Rumors! Gossip! Tabloids!

[Elsebeth_Rhiannon]

CAPSULEER INVOLVEMENT IN THE AMO RIOTS?
The Tiat Patriot, YC 122-04-16

Sources on ground have reported sightings of capsuleers and affiliates in or around the unrest on Amo III. Despite the main demonstration broken down and the jurisdiction court case ongoing, Amo III has been anything but subdued. Minor gatherings and demonstrations, even riots, have been repeatedly broken down. Since 04-12, the anniversary of the assassination of former Prime Minister Karin Midular seven years ago, Sebiestor symbols for the Ray of Matar as well as those for concepts like unity, resistance and truth have been appearing on government and tribal buildings throughout the planet and stations in the system.

Among the capsuleers allegedly involved are Elsebeth Rhiannon, possibly best known as the Midularite former executive officer of Electus Matari, and Arkady Sadik, former main fleet commander of the same, both of the Sebiestor Tribe. There have been allegations before of the involvement of these capsuleers and affiliates in anti-government action, and The Tiat Patriot has seen documents that prove that Rhiannon was shortly detained after Fleet marines and RSS in a joint operation wiped out the Gultratren conspiracy in YC119. Neither capsuleer has been reached for comment.

When approached by The Tiat Patriot, current Electus Matari leader Debes Sparre stated that he will “pay a 500M isk bounty to anyone who provides me information that leads to locating Arkady Sadik so I can get him running fleets for me again”, but refused to comment on the matter otherwise. Rhiannon’s current corporation SoE Roughriders explains her presence in Amo by their humanitarian base operating there as support to the Floseswin conflict. The Rhiannon clan, based on Matar, denies having any information of her location, and stresses to The Tiat Patriot that any actions by her outside of Mikramurka have not been sanctioned by or negotiated with the clan. We are not aware of publicly listed contacts for Sadik beyond the alliance.

While the Krusual Marshals have had the situation quite well under control locally, capsuleer involvement in the riots or in the court proceedings itself might mean a significant influx of resources to the renegades, and serve to spread the unrest. “Pouring fuel on the fire when Amo already bears the burden of being the border system into the Floseswin conflict is extremely irresponsible from so-called loyalists,” commented one city official from the Krusual tribe, who prefers to remain unnamed out of concern of “drawing too much attention from the immortals”. But other local chiefs have let the “graffiti” remain in areas of their jurisdiction. Iskarmi Kitrin, a local Sebiestor chief of a circle for public works, went as far as calling it a “fitting memorial to the Ray of Matar”.

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[Avio_Yaken]

6NJ8-V VII - Moon 2 - Guristas Logistic Support Station - Guristas Medical Treatment Center, Office of Director Gianna Sirtiss.

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April 15th YC 122

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“Excuse me, Director?”

“I’m really busy right now Malen, What is it?”

“Sorry to trouble you ma’am, but i got a…Odd requests from someone.”

“Alright, spit it out then. What’s so odd about it that you gotta come to me with it?”

“There’s this woman in the lobby going by the name Suha Raibuya. She’s requesting that she be allowed to visit with some of our patients.”

“Alright? Did she specify which patients?”

“Any of them”

“…The ■■■■?”

“This is why it’s odd to me ma’am. Doesn’t help that she’s dressed up as that cartoon mascot that’s started appearing everywhere.”

“What in the-…A-Alright, did she have a reason as to why she’s looking to visit “Any” patient?”

“She said she was interested in trying to lighten the mood of some of the wounded, specifically some of the survivors that rescue teams have been pulling out of Hunt outposts that Capsuleers have ransacked. However…”

“However…?”

“I…Kinda know who she is? I’ve heard something about some “Guru” in N57-4N talking about some kind of religion. Almost certain the name of this Guru was Suha-Something. And…Well she kinda has that look about her, you know?”

“Oh fuckin- that’s what this is about…This bitch wants to get some converts and is praying on the injured - whom are both mentally and physically vulnerable at the moment - to peddle them some spiritual mombo-jumbo. Forget it, she can piss off.”

“Well hold on Director…She…She may be of use? She’s…Well, kinda cute looking if I’m being entirely honest ma’am. Maybe her showering her face will lighten some people’s spirits…Also she did say something about providing compensation for allowing her to make her visits…”

“Compensation for who exactly?”

“ “However allows her” she says”

“…”

“D-…Director?

“She can make her visits….However, I do have some terms to this agreement. For starters, the Trauma and Emergency wards are off-limits. Secondly, if anyone hears of a singular complaint from a patient of some nut trying to put some religion on them, I want her ass removed without hesitation. Also, if any staff member gives her an order - Including the ■■■■■■■ janitor - she has to obey it without argument, I DO NOT want her in anyone’s way. Is that clear Malen?”

“O-Of Course, Director.”

