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Elusive Mechanoid Sasquatch spotted!

Old Time Farmer Bob, of the Bobbin's Farmstead, just 808 meters south of Bobbyville, in the Illustrious State of "Bob" phoned the reports counter at The Kristan Dominion Dispatch to inform us that he was 'Bobbing for Apples' with his two grandchildren, Bob Jr. (Age 8) and Bobbette (Age 6) when the three suddenly felt the ground beginning to 'bob up and down.'  "I knew it twasn't no stinkin bloody bobbin earthquake, we don't get those round these parts ya see! So I went and grabbed my old shotgun 'Boboffya" and rushed the youngins inside the ranch house before heading out to see what was makin all the cam-o-she-on. Turned out to be a bloody bobbin Mech! One as tall as the old grain silo, bobbin up and down the path a ye old creak, knockin o'fa the bloody trees all bobbin in the wind they were! It stomped right across me potato fields leavin these big old foot prints and headed off in the direction of Dr. Bob's clinic over the hill. In pursuit must ta been the whole bobbin Bob Constabulary Force a Bob!"

While the Illustrious State of Bob military officials have yet to comment on the vivid scene, as described by some onlookers, the rabid "Sasquatch" was "torn asunder" according to many "Bobbites" who reported being in the area when both legs were shot out from under the 'endangered rabid beast.' It was last seen being taken away on the back of a Prime Mover to Fort Bob while under heavy guard.

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? What's with the new lights in the nights sky?

According to Colonel Bethany Risch of the 4th Kristan Guard RCT, fondly called "the Mighty Dwarf" by the loyal soldiers under her command, the trio of lights many citizens have reported seeing get brighter in the nights sky over the northern hemisphere are just the arrival of a trio of Kristan Forces Dropships bringing with them the 8th Kristan Gendarmerie as part of a command decision to boost the overall peacekeeping strength of the KF assets already stationed on world. Given the pervasive uptick in bandit raids across the planet these last two years, and the recent outbreak of war between the self styled "Groombridge Directorate" and the Xanderland acolytes of "His Celestial Wisdom, The Timeless One" it was deemed necessary that further actions are warranted in the promotion of peace. The good Colonel mentions the 8th will be taking up stations within and around the Blackstones JFC for the time being upon request of their leader, Neil Stevenson (aka Bucelufe) to help deal with a particularly violent series of riots and burglaries perpetrated by outcasts and self styled revolutionaries that their government is struggling to keep in check.

Given the recent success of the Kristan Forces Peacekeepers in protecting the outskirts of the Duchy of Skye, by eliminating an entire two full lances of bandit BattleMechs in a recently disclosed undercover operation, that were the centre of bandit activity in the region, the public outcry of support for the peacekeeping endeavours has lead some Dominon citizens to proudly display orange ribbons around their homes, on the antenna of their hovercars and throughout the towns and streets of Dominion lands to honour the "orange helmets" of our peacekeeping men and women.

A train to nowhere!
Fire Nation spokeswomen Ember Glowstone had this to say on the recent discovery of an unfinished rail line to apparently "nowhere" within her nations borders. "What the f*** is the point of this?" The lone station with a measly three kilometres of track heading northward, not even enough to reach the nearby Lava Lake of "Hotspring" just six kilometres distant, has been quite the puzzle to many citizens upon its recent rediscovery. Apparently built some time over 220 year ago, based on the lone newspaper found within the stations rusting walls, no one even in the local chancellor's hearth can figure out where it was supposed to lead, or why it even exists at all. "It's not like some of the tracks were consumed by the pyroclastic flow from the lava lake and the station was cut off, because there are no tracks anywhere else around the lake, and the tracks don't even go that far!" said one anonymous citizen questioned about the find on the street. If you have any idea what the "creator" was thinking (or drugged up on) at the time suggestions are welcome at the Fire Nation hotline at 555-555-55-FIRE.

At approximately 22h00, on the night of November 22nd, according to Rear Admiral Lester Hunt in charge of the 2nd Kristan Forces Flotilla here on Groombridge VI, the aging Ballista-class Guided-Missile Destroyer DDG-134 HMS Chelsea, due to be phased out and retired in the next four years suffered an "acute stress breakage in her number four boiler, resulting in a minor explosion, brief power loss, and several non-life threatening injuries to some of her crew and passengers." The Rear Admiral declined to answer questions from reporters as to the root cause of the stress on the boiler, be it human error, a technical failure due to the ships previous long service life or if maintenance was underway at the time. This has lead to some speculation and wild theories of sabotage by some on popular conspiracy holo-network sites such as "Twit-mouth" and "Facepalm," but other naval authorities have since taken to local TV broadcasts to downplay those fears. The captain of the ship, Cpt. Brian Woodsworth, at noon the following day offered this to say via satellite radio: "It is true that while our vessel was responding to a request for aid in the Glebarimi Straits, roughly 30 km offshore southeast of the ancient walled town of Durtis, five of our non-commissioned ranks, while at there stations, were injured from a steam boiler explosion that caused some secondary damages including buckling a part of the deck above. The injuries suffered include concussions, broken ribs, fingers and toes, and a single stab based wound from a piece of shrapnel to a hand. All of our personnel received prompt, careful and efficient medical attention and are now resting comfortably. Repairs will soon be underway as we already have an advanced propulsion engineering team in the region due to our initial request for aid. I expect to have the vessel back underway in under 36 hours, albeit our scheduled return to port in just three weeks will likely be further delayed from this latest development. This is the first accident of its kind involving a Dominion naval vessel in over two decades here on planet, making some question whether some of the older vessels shouldn't be phased out sooner...