Month: September 2003

Balmorran Secures Musician Rearmament Contract SOBRIK, BALMORRA – As the song says, “Love is no match for a blaster at your side.” “Our current armory no longer meets the demands of our song writers and performers in their quest to entertain the galaxy,” said Koner Blihrad, Leader of the Melody Fellowship. “We are pleased to partner with Balmorran Arms to equip our security and defense regiments, while significantly enhancing our automata arsenal.” “In addition to standard administrative defense and intellectual property enforcement needs, the Melody Fellowship’s prime assets are typically…

Salliche Ag Sues Dasobo Meats for Gornt Copying LESWAN, YULANT – The Salliche Ag corporation is suing Dasobo Meats, a regional food distributor, for intellectual property theft when analysis of Dasobo product revealed it to be of Salliche origin. A nanoscopic analysis of a five-pack of Dasobo’s Finest Gornt Cutlets revealed Salliche genetic branding. “Somehow, probably through theft, Dasobo was able to acquire a lot of Salliche engineered gornt embryos and has been growing our product as their stock,” said Salliche Finance Officer Losibaru Jenks, Representatives from Dasobo hope the…

Loyalist Committee Split on Vote Special Report by Jacen Kodash GALACTIC CITY, CORUSCANT – Though they stand united in their efforts to preserve the Republic, even the Loyalist Committee is split when it comes to deciding the outcome of the Military Creation Act. A look at campaigning efforts by the key Loyalists in the past few weeks reveals their likely votes. Senator Ask Aak has long been a proponent of an increased military presence throughout the Republic, an opinion shared by most Gran of Malastare. Following the death of Senator…

Cybot Galactica Tries Proprietary Limbs MONDDER, ETTI IV – For the first time in 300 years, Cybot Galactica will manufacture droids that do not comply with the Universal Socket Interface standard. The company announced today that select units shipped later this year will instead utilize their proprietary Advanced Appendage Bus to connect limbs, heads and other appendages to the central processor. Competitors claim the move by Galactica is an attempt to leverage their market share to cut smaller operations out of the lucrative droid replacement part business. Where today the…

100 Metric Tons of Ryll Seized BAGGADO, KARNST – Earlier this week Jedi and Judiciary forces seized approximately 100 metric tons of illegal ryll spice with the impounding of the light freighter Moulee-rah Patogga in the Karstaxon Regions, and are now beginning an investigation into the source of the illicit narcotic. The freighter, registered to the Besadii Hutt clan, was stationed at a Xizor Transport Systems-owned refueling depot for emergency engine realignment following a blown alluvial damper. “They needed to put down for repairs and fast because of that melted damper,” said…

Noviee Exposed as a Changeling PALESIA, LANNIK – As a result of a random blood test, it was discovered that Rolsat “Rolstone” Noviee is a Clawdite changeling who has been posing as a Lannik for the past nine years. “Everyone said he moved unlike any player they’d ever seen,” said Kova Naan of the New Osler Flejj Beasts, “and now we know why.” Noviee, the highest-scoring and highest-paid Pugil participant in Lannik history, is missing and presumed to be offworld. “For all I know, you’re Rolsat,” quipped Naan.

Coco District Jailbreak Alert COCO DISTRICT, CORUSCANT – The Coco District Constabulary have issued a general alert to the public following the escape of three criminals from the Moderate Security Ward of the Coco Penitentiary this morning. The three convicts escaped aboard a supply truck servicing the penitentiary’s laundry wing. While none were arrested for violent crimes, all three have a long history of criminal behavior. Achk Med-Beq and Dannl Faytonni are both humans jailed for a wide array of confidence schemes while Llollulion is a Borlovian smuggler. Any information…

Sluis Van Offer Met with Doubt OUTER RIM NODE – An offer from the Sluis sector capital world to help rein in the vigilante Scarlet Thranta corvette was met with skepticism from the Judicial Department. On a pirated HoloNet frequency, Candobar Inglet, the Sluissi Khedive, said his government would be willing to assist any Judicial and Jedi ventures into what is now Separatist space. The Judicial Department has yet to accept the offer. “It is undergoing careful study at this moment, and we are not at liberty to comment,” said Judicial Terrinald…

Lahara Patrol Attacked, Jedi to Send Aid OUTER RIM NODE – Separatist extremists opened fire on a Space Rescue Corp patrol cutter on the borders of the Lahara sector yesterday, prompting an emergency Jedi taskforce to be dispatched to the area. The Iron Tether was strafed by a quartet of Subpro C-73 Tracker starfighters backed by a modified Corellian freighter despite transmitting its identifying telesponder signal and flying its recognizable red and black hull colors. “When the engagement began, there may have been the off-chance the Separatists didn’t recognize the vessel as…