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With the growing need for public outreach within these difficult times across the Nexus Point, Helios Horizons has began to expand its social media Prescence to keep both our clients and the citizens under our protection and jurisdiction informed of our current undertakings and actions to ensure their safety. Within the next coming weeks Helios Horizons will also be working closely with Clients who contract us for weapons manufacturing & assisting supplement their security forces with our renowned mercenaries and Pilots. "Helios Horizons. Your defense for a brighter tomorrow."

We are here to announce the passing of Veon Military Robotic’s CEO, Samuel Adams. Due to the nature of his passing, any further information of the event is being withheld from the public. Over the last few hours VMR’s internal structure have collapsed after the the event, causing turmoil within the company. The Department Heads scrambling to recover the company, but as of about five minutes ago, Veon Military Robotics have forgone their usual methods of electing their new CEO due to the troubling times they find themselves in. Head of Cybersecurity, Matthew Maximilian Hansen has been elected the new Acting CEO of VMR.

Six days of suffocating silence from the Waterfront’s corporate elites have finally broken. In the wake of Councilman Nemesis’s unexplained disappearance and the escalating violence that has plunged the Lower City into chaos, local and privately-owned military corporation, FoxTec Industries, has announced a sudden and drastic shift in leadership. Taking to the social network SaphireSocial, Cyren Cole declared that he has assumed the position of Acting Chief Executive Officer of the embattled corporation, whose operations had previously been contracted by Councilman Nemesis. The announcement arrives at a critical juncture for a district already choking on the smoke of an unrelenting civil conflict. Cole’s statement offered a rare departure from the polished, untouchable rhetoric commonly utilized by the Waterfront's councilman and corporate elites.

With leadership humility is required, so I ask for patience as I settle into my temporary role during this turmoil. I am a soldier before a leader, however my efforts will be directed to aid where I am able.

Cole assured the public that FoxTec is sparing no effort in the search for the missing Councilman and his second-in-command. Perhaps more pressingly for the locals, he pledged corporate resources to aid the freelance fighters bleeding on the front lines, as well as the civilians trapped behind them. For the residents of the slums, many of whom previously expressed deep apathy, if not outright relief, regarding Nemesis's vanishing, Cole's ascension introduces a new and unpredictable variable. Unlike the elusive executives who have long ruled from fortified boardrooms and behind heavily-armed security forces while the Lower City was left to rot, Cole has taken the unprecedented step of publicly opening his direct messages to the populace, offering a line of communication for those with questions or requiring direct assistance. It is a rare gesture of accessibility, though many below remain quietly skeptical of whether corporate promises can actually translate into survival on the blood-soaked streets. Still, Cole's sign-off struck an unusual chord for the scarred populace currently fighting for its very right to exist against the Upper City's incursions; the history of corporate powers in Zaphira being all too grim.

May Zaphira prosper today, tomorrow, and into a future without Tyrants. Ad Astra Per Aspera - Through Hardships to the Stars.

Whether this soldier-turned-CEO can actually help guide the Waterfront through its continued suffering, or if he is merely another corporate figurehead stepping into the crossfire, remains to be seen. But as the Lower City’s infrastructure continues to collapse under the weight of a sudden war, FoxTec has finally stepped out of the shadows, offering a fragile glimmer of leadership to the residents of the Waterfront. https://news.oblivious.tv/zaphira-waterfront-foxtec-soldier-takes-helm/

We co-published an article for Mr. Richard Obblegob, stay safe out there and try to have a good day if you're elsewhere. https://news.oblivious.tv/zaphiran-councilman-whereabouts-unknown/ The Waterfront is abuzz as Nemesis and his right hand continue to not be seen in public after the disastrous events of the weekend. Few details have been released and the general whereabouts of the Waterfronts Councilman are currently unknown, leading many to speculate about his well being. The situation has particularly drawn significant attention from those living in the slums of the Waterfront District, as many question if they will have to pay their taxes this year, while others fear that this means that those in power have been assassinated or been captured by the Upper City.

Ain't nobody down here crying over some missing suit, that’s for damn sure. Councilman Nemesis and his shiny right hand vanish after getting their teeth kicked in over the weekend, and what? We’re supposed to hold our breath? The Upper City’s got everyone wringing their hands, wondering if the big man got snatched or put in the dirt. If he’s dead, good riddance. If FoxTec or VestraTech put him in a cage, even better—let 'em eat each other for once. They leave us to rot in the slums every day of the week, so don't expect us to start a search party now that the tables turned. If the councilman's gone, all it means to us is one less boot on our necks for a week or two. We got our own fires to put out.

There has been no word on Councilman Nemsis' whereabouts from FoxTec or VestraTech at this time.

The descent into civil war began with an event that many in the Lower City felt was forced upon them—a parade designed for Upper City elites to venture down and observe a world they have otherwise ignored. The profound divide between the two populations had long fostered quiet tensions, but no one could have anticipated the abruptness of the bloodshed. The peace shattered when an altercation during the parade culminated in an Upper City attendee drawing a weapon and shooting a Lower City resident. That single, sudden attack was the catalyst for the devastation that followed.

"One moment there was music, and the next, only screaming," recalled a surviving local, their voice hollow with shock. "It wasn't a battle at first. It was just a senseless killing. Their bots and soldiers descended upon all of us and started firing into the crowds. I was lucky to make it out of there alive."

What began as a localized tragedy on the parade route has been met with a disproportionate and overwhelming military response from the Upper City, while local fighters sprang into action, seeking to punish the unwanted guests in their homes. Heavily armed forces have been sent down en masse, turning the areas surrounding the city's structural pillars into battlegrounds between the Upper City's soldiers and mechs, and the corporations, mercenary companies, and freelance fighters that have long dominated the Lower City's ecosystem. For generations, the Lower City had managed to carve out a difficult but resolute independence, living outside the jurisdiction of the city above them, and instead allowing themselves to be governed by a self-appointed council of local oligarchs. Now, that autonomy is being systematically threatened, as the Upper City continues to assault key points of infrastructure and the private facilities owned by the Lower City councilmen. As the conflict enters its fourth day, much of the infrastructure of the Lower City has begun to collapse, and the estimated death toll continues to climb as civilians attempt to evacuate or seek shelter in corporate-sanctioned bunkers. Basic necessities have vanished, hospitals are overwhelmed or reduced to rubble, and many families remain trapped in the crossfire of a conflict that shows no sign of abating, while the streets remain choked with dark, heavy smoke, blotting out the light of the upper levels.

Three Days of Red starts today. The anniversary for the Martian Revolution. Watch this post get censored. Liberty. Equality. Humanity. "Do not go to your job site. Do not go to work. It is time to say the word that we are forbidden to say. We say strike."

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