The Caldari State has agreed to open a fraud investigation into the Caldari Gaming Commission’s (CGC) recent activities, sources revealed yesterday. This follows repeated requests from the Mercantile Club and the Caldari Business Tribunal that an inquiry be made into the CGC's accounting history. The CGC has promised its full cooperation in the investigation. A spokesman said they expect to be cleared of all suspicion once the investigation has been concluded and its outcome is presented to the [...]
Dabel Kaelikohani, founder of the Caldari Gaming Commission (CGC), announced yesterday that the Alliance Tournament will no longer be hosted by the Commission. Kaelikohani released a statement to all major news agencies concerning the future of the CGC. In the statement Kaelikohani explained why he felt that hosting the Tournament was no longer a feasible business venture for the CGC ' After much deliberation the management of the CGC has come to the conclusion that hosting the Tournament will not be [...]
New Caldari - State Executor Tibus Heth took time today to speak to the press on the recent Gallente elections. He said that "any attempt to intrude upon the sovereign territory of the Caldari State will be met with an immediate and overwhelming response" by Caldari forces. His statement was seen as a warning to the new Federation administration against attempts to retake Caldari Prime and the Gallente border systems occupied by the State, something which Jacus Roden mentioned several times during his [...]
New Caldari - Several Caldari leaders took time over the last week to express their opinions on the apparent reconciliation between King Khanid II and the Amarr throne. The overall tone of their comments was quite positive, though some voices on the CEP were cautious; insiders say that some members of the Wiyrkomi and Sukuuvestaa delegations are worried about the threat a renewed Amarr-Khanid state would pose to the interstellar balance of power. None of the State's corporate leaders expressed those [...]
New Caldari - The Kimotoro stock exchange reeled today as a number of Caldari megacorporations issued profit warnings for the second quarter, triggering a sell-off and a 7% decline, the largest single-day drop since the collapse of the Crielere project four years ago. While spokesmen from the CEP and CBT urged calm, market watchers in the State and elsewhere around the cluster are quietly worried that this is yet another symptom of a worsening recession in the State. "This is the sixth quarter where [...]
New Caldari - The State Protectorate aired a public statement in response to the recent Gallente Federation campaign known as Justice's Reach. The campaign, announced yesterday at a Federation Navy press conference, was called in response to evidence supporting the theft last month of Gallente military equipment in transit in the Castlemon system. In their statement, the State Protectorate reveal the Gallente's target systems as Raihbaka and Martoh, citing a source within the Federal Defense Union. [...]
The Caldari Militia have taken the last remaining system controlled by their Gallentean foes. Mercomesier fell last Sunday following a coordinated attack on the system's control bunker by members of The 22nd Black Rise Defensive Unit, Space Perverts, The Cadre, and the State Protectorate. The recent Caldari victory was the last in a series of successes that week, with the militia managing to secure occupancy over three other systems. Hussain, a member of the Gallente militia who was in Mercomesier on [...]
The Caldari Navy has issued a statement that a heavy blow had been struck against the criminal organization known as the Brothers of Freedom. For several weeks, two Capsuleers within the organization had made numerous attacks on various small State assets after having failed to destroy a sabotaged Chimera-class Carrier weeks earlier. Commander Jurensai, the Caldari Navy officer in charge of operations to bring down the Brothers of Freedom had this to say: "Due to the nature of the two criminals being [...]
Tierijev, Verge Vendor - According to market observers, costs of freight and cargo have spiked sharply in the Verge Vendor region. At an industry seminar, Ivar Wert, deputy chairman of Tierijev Mercantile Club, noted that freighter rental prices for ships traveling through Verge Vendor have increased by almost 35% over the last few months. Average increase in cargo insurance is from around 20% for commodity goods to over 100% for luxury items. Most experts agree that one of the key drivers behind the [...]
Caldari police forces in the system have been accused of shooting at, and even destroying the ships of innocent spacefarers, near the Crielere jumpgates. Police officials say that this was done to ensure the safety of the new research center in the system. They claim that they are holding secret information, proving beyond doubt, an imminent, serious threat to the invaluable research center. They furthermore claim that they are in full right to deal with such situations in every way the police deems [...]
Caldari Prime, Luminaire - Every year, Caldari-born pilots gather in orbit around the birth planet of their race to remember those who died in the orbital bombardment of the planet during the first Gallente-Caldari war. This year's memorial was dogged by controversy in the days leading up to the event following public statements by its organiser, Gorion Wassenar. Previously CEO of Tsurokigaarai - a Caldari State loyalist corporation, Mr Wassenar has recently become a Freecaptain of Stimulus, a [...]
Caldari Prime -- Ten days after the lightning assault by Caldari forces on Caldari Prime, Caldari Navy marines and Provist paramilitary forces continue to fight sporadic battles against hold outs from the Federation garrison force and partisan forces, while at the same time enforcing a strict curfew and isolating the Gallente sectors of the major cities. While few reports are escaping from the planet -- which has been locked down tightly by the Caldari picket fleet in orbit -- news has trickled out [...]
