From: General George Collins To: President J. Carter Defense Concerns Regarding "NSDF" Security Status: Eyes Only Date: July 16, 1978 | ![]() |
You may recall me, as a friend of President Eisenhower. More recently, I have been the General of an army, known as the National Space Defense Force.
In 1952, a meteor shower fell in the Bering Straight. The shower contained an alien sentient material, which we now know as Bio-Metal. The NSDF, and the Soviet's Cosmo Colonist Army, gathered the material, to produce inter-plantery transports, by Eisenhower's orders. We had discoved that the material had a kind of memory, which meant we could reshape it to it's previous form. We used it to produce an array of Factories, "Tanks", and buildings; it was obvious that which ever side gained control of the material, would win the Cold War. Firstly, we landed on the moon, to gather more resources:
The National Space Defense Force has fought throughout the Solar System, from Venus, To Uranus, on many of the planets and moons of the Solar System. We have discovered Alien Relics which show connections to Greek Mythology, and have told us all about the Alien "Chthonians";, and where they have been. They had faced a similar war to us, one which had cost them the fate of their planet, and race.
At one stage, our planet too was in grave danger. The Soviets had taken control of a "Fury Relic", this contained details of a pilot-less craft, far more powerful than any of the craft we had been using. But the Furys they produced, had a mind of their own, they attacked our forces, but they attacked the Soviets too. It was a nightmare, they killed hundreds of men, during our battles against them on Titan. We allied with the CCA, however, the Furies escaped to a moon of Uranus called Achilles, the furies tryed to escape to Earth, and if they had, you nor I would be here today. Destroying them meant destroying Achilles itself.
Our war against the Soviets and Furies has lasted 9 years. After the Fury fiasco, the NSDF and CCA agreed that the Bio-Metal, was too dangerous to use any longer, or so we thought.
We shut down the NSDF, for all except 3 people, Myself, Andrew Goldman, and Commander William Stahl ( 2 men presumed dead, but secretly still alive and working for the NSDF ). During the war, we had used satellites, over each of the planets, known as "Skyeye", to view CCA activites. We've told the CCA that all our Bio-Metal reserves had been flushed into space, and that all Bio-Metal Activities had been shut down, and they had agreed to do the same, so as to end the Cold War; but we lied, and it now appears that we were right to do so.
Sky-Eye Europa has spotted a CCA base on the surface. In our initial decisions to colonise space, we decided on 6 particular planets and moons to explore. It seems we took it for granted that the Reds would choose the same 6 planets to mine Bio-Metal, however we overlooked a Jovian moon, Ganymede, and Intelligence believes that the CCA has been on Ganymede since we landed on Titan. The Soviets have kept this moon "in their back pocket". When we were fighting the Furies, they ignored our deperate cry for reinforcements, and hoped that we would destory the Furies, leaving them to continue their activities on Ganymede, and destoy our country. It seems that they risked their Planet, to conquer one country, in an all or nothing gamble.
Intelligence tells us that the Soviets would have been forced to move back to Europa, the neighbouring moon of Ganymede, as the supplies on Ganymede, must now be almost depleted. The Soviet forces which were on Ganymede, are spreading their forces to hunt for larger stocks of Bio-Metal, on other moons; and Callisto, maybe a candidate for exploration too. It is important, therefore, that we destroy the Soviets, before they build up a large enough supply to conquer the USA.
We are now preparing a fleet to land on Europa, and take out the undefended base there, before they discover that the NSDF even exists. We will then move onto Ganymede, and attempt to destroy their forces there.
The Cold War between the CCA and NSDF has been over for just 2 months. But the CCA has had this time to gather Bio-Metal, uninterupted. Their forces will be extremely strong, and whether we can bring them down or not, I cannot be sure. Ike gave me specific instructions: "Your organization will be funded through the NSA, and you will report to nobody, not even me. I fully expect that the NSDF will continue on past my term as President. Subsequent administrations will have no knowledge of the NSDF." However, I cannot be sure that the war we are about to face can be won. You will not here from me again, and I do not wish you to involve anybody else in this matter. This memo is strictly between you and
I, and I cannot stress the importance enough that NOBODY else will ever hear from you about the NSDF. You may also feel that the Armed Forces should take care of this operation, but my men, and commanders know the differences between your present tanks, and those we use, and that war takes a whole new strategy. Bio-Metal tanks are hover-tanks, capable of speeds of up to 50m/s and Turn speeds of 150 degrees/s. It would take dozens of your current ground-based vehicles to destroy a single Bio-Metal Tank.
With that said, the fate of our country rests with the NSDF. If we succeed, you will hear nothing of our success. If we are not successful, you will find the Soviet forces attepmting to invade our country. Resistance will be useless, and after the USA is taken, the rest of the world will quickly be overruled by the Russian Empire.
There is nothing you can do about it, and no way that you can prepare. I just thought you may like to know.
Yours,
Encl: A copy of the "NSDF FIELD BREIFING GUIDE", FM 6-1201-309-62.
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