PSSC Internal Alert

Terra-Sol date 3814.130

Officials from the Arae, Draconis, Casseta, and Tau Ceti systems have officially withdrawn from the intersystem peace summit more than two weeks early. Although no official statements have been released by either the military or government leaders of these systems, it

is widely believed the destruction of a civilian

deep-space research station on the moon Surka

is behind their abrupt departure.

The last time any group abandoned the peace summit early resulted in an escalation of hostilities that resulted in the overthrow of the original government of the Alula system. PCGC officials have upgraded the watch alert for all stations, outposts, and vessels to a level one even

though there is no word yet as to how this may impact security surrounding the deep-space stations or which shipping routes may become inadvisably dangerous. Reports will be sent on priority channels as soon as additional details become available.

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Exactly one Terra-Sol cycle after the verdict and sentence was handed down, The Stowaways were executed on Paxis Station under the sentence of both illegal passage and acts of sabotage.

On Terra-Sol date 3812.318, three Pavonis citizens were caught illegally stowing away on board Pax Portis. In the months between their capture and the trial on 3813.130, investigators were able to determine the means by which The Stowaways snuck on board the ship. For security reasons, that information was never revealed. The reasons for their subterfuge, however, was.

A smuggling ring that stretched between four systems

had been attempting to gain a foothold on a Pax vessel, and the three had been put in place in order to install a security loophole in the ship’s computers that could be exploited at each port. During the trial, all three confessed to the plot and also led PCGC investigators to several additional branches of the syndicate. Despite the defendants’ cooperation and the interventions of the Intersystem Legal Council and Refuge Center (ILCRC), a guilty verdict and a death sentence was handed down for each.

The youngest of the three, whose name was never released or listed in any publicly accessible court documents, was seventeen at the time of their initial capture.