[Teinyhr]

Excerpts from a tabloid published in Gelfiven VI:

“…Young Ms. Noduri was then summoned by the clan elders to explain her side of the story. What exactly went on behind the closed doors we haven’t been able to uncover, but she was ultimately ordered to cease all public appearances on threat of being exiled from her Clan…”

“…It is certain that her careless actions have brought hardship on the Clan. That she must answer for. I have reports on the Noduri Enterprises as well as other businesses being sidelined in several lucrative deals offered by the central government…”

“…Not the first time either, she has an abrasive personality and careless tongue, and we overlooked that as long as she brought prosperity and honor with her, but this time…”

“…It should be noted that she has a sizable following, especially among the younger demographics who consider her treatment unjust, that it is the Seykal and Krullefor that are to be blamed…”

[Timiko_Sato]

Endatoh V - Echelon Entertainment Development Studio
“Soaring Dragon” Teahouse
April 23, YC 122

— Such view… To open there was a really good idea.

— Oh, yes! Serenity, tea, planet… It’s going to be my favorite place out there.

— So, back to the business. You really decided to pull them out only now? Two weeks passed already…

— I must be careful. Do you forget? I have a large “she is a dragonaur” banner above my head. But I must do something: defectors from 5th is a rare resource.

— And your plan?

— I have an info, where they can be located, and can provide people and equipment. Here, take a look. The thing that I needed is some support on place.

— I catch your point… Nothing impossible. But it can be a little pricy.

— I’m fully okay with that.

— Great! Then let’s discuss a payment and proceed to the work…

[Tormold_Ranol]

Three dead and four injured in restaurant rampage The Kingdom Chronicle, Khanid Prime V, 28/04/122

Three people lost their lives and four others were transferred to Queen Zidarez General Hospital after two women, whom witnesses describe as of Khanid appearance, broke into a restaurant called Lilith’s Court in Garkehgrad and opened fire two days ago. Police response teams were unable to intercept the shooters before both of them left by way of a low-orbit shuttle that was waiting for them near the scene.

An interview with an eyewitness suggests that shooters wanted to talk to the owner of the building, Lady Corellia Sorn, but staff members refused to allow it: "I swear, they were talking about the Lady of the place, her right there on the painting … something about matters of great importance to some family … but the argument got heated after one of them shouted ‘those ■■■■■■■ Blooders’ and then all hell broke loose. I thought I was going to die! … Poor Kalen had served the Lady for 43 years.”

If you have any information about the whereabouts of these two Khanids please contact the local police.

[[Art credit - JamesPaick]]

[Jorianna_Gallaire]

Explosion and firefight on Ammold V Republic Military School

See & Hear, Ammold, Sveipar Constellation, Heimatar, 28/04/YC122

Today there was an incident on board the Republic Military School over Ammold V, where a firefight occurred between what eyewitnesses say were three gunners of the Matari Special Forces and Station Security.

Even though our local reporter was unable to get a statement from the head of security or any of the officials on board of the station regarding the incident today. Eyewitnesses indicate that in one of the upper hallways of the station there was gunfire reported and even two explosions were heard. Military personnel that responded to the initial shots, that eyewitnesses say ‘’Were aimed at random at anyone nearby’’, got into an extended firefight that took the lives of several of the cadets and security personnel.

‘’It came out of nowhere. We were just returning from the mess and we heard shots.’’ One cadet says who claims he entered the firefight with his service weapon and took out at least one of the shooters. ‘’It was very confusing to see security shoot at what looked like Special Forces’’ He adds before being called away by his friends.

One of the Special Forces was found with what witnesses described as ‘Riddled with high calibre bullet holes.’ lying next to the bodies of several of the Station’s security guards. And another was seen being taken away by security personnel restrained on a stretcher. Of the rumoured third gunman no trace has been found as of yet.

It is also unknown who the instigators of the firefight were, neither is it known what the motives were at this moment in time, and the officials in charge of the investigation only said that while the investigation is pending, no information would be given out, including the official number of casualties which eyewitnesses estimate between at least five and at most 25.

‘’We are not ruling out anything at this point, but we are not going to speculate on whether it was bad blood between our men, or an act of terrorism against the republic." Was all the Chief of Security had to say. ‘’It is clear that this requires detailed investigation before anything can be said about it. We will get to the bottom of this.’’

More at eight!

Jorianna Gallaire Director See and Hear, Capsuleer Affairs Correspondent

[Timiko_Sato]

Elonaya VIII
Position unknown

— And how long we will wait? We there for days already! And those trigs…

— HQ said, that there will be a special signal.

— And for that we monitor capsuleer comms?

— Listen, I don’t know, why make all so complicated. But if command said, then it must be done.

— Commander, listen!

…Provists reminded us, what it mean to be caldari! To be strong, protective, full of dignity!..

— This… This!
Alpha-One, to all units. Full alert! Operation starts immediately!

[Lauralite_Anne_Brezia]

Heath Row News

BREAKING: Neopian Force Presence Escalates Above Skarkon II

A mixed battlegroup of capital and subcapital vessels belonging to the United Neopian Federation have escalated their presence in the Skarkon system over planet II, likely in further support of Bosena Accord ground units, the Wyvern Supercarrier Wellspring Source leading the fleet. Further supporting this was the mass of dropships released from each of the capital vessels in orbit, being escorted by squadrons of advanced fightercraft, identified as ‘Wraith,’ ‘Nagi,’ and ‘Jackal’ series craft by military experts, these fighters were noted as being difficult to procure in such numbers by most conventional forces, and lack safety features common in most production fightercraft, making them exceptionally dangerous to pilot. The capsuleer pilots from the UNF battlegroup were unable to be reached for comment.

