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Sneaky B News Network: New Battlecrusiers Launched (6-13-04)

Sneaky Bastards
26-05-2004, 06:27
(Wheee. News thread. Much easier to keep all my newsie type shit in one thread instead to starting a new one for each.)

Third Defensive Fleet Returns Home

Earth Orbit

"Twenty-four of the twenty-five ships of the 3rd Defensive Fleet returned home today for repairs after a week of travel from an area near Saturn space. The fleet was adrift for a few days after a massive explosion originating from a Shogunate Busu-class, which was in tow by the fleet, nearly destroyed it. No deaths were reported in the incident, but many critically injured crewmen were rushed to the Self-Defense Force's mobile hospital ship which had responded to the fleet's distress signal along with ships from the 1st and 8th Defensive Fleets. Upon arriving into Earth orbit, the fleet was taken into port at the orbiting asteroid outpost Second Luna, where the fleet will be stationed until the repairs are completed on the fleet's vessels. The hospital ship which took on the injured personel docked at the Lordinum 4 Colony at L3 where they were transfered to the colony's military hospital.

Most of the injured crewmen are expected to make a full recovery from their injuries within a week and return to active duty. Doctors at the military hospital on Lordinum 4 report however that its too early to tell when the more seriously injured crewmen will completely recover from their injuries.

The twenty-fifth ship, the fleet's command ship Shinbatsu, continued on into Saturn space instead of returning home, escorted by the command ships Shugotenshi and Kergueren. Sources say Captain Rachel Andrews, 3rd Fleet's commanding officer, wished to personally deliver her report on the situation and a report of the fleet's investigation of an attack on a Busu-class ship to Shogunate officials whom she had been in contact with during the fleet's stay in Jovian space where the Busu was discovered. The three command ships are expected to return to Earth in a few days so that the Shinbatsu can join the rest of 3rd Fleet at Second Luna for repairs."

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Mass Driver Facility to be Completed in Colony Lands

Bradislov City, Bradislov

"Citizens living in the colony lands of Bradislov will finally be able to travel to space without having to return to the homeland to use mass driver facilities. Later this week the first mass driver facility and spaceport will be finished and opened in the colony's captial city, allowing the population to easily travel to the space colonies in orbit and to other tourist destinations within the solar system. The new facility will also give the Self-Defense Force a new launching point for sending their space vessels and transports back up into space.

Opening ceremonies for the facility will begin at 9:00 am on Thursday with the launch of a civilian passenger transport and two space carrier ships."
Sneaky Bastards
27-05-2004, 00:58
New Green Noa-Class Vessels Commissioned

Victoria Spaceport Shipyards, Victoria City, Sneaky B

"Construction began today at the Victoria Shipyard facilities at the Victoria Spaceport on two new Green Noa-Class deep space exploration and colonization ships. Designated as Green Noa 03 and Green Noa 04, the two ships are expected to be completed in little over a year and half.

It is not yet known if the ships will be immediately used for exploration and colonization or if they'll remain within the solar system to be used for materials transport between Earth and the nation's Uranus and Sedna operations.

*file image of Green Noa 01 in orbit*"

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Sneaky Bastards
13-06-2004, 07:22
Self-Defense Force Terminates Contract with Lordinum Electronics, Launches New Battlecruisers

Asteroid Outpost "Second Luna", Earth Orbit

"Early this afternoon the Secretary of Defense, Major Ayane Kojima, announced that the Self-Defense Force's contract with Lordinum Electronics had been terminated after several years of working with the company. The civilian company developed mostly military weapons and vehicles for the Self-Defense Force, with many of their projects as joint ventures with rival corporation Asakura Heavy Industries.

At a press conference, Defense Secretary Kojima stated that the termination of the contract was the result of the company's poor performance during the last few years, pointing out the low quality and terrible workmanship on several of their products that were being used by the defense forces. The announcement of the contract termination also follows the recent accidental death of an air force pilot when the fighter he was piloting crashed, caused by a flaw in the fighter's control systems, which was later discovered in many other fightercraft recently constructed by the company.

Major Kojima made the announcement at the launching ceremonies for the Self-Defense Force's newest battlecruiser class at Second Luna. The new class of ships are intended to replace the current battlecruiser class currently in service by the fleet, the Kusanagi-Class, which are built by Lordinum's space division. Major Kojima stated that "While we've had no problems with the ships so far, we're not taking any risks, with the almost two-hundred some crewmen that serve aboard each one of those cruisers."

Eighteen of the new Salamis-Class (Refit) battlecruisers departed from Second Luna and headed out to join up with the First, Second, and Third Defensive Fleets to which they would be assigned to. The new ships were developed by the Strategic Naval Research Institute, the Self-Defense Force's in-house development group, and are being built by the SNRI's shipyards. The crews of the Kusanagis of those fleets will be transfered to the new ships, and the old cruisers will be taken in to a nearby shipyard to be dismantled and recycled.

Officials from Lordinum Electronics were not available for comment when we tried to contact them about this story.

We leave you now with this footage of the launch of the ships.

*footage of the new ships leaving Second Luna*"

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