MOLDEN HEATH - According to reports from Republic law enforcement, the Angel Cartel has begun to experience a downturn in fortune within Molden Heath from a combination of cloned mercenaries, Thukker Tribe assets, and elements of the Republic Fleet. While the Thukker Tribe and Republic Fleet have been active in Molden Heath for years, the newly settled cloned mercenaries have enabled them to refocus their operations. The region has seen a sharp drop in violent crime and booster-related trafficking in [...]
LUMINAIRE - The Caldari Navy has announced that it has completed its investigation of the flight recorder recovered from the Shiigeru wreckage. According to its findings, Admiral Yanala "acted in the best interests of those on the ground" in the ship's final moments. The flight recorder revealed that, as the ship was about to be destroyed above Caldari Prime, Admiral Yanala disabled all volatile systems on board, including the heavily damaged propulsion system, rendering them completely inert before [...]
MOLDEN HEATH - Within the first ten minutes of the Thukker Tribe opening planetary districts in Molden Heath to cloned mercenaries, every district set aside had been claimed by independent corporations. Individuals continue to arrive by the thousands as they fortify their newly-claimed districts and prepare to sell their skills to the highest bidders. Entire planets have been claimed by corporations such as SVER True Blood and D3LTA FORC3, while others are split between many different corporations. [...]
_Luminaire - _The Chief Executive Panel and Caldari Navy have announced that, as part of their continued investigation into the events surrounding the Invasion of Caldari Prime, Ishukone Corporation and subsidiary Zainou Biotech will retrieve and investigate the wreckage of the Shiigeru. The largest piece of wreckage, 700 kilometers outside of Arcurio, has mostly been untouched since the forward section crashed into the planet following its destruction in orbit. Experts say that the wreckage remains [...]
Orien - The Thukker Tribe today announced that it is inviting cloned mercenaries to Molden Heath in an effort to police the region and protect it from piracy. The region, long known as a haven of the Angel Cartel, has fallen on difficult times recently and has been virtually abandoned by the Republic Fleet. The Thukker Tribe, which controls numerous stations in the region and has interests in it as an important route between the Great Wildlands and the heart of the Republic, made the announcement [...]
Passari - Echelon Entertainment has completed its auction of assets and intellectual property in an effort to save parent-corporation Kaalakiota Corporation from future loan defaults. In total, the corporation has sold off approximately 35% of its physical assets and 55% of its intellectual property catalog. The largest buyer has been Echelon-rival Nugoeihuvi Corporation, which purchased several of Echelon's more prominent holoreel rights and current affairs series, as well as the Caldari Financial [...]
_Eram - _The Sebiestor Tribe has announced that it plans to send two tribal delegates to monitor the trial of accused mass-shooter Gerne Broteau. Broteau's attack left 59 dead, including Sebiestor Tribal Chief Karin Midular. In a statement, the Sebiestor Tribe announced, "Though the Federation has so-far refused to hand the murderer of our Tribal Chief over to us, we will not allow justice to go unserved. The Tribe will send two of our own delegates to observe the trial and ensure that it proceeds [...]
_Villore - _The man who opened fire at a Minmatar cultural festival, killing 59 and wounding 303 others, has been identified as Gerne Broteau and was brought before the Caille District Court today, where he was charged with 59 counts of first degree murder, 362 counts of assault with a deadly weapon, and 12 counts of mayhem with the intent to incite terror, along with numerous other charges. Broteau has been identified as a man of Gallente ethnicity in good health. He does not have a criminal record [...]
Luminaire - Mordu's Legion has announced that it has gained full operational oversight of Caldari Prime, as the last of the combatants remaining planetside have been safely evacuated. The mercenary corporation has already begun its efforts in the more highly populated areas of the planet and are primed to begin offering full services to the entire planet. As part of the treaty signed between the Gallente Federation and Caldari State, Mordu's Legion is responsible for the military protection of Caldari [...]
New Caldari - The Caldari Navy and Chief Executive Panel have announced they are conducting a joint investigation of the events surrounding the Gallente assault on Caldari Prime and the crash of the Leviathan-class titan Shiigeru on the planet. The investigation, which has been conducted until now under top security protocols, is nearing completion. Neither the Navy nor the CEP have announced what specific details they are investigating, instead saying, "We are conducting a broad analysis of the [...]
