Kalistani Major History

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reprinted from
The Revolutionary Socialist
The Voice of the Socialist Party of Kalistan

First Actions by Kalistani Partisans yield Results
Party leaders shift into full war mode
Ananto City, Kalistan
April 22, 3290


Well Dressed Keymonese couple on the town or Socialist Militia plotting the cutting of a train trestle?  Nobody will really know for sure.

Reports from the Keymon front today confirmed Socialist Party reports that RSMoK partisans are now active within Keymon.  Smuggled in to the country in shipping containers belonging to foreign nationals, members of the 11th Artillery regiment (I) landed in March on the coast of Keymon and subsequently spread out through the country.  The advance team, who has been taking Keymon dialect courses for months among their other training, arrived well ahead of schedule and set up safehouses in the major cities of Keysea and Eden's Hamlet.  From there they dispersed into the population of Keymon, making significant contact with underground resistance forces.

Action finally came in early April when several rail lines and highways were severely damaged, but not completely destroyed by six well timed explosions at key points throughout the island.  Luckily, there were no casualties in these blasts.  This attack was coordinated with the cutting of a main data pipeline from the capital to Keysea.  As technicians came to fix it, they were captured by Socialist irregulars and thoroughly interrogated before being released unharmed.  The technicians, who claimed to be Keymonese nationals, but spoke with a pronounced foreign accent, also carried identification on them that betrayed their employer as the Likatonian Government.  The data line remains down, as anyone who has come out to attempt its repair has come under fire.

The town of Eden's Hamlets was treated to the burning of three bales of marijuana in the town square, courtesy of the Socialist Party of Kalistan.  An unidentified chemical additive was also added to the bales, to produce a mildly hallucinogenic effect that coupled with the effects of the weed to produce spirited euphoria and moderate disorientation in the populace of the surrounding houses and businesses.  The local paper reported that the smoke could be detected for miles, and school was let out early by teachers who were unable to continue their lectures.  The town's supply of convenience foods were for the most part depleted that evening.  A Socialist Party spokesperson said

The Socialist Party of Kalistan takes credit for the burning of the marijuana in Keymon yesterday.  We sent it over as a sign of solidarity with our fighting forces in country, and as a token of our friendship with the people of Keymon.  Let it be known that what is reserved for Likatonian troops is at least as good, and we intend to let them know as well that we bear them no ill will either, but we would like them to go home, immediately.

The spokesperson added that nearly the entire compliment of RSMoK unconventional forces will have arrived in Keymon ahead of schedule, but confirms that not all units are currently in country.  The spokesperson confirmed further that at least two regiments besides the 11th are already in theater, and some may be diverted to the Valruzian theater if the situation in Keymon permits.


Lyesdomide now produced by the Socialist Party of Kalistan

In other news, the Socialist Party has recently acquired the designs for the chemical "Lyesdomide", which is equivalent to the drug LSD, and yet, by some reports is 15 times more potent than the recreational version.  Lyesdomide, known by its brandname "Kal-El" was previously produced by pharmaceutical company Kaldoz for commercial, recreation and medical use, and came in a variety of forms (including the oral and aerosol forms Kalistani young adults are familiar with.)  Kaldoz pharmacists recently uncovered the process for making a water-stable variety of the drug, increasing the commercial potential for it.  This breakthrough led several groups to bid for marketing rights, but given the Socialist Party's commitment for the advance of ODEN, and the fact that the board of Kaldoz is controlled by Socialists, the Party obtained the manufacturing process, for a limited period not to exceed ten years, at which point, it reverts to Kaldoz control.  Large scale production of water-stable lyesdomide is expected to begin immediately.