189-2508 Gateway News Service- Dustball
Finally Far Star Mining and Exploration has been caught red handed in illegal claim jumping, and land piracy as one of its crawlers attempted to destroy the crawler operated by the Dustball Hard Luck Speculative Mining Company. On board were Peter and Stacy Matoshi along with their picked crew of hard cases. The Far Star mining crawler attacked with a mining laser, causing severe damage to the Matoshi crawler, and crippling its communication gear.
In a fire fight that lasted almost half an hour, the Matoshi crew and their hired mercenaries managed to board the Far Star crawler, and take it over. The communication gear on the Far Star crawler was used to call the Dustball Constabulary, who arrived before a backup mining crawler from Far Star arrived on the scene. The arriving Far Star crawler opened fire on the Constabulary, killing six and wounding five constables.
As the Constables sent out an SOS for help, a marine Platoon from the New Texas Dustball force was able to drop from orbit, and come to the aid of the force on the ground. A small kinetic strike on the Far Star crawler destroyed it utterly, and the Marines were able to provide first aid and medical treatment for all the wounded.
As the battledress equipped marines were involved in a fire fight with the Far Star crew, medics called for dustoff to come in and take the wounded to the Dry Gulch hospital. At the end of the firefight there are 2 unwounded Far Star employees, 11 wounded, and 23 dead. The damaged crawler was scoured for clues by responding Constabulary back up units, and they found conclusive evidence that Far Star Mining and Exploration has been involved in several attempts on the Dustball Hard Luck Speculative Mining Company, as well as the attack on Hammerhead Matoshi which put him in the hospital.
Sergei Gregorovich Romanov, the head of Far Star Mining has denied any knowledge, claiming that the crew that attacked the Matoshi mining crawler was a renegade group which had stolen both crawlers from his vehicle park. However the evidence found proves that Mr. Romanov had full knowledge and indeed had ordered the attack in an attempt to drive off Matoshi and bankrupt his company.
Based on this information, the Grand Poobah has ordered the seizure of all assets of Far Star Mining and Exploration pending a hearing in court. Mr. Romanov, his daughter, son, and assistants have been ordered held in the L'Narkia prison until such time as the hearing. Romanov has filed an emergency motion to hold based on the supposition that as a human he cannot get a fair hearing, and is demanding that a human rather than K'Grech court hear his case. He has filed this with the New Texas ambassador, who quickly denied his request for New Texas intervention.
Romanov is claiming that since the K'Grech took back control of their world from the human operated Chartered Dustball Company, that humans are being treated unfairly, and is asking for outside aid to help the human settlers resist the "Alien overlords who are oppressing the humans". He is joined in this by a band of disgruntled former plantation, and mining concern owners who have seen their unacceptable behavior restricted since the K'Grech have reclaimed their planet.
Finally Far Star Mining and Exploration has been caught red handed in illegal claim jumping, and land piracy as one of its crawlers attempted to destroy the crawler operated by the Dustball Hard Luck Speculative Mining Company. On board were Peter and Stacy Matoshi along with their picked crew of hard cases. The Far Star mining crawler attacked with a mining laser, causing severe damage to the Matoshi crawler, and crippling its communication gear.
In a fire fight that lasted almost half an hour, the Matoshi crew and their hired mercenaries managed to board the Far Star crawler, and take it over. The communication gear on the Far Star crawler was used to call the Dustball Constabulary, who arrived before a backup mining crawler from Far Star arrived on the scene. The arriving Far Star crawler opened fire on the Constabulary, killing six and wounding five constables.
As the Constables sent out an SOS for help, a marine Platoon from the New Texas Dustball force was able to drop from orbit, and come to the aid of the force on the ground. A small kinetic strike on the Far Star crawler destroyed it utterly, and the Marines were able to provide first aid and medical treatment for all the wounded.
As the battledress equipped marines were involved in a fire fight with the Far Star crew, medics called for dustoff to come in and take the wounded to the Dry Gulch hospital. At the end of the firefight there are 2 unwounded Far Star employees, 11 wounded, and 23 dead. The damaged crawler was scoured for clues by responding Constabulary back up units, and they found conclusive evidence that Far Star Mining and Exploration has been involved in several attempts on the Dustball Hard Luck Speculative Mining Company, as well as the attack on Hammerhead Matoshi which put him in the hospital.
Sergei Gregorovich Romanov, the head of Far Star Mining has denied any knowledge, claiming that the crew that attacked the Matoshi mining crawler was a renegade group which had stolen both crawlers from his vehicle park. However the evidence found proves that Mr. Romanov had full knowledge and indeed had ordered the attack in an attempt to drive off Matoshi and bankrupt his company.
Based on this information, the Grand Poobah has ordered the seizure of all assets of Far Star Mining and Exploration pending a hearing in court. Mr. Romanov, his daughter, son, and assistants have been ordered held in the L'Narkia prison until such time as the hearing. Romanov has filed an emergency motion to hold based on the supposition that as a human he cannot get a fair hearing, and is demanding that a human rather than K'Grech court hear his case. He has filed this with the New Texas ambassador, who quickly denied his request for New Texas intervention.
Romanov is claiming that since the K'Grech took back control of their world from the human operated Chartered Dustball Company, that humans are being treated unfairly, and is asking for outside aid to help the human settlers resist the "Alien overlords who are oppressing the humans". He is joined in this by a band of disgruntled former plantation, and mining concern owners who have seen their unacceptable behavior restricted since the K'Grech have reclaimed their planet.
