_Luminaire - _A relief convoy consisting of 4 Rhea-class jump freighters has safely made its way from Ishukone headquarters in Malkalen to Caldari Prime after attempts by capsuleer alliance Goonswarm Federation to interdict its progress. The four freighters were filled with aid goods to be delivered to citizens affected by the destruction wrought upon the planet by the devastating crash of the Leviathan-class Titan Shiigeru. The freighters departed from Malkalen at 21:00 EST, where a fleet of 60 State [...]
NEW CALDARI - Caldari State Executor Tibus Heth made an aggressive address this evening, in response to the loss of the Leviathan-class titan Shiigeru in Luminaire and the subsequent revelation of Ishukone's negotiations with the Gallente Senate. In the statement, broadcast from the front of Caldari Providence Directorate headquarters on New Caldari Prime, Executor Heth repeatedly mentioned the "atrocities committed against both the Caldari Navy and the Caldari People by Gallente armed forces." He [...]
Luminaire - After three days of intense atmospheric decontamination, the full devastation at the impact site where the Shiigeru impacted Caldari Prime can now be seen. From high orbit, the devastation is spread over an area that totals some 1.2 million square kilometers at the southern end of the Kaalakiota Peaks. Several distinct craters can be glimpsed, bathed in the amber glow of burning titanium diborite and molten rock, with trails of smoke stretching for hundreds of kilometers across the [...]
LUMINAIRE - The Ishukone Corporation has been granted full authorization to cross the border between the Federation and the State in order to access Caldari Prime, the Gallente Senate has announced in the last hour. After an unopposed vote in the Senate chambers, following a humbling speech on Saturday by Ishukone CEO Mens Reppola, the Senate reached a unanimous decision to allow the corporation access to the Luminaire system in order to assist with the ongoing relief effort. After news broke of the [...]
VILLORE - In an unprecedented move, the Ishukone Corporation presented the Gallente Senate with a formal request for access to Caldari Prime this morning, in order to assist with the ongoing cleanup operation and relief effort. The substantial document, signed and approved by Ishukone Corporation CEO Mens Reppola and his entire board of directors, allegedly requests access to the planet for both Ishukone and Ishukone Watch in a civilian capacity. In a holographic address to the Gallente Senate, [...]
LUMINARE - Caldari Prime continues to burn this evening, after the Gallente Federation launched its largest military offensive since the end of the Gallente-Caldari war in YC12. Rescue operations in Arcurio are still underway after wreckage from the destroyed Leviathan-class titan Shiigeru passed overhead on entry, causing a concussion wave strong enough to topple a number of high-rise buildings and cause widespread damage to a large area of the city's south side. Destroyed by a combined task force of [...]
BREAKING NEWS - It has been confirmed in the last ten minutes that a large section of the Shiigeru 's superstructure has made impact with the southern tip of the Kaalakiota mountain range, approximately 700 kilometers west of the city of Arcurio. All contact has been lost with the surface of Caldari Prime for the third time today, after an electromagnetic surge caused by the impact destroyed communications equipment and additionally destabilized the shields of several vessels in low orbit. The last [...]
BREAKING NEWS - Watched by trillions across the cluster, the Leviathan-class titan Shiigeru , which resided in orbit of Caldari Prime, has been destroyed in a pitched engagement between Federation Navy and Caldari Navy forces. In their largest offensive action since the end of the Gallente-Caldari war in YC12, the Federation Navy moved to eliminate the threat that has been posed by the titan since it was drafted in to guard the planet and act as a deterrent against counterattack after the YC110 [...]
BREAKING NEWS - The Federation Navy task force seen entering Luminaire approximately 30 minutes ago has engaged the Leviathan-class titan Shiigeru and her support fleet in orbit of Caldari Prime. The news spread across the entire Federation in minutes, with every GalNET channel currently broadcasting announcing breaking news in order to cut to footage of the ongoing engagement in orbit. Businesses across the Federation are beginning to close early, and planet side traffic in many major cities across [...]
BREAKING NEWS - A large task force of Federation Navy capital-class vessels arrived in Luminaire moments ago, triggering a similar escalation from the Caldari Navy. The exact composition of the Gallente fleet is still unknown at this time, although local magnetometric scans are rumored to display the signatures of dozens of capital-class vessels. Within seconds of the Federation Navy's arrival, a sizable Caldari Navy fleet bridged into Luminaire from the border system of Kassigainen before the [...]
BREAKING NEWS - A Marshal-class battleship belonging to CONCORD was engaged and destroyed by the Caldari Navy fleet in orbit of Caldari Prime less than ten minutes ago. General Odo Korachi, a senior commander with the Directive Enforcement Department, had been dispatched from Yulai to monitor the ongoing situation in Luminaire after the hostilities escalated to a full-scale military conflict this afternoon. On arrival, his vessel was seen entering low orbit of Caldari Prime and deploying scanning [...]
