BBC - Liberty, Kusari On Path To War As Bretonia Consolidates Taus

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Liberty, Kusari On Path To War As Bretonia Consolidates Taus

DENVER - As Liberty’s military built-up in the Colorado system approaches the one year mark, there is no end in sight to the tensions surrounding the Galileo Platinum mining dispute. Recent days have shown quite the opposite, with more vessels being dispatched to the area and patrols increased once again as Sirius begins to unravel the true extent of this dispute. A Colony News Service broadcast hijacked by the infamous Liberty-based group branding themselves as the Lane Hackers has leaked through plans for experimental technology known as ‘Jump Drives’, causing high instability in markets across the sector. Ageira stocks crashed, as did Kishiro’s, in what experts believe to be one of the most influential such leaks in the history of Sirius. Many are now questioning the true extent of Kusari’s technological advancements and how Ageira – the Liberty corporation with a monopoly on FTL technology – will react in months to come. Government officials have been much quicker to act, however, with clashing statements from both Manhattan and Tokyo. The Liberty Government was highly critical of Kusari's development of Jump Drives and called for the Great Houses of Sirius to impose economic sanctions owing to Kusari’s apparent disregard for inter-colonial agreements such as the Boormann Treaty. On the other hand, Kusari has criticized Liberty’s diplomatic moves in Galileo as merely a cover for their true intentions: the abandonment of Jump Drive technology. BBC analysts have independently confirmed that the files released by the Lane Hackers indeed contain information on these device, but it remains unclear to what extent they can be put to use by third parties. LN, KNF AT HIGHEST ALERT LEVEL IN DECADES - But economic worries are not everything in this story. Jump Drives also mark a revolution for militaries across the sector, on a scale never-before-seen. Where previously navies had to get within visual range to engage hostile ships, Kusari now possesses the ability to strike deep into enemy space virtually undetected, a fact which has put the Liberty Navy on high alert throughout the Republic. Shikoku has also seen its fair share of travel restrictions, as it is highly anticipated that Kusari will attempt to leverage every advantage it may have against the numerically superior Liberty Navy. With Kure, Yukawa, and Yokohama churning out new ships, from fighters, to gunboats, and cruisers, the window of time for Liberty to strike is slowly closing. These preparations for war come at no small cost, however, with Liberty and Kusari forced to redeploy warships from other systems and leave systems such as California and Kyushu with very little to defend against the score of pirates and raiders that now plague trade routes throughout. It is anticipated that the Bretonian Government will use all available diplomatic channels to engage with both nations with regard to the diminishing number of patrols in these systems. TALKS ON DESCALATION FALTERING - As the military build-ups on either side of Galileo continue, de-escalation talks have all but failed, with Bretonia's and Rheinland diplomats on Curacao unable to find common ground between Liberty and Kusari in spite of the involvement of both Queen Carina and Emperor Friedrich. Nevertheless, new rounds of talks are scheduled to begin as soon as next week, with New London and New Berlin determined to stop the outbreak of a military conflict between the two economic juggernauts of Sirius. BRETONIA REINFORCES TAU HOLDINGS - Amidst the chaos of the latest developments, the Gallic Union has urged Kusari to accept Liberty's demands, declaring them a ‘belligerent actor'. What's more, with Kusari redeploying forces away from the Taus in great numbers, the responsibility of defending the undermanned garrison in Tau-23 now falls largely upon the shoulders of the Bretonian Armed Forces and the Crayter Republic. In an effort to consolidate Planet Harris and Scalpay Outpost – a small station built around the Gallic Jump Gate in Tau-23 – against any possible future Gallic aggression in the region, the Armed Forces have entrusted Admiral Harold Sommerville with taking command of a new fleet, positioned within Tau-31. With Dublin secure for the time being as both sides prepare for future moves on the mining field, the Armed Forces have dispatched several warships to the Taus, with BMM convoys seen shuttling supplies and munitions to the HMS Ark Royal in Leeds over the course of the past days. As Kusari and Liberty brace for war, Bretonia is keen on making every moment count, with Scalpay Outpost scheduled to receive immediate large stocks of war materiel and with work already underway on defence platforms. Significant resources are also being dedicated towards the defence of Planet Harris, with Bretonian and Crayter engaged in close talks over the future of the system and how to best counter any moves made by New Paris’s military. The Bretonian Government is further expected to release a statement later this day, focusing on the recent Jump Drive leak, and on the efforts to fortify Bretonian holdings in the Tau region. The BBC will continue to cover this story as it develops.

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