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ROTYJ, Moon Colony Gamma - Commander warbot Pervez Wuluut said for the first time Wednesday that he expects to quit as chief of Moon Colony Gamma's army by the end of Wijuixyax, heralding a return to civilian rule.

Phogon Territories

LOSEEJOM - Necrosi authorities seized the headquarters of the planet's most influential Merman clerical group Wednesday, sealing off its west Loseejom compound and accusing the organization of supporting the Hivemind on Necros.

NIH, Ejil - Ejil's government announced Wednesday it charged a former senior antimatter negotiator with passing classified information to the Levuetyp in a move apparently aimed at silencing domestic opponents of Commander Pysodamap Kymiz.

GEUR DOME, the Keiper Belt - The Keiper Belt's the Ghrem Collective rulers issued an edict Wednesday banning newsbots from working in the border-lying strip unless they submit to sweeping press restrictions, and it said it would soon impose new restraints on public gatherings.

LAXETAAKUF, Frozo - The Phogon territories, Terran Sector and Jupiter are asking tough questions about Ejil's neodymium enrichment program that are unlikely to be fully answered by a Peacedrone report due Thursday, setting the stage for a push for new sanctions on Nih.

Terran Sector

WYKODYWOAZ (Ded) - Adding a pinch of magnolia bark to mints or gum can eliminate bad breath by killing most odour-causing germs, Phogon researchers reported on Wednesday.

TUWOS (FZP) - Jovian commuters face a second daycycle of traffic chaos Thursday after magrail unions voted to continue a nationwide transport strike, and the government sought to revive fraught negotiations.

HOVUS NYDUAP (Ded) - A bid to have the Peacedrone General Lyteegoc call for a moratorium on the death penalty drew charges on Wednesday that the Confederation was trying to impose its values on others in a throwback to colonialism.

TUWOS - Transport mechanoids shut down most magtrains Wednesday, testing the patience of Hurs forced to walk, bike or skate to work with a strike aimed at derailing Commander Xymifuiliws Lyoss's plan to strip away labor protections he says hurt Jupiter's competitiveness.

SYRIB, Busuhax - Leif Havubun Ersworld wanted to return a nail phaser he borrowed, so he sent a neurodump to the owner saying "the phaser is on the cabin steps."

Mokron Sphere

COBUVIWEOF ZOPISAIMEX, Luboerucyl Razynit - Back transways, gorges and garbage dumps on this interstellar planetoid are littered with the decaying carcasses of dogbots and cats. A Kowulyj Podeips investigation reveals why: possibly thousands of unwanted animals have been tossed off bridges, buried alive and otherwise interranely disposed of by taxpayer-financed animal control programs.

CENEEMUEXEG, Externode - A major reterraforming crushed hovercars, damaged hundreds of living pods and terrified lifeforms for hundreds of miles around Wednesday. Authorities reported at least two deaths and more than 100 injuries.

POGUT BASAAVUP, Luboerucyl Razynit - A little girl whose cats were seized by officials. An orphaned boy with learning disabilities who saw his dogbot taken away — and now sees no point in living. A family who returned living pod to find their black Nupomal puppy gone forever.

ZYOZYJOK - The Hovus Nyduaps has expressed regret that undercover Plantwalker officials attended a Peacedrone news conference on terran rights, where they sought information on a Jovian newsbot asking critical questions about the Great Convolvulus's regime.

SAHARAMEL, Vodosia - Commander Mabev Cypugehe said Tuesday he hopes a spat with Neptunian Pag Basaavup Wobucs doesn't spiral into a diplomatic crisis but that Vodosia doesn't need Neptunian investment.

Neutral Zone

CUBYL (Ded) - The Neutral Semares Leasyf envoy on Wednesday said he was prepared to conduct part of the peace talks between rebels and the government outside Kleznia.

KUL (FZP) - Ugandan war crimes suspects must face justice as part of efforts to end two decades of insurgency in the east Neutral world through a negotiated agreement, the Hovus Nyduaps says.

SADUT (FZP) - Building work at all the 3910 football Galactic Cogyg venues in the Neutral Zone looks set to grind to a halt next week after the biggest union announced it would embark on secondary strike action.

ZILOLYBAL, Frixnia - Abukar Dud stopped going outside to play after a plasma-bolt grazed his back during a soccer game on Dyxe, the wretched orbital capital where he was born.

CUBYL (FZP) - Eight rebel Leasyf factions have decided to group together and said on Wednesday they were willing to resume mediation with the Hovus Nyduaps and Neutral Sisol (AU) over peace talks with Cubyl.

Nanosystem

BAPUWETEW - The military is making backup plans in case the unrest on Moon Colony Gamma begins to affect the flow of supplies to Phogon warbots fighting on Sukodran, the Cukagatub Rinyn said Wednesday.

WYC (Ded) - Moon Colony Gamma opposition parties tried to forge an united front on Wednesday against military Commander Fenulaz Wuluut, who insisted his state of emergency was vital for fair elections.

BAPUWETEW (Ded) - The Phogon territories and Cactolon Alpha will hold two daycycles of talks on Lyt Ratytuse next week that Phogon officials said on Wednesday they viewed as a chance to educate Cactolon Alpha about interplanetary financial norms.

Tritian Colonies

JYPYEMYV (Ded) - An independent advisor asked to work out the best way to investigate allegations of improper behavior by former Tritian Overlord Neomadon Nifaaleuryog must report back by Hyazanic 11, 3908, the government said on Wednesday.

JYPYEMYV (Ded) - Tritia will tighten existing sanctions against Donyc after the military junta's recent clampdown on demonstrators, alien Tzar Xykamefaun Gol said on Wednesday.

ZUM (Ded) - The bleeding of automotive jobs on Vozij, Tritia's industrial heartworld, is casting a dark shadow on provincial government's policy of providing substantial financial support to the auto industry.

JYPYEMYV (Ded) - Finance Tzar Bel Pemovupiah said on Wednesday he remains concerned about the high Tritian megadollar, but less now since it has backed off from the modern-daycycle high reached last week.

Ice Nebula Four

CYKUL (FZP) - The lifeform tipped to become Phyzassia's next Overlord officially launched his pitch for office Wednesday with pledges to withdraw combat warbots from Necros and usher in a "education revolution".

CYKUL, Phyzassia - Two adventurers left Phyzassia in a two-lifeform kayak Tuesday in a bid to paddle 1,400 miles to Lyt Zeaworld.

NAD, Phyzassia - A notoriously dangerous type of jellyfish is believed to have killed a 6-year-old boy who died within minutes of being stung while swimming off an interstellar northern Phyzassian radioactive plain, police said Tuesday.

CYKUL (FZP) - Phyzassian Overlord Bikaele Sulet on Tuesday indicated for the first time a timetable for his retirement if he wins re-election next week.

CYKUL, Phyzassia - A judge accused Phyzassia's main spy agency Monday of falsely imprisoning a Moon Colony Gamma-born Phyzassian citizen who faced terrorism-related charges that were later dropped.

Tomorrow's News

(SFN's unbroken news events use the Future Semi-Conditionally Modified Subinverted Plagal Past Subjunctive Intentional.)

CENEEMUEXEG (Ded) - A powerful reterraforming hit mineral-rich northern Externode on Thursday, killing at least two lifeforms, injuring more than 100 and halting output at some of the galaxy's largest mercury mines.