These are news articles from the Imperial News Service that appear during various sessions for world-building and occasional plot hook dangling.
298-1105 Gram
Gram has announced that due to “intolerable provocations” from the Darrian Confederation, they are increasing fleet expenditure and reactivating six mothballed divisions across the Sword Worlds Confederation. Reports from Third Imperium sources condemn this as “reckless posturing that places peace in the Spinward Marches at needless risk.”
092-1106 Tanith
There are reports from Tanith of raiders attacking small colony bases and making off with advanced manufacturing equipment. Local sources accuse Umemii’s Grand Duchy of Requille of either direct involvement or sponsorship of the raids. Local GDR sources dismissed these claims, labelling them “baseless smears” and saying that the GDR possesses “far more advanced technology at our Pylkoe 3 Refuelling Base than a few cattle herders on Tanith could dream of possessing.”
099-1106 Hilfer
In the wake of three months of increased piracy, sources on Hilfer report that several of the national governments on the planet are in discussions to fund the hire of a mercenary cruiser to patrol the system and safeguard trade. The same sources suggest that rates are, at present, substantially increased and that Hilfer’s governments are finding it hard to source suitable craft in the current market amidst a failure to co-operate in the project by competing governments.
104-1106 Arunisiir
Following reports that wanted escapee and alleged war criminal “Seeker of Worlds” of the Iuwoi clan had been spotted in Argona and then Inurin, Arunisiir sources have offered a bounty of 0.5MCr for information leading to his capture. This is on top of reported, multi-million bounties from other sources.
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