Federation: Difference between revisions
No edit summary |
|||
| Line 89: | Line 89: | ||
The Federation suffered a major embarrassment and loss in public confidence after [[Jupiter Rochester]], the CEO of [[Core Dynamics]] and eldest son of Liberal Party Shadow Vice President [[Isolde Rochester]], fled to [[HIP 54530]] and established the rogue [[Jupiter Division]] faction in February 3307 after being exposed during the trial of Fleet Admiral Lucas Vincent as the financier behind the conspiracy to destroy Starship One and assassinate then-President Halsey in 3301. Federal citizens called for investigations into corruption and corporate influence in the Federal government, and the credibility of both the Republican Party and the Liberal Party was damaged.<ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/602a700b2ad23f14f43973ff GalNet: Federation Damaged by Corruption and Conspiracy]</ref> Jupiter Division was defeated by Federal forces on February 18, and Rochester and thousands of his loyalists were arrested by the [[Federal Intelligence Agency]].<ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/602e59b311bc486b7f3739ab GalNet: Victory for Federal Forces Against Jupiter Division]</ref> | The Federation suffered a major embarrassment and loss in public confidence after [[Jupiter Rochester]], the CEO of [[Core Dynamics]] and eldest son of Liberal Party Shadow Vice President [[Isolde Rochester]], fled to [[HIP 54530]] and established the rogue [[Jupiter Division]] faction in February 3307 after being exposed during the trial of Fleet Admiral Lucas Vincent as the financier behind the conspiracy to destroy Starship One and assassinate then-President Halsey in 3301. Federal citizens called for investigations into corruption and corporate influence in the Federal government, and the credibility of both the Republican Party and the Liberal Party was damaged.<ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/602a700b2ad23f14f43973ff GalNet: Federation Damaged by Corruption and Conspiracy]</ref> Jupiter Division was defeated by Federal forces on February 18, and Rochester and thousands of his loyalists were arrested by the [[Federal Intelligence Agency]].<ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/602e59b311bc486b7f3739ab GalNet: Victory for Federal Forces Against Jupiter Division]</ref> | ||
On March 3, 3307, at the Galactic Summit in [[Sirius]], President Hudson personally ratified the [[Cornelius-Lasky Convention]] with his Allied and Imperial counterparts.<ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/603f8712228a4030f344bcb3 GalNet: Superpowers Make Progress at the Galactic Summit]</ref> | |||
==Society== | ==Society== | ||