LUMINAIRE - President Foiritan has just issued an internationally broadcast address to New Eden. The transcript is as follows: "Citizens of the Federation, fellow souls of New Eden. "It is with unspeakable regret and sorrow that I must deliver to you the news that we had hoped to never hear. Though we may have hoped that we could have prepared ourselves for this moment, I believe I speak on behalf of us all in saying that this catastrophe is the realization of our worst nightmares. "By my order, all [...]
OURSULAERT 1002 - Security forces and medical first responders aboard the Federation Navy Testing Facilities in orbit around Oursulaert III have responded to reports of a deadly stampede in the commercial docking bays. Eyewitness reports indicate that the panic was sparked by the news of communications failures in the Seyllin system. Passengers waiting in the commercial transportation terminal attempted to storm a waiting vessel in order to secure passage out of the system. A report from the [...]
SEYLLIN - Freighters converted into medical wards have established orbits over the night side of Seyllin I and are accepting injured survivors. The overwhelming number of cases are severe burns and trauma caused by secondary splash-effect damage from local structures after the original event. As promised by President Foiritan, dropships have been returning full loads of people onto these floating hospitals nonstop, pausing only to take on fuel and returning immediately to the surface. The lack of [...]
SYSTEM SL-YBS 0952 - SCOPE News has learned that a Thukker caravan has been reported missing in the Great Wildlands region. The elusive tribe consulted with the Republic's Sanmatar Maleatu Shakor a short time ago, stating in confidence that the caravan's last checkpoint was a transit waypoint through the SL-YBS system. Known for their nomadic culture, Thukker caravans typically consist of hundreds of vessels. Though home to large numbers of civilian tribesmen, they are generally well-armed and [...]
Pator - In a joint press conference held moments ago on the Minmatar homeworld, Sanmatar Maleatu Shakor and Thukker Chief Einnar Aeboul have announced that the Thukker Tribe is to join the Minmatar Republic, being conferred the status of an independent 'state within a state.' Although the Thukker Tribe will join in political union with the other Minmatar Tribes through the emerging 'Tribal Republic' being forged by Sanmatar Shakor, they will retain full autonomy within their home region of the Great [...]
Anttiri - Perkone, one of the major Caldari manufacturing corporations, announced their intention to conduct a secondary share offering in an effort to raise as much as 30 billion ISK. Economic experts view this move as an indication that the Caldari economy is on the rise. Kakanen Maloras, Perkone's CFO, said that the company intends to "aggressively pursue opportunities presented by the current economic and business conditions." He added that Perkone will use the proceeds of the capital increase to [...]
Following the recent move by Kaalakiota Corporation, other major players in the Caldari State have stated their plans for the expansion into the Black Rise region. Yesterday Lai Dai Corporation announced that its board of directors will consider moving a number of facilities to Black Rise. In addition, the corporation said it will build two new planetside aluminum processing plants in an as-yet-undisclosed system in the region. "We are currently considering a number of systems close to our established [...]
Villore - Intaki Senator Suvio Bellaron proposed a bill banning public execution in yesterday's tumultuous Senate session. The debate was heated, with numerous outbursts from both sides of the issue. Senator Bellaron was strident in his condemnation of President Foiritan's handling of the Eturrer execution. "This was a shameful and barbaric spectacle. We must demand better of our elected officials, so that we may set an example of enlightenment rather than savagery." These statements drew sharp [...]
Pator - Sanmatar Maleatu Shakor has issued a call for the Seven Tribes of Matar to meet "in grand assembly in not less than three months time." In his short address to the Republic Parliament's second session in a week, Sanmatar Shakor went on to say that the assembly would "determine the future of the Minmatar people, whatever their tribe and wherever they may live." Parliament members reacted to the call with sustained applause. Chants of approval were heard by government supporters, who represented [...]
Ardishapur Prime - Einkur Aro, former Grand Admiral of the Ammatar Fleet, was sentenced to death this week after pleading guilty to all charges leveled against him, including dereliction of duty, failure to prevent mutiny, and treason. Yonis Ardishapur and five Theology Council Justices oversaw his plea. The proceedings began with presiding Justice Fimin reading the charges against Admiral Aro. Most legal experts anticipated a non-guilty plea, but the former Admiral plead otherwise. Strong protests to [...]