UNF Battlegroup in Orbit of Skarkon II

Wraith Series Assault Fighter

Nagi Series Support Fighter

Jackal Series Heavy Assault Fighter

[Galm_Eskola-Fae]

Heath Row News

Bosena Accords Deploys Primary Fleet to Skarkon II

Following the deployment of the United Neopian Federation battlegroup, the Bosena Accords has taken advantage of local space superiority to deploy their primary fleet in orbit above Skarkon II. The fleet, led by the capital-class warbarge Fisher King, rendezvoused with the UNF Wellspring Source and its associated battlefleet before deploying its own host of escort craft while under guard of the Vindicator-class gunboat Liberation piloted by Woodrow Ormand .

Hypernet transaction records indicate that the Fisher King , originally a Bowhead-class freighter sold to the Accords by signatory Thaddeus Reynolds under the name Settov’s Hammer underwent significant conversions to fill the role of a capital-class warbarge during a joint project with the UNF using components sourced from allied production facilities in Venal. In addition to its self-launched escort fleet of drone carriers, the Fisher King is capable of fielding ten Mobile Command Center ships built on the Bifrost command destroyer platform, an attaché of Magus-class ships to act as launch platforms for planetary RDV support drones, and an additional black ops battleship to support space-borne infantry operations conducted by Draugr Division.

Following rendezvous with the Wellspring Source, the Fisher King quickly launched two MCC’s from their maintenance skiffs and dropped an additional RDV drone hub. All three craft continued their descent into lower orbit to support Bosena Accords troops over the city of Sa’kak.

Sa’kak, the capitol of the Gulormola district of Skarkon II maintains a significant number of Sebiestor settlers and Angel’s Cartel loyalist within their administration following the planetwide economic collapse of the previous Minmatar corporate administration in YC65. It is assumed that the local administration of Sa’kak had negotiated with Bosena Accords representative Galm-Eskola Fae for access to Sa’kak airspace in exchange for a non-aggression pact and continued coordination against the Krullefor Organization.

[Jorianna_Gallaire]

Summit gets “white hot”

See & Hear, Caille, Gallente Prime, 08/05/YC122

When talking about sex, it’s hard to say how true stereotypes of Gallente and Amarrian attitudes are but a new study confirms that those awkward conversations aren’t happening often enough in Imperial society. According to a recent survey by Hedion University, the results of which were published this week, most Imperial subjects wish they had more information before their first sexual experience.

Researchers from the University surveyed almost 4,000 young Amarrian people between the ages of 16 and 24. They asked participants about their sexual experiences and education. Nearly 85 percent of those surveyed say they wish they had known more before their first sexual experiences, especially about relationships and the emotional side of sex.

Now, how does this apply to capsuleers?? Well, according to leaked logs of the Summit fluid router channel, Amarrians and one in particular, Amadin Wa-Sethna, say they have “white-hot sexual congress” more often then the rest of New Eden.

That comment has started a debate among Summit subscribers (and their adoring followers). Even the infamous Nauplius admitted that “white hot sexual congress” was a good phrase. He stated “I think I like the phrase. I will continue using it in the future”. We at See & Hear agree and are dying to know how much hot sexual congresses Mr Naupilus is having in his remote part of the cluster. One can only imagine the hareem he keeps and what happens in there when he overindulges in the whiskey he admits to being so fond of.

It all started when Mr Wa-Sethna was asked about his former partner Lunarisse Daphiti, who we all know ditched him after a concert a while back. Do we suspect jealousy about her new suitor Franco Phonaga? About as much as Shaileen Ramnev makes Mentas Blaque froth at the mouth lately…

What surprises us most from the logs is that the individuals who found this “white-hot sexual congress” among Amarrians most iniquitous were largely Gallentean. So, perhaps those stereotypes need closer investigation after all. University of Caille we need to know, for science!

Jorianna Gallaire Director See and Hear, Capsuleer Affairs Correspondent

[Auriga_Menkalinan]

Old benefactors returning to Navyii Akat’s troubled Minuka quarter
VERIFIED VIRIETTE, Navyii Akat, Intaki V - 22/04/122

The Minuka patrol is the route that Federal Marines tasked with keeping the fragile calm on Navyi Akat’s streets like the least. “You ask Remelac to keep your squad out of Minuka, for sure,” says Sannor Fulliard, a Marine Sergeant from Des Ponticelles. “Nothing serious has happened there on this deployment, yet, but you can feel the hostility compared to other neighbourhoods. The streets just empty out when we pass through, apart from the militia types that is…”

The Minuka quarter was the scene of the infamous suppression of the Raavi Festival Protest by Ultra-Nationalist forces 200 years ago. A significant proportion of those exiled to Poitot in the aftermath of the Intaki Uprisings came from Minuka and the quarter is now an epicentre of the anti-Assembly militia movement which took up arms just a few months ago.

Following the Election Day attacks on the Assembly Chambers, in which many of the protestors were caught up, it has become apparent that the passage of just two generations has not severed the bonds of kinship between Minuka and Poitot. A new hospital, named in honour of the Achaert Foundation, has been rapidly constructed in the quarter and is offering heavily subsidised treatment to residents many of whom, as we reported previously, are involved in the protest movement and suspicious of government facilities despite subsequent official reassurances.

