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BREAKING NEWS
Reporting Live from Kuat - "The Sector Rangers have investigated the missing New Republic proprietary ships and have key evidence that Senator Vaz of Kuat (@Mad Dog) has sold them off for Kuat Drive Yards own gain.
First it was reported that unmistakable New Republic-only ships were in orbit above Klatooine, with their New Republic symbol etched out. But then Sector Rangers investigated Kuat Drive Yards, and found records, invoices .etc linked to the Senator. Most shockingly, one of the transactions was to Grace Zann, a Crime Lord of the Five Syndicates and leader of the Zann Consortium.
According to the investigators, a whole Starhawk III-class Battleship (Which is noted to be 'exclusively sold to the New Republic Navy by their manufacturer.') and a number of other Republic vessels such as TwinTail Starfighter and Nebulon D Frigates (...they are restricted ... the New Republic Navy due to laws and regulations within the New Republic... They are exclusive to the New Republic faction.) and enough to make a whole fleet, were sold to Grace Zann under the name 'Grace Star' with the company name being Outer Rim Territories. For Klatooine, the name was 'Klatooinian representative' with the company name being 'Outer Rim Territories' again. However the ship Grace flew to the frigate for the meeting was a Skipyray Blastboat registered to Grace Zann, and images of Grace have been captured from surveillance footage, enough for identify. Grace Zann has been a fast rising figure in the criminal underworld, but in addition to having her status, she has also been taking over planets, taking over shipyards.
For both the the Klatoonians and Grace Zann, a duty officer confirmed that for their respective meetings, those parties were with Senator Vaz at the time of the approved credit transfers.
Very recently however, Queen Veruna of Naboo made the remark on Telti at a diplomatic meeting “Senator Vaz, it is a pleasure to meet you outside of your more habitual setting, of selling off New Republic ships.” Queen Veruna, according to her public schedule, she was set to meet Senator Vaz not too long ago recently and did arrive to Kuat.(@Nor'baal) This is before allegations of Senator Vaz's complicity was made public. This remark clearly indicates that Vaz tried selling Republic ships to Queen Veruna. We have reached out to the Queen for comment. (@Nor'baal)
In total, 1x Starhawk class Battleship, 23x Nebulon-D, and an uncounted 'many' Twintail Starfighters have been sold. A significant portion fo the New Republic Navy.
One analyst based in the New Republic monitoring this situation said" “This unacceptable, he’s selling our ships for Kuat Drive Yards’ profit. The thought out our advanced proprietary vessels being in the hands of criminals is disgusting. He needs to be arrested!” "A different observer has also noted" “These are Republic faction assets we are talking about, they are not supposed to be in any other’s hands. Think about what could happen, these could be used against the Republic in some way. Perhaps they can be reverse engineered, or the criminals could sell them off. This is a drastic impact on our war-readiness. Regardless of whether or not Vaz knew Grace was a Crime Lord or not, this should not have happened when it’s clearly forbidden.”
"Right now Vaz is facing calls for impeachment on grounds of corruption and selling Republic property, and providing war material big time criminal. The government of Kuat has been urged to remove Senator Vaz from his post."