ZNS Breaking News - Jump Drive Failure Consumes Freeport 35

[Harcourt Fenton Mudd]

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団結すれば我々は立ち上がる。分裂すれば我々は倒れる。
United we Stand, Divided we Fall.

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OFFICIAL STATEMENT ON THE FREEPORT 35 INCIDENT

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The Utsunomiya Commonwealth expresses its' condolences to the loved ones of those lost aboard Freeport 35. Whilst our government engages actively in simulations and experiments involving the Niyodo files utilizing the best minds Zoner Society and Sirius at large can afford to us, we kindly remind our neighbors, Zoner or otherwise, that this technology is unstable and extremely hazardous in the hands of those untrained to operate, maintain and develop it. Whilst we are certain Ms. Kashiwaba and her men are more than capable, let this be a reminder of this technology's volatility.

To our understanding however, this likely would had not happened were it not for the flagrant aggression of the immature Gaian movement, attacking a Zoner installation that to our understanding, had no intention or desire to tread upon Gaia, let alone engage in any activities that would raise their ire.

Our government demands an explanation for this attack upon the installation and why the Gaians decided to attack a base that could have very likely turned all of Edinburgh, including their precious Gaia, into a sequel to Fischer-1171 if it had gotten any worse.



Setsuna Kobayashi
Ambassador-at-large, Utsunomiya Commonwealth

1-2-1 Tomoe-ku, Mahora Ward, New Minowa
Southern Territory, Utsunomiya Commonwealth
Planet Gran Canaria

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004. Kashiwaba Tomoe, Zoner Defense Force Exploratory Corps, commanding
24 April 836 23:25

The device was a black market one we purchased to remove from circulation.
I cannot stress how dangerous these devices can be without proper safety measures.
Much like reactors in every single vessel, if used wrong enough they become WMDs.
One of the work crews whom were among the evacuated personnel had been working to rebuild the device with proper safety measures as a training assignment, and were nearly complete at the time of the initial evacuation, the devices mass was increased by about three times its starting weight with added safety features designed to inhibit the function of the device if the safety devices themselves were not also functioning properly.

Based on security footage that was broadcast to my vessel, three junior scientists whom had declined early evacuation panicked the first time a single stray shot struck the station, and due to the station being mostly evacuated were able to break into the workshop where the device was being worked on, and connected it to the stations power grid.

Based on the readings, it appears that all of the safety measures functioned properly despite the measures they took to try to activate it and move the station, the last telemetry reported the darkmatter flushback suppressors ramping up to 30% for approximately thirty seconds as the device charged, due to the station itself not being properly setup to function with such technology.

The most likely outcome was that wherever the station emerged it then proceeded to explode due to the device being tied into a ships reactor.

The reason most operators of these devices use batteries is because if something does malfunction, the device is on its own closed power system and any major feedback can be solved by simply jettisoning the battery compartment via explosive bolts and built in thrusters.

Anyway, I need to go back to writing letters, especially for the brave security forces who breached the workshop and dispatched the trio seconds before the station vanished rather than run to the escape pods.

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