Monday 25 August 2008

JAS Jennifer Saxon launches

CEREMONIES were held today in Colisin, Jagera, to commemorate the launching of the Jageran aircraft carrier JAS Jennifer Saxon.

The vessel is the first of its class to be named after a non-Jageran, a gesture of solidarity following Ferveo's alliance with Jagera during the Exordium Crisis. The ship, a Bevakare-class light carrier, was christened by its namesake in accordance with traditional Jageran ceremony.

"Words cannot describe how privileged I feel at being honoured in this manner," Saxon stated, following the christening. "Such a break from Jageran tradition, for a politician from a country as young as Ferveo, on a ship class as symbolic, powerful and downright huge as the Bevakare-class," she said, chuckling gently, "simply defies my belief. All I can say is thank you, one and all, and I am sure that all Fervean people will feel just as honoured by this unprecedented favour as I do."

Bevakare Angela of Jagera also delivered a speech from her eponymous vessel, the JAS Angela, as it received its commission, saying, "It is such a fortuitous circumstance that allows the two ships, Angela and Jennifer Saxon, to sit at anchor side by side in the harbour as resolute as our two allied nations." The Bevakare continued, saying she believed it was a "symbol" of the increasing unity between Ferveo and Jagera.

The FSC Tempest, fresh from its own launch and commission, put in an appearance as well. The vast cruiser fired a seven-gun salute at the end of President Saxon's speech. This was followed by a spectacular overflight by twenty-one f214/c fighters from the Veðrfölnir and Niðhogg.

The Jennifer Saxon will receive its commission in late September, whereupon its first destination will be Ferveo City. Its namesake, however, stayed in Colisin for some time before returning to Ferveo City, with a hungry media in her wake.


Thursday 21 August 2008

Mass disappearance in Springback Forest

A TOURIST excursion into Springback Forest on Exordium Island has vanished without trace.

The expedition, consisting of seventeen civilians from all over Ferveo and the IDU and their three local guides, were not heard from twenty-four hours after setting foot into the woods on what was intended to be a four-hour hike.

According to a consortium of cellphone companies, the signals of all eighteen cellphones present on the trek disappeared within seconds of each other. The surrounding land seems to provide no explanations, such as tyre tracks or footprints leading away from the forest that have not already been traced and identified.

Several search parties sent out have turned up no bodies or living people. The EIPD has enacted a full-scale investigation into the disappearance of the hikers, involving hundreds of personnel.

Conspiracy theories have already begun to sprout, ranging from alien abduction to foreign interference to even mutated carnivorous plants.

Regional Police Chief Toby Wise called for calm yesterday in a press conference, and reassured the public that the police were doing "everything in [their] power to find these people".