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Thousands Protest Biesel-Solarian Talks and Appointment of Solarian Ambassador Article 9 of Pharsalia More than three-thousand people have attended the March Against Sol protest against the reopening of the Alliance of Sovereign Solarian Nations Embassy in Mendell City and the appointment of Jianguo Zhu as the Solarian Ambassador in the Republic of Biesel. The march saw disgruntled citizens from across the planets under the Republic of Biesel’s flag flock to protest, with all of the Mendell City shuttleports seeing shuttles of banner and placard wielding protestors arriving to assemble for the march. Protestors rallied at the Xavier Trasen Memorial in District One and marched along a meandering route that ended at what campaigners believe to be the allotted Solarian Embassy building. Similar protests occurred in other cities throughout the Republic of Biesel, with Hengsha on New Gibson and Saint Lawrence on Port Antillia each seeing over one-thousand protestors march. Image: Mendell City Protest Placard (NTImages) '[We are] here to show that whatever it is that happens, we remain standing against the Solarian Alliance,' said a protest organiser for March Against Sol. They added that the reopening of the Solarian Embassy was a ‘gut-punch for liberty’. 'It’s an insult to us who lost family during the invasion,' said protestor Kirsten Wilmann who spoke at the pre-march rally, mother of Jonas Wilmann, a Prefect in the Tau Ceti Foreign Legion who was onboard the BLV Fylgja when it sustained critical damage during the Second Invasion. Another protestor said, “They [the Strom Administration] have no respect for us or our Republic [...] Why should we give any back?” The Mendell City Police Department has stated that the protest had undergone the proper planning process to go ahead. However, four individuals were arrested for 'going too far' according to the MCPD’s Chirper account after defacing the anticipated Solarian Embassy building with red paint. The protest was otherwise policed laxly. President Åke Torvald appeared very briefly before the press at the Fallanland Shutteport where he said, 'The peoples' voice never goes unheard; protests are fundamental for this in a democracy.' Most Read: | Megacorporations | Hephaestus Industries Biesel online website down for 5 hours following cyberattack. | Arts & Culture | Reality TV show Stars Amid Stars renewed for 2nd season set on Idris Incorporated pleasure yacht. | Phoron Scarcity | Sustainable Investing: How can your money slow the fall?

President Torvald Justifies Renewed Solarian-Biesellite Relations Article 5 of Pharsalia President Åke Torvald spoke to the Tau Ceti Times’ Aramis on Sunday. Discussed in the interview were this year’s challenges tackling the phoron crisis, physician staffing shortages on Biesel and–in focus today–the chance at renewed diplomacy with the Alliance of Sovereign Solarian Nations. Watch: President Torvald Interview - The Solarian Diplomatic Mission Most Read: | Megacorporations | Hephaestus Industries ordered to cease production of 2465 ‘Ignoble’ line of positronic designs following Einstein Engines court victory. | Arts & Culture | “Are you f****** ready Tau Ceti!?”: Cape City pop sensation Margot & The Phoron Dolls to begin 6 year HOT PINK tour around Republic of Biesel. | Crime & Policing | 8 Eridanians detained on Valkyrie for smuggling illegal recreational drug Nightlife in Getmore Soda bottles: “Enough to kill a space whale”.

Sorry for the delay. GMC and Yonni are both fond of the application, and its got my final seal of approval too <3 No questions; accepted.

