Republic News Update - 06.03.GC2026
Good evening to all who follow this humble news channel! This is Pelox, assistant news caster for Republic News Update. We apologize for the absence of our signal to our out of region friends - our communication networks were damaged somewhat by a particularly feisty solar storm that passed through Republic space last month!
It knocked out our long range communications for almost the entirety of our space, so we were only able to reach allies within 200 light years - a bit inconvenient, but we were able to get things moving again relatively quickly due to uninterrupted traffic from our hyperlane connections!
In the mean time, our satellites have been repaired back to normal with a little help from @elepharchy construction minds and our @guildsre worker guild teams!
The Friendship Festival is still planned to go ahead in a few solar weeks, despite the disruption. We've just been so busy with the repairs and other events here:
-The annual budget was published last week prompting a mixed but ultimately positive response; further monies are being allocated towards the expansion of our Republic social programs, which have actually been found to help lower overall expenses and increased productivity by almost five fold since it's implementation.
Defense spending has also increased, but the Ministry of Defense was quick to state that extra spending would only be used to upgrade Patrol Fleet ships and maintain current configurations. "The efficiency of our ground and naval forces remains unchanged," said Minister of Defense Ka'Plet, "the extra funds allocated will allow us to focus on upgrades in shielding and engine technology on all vessels, and helping move further integrations of drone fighters on all capital ships."
-The Ministry of Environment announced today that Marta II had achieved carbon neutral status following upgrades to the young colony's solar infrastructure network. "We are very pleased with the progress our people are making with the help of our Darexi friends." said planetary governor Plumes of Red.
The integration of the Jasho into the Republic has been fairly smooth overall, with many of the avians expressing "extreme happiness" with the steady but measured progress of modernization that their population centers are undertaking.
"We're very pleased that our new friends are finding their progress to be appropriate!" said a Ministry of Galactic Affairs spokes-being, "and as ever in keeping with our own policy, the Ministry will continue to provide full autonomy to the Jasho to decide their own pace. We will not interfere!"
So, a hectic but not too hectic few cycles, friends! I hope that we are able to return to normalcy soon and broadcast the Friendship Festival in its glory! This has been Republic News Update, and I am Pelox, thank you for joining me!














