Breaking News: ZYGANY ATTACK ON TARANIS!

By TalkFast -
Originally Posed 5/6, Multiple updates below

Last message from the defenders describes crisis.

[Voice transcription]

"This is going out live because I don't know how long before they take control of the Gate! The Zigany have sent in several .... JERDA'S MASK!!! Sorry, that one was close. They appear to have a ton of functional Gate breaching machines that look like armored web trains...They crashed through the damn Gate and hit the soldiers there like a battering ram! And then another one came through, and another and another!

The square around the gate has been destroyed and everyone down there looks dead. All these troops just started unloading from the trains and they were getting mowed down pretty good by the remaining weapons platforms in the gate square but then these...these things came out and they can't be hit by bullets! I've never seen so many mutants in one fight! They've got these huge guns and ... SONOFANIMPERIALWHOREMONGER!!! Move, MOVE they're coming this .... "

[communication breaks here]
FNF offices on Taranis are cut off, and all attempts to contact Taranis have failed since the time of the above transmission, but offworld staff members will continue to publish news here as the crisis unfolds. Anyone who received other information is asked to please contact TalkFast

Note: This message was likely sent out three hours before this posting.

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Story Updates:
2:53PM, Webguides on Eclipse report that the Taranis gate has been locked.

3:15PM, An expert source (name withheld until permission given) reports, "There was just quite a struggle over the Taranis Gate. We could feel the Gate lock and unlock multiple times, but it is now unlocked and has been for a small time. Perhaps they were able to overcome the forces holding their Gate."

5/10 (Link) Exclusive Embedded report by Mason Havok!

5/11 8AM Unconfirmed report from multiple sources that the Forlorn Hope, the legendary military imperial gate smasher, has been taken by the Zigany. That it will be seen entering Tribe space soon.

5/11 1:08 pm
Transmission from "inside the Arahmni Empire" claims a Battletrain attack approaching Taranis. Link: AENN Update


5/11 2:39pm
An FNF Field contact reports that a train engaged in a firefight with another train in the webway on the Gmir/Taranis trade route.


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MORE TROUBLE IN THE IMPERIUM!

Huron sides with Covenant, Mutants. What will this mean?

After Duke Huron of Taiowa made a startling series of declarations, the Empire’s High Inquisitor has declared Huron a traitor, called for his death, and called for the people of Taiowa to rise up in rebellion. The Imperials say he’s siding with the Zygani, but what’s really going on here?

After calling for the validity of mutants within the Empire, Huron accused Regent Cormac of putting a false baby Empress on the throne. Huron declared himself for the Army of the Covenant, previously known as the Army of the Scourge, a vicious holy army within the Empire.

After mutinying against their previous Warmaster, the Army of the Scourge/Covenant is now under the command of 10 Imperials thought to reside on Eclipse. Who are they, what are they going to do with their Army? Is the baby Empress a fake? What of rumors that the Empress faked her death, or that she was a secret mutant? Have the former Warlords been reborn in these 10 so called "Champions?" And, if so, where is their Jerich Al'Eld?

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Update 3/11
"Mr. Ion," a noted Imperial preacher, spoke out against divisions in the Empire in a recent speech:

"We must follow the will of the divine in this matter. Let us not squabble. The truth will break free, and we will all know the Scion of Ehieh".

Is this meant as prophecy?
Who is the "Scion of Ehieh?"
Should Fringers care about Imperial religious matters?
Share your thoughts in the comments section.

TREASON ON NARAKA

By TalkFast

Will Deewon: Corporate Candidate or Zigany Sellout?

The earthquake-prone planet Naraka may see other troubling tremors soon, in the form of an ugly political shakeup. The Naraka Board of Directors is due to hold a new election soon, and a new dark horse candidate, Will Deewon of Kandel Ceramics, is rapidly gaining favor amongst the Board Members, but what does the public really know about this gladhanding hopeful?

Current Chairman Lei Cha Vong of Orpheon has reportedly turned away Zigany diplomats who approached him looking to establish a permanent Zigany envoy on the planet. As reported previously by the FNF, these alien clones have designs on taking over Fringe planets and stealing our children.

Deewon, however has been spotted meeting in secret with Zigany diplomats, undoubtedly promising them Fringer children to experiment on if they will help him win the election! He has publicly expressed interest in more official negotiations with Zigany should he win the upcoming election.

Deewon was also previously a lawyer for the Canto Group, who were connected to the Cadix “Zombie Virus” outbreak on Eclipse a few years ago. Who knows what Zigany scientists could cook up between advanced mutations and the Cadix virus? Perhaps they are planning to create a zombie mutant army to put at the Zigany’s disposal to fight the Empire?

Deewon’s office was not available for comment to journalists.

ALIEN INVASION?

By TalkFast


Peaceful Ambassadors, or a Move to Infiltratre Fringe Space?

Zigani ambassadors have been seen exiting the Gates on Fringe worlds bearing white flags of parlay. They speak cheerfully and politely to locals and when asked about Gymir said it had been "peacefully accepted into the glorious Ahramni Empire!"

