GalNet: Terror Attack in Draguan Nu; 19 people dead
14 Jun 2021Rho Tefnutet
Yesterday (June 13th) Reightler Dock just recovered from a terror attack. A sudden explosion on one of the landing pads closed part of the station and created an immediate state of emergency as soon as mere incident with fuel rods or ship reactor's leak were dismissed as unlikely.The unknown perpetrators somehow infiltrated the ranks of dry dock engineers, then gained access to one of New Republican ships. BHNR Nuclear Ghandi - part of special operations force - broke in half during the explosion and has been recognized as beyond any repair. The attack also coincided with one of the NR-Sec patrols around the area. Eliano Sanchez, the head of NR-Sec who known for liking for surveying the station as part of patrol, received serious injuries during the explosion.
"Both flaw and advantage of the fact the ship was inside the hangar bay is that the station avoid floating scrap parts that would disturb bigger vessels from entering it, at the same time if Ghandi was outside and not stored away, the explosion might have bring way damage to integrity of part of the station," says the official report from Zook Caruso, one of the ship mechanics.
NR-Sec and Bloodbound Harvest operatives began investigation in regard to who and why would advantage from such attack, with slight lean towards pro-Federation organization given the turbulent history of BHNR Nuclear Ghandi as a rogue Federal Navy ship - in addition to very poor relations between the Republic and Federation and lack of any official diplomatic relations due to criticism of Hudson-Archer cabinet.
"The NMLA involvement would not be too far-fetched as well, given the brutal reprisal back in a time when General Snider ordered execution of terrorists in response to initial terror attacks that happened before infamous Nine Martyrs Incident," says Rebecca Cross, acting as head of NR-Sec in absence of Chief Eliano Sanchez.
Update: Eliano Sanchez, the head of NR-Sec, passed away at 10:51 GMT in St. Olmos's Medical Wing.