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210.16-210.20

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Surrender!

Catnip-munching surrender-kittens the Felini Tyranny have reportedly capitulated to the Confederacy following the declaration of war last week without even a single shot being fired.

Unofficial sources within the Confederacy have been quoted as saying the terms of the surrender include the Felini handing over practically everything but the kitchen sink throughout the entire Cluster Periphery. No, wait, check that, everything but the plugs of their kitchen sinks, as we understand General Scott has been seen leading a victory parade of FEL kitchen sinks through a major Confederate stronghold.

This has surely been an odd episode of political manoeuvring, and at its heart surely lays the offices of the Baron LiQuan, whose schemes are surely not yet resolved. We expect there to be more developments to this story.


FLZ Patrol Destroyed

A 4-ship patrol squadron of FLZ ran into a FELini patrol in winter, no FEL ships destroyed, two destroyers ever-so slightly damaged. There were no FLZ survivors.


FLZ GR Fulda D1 (38710) - Ship
Ti'cl-rani Class Destroyer {Medium Armour}
Armour: 24.0
Hull Damage: 100.0%
BLOWN UP!
FLZ GR Fulda D4 (12294) - Ship
Ti'cl-rani Class Destroyer {Medium Armour}
Armour: 34.3
Hull Damage: 100.0%
BLOWN UP!
FLZ GR Fulda D3 (36701) - Ship
Ti'cl-rani Class Destroyer {Medium Armour}
Armour: 35.5
Hull Damage: 100.0%
BLOWN UP!
FLZ GR Fulda D2 (99190) - Ship
Ti'cl-rani Class Destroyer {Medium Armour}
Armour: 37.3
Hull Damage: 100.0%
BLOWN UP!


RCF News

One of our reporters embedded with the Real-Confederacy, have provided the following report on a recent action:

"Some RCF ships ran into a larger GTT fleet in Storm

First day the GTT lost one ship while the RCF never took any damage

Just to prove that every RCF ship is a match to 3 IMP block ships they came in heavy handed for the second day

RCF losses were not light but ships saw out the second day of combat

Day one
Quote:

--------------------------------Battle Summary---------------------------------

RCF Warship 1 (49673) - Ship
Pirate Bane Class Heavy Cruiser {Medium Ablative Armour}
Armour: 69.7
Attacking GTT Hunter 01 (11289) - 0 [0] Damage
RCF Donsal (76509) - Ship
Anvil Class Capital Ship {Heavy Ablative Armour}
Armour: 180.0
Attacking GTT Hunter 06 (60019) - 260 [3900] Damage
RCF Slayer 7 (74897) - Ship
Anvil Class Capital Ship {Heavy Ablative Armour}
Armour: 180.0
Attacking GTT Hunter 08 (69091) - 200 [2400] Damage
RCF Slayer 8 (21270) - Ship
Anvil Class Capital Ship {Heavy Ablative Armour}
Armour: 179.6
Attacking GTT Hunter 09 (75043) - 583 [32800] Damage
GTT Hunter 01 (11289) - Ship
Javelin Class Heavy Cruiser {Heavy Ablative Armour}
Armour: 119.4
Targeted by RCF Warship 1 (49673) - 0 [0] Damage
GTT Hunter 05 (58771) - Ship
Javelin Class Heavy Cruiser {Heavy Ablative Armour}
Hull Damage: 100.0%
BLOWN UP!
GTT Hunter 09 (75043) - Ship
Javelin Class Heavy Cruiser {Heavy Ablative Armour}
Armour: 107.9
Hull Damage: 1.0%
Targeted by RCF Slayer 8 (21270) - 583 [32800] Damage
GTT Hunter 06 (60019) - Ship
Javelin Class Heavy Cruiser {Heavy Ablative Armour}
Armour: 180.0
Hull Damage: 0.3%
Targeted by RCF Donsal (76509) - 260 [3900] Damage
GTT Hunter 07 (67768) - Ship
Javelin Class Heavy Cruiser {Heavy Ablative Armour}
Armour: 149.3
GTT Hunter 08 (69091) - Ship
Javelin Class Heavy Cruiser {Heavy Ablative Armour}
Armour: 119.4
Hull Damage: 1.5%
Targeted by RCF Slayer 7 (74897) - 200 [2400] Damage
GTT Platypus Laz 3 (84509) - Ship
Barge Class Freighter {No Armour}
Retreated from battle



Day 2
Quote:

---------------------------------Battle Summary---------------------------------

RCF Slayer 8 (21270) - Ship
Anvil Class Capital Ship {Heavy Ablative Armour}
Armour: 54.2
Hull Damage: 66.2%
Targeted by GTT Paint Scrapper H-07 (94966) - 2686 [7200] Damage
Targeted by GTT Paint Scrapper H-11 (3813) - 2720 [6400] Damage
Targeted by GTT Paint Scrapper 01 (19708) - 2088 [3780] Damage
Targeted by GTT Paint Scrapper H-06 (47401) - 3560 [7800] Damage
Targeted by GTT Paint Scrapper 09 (72939) - 2834 [5040] Damage
Targeted by GTT Paint Scrapper H-08 (86557) - 4907 [9600] Damage
Targeted by GTT Paint Scrapper 06 (97441) - 2254 [5160] Damage
Targeted by GTT Paint Scrapper H-01 (34366) - 2172 [3600] Damage
INTEGRITY BREAKDOWN - Ship reduced to debris
RCF Slayer 7 (74897) - Ship
Anvil Class Capital Ship {Heavy Ablative Armour}
Armour: 61.4
Hull Damage: 75.2%
Targeted by GTT Paint Scrapper H-12 (18871) - 2898 [6400] Damage
Targeted by GTT Paint Scrapper H-13 (23140) - 3017 [6400] Damage
Targeted by GTT Paint Scrapper 07 (70305) - 2909 [5040] Damage
Targeted by GTT Paint Scrapper H-09 (90311) - 2963 [7200] Damage
Targeted by GTT Paint Scrapper H-17 (95120) - 3148 [6400] Damage
Targeted by GTT Paint Scrapper H-05 (95371) - 5332 [9600] Damage
Targeted by GTT Paint Scrapper H-16 (99208) - 3980 [7200] Damage
Targeted by GTT Paint Scrapper H-03 (31000) - 1275 [1960] Damage
Targeted by GTT Paint Scrapper 03 (28535) - 1010 [1380] Damage
Targeted by GTT Paint Scrapper H-14 (72972) - 1027 [1600] Damage
RCF Donsal (76509) - Ship
Anvil Class Capital Ship {Heavy Ablative Armour}
Armour: 78.5
Hull Damage: 31.2%
Targeted by GTT Paint Scrapper 10 (7167) - 2225 [5040] Damage
Targeted by GTT Paint Scrapper 08 (80168) - 2654 [5040] Damage
Targeted by GTT Paint Scrapper H-10 (93133) - 2494 [7590] Damage
Targeted by GTT Paint Scrapper H-15 (93552) - 2115 [6400] Damage
Targeted by GTT Paint Scrapper H-02 (60458) - 1591 [3600] Damage
Targeted by GTT Paint Scrapper H-04 (57395) - 1533 [2340] Damage
Targeted by GTT Paint Scrapper 02 (33506) - 832 [1260] Damage
Targeted by GTT Paint Scrapper 05 (90330) - 867 [1260] Damage
GTT Paint Scrapper H-03 (31000) - Ship
Hedgehog Class Capital Ship {Heavy Armour}
Armour: 80.0 Scints: 25.3
Attacking RCF Slayer 7 (74897) - 1275 [1960] Damage
GTT Paint Scrapper H-04 (57395) - Ship
Hedgehog Class Capital Ship {Heavy Armour}
Armour: 80.0 Scints: 25.3
Attacking RCF Donsal (76509) - 1533 [2340] Damage
GTT Paint Scrapper 10 (7167) - Ship
Hammer Class Capital Ship {Heavy Ablative Armour}
Armour: 120.0 Scints: 15.0
Attacking RCF Donsal (76509) - 2225 [5040] Damage
GTT Paint Scrapper H-07 (94966) - Ship
Hedgehog Class Capital Ship {Heavy Armour}
Armour: 80.0 Scints: 25.3
Destroyed RCF Slayer 8 (21270) - 2686 [7200] Damage
GTT Paint Scrapper H-11 (3813) - Ship
Hoplon Class Capital Ship {Medium Ablative Armour}
Armour: 60.0 Shields: 640(14.1)
Destroyed RCF Slayer 8 (21270) - 2720 [6400] Damage
GTT Paint Scrapper H-12 (18871) - Ship
Hoplon Class Capital Ship {Medium Ablative Armour}
Armour: 75.0 Shields: 644(14.2)
Attacking RCF Slayer 7 (74897) - 2898 [6400] Damage
GTT Paint Scrapper 01 (19708) - Ship
Hammer Class Capital Ship {Heavy Ablative Armour}
Armour: 150.0 Scints: 15.0
Destroyed RCF Slayer 8 (21270) - 2088 [3780] Damage
GTT Paint Scrapper H-13 (23140) - Ship
Hoplon Class Capital Ship {Medium Ablative Armour}
Armour: 60.0 Shields: 650(14.2)
Attacking RCF Slayer 7 (74897) - 3017 [6400] Damage
GTT Paint Scrapper 03 (28535) - Ship
Warspite Gothic Class Capital Ship {Heavy Armour}
Armour: 80.0
Attacking RCF Slayer 7 (74897) - 1010 [1380] Damage
GTT Paint Scrapper 02 (33506) - Ship
Great Micheal Class Capital Ship {Heavy Armour}
Armour: 80.0 Scints: 15.0
Attacking RCF Donsal (76509) - 832 [1260] Damage
GTT Paint Scrapper H-01 (34366) - Ship
Hedgehog Class Capital Ship {Heavy Armour}
Armour: 80.0 Scints: 25.3
Destroyed RCF Slayer 8 (21270) - 2172 [3600] Damage
GTT Paint Scrapper H-06 (47401) - Ship
Hedgehog Class Capital Ship {Heavy Armour}
Armour: 80.0 Scints: 25.3
Destroyed RCF Slayer 8 (21270) - 3560 [7800] Damage
GTT Paint Scrapper H-02 (60458) - Ship
Hedgehog Class Capital Ship {Heavy Armour}
Armour: 80.0 Scints: 25.3
Attacking RCF Donsal (76509) - 1591 [3600] Damage
GTT Paint Scrapper 07 (70305) - Ship
Hammer Class Capital Ship {Heavy Ablative Armour}
Armour: 119.8 Scints: 15.0
Attacking RCF Slayer 7 (74897) - 2909 [5040] Damage
GTT Paint Scrapper 09 (72939) - Ship
Hammer Class Capital Ship {Heavy Ablative Armour}
Armour: 120.0 Scints: 15.0
Destroyed RCF Slayer 8 (21270) - 2834 [5040] Damage
GTT Paint Scrapper H-14 (72972) - Ship
Hoplon Class Capital Ship {Medium Ablative Armour}
Armour: 75.0 Shields: 740(15.2)
Attacking RCF Slayer 7 (74897) - 1027 [1600] Damage
GTT Paint Scrapper 08 (80168) - Ship
Hammer Class Capital Ship {Heavy Ablative Armour}
Armour: 120.0 Scints: 15.0
Attacking RCF Donsal (76509) - 2654 [5040] Damage
GTT Paint Scrapper H-08 (86557) - Ship
Hedgehog Class Capital Ship {Heavy Armour}
Armour: 80.0 Scints: 25.3
Destroyed RCF Slayer 8 (21270) - 4907 [9600] Damage
GTT Paint Scrapper H-09 (90311) - Ship
Hedgehog Class Capital Ship {Heavy Armour}
Armour: 80.0 Scints: 5.7
Attacking RCF Slayer 7 (74897) - 2963 [7200] Damage
GTT Paint Scrapper 05 (90330) - Ship
Great Micheal Class Capital Ship {Heavy Armour}
Armour: 80.0 Scints: 15.0
Attacking RCF Donsal (76509) - 867 [1260] Damage
GTT Paint Scrapper H-10 (93133) - Ship
Hedgehog Class Capital Ship {Heavy Armour}
Armour: 80.0 Scints: 25.3
Attacking RCF Donsal (76509) - 2494 [7590] Damage
GTT Paint Scrapper H-15 (93552) - Ship
Hoplon Class Capital Ship {Medium Ablative Armour}
Armour: 60.0 Shields: 640(14.1)
Attacking RCF Donsal (76509) - 2115 [6400] Damage
GTT Paint Scrapper H-17 (95120) - Ship
Hoplon Class Capital Ship {Medium Ablative Armour}
Armour: 60.0 Shields: 639(14.1)
Attacking RCF Slayer 7 (74897) - 3148 [6400] Damage
GTT Paint Scrapper H-05 (95371) - Ship
Hedgehog Class Capital Ship {Heavy Armour}
Armour: 80.0 Scints: 32.9
Attacking RCF Slayer 7 (74897) - 5332 [9600] Damage
GTT Paint Scrapper 06 (97441) - Ship
Warspite Gothic Class Capital Ship {Heavy Armour}
Armour: 80.0
Destroyed RCF Slayer 8 (21270) - 2254 [5160] Damage
GTT Paint Scrapper H-16 (99208) - Ship
Hymenoptera - Ca Class Capital Ship {Medium Ablative Armour}
Armour: 89.7 Scints: 18.0 Shields: 4800(35.1)
Attacking RCF Slayer 7 (74897) - 3980 [7200] Damage."


