Exceptional Violence Marrs Pymm Trial Dateline Earth enclave, Asteel Q0 3204.167
Asteel was rocked by reports of a security crisis around the trial of alleged AI builder Henry Pymm.
The courtroom - designated 'Earther Space' was guarded by elite Imperial Marines, and the entire site was further protected by the cream of the GFA ground forces, including orbital lasers, tanks, nukes and aircraft.
Somehow a group or groups infiltrated the compound and attempted to either free or kill Pymm himself.
In the fighting around 35 military personnel were killed including both Earther and GFA troops.
Eyewitnesses reported that there was some sort of hallucinatory gas used "We saw people flying' and one guy just punched his way through a wall. All the assailants were masked and unidentified, but there were at least 20-25 of them.
Initial investigations are unclear, but, sadly for justice, Pymm was killed in the fighting, his body blown apart by a high energy grenade - only grisly fragments of him remaining.
A full joint investigation has been launched by both the IAO and GFA authorities - but none of the perpetrators were caught - most of them managed to escape in the confusion.
Legal experts suggest Pymm would have been found guilty anyway and mind wiped.

Last Interview with an Alien. Dateline Gorilla Q0, 3204.155
Our reporter was lucky to have an interview with "Trader Unit 1" - the first alien visitor from another universe to agree to give an interview. This pandimensional traveller was keen to inspect much of Gorilla and offered on more than one occasion to purchase things. Asked about its relationship with other known aliens such as the forerunners and the berserkers it was guarded.
The alien (unkown age) was interested in trading all sorts of goods for similar alien ware. Local prices in Alien Futures are through the roof but a reserved stated that this was just trade. Asked about his personal life Trader Unit 1 was coy and just replied he did not understand the concept.

A few days after the interview, the aliens announced that they had completed their business, and the mysterious 'ship' vanished from orbit. Observers said "one second it was there, the next it wasn't".

Hot Boiler Stalemate Broken by Earth Peacemakers Dataeline Hot Boiler Q8 3204.129
The long running conflict on Hot Boiler was brought to a close as a result of an impending peace treaty brokered by Earther diplomats, backed up by warships and assault landing ships loaded with Imperial Troops.
The war, which for the last year or so had bogged down in costly and unpleasant trench warfare on the planet's surface had reached deadlock - neither side having the resources to break their enemy's lines. The political leadership remained intransigent until behind-the-scenes diplomacy - facilitated by Earth - convinced them that they had to reach a deal.
Some on Hot Boiler believe that the clinching argument was the fact that the Earthers patience was wearing thin, and not very thinly veiled theats of direct Imperial military intervention had been involved. Earth Quadrant 8 Colonial Government refused to comment on these speculations. Certainly Earth has won over many of the ordinary colonists on Hot Boiler by their even-handed provision of humanitarian aid to the civilians suffering as a result of the war - though observers have criticised this policy as encouraging the war to continue.
At present a cease fire is in place, and proximity talks continue to thrash out the full details of the treaty.