UNDF to conduct review of fleet

Zeppelin has announced a full review of the UNDF Space Fleet. The review will be used to plan force strength and the types of ships to be built in future. Whilst the fleet has now largely recovered from the ravages of the MBO regime, there are a number of pending issues the UNDF need to start preparing for.

One of these is what will replace the Isometric fleet of destroyers. The oldest ships will be approaching their end of service lives in the early 2130s. The Isometric derivatives will also need to be replaced later in the next decade and early 2140s.

UNDF are said to favour a clean sheet new design instead of a development of the Corkscrew platform though there have been few details about this possible future ship.

One new ship that has now been confirmed is the Type 46B, also known as the Advanced Rome. This will be an updated version of the highly flexible and popular Rome 46A. The new ships should enter service by the end of the decade, replacing the Proxima Centauri 42A light destroyers.

Oojok rules out ever returning to the Clone Star Empire

In his first major interview since his ousting as the Emperor of the Clone Star Empire following the military coup led by Admiral Anderson, Oojok said that he and Sleeze were now settled on Dino-Land and would never return to Cloneworld.

"If the regime of Anderson fell and there were calls for me to return i would have to politely decline." he said, "It is time for me to move on with my life, i am basically retired!"

Oojok is understood to have an advisory role with the Dino diplomatic corps, Sleeze was elected to the new Dino Assembly a few months ago. Both roles are said to anger Anderson who agreed Oojok and Sleeze could be left in exile as long as they had no political roles going forward.

Oojok said the situation on Miliaris saddened him. "Clones make up just over 90% of the empire's population but that still leaves many millions of Daggas, Eritrans, humans and other races and they need to be looked after not demonised. The war on Miliaris needs to end and the ethnic Eritrans treated as equals, for the stability of Miliaris and the empire. Anderson needs to understand that, an empire is only as strong as the stability of it's foundations."

Clones massacre Eritran village on Miliaris

News reports from Miliaris, confirmed by UNDF and Dino sources, indicate that Clone Army troops have entered an ethnic Eritran village on the planet and massacred the population. One source (Clone originated) said that villagers were lined up in the village square and machine gunned. No one was spared.

The UNP and CIN have both protested to the Clones, who have denied anything took place. An opposition group on Cloneworld have said Anderson's regime is out of control and must be stopped.

Dozens of CDF officers arrested, some executed

Dozens of CDF officers, including the heads of two Clone Army legions, have been arrested in the latest purge by Admiral Anderson against those he calls disloyal. This is following the mysterious train explosion which is now being taken seriously as a possible assassination attempt against the leader of the Clone Star Empire.

Whilst most officers have been arrested, two were executed in the street. This included the head of air defence in Micom sector on Cloneworld. It is not known why these two were treated differently.

UNDF raised alert status

UNDF Commander Torus has ordered the alert status to be raised to AMBER. This is due to the Miliaris situation and fears of Clone unpredictability. AMBER status means an attack is not thought likely but that there should be increased caution.

Torus has also announced that Firefly has accepted a formal role of Deputy Commander of the UNDF alongside Stella.

Mysterious exploding train on Cloneworld may be Anderson assassination attempt

A train carrying ammunition has exploded on Cloneworld, luckily in a rural area meaning that no casualties have been reported. However, half an hour earlier the train was passing close to the summer dacha of Admiral Anderson, the head of the Clone Star Empire. Analysts say that if the train had exploded there it could have devastated the dacha complex.

Anderson was not at the dacha at the time, though had been scheduled to stay there this week but changed his plans due to the Miliaris situation. Clone Army experts are now examining the wreckage of the train to see if it was caused by foul play.