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 CNF Initiate Sanctions The FET continue to be on the wrong side of the Confederacy this week as the situation has escalated to the stage of sanctions being drawn up against all FET holdings: TEID-COM EDICT 210.2.1 FOR IMMEDIATE DISTRIBUTION TO ALL CONFEDERATE FORCES, WORLDS AND POLITICALS Due to their wilful refusal to follow a lawful warrant of arrest issued by His Most Confederate Majesty's Confederate Government, it is now ILLEGAL for any soldier, citizen or political of the Confederacy to trade, deal with or be employed by the Frontier Exploration and Trade (FET) organisation without the express written permission of His Most Confederate Majesty's Confederate Government or a senior minister authorised to act on its behalf. This includes: + Trade via public or private markets at FET starbases / outposts + Trade via authorisations with the FET at any FET or Confederate starbases / outposts + Trade via merchandising complexes including generic, non-descript goods and services resulting in stellar income as well as trade goods of any description. + Employment of any type via recruitment or resource complexes by FET starbases / outposts + Transfer or sale of technical or scientific information to / from the FET except system information as agreed by the peace accords of 207. This does not include: + Any restrictions on travel or transit as agreed by the peace accords of 207. + Trade via public markets at Confederate starbases / outposts by FET positions. Furthermore: + Citizens of the Confederacy that continue to be employed under FET positions will revoke their citizenship and that of all their relations, are to be considered exiles, losing all rights and privelages within the Confederacy including but not limited to the right to hold property on any Confederate world. + All existing fixed FET assets in Confederate space are SEALED by court order. + Transfer of SEALED assets to any party other than the CNF, CIA or BHD will result in the continuation of sanctions on that position as if it remained within part of the FET organisation. + Transfer of SEALED assets to any party outside of the Commonwealth without the express approval of the Confederate government will result in the seizure of said SEALED assets from the recipient party. + All Confederate positions are to remove FET from defend / support lists except in areas covered by some superceding treaty or obligation such as the peace accords of 207. Any exemptions to the above must be filed with TEID-COM and have the seal of the PD of either the CNF, CIA or BHD. All Confederate citizens have a duty to uphold this edict, monitor the compliance of fellow citizens and take whatever measures deemed necessary to ensure the sanctions are effective. This edict will be in effect until: + The FET comply with ALL lawful warrant of arrest(s) and other legal rulings of His Most Confederate Majesty's Government. + The FET pay a statutory fine of $25,000 per day the arrest warrant has not been complied with. Furthermore if the FET have not resolved this situation within 30 days: + The Confederate Forces will end its alliance with the FET. + The Confederate Forces will request all Confederate allies treat the FET as a law-breaking organisation and terminate any alliance with the FET. + His Majesty's Confederate Government will bring the case before His Most Confederate Majesty and all civilian governments of interest for their consideration within the Commonwealth. Colonel Abigail Adams Trade Enterprise and Industrial Development Command (TEID-COM) The FET have responded by announcing that they will withdraw all vessels from within CNF space, and cease all trading activities with the Confederacy. The retired Imperial Viceroy, Lord Simms, has called this a sad precedent to have been set, where the human affiliations appear to not be able to get along. Twilight Raiding operations continue in the Twilight system, as Consortium forces launch a rapid strike against a FLZ platform in orbit of the mysterious planet R101. A small squadron of Felini warships is understood to have taken a bite out of the platform, and withdrawn having suffered very little damage. Meanwhile the Stargate terminus is understood now to be firmly in the hands of victorious Consortium forces. AFT An AFT freighter has mistakenly attempted to transit one of the controlled access zones in the Venice system, where it was intercepted and fired upon by one of the infamous DTR Cow Tractor platforms. The AFT Isuby Tungri was destroyed with all hands. Detinus authorities remind all travellers to be aware that the orbit of Venice in the Venice system is a secure orbit, and no visitors are allowed. Twilight The COH freighter Supply Line, a 150 hulled vessel, has been destroyed by