)) erif awoke in a luxury apartment on Promise, thanks to necessant beebing from his computer. He sat up and flicked a switch on the keyboard, causing a sl screen (solid light ) to pop up. He clicked on his inbox and the beeping stopped. "hmm, orders from the senate. By request of Jaren Nolan himself.. wonder what this is about.."

I'll be the one and only Flame... Flame walked out onto the balcony of the Pilanicos Hub, the building that hosted the annual senate. He commanded his droid over. "SE-95, Contact that troublesome General that inhabits the space station. The droid buzzed off, heading for an E-Mail terminal. Flame stared at the mountains in the distance.

erif clicked on a few more symbols and a bos popped up on screen with a droids face in it. "you called?" the general said

The droid said the exact words that Flame had told it to. " The northwestern borders have got a gap in their defense and The airforce keeps doing fly overs, they don't have the guts to bomb yet. Anyway, i've called a senate to test a new invention of mine and my fathers.

"what is it? some kind of weapon? and what do you want me to do?"

"My responses are limited." The droid said. (I-robot Flashback) ((Basically you have to come here))

*sigh* "ill be planetside in about an hour ..****in droid.." general erif climbed into his khaki pants and pulled a thermal cloth top over his t-shirt. "cant be assed wearing proper uniform" he pulled his boots on and hesitated before leaving, combat instincts getting the better of him he decided to grab a black spec ops cuirrase as well. he walked out and grabbed his assault rifle and an few clips whick he put in the ammo pockets on his armour.

Flame sat in the senate hall, waiting for the third general to arrive. Senators tapped their suitcases and chatted about new products for the Pilan co. Flame himself was flicking a hover sphere across the table, whistling tunefully as he did so.

the small elevator shot past the floors between the apartments and the military complex at the bottom of the space station. in a few seconds Erif stepped out of the lift and walked across the hangar to a small gunship readied for his transport. he jumped through the side door and spoke with the pilot. the ship flew forwards and off the station, soon to reach earth.

The senate yawned almost simultaneously. "where is Delta-General Erif?" An old senator asked, banging the table with his fists. Flame was similiarly minded. "Okay, okay. I call a break. Go eat something or dust your suits off." Flame bit his nails and swung on the swivel chair he sat on. His service droid came up to him "By my sensors you are discontent Flame. Do you want a beverage?" Flame nodded to SE-95, and it walked to the bar at the far end of the hall. It produced a martini with a sliced lemon on the glass rim and brought it back to its master. Flame smiled. To think that America was without these inventions, and that their robotics were in the early stages, still making prototypes.

The gunship landed on a pad connected to the top of the building. the side doors opened. *yawn* erif got up again he had been catching up on some sleep on the way here. he rolled off the bench, checked his rifle's safety catch was still on, and walked into the rooftop gravlift. He stepped out of the lift just as he heard Flame call a break from the senate hall close by. "hmm, i think i might be a bit late.."

Jaren finally arrived at the senate hall from a business trip to the African Republic. Seeing that few people were there, Jaren decided that he would teleport home and grab a bite to eat. While on his way to the local teleport hub, Jaren came across an old friend. "David! You're alive!" "Jerry, How have you been?" "I'm great, was just 'bout to get something to eat. last time i saw you was in, God, the 60's" "Don't remind me. It makes me feel old... but then again having grandkids will do that to you." "WHAT!? you had grandkids? when,where, whose are they, and why didn't you tell me?" "Oh, they're Erin's. And she had them in sacremento just before the collapse. Sorry I couldnt tell you about it, but you know with the whole America Act i couldnt really talk much." "Oh, thats right, well what are you these days? Californian? Mexican? dare i say a New Yorker" "God no, i've been chinese for about 7 years now, which isnt really bad except we can't talk **** about how hypocritical they are. but hey, it's better than being a New Yorker." "You can say that again. well come on, I was just about to have breakfast." They go to Jaren's house where they discuss topics of all sorts from politics to grandchildren to the new skydome. unti finally they are interuted by a summoner. "Sir, you have a message from General Erif" said the communicator. "Visual, and don't call me sir." "Sorry sir, there is no visual." "No visual? Audio then." "Sir, there is no audio." "No audio either? strange, fine text." "Sir there is no text" "Huh? what do you mean there is no text. what kind of message is this?" "Sir, there is no message." "Personally, i'd just hit it, that has always seemed to work." said David "Heh." Jaren said smacking it. The thing shook a bit. "Sir there is a request from General Erif for you to come to the Senate hall, everyone is waiting for you." "Oh, Crap. David I gotta go, you take a look around town, have fun with whatever youre doing here. Zai Jian (goodbye in chinese)" "Zai Jian, go do that political stuff and what not." David said as Jaren walked to his personal homeport and dissapeared in a flash of light. Ladies and gentlemen of the Senate, on my trip to Africa, i learned of a whole new market ripe for the taking, how do you feel about Retrofitting Nano-cannons to the African Space fleet?

