The Arcology welcomes over 11.000 new immigrants!

This week has been proven very interesting on the variety of immigrants and their pets. With thanks to capsuleer assistance, we acquired quite some Luminaire Skippers, a frog native to Gallente Prime. While these frogs are listed under the pet category, their main purpose is laboratory work, assuring newly developed medicines will be safe for usage. Combined with the recruiting of a large amount of new science graduates, our labs are developing at a rapid rate to become forerunners in medical R&D.
This will increase our ability to rapidly develop new medicines for treating rare & exotic diseases and afflictions. This is a necessity, as the refugees & immigrants come from all over the cluster, increasing the risk some of them carry an exotic disease that requires immediate treatment.

Also, the salvage operation on Caldari Prime, conducted under a joint Gallente/Caldari task force has eased the tensions here at the Aurora Arcology. Last week, unrest between the Gallente and Caldari people was brewing due to the arrival of a freed Prisoner of War.
Now this concern is obscured by the good news of Caldari Prime, local news will continue to follow what happens at the Homeworld in order to mend the Caldari/gallente relations aboard the Aurora Arcology.

Now onward to this weeks arrival list! The variety of immigrants is great, including many highly qualified personnel from across the cluster. Also, the Aurora Arcology management has expanded greatly this week, in order to organize the various divisions & departments better.
Also to note, our cultural exchange with the Disciples of Ston already saw results with the addition of 30 new Mannar Designers.

Regular Civilians

-414 Homeless
-1163 Janitors
-16 Prisoners (Part of the Prison Lend-Lease Program)
-295 Science Graduates
-20 Ship's Crew
-18 Stranded Pilots
-2789 Tourists
-30 Mannar Textile Representatives
-1908 Freed Slaves

Pets

-1 Fedo (Datafile:A strange animal)
-113 Hounds
-40 Hybrid Hounds
-32 Luminare Skippers

Law Enforcement

-50 Caldari Light Marines
-15 Corporate Assassins
-326 Freedom Fighters
-2997 Marines
-430 Militants
-33 Slavers (Part of the Redemption Program)
-1 Temko Mercenary
-10 Hooded Men

Employees for the Nightclub L'Etoile Rouge

-110 Female Exotic Dancers
-1160 Male Exotic Dancers

Councilmembers

-1 Kardimo Palettan
-1 Minmatar Emissary
-2 Oura Madusaari
-2 Damsels
-10 Angel Cartel VIPs (Part of the Redemption Program)
-3 Quantum Entanglement

A few weeks ago, a Deep Cover Corporate Assassin reinforced our Intelligence division, by support of the Ember family. His recruitment proved to be a great success, he reorganized our division, making it more efficient. He also created a covert op training program, which quickly created results in the form of 15 Assassins and 10 Hooded Men for covert operations.
This will enhance our capacity in retrieving people from dangerous locations and combat any possible enemies.
This action also has the bonus that we're becoming more accepted among the Caldari Corporations, as we take actions to guard against infiltration from competitors.

Shiigeru wreckage site will be salvaged & cleared in a joint Gallente/Caldari operation.

Introduction

During the Battle for Caldari Prime, the Leviathan-class Titan CN Shiigeru crashed on the planet, ending the Caldari military presence in orbit of their homeworld.
Due to the massive size of the ship, the crash had wide cataclysmic effects on the planet and its wildlife, triggering earthquakes and massive forest fires. The atmospheric entry also caused the ship to fracture, raining debris over large parts of the planet.

The devastating crash of the Shiigeru

After the fight, early cleanup & salvage operations could only clean up the scattered smaller debris. The larger wreckage was still too hot and unstable to be properly handled. It required months of mapping and planning to start a proper salvage & cleanup operation. During this time, the colossal wreck affected the world badly, from spilled radioactive elements to detonating unstable ammunition, not to mention the high amounts of toxic fumes coming off from the wreckage.
A report on the initial impact: Full extent of Shiigeru impact

A combined Gallente/Caldari operation.

Now that all the mapping & planning has been done in order to clear out and salvage the wreckage safely and efficiently, it was time to start the practical side of it, the actual salvaging.
This introduced a new issue, a political one. The Shiigeru namely crashed in an area that falls under Material Acquisition administration, which means it's under Gallente rule, as MA is a daughter corporation of Quafe. To add to this, the Kaalakiota mountain range, where the Titan crashed, holds a major spiritual importance to the Caldari.
All this could cause unrest with the Caldari if not properly and respectfully handled. In order to avoid such issues, MA invited Ishukone Corporation to assist with the salvage & cleanup operation. This move provided to be a positive action, as many cheered at the prospect of Gallente and Caldari corporations working together in order to assure the Shiigeru wreckage will be salvaged & cleared with respect to the Caldari people.
Part of the retrieved salvage will be used to rebuild the Qaiian Tower, the regional headquarters of the Nugoeihuvi Corporation. This will act as a memorial, to remind everyone that even from the ashes of defeat, the Caldari people will rebuild their future, never be put down by anything. Also, this act will improve Gallente/Caldari relations and perhaps open the door for more future joint operations.

