[Starhawk]

A Victory on all fronts?

"Good evening, you are watching the Imperial News service I am reporter Llana Williams and tonight our late breaking news stories include, The surrender of the Gou'ld forces and the execution of Lord Apophis by the Imperial Marines. The Mobilization of the 6th fleet, the creation of the 10th fleet and the planned occupation of the rioting systems that once belonged to Apophis.

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Our first story tonight is brought to you by INS reporter Johan Weiss stationed aboard the INSS Venerable flagship of battlegroup Venerable, Johan are you there?

"Yes Llana and I must say I am excited to be able to bring you this report, this very ship I was stationed on was nearly destroyed while it engaged 3 Xi-Chung heavy cruisers single handedly. Right now I am onboard INSS Unrelenting which is the flagship of the newly named 9th fleet which is simply an expansion on the battlegroup that orginially entered this sector."

"Johan can you tell us the mood of the spacers and marines in your battlegroup?"

"Well it's hard to say, these are hard times for the Imperial soldiers in this fleet, the Goul'd surrendered in response to Admiral Hursh demand but the Xi-Chung have thus far refused to surrender and there have been nearly a dozen seperate engagements since the surrender of Apophis and although all of them have been victories for the Empire there has been a price, in the course of the Xi-Chung campaigns the Navy has lost two of it's proud Dreadnoughts Acoma and Concord taking the lives of 10,000 spacers and marines, added to that the loss of the Cruiser Cortez which cost another 500 spacers and marines. The land invasions have claimed the lives of 500 marines and have injured 1,200. The Imperial Navy and Marine Corps both say that these are acceptable losses and from the crews I've interviewed they all agree. But even with the joy of the Gou'ld being out of the picture it is a hard time for at least 1 Xi-Chung world remains and that world has a small fleet guarding it and multiple weapons platforms which are capable of destroying even a dreadnought."

"Indeed it must be hard on the families and friends of those brave soldiers that died in the invasions but back home we can say that there is also a great swelling of pride for the Fleet and Marines back home with the recent surrender of the Gou'ld and the coming defeat of the Xi-Chung. Can you tell us what the Admiral Hursh' plans seem to be for this sector?"

"Well Llana Admiral Hursh is already building up shipyards on two captured Xi-Chung hive worlds as well as mining outPosts and factories, Hursh says that given a year his Naval Engineers and Marine Combat Engineers will have the former Xi-Chung worlds becoming a fully functional Imperial Province."

"Well stay safe Johan we have to move on to our next story."

"Have a nice night Llana."

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"Our Next story is about the mysterious mobilization of the 6th fleet under Admiral Lord Tyberius Renner, this report is brought to us by field reporter Janet Price."

"Hello Llana right now I am standing on the obs deck of the 6th fleet Headquarters and I have a brilliant view of the entire 6th fleet from this window. Well almost all of them, several ships are still in the drydocks being retrofit with the latest of Imperial tech."

"Janet I think what everyone wants to know is, have you heard any reason for the mobilization? Is there a new threat out there that our people should be afraid of?"

"Well Llana right now Admiral Lord Renner is being very tightlipped about the whole affair, though rumor has it the fleet is mobilizing in preperation for an invasion into the Cluk-Ruk republic worlds that are currently under a treaty of Subjagation with the Empire."

"If this is true Janet how do you think our viewers would respond? I mean in just the course of one year we have already forced the Gou'ld to surrender and are on the verge of complete integration of the Xi-Chung hive, does the Imperial nobility in gamma sector really beleive our people would want another war so soon?"

"I really can't say Llana, yes rumors abound that the 6th fleet is going to invade the Cluk-Ruks but so far Imperial command insists it is simply a precautionary measure in case the Norak Empire gets too cocky after their recent victories over Manticore and Sonne forces."

"Janet Imperial command has always complained that the 6th fleet is undermanned and underequipped if this is true then do they really think the 6th could stop a Norak battlefleet should they decide to betray us?"

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"Janet? Janet are you there?.........It seems we are experiencing technical difficulties with 6th fleet HQ at the moment so we'll just move right along to our next story when we come back."

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"Hello and welcome back I am reporter Terry Rourke filling in for Llana as she got ill and needed to go home. Our next story is about the recent creation of the Imperial 10th fleet in the Aden system. We as yet have no field reporters stationed with the 10th but we do know that command has been given to the newly Promoted Reer Admiral William Park the Hero of Golkus. And that his flagship is currently the dreadnought INSS Kraken but that he will be reasigned when a new Super Monitor class vessel is completed within the next few months. Field reporter Lidia Finch has had the fortune of being on one of the ships that joined the 10th fleet a week ago and she'll give us as much of a report as possible."
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"Lydia can you tell us how many ships are currently apart of the 10th fleet?"

"Well right now Imperial Command is keeping that a secret but rumors say anywhere from 13 to 25 vessels with more planned. A new feature of this fleet is it's large numnber of Cobra class destroyers whose mission is to act as the ancient torpedo boats back in the wet navies of earth. They are fast beyond beleif and for their size they pack quite a wollop. I had the fortune of getting to be aboard Cobra 0012 during her shakedown cruise and weapons trials before she joined the 10th and I must say it was very exciting."

"I'm sure it was Lydia (laugh) Well can you tell us what the Mission of the 10th is?"

"Well that i can tell you, the 10th fleet under Reer Admiral Park is assigned to the Adin system to act as a rapid response fleet in the event of an alien invasion, you see most fleets are stationed to protect only their sectors of space which can be anywhere from 3 to 10 systems in size the purpose of the tenth is to help take up some of the responsibilities currently heald by the 6th fleet. And with elements of the 1st fleet headed towards the 6th fleet HQ at half thrust the 10th will also take on some of the patrol duties assigned to the 1st fleet's squadrons."

"Very interesting, do you know what specific areas the tenth is currently assigned to?"

"No Terry right now the 10th fleet is still being formed up around New Scotland, right now they don't even have a base station like the other fleets."

"So do we know anyhting else about the 10th?"

"I'm afraid not Terry and right now I'm being called away by the captain of the cruiser Denmark.....This is Lydia Finch signing off."

"Well there you have our major stories citizens, when we come back news regarding the scandal surrounding former Governor Alexi Micha who was pressed into service aboard Unrelenting after he abandoned his colony, and about his recent transfer to the Kraken. Also the Imperial Marines assault on a drug running operation out of Astarsha and the capture and execution of the infamous druglord Paul Smith. All this and more when we return to INS news....the only news there is."