JEDI HoloNet

The Galactic Budget for 385-390ABY has been released.

The address which came from Chief Finance Minister Junessburg Mara outlined where the vast 7.1 quadrillion credit budget will be spent.

Questions were raised by the Senate finance committee around the marked 4% increase in the security budget which already makes up a staggering 18% of the overall budget. A key takeaway was the multi billion credit increase for GRID specifically identified for use in an ‘Operation Lost Stars’.

When asked Minister Mara had this to say

Operation Lost Stars is the core GRID operation around the missing force sensitive children in conjunction with the Jedi Order.

Many members of the public have asked if they contribute to the cause, and whilst GRID will not be accepting donations, I can confirm that an ancillary fund has been set up to support the friends and family of those taken.

One thing is for certain, with cuts to housing and emergency services to enable this investment, the pressure is on GRID and the Jedi Order to start delivering results.

Since Koyso Chewai’in and Resuli Concaf went missing on Calus 2 years ago, official figures state that 11 other cases of missing children have been added to the investigation. However, whilst the official total sits at 13. Holonews has received confirmation from a senior GRID source that GRID believe and are working to the assumption that the actual figure is closer to 19.

Despite no new reports in the 3 cycles of any more taken children, it has been estimated that those already taken have spent nearly 31 years between them in captivity. No one knows where they are, but if you have any information that may aid the investigation you can contact GRIDs tip line on frequency #5555.3333.1111 case ref: #784147912.

GRID and The Jedi Order have not commented on the investigation in recent cycles and it is unclear whether the decline in regularity of kidnappings is down to action taken by the Order and GRID.

As always, the Holonews will endeavor to bring you breaking news as and when we receive it.

Citizens of Corellia are today thanking the Jedi Order, after they successfully thwarted an abduction operation led by a band of highly trained mercenaries. The mercenary group known as “The Shattered Stars’ were targeting a pair of twins in Coronet due to be taken to be taken to the Order to begin training, however under the protection of the Order not only was safe passage given to the children, all members of the Shattered Stars were taken alive. It appears after being initially taken off guard by the targeting of force sensitive children, the Jedi Order has adapted and implemented new protocols and it appears to be working for them.

However, whilst the Order seem to have the situation in hand, there are reports of other children beginning to go missing in other force sensitive cultures. It was confirmed that Twi Mor, a young Omwati due to begin his training to become an Omwati shaman, was taken from the planet Omwat. There has also been unconfirmed reports from the ancient world of Haruun Kal of a missing child.

At the scene of a historic Diplomatic occasion between the clans Fett and Jendri over a disputed child kidnapping, the Republic Government building’s fifty-fourth floor was attacked by a violent scene of terror, in which an unmanned Republic Shuttle crashed onto the open balcony in what authorities believe to be an attempted murder of the clan leaders or Jedi envoys.

The Queen Mother of Hapes, Zenobia II, is reportedly disgusted by the Republic’s “harboring and dignification of terrorists, plunderers and murderers.” In response, the Queen Mother has expelled Republic Diplomats, and in response the Republic’s Chief of Foreign Affairs, Mul Naan has stated: “The Republic’s interests lie in protecting Republic territory.”

Contruum Police Forces name a group of Hapan so-called radicals and Imperialists, ‘Our Mother’, as the prime suspects in the attack.

Reports, received from the planet of Berris, state that a child has gone missing. The information gathered by both the local Law Enforcement and the media are rather disturbing.
This time, the abductor posing as a Jedi when refused access to the child by the parents. Broke-in, threatening the parents’ lives before forcibly removing the child.

While the local citizens of the small city on the surface of Berris struggle to face reality; the fact remains, young Doroelsa Cobbrec was abducted from her own home, in front of her very own parents. Her mother, Liadean Cobbrec, was shocked and utterly desperate, as evident from her statement to local media:

It is terrible! Our little Elsa was taken away under the threat of rifles. We were terrified for our own lives, as well as hers. I cannot dare to imagine what will happen to my little girl.

In addition, one of the officers stationed in the area and involved in the aftermath is in critical condition. The media was unable get a statement from security forces, but it is believed he got injured in an attempt to stop the abductor. Law enforcement did however make it clear that the officer’s life is stable.

However, perhaps more shockingly, unlike in previous instances the Jedi weren’t even on the planet, arriving only after young Doroelsa was taken and it was too late for them to assist.