Republic of Biesel and Sol Alliance in Talks to Resume Diplomatic Relations: What Could This Mean for the Republic? Article 2 of Pharsalia Sargylaana Cholbonova-Sadar, Foreign Affairs Correspondent Reporting from: Mendell City, Biesel, Tau Ceti On the 7th of April, the Alliance of Sovereign Solarian Nations (ASSN)’s Department of State announced an initiative to reestablish cordial relations with the Republic of Biesel. The prospect of rapprochement would have seemed impossible among citizens of the Republic of Biesel 2 years ago, however polling today shows 38% of participants would support resumed diplomatic relations with the Sol Alliance, with 26% ambivalent or undecided – a significant departure from prior polls but one still grounded in uncertainty. Nonetheless, the Torvald Administration is facing a substantial challenge selling the deal to opposition within the government and 36% of poll participants who would not support resumed diplomatic relations with the Sol Alliance. Could these talks produce the breakthrough in relations both Strom and Torvald’s Administration are hoping for, and what does this mean for the Republic of Biesel? While any talks remain ongoing and nothing is currently set in stone, any resumption of cordial relations between the Republic of Biesel and Strom’s Administration will mark a shift away from military action to solve problems back to talking issues out over a holo-connection. ‘This could be the beginning of renewed cooperation, where we can tackle big issues that blight the whole Spur together,’ said Foreign Affairs Committee spokesperson Liu Jun Xiang, later saying, ‘The Scarcity isn’t an issue that will be solved by spilled blood and imperial ambitions.’ Spokesperson Liu Jun Xiang said that now is the time for the Sol Alliance and Republic of Biesel to put aside a ‘sour history of military action’, with the Solarian Alliance’s ‘rejection of the military junta’ the ideal time to ‘create an enduring peace’. A hot issue on both sides of the table are the future prospects of the Corporate Reconstruction Zone (CRZ), including the notable planets of Mictlan and Port Antillia. With some in the ASSN’s government holding onto antiquated notions of returning even Biesel to the Alliance’s fold, many are concerned about the future of the CRZ. Iara Galandez, Minister for Development of the Corporate Reconstruction Zone, has revealed a longer term, optimistic aspiration to work with the Stellar Corporate Conglomerate liaisons to see all of or parts of the CRZ recognised by the ASSN. ‘Seeing Solarian recognition of the joint Republic-Conglomerate administration of the Corporate Reconstruction Zone is certainly a desire of my team if rapprochement is a success,’ said Ms. Galandez, though she was quick to say that such recognition is subject to ‘many, many hard talks’. On the flipside, those in the CRZ critical or unhappy with the Republic of Biesel and Stellar Corporate Conglomerate’s restoration efforts within the region have seen these talks as a stepping stone towards a return to the Solarian Alliance’s rule – one achieved without military or insurgent intervention. Former Minister of Defense for Port Antillia, Isandro Burgos, said over Chirper yesterday to his online supporters to a fiery response, ‘This could be an opportunity for Storm [sic] to push Biesel out of the CRZ [...] Torvald must let us go or we must recognise that severing ourselves from Biesel’s festering body is the only way we can avoid alien influence infecting us too’. In the minds of many is also the potential of the reactivation of the bluespace gates in the Tau Ceti and Sol system. Last night, it was confirmed that the bluespace gates are out of the scope of the current talks, with the Department of Interstellar Transportation releasing a statement saying the Sol-Tau Ceti system connection will ‘remain closed’. Related: 7 Years Since the Solarian Blockade: Should The Bluespace Gate Connection Be Restored? All of these long-standing issues may be better solved through active negotiations between the Solarian Alliance and Republic of Biesel should diplomatic relations resume, where inflammatory rhetoric and threats of conflict have failed. Despite this, many who supported the Cetian Conservatives in the last election feel let down by the government’s change in posture towards the ASSN, with opinion polls seeing a noticeable 4.7% drop this week. A post on Chirper by Conservative Senator Elmedina Hayre went against the whip and amassed 8,233 likes, saying, ‘We should not even PRETEND to be friendly with the Solarian Government after their actions in our past. We must keep our guard UP!’. Time will tell what comes of Strom’s diplomatic initiative. However, the talks are a marked departure from the Alliance’s typical solution to problems, and a note of optimism has cut through this decade’s otherwise dour atmosphere. More to come, if the stars are true. ––– Most Read: | Megacorporations | Stellar Corporate Conglomerate spokesperson says findings of early investigation into Burszia Attack will be released ‘at a later time’. | Crime & Security | ‘Maritime piracy is in fashion’: Port Antillian navy deserter turned most-wanted buccaneer Deylin Amaro barely evades capture by APNF’s Fètil Chain anti-piracy group. | Arts & Culture | Wear Like Idris reveal limited edition GREMMIE STOMPERS high-tops to celebrate 100th anniversary of movie franchise.

