2279.018 - Naxtar (0944) - No Man's Land, Fornax

The Arlington Association has recently come under fire for its alleged support of the Fireborn Mercenary orgainzation. The Fireborn are know for thier extreme tactics, disproportionate response methods, and significant civilian collateral damage. They are also suspected to be organized by the Black Monday group. Several reports have surfaced which show donations by the Arlington Association to the Fireborn in the past few years. Many of the sources speaking out against the Fireborn have been kept secret for fear of retaliation. A spokesman for the Arlington Association cliams that the funding in question was provided to a legitimate organization raising money for soldiers families, and that the Association is well known for its "history of legitimate donations to soldiers and mercenaries groups that we all take for granted". Investigations have shown this was a front for the Fireborn, and a common method for them to use to get access to public financial sources. The Fireborn have been credited last month with destroying, along with hundreds of civilian casualties, a group of Phentari who were suspected of attacking and eating humans on the planet Ophea (1134). These Phentari would hunt and kill drug abusers, which were an easy target. In the retaliation of the group, hundreds of local inhabitants were killed.