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=== Cult Requests Rare Commodities === | === Cult Requests Rare Commodities === | ||
An obscure cult based in the Zlota system has requested a range of rare items for an arcane ceremony. | An obscure cult based in the Zlota system has requested a range of rare items for an arcane ceremony. | ||
A handwritten statement from Barnabas Cole, leader of a group named the Children of Tothos, was submitted to the media: | A handwritten statement from Barnabas Cole, leader of a group named the Children of Tothos, was submitted to the media: | ||
“This is the rite that will unmask us and allow us to see the path – the path we will all take, together, toward freedom.” | |||
Zlota Federal Holdings, which is thought to have some connection to the cult, has requested Aganippe Rush, Motrona Experience Jelly and Onion Head to be delivered to Nusslein-Volhard Settlement in the Zlota system. It has also placed a kill order on all ships on its wanted list, to protect those delivering these rare commodities. | |||
The initiative begins on the 6th of December 3304 and will run for one week. If the final target is met earlier than planned, the campaign will end immediately. | |||
=== Achilles Corp Initiative Concludes === | |||
A goodwill initiative from the Achilles Corporation has now concluded. | |||
Chairman Gus Weaver of the Sol division of Achilles Corp announced: | |||
“Thanks to the dedication of many independent traders, we have now acquired enough commodities to manufacture replacements for all robots destroyed in the wake of the spy robot scandal.” | |||
“I’d also like to remind our customers that the illegal surveillance program was safely deleted by our latest coreware update. Remember, you can always trust Achilles.” | |||
The deliveries were organised by the Adenets Pro-Alliance Bond, which also arranged to protect traders from attack. Pilots who contributed to the initiative can now collect their rewards from Henslow Market in the Adenets system. | |||
== 07 DEC == | |||
=== Nova Imperium Unveils Figurehead === | |||
Isolationist group Nova Imperium has revealed its choice for Emperor – an eighteen year old man named Hadrian Augustus Duval. | |||
The group’s leader, Imperator Mordanticus, broadcast this message: | |||
“It is incumbent upon me to reveal that Hengist Duval fathered not one but two illegitimate children in his younger days. A few years before meeting Florence Lavigny, he had a brief affair with a slave in the Imperial household. When Hengist’s father discovered this, the matter was hushed up and the slave dismissed. The slave’s son went on to sire a child of his own: Hadrian Duval, grandson of Emperor Hengist Duval. Hadrian was unaware of this until we located him and genetically confirmed his lineage.” | |||
“Arissa Lavigny-Duval is a weak Emperor who must be removed. We call for Hadrian Duval to be recognised as the true heir to the throne!” | |||
The | The Imperial Herald’s political journalist Cassia Carvalho observed: | ||
“This announcement has shaken the Empire to its very foundations. Having Hadrian as a figurehead has rallied those hardliners more comfortable with the idea of a male Emperor. With a single stroke, Nova Imperium has gained considerable credibility and massively increased its support.” | |||
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