Consortium forces whilst attempting to transit the Twilight Stargate. Bad News For The FLZ? There may be worrying times ahead for the Flagritz Empire, as the recent acceptance of the Imperial Charter by the SMS may indicate the human Commonwealth may become more heavily involved alongside the SMS. Certainly it seems as if any attempt by FLZ forces to strike at SMS positions within Commonwealth space will surely incur a significant military response. An un-named Confederate source told one of our reporters that he, 'Would not be at all sad for those slimy True-One-Damned tentacled freaks to get their comeuppance, this is a human galaxy!' When approached for their response to this, the DTR Foreign Office offered a frosty 'no comment'. Pirates There appears to be a new group of pirates active, as a GTT vessel has fallen foul of a small group of armed pirates in the St. Dismas system. The GTT Minuteman S18 was captured by just 150 pirates - a remarkably small boarding party in the light of the huge pirate forces that have been spotted elsewhere in recent months. Unhappy Dewiek Issue Angry Statement Sorry to repeat, but some people don't seem to look very closely. Dewiek Pocket Periphery This is our sacred periphery where we survived the ARC plague. It is private space. KEEP OUT Visitors may be destroyed. Any non Dewiek ships will be unable to leave. Those that enter will be banned from the Dewiek Home Periphery too as enemies of the Dewiek Nation. Dewiek Home Periphery 1) No warships. Classed as all Heavy Hull ships and weapon equipped Normal Hull ships. IMP exempt. 2) No building outposts, bases or platforms without specific individual permission from the current DEN PD. 3) All existing bases, outposts and platforms to be registered with the current DEN PD. 4) All bases, outposts and platforms to carry DEN on the support/defend lists and PIR on the enemy list. Exceptions may be granted, but they are only valid if agreed with the current DEN PD. (Darkmane) Pirate Spotted A pirate scout has been spotted in the Dryad system. All inhabitants are warned to be on alert. *** More Pirates *** The GTT have reportedly lost a vessel to pirates in a highly secure system, the name of which is classified. Freighter destroyed The QNG freighter Carabus has been destroyed by the SMS, sparking speculation that the Consortium invasion of Twilight might be about to embroil yet another of the Hive affiliations. IDC Robbed? Director Maximillian Price has been speaking to reporters this week as he reveals the first report from the team allocated to investigate the events surrounding and following his absence from the Interstellar Development Company: Quote: Special Action/IDC Maximillian Price/Recent Nefarious Activity/210.2 The recently recovered leader of the IDC spends some time trying to determine what happened in his absence. From what little evidence available, he was injected with medication by a small security force under the control of Richard Marcinko. During his reign he did some dubious things before dropping out of the picture somewhere in Yank. His final logs however were not purged and reveal some interesting facts: --xxxx-xxx- TRASMISSION EDITTED FOR SECURITY PURPOSES -xxx-xxxx-- We can however reveal that two individuals (from different affs) received a number of ship transfers before Marcinko's mysterious disappearance - the names and details are known by the current IDC leadership. These names and individuals are yet to be named to the press, though we imagine repercussions will be forthcoming. COH At War? Reports are reaching our newsroom that the Children Of Hexos may be involved in military operations against the Falconian Republic, as described in the following report from House Magpie's press department: Recently reports of sabotage in a large outpost in acropolis were received. House Magpie security forces were sent to investigate. Date 52.3: An explosion destroyed: 1 Hydrocarbons (3) 1 Pulac (21) Date 52.5: An operative was shot after trying to sabotaging Armour Plate (450). An explosion destroyed: Nothing. Date 1.3: An operative was shot trying to sabotage Celesium (33). An encrypted transmission was intercepted from inside the starbase. Date 1.4: Security Sweep {100} The starbase was swept for agents/operatives with a crackdown of 100%. An agent was caught. Under interrogation he revealed he was being paid by COH POLITICAL Celestial Emperor (59436). I have had no cause for disagreement with the current COH leadership and was prepared to treat them as neutral in the Twilight region. As a consequence of this COH vessels are no longer permitted in FCN systems and will be targetted in these systems and the Twilight periphery. To emphasise our resolve a COH freighter has been destroyed entering the Twilight system. We here at the IGN