[BREAKING] Possible Terrorist Attack on Sur’Kesh Megalopolis

POSSIBLE TERRORIST ATTACK ON SUR'KESH MEGALOPOLIS

By Selleso Idrik

Entish, ANNOS BASIN - Orbital arrays and planetary sensor nets have confirmed the mass deployment of military grade weaponry in the Tevishi Vael Spaceport at 1145 local time. Eyewitness accounts and station contacts indicate that the superstructure of the central terminal has been critically damaged and is in the processing of collapsing.

Evacuations of the rest of Tevishi Vael is ongoing, all liners have been grounded and special response units are being deployed on the scene. All flights have been redirected to nearby Rukyo and Spire Eighteen ports. Death toll is unknown. The number of wounded is also as of yet unknown but projected to be extensive given the event occurred at the height of the port’s rush hour traffic.

Union military detachments have been scrambled to the city and are expected to be arriving within the next several hours to assist in the establishment of a quarantine line around the port and reinforce civil defense units.

More on the situation as it develops.



***UPDATE***

Secondary detonations around Tevishi Vael at 1200 local time, believed to be some form of resonance based demolitions technology. Ewasi Grove, Little Disan, Heavenly Clutch, Osoli Osol, and Primary Southwest arcologies have sustained critical damage. Secondary collapses have inflicted severe damage to the structural integrity of neighboring buildings.

Quarantine line has been breached. First Union military units are disembarking. Stage Three Alert has been upgraded to a localized Stage Two, full scale evacuation of Southern Entish is now in effect.

Death toll is unknown. Number of wounded is unknown.



***UPDATE***

Individual believed to be responsible for the bombing of Tevishi Vael engaged elements at the quarantine line with an unknown device at 1210 local time. Device generated extreme heat, light, and lethally high levels of radiation during detonation. Civil defense units caught in blast zone around confirmed Killed In Action. Additional units are requiring medical evacuation and treatment for acute radiation poisoning and burns.

Bomber is believed to be traveling deeper into the city along the Faasi Expressway. Forward elements of Union military forces are moving to engage with air support.



***UPDATE***

Bomber created an Uvaso Class/Tier II nanotech event with secondary effects at 1220 local time when isolated and surrounded at K 32 of the Faasi Expressway. Heavy ordinance failed to breach defensive shell.

Military liaison has confirmed the destruction of two gunships and a Union infantry platoon but has refused to release unit designations. Debris created by the collapse of the Faasi Expressway has made kill confirmation impossible.



***UPDATE***

PRIORITY ONE ALERT

Second terrorist attack near the Jurim Sea. Agent believed to be operating in tandem with but separate from Tevishi Vael bomber.
Noltric Dynamics.headquarters has been destroyed by a Tier II self replicating Weapon of Mass Destruction. Localized Stage Two Alert has been upgraded to a Regional Stage Two/Localized Stage One. Full scale evacuation of Entish Megalopolis is in effect. Surrounding cities have been put on alert.

Weapon displays both rapid growth potential and secondary environmental effects, the most potent of with is an individually perpetuating incendiary reaction.



Noltric Dynamics headquarters has collapsed into the lower levels. Sinkhole is expanding across city block. Total death toll remains unknown.

Dalatrass Linron to address Union within the hour.



***UPDATE***

DALATRASS LINRON ADDRESSES UNION

Surely it won't go that far? I don't want to seem like I'm downplaying the horror of what's happened (it seems likely some of my own clan were... well, they're missing like so many others, but you know what the odds are there) but I can't believe the Union could fracture. These m- these people, the ones who did this, whatever rhetoric they're spouting, they're never going to gain a following that's anything more than delusional petty thugs and feckless would-be revolutionaries who'll only serve to hasten their demise, if they even make a 'contribution' to their so-called cause at all. No thinking person will follow them, or support them, or give them aid or shelter, and there'll be no war.

A touch of wishful thinking, perhaps.

Undernet and DarkNet are going crazy with speculation, but how much of it is fuckheads being inflammatory and how much is just speculation, I can't say. Sorry, man.


Don't underestimate what STG will do. I've been on their shitlist before for helping a reporter out once. They don't fuck around, and if an STG agent or two's flipped? Then the Union's in a bad way.

They have no oversight, they don't tend to stop until a problem's 'solved', and they've got fairly broad discretionary powers - these are the guys who served as the basis for the Spectres, remember that.


Oh, why do you give a shit, Bintar? I figured as long as you're rolling in the money, you wouldn't give a shit.


