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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,…

Techno Union Tightens Security at Foerost Shipyards HAJIBAR, FOEREST – Citing increased corporate competition, the Techno Union has bolstered security on one of its most significant construction assets, the Foerost Shipyards. Purchased centuries ago from the Republic, Foerost once served as a Republic military staging area in ancient times. Now, the Techno Union’s corporate signatories use the facility to construct and test new materials and propulsion systems. The Senate has approved Techno Union Foreman Wat Tambor’s request to allocate 40,000 battle droids to the shipyards in exchange for continued government…