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[Crimson]

Sorry, Fall of the Samurai ate up my time. 

July 6, 2102
The SSR Kongo exits at the Epsilon Indi System, the first ternary system discovered by the URE composed of a K-Class A component, L-Class B Component and T-Class C Component. The A component has 4 planets, 1 gas giant and 12 moons. The 3rd planet in the A component has 2/3 the gravity of Earth and contains lakes scattered around its surface. Its atmosphere is composed mainly of 84% Nitrogen and 16% Oxygen though it only has 36% the atmospheric pressure of Earth.
However, what is most notable in the system is the 3 readings located 150 million kilometers away from the A component. Two of the readings are estimated to be around 16950 tons while the last one is around 64800 tons, making it 15000 tons larger than the newly designed Indiaman class Freighters of the URE. The SSR Kongo quickly transits back and sends a notification to the OSR before setting a course to Earth.

July 9, 2102
Having received the message and data regarding the three readings on Epsilon Indi, the OSR believes that it may simply be asteroids that might have collided with each other, thereby scattering materials in a large area. There are a few officials who believe that it may be wrecks of alien ships though confirmation of this requires direct scans and imaging. In addition, it is unknown if the current electronic capabilities of the URE’s ships can even detect wrecks in the first place.
To put this case to rest, the SSR Shokaku, which is currently headed back to Earth, will be sent out after it has returned and docked for a week before heading out to investigate.

July 14, 2102
The worsening health of Captain Matthew Potter has made him step down from his position as Commander of HIGHCOM. He has assigned Commander Nathan Rogers as his replacement due to his capabilities though there is some disagreement from within the Navy.

July 19, 2102
Lieutenant Commander Alex Thompson (head of Fighter Operations) was in a shuttle traveling from Luna to Earth when it suddenly lost control and crashed while trying to land on the London Commercial spaceport. All passengers and crew were killed in the incident. There are those within the Navy who believe that the cause of the crash was due to sabotage instigated by Commander Nathan. This is because of the widely known fact that Alex Thompson and the new HIGHCOM Commander; Nathan Rogers were in very bad terms. Despite his lower rank, Alex was often criticizing Nathan in his work even before he became a part of HIGHCOM. He was also the first to disagree with Nathan being assigned to his new position, going so as far as to show his disagreement through public media. This is not helped by Nathan’s personality and image within the Navy. Such rumors have been silenced for now as they cannot be proven until a full investigation of the incident is finished.

Ensign Chou Yu Mei will be temporarily assigned to the head of Fighter Operations until a more suitable candidate is found in a month. If none are found, then Ensign Chou will be promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Commander and will keep his position.

July 29, 2102
The SSR Shokaku, with only a skeleton crew, leaves for the Epsilon Eridani system to investigate the readings.

August 04, 2102
The presidential election is held. Well, would have been if there were more candidates other than the current President, Louise Hilton. Due to the lack of competition, Louise Hilton will assume her 2nd term and continue presidency until 2018 when the next presidential election will be held.

August 21, 2102
The SSR Shokaku begins long range scans of the largest reading at a distance of 32 million km. After a few hours of continuous scans, the readings are quickly identified as unnatural. In fact, what looks like parts of a ship are clearly visible amongst the numerous debris scattered around its area.

Confirming that the readings are truly alien wrecks, the Shokaku moves in close and will begin a one week operation were sample collection and analysis will occur through multiple EVA’s.

August 29, 2102
Finishing its task, the SSR Shokaku quickly heads back to the Sol jump point. It is unlikely that the data it currently holds will ever be known to the public though time will tell.

September 8, 2102
Earth Battalion Training Activities
The 25th and 26th Light Walker Battalion and 27th and 28th Air Superiority Wings have finished training.

Navy
The Navy Home Fleet has completed its overhaul. They will quickly begin conducting training exercises until next year.

September 19, 2102
OSR
Research teams on Earth have successfully completed 3 research projects, the first two relating to new missile engines for the Navy. There is limited information regarding the third research project as it is classified by the military though it supposedly involves the development of new armor for spaceships.

Mason Connolly and his team are quickly mandated to develop a new module that would give the URE the capability to salvage wrecks. Mason and his team question the current utility of such a module though they still do what they are told.

September 24, 2102
The 21st to 23rd Construction Brigade and the headquarters unit has finished training. They will form the 24th Construction Force Headquarters along with the 16th Construction Brigade. They will eventually be used to help build military bases on other planets once the needed transports are commissioned into service. For now, they will be assigned to help in construction projects in Earth.

November 2, 2102
As the infrastructure of Callisto reaches its peak capacity, the 1st Outer Colonization Task Group will begin ferrying colonists from Earth to Luna until more materials and equipment for infrastructure development are transferred to Callisto.

November 4, 2102
Gravitational survey in Sol is finished with no new jump points being discovered. All gravitational survey vessels will be placed in overhaul before being assigned to some of the more promising systems.

Government of the United Republic
In the last 6 years, recent expenditures in resource exploration and exploitation, colonization, infrastructure development, and research has halved the coffers of the government from 30.2 billion ISC (International Standard Credits) to 14.52 billion ISC. These may force the government to act and make some spending cuts if the situation does not improve by 2110.

In order to help avoid the problem early on, the Department of Financial Management has approved the construction of 170 financial centers all over Earth. This is considered top priority and so in order to finish it as quickly as possible, all other construction projects have been temporarily delayed until the Financial Centers are finished next year May. Despite some disagreement from other organizations, they can do nothing other than to wait patiently.

December 6, 2102
The SRN Oliver H Perry, formerly the SRN Duffy, is now undergoing a refit of its engines, making it the very Oliver H Perry Mod 1 class Escort once finished. The Navy plans to construct two more next year and another two the following year.