Imperial News Network (INN) – Dispatch | Mehatoor, 24th Imperial Crusade Station
Segment: “Matters of Faith & Vice”
Date: YC127.06.24
Bribes and Blind Eyes: Gilded Veil Investigation Stalls Amid Accusations of Corruption
MEHATOOR – Nearly two weeks after initial reports exposed the existence of a hidden nightlife establishment known as The Gilded Veil operating beneath the sanctified decks of the 24th Imperial Crusade station, a formal inquiry appears to have stalled—choked by silence, misdirection, and, some allege, deliberate sabotage.
According to internal memos leaked to INN, a preliminary investigation by station constables into power anomalies and unauthorized access patterns was abruptly halted last week. Several junior auditors assigned to the task were reassigned without notice, and their reports were sealed under executive override—an unusual move, particularly for an internal matter of religious propriety.
Now, multiple anonymous sources within the station’s logistics and security staff claim that bribes have been exchanged to keep the investigation buried. One deck technician, speaking under condition of anonymity, said:
“It’s no secret someone’s paying to keep that place untouched. Access logs get scrubbed. Sensors go offline. People get promoted at just the right time.”
While no names have been officially released, suspicions have grown among both line officers and faithful civilians that elements within the station’s upper administration are either complicit or compromised. Several parties have quietly questioned how such a venue could operate in close proximity to sacred war operations without high-level protection.
In response to these concerns, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Internal Order issued a brief communique:
“Justice does not yield to coin. We remain vigilant. If wrongdoing has occurred, it will be rooted out.”
Yet despite the statement, activity in the lower decks continues unchecked. The Veil’s entrance—still unseen by most—remains shrouded in mystery, its music allegedly heard in brief pulses through bulkheads in the deep hours of the station’s night cycle.
As whispers grow and the silence from authorities deepens, one question now lingers throughout Mehatoor’s sacred halls: is the Empire’s most pious war platform being slowly hollowed from within?
—Dariah Vethur, INN Faith & Culture Desk, Mehatoor Station