Nonni - Kaalakiota Corporation announced today a large-scale survey program in the Black Rise region. The initiative aims to discover valuable resources and colonization opportunities in Black Rise, and was made possible by the recent successes of Caldari militia in the region. According to Niteloho Koirolen, Kaalakiota Corporation chief spokesperson, the program will be conducted by both the corporation's intelligence division and the Home Guard, the goal being the development of a comprehensive [...]
Pator - The administration of Sanmatar Maleatu Shakor came under fire during a session of the Republic Parliament yesterday. Several members of parliament put foward an amendment on a routine financial motion charging that the Minmatar Republic is 'in a state of political stasis following the extraordinary assumption of powers by Sanmatar Maleatu Shakor and his administration.' Yesterday's parliamentary session was the first full session held for several weeks and was made necessary by the strict [...]
Oto - Poksu Mineral Group filed suit against Minedrill today, whose CEO Soisonen Okalala is currently in contention for the Ishukone CEO seat. The suit seeks to stop the latter's planned expansion in the Oto system, where both corporations have significant holdings. The suit alleges that Minedrill's expansion plans impinge on Poksu's own plans whereas Minedrill is calling the suit "a nuisance lawsuit without any merit." The Tribunal has issued an injunction against Minedrill's plans until the case can [...]
Pator - The controversy over government use of tribal lands to build 'transit camps' and settle immigrant Minmatar became even more highly-charged yesterday, as it emerged that the returning Starkmanir and Nefantar tribes are pressing claims for the restitution of ancestral lands which went into 'common ownership' - in practice, Republic government administration - following the foundation of the Minmatar Republic. While there is much sympathy for the Starkmanir, and their claim to large portions of [...]
Pator - Increasing numbers of land disputes are being registered as the Minmatar Republic immigrant population rises, confirmed Urban Management, the independent land and estates administration agency for the Republic, in a press statement today. Johanas Dhirakior, Urban Management's Planning Director on Matar, also admitted that disputes which normally would be settled with relative ease at the local level were increasingly being referred to the agency for arbitration. Director Dhirakior was speaking [...]
Isseras - Hyasyoda negotiators resumed talks with Zainou today after Ishukone Watch CEO Mens Reppola intervened personally over the weekend. The close friend of the late Otro Gariushi spoke extensively with Hyasyoda CEO Ahtonen Osmon both Saturday and Sunday. Though Ishukone did not disclose the details of the conversation, a press release from Osmon's office called the discussions with Reppola "productive and reassuring," and apologized to Zainou for the delay in resuming negotiations. Though lead [...]
Pator - Rioters stormed the encampment of Abel Jarek's 'Salvation Crusade' this morning, burning down the recently-completed Amarrian chapel constructed by Jarek's followers on Matar. It is reported that 78 people have been injured, most of them members of Jarek's movement, with several severely wounded and hospitalized. No deaths are reported. Since arriving on Matar some days ago the 'Salvation Crusade,' - led by Abel Jarek, a cleric of the Salvation Church of Blessed Servitude, a slave-based branch [...]
Vuorrassi - The Caldari Business Tribunal's Lonetrek Regional Court dismissed a lawsuit filed by the Caldari Providence Directorate against Ishukone Corporation today. The suit, filed a week ago, alleged that Ishukone officials engaged in large-scale embezzlement and collaboration with Gallente agents, necessitating a Tribunal investigation. The Tribunal's decision surmised that subsequent evidence presented by Ishukone Watch, as well as Tribunal analysis of confiscated Ishukone data, demonstrates the [...]
Pator - Food supplies to the Minmatar Republic from the Gallente Federation are "at risk of delay and even contraction," according to the humanitarian charity Aidonis Medical. "The potential food shortage crisis in the Verge Vendor region is almost certain to result in significant diversions of food aid by Gallente Federation agencies," explained Dr. Verigold Sarsou, who is directing the charity's aid efforts in the Republic. A Republic government spokesman, commenting on the warning by Aidonis [...]
Oimmo - In a number of early morning raids, Ishukone Watch tactical teams arrested more than 300 Ishukone personnel on charges of aiding piracy and corporate corruption throughout the Mito constellation. In addition, Watch officials report that 17 suspects were killed while resisting arrest in the operation, the culmination of a crackdown on Gurista infiltration of Ishukone offices in Mito. Witnesses stated that Watch special forces executed arrest warrants in Ishukone enclaves in both Oimmo and [...]
