retired_hern1001

Thanks Brian

Pre-Season & Transfer Dealings

Not a lot of important things happened during the pre-season. PSIS played no friendly matches and Maximillian left most of the day-to-day running of the team to his assistant manager, who actually knew a thing or two about football. He tipped Max to sign a few players and Max decided he might as well. So, Sugianto, a DML joined from Persebaya for 30k and he was joined by his former team-mate Irfan Junaidi for 60k. Later on, they’d be joined by a central midfielder by the name of Karyono. The bookies give us odds of 40-1 on winning the league, which isn’t too inspiring for my confidence…

The evil base in the meantime was being expanded as the construction workers continued to blast a system of corridors and rooms under the big mountain. A small bar and hotel were set up on the far side of the island to keep the nosy wildlife tourists at bay and to make sure they didn’t see things they weren’t supposed to see. Of course, the occasional tourist wandered into the “restricted area” and would run into the steal blast doors. Some even managed to sneak into the base with a worker. These intruders were dealt with appropriately. They were imprisoned, questioned in the big mess hall mixer and then brainwashed so that they wouldn’t report the existence of the evil lair to their respective governments. But despite that, several agents of justice visited the island. Some of them returned to the HQ without anything substantial to report, others didn’t return at all and ended up in the big freezer.

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The Season Starts

PSIS get their season underway with a difficult away game to Deltras. Maximillian was watching the game from the main stand of the stadium, leaving the on the pitch management to his assistant once more. Jubei was accompanying him. Surprisingly, PSIS upset the odds by taking an 15th minute lead through their star striker Julio Lopez Venegaz. He missed another good chance halfway through the first half, but four minutes from halftime, he doubled PSIS’ lead with another good goal. Deltras however were not out of it yet, as they got one back on the stroke of halftime. The game remained a close affair throughout the second half, but nearing the end, PSIS lack of match practice began to show. First they lost Venegaz to injury and then, they gave away their lead with a last minute own goal by Setiono.

”Get that guy and shoot him” Max shouted angrily at Jubei. ”But Sensei, we can’t do that, people would discover our evil presence here, and the forces of justice would surely investigate something like that. I can arrange some “mixer treatment*” for him though” his henchman suggested. Max nodded in agreement and decided to go back to his island. His spies around the world were looking at various opportunities to commit heinous crimes and there was a good opportunity nearby, in Indonesia.

* involves a big industrial mixer a ditto bowl with the person treated inside. Mixer is aimed at the more vital parts, between the legs…

retired_hern1001

I'm sorry about the lack of updates recently, but i've been very busy with other things, especially at Uni. I have next week off though, so I should be able to post some more updates. Here's one to start with

Act of Infamy 1: Fishy Business

After having observed the region carefully, Maximillian’s minions found out that A.N.V.I.L. were now deploying junks at beaches as new listening posts. They would wire these junks with expensive eavesdropping equipment and then track the criminals around Java to discover their crimes. To counter this, E.I.T.O.S. had come up with a devious plan to feed dolphins radio-equipped fish that could track the junks so that the criminals could evade them while committing their acts. A group of five construction workers was sent to carry out the order. They bought some fish at a local fishmarket, fed it to dolphins at a number of beaches and used disguised receiving stations to pick up the signals. The plan worked and A.N.V.I.L. looked like a bunch of amateurs. Max was very pleased with himself and continued to plot evil schemes to make the security forces look silly. Of course, this resulted in an increase in A.N.V.I.L. agents snooping around the island. They all ended up hanging in the freezer rack…

On the footballing front, things weren’t looking so bright. Venegaz had picked up an hip injury and would miss the next three months of the league. The other starting striker, Indriyanto Nugroho, was also injured and would miss the next match against Persija. Without any power going forward, PSIS didn’t stand a chance and were lucky to lose only 1-0, even though they played much of the second half against 10 men. Of course, Max was not amused.

