by Lt. Staplic » Thu Dec 02, 2010 6:28 pm
Galactic News Network
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Tension Rises
Sol
In a flurry of diplomatic activity tensions in the Cardassian-Ferangi-Federation area climbed this year after a conference called to handle the Breen threat ended with the Cardassian and Federation ambassadors at odds.
Following the Conference the Federation has publicly released it's findings that suggest the Cardassian Union is actually responsible for what were thought to be attacks by a Breen insurgency. Among the evidence is the capturing of one of the suicide mission freighters by Federation Officers. This freighter, like all before it, appeared suddenly with no point of origin. Upon capture a cloaking device was found with Klingon Origins, but that was produced by the Cardassian Union. The Union admits to having purchased a Klingon Cloaking Device from the Tholian Assembly. The Federation maintains that the crew of the freighter was bound and beaten, apparently only on the ship for show. Individual interviews with the crew yielded identical stories of a prison camp controlled by Cardassian Agents where they were held with several other crews. This matches a scan taken on behalf of the Federation, in an unrelated incident, of a large prison area on planet 53 with Breen Bio-signs, and evidence of several ships powered down and hidden in the Kuiper Belt of the system.
Lastly the Federation included sensor logs from it's two Intrepid Class ships that were dispatched to give aid to a Breen Freighter on the outskirts of Claimed Cardassian Space. As the ships approached, the ships quickly activated a self-destruct, seemingly before the Federation ships could reach short-range sensor range; however they failed to do so, and the sensors recorded a skeleton crew of Cardassian Operatives on the ship.
The Cardassian Union claims that the Federation is manipulating facts in an attempt to extort the Union, and bend them to their will. Following the Federation's public announcement of a plan of action, the Union claims the Federation transmitted a personal letter from the President explaining that the Federation knew the above facts to be true, and if the Union refused to cooperate with the Federation's wishes, the Federation would go public with them, and expose the Union plot. The Union, beat them too it however, publishing the letter in their rampage against the Federation.
They addressed the discovery of one of their Cloaking devices as a relic picked up after the last war by Breen insurgents. They have also questioned how the Federation came to have sensor scans and knowledge of the prison camp on 53 with no clear way as to that supposed knowledge falling into Federation hands.
The Union also claims to have evidence that suggests the Ferangi Alliance are in fact the benefactors of a very real Breen Insurgency. They are claiming to have discovered a failed subspace weapons test between the Ferangi and Breen insurgency that left their ships practically destroyed. Evidence collected at the sight however indicates the Ferangi were selling subspace weapons to the Breen Insurgency, an organization the Union claims is organized from the Breen Systems inside of Federation protection, in an attempt to prophet off of the continued warfare between the two powers. They have also insinuated the Ferangi as the sellers of the Trilithium the Breen were found trying to smuggle back into protectorate space, and as giving loans and other funding to the Breen in order to establish and continue their insurgent operations.
This prompted a response by the Ferangi Alliance denying all allegations thrown against them. They claim they have not dealt in weapons since the rise of the new Nagus. They also claim funding such a venture would be too risky, for should one side wipe out the other, all the loan funds to that side would simply be gone.
However, with many powers, including the Ferangi Alliance, known to have done business with the Orion Syndicate it isn't clear who to trust. The fall out from these revelations will certainly be felt for years to come.
Tholian Trade Plumets
Tholia
In a stunning move the Tholians have cut all trade passing between themselves and the Cardassian Union. As one of their largest trading partners and one of the largest in the region this will surely have effects on both economies. It is unclear right now if this is due to the recent action at the Breen Conference, or if it is for some other unknown cause.
"It is clear what they are doing," Said Mankiw, Economics Professor at Harvard University. "With Tholian goods flooding the market, the increase in supply has begun to lower the price. The Government is trying to create a temporary shortage to drive the price back up for their valuable jewelry or exquisite silk."
Another economics expert Gregory Lage argued, "That cannot be the case. The Tholian government is loosing just as much money in this situation as the Cardassians, however the nature of the Empire means it cannot undertake such a cut as easily. This would appear to be the effect of some other major happening inside the Empire that restricts their ability to meet this trade contract."
Klingons in Trouble with the Council?
Sol
Late last month, Starfleet Intelligence delivered a closed door report to the Federation Council. This meeting was not expected as the annual intelligence report was delivered to the Council over a month ago.
Following the address the council members refused to discuss the exact topic of the briefing, however one member did admit that the Klingon Empire will have some explaining to do. When asked about the selling to the Klingon Cloak to the Cardassians revealed at the Breen Conference the member replied that the Empire's technology was it's to do with as it wished.
The question now remains, what did the Empire do that warranted this meeting, and what will the fall out be.
In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.