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by **Morrdh** » Tue Dec 11, 2012 4:48 pm

Rudshore Slums To Be Finally Cleared?

The former Greaves Street area of Rudshore

After years of political wrangling it seems Rudshore's future may now finally be decided.

The district, located in Morrdun's south-east quarter, flooded some years ago when a barrier collapsed and the waters of the River Morr rushed in and flooded the area giving rise to to Rudshore's nickname of 'The Flooded District'. An inquest at the time determined that a combination of poor workmanship during the barrier's construction and shoddy maintenance over a span of a century coupled with the marshy ground upon which Rudshore rests ultimately doomed the barrier. This was of little comfort to those who were forcibly evacuated from their homes or lost their jobs when the district's businesses relocated or closed altogether. Rudshore was abandoned as a condemned district, a breeding ground of vermin and hideouts for the criminal underworld in Morrdun urban myth.

Today only the Royal Morridane Marine's have their Fort Rudshore based here, using the district for survival and urban combat training along with their special forces brethren in the Special Duties Squadron. Located close by on a small island is Rudshore Prison, a stone citadel that houses the toughest of Morrdun's convicts. Over the years a number of projects have been proposed to deal with Rudshore, though they they came to nought either due to the lack of political will or funding. Calls for something to finally be done about the district, especially after numerous outbreaks originating from the cesspit of stale water and vermin that Rudshore has become.

Now at last the Rudshore Reclamation Act has received its first reading in the House of Commons, the bill is expected to receive its second reading within a fortnight. It is understood the bill proposes the construction of a new barrier followed by drainage works, the ultimate aim to dry out the district so that workmen can move in to start demolition work. The final stage will see new flood and better foundations to be built, to give Rudshore a much deserved future. There are two more readings of the bill in the Commons before it is sent up to the Senate, though it is expected to be a year before it receives Royal Consent and this passed into law.

by **Haishan** » Wed Dec 12, 2012 6:07 pm

60 Pilot Whales Found Beached Near Haishan New Naval Base

SILENZYI - Today a truth stranger than fiction had reared its head; approximately around 8 am local Haishan time, 60 pilot whales were found to be beached near Haishan newest naval installation. One of the initial discoverer, Ayash Vakite a fisherman quoted to spot the whales beaching themselves on the beach around 7.35 am, "I was trawling for the fishes as the usual for the past twenty-five years here. But since the navy came, I don't get many fishes at all. At seven past fif...wait, a quarter past seven, several navy fast patrol boats approached my trawler. They asked me to leave but I said no, this is my lifeline..you know being a fisherman and all but when they threatened to fire on my boat, I had to give up. When I was leaving, I spotted a large ship near the new naval base tier, staying there motionless. I never saw that kind of ship before, it's grey, sharp looking and larger than the usual navy destroyers. As I turned my boat around to leave, that's the time where I saw the whales. They're beaching themselves for some reason and I suspect the new ship is the cause. As you know, the navy is known to conduct many sonar tests but this time is different. There were just too many whales beaching themselves at once.". An official spokeperson of the Haishan People Navy Force had declined to comment on the matter but had issued a warning instead, for civilians to not get close to any of the naval base for their own safety. This is Merhenzi-Tinka, reporting for Crimia News Network's General Section.

by **Morrdh** » Wed Jan 02, 2013 12:02 pm

West Mordent Elections Announced For 2nd May

With the dawn of a new year elections have been announced for the troubled province of West Mordent, the western half of the island of Mordent that was recently handed back to the Commonwealth following its capture by the Kingdom of Imbrinium two years ago.

The elections, the first to be held following the restoration of Morridane rule, will replace the interim provisional with a new Mordent Assembly and appoint councillors to the various councils across West Mordent. It is expect that the Commonwealth Party, the ruling party of Morrdh itself, will face a tough fight from its Opposition rival the Labour Party. Though a possible wild card has recently emerged in the form of the newly formed Mordent Unionist Party, a political party that aims one day to reunited the divided island.

We'll keep you informed during the run up to the elections.

by **Castille de Italia** » Sun Jan 06, 2013 1:15 pm

Lunar Project In Action, Victory Launches

IASA launches Victory on its last mission

Valenwood Space and Aeronautics Complex, The Imperial Theocracy Today, the Imperial Space and Aeronautics Administration (ISAA) launched the space shuttle Victory (STS-101) into outer space, signifying its last mission, as it will never return to Earth. The ten astronauts aboard will dock at one of the biggest space stations built by the Empire, the Freedom Star 6, and make returns to grab supplies for the Empire's newest space experiment, the lunar colony project known as Operation New Horizon. The operation was announced in late February of 2007, and was at first scrapped due to the huge budget it called for. Private corporations and independent people donated enough funds to make the project work.

Four more space shuttles will launch this month, those being the Challenger (STS-399), Skywalker (STS-546), Dreamer (STS-936), Tiberius (STS-654), and Valerius (STS-121). One will join the colonists, and hold down the fort as the other makes returns to Freedom Star 6 monthly. The other three will make trips to and from Earth to bring supplies to the colonists at Freedom Star 6. Supplies include solar-resistant insulated housing pods, experimental terraforming pellets, food supplies, and communications equipment. A "Soft Capture Docking Mechanism", based on the docking adapter that was to be used on the Orion spacecraft, was installed during the last servicing mission in anticipation of this event. The Victory, had this not been its last mission, would have been fitted with the external airlock/docking adapter, similar to the ones on the newer three shuttles.

