Wikia

Wookieepedia

Random Page Wiki Activity
Watchlist Recent changes

Riffsyphon1024/HNN

< Riffsyphon1024

As SparqMan has not continued working on Holonet News, I will pick up where I left off here.

Contents

HoloNet News Vol. 531 #46 Edit

"Army Vote Prompts Chandrilan Public Safety Walk-out"Edit

"15 Dead in Houk / Weequay Brawl at Eastport" Edit

  • File: Brawl between Houk and Weequay depicted
  • Eastport
    • Immigrant processing station on Coruscant
    • Blasters prohibited in processing concourse
  • Houk
    • Long cultural enemies of the Weequays
    • Brawl started from sitting in processing room together
  • Shiv
    • Melee weapon like a knife
  • Rievale Creterk
    • Flight attendant at Eastport
    • Primary witness to brawl
    • Suffered broken arm
  • Eastport Security
    • Armed with blasters set to stun
    • Concentrated fire on Weequays, then Houk

"Baktoid Closes Down Five More Plants" Edit

  • File: Surplus B1 Battle droids at Ord Lithone
  • Termin
  • Baktoid Armor Workshop
    • Closing five plants in Inner Rim worlds of Foundry, Ord Cestus, Telti, Balmorra and Ord Lithone by month's end
    • 12.5 million who worked at five plants layed off
    • Disbanding of the Trade Federation, its primary client, and additional licensing restrictions made the purchase of hardware expensive
  • Senator Lanus Wrede
    • Senator to Sermeria
    • Suggested that Baktoid was using rawmats in secret Outer Rim planets, free from the regulations of the Republic
    • Investigation led to scandal which led him to suicide

"Jedi Refuse to Hand Over Baby Ludi" Edit

"Incom / Subpro Development Deal Cancelled"Edit

  • Coromon Island
  • Incom and Subpro
    • A partnership for 125 standard years, until split in 13:3:7
    • Subpro losses pulled Incom down and the split was a result of "housecleaning"
    • The Incom/Subpro Z-95AF4 Headhunter model received lukewarm reception and the line ceased to develop
    • Incom purchased the intellectual property rights and proprietary systems of the Z-95 prior to the split

"Sullustans Elect President" Edit

  • Beolars Bribbs
    • Elected new President of the Sullustan Council and CEO of SoroSuub Corporation
    • Made the Council all Sorosuub executives by being elected
    • Representatives of the Commerce Guild, including Shu Mai, attended his inauguration
    • Mai said of the company and the planet "Sullust shines as a nova of capitalism. Its robust economy supports a healthy, happy and profitable population. This world exemplifies the wondrous possibilities and merits of corporate growth."

"Dooku Bounty Posting Still A Mystery" Edit

  • New Vertica
    • Location on Nar Shaddaa
  • Count Dooku
    • Bounty posted on Nar Shaddaa datanet of 1 million credits for his remains
    • Bounty discovered 2 standard weeks prior to 13:3:7
    • Not discovered on Republic Enforcement DataCore or the Bounty Hunters Guild

"Riots Rock Kabal" Edit

  • Shoribus
  • Kabal Central Citadel
    • Location in Shoribus
    • Damaged by protestors
  • Increased Republic taxation on corridor made the route costly to travel, causing food shipments to not reach the planet
  • Kabal central government issued free vouchers good for actual foodstuffs upon arrival, made situation worse
  • Shortage of foodstuffs led to riots

"Pergitor Coup Leaves Thousands Dead" Edit

  • Pergitor
    • Planet in Minos Cluster
    • Had been under strict authoritarian rule for years until a popular revolution of young liberals claimed the world fifteen years ago (circa 37 BBY).
  • Church of Infinite Perception
    • A rigid fundamentalist sect that took control of the planet
    • Killed thousands in coup to take it back

"Merson Pirates Attack Sy Myrth Liner" Edit

  • Elegant Wake
    • Sy Myrthian liner scuttled by Merson pirates
      • Info came from long-range sensor data compiled by a BoSS network subspace relay
    • Left Coruscant for Sy Myrth four days prior to 13:3:7 (13:3:3)
    • Carried 456 passengers, all Sy Myrthian
    • Skirted the Merson Asteroid Field, where five Merson ships attacked the unarmed liner
    • Mersons may have taken captives alive
    • Mersons have known ties to Zygerrian slavers
  • Romodi Interstellar
    • Operator of the liner
    • Sued by relatives of passengers for negligence
  • Roonyard Noon
    • Sy Myrthian lawyer whose wife and three children were aboard the Wake
    • Claims, along with other relatives, that the standard silent running procedure for passing through the asteroid field was botched by crew incompetence, and that the BoSS data will back their claims.

