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Dokuz: The public-private airline Deltarian Airways has completed its first regional flights to Dokuz. After a year of delay the first few flights of a direct line between Cahtice and Dokuz were formally launched with the first 4 trips now a success. According to Delta (The abbreviation used by the airline) CEO Henrich Čížik this new line will be the first of many for the airline, "We are very optimistic about this new line as well as the possibility for a expansion of operations next year. We have several routes planned with the most prevelant ones likely going to Wiel, Romula, Yishelem and Bier Qassem. Creating new airroutes to these majatran capitals will establish our airline as a true regional one, allowing us to learn from the experiences we will come accross and grow step by step into a durable and healthy airline."

Initial investments were high. The airline itself had to be build from the ground up with planes to be ordered, personel to be trained and a organizational structure to be formed. According to estimates from the Senatorial Budgetary Committee the Deltarian government has already invested over 9 billion into the airline, with their private partners adding another billion to that figure. The airline has ordered and received over 75 new 737 jets, likely enough to substain the plans for flights to regional majatran capitals. The airline has not only pumped money into neccesities but also in advertisement. Campaign ads show the simplicity with which you can buy tickets both online and at the airport but also shows the lengths the airline takes to make flights as comfortable as they possibly can. According to the CEO Čížik, shown in one of the commercials, Delta also plans on using bio jet fuel to lower emissions, something rarely any airline does. After a request from our editorial board Delta confirmed that as of now the company runs on cheaper normal fuel but, "intends on transitioning to bio fuel within the first 10 years of our existence." Analysts seem to doubt the ambitions of the airline but Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Michal Malík congratulated the airline with their "succesfull start" and commended them saying, "a airline with such a clear vision, Deltaria can be proud of it and im sure all deltarians will be happy to know that Delta is thinking about both them and our planet."

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Cahtice: The DNS Sebastian returned from its sea trials two months ago. While most of its systems worked as intended several improvements had to be performed in order to make the ship and its subsequent future ships of the same class fully functional. While this would be the only news on the Premsyl-class destroyer returning from its sea trials it certainly wasnt right now. The Imperial Senate had blocked the order for additional Premsyl-class destroyers around 2 years ago following a small controversy over the development of the ship. According to both media reports and a report from the Budgetary Office the program to develop the Premsyl went billions over budget as well as taking 2 years longer to complete. This debacle caused many members of the ruling party to vote against the order for additional destroyers, fearing further budgetary drain and missteps in the process. Instead the Senate asked for a independent investigation on the matter. A investigation of which the results are now released to the public.

According to the report several things went wrong during the development process. First and foremost the Senatorial Budgetary Office was not informed over the fact that the program went over budget. In fact, the report shows that senior military officials withheld documents to prevent the office from properly checking budgetary conduct in the development of the ship. Secondly the UEG, in charge of the shipyards that constructed the prototype, reportedly performed several missteps in construction itself, using wrong materials and on several occassions failing to meet deadlines for certain construction phases despite clear provisions in the contract of having to meet those deadlines. The report has shocked large parts of the public but specifically Minister of War Otto Broz, who says he was not aware of the fact that his officers tried to hide documents from the legislative branch. Despite him denying involvement the Imperial Office of Conduct Investigations has already called on him to testify in the case. Broz himself has reportedly fired 100 officials directly mentioned in the report. To prevent further scandals in the future the SBO proposed two necessities if the construction of the Premsyl destroyers is to continue. One of these points includes the SBO gaining full control over the budget for construction, making sure it doesnt exceed the estimated by immense margins. Furthermore the SBO will appoint a independent inspector to keep an eye on the process as well as shipyards to prevent any breaches of the contract. Under these conditions the Imperial Senate, making sure Broz isnt in charge of the construction process, has approved the order of 10 additional Premsyl destroyers now that the design has been altered based on the sea trials of the DNS Sebastian.

Despite Broz having his way with the additional construction of the new destroyers many still see it as a dark day for the Ministry of War. This scandal has caused major uproar in both the ruling party and the public with this outrage being the main cause for taking away the Premsly project from Broz his hands, effectively making the SBO now responsible for the project. Broz is expected to testify in front of the IOCI later this month but has also been called up by the Imperial Senate to defend himself in the wake of the scandal. Analysts seem to predict that this might well be the end of Broz as Minister of War.