The Empire has again claimed new territory!

by **Haishan** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 4:17 am

Foreign Units To Be Terminated, said Haishan Defense Ministry

Haishan's Defense Ministry's
Chief Minister-Tashi Kilov

ICTURK CITY - Haishan Defense Ministry was quoted to implement a phase-out program on current serving foreign equipments to "minimize diplomatic frictions, reduce alien dependency, and secure national defense agenda.". Defense Ministry spokeperson Halchui Nenveh explains, "The ministry had decided to lessen or eliminate foreign presence in Haishan's defense agenda in order to secure security for the good of the people. This risk reduction move would also promote growth for the local industries and universities as the gaps left out by the phased equipments can be filled with native and novel Haishan equipments."

Haishan's senior admiral Jyukato-Aresh quickly quipped her comment, "I see the decision made by the arms cabinet [Haishan's Defense Ministry] is wholly advantageous and wise. While we would face a little hurdle as we terminate those foreign items, I'm confident that Haishan will be able to recoil over the issue relatively soon." Proponents to the ministry oppositions, primarily the ground branch of Haishan armed services discredit the move, with general consensus on the issue that it will make logistics and maintenance troublesome as the new and novel equipments do not have a solid combat credibility for their development costs.

General Emryi of Haishan Ground Contingent's second-in-power had been reportedly stressed concerns on the all new natively developed equipments, stating the novelty items might not work as their original design goals had purported. Nevertheless, it's expected that the ministry will stay strong on the issue, in attempt to fully modernize Haishan armed forces to international standards.

by **Morrdh** » Sun Feb 03, 2013 4:29 pm

Commonwealth To Reduce Nuclear Stockpile

In a surprise move today the Morridane government has announced its intention to reduce the size of the Commonwealth's nuclear stockpile and to shut down a number of weapons storage facilities.

My suspect the move is in response to growing tensions between the Commonwealth and its neighbour the Imperial Republic of Hailandkill, though more cynical say that it is more likely a cost-cutting exercise. The Ministry of Defence has stressed that both the Royal Morridane Navy and the Royal Morridane Air Force will be keeping their nuclear arsenal in order to maintain the Commonwealth's nuclear deterrent, but no hard figures have been given.

It was also stressed the the weapons in question would be safely disposed in accordance with International law.

by **Haishan** » Tue Feb 05, 2013 12:01 am

Work on Terahertz-Fast Computer Chips Begins

Prototype monolithic photonic chip

SOLZOT - Azieha ICT Institute's researchers that were involved in the massive Haishan telecommunication upgrade program had publicly announced that the institute is pursuing terahertz-fast computer chips with the private sector to break the well known Moore's Law on computational capacity of semiconductor devices. Head of the effort, Dr. Marien Hyashi explains, "So, we had achieved gigabit-level interconnection speeds [25 GB/s per optical connection] between our semiconductor devices and they're no stranger for the military. Now imagine if we can make the processor itself with similar or higher speeds than these connections. This will mean that there will be no or minimal needs for memory devices, since all computations and functions can be conducted point-to-point, core-to-core directly. We hope it will yield something significant, like creating the first exaflop computer that is more energy-efficient and faster than contemporary designs."

The huge undertaking had received a well-received response from the private sectors, particularly the telco giant HSLT-8; Chief Mandate Juraio-Kikev confirmed that his company had signed a memorandum of understanding with key figures from Azieha ICT Institute to develop the chips with close overwatch of the Haishan Defense Ministry which also deemed their interests toward the project. The institute predicted the chips may become commercially available once research into miniaturizing optical elements and commercial fabrication processes had been fully completed. This effort can be seen to rival the Haishan Defense Ministry's own semiconductor projects to develop highly capable computer chips which competition will eventually benefit the semiconductor sector of Haishan. This is iT Click! correspondent Hishio-Curazyl, signing out.

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by **Haishan** » Fri Feb 08, 2013 11:38 pm

Formation of New Agency Beneath Haishan Defense Ministry

HPVA's logo

ICTURK CITY - Chief Minister Tashi Kilov-the man of power behind the overarching Haishan Defense Ministry had recently announced a formation of new agency underneath the wings of the ministry, named as Haishan Pyazieho Vurulne Ahier (Haishan Prospective Technologies Agency). Tashi Kilov explains, "We had decided to split advanced projects away [from the ministry] so that our ministry can focus more on our troops. Having too many aims without one clear goals are quite troubling and we expect the ministry restructure program will be completed soon." It's expected that the move will create additional job posts as the ministry had shown indications to respond to severe criticism directed at itself by directly managing the critics and leaving the majority of advanced projects from its scope. Others in the Haishan armed services however, seen the move as another sly trick to shift the overseers of Haishan Dasko from evaluating the purposes and goals of the ministry-and apparently the large amount of funds controlled by the ministry.

The usual critics of the ministry insofar gave a mixed response; some critics had applauded the move while some suspected it's a power grab conspiracy though most of the critics had declined to comment but instead adopted "wait-and-see" attitude. The creation of HPVA is also predicted to put much firmer controls on emergent technologies in Haishan, with potential overwatch on all public institutions in Haishan that may be involved in advanced research. But it's confirmed that the new agency will shoulder the monumental task to complete all of the advanced projects started by Haishan Defense Ministry. This is Merhenzi-Tinka, reporting for Crimia News Network's General Section.

by **Haishan** » Sun Feb 10, 2013 1:55 am

First Industrial Standard Laser Drill Bit Successfully Tested

An active laser drill bit

SOLZOT - Vakolev Energy Institute in cooperation of other Haishan-based industrial firms had announced successful integration and trials of high powered laser technologies for real world conditions drilling applications. The high power fibre laser demonstrator apparently had been inspired by the institute active research to explore alternative uses for numerous military-mandated directed energy weapon programs carried by the institute. Chief researcher Dr.Raiene of the civilian conversion project explains, "Our backer, the Defense Ministry asked what else can the new laser weapons developed by us can do, so I impulsively stated using them for drilling would be plausible. I never expected the ministry official to actually ask if it can be done, so after some negotiations with them and private firms in Haishan, they decided to let us try."