Passari - Kaalakiota Corporation announced today that it will begin selling off assets owned by its subsidiary Echelon Entertainment in order to cover its upcoming debt payments to Caldari Funds Unlimited. The move, which has been expected by analysts since news of KK's financial difficulties were first brought to light, is expected to provide the megacorporation with enough operating capital to meet all its obligations in the coming quarter. Included in the sale are numerous properties, including [...]
_New Caldari - _State Executor Tibus Heth has released a statement calling the Federation "callous imperialists" and once again offering the State's condolences for the death of Karin Midular. The statement reads, "It is with my deepest regret that I learned of the passing of Karin Midular. Though my offer of State aide was rebuffed, I still dearly wished for her to survive. While I never had the chance to meet her, her reputation stood on its own. She was a peacemaker and a proponent for change. She [...]
Hours after the Republic Fleet launched an incursion into the Gallente Federation, numerous incidences of violence against Minmatar immigrants to the Federation were reported to law enforcement agencies. These incidents have ranged from simple assault to murder, all perpetrated by ethnic Gallente. Police suspect many of the attacks were racially motivated. They do not believe the incidents are directly connected, but are rather treating them as separate reactions to the Republic's rising belligerence [...]
Colelie - A fleet of 15 Nagalfar-class dreadnaughts belonging to the Republic Fleet jumped into Colelie, where they were intercepted and destroyed by an equal force of Moros-class dreadnaughts belonging to the Federation Navy. Hundreds of capsuleers were on hand, many begging the two sides to stand down to no avail. According to reports, the Republic Fleet was acting under direct orders from the Tribal Council, claiming that repeated attempts at negotiation with the Gallente Federation over the [...]
ERAM - The Sebiestor Tribe announced that Karin Midular passed away in the early morning after emergency attempts to remove tumors from her brain had failed. A council of Sebiestor Tribal elders released a statement declaring a week of mourning for Midular, an often-controversial leader who had seen a resurgence in popularity over the recent years. "Karin Midular was not only the Chief of the Sebiestor Tribe," the statement read, "but she was also a Ray of Matar for all the Minmatar people. She stood [...]
ERAM - Karin Midular is to undergo emergency brain surgery in an attempt to save her life, the Sebiestor Tribe reported today. The Tribal Chief, who has been in a coma since her shooting on April 11th, has been undergoing a number of radical treatments aimed at repairing the extensive brain damage she suffered. According to the report, doctors attempted an aggressive cellular regeneration regimen directly on Midular's brain cells, in an effort to regrow the damaged tissue. However, because of a [...]
_New Caldari - _State Executor Tibus Heth today announced his desire to "nationalize the megacorps" and place them all under the direct control of the Caldari State. At the same time, reports have been released that Kaalakiota Corporation, of which Tibus Heth is the CEO, has been funneling money to support the Caldari Providence Directorate, placing it in financial difficulties. In Heth's announcement, he declared, "The time for corporate back-biting and rivalry has come and passed. Caldari unity is [...]
New Caldari - Tibus Heth has offered the Sebiestor Tribe access to Caldari medical technology for the treatment of comatose Tribal Chief Karin Midular, but has been turned down after "careful deliberation" by tribal leaders. In a public statement, Tibus Heth offered "the full swath of Caldari medical expertise to the Sebiestor Tribe in order to bring about a positive resolution to this terrible tragedy." He went on to say, "Unlike some others, the Caldari State treats well those who might be its [...]
Eram - Vuld Haupt, the popular spiritual leader of the Sebiestor Tribe, has issued a public call for unity as Karin Midular, the Tribal Chief, remains in critical condition on life support. In response, the other six tribes of Matar have offered their resources in whatever capacity the Sebiestor require. In his statement, Haupt said, "A Ray of Matar is a rare, grand thing. And our Ray, Karin Midular, lived up to her promise. She laid the foundations for the Republic we inhabit today, where the [...]
_Geras - _Nearly two months after the existence of cloned soldiers was made public to the cluster by Jacus Roden, Modern Finances has released a positive report on the financial viability of the soldiers. According to the report, the average cloned soldier begins providing a greater return on investment with each passing day, allowing them to quickly overcome their initial cost. While the costs to create and train an individual cloned soldier is greater than an ordinary soldier, due to the necessity [...]
