Coalition, Sovereignty, Tholatin worlds left in dark as holonet suffers 'catostrophic failure'</font>
In a stunning and potentially devestating turn of events, INS has recieved a report from credible sources that holonet communications with worlds in Coalition, Sovereignty, and Tholatin space have failed completely. INS headquarters recieved a communications from an unidentified person earlier today stating that 'catostophic failure' had afflicted the holonet in those regions, shutting down interplanetary communications and interupting the flow of data between many worlds.
"With the current state of war between the Coalition and the New Order," one expert on communication devices said, "this could prove to be a disaster."
The loss of instantanious communications, of course, makes cooridination of fleets next to the impossible and, should more worlds fall under attack, getting word out would not be possible except by means of couriers or droids. And these methods are simply 'to slow' to be of any assistance.
"By the time a droid courier was recieved, and a force assembled, odds are the battle would have been over for some days." Said an unidentified official of the Imperial Command.
The IHC refused to comment on what this turn of events means for Imperial counterstrikes against Galactic Coalition and Outer-Rim Sovereignty targets, but it is expected that they will use the blackout to their full advantadge.
"This can only help the Empire." Said on man. "Even if only to confuse Coalition forces and throw them into a state of disarray."
Asked why the blackout effected only the communications of the Empire's opponents, one officer said it might have been "divine intervention". There is a spreading belief in the Empire that whatever Gods the forces of the Coalition hail to are displeased with them, and have been taking their wrath out on the GC since the war's beginning.
Whatever the outcome, the loss of interplanetary communications is not of benefit to the forces of the Coalition. Without the ability to send or recieve orders, reports, or information, they are literally 'in the dark' as to what is going on around them.
-INS Exclusive
