*All data pads and screens would suddenly change and blare the local news.* Hello, we have breaking news of a terrorist attack on the droid outpost. We have reports of the main door being severely damaged. Along with the droids two cannons and six droids were destroyed in the attack. No civilian causalities were reported. We have some live footage coming in showing the attackers and the scene as it unfolded from the nearby security cameras. Local security and investigators have found at the scene two emitters with two symbols which were later identified belonging to the Ko'tal Mandalorians and a new symbol belonging the Red Shadow Syndicate. Sources have reported that the Ko'tal were paid to attack the base by the Red Shadow Syndicate a criminal element operating out of Talus. No word from the terrorist on the motive for this attack. Some speculate it could be due to the recent laws enacted by X3 and the mandatory blood drawings. More to come as the story develops... And now for the weather.... *Event Hosted and Reported on by Ayeshe Resident.
*All data-pads on Talus tune in to the local news broadcast. * Good Evening all, Suzie Q here. We have new reports from the Governors office that now all organic beings will be required to have their blood done to receive their citizenship papers here on Talus. Failure to have papers when asked by the police or officials could lead to fine or imprisonment. More to come as this story develops. This is Suzie Q, signing out. *Reported on by Ayeshe Resident.
After much pressure on my sources we were able to find out about a recent trip of the Talus Jedi. It seems that they were investigating a weapons origin and in the process discovered a lot. When the jedi and company landed on Tython, they were attacked by a tribe of flesh raiders that had made their home in front of cave. With their inevitable victory over the flesh raiders, they pressed into the caves. Within the caves, they found a lost jedi temple, its age is was undisclosed but it seems it housed many treasures. With their rewards in hand, they all left the temple, and headed back to their respective homes. What all was found in that temple and caves, or what the jedi plan to do with it, is unknown but this reporter is curious about their haul. Screens across the galaxy flicker to snow, black out then display a faded image of hooded individual amongst a dark background.
"Attention Citizens of Little Star, Talus "I am Kidus Rainwar, and there’s a reason for this. There’s a reason education SUCKS, and it’s the same reason it will never, ever, EVER be fixed. It’s never going to get any better, don’t look for it, be happy with what you’ve got. "The owners, the owners of this city don't want that. I'm talking about the real owners now, the BIG owners! The Wealthy… the REAL owners! The big wealthy business interests that control things and make all the important decisions. In reference I speak of the machine overlord X3-QTR. "Forget your politicians. They are irrelevant. The politicians are put there to give you the idea that you have freedom of choice. You don't. You have no choice! You have OWNERS! They OWN YOU. They own everything. They own all the important land. They own and control the corporations. They’ve long since bought, and paid for the Senate, the Congress, the state houses, the city halls, they got the judges in their back pockets and they own all the big media companies, so they control just about all of the news and information you get to hear. They got you by the balls. "They spend billions of dollars every year lobbying, lobbying, to get what they want. Well, we know what they want. They want more for themselves and less for everybody else, but I'll tell you what they don’t want. "They don’t want a population of citizens capable of critical thinking. They don’t want well informed, well educated people capable of critical thinking. They’re not interested in that. That doesn’t help them. That's against their interests. "You know what X-Three wants? It wants obedient workers. Obedient workers, people who are just smart enough to run the machines and do the paperwork. And just dumb enough to passively accept all these increasingly shitty jobs with the lower pay, the longer hours, the reduced benefits, the end of overtime and vanishing pension that disappears the minute you go to collect it. The machines want enslave you. It's a big club, and you ain’t in it! You, and I, are not in the big club. "It's the same big club they use to beat you over the head with all day long when they tell you what to believe. All day long beating you over the head with their media telling you what to believe, what to think and what to buy. The table has tilted folks. The game is rigged and nobody seems to notice. Nobody seems to care! Good honest hard-working people; white collar, blue collar it doesn’t matter what color shirt you have on. Good honest hard-working people continue, these are people of modest means, continue to elect these rich cock suckers who don’t give a fuck about you… they don’t give a fuck about you… "The machines don’t care about you at all… at all…. And nobody seems to notice. Nobody seems to care. That's what the machines count on. The machines want to turn you into Mindless robots....just like them! "Now is the time for the people of Little Star to rise up, stand up against this hierarchy. Cast down the tides of control from sentient AI back into the hands of the flesh. Join the rebellion, Join the crusade. "Peace is a lie, there is only passion. Through passion, we gain strength. Through strength, we gain power. Through power, we will gain our victory." There was a firefight outside of The King’s Ransom where the Vorlon Company mercenaries had taken to settling plantet-side. The very same mercenaries who have taken over the salvage of what remains of the Direlict ship in our space. From outside, it seemed as if their tower being blown up was the catalyst but interviewing witnesses, that was not the case, in fact, it started out as a standard bar fight before getting out of hand.
