NationStates Jolt Archive

Port San Lucas - Depressing news from the TAP Commodities Exchange. Due to the recent war with NOVA Corp, several key rail lines used for hauling grains to Port San Lucas where cut, leaving shipments of Grain from the Rail Lines stuck in Na Nex Sa. Aero Farms reported that the shipments would be diverted, but warned that it would take several weeks before their shipments would reach the general population. In related news, Iron and Steel prices have begun to rise, as the Rail Companies rush to replace the tracks on those key rail lines, postponing the proposed switch over to Supercondutive rail lines. The Rail cuts also were showing a price in the rise of Bio-Diesel, as oil Futures push the price per barrel up to $30, a 20% increase over the previous price of $25.

New Tortuga - The past few days have been the scene of tremendous activity in the Tortuga Stock Exchange, as the stocks for Aero Farms, Heartland Farms, and Kansa Farming Incorporated have fluctuated. In related news, the stocks for Na Nex Sa-Tortuga and Union Orleans have dropped, and the number of Push Orders have increased as the two rail lines, the principal ones taking grain from the massive farming towers, experience delays and obstructions along all rail lines.

New Tortuga - The Attorney General Brought official charges against the Deputy Director of Internal Security at the Republic Security Bureau after it was learned that he was the internal ringleader for the NOVA Corporation's ploys within the RSB. Based on available evidence, many believe that he shall be sentenced to hang from the neck until dead, though some are talking about the possibility of him being forced into a stockade for the rest of his life.

In Related news, the President nominated Joel Nomencamp to replace the former Deputy Director.

Port San Lucas - Violence racked the city today, as a large number of Pro-NOVA protesters tried to take and hold the docks. Two Hyperion Gunships where dispatched to the scene, and were able to disperse the crowds into the hands of waiting police and law enforcement officials.

Sorn - Police have grown anxious today as Gang Activity has increased in and around the state of Na Nex Sa. Due to the high number of Hydroponic Towers that dot the landscape, the President has sent in a large taskforce to help restore order, where in some places, anarchy has broken out.

Port San Lucas - Across the Tortuga Sea today, the First, Third, Tenth, and 35th Carrier Battle Groups where dispatched today under cover of the 1st, 2nd, and 4th Hyperion Airship Groups to the Nation of Greal, where they shall help to defend the Embattled nation from an attempt by Leocardia to under-go an External Coup.

This was exasperated, due to reports of an artillery shell landing in the Embassy Compound of The American Privateer in the capital of Sasha.

Earlier, a ship carrying Engineers and parts from ÆRO (Pronounced Aero) Farms to set up a Hydroponic Tower Complex had been turned away due to the actions of The People's Freedom.