Ienakkamon - Captain Kiripas Isento, Chief of Staff for Rear Admiral Shinnen Kultuvas, was formally reprimanded by a naval board of review this week for an editorial in The Kimotoro Report endorsing Mens Reppola for the leadership of Ishukone. The move comes a week after the Echelon News Service revealed Isento as the writer of the anonymous editorial. Isento apologized for his actions, saying that "in retrospect, it was extremely inadvisable for me, as a member of the naval staff, to write such an [...]
Oimmo - Acting on a suit filed by the Caldari Providence Directorate, Provist troops and the Caldari Business Tribunal raided an Ishukone factory in Oimmo today, seizing corporate accounting data and shipping logs. The move drew protest from Ishukone corporate officials, and other megacorporations have expressed "uneasiness" with these actions. The Directorate's suit, filed yesterday, alleges that Ishukone officials in Oimmo siphoned funds from the corporation and funneled them to a variety of [...]
Pator - The 'Salvation Crusade' movement of emancipated slaves preaching the Amarrian faith in Minmatar space reached Pator yesterday, and promptly set up a camp in the largest refugee holding zone on Matar. Abel Jarek, the charismatic preacher and former slave who leads the Salvation Crusaders, stated that the first task would be to build an Amarrian chapel so that "believers may worship in the house of God and take comfort in His shelter." The Salvation Crusade has caused considerable controversy in [...]
Auga, Heimatar - After crossing the border into Minmatar space today, the 'Salvation Crusade' fleet led by Cleric Abel Jarek encountered hostile ships and was halted by means of a warp disruptor. Ordered to turn back into Amarr space, Abel Jarek is reported to have immediately refused. The standoff was prevented from descending into deadly violence by the arrival of mercenaries apparently hired to provide security for the Salvation Crusaders in Republic space. While full details remain unconfirmed, [...]
Korama - Minedrill CEO Soisonen Okalala and Top Down Retail CEO Mannen Marukaiken shook hands today on a new deal that calls for Minedrill to develop a variety of mining technologies for use both on planets and in space. The news prompted both companies' stock to rise slightly and many analysts are seeing this as further step towards resolving the Ishukone CEO crisis, putting yet another feather in Okalala's cap. Minedrill has traditionally designed mining equipment for internal use only, and while [...]
Luminaire - The Interplanetary Agriculture Bureau is warning of impending food shortages in Verge Vendor. Forecasts for trade volumes in the region, which have been falling steadily since the outbreak of the war, are also bleak, hinting at the distinct possibility of a full-scale humanitarian crisis. "The decrease in food supplies outlined in the report is mostly caused by the general slump in commodity import-export operations in Verge Vendor," remarked Kashan Gilli, a Garoun Investment Bank analyst. [...]
Algogille - The Federation Navy press office has issued a statement containing the findings of their investigation into the recent incident involving an Iteron industrial ship under Federation Navy contract. The statement confirms that the Iteron was in the process of 'relocating important military equipment' when it was destroyed. Furthermore, the investigation confirmed that the ship did not come under ship-to-ship weapons fire but was disabled from the inside, possibly by demolition charges. The [...]
Tuomuta, The Bleak Lands - Cleric Abel Jarek's 'Salvation Crusade' is to cross the border into Minmatar space via the Bleak Lands in the next few days, it was announced yesterday. A cleric in the Salvation Church of Blessed Servitude, Abel Jarek has let it be known he intends to claim right of return and citizenship in the Minmatar Republic in order to preach the Amarrian faith there. Since announcing his intention to lead a "Salvation Crusade from Amarr to Pator" several days ago, Abel Jarek has made [...]
Isseras - Zainou negotiators were shocked today when Hyasyoda representatives, citing worries about Zainou's long term viability, walked out on what was intended to be a routine supply contract renewal between the megacorp conglomerate and the well-known biotech firm. The market registered its disappointment by closing with Zainou stock having taken a measurable slide. The negotiations were expected to be a nonevent, considering the longstanding relationship between Hyasyoda and Zainou parent [...]
Amarr - A 'Salvation Crusade' from Amarr to Pator was declared yesterday by Minmatar preacher Abel Jarek, at a public meeting held in the main concourse of the Emperor Family Academy in Amarr. Jarek, a Cleric in the Salvation Church of Blessed Servitude, an authorized branch of the Amarrian Church serving slave populations, announced his intention to gather a "flock of righteous Minmatar and take the Word of God to our brothers in Pator." Speaking to a crowd of several hundred former slaves, Cleric [...]
