Intergalactic Summit

An update, pilots. Now, the spread of the Kyonoke pathogen is clearly some form of terror attack. At the same time, the timescale appears to be relatively more brief than we'd thought.

The notables from this report:

• The cordon was breached without Caldari Navy detection.
• The breach occurred some time within the last two weeks, which immediately precedes the first outbreaks.
• The method of transmission from this location to others is as-yet-unknown, but could have been directly to Oijanen, or directly to another location that then served as a hub for dispersal.

I find myself wondering if someone who had an agenda against capsuleers could use this speck/prion to sabotage and infect the source material used to grow our clones. This occurred to me as I was pondering how capsuleers might escape the effects of an infected body by clone jumping. Now there is a sobering thought indeed. In keeping up with the fast moving news reports and speculation, I might have missed discussion about it elsewhere. Has IKAME or anyone addressed this angle yet?

My initial suspicion is the Freedom Extension freight-handling platform, due in part to the timing. I must ask myself, why move the contagion from Taisy to Muttokon and not a Caldari freight hub? What made Muttokon a target?

Based on my calculations, there are several configurations of jump-capable ships that, if travelling from Taisy to Muttokon, would have to waypoint in Oijanen.

And here it is.

So, that's two confirmed Kyonoke. It's a very censored release though. Doesn't tell us much except that it is Kyonoke, and that they knew that from day one.

Nothing new from our side. Local customs offices have been reinforced and will probably go pop tonight, but from a capsuleer point of view the system is otherwise pretty much quiet. Until the authorities release more information, or the press manages to get some anyway, we know nothing new here.

I know some people are working on getting information from groundside and trying to work out shipment and transit schedules and manifests, but we have nothing concrete as of yet. I'm sure they'll find something eventually, unless the authorities have sanitized the databanks even more vigorously than expected.

They seem to be confident enough to contain it within the station and even stage their crisis center on board of it. Call me a fanboy now, but I like Matshi Raish's personal approach to this, it's inspiring.

Muttokon confirmed Kyonoke.

An update, pilots. The circumstances surrounding this are unknown. However, this certainly explains the early presence of Home Guard troops in Myrskaa.

I'm not entirely convinced this is a terror attack. It could easily be that one corporation or group within the State or Federation or Republic went in, took a sample and it got away from them. The sample they took was transported to the Republic where it caused the elevator outbreak. The subsequent outbreaks were caused by crew who had reshipped before the quarantine went into effect. A terrorist who was bent on causing several outbreaks would have targeted much more populated systems.

Consider these points:

1. The unprecedented involvement of the SoCT.
2. CONCORD and the SCOPE's continued attempts at distracting the general public with stories about Angel Cartel and Serpentis arrests.
3. The current incursion by Sansha forces at the EVE Gate systems and the silence of groups like the Servant Sisters of Eve.
4. No known terrorist group has come forward to claim responsibility.

In any criminal investigation, one must ask, "Who profits?" Who would profit from a terror attack on these backwater systems? Again and again, we can only speculate because facts are not easily wrested from the mouths of CONCORD.

News, pilots! The Society is convening an inquest at the Postouvin facility under construction.