A number of LRMs were launched by the MBO during the war with New Sparta and were a key part in forcing the UNP and NS to surrender and accept the rule of the Mutre Bee. The missiles were kept cloaked in deep space, each containing a number of nuclear warheads. One missile was used against iP Services, the others have remained hidden in deep space.
Today Gomber, the deputy to the Viceroy, announced that the missiles had been stood down. The missiles had powered down and decloaked. NS ships have retrieved them. The space attack stages will now be refurbished and will be mated with new booster stages before being returned to strategic attack squadrons.
Gomber said that there had been changes to the launch protocol for NS' strategic weapons. Missiles will only be launched after receiving a fractal encrypted key from a small number of MBO-New Sparta personnel (thought to be Caratore, Gomber, General Honey and the Mutre Bee himself). One LRM squadron has been put under the direct control of the MBO Honour Guard.
