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The Phallo press commented the Rocke test in these curious words:
PHALLO EVENING
We are informed today that the Likpas illegally installed in the south tested a strange device, intended, after our informations, at going into the interplanetary space.
Of course this device simply exploded after 45 seconds, without ever working, since it is utopian to want to go into space.
This was of course a lie: the test had shown the capacities of the Likpa engineers, and the motor hat sustained 60% more pressure than expected. But they had to push it until explosion to know!
Many Likpas were alarmed that such a secret information could leak so easily. In facts, it was kown much later that this leak was deliberately organised, and that it allowed to identify precisely a Phallo spy. The trick was simple, yet likpatous: several different figures, 40, 45, 50, 60 seconds were «leaked» toward several suspects. So it was the 45 second one the culprit! This spy was not arrested, on the contrary: he was fed with false information on a «hole» in the Likpa defenses. So the Likpas knew where the Phallos would attack, and the Reds confirmed. This trick was what ultimately allowed for the victory, as the Phallo forces were more important than predicted.
A visible fear was now all over the Likpa community: boot noises were becoming stronger in the town. The Likpa spies were reporting movements of tanks, troops and support vehicles. In more, other frightening rumours were spreading: new unexpected weapons, Occitan Phallos joining the war... The attack of the Phallos was a matter of days, now. Normally the strategists were predicting a victory of the Likpas, but numerous surprises could still happen. Centuries of technology development and years of work and training were now put to test...
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