Achaert is an ancient family name in Minuka, one branch of which holds a seat on the Poitot Station Owners’ Council as well as senior positions in Intaki Space Police. The hospital is administered by a Harroule registered corporation, Chatelain BioPharma, which is itself headed by one Isana Achaert, who commented, “We are privileged to be able to support the people of Minuka and to help the Achaert Foundation demonstrate the goodwill of many Intaki Syndicate organisations towards our ancestral home world and, yes, the entire Federation.”

Others question the motives behind this new hospital and a number of other investments being made by Syndicate-linked entities in Minuka. “What in Cevesitis’ name do they need a ballistic injuries unit for?!” scoffs a Federal Marines intelligence officer, who asked to remain anonymous. “It’s clearly designed to support paramilitary activity. We know they even had technical advice from a group with experience on Thebeka…”

With security around the delayed Federal elections at unprecedented levels, the situation in Minuka remains calm but the protestors’ grievances with the Assembly are unresolved as is the controversial (and seemingly endless) Security Franchise award process. Both issues seem likely to resurface after the elections and may be influenced by the outcome given the different stances of the candidates. One thing is certain, though, all the people in Minuka who we spoke to will be voting for Celes Aguard and hoping that she and her ally Wayaki Kayara will make good on their campaign promises about supporting marginal communities and reconciliation with the Intaki Syndicate.

[Galm_Eskola-Fae]

Republic Star

Legal Battle Over Skarkon II Ferry System

Following formal protest by the CBD Corporation on the Minmatar Republic’s response to the ongoing Skarkon II conflict, the Caldari-based megacorperation began moves to purchase many previously nationalized industries on Skarkon II to protect their material interests during the war between the Krullefor Organization, Angel’s Cartel, and outside warclone incursions by the Bosena Accords. While many contracts to expand CBD’s influence on the planet went largely uncontested and remained focused on supporting their stronghold province of Ishohuolvi, a major sticking point seems to be their attempts to purchase the robust ferry system that connects several major local cities including the CBD mining hub of Iddeserigard to the central province of Skardisaad.

The only major region on Skarkon II not privately held by corporate control, cartel influence, or landholding clans, Skaardisaad acts as a major hub to all other adjacent districts due to its access to the planetary skyhook system. At one point, all other adjacent corporate cities maintained their own privatized ferry system to transport workers and settlers from the heavily populated cities of Skaardisaad to the frontier. After the planetwide fall of the local Twin Atomic Superconducting Crystals industry in YC65 the frontier began to collapse and many of these private ferry systems fell into disuse and disrepair. In an effort to preserve the only reliable mode of transportation connecting these remote provinces the democratic administration of Skaardisaad opted to purchase the ferry fleets from each corporation and unify them into one centralized public transportation commission. Since then, the ferry system has remained a source of pride for the natives of Skarkon II and is renowned for remaining fiercely independent in the face of unrest.

Fearing an unprecedented level of instability and the potential for civil war the CBD Corporation was quick to present the Skardisaad Ferry Commission a multi-billion ISK contract should they agree to transfer administration over entirely to CBD. Many within the ferry commission are hesitant to sell out to an outside Caldari megacorporation and abandon their policy of providing transportation to all districts of Skarkon II equally regardless of corporate affiliation, with several union leaders threatening mass walkouts in retaliation if the ferry system is sold. Representatives within the government however believe that CBD’s contract is too good to refuse, and that CBD is the only force on Skarkon II with the the materials and capital needed to provide desperately-needed repairs and security to keep the ferry system safe from Cartel and Krullefor activity. With frequent acts of violence carried out against rival gangs onboard the ferry route connecting the Krullefor-controlled city of Kor’ali and the Cartel stronghold of Sa’kak, it is increasingly likely that the Skaardisaad Ferry Commission will bend to CBD pressure.

The prospect has been met with fierce opposition from the government of Sa’kak. According to Sa’kak’s city council their ferry system was never legally transferred from Minmatar Mining Corporation, the previous holder of Sa’kak’s Gulormola province. Instead, it was claimed unlawfully by the city of Kor’ali following MMC’s flight from Gulormola and their abandoned assets were repatriated by Skaardisaad without proof of ownership or legal authority. Therefore, they argue, these assets cannot be legally granted to CBD without explicit authorization from the Minmatar Mining Corporation. Given Sa’kak’s previous approval and financial backing of the Skaardisaad Ferry Commission, however, it seems clear to legal experts that the Angels-sympathizers of Sa’kak merely intend to delay CBD’s purchase as long as possible so the Angel’s Cartel can continue to use the ferry system to strike at Krullefor targets in Kor’ali without CBD interference. The warclone mercenaries of the Bosena Accords, who have also set up a forward operating base in the outskirts of Sa’kak, have declined to comment on the ongoing legal battle at this time.

(Above: Ferry vessel departs Sa’kak’s harbor locks while underway to Kor’ali.)

