UNIDENTIFIED CONTACT:
LONG-RANGE PATROLS INDICATE A HIGH CONCENTRATION OF ALIEN EMISSION-SYSTEM WASTE PRODUCTS IN KRIEGER AND PROXIMA SYSTEMS. SCIENCE DIVISION ABOARD KRIEGER STATION INSISTS THAT THIS EMISSION WASTE HAS "WASHED ASHORE" FROM KILRATHI SPACE, OR MAY HAVE BEEN TRAILED IN BEHIND SHIPS RETURNING FROM RETRIEVAL OPERATIONS. SPACE FORCE REPRESENTATIVES ABOARD KRIEGER STATION ARE ATTEMPTING TO GET SCIENCE DIVISION TO RECONSIDER ITS POSITION AND PUT MORE EFFORT TOWARD GAINING INSIGHT AS TO A POSSIBLE ALIEN POPULATION HIDING IN CONFED SPACE.

IN OTHER NEWS, SEVERAL SUPPLY CONVOYS HAVE TURNED UP MISSING EN ROUTE TO KRIEGER. FEEDER JUMPS ALONG THE PROXIMA BORDER HAVE NOT SEEN ANY CROSS-TRAFFIC IN OVER THREE DAYS. SUPPLY MANAGEMENT IS BEGINNING TO ANTICIPATE SOME LEVEL OF HOSTILE INFESTATION IN THIS AREA. SCIENCE DIVISION HAS PUBLISHED A NOTICE WITH REGARDS TO THIS PROBLEM IN CONTRADICTION TO THE SUPPLY DEPARTMENT'S BELIEF.

"WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN NO REASON TO BELIEVE THAT ALIEN VESSELS HAVE PENETRATED THIS DEEPLY INTO CONFED SPACE. THE LIKELIHOOD OF THIS IS SO HUMOROUSLY REMOTE, THAT OUR EXPERTS HAVE A HARD TIME MAKING SERIOUS SPECULATION AS TO THE POSSIBILITIES. WE ADVISE THAT ALL WORKERS ABOARD KRIEGER STATION REFRAIN FROM FURTHER FLIGHTS OF FANTASY REGARDING THESE UNKNOWN CONTACTS. OUR TEAM WILL MAKE FULL DETERMINATION AS TO THE PREVENTATIVE FACTORS AT WORK IN PROXIMA. WE CAN TELL YOU THAT WE BELIEVE A STRONG PARTICIPANT IN THIS MATTER TO BE AN ASTRONOMICAL ADJUSTMENT IN PROXIMA'S BINARY STAR SYSTEM. THE EFFECTIVENESS (PERHAPS EVEN THE PLACEMENT) OF JUMP POINTS MAY BE IMPACTED BY THIS PHENOMENON. - DR.VICTOR KRISP"

MEANWHILE, THE AURORA BERNAL TRAVEL COMPANY HAS LODGED A COMPLAINT WITH THE PATROL/ESCORT DIVISION OF KRIEGER OPERATIONS. THEY CLAIM THAT WE WERE NEGLIGENT IN PROVIDING FIGHTER ESCORT TO TWO COMMERCIAL TRANSPORT VESSELS FERRYING COLONISTS FROM GONZERO TERCERA TO OUTER KRIEGER. BOTH OF THE CRUISE LINERS WERE DESTROYED BY UNKNOWN HOSTILES.

WE WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO THIS COMPLAINT, BUT THE ESCORT GROUP WAS ALSO DESTROYED. AT THIS TIME, OUR TACTICAL ADVISORY BOARD IS TRYING TO PIECE TOGETHER HOW THE SIX EXCALIBUR AND FOUR THUNDERBOLT ESCORT UNITS COULD HAVE BEEN NEUTRALIZED SO QUICKLY. THE FIREPOWER REQUIRED FOR THIS STRIKE IS BEYOND ANY LOCALIZED WEAPONRY KNOWN TO THE REGIONAL PIRATE ELEMENT. KILRATHI RAIDERS ARE EQUALLY UNDER-EQUIPPED FOR THIS KIND OF STRIKE. FURTHER INVESTIGATION WILL REQUIRE ENHANCED CONFED SPACE-FIGHTER PRESENCE IN THIS AREA.

GENERAL XIGAWA HAS PROVIDED CONFED HEADQUARTERS WITH A REQUEST FOR REINFORCEMENTS. A RESPONSE IS EXPECTED BY 2681.66.

MAJOR CHARLES FARMER
TESTING AFFAIRS LIAISON