The latest update from the Imperial News Service
210-1106 Tobia
The Deepnight Corporation have been performing surveys along the Voidsedge Cluster, but their craft, the Deepnight Amundsen, was reported lost 16 weeks ago while operating in Ergo, and a detailed surface scan by her sister ship, the Deepnight Vespucci, has failed to find where she went down. She’s a 400 ton scout heavy corvette so Deepnight won’t give up easily, even despite the dangers of the Ergo wilds, where pirates, corsairs and reaver-bands operate, often with heavy weapons either smuggled-in or recovered from the ruins.
308-1106 Torpol Cluster
In what is becoming a depressingly regular pattern, Torpol, Clarke and Borite have each been hit by Glorious Empire slaving raids by a combined flotilla of around a dozen ships which split into three squadrons and hit each world simultaneously. A total of around a thousand slaves are believed to have been seized in this latest episode. Public opinion on Torpol is outraged at the lack of effectiveness of the 30,000 ton Implacable-Class Light Cruiser “Imperious”, which was unable to intervene in time, with questions asked as to whether her upkeep is good value for money.
331-1106 Cordan
Repeated reports of “Ghost Ships” entering and leaving Cordan orbital space have been discounted once more by both Highport authorities and local sources. Gert Tolley, Defence Minister in the administration of Baron Halley, stressed that these rumours were unsubstantiated and resulted from the shortcomings of an aging orbital sensor system which Baron Halley’s representatives had objected to upgrading during a succession of parliaments.
328-1106 Ergo
Following the disappearance of the Deepnight Amundsen, the Deepnight Corporation has deployed two advanced scouting ships to the Ergo system to find the missing deep space scouting ship which disappeared at the start of the year. It is believed that the Deepnight ships are currently escorted by two mercenary cruisers which are intended to provide both orbital and surface security for the search.
344-1106 Acrid
A coup on the mining colony on Acrid is reported to have overthrown the PRQ administration of the planet and has led to the formation of an independent worker’s council and the declaration of an independent state. In a further twist, forces from the Kingdom of Drinax are rumoured to have been involved in the removal of PRQ authority, and one of the first acts of the new Acrid administration was to apply for membership of the Kingdom of Drinax.
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