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            ....Current Program: IGNM News Report; Source: OMNET Central, Mnemen IV Life-Ring....

            *A human-like shadow of a face, neck and shoulders floats to the left of the screen. You can see it belongs to a man of sharp lines. His mouth moves and, acompanying the audio a line of text in the Ur-Dargi language scrolls the low part of the video screen.*

            "Welcome to this News Flash, coming to you by IGNM, an Omnet Divison for you personal information."

            *To the right of the human face a chunk of space, filled with stars, rotates, and after a few moments it explodes in a flash of light, disappearing.*

            "Under unfortunate circunstancies, we must announce the Blizz-PAC war was declared over today, as an explosion made the Blizz and PAC homeworlds' suns both went supernova, at exactly the same time. The incident, intentional as agreed by Fartrade and FSS speakers, completely anihilated four inhabited worlds, almost 80% of the competing fleets and over 5.8 trillion humans.
            This, the most terrible event in both Minors' recorded history, puts the Blizz Republic and the People.Alliance.Coalition into an extremely vulnerable position, flanked by the Fartrade and FSS alike. The Agora has already approved a motion to send humanitarian help to the only two remaining colonies, one belonging to each of the Minors, and the Federation of Stellar States is sending a shipment of medicines and food for the survivors."

            *The screen to the right now shows a dark, twisted ship visible against the expanding ring of a supernova explotion, blurred yet distingable by the naked eye.*

            "While all fingers point to the rogue race known as "Razgat", the more fanatic UoS republicans blame the K'Tan for sponsoring said race with weapons. The K'Tan Ephorate representative, Grand Chancellor Cirso Tuiwl, dismissed those comments as "rumours without a solid ground" and called the oportune intervention of the K'Tan Empire to claim a neighbouring zone, now unpatroled, a "legitimate move, made to prevent barbarism and chaos on the zone," and that "the survivors should be grateful the mighty Supreme Directorae has decided to help."

            *The screen shows the image of a typical research lab, something recognizable by most races around the Galaxy.*

            "Important news for the TFP's producers, as today the High-Evolution-Labs announced the discovery of a now compund that could replace synthetic mind's neural tissue and improve their efficiency nearly a 15%. The largest manufacturer, Killal Enterprises, has already signed a priority contract with the HELabs to start production of the new synths as soon as possible."

            "This was Vestis Apsius Dakarrus reporting from Mnemen IV, OMNET Central, for the Intra-Galactic News Matrix. IGNM: a Universe of perspective you can Trust."

            ....Next Program: Class VII sentient race rights change and the FSS political scene; Source: Star Citadel, FSS....

Written by Esteban