news-room are uncertain why the COH might have extended their operations to attack FCN positions, though they are apparently involved in the Flagritz defence of Twilight. Empress Sarah A chance sighting of the historically important vessel the Empress Sarah flying SMS flags has lead to the CIA issuing a veto in the Commonwealth Command Council on the SMS retaking the Imperial Charter: "The CIA has formally requested, to the Confederate Supreme Commander, that a veto has been put to this issue of the SMS joining the Commonwealth and re-taking a charter. This has been done after much private discussion with regards to the return of the ship Empress Sarah to the CIA from the SMS. The evidence for the ship being under SMS control is: Quote: Leaving Orbit. |-Unstable Wormhole (XXXX) Scanned: SMS SHIP EMPRESS SARAH (1001) - {100 Normal Hulls} Pocket Battleship Class Sensor Ship {Medium Ablative Armour} RIP PLATFORM WORMHOLE QUAD DEFENCE (61379) - 149 Hulls - Attacking us. You escaped an attempt to attack your position. The ship has been ascertained to have been taken by the RIP and then at some point handed over to the SMS. As these discussions have come to nought, a veto has been requested, Regards, Laton." The retired Imperial Viceroy, Lord Simms, responded in council with the following statement: "Using the Triumvirate Council veto for a minor matter of affiliation pride sets an extremely unfortunate precedent that might well rebound in the future. The Empress Sara (1001) was won in a wedding gift prize competition by a FET member about 15 years ago, who took it to the CIA when he deserted the FET. The IMP (me) took it off the CIA in a battle and subsequently lost it to the old RIP in another battle. The FET have a claim to the ship, as one of their members won the prize. The IMP have a claim to the ship because it was stolen from us by pirates, having originally been aquired by capture in battle. However, if loosing a ship in battle justifies a claim by the original owner there are a lot of ships currently possessed by the IMP, CNF, DTR and others that could be subject to such (invalid) claims. The SMS are in posession of the ship and possession is alledged to be nine points of the law On top of all this the ship is a load of crap by modern standards, most affiliations can build much better ones." The meeting of the Commonwealth Command Council then broke up as arguments erupted about the Viceroys missing biscuits, leaving the issue of the Empress Sarah unresolved for the time being. More Pirates Several pirate scout ships have been spotted in the Halo system. The pirates, a large number of scouts, are thought to be the vanguard of a new pirate operation setting up in the Halo system to pray on the largely unprotected space lanes. Wimbles The fate of the Wimble population on the planet Doubt remains in question this week, despite HLQ assurances that they will be looked after, when the Flagritz issued the following statement: * * * * STANDARD TERRAN TRANSLATION * * * * There is a small wimble population on Hanger 17. The Baron is assessing their removal. The Empire acknowledges the Baron's mission on Hanger 17 and grants similar privilidges to the HLQ as granted at Doubt. The Consortium can continue to intefere in this 'humanitarian', or 'pest control', or 'ethnic cleansing', or 'forced relocation' issue to the detriment of the wimbles. Ambassador H'minee (*My translator is struggling to find the right words for the removal of such a population in this manner) Periphery Classifieds IMP Love It Beefy Following a mass slaughter for humanitarian reasons <cough> <cough>, IMP Cape Riva is pleased to announce a one off market allocation of 100K Booker Steaks will be added to the market at the standard rates, effective Monday. HLQ Love It Organic Greeting all I am on the look out for organic hull BP's heavy and Light Mkii would be good. If you can quote your price that would be great looking for at least 3 of each. Baron LiQuan GTT Love It Small I am interested in purchasing a large number of 20-40 normal hull ships. If anyone has ships for sale, please let me know the internals and the price. Please contact offices of Bob Bost. GTT. RIP Would Love People To Just Stop Shooting At Them Position Vacant: Custodian Of Freedom City. The DTR 'applicant' for the post of Custodian has since retracted their offer. I would like to take the opportunity to thank Sylvansight for giving the post their consideration. However, The position of 'custodian' for Freedom city remains vacant. Interested parties are encouraged to apply in public (via this forum) or in private (via PM). Thank you. GT Spugman ****** Contacts: Editor: Simon Field - sss [dot] editor [at] googlemail [replacetoavoidspamdot] com |
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