Info on this joint salvage & cleanup operation can be found here: Caldari Prime Salvage Plans

Concord organizes fleet training at Yulai

Last Sunday, Concord officials organized a training battle for all capsuleers who wanted to have a taste of fighting other capsuleers. To provide the security required to organize combatfleets with capsuleers, this event was held at Yulai, where offenders can be punished fast & harsh.

The training battle was organized in 4 fleets, one per main faction. Each faction fleet was lead by a Concord official.
There were several members of the Communication Control and Protection (CCP) division present as well as those of the Internal Security Department (ISD) in order to guide this event.
CCP Logibro lead the Gallente fleet along with ISD WolvesMind , ISD Rontea was head of the Amarr fleet along with CCP Fozzie, while CCP Dolan was in charge of the Minmatar force. The Fleet official for the Caldari fleet was CCP Eterne

The training battle itself was a mixed fleetfight, each fleet versus the other 3 in order to simulate a chaotic engagement and how to react on such situation. The various Concord officials called for targets, but also informed the participants that if they lost a ship, they were granted a replacement by Concord officials at the main Yulai station.
The main core of the fleet was composed of Tech 1 frigates with a few tech 1 destroyes in the mix, the Concord fleetleaders however deployed in strategic cruisers, acting as the fleet flagships.

The battle details can be found here: Yulai Fleet Training Killboard (check 1 February)

The fight itself was very educational and enjoyable by all participants. The outcome of the fleet engagement was victory for the Gallente , who made skillfull use of drone-deployments. As this was a training fleet battle, no crewmembers have been harmed in the process and all have been picked up after the fight.
Many participants expressed their thanks to Concord for organizing this training match and hope it'll be a recurring event as it helped them to deal better with what awaits in lower security systems.

I want to thank Capsuleer Lenell, who was present at this event, in helping me to compose this newsreport. Also thanks for Aurora Fatalis for providing the information on who lead wich fleet.
Any additional assistance is gladly accepted to eliminate errors and expand the report with additional detail!

Informative reports & links about the Nullsec B-R5RB Titanic battle

The past few days have seen alot of buzz in various channels and establishments due to the great Titanic battle between the two largest nullsec sides.

Scenic overview of the titanic battle
 

The Communication Control and Protection division of Concord (CCP in short) provided a great report on this massive fight: The Bloodbath of B-R5RB, Eden's most destructive battle ever!

Also, Capsuleer Alizabeth Vea provides a very informative report on this fight, a real must read to understand such large battles more, and what they mean: The largest battle ever!

The capsuleer organisation Rooks & Kings also provided a gallery of images related to this fight: The beauty of large scale destruction

A last man standing overview of the battle's end

It's expected that mineral prices will rise, in order to accommodate the increased demand for ship-production to replace the massive losses. Also due to the nature of the losses, industrial prductivity will ramp up in various shipyards, possibly increasing capital ship prices.

Concord did establish a memorial site shortly after the fight ended, as it's historic significance was clear: The Titanomachy site, immortalising the remnants of this titanic clash forever.

The Arcology welcomes about 14.000 new refugees & immigrants!

The Aurora Arcology Project has been running smoothly, expanding it's population number at a steady rate.
With thanks to capsuleers like Khaprice and Mayandra Ember, refugees are given the chance for a new life under our guidance and protection.
The injured slaves that have been sent to our care have been treated by our medical staff. Once their wounds had healed, they've been transported to the Disciples of Ston, as their Matriculation Program is far more suitable in guiding them to a new life, away from the traumatic experiences they suffered as slaves.

Now onward to this week's immigration list! Once more, it's a very varied group, heralding from various ways of life. From scientists to janitors and anything in between.