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Cahtice: The Deltarian capital of Cahtice has been steadily growing for the last two decades. Following a period of rebuilding around 150 years ago, after the Coalition war, the city was mostly reconstructed around 100 years ago. Only parts of the historical center remained, with most being modern architecture following reconstruction. While at first the city was able to handle the influx of new citizens it has become apparent in the last two decades that Cahtice is getting overcrowded. A increased number of jobs, proximity of major government institutions and agencies as well as the good public transportation system in the city have caused the population to double in the last 10 years. This increase in residents has caused for some problems to become more apparent. Housing prices have skyrocketted and public transport is almost exclusively full and crowded during the entire day. The Muncipal Council of Cahtice, together with the Cahtice Mayor and the Regional government of Darali have now presented a plan for the expansion of Cahtice. The plan includes a expansion in easter direction, crossing the small river that borders the city at the current moment. The expansion will thus expand the city on the other bank of the river, building a series of bridges and possibly a tunnel to connect the two sides.

The plan is a massive undertaking, expected to cost over 20 billion spread over the duration of the project. In the plan the city would expand by 1/3rds of its current size, adding thousands of both low, medium and high income housing, at least 3 new massive shopping centers, a financial district, several schooling districts and countless of store districts. The new part of the city will also include the new Cahtice Central Station, to replace the current central train station of Cahtice. The Municipal Council has hired known Deltarian engineer and urban planner Samuel Rušil to design and lead the project. Rušil is known for his modern architecture which will likely translate into the new city expansion. According to the Mayor of Cahtice, Matouš Kořínek, the project will take between 6 to 10 years to fully complete, depending on setbacks along the way. The Regional government will pay around 7 billion in total for the project with the city itself paying around 3 billion and the remainder being split between the federal government and private investors. Though many seem positive towards the plan, mainly residents of Cahtice who hope housing prices will be lowered upon completion, some seem sceptic. Suggesting that the new city districts could take years and possibly decades to fill and that despite the crowded situation of current day Cahtice many in the city would not have the funds to move to the newly created districts. Minister of Urban Development for the Duchy of Darali, Boleslav Kraus, has stated that if the new housing proves to costly for Deltarians and Cahticeans to move to, the regional government, "will look at options to subsidise some of the housing options during the first few years after construction."

The plan is currently in the final stages of planning with construction work planned to start early next year.

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Cahtice: The Ministry of War has split the contract concerning new naval weaponry for the Deltarian navy. At first the ministry issued out a single contract, focussed on a new deep-water torpedo as well as a new anti-ship missile for the navy. After a year of competing, testing and designing between the private Bălgrad Naval Development and Vlach Naval Design Bureau it became clear that both had qualities to offer to the ministry. On top of both being more proficient in different parts of the contract the lobby's of the companies within the senate played a large role in the eventual splitting of the naval weaponry contract. The MoW decided to split the contract in two, making one contract concerning the new anti ship missile and another for the deep-water torpedo. Vlach Naval Design Bureau has been dedicating more time and effort in developing their deep-water torpedo, named the 'Tichý ďábel-1' or 'Silent Devil'. This dedication to the torpedo allowed them to develop their first prototype earlier this year, which proved to be a succes. Bălgrad Naval Development on their turn managed to focus more on the anti ship missile, dubbed the Pancar-1. Although no prototype has been launched as of yet the construction on one has commenced and early reports on its capabilities seem promising. Now the contract has thus been split and both companies will work on a seperate section of the original deal.

This is the first time that the military lobby from private companies has managed to convince the ministry to split a contract. This way of doing things shows the increased importance of private military companies for the Deltarian defense industry. With companies like the state owned DDS and UEG losing influence in the military-industrial complex of Deltaria. It is still expected that a partnership of the private companies with the UEG and DDS will take place for the production of the missiles and torpedos once completed. The Tichý torpedo is expected to leave its testing phase next year after which initial construction of the torpedo will take place. The torpedo is being modified to both be used on future submarines as well as the Darali-class submarines currently in service. The Pancar anti-ship missile is expected to leave design and testing phase within the next two years with it likely being designed to fit on both the new Premsyl-class destroyers as well as other ships in the fleet, such as the Slava-class cruisers.