Yesterday afternoon saw warning shots fired between vessels from the Ishukone and Kaalakiota corporations' private police forces, the Ishukone Watch and the Home Guard. Reports indicate that at just after 16:00 EVT, a contingent of Ishukone Watch ships appeared near Kaalakiota HQ in Nonni. Failing to respond to hails on open frequencies, Watch forces proceeded to initiate long-range scans of the area, in response to which Home Guard battleships and Kaalakiota sentry guns fired warning shots, ordering [...]
New Caldari - A fast-track program of training for former slaves electing to remain resident in the Amarr Empire was announced today by Director Suvasemi Aikinen of the Caldari Providence Directorate. This special access for emancipated slaves in the Empire was arranged as part of the recently announced Caldari-Amarr Economic Stimulus Agreement (CAESA). "The Caldari people welcome the emancipation of hundreds of millions of slaves by Her Majesty Jamyl I, and we wish to assist in making their new lives [...]
Nonni - The Caldari Providence Directorate has put forth a proposal for wide-ranging reform of the Caldari military. Submitted to the Chief Executive Panel today, the reform plan is aimed at increasing the efficiency of the Caldari Navy and Army as well as centralizing the military chain of command. The proposal seeks to significantly increase the transport and logistical capacity of the Navy, the number of front-line combat ships, and funding for R&D contracts, as well as introduce several new [...]
Day Five was make or break in the Third Caldari tournament and proved its status with some tense finishes, including the tournament's first draw, interspersed by some less competitive ties. The Corporation started things off with a heavy damage set-up that Insurgency had no answer to and ended in a flawless victory to the former. The R0NIN assured themselves of a play-off berth by defeating Kith of Venal in a match featuring four hookbills. Nebula Rasa easily beat a Lotka Volterra team featuring two [...]
Day Four of the tournament saw the knock-out stages begin take shape in a bruising day of battle that ensured some intriguing final group games. Few would have predicted some of those advancing and even fewer some who fell, which all lent to an air of mystery surrounding the championships as tens of thousands of pod-pilots crammed round any available holo-reel to watch developments. First out of the blocks were The R0NIN and they enhanced their prospects of making it through to the next round by [...]
The first weekend of the Third Alliance Tournament has finished and as it has come to be expected famous names have fallen by the wayside whilst unheralded groups have invigorated the championships. Going into the second weekend Mercenary Coalition, one of the pre-tournament favourites having little chance to qualify for the later stages, likewise one of the Southern powers Lotka Volterra became the hunted not the hunter. On the other side of the equation four teams have secured maximum points; [...]
Kisiras Haakenen, Caldari Executive Panel Director of Public Relations, at a press conference yesterday evening let fall harsh words regarding the Curse Alliance and its response following the much-publicized COLOSSUS Qualifier incident the week before last, where a racer from a corporation flying under the CA banner pod-killed two of her fellow contestants before the race's scheduled start, despite explicit warning from race organizers. "The Curse Alliance has made no bones about its response to the [...]
Earlier today, the Caldari Gaming Commission announced their plans to host the largest capsuleer fighting tournament since the Amarr Championships. Announcing the names of the sixty-four alliances eligible to compete, a state official said "We are expecting to see some of the worlds most skilled fighters at this event, the capsuleer alliances have tremendous strength and our main interest lies in seeing who will come out on top." With surprisingly little time for preparation, each alliance must select [...]
Officials from the Caldari Executive Panel yesterday morning released a statement wherein it was indicated that the Caldari State might impose severe sanctions on the ORE Syndicate, should the Syndicate not back down from its declared intention to release moon mining equipment and starbase materials into SCC markets later this month. According to the statement, “The ORE Syndicate and its administration have shown no willingness to accommodate the Caldari State nor its neighbors in our wish for [...]
The official position of both the Caldari State and the Caldari Navy in the Amarrian slave uprising was explained during a press conference held yesterday afternoon on the Navy’s offices in Vuorrasi VI. Caldari Navy official spokesperson Kutatala Ikao had this to say:. "No matter what third party ‘help’ to the amarrian slaves may have been involved, this uprising is a conflict between Amarr holders and their slaves, on planets under Amarrian sovereignty. As such, it is clearly an Amarrian internal [...]
New Caldari – Speaking at a much-anticipated press conference today, a spokesman presented an official statement on behalf of the Caldari State in response to the recent findings concerning the leaked Code Aria Inquiry report. As expected, the statement expressed the Caldari State’s condemnation of the actions of the Inner Circle and the veil of secrecy surrounding CONCORD's activities in relation to the Code Aria Inquiry. “The Inner Circle bypassed a critical diplomatic process when planning and [...]
Yulai - Caldari mega-corporation shares across the State have begun to freefall following word that Home Guard troops have been deployed to the Constructions Armor Forge facility on Piak III. This follows a spate of bad news for the State in recent weeks as investors continue to sell off Caldari assets and move to more secure investments, in particular Federation securities. Leading analysts are calling the situation at Piak "emblematic of the State's broader issues", citing the rampant inflation [...]