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"CBN BREAKING HEADLINES" "COMBINE CENSURED FOR WMD"

CBN "The Alban Commonwealth has led a coalition of nations in a censure motion against the Combine for the use of weapons of mass destruction against the Federation."
CBN "While the specifics of the Combine weapon remain unknown, the ongoing hyperspace interference at Morik and rumours of planetary devastation at Bulwark remain testimony to the power of this weapon."
CBN "Sinarus Secretary of War Viktor Isakov released a statement in response to the censure."
Isakov "The Sinarus Combine military has undertaken an act of self-defense against imminent Federation aggression. We have evidence that the Federation were planning a pre-emptive strike against our forces in Actium and Alphard."
Isakov "I regret the loss of life that has already occurred, but our actions in Morik have helped prevent significantly more bloodshed at Federation hands."
CBN "The act of censure is intended to send a clear message to the Combine: that it is diplomatically isolated."
CBN "It is unclear what further action the Commonwealth parliament plans to take. Military intervention has not yet been ruled out."

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"MESSAGE INBOX" "LIEUTENANT CAITLYN MCKEARNEY - HMS MERLIN"
McKearney "Stuart. I don't think I've ever called you by your first name."
McKearney "I just wanted to message and apologise for not telling you about my involvement with ANI. I understand if you're still upset at me."
McKearney "You told me it's like you can't trust me anymore, but everything I've told you, where I'm from, my family back home, it's all real."
McKearney "I was an intel agent a long time ago. Two years ago I left ANI and joined up with the regular fleet."
McKearney "Well, I found out the hard way you can't escape the service that easily."
McKearney "ANI found me and used me to get to Solaris. Pace contacted me shortly after the Juliet mission and blackmailed me into assisting with his investigation."
McKearney "Stuart, I wanted you to know that I've been thinking a lot about home and family since our talk during the Juliet mission. I wanted to invite you to come back with me to Eirinn when this is all over."
McKearney "If you really don't have anyone to go back to, I wanted you to know you can still consider me family."
McKearney "ANI are bastards. All of them. But now I realise I can't just leave. I have to see this through."
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SHOWICON Mira file="icon_planet" text="Mira" color="blue" x=40 y=40
Quinn "The Merlin has arrived in Mira. The Sycorax data describes an artifact in this system that FDI were studying prior to the Combine attack."
Quinn "The Federation artifact lies in a dense field of ionised gas in close orbit around the neutron star."
Quinn "Heavy gravitational disturbances makes this a difficult place to astrogate. The ionised gas is also playing havoc with our sensors. If you need to hide something, this would be the place."
Quinn "Our job is to find out the nature of this artifact, and find a way to neutralise it before more damage can be done."
Quinn "I've got you and McKearney on flight duty. You'll be in Commonwealth birds. Your Phantom stealth fighters have been sent for dissection and study."
Quinn "Due to the importance of this artifact, I'm expecting a heavy Combine garrison."
Quinn "I've contacted the fleet base at Gorham. They've sent what they can spare. Commonwealth reinforcements should arrive soon after we enter the area."
Quinn "We've overturned the log. Let's find out what critters are underneath."
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