[Tormold_Ranol]

Gang truble or Blooder Raiders? the Kingdom Chronicle, Khanid Prime V, 11/05/122

Police are still looking for the two shooters from the restaurant Lilith’s Court in Garkehgrad two weeks ago, local rumors circulate that the shooters were a small group of Blood raiders wanting to hurt the Sorn name, but the comments from the matriarch of the Sorn family dismisses these claims as mere nonsense stating the shooters were merely gangers

Kingdom Chronicle managed to get an interview with her before she left Khanid prime

"These two shooters much be found, the Sorn household will not rest before these to godless vigilante have been found and brought to justice before God and man. For this, I issue a bounty of ten million isk for any that can bring me information or better yet, bring me them to me.

[Lauralite_Anne_Brezia]

snippet from a Corporate Police Force post action filing
Customs Commissioner’s Testimony claims destruction of Occator vessel registered to United Neopian Federation capsuleer was in response failure to comply with routine customs check for Small Arms.
Official kill-report details contradict Customs Commissioner’s testimony, and further details suggests pilot was carrying multiple warclones and marines on sanctioned charter through State Space.
Customs Commissioner’s corporate account shows unregistered transactions to account just prior to interception and destruction of vessel.
Customs Commissioner suspended until further notice while investigation commences.

[Galm_Eskola-Fae]

Republic Star

BREAKING: Explosion Onboard Skarkon II Ferry Vessel

Mere hours after the acquisition of the Skaardisaad Ferry Commission by the CBD Megacorporation, an explosion was reported onboard the Sa’kak-Kor’ali ferry with all hands lost. The ferry, shortly after leaving port for the first time following news of their acquisition by CBD, reported violence onboard the vessel thirty-eight minutes into its two-hour voyage across the Gulormola Channel. A two minute period of radio silence followed, broken by a report forty minutes in of military aircraft circling the ship. Navigation logs indicate that the ferry attempted briefly to reverse course to Sa’kak, but stopped dead in the water soon after. Radio communication halted once again but was restored following frantic reports of an explosion onboard the ship with multiple casualties and substantial flooding. According to the final radio transmission, the captain was killed on impact and the executive officer was attempting to regain control of the ship amid the chaos. The frequent breaks in communication are likely to be the result of some form of electronic warfare jamming, likely applied to prevent the vessel from contacting coastal rescue teams.

Despite the attempts at jamming, the aforementioned broadcasts were received and coastal patrol vessels were dispatched from Kor’ali, Sa’kak, and a passing CBD patrol fleet. Originally stationed on the Ishohuolvi Peninsula, the CBD fleet stated that they were en route to secure ferry stations across Skardisaad in accordance with their recent acquisition before redirecting to respond to the ferry’s distress signal. The CBD patrol fleet were the first on-scene, reporting that the ship had already sunk with fuel fires engulfing the surrounding waters leaving no survivors. As all three fleets convene on the wreckage, many on the mainland and within CBD are already calling for blood against whoever is found responsible for the ship’s destruction.

(Above: Final image transmitted by the ship’s onboard security cameras.)

[Saede_Riordan]

Skarkon Station Free Press

BREAKING: Kor’ali Rocked By Massive Explosion
By Jerindine Orindold

Only a day after the attack on the Sa’kak to Kor’ali ferry route, an enormous radioactive explosion has forced the evacuation of large portions of the city of Kor’ali. The twelve kiloton blast originated in the riverside slums and obliterated large portions of the city’s northwest district as well as sending up a deadly radioactive plume. Fires have spread radioactive ash over much of the city and the surviving administration is calling for evacuations and emergency medical aid. Accounts of acute radiation poisoning are already being reported throughout the surrounding area as radioactive fallout spreads away from the blast on the western winds.

While responsibility for the attack remains unclaimed, humanitarian organizations were quick to decry the dirty bomb’s use as barbaric and inhumane. The death toll from the initial fireball is estimated to be at least twenty thousand, and the intense radiation has led many to fear the final death toll may be as high as one hundred thousand, making this the worst tragedy to befall the impoverished desert planet since the elevator crash and ensuing famine of YC109-110.

Although the cause and reason for the attack may take some time to determine, expert analysis of local video and sensor data has revealed that a four kiloton antimatter explosion preceded the larger and dirtier explosion by several milliseconds. It is believed that this antimatter blast occurred in the immediate proximity of a large number of plutonium fuel cells, some of which exploded themselves and others of which were broken apart by the blast, spreading radioactive contaminants across the city. This attack marks the largest potential escalation so far in the conflict between the Krullefor Organization and the Angel Cartel and has led many to fear that this may only be the beginnings of wide-scale open warfare on the Skarkon II. I’m Jerindine Orindold, reporting from the Skarkon II capital of Sahaal for the Skarkon Station Free Press.

(Above: Rescue workers pick through still burning rubble in Kor’ali.)

[Lauralite_Anne_Brezia]

Heath Row News

Clone Pilot Airstrikes Begin in Earnest Against Krellufor Convoys and Supply Bases

Earlier this morning, a series of coordinated airstrikes began across the Gulormola district, confirmed to have been carried out by Clone Pilots under the employ of the United Neopian Federation, in support of ongoing Bosena Accord Warclone and UNF ArSec operations.

