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Newer Fleets Make Progress Ketsurui Military Sector - The Second, Third, and Fourth Fleets each today received a Iori-class Star Fortress from the First Expeditionary Fleet, which had four surviving Iori Star Fortresses (of its original five) and four newer Zodiac Star Fortresses. The move gave each of the newly rebuilt standard fleets a mobile base and shipyard to call their own, while leaving the First Expeditionary with five Star Fortresses (1 Iori, the Ketsurui Star Fortress and 4 Zodiac [Cosmos, Gemini, Scorpio, Virgo]). Two Chujo, one from the First Fleet and one from the First Expeditionary Fleet, were promoted to command the Second Fleet and Third Fleet. In command of Second Fleet is Taisho Fensalir Kelrina, former commander...

The Yamataian senator, her hair tamed into a messy but hip style, approached the podium from the left of the camera. The Hinomaru, absent the Mindy armor, was on the front a podium before her. The background was a simple dark red curtain, shimmering behind her. She looked straight into the camera. "The Empress Ketsurui Himiko, in her wisdom, has ended slavery within the Empire, and has abandoned the oppressive Living Property System. This has been a long time in coming, and it heartens all of the Empire's citizens to know that we have begun to live up to the ideals we have not reached during this long time of war. But with these new achievements come enormous challenges the Empire must rise to meet, for the sake of our most valued...

Port Maral Fuiz, Mazerin As efforts to improve our nation's infrastructure are underway, scientific and manufacturing giant Solan Starworks has announced plans to triple production capacity at the Mazerin Dockyards and more than double its total workforce. Work is being undertaken to develop a new staryard class that would be equipped to construct third generation MASC-type starships and craft effeciently. This was announced a month after the passionate speech given by Orin Suran and his challenge to our local enterprises to do anything and everything in their power to bolster the Astral Vaguard's efforts. Some critics claim that this is too little too late for the planned expedition, while others denounce the humanitarian action as a...

Virtute Acquiritur Honos Kyoto, Yamatai - Empress Himiko decided on a new motto for the Yamataian Government today; "Virtute Acquiritur Honos," Latin for "Honor is Acquired by Virtue," was chosen because it represents the new Empress's commitment to overcoming the darker points of Yamatai's past by pushing forward and upward with improvements and cooperation, and by taking more ethical responsibility. The motto will also serve as the motto for the Empress's personal starship, the space yacht Honor.

Older Fleets Downsized Fleet Depot Nataria - The Star Army of Yamatai moved 198,000 Ayame Cruisers, 142,000 Yui Scouts, and 200,000 Irim Gunships out of the Central Yamatai Defense Fleet today by order of Empress Himiko, a 97.8% reduction in fleet size. 1,000,000 Irim Gunships and 198,000 Ayame Cruisers were designated to be scrapped; the recovered materials will be used to build space stations, planetary facilities, and modern military vessels, while the supplies the scrapped ships carried will be used to help the public and the needy, as well as fund government projects through sales. Himiko wants to show the rest of the universe that Yamatai will no longer be a galactic bully by downsizing the Star Army to a "reasonable, primarily...