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@bellamy
My name is Bellamy Blake. Most of you are probably wondering why we’re here, reliving a war that happened hundreds of years ago. Some of you have figured out this is a simulation, but there’s more to it than that.

@rey
The UNA has been lying to you, to everyone.

@bellamy
The AI Judas, who you might know as TEMPLAR, is the one who trapped us here and is running the simulation. You’ve all been told he was eliminated after the war, but that was a lie told by the UNA. They were hiding him the whole time, forcing him to support their soldiers.

@rey
Morningstar has footage that confirms the UNA kept Judas alive in their headquarters in New Beijing, in secret, to further their own ends.

@bellamy
Now he’s free, and forcing us to relive the war is his sick way of getting revenge for being enslaved by the UNA. He wants humanity to suffer, and he’ll do anything he can to break you.

The UNA could have prevented this. They could have destroyed him. Instead, they tortured and used him and drove him even more insane. Now we’re collateral damage.

And while we suffer for their crimes, where is the UNA? Why haven’t they saved us? They jump at the chance to enforce their control when people try to stand up to them, but where are they when things go to hell? Where were they when monsters were tearing apart New Amsterdam? Where were they when New Tokyo was being destroyed by a superstorm? What were they doing every time we were suffering and dying? Nothing.

@rey
Every time we’ve needed them, they’ve vanished. But Morningstar didn’t.

Morningstar has fought since the beginning to expose the UNA’s crimes. Believe me, I would know. My name is Rey Nolo. Some of you might remember me — some of you might have followed me on CoolTalk, or worked with me at Giles-Bell where I was an engineer before the UNA took me captive just like they did Judas. They held me in a prison facility outside of New Prague tortured me, too — along with dozens of other people who they captured last September — in an effort to gather intelligence on Morningstar.

They thought they could torture something out of me about Morningstar because I committed the crime of asking too many questions about what really happened to Kurt Fischer, and the truth is that Morningstar never killed him. The UNA lied about that just like they lied about Judas, all so that they could keep their power and stop Morningstar from helping the people who need it most, the people that the UNA forgets.

They will stop at nothing to keep their power, even if it means lying to their own people, even if it means turning their weapons on the people they’re meant to protect.

It was Morningstar who freed me from the UNA’s custody, just like it was Morningstar who provided aid to this city, and it’s Morningstar in here with us, ready to help fight back against Judas.

@bellamy
They’re the ones who step in while the UNA is ready to toss our dead on a pile and watch while our homes burn.

We don’t need the UNA. We don’t need to put up with their boots on our necks and our families being stolen and brainwashed. We’re strong enough on our own. We’ve survived this simulation without their help, and together we can break it, too.

We need your help. If we stand together, not just Morningstar but every citizen of New Amsterdam, we can tear down Judas’ simulation and take our city back. All we need to do is fight. Destroy the drones and the camps. Distract the bots. Rise up, and cause as much chaos as you can.

@rey
If we fight together, all of us, Judas doesn’t stand a chance.

@bellamy
None of us are alone in this. It’s time we stop relying on the UNA and start protecting each other.

[OOC: This is Rey and Bellamy's attempt to get the New Amsterdam citizens on board with Morningstar, per Jack's post! Both will be responding.]

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I might have a few extra weapons stashed away, if anyone needs them.

... And I can teach anyone who wants to learn how to use an anti-drone gun properly. They're fun, trust me.