"Tryshyn / Ardees Deal Worth 3.1 Billion" Edit

"Best in Show Eaten by Second-Best" Edit

  • Munto
    • City on Commenor
  • Mid-Rim Domesticated Sub-Sentient Show
    • Held annually
  • Itipiniwi
    • Sullustan wilwog awarded first prize of Best in Show
    • Owner got excited, exciting Itipiniwi, which annoyed the runner-up's creature
  • Boshuda
    • Kashyyyk bolstyngar that ate Itipiniwi
    • Because rules never dealt with the consumption of the winner by the runner-up, the runner up was declared the winner due to forfeit

HoloNet News Vol. 531 #47Edit

===[http://www.holonetnews.com/47/news/13314_1.html "Corellia Closes Borders, Bel Iblis Leaves Senate in Uproar, Corellians Insist it is not Secession, Invoke Obscure Constitutional Proviso"]===

  • File: Senator Garm Bel Iblis avoids questions from the press after his shocking announcement
  • On 13:3:14, Senator Garm Bel Iblis' made an surprise announcement that Corellia would close its borders and pull out of the Military Creation Act vote
  • Ister Paddie
    • Senator of Sermeria
    • Was critical of Bel Iblis's move

"Currency Upheavals Deliver Profits to IBC" Edit

"XTS Cleared in Freighter Explosion"Edit

  • Aroo
  • Xizor Transport Systems
    • Cleared by Senate commission from wrongdoing in the explosion of a XTS freighter
      • Commission started five months ago (12:8)
  • Baobab Merchant Fleet Complex
    • Docking bay on Manda where explosion occured
  • Lasro Javeq
    • Captain of Freighter found to be at fault
    • Was a Junior Operations Manager at XTS
    • Found to have embezzled funds from the company for five months, an amount that neared five million credits
    • Was instable to the point of suicide, which led to his tampering of the reactor, which overloaded and killed 2,000 employees
    • 125 Baobab Merchant vessels grounded from explosion
  • Prince Xizor
    • Chairman of XTS
    • Donated over 5 million credits to the families and injured victims of the explosion, included Javeq's wife and two children

"Scientists: Demophon Supernova Imminent"Edit

  • Demophon (star)
    • Star analyzed by scientists at the University of Sanbra, findings released 13:3:14
    • Found to have chromospheric instabilities and spectrographic readings of iron and carbon ejecta
    • Life expectancy ruled short, to end in a supernova within the century (50 to 75 standard years)

(Demophon was to have exploded around 3 BBY)

  • Demophon system
    • Five-planet system under the threat of destruction
  • Demophon
    • Heavily industrialized world with population of 35 million
  • Byrne City
    • City on the planet of Demophon
  • Demophon Council
    • Made no statement on the findings
    • Overall attitude on Demophon is ignorance

"Groundquakes Hit Berchest Cities"Edit

  • Calius Saj Leeloo
    • Berchest's most populous city
    • Rocked by 7.1 groundquake on 13:3:13, centered 45 kilometers west of the city in the mountains
    • Caused substantial damage and there was a death toll estimated in the thousands
    • Spaceport was closed for 12 hours
  • Sanctum Arcti
    • Calius's most famous structure
    • Sustained only light damage
  • Refugee Relief Movement
    • To send aid and ships to the planet

"Squibs Announce They're "Going Nowhere."Edit

"New Jedi Starfighter Unveiled"Edit

File: Jedi Aayla Secura, Senator Risi Lenoan and Jedi Adi Gallia commemorate new starfighter

  • Risi Lenoan
    • Senator of Kuat present at Delta-7 Aethersprite light interceptor commemoration
  • Starfighter shipped to Jedi Temple on Coruscant and the Jedi Training Center on Kamparas

