C.R.A.N.E (Strange Editing WiP)
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On the 25th of December 2010, an untraceable broadcast signal intrusion occurred on a local Los Angeles television network during a 6 P.M news service. A circular red logo which featured a silhouette of a crane appeared on screen for approximately ten seconds, before switching to a black screen with simple white text. The text wrote:
NOS LIBERTATEM NOSTRIS ALIS
The intrusion lasted for 30 seconds until the news network came back on air. The intrusion caused mass confusion from the network and viewers, but was quickly disregarded. A few months pass, and the logo gradually appeared more often all over the world. It was later discovered that it belonged to a vigilante organisation who dubbed themselves as C.R.A.N.E, who mysteriously managed to overthrow all other governmental and intergovernmental organisations, thus giving them complete authority over every region of the world. Within a few years, C.R.A.N.E had taken charge, leaving the world in extreme corruption. C.R.A.N.E believed in only two fates for their society; joining C.R.A.N.E and following their order, or punishable death. Many decided to join the organisation out of fear, while a small amount go into hiding, where they struggle to endure both the unpredictable wrath of nature and the organisation's fraudulent authoritarians in order to survive.
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