Isikemi - Minedrill CEO Soisonen Okalala sat down with Echelon Entertainment's Iesa Murikomo yesterday for an interview scheduled to air later this week on Murikomo's This Is The State program. In segments of the interview aired today on a number of Echelon broadcasts, Okalala responded to the interview earlier this week by Ishukone Watch CEO Mens Reppola, his leading opponent for the CEO position at parent Ishukone. "I think the problem with the Navy's report is that it does not balance the costs of [...]
Laddiaha - Ducia Foundry announced today that it had secured 50 billion ISK in financing from the State and Region Bank for an expansion of its operations in the Caldari State. Overall response in both Amarr and Caldari markets has been positive, though several objections are being raised from within both nations. Ducia Foundry has operated in the State and elsewhere outside the Empire for quite some time, but the Empress' CAESA program, which has both encouraged Amarr industrial development in the [...]
Caslemon - Less than an hour ago, an automated distress beacon was broadcast in the Caslemon system. Menerus Jasier, a Gallente freighter pilot conducting a supply run contract on behalf of FedMart, was the first to respond to the call. He discovered a crippled Iteron industrial-class ship, in a scene he described as "disturbing." "It didn't look like it was attacked by another ship," he stated to local reporters. "Most of the structure was intact, it was just burned out and dead in space. The crew [...]
Derelik - Admiral Einkur Aro, head of the Ammatar Fleet, was taken into custody today on the orders of Ardishapur family head Yonis Ardishapur. According to a statement released by Ardishapur, the Admiral is being charged with dereliction of duty, failure to prevent mutiny, and treason. This is apparently in response to the numerous defections from the Ammatar Fleet that occurred following the Elder Fleet invasion last year. The action has shocked many across the Mandate and in the interstellar [...]
Tierijev, Verge Vendor - According to market observers, costs of freight and cargo have spiked sharply in the Verge Vendor region. At an industry seminar, Ivar Wert, deputy chairman of Tierijev Mercantile Club, noted that freighter rental prices for ships traveling through Verge Vendor have increased by almost 35% over the last few months. Average increase in cargo insurance is from around 20% for commodity goods to over 100% for luxury items. Most experts agree that one of the key drivers behind the [...]
Leremblompes, Essence - In a press conference today, family and friends of Federal Freight employee Querian Galoud have publicly called upon the FIO to release any information concerning Galoud's whereabouts. A senior accounts manager with over 15 years at Federal Freight, Galoud was brought in by FIO agents as a "person of interest" during the Office's investigation following last year's break-in. "The last time I saw Querian, he was being loaded into an unmarked ground-car by the Black Eagles," said [...]
Jita - Ishukone Watch CEO Mens Reppola, a top contender to replace Otro Gariushi as Ishukone CEO, appeared as a guest on the Nugoeihuvi political talk program Games of State yesterday, where he criticized the occupation of Caldari Prime and the general progress of the war effort. "This latest report shows just what a mistake this occupation really is - a logistical nightmare that is draining the resources of the State from where they are really needed, here at home," charged Reppola, speaking to host [...]
Dantumi - The Wiyrkomi Peace Corps announced today that it was committing an additional brigade of troops to the Caldari Prime occupation force. This comes on the heels of last week's report that the Navy is beginning to feel the pinch of the occupation's cost on their other operations. The current occupation force is for the most part made up of Navy marines and Provist troops, which are protecting infrastructure and population centers. Though they took significant part in the initial invasion, [...]
Otsasai - Caldari Navy Logistics Command today released the results of a study calculating the continuing costs of the occupation of Caldari Prime, revealing grim figures for continuing naval readiness. Nearly 15% of the fleet's transport capacity is permanently tied to keeping Navy and Provist troops supplied on the planet, with the total resource allocation for the occupation nearly 50% higher than that of a similarly-sized naval task force. The report also notes that marines serving on the planet [...]
Pator - Sanmatar Maleatu Shakor warned today that the 9th generation slave releases could not be taken at face value and that behind them would be "more of the treachery we have come to expect from the Amarr." The Sanmatar's remarks were made at a ceremony to welcome the first one million former slaves to travel to the Minmatar Republic since the slave release edict of Empress Jamyl I. "We are gathered here today to welcome our brothers and sisters out of slavery and into freedom among the tribes of [...]