"-So we had developed a new industrial-grade and rugged drilling laser system just to prove it can be done. We expect it to be highly useful for oil drilling and tunnelling, since you won't be paying much in terms of maintenance compared to current mechanical systems that contain lot of parts, and lots of point of failure." Dr. Raiene and his team had also conducted economic feasibility study of such conversion, stating several favourable advantages; current drilling progress can be quadrupled, fine tuning for precise drilling scheme is now plausible and break down time would be highly minimized. His findings were then verified by independent accessors from Haishan private industrial firms to be mostly accurate in exception of Juraize Mining Corp that stated the theoretical numerical projection can be only verified as true once the all new drilling lasers are tested in real world conditions for appreciable amount of time. For the Vakolev Energy Institute however, their recent success would resonate into other military-specific developments to be finally converted and integrated for civilian uses. This is Aloysh-Chamei, reporting for Crimia News Network's Business Section.

by **Haishan** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 8:59 am

Premium Metals and Industrial Products On The Cheap

HARZIB- The year 2013 bring forth numerous inventions created by Haize designed to not only give the national military the edge but to subsequently improve the livelihoods of all Haize. Quoting the previous news headline, there is an increasing trend of integrating military research into civilian sectors in Haishan as the Haize Dasko had apparently encouraged the interaction to occur. The creation of HPVA was not with its controversies although it's still too early to project the effectiveness of the new agency.

Business Headlines

HPVA scrutinizes HaMaHE
HPVA aims for space
Haize-Tehraani new FTA
HSLT-8 eyes BTAs
Miriko-Net FY13 financial loss
Steel industry going strong
Myvtel-Composites records profits

For the industries residing in Haishan however, the outcome looked different; HPVA had recently announced that it's closely working with top tier institutes in Haishan to deliver new solutions to help improve the nation's industrial output in Haize Dasko upcoming economy transformation master plan and to support the recently signed bilateral trade agreements with the Corporatocracy of Elcric Kcalb, Hegemonic Union of Tehraan and the Socialist Republic of Ikruchystan.

One of the most promising aspect in the involvement of HPVA with the industries bar the usual junta's red tapes is the potential cost reduction of premium metals and industrial products; premium metals such as tantalum and titanium and semi-metal silicon had been traditionally associated with their high production costs while the production of LH and LOX vital for most industrial processes and importantly Haishan space ambitions had been difficult if not properly cost-justified.

Enter the cheap processes; Molten Oxide Electrolysis (MOE) which is an extreme form of electrolysed metal production process had been investigated as a potentially cheaper and greener process to fabricate premium metals. Titanium, as an example is currently fabricated using Kroll process, whereby titanium ore, rutile is chlorinated and then reduced using either magnesium or sodium to yield the metal. This complicated process accounted to approximately 90% of the metal's production costs.

The HPVA alongside with Haishan institutes had claimed that this cost can be slashed away by using the relatively straight forward calcium-MOE process and it's also plausible to use a similar method to fabricate other industrial metals like iron with minimal green house emissions. If HPVA claims are to be believed then other pricey metals can be easily made abundantly, though the new titanium-MOE fabrication was proven to work in the first ever Haishan Industries Conference conducted recently.

Ingot casting

The new method is expected to reduce the costs of titanium and potentially tantalum in conservative estimate of half the current price per tonne. For the infamous Hahao Kinematics Institute production arm that produce the bulk of Haishan missiles, this new method can also help to level the costs of precision-engineered components to make them cheaper. The nascent aerospace sector of the nation are also eyeing the industries' intent on capitalizing the titanium-MOE process; Aviatek-Lopiz and Vurlune-Maishinie aero giants that produces Haishan military jets and their engines had recently stated their interests on securing a potentially cheap source of titanium metals.

Another significant progress mentioned in the industrial conference is cheap production of hydrogen. Underneath the same master plan, Haize Dasko is not left behind on catching the hydrogen economy fad in certain parts of the world though industrial uses are more emphasized. Researchers in the Gaokvyl Advanced Materials Center and competing Vakolev Energy Institute had investigated two different ways to cheaply manufacture hydrogen. The first method is to replace the catalyst; molybdenum-oxo was found to exhibit substantial electrolysed water splitting capability.

While it can be seen as just another wannabe candidate to compete with the proven platinum system there are two important news; the new catalyst is approximately 70x cheaper than the current platinum ones and it can be used with seawater. Essentially speaking, this would translate to significantly cheaper LH production through the electrolysis route. The rival method involve a completely new sets of engineering prospects; High Capacity Solar Hydrogen Reactor (HiSH) investigated by Vakolev Energy Institute rely on solar power rather than electricity to produce hydrogen and unlike solar-electric or solar-thermal processes, the HiSH utilize solar energy directly-photolysis of water into its components in an industrial scale batch reactor.

HiSH is explained by Vakolev Energy Institute; the reactor is initially supplied with water vapours followed by a strong light illumination (in this case, a recently developed solar pumped laser unit) to rapidly break down the vapours into its constituents. The generated gaseous components are then irradiated with a strong RF signal to prevent gaseous recombination before extracted out of the system. Several industrial representatives in the conference however expressed their doubts on the effectiveness of the new photolysis system but the institute guaranteed that it will be highly competitive against the new catalyst investigated by Gaokyvl Advanced Materials Center. These three new methods are only the beginning of Haishan excellence and potentially for the economy as Haize Dasko seeks reforms on the nation's socio-economy aspect post-Haize Technocracy. This is Maeru-Vikov, bringing you Crimia News' Industrial Analysis.

by **Stevid** » Wed Feb 20, 2013 2:41 am

SIB in Huge Drug Bust

The Stevidian Army's Special Investigation Branch of the Royal Military Police were delighted to annouce today at the discovery of a huge drug find within the Army. A spokesperson from Section 5 SIB, RMP stated that it took months of undercover observations and detective work as well as tip offs from informants that finally led to a live operation being mounted.

