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In less violent turn of events, the entity known as Corvus has revealed a new line space craft based on the Warthog type craft which is favored by some combat pilots.
This new ship...(allegedly the brain child of the infamous Dr. Lecter)...is the Corvus Greyhound created quite a stir with in minutes of its being announced. As pilots of all nations raced to Odia, the only system it is currently available in to purchase one.

When asked for his opinion on this ship, Ryan Reign of the Phoenix Alliance stated..."I really have no Idea how anything this fast and fun is legal."

Others report that at least one member of TGFT grilled pilots for an indeterminate amount of time trying to glean information about the new Corvus interceptor.

Corvus sales are expected to sky rocket with this new ship and thus increase other sales thus creating the potential for a sort of economic super power effect.

In follow-up to the story we brought to you yesterday, we can now report that Itani government sources have contacted CNN and UIT Action News in response to the Serco military build-up along their borders.

Sources inside the Itani government have confirmed that the Order of Akan, and the Itani Defense Force have claimed innocence in the attacks on the Serco refugee camp that killed over 17,000 civilians.

IDF sources have stated that they had no knowledge of any attack being planned or carried out from inside their ranks, and express the deepest sympathies to the Serco government over their losses. IDF forces report that they have offered to send relief ships with Medical Supplies, Food, and Purified Water to the decimated Serco camp, in the hopes of assisting the humanitarian crisis there.

In response to the IDF's claims, SkyCommand has summarily denied IDF forces access to Serco-controlled space, calling it "one of the most cowardly and devious deceptions ever attempted by the Itani dogs."

SkyCommand released video today of the attack. We can show you a portion of it here, but we must warn you, the video is highly graphic.

<Rolls Tape>
<Narrated behind>

As you can see here, this was shot from a security camera inside the refugee camp. Local time was about 0700hrs.

As you can see, Itani made Valkyries with blue coloration and what appears to be the IDF crest make a single pass over the camp, then return firing on the camp with energy weapons and rockets.

<End Video>

The video lasts for over 30 minutes before elements of what we're told are the 410th Serco Homeguard-Vulture arrived and managed to deter the attack further.

Sources close to the military have also informed us that the 410th managed to shoot down a single Valkyrie inside the atmosphere, and that the wreckage has been recovered as evidence against the Itani government.

Serco Military officials have also responded to claims that the refugee camp was a front for a covert military installation. The officials have stated repeatedly that while the use of covert bases does occur, that this was a legitimate refugee camp for Serco civilians fleeing the border conflict in Deneb.

Officials from the Serco Division of the Red Cross have visited the site, confirming that the attack occured on a refugee camp and not a military installation.

Members of the UIT Senate have been extended an offering to visit the site of the attack to act as 3rd party witnesses to the destruction of the non-military site.

In the meantime, Serco Military forces have continued to activate and build-up on the border to Deneb. The SMV Enterprise, SMV Hornet, and the SMV Wasp joined the SMV Nemesis and SMV Sentinel on the Deneb border, while to the south, the SMV Abominable was joined by the SMV Invincible, SMV Chariot, and the modified Teradon, SMV Vengeance.

Other craft known to have been launched, include 6 HACs, 13 Constellations, 10 Teradons, and over 36 Trident Frigates.

So far the IDF and Order of Akan have not issued an official response to the military build-up, and no Itani military officials will comment on what efforts are being made to guard the Itani border in the face of overwhelming Serco force.

Some have asked for evidence others have demanded that our sources be revealed, naturally the latter cannot be done. However, One of our journalists has agreed to release his research, notes and quotations for print.

from an Itani group
"The Serco Dominion must be eliminated"
"...attacking and destroying the Serco AND THEIR ALLIES in their home systems"
"and above all, the complete neutralization of the Serco Dominion and of its allies of all kinds."

"Your comments will be judged as heresy and your fate will be the same as those who once pressured us into hiding. Akan will see his form of justice served to those who wrong the Itani people and mislead them all the same. Mind your comments."
.-=\ - order.of.akan - /=-.

"DEATH TO THE SERCO MAY THE ENDS JUSTIFY THE MEANS"
.-=\ - order.of.akan - /=-.

FROM THE ITANI
"These Prometheus can take a lot of heat. As much as our heavy Rags can. It's amazing these things can actually maneuver as they do. I will attempt to bring as many as I can back to Jallik so that maybe the ship designers can reverse-engineer them and adapt their armory to the Valks. perhaps even the thrusters."