FLZ On The Move

A fresh offensive may soon be underway in the Crusade system as a large number of FLZ ship movements have been noticed. Primarily the FLZ appear to have abandoned their blockade of Cause, and moved towards the wormhole.

After suffering during the initial stages of the Twilight operation, could the FLZ be on the verge of winning back the initiative from the Consortium?


RCF Offensive

The RCF ground offensive against Imperial forces has continued this week as several RCF units have pushed hard against IMP targets throughout Imperial-bloc space.

Three more outposts are reported to have fallen, as the RCF move ever closer to the Capellan system:

GTT Audrey Visnu T1 (35115) has fallen to the attackers.

IMP DB-95 (40576) has fallen to the attackers.

GTT Blaggard Nelson T1 (53334) has fallen to the attackers.

It has been rumoured that the recent GTT announcement of the closure of the DaWines and Dinas Dawr markets has been in direct response to the encroaching RCF threat, and that all leave has been cancelled for GTT Security Forces throughout the corporations holdings as they fear a major RCF ground assault might be in preperation.

The Imperial-bloc continue to respond with overwhelming force to all sightings of RCF warships.


HLQ Press Release

Greeting All

With so much bad press about the Hive, HLQ has decided to set up and run, in a control envioment a hive planet and production facility on Hanger 17 in the twilight system with the full cooperation the FLZ.
Wimbleville will be renamed Vespa Crabro to show its new role.

This will hopefully find out the truth about the Hive race. I refuse to believe these are the bogey "men" portrayed in childrens nightmares.

To this end all HLQ ships run by Hive will have the prefix "H" in there name.
They will also avoid the Inner Empire and Inner Confederacy until any rogue elements are controled and there behaviour can be gauranteed. They will also be useing organic hulls, which according to our research they are more comfortable with. Human officer and troops will be stationed at the bases to ensure our will is followed till the operation is finished.

In accordance with the above aims I will be shiping in Hive eggs to populate the planet.
I would also like to find a collection of organic ships designes, if accetible these can be brought or traded.
I would also like to build up a stock of heavy organic hulls Mk II and Light organic hulls.
If anyone wishes to sell or trade please get in contact.
If anyone has any tech/scientist which could help again please contact us

Baron LiQuan


Big Promotion

Press Release
From the offices of Blake Ravenstone
Star Date 210.15.3

We are extremely pleased to announce that His Imperial Highness the Emperor Lysander has bestowed upon Blake Ravenstone, in recognition for his dedication to pushing the borders of the Empire into new territories, the title of Grand Duke of the Imperial Frontier. An explorer and an entrepreneur, the new Grand Duke is possibly the single individual who has brought the most system claims to Imperial space.

This is an exceptional honor, as Blake Ravenstone is the first Grand Duke of the Empire in more than 50 years. The only other Grand Duke in the history of the Empire was Lord Rachmaninov, Grand Duke of the Capellan Reaches, who for a time after the Rebellion governed Tau Ceti, Pollux and Trinity.


Periphery Classifieds


Hive Eggs Wanted

www.kjcgames.co.uk/phoenix/nexus/index.php?a=posts&tid=32589&lr=on#post_tag

Got a stockpile of Hive Eggs?

Kindly drop me a line, good prices paid, or trades worked out.

Cassius Jerusalem, DTR Foreign Minister.


Base For Sale

www.kjcgames.co.uk/phoenix/nexus/index.php?a=posts&tid=32432&lr=on#post_tag

The Krell have an outpost with 100 merch centers on a metals deposit of 152. This base should produce about 42K merch income per week and could easily be expanded to 55-60K per week. It is privately owned and might be a good starter base for anyone who wants such a base on Mobile Bay in Yank

Let me know if there is any interest. If a good offer is made, a deal will be struck. First come first served.

Skaven


Ulysses S Scotts Blog - Biography Part 3

Special Action/Starbase GTT Endings/CNF Visit/Fate of Ulysses' Father/21014
Records at this base and in the civilian factions are fragmentary for some months after the civil war and large chunks have been deleted by the GCS.
Suffice to say prisoner records post dating the separation of the Inner Empire and Confederacy seem only to include reference codes - generally linked to indelible tags on the prisoner and criminal records that may no longer exist.
Ulysses would have to shake of his entourage and get down with the oldsters in the civilian sectors in order to find out more.

Special Action/Starbase GTT Endings/CNF Visit/Fate of Ulysses' Father/Personal Visit to Civilians/210.15
Ulysses slips out of the base on his own reconnaissance amongst the civilians of the surrounding urban sector. He thinks he has got away with it, though security is pretty tight.
After making some contacts he meets with some old people that live in fairly squalid conditions - life has not been kind to people that have had Confederate leanings.
Suffice to say, they are fairly certain that his father was captured. There were a lot of executions and not all of them in accordance with the law - it is a long way from Sol.
Scott would have been a minor figure so chances are that if he was here and captured he would have been tortured to determine if he knew anything else about guerrillas rather than being shipped back to Sol. Then he would have been shot in the head before being dumped in any one of a number of roughly known places.
Recovery of these bodies will prove difficult and identification even harder (not that the government would support this).

Investigation/Earth/Political Situation/Ulysses Scott's Father/210.15
Terran databases dating from the time of the Rebellion fail to elicit any information regarding the fate of Anderson, the father of Ulysses Scott.
There are two accounts though that may have some bearing on his fate - one is the report of a protracted guerrilla war within Tau Ceti, the other is an account of a small fleet of badly damaged ships scouted in Wolf 359 Enquires with the Tatian government indicated that they never entered orbit and nothing further was known.
One of the ships however was known to have been owned by the Scott family.



OOC Special Feature - Seven Wonders Of The Peripheries

Inspired by the following thread on the Nexus:

www.kjcgames.co.uk/phoenix/nexus/index.php?a=posts&tid=32421&page=0

I contacted our friendly neighbourhood GM to see what his seven wonders of the game might be.

Mica: "This is a toughy for me because unlike the players I do not get to discuss the features I add to the game and as such the things I really remember tend to be anecdotal in nature.

Stargates, wormholes, large strange planetary features and peculiar aliens and legacies litter the game universe - some I can't even recall until somebody crosses their path again or follows up a lead.

The stuff that clearly sticks in my mind are events such as the Imperial orbital swimming pool construction fleet, the death of Mark Eaton, Bond at Topaz, the first ignition of a gas giant, Ivan being evicted from the remembrance service, the suicidal FET cave explorer and most recently Nastillinian adverts (plus a few X-rated scenes of first contact with natives)."

Of course needless to say these are all things I've never really heard of before. So if any readers have any further details they can share regarding Micas Seven Wonders, please do contact me so I can elaborate further.

Though it is suspected that the suicidal FET cave explorer may have been the human who made first contact with the Hive…


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Piracy Compensation Scheme

The independent adjudicators of the RIP Piracy Compensation Scheme have announced their findings this week. Firstly the Baron LiQuan published the following:


Piracy Compensation Scheme

I was asked a number of months ago to conduct an investigation into a number of GTT ships taken by various pirates and to see if the RIP were involved in the matter.

After extensive research and questioning I have come to following proven conclusions.

1) The RIP did aid pirates by being middle "men". They have on repeated occasions shipped goods on behalf of Pirates.
2) The RIP did not directly supply the high tech equipment used in the better know more prosperous pirates. They basically don't the technology themselves.
3) I have come across no concrete evidence that the RIP ran pirate positions.
4) The GTT have supplied pirates with high tech equipment and ships.

