Events in Brief
Category: HNN Broadcasted on 05. Febuary 2010 - 10:18:35hrs Author HNN News Reporter Comments: 0
Lorell Hall announced a number of changes in the Royal Council today. Following the resignation of Bareck Justicar as the Fel’da of External Affairs last week, the King and Crown Prince sought nominations for successors from the other members of the council. While a number of individuals were nominated, the position was eventually given to Vang Tarix Tyrridon who has recently been serving the Throne as a Royal Advisor.
Additionally, seats on the Royal Council were also granted to Sirius Tarix Threestars and Ankthar LeMarre. Tarix Threestars, who ran the Ministry of External Affairs prior to Justicar, and has been appointed Fel’ta of External Affairs. Commodore LeMarre, serving as the Executive Officer of the Royal Hapan Armed Forces and de facto Fel’ta of Defence, will advise the Throne on military matters.
The Ministry of External Affairs will undergo certain evaluations and reforms to determine where the Consortium’s ambassadors can be most effective in spearheading a new wave of diplomatic contact with neutral governments and conglomerates in the Galaxy. Additionally, plans are underway to reform plots on Lorell’s northern hemisphere as exclusive embassy complexes for major foreign powers.
The Fountain Palace announced yesterday that it will be reforming elements of the Chume’doro (Hapan Royal Guard) to accommodate the new demands for security surrounding the Crown Prince. Guards will be chosen from the elite of the Royal Hapan Armed Forces, but it is rumoured that the ancient policy of retaining a ratio of 95% female soldiers within the unit will remain. The Palace has requested a number of vessels from the Ministry of Defence that will make up the core of the new Royal Armada.
While the name of the new commander for the Chume’doro has not yet been released, the Palace informs HNN that the announcement will take place in the coming weeks.
Numerous hyperlanes within the Interior Region were eerily silent this week, from the Dillaem Wall, through the Scoteian Mists and all the way to Queen-Mother’s Pearls, as Roqoo Depot is suffering from an ongoing workers strike. The space station, orbiting the star Roqoo, is the final refuelling depot on the Hapan spine at the eastern entrance to the Hapes Cluster. Refuelling workers have complained of long hours, bad pay and the unreliability of OAC shipments to the station. According to a spokesperson for the Royal Hapan Armed Forces, who maintain a vigilant watch on the critical security checkpoint, hundreds of vessels – largely cargo ships and passenger freighters – were stuck in the area due to the strike. While temporarily without fuel, most of the captains stuck at Roqoo were reportedly in good spirits and the L-500 Luxury Liner Xil Chume, in transit to Lorell from Vinsoth, arranged for passengers on smaller ships to board and make use of dining and recreational areas of the vessel.
News of the strike has spread to the outside Galaxy and numerous corporations operating in the field of shipping and logistics have since arrived at the scene with Modular Star Haulers and other capital ships, offering to transport smaller ships to the nearest operational refuelling station for hefty fees.
The Ministry of Finance has stated it cannot interfere in a legitimate strike, despite the issues it creates for vessels in transit, but has dispatched a civil servant who will mediate the conflict between the Hapan Transit Authority, the Fuel Guild and the Orelon Anthracite Corporation – the main supplier of anthracite fuel in that region of the Hapes Cluster.
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