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[Michael_Minate]

YC127.04.15
Recording of a communication between the Cheetah-class frigate “Pochven-ITF 14” located in Harva, Krai Svarog and the PAIRC’s Pochven monitoring center.

Pochven-ITF 14: “Tyranite deposit discovered in Harva, Krai Svarog. We are warping to the site.”
Monitoring center: “Message received, activate the video feed.”
…
Pochven-ITF 14: “The deposit doesn’t seem any different from what we find in K-space.”
Monitoring center: “We’re going to send a ship to retrieve samples, we’re going to compare them to those recovered in K-space. You are free to warp out.”
Pochven-ITF 14: “Wait…we just picked up a weird signature…”
Monitoring center: “Can’t the ship recognize it?”
Pochven-ITF 14: “I think it cannot. Requesting permission to warp there.”
Monitoring center: “Warp to it.”
…
Pochven-ITF 14: “It looks like a tower of Jovian design, but different from an observatory. Analysis in progress.”
…
Pochven-ITF 14: “It’s…controlled by Tekton.”
Monitoring center: “It must be an important site then.”
Pochven-ITF 14: “A wormhole has appeared and… a force field is appearing around us. Drones are coming out of the wormhole. We’re being attac-”
[Signal lost]

The ship’s crew was recloned at Cloning Facility 2.
An investigation into this mysterious structure was opened pending the discovery of more information about it.

---

YC127.04.15
A message sent by the Technocratic Council to staff members assigned to monitor Drifter hive systems.

With the beginning of the occupation of known Drifter space by the Republic and other factions, we held an emergency meeting to determine how to adapt to this new situation.

Here are your new guidelines that we agreed upon as well as other information we decided you should know:
-You have carte blanche to explore and monitor the “Liberated Barbican” system, since it is occupied by the Minmatar Republic you should be able to study and monitor it as much as you want.
-The “Sanctified Vidette” system is controlled by the Amarr Empire, exercise extra caution if you travel there. If you are there, you will be required to spy on the actions and communications of Imperial scientists and military personnel there.
-The “Conflux Eyrie” system is controlled by the Caldari State, consider it foreign territory rather than an area to be studied.
-The “Sentinel Military Zone” is occupied by EDENCOM, it is possible that they will accept your presence as paramilitary and republic aligned agents dedicated to the study and fight against the Drifter threat.
-The “Azdaja Redoubt” system is controlled by the Triglavian Collective. You will shortly receive more detailed instructions, which are intended for agents of the Pochven Inquest Taskforce, on how to operate within it. We assume that the directives given to members of the Pochven Inquest Taskforce could be useful, to some extent, for those who will monitor Azdaja Redoubt.

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YC127.04.19
A message sent by the Technocratic Council to a set of recently recruited warclones living in the PAIRC.

If you are receiving this message, it means you have been selected to participate in a large-scale operation to search for and raid Deathless Circle outposts.

These sites now appear to be being built throughout New Eden, regardless of region or security status. This represents an opportunity to acquire new information and technology that will be useful to fight the insurgents and possibly the Drifters as well.

Regarding the conflict between the Deathless and the Drifters, you are ordered not to interfere, to let them fight, and to take advantage of the chaos their battle causes to take them by surprise and force them to fight on multiple fronts simultaneously.

Ships, weapons, equipment, as well as Warlord and Shriker blanks are currently being built in the orbital ring around MHC-R3 III, all of this will be provided to you for your operations against the Circle.

You will be supervised by Commander Michael Minate II and assisted by intelligence operatives and warclone officers experienced in combating the Circle.

If all goes well, you will be deployed for the first raids on April 24th.

