Re: Yale Change of Command (REPOST)

• From: sahirislam <no_reply_at_yahoogroups.com>
• Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 20:07:20 -0000
• Message-ID: <acu3lo+dgep_at_...>

The only appropriate response to this post is the following video.

http://www.northeastsprinkler.com/solf/misc/sw-triumph.wmv



--- In quizbowl_at_y..., bhg144 <no_reply_at_y...> wrote:
> (apologies for repost...somehow subject got lost first time 
around...)
> 
> The following is a transcript of a YSAC Imperial News bulletin 
> previously transmitted from a moon-sized space station orbiting New 
> Haven. Many Bothans died to bring us this information.
> 
> <begin transmission>
> 
> Ladies and Gentlemen,
> 
> 	As of tonight, the last vestiges of the Yale Student Academic 
> Republic have been destroyed. 
> 
> 	Building upon the earlier dissolution of the Senate, former 
> Supreme Chancellor (of the Exchequer) Benjamin Gross assumed direct 
> administrative control over all aspects of the organization's
> affairs, and successfully eliminated the few remaining supporters 
of 
> the Rebel Horde. 
> 
> 	At a press briefing this afternoon, William Leight, newly 
> appointed  Imperial Security Minister, confirmed our earlier 
reports 
> of a climactic struggle within the labyrinthine corridors of the
> Kline Biology Tower, where Horde leaders Thad Novak and Ramey Ko 
had 
> been "appropriately dealt with."
> 	
> 	"The Horde had been dwindling in numbers for years since the 
> abdication of Consuls Fatehi and Kao." Leight noted. " Their hokey 
> adherence to ancient traditions could do little to protect them 
> against the deadly accuracy of our YSAC storm troopers."
> 	
> 	Although storm troopers certainly played an important role in 
> the capture, providing valuable and amusing cannon fodder for 
> otherwise uninteresting fight scenes, inside sources report that 
more 
> powerful entities were involved. 
> 
> 	BS-421, a trooper on the scene who asked that his operating 
> number be kept secret (oops...!) witnessed the final confrontation
> and insists that more powerful forces were certainly involved when
> the Empire struck back.
> 	
> 	"I'm certain that the Chancellor enlisted others who were 
> trained in the ancient ways." he said. "His two lieutenants were 
both 
> present in the facility and involved in the battle. It was very 
> intense." 
> 
> 	The two in question, Elizabeth Richards and Peter "Darth" 
> Rebeiro apparently engaged in an epic lightsaber duel with the 
Novak 
> and Ko following a slew of significant sounding dialogue.
> 
> 	Richards had felt Novak's presence in the facility, and went 
> with Rebeiro to the hallway where the Horde leaders had been
> cornered. Rebeiro noted that the "old men" should not have come 
back 
> and ignited his saber. 
> 
> 	Richards followed suit and the battle raged for several 
> minutes until Ko muttered something about becoming more powerful 
than 
> they could possibly imagine and was promptly bifurcated.
> 
> 	"What the blazes?!?" Novak was said to remark. He turned, 
> distracted by his former colleague's sudden lack of tangibility, a 
> move which left him vulnerable to Richards's blade.
> 
> 	The deaths of Novak and Ko drew the rebellion to a close and 
> all other remaining members of the Horde were promptly assembled 
and 
> shipped to the spice mines at Kessel under the supervision of Darth 
> Rebeiro. 
> 
> 	Rebeiro has also been charged with the task of enhancing the 
> Empire's genetic cloning techniques, and will be spending the 
> remainder of next year at a research facility assignment in the 
> Vanderbilt System.
> 
> 	Chancellor Gross was pleased at the news of his former 
> superiors' demise and in an announcement declaring himself Emperor 
> noted that the circle was now complete.
> 
> 	"When I arrived here, I was but a student. Now I am the 
> master."  Emperor Gross explained. "They paid for their lack of 
> vision." He proceeded to cackle evilly for ten minutes before 
finally 
> announcing the remainder of his cabinet:
> 
> Benjamin Gross - Emperor (President) 
> Peter Rebeiro & Elizabeth Richards - Dark Lord (and Lady) of the 
Sith 
> (Co-Vice Presidents) 
> Chi Vu - Chancellor of the Exchequer (Treasurer) 
> William Schmedlin - Minister of Transportation (Transportation 
> Reynard) 
> William Leight - Minister of Internal Security (Statistician) 
> Nathan Meyvis - Minister of Information (Chief Packet Editor)
> Robert Beard - Press Secretary (Packetmeister)
> 
> The Imperial Chamber of Commerce has instructed all outside powers 
> that all further diplomatic correspondence should be directed to 
the 
> Emperor at <benjamin.gross_at_y...>, although is on the record as 
> saying, rather cryptically, that he has "already foreseen it."
> 
> May the Force be with both our graduating seniors and the incoming 
> officers.
> 
> -Ben Gross 
> President, Yale Student Academic Competitions 
> 
> <end transmission>