*** Inter Galactic News ***

Pirates strike in Solo!

After a brief period of calm, with little pirate activity reported, a significant attack has been launched in the Solo system. Piecing together information from several sources we believe that ten pirate ships simultaneously entered orbit of the Solo Stargate and attacked multiple ships from the FEL, FLZ, CIA and KRT. Seven ships were stolen in one day. This may represent the largest organized pirate attack to steal ships we have seen to date.

Over the next few days further attacks in Solo and nearby systems of Discordia and Kaygen targeted the AFT, GTT and KRT, with more ships taken. In all a dozen ships have been lost to this band of pirates which all all appear to hail from the same pirate band. The Scavenger pirates have certainly made many enemies and already affiliations are scrambling to protect their shipping using the Solo Stargate.

IND warships attack close to Yank

Multiple reports have been received of a small group of IND flagged warships attacking positions within one jump of Yank. So far these have consisted of an attack on an FEL trading vessel and two assaults on GTT outposts. It appears the IND ships have caused significant damage and then retreated to Yank where they can plan their next attack. The most recent attack report details sixteen IND Broadsword ships. Be alert that it is not only pirate attacks happening close to Yank.

New officer information

All captains are to be aware that new training and equipment is now available. If you don't check the nexus regularly or have been away for some time, new skills are there to be learned and new equipment and weapons are there to be built and used.


*** Affiliations ***

AFT Association of Free Traders (54) - Drax
BHD - Brotherhood (63) - Dracolith
CIA Combined Intelligence Agency (64) - Laton CIA
DNA Displaced Natives Asylum (66) - DNA people
DTR Detinus Republic (58) - Morley Decker
FCN Falconian Republic (70) - Bacran
FEL Felini Tyranny (49) - Kr'Shan
FLZ Flagritz Republic (47) - Kayxaer
FET Frontier Exploration & Trade (56) - Cu Chulainn
GTT Galactic Trade & Transport (52) - Xavier Fox
HEX Hexamon (23) - unknown, believed leaderless
KRL Krell (30) - Namica
KRT Krell of the Reverence Temple (37) - Cyn
KST Kastor Kastorians (12) - Kastor
MOH Mohache (73) - Listens
NHS Noble Houses (41) - Roy Roberts
NLF Naplian Liberation Front (38) - NLFHQ
SMS Stellar Mining and Smelting (53) - MikhailM
WMB Wimble Nations (25) - zz

* Leader MAY be inactive, affiliation may be active
** Only known contact, please update us if this is incorrect.

NPC / FoC: ARC, CIV, CGT, FRE, HBO, HEF, IND, ISP, JCN, MEK, MRC, PIR, PRV, TCA, TRN, KAS
Inactive: ANT, COD, BHD, DEN, DOM, GCE, HEX, HVE, IDC, IMP, RIP, RCF, SKW, TAG,

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