TOOL Signatories Refuse to Recognise the League New Mars Q0 In the latest of the periodic TOOL Summit meetings, the issue of the League of Non-Aligned Worlds was discussed. Sources indicate that whilst some signatories felt that the League should be a full member and signatory of TOOL, others were firmly of the view that […]
Task Force Settles ‘Misunderstanding’ An official press briefing by the Earth Government has explained that a Task Force of the Imperial Fleet visited the independent system of Draconis, following an earlier minor incident involving an Earther Destroyer that was visiting the system and had been reported missing. After ‘Frank and Fair’ negotiations it turned out […]
Dozens dead in fuel riots At least 36 people have been killed in two days of violent clashes between protesters and police across Norma, police and witnesses say. Armoured security vehicles have been deployed on the streets of the capital city. Deaths were also reported in a string of other towns. The unrest began after […]
Turn 33: 3203.200 – 3203.249 Not So Ritchie Economy Dateline 3203.187 Ritchie, Q4 Economic pundits are reporting that there is a major economic slump pending on Ritchie, Q4. All indicators show that things have not gone well over the last year, and poor results are expected next year. Many are blaming the local government’s mismanagement […]
The commander of the Marque Starguard, Captain Rishi Johnson has been arrested on corruption charges having allegedly taken bribes to allow a known pirate vessel, the so-called ‘Draconis Star’ to evade arrest in the Marque system. Violence followed a gathering of 30,000 transhumans in City One, the main city of Draconis (Q7). After being addressed […]
Following reports of mysterious ‘Space Ripples’ across Quadrant 7, government scientists from both the GFA and the SSR have combined to form the Joint Insight Team To Investigate Ripples. After many years of effort, GRYT in Q7 has finally achieve ‘Colonial Capital’ status, a level it lost as a result of the economic effects of […]
Following a growing campaign of dissatisfaction within the planetary local government with the SSR Quadrant government, there are increasing calls to review the planet’s membership of the SSR. Groups calling for ‘Ssexit’ are claiming that they need to take back control of their foreign policy, and are blaming poor economic growth on membership of the […]
Evidence provided by Venerian researchers has proved that the DCC is heavily implicated in funding and arming ithe insurgent group ‘Mailed Fist’. The Corporation has been non-committal on the issue, and the colony is divided on whether support violent extremists is a good or a bad thing. Deputy CEO Yulian Victorovich said “Look, there are […]
Various ndepended worlds in Quadrant 8 have been reporting a resurgence in DinoFlu, not long after it was believed the epidemic had been brought under control. Dinoflu-Omega is thought to be resistant to known vaccines. Pending further investigation, the affected colonies have not yet introduced strict quaratine measures, citing the negative impact on public morale […]
Shock is being expressed on W3 (and elsewhere) at what has been described as a ‘crazed terrorist fanatic’ flying a hijacked military flyer has crashed a huge bomb into one of the Wolf359 peacekeeping forces Forward Operating Bases in the troubled frontier region of East Piltdown. Point defences opened fire on the incoming flyer when […]
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