Both the UNP Council and NS Poliburo have agreed the terms for the merger of New Sparta and the UNP Defence Forces, basically New Sparta will become the defence forces of the UNP. The merger will officially begin on October 1st though it is expected that the actual merger will take one or two years to complete.
New Sparta will officially be renamed Epiphany from October 1st. President Sea Urchin said that there would be a three to six month transition period in changing the name over.
