- Geshrinari Shipyards, Nepleslia's largest manufacturer of both civilian and military spacecraft, said today they were considering plans to move to the Yamatai Star Empire or elsewhere if the weapons registry bill was passed. Zen Armaments, a rival corporation which supplies almost all of the weaponry for the Nepleslian military, also issued a statement to the same effect. If the corporations moved, it would effectively cripple the newborn Star Army of Nepleslia and the Nepleslian economy as a whole, and producing violence as financial resources dry up.
- Yamatai has already started making arrangements for the corporations to move, promising major corporation status if desired, and monetary support to pay for the move.