For security reasons, the personnel arrested have not been name and the location of the barracks where the operation took place has not been disclosed. However it was believed to be in a huge combined forces garrison in the south of Stevid.

Section 5 also stated that the house raided was the main hub of activity of a larger drug ring which is also under observation. By shutting down this illegal operation, Stevidian forces operating in and around the garrison are free from the temptation to become involved in the purchase or traffiking of prohibited narcotics.

Full details of what was seized has not been fully disclosed to the public yet pending further investigations, however it is believed to involved nearly 70kg of cocaine, heroine and other narcotics. It is also believed that stolen firearms and even explosives were discovered at the sight.

This has been seen a huge victory in the war against drugs and also in the fight against doping and use of illegal substances within the Stevidian Military.

- Stevidian Defence News
God Save The King.
God Save The Empire.

by **United Gordonopia** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 6:13 pm

Mob Storms Embassies in Gordonopia City

(IG) - Hours after the announcement that Emperor William Raleigh VII had passed away, violent leftist mobs took to the streets in the International District of the capitol. In a wave of attacks that may or may not have been coordinated, rioters stormed twelve embassies along Embassy Row, mostly concentrated between International Boulevard and Perkins Street.

The swarm, which has yet to be broken up, appears to be comprised of a mix of Socialist and Republican radicals. Several high profile Socialists are currently in police custody, though no specific organization has claimed responsibility for the attacks.

Many observers voiced surprise that the Socialist activists, who have until now cooperated with the crown, would join forces with the Republicans, whose motivations for protesting, though not for attacking embassies, are more clear. "This treachery is an affront to the hard work our government has put into improving the lives of all Gordonopians, particularly the working classes," said the Imperial press secretary, citing several programs from widespread industrial socialization to an increase in the social safety net since the end of the War of Restoration.

At press time, the Capitol Militia, as well as several regular Army units and Capitol Police riot units, had been mobilized and deployed to the International District. The mob appears to be quarantined, though no moves to liberate the embassies have been made.

by **Haishan** » Sat Feb 23, 2013 7:29 am

HPVA Authorized Work on Solar Based Power Technologies

Experimental solar furnace mirror

SOLZOT - The recently founded advanced technology agency HPVA had announced a new 2 ƕ billion (NSD 1 billion) monetary budget to develop commercially viable solar based power technologies as fast as plausible to support the economy transformation plan initiated by Haize Dasko. The agency is currently seeking help from the best of the best to pursue the national agenda on reaching consistent power capacity before 2025 given Haishan ageing nuclear reactors are being decommissioned one by one as their expiration dates grow closer.

Other renewable energy sources such as wind and wave had been investigated and implemented in medium scale but HPVA had explained that wind power is quite inconsistent with the weather while maintaining sea-based power generation plants may get too costly in the long term. The premier Vakolev Energy Institute alongside with Hahao Kinematics Institute had recently announced their strategic partnership to tackle some of the challenges set by HPVA.

Chief Researcher Dr. Hirai-Sakov explains, "We received the HPVA initiative as good news, to shift [our nation's] main power reliance from nuclear to more sustainable sources. Solar power is constantly available and alot of them falls on earth and not utilizing such great power is a waste. We expect to get a working and efficient prototype as soon as plausible.".

The HPVA had outlined three general objectives for all solar based power technologies being researched in Haishan, it must be 24/7 available, it must be not cost prohibitive, and it must be efficient. Out of all current solar technologies branches, space based solar furnace is likely to be fully funded by the agency as it meets two of the current challenge goals from the outset although its costs may become spirally prohibitive when scaled to mass levels.

Some proponents of the nascent solar industry in Haishan had formally renounced the very first project goal of HPVA, stating it's an unreasonable target to be achieved although other starting firms had begun work on solving the availability problem. The HPVA had also announced that it aims to put Haishan as one of the world primary solar power supplier with the help of nationalized Haishan institutes and private sectors. This is Laykat-Shiso, reporting for Crimia News General Section.

by **Lynion** » Sun Feb 24, 2013 5:48 am

Changing of the Guard

July 31st, LY2025
It was announce today that for the first time since LY1989 (36 years), that there had being a changing of one of the members of the Vamperial Council. Today, former Supreme Grand Headmaster (SGH) of the Vamperial Order, Woff Von Striga (Strike), was finally announced charged with treason after a failed attempted coup against High King Vamp including an assassination attempt on the High King's life himself. Woff was charged with attempted coup and imprisoned for life in the highest maximum security prison in the Vamperial Kingdom, although, the location has not being reveled. Woff is expected to serve a full life sentence with no hope of seeing life outside the prison walls.

With Woff removed from office, two new personal have being pick. The new SGH of the Vamperial Order was officially named two hours ago, Azzari King who has being anointed as the new SGH. Surprisingly, the High King wasn't requested to attend the appointing of Azzari King to the SGH of the Vamperial Order. This has given him the possible of the main commander-in-chief of the Vamperial Armed Forces. Azzari King's new position has him third in line to power over the Vamperial Kingdom. High King Vamp being first and King Taishi Ci being second in line to the power. It has being further announced that Azzari has declared that he will openly support the Kngston Dynasty Monarchy and support protecting the Vamperial Public.

On a side note, the man who is to replace Azzari King's position on the Vamperial Council, is Lord Revan Pierce. One of three personal on the Council that have being knighted by High King Vamp, the other two being Lord Mattias Tzu and Lord Lee King. The new changing of the guard will have impact on the armed forces with Lord Pierce being a favourite among the troops in a leadership position while the Shadow Assassin's, will miss his presence. It will be interesting to see the real impact it will have on the 96th Lynscertian Assault Division and their performance with their field commander being on the Council of the Vamperial Order.