"[ITAN] has my full endorsement. By Akan, they should have stepped up to the plate years ago and done something about the serco menace." Jestatis Bess

"I will not stop until every Serco born man, woman and child is dead and burned."

"Bless Akan and bless you ITAN!!!" Jestatis Bess

"we are only authorized to kill serco on sight"

"I agree [AKAN] is gone but the Akanesse still exists. Yes i consider myself part Akanesse." Jestatis Bess

"SOL II will be in ruins before the Serco can cry mercy. Itan will not negoitate with the intergalactic menace the Serco"

"I'm akanese." JestatisBess

FROM SERCO
"It is unjust how the infamous Itani repose on their current façade of peacfulness when they were the ones who brought mistrust and genocide upon these once peacefully colonized worlds."

"Rally, my brothers and sisters! Remember our once great prudence and tactfulness"

"Is this not the same Itani Nation who railed against us, threatened us in days of old with their unnatural non human-based technology? Was it not the Itani who bombed our great cities to dust?"

"There will be no armistice for murderers and peddlers of genocide."

"They are the ones who incited the great war to commence"

"there will be no armistice with the Itani, especially not since they protect a terrorist force (and now, seemingly, two) bearing arms against all that bears the name of "Serco"."

"I have seen Itani National Military tagged pilots repeatedly striking Serco TRADE Columns using Flares and Guass in the past, they descend out of the sun and fire at range the Flares then follow up with the guass."

"they say they want peace? Even when they won't allow us to find the home planet of the "faction" they say is attacking us?"

FROM UIT
"They shot me in the back, when I was trying to help them. They took the cargo from my wreck while it was still burning. It's good luck they didn't shoot my emergency pod on my trip back to Sedina. After all, there are less Serco nowadays, so they need to kill "other" people."

CAPTURED TRANSMISSION
<Itani> Leave now
<Itani> You are not welcome here
<Serco> why?
<Serco> your defbots welcomed me
<Itani> Well the Itani as a people do NOT welcome you into Itani space. Leave now.
<Serco> and I never killed Itani in Itani space... good for you...
<Itani> I dont give XXXXX (edited) who you killed and where. Leave MY space. Next tim i see you i will destroy you.

On a side note UIT Action News would like to thank Jestatis Bess personally for the many quotes provided. We are comfortable naming this one source, as Jestatis Bess was after all the main person making demands.

OOC:
Ryan come one man i never said most of those things. If you want to but me in the middle of your propaganda fine but at least use real quotes from me man. LOL

Edit:
Everyone knows i would never support [ITAN] LOL

True...you only said the ones I attached your name to. All quotes By Jestatis Bess are a matter of historical documentation and available to anyone who seeks to find them. The denial of such statements is simple politics as usual... paticularly when dealing with the politics of genocide.

We here at UIT Action News implore Jestatis Bess to openly admit and apologize for these inflammatory and hate filled comments about the Serco and to denounce the criminal and murderous "Order of Akan" but, more than that to do so with honesty. With more than words but, with actions that can be recognized as a meaningful step away from the terrorist doctrine of hate and genocide which you have adhered to for so long.

I apologize for saying you put words in my mouth Ryan. You didn't. I said all those things at one time or another. But you took everything I said out of context to suit your own propaganda aims. I don't take back anything i may have said in the context and time it was said. I must have meant it when i said it (or been drunk). Time like people do change.

I don't run the IDF or have any official role with the Itani government or the Order of Akan. Most of the Itani are peaceful, thats why we disagree. But the Itani government and the IDF would never sanction an attack like you described. They only want peace and to defend thier borders.

I will apologize and repent honestly when the serco scum stop encroaching on our borders, daily. You can't say the serco scum are defending themselves in Deneb as we clearly are.

I'll respond further after i re read the history of our great nation. I suggest you do the same.

OOC:
damn you google well man. Well played :) What would i find if i did the same to you?

OOC: (sort of)
whats truly interesting is that Akan started this war...with a false act of terrorism, seemingly to avenge a farm accident.

You assume it was Akan who started the war. I been reading the back story for the last few hours and I quote for you:
"The overall lack of communication and mingling between the Itani and Serco further catalyzes these events. The Itani believe what their leaders (Akan) tell them, and since there is little contact with any Serco, there's no one to tell them otherwise. It has been since theorized that Akan, or an organization under his control, planted the bombs in the interest of polarizing the Itani people against the Serco while furthering their own control of the Itani government. However, little is known one way or the other. The political and cultural climate of the time would certainly not have allowed such possibilities to be mentioned."