"Coruscant Eliminated in Galactic Cup Opening Round"Edit

"Yet Another Greenputt League"Edit

"Funding Slashed for General Ministry Institutes"Edit

"Dean of Aldera Suspended"Edit

  • Halcor Raystel
    • Dean of the University of Alderaan at Aldera
    • Controversial figure from his appointment to Dean
    • Investigation started 13:1 after his lectures became erradic and off-topic
    • Censured and suspended by Provost Dalus Othona on the following accusations:
      • Offering course credits for a relationship with two female students
      • Testing positive for ryll

"Valorum & Gunray Bracket Ends of Book Sales"Edit

"New Xim Exhibit to Tour"Edit

HoloNet News Vol. 531 #48 Edit

13:3:21 22 BBY

"Palpatine to Separatists: Let's Talk"Edit

Quote: Chancellor Palpatine to Dooku: "There are many on both sides of this grand debate eager to turn this dispute into war. It needn't degenerate into so wasteful an outcome. Together, we have the intelligence and the reason to find an alternative solution."
"I appeal to your sensibilities developed as a revered Jedi. I was witness not only to your practiced brand of diplomacy during the Sevarcos Dispute of three decades ago, but also of your former apprentice's noble efforts to protect the sovereign of my world. From these examples, I know you are a proponent of peace.
"We have much in common, sir, for it is the inefficiencies of the Republic that are the focus of my Chancellery. But the solution lies not in insurrection, but rather through reform. The system will work, and together we will make it work."
    • 12-minute Holonet transmission overrode all government channels and 90 percent of private feeds, interrupting regular programming
    • Was visible to trillions upon trillions of viewers
  • Bothawui
    • Named a potential site for conference between Dooku and Republic representatives
  • R'shinnos Sh'neel
    • Senator from Genassa
    • Felt suspicious of Palpatine

"Transport Collision Closes Corulag-Jatir Hyperroute"Edit

"Senator Horox Ryyder Retires"Edit

"Kashyyyk/Trandoshan Talks to Shaky Start"Edit

  • Hsskhor
  • Four weeks prior to 13:3:21, Wookiee passenger shuttle attacked over one of Trandosha's moons
  • Delegation held in Hsskhor between Wookiees and Trandoshans to settle disputes
  • Had delegation occured four weeks earlier, there would have been no problems
  • Oppo Rancisis oversaw the delegation
  • Yarua
    • Wookiee Senator
    • Blockaded Trandoshan trade until the return of the bodies of 215 Wookiee passengers were returned
  • Speaker-Above-All Hadocrassk
    • Claimed that the attack was made by rogue dissidents, and that Yarua had already overstepped his authority

"Corporate Alliance Attacks Slicer Compound"Edit

  • Yirt-4138-Grek-12
    • Asteroid in Fakir Sector
    • Site of Corporate Alliance attack by tank volleys
    • 25 cybernetically-enhanced data thieves killed in attack
    • Industrial espionage training center was seen to be a compound that contained unauthorized cybernetic surgery suites that were churning out vessels and cyborgs that had been slicing into Corporate Alliance data-stores
  • Denlace Sachoore
    • 24-year old female Corporate Alliance clerk found embezzling data in a cranium-implanted vessel drive
    • Provided location of her surgery and training as compound
  • Gopple
    • Senator of Erigorm
    • Commented on attack of compound by saying "Since the asteroid was in Alliance space, and clearly in their jurisdiction, though, there's nothing wrong with what they did, legally speaking."

"Dumping Prohibited on PDC3141-02"Edit

  • PDC3141-02
  • Spotty Conveyor
    • Incoming Trade Federation ship could not dump its radioactive waste on the planetoid
    • Rad shielding could only last five days from system arriving, before endangering the crew of six
  • Senator Lott Dod
    • Claimed that the Trade Federation had been using the planetoid for dumping for centuries and that dumping would not endanger the lifeform but nurture it
    • Would lobby for a bypass on the injunction
  • Unigard Lom
    • Professor at University of Sanbra, determined to protect the lifeform

"Outer Rim HoloNet Expansion Delayed"Edit

  • More than 250,000 worlds in the Outer Rim would have to go without HoloNet access for another year
  • General Ministry Communications Agency
    • Announced on 13:3:20
  • Outer Rim HoloNet Expansion
    • Would be delayed at least another fiscal year due to budgetary restructuring
    • Portmoak, Arkanis, Parmic, Quence, and Kathol Sectors would go without primary HoloNet conduits
    • They currently use a network of subspace relays for intersector communication, but updates from the Core or distant regions were typically delayed anywhere from days to weeks.