Baron LiQuan


This was shortly followed by the findings of the Felini Tyrant Mrrshan:


In a strange coincidence, I can now reveal that the other adjudicator was myself.

In broad outline on the basis of using a balance of probabilities as the threshold, I concur with the Baron's findings. However, I would like to add the following.

A) The RIP leadership has continually sought to distance itself from the activity of piracy. This however was undermined in the past by an "ask no questions" policy of it's members and an indiscriminate recruitment policy - the latter of which at least has been modified in recent times.

B ) As with other affiliations, it is possible for pirates to shelter within an affiliation without the knowledge or sanction of an affiliation's leadership. However, when the leadership does become aware of evidence, it must act or become tarnished as a result. It is my considered opinion that the RIP leadership's past actions have not always had the alacrity that would be required to avoid doubt of their underlying intentions, although I find no proof whatsoever that their decisions were made with an intention to condone shelter or abet piracy.

The current leadership has done much in an effort to put the accusations behind it - this offer of compensation is but one avenue of which I am aware. While both adjudicators have found evidence that will no doubt lead to a payout under the scheme, I urge the current RIP leadership to continue these efforts, as they should be commended by all those who wish to see piracy eliminated from the Peripheries.

In Honour
Mrrshan


With both independent studies now completed, the results surely look good for the RIP, and we here at the IGN news-room heartily congratulate them on dodging a bullet.

Must be all the practice.

The GTT however are thrown back into the news spotlight as being the power behind large-scale Periphery piracy, something that they will no doubt not be thanking the press for mentioning again.


Felini Surrender Ceremony Broadcast


-- The scene fades in to a grand hall. Banners from all the Feline Prides line the walls. --

-- Mrrshan is stood in front of a raised platform. He is flanked by two felines who are jet black in pelt, each armed with a strange recurved blade that appears to be both antique and - from the dark stains - to have been used before --

'Sentients of the Peripheries, I speak to you today about our current and future relations with the Confederacy, especially with HLQ and the CNF.

It is my duty to report that a settlement has been reached, which removes the spectre of war between our peoples. May the Great Mother look upon this with her approbation. As Tyrant under Her gaze, I wholeheartedly accept this deal on behalf of all felines, for the benefits to all outweigh the price that we pay.

As will become clear, this deal cements our acceptance of the supremacy of the Confederate forces in the Cluster. We are not the Clans, and have never claimed hegemony of the Cluster, or ever had designs to do so. Rulership of Forrest, Winter and Skye will fall to the Confederacy as a direct result of this agreement.

This conflict came about from two tragic accidents within the conflict area in Twilight. As part of the agreement, all feline forces will be impounded with the DTR and will take no further part in the Consortium actions therein. I have already offered apology for this but today do so again in the most stringent way available to me within our custom and traditions

Baron LiQuan, for the errors which were made in Twilight and the loyal confederates which died through Feline errors: my Tail is yours.'

-- As one, the blades sweep behind Mrrshan. The jerk of his ears is unmistakable as a feline pain response, but otherwise no reaction is seen as a goodly portion of his tail falls in two pieces to the ground. The scene fades.... --



All Change


Press Release
From the offices of Blake Ravenstone
Star Date 210.16.5

Blake Ravenstone, Grand Duke of the Imperial Frontier, has announced today that he is leaving the Galactic Trade & Transport (GTT) and joining the Imperial Services (IMP). Business operations should not be affected by this move, and assets holding system claims for Wastelands, Masters, Demon and Caribbean will remain under his control. The Grand Duke has stated that, despite having fond memories of his time with the GTT, he is eager and delighted to face the new challenges ahead of him.


GTT Press Release:

CEO James Stryker has reluctantly accepted the resignation of Blake Ravenstone and granted permission for the newly created Grand Duke to withdraw from employment in the Galactic Trade and Transport corporation. Mr Ravenstone has been a capable administrator of numerous GTT positions throughout the Peripheries and a former member of the Board of Directors. Blake's abilities to establish system claims is well established. He is best known as a very talented explorer who ranged far and wide on behalf of the corporation.

The Grand Duke's performance of his duties for the GTT has been in the highest traditions of his predecessors: Sebastion Blodstark and Drake Takayama. The loss of Mr Ravenstone's services will be keenly felt by all in the coming days and weeks. He will be difficult to replace.

Though I am personally saddened by the departure of my friend and partner, I note with some satisfaction his move to the IMPerial Services. We of the GTT wish MR Ravenstone the best of fortunes in his new situation and look forward to working closely with him as an ally of the GTT.

Good luck Blake and may your future be as bright as you hope it to be.


RCF News

RCF once more hold off IMP block attacks, live report from journalists located inside the RCF ground forces.

Three RCF warships held off over 300 IMP block ships for three days allowing ground forces to get into place.

On the ground the news just gets better and better. On the site of a former IMP block outpost RCF forces destroyed a much larger IMP force that entered combat to take the place back. The IMP ground forces were supported by ships in orbit that rained death from the sky.

In this battle over 400 IMPs were killed for NO RCF losses:

Ground Battle for the Control of RCF Audrey Visnu T1 (35115)
------------------------------------------------------------
Round 1: Battle is 2:1 in favour of Attacker
Defender lost 0.34% control [99.66%]
Round 2: Battle is 11:6 in favour of Defender
Defender gained 5.01% control [100%]

Attacking IMP 33rd Assault Group (20555)
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Round 1: 96 Anti-Personnel Devices - 60 [96] damage
146 Assault Tanks - 2981 [5840] damage
350 Kastorian Marines - 464 [700] damage
Round 2: 96 Anti-Personnel Devices - 16 [29] damage
143 Assault Tanks - 3780 [5720] damage
350 Kastorian Marines - 476 [700] damage


Incoming Fire from IMP 33rd Assault Group (20555)
-------------------------------------------------
Round 1: 362 Human Marines - 20 [724] damage
50 Human Veteran Marines - 8 [200] damage
Round 2: 86 Human Marines - 8 [172] damage
21 Human Veteran Marines - 0 [84] damage

Incoming Fire from IMP Essex (87469)
------------------------------------
Round 1: 10 Missile Launcher mkIIs (Cloaked Kinetic Missile mkIII)
- 10 hits - 572 [700] damage - 100%
Round 2: 10 Missile Launcher mkIIs (Cloaked Kinetic Missile mkIII)
- 10 hits - 511 [700] damage - 100%
Round 3: 10 Missile Launcher mkIIs (Cloaked Kinetic Missile mkIII)
- 10 hits - 539 [700] damage - 100%
Round 4: 9 Missile Launcher mkIIs (Cloaked Kinetic Missile mkIII)
- 9 hits - 464 [630] damage - 100

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More fighting when RCF forces outnumbered 5 to 1 held off a major IMP attack. It should be noted that the IMPs using tanks and raining missiles form orbit were pushed back. Many IMPs troops were killed in this combat.



RIP News Network

--- Standard IGN transmission replaced by static ---

--- RNN Logo gradually appears ---

We interrupt your regularly scheduled news bulletin with the following Jiggly Room shocker !

Early reports are being recieved by this office indicating that the Jiggly Room will remain closed today after a series of 'disturbances' late last night.

It would appear that there as a disagreement between two groups of Jiggly Revellers about who could drink the most Iced Teas before sundown.

This all started when a small group from the Maiming & Injury Completey Assured* trying to out drink the Diabolical and Regular Assassins Klub**.

The drinking was intense and fuelled by the fact that the Iced Tea was both high quality and inexpensive (in fact... it was Two-for-One).

Witnesses to the scene (after they had put some clothes on) were able to tell us that arguements slowly degraded into childish subjects such as ..

"Who was here first" and "Who has the most medals"

None of this made a lot of sense ... but things rarely do at the Jiggly Room.

Violence broke out shortly after one side claimed "It's my birthday... you gotta let me win".

The violence was quick, sharp and bloody - and was only broken up when RIP security forces*** seperated the two mercenary gangs.

Once the offending parties had been removed the cleanup operation begun.

Quick Snack and the Jiggly Room should return to normal service on Monday

More worringly... one of the departing groups was overheard to say "I'm coming back... this time with my Gammatron Quads".

One slight benefit from this fight... Al Bundy has not been seen since the first punch was thrown... this fact should double the takings for a week at least !

More news will be brought as it becomes available.

-- Broadcast end --


* A hard bitten mercenary group with a very high kill ratio.
** A dark and sinister group of assassins for hire.
*** His name is Guido and he is bigger than you are.


FET In Trouble?

A recent military action by FET forces against a RIP mining outpost in the Curly system has seen the FET fall foul of the Falconian Republic development zone laws. A ceasefire was requested, though by that point no doubt the damage had been done. It is unknown at time of press if the FET were required to pay compensation.


CNF Press Release

Greetings,

As has been stated by the Felini Tyrant the following systems are now undergoing a transition to the Confederacy: Forest, Winter and Skye.

Could all parties with interests in these systems please contact IMXR-COM as soon as possible.

For Commonwealth partners, this is merely a courtesy and not a requirement. For all other parties, applications to extend your ARPs are more than likely to be met favourably at this time.

Once claims are settled and the sovereign transfers complete, we will be offering opportunities to those interested in extending ARPs to these systems for purposes of exploration and colonisation. Please contact my office to discuss this further.

Major G. Ford
IMXR-COM



Rumours

Overheard at Jax:

'It is my intention to name Hakeswill House of Horrors (Formerly Frontier Trade) as the new Imperial prison colony. Obadiah Hakeswill our resident governor is to be appointed warden, and has promised escaped prisoners will be eaten on sight! Devil's Island will look like a picnic compared to life on the "farm". Fences, we don't need no stinkin' fences, run away and see how the locals cook you. It is believed governor Hakeswill will open every introduction to incoming prisoners with these famous words, "what we have here is ....failure to communicate....".'


Overheard in Halo:

'Pirates? Infesting the Halo periphery? That as may be, but you heard of any successful pirate attacks yet? No, didn't think so. Buncha useless louts them Halo pirates, not proper pirates at all. I hear the ghost of Black Dog has been sighted, him that hardly won a single fight before getting' creamed by the SMS down in the outer Capellan.'


Overheard in Yank:

'What? These? Oh no, you are mistaken, these aren't biological weapons, these are, uh… pest control supplies.'


Overheard In The Confederacy:

The Confederate Rhapsody.