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Cahtice: The MJFP or Majatran Jet Fighter Program, after years of development, has finally arrived in its final stages. For over a year the first prototype of the MF-1 was in its testing phase, being tested by pilots from both Jakania, Deltaria and Istalia. Around 8 months into testing the recommendations from the ministries of the three nations was presented to the consortium in charge of developing the aircraft. According to the recommendations the aircraft was doing exactly what it was intended to do. However, several small to medium sized problems occured. Namely the software systems were in need of further checking and adjusting as some gave errors during flight without direct cause. One of the more larger problems was the fact that the MF-1 did not have the strength to operate with a full loadout, literally slowly falling out of the sky if operating with one. This is a major problem, especially for a multirole fighter. To address these issues the consortium performed several adjustments on the jet. These adjustments included a upgraded version of the twin engine as well as the introduction of a engine booster, allowing the MF-1 to operate on full loadout. Software problems have been adressed by a comprehensive patch making sure that warnings and errors only occur when a problem is a actual danger to the aircraft or the pilot. Upon making these improvements the MF-1 was tested for a month straight resulting in the approval of the aircraft by the airforces of all three countries.

According to the Deltarian Ministry of War a order has been placed for a initial 200 MF-1 fighters, to be constructed for the Deltarian Airforce in Deltaria itself by the SATURN company. The other participatory nations have reportedly also placed their orders, which will be constructed in their own nations respectively. This marks the succesfull end to the MJFP which will now enter its production phase. The MF-1 will be part of the "quick strike" mentality of the Deltarian Airforce. Who will likely use the MF-1 as its main fighter for air to ground strikes while the other jets in its fleet will be used for air superiority and sometimes ground strike operations. While the Deltarian Airforce has order 200 MF-1 jets, which will take around 6 years to be delivered in batches each year, the Deltarian Navy has reportedly ordered around 35 MF-1 multirole jets to be used on the Nemec Class carrier of the navy. The small and compact nature of the jet allows it to be operating from a carrier without any or with only minor adjustments.

It is expected that the Jakanian and Istalian ministries will reveal their order sizes for the aircraft at a later date.

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OOC Source: Unsplash

Szenvedésvásárhely: On the open plains of Dissuwa the Federal Space Agency or FKA for short has launched the Neptune-1 deepspace probe after a near launch failure. For over 8 years the Deltarian national space agency worked on the probe, meant to take samples, record audio and video and analyse data in outer and deep space. Such data could be valuable not only to our understanding of the universe but also to further technological breakthroughs back home. Design and preparations were made within 3 years after which the tedious task of constructing the Neptune-1 commenced. Not only was this a challenge in terms of gathering materials, but also in terms of the precise work it entails. Deltaria did not have the unique resources needed to for example construct the special heat deflectors and other systems on the Neptune. This had to be obtained from next door neighbour Jelbania. Thanks to the MEA this was however less of a problem allowing Deltaria to quickly aquire the needed materials. While Deltarian engineers still had some experience in building spacecraft it was still a much bigger task then initially expected. The construction phase lasted over 5 years, making it the longest time the FKA took for constructing a spacecraft. The reason for the long constructiontime on the Neptune-1 was its many systems on board, allowing it to analyse a lot of data as well as making the craft usefull for at least two decades.

The launch was scheduled last monday with millions watching on the Deltarian state telivision for the first time in a century that a Deltarian spacecraft was launched into space. While initially everything seemed to go as planned one of the engines began to malfunction just before launch, despite efforts by the ground crew to stop the launch they were unable to, causing the Neptune-1 to launch but tilt in the air. As it seemed the craft would crash into the ground with one engine down the engine suddenly fired, causing the Neptune-1 to get back on a trajectory into space. Despite this "success" many at the FKA have already stated they worry about the future of the mission. Saying that it is likely the initial engine failure could have put the Neptune-1 on a path it will not be usefull in, sending it the oppossite way then what was intended. While this is thus a small success for the agency their director, Ibrahim Proshenko, says he and his agency will, "update the government on the situation daily and make sure that despite the rocky start we can still make this mission a partial or full success."

