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"CBN HEADLINES" "QAHTADNAN FORCES DEFEATED AT AKKAD" "04a-01"

CBN "Major engagements in Durius and Akkad saw attacking Qahtadnan Union forces defeated by the Republic-Federation coalition." "04a-02"
CBN "In Akkad, the Qahtadnan flagship 'Al-Gazi' was destroyed along with several major warships." "04a-03"
CBN "Atlantean President Fitzgerald is expected to release a press statement later today outlining future military action in the Elam-Qahtadnan war." "04a-04"
CBN "A declaration of victory is widely expected to be in the statement." "04a-05"
CBN "In response, Combine warships have garrisoned the systems of Alphard and Actium as part of a massive military build up along the border of Combine and Federation space." "04a-06"
CBN "Archon Sarshar defended the action in a press announcement today." "04a-07"
Sarshar "I will not sit by while the Atlantean Federation continues to threaten our systems." "04a-08"
Sarshar "This is a proportionate response to the Federation's flagrant disregard for international order." "04a-09"
Sarshar "The Sinarussian people would expect no less from their leader." "04a-10"
CBN "Parliamentary spokesperson for the Alban Commonwealth Shona Qaseh warned that time was running out for a diplomatic solution to the crisis." "04a-11"
Qaseh "There will be no victors if this leads to war between two of the largest powers in the galaxy. No nation - large or small - will escape its monstrous reach." "04a-12"
Qaseh "We are forty years from Earth's devastation, yet risk repeating the past if we stay this course." "04a-13"
"CBN ANALYSIS" "This development is the latest in a series of provocations. What strikes many political analysts is how easily the two powers fall back to old patterns of behaviour." "04a-14"
"CBN ANALYSIS" "The conflict of ideologies that sustained the Great War are as bitterly fought today as they were forty years ago." "04a-15"

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"FLEET COMMUNIQUE" "CAPTAIN MARIS RAMLY - FNS ARTEMIS, DURIUS SYSTEM"


Ramly "All right. Back to business. The Elam-Qahtadnan war may be wrapping up but it looks like the Sinarus Combine isn't done with the Elamites yet." "04a-16"

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SHOWICON mira file="icon_system_y" text="Mira" color="yellow" x=78 y=40
SHOWICON durius file="icon_system_g" text="Durius" color="none" x=55 y=42
SHOWICON blank1 file="icon_system_g" text=" " color="none" x=30 y=45
SHOWICON blank2 file="icon_system_g" text="Akkad" color="none" x=62 y=45
SHOWICON blank3 file="icon_system_r" text=" " color="none" x=62 y=15
SHOWICON blank4 file="icon_system_r" text=" " color="none" x=75 y=20
SHOWICON fed file="label_fed" text=" " color="none" x=20 y=52
SHOWICON elam file="label_elam" text=" " color="none" x=64 y=60
SHOWICON qah file="label_qah" text=" " color="none" x=70 y=15

Ramly "New orders have come from Command. The Artemis is being deployed to the Mira neutron star, located at the fringes of Elam space." "04a-17"
Ramly "Intelligence data reports that the Combine have established a base in the system in violation of Republic sovereign territory.""04a-18"
Ramly "Our orders are to confirm the presence of the base, secure the area and board the station to find out what the Sinarus Combine was planning in the system." "04a-19"
Ramly "Once the operation is complete, we are to return to Durius and await further orders." "04a-20"
Ramly "Now you should know that Command believes our actions will be the first shots in a new Great War." "04a-21"
Ramly "A lot of us saw this coming, and I know you're all ready for this. We're part of the greatest military might this galaxy has ever seen." "04a-22"
Ramly "If we do this right, we'll smash the Combine war machine and show the Combine they started a fight that they can't win." "04a-23"

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SHOWICON artemis file="icon_lcarrier" text="Artemis" color="green" x=65 y=20
SHOWICON Mira file="icon_planet" text="Mira" color="blue" x=40 y=40

Ramly "Welcome to Mira, pilots. No inhabitable planets, scant resources and no reason for anyone to stay any longer than they need to." "04a-24"
Ramly "Your guess is as good as mine why the Combine have set up shop here. Our job is to find out why." "04a-25"
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SHOWICON combinebase file="icon_hangar" text="Combine Base" color="red" x=40 y=40
Ramly "We've confirmed the location of a Combine base in Mira and will proceed to secure the station." "04a-26"
SHOWICON sycorax file="icon_transport" text="Sycorax" color="green" x=65 y=50
Ramly "Fifth Fleet Command has deployed the marine transport Sycorax to join us in Mira." "04a-27"
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SHOWICON semper file="icon_flightdeckcruiser" text="Semper Victoria" color="red" x=55 y=40
Ramly "The Combine aviation cruiser Semper Victoria is holding station at the base." "04a-28"
Ramly "The firepower of the Artemis should be enough to resolve an engagement in our favour." "04a-29"
Ramly "Integral to this will be the neutralisation of the Semper Victoria's Javelin ASM battery and air wing." "04a-30"
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SHOWICON sycorax file="icon_transport" text="Sycorax" color="green" x=55 y=40 
Ramly "Once the area is secure, the Sycorax will perform a boarding action against the station." "04a-31"
Ramly" Your job will be to cover the boarding operation against further Combine attack." "04a-32"
Ramly "Razor, you're with Ahab on Alpha. Congratulations on the callsign. Raptor and Cook are Beta. Punchy and Soap will make up Gamma." "04a-33"
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