In the explosive demolition of the tower, there were two alleged Death Watch Mandalorians killed while a third was killed outside and the last was knocked out by another in bright red Mandalorian armor. The Gamorian fighters were wiped out by the rest of the group, many of whom held lightsabers and left one alive but without arms. CDF was on scene as things were wrapping up, investigations pending. Recently a ship had been seen entering the system. Many attempts were made to contact the lone ship but to no avail. The ship seemed to be dead on arrival, but that raised the question how the ghost ship came to rest in our space here. With the lack of communication from the ship, a rag tag group including the fiery Twilek whom had a bounty on her head just recently boarded the ship in an effort to make contact with the captain and potentially scavenge in the chance the ship was devoid of life. Unfortunately the ship was in a very rough state, with a few sealed main passages and droids on standby making traveling through the ship very slow and difficult. The group fought their way through the ships automated defenses, and came across something... Big. It took what would prove to be 4 force users to take the beast down, seemingly reacting more to force attacks than anything else the team threw at it. We investigated as far as we could but only came up on dead ends. Little is known about what was found on the ship when it comes to records as they were destroyed either before or during the raid leaving any information that could have been gleaned from the ship, lost. Now the ship floats in space, as private merchants and salvaging teams take it apart and sell off the materials. -Beep Beep Beep-
All screens with holonet news access would suddenly change to a droid standing in front of a camera. “With a heavy heart, I must announce that an attack has been made on our dear leader. A lone assailant breached the government grounds and attacked the president, during a morning inspection.” The droid spoke with a tone that almost sounded sad. “A warrant for the assailants arrest has been issued, a bounty is also in talks.” He continued to speak. Behind the droid, a door opened and out walked the president, clearly alive. The camera and the droid both look into the direction of the door. “I can’t believe my eyes, our dear president is still alive. Sir, How did you survive the ordeal?” The news droid asked of the president. “Well, it is simple. I was never destroyed. Rumors of my destruction are greatly exaggerated. But before I go into detail, I want to make it known, that Salem Ames; a lethan twi’lek, is wanted for attempted murder and we are considering the banning of lightsabers on the planet. Though the most important thing is the warrant and bounty for Salem.” He explained, before leaving once more. “Well you heard it here first! The leader survived and there is a warrant for the arrest of Salem Ames the lethan Twi’lek. Be safe people, and good night.” Good afternoon people of Talus, we were there for the conference held by X3-QTR as he gave his opening statement; *a recording of the mentioned statement cuts in* "Hello those in attendance, both physically and those who are watching the live recording and the later recorded message. "With the recent incident, I would like to first state that though I am a droid, I do sympathize with those who have lost their lives. The incident was a tragedy, and we are putting all our efforts into rebuilding and preventing something like this from ever happening again in the future. I understand that many are weary of my kind at the moment, and I can assure you that there is nothing to fear. The signal's affects on us was ended by the brave souls who destroyed the device producing it. "That said, your medical facility has had its upper floors rebuilt and is in the process of being restocked. These floors will remain closed to the public but your local medical facility shouldn't want for anything in the future. And with progress made on other factories, and the income it is generating for the planet, I would like to announce that we are reducing taxes by five percent over the next three years. Meaning that the working being, will keep more of their income. "I will take questions now." *the recording stopped, reporter’s voice continuing* After several rounds of questions, the speakers lifted up and flew at X3-QTR but they seemed to be deflected at the last second and they flew apart, hitting the walls. X-Three stuck around a little longer for more questions before heading back behind the gate, a small squad of droids stepping out to prevent any riots that may raise from the attack. At this time, there was also a disturbance between a few people in the crowd in reaction to the speakers and a ...Ssi ruu? Who had been trying to start a riot among the people. It seemed there were several working against him. We picked up that those involved had been at the scene of the rogue signal’s destruction and seemed to disagree on its source. After the recent issues with droid kind, the citizens are left shaken and distrustful of the droids in power. Claims that the signal was an inside job are one of many conspiracy theories being passed around. Due to the unrest, X-Three has decided to hold a press conference of sorts to give what assurance he can that he was just as much a victim of the strange signal as the others. The date for the conference will be [Friday the 8th at 5 pm SLT] in front of The Boneyard. Presumably in time for the Medical building's repairs to be complete should they keep to their punctual nature. As seen below, they've even made it top priority to get our medical building's structure back up, stable and restocked. Luckily, the main floor wasn't affected, just storage, office and conference floors. So if you've been avoiding the building for any reason, both droid and organic alike are on staff ready to help out.
Lilli Paige here. This has been one wild ride! Jojo, the camera guy who’s been with us this whole time? WELL, we got separated by patrols... and I seem to have sprained my ankle due to... less than brilliant footwear. But I digress. There are THREE floors missing off the Little Star medical building... of which I am currently IN and seriously hoping no more floors fall till I’ve got the energy to get myself out. The barrier has fallen with the device that was on the roof and... a terrifyingly large war droid that showed up moments before I was shoo’ed off. I am of the understanding that both self destructed after taking a beating... The group didn’t exactly stay to fill me in and I am in no shape to go chasing anyone down, so that is all I have to report. Maybe they’ll let us take a break... I hope Jojo is alright. These are some shots of the heroes who came to investigate the distress signal. Taking on a large droid patrol before making their way to the roof of the medical building where they then took out the giant war droid below... Which ended up being rigged to explode... Taking any hope of finding evidence on a source with it. Was it the droids or someone aiming to make them look bad? Only time may tell...
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