Armed Forces partake in combat operations!
Category: HNN Broadcasted on 20. March 2010 - 18:10:57hrs Author HNN News Reporter Comments: 0
The logo of the Hapan News Network appears on screen accompanied by the standard, uplifting theme song. Soon thereafter, Anacia Chalcedon appears on screen in front of the Castle of Per’Agthra.
“Good evening, fellow Hapans. This is Anacia Chalcedon bringing you the latest news from the Hapes Consortium and beyond.
Today the Fountain Palace released a statement announcing that the Consortium-wide Yellow Alert is over. The heightened alert was put in to effect thirty-seven days ago by then-Crown Prince Tylger, revoking all leaves of absence and halting non-essential operations. Members of the government, Royal Hapan Armed Forces and Endara Mining Corporation worked together in a rapid operation aimed at expanding the presence of Hapans on all the planetary bodies of the Hapes Cluster in what was said to be a matter of national security.
Patriotic citizens of the Consortium’s most densely populated worlds such as Lorell, Terephon, Gormoth, Haradan and Arxian Minor were offered a chance to be pioneers and establish new colonies on remote and sparsely populated worlds of the cluster. Some eighty million Hapans agreed to the offer which came with promise of financial aide, free transport to their new homes and all previous debts removed.
Lorell Hall reports that with the Yellow Alert over, life in all branches and divisions of the Hapes Consortium has returned to normal and that all halted operations have been reinitiated.”
Chalcedon smiles softly as the image in the right corner of the screen shifts to display heavily armed troops. The scene appears intense, with Hapan drop ships and troop transports visible in the background above burning terrain.
“Tonight’s top story: For the first time in six years, the Royal Hapan Armed Forces are participating in a combat operation outside the Hapes Cluster.
Not since the Dellalt Conflict, where the Royal Hapan Armed Forces conducted a blockade of the Dellalt system in the Tion Cluster to defend Nikklon Mining Incorporated from the New Anzat Order’s aggressive attempts at expansion, have Hapan ships and troops ventured outside the Consortium’s borders for such an operation.
Some forty-odd days ago, the elements of the 2nd Line Fleet departed the Hapes Cluster along the Hapan Spine hyperlane and set course for the remote Uogo’cor system in the Trax sector where some of the Tion Hegemony’s outlying colonies are located. Hapan capital ships have since set up a defensive perimeter around the system’s planets, along with naval task forces from the Tion Hegemony, Trade Federation and Mandalore.
The Tion Hegemony was betrayed from within some months ago when Helena Gladio, a trusted associate of the Corbin brothers, assisted the Cron Resurrection in disabling power flow to many cities on Tion worlds, leaving millions of sentients without electricity, water and means of communication. Cron then proceeded to establish shantytowns labeled “refugee camps” on the outskirts of the Tion cities, reportedly killing and enslaving the locals.
Followers of Cron are known to be unlawful combatants, posing as construction workers, but attempting to defend their facilities with heavy weaponry. Leaflets were dropped over Cron work sites, warning them to depart or face the consequences, but most decided to stay. Fighter squadrons consisting of Miy’til Interceptors and Hetrinar Assault Bombers have since been making strafing runs on Cron construction sites in an effort to halt their efforts of establishing a permanent presence on the Tion worlds. Ignoring the suffering of their followers, Cron continued to bring in more people from off-world to continue work on the facilities.
Elements of the Chume’doro Elite Guard deployed on several Tion worlds in their first mission outside the Hapes Cluster in decades. While details about their participation are sparse and classified, one logistics pilot reported that all the troopers were armed with RAGC-750 pulse canons, standard armament of the Cyborg Warriors of Charubah during the Hapan Civil War, Nightstinger rifles and state of the art armor. As the military opted not to conduct planetary bombardments due to fears of heavy civilian casualties, the Royal Guard have conducted door-to-door searches, hunting down Cron combatants and engaging them in urban warfare. According to military command, the Chume’doro have been excellent at tracking down and engaging Cron combatants everywhere they have patrolled, sporting a 100% success rate so far in the operation. Reportedly, the combined efforts of the Armed Forces and Chume’doro has resulted in the death of over a thousand Cron combatants, discouraging mercenaries from aiding the insurgecy's efforts in Uogo’cor and severely limiting their efforts.
In Mereec, a system in the Deep Core of the Galaxy, the Chume’doro intercepted and apprehended Travis Lordstar. A self-proclaimed spymaster, Lordstar has pestered numerous high profile figures in galactic affairs over the last months, offering information and intelligence services for a price. By his own admission, Lordstar collaborated with the Cron Resurrection movement during his time in the Tion Hegemony. The Chume’doro have since handed the prisoner over to the Ministry of the Interior who proceeded to extradite him to the Tion government who will put him on trial for his involvement in the Cron affair.
The Hapan News Network will be back with more information about the situation in Trax as the story unfolds. Stay tuned for more!”
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