Air strikes reported on Cloneworld... against CDF targets!

A Dino news source is reporting that Clone Air Force and Clone Naval Air Service aircraft have attacked three targets on Cloneworld. However, these targets are not suspected terrorist sites but CDF facilities. One of the targets was reported to be a Clone Army communication node near Beyond Micom.

One source said that Admiral Anderson ordered the attacks against a suspected plot to launch a coup. However, there is not evidence that such a coup exists. Martial law continues across the entire empire. Anderson is rumoured to have moved to the carrier battle group stationed off the north coast.

Anderson orders martial law across entire empire!

Admiral Anderson has imposed martial law across the entire Clone Star Empire! All civilian activities and movement have been greatly restricted until further notice. Anderson has also ordered that terrorists and subversives will be summarily executed without trial. It has been reported that hundreds of government critics have been arrested and many may have been executed already.

Anderson said that anti-government action will no longer be tolerated. He said that even viewing plans of weapons like the Miliaris drones will be punishable with death. 

Miliaris type drones attack targets on Cloneworld!

In a massive humiliation for the Clone Defence Forces and Admiral Anderson especially, four Miliaris type drones launched an attack on the Olana class destroyer CNS Artilo which was moored in Black Bay on the northern coast of the main continent on Cloneworld. The destroyer had not been at alert and was caught completely cold by the attack. Serious damage was caused to the destroyer's radar mast and helipad. A number of sailors were killed or injured in the attack. The destroyer has now limped to the nearest port for repairs.

Clone Navy aircraft and troops are now patrolling the nearby coast line looking for the launch site of the drones. Terrorist attacks on Cloneworld itself are not unknown though tend to be fairly low level, terrorists getting their hands on Miliaris drones is a big problem for the Clones at the centre of the empire.

Later the same day two more drones are reported to have been flown towards an army base in the nearby Retinga province though these did not hit their target and exploded harmlessly in farmland.

UNDF Terrestrial Forces to be reduced to one active brigade

Following a review of the strength and formation of the Terrestrial Forces, Zeppelin has announced that there will be cuts to the Land Division. All Remedian and Porquatian regiments will leave Terrestrial Forces and be transferred back to their respective national armies. Some other regiments will also be disbanded, with many troops transferred to strengthen other regiments. The Land Division will consist of a single active brigade plus a headquarters brigade and two reserve brigades.

The changes are to be rolled out as soon as possible. Zeppelin said that the overall front line strength will be greatly reduced though the forces available will be more focussed with less troops at full readiness. Zeppelin said this would save Terrestrial Forces around 9% of it's costs, most of this money would be used to improve equipment.

Anderson blames foreign agents for Petric attacks

Admiral Anderson has said that foreign agents must be behind the attacks against the CDF on Petric, a planet with an almost entirely Clone population. Six more Milaris type drones attacked a bridge near the main air base on the planet, the bridge was damaged, cutting the base off from it's main fuel depot. The depot was also attacked though these drones were shot down and no damage was caused.

A Clone military analyst based on Dino-Land said that the attacks may be by rebel Clones who have accessed drone technology from Freedom Miliaris. He said that Anderson was in denial about opposition to his regime from Clones themselves. "The military government is very unpopular and nothing Anderson is doing is going to change that for the better any time soon."

Petric latest planet in Clone Star Empire to see unrest

Petric is an obscure planet in the Clone Star Empire. It is notable only for being considered the central point in the empire and the half-way point between the western and eastern halves of the empire (not that such directions make much sense in space!) However, yesterday a Clone Army base was attacked by a dozen Miliaris type drones.

The base was caught completely off guard, around twenty soldiers are reported to have been killed and various buildings were wrecked. The big question the Clones are asking are why Petric? When the planet joined the empire it was uninhabited by any intelligent native race. Over 99% of the small population is Clone. The Clones are investigating who could have launched such an attack and why.