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Dreadnaught of the desert. On the steel deck, just to the side of the gun platform, the newsreel crew has positioned their camera. Wyden and the other members of the press are just behind the safety railing. He adjusts his aperture, and reminds him self not to step back… It’s a long way down to the desert floor… "Overlooking the vital Califinnland gap in southwest Texas, a modern Fortress S.D. Eye, hewn out of the solid granite rock bluff, and built by the renown fFrench engineering firm le Maginot, serves as both a powerful deterrent against aggression, and symbol of Lone Star pride. Housing a garrison of nearly 1,200 troops within its impregnable steel and rock walls, the fortress’ mighty 14 inch guns, deployed high above the desert floor, have the range and firepower to dominate this critical sector of the frontier. It’s a sure bet those mountain Fräuten will think twice before picking a fight along the frontier now that the mighty guns of Fortress S.D. Eye stand vigilant sentinel. General Garlin Armstrong is at his pretty wife’s side as she hoists the ceremonial champagne bottle. With a decisive blow, the champagne shatters upon a massive cannon barrel. The band strikes up Trixie as the great fortress is officially declared "Ready for service". Presidential candidate Governor Worsthyn Vermin is in attendance and gives one of his famous Texas-style stump speeches. The crowd heartily applaud… and then the party begins." Within an hour the Texans have drank themselves stupid. Wyden wisely decides to stick with the lemonade. |