Security footage and eyewitness reports show that Jackal heavy assault fighters were heavily utilized in these strikes. Their XC-30 ‘Ripper’ Starburst Mortars being used to devastating effect against armored transports and installations alike. Wraith assault fighters were also seen both escorting Jackals to target zones and engaging ground targets with more traditional blastercannons and so called ‘StormWave’ Scourge Flechette Rockets, weapons normally used against other fightercraft and subcapital vessels.

During the course of these daring attacks, a handful of craft were noted to have been downed, but most crash sites were quickly secured by ArSec units, and recovered.

We’ve reached out to UNF and BosAc forces for comment, and one of the Clone Pilots involved in the campaign, going under the callsign ‘Agonarch,’ stated that 'This air campaign’s a lot different from my normal fair. Sure I’ve hit targets in atmo before, but haven’t run interference for ground ops since Caldari Prime when I was a CalNav fighter jockey. We’re working to minimize collateral damage as much as possible, most of our hits being carried out along desert highways or against Krellufor installations far removed from civilian centers. My sympathies go out to the poor bastards working for Krellufor, Jackals are normally used against Battlecruiser sized targets and up, or for crunching through clusters of fighters, and watching Ripper guns tear through their armor almost makes me feel sorry for them. Tore them open like an axe through a can of Quafe."

(Above: The UNF Clone Pilot ‘Agonarch’)

Breaking: UNF Logistics Support Raitaru Destroyed During Anchor in Orbit of Skarkon II by Nyx Class Supercarrier Belonging to The Ivana Trading Federation Federation, Payoff From Krellufor Organization Suspected

[Galm_Eskola-Fae]

CallieGirls™

May YC122 Edition

Originally created as a Callie-based gentleman’s magazine, CallieGirls has gradually built a cult following of fans that have taken to reading the publication just as much for its exposé articles as its “exposure” articles. Detailing subjects ranging from thukk rock bands, drug industries, sex cults, and warzone violence CallieGirls reporter Hugo Harghest has seen it all and wrote to tell about it. Originally a little-known GalNet personality, he was hired by CallieGirls after the conclusion of Operation Highlander for his harrowing frontline reporting of civilian militia groups in the city of Arcurio.

Originally on Skarkon II to report on illegal weapons trades between nomadic groups of the Ngelgnieg desert, Hugo quickly volunteered to return to the city of Sa’kak to report on the immortal mercenary presence there as an imbedded reporter.

Hugo Harghest, CaillieGirls™ May YC121

I barely had any time to wash the dust of the Ngelgnieg off me before I got the call from the Bosena Accords that they had agreed to take me on as a ride-along.

All the better, as I had already burnt through the last of my per diem in one of the nicest hotels the Angels Cartel had in their pocket, which was to say all the ones that mattered in Sa’kak. I was still hung over from the night before when I was told they had already sent transport to pick me up, forcing me to leave behind a fair amount of broken bottles, dirty towels, a high femme krusual woman and a waifish sebeistor twink I’d shared a bed with since coming in to town. I had, however, remembered to take the block of hashish we had been splitting that I picked up from the nomadic tribes of the wastes in exchange for a few goods from the cities; more than enough to last me for however long I’d be stuck on the frontline of the Skarkon War.

A Saga scout car came by and drove me to the outskirts of the city, where the UNF’s ArcSec and Bosena Accords mercenaries had been working to establish a fortified outpost while Bosena’s Mobile Command Center fleet hung above wrapped in a circle like the tabor wagon forts I’d seen out in the Ngelgnieg. I brushed the hair out of my eyes to get a better look at the ships, hovering lazily in place like massive gun-strapped buoys bouncing up and down in the surf. Last time I had seen a warclone MCC they were hot-dropping Dragonaur troops in my home city. I wondered to myself, statistically, how many of the soldiers I’d meet today were there on Caldari Prime that day.

The briefing was relatively swift; several hours ago a twelve kiloton blast had rocked the city of Kor’ali. The blast was enough to send shockwaves across the Gulormola Channel and be heard in Sa’kak, which I can only assume I had slept through blissfully unaware thanks to the hashish. Reports indicated that the blast wasn’t the result of the original payload, but instead was triggered by a smaller antimatter charge that had activate a larger supply of radioactive materials. Ipso facto, the Krullefor forces were now potentially sitting on nuclear deposits across the city and were out for blood. The perpetrators and reasons for the explosion were yet unknown, but the threat of retaliation was high. In accordance, a Chakram II black ops Heavy Assault Vehicle team was dispatched across the channel to conduct damage assessment and comb the city for potential nuclear stockpiles across Kor’ali. One of the tanks were detracked by a man portable rocket launcher and sunk into the rubble, and was now surrounded by hostile Krullefor and enemy militia that were eager to blame the Accords for the recent explosion.

The Accords’ 1st Hellawes Fighter-Bomber Squadron had been at work all through the night conducting SEAD missions over the city, accompanied by a flight from the UNF’s spaceborne advanced fighter squadrons launched from the Wyvern-class supercarrier Wellspring Source. Now that the airspace had been cleared, I would ride along a warclone-piloted Crotalus VTOL bomber to hang on-station and support the Chakram II combat team. The pilot, a tall son of a ■■■■■, kept me on a short leash as he brought me from the briefing room to the runway for sortie. He towered over me, clad in his sealed dropsuit frame as I struggled to keep up while we made our way down the tarmac.

