A large fleet of ships, numbering over 100, has been detected near Aldebra. The ships are thought to be Mutre Bee Organisation and are heading towards Liberation. NS now think the lost freighter SS Seine and maybe also SS Corkscrew have been lost due to Mutre Bee attacks.
President Torus has ordered a large fleet be assembled to engage with the Mutre Bee fleet. Torus has ruled out recalling the NS ships in Raegris space as she doesn't want NS to face a two front war.
An analyst on Starbot has estimated that the Mutre Bee fleet will reach Liberation in 16 days at it's current speed. Although the fleet is large, it is thought less than half of the fleet are warships, the rest being transports and support ships.
