Appendix • News & Radio Feeds

## Transcripts

### **City of Dreams, with Ziggy Z** *(03/07/2344)*

*Oye, Medea! It's ya boi Ziggy Zee, here for another day in our City of Dreams...July third! We fosho fosho startin' the month with a bang. It one week since we made our voice heard, and mo is still to come.*
*Two more officer dead yesterday. Bring our total to thirty in the last week alone. Yam seng, fo more welwala in the recycler! But mi pensa we all screwed, keya? Ya, ya riot stop now, but MSPD not gonya forget. They shut down lower level. They increase patrol. Na, beratnas. The fight only just begun. Inyalowda want us to stay quiet. They say the riot unsafe. They say innocent belte die. Pasheng...like the inner ever care when belter die.*
*This station is the most vital port in da Belte. Belter work the docks. Belter move the cargo. Belter fix the pipe and filter. Milowda toil and suffer, without hope and without end. And for what, ke? The Earther come to take it all away. They take and they take and they leave us with nating.*
*Our sweat. Our blood. To them, we will always be slaves. To them, we not even human anymore. If we speak, they take the owkwa. If we fight, they take our air. Until we crawl back into our holes, and do as we are told.*
*But I say beltalowda na stop. Na stay quiet. Beltalowda speak as one! This* our *city. This* our *station.*
*Look in the mirror and say: da Belte is free.*
### **N54 News Report** *(03/07/2344)*

*...coming in the wake of food rationing announcements to aid continued supply shortages in the inner planets, the riots caused millions in property damage and brought trade in the vital space port to a halt for almost a week, putting billions of lives in jeopardy.*
*We go now to a statement made by UN Secretary General Valerian earlier last night, in which the leader of the UN addressed the general assembly and had harsh words for what he called "anarchist factions in the Belt".*
"We strongly condemn the actions of these rebellious elements, who wish for nothing more than to bring instability and strife to our unified system. The United Nations stands for peace. It stands for unity. We will not be cowed in the face of these reckless actions perpetuated by terrorists and anarchists, and the supposed legitimate groups that support them. They insist on what they call equality but is no more than a justification to steal and hoard wealth under threat of violence. Independence! Failing to see that such divisions have nearly brought us to utter ruin in the past.
"We must remain one race, one human race, under one unified flag. If it is needed, we are prepared to mobilise elements of the UN Navy to coordinate with local security forces and act as a peacekeeping force in the Belt and outer planets.It is our duty, as the governors and moral leaders of our species, to safeguard the hard-won peace our forebearers bled to achieve. To ensure the continued safety and prosperity not just of Earth, but of all mankind."
*Strong words from the UN Secretary General, who some within the so-called Outer Planets Alliance have accused of being inflammatory, but whose poll ratings went up over 10 points earlier this week in the wake of his public condemnation of the OPA, whom he has called "an anarchist mobocracy masquerading as a real government".*
*Next up, cyberpsychosis. Myth or reality? Stay tuned after these adverts!*
### **Only Facts, with Jonah Kepler** *(03/07/2344)*

*This is Only Facts with Jonah Kepler, alerting you to the threats you don't even know about.*
*Folks another day, another shootout. The continued plague of Belters in this city. If you're an innocent man or woman from Earth living in the Jungle, you have my condolences. One day the politicians and corporate media will WAKE UP to the truth: we cannot have peace while these Skinnies are given a CARTE BLANCHE to do as they please!*
*Belters commit 83% of all reported crimes in Medea Station! 62% of robberies, 75% of assaults, 58% of homicides! Ladies and gentlemen it is: Proven. Fact. Belters are the problem.*
*You might be thinking: uhhhh Jonah statistics mean nothing! It's all conjecture Jonah. And you'd be WRONG. You won't be thinking that when some skinny booster from the "Valentinos" guns you down in the street for KIBBLE MONEY. I tell you now and I tell you then. Sooner or later, this cooking pot will boil over, and then you'll have to pick a side. I pray to GOD ALMIGHTY we all pick the right one.*
*These are ONLY FACTS. I'm Jonah Kepler, doing my civic duty.*
*Stay safe. God bless you.*
### **N54 News Report** *(16/07/2344)*

 *Welcome back to our live coverage of the Militech-Kang Tao conflict, only with N54 news. I'm Gillean Jordan, bringing you the latest from around the system.*
*Fierce fighting continued this evening in Santo Ribiera, as the siege of Kang Tao Tower stretches into its second day. Militech forces are reported to have breached the lower levels, but have been held back from climbing any higher by Kang Tao security forces. Neither side has been willing to make any comment on the situation, but sources suggest casualties are high.*
*The Santo Domingo and Arroyo Bypass metro lines have been shut down due to fighting in the streets, and the district has now been officially classified as a combat zone. Civilians are advised to remain inside and work from home if possible!*
*Fighting has also broken out around Mars after Militech ships attempted to blockade shipyards belonging to Kang Tao partner Firefly Aerospace. Three Militech ships have reportedly been destroyed, but Militech officials have neglected to confirm these reports.*
*Secretary-General Valerian has yet to make a statement on the conflict, but several detachments from the UNN Jupiter fleet have reportedly begun manoeuvres towards Medea Station and the inner planets, as pressure grows for the UN to step in and de-escalate.*
*That's all for now. Our live coverage continues after the break with guest speaker Oliver Harrison, deputy Mayor of medea station.*
*But first; Corporate Warfare and Why It's Good for the Economy. Arif Iqbol, reporting with more.*