In brighter news, King Taishi Ci has announced his wife, Esther Kingston, has given birth to twins. Not identical's, but a healthy boy and a girl each weighing around 1.5 kilograms with mother and twins being healthy. In addition, his highness has announced the names of the twins. Julius Sirius Constantine Kingston and Sophia Monique Kingston. The twins are said to bring great joy to the happy couple and also the Royal Family.

by **Mokastana** » Thu Mar 14, 2013 10:13 pm

MNN: DOMESTIC NEWS
News so short your can't help but read the full story...

TOP STORY:

WAR ON DRUGS HITS NEW HIGH!

City of Chang-Tsu, Aqua Anu, Mokastana -

Last week, one of the biggest gun battles in domestic history took place when two feuding drug cartels opened fire in broad daylight at various locations around the Aquarian Island of Nippon. Of the six shoot outs, two occurred in major cities, Nagi and Chang-Tsu. Initial reports claimed dozens wounded and at least 10 dead, but those numbers have only grown once National Police and PMC forces managed to quell the violence and begin clean up. The final number based on hospital and police reports show a total of 67 confirmed dead and 112 wounded in the cities alone. Of those, 6 killed and 28 wounded were civilians caught in the crossfire and 11 killed /26 wounded were from Local and National Police Forces. At least eight Military Contractors were also killed in the gunfire. The majority of the confirmed dead were done by the cartels who checked the wounded after the initial gun battle to execute them. Other shootings occurred in various jungles around the island where National Police used air and artillery to soften the targets before moving in.

Evidence seized at the various scenes indicated that a local Cartel, known as the Blades of Zabe, was attempting a major move of nearly one billion dollars worth of raw materials off the island when they were intercepted by an unknown Cartel, possibly one of the old Surian Families. Fighting began early morning when a bomb exploded in Chang-Tsu Harbor, wounding dock workers and collapsing a crane. According to eye witnesses reports trucks and vans smashed down fences and men began firing on various buildings around the complex, believed to be Blade outposts. Initial police responders evacuated the surrounding area rather than launch an attack, instead requesting assistance from the more militarized National Police outpost on the island. National Police transport helicopters were reporting using rocket and chain gun attacks on the cartel forces before rappelling ground forces in. After two hours in intense fighting National Police Forces claimed to have disarmed the final holdout. Private Military Contractors from Montana Inc were also called to the city to help keep order even after the battle had ended in case of other attacks.

Response from the government on this event has been slow, with only a message of condolence and retaliation from the Presidential Palace. Other organizations, such as the Socialist Workers Army, have stepped up with more concrete measures, as with the statements made by Senator Henry Milano(SWP-MK):

"We can no longer sit and pretend that the drug trade is not a Mokan problem. For too long we as a Federation have let the Cartels operate in peace and enjoy the profits they bring in as they sell various narcotics around the world. This event has only shown it is time to act. The Ejército de Trabajadores Socialistas has already mobilized forces to deploy to Aqua Anu and I am working closely with government officials there to get them there as soon as possible. While I do not doubt the abilities National Police, National Investigation Bureau, or even the Aquarian National Guard, every effort to help must be made. The socialist have been working covertly against the drug trade for years now, but now they have gone to far, and we must respond in kind."

by **Haishan** » Wed Mar 20, 2013 9:18 am

Space Based Solar Power System Set To Render Nuclear Reactors Obsolete

TIRTOV - This day marked a landmark achievement ever since the collapse of the tyrannical Haishan Technocracy regime; HPVA confirmed that a space-based solar power system had been successfully completed and placed in geostationary orbit and transmitted its collated power down to a transceiver station somewhere in Haishan. The space based structure represent more than ten million hours of continuous effort pooled from the best of the best of what Haishan had to offer, poised to solve the nation's escalating energy demands for good.

The very first megawatt of microwave power was received by the downlink station at approximately 2.24 pm local time yesterday, experimentally validating the concept and smashed common banters against the mega-scale project. It also validated other crucial space technologies being intensely tested by HPVA, such as electrodeless plasma thrusters that are currently being investigated for orbital station keeping for large satellites. However due to Earth's natural rotation, the system can only transfer useful power when it's directly aligned with the transceiver station which HPVA hope to solve by adding relay units-and potentially more power generating satellites to boost the system's overall output to vanquish civilian nuclear power once and for all. This is Laykat-Shiso, reporting for Crimia News General Section.

by **Morrdh** » Tue Mar 26, 2013 4:46 pm

New Tanks For The Morridane Army

Challenger MBT Undergoing Trials In The McKenzie Plains

MORRDUN - Today the Morridane Ministry of Defence announced the deployment of the British Challenger 1 as the Morridane Army's new Main Battle Tank, part of the slow and ongoing modernisation of the Commonwealth Armed Forces.

To most the move came as bit of a surprise, many had expected the Commonwealth Armed Forces to adopt more equipped from Lyran Arms considering that both the LY6A1 Werewolf Assault Gun/Tank Destroyer and the LY471 Skyguard AA/ABM System are already in service with the Morridane Army. A MoD spokesperson stated that the decision was made for a long consultation period and it was deemed more logical to go with the Challenger 1 due to 'logistical and operational concerns'. But many point to the Commonwealth's reluctance to adopt more hi-tech military hardware as Morridane practice leans more towards more rugged and simpler designs for 'greater endurance in the field'.

