Don't forget!

[Hermskii]

In 2291, in an attempt to control violence among deep-space miners, the New Earth Government legalized no-holds-barred fighting. Liandri Mining Corporation working with the NEG established a series of leagues and bloody public exhibitions. The fight's popularity grew with their brutality. Soon, Liandri discovered that the public matches were their most profitable enterprise.

The professional league was formed. A cabal of the most violent and skilled warriors in known space, selected to fight in a Grand Tournament.

Now it is 2341, fifty years have passed since the founding of Deathmatch. Profits from the tournament number in the hundreds of billions. You have been selected to fight in the Professional League by the Liandri Rules Board. Your strength and brutality are legendary. The time has come to prove you are the best.

To crush your enemies.

To win the tournament.

[Hermskii]

Liandri Mining Corporation working with the NEG established a series of leagues and bloody public exhibitions.

What / who was the NEG?

[{S.o.W}DeathMask]

New Earth Government.
The New Earth Government or NEG is the currently reigning government of Earth. It is likely the Terran Colonial Authority is an NEG offshoot.

The NEG was formed in 2215 by Earth and the United Aligned Worlds, or UAW, near the end of the Human-Skaarj War to restore order on Earth by controlling skirmishes between the major corporations such as the Liandri, the Phayder, Axon, and Izanagi, so Earth could form a unified front against the Skaarj.

In 2216 NEG commandos managed to destroy the Skaarj mothership attacking Earth, causing the Skaarj to retreat, leaving many of Earth's cities in ruins. The attack is recreated in UT2004's AS-Mothership. In 2219 the NEG attempts to assert its authority over these areas, but they are confronted by many rebel groups who are often covertly financed by the great corporations who established bases in the destroyed cities. An NEG attack on a rebel command centers is recreated in AS-FallenCity.

In 2260, during the Corporation Wars, NEG's Thunder Crash force assists in protecting Izanagi's research facility on Lamdon 3 which was however raided and destroyed by a strike force from the Axon. The attack is recreated in UT2004's AS-Glacier.

In 2276 the NEG military recovers "Nexus" prototype missiles stolen by Hellions which were being transported by a convoy on the surface of Taron. This missile type was later used in multiple incidents of colonial suppression. The attack is recreated in UT2004's AS-Convoy.

In 2291 the NEG legalizes "consensual murder", which allows a previously underground event, the "Tournament" to go mainstream. Sponsored by the Liandri these tournaments became known as the Liandri Grand Tournament. NEG's Thunder Crash force also enters the Tournament, and in 2291 one of its members, Malcolm, becomes champion, and stays that way until he is defeated in 2302.

Source: Liandri Archives

[Hermskii]

I knew that! LOL. Actually, I did not. See how sad it is that I missed it in the opening paragraph? It is odd to me the things I can easily put together in my mind and people think I'm genius and then things like this that just skip right past me unnoticed. You can't imagine how aggravating it is to me. You know... to be a genius and an idiot at the same time with the latter consuming most of that time. Pffffft!

That Liandri Archives site is something else I tell you!

Thanks for bringing it to my attention.

[{S.o.W}DeathMask]

Whenever you need, pal.
(Little off-topic note) I might get TDB back soon. Get ready for some stuff.