Author: PT White

Rodian Senator Uncovers Loyalist-Separatist Ties SENATE ROTUNDA, CORUSCANT – Senator Onaconda Farr (Rodia) stunned many yesterday with his accusations of Separatist conspiracy within the highest echelons of the Senate, but today’s announcement from the SBI upheld Farr’s assertion that Loyalist Committee member Havriso Looruya was funding secessionist activity. “Upon examining the data provided by Senator Farr, we have found evidence of Senator Looruya transferring large sums of credits to Separatist territories on Ando, Sy Myrth and Sluis Van. He has not yet offered an explanation for the transactions,” said SBI…

Cease & Desist turns into Seek & Destroy SHAMD CITY, KIRIMA – Repeated Cease & Desist orders issued by the Commerce Guild against the Kalinda system’s Vespula Manufacturing & Exports company turned to Seek & Destroy missions carried out by a skilled team of bounty hunters. Vespula, a 12-year old company, was in violation of several patent and copyright laws when it began unlicensed replication of carbonite-boron mid-gauge mining bits. Despite three months of repeated warnings, the company continued its illegal trade. The Commerce Guild responded by hiring bounty hunters…

Corellian Jedi Return CORELLIAN SECTOR NODE – Reinforcing their pledge to protect the Republic, two-dozen Jedi from the Corellian sector returned to the Jedi Temple after a careful review of their homeworlds’ security. Following Corellia’s closing of borders on 3:14, many insiders and Jedi observers were uncertain as to the status of the Jedi Knights operating in the sector. Their return is a welcome one to the already beleaguered order. “Our commitment is to the Jedi Council and the Republic that it serves, but we are Corellians by blood and…

Yag’Dhul Secedes DODECAPOLIS, YAG’DHUL – As is becoming increasingly common during these turbulent times, the Republic was dealt a major blow with the formal secession of Yag’Dhul and its domains today. Yag’Dhul, a very prosperous world, takes with it valuable technological, scientific and mineral resources from the Republic to the Separatists. Senator Daggibus Scoritoles transmitted Articles of Secession via HoloNet to the Senate this morning, making the separation official. The statement was also silmulcast along the broadcast towers of Yag’Dhul’s largest civic shelters. The transmission was accompanied by numerous charts…

Jedi Settle Ansion Dispute CUIPERNAM, ANSION – Despite a swath of scattered violence leading all the way into the very halls of the Unity of Community, the Mid Rim world of Ansion voted that it would remain in the Republic. The vote was contingent on the unlikely completion of a mission by a Jedi delegation to strengthen diplomatic ties between city-dwelling Ansionians and the people of the plains. Upon the delegation’s return to Cuipernam, it was met with scattered attacks from unknown mercenaries. The Jedi nonetheless delivered word of their…

Vigilante Task Force Departs to Engage Separatists EXPANSION REGION NODE – A Republic cruiser assigned to the Judicial Department has defected from the Republic to begin its own private battle against Separatist forces, Republic Judicial Terrinald Screed confirmed today. The Scarlet Thranta, a mid-sized corvette with a crew of 150, ceased communications on a routine patrol mission near Sluissi space last week. What was first believed to be a mechanical failure was later confirmed to be mutiny from Republic service initiated by the vessel’s captain Zozridor Slayke. “Our loyalty is only…

Dooku Spotted in Gree Enclave Reports Place Separatist Leader in Obscure Region SATIKAN, ASATION – The Senate Bureau of Intelligence has confirmed sporadic reports that Count Dooku, popular leader of the Separatist movement, was spotted earlier in the week in a remote area of the Outer Rim known as the Gree Enclave. “Analysis of intelligence gathered on the Gree worlds of Asation and Lonatro corroborates eyewitness accounts of Count Dooku’s presence there. His intent was unknown, as is his current whereabouts,” SBI Director Armand Isard told the media today during…

SPECIAL FEATURE: Sightings by Twang By Dyslogia Twang As I stood there, decked out in my finest Sav’ruuchi pantsuit at the Xenvaer Civic Auditorium, staring at the flotsam swirl and collide in the juice punch, it occurred to me how very much like that watered-down beverage bowl this party was. But wait. I’m getting ahead of myself. Why spoil the party for you before revealing all the details? Gentle readers, yours honestly had the fortune of fortunes to attend the Refugee Relief Movement fundraiser in the otherwise drab world of Alsakan. Those…

Proposed Galaxy Gladiator Federation Falling Apart STRAKO, LOOVRIA – While officially banned by the Republic, spectator combat sports are so widespread and openly popular that gladiator promoter Mettez Roi has undertaken a high-profile effort to organize and coordinate these underground matches in the Galaxy Gladiator Federation. Unexpectedly, Roi’s opposition has not come from the Senate, whose political distractions make recreational infractions — even blatant ones — seem like crawlfish. Instead, the vast array of seemingly inconsequential differences and variations in the galaxy’s existing pugilistic events threaten the upstart league. “Weapons…

New Cloaking Legislation in Effect JUDICIARY ARCOLOGY, CORUSCANT – The Senate and the Judicial Department approved increased restrictions on the distribution and use of cloaking devices and related technologies yesterday. To keep such sensor countermeasures from “falling into the wrong hands” and to help preserve the dwindling stockpiles of non-renewable cloaking resources found on Aeten II, the new legislation imposes strict export tariffs on cloaking componentry, particularly the stygium crystals mined in the Dreighton Nebula. In the meantime, the Techno Union continues its development of alternative forms of cloaking technology,…