A coup implies they have existing support within some kind of government or military apparatus, and I don't think this qualifies as a civil war. It was a few guys with some WMDs and the willingness to use them. Madmen, yes. Coup/civil war, no.


Because people are dumbasses and psychos, Vindi. That's really what it boils down to. The end.

It's funny how a slaver can sleep soundly at night knowing that they trade sapient life for financial gain, but when their life is actually in danger, then they start sweating.

No. The entire undernet, extranet, whatever. It's all packed with crazy theories and nothing really concrete.

e: Oh Mekan already said this so I'll say something else.

We are in trouble. Big trouble.

That's the thing, I don't know if they have support within the government or the military! I just think they must, somewhere, and I don't know if I'm just too stressed to think straight, or what. I don't know what's happening, other than it has to be people in a position of influence doing this, because otherwise something on this scale couldn't happen, right? It just couldn't. And I don't know if it's going to escalate or not. I mean, this just isn't our way, and I don't know how much damage must have been done already for us to even get to this point. I - shrell -

- I -

- look okay, I'm being unreasonable. I know, I get that, I'm sorry. I know you're trying to be sensible here, Mr. Mekan, and I do appreciate it, really, but I just can't get past the fact that this is happening. So I'm not going to be calm about this. I'm sorry.


Yeah, okay. Okay, you're right, Ms. T'Nara. Like I said to Mekan, I get what you're saying, I just can't get past the fact that this has happened at all. Something's broken back there, or it couldn't have erupted out like this, and what you see is just the tip of the iceflow. That's what I think. I... I just don't know what to think.

I'm really sorry for your missing clan members. When we met, you were the first non-salarian I'd heard in ages who got the accent right. Wheel turn in your favour, fates willing.

I... don't think I'm going to be much use here for a while. I'm too upset.

This one humbly reminds the other that declaring attacks before time is counter to salarian doctrine. It finds it unlikely that there will be a list of targeted cities, or a declaration to that effect. Though it must admit that the perpetrators may not necessarily behave according to the norms of salarian culture; they are clearly unstable.

HEY WHELP

WHAT'S DA BODY COUNT NOW

No seriously I lost count

No shit, Phraag. Sur'Kesh just got attacked. I'm not expecting Happy Fun Frog Time outta you. Just...y'know, try and relax. That sounds hollow, but keep it in perspective. I'm sure the STG's on it.

Hate to be the one to say it, but this seems like a pretty predictable event. Well, not "predictable," more "inevitable." Live by the sword, die by the sword. Live by the shadowy pseudo-military, die by the shadowy pseudo-military. Of course, my condolences to the dead, and the families of them.

CDN FROG KILL COUNT: 3(4 if that blue fucker got killed)

Should also count the families but fuckit

e: also don't call me whelp shit for brains

We're salarians! We can't relax!

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Okay, I'm trying. I get what you're saying. I do.

Has anyone heard anything else? Has the Council made an announcement yet?

We saw what happened with that last speech. I hear the Council is in constant session.
But so far this is considered an inner salarian issue. As long as their government does not request anything, it is not for us to make any move. There are disaster response units with first aid on the way from Athena Nebula and I assume also from other systems and governments.

I know there was a discussion about a complete lockdown of the embassy quarters on the Presidium but it was not issued.

While th' rest of y'extrenet addicts're bitchin' 'bout who did whut, ol' Kirok got hisself a gig. I'm headin' t' Sur'Kesh. Got me a job onna security detail. Gettin' me a cool 7k creds fer perimeter and bodyguardin' duties while I's there. If ya'll see a krogan wearin' Austerity Security colors an' whatnot, that'll be me. Seriously, y'idjits, there's credits t'be made here, if'n y'get off yer tuckus' an' do somethin' 'bout it.

Dude you know shit is going down if they are letting krogan on Sur'Kesh

Weeeeell.... I ain't exactly "let" on Sur'Kesh. Austerity Security's human-owned, and they was hired out by th' frogs t'provide security detail while most of th' forces hit th' disaster area. Sooooo... it's possible th' frogs dunno I'm actually comin'. Or that I'm a krogan.

So... yeah, shit could git innerestin'.

Kirok: Might see you down there - I just heard I'm heading up the Alliance groundside Medical support. Turns out I got the nod for having the most Salarian medical training of any of the ship doctors in task force and having been in the post-Mindoir teams.

okay

What the FUCK have I missed

Short version, some crazy frogs wanna overthrow the frog queens.

And they have Tier II WMDs.