State of the Republic - Year 13 Day 237

(This address was held on Day 237 in Year 13 by Taka Aioko )

Taka Aioko

Well, looks like finally the Chief of State curse decided to drop by and break my computer. Unfortunately for the curse and fortunately for me I still have my old PC, because frankly I can't be too long without internet. So I'll still be around as usual, but probably I'm missing a few channels.

Anyways, this month we'll be facing a few changes in the Advisory Council, with the retirement of Josh as High Admiral we have a vacant seat up there. With the idea of reinforcing the presence of the high command, we are moving Lukastar Narvaka to the position of High Admiral, while keeping Husqr Dara as Deputy but now also as special advisor, which implies a lot more access for example.

In the other hand for the position of Director of NRI, we have someone who's been working hard for a long time and has deserved a seat in the Advisory Council for quite some time. I am talking about Wedge Achilles, the former deputy squirrel. Congratulations mate.

Also I'd like to congratulate Cheda Quche for being elected as the next Secretary General of the Galactic Alliance. Cheda's been working very hard to keep the Alliance moving forward through his position of leader of the diplomacy committee, so I think his appointment is more than well deserved. Hopefully in the next weeks we'll start shaping up the other executive committees, allowing us to work more cohesively.

With a great effort made by Ruben Wan, the Galactic Museum keeps growing with many different machines like a Delta-7 Aethersprite, a J-type 327 Starship, a Scarab-class Droid Fighter, a Y-Head Corvette and many other ships, droids or vehicles. If you have access to any of the missing assets in this unique collection, please contact Ruben or Endaro Kassan.

Well, as it's well known we are getting closer to combat, and chances are the enemy could hit anywhere, we can expect battles to take place in our own systems. We take our people's security seriously and we are planning ahead to offer the best protection for everybody, including civilians. We don't really want to encourage people to fight without the proper training and coordination, but when it comes down to armour it's useful even if you don't intend to fight.

So we'll be offering 13 sets of armour to each person, including heavy armour, heavy helmet and energy shield. The first production run should be ready by next weekend, so we'll be giving more details in the following days. RDC and MoTI are also working on providing access to lesser armour for sale for those who are interested on setting up more squads.

Finally, the award recipients:

Wedge Achilles - Superior Service Medal
Lance Nightsky - Superior Service Medal
Orion Chran - Superior Service Medal
Endaro Kassan - Chief of State's Medal
Lukastar Narvaka - Hydian Star of Excellence
Josh Jericho - Hydian Star of Excellence
Ain`Ju Jantsk - Outstanding Excellence Award
Tengri Lethas - Outstanding Excellence Award
Widge McQuilkan - Selfless Service and Sacrifice Award
Jason Wills - Executive's Citation

Congratulations folks!