Is this a real life?
No it's just some xeno-filth
Caught in a tractor
No escape from photon beams
Open the bays
Look to the starboard... and see
I'm just a xenophobe (Xenophobe)
I need no empathy
Because you're easy kill, easy dead
Little fang, little claw
Any way the ship blows
Doesn't really matter to me, to me

Papa, just killed a cat
Put the torps against its hull
Gave the orders, now it's dead
Papa, war has just begun
But now I've gone and blown them all away
Papa, ooh
Did I mean to make it purr?
If I've not killed again this time tomorrow
Carry on, carry on.. as if nothing alien matters

Too late, my mags are full
Send bombers down the line
Fighters blasting all the time
Goodbye, filthy aliens
You've got to die
Gotta leave all you had behind and face the truth
Papa, oooooooh (Anyway the ship blows)
I don't want to lie
Sometimes wish they'd never been born at all!

[Guitar Solo]

I see a little silhouetto of a cat
Scaredy cat, Scaredy cat, will you just kill Flagritz?
Thunder fleet shoots lightning, very, very frightening: flee
(Verus Unus) Verus Unus (Verus Unus) Verus Unus, Verus Unus Iuguolo!
Magnifico-o-o-o-o
I'm just a poor bigot, nobody loves me
He's just a poor bigot from a bigoted family
Spare him his life from this Hive monstrosity

Easy shot, easy kill, will I let you live?
By Lysander! No, I will not let you live!
Let it flee?
By Lysander! We will not let it flee!
Let it flee?
By Lysander! We will not let it flee!
Let it flee? (Will not let it flee)
Let it flee? (Will not let it flee) (Never, never, never, never)
Let me kill, o, o, o, o
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes
(Oh papa dios, papa dios) Papa Dios, let me kill
The Emperor has the galaxy put aside for man, for man, for man!

[Rock Out]

So you think you can curse me and flick your tail in my eye?
So you think you can claw me and wish me to die?
Oh, Felini, can't do this to me, Felini
Just gotta get out, just gotta get out ma'gun right here

[Guitar Solo]
(Oooh yeah, Oooh yeah)

Nothing alien matters
Any fool can see
Nothing alien matters
Nothing alien matters to me

Any way the ship blows...



Periphery Classifieds


Hive Eggs Wanted

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Please contact Cassius Jerusalem, DTR Foreign Minister.



Offers Sought

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5000 Bitter Booker Berries (31165)
50000 Booker Steak (30387)
5000 Melkior Scents (31901)
5000 Melkior Shark (31951)
7500 Hooterite (31522)
5000 Tatas Finch (31037)
5000 Tatas Grass Elvers (31034)
5000 Eridani Bison Hides (30476)
15000 Polar Eels (30563)
5000 Amphibacat (31554)
5000 Sandhound (31480)
10000 Sandkat (31479)


Minerals Wanted

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Looking for a small trade in the above;

1200 x Fibrillium (32)
1200 x Celesium (33)

All bids will be welcome, pm offers will not be given to other parties, price/location will win the order.

Honour in trade

Alvor


Modules Wanted

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The Krell desparately need to build up their manufacturing capability.

I am taking bids to buy 3000 industrial mod to be delivered to my base in Yank (Hand of Fate 17736). Speed of delivery will be taken into account.

It is likely that we will need another 2500 industrial mods shortly after the first deliveries are made. Please send all offers.

Skaven



From The Nexus

Big update this week, with lots of shiny new things and additions to the Nexus.

Updates:

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Discussion thread here:

www.kjcgames.co.uk/phoenix/nexus/index.php?a=posts&tid=32640&page=0


Medals here:

www.kjcgames.co.uk/phoenix/nexus/index.php?a=lib&tid=32641


And an update for the offline order editor for those dinosaurs like me that still use the offline editor, here:

www.kjcgames.co.uk/phoenix/nexus/tmp/orders_21_04_10.cfg

And finally, I've added a link to the new article Phoenix At A Glance to the end of the newsletter.

Simon.


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Twilight

Negotiations continue in Twilight regarding the surrender of Consortium forces trapped and overwhelmed by the combined might of the FLZ and HLQ. However, tensions continue as the FLZ and HLQ launch a number of strikes against stranded FEL and SMS vessels, continuing to whittle down their number, including one major assault which saw Obsidian Pride Swarm warships joining in with the Felini-hunt.

And even as the SMS attempted to withdraw, further damage was done as the SMS lost 3 heavy cruiser. The entire region can be considered a free fire zone, and perhaps not the safest place in the Peripheries for surrender negotiations.


Official! Humans like shiny titles!

In a simple ceremony held earlier in the week, FET director Peregrine Lanner was bestowed the peerage and title 'Baron of Dryfus in Fortoon'.

In his acceptance speech, Lanner stated that he considered the honour to be for the FET Corporation as a whole and was in recognition of FET's many years of loyal service to the IMP cause.

Later, in a potentially embarassing 'off-camera' moment, Lanner seemed to contradict himself when he was heard to say 'I can't wait to see that kastorian yardee's reaction when he hears about MY award'. he was believed to be referring to the FET security Director kanji, who's ethnic origins, recreational indulgences and shady dealings are a matter of record.

One thing is certain, the award was not greeted with complete universal acclaim. On hearing the news, one high ranking IMP dignatory replied "does he even know where Dryfus is?"



News From The RCF

After the first IMP force was wiped out in Audrey, they are not looking to repeat that mistake

A major force of 2500 men and 800 tanks entered combat to retake the Outpost from RCF hands. With the fighting into its 3rd day it should not be long until the IMP flag is once more flying over this base.

As Audrey system is won back so Pegasus system goes up in flames with combat breaking out at two FET outposts and an SMS outpost coming under artillery attack. Defenders at the FET outpost held off the RCF attackers with both sides taking losses.


Local News

The following odd transmission has been broadcast in the Inferno system for some time now:

Entering orbit of Fork (247)
Newsflash 209.45 - "The Flagritz are coming, the world will be restored to the Great Empire and humans will be destroyed - Long Live the Empire".


Pirates In Kasmer

A pirate transport vessel transporting a regiment of ground troops has been destroyed by the GTT in the Kasmer system.

It is not known where the pirate ground force might have been destined for, but they were surely up to no good.

In related news a pirate vessel that had recently been captured was intercepted and destroyed in the same system by the Imperial navy.


Pirates In Adamski

One pirate vessel, the Brigantine, has achieved the impressive feat of boarding and capturing not one but two GTT freighters in the space of one day.

What is truly remarkable about this event is that there has been no boasting by the pirate responsible.


Pirates In Blowton

The pirate vessel Spectre has successfully boarded the HLQ ship Adams dream in quadrant gamma 10.

All starcaptains are reminded that loitering in ring 10 is a sure fire way to fall victim to a pirate attack.


RIP News

Jiggly room re-opened.

Al Bundy missing.

Business increasing.


Special Report

INTO THE VOID, AND BACK
by Camille Nebraska, IMP Starcaptain

When the exploration ship RVNX Shackleton (77208) docked for repairs at starbase Port Scheherazade (3173), a cheering crowd was waiting for the captain and his crew. A few weeks earlier she had been declared lost with all hands, and now that her true story was revealed many people wanted to see the ship that disappeared into the void. I met today with starcaptain Karl Harper, aka Little Big Foot, to hear his story.

"It all started as a routine exploration mission. We were sent to the Forlorn Hope System to find a suitable location for a starbase. Then we received the news that the Dewiek had revoked our authorization to be there and wanted us to surrender the ship. We thought the issue would eventually be resolved amicably, but no amount of diplomatic talks made the Dewiek change their minds. Of course we wouldn't surrender the ship, but without an exit visa we couldn't leave. We were trapped. So I ordered the crew to perform a misjump, and the ship disappeared into the void."

The RVNX Shackleton failed to reply to any attempts of communication for five weeks, and was considered lost.

"It was strange. Really strange. Engines were working but the ship wasn't moving. Sensors were working but showing no results. The ship seemed to be nowhere, if that even makes sense. Something needed to be done, and the answer seemed obvious to me. We had to misjump again. One misjump to get into the void, one misjump to get out. And it worked. I don't know how, but we ended up in the outer rings of the Sargasso System. Of course, that kicked off another round of diplomatic negotiations to get us out of there, but the RIP folks proved to be a bit more sensible than the DEN folks and now we are back home. The ship took a good beating from those misjumps but we all survived."

I asked starcaptain Harper if he holds any resentment towards the DEN for putting him and his crew in the situation that started it all, and he smiled. "The funny thing is that we were flying a GTT flag when we were kicked out of Dewiek space, and now that Grand Duke Ravenstone has joined the IMP we are allied with the DEN. So we may be going into Dewiek space again soon. But no more misjumps, I hope..."



From The Nexus

Can outposts be built in space?

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Firestorm In Yank

There has been a major incident in Yank this week when a GTT strike fleet entered orbit of Mobile Bay and commenced orbital bombardment of the RCF Starbase Restoration. The GTT base Centerpoint City joined in with the battle, and unleashed a firestorm of truly epic proportions upon the RCF base, which proceeded to throw itself into the air and scatter itself across the landscape in a gigantic explosion which geologists report has knocked the axis of rotation of the entire planet out of alignment by 2 whole inches.

Apart from smoking craters and scattered bodies, there is very little left of the somewhat ironically named Restoration.

The GTT face a PR nightmare over this attack, following similar incidents where they have violated the no-fire Yank peace accords. However, the Kastorian Military Junta have been oddly passive, leading many to suspect that the peace of Yank is no longer actively being enforced, and that it is only a matter of time until general warfare breaks out throughout the Yank system. However, the GTT have stated that the incident was an unfortunate accident, as it involved a squadron of warships returning from the Halo Periphery where they had been running hunt and kill operations against RCF forces.

IGN reporters have learnt that already a large amount of military equipment is being shipped into the system, as multiple affiliations prepare for what is now seen as being inevitable.

We have a special report from the surface of the planet:

Drafted rescue crews with media teams in tow scour the destruction. The number and depth of the craters is phenomenal.

Through most of the site they find only rubble - so much rubble it is unbelievable.
Bodies prove quite rare - bloody and fire seared fragments are generally all that is found.

Only in the merchandising zone - though this can only be determined from grid references - they find their first survivors.

These are Kastorian civilians that were making use of the merchandising complexes when the surprise attack hit them. They speak of horrific fires, people next to them being ripped apart by shrapnel while their screams were drowned out by the noise.
Of the survivors most have lost limbs - crushed by falling masonry or burn to cinders.
It proves grim work - most of which is carried out in silence.