The Diona Lore Writer position is currently open following Caelphon's resignation. In addition to the usual format, please include the following: 1. What is a particular section of Diona lore that you think should be expanded upon or removed? 2. What are your thoughts on Hieroaetheria as the new focal point for the Diona species - be it direction, points you like, or points you dislike? 3. What are your thoughts on the physiology of dionae, first in connection to lore and secondly to game mechanics? 4. What are your thoughts on the prevalence of the Eternal religion among dionae and their factions? 5. On the Diona team, you will occasionally coordinate projects with both the Skrell and Unathi teams. How confident are you in your knowledge of the lore of those species? 6. What do you see as a cause for the low number of diona players compared to other whitelisted species, and is there anything you would do to solve this? 7. What do you think are your strongest and weakest attributes in terms of working on and managing a team, and why?

hi, Stripes. thank you for applying! Meep and I really like the lore proposal. In-lore literature and other art expansions will always be appreciated by me. I've put together a fair few questions to ask you: On the Skrell team, you'll occasionally work closely with the Vaurca and Diona teams. How familiar are you with the lore of those two species? What are your thoughts on the Nralakk Federation's internal politics; is there anything you'd like to see? There are some large projects slated for all species teams currently. Are you able to contribute to large projects and receive criticism from multiple other writers? How would you feel planning, organising, and running an event arc (of any size or impact)? What's one thing you really dislike and one thing you really like about skrell lore? Feel free to request clarifications on any of them. Look forward to your answers <3

I personally like Wezzy's XO. I've seen a couple of their gimmicks, including an arranged party and staff evaluations (I think), which are always appreciated for the roleplay they provide. Yet to personally be involved in any of these Service gimmicks, but knowing that someone's doing them is nice. Regarding the round mentioned in above comments, I think it's fine for an XO to focus on Service over Bridge duties. Service is a department the XO supervises afterall, and XOs aren't immune to powergaming rules where they can be a super-head of staff and fill in for every role in their department. This was communicated to my Captain near round start, and so we saw my captain agree to do the 1 port-of-call ferry given the absence of Bridge Crew. No biggie. I do agree communication was a bit of an issue in that one round I've co-Commanded with Wezzy's XO, but I think that's normal for most Command Trials. Good luck.

Meep and I have decided to accept this.

Kano's great to interact with ingame and their characters tend to me memorable for me. I've every faith in their ability to contribute a knowledgable and effective CE to the (very small) roster of CEs played lately. Very much looking forward to any experimental setups they have other engies join in with, as co-atmosteching with Kano has always been fun. Command-wise, they've had the chance to handle a pretty rough mercenary round and the resulting clean up pretty well imo. +1 Best of luck, Kano.

the long awaited security glam up

yeah, the hyperspace mention is being retconned by us lore masters (we had decided to do this before Christmas, but then forgot). 1. We already have Warp vs. Bluespace as part of the Phoron Scarcity, which is going to be further emphasised when the Phoron Scarcity rework is done. A whole new form of FTL travel will undermine this major theme of our setting today. 2. It no longer fills in any niche that we haven't already got: Einstein are already trying to improve on Warp to kick out Bluespace reliance; Warp is already the non-phoron alternative to Bluespace; the 'technicalities' of Hyperspace are covered by Bluespace which has changed since the proposal to add Hyperspace. I'll leave this open for a bit if you've anything to add with those points in mind, but I don't see this not being retconned.

This'll be my last post unless Campin asks another of me. The difference here is you're voting for a mode that requires 15 readies when there were only 2-4 fluctuating readies. Not just once, but 4 times in a row. Once is funny, but 4 times is a bit of a piss-take. At that point, especially when asked not to by another player (not necessarily a mod), it's kinda just being a dick. Idk what other reason you would have voted meteor for the 4th time after being asked not to? It's fair because you had 2 minutes to opt not to memevote meteor for the 4th time after I had asked you/the others in OOC not to. You still opted to vote it a 4th time. Whether or whether not I sent a PM, whether it was in-time or too close to the vote's end, doesn't change that you still disregarded the rules by memevoting meteor for the 4th time after being asked not to in OOC. I made an accurate presumption based on your OOC messages and the 'Voters' tab of the vote menu. It was then confirmed in the AdminPM, as you screenshotted. It doesn't matter if other people were doing the same thing, as that doesn't change that you were still doing it with them. Two other players were also spoken to. The fun police message was a signal to me you were probably memevoting meteor, so yes, it factored into me PMing you. Otherwise, it got a laugh out of me, even though it really hurt my feelings. This doesn't really matter. I can't predict how many of the ~10-15 players online had intentions of readying up, latejoining, ghostroling, etc. I do believe that 4 memevoters shouldn't hold up those ~10-15 players from having a round with which they can interact with if they wanted to or not. It also didn't frustrate me really, I was pretty happy playing another game on the side with friends at the time.

