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The Mandates relevant to Masters system can be found here : Masters System Mandates

The Mandates relevant to Madonna system can be found here : Madonna System Mandates

The SSS ran the following story :

[QUOTE]An OPS outpost in the Madonna system has been the centre of some discussions between the Obsidian Predator Swarm, the RIP, and the Imperial Services this week. The parties concerned seem unwilling to discuss openly the significance of the outpost, but the attention it has generated seems to suggest that there is something of interest going on.[/QUOTE]

The truth behind the story is not as sinister as it sounds...

Whereas, the past system claimants, the IMP required outpost regsitration and held tight controls on all mining and resource exploitation...

Madonna systems new claimants are considerably more freindly and welcoming...

The RIP have spent the last few days discussing the potential for expansion of the Madonna system and we have been seeking partner affiliations to invite to expand their current holdings and to upgrade to full scale colonies.

The OPS, being current residents, were offered first refusal... the IMP quickly revealed their interest in the peaceful development of Joe... and we offered them the same opportunity.

The RIP will be offering further opportunity for expansion/colonization into Madonna system to interested parties in the future ... we will be contacting our existing neighbours first though... it's just the polite thing to do.

Nothing sinister, nothing to hide, nothing to be ashamed of... just the freedom to live in peace and harmony with one another!

Thank you for taking the time to listen.

GT Spugman

Today Mr Fox of the GTT publicly thanked Consul Darius Shirazi of the FCN, for hiring Wolfpack to remove Roland and so allow him a free run at the running the affiliation.

Darius' only response was to tell Mr Fox he was most welcome, when further questioned on the matter he did not recant or deny hiring Wolfpack but did admit no payment changed hands.

The Liberal Detinus Media have leaked proceedings from a recent session of the DTR senate in which the speaker laid out the basis for the imperialist aggression threatened against the RIP this week. RIP research teams have revealed the so called dossier was extensively 'sexed-up' by DTR spin doctors, and that several claims were extracted from a What I Did On My Holidays report by a student at the Lysander School of Performing Arts in DTR Porta Capella. The entire document can be found in the RIP archives

As the dossier sets out, we estimate on the basis of the EEM's work that there were: up to 360 cages of parrots; up to 3,000 peg legs; eye patches sufficient to cover 7000 pirates; and over 30,000 jolly rodgers and hundreds of pirate copies of The Pirate King's video guide to Piracy.

We strongly deny these accusations, particularly with reference to the work of The Pirate King, of which the sole original copy is stored for historical reference at a secured location in the True One studies annex at the Jiggly Rooms.

It concludes that the RIP has salty, foul mouthed, copyright infringing pirates, that Bob Kurosawa has continued to recruit them, that he has existing and active military plans for the use of said pirates, who could be sobered up within 45 minutes, including against his supposed SMS allies; and that he is actively trying to acquire substatianial booty.

These spurious accusations not only have no basis in reality, but also defy widely accepted analysis of Pirate Large's capabilities, which suggest no pirate can be sobered up within less than 24 hours.

Again key personnel who used to work on the pirate programme are back in harness. the RIP may claim that this is for a civil theme park ride and movie tie in but it has neither rollercoasters or other attractions.

Any piratical activities that may appear to be associated with the law abiding members of the RIP are indeed for a major coming attraction to a RIP starbase near you, which will feature a spellbinding ride through the swashbuckling world of the wacky Dog Pack pirates and their screwball leader Charcoal Chihuahua.