In total 65 Kastorian civilians that are dragged out manage to survive though all will bear the scars for a lifetime - both emotional and physical.



GTT Refute RCF Claims

Press Release By GTT Press Corp:

Despite all of the glowing reports in the paper about how successful the RCF is, the reporters conveniently ignore many things. For example, all three of the outposts the RCF captured have been retaken. At the Visnu outpost, 85 civilians had been hanged for the simple reason that they worked for the GTT. I suppose the paper did not print this since it would not fit into the Robin Hood-esque model they want to show.

At a second outpost on Nelson, the RCF retreated when they saw a Boy Scout troop armed with slingshots. It has been reported that several of the RCF troops were seen fleeing holding their butts after being stung by a rock.

On the space front, the paper has made much of the "RCF holding off 300 IMP ships". The facts are that four 100HH RCF ships engaged some smaller GTT ships, destroying one 50NH ship. But only one of the four ships managed to get away with the rest being vaporized. Fine, so the GTT fleet had 27 ships (a far cry from 300), but so what? The result was still three 100HH RCF ships lost for a single 50NH GTT ship lost. If this is a win, I hope the RCF wins some more battles in this same fashion.

In the Halo periphery, the RCF has lost several ships even though they were aided by 20 pirate ships. They continue to suffer the loss of ships here as the IMP block presses forward.

And to end the good news for the RCF this week, some GTT ships returning from Halo forgot to clear the RCF from their enemy lists and appeared over Mobile Bay. This activated a battle with the RCF base there and brought in GTT Centrepoint City. The end was over 3,000,000 damage to the RCF base. The KAS did retaliate against Centrepoint but in a surprisingly low key manner doing very little damage to the base. Perhaps the KAS are getting tired of the RCF using the Yank system to base their attacks from.


SSS Spellchecker Goes Into Meltdown

Our newsroom has received a series of reports from a shadowy pirate figure who wishes to remain anonymous. The pirate in question appears to have been having a busy time recently, as his reflections on operations indicate, along with a great deal of success.

We cannot say for sure if this pirate has links to the infamous Pirate Large, but there do seem to be certain similarities…


210.11.2
As bein a days o misses, as GTT an CIA ships does be gones as me boys arrives.
Is as seins me Vigilant does bes posted bys the IMP, its as maykes mes smyle, shes as bein dry docked fer a whyle as Is as makes me mind ups what Is as be doin wi er.

Mes Xeno Sicoligy prize as does finallys made it to port, an theys boys is a partyin hard ryghts now.


210.11.3
Mes scouts as dids spots as wholes flotilla o GTT Barges lookin lost in Audrey. Mes boys aboards thes Brigand as does jumps on in to as be avin a byt of fun, an GTT Freighter 24-22 does be took.

Mes Great Fortune as as did took IMP B Speedy in Masters, shes as bein an ores barge aloaded wi thorlium. Neithers as bein a grate battles, buts Is as as somin specials fer the morrow iffen it doesn moves.


210.11.4
An IMP Behemoth does be gone as thes Corona arrives.

Buts twas to bes a days o grayte battles. Thes Brigantine boys as does jumps into Skord to be tryin theyre lucks wi a KRL man o war, thes KRL Ship Warlord 7, as does bein a hunred heavy hulls Hlq Battleship Class Capital Ship. Whats mes scouts as as missen were thes other Krell ships o war as bein in support. All o theys as as armed wi a load o Photon Cannons. Theys as alls as givin the Brigantine a myghty broadside fer a fews rounds, ans mes Brigantine as does tooks as some consydrable damage, enuf that shesll be in dock fer a whyles.

But theys Brigantine boys be hardy, ans theys weather theys broadsides an gets in fer some bloody hand to hand wi a mostlys human crew, ans KRL Warlord 7 be took. Tis a myghty prize ans I be a findin somes good use fer er. Yets its as being whats I learns, tis thes fyrst real ship o war as bin took, an Is as ponderin shesll no bes the last.


210.12.2
Asn its as bin quiets, ans littles to be as tryin fer, Is as sends thes Royal Fortune in as a go at aynother o they KRL ships o war. Shes as takin another myghty broadside ans as bein takin consyderabel damayge, buts shes as does took KRL Warlord 12, aynother 100HH Isll finds a use fer whens Is as gettin to mes mercanary offors o work. Shes bein as lots betters thans yuod credits they ratty boys, lots o mkIV, onlys theys cannons as need upgraydin an Is as gots thats to hand.

A was as aimin fer a myghty prize buts as bein gone as they boys o thes Brigand does arrives. Buts wots as was waitin weres more thans a dozen IMP, FET ans GTT ships o war, 1100 heavy hulls alls as tryin fer mes Brigand Mes boys is good as this ere larks ans theys as runs fast, ans aints as takin a syngle scratch o thes paint.


210.12.3
Mes Spectre jumps on intos Madonna and does took GTT CCF Smyslov Hauler 05 myghty easys. Theres as as bein no cargo, buts shes as cans bein o use ins as plans Is as comin togethers.


210.13.3
Expanden me operayshuns, an its as aints bin easy, buts Is as gots meself as boarder innen Halo,, ans shes as aven her fyrst sea tryals an as did comes acros MOH Baull Swobbletoandfro. Mes fyrst Moachee ships as bin tooks, theys Moachee boys is carefuls too, Is spots theys ships loads, but theys nevers theres the nexts day. Shes as bein a 50 XL aloaded wi modyules.


210.13.4
One mes plans as did comes goods, an Is as aints sayin thes hows, buts GCE Ship The Family Stone does be took bys me boys in Yank, in orbit o theys wormhole. Shes as bein a 100 Light Hulls aloaded wi modyules.

Another o mes plans was bein nots sos goods, its as bein a myghty boarding battles, buts an AFT 50 hullers dids gets aways an Is as did bes losin a few boys in thes tryin.

In Lewis GTT Ship Minute Man S-20 was as bein took bys the boys o thes Savage.

An Is as did lose mes Spectres tryin fer a GTT ship in Wastelands, buts its as bein one loss fer 26 as bin took. Is as ponderins Isll makes nay more Spectres.

Ans a tryin fer a duble boardin in Waselands as dids be two fails.


210.14.3
Is as ads an odds day. Is as losin a Spectre in St. Dismas, ans Is bes scrappin they last o theys.

In Persian mes Party Boys did tooks GTT CCX Armstrong, as bein a 50 NH Isll finds a use fer in Halo, tis bein hards to gets ships in an outs o theres. Anita Mahler {GTT Prisoner} is as bein myghty populars wi mes boys. Few mores o theys GTT Prisoners ans Is spectin theys GTT will be as tradin fer theys.

Ins Pegasus mes Brigantine dids took SMS Sgian Dubh, as bein a 20NH Courier. Buts its as bein odds, thes ships bes tooks easy enuffs, buts then its as blew ups wi mes boys aboard. But thats aints alls, theres as onlys a bein a SMS Polytical aboard an as bein blowed up as wells.

Fallon Ap Ryan whos as dids leads his marines wells aginst o'erwhelmin numbers, mays yuos be avin it goods in the afters.

Alsos aboards ans blewd ups bes 1 Secretary (31628)

[Edyt, seems as Fallon Ap Ryan aynts worths a medals]

210.14.4
Ins Hittite mes boarder thes Black Pig, does as bes takin GTT Ship CCX Cabernet Franc 01, shes as bein as as lil 20 NH. I does lykes theys GTT, I doesn as knowin iffen its as bein cos theys gots sos many ships, oer iffen its cos theys as dont be carin. Evryone else is as bein carefuls as theys can bes, buts thes GTT theys just keeps ons leaven em all oer.


210.15.1
Is as lost mes Endevor to a fleet o eleven GTT warships, twere mes faults, Is as news its as wasn a safes orbits, ans Is was as dawdlin in movin er. Spectin mes boysll be wantins some paybacks o theys GTT nows, Isll av to sees wats mes scouts as scan be scannin.


210.15.2
Wells mes boys as bes gettin as bein a lil o theys paybacks. Thos theys bes hasslin mes tos rolls outs mes ships o war an as be given theys GTT fleets a broadside.

In Hittite, in orbit o Alalus, thes Black Pig boys as does took GTT Ship CCX Vasco Da Gama, a 50 normal huller wi ease. Is ponderein theys Hittites don minds mes flags.

In Decan, the boys o the Corona does took a GTT barge, thes CCF Botvinnik Barge 01.

In Blagard, thes IMP Ore Caravel NTG Dragon's Hoard, aloaded wi a cargo o complex compounds, does bes took bys the boys o mes Savage.

An downs to a myghty error o navigayshun, does anothers GTT barge be luckyer than its knowin.


210.15.3
Mes boys as bes tryin summat news. Ans Grounds Partys Rogue Troopers as did took a GTT Outpost in Kallisan wi ease. Beins a small prize o celesium, gems an mods, all as tooks befores theys GTT as a chance tos shows up tos bombard theys own outposts.


210.16.4
Ins Adventure mes Black Pig dids took GTT Ship CCX Cabernet Franc 09, as bein a lil 20 NH.

In Teller thes boys o thes Corona was appy at lasts to ave sumin to dos, and does takes GTT Ship Foxipation, shes as bein a 50LH Fox Class Freighter, mes fyrsts o theys. Aven no cargo, buts is as as being two mores GTT officers as fit fer ransome. Fer ransome whens Is as ready to lets the nowin o me name be bandied. Its as bein 33 ships took o'er 16 weeks.


210.17.2
Its as bein a myghty days fer prizes. In Adamski thes boys o thes Brigantine did as took GTT Ship Freighter 51-06, a 100LH craft Isll sells ons, nows Is as as ad ponderins shes maybes a movin, an Is as givin mes boys orders fer an altynates pryze an mes boys decides to go fers its as wells, and theys dids as tooks thes GTT Solo GPI3 an alls. Nice lil 50NH, mkIV hulls, shiny.

In Blowton mes scouts as as ad spots a couple o HLQ 50XLHers and thes last o me Spectres dids jumps on ins fer to be playin wi one o em, and HLQ Ship Adams Dream dids be took High G lander an a mkIII cloak thasll be usefyul.

In Schrike mes scouts as did spots as bein a SMS Broadsword, thes Anthracite-Lignite. Thes boys o thes Brigand dids jumps on ins to ave a plays wi er. She puts up a good broadside, four good rounds o photon cannon, losts a few boys in theys broadside, ans the Brigand will be in docks fer a whyles, buts Is as avin meself a broadsword, suren shell be usefuls.

