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YC124-02-10
Angel Cartel Hijack Mining Research Ship in Raid on ORE Testing Station
4C-B7X, Outer Ring – In a brutal raid on an Outer Ring Excavations (ORE) research and testing facility in 4C-B7X, Angel Cartel hijackers seized a Rorqual-class mining vessel outfitted with experimental materials compression technology last night, according to reports from sources within the Upwell Consortium. It is understood that a large number of ORE scientists and engineers working on the specially-equipped Rorqual were kidnapped in the course of the hijacking by heavily-armed Cartel forces.
While reports remain somewhat confused, sources within the ORE-led Upwell Consortium regard it as a "near certainty" that the attackers were members of the Angel Cartel, and in particular are associated with a notorious unit known as "Commando Zohar" rumored to report directly to the Cartel's leadership, the Dominations. If these claims are borne out it would indicate that the Angel Cartel's highest echelons authorized a direct assault on one of ORE's most critical research facilities and industrial development programs.
The Rorqual-class ORS Esperance is said to have been a key element in ORE's development and testing of new materials compression technology for use in the vital space mining and resource harvesting sector. The means by which a heavily-armed unit of Cartel commandos boarded and seized such a key asset as the Esperance are currently unclear but one source suggested that another ORE ship was used to infiltrate the hidden testing yard.
Above: ORE Rorqual Carrying Out Tests in Space