Year: 2002

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Moe’s Bomb Identified NEW ESCROW, AARGAU – Malastarian investigators have identified Baktoid Armor Workshop components in the remains of the bomb that killed Senator Aks Moe last week. The team of 15 experts and their droids has found a set of Baktoid T-44 power-shunts responsible for the catastrophic overload that destroyed the Senator’s speeder. “Unfortunately, these components are available to nearly anyone employed in the droid manufacturing industry,” said team leader Yeesre Mee. “It could still be anybody behind this.” Popular opinion holds that the Separatist movement is behind the…

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Kabal Riots Quelled by Separatists; 4 Jedi Among the Dead SHORIBUS, KABAL – The deadly riots that have filled the streets of Shoribus were quelled earlier this week when freighters from Separatist worlds arrived at Kabal and airdropped food parcels to the hungry populace.Damage and casualty figures from the month-long rioting have yet to be tallied, though the Jedi envoy dispatched to Kabal has been confirmed among the dead. Graphic holos depicting the bodies of Jedi Knights Plessus Ghon, Ixian Rovieda, Nygreena Clo, and Padawan Renxis Dielle have been confirmed…

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Senators Found Gambling on Secessions BASBIK, COLUNDA PRIME – Senators Char Bibbeck (Colunda Prime) and Jonas Wallen (Darlon) refused to comment after aides in each of their offices brought to light a “friendly game of numbers” between the two sector representatives. For the past year, the two Senators have been betting on the likelihood of specific planets seceding or stay in the Republic, transmitting communiqués to one another over the Senate’s data network. According to data-memos uncovered by the Senate, Bibbeck, and Wallen have together wagered over eight million credits…

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Activists Deface Jedi Temple Lobby JEDI TEMPLE, CORUSCANT – A mob of 20 university students attempted to infiltrate the Jedi Temple yesterday, managing to get as far as the Second Atrium Lobby before being handily contained by Jedi. Unharmed, the students shouted cries of “tyranny and oppression” and “free Baby Ludi” as they were delivered to Judicial holding pens. At 0700 yesterday morning, a sociology tour group from the University of Coruscant entered the Temple’s public lobby. They then unleashed pre-programmed graffiti-bombs with such messages as “Broodsnatchers!”, “Baby Ludi Wants…

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Successful Engine Tests Cause Sienar Stock Surge LOLA CURICH, LIANNA – Republic Sienar Systems announced their endorsement and adoption of the Sienar Advanced Systems’ twin ion engine design early this morning, clearing the way for mass production and purchase by governing bodies within the worlds of the Republic.“Never before has such a radical approach to engine design passed all of our safety and performance requirements in its initial evaluation,” said an enthusiastic Etab Lapha, Quality Assurance Investigator for RSS. “It’s hard to believe that this is a first-generation product.” News…

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Coruscant Restricts Immigration Capital Now Harder to Enter CMoI: Overcrowded Ports are Dangerous GALACTIC CITY, CORUSCANT – In a move designed to increase local security as well as ease the burden of the already overcrowded arrival ports, the Coruscant Ministry of Ingress has issued new restrictions on all inbound interstellar traffic. “The port crowding has reached dangerous levels. We can no longer assure the safety of newcomers to this world, or to the citizenry residing adjacent to the ports. In the interests of security, these new measures are needed,” said…

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