[Kalodote_Lafisques]

Above: Leaked image about the Drifter Summit YC127

Drifter Summit YC127 held by Wormhole occupiers delegates

Jita, The Forge - In this week of various CONCORD meetings about the current year situation, an extraordinary summit has been held by the delegates of the five political entities which occupied a Drifter Wormhole each. The topic of the discourse was the management of the Drifter interactions, divided by 3 questions: Policies regarding the sharing of Drifter Wormhole technologies, Interventions on the hyperspace network manipulated by the Drifters and How to manage the remaining Drifter threat. The five delegates discussed about them and two “factions” formed as three entities and the other two were agree about common decisions; while all of them were agree about adopting experimental approaches on the manipulated hyperspace network instead of revert them or wait for further discoveries at the minimum risks and plan a pushback against the Drifters further instead increasing defences or spending resources on observing them, the question was how to deal with the discovered technologies within the wormhole, precisely about keeping them for themselves or make them public for the rest of New Eden:

• The EDENCOM and the Minmatar Republic representatives proposed to be open to the technology sharing;
• The Caldari State, the Amarr Empire, and the Triglavian collective preferred to keep the technology only for the five occupants;

The proposals have been dealt with the same voting system of the Council of Stellar Management and according to this, despite this may not be considered an official declaration by the directed interested entities, the EDENCOM proposal has been chosen. Further rumors indicate the Triglavian delegates aren’t satisfied about the results at all and threatened EDENCOM with hindering activities against this decision. Below there are further leaked content about the Drifter Summit YC127:

Above: Leaked documents about the summit rules

Above: Policy positions about the Drifter questions

In other news

• Drifter Crisis situation “diluted” as systems are not anymore under “Siege” situation
• Gallente and Minmatar citizens praise their governments as their own capital systems (Luminaire and Pator) haven’t ever been under siege by the Drifters unlike Caldari or the Birthplace system of the Amarr empress.
• Drifter Wormhole systems completely handled by the occupiers; Caldari State is in the “worst situation” among them, with around 70% of influence.
• “Nobody” activities increased concurrently with Vanguard activities in Nullsec and CEMWPA systems.

[Michael_Minate]

An excerpt from a May 6 news broadcast on the “PAIRC News” channel, a media outlet managed by the Technocratic Council.

As Drifters move hives and labyrinths to New Eden while conducting attacks across the cluster, it has been reported that sites codenamed “Sleeper Foundry” and “Drifter Stockpile” have been detected in Nullsec regions. PAIRC Space Defense Force ships have been sent to monitor the entire MHC-R3 system to locate potential Drifter sites and alert local authorities and other MegaProject member organizations should they find any. The alert status is likely to increase, and civilian protection procedures may be put in place if the Drifters mount attacks across the outer regions, possibly also attacking MHC-R3. It has been reported that fears of Drifter-caused doomsday scenarios are growing everywhere.

This new wave of violence and death caused by this “Wrath of Tyrannos,” also nicknamed “the storm” by some, has led to new humanitarian and rescue missions across the Minmatar Republic being organized by the Technocratic Council, which is encouraging the colony’s inhabitants to lend their support with donations or by joining rescue and relief teams.

Classified documents and videos belonging to the PAIRC armed forces concerning their attacks on Deathless Circle outposts dedicated to Drifter related research have been leaked on GalNet by an unknown source. It is unclear whether this source is an individual or a group, or whether they are part of the colony’s armed forces or another faction.

Some videos were taken by cameras placed on the helmets of warclones participating in the attacks, the filmed fights are very violent and viewer discretion is advised. The most “remarkable” sequences are those involving what are, according to the documents, fights between “Shriker” clones, warclones having been genetically modified to possess incredible physical abilities. The PAIRC armed forces’ warclones are apparently led by a Vanguard-type warclone named “Michael Minate II,” who appears to be a clone of Michael Minate, the founder and leader of our colony. The mobile HQ from which the attacks on the outposts are carried out is said to be Minate II’s recently created personal warbarge, whose class and appearance remain unknown.

The leaks indicate and show that the weapons used by the attacking warclones are experimental weapons created by the Caldari State-aligned Taayusaka Eskeitan corporation, including micromissile-based smart weapons and semi-autonomous drones. Taayusaka has been working on new designs and equipped the raiders with some of these new products for data gathering and field testing. Only one statement by the leak’s source was noted: “It’s one thing to sign a contract with TAAYU to establish a colony or be protected, it’s another to help them in their testing of weapons that will be used for criminally violent acts and then pretend to be committed to protecting the stability of the cluster by fighting pirates.” The source appears opposed to Tayuusaka’s military actions within the Gallente-Caldari warzone, which some consider unnecessarily violent, and this is likely the reason why this leak occurred. PAIRC authorities are actively investigating and searching for the source while citizens fear that their methods will be more intrusive than usual. Here’s the Technocratic Council’s response regarding this case: “What TAAYU is doing in the Gallente-Caldari warzone is a minor detail compared to what the Circle and the Drifters have done, are doing, and will do. Leaking this information disrupts our operations. Those responsible for this kind of act are disruptive elements that must be stopped. We are firm but fair, innocent citizens have nothing to fear from us.” Opponents of the council’s usual methods claim that their response is nothing more than dubious rhetoric and propaganda used to justify the establishment of a police state.

