Tasmania is broken off from the rest of the country and thus operates under slightly different circumstances. The Regional Governor of Tasmania is a little less COMPLETELY ROUND THE BEND than his psychotic colleagues in Perth, Melbourne and beyond. Life is a little better there for the Aussie.
The resistance force there is called Tasmanian Freedom. I'm assuming they have contact with Free Melbourne, but their primary relationship is with the ALA. That power hungry Madame Fernando has her iron fist hovering above Tassie and she could take it any time she felt like it. But she allows Tassie Freedom to do their own thing and retain their own name on condition that they don't do anything wrong. They are allies of the ALA in name, but subordinates in reality.
Cate has mentioned them, so that part is concrete. They took part in Red Tuesday and does anyone remember the talk Cate and Cass had about the meaning of Alliance? Something about "Tassie Freedom are my allies and that means they do what I say and in return I let them pretend to be independent." She also mentions her alliance with the US and FM and the FM/NZ alliance, musing on the different meanings "Alliance" can have. Because she's telling Cass off. Again.
The Enemy aren't particularly interested in Tassie, to be honest. It doesn't have much to offer them. They'd probably relinquish it if they really had to. They're just keeping it for the look of the thing. They use the land for farming and, just for shock value, lets throw in some deforestation on a massive scale.
I imagine it might be a good place to send any Enemy citizen they might not want on the mainland. Certain people that might have questionable loyalties, perhaps, though no proof can be found of actual treason.
I had that in my head already. If you're willing to bear with me, I could just go on and on, making this shit up.
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on 2009-04-06 12:40 pm (UTC)The resistance force there is called Tasmanian Freedom. I'm assuming they have contact with Free Melbourne, but their primary relationship is with the ALA. That power hungry Madame Fernando has her iron fist hovering above Tassie and she could take it any time she felt like it. But she allows Tassie Freedom to do their own thing and retain their own name on condition that they don't do anything wrong. They are allies of the ALA in name, but subordinates in reality.
Cate has mentioned them, so that part is concrete. They took part in Red Tuesday and does anyone remember the talk Cate and Cass had about the meaning of Alliance? Something about "Tassie Freedom are my allies and that means they do what I say and in return I let them pretend to be independent." She also mentions her alliance with the US and FM and the FM/NZ alliance, musing on the different meanings "Alliance" can have. Because she's telling Cass off. Again.
The Enemy aren't particularly interested in Tassie, to be honest. It doesn't have much to offer them. They'd probably relinquish it if they really had to. They're just keeping it for the look of the thing. They use the land for farming and, just for shock value, lets throw in some deforestation on a massive scale.
I imagine it might be a good place to send any Enemy citizen they might not want on the mainland. Certain people that might have questionable loyalties, perhaps, though no proof can be found of actual treason.
I had that in my head already. If you're willing to bear with me, I could just go on and on, making this shit up.