ONN: A Statement From the Arboria CEO
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Originally Published on July 22nd, 2488
Orbital News Network/Grant Jones Reporting
In what is an extremely rare occasion, the CEO of Arboria Corporation, Coraline Sirius, has made an appearance AND a statement concerning the rampant criminality and the brutal attack on the Arboria Tactical Systems headquarters.
As we reported earlier today, Arboria Tactical Systems suffered an all out assault from the Twin Dragons Syndicate last night, an assault that lasted a whopping five hours. ONN, alongside other broadcast corporations, have received a video package containing the visage, and the voice of Coraline Sirius.
| July 22nd, Utopia, Arboria Corporation.
These are dark times there is no denying. A woman would be displayed upon the screen, senior in years and grave in tone; her words and face, marred with time and age, would fill the majority of the screen with the camera hovering far too close for the apparent speech. Her every pore, every finely selected wrinkle was betrayed by the resolution and proximity of the camera, but the focus was clear and her words; slow and methodical, pierced the still air of the room and trembled the camera drone. Cocoon station has perhaps faced no greater threat than it does today. The visage of the woman remained as stoic as ever, basilisk-like as the flares of photography illuminated her face during every pause she offered to the unseen crowd before her; the floating automated camera slowly panned out from her face, shying away from the woman to allow the dark but starkly humble interior of the Arboria tower to creep into view. The humility of the room extended to that of the crowd's size; it barely stretched to fill the marble-clad room, a scattering of journalists from the city surrounded by an escort of Loyalist guards with their shaved white heads and unseeing eyes. An unusual turnout for an address from Sirius, yet for her to address anything off world in such a manner was unusual itself. But I say this, to our citizenry; we...ever your servants, will continue to defend your liberty and repel the forces of those that seek to take it from you! A pause, taken in lieu of the need of a breath; words that appeared to give the woman life, her gray skin seemed to lift with life, gray hair darkening in the shadows as her voice was raised, anger stirring in her tone. Another barrage of camera bulb flashes besieged the CEO, to which she takes in turn, waiting some time for flashes to cease; reveling in the silence she created as the crowd hung themselves upon her breath. The air she breathed in filled the quiet chamber with its noise as it rushed into her lungs and filled them fully, preparing them all for the last statement: Your corporation remains strong. |
This excerpt from a press release given by Arborian CEO Sirius less than one hour ago, and only moments after the fatal attack at the ATS HQ here in Cocoon station. Sirius refused questions of any sort at the release and her current whereabouts are unknown, with rumors speculating about her imminent arrival upon Cocoon station, with others stating her appearance upon Mars at the behest of a prisoner transport. Many Utopian citizens are drawing parallels to this sort of behavior from the CEO to the days of the religious crusades and the violent riots within Utopia quelled with the use of extreme violence, a policy spearheaded by the CEO herself.
Rumors and speculation run rampant within this station over the recent tragedy, yet never before has Cocoon station received such foreign attention. One can only begin to speculate again on what this will mean for Cocoon, will Arboria withdraw? Finding no financial gain in our station as they find such contest among the locals and Syndicates, or are we inbound for yet further Arborian restrictions? The Corporation is not known for giving up, but the CEO herself has been inactive as of late according to rumors. Rife with apathy, with some saying her days have come to retire and pass down her mantle down the Arborian tree; but with no heirs alive for the Arborian fortune, there may be no one to succeed her, perhaps we are now witnessing a cornered wolverine in her last fight, pressured now by the most successful and fastest growing syndicate group of recent years and ever looming presence of time in an aging woman.
Coraline Sirius has an illustrious career when it comes to Security mostly, from a young age, she has been involved with Corporate Security and Military Tactics, besides Urban Pacification, getting to know a young Adam Caine (Of Mars renown, and the previous Commander to the Scorpion Retrieval Unit for ARES,) both worked together in Urban Pacification projects and brought many Syndicates to their knees and managed to dissolve many. Apparently parting ways in not very pleasant terms, each followed a different path, with Coraline Sirius linked to what now is known as Arboria Corporation, she is known as a ruthless woman who spends most of her time in seclusion, however, the events taking place in our Station might as well pushed her to abandon retirement and become more known.
ONN Advises our viewers and readers to take extreme precautions, as ATS will be tightening security measures, especially if the rumors of an inevitable arrival by Sirius prove to be true.