"Zorba the Hutt Sentenced to 45 Years"Edit

  • Girigard
  • Zorba Desilijic Tiure
    • Convicted on charges of illegal removal of ulikuo stones
  • Ulikuo stone
    • Valued for aesthetics and industrial applications
    • Its cultural significance warrants unauthorized mining a crime punishable by lifetime imprisonment
  • Prime Justice Doori-Doori
  • Bequin Fobas
    • Famed Nimbanel attorney representing Zorba
    • Requested an appeal, but was reminded that there was no appeal process on Kip
  • Grand Council of Nal Hutta
    • Sought Zorba's extradition so he could be tried by a council of peers in Hutt Space
    • Local Kip laws blockaded that as well
    • Third party Republic Judiciaries backed up Kip provisions
  • Aruk the Hutt
    • Rival that applauded conviction of Zorba saying "Zorba has been a shameful pus-filled boil on the glorious Hutt business community, and this sentencing is a heated lancing long overdue. His selfish antics have given an unwarranted criminal taint to the Hutt reputation that can now begin to rebuild with his absence."
  • Jiliac the Hutt
    • Said that there would be a investigation into whether Zorba was set up by business rivals
  • Jabba the Hutt

"Suspicious Package Closes Sermerian First House"Edit

"People's Inquest Demand Jedi Budget Reports"Edit

  • People's Inquest
    • Coruscant-based lobbying group built to enforce the accountability of the Jedi Order
    • Demanded the Judicial Department to reveal budgetary information regarding the Jedi Order
    • Formal petition began after the unveiling of the Jedi starfighter
    • Movement gained strength after Jedi failed to prevent the Battle of Antar 4
  • Thrynka Padaunete
    • Leader of the People's Inquest
    • Stood at the footsteps of the Jedi Temple and protested on a loud-hailer
    • People's Inquest set up camp on footsteps a month before
    • Claims to have "several million" signatures on petition
  • Judicial Department
    • Denied request due to security measures taken to prevent enemies of the Republic from exploiting the information
  • Laddinare Torbin
    • Judicial Department Information Director that reported to HNN

Blob Racing Cheater KilledEdit

  • Fondine Raceways
    • Held three races
    • Third race had an odds-defying victory by Blob 14
  • Vob Bitas
    • Owner of winning Umgullian blob found with banned viscosity-enhancing substances in the blob's system
    • Two hours after race, was immediately taken into custody and put to death
  • Umgullian Racing Commission
    • Announced findings of tainted blob.
  • Slish Fondine
    • Owner of Fondine Raceways
    • Said, "Bitas had bet a fortune, so the tainted blob saved me over a million credits. This is the fourth time this year someone's been caught cheating. We may have to look into a stronger deterrent than the death penalty."

"Holo Critics Preemptively Bemoan Summer Season"Edit

AdvertisementsEdit

WeatherEdit

Various forecasts include:

  1. "Rad levels stabilizing by week's end; coronal flaring could lead to mass unicellular extinctions; those susceptible to mutations had best keep indoors." with no change in temperatures, steady at 0, yellow sun
  2. "Mostly sunny; glare goggles recommended; winds up to 85 kph; seismic shifting should subside by week's end; exposed skin will freeze in less than four minutes." with highs in the negative 20s to negative 30s and lows in the negative 30s, blue sun
  3. "Pronounced stellar flare activity this week; UV Index peakng at 44.9; recommend EM shielding on all electronics.", with highs in the mid 30s and lows in the mid 10s
  4. "Temperate in the NE, with canyon winds picking up at each moonfall (thrice nightly). Minimal electrical activity in the SW, 22% chance of frogs." with highs in the mid 20s and lows in the 10s to low 20s
  5. "Magma spews kick off this week, evening out to slow-moving flows by the fourth day. Partly sooty with 10% chance of cinderstorms." with highs from the high 90s to the low 110s to lows from the high 70s to the mid 90s

