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You Will Never Be Forgotten
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Series: The Broken Republic · Each file stands alone
File 01 · Halcyon Republic · 2095
The City Will Never Forget You
Memorial Week in the city on the lake. A newcomer finds a ghost in his diagnostic logs.
Declassified in partOpen file › File 02 · Mojave Free Zone · 2099 You Will Never Be ForgottenIn Las Vegas, death doesn’t clear your debts. This record opens a little more every day.
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You Will Never Be Forgotten
File 02 · Mojave Free Zone · 2099 · A novel by Marko Samardžić
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The City Will Never Forget You
File 01 · Halcyon Republic · 2095 · Declassified in part
Summary
Five years after the NovaSpire bombing, the city on the lake runs on remembrance: memorial banners, a beam of light at its heart, a slogan on every screen.
Elias Rourke drives in from the Mojave for a new job during Memorial Week. Then a ghost appears in his diagnostic logs, spelling out two words in perfect, patient binary.
Halcyon remembers.
Intercepted signal · Memorial Week 2095
01001000 01000101 01001100 01010000 00100000 01001101 01000101
Exhibits
Exhibit AReleased
Halcyon Civic Display · Elm Row kiosk
Caption loop · Memorial Week 2095
HALCYON REMEMBERS.
2019: THE FIRST FALL.
2090: NOVASPIRE.
2095: WE CONTINUE.
MARCEL DELAINE. MARTYR. BUILDER. .
THE CITY WILL NEVER FORGET YOU.
Exhibit BRestricted in part
Halcyon News Network · special coverage
News crawl · Memorial Week 2095
MEMORIAL GRID RECALIBRATION CAUSES TEMPORARY INTERRUPTIONS.
SECURA ASSURES PUBLIC: NO THREAT TO SAFETY.
UNAUTHORIZED TEXT VANDALISM REPORTED ON MULTIPLE KIOSKS. OFFICIALS CALL IT “DISRESPECTFUL DURING REMEMBRANCE.”
KIOSK TEXT AT TIME OF REPORT:
THE WIRE
Bulletins from the Senate, the Republics, the Territories and the zones · Week of 24.08.2099
Senate adjourns without a vote on the Water Compact
The Senate closed its summer session without bringing the Interrepublic Water Compact to the floor. The bill would set binding river allocations between the Pacific, Nevada and Mississippi Republics for the first time since Lake Mead reached dead pool in 2058. Gulf Republic senators blocked a motion to extend the sitting. The Mojave Free Zone, which holds the Dam in private trust, is not a party to the Compact.
URA Information ServiceFirst consent audit: of contracts lack a valid record
Three years after the Continuity Services Act made consensual persistence legal, the Board’s first audit found that of sampled contracts had no valid consent record on file. NovaGen called the method “unrepresentative.” The audit does not cover the Mojave Free Zone, where URA Continuity law does not apply.
Continuity Oversight BoardNew 50-Credit note enters circulation
The note carries the signatures of the Philadelphia Compact. Old notes remain legal tender until 1 January 2101. The Treasury reminds citizens that House chips are not Republic currency and cannot be exchanged at federal counters.
URA TreasuryAtlantic Assembly funds the harbor wall, phase III
Forty-one billion Credits for the third phase of the harbor wall passed 58 to 31, after August’s king tides put the financial district under water for the ninth time this year. Work on the Narrows section begins in October.
The Liberty City PostDesalination rationing eased to Tier Two
With the third coastal plant at full output, the Pacific Water Authority lifted Tier Three restrictions across the Central Valley. Farms may draw water on Mondays and Thursdays. Household allowances are unchanged.
Pacific Republic BroadcastingColumbia corridor closed for fire season
The Cascadia Assembly voted to close the Columbia Gorge corridor to freight until the first rains. Shipments from the Badlands will be routed through the Utah Territory, adding two days to the run.
Cascadia Public RadioHurricane Odalys weakens; orders lifted for tiers 3 to 5
Residents of the inland tiers may return from 06:00 on Saturday. Tiers 1 and 2 stay closed until engineers have surveyed the Mobile seawall.
Gulf Republic BroadcastingRiver freight suspended at record low
The Mississippi fell below the lowest reading ever taken at the St. Louis gauge on Tuesday. Barge traffic is suspended between Cairo and Memphis, and the Republic has opened its grain reserve for the first time this decade.
Mississippi Republic News ServiceAssembly approves managed retreat from Waikīkī
Hotels on the first two blocks from the water must move inland by 2105. Compensation will be paid in Credits at 2097 valuations, which owners called “an insult in installments.”
Hawaii Republic BroadcastTerritorial Council petitions for Republic status, again
The Council’s fourth petition cites the Territory’s role as the freight bridge between the coasts. The Senate is expected to refer it to committee in October, as it did the previous three.
Utah Territorial GazettePermafrost collapse closes the Dalton Road
A forty-kilometer section north of the Yukon crossing has subsided. Fuel will be flown in until a winter road can be graded.
Alaska Territorial RadioRegion 11 water rights go to a single bidder
Three firms registered for the auction; one bid. Settlers’ cooperatives, which have no standing under the administration’s charter, were not admitted to the hall.
Regions 10–12 AdministrationNo-entry line moved north
After last week’s surge, the no-entry line now runs along the 29th parallel. Licensed survey crews only. Unlicensed entry is a federal offense, and evacuation services will not respond.
Recovery Authority noticePartnership talks resume in Philadelphia
Delegations meet for the first time since March. On the table: Rio Grande sharing, the I-10 freight toll and the status of URA citizens working in Texas. Austin’s delegation arrives on Monday.
Texas Partnership OfficeAnnual drone survey complete; zone stays closed
This year’s survey found no change in the zone’s status. A request to open the Mall for the 83rd remembrance of the DC Massacre on 14 November was denied. Survey readings: .
Federal Exclusion AuthorityLow water exposes pre-2019 pilings inside the line
Falling lake levels have exposed structures inside the exclusion line. Salvage remains prohibited. Anyone found on the shore north of the marker buoys will be detained.
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PUBLIC RECORD
A short history of the Republics · Compiled from public sources
2016–2099
The DC Massacre. The Second American Civil War begins.
The Philadelphia Compact founds the United Republics of America.
The URA Credit replaces the dollar.
The Chicago meltdown leaves a forty-mile exclusion zone on Lake Michigan.
The war ends, and so does the United States.
The Republic Formation Act draws the eight republics.
Florida becomes an Environmental Recovery Territory.
Lake Mead reaches dead pool. Nine Strip owners found the House of the Mojave.
Drones hit the Dam’s switchyard at 21:40, twenty minutes before the Sierra Madre’s opening gala. The Water War begins.
The Henderson Accord. The Las Vegas Valley and the Dam pass into the House’s private trust.
The Republics observe the first Memorial Week.
The NovaSpire bombing, Halcyon.
The Continuity Services Act makes consensual persistence legal. We remember with you.
The House licenses Continuity in the Mojave Free Zone and amends every marker.
An August heat event in Las Vegas. 312 dead.
The Sierra Madre Grand Gala. Doors at 22:00.
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