Luminaire - Following the mass shooting of Minmatar at a cultural festival which has left 58 dead and 304 wounded, including Sebiestor Tribe leader Karin Midular in critical condition, the Gallente Federation has denied a request by the Minmatar Republic to extradite the shooter for trial. The Supreme Court made the expedited decision based on the unprecedented nature of the shooting. In unanimously dismissing the request, the Supreme Court said, "This was a crime committed by a Federation citizen on [...]
Amarr - Empress Jamyl I has made an increasing number of contradictory and otherwise irrational statements and decisions over the past several months, according to several independent political commentators familiar with the Imperial Court. The commentators point to several specific incidents highlighting her inconsistency. The first is her vacillation on the Ardishapur Family educational reforms, which regularly changed from week to week from full support to outright anger. The empress was originally [...]
Eram - Karin Midular remains comatose and on life support, according to a statement issued by the Sebiestor Tribe. The tribal chief's condition is worsening, with doctors losing hope that she can recover sufficiently to regain consciousness or hope to be cloned. The damage to her frontal, parietal, and temporal lobes is extensive. Cellular regeneration has been induced, but the destruction of vital structures has rendered it unlikely she will ever be fully restored to her previous state. Doctors are [...]
_New Caldari - _In an address broadcast across the Caldari State, Executor Tibus Heth proclaimed his desire to "unify the Caldari people" and abolish the "divisive system that has led us astray." He went on to attack what he proclaimed "individuals and groups who cling to foreign influences that have wormed their way into our core and must be purged through any means necessary." "If we are to survive, we must have a single solidified State," Heth said. "The stability of the Caldari people depends on [...]
_Sinq Liason - _As the effects of the mass shooting that claimed 58 lives continues to ripple through the Federation, the large number of Federation citizens of Minmatar heritage have begun expressing growing concern with the handling of the situation and their own status within the Federation. Many have expressed discontent with the delays in turning over Midular to the Republic and the refusal of the Federation government to extradite the shooter or release any details about the individual. "None of [...]
_Luminaire - _Representatives from Nugoeihuvi Corporation, on behalf of the CEP, visited Caldari Prime over the past week to compile a report on Ishukone Corporation's progress on restoring the planet. According to their initial reports, Ishukone is "showing stellar progress in securing Caldari interests on Caldari Prime." Following weeks of heavy fighting, including the crash of the Leviathan-class Titan Shiigeru, Caldari Prime had been heavily damaged with services cut off to many inhabitants. [...]
Oyonata - A religious site under the protection of the Kador Family was assaulted and pillaged by the Blood Raiders on the evening of the 12th. Numerous religious relics were taken by the Blood Raiders, while others were destroyed or defaced by the pirate cartel. The site is believed to be over a thousand years old. Though it holds some significance to the Amarr, the Blood Raiders have long considered it one of their more holy sites. The artifacts stolen from the site consist mainly of relics which [...]
_Pator - _Though former Republic Prime Minister and current Sebiestor Tribal Chief Karin Midular remains in critical condition, she has stabilized, according to doctors in the Federation. Midular was transported to Pator in the Minmatar Republic early this morning, where she was remitted into the care of doctors and taken to an undisclosed hospital for further treatment. Despite the willingness of the Federation to transfer Midular to Republic care, doctors remain pessimistic about her long-term [...]
New Caldari - In a public address given to Caldari Providence Directorate activists, State Executor Tibus Heth this afternoon delivered what has been characterized as a "disjointed, rambling attack on the Federation." His speech touched on the recent tensions between the Federation and Minmatar Republic and the demilitarization of Caldari Prime. "We once again see the imperialism of the Gallente in full force," Heth said. "They are never able to admit to error and believe their own systems to be [...]
Luminaire - Sebiestor Tribal Chief Karin Midular is in a medically induced coma and has suffered extensive brain trauma, the Scope has learned, after being shot in the head on Thursday by a lone gunman in a rampage that left 58 dead and 304 wounded. According to reports from her doctors, the severity of Midular's injury is such that cloning is considered impossible, as any brain scan would return incomplete results. Doctors are currently waiting for the swelling in Midular's brain to go down so they [...]
