At approximately 7 pm today, the heavy patrol vessel "Umitaka" of the Nikkyo Consortium intercepted a strange vessel in proximity off Planet Junyo, hai, the very same Planet Junyo famous for the best seafood available throughout the colonies and its glamorous, uniquely appealing pearls!
"Ishida", Captain of the "Umitaka" told us in an exclusive interview: "I was shocked to see a foreign warship so close to Junyo. Someone messed up the patrol routines, no way this could have slipped through otherwise. It was good that we were there, who knows what their intention was?" - Furthermore, "Ishida" described the vessel as completely unknown to him, it turned out to be a rare "Judicator"-class vessel belonging to the armed revolutionaries of Liberty, the Hellfire Legion.
To all our watchers and readers not knowing them, here a brief description: The Hellfire Legion is a Military Junta dedicated to the overthrow of the Liberty Government and annihilation of the Liberty Navy. They possess warships up to the size of Dreadnoughts, while few in number, they appear to be capable of pestering the Republic of Liberty for many years now. The Hellfire Legion also represents the Military of the so-called "Commonwealth of Liberty", a small splinter state with libertarian-socialist orientation located near the Borderworlds between the house Liberty and Bretonia. They are known sympathizers of the well-known racist terrorists, the Xenos.

The Battlecruiser going by the callsign of Herkermer.Homolka was evicted from the Shikoku system with the assistance of a State Police vessel, a vessel "Ishida" had to call in from their patrol in New Tokyo. "Ishida" described this as "very sad sign" and prompted the State Police "to intensify patrols" around the border to house Liberty. After the successful eviction, the State Police vessel leaked classified content, revealing that this vessel was not sighted for the first time in Kusari. This worrying news lead us to prompt every Kusari citizen to report sightings of this vessel within Kusari's border immediately to the nearest Law Enforcement. Additionally, the State Police Officer, with apparent radio issues, revealed the following: "He opened fire to revenge his caught sister from GC by police." (|KSP|S.A. - Full callsign displayed was altered due to its confidential nature.)

"Ishida" forwarded a statement representing the views of the Nikkyo Consortium: "If this claim turns out to be the truth, we will mercilessly hunt down the Legion vessel in and beyond Kusari. This can be a hint of foreign support towards terrorist organizations we did not know of yet. This matter must be investigated further. If the Kempeitai shows no interest, we will handle it ourselves for the sake of Kusari's continuous well-being."

If you have any hints regarding connections between local criminals and the Hellfire Legion/Commonwealth of Liberty, we urge you to send the details to us, the Kumamoto News Channel, and the authorities of Kusari. Let us deter harmful foreign influence like this together!

At approximately 2 pm of today, a single heavy scout unit of the Majima Family was dispatched to the Tau-23 system. A system well-known for mining activities conducted by the Gallic Metal Service and the Independent Miner Guild. Unfortunately, Tau-23 also represents the constant flow of the highly addictive drug Cardamine, the system serving as the primary route of the self-labelled Outcasts for their smuggling operations. Entities such as the Liberty Rogues or the terrorists of the Golden Chrysanthemums are well-known to promote the usage of this drug, willingly enslaving themselves to a Planet and society run by murder, Nomad worshiping and spread of a drug in order to subdue Sirius to their will.
With the outbreak of the Second Gallic War and the Royalist's push against both our great nation and the weakened Kingdom of Bretonia, the Outcasts found another supporter in Sirius. This supporter is the Kingdom of Bretonia itself! They legalized Outcast presence and the usage of Cardamine a while ago, indeed, but now with the Gallic threat off the table, it appears like the Armed Forces are working more closely together with the drug lords.

The heavy scout vessel, an agile bomber, supposed to deter smugglers unlucky enough to come across its way, instead encountered a "Crecy" of the Armed Forces. A heavy Cruiser-class Warship. The vessel in question, going by the Armed Forces callsign of "HMS-Galatea", immediately engaged Miss Eri Kamataki's vessel upon a claim of "terrorism against local transports". A baseless accusation with no evidence. According to the Majima Family member, the Bretonian did not react to questions as to why the vessel was far off Bretonian territory, sneaking near the Confederacy's border and attempting to assault her with false claims. In addition to attempted murder, the vessel's Captain attempted to exort Kamataki-san. Asking for "give me half the money you get from him and we are good" - a pathetic attempt at trying to keep their act up. Kamataki's bank account was checked by our investigators and not a single credit was transferred to it since three days before this incident!

While this incident appears to be a first, our analysts warn us about taking this too lightly. Trespassing Crayterian space, intruding Confederacy and Kusari shared patrol areas and attempted assault on a vessel supposed to deter Outcast activity are a huge sign indicating that Bretonia might return to their expansionist behavior earlier than expected. The annexation of Omega-3, now called Nottingham, and Omega-49, now called Exeter, appear to have been only the first steps.

Oyabun Majima of the Majima Family replied to a question whether Bretonia is a threat or not with the following reply: "Remember how we lot sat in Leeds? I tell ya, Bretonia ain't no threat but we won't let them get that close to our doorstep. Bretonians in '23 are just targets for my boys and girls now, same as 'cast scum. Poor cute Eri-chan got away with a burning engine, nobody's gonna try and kill my people without revenge."

