New Arit's long running (as in centuries long) conflict with Telvin 802 has heated up following a couple of decades of cold war. Indeed some even though the conflict between the Aritans and their ethnic cousins on Telvin was a thing of the past after Arit joined the DDS and UNP. However a rugby match held on Telvin between the two planets was the catalyst for the renewed hostility. The game was supposed to bring the two planets together but instead descended within minutes into brutal violence and rape both on and off the pitch with an estimated 58 deaths. At first the UNP did not pick up on this as they thought it was a usual occurrance for rugby.
New Arit responded by sending an Intrepid class destroyer into Telvin space which Telvin had to force away using two of their Vormix class destroyers. No direct shots were fired. Arit is understood to have mobilised it's entire fleet and army. The DDS have called for calm.
