Maximilian Liao Calls for Alliance
Sian, Sian Commonality, Capellan Confederation
Chancellor Maximilian Liao called for the formation of
a new alliance to
oppose the Federated-Commonwealth alliance. In a national broadcast,
Liao
asked Janos Marik and Takashi Kurita to join him in a holy crusade
against
the Federated Suns and their Lyran lackeys.
There has been no reply from the Marik government.
There is no expectation
that there will be a reply from the Marik government. An alliance with
the
Capellan Confederation is out of the question for a majority of Free
Worlders.
Hundreds of years of vicious warfare has left the League with no love
for the
Capellans. Only the Lyran Commonwealth is more hated by the people of
the
Free Worlds.
Pirates Raid Abbey District
Maxwell, Abbey District, Free Worlds League
Heavy pirate activity has been reported in the Abbey
District. The Abbey
District is a small group of worlds located near the outer edge of the
League,
close to the Lyran Commonwealth. The worlds of Maxwell and Manotick
have been
raided several times in the last month. No pirates have been captured
and their
'Mechs only show the Jolly Roger.
The 2nd Brigade of the Fusiliers of Oriente, which has
been assigned to
protect those worlds, has refused to help the civilians. Colonel
Ricardo
Fuentes cites that his Brigade is only tasked with defending the
military
installations and that his men are spread too thin to mount an
expedition to
find the pirate base.
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Heavy Storms Sweep Through Atreus
Atreus, Marik Commonwealth, Free Worlds League
The whole planet of Atreus has been experiencing heavy
storms throughout
the month. Thunderstorms have hit coastal cities, sandstorms swirl
around the
Great Desert, and snowstorms are constant in the mountains. Few places
have
been spared and even the Southern Hemisphere has been plagued by
several
monsoons. Many cities have been flooded and millions of people are
homeless.
Some scientists blame the weak ozone layer of the
planet which has let
carbon dioxide build up in the atmosphere. The government response is
that
although this is an unusually stormy winter, similar weather conditions
have
occurred before, the last time in 2844. The storms have been attributed
with
over 12 billion M-bills of property damage and lost productivity.
Principality of Regulus
Regulus has had a long and checkered history. One of
the three original
states in the Free Worlds, the Principality was long the wealthiest
province
in the League. For centuries, however, Regulus was also the gathering
point
for opposition to the government in Parliament. The always-contentious
Regulans were independent from the start, always placing the interests
of the
Principality ahead of those of the Free Worlds, and, later, the Star
League.
Exacerbated by economic losses in the mid-27th century, the Regulans
were in
the forefront of the Protectionist movement, and ultimately supported
the
terrorist group "Scourge of Death". The massive retaliation by
Captain-General
Geralk Marik ultimately drove out the ruling Selaj family, fracturing
the
Regulan state and its network of allies.
Although the province has never truly recovered, it
still maintains an
influential place in League politics. In place of the imperial Selaj
family,
numerous political machines rule the remains of Regulus, most recently
the
supremely venal Cameron-Jones family, which seems perfectly acclimated
to the
political environment of the modern Free Worlds League.
-- From House Marik, Editor George Ninetrees,
ComStar Press
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