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Purvo 7 News for 20/7/3052
The Voice of the Chancellor. From Sian to the Fringe of Capellan Space.
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Gatekeepers Exiled From Confederation After Apparent Terrorist Activities
WEDNESDAY, JULY 15TH, 3052 -- After a rash of suspected terror attacks along the Davion border, suspects were quickly rounded up and detained by the Maskirovka. Upon inspection, Zhong-Shao Zvolimir "Blackhand" Grebenschchikov, and Sao-Shao Jonathan "Stoneblade" Mason were found to have trace amounts of the neurotoxin used to perpetrate the attacks was detected on their uniforms--the same neurotoxin suspended in the terrorist attacks of that morning.
During transit to a holding facility on [REDAC7ED], the two members of the Gatekeepers Command Staff were able to escape their bonds and hijack the transport. Returning to Purvo, the entirety of the Gatekeepers fleet of JumpShips was mobilized, and fled immediately coreward. Last seen in the vicinity of the Chaos March, the final destination of the rogue unit remains unclear
In response to their shameful flight from the Confederation, Maskirovka agents have summarily revoked the citizenship of the entire battalion. In addition, members of the Gatekeepers' Command Staff have been convicted in absentia of 130 counts of murder, high treason, crimes against the greater humanity, crimes against the Capellan state and evading arrest. The Command Staff is sentenced to death by mimetic kill agent. The offenders remain at large.
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Head Writer Ken "Archangel" Blackwood [REDACTED]
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Further Probing of Gatekeepers' Motives for Attacks Yields Disturbing Answers
SUNDAY, JULY 19TH, 3052 -- Maskirovka agents located in Vientiane today during an excavation of the Gatekeepers' barracks revealed the Unit was heavily involved with a "Death Cult" originating from Pre-First Exodus Terra. Items recovered from the orbital bombardment of the site revealed a fanatical obsession with the Death Gods of ancient Hindu myth,leading to the gas attacks on Wednesday morning. The Gatekeepers, on the run since Zvolimir and Stoneblade's escape from Maskirovka custody. The shamed Unit was last seen at the area of the Chaos March before jumping out of the range of Maskirovka sensors.
Upon departure from Purvo, the Gatekeepers initiated fail-safe measures to cover their dastardly tracks, nuking the site of their former 'MechLab and other facilities from orbit.
While there were surprisingly few human fatalities in the orbital attack on the facilities were annihilated requiring an excavation crew to finding the idols and other evidence that brought the plot to light the population of Purvo is now referring to as "Gatecrasher Wednesday"
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Head Writer: [REDACTED]
Maskirovka Correspondent :[REDACTED]
