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Nation Celebrates Armed Forces Day

Harunori Kōno
04/17/2024
Fusan showcased an arsenal of advanced weaponry in a military parade on Wednesday, rolling tanks and missiles down the streets of its capital as aircraft streaked overhead. The parade, held to mark the 106th anniversary of the end of the Ardian Continental War (1914 - 1918), comes amidst the backdrop of both recent conflicts in the Rokkenjiman Sea and Kalasin as well as the ongoing crisis in Troyes, where insurgents recently claimed control over the city and declared the "Republic of Troyes." The day's festivities commenced early in the morning with performances and ceremonies at Joint Base Koshu, just outside of Shinkyo, where Prime Minister Sadazane Konishi delivered an address urging vigilance in the modern world and calling for the neutralization of the PAFK's leadership.

"As we stand here, on this most hallowed of days for our Armed Forces, we are reminded that our enemy, Thaksin Prateung—a war criminal who has aided in perpetrating the wholesale slaughter of his nation—remains in hiding. Today, as we celebrate the storied history of our armed forces, I come before you, the nation as a whole, with this, my solemn vow: We shall not yield, we shall not rest, we shall not tire until that day comes, and let me assure you it is coming soon, that he and all his ilk are made to face justice for their crimes, whether in this life or the next." The Prime Minister said in his speech.

The military parade—the centerpiece of the day's festivities—followed around 10:00 AM, with troops and equipment passing through the heart of Shinkyo, passing by both the Imperial Palace and the Imperial Diet Building. The roads were lined with spectators, many of whom were waving small flags or shouting patriotic slogans. Several thousand Fusanese troops marched during the event according to a spokesman for the Ministry of War. Other performances included a military band and flag-bearers from each unit which participated. On display was a variety of homegrown equipment, including drones, tanks and armored personnel carriers, further highlighting the large  arms industry of the nation. Soldiers in the vehicles waved to the crowd as they passed by; several vehicles had the Fusanese flag affixed to them. Of course, as has been the case since the first parade held on the 17th, a number of dignitaries and other important persons were in attendance, including both Prime Minister Konishi and Emperor Eijirō as well as members of the legislature, Imperial Family, and military. Also present was Sergeant Eisuke Nakao, a medic in the Army risked his life to protect several wounded soldiers in his care near Samut Prakan, Kalasin, and was awarded the Order of the Golden Kite earlier this morning as a result.

At around 4:00 PM, the festivities moved to Yura Bay, just southeast of Shinkyo and adjacent to the larger Shinkyo Bay, where the annual fleet review was performed, with the Emperor serving as Chief Inspector, leading the battle line from the bridge of the IFN Jun'yō alongside Rear Admiral Jiro Nakajima, the commanding officer of Carrier Strike Group 4. More than thirty vessels participated, including the Onna, Katsurō Satō, and Akita, as well as the newly delivered IFN Barakuda, which is set to begin its sea trials starting tomorrow alongside CSG-4. Also present during the review were flyovers by aircraft belonging to Carrier Air Wing Four, which is currently attached to the Jun'yō. Durring a press briefing following the review, the Emperor was questioned about a possible response to the ongoing crisis in Troyes, where he alluded to the possibility of deploying forces to the region in support of the nation's ADSN allies, however, he stressed that diplomatic measures had to be pursued with great vigor as well.

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Carrier Deployed to the Shaw

Harunori Kōno
04/23/2024
The Imperial Fusanese Navy aircraft carrier IFN Taihō (CVN-43) will deploy to the EoF Southern Command area of operations over the next few months as part of EoF Naval Forces Southern Command/EoF 2nd Fleet's Antalin Sea 2024 deployment. Taihō, as well as Akaishi-class Strike Cruiser Tone (CSGN-6), elements of DESRON 2 including destroyers Kosuke Abe (DDG-111) and Teijirō Endo (DDG-89), and combat support ship Gassan (AOE-12) are scheduled to conduct passing exercises and operations with partner nation maritime forces as the ships travel across the region, with the deployment's goal being to test interoperability between member-states of the Association of Shaw and Dauntel Nations. The deployment comes on the heels of the recent declaration of the "Republic of Troyes" by forces belonging to the organization known as "Real Marseilles", an act supported by some members of the ADSN while others remained apprehensive, including the government of Fusan. Nonetheless, it is believed that this deployment may serve to bolster already present forces in the region in the event that the Kingdom of Seaforth, which we note illegally occupied the city in 2017, elects to push the issue any further.