It happened over 2 thousand years ago. No one will ever know what truely happened. And if Akan did start the war when he was dead the serco should have accepted the Itani surrender. They didn't. they choose to fight and attempt to kill us all. I do disagree with some Akan actions. But so far i don't disagree with anything the "Order of Akan". (i'm at AD3827).

What I really want to know Ryan is if the serco are so "great" why did the UIT decide to leave Terra II? You can't blame the Itani for that.

"Akan, now the most powerful senator and de-facto leader of the Itani, sends hand-picked teams to investigate the explosions and determine their source. After several days of "investigations", the teams report their belief that the explosions were in fact terrorist attacks by the Serco against the Itani people. Several in the Senate voice doubts about these findings, considering the historically peaceful (albeit accident-prone) nature of the Serco. However, these voices are swept away by Akan in a "resolute, yet saddened" speech against the Serco people and their "technology of terror". His speech plays on over 100 years of pent-up fear in the population, and easily sways the Itani to follow his recommendations."

"Within a month of the "attacks", Akan has closed the "borders" to Serco territory, populating it with many of his more ferverent followers and preventing any contact between the two nations. He also begins construction of an "Itani defense force", adapting mechanized environment suit technology to potential combat applications. Many of these changes are fought by a shrinking minority of the Itani senate, proposals of moderation and at least diplomatic communication with the Serco are ignored. Two of the most powerful senators to openly attack Akan's plans die mysteriously within a week of one another. Public opposition to Akan within the government crumbles. The Serco watch these developments with growing alarm. Their attempts at diplomacy go ignored, and eventually their emissaries begin to vanish entirely."

"Akan has consolidated his control of the Itani nation. Strong anti-Serco members of the Itani government are given high ranking positions within the new Itani military."

"A new wave of "attacks" strike the Itani. Akan himself appears to be "targeted", however, he manages to escape unharmed."

"The Itani/Serco border becomes heavily populated by patrols of Itani in mechanized armor."

"Originally, much of the Itani military command had intended to destroy any captured domes and the "unclean" augmented civilians"

"Akan, on the other hand, had slowly become more and more publicly outspoken in favor of complete destruction of the Serco and all their people."

"Akan managed to wrest enough control to get the bombs to two of their targets. The Serco city of New Shanghai, populated with nearly a million civilians, was reduced to rubble within a few hours. Pacifica, a coastal Serco city and one of the first domes constructed on Terra II, was also heavily damaged, leaving tens of thousands dead or missing."

I can't? The Itani turned a peaceful agricultural/technological race of philosophers and scientists into a race of zenophobic genocide survivors.

If you kick a puppy every time you see it, dont be shocked when it becomes hyper-aggressive.

Again with the propaganda. You only always show one side of the story.

"Akan managed to wrest enough control to get the bombs to two of their targets. The Serco city of New Shanghai, populated with nearly a million civilians, was reduced to rubble within a few hours. Pacifica, a coastal Serco city and one of the first domes constructed on Terra II, was also heavily damaged, leaving tens of thousands dead or missing. When the news of New Shanghai's destruction reached the Itani military command, a split within the military occurred, with several high-ranking generals rebelling against Akan's authority and the supposed will of the Itani Senate. Pacifica would likely have been destroyed as well, had not the second bomber been forced down by rebel Itani short-range fighters. Chaos reigned within the Itani military in the hours following the attack. Once news broke within the Itani public, the population was aghast. Akan maintained a semblance of control through his loyal military police, but he knew his days were numbered."

The Itani defended Pacifica. Without them more serco would have been killed.

Also in my reading I don't see the word genocide mentioned anywhere. Akan couldn't commit genocide. He never tried and the Itani people would never have let him. The serco were closer to achiving it but the Itani hid from them.

Akan might have started the war but that doesn't give the Serco an excuse for their future actions. How can you blame a whole race/nation for the actions of a few people?The UIT stayed neutral and the Itani became mostly monks and peaceful. They didn't let their past define who they would eventual become. (NOTE BELOW)

So far the Order of Akan has only defended the Itani nation against the serco agressors. (AD4172) Without those brave men coming to aid the Itani nation there might not be any Itani left alive today.

I blame people for the actions they have done. I blame the current serco for what they have done in the RECENT past to me and my people. I don't blame them (much) for the actions of their ancestors.