Ins Yank thes IMP Caravel T Oilcan dids be took in thes orbit o theys wormhole, agins Is aints sayins the hows.

A FLZ 50HH man o war was as as bein gone befores mes boys gets theres, buts in alls five ships in as as bein one days is as as bein myghty fer prizes. Sets me avergae ats 2.3 a weeks.


210.17.3
Mes Savage as does jumps into Aladdin and thes boys did as theyelfs a play wi thes IND Broadsword Field of Glory. Nows Is myghts be o dubyuos characterins, buts Is aynts bein heartless, ans I daynt normalyn takin ships from theys affylyatiuns as as onlys a few ships, wells maybes one fer mes tallys, an IND is in wi theys. Buts she aynts moved fer as bein a few months ands were ways shorts o crew, ponderin theys crew as nots bin gettin theys pay. Sos Is ponderin shes fayre game ans I cans make use o a Broadsword.

Thes 50HH I tooks did gets as bein as fatal broadside from theys IMP, is daynt upets mes much, they aynt countin til theys aways safe.


210.17.5
Ins Yank mes Great Fortune dids took GCE Fred 50XL wi ease, aloaded wi Coronation memoryablya.

Buts a FLZ an GTTs ships o war be gones as mes boys arives.


210.18.1
Thes Black Pig does took a FLZ Caravel ins Persian, as Broadsword escort dids lays a few rounds o broadside at mes boys, buts theys gets theys head downs and gets on wi thes job and the FLZ Ship YS-FF1 be took wi a haul o modyules aboards. Officery aboards, Eric Mann, is as bein nots just uman buts stills a TRN.



RCF Halo News

Fighting has broken out on the Planet of Alalus (4943) in the Hittite system. The problem started when the FET GP tried to scout the RCF base.

-----------------------RCF STARBASE New Darkfold (26477)------------------------

Shields are down
Scint Coverage: 35

Targeting FET Port Royal Pathfinders (76426):
FET are on our enemy list.

Attacking FET Port Royal Pathfinders (76426)
--------------------------------------------
Round 1: 20 Robotic Defence Bunkers
- 4 hits - 25 [120] damage - 16%

Following this a spoiling attack to break up any planned attack entered the IMP base on the other side of the planet. The following day the RCF GP pulled back but the GTT fleets opened fire and a fleet battle started.

After the first day both sides are locked in combat


Pirates Score Major Victory

A single pirate vessel is today claiming a huge victory over the Kastorian military Junta in orbit of Spritzer in Yank.

We have received the following footage of the battle, where a lone Pirate scout successfully annihilated the following 125 heavy hulled capital ships:

KAS Delta IX (16755) - Ship
System Guard Class Capital Ship {Heavy Ablative Armour}
Armour: 149.1
Hull Damage: 2.4%
INTEGRITY BREAKDOWN - Ship reduced to debris
Retreated from battle
KAS Spritzer Defence (33805) - Platform
Armour: 120.0 Scints: 6.3 Shields: 67500(65.2)
Retreated from battle
KAS Delta II (57218) - Ship
System Guard Class Capital Ship {Heavy Ablative Armour}
Armour: 149.1
Hull Damage: 0.1%
INTEGRITY BREAKDOWN - Ship reduced to debris
Retreated from battle
KAS Delta I (74440) - Ship
System Guard Class Capital Ship {Heavy Ablative Armour}
Armour: 147.1
Hull Damage: 0.7%
Retreated from battle
KAS Delta III (98559) - Ship
System Guard Class Capital Ship {Heavy Ablative Armour}
Armour: 145.9
Hull Damage: 2.4%
INTEGRITY BREAKDOWN - Ship reduced to debris
Retreated from battle

It seems that far from being feared and respected, the Kastorian Military Junta are in fact a bunch of harmless old ladies.

We salute you, harmless old ladies.



FLZ Attack

Flagritz naval forces have launched an assault against the FEL Starbase Foothold. A large number of 150 and 200 heavy hulled capital ships have opened bombardment against what appears to be a largely defenceless installation. Damage remains light, as Foothold shelters under Starbase shields. Satellite installations and outposts have however also been targeted, and have taken heavy damage, along with a single FEL freighter that was caught in the combat zone.

The operation appears to have been a hit and run, for as quickly as the FLZ appeared, they have promptly vanished again.



CNN BREAKING NEWS *** CNN BREAKING NEWS *** CNN BREAKING NEWS

Incoming reports from the Yank system indicate General Ulysses F. Scott's personal courier, the Odyssey, was boarded by the PIR vessel Ghost of Master K (97329) with a compliment of 350 vicious Hive Marines. The small compliment of Confederate marines and crew on-board the Odyssey were all killed in the ensuing battle with only the loss of 12 of the filthy Hive, 3 of them reportedly at the hand of the General himself.

A personal subspace communicator attached to the General showed he was taken by force on board the PIR / Hive vessel, which immediately jumped into the Skord system before the device was forcefully removed. The last communication heard from the General was: "Get your filthy pincers off me! Do you have any idea who you are dealing with? I will piss on your queen and watch all her eggs burn, I shit you not! True One give me strength!"

It is unclear whether the General survived the physical assault and unarmed struggle that followed.

Update:

An official statement by Major Geraldine Ford of IMXR-COM indicated that the Confederate Forces are in a state of shock and anger. She said they will leave "no stone unturned, no bug alive" until General Scott is returned safely. She also informed the press that Baron Jericho, a.k.a. Jeremiah Scott, the General's uncle, has been notified of developments. He is reportedly deeply upset and calling for a systemic nuclear cleansing of all hive populations.

Asked whether this would have any further impact on the CNF, Major Ford added: "All business with the office of the Advocate General will now be handled directly by the Supreme Commander. The CNF is at its usual readiness to enforce its sovereignty and punish its enemies with extreme prejudice."



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Dismas Liberation Organisation Competition

Tired of the same old reporting? The DLO has come up with a contest to entertain the SSS loyal readers. With all the pirate attacks lately, we thought we'd make a contest out of it. After each pirate attack, the first person to correctly guess which IMP/GTT/FET leader is behind the attack, will receive a 1 year free subscription to the SSS. Second prize is two years! Enter early! Enter often. Must be 18 year of age to enter. PIR flagged positions and ghosts (meaning Fox) may not participate. Nominal value of prize is $0.01.


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Acropolis

Skirmishes have erupted in orbit of the Falconian moon Pralor as a small number of COH and OPS warships have launched a raid against a defensive platform.

On the second day, one of the dominators fled with about 15% damage and another was destroyed. An OPS 200NH carrier was also badly damaged.

Falconian forces are reported to have had one ship lightly scratched.

COH W150-Dom-B (34568) - Ship
Dominator Class Capital Ship {Advanced Heavy Armour}
Armour: 102.4
Hull Damage: 16.7%
Targeted by FCN Republican Guard Pralor Alpha (81396) - 3790 [33545] Damage
Targeted by FCN Hawk Ranger V (59653) - 1395 [1600] Damage
Targeted by FCN Hawk Ranger III (4608) - 1294 [1600] Damage
Attacking FCN Republican Guard Pralor Alpha (81396) - 176 [4000] Damage
COH W150-Dom-D (2268) - Ship
Dominator Class Capital Ship {Heavy Armour}
Armour: 66.4
Hull Damage: 44.7%
Targeted by FCN Republican Guard Pralor Alpha (81396) - 6584 [33950] Damage
Targeted by FCN Halo of Falconia (45977) - 2540 [7700] Damage
Attacking FCN Republican Guard Pralor Alpha (81396) - 10 [1540] Damage
INTEGRITY BREAKDOWN - Ship reduced to debris
OPS Igie#1 (86250) - Ship
Iglormon Class Capital Ship {Medium Ablative Armour}
Armour: 56.7 Scints: 23.1 Shields: 9975(50.6)
Hull Damage: 6.5%
Targeted by FCN Hawk Ranger I (26507) - 0 [0] Damage
Targeted by FCN Hawk Ranger VII (48420) - 1286 [1600] Damage
Attacking FCN Hawk Ranger VIII (17101) - 6856 [11080] Damage
OPS War#2 (91176) - Ship
Sol Missile Ship Class Capital Ship {Heavy Armour}
Armour: 70.6 Shields: 0(0.0)
Hull Damage: 20.2%
Targeted by FCN Republican Guard Pralor Alpha (81396) - 5706 [46865] Damage
Targeted by FCN Hawk Police Flaxian (41005) - 0 [0] Damage
Targeted by FCN Hawk Ranger X (47484) - 1888 [3200] Damage
Targeted by FCN Republican Guard Pralor Beta (59368) - 1444 [6895] Damage
Attacking FCN Hawk Police Flaxian (41005) - 414 [900] Damage
Attacking FCN Republican Guard Pralor Alpha (81396) - 78 [1500] Damage
OPS Igie#2 (71563) - Ship
Iglormon Class Capital Ship {Medium Ablative Armour}
Armour: 52.7 Scints: 2.6 Shields: 2762(26.6)
Hull Damage: 48.6%
Targeted by FCN Hawk Ranger VIII (17101) - 1265 [2400] Damage
Targeted by FCN Hawk Ranger II (17869) - 1425 [1600] Damage
Targeted by FCN Hawk Ranger VI (62211) - 1455 [1600] Damage
Targeted by FCN Hawk Ranger IV (10901) - 1283 [1600] Damage
Targeted by FCN Hawk Ranger IX (88105) - 1845 [3200] Damage
Attacking FCN Pralor Stronghold (2640) - 0 [1060] Damage

The purpose of the Hive raid seems unclear at this time.


RIP

The RIP Piracy compensation scheme is entering its final stages as payments have begun to be made to parties who suffered losses that have been traced to the RIPs door.

With the RIP making such efforts to clear their name, it will be interesting to see if this might mitigate IMP-Bloc aggression towards them. Either way, the RIP are to be congratulated for their efforts.

Whether or not they will be congratulated, remains to be seen.


Piracy

More bad news for the Kastorian Military Junta, as pirates continue to operate under their noses with no apparent threat of retaliation, prompting several to start speculating if the KAS are secretly in league with the Pirates.


Aladdin System Announcement

I am pleased to announce that the Aladdin system is once again under IMPerial law.

All non-IMP bloc asset-owners are requested to contact me via PM , to register the assets they currently hold within the Aladdin system. This will need to be done by week 210.25.5. Any non-registered assets after that date may be subject to removal.

Anyone that wishes to set up new assets in Aladdin and who are not members of FET/GTT/IMP or SMS , must first obtain permission from the IMP.