“Hey man,” the six-foot-seven war machine laughed down at me, “Don’t worry about it. I was five-nine before I took this job. I’m assigned to babysit you, so keep up, sit down, shut up and don’t touch anything so you can blog all about it later. I don’t need a dead reporter on my consciousness or our records, so let’s knock this sortie out and we can send you home to your polycule in Luminaire or wherever you came from.”

His crew was just finishing their pre-flight checks and helping load armament with the aid of their powered exoskeletons as we boarded. The clone nearest to me hunkered down next to the door gun, assumedly staring at me through the piercing lights of their helmet. All of the clones wore their signature armor, even this far from the front lines. Each bore their own individual markings and personal flair, either in the form of unconventional and improvised equipment, custom decals or stickers, battle-weathered paint jobs, or scratched out insignias bearing marks ranging from the Republic Fleet to the unmistakable emblem of the Guristas. Standardization, quite simply, was not a concern for these soldiers. Their armor was their only source of identity separating them from each other and the pale, featureless clones sealed inside.

As we passed over the Gulormola Channel, I could see passing CBD patrol vessels below circling long black veins of distant smoke plumes rising from the water. The bomber banked right, pulling away to the very edge of the patrol frigate’s range of fire to give the Caldari troops a wide breadth. I’m informed over the on-board radio channel that CBD patrols had tripled since the sinking of the Kor’ali-Sa’kak ferry and that they were looking for any reason to fire on our dropship.

“How are the Bosena Accords managing the situation here on the ground?” I shout, looking out over the open ocean down onto the Caldari fleet, “Seems like everything’s a bee’s dick away from civil war. Is someone running ■■■■ down here, or all you just ‘cowboying’ your way into this?”

“Galm Fae has been keeping a close monitor of the situation personally from the front,” the pilot responded from the cockpit, a fair amount of frustration in his voice.

“From the front?,” I pry, shaking my head and pulling back from the door into my seat, “You mean from orbit? I tried getting an interview with the guy, last I checked he was coordinating efforts in space alongside the UNF.”

“Hey!” the door gunner groans, quickly changing the subject as if inspired while she carves new markings into their armor with her survival knife, “I got a riddle for you paperboy; A man and his son are out for a drive in the countryside. Both get in a horrible accident. The man dies on impact but the boy is airlifted to the hospital. He’s sent to the emergency room for life saving surgery. The catch is, it’s got a forty percent chance of killing him. Only one doctor’s willing to take the risk, but when he sees the boy on the operating table he stops and says ‘I can’t operate on him, he’s my son!’ How’s that ■■■■ work?”

“He’s got two dads,” I answer flatly, unimpressed.

“Ha! Yeah,” she spits, clicking her tongue and going back to her carving, “Good answer I like that one.”

“Did you have a point or?–”

“Naw,” she barks wolfishly in a thick Lonetrek accent as she brushes aside a pile of paint dust to reveal a newly etched effigy of a ghostbird on her arm guard, “Just checking to see if your a homophobe I guess before I decide to throw you off this ship or not.”

I squinted incredulously, trying to search for some sort of hint or tell from the four “eyes” that made up the optics on her helmet before realising how pointless that was. If there was any deeper meaning to her riddle, it was lost on me.

Twenty minutes later we were passing over the coast of Kor’ali, lowering ourselves down between the jagged buildings to avoid ground fire. The onboard geiger-counter began to spike, alerting us to the radiation that was already wafting over the city from the ruins that were once the riverside slums. Small arms fire bounced off the tritanium hull while the door gunner rained a line of hot plasma down on scattered rooftop infantry. Clearly, they were expecting us.

“This is Persival,” the radio called out as we made our way deeper into Kor’ali, barely audible from the caucoffany of fire around us, “Our HAV has been detracked. We’ve been deploying troops via our onboard reanimation unit to defend this position while we conduct repairs but are receiving heavy artillery fire from the enemy command post to the north and are being swarmed by enemy infantry. Requesting ‘hammer down’ on our position, then release the remaining payload on the enemy base.”

“Copy all Persival,” the pilot called back without hesitation, “See you in the next life.”

With that, the Croaltus flew over the target position. I watched out the side window, catching a passing glance of the Bosena Accords tank formation in the center of the street surrounded by burning rubble as the barrel bombs released and came down on top of them. The shockwave shook the bomber, causing me to lurch up out of my seat, my safety strap barely keeping me from tumbling out. The bomber climbed up over the next several adjacent blocks and dropped our remaining payload on a stout administration building brimming with gun positions, completely caving in facade as the support pillars collapsed. We hung briefly on station, waiting silently for any response from the HAV team. Eventually, a weak signal began to come in.

“This is Percival. Good effect on target. Multiple hostile and friendly KIA, but the tank is still in one piece. We’re reanimating now and staging to clean up that command post so we can get rolling again. Good talley, boys.”