[Lauralite_Anne_Brezia]

News in Brief From Across The Cluster YC127.5.17

• Drifter Crisis Draws To Close With Full Secure Of All Five Hive Systems, Unclear If Drifter Forces Have Begun Staging From Abandoned Jovian Regions
• Edencom, Triglavian Collective, Caldari State, Amarr Empire, and Minmatar Republic Secure Restructured ‘Urchin Gates’ As Hive System Control Solidified
• Recent Celebrity Wedding of Lady Abigail Renaud and Lady Celeste Etoile Draws Praise From Across The Cluster
• Republic Forces Still Unable To Dislodge Drifter Occupation it Tabbetzur
• 5/14 or DUST Day Celebrations And Wargames To Continue Into And Through The Weekend For Warclones Across The Cluster, 5th Lobe Type or Otherwise
• United Neopian Federation Capsuleers Reportedly Exploring Additional Applied Kybernautics Industries In Conjunction With Associated Subclades Following Rumors of New Triglavian Hull Design
• Three-way Conflicts on Deathless Related Outposts Across Nullsec Regions Have Ceased.
• “Drugs Are Good When Used For Performance Enhancement” Says Local Drug Kingpin in Fraternity Held Space
• Gallente Federation Aligned Capsuleers Spotted Assisting Minmatar Fleet Operations in Liberated Barbican
• Taayusaka Eskeitan Rumored To Be In Collaboration with Veles and Perun Subclades In K-Space Locations In Exchange For Rumored Marauder Blueprints
• Petition calling for the Federation’s Government to entreat the Republic and EDENCOM with the intention on assisting in military operations and research and development efforts on Drifter technology collects millions of signatures.
• Recirculated Syndicated Tabloid Piece: Droolers, can the viscious Syrikos natives be considered… pets?
• VaskTech once again offers privatized bioaugmentation for capsuleers and Baseliners
• Mordu’s Legion Squadron of Fennec Class Tactical Destroyers and Orthrus Class Cruisers Sighted Burning For Syndicate From Outer Ring
• New Round of Capital and Subcapital Class Interplanetary Support Vessels, and Supercapital Gwennan Class Warbarges, Listed On MHC-R3 VI Orbital Ring Market For PMC Purchase
• Mercenary Activity Reports in Sentinel WZ Targetting EDENCOM-aligned Capsuleers Noted In Closing Days of Anti-Drifter Campaigns
• Capsuleer Private communities On GalNet Debate Merits of Carrier Vessels In Current Doctrines
• MHC-R3 SuperProject Administration and MHC-R3 Development Authority Continue Hosting DUST Day Celebrations on MHC-R3 III(Lan-Korat) in Designated ‘Wargame Zones’ Previously Used During Operation Preening Ditz and Darting Finch
• The surviving subjects of Raravoss, returned by LUMEN, have been undergoing extensive psychological and medical aid. Reports indicate that almost all are suffering from the effects of malnourishment, but not at any extensive level. Il-Khan Kley has been unavailable for further comment as it has been rumoured that she is on long term R&R at the behest of PIE command.
• “Back to Venal” protest movement spreads throughout the Sovereign Duchy of Beseth Dunijia following a “successful” relocation.
• DED and Gallente conflict monitors publish new report on the flare up of violence in Eugales, downgrade threat level to commercial traffic
• Round Table Assembly Warden of Avalon Thaddeus Reynolds approved release of additional Warclone Combat Blanks from Private Stores to Celebratory Wargames, encouraged participation with additional prizes for winners of individual event categories. Encourages disaster and HazCon response events in Wargames.
• Fabuleux beach summer catalogue released - Designs heavily inspired off of recent Drifter crisis
• Capsuleers Affiliated With The Intaki Liberation Front Seen Increasing In Activity Again In Placid Region
• Inter-Regional SPARC Holoball League Draws Hundreds Of Millions In Streaming Viewers From All Empires
• ScTEBS/Nanoheuristic Mapper Based Warclone Pilots Trial New Tailored Clones and Fightercraft Hardware
• Birth Rates in MHC-R3 SuperProject Administrated Locations Stabilize At Well Above Average After Significant Ongoing Population Boom Over Last Two Years
• Dairy Product Exports From MHC-R3 VI Farms Remain High
• Brezia Companion Services Declares Phase One of Ruined Station Refurbishment Projects In Archavoinet, Algasienan, and Vivanier Systems, With Near Full Internal Atmospheric Integrity, Reactor Capacity, And Docking Service Restoration Across All Easily Accessible Ruined Stations At Celestial Beacons of On Gate Grids, Though Significant Exterior Cosmetic Damages Remain.
• Intaki V (Intaki Prime) - Moon 5 - Astral Mining Inc. Refinery reports uptick in detentions stemming from the transportation of advanced technologies without the proper permits,
• A documentary aired in Intaki Local News regarding Augmented employees in Intaki facilities sparks local debate in its framing of discrimination faced by employees who see the augmentations as an unfair way of getting ahead,
• Trade Union activists have a standoff with PMC’s at agricultural facilities producing Test Cultures on Agoze V, shots have been fired authorities currently report 6 confirmed deaths with more expected.
• Executive Caldari Capsuleer Summit Hosteed by Saamtiuul Azkaan Yamakivaal Rymata To Begin In Near Future
• Imperial Cup YC127 has been marred by violence at the Khanid Zealots and Kor-Azor Knights Match - Managers for both teams have been summoned to the Scrumball championship HQ to discuss penalties for both teams after several serious injuries after a post-game fight between teams
• Enormous explosion incinerates capsuleer’s RCM production facility on T22-QI VIII. Investigations ongoing but indicate artificial cause. Analyses of crater and simulations reveal origin to have likely been subterranean.