Thank you for your time.

FET Lanner.


Pirate Destroyed

GTT Press Release.

The GTT is claiming credit for destroying PIR Greater Fortune (91815) in Wastelands on fridays (19.5) turn.

Garbled information reached GTT HQ regarding an attempted boarding of a GTT warship CCZ Lichtenstein (45557) which successfully fought off the action. The GTT immediately dispatched an investigation team and discovered that not only had the Lichtenstein successfully fought off the boarding action, but fired full missiles loads at the Greater Fortune all four rounds, scoring many hits.

Additionally, the investigators discovered that several other GTT warships "defended" the Lichtenstein by also firing all four rounds and also scoring many damaging hits.

After careful study of all data (including number of hits and missile types), the Military analyists claim the PIR ship Greater Fortune was destroyed as no ship could have endured such a firestorm and survived. It is the opinion of the experts that the Greater Fortune was atomised leaving no trace of it for confirmational purposes.

If the Pirate owner of this ship wishes to dispute the GTT's claim, they are more than welcome to forward a ship's log to GTT HQ. We will give due consideration to the evidence they provide.


Attacks

The RCF have launched a number of mysterious attacks against IMP-Bloc positions that seem not to have involved any combatants.

Reports are confused and contradictory. And nobody is quite sure what the RCF might be up to, though rumours suggest they might be deploying some sort of new tactic or weapon system.


Pirate

Pirates in Kastor have successfully boarded a FCN 150xlh freighter, a reward has been offered for any information that might result in its return.



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MOH Trade Announcement

The Mohache Council of Elders, including the frail, doddering figure of the former Mohache Chief Listens to Voices, have spent the last 5 days in closed session causing great strain on the kitchens of Tranquility Gate, in heated argument over a subject they have kept from the public.

It is now my duty to announce the news that the Mohache common currency known as the "Carved Gem" or "MCG" is being temporarily devalued against the EEM's Stellar, to the new tester price of $10. In celebration of coming closer to economic unity with the rest of the peripheries, several Mohache bases will be carrying 10,000 MCGS FOR ONE WEEK ONLY, at this new price. Buy now while they're hot!

Locations the gems will be on sale:

Tollar's New Dawn (84145), Spritzer, Yank system
Tentative Steps (97318), Wormhole, Agripeta system
Spirit's Ascension (3210), Checkpoint, Borderland system
Farmer's Market (87259), Sapphire, Twinkle system
Ant Farm (3353), Ant Hill, Skye system

Good harvests!


For Sale

50000 Jade Fish (31477)
10000 Tatas Finch (31037)
10000 Tatas Grass Elvers (31034)
Patrol Commissioner Githyanki
Imperial Command Council


IMP Freight

Sick of the MOH overlords monopolising the shipping markets?, dislike the GTT with the passion of a thousand burning suns? Recognise the AFT are too small to offer services outwards? Then look no further than the newly created branches of 'shite I need some cash' and 'it is not like there is anyone to shoot at anyway' IMP enterprises. With a squad of 60 to 80 Carrack/Barge class ships standing by to meet your shipping requirements you need look no further, we'll ship anything anywhere on ISR3 and Quantum Jumpers, opening with around 100K non life, and 10K life, prices dependent on goods and distance plus any potential hazards, shipping covered by IMP insurance and guaranteed. PM me with any interest.
Patrol Commissioner Githyanki
Imperial Command Council


IMP Factories

A small number of IMP factories are being set aside for the forfilment of building commisions, this can cover any item that anyone has an interest in and whilst all invitations will be considered they might not be accepted, depending on who is doing the asking, quantities and tech levels along with price are negotiable, this will in certain cases include sales of existing stockpiles. Items are too numerous to list, if you want it assume I either have it or can build it. PM requirements for consideration.
Patrol Commissioner Githyanki
Imperial Command Council


IMP Shipyards

Are opening their gates to ship building commisions. All requests considered though not necessarily accepted, designs including basic freight, Caravels, Mayflowers, Barges and Carracks, Explorers and Scouts, Intruders, Surveyors, Couriers and St Clairs, and some warships for certain affiliations, Escort Classes and SOL designs.

Any interest PM, any special requests do the same.
Patrol Commissioner Githyanki
Imperial Command Council


Hyper Drive For Sale

There will be a Dutch auction for one single Hyper Drive at Tentative Steps starting week 20.

Asking price will start at $2 million and will thereafter be reduced on a weekly basis. The first to show up and buy the drive off of our market wins the auction!

Further details are available at the Tentative Steps front page:

tentativesteps.com/


Hand Of Fate

The Krell are looking to buy various manufactured goods....check our market.

We are interested in Heavy Hulls as well so if you have them laying around please PM me.

Skaven


General Scott - The early years

It is little known and seldom publicized, that before a military career, General Scott considered a theological pursuit. The first few weeks in seminary school went by rather uneventfully....until brother scott was given a task, to prepare a sermon to the masses, professing the True One's feelings towards his followers. The transcript was found recently in a secure room at a brotherhood library:

Many of you have been told since you were small that the True One loves you.
This is NOT true.
The True One loves RICH people. That is why he gives them so much money.
The True One loves STRONG people. That is why he gives them enough strength to beat everyone up.
The True One HATES poor people which is why they don't have any money.
The True One HATES weak people, which is why they are always getting beat up by strong people.
Most of all, the True One HATES the sick and crippled. If you are sick or crippled and you are not dead, you are defying the True One's will and should definitely consider suicide.
If you are poor or weak or sick or crippled, then there is not much hope.
The best, the Brotherhood can do is put in a good word with the True One.
However, it is going to cost you. The True One's mercy does not come cheap.
You must give the True One all of your Stellars. No tradegoods, no paper money, just Stellars.
Leave it with the Brotherhood on the way out and you will have a Good Word put in with the True One on your behalf.
No Promises, No Gaurentees. Just a Good Word.
Also, The True One will know if you are holding out on him so make sure it is ALL of your stellars.
And if you try and get by with half of your stellars, you will break out in green warts and DIE!
You can go back to your worthless lives now.

For some reason, this sermon hearlded the end of General Scott's theological career.

(Totally stolen from Cerebus, the Aardvark. )


Deadeye John

This is a story. Some of it is true, or maybe it is all not true. The time was long ago, and the parties that live it are no longer living.

In the early years, an IND group lead by a William Bellamy and another IND group lead by Elric Moore join forces to attack the IMP. After a long and bloody battle 8 IMP ships are destroyed and an IMP colony was heavily damage. Although the IND lose no ships in the initial operation over the next several weeks a combined force of IMP/FET/GTT ships hunted down and destroyed most of the IND ships. One of the destroyed ships was hope to have been carrying William Bellamy however his body was not recovered. It was later learned that he was not onboard.

It is now believed, that William Bellamy changed his last name to John and was lost in history until now. When a man name Deadeye John, shows up with no past, just stories of a Relative of long ago and signs of power within the GTT. He has replaced Woodes Rogers as the Security Director of the GTT. It would seem this is a man to be watched as he was not voted in, but was appointed by the CEO.

The Arrival of deadeye John has already put a end to one ship, PIRATE Eyes of Teller (38262) in Teller (147) 3 Of Spades (940) [O] [2170] When the Pirate ship entered orbit it was a one round kill. It would seem the man known as Deadeye John plans to make someone's life a little harder.



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Solo claim swings back and forth

The situation in Solo appears to be getting even more heated. First the NHS dropped 600,000 troops to contest the system and then the DTR answered with enough troops of their own to trump the NHS claim. The NHS found yet more troops, taking the contesting claim up to 750,000 and once again the DTR answered, bringing Solo back under DTR control. Now the NHS have had a look down the back of the sofa and found yet more troops, taking the contesting claim to a massive 900,000 trained troops. We wait to see if the DTR have an answer to this. We can only guess where all these troops are coming from, but what is clear is that the established affiliations clearly have far larger armies than many thought.
 
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NHS attempt to claim Solo away from DTR

In a shock move the NHS have contested the Solo claim with a huge garrison of 600,000 trained troops. In a move that nobody saw coming, especially as it was unknown the NHS had such a large force of troops to draw upon, the NHS seem to be provoking a response from the DTR. Currently there has been no word from the DTR in how they are going to deal with this claim jumping, although rumours are that they are pretending the Solo claim doesn't really matter to them and so action is unlikely. However this may be a smokescreen and we may yet see the DTR's powerful fleet cause havoc in the system of Solo, which has for a long time been an important junction and fought over by many different factions.

DNA Chairman TonTon resigns

The following communication has been leaked from the DNA to the GTT's PD.

Greetings CEO Fox.
It regrets me to have to inform to you that the DNA nation state will be renouncing its claim on Aladdin system following a ceremony planet side, shortly.
However, it gives me great pleasure to have to inform you that these ceremonies are being planned by Vladimir Tavikovitch, the South Road Traffic Coordinator. He is also responsible for all DNA and .ore. assets in the Outer Naplian (Capellan) periphery so if there are any further issues, please take it up with him.
For any and all other matters, please forward your request directly to the DNA directorate services at NexusID: DNA people.
The Foreign Ministry objects one last time to your illegal claim jump of Aladdin, but we realise it is time to de-escalate.
Normally i would sign off with Naambta, but doing so would be hypocritical. Let me say good riddance instead.
I hereby resign in protest!

Chairman TonTon,
Foreign Minister, DNA
cc: Directorate Services personnel coordinator - !urgent resignation!


DTR threaten WMB with fines for multiple breaches of DTR Law

Lady Sylvansight of the DTR has issued a fine of 1,000,000 stellars to the Wimbles for multiple breaches of DTR Penal and Territorial Law. This seems a very brave move of the DTR to risk upsetting the huge and warlike WMB when they also have the rival NHS Solo system claim to deal with. No word has been recieved yet that the Wimbles are going to pay, but if the formidable WMB warfleet is seen heading for the DTR home systems we will know what their thought are on the matter. The DTR and WMB fleets going head to head would be a sight to behold.