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OOC Source: The New York Times

Cahtice: The Grand Imperial Army together with the Imperial Airforce have held their first major military exercise over the last two weeks, focussing on combined operations and extensive use of new weapon systems. The exercise named "Operation Turtlebird" was conducted over the course of two weeks with large elements of the Imperial Airforce joining with mostly mechanized, armoured and mobile brigades of the Grand Imperial Army. Most of the exercise was held on the great open plains of eastern Deltaria as well as the Darali region. Army elements where tasked with theoretically fighting a war against a foreign aggressor with the country basically being split in two zones. The goal of the Grand Imperial Army was to rethink its own strategy and see if this change in doctrine and strategy could apply on a large battlefield effectively. In its turn the Imperial Airforce would try and reinforce its support role for the Armed Forces and provide both air superiority and close air support to troops on the ground. Furthermore the new airforce "quickstrike" strategy, of quickly overwhelming an enemy airforce to gain air superiority, was also extensively tested during the exercise.

The first week saw most action situated in the plains of Darali, with thousands of Deltarian army soldiers divided in their brigades conducting one of the largest military exercises in recent Deltarian memory. Armoured brigades, mostly equipped with the new T-84 Zeca tanks, launched their attack on enemy entrenched positions with air cover from Airforce attack helicopters and MiG-29 multirole fighters providing close air support. The armoured brigades were mostly tasked with drawing fire and "eliminating" enemy armour, with mechanized infantry units slowly advancing until they reached enemy lines, breaking through and managing to take the enemy defensive positions with minimal "casualties". After the quick victory it became apparent that the advance has overstretched itself resulting in OpFor units launching guerilla style attacks in the rear of the now pinned down infantry forces. The armoured brigades, using their advanced tank sights on the Zeca, supported by a dedicated MiG-29 airwing, managed to smoke out most resistance within the next few hours. Fighting against OpFor would continue for another week but result in only minor fictional casualties as the main force of the enemy was eliminated on day one. After "liberating" Darali the second week focussed on defending positions against enemy attacks. Knowing that the armoured tank brigades would do little against a advancing force the ground units tasked with defending their positions made heavy use of self-propelled artillery as well as self-propelled rocket artillery to slow and heavily damage/deorganize incoming enemy units. With the tanks in reserve, a commander of one of the brigades came up with an idea, informing his superior about it. The brigadier-general in charge of most forces on the ground decided to, under pressure from advancing infantry units, flank these units using the reserve armour and pin them down with the provided air support. This was an idea that diverted from the general plan drawn up by high command, but was committed to regardless. The fast Zeca tanks came rushing onto the open field, piercing through the sparce enemy line and surrounding them, air support pinned them down and a order was given to enclose upon the enemy.

After another hour the defensive part of Operation Turtlebird was finished as well, ending a two week long combined arms exercise. According to Army General Petr Toman, the highest ranking general within the Armed Forces, the exercise can be considered a, "great success". "The GIA and Imperial Airforce have shown both their personal skill as well as demonstrated the immense advantages given by a lot of our new equipment. While at some points in the exercise individual brigades ignored commands from HQ, this was actually what saved some parts of the operation. This shows the immense skill that our officers possess, and recognizing this skill i will work with the Ministry of War and the General Staff to see if we can adjust our doctrine to give our individual officers more freedom to make on the spot decisions, diverting from direct orders if deemed necessary to win a fight."

According to both the Ministry of War and the General Staff the exercise has been a good learning experience for the Airforce and Army and a lot of lessons can be learned from Turtlebird. In total around 60.000 Deltarian soldiers participated in the exercise, with around a quarter of the airforce also participating. Operation Turtlebird is thus already considered one of the largest Deltarian military exercises in a century. Meant to both demonstrate the effectiveness of the newly aquired military hardware as well as a show of force in the region, showing outside powers that Deltaria is ready to defend the continent and possibly look beyond in the near future.