BREAKING NEWS -The Federal Intelligence Office has released a statement to confirm that a massive surface offensive has begun against the Provist occupation force on Caldari Prime. The announcement comes just moments after all communication with the surface of Caldari Prime was lost abruptly for the second time today, and the cities of Pakuri and Tovil were plunged into darkness as entire electrical grids have apparently been shut down. Since the release, made by Federal Intelligence Office Director [...]
BREAKING NEWS - The Federation Navy has mobilized a sizable task force in response to the repositioning of the Leviathan-class titan Shiigeru into low orbit of Caldari Prime. A hail of cynosural distortion caused electromagnetic interference severe enough to momentarily crash traffic control and cynosural jamming subsystems on board the Luminaire stargate in Algogille, as an uncountable number of capital-class vessels departed the system approximately 30 minutes ago. In response, the Caldari Navy [...]
LUMINAIRE - The Caldari Navy have released a statement moments ago to confirm that the Leviathan-class titan Shiigeru, which resides in orbit of Caldari Prime, has been deployed into low orbit in response to growing tension on the surface. The conflict flared again early this morning, after a number of Caldari-owned businesses in the city of Pakuri were firebombed by a group of Gallente radicals. In response, Provist occupation forces stormed the nearby border of a Gallente district, before reportedly [...]
NEW CALDARI - After six days of unrest in Luminaire, the Caldari Providence Directorate have this afternoon released a full statement detailing current operations on Caldari Prime. Flanked by two of his senior officers, Caldari State Executor Tibus Heth gave a press conference detailing "necessary measures taken by the Provist Security Force in order to keep the situation under control." He continued by expanding on operations since the initial flare-up of conflict on the besieged planet approximately [...]
LUMINAIRE - The actions of the Provist occupation force have been widely called into question this afternoon, after unrest began to spiral out of control on Caldari Prime late last night. A number of Gallente protesters were reportedly killed after Provist forces fired riot control gas canisters directly at crowds in downtown Arcurio at approximately 02:00 EST this morning. Reports have also surfaced that a convoy of roughly 200 Gallente citizens fleeing the city of Pakuri were strafed by Sparrow- [...]
LUMINAIRE - Caldari and Gallente forces came close to a full combat situation in orbit of Caldari Prime approximately an hour ago, as a Federation Navy patrol was sighted apparently making reconnaissance scans of the besieged planet's surface. Caldari Navy forces were quick to react, with Admiral Visera Yanala issuing demands for Federation Navy vessels to cease all ongoing operations and vacate orbit of Caldari Prime. During her broadcast over the local Luminaire frequency, she repeatedly claimed [...]
YULAI - The Directive Enforcement Department released a statement moments ago, declaring that a part of its fleet has been placed on high alert due to ongoing hostilities in the Gallente system of Luminaire. The announcement comes in the wake of an increase in hostile contact between Federal citizens still residing on Caldari Prime and the Provist occupation force that has been in place since the invasion of Luminaire on June 10, YC110. Over the course of the last several days a number of attacks on [...]
LUMINAIRE - Admiral Visera Yanala gave her first public address today, after being drafted back into command of the Leviathan class titan Shiigeru which orbits the troubled planet of Caldari Prime. Throughout the address, she made numerous mentions of the "heroic effort of Caldari rescue teams" as the cleanup from yesterday evening's Shintoko Tower collapse continues. Her release also praised the troops of the Provist occupation force for their "courageousness and professionalism in restoring order to [...]
LUMINAIRE - A Caldari Navy spokeswoman confirmed this morning that retired Admiral Visera Yanala has been drafted back into service. The unprecedented move comes after widespread unrest erupted on Caldari Prime late last week, in response to a breach of the Gallente border by Caldari forces. Presently serving on ceremonial duty and as senior military advisor to both the Caldari Navy and the Caldari Provincial Directorate, she will resume her position as Kimotoro Fleet Admiral in command of the [...]
LUMINAIRE - After a series of attacks on Provist assets and personnel earlier in the day, it has now been confirmed that the operational headquarters of the Provist occupation force on Caldari Prime was destroyed less than an hour ago. The 102-story Shintoko Tower, which was used as a Caldari State embassy and House of Records repository prior to the arrival of the invasion force in June YC110, toppled into a neighboring building before collapsing completely, after a series of powerful explosions [...]
LUMINAIRE - The ongoing conflict on Caldari Prime intensified further today, with a number of attacks reported on Caldari Provincial Directorate assets in the city of Arcurio. The unrest began to escalate early this morning, with a series of co-ordinated assaults on roadblocks and security checkpoints within the southern commercial district of the city. The first incident was initially believed to be an accident, after a civilian vehicle collided with a Provist security checkpoint on the outskirts of [...]
_Amarr - _In the wake of President Jacus Roden's revelation that cloned soldiers have been developed and the Federation was beginning a purge of their ranks, Empress Jamyl I announced all those being driven out will have the opportunity to "be embraced by God, be healed by His goodness, and find a new home in the Empire." Speaking from the steps of the Imperial Palace in Dam-Torsad, the Empress said, "The Empire does not hate these people because they have found themselves turned from God's light. We [...]
