JEDI HoloNet

We’re reporting from the Royal Palace in the heart of the capital city of Ketaris. Today has seen a spectacular celebration as the planet welcomes the ascension of Queen Malia to the throne, the youngest Queen in royal record. The joyous scenes we’ve been seeing in the plaza today have been a rarity on Ketaris since the beginning of the war, with Imperium troops causing havoc in the smaller settlements. Today also celebrated the life of the previous King and Queen, whose lives were tragically ended in a transporter crash some days ago. Ketaris’ ministry has blamed the Sith for their deaths and revealed evidence that it was in fact an assassination.

The newly crowned Queen Malia promised stronger partnerships with the Republic in hopes to rid the Imperium from her homeworld once and for all. She had the following to say:

My mother and father’s death will not be for nothing. They will be avenged and the Sith will see that the people of Ketaris are not so easily broken.

Strong words. Queen Malia’s transformation from a reserved princess to a leader is becoming quite clear to us all.

This just in; the planet Edusa has officially been liberated from Imperium control, with forces retreating from the region. This has come as a result of a successful operation which saw orbital strikes carried out on several key Imperium outposts, effectively destroying all of their most fortified strongholds on Edusa. The operation left their forces scattered and desperate to flee from the planet.

Commander Wels Conraide, who led the operation, has thanked the Jedi from both Ossus and Rannon, who have been key to the success on Edusa. He also proceeded to thank Republic Scientist Amara Lox, whose work on developing new grade shield generators is said to be the reason for the success of the orbital strikes. Conraide had this to say;

As well as the Jedi, I’d like to thank my personal friend Doctor Amara Lox, whose technology allowed our pilots to resist the firepower of the enemy more effectively and carry out the operation safely. Her creation is what we owe for this victory.

Republic forces remaining on the planet have begun a relief effort to rebuild and fortify the planet. The Sith have officially been pushed back further into Northern Space.

The current budget for the Republic military and the war effort has far exceeded preliminary forecasts at the beginning of the year. A senate majority voted in favour of a motion today that would allocate savings to the fight against the Imperium in Northern Space in what can only be described as a great sign of solidarity among affiliate members of all different political persuasions.

Chief of State Asujin Tirahimo had the following to say:

Today’s successful vote shows that we can come and work together despite our political differences. We all know the threat the Imperium poses – the importance of victory well exceeds any numbers on the budget papers. Thankfully, due to some generous financial donations to the cause, we don’t need to worry about a budget blowout.

The generous donations the Chief of State referred to was the few the Republic received since the turn of the year. The largest ‘gift’ to the Republic came from the Queen of Axxila who recently re-declared support for the Republic after an extended period of silence on the issue of the war.

Chancellor Allarn Von has announced a new agreement with the Republic military, committing to deploy troops to the front lines. Phaeda’s military will join the Republic in defending key outposts across the warzone in Northern space, which commentators have described as a “significant turning point in the war for certain planets locked in stalemate against the Imperium”.

Phaeda’s Chancellor had this to say when announcing the agreement with the Republic;

“It is quite clear that the Galaxy needs to unify against the Sith. The attempt on my life shows the lengths they will go to for victory and we are in debt to the Jedi Order for their efforts to protect democracy here on Phaeda.”

Polling has indicated attitudes of Republic loyalism have never been higher on Phaeda, after the Imperium attempted to undermine the currently popular Chancellor. All political parties on Phaeda have condemned the Sith and endorsed the Jedi for their role in thwarting the assassination attempt on the Chancellor and for also exposing the corruption of former Deputy Leader Ren-Vay Looi, who was arrested for treason when trying to escape the planet. With evidence of Looi’s association with Imperium personnel piling up, a conviction seems likely at this stage.

It seems the Sith just made a new enemy out of the people on Phaeda.

A few days ago, a Republic Vessel reported to a nearby fleet stationed over Iridonia. The report confirmed an Imperium scout convoy was utterly destroyed in an effort to enter Yuuzhan Vong space. Republic military tacticians suggest it was a failed attempt to gauge the Yuuzhan Vong’s borders and susceptibility to attack.

Republic General H. Kardford at an earlier press conference stated: “At this point in time we cannot be certain of the scout convoy’s intentions. We strongly believe, however, this to be a failed strategic movement. We should take their failure as an example: the Imperium is not perfect and makes mistakes which we must learn to exploit! We cannot feel overcome by their military. We must use the incident to strengthen our cause and moral!”

The Yuuzhan Vong has offered no comment on the incident.