War on Piracy

The war on piracy, was declared by The Monroe Republic against Arrgh on January 9, 2016. The Foxburo Armed Forces quickly took action to help contain the political situation brewing in the nation of United Arms Manufacturers where a movement was taking place against piracy. Later it was discovered that radicals in PyroStat had also seized the government, where Foxburo forces had just pulled out of. Minister of Defense Kalakova explains in a press conference in Arkaley:

"Their governments were over run by by anti-pirate radicals. It would appear that they do not want to give us their dosh or even share their rum and have a strong resentment for pirates and pirate culture. We took quick measures to neutralize the problem before it spread".

The conflicts were mostly fought in the air where the Foxburo Air Force was able to overpower the enemy. It was not long until the enemy was decimated and and requesting peace talks. The war ended shortly after with the surrender or PyroStat and United Arms Manufacturers. Celebrations broke out across Foxburo funded by newly looted rum.

Arkaley & Lab 4

In celebration of victory over anti-pirate tyranny, the new settlement Arkaley was announced as a city today concluding a large, swift development program. Officials say the city is to be the new home of many companies as well as government funded research facilities doing various kinds of work. Conspiracy protesters have been accusing the government of various homicidal plots based around Laboratory 4, an off limits military facility outside the town. Kalakova responded to the accusations in the press conference:

Lab 4 is shared between the military and the Foxburo Bio Agency, created in response to the Z1 outbreak. The facility is being used to store and research hazardous material to learn and know how to stop and prevent another outbreak of something like ZI. It is one of the most highly advanced facilities built in Foxburo with state of the art equipment. It's an underground bomb shelter that has a very strict containment procedure, and yes, it is guarded by some of the most skilled and highly trained soldiers we have. We have complete control over what goes in and out, and it's not human experiments- that's absurd.

FJ Reporter:

Did Foxburo really destroy all samples of the Z1 virus?

Kalakova:

Yes, they are destroyed. While we were only able to study it a small amount, we learned a lot. However, the virus proved too dangerous to continue researching.

FJ Reporter:

What are you experimenting with in Laboratory 4?

Kalakova:

That's classified.

Regardless of what's going on inside Lab 4, the rest of the city seems to be developing and progressing nicely with new housing developments springing up fast and new buildings already full.