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Since the conclusion of the war the Republic has been dealing with a sharp rise in piracy across its sectors, especially sectors within the Outer Rim Territories. With a severe economic depression, a downsized navy and military aswell as cut-backs across a number of regional police and security forces, the galaxies black market has thrived, as have smugglers and pirates throughout Republic space.
While the Senate is expected to meet shortly to discuss a means to curb this steady rise in piracy those from the Mid Rim and beyond wish all too well for a swift and sudden end to these steadily increasing illegal actions that are not only disrupting trade and commerce across the outer sectors of the Republic but communications also.
The seeming inaction of the Senate has caused a number of Outer-Rim worlds in recent months to begin to question whether or not to follow the Empire and Hapan examples and secede from the Republic, a government they are apparently beginning to see as no longer being able to take care of its own.

More updates soon…

The Empire has made little effort in keeping from the media news of an assault launched by their military today on what appears to have been a Chiss Ascendancy military installation on the world of Ord Janon. While the reasoning for the installations presence has not been revealed, the Imperial military made it blatantly clear that they considered its presence a ‘violation of the treaty of Mygeeto and that any other Ascendancy facilities found within previously held space will suffer a similar fate.’

While the death toll has yet to be revealed, the Empire stated that their new ‘Dark Troopers’ had been deployed in the assault on the Ascendancy base, with Chiss losses considered to be near total with Imperial casualties almost zero. The Ascendancy itself has made no formal comment or statement regarding the attack so far.

Needless to say this news stunned top officials within the Republics own military who are now apparently desperately looking for a possible counter-measure, should these Dark Troopers be used against the Empires former allies.

Artistic Impression Of The Dark Trooper

The Empire has stunned the Republics top political and especially military personnel today with the official unveiling of its latest weapon of war. The Dark Trooper.

While technically not ‘new’, having first come into existence under the reign of Emperor Palpatine three-hundred years ago, the Dark Trooper program was ‘disbanded’ for unknown reasons, with very limited numbers ever seen to be used. The rumours of their participation in the closing stages of the “Attrition War” were confirmed today as being merely tests during the programs rebuilding as the first official units went into full active service today on Bastion.

Astounding news today in the realm of archaeology as what has been confirmed to be an ancient ‘Gree Hypergate’ was officially unveiled as being discovered on the relatively backwater world of Alzoc I some months ago.

While local and independent archaeological teams initially found the site it was apparently after a team from the renowned ‘Exploration Corp’ of the Jedi Order arrived that progress was made on what was described by one of the lead researchers as an ‘unprecedented scale.’

Not only did the team acting on behalf of the Exploration Corp identify the gate they, beyond all odds apparently managed to get the gate operational, a feat long held impossible by even the Gree themselves today. While what they found at the other end of the gate is classified, what little has been revealed is that both the archaeological teams and the Exploration Corps have poured significant resources into exploring the site beyond the gate and supposedly establishing a research site there.

While it is not entirely known just how the Jedi who activated the gate managed to, it is known that Jedi Knight ‘Delmi N’jork’ is the one held with the most credit by those of his peers that were present with getting the gate operational.

While it is still not known just what they found on the other side of the gate, just where the gate linked to or indeed if it can yet be linked to the remainder of the Gree Hypergate network, what is known is that this is without a doubt one of the greatest archaeological discoveries of the past several centuries.

More news as it comes…

In the news today, reports of a survey with documented evidence that show there has been a steady increase of crimes happening across the Galaxy, mostly near major landmarks and trade points which involve Jedi personnel, has been released to independent organisations and news sources. While it is obvious that these incidents are unique and independent of each other, public opinion of the Jedi Order has significantly decreased once again.

Senator Gylon of Bothawui, has always been in opposition of the Jedi Orders standing as an independent entity and has been openly critical since the release of these documents;

“As many of us know, the Jedi claim to be upholders of peace and guardians of the light. Though recently we have been receiving multiple accounts of what we believe to be Jedi committing petty crimes across the galaxy. In fact, just last night here on Coruscant there was a speeder hijacking in which the man was threatened with what has been hypothesized as the hilt of the famous Jedi Lightsaber. Sadly, these are not the only sighting of Jedi committing these sorts of crimes, the public in the surrounding areas have already reacted negatively towards the Jedi, claiming that they are no longer fit to protect.”

With this, Chief of State Malucia, is already being pressed on these matters in and out of Senate. Calls are being made for an investigation into these alleged incidents and a drafted plan on how the Jedi Order will be held accountable for these happens with the view to resolving these matters are quickly as possible. It is not sure how the Jedi Order has reacted to these reports or if they have responded to the allegations at all. One thing is for sure, the Jedi Order still has many supporters within the Senate and the public, who say that they are the main reason the War against the Ascendancy and Mandalorians was turned around then won. With the public and Senate so divided in opinion of the Jedi Order, the interest on how this will develop is already heating up.

More on this as it comes…