Marcus orders reinforcements to all CSE-E planets

CSE-E leader Marcus has ordered reinforcements to be sent to planets such as Rendrial 4 where the Eritran uprising has moved up a gear. More troops and aircraft are to be sent to planets, putting the CSE-E logistics arm under strain. Marcus wants all reinforcements to be in place by December.

Marcus has also sent extra warships to each planet to provide intelligence and communications support. The CSE-E's Kalahati Tuul S fleet has been fitted with space-to-ground attack missiles though a source said the missiles will only be used in the event of a dire emergency.

New wave of violence strikes across CSE-E

If the Clones thought making an example of, and destroying utterly, an ethnic Eritran village on Miliaris might stop the uprising across the CSE-E they were mistaken. Instead, they have just poured kerosene on the fire. The Clone News Service has reported dozens of clashes across the CSE-E including terrorist attacks on Clone military bases and units as well as public revolts in ethnic Eritran areas.

On Miliaris, a dozen drones struck the Clone Army HQ. Massed anti-aircraft fire, including from a dozen TAA-4 Stoat AA tanks bought in from Austini 55, bought down most of the drones though there was damage caused to a storage silo.

On Rendrial 4 there was another mass drone attack, the main airbase was hit hard though most aircraft were able to get airborne. The aircraft have dispersed to an emergency landing strip.

Clone Army destroys Eritran village

There are reports coming in that the Clone Army have utterly destroyed an ethnic Eritran village on Miliaris. The village of Jiliab is said to have been a base for a Freedom Miliaris unit (though this has not been confirmed by non-CDF sources). The village was surrounded by troops then pounded by artillery. After several hours, tanks moved in and crushed all of the buildings in the village. The death toll of civilians has not been reported but must be in the hundreds.

The population of Jiliab is thought to have been around four hundred, the Clone Army did not let anyone escape. Molab and New Sparta have condemned the "war crimes".

Army depot set on fire on Miliaris, nuclear warheads evacuated?

Another mass drone attack has been launched by Freedom Miliaris militants, one of the main depots of the Clone Army was hit and suffered significant damage, including being set on fire. NS is reporting that the Clones urgently removed some items from the depot and took them up to a ship in orbit. Although unconfirmed, it is thought these were nuclear warheads for use by the Clone Space Missile launchers which are on Miliaris.

NS say the Clones may also remove the launchers from the planet, it is thought five mobile launchers were on Miliaris though one was already damaged in an early militant attack.

Elsewhere, there have been reports of heavy fighting in one of the larger ethnic Eritran towns as Clone Army soldiers were ambushed by FM militants and other Eritrans. Significant casualties on both sides are reported.

Clone Army goes into Eritran towns, drone factory found

The Clone Army has finally started entering ethnic Eritran towns and villages on Miliaris. The army had been holding off due to fears of inflaming the situation but after the mass drone attacks the decision has been made to go in and root out Freedom Miliaris.

A workshop which was making drones has been discovered, about thirty drones were seized in various stages of construction, though a miliary source said they think there are at least five other workshops on the planet. 

Molab has said dozens of Eritran civilians have been killed by Clone troops during these incursions. The Clones are not commenting on this.

Miliaris air force taken out by mass drone strike

Two hundred and fifty Molab type drones were launched in a mass attack on the main air base on Miliaris earlier today. Despite the strengthened layered air defence set up by the Clone Defence Forces (which includes troop reinforcements with personal weapons), nearly half of the drones got through and caused severe damage to the air base.

The base's air traffic control tower saw a direct hit, causing a collapse. Multiple hits to the maintenance hangars caused a fire which soon raged out of control and reached an ammunition store. It is estimated four K47s, eight K85s and two K44 transports were destroyed. Others damaged. The death toll is unknown but is estimated to be nearly a hundred.

A number of aircraft in the air at the time had to divert to the small airport at the Miliaris capital. The Miliaris air force has relocated it's HQ functions to the airport. It is thought surviving or repaired aircraft will be dispersed to two smaller air bases on the planet.

The Clone Army say the drones are powered by small paraffin fuelled engines, the Clones have banned the sale of paraffin and are confiscating all civilian supplies. The army is also said to be preparing to enter Eritran ethnic towns and villages looking for the workshops were it is thought these drones are being built. This could cause a general uprising but the Clones may no longer have a choice.