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."
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."