((Out of Character Thank Yous To All Who Have Contributed To This News In Brief List ))

[Michael_Minate]

YC127.05.15
A set of messages sent by the Technocratic Council to various key PAIRC and Decisive Victory’s Main Research Center officers and researchers on the occasion of the end of the Drifter crisis.

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Message sent to the Drifter systems monitoring teams leadership.

Your guidelines will remain the same, but some of you will be assigned to explore the rest of Anoikis to track and monitor any Drifters who might be attempting to rebuild hives.

Vigilant Tyrannos’s status is unclear, but it’s possible they are in a weak position and are attempting to relocate elsewhere. Some speculate they might attempt to settle in the Third Jove Empire’s territories but since we don’t have access to them at the moment we can only explore the Anoikis network, or at least the explorable parts.

With Commander Minate II’s campaign against the Deathless now over, you will have access to the ships and personnel that were used and deployed during this campaign.

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Message sent to the heads of the PAIRC’s and Main Research Center’s scientific division.

Research on Drifter and Sleeper technologies will now proceed at a less intense pace, you are authorized to resume studying other things. Research on Deepflow corrupted rogue drones and what we recovered from our battles in Deathless outpost can now begin.

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Message sent to the head of the PAIRC’s defense force.

You can lower the alert level and return it to normal.

Although the Drifters have withdrawn from New Eden, you should still remain vigilant.

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Message to the head of the Pochven Inquest Taskforce.

You will continue to explore and monitor Pochven for an indefinite period of time to study the rate of Drifter activity since their defeat and the continued deployment of Vigilance Points there.

[Abigail_Renaud]

A dump of files are posted across various extranet forums by anonymous accounts, all with the title of “TRAITOR” and tags including the name “Celeste Etoile”.

The dump begins with a brief security video from inside the dock of a Space Station. The caption labels it as the Angymonne system, and the time and date match the early Triglavian invasion. Celeste steps into view, and waits for someone. A figure steps into the foreground, wearing a Triglavian bio-adaptive suit, and gestures for her to follow. She nods, and they step out of frame.

