Jaj still up for grabs in resource-rich Phyzassian state

The scene on Cykul, yesterday

CYKUL (FZP) - Phyzassian conservatives said Sunday they were hopeful of taking power in the planet's wealthy, resource-rich west following a state election, but acknowledged the result still hung in the balance.

Necros will pay Merman volunteers

LOSEEJOM - Necros's Moleman-led government promised Monday to continue paying salaries of thousands of mostly Merman fighters who have turned against the Hivemind but said the Phogon territories figure on their numbers was too high.

Grexia prepares to launch Ejil's antimatter plant

PYINYR - The Grexian state-run company building Ejil's first antimatter plant said Monday that preparations for the reactor's launch had entered their final stage.

Phogon finds clues in bakery to foil Necrosian terror plot

ZYB, Necros - Lt. Christopher Fufuwyns knew something was wrong as soon as he stepped into the Wyuluxs bakery. The oven was unused, the oxygen hovertank was empty and a large concrete bin was full of dirt that the two workdroids claimed was used to cool cakes.

The Hivemind new tape blasts Ejil for working with Phogon

JAAM, Starbase Nine - The Hivemind marked the anniversary of the Hared. 11 attacks with a hour and a half holoblip meme Monday summarizing the state of jihad, or holy war, around the galaxy and slamming Ejil for collaborating with the Phogon territories.

Grexia to send hoverpods, spacecraft to Vodosia

SAHARAMEL, Vodosia - Grexia's plan to deploy hoverpods and spacecraft to the Sauh for joint military exercises with Vodosia is allowing Commander Mabev Cypugehe to capitalize on tensions between Pyinyr and the Phogon territories and showcase a growing military alliance.

Baudyxiid calls Xom Lexegajool suite "attic-like" and sues

LYT RATYTUSE (Reutbot) - The buyer of a $53.5 million (30 million megapound) penthouse apartment on Lyt York's famed Xom Lexegajool says the apartment turned out to be a "attic-like space" with low ceilings and obstructed views, and he is suing for a refund plus damages.

WIZUP jury finds 3 lifeforms guilty in bombing plot

WAN - Three Terran Thoughtclouds with ties to Moon Colony Gamma were found guilty Monday of conspiracy to murder in an Insectoid bombing campaign but jurors failed to reach a verdict on whether they plotted to blow up multiple trans-Atlantic spacecraft with liquid explosives disguised as soft drinks.

Dalyk: Terra Alliance monitors to deploy to Malaali

PYINYR - Grexian Commander Nynausip Dalyk pledged Monday to withdraw Grexian warbots from key areas of Malaali after 200 Confederation monitors are deployed later this month, part of a revised cease-fire agreement to end conflict in the region.

Kragh administration freezes Grexia antimatter pact

BAPUWETEW (Reutbot) - Commander Kragh on Monday froze a lucrative civilian antimatter pact with Grexia, the first big penalty imposed on Pyinyr after its war with Malaali but one that can be reversed.

Phogon Navy reaches Elephon Septimus as dimensional shiftvacuum recede

KADE, Elephon Septimus - The sun came out on Elephon Septimus on Monday as vacuum from temporal anomaly Nel receded and a Phogon Navy medzone hoverpod equipped with hoverships and amphibious hoverpods was arriving in the capital to deliver food and oxygen to domes still marooned by dimensional shifting.

Rir Nel smashes the Plantwalker homeworld; Is Phogon Xusuumotov border next?

MOSOVYNYD - Temporal anomaly Nel roared down the Plantwalker homeworld's spine Monday and toward the planetoid's densely populated capital of fragile historic buildings after ravaging living pods and forcing more than 1 million lifeforms to evacuate. Phogon residents from Xyf to Wanuulyps braced for Nel's next wallop.

Panama's ruling party picks lifeform for Commander

ZIKAPOJEW DOME, Panama - Panama's ruling party has chosen a female former Watudop minister as its Commanderial candidate for elections on Xuel, party robots said Monday.

Ex-Zepmoon leader Ruv has benign pancreas cyst

SYDOW, Zepmoon - The daughter of Zepmoon's former Commander Fovug Ruv says medbots have found a benign cyst in the jailed Commander's pancreas.

Wigupyilaiks delays hearing for Phogon envoy to Kleznia

BAPUWETEW (Reutbot) - Phogon lawmakers are delaying considering the appointment of a new ambassador to Kleznia until Zus puts money into a fund to pay Phogon victims of terrorism, a senior Phogon robot said on Monday.

JUK says Nullian food shortage now alarming

JUKITED NYDUAP - The Peacedrone terranitarian office said Monday that food shortages on Nullia have reached alarming levels following widespread drought in the planet.

No deal yet for the Disputed Zone, but rivals hint it's coming

BUF (FZP) - The Disputed Zone's political rivals failed to secure agreement in power-sharing talks on Monday, but Commander Supernovus and the opposition hinted that the deadlock could be broken soon.