There were 4 people readied initially, I'm pretty sure; it did eventually drop down to 2. Another player also made their discontent with the meteor voting apparent, whether or whether not they were ready I do not know. I wrote up the ahelp as the vote was still ongoing. Frustratingly, the message was sent seconds before the vote actually concluded and didn't really give you much time to act on what I said. This doesn't change that repeatedly memevoting a round will catch you a note/warning though, especially when you're asked not to beforehand— —which you were: you (really everyone, as I wasn't sure who was voting) were told in OOC not to vote meteor to hold up a round. This covers the 'Note that these rules cannot cover the myriad of situations that will arise during gameplay. As such, the word of Moderators and Administrators ingame is final, and not up for debate past a certain point.' at the top of the rules. Instead, I got a 'fun police' from you and the 4th meteor memevote went though lol. I wouldn't say memevoting's the hugest of deals during lowpop, but it's still something we put a stop to, because it does frustrate people – as it did in this case too.

Article 6 of the Megacorporate Sports Competition Arc Halfway Through The 2466 BMMSC: The Best Bits So Far The Biesel Megacorporate Multi-Sports Competition has reached its halfway point, and will now be breaking for holiday celebrations. Here are the best parts so far! Biesellite Triathlon - Defending winner NanoTrasen Corporation beaten by Private Military Contracting Group’s Mahkrik K’Bagniir. On Friday, Mahkrik K’Bagniir cemented himself as a champion in the Biesellite Triathlon event, winning the race for the Private Military Contracting Group and propelling the megacorporation towards their first #1 position, unseating the 2-time defending winner NanoTrasen Corporation. The Biesellite Triathlon is one of the most popular sports of the Biesel Megacorporate Multi-Sports Competition, encapsulating some of the planet’s most daring hobbies: mountain biking and rock climbing in the planet’s vast mountainscapes, and shooting. This victory for the Private Military Contracting Group was hard-earned for the newcomer megacorporation. ‘We trained extremely hard to win this one; the company is very, very happy – the Kazarrhaldiye Operations Group more so, this I am sure. So well earned for Mahkrik K’Bagniir, all my commendations to them and the coaches,’ said Farashuu Nyamweya to the press on behalf of the Private Military Contracting Group. Figure Skating – Zeng-Hu Pharmaceutical (Mélanie Roquevert)’s shocking Figure Skating jump. On Sunday, the former Idris Incorporated winner of the 2458’s figure skating event, Mélanie Roquevert, won her second 1st place position – this time for Zeng-Hu Pharmaceuticals – and became the first athlete to perform a hextuple salchow jump during a competition. With under 10 seconds left on the clock and 34.63 points behind Zavodskoi Interstellar’s Adam Honeywell, the Belle Côtan figure skater built up enough momentum to perform a combination of two quadruple flips leading into a powerful hextuple salchow jump, together scoring a 35.28 points and the crowd’s applause for a total of 203.62 points. In a Chirper post before the skating event, Mélanie Roquevert revealed a new pair of cybernetic-integrated ice skates intended for use at the event: After the event, Mélanie Roquevert had this to say, 'With Zeng-Hu Pharmaceuticals, the limits can be pushed and can be broken. I'm excited to see other skaters work up to performing similar hextuple jumps as I have - they are possible now.' Exhibition: Basketball – Flagsdale Hornets play a friendly basketball game against Ports-Ville Petrels. Today, to mark the end of the first half of the Biesel Megacorporate Multi-Sports Competition, a friendly basketball game was played between the Flagsdale Hornets and Portage Petrels for BMMSC Premium Ticket holders. The vaurca-favourite basketball team is well-known throughout Mendell City and consistently plays well in local competitions; likewise, the Portage Petrels are the #1 local basketball team in Ports-Ville. Having won three back-to-back games, the Portage Petrels confidently went into the friendly match, however a brief injury scare tested the team’s resolve. This did not stop the Portage Petrels leading with 10 points up until the final 3 minutes of the game, where the Flagsdale Hornets stole a win that had fans on the edge of their seats.