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*BBBZZZT...BBBZZZT...BBBZZZT...BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO* THIS IS AN IMPORTANT EMERGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE YAMATAI PLANETARY ALERT SYSTEM. THE STAR ARMY OF YAMATAI HAS ISSUED AN INVASION WARNING FOR THE YAMATAI STAR SYSTEM. AT 8PM KYOTO TIME AN NMX FORCE OF APPROXIMATELY 4500 WARSHIPS WAS DETECTED IN THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE YAMATAI (KIKYO) SYSTEM AND IS APPROACHING THE PLANET YAMATAI. FOR SAFETY REASONS ALL CITIZENS IN THE YAMATAI (KIKYO) SYSTEM ARE TO REPORT IMMEDIATELY TO THEIR DESIGNATED EMERGENCY SHELTERS. ALL STAR ARMY PERSONNEL REPORT TO YOUR DUTY STATIONS IMMEDIATELY. THIS IS NOT A DRILL.

Star Army News Distribution and Reporting Agency Kyoto, Yamatai - The Empress announced today that the Goumon system in the Bard Cluster would be renamed. Goumon--meaning "Torture" in the Yamataian language, is "not a name suitable for a star system in the Yamatai Star Empire," a government press release said. Empress Himiko was long been an opponent of torture in general. Goumon's current status is a YSE colony of over 6 million people. Its history includes colonization by the Fifth Expeditionary Fleet, a conquest by the SMX, and liberation by the Fourth Fleet. It is perhaps best known for its large prison facility that was turned against the inhabitants during the occupation. With Nepleslia agreeing to transport all captured NMX...

Star Army News Distribution and Reporting Agency Kyoto, Yamatai - The capital city is in a state of emergency this morning because during the night, a sudden wave of NMX parasites invaded the city and began killing and infecting hundreds. These rapidly-moving creatures have been reported breaking through car and home windows to infect local civilians. The infected persons, once under the parasite's mind control, have been arming themselves and take to the streets to attack military assets in the area. All citizens in the affected regions have been asked to remain in their homes and to stay away from windows until military forces can evacuate them to secure shelters. Preliminary investigations have centered around cargo ships used to...

Kyoto, Yamatai - The Yamataian Government expressed its strong disapproval today over the actions of Nepleslia's military, which is apparently dumping former UOC citizens, now Yamataians again, on Nepleslia Prime instead of the refugee towns in the Virginia system. The 4th Nepleslian fleet, led by Rear Admiral Dominic Valken, is assisting the evacuation of the Tange system, which is currently part of Yamatai. However it has recently become clear that instead of moving the Yamataians to safer parts of Yamatai, the Nepleslians have outrageously decided to remove these people from their home nation and bring them into Nepleslia where they must find transportation back to the Yamataian on their own. While Yamatai has spent billions on...

Kyoto, Yamatai - Interrupting recent Freespacer-Yamatai discussions, recently-appointed Nepleslian Sky Marshall Pyros Thrull Westwood used coarse language to threaten Yamatai, implying that Nepleslia would attack Yamatai if Yamatai conducted further operations against Free State. Yui responded with a low blow, calling Westwood a vulgar and violent stereotype unable to fill the shoes of his predecessor. The dispute comes at a particularly bad time. Yamatai's peace treaty with Nepleslia, passed by the Yamataian senate nearly two years ago, remains unsigned by the Nepleslian senate due to the NMX terror attack in Funky City but was expected to finally be signed soon. Now tensions caused by Yamatai's aggressive stance against the...