3207 Press Releases
A digest of recent official government press releases, by reporting period.
T67
(c) Martian Press Syndicate, NEW MARS
Reports are coming in of the Martian Home Fleet and planetary defence fleets
in Quadrant Zero recalling all crews from leave. It is believed that the MSN
Home Fleet at New Mars is about to burn for the M25.
An MSN spokesperson said "We are conducting a routine defence mobility
exercise to maintain defensive readiness. The Home Fleet will be moving in due
course to a number of MAFC member worlds in Q0 to test defensive measures."
INN reporters questioned the MSN about whether this was a response to recent
tensions between the SSR and the Empire, but they refused to comment on the
subject, merely repeating that the forthcoming manoevers where "...purely
defensive in nature".
T62
From: MAFC ICC & MSN High Command
As you should by now be aware the MSN is undergoing a major reorganisation and
rationalisation of its existing forces with a view to future expansion under
SSALT.
Not having time to read Sun Tzu's "The Art of War" we used the sequel,
Zap Brannigan's "Big Book of War", as a guide in this matter. The
reorganisation should be completed this year (3207).
Overall this will not result in a diminution of the forces made available overall
to the SHC under ToOL, but there will be a "re-balancing" of those
forces. Already Adm. Pussy will have seen an increase in the combat elements
of the MSN forces allocated to Q0. In Quadrants 5, 6 & 7 there may be a
temporary decrease in the forces allocated to those commands. Over the next
few octants there will be a lot of ship transfers and then the forces available
to each command will be assessed. Your views on this issue will be considered
before any final decision is taken.
Ultimately, after the full implementation of the expansion programme, each command
will have an MSN Strategic Fleet allocated to it, but this will be in the future.
This will mean that the MSN contribution to each of the Quadrants will be a
single strategic fleet, which is a further re-balancing from where we are now.
Anton Dec, President of the Interstellar Coordination Committee