Since Sentiono’s mixer treatment hadn’t really worked, Maximillian swooped for another defender just before the closure of the transfer market. Australian Eddie Bosnar joined from Sturm Graz for 90k. He went straight into the side, as did Karyono, for the game against Perseden. And with Nugroho also returning after injury, PSIS suddenly seemed a lot stronger. A 3-1 win was the result, Purdjianto, Irfan Junaidi and Nugroho the scorers.

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Nugroho missed the next match again though, as he picked up another injury, a torn groin muscle. The guard who had put him in the mixer had not only picked up the wrong person, he’d also been a bit too enthusiastic and was promptly by Jubei’s katana. Without their main strike force, PSIS could only manage a 0-0 draw in their next game. And seven days later, it looked like another goalless draw against Pelita, but the home side managed to get a late winner, leaving PSIS down on a 14th place in the league, dangerously close to relegation (Note that the bottom six out of twenty go down)

Max was of course not happy and he sent Red Ivan to bring the assistant manager who was charged with running the team from day to day. Max was sitting comfortably behind his impressive desk, yelling at a minion who had been negligent in his duties when Red Ivan and the assistant entered.
”Ah, Mr Yogyanto, how good of you to join us. Abdul here was just leaving, weren’t you, Abdul?” Max said with a glare. Ivan and Yogyanto were waiting on the far side of the room when Abdul passed the sinister conference table situated in the middle of the massive inner sanctum. Suddenly, Max pushed a button and the big E.I.T.O.S. logo on the table slid back. Out came a map of the island with a mountain in the centre. The top of the mountain opened and out came a miniature Tesla coil. It fired a massive bolt of energy at Abdul who dropped dead on the spot. Max pushed another button and the table returned to its normal state. ”Now, Mr. Yogyanto, I’m sure that you will work harder to get PSIS up the league table” Max said with another glare. “Y-yes, Number One” Yogyanto stuttered with a bow. Max laughed maniacally as Yogyanto left and two guards came in to get rid of Abdul…

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a well deserved story of the week

retired_hern1001

:eek:
:cool:

Act of Infamy 2: Tea Time

It seemed that Yogyanto had delivered an inspirational team talks, as PSIS did well to beat Persib 1-0, thanks to Yuniarto Budi’s header on 65 minutes. During the game, Red Ivan made a very interesting discovery, which he reported to Max in the boardroom, after the game. ”Comrade chairman, I make interesting find. Russian sailors are in Semarang. They come here by nuclear submarine. Perhaps we can borrow it, yes?” he said quietly to Max, whose eyes glinted in the pale sunlight. ”Do you think we can pull that off Ivan? And do we have anyone to captain that submarine?” Max asked uncertainly, but his trembling voice betrayed his real thoughts. What if he could get his hands on a Russian nuclear submarine? He could go anywhere in the world then, without being seen. Of course, he would need a radiation suit to prevent him from glowing in the dark, since Russian subs are not known for their reliability, but that was a minor detail. ”Comrade, I think this is good opportunity. We steal submarine, kidnap captain and force him to teach us how to run submarine. Then we are invincible, comrade” Ivan smiled. Max started laughing maniacally ”Take as many men as you need and do it. Muahahaha”

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They agreed to steal the submarine during PSIS’ next game, at home against PSDS. The home crowd cheered loudly as Khusnul Yakin scored the only goal of the game in the 45th minute. Meanwhile, Red Ivan and 10 of the guards from the evil base were slowly sneaking through the Semarang harbour. ”We must be very quiet, this is stealth mission, comrades” Ivan said to the others. ”But if this is a stealth mission, then why are you carrying that bazooka?” one of the guards inquired. It was not a smart thing to ask. Ivan picked up the guard and threw him one-handed into a stack of containers. The containers collapsed on top of the guard. But the noise had alarmed the Russian sailors on guard and they were now storming towards the containers, armed with AK-47’s.
”You go to submarine and capture the captain. Kill anyone else. I will deal with guards here and then come help you” Ivan roared at his men. The guards in their very obvious orange jump suits ran off towards the submarine, cunningly going around the oncoming guards. The guards didn’t see them. By the time they came to the heap of containers, they saw a giant of a man, armed with a bazooka and some grenades standing in wait. They brought their AK-47’s around to fire at him, but before they got a shot off, a rocket streaked through the air. Ivan’s missile hit the ground in the centre of the group, blasting some of them straight into the sky. Others were smacked against the containers by the shockwave. Either way, all of the guards were dead in a matter of seconds and Red Ivan ran off to the submarine.