Regarding the possibility that Seaforth does not back down, a source within the War Ministry suggested that they are "unconcerned, but nonetheless remaining vigilant" with regards to such a scenario. Echoing the words of Emperor Eijirō last Wednesday, they further stated that the government should prioritize diplomatic efforts to prevent such a scenario from playing out, however unlikely it may be. Taihō, as well as the rest of CSG-8, is expected to arrive in the region late evening of the 26th. YHK will continue to monitor the ongoing situation in Troyes and the Strait of Shaw, as well as other ongoing conflicts across the globe."Goodnight, Nozomi" — NASDA's Nozomi Mission to Nergal Comes to an End

Heisuke Nakamura
04/23/2024
Late on April 22nd, 2024, mission controllers at NASDA's Institute of Aerospace Technology in Yura, Tokai sent the last commands to ask NASDA's Nozomi rover on Nergal to call home. Nozomi has not communicated with Mundus since September 17th, 2023. One of the most successful and enduring feats of interplanetary exploration, NASDA's Nozomi rover is at an end after nearly twenty years spent exploring the surface of Nergal and helping lay the groundwork for the agency's continued exploration of the Red Planet. The Nozomi rover stopped communicating with Mundus when a Nergal-wide dust storm blanketed its location in September 2023. After more than a thousand commands to restore contact, engineers in the Space Flight Operations Facility at NASDA's Institute of Aerospace Technology (IAT) made their last attempt to revive Nozomi on Monday, to no avail. The RTG-powered rover's final communication was received on the 17th of September.

"It is thanks to trailblazing missions like Nozomi that there will soon come a day when our brave uchunauts will walk on the surface of Nergal," said NASDA Administrator Jiro Asagiri. "And when that day arrives, some portion of that first footprint will be owned by the men and women who worked with Nozomi, and a little rover that defied the odds and did so much in the name of exploration."

Designed to last for just a single Mundus year and to travel four kilometers, Nozomi vastly surpassed all expectations in its endurance, scientific value and longevity. In addition to exceeding its life expectancy by more than nineteen times, the rover traveled more than fifty-seven kilometers by the time it reached its final resting spot in Candor Chasma, the planned future site where NASDA will land a crew on the surface and a site which is perhaps most fitting for the rover, which brought much joy to the world over its many years of service. Many may fondly recall when, in July of 2023, the rover's visit to the landing site of the previous year's Nergal Sky Sailor mission, the first winged aircraft to fly in the atmosphere of Nergal. During that visit, which coincided with the one year anniversary of the mission, Nozomi famously played the song "Happy Birthday" for the now-powerless aircraft using its Sample Analysis at Nergal (SAN) instrument, a scene which became something of a joke online, with some noting the "seemingly macabre playing of a celebratory song for a fallen comrade", while others noted that it only further sold how lonely the rover's existence was on Nergal.

"For nearly two decades, Nozomi has been an icon in the field of planetary exploration, teaching us about Nergal's ancient past as a wet, potentially habitable planet, and revealing uncharted Nergalian landscapes," said Sachio Yamazaki, associate administrator for NASDA's Science Mission Directorate. "Whatever loss we feel now must be tempered with the knowledge that the legacy of Nozumi continues —both on the surface of Nergal with the Tasogare rover and Akatsuki lander—and in the clean rooms of IAT, where the next generation of Nergal rovers are taking shape."

The final transmission, sent via the 70-meter Nergal Station antenna at NASDA's Gyotaishin Deep Space Complex in Tsukishima, ended a multifaceted, six-month recovery strategy in an attempt to compel the rover to communicate. While the root cause of this failure to communicate with the rover is presently uncertain, the leading theory is that it may have been caused by an electrostatic coronal discharge caused by the global dust storm. Such a fate, while perhaps not befitting of a rover as well-loved as Nozomi, is one that engineers at NASDA have determined simply cannot be recovered. As a result, NASDA has finally put to rest its longest mission to another planet, allowing the rover to join its sister, Hinode—which was shut down after sustaining damage to three of its six wheels—in eternal slumber.

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