ESSENCE - A combined fleet of Federation Navy, Customs and Tripwire vessels were seen departing Navy headquarters in Algogille this evening, shortly after an announcement from Admiral Anteson Ranchel declaring the beginning of the inaugural "Federal Combined Armed Forces Training" exercises. In the press conference approximately an hour ago, Admiral Ranchel indicated that "these exercises are designed as a team building experience to strengthen the bonds between our armed forces. The goal is to [...]
_Luminaire - _Reports of extensive ground fighting between Gallente partisans and Caldari military forces have emerged from Caldari Prime. According to reports, fights began to break out shortly after 11:30 EST across the surface of the planet, as armed Gallente began assaulting Caldari military installations. The disposition of the Gallente forces is currently unknown as contact with the planet has been sporadic since fighting began. Erratic reports have placed them either as rebellious residents, [...]
_Luminaire - _The Federation developed technology to clone and transfer the consciousness of humans without the use of a neural burner and was using them for warfare, President Jacus Roden revealed in an emergency announcement today. The president revealed that the Federation, following in the recent steps of the Caldari State and Minmatar Republic, has determined these soldiers are extremely dangerous and have to be contained for the safety of the cluster. Roden opened the speech by greeting the [...]
_Nonni - _In an address given to Kaalakiota workers, State Executor Tibus Heth pointed at the recent hacker attack on a Black Eagles installation as proof that the Federation is "in a state of barely concealed chaos" which presents a "significant risk to the security of the Caldari State." According to Heth, "The Federation is a viper perched on a rotten branch. Eventually that branch will snap and drop it right onto our heads." "Already we see the cracks beginning to form," he went on. "They have [...]
Villore - In an interview, Black Eagles Director Mentas Blaque has spoken out about what he sees as a "devolution of Federation ideals" and a "dangerous trend toward risk and personal gain." Blaque was speaking to the University of Caille Student Press when asked, "How has the Federation changed since you entered politics?" Blaque spent several minutes talking about what he proclaimed as "the failings of the current system to diminish risk in human activity." Particularly, Blaque was critical of "the [...]
New Caldari - Five executives, two of whom had recently resigned from their posts as part of a State-wide protest against the policies of State Executor Tibus Heth, have been arrested by the Caldari Provincial Directorate under charges of espionage and treason. The executives were all arrested shortly after 13:00 EST in a coordinated raid. Two of the executives, former-Wiyrkomi vice president Ikane Hadonei and former-Sukuuvestaa CTO Genkarhaadan Nineven, had resigned as part of the mass-resignation [...]
Cat - The digital activist group SnipeHunt broke into a Federal Intelligence Office station in Ommare after an assault on Inghenges, then were killed by Black Eagles forces as they attempted to flee into Cat. The day began when the Ostrakon Agency assaulted a Black Eagles facility on Inghenges II. Combat took place over several hours. Ostrakon, apparently working on the payroll of SnipeHunt, bolstered their numbers with public mercenary contracts starting at 14:00, while the Federal Intelligence [...]
_Luminaire - _The digital activist group "SnipeHunts" has released a statement naming its next target as the Black Eagles, who the group claims is developing riot control weapons that violate CONCORD treaties. The group, which in the past has infamously defaced the election website of former presidential candidate Daren Fasio and released personal financial details of Senators belonging to the Sociocrats, says it will "stop at no costs to expose the Black Eagles corruption." In a one page statement, [...]
New Caldari - A mass resignation of Caldari management occurred today. The first resignations, among executives belonging to Kaalakiota, began roughly after noon and spiraled from there. Resignations from Caldari Constructions and Home Guard began shortly after, with the first turning in their resignations at 01:30 EST. As news began to spread, it incited additional resignations across the State, with virtually every megacorp and security force reporting some number of resignations. The initial [...]
Luminaire - Black Eagles Director Mentas Blaque once again spoke out about Tibus Heth's regime on Monday afternoon, blasting the government of the Caldari State for "failing to uphold its own laws and allowing a trampling of rights by a power-crazed dictator." The harsh words were directed mostly at Tibus Heth and the recent revocation of the blind auction which granted the Caldari megacorps rights to conquered systems in Placid. "It should be obvious I stand against the very act of auctioning off [...]
Villore - Black Eagles Director Mentas Blaque has harshly condemned the Caldari State, particularly its leader Tibus Heth, for the events that led to the deaths of several thousand protesting workers last evening. Though Executor Heth has promised to investigate the matter, Blaque is unconvinced the Caldari leader was not complicit in the events. "What we have here is nothing more than a jackbooted dictator," Blaque said to reporters, "who massacres his own people when they express discontent with his [...]
New Caldari - Kaalakiota Corporation factory workers who were demonstrating against what they believed to have been failures of Tibus Heth's administration to properly implement reforms and provide safeguards against corporate stock values were massacred by the Home Guard and State Peacekeepers, apparently acting on orders from Kaalakiota executives. Protestors began gathering on and around New Caldari Prime at 14:00 EST this afternoon to protest a number of issues they believed were being ignored by [...]