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News: Rens Security Incident/Bombing

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Sammi Oskonnur
Oskonnur Resource Extraction Services
#1 - 2014-07-20 03:48:50 UTC  |  Edited by: Sammi Oskonnur
[The following is distributed by various news agencies ((Not Sammi)) but due to it's small scale, appears mainly as a footnote.]

Rens System Security -

At 02:45, July 20, YC116 there was an explosion at the Planet 6, Moon 8 Brutor Tribe Treasury station, in the ‘east’ wing of level 16's luxury cabins, reserved primarily for capsuleers.

Two people have been injured, with one receiving minor injuries while the other remains in a critical condition. Station security are withholding the names of the victims until family have been contacted.

We have ascertained that the explosion was not accidental nor due to a mechanical fault and the situation is being considered a malicious but isolated incident.

We currently have no suspects and we ask for any witnesses to come forward.

The station has not been compromised and services continue to operate as normal.
Foley Aberas Jones
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#2 - 2014-07-20 04:28:48 UTC  |  Edited by: Foley Aberas Jones
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Elmund Egivand
Tribal Liberation Force
Minmatar Republic
#3 - 2014-07-20 04:33:39 UTC
...Did I drop any plastic explosives around last night? I might had left it behind during my daily vent crawl. Better go check.

A Minmatar warship is like a rusting Beetle with 500 horsepower Cardillac engines in the rear, armour plating bolted to chassis and a M2 Browning stuck on top.

Aden Ordinii
Mars-Alpha Works
#4 - 2014-07-20 05:05:41 UTC
If the injured is a capsuleer, stop his agony and kill him so he can download into a fresh body. more quicker and eficiant then trieing to heal a shell.
Foley Aberas Jones
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#5 - 2014-07-20 05:09:48 UTC
Aden Ordinii wrote:
If the injured is a capsuleer, stop his agony and kill him so he can download into a fresh body. more quicker and eficiant then trieing to heal a shell.


Well there is the possibility that he has implants or has not updated his clone yet
Or both
Anabella Rella
Gradient
Electus Matari
#6 - 2014-07-20 05:16:09 UTC
This is a bit unsettling. I hope more details emerge soon.

I wish the best for those hurt in the blast.

When the world is running down, you make the best of what's still around.

Sammie MacWinters
Gradient
Electus Matari
#7 - 2014-07-20 05:26:19 UTC
Whoever did this better run.
Ferista Nhey
Gradient
Electus Matari
#8 - 2014-07-20 06:12:47 UTC
Anabella Rella wrote:
This is a bit unsettling. I hope more details emerge soon.

I wish the best for those hurt in the blast.


Ana, you will find more information on this incident within our internal relays.

Sammie MacWinters wrote:
Whoever did this better run.


It doesn't seem likely it would be a random terrorist style attack, specifically being it was a targeted within area that only select persons would have access to. So at this point I am going to take the stand that whoever did this intended to hurt members of Gradient - so as Sammie has stated, running might be a good idea. Gradient will respond as necessary.


Jandice Ymladris
Aurora Arcology
#9 - 2014-07-20 07:50:17 UTC  |  Edited by: Jandice Ymladris
I was looking for more info concerning this attack, as I have hardly any contacts within the minmatar, I have no choice but to ask this publically. On the above suggestion, I have no knowledge of the internal minmatar relays, save for Gradient, but at the time I was on, they were equally information-less & shocked about this attack as I was.
Also contacting Rens local presence yielded no results either.

1) Location. It is mentioned it occured in the East Wing of the 16th level of the Rens treasurey station, in the Luxury capsuleer quarters. However, no mention if it was inside a cabin, or the more public capsuleer venues in the cabin wing.

2) victims: while victims are mentioned and names are not handed out, for good reasons I might add, there's no mention where they are Gradient, or even minmatar. For all we know the explosion could have been targetting amarr capsuleers visiting Rens, so pelase do not jump to conclusions until more info about the victims is released!
Such basic info would help alot to quell rumours

3) additional general info: Was there any event prior to the explosion? Capsuleer party, or perhaps something else? As the authorities shared that this is indeed an attack, but also an isolated incident, on what do they base this conclusion? As long as there's no suspects, assuming it is an isolated incident is a very dangerous road to take!

Looking forward to replies from official authorities, private contact & mail also possible.

Providing a new home for refugees in the Aurora Arcology

Challis Drant
Gradient
Electus Matari
#10 - 2014-07-20 08:57:51 UTC
As has been mentioned there was an incident involving two Gradient Pilots that appears to have been targeted at those pilots. Motive remains unclear at this point in time, but both the Brutor Tribe Treasury and GRD are currently working together to investigate this matter.

One of the pilots involved is seriously injured and doubt remains on her ability to clone jump out should the body die, whilst the other is in a stable condition being kept for observation.