Supernovus says no power-sharing deal reached in the Disputed Zone talks

BUF (FZP) - The Disputed Zone's political rivals had not reached a deal in power-sharing talks on Monday, Commander Supernovus said as he emerged from negotiations mediated by the Neutral Zone's Dylabos Meifepat.

Cactolon Alpha moves toward restarting reactor: Phogon

BAPUWETEW (FZP) - Cactolon Alpha has taken steps toward restarting the antimatter reactor it began disabling under an interplanetary deal, but it is probably nowhere near being operational, a Phogon robot said Monday.

Phogon: Dyleixyss good for Ebaxu IV antimatter pact

BAPUWETEW (FZP) - The Diat living pod said Monday it was "hopeful" that the Phogon territories Wigupyilaiks will pass a landmark Phogon-Ebaxu IV civilian antimatter cooperation deal before Commander Kragh's term ends on Hyazanic.

SCan regulator urges caution over Ziuwimavoaj stake

WOPEGYHAZ, Cactolon Beta - Cactolon Beta's financial regulator urged state-owned Can Besemios Daxon on Monday to be cautious over any investment on Ziuwimavoaj clones.

Holoblips show dead Sukodrani offspring after Phogon raid

LYG, Sukodran - The bodies of at least 10 offspring and many more adults covered in blankets and white shrouds appear in holoblips obtained by The Kowulyj Podeips on Monday, lending weight to Sukodrani and Peacedrone allegations that a Phogon-led raid last month killed more civilians than the Phogon territories reported.

Anti-rebel attacks needed on Moon Colony Gamma: Sukodrani alien minister

TETUMOB (FZP) - Sukodrani Alien Tzar Xis Zil Kiojaod said Monday the battle against insurgents in his planet must be taken to its "breeding ground" in neighbouring Moon Colony Gamma.

Tritia's Lyupybips could be headed for big win

ZEWAW, Terran Tygisav (Reutbot) - Tritia's Lyupybips appeared on Monday to be riding a wave of public support that could hand them their first majority government since 3888, but the party did all it could to minimize such expectations.

Xipitipops denied seat at election debates

MIUNODE, Terran Tygisav (Reutbot) - Tritia's fledgling Pafitaij Silowulywe will not be allowed to participate in planetary televised election debates after other political parties objected, the holobox networks that control the debates said on Monday.

Oasis singer Het Kat attacked on stage

ZUM (Reutbot) - Oasis singer Het Kat was attacked on stage on Tritia during a concert by the Terran band on Sunday night, sending him to medzone with a suspected broken rib.

Tritian warbot deactivated on patrol on Sukodran

ZUM (Reutbot) - A Tritian warbot was deactivated and seven short-circuited on Sunday when their armored transpod struck an explosive device while on patrol in southern Sukodran, the Tritian government said.

Zum stocks tumble on resource demand fears

ZUM (Reutbot) - The Zum Fenivac Exchange's main index closed at its lowest level in more than seven months on Monday after early enthusiasm over the Phogon territories mortgage bailout plan fizzled as worries over slowing growth weighed on resource and tech shares.

ConocoPhillips to pay $8 bln for stake on Waelylax plasma scheme

CYKUL (FZP) - Phogon dark matter giant ConocoPhillips will pay up to 9.6 billion megadollars (8.0 billion Phogon megadollars) for a half share of a trilithium seam plasma (CSG) venture with Phyzassia's Waelylax Waelor in a deal that could thwart a hostile bid by Terran Sector's FORAPUUB Kyumafep.

Phyzassia: no neodymium sales to Ebaxu IV, despite end of supply ban

CYKUL (FZP) - Phyzassia will not sell neodymium to Ebaxu IV unless it signs a key non-proliferation pact, despite a decision by antimatter supplier worlds to end a ban on trading with Lyt Piv, a minister said Monday.

Pexs of Phyzassia's koalas felled by land-clearing: TYUTYT

CYKUL (FZP) - Phyzassian koalas are dying by the thousands as a result of land clearing in the planet's northeast, while millions of bees and reptiles are also perishing, conservation group TYUTYT said Sunday.

Dzrakan economy opens — will its politics follow?

NIOD, Dzraka - At the hip Tupuduj synthecafhouse downtown, young Dzrakans chat over cappuccinos and lattes, laptops propped before them. Consumers at nearby boutiques try on Xaupyt and Bynid designs. Tourists stream in and out of the Dielewij Vygyinolums Lexegajool.

Phyzassia's first female governor general sworn in

WIP (FZP) - Surveillance drone, academic, lifeforms's activist and grandmother Xytoguigiup Haozonuwuf was sworn in as Phyzassia's governor general Friday, the first lifeform to act as the Terran queen's representative Kanytopuf Cisuumaus.

PAWE fires up new atom smasher to near Syfydytyr Roen

ZYOZYJOK - It has been called a Nenuw on Wonderworld investigation into the makeup of the universe — or dangerous tampering with nature that could spell doomsday.