Malkalen - Eight months after the death of Ishukone CEO Otro Gariushi, the Ishukone board appears to be close to naming a successor, according to sources close to several Ishukone executives. The news comes as a welcome bit of relief for Ishukone stockholders, who have seen the stock on a slow but steady decline while most other Caldari megacorporations have been heading towards recovery in the last few months. Anxiety about the lack of someone at the helm were only compounded in November, when the [...]
CRC Monitoring Post, Polaris - Outrage swept the Caldari capsuleer community when Caldari Prime Memorial organiser, Gorion Wassenar , denounced the current war between the Gallente Federation and the Caldari State as no more than a tool of political ambition. This article attempts to look in depth at the politics surrounding the event and the high feelings it has raised, through the eyes of four very different Caldari pilots. Wassenar's statement in the announcement of the annual memorial was the [...]
As a new educational term draws near at Republic University, school administrators are reporting a record number of students enrolling in university programs based on Minmatar history and culture, previously low-attendance subjects within the University. University heads state this is a natural follow-on from the increased self-confidence the Republic has found itself imbued with over these past months. Last week, the movement of Culture Reclamation received several notable increases in grants from [...]
Federation forces continue to hold the Urpiken constellation in Black Rise and are steadily advancing into the Inolari constellation with the capture of the Innia star system. For well over a month, Federation forces led primarily by Friedrick Psitalon and his Dead Parrot Shoppe corporation have captured and held every star system in the Urpiken constellation. Despite stiff resistance and attempted recaptures, the State militia has been unable to stop Friedrick's relentless march through Black Rise. A [...]
Luminaire - With the Gallente Federation adopting no formal stance on Empress Jamyl I's slave release, federal and local politicians are taking the temperature of mixed public opinion since the emancipation edict came into force. A population that remains focused on internal problems and the ongoing conflict with the Caldari State appears divided on the emancipation issue in the absence of a clear lead from the government. "My constituents view these releases positively," said Ursalin Dovaille, a [...]
Dakba - Adash Korta, one of the Amarr Empire's largest slaveholders, has been found guilty of heresy for defying Empress Jamyl I's edict freeing all Minmatar slaves of 9th generation and up. The conviction comes following a week-long investigation by the Ministry of Internal Order into discrepancies on a quarter of a million genealogical slave records submitted by Korta. The Ministry announced that of those records submitted with discrepancies, approximately 100,000 were discovered to impact the [...]
Mikhir, Domain - The Office of the Imperial Chancellor has announced the total compliance of the so-called 'Refusards,' holders who initially refused to release slaves in accordance with the edict of Empress Jamyl I. Elements of the Kor-Azor regional fleet, acting with the authority of the Office of Imperial Chancellor, are reported to have assaulted the holdings of the Refusard leaders and released all slaves qualifying under the edict. "The Imperial Chancellor wishes it to be known that the Imperial [...]
New Caldari - A fast-track program of training for former slaves electing to remain resident in the Amarr Empire was announced today by Director Suvasemi Aikinen of the Caldari Providence Directorate. This special access for emancipated slaves in the Empire was arranged as part of the recently announced Caldari-Amarr Economic Stimulus Agreement (CAESA). "The Caldari people welcome the emancipation of hundreds of millions of slaves by Her Majesty Jamyl I, and we wish to assist in making their new lives [...]
Avair, Domain - The Theology Council has condemned the so-called 'Refusards' - holders refusing the slave release proclamation of Empress Jamyl I - and called on all subjects of the Empire to take every action necessary to enforce the will of the Empress and God. Speaking for the Theology Council, Principal Clerk Datna Jesebel read the following statement: "The Theology Council hereby reaffirms the most ancient principle and doctrine of our faith, the word of the Empress is the word of God, the will [...]
X-70MU -- The Sisters of Eve released a statement today condemning the manner in which the Gallente Federation executed Admiral Anvent Eturrer, calling it "barbaric and inhumane," and advising the President and Senate to ban any further uses of this particular method of execution. The statement alleges that "this reprehensible display plays to the basest instincts in humanity -- the lust for blood -- at a time when such passions will likely only fuel more bloodshed of the kind we have seen over the [...]