From earlier that same day, there’s a telemetry log of combat data, recreated in a 3D simulation. An EDENCOM frigate warp disrupts a Vedmak, after it warps just a bit too slow to escape with the rest of its fleet. Before the rest of the EDENCOM fleet can fire, a Malediction lands on grid, destroys the frigate with a barrage of light missiles, and then warps off grid with the Vedmak. The IFF matches the CONCORD registration of Celeste Etoile

Finally, there’s a fragment of a report from a Ministry of Internal Order investigation. “-recognize the intelligence as credible, but do not find it to be actionable. Celeste Etoile has shown herself to be a loyal subject of the Amarr Empire. Any crimes that may have been committed, even against allied forces, do not fall under our jurisdiction.” Most of the report is heavily redacted, but seems to concern a cursory examination of Celeste’s activity within the Empires, with Brave Collective, and with Khimi Harar over the past few years, though the specifics are hard to follow given how incomplete the report is.

Each post ends with the same line, regardless of where it’s posted. “MORE TO COME”

[Aallin_Gicquet]

Between what is happening over in the Gallente federation and now this. I have to wonder something. What really prompted the drifter invasion? Just what is the leadership in both Amarr and Gallente really doing?

[Nauplius]

2025.05.24
ATLANINS III - IMPETUS PUBLISHER, EVERYSHORE

Jin-Mei Symphonic Metal band Empty Chair and its lead singer Xiao Meiyi have released their debut single, “The True Throne Awaits” to mixed reviews. Miss Xiao, like her bandmates a member of the Amarrian Orthodox Church, Sedevacantist, told the press that the song hopes for the coming of the so-called “True Emperor” of sedevacantist theology who will overthrow the decadent elites of the present day. Skeptics of the sedevacantist movement, on the other hand, pointed out that “The True Throne Awaits” equates Minmatar liberation with “corrupt hearts” and “the void” while positively spinning religious fanaticism with the lyrics, “The Word of God / The sword will spread”.

Famed music critic Edouard Blanchet panned the new single, writing, “I thought artificial intelligences were supposed to be banned in this cluster. Did a rogue drone generate this slop?” For his part, de facto sedevacantist leader Nauplius hailed the release, saying that this is just the beginning of a glorious new age of sedevacantist music.

Listen to “The True Throne Awaits” here:
The True Throne Awaits | Generated by AI Music Generator | EasyMusic.AI

[Aallin_Gicquet]

Well, it’s not going to hit the top 40 in the Federation. Though good luck in finding this true Emperor. I

[Nauplius]

Above: Xiao Meiyi and her band Empty Chair perform in Yulai

2025.05.26
YULAI IX - CONCORD BUREAU, GENESIS

With a backdrop of a hanger, giant cruisers floating overhead, a diverse crowd had gathered in Yulai for the debut concert of Jin-Mei symphonic metal band Empty Chair. Having welcomed her fans, singer Xiao Meiyi led the band through a performance of the band’s first single, “The True Throne Awaits”. The crowd’s enthusiasm turned mixed, however, as the band announced and performed its second song, “Guardians of Gallentia”.

Linking the upper two Jin-Mei castes to the Ultra-Nationalists of the Caldari seccession era, as the song does, was sure to be controversial for a band already inclined to controversy due to its open sedevacantism. Following her band’s performance, Miss Xiao took questions from the press, explaining that she admired the historical Guardians of Gallentia for their defense of traditional values and sees a similar role for the Jin-Mei caste system in defending the Jin-Mei against Luminaire cosmopolitanism. She continued that the Jin-Mei caste system is under continual threat and thus the Jin-Mei people need the strength of the Sedevacantist Church — staunch supporters of the caste and hierarchy — to defend it. Miss Xiao declined to say whether her band’s concerts in Gallente space would include “Guardians of Gallentia” or whether the track would appear on Federation releases of their upcoming album.

Miss Xiao further rejected rumors that Empty Chair’s music was generated by a caged rogue drone.

Listen to “Guardians of Gallentia” here:
Guardians of Gallentia | Generated by AI Music Generator | EasyMusic.AI

[Ninavask]

YC127.5.28

Yashunen - Caldari Border Zone

Broadcast Node: 39-YSH | Local Time: 10:42 NEST | Source Integrity: Speculative

“Dockside Whispers: Sleepless Nights in the Accord?”

