Sea Urchin's shuttle explodes, President unharmed

NS has gone to ORANGE alert following the destruction of a shuttle which was intended to take President Sea Urchin (right) to his flagship SS Cicero. He was due to travel to Proxima 7 for a meeting with the UNP, teleporter problems on his ship meaning a shuttle was to be used instead. It is reported he missed the shuttle due to a last minute meeting with Torus. The shuttle exploded over GHQ. The two crew and Sea Urchin's aide were killed.

Sea Urchin has been taken to a safe location by NSIS. The cause of the explosion is not yet known but terrorism is considered the most likely.