Year: 2015

VALSHO, ANTIMONE – Authorities on Antimone are hunting for five suspects who robbed the Lucky Knuckle Casino last night. Officials aren’t saying much about the incident, except that the group may have had outside help from disgruntled former employees and hackers to pull off a daring heist from a secure vault below the casino. The…

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SAN ANGELES, EARTH – Eye Balthazar, leader of the Mystics of Val Shohob, confirmed today that his people are considering a bid to join the Stellar Consortium. His world, currently among the independent planets, stands to benefit from Vanguard protection and Consortium trade agreements. The Consortium wouldn’t gain as much from Mystic membership, however, aside…

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ALHIRA, DEMARIA – Amnesty Interstellar, a sentient rights organization based on Earth, has renewed its call for the planet Demaria to be expelled from the Stellar Consortium. The latest outcry comes as the new combat arena season opens and underclassers face violent ends (or bloody victories) in the desert world’s battle cages. “It’s an absolute…

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SAN ANGELES, EARTH – Members of the budget and finance committee of the Consortium Council may soon propose cuts to Martian terraforming research funds. According to a memo leaked to the Consortium Broadcasting Network, the committee wants the full board to consider slashing the $100.6-million credit Martian research budget by no less than 30 percent….

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