Rebels Alleged to Meticulously Chart Stars for Tactical Advantage: Empire Changes Rules of War

Location deemed unchartable by the Rebellion

IMPERIAL CENTER (CORUSCANT) - Imperial Intelligence alleges that the Rebellion has been charting certain locations of space and using detailed knowledge of that location's starfield for tactical advantage. In response the Empire has declared that only its particular locations of space shall be suitable for crushing the Rebellion.

The advantage gained by this meticulous charting has been the reason for the Rebellion's successes over past months, Imperial Intelligence has argued. There could be no other reasonable explanation for their resilience, given their technological and organizational backwardness.

In order to snuff out this ignominious infraction of the rules of war, the Emperor has decreed that engagements shall henceforth take place in locations chosen by the Empire, where the Empire can destroy the Rebellion without further delay.

HNN had the great fortune of receiving a comment from Lord Darth Vader himself on the changes to the rules of war:

"I am altering the rules," Lord Vader said, "pray I don't alter them any further."

University Under Investigation for Usurping the Time of HNN Reporter

Intragalactic Relations Faculty Building at the University of Kalla, on Kalla VII in the Corporate Sector

KALLA VII (CORPORATE SECTOR) - The Intragalactic Relations department at the University of Kalla on Kalla VII in the Corporate Sector in under investigation for interfering with the dissemination of loyal Imperial information.

Despite being an institution dedicated to the pursuit of technical education, commerce, and administration, with minimal stress on the humanities, the small Intragalactic Relations department has usurped the bulk of an HNN reporter's time, forcing his silence in bringing loyal HNN readers news from the front lines in the Arkanis sector or the blockade in the Savareen sector.

While the Corporate Sector is nominally autonomous, that autonomy exists at the pleasure of the Emperor, and sources close to the Emperor on Imperial Center have leaked information that the Emperor has grown impatient with HNN reporting (or the lack thereof). Pursuant to the Emperor's alleged displeasure, the Commission for the Preservation of the New Order (COMPNOR) has reportedly taken an interest in the activities of the Intragalactic Relations department faculty, with possible terminal consequences.

Despite its 'neo-brutalist' architecture, which is much in keeping with the Imperial style, the faculty is allegedly not as Imperial in its sympathy as its housing would suggest. However, all concerned trust that once the faculty are informed of their trespasses against the needs of HNN loyal readership, the faculty will come to realize the errors of their ways, and the HNN reporter in question will be released.

Arkanis Sector Plagued by Space Debris: Evidence of Warlike and Wanton Society

Debris field in orbit around Huldamun Prime

HULDAMUN - TIE pilots with the Arkanis Sector Group attempting to return law and order to the lawless and chaotic sector under their watch, report increasing trouble with debris fields of broken spacecraft.

"Not only are we destroying enemy fighters - both criminal and rebel - in the area," one pilot, remaining anonymous, said. "they're attacking eachother too, leaving a big mess in this part of space."

HNN political analyst and Outer Rim Expert, Benn Gleck, explained that while the Empire legitimately should not be bothered with picking up the remains of those destroyed in the reimposition of its order, local criminals and rebels should do more to clean up their sector.

"It's just evidence of how the Arkanis Sector, as an exemplar of the Outer Rim, is simply not a society that is prepared to take care of itself," Gleck told HNN.

"A wholesome society, like we have in the Core Worlds, would have measures in place to dispose of spaceship wreckage if we were to ever fall into such a state of anarchy as the Arkanis Sector has."

"But the denizens of the Outer Rim have no sense of responsibility or pride in their sectors, unlike those of us in the Core do. Also, there's the fact that they're aliens, and they're just not brought up to take care of themselves."

Critics of Gleck and generally malcaontent voices, argue of his circulular reasoning, and claim that the Empire is to blame for the destruction and debris left in the sector, after a long period of fruitless attempts to bring the sector back in line.

"That's the problem with those aliens of the Outer Rim. They're always blaming others for their sad state of affairs," Gleck said, mournfully.

Become a TIE Pilot With the Imperial Navy

IMPERIAL CENTER (CORUSCANT) - The Imperial Navy has released footage of a recent encounter with a rebel convoy as a tribute to its TIE pilots and naval crews. The footage demonstrates the power of the Imperial Navy and the pathetic desperation of those who seek to undermine galactic peace and security:

In releasing this video, the Imperial Navy calls on superior-bodied and mentally stalwart (ie. loyal) Imperial citizens to join the Imperial Navy in its mission to return law and order to the Outer Rim. Recruiters stand ready to process your application.

Join the Imperial Navy, now!

Savareen Sector Fleet to Blockade Arkanis Sector

Border area between the Arkanis and Savareen sectors along the Corellian Run and Triellus Trade Route

CHRISTOPHSIS - With the Arkanis sector still suffering from chaos and lawlessness, the surrounding sectors aim to prevent a spillover of criminal and rebellious activity.

The Savareen Sector Group fleet will blockade the Arkanis Sector along two critical trade routes - the Corellian Run, which connects the Outer Rim to the more civilized parts of the galaxy, and the Triellus Trade Route, which provides a circumferential connection to other parts of the galaxy's periphery.

Moff Erian Christoph-Tagge of the Savareen sector has declared that none may enter the Arkanis sector through his territory without being subject to a potential search and - if warranted - seizure by elements of his sector fleet.

"The only way to stifle the anarchy in the failed Arkanis sector is to suffocate it of war materièl," Moff Christoph-Tagge told HNN reporters.

A strategic-affairs spokesman of the Savareen Sector Group admiralty disclosed that the Tythe and Christoph systems would be the key choke points with interdictor cruisers preventing hyperspace travel, but patrols would prevent passage in neighboring systems as well.

"Interdiction as well as extensive patrols will prevent the criminal and rebel elements from bringing relief to the forces of chaos and anarchy in the Arkanis sector, and maintain security from those elements to the Savareen sector and the civilized coreward parts of the galaxy," the spokesman said.

FOCUS: Trooper-On-The-Street Perspective

Stormtrooper JK-321 maintaining order and security on the Issor public transit system

ISSOR SYSTEM – HNN brings you hard-hitting news and reporting, for all the information you need to have to be optimally loyal to the Empire. Other news outlet attempt to make you feel guilty about being a loyal human subject of the Emperor with soft alien-interest pieces that appeal to your heartstrings, rather than your patriotism.

In order to do both, we bring you a true human-interest story: the story of our troopers on the front lines of the Arkanis sector.

Trooper JK-321 is tasked with keeping the piece on the central transit network in Issor's capital city. Issor is the industrial heart of the Arkanis system, despite being home to a number of indigenous alien species. With the Empire being invited to occupy the planet in order to secure it from the ravages of Outer-Rim criminal elements, it falls to the Stormtrooper Corps to reinstate law and security to the city's denizens.

"It's not the worst tour I've had," Trooper JK-321 tells HNN reporter Mack Ruker. "Sure, you have to deal with aliens all day, and that's not exactly a treat, but we're not getting shot at."

These troopers take their extreme hardships in stride and know that they are the only thing that stands between civilization and galactic chaos.

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