*** Affiliations ***

AFT Association of Free Traders (54) - Marion Tweedy
BLG Bolg Organisation (22) - Akhenaten
CIA Combined Intelligence Agency (64) - Laton CIA
DNA Displaced Natives Asylum (66) - DNA people
DTR Detinus Republic (58) - Morley Decker
DWK Dewiek Packs (19) - <Unknown>
FCN Falconian Republic (70) – Graspien
FEL Felini Tyranny (49) - Kr'Shan
FLZ Flagritz Republic (47) - Kayxaer
FET Frontier Exploration & Trade (56) - Cu Chulainn
GTT Galactic Trade & Transport (52) - Xavier Fox
HEX Hexamon (23) - Tranquility
KRL Krell (30) - Namica
KRT Krell of the Reverence Temple (37) - Cyn
KST Kastor Kastorians (12) - Kastor
MOH Mohache (73) – Listens
NHS Noble Houses (41) – Roy Roberts
NLF Naplian Liberation Front (38) - NLFHQ
SMS Stellar Mining and Smelting (53) - MikhailM
WMB Wimble Nations (25) - zz

* Leader MAY be inactive, affiliation may be active
** Only known contact, please update us if this is incorrect.

NPC / FoC: ARC, CIV, CGT, FRE, HBO, HEF, IND, ISP, JCN, MEK, MRC, PIR, PRV, TCA, TRN, KAS
Inactive: ANT, COD, BHD, DEN, DOM, GCE, HVE, IDC, IMP, RIP, RCF, SKW, TAG,

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DNA and GTT clash over Aladdin system claim while Pirates look on.

The GTT have this week launched an attack on the DNA outpost in Aladdin, in what appears to be little more than a turkey shoot. Around 100,000 GTT Naplian Startroopers attacked the DNA position to remove the rival system claim. Reports indicate the DNA garrison were taken by surprise and lost control of the base in the first few hours of the fighting. The base has since been reflagged from [Free Naplian Capital] Peaceful Protest to [Loyal Naplian Capital] DNA claim Ended so it's fair to say there was a clear message being sent by the GTT. We have been waiting for the DNA leadership to comment but so far they have been unusually silent. No doubt when they have crawled out from under their desks they will have something to say on the matter.

While this attack was going on several pirate ships were also seen in Aladdin, according to the GTT in what may be true or may be a diversion, with reports of a pirate GP and scout being destroyed while a 150HH pirate warship slipped away and escaped from incoming anti-pirate patrols.

Secret meeting of the EEM

A recent communication intercepted by one of our top reporters today made us aware of a meeting of the EEM. This is underway in a top secret location called Black Pool, which sounds suspiciously like the lair of a pirate band. After pulling in many favours, we were able to identify some of the attending members. On the bases that they won't be named we were able to find out some slight information of the subjects to be discussed at the meeting and one thing is for certain, there could be huge impacts to the lives of everybody living in the galaxy. Details to follow. When the shadowy figures of the EEM come together with the top political players in a pirate base the possibilities are endless!


You are never more than 6 systems from a RAT ðŸ€

A new saying has arisen in the bars and spaceport of starbases throughout the many peripheries; you are never more than 6 systems from a RAT.

It is understood that this saying originated in Yank and spread by trade vessels to peripheries far and wide. Many starbases have heightened their security and added additional sensors and locks to various entry points including foul and grey water outfalls. Beer and drug stocks are undergoing increased proofing to avoid the critters gaining entry and consuming the stockpiles.

Will this present as a new plague of proportions never before seen or is this some simple urban myth being spread for the amusement of some mischievous entity? Who knows, but to be certain... check the shadows.

 
This year we will again be returning to the Briardene Hotel. They were welcoming, the bar didn't run out of beer pre-covid and there was room for quiet chats. Along with Wetherspoons there is the Victoria just down the road (Sam Smiths - last time beer was around 2 shillings per pint and a full round was less than £10).

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Bookings are done directly with the hotel. Book by phone and say that you are with KJC Games

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Dog days are over

With the fall of the DEN and the implosion of their home territory as the AFT, DTR and GTT moved in, it was unlikely the Dewiek would rise again. The DWP gave the species a little hope with the Dewiek Pocket Periphery kept under lock and key. But news has reached us of the AFT's penetration of this private area of space that's been locked down. With a base and claim in one of the three visible systems it seems that the end of the Dewiek is near. A once noble and aggressive race, determined to make an impact on the galaxy is now little more than a species that lives under the command of others. A sad end to a once powerful species that used to control a significant part of known space.

Pirate activity continues

Yet more reports of pirate activity have been received, one from the WMB, losing a freighter in Solo and another from the FET who reported they had engaged and hit the attacking pirate ship with several weapons before it managed to make off with it's prize. Hopefully the pirate ship took significant damage and will now be out of action for some time. The Corewards periphery seems to have been plagued with pirates recently and many travellers would welcome a break from attacks.


MEK incursion into Corewards

The FET and GTT have mounted a joint venture into Nog-Kesri to tackle a MEK force. It isn't known where they have come from, with the only other MEK ships seen so far being located in the Orion Spur. The lack of a known link between where they have appeared in Corewards and the Orion Spur has caused some concern among planetary populations as who knows where they could turn up next! Fortunately the combined FET/GTT task force dealt the MEK a heavy blow and the threat has been eradicated. But we all know this is unlikely to be the last we hear of the MEK in Corwards and we would encourage ship captains to keep a keen eye on thier sensor screens when travelling near Nog-Kesri.

 
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  • CIA freighter fights off overwhelming pirate forces

  • Fin Saine media broadcast, What is Hot in the galaxy?!?!

  • MEKlan forces attack in Corewards Arm


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    Aladdin faces ongoing DNA/GTT tension

    The tensions between the DNA and GTT in the Coptuv system recently spilled over into the DNA system of Aladdin. A significant party of GTT ground troops has reinforced one of their bases in the system and claimed it, forcing the system claim into turmoil as the DNA finds itself under threat of losing the system. With the DNA chairman asking for help, several affiliations have been seen sending ships to evacuate any in the local population that want to escape the GTT. But so far not a shot has been fired and despite the AFT, FEL and DTR assistance no reisistance to the claim jump has been encountered so far. It remains to be seen if the DNA and it's friends will scatter before this hostile take over or put in a last minute counter claim to thwart GTT intentions.

    Increasing pirate activity

    Recent reports indicate a new surge in pirate attacks with the AFT and GTT reporting ships lost. Knowing how some don't like to advertise losses we wouldn't be surprised if this is the tip of the iceberg. Reports passed to us show the ship PIR Scavenger running ID 43174 and another ship of the same name running ID 68668 have both been in action with successful boarding attempts. It's unknown whether these are seperate ships or the same ship reregistered, but our information suggests that it would be hard for these pirates to cover the space where these attacks happened with just one ship. One thing is for sure, be on your guard as open space is not as safe as it once was.


    GCE ships loitering in deep space

    After the fall of the GCE and a lot of their assets being shared or purchased it was thought that the affiliation was no more. Yet deep space scans indicate that there is still a significant number of GCE warships holding station in deep space between Coptuv and Yank on the transport route into the Corwards Arm. Nobody knows what these ships are up to and why they are still flagged GCE, but our best guess is that are captains either awaiting new orders or owners after the fall of the GCE command structure.


    *** Affiliations ***

    AFT Association of Free Traders (54) - Marion Tweedy
    BLG Bolg Organisation (22) - Akhenaten
    BHD Brotherhood (63) - de Molay
    CIA Combined Intelligence Agency (64) - Laton CIA
    DNA Displaced Natives Asylum (66) - DNA people
    DTR Detinus Republic (58) - Morley Decker
    DWK Dewiek Packs (19) - <Unknown>
    FCN Falconian Republic (70) – Graspien
    FEL Felini Tyranny (49) - Kr'Shan
    FLZ Flagritz Republic (47) - Kayxaer
    FET Frontier Exploration & Trade (56) - Cu Chulainn
    GTT Galactic Trade & Transport (52) - Xavier Fox
    HEX Hexamon (23) - Tranquility
    KRL Krell (30) - Namica
    KRT Krell of the Reverence Temple (37) - Cyn
    KST Kastor Kastorians (12) - Kastor
    MOH Mohache (73) – Listens
    NHS Noble Houses (41) – Roy Roberts
    NLF Naplian Liberation Front (38) - NLFHQ
    SMS Stellar Mining and Smelting (53) - MikhailM
    WMB Wimble Nations (25) - zz

    * Leader MAY be inactive, affiliation may be active
    ** Only known contact, please update us if this is incorrect.

    NPC / FoC: ARC, CIV, CGT, FRE, HBO, HEF, IND, ISP, JCN, MEK, MRC, PIR, PRV, TCA, TRN, KAS
    Inactive: ANT, COD, DEN, DOM, GCE, HVE, IDC, IMP, RIP, RCF, SKW, TAG,

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    Tension in the Corewards Arm

    With the DNA obtaining several ex-GCE bases in the Coreward Arm it has found itself in the middle of an asset grab of serious proportions and aggression. Our reporters witnessed several GTT troop carriers heading for the Corewards system as the DNA published information suggesting they were accidental owners of the system and that the assets were to be moved on. As the GTT ships started to arrive the bases were quickly passed to the CIA, thus thwarting the GTT intentions as they were hardly likely to start dropping troops on their allies bases. This shrew move by the DNA seems to have calmed matters in the Coreward arm temporarily, although the shift in relations between the GTT and DNA has taken a negative turn. When asked what their next move might be the GTT refused to comment.

    GCE collapse

    The GCE are no more, save for some scattered light freighters. The affiliation which enjoyed a sharp rise and profiltable relations with many has ceased trading. Rumors point to the GTT buying up GCE assets before stripping the rival corporation of anything of value. Although our reporters at the SSS have been quick to point out that any GCE assets not in GTT systems have been taken over by both the DNA and FET. So it seems many different affiliations were able to profit from this development including a new group called the HSH who appear to have taken over the GCE war fleet. No doubt many in the peripheries will be watching with interest where these ships are used, who the HSH are and how they were able to get thier hands on so many warships so quickly.


    Secudus trials

    In the Cluster Secudus has continued his trials, claiming to root out terrorists working against the Empire. With tends of thousands of beings being sent to the camps or worse. There is no sign of these actions stopping as the NHS clamp down on the locals and bring them under the harsh control of the Empire.


    *** Affiliations ***

    AFT Association of Free Traders (54) - Marion Tweedy
    BLG Bolg Organisation (22) - Akhenaten
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    I’ve played on and off for approximately 10 years, over a 20 year spell. After some interesting debate on the in-game forum, I did wonder what, exactly, has kept drawing me back to the game, when for so many others I’ve generally lost interest after a few months.

    Ultimately, I think it is a combination of automation (that allows the game to handle thousands of positions to interact on a daily basis) coupled with Special Actions (that allow the story arc to develop in a way that could not be catered for by a set of predefined list of available orders).
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