Bei - The Republic Security Services took a small battleship fleet into Gallente space to demand custody of the shooter who killed 58 and left 304 wounded. After jumping into Colelie from Bei, they had a tense, 30-minute standoff with the Federation Navy before being convinced to stand down by a combination of capsuleers and the DED. The Republic Security Services fleet, composed primarily of Brutor and Sebiestor tribesmen, jumped into Colelie shortly after 20:00, less than eight hours after the [...]
Karin Midular, current Sebiestor Tribal Chief and former Prime Minister of the Minmatar Republic, has been confirmed as one of those wounded in the terrorist attack that took place at the hands of a lone gunman earlier today on Gallente Prime. Details are sparse at this hour, but reports indicate the tribal chief is currently in critical condition after sustaining a serious head wound in the attack. According to highly placed sources within the Minmatar government, Sanmatar Malaetu Shakor has been in [...]
At 11:57 this morning, a lone gunman assaulted a crowd of spectators at the Luminaire Center for Culture and The Arts in the city of Caille on the planet of Gallente Prime, killing at least 58 people and wounding 304 others. The crowd had been assembled for the inaugural address of the Federal Tribes Festival of Community and Culture, held in Caille every year with the stated aim of "fostering and nurturing the relations that have kept the bond between Gallente and Minmatar strong since the days of [...]
KORAMA - In a statement released this afternoon, Ishukone Watch confirmed they have relocated the prototype Scorpion-class battleship that was stolen from their shipyard in Luminaire early yesterday morning. Landea Vrankref, security consultant and investigation lead for Ishukone Watch, made a press release from the security force's office in Korama to confirm that "the vessel has been tracked to the Republic Security Services Logistics station around Moon 5 of Planet 2, here in Korama. It would [...]
Luminaire - Caldari Prime will be divided into a number of districts that shall be split between Gallente and Caldari administration, while Mordu's Legion will provide security for the planet. After final negotiations, roughly fifty-four percent of the districts will fall under the Caldari jurisdiction of the Ishukone Corporation, while forty-six percent will be Gallente districts administered by Material Acquisition. The districts are purely administrative; they shall not be segregated by ethnicity. [...]
LUMINAIRE - The Ishukone Corporation has confirmed that after a sustained firefight this morning, a prototype version of the Scorpion-class battleship has been stolen from their low-orbit staging point above Caldari Prime. Three of the vessels, which were originally designed for use by the Ishukone Watch security force, were drafted in for combat readiness assessment during the Caldari Prime relief effort. These modified versions of the Scorpion apparently include advanced LADAR and thermal imaging [...]
NEW CALDARI _- _ State Executor Tibus Heth delivered a fiery speech to Kaalakiota workers this morning, calling the agreement between the CEP and Federation to turn Caldari Prime into a demilitarized zone "an appeasement that solves nothing and keeps billions of Caldari imprisoned for future generations." He also questioned the actions of Ishukone and Sukuuvestaa in providing aid to the planet "at the cost of recovering it for those it belongs to." "So shortly after the Shiigeru crashed, we had [...]
_Luminaire - _The Federation Navy today released a statement detailing Operation Highlander, the code-name for the offensive on Caldari Prime that ended with the destruction of the Shiigeru. The statement declared the operation an "overall success", while noting that certain details did not go as planned. In particular, the Federation Navy expressed dismay at the crashing of the Shiigeru into Caldari Prime and the damage caused, though it noted that a much larger disaster was prevented by the [...]
_Luminaire - _The Gallente Federation and Caldari State have reached a tentative agreement to end the fighting on Caldari Prime and recognize the planet as a full demilitarized zone between the Federation and the State. The agreement was negotiated by Federation diplomats and representatives of the Chief Executive Panel. The treaty has already been signed by President Jacus Roden and the necessary majority of the CEOs of the eight megacorps. "This is a great day for the State," said Ishukone CEO Mens [...]
Saiso - Several other Caldari corporations have released word that they will be joining Ishukone in the relief effort of Caldari Prime. Chief among them was Sukuuvestaa Corporation, which has already pledged a large amount of supplies to the operation. "Numerous supplies that had been earmarked for military and security applications should, given the devastation of our homeworld, absolutely be redirected toward the aid effort," said SuVee Chief Coordinator Oilenen Inuki. "There is a time and a place [...]
_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 [...]