While the information we have is that the members were targetted because of who they were - this does not mean that other capsulleers should not take precautions. The location of the attack was a private cabin, and no information exisits to suspect that public areas are currently unsafe.

As can be well understood - I take any attack on my pilots seriously - and due to the ongoing nature of the investigation I am not prepared to release all the details we currently have for general consumption. It is simple enough that GRD regards this as an act of war and it will be dealt with as such. = so operational security takes precedence.

Challis Drant
Gradient CEO
Foley Aberas Jones
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#11 - 2014-07-20 09:36:23 UTC  |  Edited by: Foley Aberas Jones
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Pieter Tuulinen
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
Khimi Harar
#12 - 2014-07-20 09:41:51 UTC
People, sealed environments generally don't mix well with explosives, whoever did this risked far more than just the two pilots targeted - thousands could have died.

Good hunting, Gradient.

For the first time since I started the conversation, he looks me dead in the eye. In his gaze are steel jackhammers, quiet vengeance, a hundred thousand orbital bombs frozen in still life.

Jandice Ymladris
Aurora Arcology
#13 - 2014-07-20 10:08:53 UTC  |  Edited by: Jandice Ymladris
Thank you for the official response Mr Drant and it will surely help in quelling rumors. While it was indeed true that Gradient members were mentioned as the victims, I prefer to base my reports on official sources & solid reasoning

To raise awareness to this attack, I ran a publication on it: Bombing in Rens, Gradient Capsuleers wounded!
Edit: newsreport updated to reflect the recent announcement from Shaman Kyllsa Siikanen concerning the identity of the victims

May you find the culprits soon and let them face justice!

Providing a new home for refugees in the Aurora Arcology

Kyllsa Siikanen
Tuonelan Virta
#14 - 2014-07-20 12:05:31 UTC  |  Edited by: Kyllsa Siikanen
An Update:

Ava is in stable condition, having received no serious injury. She is due to be released sometime today.

Sammi is still in critical condition, and is in surgery.

I will share further information as soon as I feel we can safely do so. For now, internal security requires that we be a bit tight-lipped.



Be vigilant.

Ms. Ymladris, thank you for your report. Reliable secondary news sources are in short supply.

“Crying is all right in its own way while it lasts. But you have to stop sooner or later, and then you still have to decide what to do.” 

― C.S. Lewis 

Da Dom
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#15 - 2014-07-20 16:01:44 UTC
IMHO this literally screams "false-flag attack"

Good luck fighting whoever you decide to pin this on

Because Far-que... That's why.

Jinari Otsito
Otsito Mining and Manufacture
#16 - 2014-07-20 16:28:37 UTC
And if whoever is behind this is a capsuleer? What exactly will be the consequences if any?

Prime Node. Ask me about augmentation.

Esna Pitoojee
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
Khimi Harar
#17 - 2014-07-20 17:14:14 UTC
To be targeted by a sudden, unprovoked, and likely personal attack such as this is never a good thing. May this be resolved quickly.
Valerie Valate
Church of The Crimson Saviour
#18 - 2014-07-20 18:45:07 UTC
Jinari Otsito wrote:
And if whoever is behind this is a capsuleer? What exactly will be the consequences if any?


Oh, then that means they've violated the informal convention amongst capsuleers.

That is, there is a convention that one does not attempt to assassinate someone outside of the capsule, as that demonstrates the fragility of the whole demi-immortal shebang.

Because if someone's clone banks get targeted, then why stop at that one individual ? why not exterminate all opposing capsuleers ? And then the paranoia, because if you were able to assassinate someone out of pod, then... someone else could assassinate you !

So, it begins.

Down with this sort of thing.

Doctor V. Valate, Professor of Archaeology at Kaztropolis Imperial University.

Vizage
Capital Allied Industrial Distribution
#19 - 2014-07-20 20:30:16 UTC  |  Edited by: Vizage
I've issued a small statement to C-AID's our employees including myself will have Ms. Starfire and Ms. Oskonnur in our thoughts.

Speedy recovery pilots, and good luck to Gradient in bringing the perpetrators to justice.


On behalf of Capital Allied Industrial Distribution
Kirstin Amsel
Acting CEO
Challis Drant
Gradient
Electus Matari
#20 - 2014-07-21 07:33:26 UTC
Jinari Otsito wrote:
And if whoever is behind this is a capsuleer? What exactly will be the consequences if any?


Without pre-judging the potential result - I can think of a few ideas.

Most forget we are immortal, and they think we can clone jump at any point. mmmmm ..... perhaps a simple stasis field in a secure environment preventing all movement , but allowing conscious thought - for ever.....

I would not wish that on most of my enemies but if the knife fits into the sheath...
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