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Humans On The Menu? Senate Battle Continues Kyoto, Yamatai - While the recently-passed Marine Life Protection Act took intelligent seafaring mammals like dolphins and whales off the table, a measure to prevent consumption of sapient beings like Elysians and Human beings has not been passed so easily. The initial proposed law would make it a crime to willingly and knowingly consume the flesh of our fellow sapient (intelligent and self-aware) beings, with an exception for persons that want--for whatever reason--to give consent to their would-be consumers. While this seems simple, there have been a number of alterations suggested to include emergency survival situations and other extenuating circumstances. Due to disagreements, there have...

A black-haired, tan-skinned Nekovalkyrja's image quickly fades into view on the image panel. She is centered in the camera, with a shadowed electric blue background. She wears a matte-purple wool blazer, with a cream blouse underneath. Her hair is flawlessly pushed behind her black-tipped ears, framing her face in front of a dark curtain of silk. "Good evening, Yamatai — this is SANDRA." Off to the Neko's left, on the panel's border, the word "SANDRA" vertically appeared. Below the Neko, inside a little graphic, was the Neko's name — Ogama Mio. It was written in Yamataian and Nepleslian, though the Neko spoke Nepleslian. "The Yamatai National Police have launched an investigation into the attacks on pro-foodstuffs supporters amid the...

Violence in Yamatai - Signal of Social Decay and Imperial Decline? By: Sam Watkins, editor for NNN Since the ascension of Empress Himiko in YE 30, the galaxy has been flooded by messages of paternalistic, patronizing propaganda outlining the Star Empire's new tack. However, if one is to examine recent history, there is an obvious disconnect between the honeyed words and the actions taken by the Star Army. The benevolent helping hand offered has also been used to wield oppressive force. In the past year, rather than aid the beleaguered United Outer Colonies, Yamatai chose to (re)annex them. It can be argued that there were leaders in the UOC who chose to rejoin the Star Empire. However, there is no doubt that no one bothered to...

Good evening, citizens of the Yamatai Star Empire. This evening we have several stories of steps being taken from various areas of our empire to help in this time of crisis. We go first to Ryou, on the planet Daichi. Daichi Campus, Daichi The image shifts to grass covered area with a number of distinctive buildings and the SSS logo on a pedestal. A black haired, amber eyed Yamataian man walks into the view. Kouan turned to look into the camera. Beneath his image Saiki Kouan, Chuji, Scientific Studies Service appears. "To Empress Himiko Ketsuri, the citizens of the homeworld, and to all Yamataians everywhere we of the Scientific Studies Service want you to know you are not alone, nor are you forgotten. It was two and half years...

A black-haired, tan-skinned Nekovalkyrja's image quickly fades into view on the image panel. She is centered in the camera, with a shadowed electric blue background. She wears a matte-blue wool blazer, with a white blouse underneath. Her hair is flawlessly pushed behind her black-tipped ears, framing her face in front of a dark curtain of silk. "Good evening, Yamatai — this is SANDRA." Off to the Neko's left, on the panel's border, the word "SANDRA" vertically appeared. Below the Neko, inside a little graphic, was the Neko's name — Ogama Mio. It was written in Yamataian and Nepleslian, though the Neko spoke Nepleslian. "The Imperial Government has implemented mandatory food rationing on the municipal level, the first step in what...