HoloNet News Vol. 531 #49 Edit

13:3:28

"Palpatine forms Loyalist Committee, Steering Committee to assist Negotiations"Edit

"Alderaan Opens to Refugee Relief Movement, Valorum Lends Hand"Edit

  • Chianar
  • Refugee Relief Movement
    • Along with Finis Valorum, moved 100 hectares of land for new homes
  • Celly Organa
    • Chair of RRM
  • Sandi Maba
    • Aqualish mother of two after Ando seceded from the Republic
    • Moved into new pre-fab structure and never wants to leave Alderaan
  • Orogor Binn
    • Aqualish expatriate

"Senator Dod in Five-Speeder Skylane Accident"Edit

  • Fobosi District
    • District of Coruscant
  • Skylane T-534D
    • Accident caused by a malfunctioning automated pubtrans flitter that went the wrong direction
    • Five speeder vehicles avoiding flitter collided into an unmanned water silo, which was breached and flooded apartments below
  • Lott Dod
    • One of the six accident victims
    • Was treated with bacta and reconstructive surgery
    • Lawyers will sue the Skyways Flyer pubtrans line

"Sluis Sector Secedes; Seswenna Restates Loyalty"Edit

"Weequay/Houk Arraignment End in Violence"Edit

"House of Tagge Sides with Loyalists"Edit

"Biscuit Baron to Celebrate "Heroes of the Republic""Edit

"Andoan Free Colonies Criticize Aqualish Separatists"Edit

"Missing Starship Search Abandoned"Edit

"Jedi Smash Iridium Pirates; 3 Knights Killed"Edit

File: Jedi starfighters swarm an Iridium Longprow attack cruiser

  • Iridium Pirates
    • Had been raiding Republic grain and spice convoys, apparently as privateers for nearby Separatist forces
    • Opened fire on Jedi coming to begin peace negotiations
    • Forces consisted of three warpod pinnaces, two Longprow attack cruisers and five Z-95 Headhunter starfighters
  • Jedi taskforce
    • Led by Kit Fisto and Belsed-Qan Idan
    • Consisted of the Republic cruiser Monitor III and six Delta-7 Aethersprite Jedi starfighters
  • Battle in Atrivis sector near Vuchelle
    • Pirates used power gem weapons to strip the shields from the Monitor III
    • Additional volleys damaged the craft, killing four Republic Judiciaries and two Jedi, Dovish Hokken and Yrada Soludisan
    • Monitor III was spared by the protection of the Jedi starfighters
    • Delta-7s disabled the warpods, and concentrated firepower on Longprows, first dropping the shields and then working to destroy the drive systems
    • One ship was left intact; the second was destroyed due to a reactor overload
    • 12 escape pods were seen evacuating the second ship
    • 4 of 5 Headhunters destroyed, however one ended up in the gravity well of Vuchelle
    • All escape pods recovered by Monitor III
    • Unknown if Jedi recovered a power gem for study
  • Aruden Kej
    • Jedi Knight killed by Headhunter fire
    • Other Delta-7s made it through the battle

"Sepan Civil War Escalates"Edit

"Podracing Faces Uncertain Future"Edit

  • Elesa
  • Podracing
    • Scandals within sport have reduced its reputation
    • Controversy began five years prior (27 BBY) when the Ungasan Cross Country event was exposed as a front for a Corporate Sector Authority official's illegal mining operation.
    • Elan Mak found to be Kam Nale
    • Aldar Beedo apprehended by a bounty hunter in mid-race at the last Fire Mountain Rally
    • Seven years since last fatality-free race
    • Track attendance is down 23% from just a few years ago, and down 51% from its height a few decades ago
    • Betting transaction volume on professional and semi-professional podracing remains at a 40-year high
  • Knire Dark
    • Pit raided and found to have hundreds of kilograms of contraband
  • Tzidik Wrantojo
    • Popular podracing personality that says that "safety does not sell", but rather the "danger, death and massive explosions" and goes on to say "You don't see the babies from the Pouffra Circuit on the cover of Podracing Quarterly."
  • Groff Zugga
    • Podracing promoter that says "There's nothing bad you can say about Podracing that isn't also true of swoop racing, and swoopers are deity in the HoloNews. Notice that half of the swoopers are human, and there's not a single human on the Podracing pro-circuit. Coincidence?"
  • Boonta Eve Classic and the Ando Overland
    • Two of podracing's highest profile events
    • Both may face indefinite cancellation until the Desilijic clan can recover from the conviction of Zorba the Hutt

SPECIAL REPORT: The Death Stick ScourgeEdit

File: Is your child safe?