Regardless the Ministry of Supply has confirmed that at least one armoured division has been equipped with the new tanks and its crews are undergoing a rigorous series of training exercises in the McKenzie Plains. It is understood that the Chieftain tank, which currently serves as the Morridane main battle tank, will be gradually phased out from frontline units and assigned to the reserve units of the Territorial Army as the Challenger comes into service in ever greater numbers.

by **Haishan** » Fri Apr 05, 2013 7:52 am

HPVA Set To Replace Dasiok Anti Air HPM System

One of Dasiok high power microwave trailer

COHRUZ - HPVA had recently announced the existence and the intention to replace Dasiok; Dasiok resulted from one of top-secret directed energy weaponry programs conducted by now demised Haishan Technocracy to provide an alternative option for short ranged anti air defense. The anti air complex's primary weapon is a highly powerful directed microwave system which was stated to be very effective against low flying targets such as cruise missiles by simply burning through the target's avionics akin to electromagnetic pulse generated by a nuclear blast in exception that Dasiok is capable to retain the effect as long the target is in direct line of sight.

The sudden announcement was transpired by Haize increasingly vocal calls on government transparency post 2000-military backed coup although it was reported that multiple top echelons in Haize Dasko were initially opposed to such idea. HPVA with its rather bold actions akin to its parent, the Haishan Defense Ministry however cannot be seen as the same side of the coin as the agency is actively pursuing technological accomplishment through various means and the public announcement can be seen as HPVA's attempt to garner public support on its sometimes futuristic programs. Chief Minister Tashi-Kilov of Haishan Defense Ministry had declined to comment on the matter. This is Laykat-Shiso, reporting for Crimia News General Section.

by **Stevid** » Sun Apr 07, 2013 3:35 am

Imperial Broadcasting Corporation News

28th March 22
Stevid Strengthens Eastern Frontiers

The Ministry of Defence has confirmed today that a dramatic upscale in conventional defences on the eastern frontiers of the Empire has been authorised. The territories affected were not specific but MoD correspondents in Stevidian South Greal report of a massive swelling in military activity.

The MoD was cautious as to not fully disclose geographic locations, but has admitted the entire Royal Navy fleet will be re-housed from a naval base in Stevid [to one on the east coast of South Greal]. It is believed that the Royal Navy 5th Fleet, infamous for its actions against Guffingford in Otium Aqua, will be redeployed to a home base in Stevidian South Greal over the course of the next year.

The MoD has also admitted to the full deployment totalling around 566 ships of the Royal Navy, 70 RAF aircraft and full deployment of one Army Corps (or two divisions) totalling around 80,000 troops. It has been confirmed that the deployment of these assets will come from Stevid and not other operational theatres or foreign bases.

Political opponents and also military analysits have described the move as provocative in an area of the region that has seen considerable calm in the past years in stark contrast to what it was in the beginnings of the region. Military Analysts and lecturers from RAF Canningtown Military Academy have voiced possible motives for such a radical and huge deployment of military hardware.

“I believe that it may be part of a broader plan to militarise the eastern provinces to better protect Stevidian economic interests on a region scale. The emerging nations in the east, for example Haishan that has incredible economic potential in the way of IT and industry, provide the Holy Empire with an ample opportunity to cash in on potentially lucrative trade markets. Defence and protection of such interests to Stevid is paramount and I believe the government is posturing to make it known to all in the region that the Empire is a force to be respected.”

“However this may not be the only reason for such a large deployment. A furtherance of colonial policy is almost too obvious to disregard. There may be no overt intentions made by this government in ‘acquiring’ more territory, but as the draw down begins on the Fourth Sphere of Expansion that started with the conquest of former Lame Bums now Stevidian South Greal, the Empire may be looking at one final push for further tactical gains in the east. Eastern Greater Dienstad remains and area regarded as out of the Empire’s immediate reach in terms of responding to a situation. This has only been partly rectified by gaining South Greal and effort may be made to gain land that will act as a fully operational military base similar to Outer Haven, south of the region of Haven.”

Rtrd Col Douglas Offnier OBE, RAF Canningtown - Military Academy

Strategic Implications

The Holy Empire’s desire for territory and need to expand beyond its borders is no secret to the international community and a possible move in the east should not come as a surprise to the nations of Greater Dienstad.

However the increased belligerence from Stevid may raise eyebrows. Akin to the early days of democracy in the country, the government’s foreign policy is becoming more, and more paranoid about the status of the Empire in the face of the international community. While bridges and alliances have been built, more enemies and war have been fought in this sphere of expansion since the War of Golden of Succession.

In particular the war in New Empire was a large conventional war involving similar level hi-tech military equipment with numbers not seen since the regional war. Increased rhetoric from Stevid’s enemies, both traditional and new, may have pushed the Empire into a corner it did not knew existed and is now attempting to cement itself as a regional and world power that has not diminished.

SBCN - Stevidian Broadcasting Company Network
IBCN - Imperial Broadcasting Corporation News
"God Save the King"
"God Save the Empire"

by **Haishan** » Sun Apr 07, 2013 5:50 am

HPVA Reveals Ultra Fast Optical Wireless Connection

LiFi System Diagram

SOLZOT - Not long after HPVA's public declaration to replace the once classified Dasiok high power microwave weapon system, the agency had recently conducted a press conference in Azieha ICT Institute regarding a new wireless prototype that can wirelessly connect people with the world wide web at incredible speeds; Light Fidelity or LiFi is analogous to the venerable WiFi synonymous with wireless networks in exception that the former uses light as the information carrier.

LiFi involves on utilizing micron-sized LED units, bunched together in hundreds or thousands, pulsating on-and-off a few thousands per second which is exponentially higher what human eyes or common ordinary cameras can detect. Through these transmitted light pulses, information can be transmitted from say, a LiFi-enabled ceiling lamp to a smart device using a specialized transceiver and an unique decoding algorithm. It's reported that the speed which LiFi can attain in a single connection is in gigabyte-ranges, rivalling the current ultrawideband LINK 5.1 wireless standard and fast enough to download a full two hour HD movie in several minutes or seconds depending on performance of the receiving hardware.

