June 18th, 2034
In a press conference that shook the world, Zatapatique formally resigned his position as head of the UC, along with many of the Board. With so many suddenly leaving the company, Havear, UC's Director of Research and Development, took the reigns of the company. Upon formally being recognized, Havear told the world of the Battle of Credit Suisse and that humanity had made first contact with demonstrably hostile aliens. Under cover of the resulting uproar and after a damning internal report on the situation, Havear radically adjusts schedules. Construction of the construction factories, fuel refineries, commercial spaceports, nearly a dozen mass drivers, and the financial centers Zatapatique had hoped would solidify his grip on power were cancelled, or in the case of partially completed installations, ordered to finish it then shut down without beginning work on further construction. Over the next few weeks the industrial infrastructure of Earth will be retooled to provide additional mines which will be shipped to Titan as they (and hopefully the hulls to carry them) complete. Additional ordnance factories will have to be constructed to keep pace with Havear's planned munitions construction program, and the research lab construction will continue at it's assigned 15% of total capacity. Perhaps the wildest departure was in Havear's own familiar field of research, where he cancelled all active projects before consolidating the most important research avenues. Paulette Zatapatique-Bonald, a CP specialist, was tasked with delevoping the "Pyrodyne Systems 10-ton Launch System", a missile launcher that can throw a 10-ton missile every 60 seconds. Rurik Bogdanov from the Sensors department was working to increase the efficiency of active targetting systems, and Luc Buffet was working on increasing the capacitor recharge rate for a planned planetary defense grid, and fuel usage for more efficient engines of all types.
June 30th, 2034
Ansibles aboard the lifepods of the two geological survey ships destroyed in Credit Suisse finally shut down for the last time, marking the end of the lifepods endurance. An official period of mourning is put into effect for Capitaine de fregate Edith Zatapatique, who kept her survivors together and let each of them compose final messages to their families.