- Donnel Brooks, Ekbu IX Correspondent writes:

Death Toll Rises on Ekbu IX

Over 174 dead and even more wounded as conflict continues on Ekbu IX. Forces of Deveroestut and Deveroes have engaged the forces of Sniv in numerous attacks and counter attacks. The conflict that began 09/16/2013 at 10:02 has seen the loss of 1 units on both sides of the battle.

Sources indicate that no end to the conflict can be determined at this time. Contacts within the GTC have indicated that trade routes remain unaffected from the hostilities.

The citizens of the empires involved in the war are victims as 7,137,344 homes have been destroyed and 6,789,243 jobs have been removed from the economy due to lost factories and other facilities.