The Cosmic Chronicle

On stardate 4422.275, The Caravan of the Tireless Rivet, including the infamous Litany of Rustspark-a Flatland humanitarian ship-was abruptly arrested by The Guard of the Ironeidic Dusk. In a move still resounding in Flatland’s ledgers, seven prism-clad Flatlanders aboard the Rustspark were summarily detained and towed away by collective extraction drones. Four more from the same Flatland delegation shared a similar fate on sister vessels; five remain somewhere on the open cosmic surf, reports say, three holding Flatland citizenship, two as synthetic residents.

In total, thirteen ships from the Caravan have been intercepted, according to organizational holograms. The nighttime incursion by Hala-Core’s maritime units netted notable figures: Radia Axxiona of Quasifield was detained mid-discharge-her electric corona dulled, her transmissions archived in crystal. Some vessels have approached within fifty light-kilometers of the Rift, closer than any since the Litany’s legendary attempt, which was itself fixed to immobility at two hundred kilometers by the Guard on its inaugural run.

Commodore Ryza of the Veil Stains, never shy on rhetoric, broadcasted calls for blockades and economic disruption across the holomet, demanding the breach of Hala-Core’s hermetic net and an end to the genocide in Rahmascheur.

Repercussions rippled interstellarly. From Polycordis to Aletheia, from the smogfields of Turkatorium to Syntheusium’s plazas, demonstrators poured into avenues to support the Caravan. In the Cortex-Delta of the Permanent Paradox, activists clustered at the Bureau of Foreign Granulates. Sultor Rhezax Targunax (Turkatorium) thundered against Hala-Core’s "terror acts", while in distant Qu’nolux, Seraph Vraxun of the Legacy Pillars spoke calmly of dismantling diplomatic relays. Hala-Core distributed images of Axxiona, apparently warm and hydrated, though irony radiated more than comfort off-screen.

The Guard of the Ironeidic Dusk justified its actions with standard warnings of active combat zones and the righteousness of plasma barriers. Bibbe Nethurion of the Promised Sectors insisted the Caravan’s only goal was provocation: any legitimate aid, he declared, could flow through "peaceful, safe channels," which the Caravan systematically rejects. Meanwhile, the Order of the Flame Sons was back at its familiar hymns-their agents scanning for more fuel for old flames.

With figures from every sector aboard-journalists, politicians, even Seraph Vraxun of the Legacy Pillars-the situation remains adrift. The blockade, protests and the hermetic net: the universe holds its breath for the next glitch in the Codex.