HPVA additionally envision the LiFi paradigm as potentially a totally wireless networked society without the suspected harmful EMF radiation commonly associated with conventional wireless network emitters or competing with the congested wireless communication bands in Haishan. For an example, a travelling car on a road may wirelessly receive traffic and weather information through a nearby street light to be holographically displayed on the car's screen.

With terahertz fast chips just around the corner, it's not long till practical LiFi devices start to appear as Haishan electronics capabilities scale up with time although critical issues currently plaguing LiFi such as line of sight requirement or atmospheric disturbance are not yet fully resolved. This is iT Click! correspondent Hishio-Curazyl, signing out.

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by **Imbrinium** » Mon Apr 08, 2013 4:05 pm

INN Special Report:

The MOD announced that after a brief meeting with the Crown the navy will be deploying two regional defense fleets and a naval assault fleet to secure the shipping lanes in the area east of Stevid –Greal area. This comes as reaction to Stevid’s deployment of a large fleet to operate in this area to; the plan is to secure the lanes of travel for civilian shipping for the northern region.

“The movement of such a large fleet and troops is a clear indication that the Holy Empire is or may be planning to close the shipping lanes in the area. We the Kingdom of Imbrinium will not stand by and let a nation close down or pose a threat to the area with such naval saber rattling.”

The orders went out late this afternoon this should come as a shock to some nations that the kingdom is taking sure hard liner stand.

by **Haishan** » Mon Apr 08, 2013 10:48 pm

Interstellar Space Program Initiated, said Haize Dasko

CORHUZ - In the usually secretive weekly meeting of Haishan top officials, the Haize Dasko had recently permitted a rare glimpse for news agencies to directly report on what had been tabled within the junta periodic congregation. One of the most hottest issue being debated would be the assertive moves of the Empire of Stevid to relocate force of considerable size toward Eastern Greater Dienstad, with many officials agreeing that such move would eventually curb economic chances and freedom of Haishan to conduct trades without being shadowed by an overarching force.

In response to this move, Haize Dasko had unanimously agreed to relocate some of HABF and HPNF assets into "strategical" positions as preliminary preparation to defend Haishan from plausible aggressions. Another decision reached was to initiate a multi-billion hikans interstellar space program, aimed to create a flourishing space industry and provide additional redundancy to the junta's current table of options. The space program was also widely speculated to be as a direct response to Imperial Theocracy of Castille de Italia's recent lunar ambitions and it's highly likely that it's also tied to the defensive reallocation of Haize units although Haize Dasko had declined to comment on true purposes of the space program.

by **Mokastana** » Fri Apr 12, 2013 10:54 pm

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News so short your can't help but read the full story...

TOP STORY:

BOOTH ISLAND EXPANSION!

With recent events in the East of Greater Dienstad, Mokan High Command has chosen to strengthen its position on Booth Island, known to some readers as the rock south of Istegium. Citing both the growing militarization close to home and abroad, as well as the instability of the State of Istegium. The government has already made plans with The Matthew Islands to annex additional land and expand the Mokan Naval Station on Booth Island to house up to 60+ combat vessels and properly supply a fully functional Flotilla. No word on weather a Flotilla will be officially stationed on Booth Island but so far word from the government is pointing to no. As of this publication no formal complaints have come from the Southern Neighbors but the Foreign Ministry says it will be willing to discuss any worries nations may have about the recent Mokan Expansions on Booth Island.

by **Haishan** » Sat Apr 13, 2013 2:12 am

Emerging ICT Technologies In Haishan on 2013

HAZRIB - Inline with HPVA recent declassifying move, several top tier public institutes of Haishan had followed suit to publicise their latest technological innovations in Haishan in order to garner and generate public interests (and probably hidden talents) within the limitations set by Haize Dasko. The publication move would also mean that no single entity in Haishan could hope to monopolise one of the most critical aspect of Haishan namely the gargantuan mass-ICT sector which incidentally drive the industrial progress of the nation to neck-breaking speeds.

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As shown in the previous publication, the research of terahertz-fast processors had begun and currently it's divided into two emergent branch technologies; graphene-based semiconductors and all-optical assemblies. Graphene which is a form of carbon promises extremely fast clock cycles with low power consumption to boot if it can be cheaply mass-produced than current CMOS fabrication process while the latter represent the complete death of electron-signalling electronic devices should it be reliably fabricated and demonstrated. Graphene had been acknowledged as the next replacement to venerable silicon, superior in every way except fabrication.

Graphene nanostructures

The new wonder material is exceedingly difficult to be manufactured as computer chips and the sentiments posed by the mature silicon industry posit another hurdle, and problem. The ICT researchers of Haishan however are scrambling away to break this conundrum as general populace perception on the silicon industry progressively worsen given Haize Dasko had vowed to protect the nation's environment from excessive industrial pollution.

One of the most promising attempts to break the puzzle is a research project titled as "Smart Nano-Assembly" headed by Hyvalok Institute's Synthetic Biology and Advanced Electronics Faculty Dean, Professor Hureiya-Krove. The professor explains, "We had discovered that by using a specific polymer (and fluids) and a specific nano-structure, we can actually emulate semiconductor patterning using specialized periodic fields. And in this emulation, the polymers arrange all by themselves automatically and we just need to input the correct periodic fields to trigger this self-assembly process."

In other words, Professor Hureiya-Krove and his research colleagues had found a potentially cheap and straight forward patterning process to manufacture electronic chips, and his team have recently demonstrated the same effect can be induced in graphene-based prototypes. Coupling the auto-assembly discovery is the exploration of quantum effects within the wonder material studied by certain top graduates in Azieha ICT Institute. Their latest finding pointed out there are significant nano-scale thermoelectric cooling effects exhibited by graphene-metal contact, which could mean graphene-based chips can be not only energy-efficient but have lower or no cooling requirement at all.