Reports from local freight handlers at Genolution Biotech Production’s orbital facility above Yashunen III have sparked a flurry of speculation after multiple deliveries from the same Occator class Deep Space Transport. Eyewitnesses claim the vessel bore the distinct emblem of the Synenose Accord as it offloaded huge quantities of salvage and wrecked ship components.

A dockworker, speaking under condition of anonymity, described the scene:

“The security crew was packing specialist gear— and those capsuleer contract security guards were out in force while it was offloaded each time. Definitely wasn’t your average gurista cleanup and salvage offload. Definitely some extra valuable stuff there.”

Speculators on the GalNet thread “ShroudedSuns” have tied the event to recent upticks in reported pirate destruction in the distant system of Tanoo and the more nearby local regions.

Is the Synenose Accord sweeping up after one of their own? What’s with the sudden burst of activity out of a long dead Capsuleer corp? Is this some kind of vendetta for specific pirate groups?

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[Nauplius]

Empty Chair’s frontwoman Xiao Meiyi performs in Iyen-Oursta.

2025.05.31
SOULLANS, IYEN-OURSTA VII, SINQ LAISON

Symphonic metal band Empty Chair has debuted their second single, “Rise of the Achurans” to a crowd of expat Achurans at the Amarrian Orthodox Church, Sedevacantist’s latest branch in the border system of Iyen-Oursta. The new single encourages Achurans to rise up against the despoilation of their homeworld by the Caldari, particularly the destruction of cherry trees:
Factories rise
Where blossoms fell
…
Cherry trees
Their roots now torn

The song promises that each tree felled will be repaid:
Caldari steel
Your reign will break
For every tree
Revenge we take

The Sedevacantist Church had advertised its upcoming concert and church plant opening among the “Little Saisio” district of the Iyen-Oursta VII city of Soullans, where the church now operates out of a modest storefront. Many in the crowd, which spilled out of the church and into the adjoining alley, declared “Rise of the Achurans” their favorite song of Empty Chair’s set. Spokesperson Viktor Järainen for Soullan’s Caldari community was unaware of the concert but expressed hope that the arrival of the Sedevacantist Church would not impact communal harmony.

Listen to “Rise of the Achurans” here:
Rise of the Achurans | Generated by AI Music Generator | EasyMusic.AI

[Michael_Minate]

An excerpt from a June 2 news broadcast on the “PAIRC News” channel, a media outlet managed by the Technocratic Council.

According to a public report of the PAIRC’s military police, a person strongly suspected of being behind the leak of videos and documents about the PAIRC raids on Deathless Circle research outposts that took place on May 6 has just been arrested. The suspect’s name has not been released, and the military police officers we contacted are refusing to provide us with personal information that would allow civilians or unauthorized military police personnel to identify them in order to protect their privacy. Some theorize that they may be a member of the armed forces who took advantage of their position to provoke the May 6 leak and possibly a survivor of the Caldari-Gallente War and TAAYU’s actions. They may currently be under questioning, but we know nothing else about this case. Here’s what a military police representative told us after we asked her about the case:

“This is an investigation, not a reality show where we expose people to public view like caged animals. You’ll only learn more if the suspect wants you to.”

Some citizens praised the authorities’ willingness to protect the suspect’s privacy, as is standard procedure within the colony, to prevent attacks and malicious acts against them after their eventual rehabilitation and release from prison, while others recognized the benefits this could have while fearing that it could allow for secret authoritarian excesses.

Recent public polls have shown that citizens are increasingly questioning the often-considered intrusive way authorities monitor the population to “ensure order and protect the colony, its citizens, and confidential information,” particularly regarding the AI ​​surveillance system codenamed “Watcher”, which has operated public surveillance cameras throughout the PAIRC since the colony’s founding and has since been accused by some of now being able to monitor communications within the colony. The source of these accusations stems from the fact that the person responsible for the leak reportedly revealed on GalNet shortly before their arrest was announced that the Watcher had revealed their location to the military police.

