The Call of the Roost (Excerpt)Vol. 1, Number 1.
Security BlotterBrief Firefight Heralds a Night of Violence in Cathedral District, One dead, Several Injured
Early Afternoon Firefight Results In No Reported CasualtiesCathedral District, JR (UP) - A brief gunfight erupted between two groups of heavily armed individuals yesterday afternoon in the Cathedral District of the Jagged Roost Sector, an Adeptus Arbites spokesmen said today.
“Witnesses said that one group, possibly associated with House Cawdor were walking through the Cathedral district when they were fired upon by unknown assailants,” said Lt. Clearchus Lysimachus.
“We have no reports of injuries or death at this time,” he said.
Lysimachus said that the gun fight was of a very short duration.
“Witness reports vary, but some estimate the fight to have lasted 30 seconds to five minutes,” he said.
Reports from Mechanicum sources say that the brief fire fight started significant seismic activity in the area that, with the other violent events at that location, resulted in multiple hivequakes of low magnitude.
An anonymous AA source said that the assailants were possibly from House Escher and that due to the early heavy involvement of that house in the Roost security forces have been reluctant to give out any more information due to an extensive investigation being conducted on the activity.
Anyone who has information is asked to contact Detective Leotychides Platus on the emergency grid.
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Authorities Investigate the Causes of Crane CollapseCathedral District, JR (UP) - The collapse of a galvimetric mover in the Cathedral District yesterday afternoon has left several injured and one dead , Adeptus Arbites sources said today.
It is not clear whether the construction equipment collapsed on its own or as the result of deliberate activity. Arbites are not ruling either possibility out at this point.
“We don’t like to speculate on the nature of the incident and are investigating all possibilities,” said AA spokesman Lt. Clearchus Lysimachus.
Several witnesses reported an intense gunfight near the mover and multiple rounds striking the construction equipment.
“I never seen nothing like it,” said Istar Golvender, “there were shots going off everywhere.”
“It was like to have lit up the darkness with all the shooting and explosion,” she said, adding “I wasn’t even close when I hear the thing collapse, I was running for my life.”
“The Arbites don’t know what they talking about,” said Adel Rouse, “it was definitely deliberate. I saw them Cawdor boys emptying entire clips into that crane.”
“That shot at it until it fell down,” he said, adding, “You aint’ gonna print my name, right?”
The collapse of the crane is felt to have been the catalyst to a hive quake that occurred in the Sump shortly after the incident.
Local doctors have reported a number of gangers of House Escher had come to them with ballistic wounds of various sort.
“They brought one in here she was bleeding out,” said Dr. Emial Wecht of the Emperor‘s True Scalpel Surgical Center, “but when they saw our prices they just carried her back out. I had a good look at her, without my help she wasn’t long for this world.”
https://imgur.com/a/HxhZqThird Incidence of Violence Results in No Injuries, Police WarningCathedral District, JR (UP) - Last night saw more violence strike the recently bedeviled Cathedral District as a second brief gun battle occurred. Adeptus Arbites sources report that there were no known injuries or deaths in the short incident.
AA Spokesman Lt. Clearchus Lysimachus held a brief press conference after the reports of violence filtered out.
“This was the third firefight we have heard about today,” he said at the briefing.
“We do not consider this level of activity normal,” he said in response to questions.
Lysimachus told reporters that AA patrols were not going to be sent into the Jagged Roost and that citizens that had taken up residence against Mechanicum advice and official warnings were there at their own risk.
“It is just not safe to send patrols into the Jagged Roost at this time,” Lysimachus said.
“We will not endanger officers lives when everyone has been clearly informed that the area is not seismically stable. If there are gangs down there carrying out violent activities and blowing things up I would think that would make it even more clear that those people should leave,” he said concluding the briefing.
https://imgur.com/a/VmZa7Late Night Gunfight Brings Death Toll For the Day to FiveCathedral Distric, JR (UP) - No word yet from the Adeptus Arbites about four Goliath bodies reportedly found in the Cathedral District after reports of a savage gun fight rocked the industrial zone for a fourth time yesterday.
“By the Throne, it is 3 a.m., of course I have no comment,” AA spokesman Clearchus Lysimacus said, adding, “Don’t you vultures ever sleep?”
Reports from the area say that after people came back to the scene of the gunfight they found four bodies allegedly from a gang associate with House Goliath. Several of the bodies are reported to have been burned in places and at least two had been shot in the head at very short range. Although at least one seemed to have fallen victim to seismic activity, it wasn’t clear if the debris that covered his body was the cause of death.
There are no known witnesses to the fighting but several people said that before the shooting started they saw House Goliath and House Escher gangers in the area.
A pair of poles that showed evidence of someone tied to them were left with only blood stains and the cut ropes near where the bodies were found.
It is not clear at this time whether there will be a police investigation or not.
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