167. BREAKING: Kollian Under Siege (Live Updates)

Political correspondent Tenla Ti brings us live updates on the Queil Empire’s siege of Kollian, via local satellite. Our journalists are not at risk.

• If you’re just joining us: The Queils have besieged Kollian, a neutral planet most notable as the residence of a philanthropic splinter group of the Andarran Order of the Ninth Plane.

• No word from the Aneth Fracture itself; unclear whether they are aware of this attack.

• The largest Queil ship is deploying an energy field resembling eyewitness descriptions of massive translucent wings appearing over Tanvar.

• The planet’s surface appears to be igniting as these “wings” unfurl. Hard to gauge the level of environmental destruction.

• Queils have begun an orbital bombardment of the planet. No sign of any landers.

• Visual confirmation that this ship is the Denier, flagship of Admiral Shoroq, A.K.A. “the Shrike”.

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• The planet has   cracked under bombardment. Heavy munitions clearly used. Kollian’s northern hemisphere is in the process of collapse. This is unprecedented.

• Local broadcast from the Denier: “We are ridding the galaxy of GLoW’s manipulations.” Surprising to hear GLoW mentioned; they are not implicated

• Stand by, we are

• Our drone confirms reports that a new starship has emerged from the collapsing planet. Awaiting identification, but appears to be a Veldt Star Industries model.

• F****** S***!! It’s the Fortitude! You seein this??

• Apologies for the unprofessional outburst. We can confirm that the CCS Fortitude, reportedly hijacked by the Empire, is here and attempting to escape Kollian’s destruction.

• More updates to follow.