  • By Anjet Okeco
  • Pori Nate (not his real name)
    • 15-yr-old that lives in the Jrade District
    • Has a synth-viol that he plays, slickplast posters of D.T. Spool and the Skroaches' last four tours covering each wall
    • Also a death stick abuser
    • Goes into alien bars since Swokes Swokes and Duros cannot tell how old a human is
    • Met his first slythmonger in a Chev bar
    • Mixes his death sticks with Fizzyglug
  • Slythmonger
    • Narcotics peddler who traffics wares for disbarred pharmacists
    • Most have no real idea of the ingredients they're moving
    • Most are also strung out on their employer's wares
  • Death stick
    • Ixetal cilona extract that offers euphoria in exchange for a shortened life
    • Come in a variety of formats, all of them cylindrical
    • Common liquid is ingested, often as a spike added to alcoholic drinks
    • Hardened variety can be smoked or pulverized and then inhaled
    • With each successive dose, the desire for a harder reaction increases
    • Very difficult for youth to shake it off without medical assistance
  • Moleese

"Baby Ludi Feature Slated for this Fall"Edit

"Study: Pollution Standards Still Endanger Many"Edit

Area Woman Finds Sith Icon in PastebreadEdit

  • Taung Heights
    • District of Coruscant
  • Latika Garboren
    • Attempted to contact authorities after finding what resembled "the spitting image of a Sith acolyte emblem on a dollop of pastebread she was preparing
    • Was unable to reach the Jedi Temple
  • Dherik Rule
    • Taung Heights constabulary detective
    • Said of the situation, "I guess it does look a lot like that Sith dealie in her bookpads, but what am I going to do? Arrest it?"

A Closer LookEdit

  • Most Popular Baby Names
  1. Losibaru
  2. Janara
  3. Barada
  4. Gaeriel
  5. Sharp keening at 85 cycles, followed by five atonal mandible clicks

PollEdit

Who is most to blame for the current Separatist crisis?

  • Supreme Chancellor Palpatine - 50%
  • Count Dooku - 28%
  • The Jedi - 17%
  • Other - 5%

HoloNet News Vol. 531 #50 Edit

13:4:4

Senator Moe Killed in BlastEdit

  • File: The late Senator Aks Moe.
  • File: Senator Moe's speeder is engulfed in flames on an Aargau expressway.
  • New Escrow
  • Aks Moe
    • Was to meet with InterGalactic Banking Clan representatives to discuss possible funding options for a proposed Republic military initiative
    • Headed for a visit to the Commodities Exchange Cathedral
    • At approximately 0824 standard time, the speeder merged onto the automated expressway and had its propulsion systems slaved into the city's traffic network
    • Its power plant overloaded and the speeder exploded
    • Moe, his traveling companion and two Dug servants were killed in the blast
    • Eighteen commuters were also injured
    • Noone claimed responsibility
    • Nine years prior, Moe was implicated in a conspiracy to disrupt the Lannik peace negotiations hosted by Malastare
  • Belsed-Qan Idan
    • Jedi watchman reassigned to the Atrivis sector to quell a Separatist-funded pirate uprising

Garbage Launcher Misfire Kills 48; Closes DesriniEdit

See Waste Canister Delivery Port 84-D-21

Quick PollEdit

Should Dwuirsintabb be allowed to undergo surgical separation?

  • Yes - 61%
  • No - 39%

HoloNet News Vol. 531 #51 Edit

HoloNet News Vol. 531 #52 Edit

HoloNet News Vol. 531 #53 Edit

HoloNet News Vol. 531 #54 Edit

HoloNet News Vol. 531 #55 Edit

HoloNet News Vol. 531 #56 Edit

Retrieved from "http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/User:Riffsyphon1024/HNN"

Pages on Wookieepedia

Add a Page
93,498pages on
this wiki

Latest Photos

Add an Image
49,854images on this wiki
See more >

Recent Wiki Activity

See more >

Around Wikia's network

Random Wiki