Local shooting

An Alliance solider was wounded this evening when a local resident's gun was discharged in the pawn shop. The name of the resident is unknown; however it is hoped that the shop owners will be able to provide authorities with a surveillance video. Fortunately the wound was not serious, and the soldier, Gage MacArthur, is already back on duty.

MacArthur was just finishing up his evening rounds when he stopped into the shop. "I saw this unsavory character walking in that direction with one of the people from BlueSun , so I was just making sure everything was ok". There was a brief discussion regarding ownership of a memory storage unit MacArthur spotted in the shop. It was during this discussion that the shooting occured. The soldier is one of the regulars assigned to Hale's Moon. He requested the assignment when martial law was lifted and volunteers were sought to help ensure a peaceful transition back to local rule. MacArthur can often be found off-duty mingling with the locals, and is generally well-regarded in the community. Subsequently, as news of the shooting spread quickly through the small community, a small number of armed residents gathered. Some appeared to be reinforcements for the shooter, but others appeared to have come out to make sure things did not spiral out of control. They were all dispersed by the local Hale's Moon deputies.

An Alliance dropship was summoned by MacArthur when it looked like things could turn ugly, but the shooter and his cohorts left the scene. The Alliance contingent was called off, and MacArthur escorted the memory storage unit back to the Sun Tzu.

"Its an old Unit", stated a BlueSun representative, "not sure why anyone would want it". However, unnamed sources confirmed that the unit was about to be delivered back to BlueSuns x0x0 Zhangsun. She would neither confirm nor deny this.

This type of unit was used over twenty years ago during the terraforming projects done jointly with BlueSun and The Alliance. The Alliance had no comment regarding the Unit's presence on the newly refitted Sun Tzu.