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OOC Source: thetimes.co.uk

Cahtice:The Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Democratic Union or KDU, the party of First Minister Horak, has been elected party leader in a overwhelming vote. Nora Nováková won the online leadership contest with over 72% of the vote, ending far in front of the second candidate Filip Král, who won only 18% of the vote. Current minister of war, Otto Broz, has performed extremely poorly, likely caused by his expected resignation as minister and the scandal revolving the Presmyl destroyer. He only received 10% of the vote. Nováková responded on her election as party leader saying, "I am extremely thankfull for the opportunity given to me by this party and its members. I will uphold my promises and continue the great work of Horak while also advancing the goals layed out in my program. Let us work for a strong and united Deltaria where everyone feels welcome and everyone feels proud."

Nováková has been active in the party since its creation. First as local councillor in Ushalande, then as advisor to the First Minister and becoming Deputy Chairman of the party two years ago. Now she is thus party leader and will lead the party in the election of 4777 as First Minister Horak will run one last term, likely giving him 4 more years as First Minister before departing. Nováková is seen as a center-right leader who is steadvast and is known for her descisive leadership. According to a early poll 80% of Deltarians would be excited to see Nováková as First Minister, a welcome figure for the new leader.

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OOC Source: The Israel Times

Cahtice: It was a tense and anticipated hearing. The hearing of Minister of War Otto Broz. Broz had to attend a hearing by the senate to defend himself following the debacle concerning the Premsyl destroyer development cycle. During the development of the destroyer several missteps occured both on the side of the ministry as well as the contracting companies. Broz already had to testify in front of a independent commission to explain himself and his ministry. But today, during this hearing, it became clear that none in the senate as well as several members of his own ministry did not have the confidence to see Broz stay in his position. As question rained down upon him Broz took things into his own hands for one last time, standing up and saying, "Before i came here it was already clear. I just didnt want it to be true. Its clear that none of you have an interest in seeing me continue my duties. These questions are justified, but i cant answer all of them and that is all on me. I did not know what was going on in my own ministry and i was blindsighted by the bigger picture. These things are unnaceptable and therefor i have handed in my resignation to the First Minister and resign my post."

While some were confused others had seen it coming. The position of Broz was clearly not for him anymore, causing him to be forced to resign. His loss in the recent KDU party election did not help him in maintaining his position either with him now simply being a member of the party without a specific role in it. Broz was Minister of War for over 10 years, making his carreer a distinguished one that is likely to be overshadowed by this scandal. Deputy Secretary of the Navy, Květoslav Macek, will take over as Minister of War according to the early reports as he has met with the First Minister earlier today. Macek is known as a firm man, being in the navy for the last 25 year. He is likely to assume the position of Minister later this month.

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OOC Source: Interstellar

Cahtice: The Deltarian film company Hvězda Productions has released the trailer for their new sci-fi movie "Dark Horizon" releasing their trailer during a film expo in Cahtice. The movie is the first movie of the company in three years after their success collaboration with Jakanian company evFilm on the movie "Lost Space". This movie racked up over 700 million in sales giving Hvězda the necessary funds to continue onto their next major AAA film production. "Dark Horizon" is about one man, a luthorian, played by Luthori actor Mark Seaguard, who finds himself having to travel across the stars in order to solve a mystery surrounding his daughter. The movie is, according to Petrov, a mystical journey through the depths of space where time and reality are an unknown concept and your brain is your biggest resource. Seaguard, who plays the Luthorian character Jackson, says the movie "was a magical experience to play in, the choreography, the effects. This was by far the largest production of my career."

The movie is the most costly production for the company ever, costing a total of 165 million without the partnership with evFilm this time around, meaning Hvězda Productions has to cough up the entire sum. The company has enlisted director Gripus Aponius once more, known for his directoral role for Lost Space. It is expected that Dark Horizon will release in theaters early next year or the end of this year with theaters in Deltaria, Jakania, Kazulia and Dundorf being the first to show the movie.


The trailer for "Dark Horizon", expected to release late this year