News Stories

Port Maral Fuiz, Mazerin This is AND News. We're broadcasting to Mazerin, and the Commonwealth. Our headlines: An interplanetary fish trawler returning to Maekardan from one of the designated Lunar Sea sites impacted a space colony in orbit over Grand Mazerin last night, killing hundreds and injuring thousands in what many analysts believe is a terrible tragedy that will only worsen the sociopolitical tensions with outer system colonies. Forensics revealed that the vessel had been equipped with an illegally-procured MASC drive, in an attempt to bypass Urenbeck Gate fees and arrive at the Kuyun fish markets before competitors. Scans taken before the impact indicated that the drive itself was of substandard make, and had not been...

Port Maral Fuiz, Mazerin This is AND News. We're broadcasting to Mazerin, and the Commonwealth. Our headlines: Astral Vanguard patrols responded to an attempted hijacking by black frame-equipped insurgents in the Ghoroun Province of Mazerin, which had only days ago played host to the inter-colonial Quodr games. A press release by the commander of the local garrison indicated that the transport had been seized for the purpose of an undisclosed piece of cargo which has been confirmed as being recovered, along with the passengers and crew. There were zero casualties among Vanguard Forces and three reported kills. Among the passengers and crew, there were no casualties and seven with minor injuries, with the expectation of being...

1st XF Hands Over KMS/Samurai Sector Spacelane Sanctuary System - With the Third Expeditionary Fleet moving into the Kazumi (UX-6) system, the First Expeditionary Fleet has withdrawn its defense forces from UX-1, UX-6, and the surveillance outpost on the Western Nepleslian border.

A ribbon cutting ceremony was held today officially opening the Scientific Studies Service new campus. Located just outside of the cilivian portion of Kyoto, the campus is a shining example of Yamatai science. When asked what next now that the Campus was finished Professor Saiki Kouan, director of the SSS, was quoted as saying, "Finished? The Campus is constructed, but it is not finished. This is but the birth of this place and it shall grow and change as all living things do. After all, soon we will open these doors and bright young minds will enter. And even as this place will have an impact on each of them, so too will they have an impact on the Campus and those who work here." Yamatai Interstellar News Network - YINN

A new headline ran across the screen as the ever-popular short-haired blond with a hint of professional cleavage sat staring back at her Nepleslian audience. Behind her, a reel of footage depicting a somewhat wiry, slick-looking businessman shaking hands in a crowd of politicians began playing behind the anchorwoman's voice. The head line itself at the top of the screen (next to a small counter following the Spaceball Playoff scores, Funky City Bludgeoners versus the Los Apagos Speedfreaks) read clear as a murky, muggy, smoggy Funky City morning; "As the elections for planetary senator of the Delsauria system come to a close, a victory nothing short of a landslide holds the outcome high for new senator-elect Laj Vinross Yu," The...