Kumamoto News will keep a close eye on the development of the situation in Tau-23. Stay tuned!

Just a few ten minutes ago, the remnants of the Gallic Royal Navy, the Gallic Royal Enclave claimed a victory against the Crayter Republic in the Tau-44, a further off Tau system claimed by the small Republic. Special Reporter Saejima-san, flying with the infamous Miss Eri Kamataki into the Tau sector witnessed the battle live! According to his claims, the Enclave Battlegroup emerged from the Sumatra Cloud with a direct course towards Planet Borneo. Openly not minding our reporter's presence, he tagged along and had the luck to catch a nowadays rare shot of the Royalists from Kamataki's cockpit.

The Enclave Battlegroup encountered resistance in the high orbit of Borneo, a Planet claimed by the Crayterians, in form of a heavy task-force of Crayterian vessels, a few belonging to the so-called "Natio Octaviarum". A large scale battle emerged quickly, with the Enclave forces gaining the upper hand within the first moments of battle. As a result, the Enclave Battlegroup's Flagship, the Valor-class "La Fayette" claimed the Crayterian Deimos-class "Scotus" as the battle's first victim, crippling the Crayterians capabilities to deal heavy damage.
Following the loss of their local Flagship, the Crayterians appeared to have lost their heads, quickly the Enclave forces erased their remaining task-force with minimal
losses, nevertheless an emerging second Deimos-class cost the Enclave the "La Fayette". Unfortunate for the Crayterians, said Deimos-class was quickly disabled by the remaining capital assets of the Enclave.

To conclude, it can be said that as fierce and bloody as the battle was, it was also short-lived. The Enclave Battlegroup retreated after the heavy loss of their Valor-class, leaving the local Crayterian space installations as well as the settlements on Planet Borneo untouched for the time being.
Kumamoto News will keep you updated about future skirmishes between the Crayter Republic and the Gallic Royal Enclave.

Attached below, all those interested can take a look at the remaining pictures taken by Saejima-san, as well as a few Pilots greetings to their mothers!

The Honshū Unity Party's leadership has apparently called in an emergency cabinet meeting scheduled for the 5th of March, citing the urgent need among the two chambers to address the recent developments between house Liberty and house Bretonia. Our sources within the Sunrise Party and Oyabun Majima are convinced that the HUP acts with far more sinister intent than a foreign politics discussion! According to the anonymous Sunrise delegate and Oyabun Majima's statement, HUP head and Imperial Prime Minister Miyasu will attempt to pressure the chamber of peers into accepting a delayed election. Majima-sama claims to possess a copy of the speech our Imperial Highness will hold at the 5th of March. Here the text: "The rapid growth of instabilities on an international level requires the Empire to be a beacon of stability. Getting lost in the chaos of after-election coalition seeking will leave Kusari vulnerable for instability and uncertainty to spill across our borders. Therefore we, the representatives of the HUP and our coalition partners, urge the chamber of peers to accept our proposal and delay the elections 830 for five months per Imperial decree. A re-evaluation of the international situation shall be presented to our Imperial Majesty early June this year." - Please read here what the most honorable Oyabun Majima, Chairman of the Majima Party and large-scale investor of Junyo fishery told us about his initial reaction to this piece of data. "I was shocked. Plain shocked by the audacity the HUP posses. Just recently they got caught up in a scandal, the GC, you hear me? The GC. One of their higher ups supported actual terrorists, the bane of Kusari, the lap dogs of Malta, slavers, drug addicts polluting our nation. Sure, they threw her out, got her in prison. It still means they can be compromised, infiltrated, used. The HUP attempting to delay the election date is nothing but strategy. They try to buy time for themselves, the usual election date would be in roughly two months. Scandals are still fresh in the mind of the people then. The Sunrise shrugged it off, saying they are confident to win this years elections no matter what. The Majima Party will not tolerate it. We will actively protest it. I will seek the direct conversation with our Prime Minister on this Sunday and you all will get to see it. Media is barred entry to this meeting but I will find a way. All Kusarians deserve to know what our "oh so dear" Prime Minister really is on about."

The Honshū Unity Party's leadership has called in an emergency cabinet meeting today. The meeting was scheduled from 16:00 to 19:30 Sirius Standard time. As outlined a few days earlier, the Kumamoto Channel indeed received details provided by Oyabun Majima. Here is what you need to know:

• The HUP passed a motion to delay the elections but only until the end of June.
  
• The cabinet meeting showed with a certain degree of reversation about diplomatic interventions over the recent tensions between house Bretonia and house Liberty.
  
• The Sunrise Party convinced the acting diet to release a special fund to be used in expanding the local State Police garrison of the Honshu system.
  
• Our Imperial Prime Minister held a speech on the importance of Keiretsu cooperation on Planet Harris to strengthen Kusari's grip on the economic landscape of the Planet and promote the inter-house flow of trade.