For Immediate Release

[The Mindset]

The Empire has outlawed stellar travel within its sphere of influence.

The Office of the Prime has today confirmed the rumours of the tabloid press that several large scale decommissions were about to take place - but few anticipated the scale. The Prime, speaking from his M-1 Palace, said in a statement issued earlier today, "all Mindsetti warships, all Mindsetti cargo ships, all Mindsetti ships, are henceforth disallowed access to the skies, and shall be decommissioned. This is in line with the Dancos III economic expansion plan. Do not be worried, this interlude will be swift. Our friends at Erebus Engineering are already contructing the much more efficient system of transport between worlds as we speak - it's much more secure, no more broadcasting into subspace to communicate with our possessions, distance will have no more meaning - you'll be literally one step away from a planet at the far side of Mindsetti space."

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