Regular Civilians

-383 Homeless
-1980 Janitors
-4 Manel's Servants
-65 Prisoners (Part of the Prison Lend-Lease Program)
-72 Refugees
-10 Science Graduates
-20 Scientists
-3549 Tourists
-10 Mannar Textile Representatives (Datafile: Cultural Exchange)
-1236 Freed Slaves

Pets

-1 Fedo (Datafile:A strange animal)
-208 Hounds

Law Enforcement (Datafile: Internal Security Divisions)

-80 Caldari Light Marines
-1745 Freedom Fighters
-1 Kameira
-2558 Marines
-360 Militants
-277 Slavers (Part of the Redemption Program)

Employees for the Nightclub L'Etoile Rouge

-151 Female Exotic Dancers
-60 Male Exotic Dancers
-1 Little Male Helper

Councilmembers

-Fajah Ateshi
-Jorek Lephny
-Ryoke Laika

Once more, the council has been expanded in order to accommodate the explosive growth we experienced during last month. Fajah Ateshi will guide the expansion of the Science departments. Jorek Lephny on the other hand will make sure civilian matters are represented enough in the council to assure the smooth workings of the Aurora Arcology project.
At last, Ryoke Laika's appointment is to assure that the growing law enforcement is kept in check and that faction-specific militia receives the correct assignments.

There's also a large influx of Freed Slaves, we attribute this rise to the recent newscoverages on the Disciples of Ston, giving us publicity among recently freed slaves who still search for a place to call home.

Cultural exchange with Disciples of Ston

Both the Aurora Arcology and the Disciples of Ston aim to improve the lives of civilians across the cluster. However the focus of both organisations are different. While Aurora focuses on assisting refugees from conflictzones, the Disciples rescue slaves from their fate.

In previous events, I already had pleasant discussions with Ston, and upon the discovery we both had fashiondesigners amongst our population, the idea was presented for a cultural exchange.
This was further developed after the Sisters of EvE successfully presented a clothingline to the capsuleerpopulation.
An exchange of fashionidea's would be a nice boost to the creativity in clothing for both our projects and arrangements were made to prepare for the exchange.

In the Aurora Arcology, 2 of the 32 Coriault Couture Employees volunteered for the exchange, thrilled at the idea of spreading their creativity to other places. Meanwhile, at the Disciples of Ston, 10 Mannar Textile Representatives were excited to display their fashion & ideas at a new place!
A meeting was arranged at one of the Matriculation centers run by the Disciples to facilitate the exchange.
The Cultural Exchange ran initially in some delays, but in the end it all got sorted out. Both sides gained a boost of new creative fashionidea's and future couture to wear.

Some might criticize the two charities for being occupied with something as trivial as fashion at first sight.
 I like to remind all, that while both the Aurora Arcology and the Disciples of Ston are charities, we do our best to offer people more than just survival, shelter & food. We aim to offer them a new home, a new life. And we all know living is more than just surviving. Being able to offer people a wider selection of clothing helps in giving them that extra feel of being in a new home, a new life.

Workings of the Aurora Arcology: Internal security divisions

This feed aims to highlight the variety of law enforcement units working at the Arcology. The diversity arose as a result of many groups wanting their own people to watch over them. This was further enhanced by the existing conflicts between factions, causing distrust & unrest if members of an opposing faction were policing them.

Here's an overview of all the various Law Enforcement groups aboard the Arcology and the tasks they're usually assigned for.

Aurora Arcology General Law Enforcement

 

This is the main core of the Law Enforcement divisions. Almost all people working in law enforcement at the Arcology can be found in the two main subdivisions.

 

Militants

 

This is the main Police force, they maintain the internal order at the Arcology and investigate crimes when they happen.

They are composed of members of all 4 factions, assuring the Arcology Security Management to have suitable people at hand if situations grow tense between two different factions. This is mainly an issue between Gallente/Caldari groups and Amarr/Minmatar groups.

 

Marines

 

These guys ward the Aurora Arcology from outside threats. Pirate raids, rogue Mercs, sabotage, they are trained & armed to deal with these threats. So far, they haven't seen much action yet, hopefully it'll remain this way for a long time.

As with the Militants, the Marines come from all different backgrounds, but are united in their will to protect the Arcology from harm. The mixed background also helps the civilians to see the marines as *their army/security* that is not tied to a certain faction.

The Hooded Men

Originally started as an Minmatar security force, they now embody the spirit of the Aurora Project as they recruit members of any faction as long as they are willing to put aside their nationalistic ideas for the greater good of all.
These recruits are trained elite forces, sent in to deal with delicate & sensitive situations. Their mixed membership, combined with their training assures such situations are dealt with appropriatly, without accusations of bias or racism.

 

 

Caldari Security

 

 

Of the Four factions, the Caldari have the most diverse security divisions aboard the Aurora Arcology. This can be traced back to the Megacorps who all have their own private securityforce. Many caldari feel great loyalty towards certain megacorps, distrusting others. The result of this is that there's various small securitygroups present, protecting those who are still loyal to certain megacorps. Most of these securitygroups are private firms, but a few are Arcology run initiatives.