There were only a few short moments of celebration before the pilot received a message from friendly forces informing us a “Block” electro-optical missile had recently been spotted in the air by UNF aircraft. Rather than relying on acquiring a direct thermal or radar signature before firing, the Block missile is fired from the ground to hover at a high altitude, using an AI algorithm to parse multiple camera angles across the spectrum to identify aircraft based on their overall silhouette. While the missile had no way of identifying the advanced UNF aircraft, our aging bomber had no countermeasures that would block it from acquiring us as a target. With that, the pilot hit the afterburner and turned us back to Sa’kak for our next sortie.

I was later informed in the after-action briefing that the missile had been fired by CBD.

End of Part I. Next article, UNF’s Lauralite Anne Brezia gets electric on Eugales VI while punk icon Renee Ramalin shows us how hot Mannar can get!

(Above: Crotalus dropship bombers strike at Krullefor positions.)

[Avio_Yaken]

Subject; “Step up your travel game with double Interbus travel points!”
Sender: BRONZE HARE

Welcome to Lonetrek Freelancers.

If you’re receiving this message, that means all agents have successfully made it to their first place of residence in this operation. Don’t get too comfy as your task is going to take you elsewhere real quick.

Another message will be sent out shortly after this one containing a list of addresses of Wayist Shrines throughout the region. Each list will be different for each agent to avoid anyone retracing one another’s step or bumping into each other. This list must be completely in its entirety before you are eligible for payment AND extraction. You are to visit these shrines and make contact with whomever there holds all the clout and present to them a -DONATION- in scrip appropriate to their respective mega-corporation.

We have predetermined donation amounts for each type of scrip set aside already, information for this will be sent alongside banking information that you’ll be using. Each agent will have access to their own accounts set aside with the funds they’ll need for shelter, travel and food. Additional funding can be requested by making contact with BLUE HARE.

Do not force the donation onto them, suggest it can go to the shrine or local families, but if they ultimately reject - then pull out and report it in with GREEN HARE. If you’re looking for some additional payment, providing GREEN HARE with names of spiritual leaders or mere workers at these shrines will net you some extra credit.

Keep a low profile and keep moving, don’t stay in one colony for too long and importantly you -STAY IN CHARACTER-.

Which means…

> -DRESS WELL!!!
> -SHOWER!!!
> -BE PRESENTABLE!!
> -STICK TO YOUR ASSIGNED ALIAS WHILE IN PUBLIC !!!
> -DON’T BEING ANY FIREARMS!!!

You are all now charitable representatives of -REDACTED-! A non-profit organization set up to look out for the cultural enriching beacon that is Wayism within the CALDARI state. So you damn well better look good when you visit these shrines. After you have completed your list, you can contact TEAL HARE to arrange for extraction.

If you’re busted, we can arrange for your release and immediate extraction in one to two weeks of captivity given that you don’t have any blood in your hands. And there shouldn’t be, this should be the easiest money you people will ever make. If you do end up killing someone however? You’re on your own, and for those we do manage to pull from captivity will not be eligible for payment.

There is another stage to this operation for those that wanna stick around and make even more money. Further information on the first stage of the operation will be sent as needed. Stand by for banking account information and Shrine list, Agents that are sent this information will be considered -ACTIVE- and be expected to get to work on their visits as soon as possible.

Good luck Freelancers

• BRONZE HARE

[Lauralite_Anne_Brezia]

Heath Row News

Breaking: UNF Facilities on Skarkon II Assaulted by Unmarked Warclone Units, Presumed Tronhadar Freeguard and Onikanabo Brigade Connection

In an unexpected turn of events, UNF Staging Bases 285km South Southeast of Sa’kak in the Gulormola district on Skarkon II have reportedly been assaulted by two separate unmarked Warclone forces using older Minmatar and Caldari patterned Dropsuits and weaponry, though forces were not seen to be in active coordination, neither were reported to engage the other group during their assaults.

The current reasons for these assaults is as yet unkown, but they were repulsed with minimal human casualties with tenacious efforts of ArSec combat operators, Clone Pilots, and Bosena Accord warclones responding rapidly to the situation, though extensive damage was done to the V9-QG9 Orbital Launch Facility, one of three launch sites under UNF administration, reducing UNF’s logistical resupply capabilities to ArSec and Windstalker Installation Security Service forces by approximately 17%.

Though unconfirmed, tactical doctrines noted for both assaulting groups draw a disturbing connection to both the Tronhadar Free Guard, and Onikanabo Brigade, both of which have recently been confirmed active on Skarkon II.

In a public statement, UNF Capsuleer and Diplomat Lauralite Anne Brezia said that, “This assault on authorized planetary installations that have been assisting anti-Krellufor operations is quite disturbing, as it is confirmed not to have been carried out by the Krellufor Organization or the Angel Cartel, but instead other operating entities. All current UNF installations will be further fortified against future attacks, and contact has been made with RSS liaisons regarding the potential connections that we have identified so far.”

Requests for comment were sent to Tronhadar Free Guard and Onikanabo Brigade, but have so far declined to respond.

(Above: Simulated Map Overlay)

In Other News:*

• Capsuleer Spitfire Lauralite Anne Brezia Seen Directing Deployment of Pre-Fab Emergency Medical Centers Onto Skarkon II
• Bosena Accords stages emergency Round Table meeting to discuss the course of the Skarkon War and Operation Galatine.
• Gulormola District Administration Condemns Attacks Against UNF Facilities
• Strange Activity Reported in System of Ennur