According to these polls, some citizens believe this is necessary and justified to protect confidential information contained in the colony’s military and scientific zones in order to more effectively fight the Amarr Empire and other threats to the Minmatar Republic. Others believe this is largely offset by the fact that the Technocratic Council’s goal is to make the PAIRC comparable to an Alpha City of the Gallente Federation and that they have so far largely succeeded in doing so, especially regarding quality of life and urban and technological development within the colony.

Critics of the surveillance doctrine acknowledge the quality of the colony’s public services and the importance of protecting confidential information, but believe this does not justify or compensate for the methods of the military police. No comments has been made by the Technocratic Council or any representative about this yet.

[Nauplius]

The Amarrian Orthodox Church, Sedevacantist through its subsidiary Hoi Andrapodistai has created a Freelance Job encouraging capsuleers to mine the resources of the Achuran homeworld in order to deny those resources to Caldari oppressors.

[Jealle_Vadam]

A local Achuran metal band by the name of Hot Ice has released a new track after Nauplius was making some noise in Saisio. It’s expected to go to the top of the charts!

Listen to: Nauplius The Fool here

[Aallin_Gicquet]

Ouch! That has to hurt..

[Petra_vanHelsing]

(post deleted by author)

[Lydra_Victor]

Goonswarm officially declares war

[Michael_Minate]

An announcement from the Technocratic Council broadcast in the PAIRC media on June 3.

Dear citizens,

We have noticed that some of you are concerned about the future of the colony and your freedom, particularly since we authorized the Watcher to monitor communications within the PAIRC to strengthen security and assist our military police.

We understand your concern, it is true that this is generally a warning sign that a society is about to descend into dictatorship, but that is not our intention. We don’t do this because we are petty tyrants, we do it to ensure order and security within the colony. If we were tyrants, we would have already repressed our political opponents but they are still here, safe, sound and free to think whatever they want. It is hard for us to say but we are obliged to monitor you in this way to ensure the effectiveness of our research and assist the republic as best as possible, we must use every means at our disposal to protect what we create and discover. Those who disrupt our operations or are dangerous to the PAIRC’s and Minmatar citizens will be the only ones against whom the Watcher will be used. It may not be enough to convince our opponents, but we are committed to ensuring that our surveillance doctrine only serves the population’s protection and nothing else, only the most disciplined and dedicated agents will be authorized to access sensitive information collected by the Watcher, and only the most dedicated and reasonable scholars and officers will be able to govern the colony.

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A street conversation between two PAIRC citizens who saw the council’s announcement.

“What a bunch of ■■■■■■■■…”

“They’re not wrong. If they were really tyrants, you wouldn’t even dare say that in the street.”

“You’re too naive. This is probably just the first phase. It’s probably just blah blah blah to convince us they’re the good guys or whatever nonsense they’ll say later.”

“I think you’re being harsh. What if they were honest?”

“If they are, then they’re not going to convince everyone that they are any time soon.”

“You’re not wrong… but I’d still rather have that than living in the Empire, or in a deprived area.”

“You fell into their trap. They’re creating fantastic living conditions to make you believe it’s worth being watched like that.”

“Maybe, but at least I have nothing to reproach myself for, so nothing to fear.”

“For now, but what will you do when the definition of what is dangerous won’t be the same between you and them anymore?”

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Excerpt from the “Finite-Infinite Inquest logs”, shown to relevant Taskforce members before their deployment.
YC127.06.04

Members of this taskforce will be deployed to all systems and regions where the presence of Jovian ruins and installations is known or suspected.
They will be equipped with covert ops ships and Atavums to confirm if they can truly help detect this pattern while remaining discreet.
Data and knowledge obtained during attacks on Deathless outposts may be useful, but it may also be necessary to send spies within them or within Zarzakh.
Trying to obtain information from the Angels could also help us.

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Excerpts from the “Pochven Inquest Logs”
YC127.05.15

Vigilance points are still present within Pochven. We assume that Drifter units assigned to Pochven have realized that they are too valuable to stop building them, or perhaps they do not want to de-escalate their conflict with the collective within the region.

We will continue to study the Triglavian-Drifter conflict within Pochven to verify if there have been any changes in Drifter tactics since the withdrawal of their forces and the victories of occupying forces in their systems.

[Aallin_Gicquet]

I know what it sounds like to me.. It is not what the this tech council wants everyone to believe.