Another highly anticipated emerging graphene-based technology is fabrication of graphene oxide as a matching electron bandgap structure headed by Gaokyvl Advanced Materials Center; graphene had been long plagued by unavailability of suitable bandgap material and previous attempts to utilize graphene oxide in CMOS chips were devoid of success due to high electrical conductivity deviation between manufactured chips. Through a recently investigated alcohol-aided chemical vapour deposition process, graphene researchers of the center had successfully grown graphene oxide on a piece of silicon which could lead to the development of the very first, commercially viable graphene-graphene oxide-based transistors and potentially non-silicon graphene-based chips.

UV irradiation of quantum dots
colloids with varying
particle sizes

The closest graphene competitor is also not left far behind; the opposing team of graphene research team of Azieha ICT Institute had reported feasibility of nanostructures, particularly quantum dots to be used as a strong foundation of optical-based chips. Quantum dots are essentially a volumetrically constrained matter where their electronic properties relate to their sizes thus with clever manipulation during fabrication process, quantum dots can be used to form variety of components (such as nanoscale laser emitter or detector) for light-speed computing chips.

Supporting this nanostructure is a revolutionary sub 10nm fabrication process; the same team had also experimentally validated the plausibility of literally printing out optical chip components through a complex-sounding process of "nano-imprint lithography". In the process, optical structures are directly imprinted onto a special titanium-oxide photonic film with sub 10nm resolution which greatly simplify fabrication of such devices. However, it's not clear whether the new process can be utilized to create a fully functional optical chips but the team hoped the obstacle would be overcome soon.

Experimental high power
GaN structure

Regardless, the advent of all-optical assemblies wouldn't mean the death of conventional CMOS electronics as most supporters of the technology vocally argue for, as in certain niche applications particularly in niches pertaining to Haize Armed Forces, they tend to favour stable and durable form of IT technologies barring HPVA. Heeding the military call on resilient electronics is gallium-nitride (GaN) based electronics research and the latest successful creation of GaN transistors using conventional CMOS fabrication likely pave a path to electronics that can withstand extreme conditions (i.e high heat and radiation) better than their conventional silicon-based counterparts thus widening the armed forces options and capabilities.

GaN potential as neigh indestructible chips are further augmented by HPVA own research to increase the semiconductor's resiliency to high loads; HPVA researchers working on GaN-based chips announced that they managed to increase the material load capacity up to ten times using cleverly placed argon-based buffers. This would mean Haishan military radars can fare far more better than previous iterations as they trend to higher and higher operating energy levels.

HPVA additionally hinted to applicability of new IPv10 format with a revolutionary optical link type as explained by one of its official spokepersons, Jaegeo-Vorht, "The IPv6 and the newest Haishan all optical network may be seen as fast at 120 GB/s but we're working on a prototype that is a thousand times faster. As explained in high school-level physics, light actually slow down when it encounters a dense media and thus by making our prototype optical link hollow, we can attain up to 99.7% of light speed in vacuum." In simpler terms, HPVA said they circumvented the present light speed lag in optical fibres by making it hollowed in the center so that transmitted light pulses will not undergo significant diffraction which can slow the connection.

The link is further stated to be supported by a revised optical wavelength-multiplexing method and an undisclosed light modification technique to reach a staggering record speed of 200 terabits per second with loss of 3 dB/km. The agency however cautioned the new prototype is not yet ready for release, citing difficulty on manufacturing it on a mass scale and other undisclosed issues. Trailing the terabit level improvement is Haize Dasko-backed effort to ensure the integrity and stability of Haishan's all-optical networks against would be eavesdroppers; the junta had conjured assistance from HIRSr and other unnamed parties to develop the ultimate network defense based on quantum effects.

Haize Dasko had clarified that the encryption technology will be similar but not yet equal to some of HPVA-classified projects, namely quantum key distribution technique which is backed by two unnamed classified technologies to safeguard Haishan's critical mass communication infrastructures from plausible alien sabotages. The year of 2013 certainly represent a clear determination of HPVA, and the Haize Dasko on proactively responding to their proponents and concerned Haize inline with the junta newest manifesto to boost the nation capabilities in various sectors, particularly the traditional ICT foundation of Haishan. This is iT Click! correspondent Voshyala-Cirine, bringing you in depth HiCT dissections.

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by **Morrdh** » Sat Apr 13, 2013 2:50 am

Morridane Parliament To Hear Anti-Filibuster Bill

MORRDUN - Monday will see the first reading in the House of Commons of the Anti-Filibuster Bill submitted by Prime Minister's Edmund Vermillion's ruling Commonwealth Party, something that is causing tension between the MPs of the various political parties.

The Bill is understood to impose restrictions on how long MPs can speak for in an attempt to avoid filibusters, or a Bill being 'talked out' as it is more commonly known. If passed the Bill will be the first legislation of its kind under Morridane Law and will effect both Houses and all standing parties of the Morridane Parliament, the latter is what is causing such a stir amongst MPs. Presently there is no limit on how long an MP can speak for and as a result 'talking out a bill' is fair from being uncommon, in recent years Bills designed to resolve the situation in the District of Rudshore has been 'talked out' by MPs of the Conservatives.

Now whilst there are many in favour of this new Bill, citing how the Morridane Parliament can no longer be deadlocked, there are some more cynical critics who argue the move has been made by Vermillion ahead of the introduction of his own 'Church In Politics' Bill next month. But it has been noted that the Commonwealth Party is eager to push the Anti-Filibuster Bill through with the intention of it being signed into law within a month.

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