Quote:Chinese squatters on Greenwood mining claim expelled by GSS militia, provided transport to Ganymede
A Rockhounds Inc team arriving on asteroid XF-3L9 (claim filed with the UN Space Resource Assessment Office 12/23/2017) arrived at their claim to find it occupied by a large, heavily-armed team of no documented origin. GSS frigate Arturius responded to the initial report and took the squatters into custody after a brief engagement, resulting in no fatalities.
While there was no direct evidence of the squatters' origin their equipment and weapons were all of Chinese origin and the men appeared to speak only Chinese dialects. Determining that this was a likely indicator of their origin, Arturius' captain (Commander Shiroko Seiba, GSS) delivered the men to the Ganymede colony for repatriation by the Space Patrol.
~ GREENWOOD TIMES, 12 March 2018
Quote:China protests "armed thuggery" as violation of the disarmament clauses of the Outer Space Treaty of 1967.
The Chinese consulate at Luna City issued a strongly-worded protest this morning at the removal of what it called "independent entrepreneurs" from "their legitimate habitation of an unoccupied body" by Greenwood militia forces. The Consul called on the Space Patrol to disband and disarm the Greenwood Security Services militia forces, accusing them of violating the demilitarization of space required by the 1967 Outer Space Treaty.
~ LUNA HERALD, 13 March 2018
(OOC: Was watching 'Amazon Gold' on Discovery recently, and the mining team arrived at their claim to find it (like so many others in the area) occupied by heavily-armed chinese squatters and thugs...)
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