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20日 5月 YE 39 (Kikyō No Sekku) Central Uesureya, Yamatai -- Star Army Logistics announced on the Kikyō no Sekku holiday that is has moved its headquarters from Uesureyan Fields on planet Yamatai, back to its original location, Central Uesureya, also on planet Yamatai, placing it back in military-administered territory. The move is part of an effort to establish a new Yamatai-based logistics depot on Yamatai, which will join the Star Army's constellation of major depots that includes Nataria, Jiyuu, and Virginia. This new depot will be based in Central Uesureya and is being referred to by construction personnel as the "Central Depot." Work is ongoing. Star Army Logistics was established in YE 22 to provide materiel support and...

2日 4月 YE 39 Kyoto, Yamatai -- After evacuating the Vekimen to the Komodo system and providing defensive three months of support to the Vekimen and Vekimen Defensive Task Force, the Yamatai Star Empire announced that it was withdrawing from the Vekimen Treaty of YE 39 effective immediately. On 2日 1月 YE 39 heads of Yamatai's government, including Premier Ketsurui Yuumi, Star Army Mistress Taisho Ketsurui Yui, and Her Imperial Majesty, Empress Himiko I of Yamatai, signed the treaty with Khelena Het'Laderen, Sraralumee of the Vekimen government. It was hoped that this defense treaty would be the building block of creating a new long-time ally for Yamatai, however problems arose quickly in what Yamataian government officials described as...

2日 1月 YE 39 Kyoto, Yamatai -- The heads of Yamatai's government, including Premier Ketsurui Yuumi, Star Army Mistress Taisho Ketsurui Yui, and Her Imperial Majesty, Empress Himiko I of Yamatai, signed an agreement today with Khelena Het'Laderen, Sraralumee of the Vekimen government, to provide military support the Vekimen species, which has a struggling population of only approximately 100,000 people remaining. The Vekimen Treaty of YE 39 sets the Vekimen and Yamatai up as allies, and promises measures to strengthen the species' ability to defend itself and the protection of the endangered species by the Star Army of Yamatai in cases where the VDTF is unable to do so. The hope is that Yamatai's goodwill will result in the Vekimen...

9月 YE 38 Kyoto, Yamatai - Mistress Taisho Ketsurui Yui announced today that the Star Army would be undergoing major organizational changes in YE 39. In light of the increased tempo and area of operations demanded by the Kuvexian war, the Star Army would be consolidating its twelve current fleets into fewer, but much larger, fleets, which would be filled with a large number of semi-autonomous task forces. "Rather than continuing to add more and more fleets, we will use task forces as the major mission element and fleets will act as regional pools of ships and assets," Taisho Yui explained. When asked which fleets might be merged, Yui said the higher-numbered fleets and possibly the expeditionary fleets would be most likely to be...

9月 YE 38 Kyoto, Yamatai - Ketsurui Fleet Yards and the Star Army of Yamatai jointly announced today they are producing new specialized variants of the Ke-M2-4 series "Mindy" armor suit that accommodate the unique features of certain Yamataian species. Starting at the beginning of YE 39, the following will be available: Ke-M2-4E - A variant for Elysians that has armored wing protectors Ke-M2-4S - A variant for Separa'Shan that has the lower body replaced with a segmented snake tail. The Star Army said it is also looking into variants for Phodian and Kodian soldiers but did not offer a timeline of availability for those.