At a speech to NSIS at NS GHQ VP (Ops) Torus has said the Mutre Bee was now the number one threat to the UNP. Although Tarbot was more powerful it is considered there is little Tarbotian interest in the UNP at the moment. Mutre Bee has launched a number of attacks on NS and the Dinos over the last few months.
Although NS (with the Dinos) destroyed a Mutre Bee base in the Rim Worlds and a joint team also hit Mutre Bee facilities in deep space it is thought Mutre Bee agents and forces are still operating in local space.
NSIS would be receiving extra funding from next year Torus said to help counter the Mutre Bee threat which is of a more asymmetric type than other rival powers.
