The markets are in an uproar as news of the heavy fleet movements and major clashes between the Rheinland Military and Kusari Naval Forces. Analysts predict a plunge in stock prices of companies associated with both houses.
Good evening, Bretonia. Galen Richards here, bringing you the latest. For the past year, Sigma-21 was the hotbed of a race between Rheinland and Kusari due to the garden-like planet of Saigon, filled with resources and with much needed space for both Houses.
This weekend that race ended and war began when the GMG denied for the last time the orders of Rheinland to desist and leave Ibusuki. In the confusion of the attack by the Bayern battlegroup, a Kishiro Survey Vessel was destroyed, killing several, with Akemi Yamashita, Kishiro high ranking executive.
Ares has descended upon the Sigmas, ladies and gentlemen. Now, two Fleet battlegroups are going at each other without restraint, and their respective Houses are preparing for the escalation of hostilities. Reports of Kusari Naval Forces in Frankfurt were received by the news agencies in Sirius, as well the presence of Marinenachrichtendienst in Honshu was confirmed.
Why, do you ask? Rheinland is hard pressed since the loss of planet Nuremberg, in an event that rumors attribute it to the Kusari Keiretsu, with millions of refugees clamoring for a safe haven and losses reaching the hundreds of billion credits. Kusari itself however is looking to replenish lost honor from past wars and a quick win, having Saigon as award, will energize the entire House back to its glory days.
Analysts predict that the Sirian market will suffer greatly from this war, as the price of H-Fuel is already rising to historical levels, with Liberty still hard-pressed to support Bretonia in their stoic defense against the Gallic onslaught. Sirius is locked down in war, with the Omicrons still reeling from the destabilizing disappearance of Omega-11.
What will the future hold for us?
This is Galen Richards, your faithful companion in the six o'clock news.