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| - Records of Newland City before the formation of the Tir Accord are scarce, so it is in question as to who actually built Newland City. With this location at the edge of the Terraformed Zone towards the deserts, there is a strong chance that it is an Omni-Tek Mining town that simply grew beyond its smaller size. This is marginally supported by the appearance of some of the buildings and its similarities to the 'sandblasted' look some Omni-Tek mining settlements have. The architecture of the city does not reflect the majority found in Omni-Tek installations though, and in fact more resembles that of Tir to the west, thus giving rise to the idea that it might have been a Clan settlement. In 29470, as part of the Tir Accord, Newland City was to be vacated by Clan and Omni-Tek forces after a period of 60 days after which Newland would be given Neutral Status. Seven years later in 29477, a group of Neutral citizens raised money to pay a group of Omni-Tek Mercenaries led by Loren Warr, the twin to Ian Warr, to defend the city. This action was a response to the Sentinel take over of Tir the year before. While the agreement seemed amiable at the time, when the Mercenaries made their way into the city they killed all Clan members in sight and continued to do so for the duration of their post there. There was discussion as to the nature of the clan killings in Newland City: on one hand, it was rumored that it was part of the deal made with the Mercenaries as retaliation for the Sentinel's actions towards Neutrals in Tir; on the other hand, it has been said that Loren Warr's own Omni-Tek affiliations prompted this response. After several attacks by the Dust Brigade that implicated a connection to Loren Warr, Neutral leaders began looking for a way to oust the mercenary group from the city. The response to this was the formation of a coalition called the 'Neutral Guard Initiative,' initiated by one representative each from the Clan, Neutrals, and Omni-Tek - Kzak, Pyromanche and Kithrak, respectively. This coalition raised over 145 million credits to fund and train a new militia force for Newland. This money was later stolen when the account holding it was hacked, but in a gesture of good will, Philip Ross appeared at a Newland Council meeting and made a donation of his own funds to help fund the new guards. The Newland City Council then enlisted the help of JAME in 29478 for outfiting and training the Newland militia force. This was met with several setbacks at every turn, with even members of the council being assisinated mysteriously. The mercenary threat finally came to an end in that year when the new Militia, under command of General Hekkat, was given its first task to run the mercenaries out of town. This was aided by a large showing of Clan members and substantial numbers of Omni-Tek employees. In the 29479, the tenure of the Newland City Council came up for elections and for the first time the whole of the neutral public was able to cast their vote for a new mayor of Newland City. Out of all the canidates, Zephrem "Toog" King emerged as the favored canidate and took his place as Mayor of Newland City. The rest of the council was later put to public elections.
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