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"i dont mind myself, as long as you upgrade some of the weaponry on our fleets, to keep us ahead incase any wars break out."

Flame faced his father. "good to have you back from Africa." He then concentrated his attention to the whole senate. "I think we should install cannons but keep them to a minimum, because i have a flawless protection program for Pilanicos..." Flame got up from his seat, rubbing his hands together and drew the senate's attention to the western wall. "Let me introduce you to the P.L.A.T.E program. A projector came from the ceiling and illuminated the wall, showing blueprints of little projector-like mechanisms. It then proceeded to simulate a town, and surrounded it with a circle of the mechanisms. The mechanisms each shot a beam of energy that arced and met with all the others above the town. The beams began to expand until a translucent turquoise bubble surrounded the town. A holographic ship zommed towards the town, firing at the bubble, which deflected all the projectiles. The projector turned off and rose back intot he ceiling. "there are still some kinks." Flame informed them."But as you can see, any american force that attempts to attack us, or any other place that threatens us will be reppeled by P.L.A.T.E, and then dispatched by our automated defenses. The man smiled smugly. "Any questions?"

"An American Attack? Funny. I do, like the idea, I have been medlling with a similar idea myself, but I can't figure out how to get enough energy to keep it running for more than a few seconds. As nice as it is, I don't think we will have a problem with Africa, they've been loyal dogs to us since the 40's and there aren't really any tensions amongst the smaller countries. Africa as you know is looking to have a lunar settlement, and this could provide to be a major defensive advantage to them since they wouldnt have to worry about Arab Forceshield Inverters. I would hope that taught you well eough not to judge things like the common man. Does it come to you that Nano-cannons are such that they are only used in an attack? That is just like thinking Nuclear power is a bad thing just because of London in 2067, or way back when in Chernobyl."

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"how much will the P.L.A.T.E system cost us? and how much will our technicians and engineers be paid for fitting the african space fleet with nano-cannons?" he stood up. "I still believe we should upgrade our own weapons.The weapon we currently use, the ma5b assault rifle is becoming standard in terrorrist and rebel groups, the american military scientists have designed a newer and more effective weapon, and so have our own technicians." he pressed a button on the small projector in the palm of his hand and slowly revolving weapon appeared in the hologram. "may i present the ma7c tactical assault rifle. It has a smaller clip than the ma5b, but it is far more accurate even when used on full automatic. an underslung grenade launcher provides anti-vehicle responce. this weapon has a range of 3.5 km, the grenades can travel a maximum of 32 metres when fired from a normal position. This rifle has the potential to tip the balance of any war in our favour. it also has antigrav rotators built in to keep it light." erif sat down. "i wont bore you with the rest of the details gentlemen." he pushed the button in his palm again, and the hologram collapsed.

"I know all about the ma7c, honestly its only a minor inconvenience to them, The Virginians recently came out with the Gerrard-670L which if you don't already know it has an added trans-dimensional fluxuator. I have never really been one for an offensive position, but I propose that we use The T9-Ljax. Before any of you get started, I know, I know. It is a Lunar mining attachment, but its Graviton Fluxuation drive could be modified and create an intense gravitational feild around the empire and it would be Much more energy effecient to distort gravity than to implement the P.L.A.T.E. system." He turned to Flame "Just think about it, we don't have to go overboard with anything."

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Flame became vacant for a second and then looked content. "That seems more efficient but the plate program can be used to trap air, allowing for a more stable and larger lunar colony."

"The gerrard-670L is a more lightwieght weapon than the MA7c and MA5b. It packs less of a punch and is no more accurate than the MA7c, and the trans-dimensional flux is only useful against extrememly heavy vehicles with trans-dimension shields. Our scientists are already working on a trans-dimensional flux to replace the grenade launcher on a few MA7cs per platoon. I higly recomend we use the MA7c also because we do not have to retrain our staff if we use it." ((plus gerrard way sucks lol))