Inside the sub, sailors had heard the crash of the containers and they were quickly getting to their battle stations as their captain had ordered. ”Comrade Captain, the ship is ready for dive” the “Starpom” (Executive Officer) said. Just then, the load explosion of Red Ivan’s missile sounded throughout the harbour. ”What the hell was that?” Captain Vasily Mozorov shouted. ”Whatever it was, it wasn’t on board the ship, captain. All systems show green. But to be safe, we had better get out of here” the Starpom said…

Outside the submarine, the guards had failed to get to the ship in time and all the hatches had been sealed shut. They had heard the ship’s engine firing up and they all guessed that it would be too late. But Ivan had other ideas. ”I will jump onto ship and blow hole in the side. You go through hole and kill everyone, except Captain, da?” he yelled at the guards. Ivan went back a couple of paces and then, with a giant leap, he jumped onto the deck of the submarine. The guards jumped after him, one by one, and they all landed safely. While the guards had been jumping onto the ship, Ivan had set his handgrenades next to one of the hatches. He motioned for the guards to get back while he pulled all of the pins. Then he ran off to the guards, behind the conning tower. A big blast rocked the submarine in the water. The hatch had been blown clean off and a neat hole was now at the place where Ivan had placed his grenades. The guards jumped in and Ivan went in after them.

The sailors in the sub were totally unprepared for the carnage that followed and the guards quickly cut through their numbers. Finally, they reached the control centre. Ivan went in first and grabbed captain Mozorov while the rest of the crew was killed by the guards. When everyone was dead, Ivan threw the captain into a chair. ”Now, comrade Captain, you will tell my men how to drive this submarine. But first we must repair hole, because we must travel underwater” Ivan shouted at the captain. ”And what if I refuse?” Mozorov asked. ”Then we will kill you too and read the manual. But that is very time consuming so I’d prefer it if you help us” Ivan replied. ”I do not have much choice then, have I comrade? Very well…” Mozorov said with a nod.

retired_tonytranbg79

congrats :thup:

retired_hern1001

cheers mate

Mozorov helped his captors repair the hole in the submarine. It didn’t take very long and by the time the Indonesian authorities had arrived at the harbour, the submarine had submerged and sailed off towards the national park where the evil base lay. Of course, there were no docks at the evil base and since it was a tourist resort, a big Russian nuclear submarine would surely arouse suspicion. And so, Max purchased a second island, very close to the first, where a massive underground dock was constructed for E.I.T.O.S. to use.

Of course, this took some time, when it was finally finished, the league season had progressed into it’s 13th round of play. PSIS had done well and were up in a 7th spot. They’d only lost one game since their 1-0 win over Persib (3-0, against lowly placed Persijatim) and they’d beaten PSPS (2-1) Persipura (2-0) and Persik (1-0). Finally, they’d also gained a point against PSS (what’s with all these P’s and S’s anyway?) in a boring, goalless draw.

And a win in their next game, against third placed Persita could take them even further up the table. But the game wasn’t much to look at and PSIS never looked like troubling their opponents. But Persita weren’t very threatening either, 6 of their 8 shots being off-target. And so, the game ended in another 0-0 draw, leaving PSIS well clear of relegation in 7th place.

retired_sander

Well done :thup: