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6th March 2091 | | Rear Admiral (Upper Half) Colton Orndoff has been killed in an accident |
7th October 2091 | | Rear Admiral (Upper Half) Ooka Nobuyoshi has been killed in an accident |
7th January 2092 | | Rear Admiral (Upper Half) Ingeborg Perbandt has retired from the service at the age of 62 |
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Welcome viewers,
We will focus on disturbing information that has been happening around EU Fleet HQ. We have linked a number of sources together to bring you the truth about how political and devious our top echelon leaders are.
The story begins with the South African Rear Admiral Colton Orndoff, he was the first Fleet Commander after a period of time where control was directly under the EUD, a number of mistakes from Fleet Command and the political nature of the appointment, is why EUD took a number years to recreate the position.
Orndoff's period of tenure, had been a difficult one, due mainly to slow progress in building a defensive fleet. The loss of the Akagi, brought a lot of criticism to Orndoff's office, which much of the blame resting with him. Orndoff survived the inquiry due to the support of many of the western senators, the senators from Far East and South East Asia, had formed a protest block, they have expressed anger over what they see Western attempts to suppress their countries status in EU Fleet. A deal was struck to keep Orndoff on until the next promotion, which would go to a officer from the Far East block.
Orndoff was returning from an inspection of the Fleet, when a fuel valve malfunctioned and his shuttle exploded in Earth Orbit. The inquiry into the accident had only begun, and the Eastern Block had nominated the Japanese commander Ooka Nobuyoshi, into the promotion and permission of Rear Admiral of the Fleet.
Within months there was a number of appointments which had upset the Western Block senators, due to the apparent "jobs for the boys" feel about them.
Commander Okamoto Akimitsu promoted to Captain
Commander Feng Bi Hua has been promoted to Captain
Lieutenant Commander Konae Naoshige promoted to Commander
Lieutenant Commander Kang Shi Cai promoted to Commander
The Western block then accused the East of killing Orndoff to instate Nobuyoshi for their own political agenda, the media started describing Nobuyoshi, no more then a puppet. Tensions escalated but only inside the halls of the EUD, until the mysterious death of Nobuyoshi.
Nobuyoshi was visiting a BrightStar research facility where, although he was told not to enter the room where a laser experiment was taking place, he wandered in and was mortally wounded by a malfunction.
Considering Nobuyoshi was an intelligent man, considering the number of accidents in a BrightStar are about once per year and rarely fatal, the final report from the BrightStar investigation does not seem to be fair assessment of the events of that day. Unfortunately I do not believe we ever know what actual took place.
Although the continual squabbles continue in the EUD halls, Ingeborg Perbandt had been promoted to Rear Admiral of the Fleet, a Dutch representative and served 1 years before retiring, which would of been around the same time Orndoff was set to retire.
The wheel of time turns, and most times you find yourself exactly where it began.
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