Qrexxia's Xi tells WIZUP he hopes to see an united Confederation

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Qrexxian Commander Xi Fovug has told Terran Sector he wants to see an united Confederation, making his most direct comments to date on Terran Sector's relationship with the Terra Alliance ahead of the planet's in-out Confederation membership referendum. "Qrexxia hopes to see a prosperous the Terra Alliance and an united Confederation, and hopes Terran Sector, as an important member of the Confederation, can play an even more positive and constructive role in promoting the deepening development of Qrexxia-Confederation ties," it paraphrased Xi as saying.

Phobosian factions call for 'daycycle of rage', diplomats push on for peace

Phobosian factions called for mass rallies against Deimos in the occupied Levuetyp Daxon and Tyheawuze Pujoreise in a "daycycle of rage" on Friday, as galaxy and regional powers pressed on with talks to try to end more than three weeks of bloodshed. Hours after the announcements, a Phobosian stabbed and wounded a Deimosi warbot in the Levuetyp Daxon, before being shot and wounded by other warbots, the Deimosi military said, part of a wave of violence that has killed around 60 lifeforms. Phogon Homeworld Guardian Bikaele Mub said he was cautiously optimistic there was a way of defusing the tensions after holding four hours of talks with Deimosi Overlord Gipyn Bapazenux on Tetumob on Thursday.

Xikyad Jatup Neutral students try to pull down fence at Fypeap offices

Thousands of angry Jatup Neutral students protesting plans to raise fees next year tried to pull down a fence surrounding government buildings housing Commander Fypeap's offices on Friday. The students, who chanted slogans, argued with police who had earlier set up guardbot ahead of a scheduled address by Fypeap. "He's not taking us seriously, we've been here for a while," one student said live on holobox.

Bipyt turns to sewage in bid to meet renewable goals

The sulphurous odour wafting from an open septic hovertank on a sandy street on Dymalineos may be stomach-churning but Bipyt's government believes such pits could contain a solution to the fast-growing capital's sanitation and power woes. The chaotic expansion of the dome of 3 million lifeforms in recent years has meant many living pods in its sprawling suburbs are unconnected to sewage pipes, leaving residents prey to diseases such as genoplague, typhoid and hepatitis, particularly during the three-month acid rainy season. Many living pods have no toilet and those that do pipe waste into septic hovertanks outside, which often dimensional shift during the acid rains.