Space Station Crew Disorientated After Repeatedly Switching Sides During War
NEWS | YANTUAN REPUBLIC | 04.07.2259
Report by Ashley Easterbrook, Xenonion | ⏱︎ 5 minute read
Crew aboard the embattled ISS Dantor have issued a repeated request for clarity on ownership after the space station changed hands seventeen times in the last week.
The station, originally belonging to the Yantunan Republic, has been at the center of a major conflict between the neighboring Tyznn and Voor Empires, both of which have also declared war on the Yantunan.
Since the conflict first began, the Dantor has been captured, liberated, re-captured and re-liberated in rapid succession, leaving its crew scrambling to keep up with who is currently in charge.
“I honestly couldn’t even tell you who we’re working for anymore,” station commander Lin Varis told Xenonion, standing next to a hastily repainted Yantunan insignia. “It seems like every hour someone new storms in and tells us we’re part of the resistance, the liberation or the resistance to the liberation. I just salute to whoever yells the loudest.”
Varis explained that the crew were having to work overtime to constantly replace faction iconography like flags and allegiance banners, leaving little time to repair the station’s rapidly deteriorating hull integrity.
“It’s a dizzying process,” Varis continued. “We’re all a bit emotionally stunned. And I guess physically too, particularly when the Voor take control as they have these horrible shock batons.”
Eyewitnesses describe the station’s corridors as a chaotic mess of burning banners, vandalized propaganda posters and confused crew members frantically trying to anticipate which color-coded uniform they should change into next.
At the time of publication, field reporters aboard the Xenonion’s news titan also declared war on the Yantunan and have assumed control of the station to allow for ease of access to continue reporting from the scene.
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