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Seattle Scream8 April 2069Issue 39

Lone Star Crackdown

Cleaning Up SeattleLone Star - Seattle is

engaged in a metroplex wide sweep of

high crime areas targeting known and

suspected criminals. More than

5,000 people have been arrested over

the last month, 96% of those have

been charged with various crimes.

We will leave this city

cleaner than we found it, commented

one Lone Star officer when asked

about the crackdown. A more cynical

explanation is that Lone Star want to

collect a final set of case closure

bonuses before handing the Seattle

Contract over to Knight Errant.

Whatever the reason for the

crackdown, Lone Star forces are

working overtime and they have been

reinforced by Lone Star personnel

from across North America. Among

the criminals arrested are several

groups of alleged shadowrunners

including one such group that wasusing a security company as a front

for their illicit activities.

It is unknown if Lone Star

will continue with this high pace of

operations until the hand over or if

this is a more limited operation.

Courts OverstretchedThe large numbers of arrests

and cases made by Lone Star in the

past weeks have put great pressure on

the Metroplex legal system. Judgesand the public defenders office have

been working overtime to deal with

the situation.

Lone Star has provided

funding for the hiring of legal temps to

assist the Metroplex courts and the

Mayor office has released additional

emergency funds for the same purpose.

The backlog of cases is expected to

persist at least until Summer.

Body Lottery-Seattle for the

week of 1-7 April 2069, thewinning number is:

137Congratulations to the lucky

winners! Condolences to the relativesof the victims.

NAN, US and CAS in

Negotiation for TradeHoping to expand on the

Denver Accords of 2062, negotiators

from the NAN, CAS and US aremeeting in Los Angles to build a new

trade deal for North America.

Trade is the life blood of the

modern world, said Dr. Ford,

leading the CAS delegation, and

benefits all of us.

The NAN have traditionally

been more resistant to opening their

borders to trade deals but that

consensus has been under pressure

lately as various groups within theNAN have been pursuing more

export driven development.The US wants to unify North

America into a single market of peaceful

trade, said Vivian Winter, chief US

negotiator. Excluding parts of North

America from the benefit of a free

market helps no one.

Negotiations are expected to

last until June if not later.

NAUBL Seattle Screamers to

play the Portland PaladinsThe Seattle Screamers UrbanBrawl team plays against the

Portland Paladins on Wednesday.The Screamers are trying to

climb out of the basement of the league

and a win over the top tier Paladins

would be a great accomplishment. The

Paladins team has seen a spate of recent

injuries and is considered the weakest

team they have fielded all season so a

win for the Screamers may be possible.

New Series ofRoad to

Stardom to film in SeattleThe Seattle Metroplex

welcomes the 12 series of A-Primeth

megasuccessful Road to Stardom

series. Four weeks of tryouts across

North and Central America have

selected the initials acts with a bonus

last call in Seattle itself taking place

this week.

The winner, as decided by

popular vote, will receive 100K and

a one album deal with Solar

Entertainment. A-Prime promises

that there will not be a repeat of last

years hacking incident that almost

crashed the voting system during the

final show.

As in the previous three year

there will be a simsense component i

the show with viewers able to watch

from the perspective of some of the

judges. Rumors of a surprise new

perspective simsense channel are

going around but no details have beenreleased.

For those local musicians

interested in participating in the Seattle

Last Call, it will be taking place at

Theater Avalon this Friday through

Sunday, forms are available on the Road

to Stardom matrix site.

Music in the Museum

Concert Series beginsRebel Entertainment and the J.

S. Mills School Project are sponsoring

the Music in the Museum Concert seriesacross the Metroplexs museums for the

next month. With period and

thematically appropriate musical groups

playing to enhance the theme and

identity of the museum.

With musicians ranging from

the Ancient Voice Ensemble to Rick

Rockets Cartoon band and everything

in-between, there is not lack of variety.

The concerts are free but some museums

charge admission fees.