UUNN Newswire
(Belum, Martius) Protests broke out in the town of Belum after residents found out that Titus Valens had been executed at the palace in Etrucera — allegedly for for dereliction of duty.
It is estimated that more than 500 protesters had assembled in the town square, many carrying signs acusing the Empress Iulia of murder. Most of the proteststers scattered as soon as the ISS (Imperial Security Service) arrived. The few who remained were quickly arrested and taken away, with one screaming “You work for a murderer . . . a MONSTER! So what’s that make YOU?” as she was roughly shoved into a transport vehicle.
Valens, just shy of his 22nd birthday, had just completed the process of becoming a jump-pilot and had quickly achieved the level of Corporal. He was an only-child. His family has lived in Belum for more than five generations.