 

Caldari Light Marines

 

Main Caldari Securityforce aboard the Arcology, they are unaligned to any megacorp, and are usually deployed during internal strifes between caldari groups to maintain order.

They also keep order in the majority of the Caldari sections.

 

Arctic Warfare Marines

 

Elite trained personnel, specialized in planetside operations. These have been recruited with the Ayem Colony Project in mind. Once this project has launched, they will assure the safety of the colonists and train the local security forces.
 

CPF Security Personnel

 

Elite law enforcement personnel. When all else has failed, these guys are called in. They are well trained veterans, experienced in combatting crime & maintaining order.

Rightfully feared by anyone who harbors criminal intent as the CPF Personnel is ruthlessly efficient. While their methods can be questionable at times, the results show it works.

 

Gallente Security

 

The Gallente are the smallest faction aboard the Aurora Arcology and thereby feel alot of pressure from both the Caldari & Amarr groups, and recently, even certain Minmatar groups have been less than pleasant in their dealings with the Gallente population aboard the Arcology. The Arcology Militants did their best to provide security, but in the end, it was felt only a Gallente-specific law enforcement unit would suffice to make them feel safe.

Of the four main factions aboard the Arcology, it's easy to see why the Gallente were the first to requisition a faction-specific Law Enforcement division.

 

Temko Mercenaries

 

Oldest faction specific law enforcement aboard the Aurora Arcology. Originally they were hired Gallente security personnel, but nowadays, they're all recruited from within the Gallente faction, helping them feel more secure and treated justly by the law enforcement groups.

 

Amarr Security

 

Most amarr aboard the Arcology don't fit within the stereotype of slave-owning holders or nobles as almost all of them come from more humble backgrounds. As a result, many feel unjustly judged by the stereotypes people have of the Amarr.

This was the main reason of the Amarr faction to legislate their own security forces, as they felt most non-Amarr security personnel were biased against them.

 

Amarr Light Marines

 

Mainstay of the Amarr specific law enforcement division. they usually assist the Aurora Militants in dealing with various Amarr-specific issues to prevent incidents from escalating or cause unintended harm/insults.

They are also tasked with maintaining order within the Amarr section.

 

Kameiras

 

These are a special case of security personnel within the Arcology and highly controversial. Trained from childbirth to become warriors for the Amarr Empire, these individuals are extremely efficient at any security task appointed to them.

Aboard the Aurora Arcology project, they must be registrered and are only allowed to perform bodyguard security for authorized Arcology Citizens. These are generally high ranking individuals and religious figures among the Amarr faction aboard the Arcology. Most of these Kameiras answer to the Amarr scientist Fajah Ateshi as they are her personal bodyguard that she brought along.

Note: Kameiras always come from outside the Arcology, recruiting Kameiras is for obvious reasons illegal!

Riot Interdiction Team

These are the redeemed slavers who succesfully rounded their Redemption program. They are deployed during times of unrest & riots, in order to quickly subdue them, in order to prevent casualties. Their unique skills, gathered as slaver, allows them to rapidly identify leader-figures and remove them from the group by usage of non-lethal weapons & methods, rapidly quelling the unrest.
  

Minmatar Security

 



Originally, most Minmatar were content with the general security provided by the Aurora Arcology. This however changed with events occurring over the years. As their call for an own identity called louder & louder, so did their call for a Minmatar-specific security force.

 

Freedom Fighters

 

Originally, they formed rather spontaneously. Small groups of Minmatar organized themselves in their own civil guards. Over time their numbers & groups grew, requiring more cohesion & organisation. From this, the Freedom Fighters Security division was formed. While the least equipped of all security divisions, they are among the most numerous, working with large numbers of volunteers from the Minmatar population aboard the Arcology.

Despite their lack of equipment compared to other security divisions, they do perform an excellent job in maintaining peace and combat crime in the Minmatar section of the Aurora Arcology Project.
 

Conclusion

 

While the large number of different security divisions tends to complicate things, they are also a great boon in maintaining peace between the four main factions aboard the Arcology, as it avoids the perception of 'faction bias' The faction-specific security also helps in understanding certain racial issues better and the handling of them.

The faction-specific security personnel also helps in making people feel more secure and also in feeling welcomed.

Never forget that many of the people aboard the Arcology have been refugees & rescuees, so their trust in foreign security is not very high. Faction specific security, recruited from people who live among them helps these people to regain trust in law enforcement units.