I think you are also have trouble remembering the war was over when the Itani left Terra II. When the Itani and serco meet many years later the serco were the ones to restart the war. The Itani only wanted peace and tried to negotiate.

You again fail to answer a question for me: "Why did the UIT decide to leave Terra II?" And why do you care about this conflict anyway? You aren't serco or Itani.

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OOC: By your reasoning every American white person is still responsible for the slaves their ancestors had hundred of years ago. If people keep that up the whole world would be a constant war zone. Not just the "small" wars we have now. Some times you have to forgive, not forget, the past and move on. We should be responsible for our actions and no one else's.

This would be genocide, the fact that he failed does not excuse the intent.

"Akan, on the other hand, had slowly become more and more publicly outspoken in favor of complete destruction of the Serco and all their people."

Genocide, even attempted leaves a wound that is slow to heal. As to the UITs leaving...the Itani turned a peace loving society into a hyper aggressive nationalistic one. I'm not saying the Serco were good neighbors at the time.

"You only always show one side of the story."

Hey JestatisBess,
Fun fact:
The backstory was written by the Itani.

I have plenty of quotes you can use, ryan! I'm sure you can find most of them.

Sorry I have started this defending. There is no defense. BOTH sides have committed unspeakable crimes. Both sides have made mistakes and should be forgiven for them. If you want to speak about the the RECENT past (4 years) i will listen and try to defend the Itani's actions.

Say what you will about me and my people but I feel NO action can change people from thousand of years ago. Since you don't answer my questions and only acccuce fine. I'm done. But re read the story. One man or a few men might have started the war but the serco scum have changed themselves in order to finish it.

If we had a vote today most people would still sue for peace. (Since we play a game and that can't happen o well). And my vote would be for peace too. I've been trying for years to do it. Yes i distrust serco scum, but peace is always preferable to war.

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ooc
Shadoen: I know. Please re read my posts i'm right. Even you have to admit that serco (scum)
LeberMac: "shut up, help or get the HELL out of the way" you traitor

The only backstory we know about was written by the Itani, for Itani.

"The following presents a condensed history of the known Galaxy, as pieced together by the monks of Itan. Begun in AD3492 as an educational effort by Erum the Blind, this document continues to be maintained by the Order to this day. It is said that Erum bade all his students read it"

My point is that they obviously changed a lot of things to make themselves look better. Like the fact that the bomber that was about to destroy Pacifica was actually forced down by Serco nightwing fighters.
Also, the document was written as an "educational" effort. Historical documents written for that purpose are often edited in favor of the nation they belong to.
For example: Japanese history textbooks.

ooc: Die in a fire ye Akanese scum ;P

Ok lets assume that everything you said is true, Shadoen. My point is how long can you hold a grudge for something that was done thousands of years ago? I agree both sides made mistakes. We are at war now though. With out the history (backstory) we wouldn't even know why we were fighting.

We shouldn't be arguing about who made more mistakes. Both sides did. But the war can't stop. Because its apart of the game.

Ha. You're all glossing over the most significant part of the story.

The first was the sudden, unforeseen use of five assassination Guises within the Itani government. It has been since theorized that these Guises had been put in position some months previously for use during the eventual Serco invasion. After their activation, they proceeded past all security checkpoints and succeeded in murdering Akan, his senior aide, and two puppet senators with whom he had consolidated control of the Itani senate. They failed to assassinate their fifth target: Markus Vim, head of Akan's secret police and alleged spymaster. After the attempt on his life and the subsequent upheaval, Markus vanished without a trace.

It seems that the serco were going to attack anyway. I don't see any other reason for the Guises to be in Itani government building. I think both sides can agree the Guises were there and did kill the Great Akan.

The Itani have been blamed for starting this war but what if Akan was right. What if he was just preparing for serco aggression? Any serco scum want to respond?

And Shadoen i'm still waiting for the history written from a serco scums perspective. Until that is seen I guess we all have to take the writings of the Honorable Itani Monk as fact.

ooc: Damn you are good Dr. Lecter. I re read the whole back story the other night but i must have missed that small point.

BREAKING NEWS!

There can haz be no splosions. UIT Action News has been askilminated by the CNN and all reportz turn ned borken.

Toolz.

Funny. When I ready the backstory, I always expected Vim's name to crop up again somewhere. I suppose its implied with that akaneese, but it seemed a bit like wasted foreshadowing, if you ask me...