Clones attack two villages on Miliaris

Clone soldiers are reported to have attacked two remote ethnic Eritran villages on Miliaris. The Clones say the villages were a base for the Freedom Miliaris insurgent group and a manufacturing centre for drones. However, independent reports say the soldiers have failed to locate any drone factories.

Freedom Miliaris fighters were present however, there are reports of various gun battles between them and Clone soldiers. There have been casualties on both sides though the numbers are unknown. Two K85 COIN aircraft also attacked buildings on the outskirts of the villages.

Freedom Miliaris have said the Clones will pay for their attack, part of what they say is a betrayal of the ceasefire agreement.

UNDF to invest in new network of data centres

The UNDF has announced a six billion zark investment in new data centres across UNP space. New data centres will be built on Proxima 7, Solaris, Mars, Liberation and Saeou over the next three years. This will replace the existing UNDF network but will be greatly upgraded with a much higher data throughout and fractal encryption built into the computers and communicatiosn equipment.

The data centres UNDF use have a number of vital functions including combat simulations, code breaking, engineering analysis and intelligence analysis. The current generation are now considered to have reached their processing limit, plus upgrading them with fractal encryption has proved to be troublesome, hence why the replacements will have the ability built in from the start.

Terrestrial Forces to be reorganised along planetary lines

UNDF Terrestrial Forces are to be reorganised, the various brigades will be organised along planetary lines instead of being a mixture of regiments from different planets. Two brigades will be formed from Terran/Proximan regiments and one each from regiments from Liberation, Remedia and Porquat 640.

The primary role of the Terrestrial Forces will be base defence and supporting local security services. The UNDF said that the amphibious warfare capabilities which the MBO withdrew will not be restored.

Miliaris militants accuse Clones of reneging on deal

The peace deal with the ethnic Eritran insurgent groups such as Freedom Miliaris included a degree of self-goverance for majority Eritran planets in the Clone Star Empire - East such as Miliaris. However, Freedom Miliaris have accused the Clones of reneging on the deal and indeed have increased repression of Eritrans.

Freedom Miliaris say they will resume their attacks unless the Clones return to the agreement and release hundreds of Eritrans held in prisons.

Dinos complete Dinomark AM production

The final two Dinomark AMs have been completed and have joined the Dino Army. The Dinos have said that no more will be built other than the 82 built for the Army and SS. However, an export version for other members of the CIN is being considered, Sirikwan has shown an interest.

The Dinomark XT is also nearing the end of production (though this has happened before but has been restarted a couple of times). However, as the Dinomark LM/2 is looking like it has solved the issues with the Mark 1 and full-scale production is now expected to be agreed.

Rapid Reaction Force to be moved to Aldebra

Parallax, the Head of the Space Fleet, has confirmed that the Rapid Reaction Force (RRF) is to be moved to Aldebra. The RRF is a small force of cruisers kept in readiness (one ship on a thirty minute readiness, the others on six-hour) in case of emergencies. The RRF used to be based at Proxima 7 but it is now thought that the RRF would be more usefully located in UNDF South Sector.

The RRF will also be increased in size to five ships from the usual three. The move will be completed by the Autumn, the increase in the force size by early next year.