Needless to say, not all Fringe worlds have welcomed these visitors.

Their previous Zygani attack on Tokpela shocked Fringer and Imperial alike (see previous FNF article “Alien Abduction”) and there has been no news from Ahramni-occupied Gymir at all and attempts to reach the cold planet via webway have met with failure. The only thing that webguides have reported back is that there is still a functioning Gate at the end of the path, it simply won't open.

An eyewitness in the Taranis capital said that the “ambassadors” fled with Rama's voice booming "AND STAY OUT!!!" after them. On the jungle planet Erlik they had a curt discussion with Warlord Gunn Verdan, before being escorted back to the gate by armed Aeshma. The Zygani representatives who traveled to Naraka spent a week meeting with various heads of corporations, but no word yet on how those discussions progressed.

On the Fringe planets Vaitarani, Vrita and Vajra the Zygani were allowed to visit townships within a day’s travel of the Gates and speak with various functionaries. Opinions of them on those worlds seem to be altering as the Imperium renews its venom against mutants and the various Tribe worlds begin to arm. (see previous FNF article “Imperial Crackdown”)

The Zigani diplomats have all offered the same thing: protection, inclusion in the Ahramni Empire, technology designed for mutants, a culture that accepts and glorifies advanced mutation and safety from other invading forces. As one of our sources commented: “All at the small small price of freedom.”

IMPERIAL CRACKDOWN!

By TalkFast and Freelance Sources

Mutants and Suspected Mutants Flee

Refugees fleeing Imperial worlds first came as a trickle, then a stream and lately a great deluge through Fringer webgates with wild stories of assassination squads, door to door searches and even DNA scans in children's classes. Sorting through the panicked stories is difficult, but so far most of the fleeing Imperials appear to be coming from Akier. All mutants amongst the Imperials are encouraged to flee to a safe haven in Fringe space if possible.

One traveler arriving from Tiaowa was interviewed by FNF, but asked to remain anonymous. She said that she personally witnessed door to door sweeps and increased security around the gate. She added, "I was one of the lucky ones to get out before being found out. There are so many others that will not make it out. My heart breaks for them."

King Rama of Taranis issued a formal statement to all Imperial mutants:
"The Imperials have declared all mutants within their borders are allied to the Zigany and must be eliminated. To all our Imperial kin, Taranis is a safe haven for you and our doors will always be open, do not be afraid to come here for if you stay within Imperial space you only to face certain death. We will find shelter for you and your loved ones."

There is no official word yet on how Rama plans to feed and house the refugees.

Renowned Taranis psychic and metaphysician Dr. Aaron Preston has predicted that the refugees will have among them "a person of great importance who will one day save Taranis." He did not elaborate on this statement and his office has not returned our calls before this article went out. Other sources have claimed that Empress Gheverie of the Imperium of Man is among the refugees (see FNF article "Empress Fakes Her Death?") and that she herself is secretly a mutant, but those outlandish claims have not been backed up with any evidence.

There are rumors that various undercover squads of Fringers have made it onto Imperial worlds to help smuggle out threatened mutants. The FNF has been unable to confirm the existence of such groups.

FNF UPDATE, 3/21/11
INN's only official mention of this is the following:

Imperial forces have been put on high alert and are working to eliminate any Zigany spies within Imperial space. All travelers are now required to submit to advanced medical scanning upon arrival within Imperial Space.

It seems pretty clear that the Zigani threat is being used as an excuse for mutant persecution. Shame on you, INN editors!

ALIEN ABDUCTION!

By TalkFast

Zigany Wants Your Children!

Our readers everywhere were shocked and horrified with the Zigani abductions last year, the kidnapping of every child under 13 during the Zigani attack on Tokpela. At the time, rumors flew that the invaders craved imperial human flesh, or that they planned to use the abductees as a bargaining chip in some future negotiation, but according to Fringe Newsfeed sources, the truth may be even stranger and more alarming, because it means that they will probably be back for more children!

A source who asked to remain anonymous revealed that the Zigani home worlds have taken in these children to be raised as part of Zigani society. It is rumored that the children are being brainwashed to forget their old homes and families, and all believe that they were starving orphans before the Zigani abducted them. Re-education in Zigani schools is designed to complete the transformation.

“But, why?” we asked our source. The horrible truth is this: The Zigani are a dying race. Perhaps some illness has left them unable to reproduce, but the FNF has learned of a reason even more bizarre: The Zigani are all CLONES, and with each generation their genetic viability is fading. Stealing children from other humans may be their last desperate battle to save themselves from extinction. It has been reported that some of the Zigani have secret methods to keep themselves from aging, and that they are holding out as long as they can, but their time is running out.

Authorities in multiple communities, when contacted by FNF, agreed that they should start taking a closer look at missing child reports to search for patterns of alien abduction. Guard your home-planets well, readers. Your children could be next!