JEDI HoloNet

It’s been a couple years now since violence erupted on Ord Biniir with no meaningful reply from the Imperial Military to the situation.

As the Imperial Military continues to hold back on their heels, not having any direction themselves from a Grand Moff at the helm, the Alliance for Democracy has slowly been expanding their sphere of influence out from the capital.

A mixture of volunteers and conscripts have been filling out their ranks, and the organization has made the move to rebrand themselves, as it were, and are now calling themselves the ‘People’s Republic of Ord Biniir’ (or PROB for short) They are expecting to hold their first planetary election this upcoming week, where all of the candidates are members of the political party which retains the name of their original movement.

PROB’s standing army is referred to as the regulars. Multiple corroborating reports confirm that professional soldiers of some sort are giving training and military instruction to their armed forces. The origin of these soldiers, either from some government or paramilitary, is unclear, but that has not stopped many from filling in those gaps themselves.

When asked about these training camps, Moff Yuliarn had this to say:

“This line of questioning is a joke. We all know it, and you all know it. It’s painfully clear that the Republic is sending in military advisors to train up these local ruffians under the radar in order to facilitate a break from our Empire. It’s a slap in the face and I, for one, will be pushing that we do something about it!”

We followed up again with Senator Yalook P’oolel, representing the adjacent Er’Kit system:

“It concerns me and all of the other senators to hear these accusations from Moffs and others in Imperial High Command. We have no interest in infringing upon the sovereignty of our long-standing ally. There’s enough recovery in the galaxy since those mystics who were causing whole planets to disappear were stopped. I would like to, again, express my desire to see the Empire resolve this conflict diplomatically and offer any services myself, or my staff, can render to mitigate any more bloodshed.”

Despite all of these overtures, bloodshed does continue. Not only on the planet, but in orbit as well. Multiple reports have confirmed that the self-proclaimed government of Ord Biniir has acquired a small fleet of retrofitted Tartan Cruisers, as well as one retrofitted Nebulon-C frigate.

Though the chassis of their fleet are archaic, their top-of-the line systems and armaments have locked down the system’s space-spheres and stymied all travel through the system. Each day that the Empire dallies in their response from here on out only gives more control, and to some, more legitimacy to this new planetary government.

On location, this is Andee N’evaro.

Today, the Acose Industrial Park opened its gates for workers once again. Late on 400.30 a large fire was was reported to of broken out at the Acose Industrial Park. Whilst the fire itself was put out relatively quickly, it did cause a large explosion which was heard in nearby districts.

It is not clear which industrial unit the fire originated from, although the fire services have confirmed they have identified the cause of the fire and consider the matter ‘closed: no further investigation required’.

There has been no further comment from any governmental body,

Correction

In a previous issue we broke the news that the CSF engaged a hostile force above the atmosphere of Coruscant on 400.30. However this has now been confirmed by CSF and GRID to of been a joint training exercise.

On 400.07, Holonews reported that the formal alliance between the Republic and Jedi Order was agreed pending formal ratification from the High Council of the Order.

There is no further information as to when or even if such a convening of the High Council is due to take place to discuss and vote on the proposed agreement.

However, a close source to the Jedi Order was recently over heard sharing some of the concerns that appear to be felt within the Order.

“the Republic has seen this as the way of getting Jedi soldiers for their conflicts”

“there was much tension within the temples when Vohai happened”

“Many were not in favour of assisting on the front lines of the Republic”.

What does this mean for the deal between the Order and the Republic? It appears, no one is quite sure, not even members of the Order itself.

The inquiry into Lord Laa’ken Ruun and potential war crimes committed during the war on Vohai has officially been closed and the report provided to relevant committees for review.

It was announced 398ABY that a trial would take place following the inquiry but it appears the Republic are keen not to stall the process. Announcing the trial is due to start on 400.24ABY.

Rumours coming from the Chief of States office suggest that the finalisation of the deal between The Jedi Order is being delayed by the Order who wish to see the outcome of any trial before signing on the dotted line.

In what diplomats on both sides have dubbed some of most complex negotiations in recent history, Galactic Holonews has received word that a deal in principle has finally been struck between The Jedi Order and the Republic.

It is believed that Chief of State Lammee Ranack is keen to get the formal alliance between the two finalised, and has privately expressed frustration at the Grandmaster Coron Audax delay in signing the agreement.

In response to a question from the Galactic Holonews, Jedi Knight Ensil Stazi, spokesman for the Jedi Order has released the following statement:

The Jedi Order has made it standard practice not to comment on any of the negotiations.Standard practice dictates that any deal would be subject to final approval from the High Council of the Order not just the Grandmaster.

The Galactic News has reached out for clarification of when such a vote would take place, but has yet to receive further comment from the Order.