3213 Press Releases

A digest of recent official government press releases, by reporting period.

T116

Ministry of War, New Mars
Tenders are invited for a two-year lease of a shipyard in the NEW MARS system. This is available to any MAFC registered company. Any commercial vessel may be built. Applications for permission to construct other classes will be considered.

The following statement was issued by the MAFC Foreign Affairs secretariat, New Mars.
Senator Antoinette Banderas has announced a full public inquiry into the Mystery Affair following her return from a visit to her homeworld of Marti in Quadrant 5. While praising the work of Senator Cornelius, head of her coalition partner the CDP, for chairing the Interstellar Coordination Committee in her absence, she said:
"I have every confidence that our forces and Thai Sho Zapata will be proved to have acted correctly and in accordance with international law, but an event of this seriousness requires us to be absolutely open and above board, and show that we have nothing to hide or reproach ourselves for, and - where appropriate - that individuals, myself included, will be required to account for their actions. Our citizens, our friends and allies and the interstellar community in general would, I am sure, expect no less of an open and democratic state like ourselves."
Regarding the situation in Quadrant 7, she said:
"I am extremely concerned about the situation developing between the New Republic and the Sirian Socialist Republic in Quadrant 7. At a time when humanity continues to face extremely serious external threats, we should not be fighting each other. I fully support the stance taken by Governor Elgon, and thank the Centauri Conglomerate for its constructive offer of mediation. I will be instructing our own Supreme Councillor Bradbury to assist in any way he can with the process of de-escalation of this conflict, to allow us to get back to the business of winning the war against the Roaches."
Finally, she also paid her condolences to the late Senator Frink of the GFA. "He was a man with a great zest for life, and his loss impoverishes us all. At this sad time our thoughts are with his family and friends. However, I would like to congratulate Senator Attar on his appointment and I am sure that he will be an able successor, with whom I look forward to working."
During the run-up to New Year celebrations on New Mars, Senator Banderas also unveiled a new monument to the dead of the First Exterminator War [pictured]. The Exterminator Memorial will stand outside the Senate House near the Heroes' Monument in the Plaza of the Heroes, Crater City, New Mars.

T111

Ministry of War, New Mars
Subject: MSN contribution to security detail at MYSTERY
With the Martian 2nd Strategic Fleet, which is under JAC control, stationed at MYSTERY M25 for the foreseeable future, and four other MSN vessels providing close-in security, the CLI MSS Desperate and the DDI MSS Serapis, making up MTF 8.4 will revert to Q8 control from 3213.130.
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Ministry of War, New Mars
Subject: Balance of MAFC military forces
The recent changes to the threats facing Humanity, the Ministry of War in conjunction with the MSN has been examining the MAFC's military stance and the following steps have been taken of the past 8 octants:
. 4 DDI have been purchased from commercial concerns in order to speed up the enlargement of the MSN. These vessels will be fully incorporated into the MSN by the middle of the year
. Scouting of the outer sectors is being standardised with the use of C5 vessels to provide logistics , C5A-S class vessels (withdrawn from Starguard duties - see below) being added to Scouting Teams. These teams will be standardised as 1 SCI, 2 C5A-S and 1 C5. This will release some SCI vessels which by the end of this year will have returned to Q0, undergone a routine refit and are currently planned then to be added to the war reserve.
. Planets in Q0 over the second half of 3212 saw one of their GFDs reconfigured to PGD, with the surplus equipment going into storage. The reduction in expenditure was used to fund the acquisition of the 4 DDI mentioned above. Certain PGD units in colonies with a low industrial base have been reduced to MD status.
. Those systems with large fleets of MSN or JAC stationed in the area have seen a modest reduction in Starguard, as have those in Q0 where all systems have two DD vessels. The security inherently provided by presence of naval vessels has allowed these Starguard vessels to be reconfigured as C5A-S and it is these that have joined the Scouting Teams.
. The MAFC continues to build warships: there are currently 3DDI and 3BBI under construction.
The MAFC remains totally committed to a strong defence and continued cooperation with like-minded polities in the joint defence of Humanity
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