30 AUG 3302
Technical personnel at New Dawn Station in the Ceos system have announced a breakthrough in the ongoing fight against the so-called technological plague.
Tag Arthurs, head of the starport's technical team, released the following statement to news feeds:
"Although our understanding of meta-alloys remains incomplete, we are now able to apply them much more efficiently. Consequently, we now need much smaller quantities of meta-alloys to return a malfunctioning starport to functionality – half as much as we used to, in fact."
"We've also determined that the week immediately following the first signs of Unknown Artefact-related interference is a critical one. If an affected starport can be supplied with meta-alloys within that week, it is far less likely that the situation at the starport will worsen."
30 AUG 3302
This report presents the latest data on the security status of the galaxy's minor factions.
Here are the latest factions to experience a lockdown:
Ackwada Gold Allied Group
Defence Party of LFT 926
Revolutionary Nysa Future
Citizen Party of Kongkomisso
LP 336-6 Blue Major Corp.
Wolf 497 Liberals
Jet Energy Ltd
Nobles of Mbukuravi
Regulatory State of LHS 2157
Wat Yu Resistance
When a faction experiences a lockdown, the security rating of the system it controls temporarily increases and the system's wealth temporarily decreases. Bounty hunting activity can shorten the lockdown period.
Here are the latest factions to experience civil unrest:
LP 876-76 Travel Ltd
Aeneas Organisation
Mob of Eranin
Justice Party of LHS 215
Votaroi Advanced Industries
CD-35 9019 Vision Network
Pirates of Luyten's Star
Chireni Group
Nobles of HIP 10716
Khun Crimson Ring
Civil unrest is the result of illegal activity. When a faction is affected by civil unrest, the standard of living in the system it controls temporarily decreases, as does the system's wealth. Combat missions and activities can bring civil unrest to an end.